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1954-09-12 | Action & Adventure,Drama,Family,Comedy | 26 episodes
Overview
The first season of the television series Lassie premiered in the United States on CBS on September 12, 1954 and ran for 26 episodes until its conclusion on March 6, 1955. Produced by Robert Maxwell, the episodes follows the adventures of a female rough collie named Lassie and her young owner Jeffrey Miller. In 1958, the first through third seasons began syndication under the title "Jeff's Collie." Though the first season of Lassie has never been released completely to home video, some episodes from the first season have been released to DVD. On November 25, 2003, Classic Media released a three episode set, "Lassie: Best of Jeff's Collie," which included the series first episode, "Inheritance". A second set, "Lassie: 50th Anniversary Collection", was released on September 14, 2004 and contained 24 episodes from across the entire series. The set includes three episodes from the first season: "Inheritance", "The Lion", and "Lassie's Pups". "Secret of the Silent Hills", composed by William Lava, is used as the opening and ending theme for the entire season.

20 Seasons

Episode

Inheritance (1954)

Premiere episode. Jeff inherits Lassie from the late Homer Carey, but the young collie seems strangely reluctant to leave the Carey home.

Inheritance poster

Directed By

Leslie Goodwins

Arithmetic (1954)

Jeff is failing arithmetic due to his problems with fractions, so Ellen tells him he may not go to the circus if he doesn't pass his next test.

Arithmetic poster

Directed By

Sheldon Leonard

The Colt (1954)

To make up for ignoring Jeff, Gramps brings him home a colt Jeff names ""Domino."" Jeff then starts ignoring Lassie in his enthusiasm over having a horse.

The Colt poster

Directed By

Sheldon Leonard

The Gun (1954)

Jeff wants to learn to use his father's gun, but Ellen is terrified of him being exposed to a firearm, although Gramps thinks he should learn to use it.

The Gun poster

Directed By

Sidney Salkow

Mr. Peabody (1954)

Gramps hires a tramp to do some odd jobs on the farm, then is jealous when Jeff starts to idolize the tale-telling old man.

Mr. Peabody poster

Directed By

Sheldon Leonard

Cast

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