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Lassie Season 8 Episodes
Season 8 Episode Guide
36 Episodes 1961 - 1962
Episode 1
Lassie and the Grand Canyon
Sun, Sep 10, 196130 mins
During an awesome vacation at the Grand Canyon, Timmy's mule train descent down the canyon is disrupted by Lassie and later Timmy is helped by a befriended blind man and Lassie when Timmy is stuck on a path off the rim.
Episode 2
The Bloodhound
Sun, Sep 17, 196130 mins
Cully inherits a famed tracking bloodhound whose senses Timmy discovers are failing but is loathe to disillusion Cully even when the dog is called to track a hobo thought to steal Ruth's full wallet which has really been pilfered by a crow.
Episode 3
The Mysterious Intruder
Sun, Sep 24, 196130 mins
Lassie is blamed for attacks on animals on area farms when a collie gone berserk due to a brain injury finds its way into the vicinity.
Episode 4
The Badger Game
Sun, Oct 1, 196130 mins
Timmy want to enter an different type of animal in the pet contest so he decide to capture a badger which lead to trouble for Timmy.
Episode 5
The Outlaw
Sun, Oct 8, 196130 mins
After a police dog and policeman befriended by Timmy and Lassie are shot by a bank robber, the dog on the loose becomes aggressive to the point of attack and might be killed by authorities except the dog is gentled by Timmy and Lassie.
Episode 6
The Winner
Sun, Oct 15, 196130 mins
Lassie is unable to follow the rules during a coon competition and, being thought mean, is barred from a swim competition which decision is reversed but Lassie loses because she saves the life of an struggling old dog.
Episode 7
Heat Wave
Sun, Oct 22, 196130 mins
During a dry spell, local farmers set traps to catch animals down from the woods to feed on farm crops which traps Cully springs as dangerous thus the farmers want Cully declared incompetent so Timmy wants Cully to reset the traps.
Episode 8
The Deer
Sun, Oct 29, 196130 mins
Timmy begins to feed a doe that has fled a fire in the woods just prior to hunting season and tries to capture the deer against the orders of Paul and Ruth but puts the deer in further danger.
Episode 9
Lassie Adopts the Fire Chief
Sun, Nov 5, 196130 mins
When the fire chief's Dalmatian is killed at a fire, Timmy loans Lassie to the chief for during the day but Lassie becomes enthralled with the fire engine and fire chasing to the extent she ignores Timmy.
Episode 10
The Pied Piper
Sun, Nov 12, 196130 mins
When Timmy undertakes breeding white rats to sell to a university veterinary researcher to raise money, the rats begin to destroy the farm crops.
Episode 11
Joey
Sun, Nov 19, 196130 mins
Timmy fails to obtain a service dog for a blind boy (Joey) so the boy will make friends and then offers Lassie to the boy but the Martins and the boy's mother introduce Joey to a camp for blind children.
Episode 12
Lassie's Wild Baby
Sun, Nov 26, 196130 mins
Lassie eschews a kitten given to her by a neighbor to compensate for not having puppies taking instead a mountain lion cub for which the mother comes looking.
Episode 13
The Dognappers
Sun, Dec 3, 196130 mins
A pair of men steal dogs for ransom until they lock up Lassie after stealing Lassie with their vehicle at which time Lassie frees the stolen dogs and alerts the law.
Episode 14
The Dove
Sun, Dec 17, 196130 mins
An illegally entered Mexican boy found injured by Timmy places the Martins in legal jeopardy as both Timmy and the Mexican boy struggle with doing the right thing.
Episode 15
Yochim's Christmas
Sun, Dec 24, 196130 mins
When Pearlie Mae Yochim and her son Billy Joe, grieving over the loss of his dog and his father, visit the Martins on Christmas Eve,the boys rescue a man from under a sleigh and then find gifts in the Martin's yard including a puppy.
Episode 16
The Parrot
Sun, Dec 31, 196130 mins
Cully foists a mischievous escaped parrot on Ruth as an ostensible birthday gift and will not take it back until Cully learns that there is a reward involved.
Episode 17
Lassie's Protege
Sun, Jan 7, 196230 mins
Lassie grieves mightily when a raccoon she has befriended as a companion while Timmy returns to school after summer is killed by a careless speeding teen driver.
Episode 18
The Black Sheep
Sun, Jan 14, 196230 mins
Timmy raises for a 4H competition a sheep that he is given by a truck driver for helping the driver retrieve a flock and then has trouble persuading a sheepherder that the sheep is his when it mixes with the man's flock.
Episode 19
The Partnership
Sun, Jan 21, 196230 mins
A colt Timmy finds after a forest fire and wants to keep must be auctioned by the county and, when it appears Timmy will lose the bid, Washburne puts up money on the condition Timmy will house but then the mare comes looking for the colt.
Episode 20
The Hike
Sun, Jan 28, 196230 mins
Disobedient Timmy hikes in the woods alone because his hiking partner is sick and is knocked unconscious after slipping down an embankment as a forest fire starts.
Episode 21
Bird of Prey
Sun, Feb 4, 196230 mins
Timmy and Paul's nephew Richard find a trapped falcon which Richard, a cadet and falconer, instructs Timmy to train and, when it is learned that Timmy is too young to keep a falcon, the falcon is donated to the Air Force Academy.
Episode 22
Casey
Sun, Feb 11, 196230 mins
After Mr. Grisby, a railroad worker and friend of Timmy, is injured, Timmy offers to take care of Mr.Grisby's pet chimpanzee Casey while he recuperates.
Episode 23
The Odyssey: Part 1
Sun, Feb 18, 196230 mins
Lassie is locked into transport trailer while Paul is selling the farm crop at market in Capitol City and, when the truckers open the trailer over 600 miles away, panicked Lassie flees into nearby woods.
Episode 24
The Odyssey: Part 2
Sun, Feb 25, 196230 mins
While Paul and Timmy search for Lassie, Lassie still lost continues her journey escaping several dangers and is taken in by an hunter who treats her wolf bites and feeds her from his larder.
Episode 25
The Odyssey: Part 3
Sun, Mar 4, 196230 mins
Timmy grows increasingly despondent at Lassie's absence so that he is unable to accept Cully's puppy while Lassie instinctively forges ahead toward home and arrives just as Timmy has lost all hope.
Episode 26
Double Trouble
Sun, Mar 11, 196230 mins
When Cully and Timmy attend the Capital City Dog show, they are given free perks and accommodations because Lassie is mistaken for an expected to attend champion dog but the promoter is not peeved as Lassie has often saved embarrassment.
Episode 27
Eager Beaver
Sun, Mar 18, 196230 mins
Paul attempts to solve the problem of a beaver dam blocking area irrigation by trapping the beavers for relocation but Lassie's fondness for beaver causes Lassie to spring the traps while Paul dissuades a neighbor from shooting the beavers.
Episode 28
Lassie and the Eagle
Sun, Mar 25, 196230 mins
An eagle that Timmy and Lassie rescued from a coyote trap helps save Lassie's newborn pups from a coyote.
Episode 29
The Vindication of Relentless
Sun, Apr 1, 196230 mins
When the assessor loses his entry book prior to arriving at Cully's, he threatens to alert the citizens that Cully's bloodhound has no sense of smell unless Cully finds the book which is found in a bear cave by Lassie or the bloodhound.
Episode 30
The Unwanted
Sun, Apr 8, 196230 mins
Timmy obtains an unwanted German Shepherd to give to Miss Hazlit's uncle, a disabled in the line of duty police dog trainer, and then finds that the dog's deafness prevents training but Doc Porter does a corrective operation gratis.
Episode 31
The Musher
Sun, Apr 15, 196230 mins
Timmy trains a mixed breed of dogs for a junior sled race entered with some resistance from Paul and Ruth and then makes the mistake putting in the lead a hunting dog which goes off course when distracted by a rabbit.
Episode 32
Lassie's Good Deed
Sun, Apr 29, 196230 mins
After a pensioner Timmy has befriended is hit by a car when getting his check in town, Lassie brings his little dog from the man's cabin deep in the woods to the hospital in an attempt to revive the pensioner from a coma.
Episode 33
Sanctuary
Sun, May 6, 196230 mins
Timmy's and Cully's efforts to impress upon a forestry official the need to declare a certain section of forest a wildlife refuge in order to prevent the construction of the road backfire with sometimes hilarious outcomes.
Episode 34
Lassie and the Calf
Sun, May 13, 196230 mins
Timmy and Lassie save a premature calf of a heifer Timmy is tending while the surly owner Mr. Tate is away and, when Tate wants to send the calf to slaughter, Timmy persuades an attorney to sue for possession of the calf.
Episode 35
Elephant Sitters
Sun, May 20, 196230 mins
Cully's treasure hunting friend foist on him a small elephant which Cully is unable to contain and prevent from damaging the Martin farm and other property in the vicinity.
Episode 36
Lassie and the Tiger
Sun, May 27, 196230 mins
An animal trainer permits his tiger to swim in the fishing hole at which time it flees at Lassie' s bark and terrorizes the Martins while Sheriff Miller's posse is on the hunt and the trainer attempts to prevent the animal's destruction.