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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...
Genre:Drama
Network:ABC Family
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Season 1

  • Scott Free
    8.5/1058 votes
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    Scott Free

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/14/2000

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

    Director: David Straiton

    Writer: N/A

  • Babe in Arms
    8.4/1043 votes
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    Babe in Arms

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/21/2000

    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.

    Director: Alan Simmonds

    Writer: N/A

  • Walking the Line
    8.3/1037 votes
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    Walking the Line

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/28/2000

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

    Director: Mick MacKay

    Writer: N/A

  • Our Strongest Link
    8.3/1037 votes
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    Our Strongest Link

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/4/2000

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

    Director: Tony Westman

    Writer: Bruce Miller

  • What Remains
    8.2/1039 votes
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    What Remains

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/11/2000

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

    Director: David Straiton

    Writer: N/A

  • Crossroads
    8.3/1038 votes
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    Crossroads

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/18/2000

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

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: N/A

  • Worlds Apart
    8.4/1033 votes
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    Worlds Apart

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/25/2000

    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.

    Director: Brenton Spencer

    Writer: N/A

  • Seductions
    8.4/1037 votes
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    Seductions

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/3/2000

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

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: N/A

  • Hope Falls
    8.3/1035 votes
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    Hope Falls

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/10/2000

    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.

    Director: Michael Robison

    Writer: N/A

  • Close Encounters
    8.6/1037 votes
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    Close Encounters

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/17/2000

    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.

    Director: Alan Simmonds

    Writer: N/A

  • Best Behavior
    8.6/1034 votes
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    Best Behavior

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/31/2000

    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.

    Director: Alan Simmonds

    Writer: N/A

  • Wherefore Art Thou
    8.6/1033 votes
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    Wherefore Art Thou

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/7/2000

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

    Director: Alan Simmonds

    Writer: N/A

  • Attention Deficit
    8.7/1031 votes
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    Attention Deficit

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/14/2000

    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.

    Director: Brenton Spencer

    Writer: N/A

  • The Kids Stay In The Picture
    8.5/1033 votes
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    The Kids Stay In The Picture

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 4/21/2000

    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.

    Director: Mike Rohl

    Writer: N/A

  • Exposed
    8.6/1041 votes
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    Exposed

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 4/28/2000

    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.

    Director: Alan Simmonds

    Writer: Bruce Miller

  • Innocence
    8.7/1038 votes
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    Innocence

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 5/5/2000

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

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: N/A

  • Daised and Confused
    8.4/1032 votes
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    Daised and Confused

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 5/12/2000

    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"".

    Director: Matthew Hastings

    Writer: N/A

  • One of Those Days
    8.6/1035 votes
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    One of Those Days

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 5/19/2000

    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.

    Director: Alan Simmonds

    Writer: N/A

  • Because It's There
    8.8/1034 votes
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    Because It's There

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/26/2000

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

    Director: Peter DeLuise

    Writer: Bruce Miller

  • Falling Up
    8.3/1033 votes
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    Falling Up

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 6/3/2000

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

    Director: Michael Robison

    Writer: N/A

  • Mended Fences
    8.5/1035 votes
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    Mended Fences

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 6/9/2000

    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.

    Director: Matthew Hastings

    Writer: N/A

  • Because I Love You
    8.8/1045 votes
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    Because I Love You

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 6/16/2000

    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.

    Director: Alan Simmonds

    Writer: N/A