6.9/1012 votes#1 - Episode 131
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 6/23/1997
The Heartly high students are getting a hard time from the Heartly heights students and one of them plays a crule prank on Anita.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1011 votes
#2 - Episode 132
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 6/25/1997
Kurt is embarrased by hais alchoholic father.Leo Fine is sent to jail and Melanie Blacks dad takes over at the sharkpool.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1011 votes
#3 - Episode 133
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 6/30/1997
The newest addition to the teaching staff at Hartley Heights High School, Gerard Albers, is an eccentric and flamboyant bohemian from Spain, who is as at home on the touch football field as he is in the classroom.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1011 votes
#4 - Episode 134
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 7/2/1997
When Les confiscates a Penthouse magazine from Drazic in class, he has no idea what the consequences will be. Drazic takes revenge by sticking a centrefold on one of Les' Biology teaching aids.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1011 votes
#5 - Episode 135
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 7/7/1997
New kid Andrew arrives at Hartley. Although he has Muscular Dystrophy and is in a wheelchair, he is determined to be treated like a normal teenager.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1011 votes
#6 - Episode 136
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 7/9/1997
Melanie and Andrew seem happy together but as opposition to their relationship mounts, Melanie starts having second thoughts.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1011 votes
#7 - Episode 137
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 7/14/1997
Albers decides to teach a history class with a twist when he asks the class to put Arthur Phillip on trial. Was Arthur Phillip a good man or did he knowingly attempt to carry out genocide on the Aboriginal people?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1013 votes
#8 - Episode 138
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 7/16/1997
Anita and Ryan are not coping well with the 4am wake up calls from baby James. Jeff feels bad - he came here to help the kids through the HSC but he seems to be making things harder for them.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1010 votes
#9 - Episode 139
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 7/21/1997
Anita and Ryan are enjoying life without parental supervision until Kath Livingstone, the new housekeeper, arrives with her daughter Sarah.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1011 votes
#10 - Episode 140
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 7/23/1997
Nikki is furious when Kurt continuously puts his love for the environment ahead of her. However, he reveals the cause of his fanaticism: a seal at the Aquarium is on the brink of death because it swallowed a plastic bag.
Director: Karl Zwicky
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1011 votes
#11 - Episode 141
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 7/28/1997
When Sarah helps Anita and Drazic discover the internet, she inadvertently gets them both into trouble. Anita is wooed by a man calling himself DJ Byron but when she agrees to meet him she puts herself in a dangerous situation. Drazic has a run in with customs when he tries to order CD's to sell to his school mates. Both learn a tough lesson! While Nikki is filming Mai performing as a human sculpture in the local mall they film a pickpocket working the audience. They take the tape to class and the class debates what action to take. Embarrassed when Barry turns up to footy practice drunk, Kurt sacks his dad as coach and takes over himself. Not everyone is pleased—Ryan quits the team. However it seems that there may be more behind Ryan's departure — Kurt and Nikki are now an item and Ryan refuses to believe that he's lost Nikki just yet.
Director: Jessica Hobbs
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1010 votes
#12 - Episode 142
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 7/30/1997
Ryan, still smarting over Kurt and Nikki's blossoming relationship, is staying away from the football team. However, Barry manages to persuade him to rejoin for an inter-school competition.
Director: Jessica Hobbs
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1012 votes
#13 - Episode 143
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 8/4/1997
After putting Kurt in hospital, Ryan finds he is being ostracised. Feeling sorry for himself, he wags school and meets Mario,, who offers him a way out of his depression - and so, Ryan begins his trip into the drug culture.
Director: Andrew Prowse
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1011 votes
#14 - Episode 144
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 8/6/1997
Now well and truly entrenched in the world of drugs, Ryan is at the point where his speed is costing him more than he can afford. Desperate for more drugs, Ryan begins to steal, first from Anita and then from the school. Anita discovers Ryan with stolen goods — now she is left with the task of making him see sense. When Albers sets a project focusing on personal histories, Sarah sets on a trail to find out about her father. However, she may not be pleased with what she finds out. Kurt's return to school brings back memories of his accident, and he is concerned that nobody knew how to cope. He convinces Di to run a voluntary basic first aid course, but Kurt has trouble convincing the other boys to participate. It is not until he reveals his secret weapon that the boys finally come around.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1014 votes
#15 - Episode 145
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 8/11/1997
When Ryan is late for class again, and hasn't done his major assignment, Barnett hauls him over the coals. Ryan refuses to be helped by her or anyone and walks out before he can be suspended from school.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1011 votes
#16 - Episode 146
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 8/13/1997
Sarah enlists Anita's help to find her father but Kath makes it very clear that they'll receive no assistance from her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1014 votes
#17 - Episode 147
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 8/18/1997
While busking, Nikki meets Luda, a recording artist who wants to record one of her songs.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1013 votes
#18 - Episode 148
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 8/20/1997
Since Mai and Drazic had a close nocturnal encounter, things in the warehouse have been somewhat tense. As the new arrival, Kurt feels that maybe he's the problem.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1012 votes
#19 - Episode 149
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 8/25/1997
When JJ, a prisoner on day release, begins working at the school, he runs into some prejudice from the kids. All that is, except Sarah who, upon talking to JJ, realises they have a lot in common and quickly begins to fall in love.
Director: N/A
Writer: Chris Phillips
- 7.0/1012 votes
#20 - Episode 150
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 8/27/1997
Despite her mothers objections and threats, Sarah continues her relationship with JJ.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1012 votes
#21 - Episode 151
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 9/1/1997
Deciding to refocus his life on getting back in shape, Kurt has a chance meeting with Lachlan, an old friend who is now running a fitness club that is dedicated to cleaning up the environment.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1012 votes
#22 - Episode 152
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 9/3/1997
Kurt and Lachlan discover Skye and her friends camping in the park and try to move them on. Things heat up when Lachlan and Anita later find Lachlan's club house has been vandalised.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1012 votes
#23 - Episode 153
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 9/8/1997
Lee Delaine has two strikes against him: he's the newest student at Hartley Heights and to make matters worse, his father is the school's new Humanities teacher.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1013 votes
#24 - Episode 154
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 9/10/1997
Sarah is back at Hartley having finally left home and returned to the city. She has rented a flat, but the landlord keeps trying to chat her up as well as beating his wife.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1010 votes
#25 - Episode 155
Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 9/15/1997
When Drazic throws himself into trying to design a new type of skate, Di suggests he consider a career in industrial design.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Heartbreak High Season 5
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The ins and outs of the classroom lives of a group of students who attend the fictional Hartley High School in Sydney.
Genre:Drama
Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Episode 131" is the best rated episode of "Heartbreak High" season 5. It scored 6.9/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/23/1997. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Episode 132".