S01E01 Scott Free
Troubled Scott is brought to the school against his will, as Peter learns that the bank is foreclosing on the school property.
Higher Ground
Extreme lives call for extreme measures.
S01E16: Innocence
As a winter storm moves in, the kids' solo treks are ruined, Shelby becomes lost, and Peter's visiting father has a heart attack.
Overview
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.
Episodes
S01E02 Babe in Arms
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.
S01E03 Walking the Line
Peter visits his father while in New York trying to get a loan, and back at the school the students dread taking their PSATs.
S01E04 Our Strongest Link
To teach the kids to work as a team, they are entered in the Junior Eco-Challenge competition.
S01E05 What Remains
A search-and-rescue mission is mounted to find Juliette, who has fallen into an uncharted cave containing ancient Indian bones.
S01E06 Crossroads
Sophie gives the group a parenting assignment, and Katherine's behavior with her boyfriend threatens her impending graduation.
S01E07 Worlds Apart
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.
S01E08 Seductions
As a thunderstorm causes the school to flood, Shelby's attempt to seduce Scott brings him unpleasant memories.
S01E09 Hope Falls
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.
S01E10 Close Encounters
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.
S01E11 Best Behavior
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.
S01E12 Wherefore Art Thou
After Auggie and Juliette run away, Auggie is arrested for stealing food, and Peter must try to obtain his release at a probation hearing.
S01E13 Attention Deficit
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.
S01E14 The Kids Stay In The Picture
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.
S01E15 Exposed
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.
S01E16 Innocence
As a winter storm moves in, the kids' solo treks are ruined, Shelby becomes lost, and Peter's visiting father has a heart attack.
S01E17 Daised and Confused
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"".
S01E18 One of Those Days
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...
S01E19 Because It's There
Scott tries to get Peter to get Shelby back to Horizon. Shelby finds out her stepfather abused her little sister Jess.
S01E20 Falling Up
Peter gets hooked on pain killers. Scotts mother comes to vist. Shelby comes back to horizion.
S01E21 Mended Fences
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...
S01E22 Because I Love You
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...
Cast
Hayden Christensen
Scott Barringer
Meghan Ory
Juliette Waybourne
A. J. Cook
Shelby Merrick
Jewel Staite
Daisy Lipenowski
Kandyse McClure
Katherine Ann 'Kat' Cabot
Kyle Downes
Ezra Friedkin
Jorgito Vargas Jr.
Augusto 'Auggie' Ciceros
Joe Lando
Peter Scarbrow
Anne Marie DeLuise
Sophie Becker
Deborah Odell
Hannah Barnes
