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S5.E1 ∙ The Storm

Sat, Sep 06, 1958

After morning chores Timmy and his new friend Ralph, who wants to be called "Boomer" set out to teach Boomer's dog, Mike how to herd sheep. The problem is poor Mike doesn't seem to know his own name. The news that a cyclone may hit Timmy's family farm has Timmy worried. After Uncle Petry tells Timmy that a cyclone could send a whole barn spinning up in the air. Timmmy decides the barnyard animals would be safer in the house. As the storm is about to hit Timmy, Mom, Dad, and Uncle Petree take refuge in the storm cellar. But wait? Oh no! Where's Lassies? He's run off! Will Lassie survive the cyclone? Will Timmy get trapped in the well? Why doesn't Mike know his name?

7.3 /10

S5.E2 ∙ Wishing

Sat, Sep 13, 1958

Uncle Petrie takes Timmy and Lassie into town. Uncle Petrie treats Timmy to ten rides on a pony. Dressed out in his best "Roy Rogers" outfit, Timmy falls in love with a pony named "Star". Timmy needs guidance. He asks mom if he can pray to God for a new pony. Mom wisely tells Timmy that prayers aren't meant for the purpose of getting things. Not to be daunted, Timmy asks if he can wish really hard for the pony. The ever hopeful little Timmy sneaks in the idea that he's wishing for a pony to God after he thanking Him just the same for the soar throat He gave him last week; even though he didn't want one. Lassie always knows what Timmy wants and bounds off early in the morning to have a private conversation with "Star". Next thing you know, Star and Lassie are racing off to be with Timmy. But, wait! Who's that chasing after Star and Lassie in a truck! It's Star's owners, who are secretly bad guys getting ready to leave town after stealing money from the townspeople. What a surprise for Timmy when he wakes up that morning. Wishes do come true! Or do they? Some of the townspeople lay claim to Timmy's knew pony to cover the damages they suffered at the hands of the bad guys. It will take the wisdom of Solomon to decide the fate of little "Star" the pony. Will "Star" get to say with Timmy? Will the County Judge be able to channel King Solomon to solve this? Will "Star" get out of jail? Will Timmy get trapped in the well? Just what does Lassie say to Star that gets her to follow him home?

7.1 /10

S5.E3 ∙ The Teacher

Sat, Sep 20, 1958

When the Calverton school board wants to replace beloved Miss Hazlit to keep a budget, Timmy and the children work to make five dollars to retain her because Timmy has mistaken Ruth's remark about five dollars a week as an absolute.

7.2 /10

S5.E4 ∙ The Owl

Sat, Sep 27, 1958

Timmy breaks two eggs he is delivering to Mrs. Woodruff dodging dirt clods thrown by Boomer, replaces them with two owl eggs and when trying to replace the owl eggs winds up with Ruth, Boomer and the Woodruffs fending off an angry owl.

7.1 /10

S5.E5 ∙ The Crash

Sun, Oct 05, 1958

That old scamp, Uncle Petrie has filled Timmy's head with the notion that you can find gold by just sniffing the air for it. So Timmy and Boomer set out to find gold in the hills at the other side of the lake. All mom needs to know is where the boys are headed and to make sure they have food by packing them a lunch. She sends them off with a wave and admonishment to be home before dark. The boys do find something, but not gold. They find a crashed small airplane with an injured pilot still on board. The boys use their brains and give credit to their combined ages to save the day. Which is really hard considering the pilot is huge, has a broken leg and manages to set a brush fire by accidentally shooting a flare gun down instead of up. Will the boys be able to get the pilot of out the plane? Will they be able to set his leg? Will they be able to put out the fire in time? Will someone please get Lassie out of the pit? Will Timmy get trapped in the well? Will the boys ever find gold?

7.6 /10

S5.E6 ∙ The Rocking Chair

Sat, Oct 11, 1958

Joe Bascom wins at a charity auction a rocking chair that Paul has glued from pieces found in the barn loft to donate which Lassie is attached enough to remove from Bascom's property to use but angry Bascom blames Timmy.

6.7 /10

S5.E7 ∙ Fish out of Water

Sat, Oct 18, 1958

Timmy needs an experience to relate at school so decides to use Lassie's attachment to a trout she caught but a greater experience occurs when Lassie guarding the trout against a fisher prevents injury from a failed barn timber repair.

6.5 /10

S5.E8 ∙ Trapped

Sat, Oct 25, 1958

Timmy and Boomer fall through the floor into the cellar of a decrepit old house that is about to be bulldozed.

6.5 /10

S5.E9 ∙ Our Gal

Sat, Nov 01, 1958

It becomes difficult to confine to her quarters a year old sow about to have a first litter that Paul has acquired from Herb Simmons.

6.5 /10

S5.E10 ∙ Lassie's Decision

Sat, Nov 08, 1958

The son of a widow new to the property adjoining the Martins is afraid of dogs until Lassie rescues him from drowning during a fishing outing and he then wants his own dog but not until he learns he can not have Lassie by a loyalty test.

6.8 /10

S5.E11 ∙ The Egrets

Sat, Nov 15, 1958

In an attempt to earn a Junior Audubon Club scroll, Timmy sights a rare to the area American Egret as part of his identification quota, a claim disbelieved by the group leader so that Timmy must ultimately identify different bird.

7.1 /10

S5.E12 ∙ The Archers

Sat, Nov 22, 1958

Lassie finds a bear shot with an arrow in the woods and left to die which the Martins nurse to health while they brainstorm ways to apprehend the renegade archers who practice this purposeless kind of thrill hunting.

6.7 /10

S5.E13 ∙ The Bundle from Britain

Sat, Nov 29, 1958

Timmy's friends have difficulty accepting the Martin's visiting English schoolboy and Timmy's attention to the boy.

6.5 /10

S5.E14 ∙ The Black Woods

Sat, Dec 06, 1958

Uncle Petrie investigates sugar maples in the nearby "black woods" and discovers two men who have kidnapped a bank president. Luckily he has taught Timmy smoke signals and when he makes a fire for the criminals, manages to send out a signal Timmy can read.

7 /10

S5.E15 ∙ The Raffle

Sat, Dec 13, 1958

Tongues wag in the neighborhood after Lassie picks Ruth's ticket as a winner in a raffle for a piano -- but the real loser is Timmy, who's forced to take lessons.

6.8 /10

S5.E16 ∙ The Christmas Story

Sat, Dec 20, 1958

While the Martin's are Christmas shopping, Lassie saves a child from getting hit by a truck and is struck herself. Dr. Weaver is uncertain if he can do the operation to save her and the specialist who can is unreachable.

8 /10

S5.E17 ∙ The Ladybugs

Sat, Dec 27, 1958

When an aphid infestation threatens the area, Timmy and Boomer decide to find ladybugs for control to sell using Lassie to track using ladybugs found in Lassie's coat as a clue.

6.6 /10

S5.E18 ∙ Junior GIs

Sat, Jan 03, 1959

Inspired by the pending war games scheduled for a nearby fort, Timmy, Boomer and friends play soldier and wander into a dangerous part of the maneuver area.

6.5 /10

S5.E19 ∙ The Big Cat

Sat, Jan 10, 1959

When Ruth has a flat tire, she chases her runaway spare tire into woods where she becomes caught in a holding trap placed by the state to capture a cougar forced into the area by a fire.

6.2 /10

S5.E20 ∙ The Tree

Sat, Jan 17, 1959

For a club project, Timmy and Boomer adopt a century old apple tree that is to be removed for the construction of a highway but the tree is saved for transplant in the Martin orchard when Timmy writes the President.

6.5 /10

S5.E21 ∙ Timmy the Oil Millionaire

Sat, Jan 24, 1959

When Lassie continues to come home greasy, a pool of oil is discovered in the flax field which causes the Martins to dream of riches until Paul discovers a broken refinery pipeline.

6.6 /10

S5.E22 ∙ Beholden

Sat, Jan 31, 1959

An itinerant handyman fakes accident and injury and surreptitiously creates disrepair on the Martin farm to gain food and lodging which actions fool everyone except Timmy and Boomer.

6.3 /10

S5.E23 ∙ Tartan Queen

Sat, Feb 07, 1959

When Lassie is found to be possibly descended from a very successful line of show dogs, Timmy is instructed on a regime to prepare Lassie for shows but the regime strains his friendship with Boomer.

6.1 /10

S5.E24 ∙ The Horse Show

Sat, Feb 14, 1959

Timmy is greeted with critical amusement when he enters the farm donkey in the county fair's horse grooming and obedience competition.

6.5 /10

S5.E25 ∙ The Cat That Came to Dinner

Sat, Feb 21, 1959

Despite warnings by Lassie and Timmy, the rest of the Martin's believe a devious cat that feigns injury and fakes pest control behavior while creating mischief is a special animal.

6.4 /10

S5.E26 ∙ The Bonnet

Sat, Feb 28, 1959

Paul Martin buys Ruth a new bonnet as a surprise and hide it in the barn but Timmy and Lassie ruin it while playing in the barn.

4.9 /10

S5.E27 ∙ The Puppy Story

Sat, Mar 07, 1959

Timmy and Boomer are disappointed when they find out that Lassie puppies are to be sold, meanwhile Lassie hide her pups in the woods to delayed the sale.

6.4 /10

S5.E28 ∙ The Young Flyers

Sat, Mar 14, 1959

Timmy enters a kite flying contest in his Cub Scouts troop but has to make a quick decision when his original kite is lost.

6.6 /10

S5.E29 ∙ The Watch Dog

Sat, Mar 21, 1959

When Lassie is left at a neighbor while the Martins are at the country fair, the neighbor's pet chimpanzee causes havoc in their home which Lassie is blamed for.

6.2 /10

S5.E30 ∙ The Puppet

Sat, Mar 28, 1959

Lassie becomes smitten with a puppet that look like another dog.

7.3 /10

S5.E31 ∙ Rock Hound

Sat, Apr 04, 1959

Timmy and Boomer are convinced that their new neighbor is a bank robber.

5.6 /10

S5.E32 ∙ The Charm

Sat, Apr 11, 1959

While looking for his lost good luck charm Boomer becomes trapped under a fallen tree.

6.1 /10

S5.E33 ∙ Teamwork

Sat, Apr 18, 1959

Timmy and Boomer heartily disagree over the methods and tasks involved in the construction of a lean to but learn to work together when the boys and Lassie must rescue Boomer's visiting cousin Millicent from a cave ledge.

6.6 /10

S5.E34 ∙ Stable Mates

Sat, Apr 25, 1959

Lassie befriends a stray dog and finds a rambunctious runaway show horse which, after Lassie trains the stray dog to be a stable mate, becomes more calm.

5.8 /10

S5.E35 ∙ The Camera

Sat, May 02, 1959

While helping Timmy get pictures for a photo contest Paul and Uncle Petrie comes across a uncooperative man hunting pheasants on the Martin property.

6.8 /10

S5.E36 ∙ Peace Patrol

Sat, May 09, 1959

Timmy wants his school to participate in The Lone Ranger Peace Patrol program encouraging children to save their money to buy saving bonds to support the United States.

7.3 /10

S5.E37 ∙ Swami

Sat, May 16, 1959

At the church carnival Timmy and Boomer dresses Lassie as a fortune teller but it does not goes as they planned.

5 /10

S5.E38 ∙ Campout

Sat, May 23, 1959

An unprepared city boy who has after a quarrel run away from his uncle with whom he is visiting leads Timmy and Boomer who are camping out in the Martin barn into danger in the woods.

6.5 /10

S5.E39 ∙ Lassie's Guest

Sat, May 30, 1959

When Boomer goes on an overnight visit, Mike who has been left in Timmy's care becomes shut in the trunk of the Martin's car while chasing his ball and taken to a garage where a fire starts.

6.5 /10