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Season 1

(1954)

Overview

The first season of the television series Lassie premiered in the United States on CBS on September 12, 1954 and ran for 26 episodes until its conclusion on March 6, 1955. Produced by Robert Maxwell, the episodes follows the adventures of a female rough collie named Lassie and her young owner Jeffrey Miller. In 1958, the first through third seasons began syndication under the title "Jeff's Collie." Though the first season of Lassie has never been released completely to home video, some episode…

Cast

Hugh Reilly as Paul Martin
Hugh Reilly

as Paul Martin

George Cleveland as George 'Gramps' Miller
George Cleveland

as George 'Gramps' Miller

Tommy Rettig as Jeff Miller
Tommy Rettig

as Jeff Miller

Jan Clayton as Ellen Miller
Jan Clayton

as Ellen Miller

Episodes

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September 12, 1954

Premiere episode. Jeff inherits Lassie from the late Homer Carey, but the young collie seems strangely reluctant to lea…

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September 19, 1954

Jeff is failing arithmetic due to his problems with fractions, so Ellen tells him he may not go to the circus if he doe…

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September 26, 1954

To make up for ignoring Jeff, Gramps brings him home a colt Jeff names ""Domino."" Jeff then starts ignoring Lassie in …

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October 3, 1954

Jeff wants to learn to use his father's gun, but Ellen is terrified of him being exposed to a firearm, although Gramps …

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October 10, 1954

Gramps hires a tramp to do some odd jobs on the farm, then is jealous when Jeff starts to idolize the tale-telling old …

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October 17, 1954

Jeff and Lassie meet an escaped convict in the woods.

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October 24, 1954

When Gramps quarrels with Matt Brockway after a hotly contested checker game, both men forbid their sons to play with e…

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October 31, 1954

With Gramps and Ellen away for the day, Jeff and Porky plan a lazy day--until an escaped circus lion invades the farm. …

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November 7, 1954

When Gramps has chest pains, the family tries to keep him from exerting himself.

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November 14, 1954

Jeff thinks Lassie needs a vet when her time comes, but a storm is brewing and Gramps says dogs can cope. Dr. Wilson: F…

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November 21, 1954

A radio producer hears Ellen singing at church and offers her a job singing on radio--but she and Jeff must take an apa…

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November 28, 1954

Jeff shows a dog trainer at the fair Lassie's tricks--and thinking she can be a headliner for them, the man and his par…

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December 5, 1954

Jeff overhears the wrong conversation, and, thinking Gramps needs an expensive operation, attempts to sell Lassie to ra…

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December 12, 1954

The calf Jeff is raising for the county fair vanishes the same night Lassie comes home injured and covered with mud--th…

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December 19, 1954

Jeff doesn't understand why a famous prizefighter doesn't want to box any longer and pegs him as a coward.

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December 26, 1954

While Jeff prepares for the county fair, a spoiled little girl visits the farm and continually tries to hurt Lassie.

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January 2, 1955

After Lassie is suspected of having rabies, she's about to be taken to the pound--but Jeff runs away with her. Clay: Ri…

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January 9, 1955

Ellen offers the boys a special treat if they will babysit a boy while she is called out on an errand. But the kid turn…

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January 16, 1955

The church is holding a father-son event and Jeff doesn't want Gramps to fill in for his dad. Jeff is then even more em…

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January 23, 1955

Jeff wants to adopt an orphan fawn, but Gramps says there is no place for wild animals on a farm.

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January 30, 1955

The parents of a blind veteran try to buy Lassie--the young man's own collie Lassie has died and they do not want to te…

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February 6, 1955

Jeff and Lassie are trapped in a cave shown to them by a malicious classmate.

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February 13, 1955

An injured man, hurt in a car accident, is brought to the farm. He mutters something about hitting a collie with his ca…

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February 20, 1955

A snoopy inspector from the water department insists on seeing the Miller well.

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February 27, 1955

Jeff is bitten by a rattlesnake and Gramps and Ellen rush to get him to a doctor.

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March 6, 1955

Jeff and Porky's campout is ruined by a persistent bear.