Episode guide
Lassie: Season 17
22 episodes · premiered Sep 19, 1970
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- Episode 1: Lassie's Interlude Sep 20, 1970 Lassie, on her own now (no explanation is given), meets a young man traveling the countryside and his male collie, Duke. They later find haven, and the young man a job, at a ranch where…
- Episode 2: The Birth Sep 27, 1970 While Duke and his master move on, Lassie remains at the ranch, but her new puppies are endangered by the owner, who thinks the pups were sired by a killer dog.
- Episode 3: The Survival Oct 4, 1970 Lassie and her three puppies escape from the ranch and head for the desert, where Kerry discovers them and helps them survive.
- Episode 4: The Miracle Oct 11, 1970 Mute Kerry continues to help Lassie and her puppies elude his father and the sheriff, who's determined to kill the pups, and by the time the rancher learns Duke was the father of the…
- Episode 5: The Innocents Oct 11, 1970 In this all-animal episode, Lassie teaches her two remaining puppies to survive in the wild, not an easy task in an area full of snakes and predators.
- Episode 6: The Offering Oct 25, 1970 Lassie and her puppies meet a boy who is grief-stricken by the recent death of his dog.So Lassie leaves one of her two remaining puppies with the little boy.
- Episode 7: Nature's Child Nov 1, 1970 While wandering the forest, Lassie and her remaining puppy meet a little girl who can ""talk to animals.""
- Episode 8: Flock of Love Nov 8, 1970 Lassie befriends an elderly man whose claim that the flock of birds he feeds love him is scoffed by his cynical checkers opponent. But the faithful birds will surprise them.
- Episode 9: Aftermath Nov 15, 1970 After a forest fire, Lassie helps the wild animals displaced by the flames find new homes.
- Episode 10: Here Comes Glory! (1) Nov 22, 1970 Lassie, poisoned by pesticides, is found by an up-and-coming race horse, Glory, and her young owner. Once well again, she befriends a newborn colt on their California thoroughbred…
- Episode 11: Here Comes Glory! (2) Nov 29, 1970 Even Hank can't believe all his surgical skills can heal Glory's injured leg, but Monty takes a chance and has her operated on nevertheless after a pep talk from partner Bert. Then it is…
- Episode 12: A Year of Sundays Dec 6, 1970 Lassie and a workaholic trucker rescue a young man traveling across America trying to live ""a year of Sundays"" after getting out of the Army. The trucker scoffs at Mark's idea--until the…
- Episode 13: Any Heart in a Storm Dec 13, 1970 Lassie takes refuge during a rainstorm in the garage of a good-hearted, lonely widow whose children have gone to college, but the woman is reluctant to let the muddy collie into her tidy…
- Episode 14: Gentle Dawn Jan 10, 1971 Lassie and an injured mother linnet, who was stunned by a car while foraging for food on a road, bring together a lonely man and woman; in caring for the injured creature, they also learn…
- Episode 15: Lassie's Busy Day Jan 17, 1971 The ring-tailed cat Lassie saves from a bobcat becomes the hunter after he goes after a grouse's nest along with a grey fox; next, a horned owl's nest is threatened by an opossum. After…
- Episode 16: The River Jan 24, 1971 Lassie makes her way upstream after helping rescue two campers who left their father to try out a new raft and were swept downstream on the rapids. Once she finds help, however, she must…
- Episode 17: Other Pastures, Other Fences Jan 31, 1971 A boy restless with his rural life and chafing under the ""no trespassing"" signs of their territorial neighbor wishes to strike out to ""follow his star""--stealing the neighbor's mare to…
- Episode 18: The Awakening Feb 7, 1971 Teenage Patty, reluctantly having left the city for a summer in the country with her aunt, has an inauspicious beginning: she's poisoned by arsenic in the well. Her aunt finds the source…
- Episode 19: Troubled Waters Feb 21, 1971 Lassie and her new pal, a mutt named Skipper, are getting along just fine with Reed and Johnny, a couple of guys they befriended on the beach, until John discovers Reed is ""the law,"" a…
- Episode 20: For the Love of Lassie (1) Feb 28, 1971 Lassie returns to visit the farm where she left one of her puppies--and once upon her way again, falls down a hidden well.
- Episode 21: For the Love of Lassie (2) Mar 7, 1971 As Lassie remains trapped in the well the people she met and helped the previous months converge. In between frequent flashbacks everyone works diligently, including a honeymooning couple…
- Episode 22: Sneakers Mar 21, 1971 People who have been helped by Lassie (including the couple from ""Gentle Dawn,"" who are now married) help rescue her from the well.