Lassie: Season 18
Season 18 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Lassie Season 17.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 18 Progress Shield
Fury Falls
Oct 7, 1971
A hawk Lassie rescues from entanglement in kite string returns the favor when the coyote pup Lassie has befriended is threatened by a snake. But it's Lassie herself who then must b
Search for Yesterday
Oct 14, 1971
Now accompanied by Lassie, Ron and Dale have the gold they have been placer mining assayed--and just for the heck of it, buy an old treasure map and go in search of a gold mine. On
Trouble Tracks
Oct 21, 1971
Lassie befriends a trouble-prone mutt who is mascot of an old railroad spur line.
Wings of the Ghost
Oct 21, 1971
The boys and Lassie sleep in an old barn that appears to be haunted.
Homecoming
Nov 4, 1971
Ron and Dale return to the Holden Ranch, where Lassie is welcomed by Garth Holden and his foster sons, boys who have been orphaned or abandoned by their families.
Orphan of the Wild
Nov 11, 1971
Mike, the new boy, begins works at the local animal clinic and developes a crush on the veterinarian,he's also feeling shy until he helps nurse an injured owl back to health.
Day of Disaster
Nov 18, 1971
While in town picking up a gift for Garth, Ron is knocked unconscious when an earthquake strikes, and when he comes to, Lassie has escaped from the truck. As he and the dog search
The Schemer
Nov 25, 1971
Ron and Lassie return home from a trip to find Mike has adopted a raccoon from the wild animal park--and ""Rags"" is immediately jealous of Lassie. Soon dog and raccoon are embroil
The Flying Grandpa
Dec 2, 1971
Mike befriends Henry Newton, who flies a Curtis Pusher at airshows under the name ""The Flying Grandpa,"" when his aircraft breaks down in the Holden pasture. His long involved tal
Mustang (1)
Dec 9, 1971
Garth and Dale survey rangeland for the Forest Service and see a young white stallion challenging the older black leader of a horse herd; Garth predicts the white horse will soon s
Mustang (2)
Dec 16, 1971
As Lassie gently leads the stallion back to the Holden Ranch, Garth and Dale leave food and drink for the animal, hoping he will choose himself to live at the ranch.
Roundup
Jan 13, 1972
Ron and Dale, home from college, go out on the annual stray roundup and make a bet on which of them will find the most cattle. But it's Lassie who gets the jump on them, helps a ca
Dream Seeker
Jan 20, 1972
Ron and Dale, spending two days camping at Pine Lake before returning to college, pick up a boy that Dale can tell is ""on the run."" Sure enough, once he leaves them he builds a c
Peace is Our Profession (1)
Jan 28, 1972
Garth takes Lassie with him on his visit to Vandenberg Air Force Base, where they meet Jimmy Fredericks, a boy with a weakened leg who has given up believing he will ever walk norm
Peace is Our Profession (2)
Feb 4, 1972
Lassie protects a snow goose who has chosen to lay her eggs on the flightline.
Peace is Our Profession (3)
Feb 11, 1972
Lassie befriends a diabetic poodle named Sparky who stows away on the Looking Glass, where there's no insulin, to be with his owner.
Peace is Our Profession (4)
Feb 18, 1972
Jimmy finds out that his father's flight may crash and must re-examine his faith.
Paths of Courage (1)
Feb 25, 1972
Hoping to help his self-esteem, Garth takes Jimmy back to the ranch with him. There the uncertain boy meets Lucy Baker, a girl who's been deaf most of her life, and her pet wolf Mo
Paths of Courage (2)
Mar 3, 1972
After Lucy and Jimmy find Mountie in the cave where Lassie has hidden him, Lucy sends Jimmy for help on her horse. He is frightened to do so, but does so for her sake, and despite
Circle of Life
Mar 10, 1972
When Mountie weakens and then dies, even normally optimistic Lucy cannot understand and sinks into depression, so Sue asks her to help out at the wild animal park to take her mind