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Season 4
September 7, 1957

Season 4

The Runaway

01. The Runaway

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 relatives, Uncle Jed and Aunt Abby Clausen. (Some type of accident killed Timmy's parents.)

September 8, 1957
The Suit

02. The Suit

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 and lays the blame on Lassie. To make him confess, Ellen makes him decide Lassie's punishment.

September 15, 1957
Graduation

03. Graduation

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

September 22, 1957
The Burro

04. The Burro

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 family's nursing save the burro, but then her owners come return.

September 29, 1957
The Berry Pickers

05. The Berry Pickers

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 must be rescued after eating nightshade berries.

October 6, 1957
The Raccoon

06. The Raccoon

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 to begin stealing things from the house.

October 13, 1957
The Ballerina

07. The Ballerina

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 her dancing, Debbie tells both boys off.

October 20, 1957
The Elephant

08. The Elephant

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 of the elephant.

October 27, 1957
The Spartan

09. The Spartan

No details

November 3, 1957
Happy

10. Happy

No details

November 10, 1957
The Wolf

11. The Wolf

No details

November 17, 1957
The Tooth

12. The Tooth

No details

November 24, 1957
Transition

13. Transition

No details

December 1, 1957
Timmy's Family

14. Timmy's Family

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 farm to reunite Timmy with his loving adoptive parents.

December 8, 1957
The Bike

15. The Bike

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 hunt down the bike thief.

December 15, 1957
The Goose

16. The Goose

No details

December 22, 1957
The Baby-Sitter

17. The Baby-Sitter

No details

December 29, 1957
The Crisis

18. The Crisis

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.

January 5, 1958
The Business

19. The Business

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.

January 12, 1958
The Ring

20. The Ring

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.

January 19, 1958
The Greyhound

21. The Greyhound

No details

January 26, 1958
Inoculation

22. Inoculation

No details

February 2, 1958
The Pony

23. The Pony

Timmy comes running home with a story about a rabbit-sized pony--but no one believes him.

February 9, 1958
Sinbad

24. Sinbad

To replace Uncle Petrie broken guitar Timmy enters a borrowed parrot in a contest to win the prize of a new guitar.

February 16, 1958
The Square Dance

25. The Square Dance

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 surprise, a fire disrupts the children's dance and Lassie must save the day.

February 23, 1958
The Garden

26. The Garden

A drought is hitting the area pretty hard, and Timmy desperately attempts to keep his own small garden from perishing.

March 3, 1958
Concussion

27. Concussion

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 wanders away from the farm.

March 9, 1958
The Hungry Deer

28. The Hungry Deer

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.

March 16, 1958
The Hospital

29. The Hospital

Timmy is stricken with severe stomach cramps and keeps calling out for Lassie.

March 23, 1958
The Penguin

30. The Penguin

A crate holding a penguin enroute to the Capitol City zoo falls off its truck, and Timmy and Scott adopt the creature

March 30, 1958
The Bird House

31. The Bird House

Timmy tends an injured sparrow.

April 6, 1958
Seeing Eye Dog

32. Seeing Eye Dog

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, and a telephone call to Capitol City Hospital reunites dog and owner.

April 13, 1958
Junior Firemen

33. Junior Firemen

Timmy becomes overzealous in his efforts to spot fire hazards to win a contest.

April 20, 1958
The Blanket

34. The Blanket

Ruth tries to replace Lassie's disreputable old blanket with a new one, but Lassie will have none of it.

April 27, 1958
The Rabbits

35. The Rabbits

Timmy's new rabbits take precedence over Lassie.

May 4, 1958
The Cub Scout

36. The Cub Scout

Scott's city cousins make fun of Timmy and Scott's interest in the Cub Scouts

May 11, 1958
The Crow

37. The Crow

Timmy's ""patient,"" an injured crow he names ""Peck,"" recovers to become a farm pest.

May 18, 1958
The Mother

38. The Mother

On the sly, Lassie tends some orphaned puppies.

May 25, 1958
The House Guest

39. The House Guest

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.

June 1, 1958
The Sermon

40. The Sermon

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 kindness that save Lassie from a precarious situation.

June 8, 1958