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Higher Ground(TV show/series, 2000)

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| 1h per episode | Genre: Drama

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 22 episodes

Higher GroundRating: 4.0/5 (with 6 votes)
Higher Ground is a drama television series created by Michael Braverman and Matthew Hastings. The series follows a group of troubled and abused high school students at a therapeutic boarding school in the Pacific Northwest as they navigate adolescence in the aftermath of their home troubles. Higher Ground first premiered in the U.S on the Fox Family network on January 14, 2000. Although praised for its themes and performances (particularly Christensen’s) and well-rated, the series was cancelled after its first season due to the sale of its broadcast network the following year. The show was part of a production company that did not make it to the new network. ()
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About Higher Ground

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.

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Higher Ground Seasons and Episodes

01/14/2000Season 1 - 22 episodes
#1 | 01/14/2000Scott Free
Troubled Scott is brought to the school against his will, as Peter learns that the bank is foreclosing on the school property.
#2 | 01/21/2000Babe 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.
#3 | 01/28/2000Walking 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.
#4 | 02/04/2000Our Strongest Link
To teach the kids to work as a team, they are entered in the Junior Eco-Challenge competition.
#5 | 02/11/2000What Remains
A search-and-rescue mission is mounted to find Juliette, who has fallen into an uncharted cave containing ancient Indian bones.
#6 | 02/18/2000Crossroads
Sophie gives the group a parenting assignment, and Katherine's behavior with her boyfriend threatens her impending graduation.
#7 | 02/25/2000Worlds 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.
#8 | 03/03/2000Seductions
As a thunderstorm causes the school to flood, Shelby's attempt to seduce Scott brings him unpleasant memories.
#9 | 03/10/2000Hope 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.
#10 | 03/17/2000Close 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.
#11 | 03/31/2000Best 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.
#12 | 04/07/2000Wherefore 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.
#13 | 04/14/2000Attention 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.
#14 | 04/21/2000The 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.
#15 | 04/28/2000Exposed
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.
#16 | 05/05/2000Innocence
As a winter storm moves in, the kids' solo treks are ruined, Shelby becomes lost, and Peter's visiting father has a heart attack.
#17 | 05/12/2000Daised 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"".
#18 | 05/19/2000One 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 & Juliet for his new play.
#19 | 05/26/2000Because It's There
Scott tries to get Peter to get Shelby back to Horizon. Shelby finds out her stepfather abused her little sister Jess.
#20 | 06/03/2000Falling Up
Peter gets hooked on pain killers. Scotts mother comes to vist. Shelby comes back to horizion.
#21 | 06/09/2000Mended 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 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.
#22 | 06/16/2000Because 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 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.

Additional Information

Shot in: Canada
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 6 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Bosnian (BS), Czech (CS), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Slovak (SK)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 01/14/2000
Last episode released on: 06/16/2000

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