Lassie: Season 4
Season 4 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 3.
- 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 4 Progress Shield
The Runaway
Sep 8, 1957
Lassie discovers a small, waiflike boy hiding in the barn, but the child won't talk. The Millers soon find out he's Timmy, an orphan living in Olive Branch with his elderly relativ
The Suit
Sep 15, 1957
Timmy is so excited about his new suit that Ellen allows him to wear it until Jeff gets home, but when he tears it, afraid they will send him back to his aunt and uncle, Timmy lies
Graduation
Sep 22, 1957
Jeff is thrilled to accept a summer job at Doc Weaver's office, but when he neglects his duty for a few minutes, a potentially rabid dog is let loose
The Burro
Sep 29, 1957
When Timmy and Lassie find a sick burro, abandoned by neglectful but well-meaning owners, everyone thinks Timmy's exaggerating until Ellen finds the creature. Timmy's faith and the
The Berry Pickers
Oct 6, 1957
With Jeff at the dentist, Timmy and Gramps go out to pick huckleberries for pies for the church supper. Timmy thinks Gramps is ill when he naps after berrying, but it's Timmy who m
The Raccoon
Oct 13, 1957
Timmy and Jeff nurse an injured raccoon against protests from Gramps--and ""Sam"" repays them by wreaking havoc in kitchen, barn, and chicken coop. Released to the wild, he returns
The Ballerina
Oct 20, 1957
Jeff tries every way he can to avoid meeting Debbie, the daughter of Ellen's visiting college roommate Lucy Hopkins--until he sees her dance and is smitten. But when Porky lampoons
The Elephant
Oct 27, 1957
Jeff and Timmy saw a huge elephant. Ellen & Gramps doesn't want it as an 2nd Pet for Lassie. They decided to keep it until the animal control person comes by and wanted to get rid
Timmy's Family
Dec 8, 1957
Timmy believes he and Lassie are unloved and unwanted by the Martins, and sends Lassie to the Millers in Capitol City. Ellen Miller, knowing that Timmy is mistaken, returns to the
The Bike
Dec 15, 1957
Timmy borrows a bike to learn to ride, but when the bike is stolen, he must replace the stolen one with his new bicycle. The situation is resolved when Lassie plays detective to hu
The Crisis
Jan 5, 1958
Paul, Timmy, and Lassie are stranded on a deserted road when Paul realizes Timmy is becoming seriously ill. Lassie must risk her life to bring help to the sick child.
The Business
Jan 12, 1958
When Timmy and Scott launch a bait-worm selling business, their only potential customer refuses to buy anything. He changes his mind, however, when Lassie saves him from drowning.
The Ring
Jan 19, 1958
Timmy believes one of Uncle Petrie's tall tales and is hurt to discover he has been lied to. A gift of a friendship ring, crafted by Uncle Petrie himself, mends their relationship.
The Pony
Feb 9, 1958
Timmy comes running home with a story about a rabbit-sized pony--but no one believes him.
Sinbad
Feb 16, 1958
To replace Uncle Petrie broken guitar Timmy enters a borrowed parrot in a contest to win the prize of a new guitar.
The Square Dance
Feb 23, 1958
Timmy refuses to attend the Grange Square Dance out of fear that he will have to dance with a girl. After Uncle Petrie reassures him this will not happen, he relents. To everyone's
The Garden
Mar 3, 1958
A drought is hitting the area pretty hard, and Timmy desperately attempts to keep his own small garden from perishing.
Concussion
Mar 9, 1958
When Timmy insists on going to a blasting site despite Lassie's protests, she is struck on the head by a dynamite-propelled rock and appears to not know who she is. Then she wander
The Hungry Deer
Mar 16, 1958
Members of the community band together to hunt down deer driven to eat their crops, but Timmy and Scott fight to do something that doesn't involve killing them.
The Hospital
Mar 23, 1958
Timmy is stricken with severe stomach cramps and keeps calling out for Lassie.
The Penguin
Mar 30, 1958
A crate holding a penguin enroute to the Capitol City zoo falls off its truck, and Timmy and Scott adopt the creature
Seeing Eye Dog
Apr 13, 1958
When Lassie finds an injured seeing-eye dog, the family searches in vain for the dog's owner. The situation appears hopeless until Lassie leads them to the dog's missing collar, an
Junior Firemen
Apr 20, 1958
Timmy becomes overzealous in his efforts to spot fire hazards to win a contest.
The Blanket
Apr 27, 1958
Ruth tries to replace Lassie's disreputable old blanket with a new one, but Lassie will have none of it.
The Cub Scout
May 11, 1958
Scott's city cousins make fun of Timmy and Scott's interest in the Cub Scouts
The Crow
May 18, 1958
Timmy's ""patient,"" an injured crow he names ""Peck,"" recovers to become a farm pest.
The House Guest
Jun 1, 1958
Timmy becomes annoyed with a house guest of Ruth when all she can talk about is all the finer things Ruth is missing by living on a farm.
The Sermon
Jun 8, 1958
Inspired by Uncle Petrie's tale of a boy who talks to the animals, Timmy sets out to befriend animals himself. But he helps some people along the way and it is their friendship and