Season 2

October 9, 1955

A new teacher has forbidden the children from bringing dogs into the classroom and one of Jeff's classmates is determined to do something about it.

October 16, 1955

Jeff teaches Lassie to howl when he plays the violin, hoping to get out of lessons, but Ellen sees through the scheme

October 23, 1955

There is a weird ""monster"" in the lake making unearthly noises--but it turns out to be a displaced seal, which Jeff promptly tries to adopt.

October 30, 1955

Lassie comes down with an odd ailment. The kids are convinced that a creepy old lady they call the "witch woman" has cast a spell on the dog.

November 6, 1955

Jeff nurses a wild duck back to health but when he releases it back to the wild, he fears the duck may be the victim of poachers in the area.

November 13, 1955

Jeff and Gramps are jealous when Clay Horton takes Ellen out on a date.

November 20, 1955

The boys start printing a newspaper to make themselves some pocket money--but the material they print gets them into hot water instead.

November 27, 1955

After an itinerant clown and his dog entertain at a church carnival, the man is accused of robbing a neighbor.

December 4, 1955

The Millers batten down the hatches as a severe storm approaches.

December 11, 1955

Jeff and Ellen plan a surprise party for Gramps so well that Gramps feels neglected on his birthday and ""runs away.""

December 18, 1955

A gypsy girl and her family camp on the Miller farm, despite neighbors' reports of thievery.

December 25, 1955

A television set meant for the Brockways is delivered to the Millers.

January 1, 1956

In a quest for a valuable stamp, the boys begin quarreling with each other.

January 8, 1956

When Lassie is impounded in Capitol City for lack of tag and leash, Jeff learns that most of the dogs in the pound are to be killed so he brings, much to the consternation of Ellen, the dogs to the farm so he can find them homes.

January 15, 1956

Matt Brockway says Pokey is useless and tells Porky he is going to give the dog away.

January 22, 1956

When Gramps refuses to sell the farm to nasty Emmet Carey, Edgar Carey pretends that a barbed wire scratch he got in the barn is Lassie's bite, figuring the Millers will give up the farm before giving up Lassie

January 29, 1956

Jeff and Porky horrify Gramps by trying to tame a red-tailed hawk as a hunting falcon.

February 5, 1956

The boys quarrel over Pokey being able to sleep in their new tree house.

February 12, 1956

The Millers welcome a Japanese exchange student--and run into bigotry from a neighbor who has never gotten over World War II.

February 19, 1956

The boys' journey on their new raft is hampered by the fact that Porky can't swim.

February 26, 1956

When Gramps and Ellen tell him that Lassie is going blind, Jeff takes the dog on a long journey to find the doctor that can restore her sight.

March 4, 1956

Jeff decides he wants to be a veterinarian, and his first patient is the Miller cow.

March 11, 1956

Ellen accidentally brings home a valuable champion collie from a dog show rather than Lassie--and is accused of theft!

March 18, 1956

Jeff and Porky, told to babysit little Janie, leave the child with Lassie while they run to see construction equipment at work, not knowing Janie is following them.

March 25, 1956

After a friend's mother is involved in a serious car accident, Jeff becomes over protective of Lassie.

April 1, 1956

Jeff, in charge of collecting money for Sunday School, loses the contributions and has no way of replacing them.

April 8, 1956

Jeff discovers that a new classmate's father is jacklighting deer.

April 15, 1956

A disreputable horse dealer schemes to buy Jeff's colt cheaply by proving to Gramps that the horse is vicious.

April 22, 1956

One of Lassie's puppies, Comet, mistreated by its owner, has turned wild.

April 29, 1956

Jeff and Porky enter the world of business when they take a 4-H calf home from the county's fair, intent on raising it to sell for the price of an outboard motor. In their care, the calf grows into a prize-winning heifer.

May 6, 1956

Gramps' blames Lassie's son Laddie's illness on the spray used by a local crop duster.

May 13, 1956

Jeff persuades a neighbor to buy a rehabilitated war dog, only to have the dog exhibit aggressive behavior. Joe Brown: James Griffith.

May 20, 1956

Ellen battles with Jeff to go get a haircut--until the unexpected happens.

May 27, 1956

Jeff and Porky quarrel over a new girl in town, who is happily playing one boy off another!

June 3, 1956

When Jeff and Porky discover their competition jumping frog is female and about to lay eggs, they drive Gramps and Ellen to exhaustion in their quest to see the eggs are fertilized and produce offspring.