8.5/1058 votes#1 - 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
- 8.4/1043 votes
#2 - 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
- 8.3/1037 votes
#3 - 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
- 8.3/1037 votes
#4 - 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
- 8.2/1039 votes
#5 - 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
- 8.3/1038 votes
#6 - 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
- 8.4/1033 votes
#7 - 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
- 8.4/1037 votes
#8 - 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
- 8.3/1035 votes
#9 - 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
- 8.6/1037 votes
#10 - 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
- 8.6/1034 votes
#11 - 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
- 8.6/1033 votes
#12 - 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
- 8.7/1031 votes
#13 - 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
- 8.5/1033 votes
#14 - 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
- 8.6/1041 votes
#15 - 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
- 8.7/1038 votes
#16 - 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
- 8.4/1032 votes
#17 - 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
- 8.6/1035 votes
#18 - 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
- 8.8/1034 votes
#19 - 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
- 8.3/1033 votes
#20 - 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
- 8.5/1035 votes
#21 - 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
- 8.8/1045 votes
#22 - 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
The Best Episodes of Higher Ground Season 1
Every episode of Higher Ground Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of 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...
Genre:Drama
Network:ABC Family
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Scott Free" is the best rated episode of "Higher Ground" season 1. It scored 8.5/10 based on 58 votes. Directed by David Straiton and written by N/A, it aired on 1/14/2000. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Babe in Arms".