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Because I Love You
-First air date - June16, 2000 on Fox Family Channel
-Quote: "The child shall become father to the man." ~William Wordsworth
-Written by Michael Braverman and Jennifer Furlong and Directed by Allen Simmonds
-There is a prom (named "MORP" by the students); Scott's dad comes to take him home; Sophie proposes to Peter, after she recognizes that her situation doesn't matter to him and they love each other.

Mended Fences
-First air date - June 9, 2000 on Fox Family Channel
-Quote: "If we really want to live, we'd better start at once to try."
~ Wystan Hugh Auden

-Written by John Mandel, Directed by Matthew Hastings
-After being sober for a week, Peter is feeling like a complete failure and thinks he cannot make a difference any longer in any kids' lives, and really doesn't care, until someone comes along and shows him how to care again and that he truly can make a difference in everyone's lives and does so every day.

Falling Up
- First air date - June 3, 2000 on Fox Family Channel
- Quote: "Tragedies are about the depths that call up to certain men and insist that they descend."
~ Robert Bly

-Written by Craig Volk, Directed by Michael Robison
- Peter experiences hallucinations and has to find his way out of his own personal hell enough to ask Sophie for help . In the meantime, Scott's biological mother comes to visit him at Horizon.

Because It's There
- First air date - May 26, 2000 on Fox Family Channel
- Quote: "Why climb Mount. Everest? Because it's there." ~George Mallory
- Written by Bruce Miller, Directed by Peter DeLuise.
- An ex-student returns to Horizon and convinces Peter to go to Tibet, but Peter has to back out because of an injured knee and starts taking painkillers; Shelby discovers her stepfather has been molesting her younger sister and reports him to the police.

One of Those Days
- First air date - May 19, 2000 on Fox Family Channel
- Quote: "You don't live in a world all alone. Your brother is here too." ~ Albert Schweitzer
-Written by Jeff Cohen, Directed by Allan Simmonds
-The kids stage a play written by Ezra; Shelby's mom takes her home; Peter's brother makes a surprise visit; Sophie has surgery.

Daised and Confused
- First air date - May 12, 2000 on Fox Family Channel
- Quote: "I cherished hope, it is true, but it vanished when my person reflected . . ." ~ Mary Shelley
- Written by Deborah Schwartz, Directed by Matthew Hastings
- Daisy (Jewel Staite) must return home for her mother's funeral and face the alcoholic father she tried to kill; Juliette and Auggie(Meghan Ory, Jorge Vargas) grow closer.

Innocence
-First air date - May 5, 2000 on Fox Family Channel
-Quote: "The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day." ~ John Milton
-Written by Jennifer Furlong, Directed by Peter DeLuise
-Shelby (A.J. Cook) gets lost in a rainstorm during a wilderness hike after Scott (Hayden Christensen) pressures her to talk about her past; Peter's (Joe Lando) father has a heart attack. .

Exposed
- First air date - April 28, 2000 on Fox Family Channel
- Quote: "I'm giving you a longing look ... Everyday I write the book." ~ Elvis Costello
-Written by Bruce Miller, Directed by Alan Simmonds
-When the kids discover an undercover reporter in their midst, they concoct wild stories for her; Daisy (Jewel Staite) realizes that Shelby's (A.J. Cook) tale of abuse and prostitution is true.

Attention Deficit
-First air date - April14, 2000 on Fox Family Channel
- Quote: "Somewhere in the world your Father is lost and needs you but you are far away." ~ William Stafford
-Written by Craig Volk, Directed by Brenton Spencer
-A new student quickly antagonizes his school mates,while his father is forced to trek through bear country with Peter.

Wherefore Art Thou
- First air date - April 7, 2000 on Fox Family Channel
- Quote: "Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear,but around in awareness." ~ James Thurber
-Written by Denitria Harris-Lawrence, Directed by Alan Simmonds
-Auggie runs with Juliette to protect her and gets arrested for shoplifting and they are put on shuns when they return; Ezra and Daisy worry that their parents' problems are hereditary.

Best Behaviour
- First air date - March 31, 2000 on Fox Family Channel
- Quote: "False face must hide what false heart doth know." ~ William Shakespeare
-Written by John Mandel, Directed by Alan Simmonds
-Ezra is ecstatic when his parents arrive and appear to be getting back together. But their charade is soon exposed, and Ezra turns to his old means---drugs---for comfort. Similarly, Juliette struggles with the knowledge that her mom is marrying for the fifth time.

The Kids Stay in the Picture
- First air date - April 21, 2000 on Fox Family Channel
- Quote: "From here there is no place that does not see you.You must change your life. ~ Rainer Maria Rilke
-Written by Matthew Hastings, Directed by Michael Rohl
-Peter and Sophie are irritated when Chloe, Horizon's new CEO, brings in a director to make a promotional film using actors.

Close Encounters
- First air date - March 17, 2000 on Fox Family Channel
- Quote: "Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are" ~ C. A. Sainte-Beauve
-Written by Deborah Schwartz, Directed by Alan Simmonds
-Scott runs away after he finds out his father and stepmother will visit, but Shelby tells Peter and Peter rescues him from the rapids; Scott confronts his dad about his stepmother but his dad doesn't believe him; a very sick horse takes a liking to Shelby and the Cliffhangers nurse it back to health against the advice of the local vet.

Seductions
- First air date - March 3, 2000 on Fox Family Channel
- Quote: "To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance." ~ Oscar Wilde
-Written by Jennifer Furlong, Directed by Peter DeLuise
-The students seek refuge in the main lodge as a violent rainstorm rocks the school, while Shelby takes advantage of the turmoil to seduce Scott.

World's Apart
- First air date - February 25, 2000 on Fox Family Channel
- Quote: "It is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them." ~ Alfred Adler
-Written by Denitria Harris-Lawrence, Directed by Brenton Spencer
-Auggie visits home. Sophie rethinks her relationship with Peter. Chloe brings her NY investors to Horizon to check out the school.

Crossroads
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First air date - February 18, 2000 on Fox Family Channel
- Quote: "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent" ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
-Written by Denitria Harris-Lawrence, Directed by Peter DeLuise
-Katherine is caught in a compromising position with her boyfriend, Hank, and jeopardizes her impending graduation from Horizon.

What Remains
-First air date - February 11, 2000 on Fox Family Channel
- Quote: "In the silence of our woods your children will not be alone." ~ Chief Seattle
-Written by Craig Volk, Directed by David Straiton
-Juliette falls into an uncharted cave and discovers the skeletal remains of an American Indian girl; Peter organizes a search party.

Hope Falls
- First air date - March 10, 2000 on Fox Family Channel
- Quote: "Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have." ~Unknown
-Written by John Mandel, Directed by Michael Robison
-After a student commits suicide, Frank (Jim Byrnes) takes the boys from the Cliffhangers group to Hope Falls where his son died from a drug overdose 22 years before.


Walking The Line
- First air date - January 28, 2000 on Fox Family Channel
-Quote: "If we open a quarrel between the past and the present,we shall find that we have lost the future." ~ Winston Churchill
-Written by Matthew Hastings, Directed by Mick MacKay
-Mr. Horizon is threatened with foreclosure and to save the school, Peter must re-visit his troubled past, which means drawing on his former, chaotic career and once and for all confronting his previous unhealthy relationships.

Our Strongest Link
-First air date - February 4, 2000 on Fox Family Channel
-Quote: "All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
-Written by Bruce Miller, Directed by Tony Westman
-To teach the kids about teamwork, Hannah and Peter enter a Horizon squad into the Junior-Ech Challenge. The students struggle to come together as a team.

Babes in Arms
-First air date - January 21, 2000 on Fox Family Channel
-Quote: "The secret of secrets is inside me again" ~ Anna Akhmatova
-Written by Michael Braverman, Directed by Alan Simmonds
-Peter is caught between his ex-wife and a new love in his life. Meanwhile, in order to find and rescue a lost little girl,Shelby must confront the past shadows of her life.

Scott Free
-First air date - January 14, 2000 on Fox Family Channel
-Quote: "We are all in the gutter, but some of us look at the stars." ~ Oscar Wilde
-Written by Michael Braverman, Directed by David Straiton
-Scott Barringer (Hayden Christensen) is brought to Mount Horizon against his will. Meanwhile, Peter (Joe Lando) learns that the school is in financial trouble and faces foreclosure.


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