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Lassie

Season 1 Episode 15: The Fighter

A man who, unknown to the Millers, has been a prizefighter who killed a man in the ring signs on to be a Miller farmhand and is perceived by formerly admiring Jeff as coward for not standing up against another farmhand bully.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Inheritance

1. Inheritance

Aired: Sep 12, 1954

Young Jeff Miller inherits a neighbor's collie and, while Lassie has trouble ...

Episode 2 Arithmetic

2. Arithmetic

Aired: Sep 19, 1954

Jeff considers running away when he is forced to study arithmetic including a...

Episode 3 The Colt

3. The Colt

Aired: Sep 26, 1954

Lassie leaves the farm when Jeff ignores her while he is infatuated with new ...

Episode 4 The Gun

4. The Gun

Aired: Oct 3, 1954

Ellen, at first mortified by Jeff's discovery of his deceased father's rifle,...

Episode 5 Mr. Peabody

5. Mr. Peabody

Aired: Oct 10, 1954

Jeff is enthralled by the plethora of tall tales told by the new farmhand Mr....

Episode 6 The Convict

6. The Convict

Aired: Oct 17, 1954

Jeff is met at the lake by an escaped convict who threatens harm to Gramps an...

Episode 7 Feud

7. Feud

Aired: Oct 24, 1954

Jeff and Porky try to patch up the friendship between the feuding Gramps and ...

Episode 8 The Lion

8. The Lion

Aired: Oct 31, 1954

Jeff tells his parents about seeing an escaped circus lion in the woods, but ...

Episode 9 Gramps

9. Gramps

Aired: Nov 7, 1954

Jeff and Ellen wrongly believe that a Gramps has a bad heart and insist Gramp...

Episode 10 Lassie's Pups

10. Lassie's Pups

Aired: Nov 14, 1954

Lassie is in the barn and about to have puppies but looks ill at ease, and Je...

Episode 11 The Job

11. The Job

Aired: Nov 21, 1954

Ellen takes a job as singer at radio station in Capitol City and finds a smal...

Episode 12 The Carnival

12. The Carnival

Aired: Nov 28, 1954

After Jeff' shows dog show operators Lassie's skills at a carnival, the two m...

Episode 13 Sale of Lassie

13. Sale of Lassie

Aired: Dec 5, 1954

When Gramps has back problems, Jeff thinks Gramps will die if he does not hav...

Episode 14 The Rustlers

14. The Rustlers

Aired: Dec 12, 1954

Gramps and Ellen think that Lassie has developed a bad habit of chasing vehic...

Episode 15 The Fighter

15. The Fighter

Aired: Dec 19, 1954

A man who, unknown to the Millers, has been a prizefighter who killed a man i...

Episode 16 The Contest

16. The Contest

Aired: Dec 26, 1954

Ellen cares for a divorced old friend' s troubled daughter whose repressed an...

Episode 17 Runaways

17. Runaways

Aired: Jan 2, 1955

When Lassie is to be quarantined because she is mistakenly thought rabid, Jef...

Episode 18 The Brat

18. The Brat

Aired: Jan 9, 1955

Ellen must go to a forgotten church meeting so she leaves a little boy for wh...

Episode 19 Father

19. Father

Aired: Jan 16, 1955

Jeff whose father is deceased is told by a bully that he does not belong at t...

Episode 20 The Fawn

20. The Fawn

Aired: Jan 23, 1955

When hunters kill a doe, Jeff rescues her fawn which Lassie is blamed for har...

Episode 21 Blind Soldier

21. Blind Soldier

Aired: Jan 30, 1955

After a couple whose son was blinded in the war and had a collie named Lassie...

Episode 22 The Cave

22. The Cave

Aired: Feb 6, 1955

Since Ben Nielsen is a liar, he is not believed when he tells that Jeff is tr...

Episode 23 The Injury

23. The Injury

Aired: Feb 13, 1955

Lassie sustains a severe injury after being hit by a car.

Episode 24 The Well

24. The Well

Aired: Feb 20, 1955

An unscrupulous water company executive trying to acquire by any means water ...

Episode 25 The Snake

25. The Snake

Aired: Feb 27, 1955

When Jeff is bitten by a rattlesnake, Gramps' truck axle breaks and he must t...

Episode 26 The Bear

26. The Bear

Aired: Mar 6, 1955

Jeff badgers Gramps to take him on a long promised camping trip despite Gramp...

Info about Lassie

Seasons: 19

Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Drama, Adventure, Family