Other Pastures, Other Fences

January 31, 1971

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Lassie - S17 - E17

A boy restless with his rural life and chafing under the ""no trespassing"" signs of their territorial neighbor wishes to strike out to ""follow his star""--stealing the neighbor's mare to do so.

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Lassie: Season 17 - 22 Episode s

17x1 - Lassie's Interlude
September 20, 1970
Lassie, on her own now (no explanation is given), meets a young man traveling the countryside and his male collie, Duke. They later find haven, and the young man a job, at a ranch where the owner's young son has not spoken for years.
17x2 - The Birth
September 27, 1970
While Duke and his master move on, Lassie remains at the ranch, but her new puppies are endangered by the owner, who thinks the pups were sired by a killer dog.
17x3 - The Survival
October 4, 1970
Lassie and her three puppies escape from the ranch and head for the desert, where Kerry discovers them and helps them survive.
17x4 - The Miracle
October 11, 1970
Mute Kerry continues to help Lassie and her puppies elude his father and the sheriff, who's determined to kill the pups, and by the time the rancher learns Duke was the father of the puppies, it's almost too late.After everything is revealed, Kerry's father let's him adopt one of Lassie's puppies.
17x5 - The Innocents
October 11, 1970
In this all-animal episode, Lassie teaches her two remaining puppies to survive in the wild, not an easy task in an area full of snakes and predators.
17x6 - The Offering
October 25, 1970
Lassie and her puppies meet a boy who is grief-stricken by the recent death of his dog.So Lassie leaves one of her two remaining puppies with the little boy.
17x7 - Nature's Child
November 1, 1970
While wandering the forest, Lassie and her remaining puppy meet a little girl who can ""talk to animals.""
17x8 - Flock of Love
November 8, 1970
Lassie befriends an elderly man whose claim that the flock of birds he feeds love him is scoffed by his cynical checkers opponent. But the faithful birds will surprise them.
17x9 - Aftermath
November 15, 1970
After a forest fire, Lassie helps the wild animals displaced by the flames find new homes.
17x10 - Here Comes Glory! (1)
November 22, 1970
Lassie, poisoned by pesticides, is found by an up-and-coming race horse, Glory, and her young owner. Once well again, she befriends a newborn colt on their California thoroughbred farm--then Glory is threatened by a marauding cougar.
17x11 - Here Comes Glory! (2)
November 29, 1970
Even Hank can't believe all his surgical skills can heal Glory's injured leg, but Monty takes a chance and has her operated on nevertheless after a pep talk from partner Bert. Then it is up to Gary and Lassie to make her well, with exercise and swim therapy.
17x12 - A Year of Sundays
December 6, 1970
Lassie and a workaholic trucker rescue a young man traveling across America trying to live ""a year of Sundays"" after getting out of the Army. The trucker scoffs at Mark's idea--until the brakes fail on a steep downhill run.
17x13 - Any Heart in a Storm
December 13, 1970
Lassie takes refuge during a rainstorm in the garage of a good-hearted, lonely widow whose children have gone to college, but the woman is reluctant to let the muddy collie into her tidy house. Then the loose earth behind her house, weakened by water, begins to slide.
17x14 - Gentle Dawn
January 10, 1971
Lassie and an injured mother linnet, who was stunned by a car while foraging for food on a road, bring together a lonely man and woman; in caring for the injured creature, they also learn to open themselves to each other.
17x15 - Lassie's Busy Day
January 17, 1971
The ring-tailed cat Lassie saves from a bobcat becomes the hunter after he goes after a grouse's nest along with a grey fox; next, a horned owl's nest is threatened by an opossum. After Lassie deals with the possum, she enlists the grey fox's help to rescue a burrowing owl from a ferret. Then the bobcat returns to stalk the horned owl's nest
17x16 - The River
January 24, 1971
Lassie makes her way upstream after helping rescue two campers who left their father to try out a new raft and were swept downstream on the rapids. Once she finds help, however, she must find the boys, who are also heading upstream.
17x17 - Other Pastures, Other Fences
January 31, 1971
A boy restless with his rural life and chafing under the ""no trespassing"" signs of their territorial neighbor wishes to strike out to ""follow his star""--stealing the neighbor's mare to do so.
17x18 - The Awakening
February 7, 1971
Teenage Patty, reluctantly having left the city for a summer in the country with her aunt, has an inauspicious beginning: she's poisoned by arsenic in the well. Her aunt finds the source of the problem in an old mine, but is then trapped when the floor collapses, so Lassie must find Patty, who's just about to leave.
17x19 - Troubled Waters
February 21, 1971
Lassie and her new pal, a mutt named Skipper, are getting along just fine with Reed and Johnny, a couple of guys they befriended on the beach, until John discovers Reed is ""the law,"" a harbormaster, and walks out. But he finds he needs ""the law"" later on when he ""borrows"" a for-sale cabin cruiser and takes Lassie and Skipper along for the ride.
17x20 - For the Love of Lassie (1)
February 28, 1971
Lassie returns to visit the farm where she left one of her puppies--and once upon her way again, falls down a hidden well.
17x21 - For the Love of Lassie (2)
March 7, 1971
As Lassie remains trapped in the well the people she met and helped the previous months converge. In between frequent flashbacks everyone works diligently, including a honeymooning couple, to rescue the beloved dog.
17x22 - Sneakers
March 21, 1971
People who have been helped by Lassie (including the couple from ""Gentle Dawn,"" who are now married) help rescue her from the well.

17x1 - Lassie's Interlude

17x2 - The Birth

17x3 - The Survival

17x4 - The Miracle

17x5 - The Innocents

17x6 - The Offering

17x7 - Nature's Child

17x8 - Flock of Love

17x9 - Aftermath

17x10 - Here Comes Glory! (1)

17x11 - Here Comes Glory! (2)

17x12 - A Year of Sundays

17x13 - Any Heart in a Storm

17x14 - Gentle Dawn

17x15 - Lassie's Busy Day

17x16 - The River

17x17 - Other Pastures, Other Fences

17x18 - The Awakening

17x19 - Troubled Waters

17x20 - For the Love of Lassie (1)

17x21 - For the Love of Lassie (2)

17x22 - Sneakers

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