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| Lassie Season 1 : |
| 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 episodes from the first season have been released to DVD. On November 25 2003 Classic Media released a three episode set Lassie: Best of Jeff's Collie which included the series first episode Inheritance. A second set Lassie: 50th Anniversary Collection was released on September 14 2004 and contained 24 episodes from across the entire series. The set includes three episodes from the first season: Inheritance The Lion and Lassie's Pups. Secret of the Silent Hills composed by William Lava is used as the opening and ending theme for the entire season. |
| Episode 1 - [Inheritance] |
| Details : Premiere episode. Jeff inherits Lassie from the late Homer Carey but the young collie seems strangely reluctant to leave the Carey home. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Myron Healey as Matt Wills | Lee Erickson as Caleb Brown | Jim Hayward as Mr. Peeves | Director : Leslie Goodwins | |
| Air Date : Sep. 12, 1954 |
| Episode 2 - [Arithmetic] |
| Details : Jeff is failing arithmetic due to his problems with fractions so Ellen tells him he may not go to the circus if he doesn't pass his next test. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Sheldon Leonard | |
| Air Date : Sep. 19, 1954 |
| Episode 3 - [The Colt] |
| Details : To make up for ignoring Jeff Gramps brings him home a colt Jeff names Domino. Jeff then starts ignoring Lassie in his enthusiasm over having a horse. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Walter Baldwin | Director : Sheldon Leonard | |
| Air Date : Sep. 26, 1954 |
| Episode 4 - [The Gun] |
| Details : Jeff wants to learn to use his father's gun but Ellen is terrified of him being exposed to a firearm although Gramps thinks he should learn to use it. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Trevor Bardette | Director : Sidney Salkow | |
| Air Date : Oct. 03, 1954 |
| Episode 5 - [Mr Peabody] |
| Details : Gramps hires a tramp to do some odd jobs on the farm then is jealous when Jeff starts to idolize the tale-telling old man. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Sheldon Leonard | |
| Air Date : Oct. 10, 1954 |
| Episode 6 - [The Convict] |
| Details : Jeff and Lassie meet an escaped convict in the woods. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Dabbs Greer | Director : Thomas Carr | |
| Air Date : Oct. 17, 1954 |
| Episode 7 - [Feud] |
| Details : When Gramps quarrels with Matt Brockway after a hotly contested checker game both men forbid their sons to play with each other. After Jeff and Porky's first attempt to fix the problem goes horribly wrong so the boys hide in the woods in hopes that in saving them Gramps and Matt will be friends again. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Joey D. Vieira | Director : Sheldon Leonard | |
| Air Date : Oct. 24, 1954 |
| Episode 8 - [The Lion] |
| Details : With Gramps and Ellen away for the day Jeff and Porky plan a lazy day--until an escaped circus lion invades the farm. Worse no one will believe them when they call for help. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Joey D. Vieira | Director : Sheldon Leonard | |
| Air Date : Oct. 31, 1954 |
| Episode 9 - [Gramps] |
| Details : When Gramps has chest pains the family tries to keep him from exerting himself. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Dayton Lummis | Director : Sidney Salkow | |
| Air Date : Nov. 07, 1954 |
| Episode 10 - [Lassie's Pups] |
| Details : Jeff thinks Lassie needs a vet when her time comes but a storm is brewing and Gramps says dogs can cope. Dr. Wilson: Frank Ferguson. Mrs. Wilson: Frances Morris. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Frank Ferguson | Director : Sheldon Leonard | |
| Air Date : Nov. 14, 1954 |
| Episode 11 - [The Job] |
| Details : A radio producer hears Ellen singing at church and offers her a job singing on radio--but she and Jeff must take an apartment in the city and leave Lassie with Gramps to do it. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Thurston Hall | Director : Sidney Salkow | |
| Air Date : Nov. 21, 1954 |
| Episode 12 - [The Carnival] |
| Details : Jeff shows a dog trainer at the fair Lassie's tricks--and thinking she can be a headliner for them the man and his partner steal her. Clay: Richard Garland. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Vic Perrin | Raymond Hatton | Henry Slate | Director : Sidney Salkow | |
| Air Date : Nov. 28, 1954 |
| Episode 13 - [Sale Of Lassie] |
| Details : Jeff overhears the wrong conversation and thinking Gramps needs an expensive operation attempts to sell Lassie to raise the money. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Rod Amateau | |
| Air Date : Dec. 05, 1954 |
| Episode 14 - [The Rustlers] |
| Details : The calf Jeff is raising for the county fair vanishes the same night Lassie comes home injured and covered with mud--then she mysteriously starts chasing Ellen's car. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : William Phipps | Director : Sidney Salkow | |
| Air Date : Dec. 12, 1954 |
| Episode 15 - [The Fighter] |
| Details : Jeff doesn't understand why a famous prizefighter doesn't want to box any longer and pegs him as a coward. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Chris Drake | Gordon Jones | Director : Sidney Salkow | |
| Air Date : Dec. 19, 1954 |
| Episode 16 - [The Contest] |
| Details : While Jeff prepares for the county fair a spoiled little girl visits the farm and continually tries to hurt Lassie. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Frank Ferguson | |
| Air Date : Dec. 26, 1954 |
| Episode 17 - [Runaways] |
| Details : After Lassie is suspected of having rabies she's about to be taken to the pound--but Jeff runs away with her. Clay: Richard Garland. Brockway: Paul Maxey. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Sidney Salkow | |
| Air Date : Jan. 02, 1955 |
| Episode 18 - [The Brat] |
| Details : Ellen offers the boys a special treat if they will babysit a boy while she is called out on an errand. But the kid turns out to be more than Jeff and Porky can handle. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Joey D. Vieira | Director : Lesley Selander | |
| Air Date : Jan. 09, 1955 |
| Episode 19 - [Father] |
| Details : 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 embarrassed when Ellen decides to accompany him instead. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Raymond Greenleaf | Director : Sidney Salkow | |
| Air Date : Jan. 16, 1955 |
| Episode 20 - [The Fawn] |
| Details : Jeff wants to adopt an orphan fawn but Gramps says there is no place for wild animals on a farm. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Frank Ferguson | Trevor Bardette | Director : Lesley Selander | |
| Air Date : Jan. 23, 1955 |
| Episode 21 - [Blind Soldier] |
| Details : 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 tell him the truth fearing he will slip into depression again. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jonathan Hale | Paul Richards | Director : Lesley Selander | |
| Air Date : Jan. 30, 1955 |
| Episode 22 - [The Cave] |
| Details : Jeff and Lassie are trapped in a cave shown to them by a malicious classmate. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Thomas Carr | |
| Air Date : Feb. 06, 1955 |
| Episode 23 - [The Injury] |
| Details : An injured man hurt in a car accident is brought to the farm. He mutters something about hitting a collie with his car--and Lassie is acting strangely. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Dayton Lummis | Director : Lesley Selander | |
| Air Date : Feb. 13, 1955 |
| Episode 24 - [The Well] |
| Details : A snoopy inspector from the water department insists on seeing the Miller well. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Hugh Beaumont | Tris Coffin | Director : Leslie Goodwins | |
| Air Date : Feb. 20, 1955 |
| Episode 25 - [The Snake] |
| Details : Jeff is bitten by a rattlesnake and Gramps and Ellen rush to get him to a doctor. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Dayton Lummis | Director : Sidney Salkow | |
| Air Date : Feb. 27, 1955 |
| Episode 26 - [The Bear] |
| Details : Jeff and Porky's campout is ruined by a persistent bear. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Thomas Carr | |
| Air Date : Mar. 06, 1955 |