 Without a boy, producers reworked the show from a different angle.Several episodes which featured Lassie in the wilds such as "The Odyssey" and "The Journey" had proven popular with audiences.Jack Wrather and his associates decided to take Lassie off the farm and send her into the wilderness with Forest Ranger Corey Stuart (Robert Bray), who had appeared previously in the tenth-season episode "Disappearance".