Here are the episode summarys for all 22 episodes aired of Higher Ground (hopefully only so far!!!)
*Episode 1- Scott Free*
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us look like stars" -Oscar Wilde
A new student, Scott Barringer (Hayden Christensen) is brought to Horizon against his will. Meanwhile Peter learns that the school is in finacial trouble, and faces foreclosure.
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*Episode 2- Babe in Arms*
"The secret of secrets is inside me again" -Anna Akhmatova
Peter is caught between his ex-wife Chloe, and a new love in his life, while in order to rescue a lost little girl, Shelby must face the past shadows of her life.
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*Episode 3- Walking the Line*
"If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future" -Winston Churchill
Horizon is threatened with foreclosure, and in order to save the school, Peter must re-visit his troubled past, which means confronting his previous unhealthy relationships. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Episode 4- Our Strongest Link*
"All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hannah and Peter enter the cliffhangers into the Junior Eco Challenge, and they try to struggle together as a team. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Episode 5-What Remains*
"In the silence of our woods, your children will not be alone" -Chief Seattle
Juliette falls into an uncharted cave and discovers the remains of a primitive girl, while Peter organizes a search party.
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*Episode 6- Crossroads*
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent" -Eleanor Roosevelt"
Kat is caught in a compromising position with Hank, and jeapordizes her graduation from Horizon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Episode 7- World's Apart*
"It is easier to fight for principles then to live up to them" -Alfred Adler
Auggie visits home, to which he realizes that he has nothing left in being a tagger. -Sophie rethinks her relationship with Peter, and Chloe brings her NY investors to check out Horizon.
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*Episode 8- Seductions*
"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance" -Oscar Wilde
A terrible rainstorm hits the school, and while the students seek refuge in the main lodge, Shelby takes advantage of the situation and trys to seduce Scott.
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*Episode 9- Hope Falls*
"Never deprive someone of hope; It may be all they have" -Unknown
A new student named Isaac, overdoses and dies. Frank takes Auggie, Scott, and Ezra to Hope Falls, where his son died from an overdose 22yrs before.
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*Episode 10- Close Encounters*
"Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are" -C.A. Sainte-Beauve
Scott steals a kayak and runs away, after finding out that his father and stepmother were visiting, but Shelby tells Peter and Sophie, and Peter saves him from the rapids;Shelby falls in love with an abandoned horse, which the cliffhangers nurse back to health.
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*Episode 11- Best Behavior*
"False face must hide what false heart doth know" -William Shakespeare
Ezra is excited when his parents arrive and appear to be getting back together, but he soon finds out that it was all a cover-up, and turns to drugs again for comfort; Jules struggles with the fact that her mother is marrying for the 5th time.
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*Episode 12- Wherefore Art Thou*
"Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness" -James Thurber
Auggie runs away with Juliette to protect her, and they end up getting arrested for shoplifting, meanwhile Ezra and Daisy worry that their parents problems are hereditary.
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*Episode 13- Attention Deficit*
"Somewhere in the world your father is lost and needs you, but you are far away" -William Stafford
David(a new student) antagonizes the students, while his father is forced to trek through bear country with Peter.
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*Episode 14- The Kids Stay in The Picture*
"From here there is no place that does not see you. You must change your life" -Rainer Maria Rilke
Chloe brings in a director to make a film promoting Horizon using actors, but Daisy and Ezra make their own movie, showing Horizon as it really is.
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*Episode 15- Exposed*
"I'm giving you a longing look.... Everyday I write the book" -Elvis Costello
The kids discover an undercover reporter in their midst, and concoct wild stories to tell her, but only Daisy realizes that Shelby's story of abuse and prostition is true. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Episode 16- Innocence*
"The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day" -John Milton
Shelby gets lost in a rainstorm during a wilderness hike, after Scott pressures her to talk about her past to him, and Peter's father has a heartattack.
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*Episode 17- Daised and Confused*
"I cherished hope, it is true, but it vanished when my person reflected" -Mary Shelley
Daisy returns home with Sophie and Shelby, to her mothers funeral, facing her alcoholic father. Jules and Auggie grow closer.
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*Episode 18- One of Those Days*
"You don't live in a world all alone. Your brother is here too" -Albert Schweitzer
The kids stage a not-so-original play directed by Ezra, and Shelby's mom takes her home, while Peter's brother makes a surprise visit, and Sophie has surgery.
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*Episode 19- Because It's There*
"Why climb Mount Everest? Because it's there" -George Mallory
Shelby finds out that her stepfather had been also molesting her little sister, Jess, and reports him to the police, meanwhile an old student wants Peter to go hiking in tibet with him, but Peter must resign because of a bad knee.
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*Episode 20- Falling Up*
"Tragedies are about the depths that call up to certain men and insist that they descend" -Robert Bly
Peter mixes drugs and has halluncinations. Scott's real mother comes to visit him at Horizon.
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*Episode 21- Mended Fences*
"If we really want to live, we'd better start at once to try" -Wyston Hugh Auden
After being sober for a week, Peter feels like a complete failure, and thinks that he cannot make a difference in the kids lives anymore, until Shelby's little sister Jess comes along and shows him that he can, and has. After listening to Jess's story of her time on the streets before she got to Horizon in which she shared a similar experience to Shelby, Scott is finally able to accept Shelby's past.
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*Episode 22- Because I Love You*
"The child shall become father to the man" -William Wordsworth
The kids have a "morp" and Scott's dad comes to take him home. In the end, Sophie proposes to Peter knowing that they love eachother and it doesn't matter that she cannot have children. Scott also comes back, realizing that he loves Shelby and can't leave her.
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