4x40 The Sermon (June 08, 1958)

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.

4x39 The House Guest (June 01, 1958)

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.

4x38 The Mother (May 25, 1958)

On the sly, Lassie tends some orphaned puppies.

4x37 The Crow (May 18, 1958)

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

4x36 The Cub Scout (May 11, 1958)

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

4x35 The Rabbits (May 04, 1958)

Timmy's new rabbits take precedence over Lassie.

4x34 The Blanket (April 27, 1958)

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

4x33 Junior Firemen (April 20, 1958)

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

4x32 Seeing Eye Dog (April 13, 1958)

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.

4x31 The Bird House (April 06, 1958)

Timmy tends an injured sparrow.

4x30 The Penguin (March 30, 1958)

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

4x29 The Hospital (March 23, 1958)

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

4x28 The Hungry Deer (March 16, 1958)

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.

4x27 Concussion (March 09, 1958)

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.

4x26 The Garden (March 03, 1958)

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

4x25 The Square Dance (February 23, 1958)

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.

4x24 Sinbad (February 16, 1958)

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

4x23 The Pony (February 09, 1958)

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

4x22 Innoculation (February 02, 1958)

4x21 The Greyhound (January 26, 1958)

4x20 The Ring (January 19, 1958)

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.

4x19 The Business (January 12, 1958)

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.

4x18 The Crisis (January 05, 1958)

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.

4x17 The Baby-Sitter (December 29, 1957)

4x16 The Goose (December 22, 1957)

4x15 The Bike (December 15, 1957)

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.

4x14 Timmy's Family (December 08, 1957)

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.

4x13 Transition (December 01, 1957)

4x12 The Tooth (November 24, 1957)

4x11 The Wolf Cub (November 17, 1957)

4x10 Happy (November 10, 1957)

4x09 The Spartan (November 03, 1957)

4x08 The Elephant (October 27, 1957)

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.

4x07 The Ballerina (October 20, 1957)

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.

4x06 The Raccoon (October 13, 1957)

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.

4x05 The Berry Pickers (October 06, 1957)

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.

4x04 The Burro (September 29, 1957)

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.

4x03 Graduation (September 22, 1957)

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

4x02 The Suit (September 15, 1957)

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.

4x01 The Runaway (September 08, 1957)

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.)