Higher Ground (Season 1)

Higher Ground is an American-Canadian drama action television show shot outside Vancouver, British Columbia. The series ran from January 14, 2000 - June 16, 2000 and aired on Fox Family. It stars Joe Lando, Hayden Christensen, A.J. Cook, Meghan Ory, Kandyse McClure, and Jewel Staite. Higher Ground told the story of Mount Horizon High School, a therapeutic boarding school for troubled teens, where the students learned to face their personal struggles with addiction, abuse, or disorders.

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    Scott Free (Episode 1)

    Air date: 2000-01-14

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Troubled Scott is brought to the school against his will, as Peter learns that the bank is foreclosing on the school property.

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    Babe in Arms (Episode 2)

    Air date: 2000-01-21

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: As the students are recruited to help search for a six-year-old girl lost in the woods, Auggie tries to learn the reasons behind Shelby'a apparent unconcern for the child.

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    Walking the Line (Episode 3)

    Air date: 2000-01-28

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Peter visits his father while in New York trying to get a loan, and back at the school the students dread taking their PSATs.

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    Our Strongest Link (Episode 4)

    Writer: Bruce Miller

    Air date: 2000-02-04

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: To teach the kids to work as a team, they are entered in the Junior Eco-Challenge competition.

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    What Remains (Episode 5)

    Air date: 2000-02-11

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: A search-and-rescue mission is mounted to find Juliette, who has fallen into an uncharted cave containing ancient Indian bones.

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    Crossroads (Episode 6)

    Air date: 2000-02-18

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Sophie gives the group a parenting assignment, and Katherine's behavior with her boyfriend threatens her impending graduation.

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    Worlds Apart (Episode 7)

    Air date: 2000-02-25

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Auggie's older brother tries to talk him into selling drugs to the rich kids at Horizon, while potential investors visit the school, and Sophie and Peter try to figure out their relationship.

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    Seductions (Episode 8)

    Air date: 2000-03-03

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: As a thunderstorm causes the school to flood, Shelby's attempt to seduce Scott brings him unpleasant memories.

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    Hope Falls (Episode 9)

    Air date: 2000-03-10

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: After a student commits suicide, Hannah resigns and the school's founder decides to take the group on a trek to the site of his son's death 22 years earlier.

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    Close Encounters (Episode 10)

    Air date: 2000-03-17

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Scott travels down a treacherous river, trying to run away after an encounter with his abusive stepmother. Meanwhile, Shelby falls in love with a horse that's been abused and abandoned.

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    Best Behavior (Episode 11)

    Air date: 2000-03-31

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Juliette is devastated when she isn't invited to her mother's wedding; Ezra is devastated when he learns that his parents' apparent reconciliation is a sham.

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    Wherefore Art Thou (Episode 12)

    Air date: 2000-04-07

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: After Auggie and Juliette run away, Auggie is arrested for stealing food, and Peter must try to obtain his release at a probation hearing.

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    Attention Deficit (Episode 13)

    Air date: 2000-04-14

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: When a tough father brings his troubled son to the school, the kid soon antagonizes the other students as the father treks through bear country with Peter.

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    The Kids Stay In The Picture (Episode 14)

    Air date: 2000-04-21

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Horizon's new boss wants to make a promotional film that uses actors instead of the actual students, and Scott's real mother shows up seeking to regain custody of him.

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    Exposed (Episode 15)

    Writer: Bruce Miller

    Air date: 2000-04-28

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: When an undercover reporter shows up to do an expose on the school, the students feed her the wild stories that she wants to hear.

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    Innocence (Episode 16)

    Air date: 2000-05-05

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: As a winter storm moves in, the kids' solo treks are ruined, Shelby becomes lost, and Peter's visiting father has a heart attack.

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    Daised and Confused (Episode 17)

    Air date: 2000-05-12

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Daisy returns home with Sophie and Shelby for her mother's funeral and must face her abusive, drunken father. Meanwhile, the Cliffhangers read and identify with Mary Shelley's ""Frankenstein"".

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    One of Those Days (Episode 18)

    Air date: 2000-05-19

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Peter's brother arrives to contest their father's will; Sophie undergoes a medical procedure; Shelby's mother pulls her out of school to take care of her ailing, formerly abusive stepfather; Ezra steals the plot of Romeo & Juliet for his new play.

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    Because It's There (Episode 19)

    Writer: Bruce Miller

    Air date: 2000-05-26

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Scott tries to get Peter to get Shelby back to Horizon. Shelby finds out her stepfather abused her little sister Jess.

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    Falling Up (Episode 20)

    Air date: 2000-06-03

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Peter gets hooked on pain killers. Scotts mother comes to vist. Shelby comes back to horizion.

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    Mended Fences (Episode 21)

    Air date: 2000-06-09

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: PARENTS WEEK! Scott and Shelby get into a fight. Juliette meets Auggies parents. Shelby's sister runs away from home and to Horizon. Scott lies and tells his father his step mother never abused him (but she really did). When Juliette goes to make herself throw up she ends up talking to Shelby and they sort-of become friends. After Jess gets to Horizon and tells Scott & Shelby her awful story, Scott begins to understand what Shelby went through.

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    Because I Love You (Episode 22)

    Air date: 2000-06-16

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Scott's dad comes to take him back home. Scott tries to convince Shelby they can stay togeather even if he dosen't stay at Horizion. Kat talks Peter & Sopie in to having a MORP. David is back and Ezra is upset because Daisy like David and not him. Scott get into a fight with his dad on their way home an makes him take him take him back to Horizion, and when he gets back Shelby asked him why he came back and he said ""because I love you."" Sopie asks Peter to marry her.

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