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Lassie Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
39 Episodes 1958 - 1959
Episode 1
The Storm
Sun, Sep 7, 195830 mins
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?
Episode 2
Wishing
Sun, Sep 14, 195830 mins
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?
Episode 3
The Teacher
Sun, Sep 21, 195830 mins
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.
Episode 4
The Owl
Sun, Sep 28, 195830 mins
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.
Episode 5
The Crash
Mon, Oct 6, 195830 mins
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?
Episode 6
The Rocking Chair
Sun, Oct 12, 195830 mins
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.
Episode 7
Fish out of Water
Sun, Oct 19, 195830 mins
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.
Episode 8
Trapped
Sun, Oct 26, 195830 mins
Timmy and Boomer fall through the floor into the cellar of a decrepit old house that is about to be bulldozed.
Episode 9
Our Gal
Sun, Nov 2, 195830 mins
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.
Episode 10
Lassie's Decision
Sun, Nov 9, 195830 mins
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.
Episode 11
The Egrets
Sun, Nov 16, 195830 mins
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.
Episode 12
The Archers
Sun, Nov 23, 195830 mins
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.
Episode 13
The Bundle from Britain
Sun, Nov 30, 195830 mins
Timmy's friends have difficulty accepting the Martin's visiting English schoolboy and Timmy's attention to the boy.
Episode 14
The Black Woods
Sun, Dec 7, 195830 mins
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.
Episode 15
The Raffle
Sun, Dec 14, 195830 mins
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.
Episode 16
The Christmas Story
Sun, Dec 21, 195830 mins
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.
Episode 17
The Ladybugs
Sun, Dec 28, 195830 mins
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.
Episode 18
Junior GIs
Sun, Jan 4, 195930 mins
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.
Episode 19
The Big Cat
Sun, Jan 11, 195930 mins
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.
Episode 20
The Tree
Sun, Jan 18, 195930 mins
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.
Episode 21
Timmy the Oil Millionaire
Sun, Jan 25, 195930 mins
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.
Episode 22
Beholden
Sun, Feb 1, 195930 mins
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.
Episode 23
Tartan Queen
Sun, Feb 8, 195930 mins
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.
Episode 24
The Horse Show
Sun, Feb 15, 195930 mins
Timmy is greeted with critical amusement when he enters the farm donkey in the county fair's horse grooming and obedience competition.
Episode 25
The Cat That Came to Dinner
Sun, Feb 22, 195930 mins
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.
Episode 26
The Bonnet
Sun, Mar 1, 195930 mins
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.
Episode 27
The Puppy Story
Sun, Mar 8, 195930 mins
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.
Episode 28
The Young Flyers
Sun, Mar 15, 195930 mins
Timmy enters a kite flying contest in his Cub Scouts troop but has to make a quick decision when his original kite is lost.
Episode 29
The Watch Dog
Sun, Mar 22, 195930 mins
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.
Episode 30
The Puppet
Sun, Mar 29, 195930 mins
Lassie becomes smitten with a puppet that look like another dog.
Episode 31
Rock Hound
Sun, Apr 5, 195930 mins
Timmy and Boomer are convinced that their new neighbor is a bank robber.
Episode 32
The Charm
Sun, Apr 12, 195930 mins
While looking for his lost good luck charm Boomer becomes trapped under a fallen tree.
Episode 33
Teamwork
Sun, Apr 19, 195930 mins
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.
Episode 34
Stable Mates
Sun, Apr 26, 195930 mins
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.
Episode 35
The Camera
Sun, May 3, 195930 mins
While helping Timmy get pictures for a photo contest Paul and Uncle Petrie comes across a uncooperative man hunting pheasants on the Martin property.
Episode 36
Peace Patrol
Sun, May 10, 195930 mins
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.
Episode 37
Swami
Sun, May 17, 195930 mins
At the church carnival Timmy and Boomer dresses Lassie as a fortune teller but it does not goes as they planned.
Episode 38
Campout
Sun, May 24, 195930 mins
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.
Episode 39
Lassie's Guest
Sun, May 31, 195930 mins
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.