Peter funnels grief into adrenaline, training for a major mountain climb with a former student. Shelby deals with the realities of returning home.
Ezra's parents come for a surprising visit with disastrous consequences. Juliette spirals when she learns that her mother is getting married again, but she's not invited.
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 ...
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Title: Higher Ground (2000– )
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Located high in the mountains of the Northwestern United States and 25 miles from the nearest town, Mount Horizon High School is a harbor for at-risk teenagers from their troubled pasts. The series focuses on one group of teens, the Cliffhangers, who, with the aid of school counselors and each other, navigate adolescence as they learn to overcome their fears and face their inner demons. Providing them with not only a normal high school education, but also a rigorous schedule of outdoor activities and the tools they need in the aftermath of their abuse, the students work towards gaining confidence to face their personal struggles. While navigating perilous action sequences, friendships, and romantic entanglements, the students (and some teachers) find Mount Horizon's world much safer than their turbulent home lives have been. The students tackle issues such as substance abuse, depression, neglect, sexual, physical and verbal abuse, self-harm, eating disorders, gang violence, learning ...
Current TV shows reflecting the lives of teenagers are getting
pretty dismal and irritating because they all centralize on the
same themes of dead-end relationships and sex. "Dawson's Creek"
is a nauseous example. However, with the new hit TV drama
"Higher Ground," the genre of the teen drama is getting a new
image and personality. Hayden Christianson and Joe Lando head
this rugged show about emotional troubled teens who are sent to
a boot camp called Horizon. Their primary objectives in that one
camp is definitely not to fish, eat toasted marshmellows or to
sing songs around the campfire. Oh no. These adolescents are
sent there to encounter their inner troubles and to find a
better well being. In other words, those kids are being trained
to "straighten up and fly right."
With great dramatical performances by the cast, "Higher Ground"
is not a typical kid soap opera. This show is