NaN/100 votes#1 - The Great Escape
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/1/1997
Timmy finds an injured Lassie after she cleverly escapes from the junk yard of her neglectful owner, Hollerin' Hank Cranforth. But just as Timmy and Lassie become instant friends, Hank returns to claim her, leaving a despondent Timmy.
Director: René Bonnière
Writer: Angelo Stea
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#2 - Lassie Comes Home
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired Unknown
Hollerin' Hank Cranforth becomes accidentally pinned under a pile of junk yard rubble. Lassie escapes and goes to get Timmy for help, but will it be in time to save Hank?...
Director: N/A
Writer: Angelo Stea, David Preston
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#3 - Swamp Thing
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired Unknown
Lassie tries to warn the unsuspecting Timmy and Billie that an alligator is loose in the swamp, where they've gone to look for the local legend, ""Ol' Joe,"" the Swamp Thing.
Director: René Bonnière
Writer: N/A
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#4 - The Raft
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired Unknown
Lassie swims a river to bring a rope to a runaway raft that's carrying Timmy and Geoff towards a treacherous man-made waterfall.
Director: Giles Walker
Writer: N/A
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#5 - The Horse Healer
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired Unknown
Lassie helps to restore the shattered faith of a ""horse healer"" named Maude Windrunner as she struggles to cure Lassie's friend, the thoroughbred Shadow.
Director: John Bell
Writer: N/A
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#6 - Biker Boys
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired Unknown
Lassie and Timmy try to save a young boy stuck on the edge of a cliff after Lassie's playful Jack Russell Terrier friend, Mel, moves a pylon and warning tape from the path of a kids bike race.
Director: René Bonnière
Writer: N/A
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#7 - Where's Timmy?
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired Unknown
Only the pre-planned arrival of a famous ballplayer in Hudson Falls prevents Timmy from going to New York when he thinks everyone's forgotten his birthday. But Karen's got some surprises in mind!
Director: Peter Rowe
Writer: N/A
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#8 - Lassie Is Missing
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired Unknown
Hollerin' Hank secretly steals Lassie away from Timmy, but for what reason? Is it to help Lassie or hurt her?
Director: Otta Hanus
Writer: N/A
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#9 - The Big Smoke
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired Unknown
Even though Lassie led them to it, Lassie strongly disapproves when Geoff and Timmy try to sell a stash of smuggled Cuban cigars buried in crypt, instead of turning it in.
Director: John Bell
Writer: N/A
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#10 - Open Season
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired Unknown
Lassie leads Karen to a fawn left motherless by a hunter while Doc Stewart instructs Timmy in proper hunting safety over mom's objections. But with his prey in his sites, Timmy's enthusiasm for hunting is challenged... does he really want to pull the trigger?
Director: John Bell
Writer: N/A
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#11 - The Feud
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired Unknown
Timmy and Lassie develop a clever act to convince Geoff's father (Jay Mark) and Ethan to stop a silly feud between the two men.
Director: John Bell
Writer: N/A
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#12 - A Day in the Life
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired Unknown
Timmy chooses Lassie, Natalie Big Bob, (among others) as subjects for a school assignment on ""A Day In the Life"" of someone important to him.
Director: John Bell
Writer: N/A
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#13 - Cats Out of the Bag
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired Unknown
A litter of lost kittens serve as the focus for both Timmy and Doc Stewart, as they learn to let go of elements from their pasts.
Director: John Bell
Writer: N/A
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#14 - On the Case
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired Unknown
Lassie knows all along that Mel has been stealing everyone's sneakers in order to get some attention, but it takes Timmy and Geoff's sleuthing to make everyone aware of it.
Director: John Bell
Writer: N/A
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#15 - Sweet Science
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired Unknown
Lassie can't help Timmy fight his battles with Oliver, a misunderstood school bully. And though she disapproves of Ethan's boxing lessons, Karen realizes that Timmy has to learn to defend himself, which he does, but not in the usual way.
Director: John Bell
Writer: N/A
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#16 - Poster Pup
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired Unknown
Karen and Ethan are about to leave for a veterinarian association dinner where Karen is scheduled to give an important speech when Timmy gets food poisoning and a horse needs immediate emergency aid.
Director: John Bell
Writer: N/A
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#17 - Rush to Judgment
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired Unknown
When all the town's dogs mysteriously fall sick, Ethan's uncle Roy is falsely accused of poisoning them. Lassie must solve the mystery and save both Roy and the other dogs.
Director: John Bell
Writer: N/A
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#18 - Fathers and Sons
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired Unknown
When Ethan offers to take Timmy to The Hudson Falls Booster Association's Father and Son night, Karen and Timmy have a heart to heart about the absence of his late dad in their lives. Lassie's wisdom convinces the boy that his life must go on.
Director: John Bell
Writer: N/A
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#19 - That Boy and Girl Thing
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired Unknown
When Timmy and Natalie team up on a science project, everyone teases them about being an ""item"". Timmy must choose between his reputation and friendship.
Director: John Bell
Writer: N/A
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#20 - Friends of Mr. Cairo
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired Unknown
Timmy's diplomacy and friendships are put to the test when he becomes the director of the school play.
Director: John Bell
Writer: N/A
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#21 - Bone of Contention
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired Unknown
When Lassie digs up a buried artifact, Timmy saves a Native American burial ground from destruction.
Director: John Bell
Writer: N/A
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#22 - The Great Emu Hunt
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired Unknown
When kids join the search for an escaped emu, Timmy and LAssie get trapped inside an abandoned mine. While all the town mounts a search for the boy, Lassie tries to escape from the mine to get help.
Director: John Bell
Writer: N/A
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#23 - Not on the Map
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired Unknown
Lassie resumes her quest to save Timmy, who has been trapped in an abandoned mineshaft.
Director: John Bell
Writer: N/A
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#24 - Dog Gone It
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired Unknown
Lassie and Mel are stranded in the big city where they must fend for themselves while finding their way home to Hudson Falls.
Director: John Bell
Writer: N/A
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#25 - Collie Confusion
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired Unknown
Lassie is identified as the nasty collie that has been terrorizing a local farmer's livestock.
Director: John Bell
Writer: N/A
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A remake of the original Lassie series about a boy and his faithful dog.
Genres:Action & AdventureDramaFamily
Network:YTV
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Great Escape" is the best rated episode of "Lassie" season 1. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by René Bonnière and written by Angelo Stea, it aired on 3/1/1997. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Lassie Comes Home".