Lassie: Season 5
Season 5 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 4.
- 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 5 Progress Shield
The Storm
Sep 7, 1958
Timmy and Boomer try to teach Boomer's new dog Mike, a distant little terrier, farm ways, but he seems unable to learn.
Wishing
Sep 14, 1958
Uncle Petrie allows Timmy to ride a pony at a pony-ride concession, and Timmy falls in love with the animal--so Lassie sneaks out in the night and brings ""Star"" home.
The Teacher
Sep 21, 1958
Timmy and his classmates adore their teacher Miss Hazlit, and when they find out she may have to leave because of budget constraints, they try to earn the money to keep her on. But
The Owl
Sep 28, 1958
Timmy and Boomer are so desperate to be useful that Ruth entrusts a fresh egg delivery to the boys, but they're sidetracked by an aggressive barn ow1 after they try to replace two
The Crash
Oct 5, 1958
Timmy and Boomer run to see a plane crash and don't know what to do when they find the injured pilot in the wreckage.
The Rocking Chair
Oct 12, 1958
Lassie falls in love with a rocking chair destined for donation to a benefit sale, and when it's sold, she determines to do something to get it back.
Fish Out of Water
Oct 19, 1958
Timmy brings home a rainbow trout with plans to keep it as a pet, but the idea engenders all sorts of obstacles.
Trapped
Oct 26, 1958
When Timmy and Boomer discover there will be girls at the Halloween party they are looking forward to, they go out hunting for foxfire to smear on their faces so girls won't kiss t
Our Gal
Nov 2, 1958
Paul's expensive new sow ""Our Gal"" turns out to have an unfortunate predeliction zfor running away, even through reinforced fencing, and after she has a litter of piglets.
Lassie's Decision
Nov 9, 1958
Timmy's plan to help his new friend Henry, who is afraid of dogs, backfires when Henry mistakes Lassie's extra attention as love for him and believes she wants to stay with him.
The Egret
Nov 16, 1958
On a bird-watching expedition for school, Timmy sees a rare snowy egret, but no one will believe him. Finally a professor is dispatched to see if his report is true.
The Archers
Nov 23, 1958
After bow hunters shoot a bear cub, then leave it in the forest to die, the Martins try to save the animal.
The Bundle from Britain
Nov 30, 1958
Boomer is jealous when Timmy seems to prefer the company of his English visitor, Robin, and his little Cairn terrier Basil, so he and a classmate make fun of Robin's short pants an
The Black Woods
Dec 7, 1958
Having seen sugar maples while taking Timmy on a nature hike, Uncle Petrie returns to the woods to investigate--and runs into two men holding bank president Robert Hanson hostage.
The Raffle
Dec 14, 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
The Christmas Story
Dec 21, 1958
Several days before Christmas, Lassie is struck by a truck while saving a three-year-old girl and so seriously injured she needs a special veterinarian to operate on her
The Lady Bugs
Dec 28, 1958
Timmy and Boomer want to be partners in a business, and, learning Paul is planning to spend $10 on ladybugs to help fight aphids in his apple orchard, are determined to find a cach
Junior GI's
Jan 4, 1959
The Army is conducting war games near the farm, and excited Timmy, Boomer, and their friends plan their own maneuvers. But it's no game when scout Timmy and his ""war dog"" Lassie
The Big Cat
Jan 11, 1959
Ruth, taking a woods shortcut on her way to a Grange supper and having to replace a flat tire, is caught in a trap set by a state hunter to catch a marauding cougar.
The Tree
Jan 18, 1959
For a club project, Timmy and Boomer adopt a tree that was supposedly planted by Johnny Appleseed, then discover it is sleighted to be cut down to make way for a highway, so Timmy
Timmy,The Oil Millionaire
Jan 25, 1959
When Lassie keeps coming home with greasy muck on her legs, Timmy and Boomer investigate, and discover a pool of oil on their property. But Uncle Petrie's investigation of the pool
Beholden
Feb 1, 1959
Asa Winkler, a conniving handyman, claims Lassie bit him and tore his pants to obtain odd jobs at the Martins--and arranges other ""accidents"" to stay on.
Tartan Queen
Feb 8, 1959
A breeder says Lassie may be descended from a famous show dog and urges Timmy not to let her run wild, so she must sit on the sidelines while Boomer's terrier Mike has all the fun.
The Horse Show
Feb 15, 1959
Timmy, disappointed that there are no contests in the county fair a small boy can participate in, enters his burro Lucky in a farm horse event.
The Cat That Came to Dinner
Feb 22, 1959
The Martins adopt a cat they find half-drowned outside the house, but the conniving cat, dubbed ""Marmalade"" by Timmy because of his color, immediately starts getting Lassie into
The Bonnet
Mar 1, 1959
Knowing Ruth hasn't had a new hat in four years, Paul buys her a lovely spring hat he discovers she was longing for, but Timmy and Lassie inadvertently ruin it while playing.
The Puppy Story
Mar 8, 1959
Timmy and Boomer are heartbroken when they find out Lassie's puppies are to be sold, so Lassie hides them in an old pen in the woods. But the mischevious babies get free.
The Young Flyers
Mar 15, 1959
The entire family pitches in to help Timmy win in his Cub Scout troop's kite-flying contest, especially after the original kite is lost.
The Watch Dog
Mar 22, 1959
Lassie, staying at a neighbor's house while the family as at the county fair, is blamed for the damage done by Chipper, a chimpanzee being nursed by Mrs. Collins.
The Puppet
Mar 29, 1959
Lassie falls in love with Suzy, a canine hand puppet manipulated by a down-on-his-luck ventriloquist.
Rock Hound
Apr 5, 1959
Timmy and Boomer are convinced that their new neighbor is a bank robber.
Teamwork
Apr 19, 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 vis
Stable Mates
Apr 26, 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.
The Camera
May 3, 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.
Peace Patrol
May 10, 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.
Swami
May 17, 1959
At the church carnival Timmy and Boomer dresses Lassie as a fortune teller but it does not goes as they planned.
Campout
May 24, 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 woo
Lassie's Guest
May 31, 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 fi