Season 3

E1. Bee Hive

Sep 9, 1956 · 25m

Jeff and Porky try to raise bees for an upcoming 4H show but a wild raccoon threatens to ruin their work.

E2. Friendship

Sep 16, 1956 · 25m

Cranky old Daniel Mueller fences in a pasture that's a shortcut the kids use going and coming to school and the boys want revenge, but Lassie is privy to his gentle side. Then one night the collie discovers Mueller seriously ill.

E3. Quarantine

Sep 23, 1956 · 25m

Pokey is temporarily quarantined at the Miller farm due to a disease threat. However, when the dog runs away, one of the Miller's neighbors threatens to shoot Pokey on sight to protect his livestock.

E4. Bone

Sep 30, 1956 · 25m

Lassie uncovers a bone that is of interest to a local archaeologist but Pokey takes it away when she tries to bury it.

E5. The Watch

Oct 7, 1956 · 25m

Ellen tries to teach Jeff a lesson about being on time but Jeff takes the idea a little too far.

E6. Hoax

Oct 14, 1956 · 25m

Jeff and Porky send Lassie on a fake call for help but when Jeff is injured and does need help, people are skeptical that the need is genuine.

E7. The Fish Story

Oct 21, 1956 · 25m

Jeff and Porky enter a fishing contest to win a new pole, but it's Lassie that catches the fish!

E8. Transfusion

Oct 28, 1956 · 25m

Pokey needs a blood transfusion to save her life and only Lassie has the blood needed for the transfusion.

E9. Local Elections

Nov 4, 1956 · 25m

Gramps is going fishing on the day of local elections and Ellen is worried that his absence from voting could mean a man who dislikes all dogs is elected as animal catcher for the area.

E10. Gossip

Nov 11, 1956 · 25m

Jeff misunderstands a man who gives him a ride--and the newcomer is branded as an ex-convict.

E11. Fish Conservation

Nov 18, 1956 · 25m

With a drought affecting availability of fish in the area, two restaurant owners look to take advantage of the Miller's generosity by taking free fish from the Miller's lake.

E12. Challenge

Nov 25, 1956 · 25m

Ellen makes Jeff promise to stop taking on dares from other people. However, his promise is tested when a mischievous boy takes his report card and leaves it atop a phone pole.

E13. Tractor

Dec 2, 1956 · 25m

Gramps wins a tractor in a contest but refuses to learn how to use it even after his first attempts go poorly.

E14. Goats

Dec 9, 1956 · 25m

To earn money for a motor for his bike, Jeff agrees to take care of Jim Teal's goats while he's fencing in their new pasture. But the rambunctious animals run Jeff-- and Lassie, Porky, and the family--ragged

E15. A Place For Everything

Dec 16, 1956 · 25m

Ellen enlists Lassie's help to teach Jeff to pick up after himself but things don't turn out as planned.

E16. Party Line

Dec 23, 1956 · 25m

Jeff discovers that the reason for Jenny's grumpiness is that no one remembered her birthday.

E17. Superstition

Dec 30, 1956 · 25m

Porky is upset when a black cat crosses Lassie's path and then she walks under a ladder, but Jeff and Ellen tell him superstitions are silly--but Jeff may be converted when unfortunate things keep happening.

E18. Goodbye Forever

Jan 6, 1957 · 25m

After being punished for something he didn't do, Porky tells Jeff that he's running away. Jeff asks Porky to stick around in the hope that he can convince him not to leave.

E19. Lassie's Vanity

Jan 13, 1957 · 25m

Lassie is praised for her looks after a visit to a pet salon and she takes the compliments a little too much to heart.

E20. Champion

Jan 20, 1957 · 25m

Jeff persuades Gramps to enter a turkey shoot, even though Gramps doesn't think his eyesight is good enough.

E21. Vigil

Jan 27, 1957 · 25m

A little dog left in Jeff's care pines for his missing master.

E22. Chimp

Feb 3, 1957 · 25m

Porky and Jeff receive a chimpanzee by mail instead of the hamsters ordered. When they try and hide the chimp from everyone, they discover that the task is far more difficult than they imagined.

E23. Lassie's Day

Feb 10, 1957 · 25m

With the Millers and Brockways attending a wedding, Lassie and Pokey set out on a series of adventures.

E24. The Rock

Feb 17, 1957 · 25m

A baseball that gets misplaced during rock collecting for a school exhibit causes a rift between Jeff and Porky.

E25. The Artist

Feb 24, 1957 · 25m

Jeff tries his hand in matchmaking by matching Gramps up with an artist that is staying at a nearby cottage.

E26. Survival

Mar 3, 1957 · 25m

Porky and Jeff spend a night roughing it in the woods but their tranquility is threatened by a nearby camper's carless fire tending.

E27. Bird Watchers

Mar 10, 1957 · 25m

While Porky and Jeff go off to identify birds for a school project, Lassie tends bird eggs whose mother was killed by a ferret.

E28. The Dog House

Mar 17, 1957 · 25m

Lassie feels she is being punished when she is made to sleep outside in a dog house built by Gramps.

E29. The Search

Mar 24, 1957 · 25m

Gramps heads out on a secret fishing trip just as a bad storm approaches the area.

E30. Boy's Day

Mar 31, 1957 · 25m

Jeff and Porky are sheriffs on the town's annual boy's day, so Gramps cooks up a fake robbery to give them a little excitement.