Season 5

E1. Episode 1

Jun 23, 1997 · 45m

The Heartly high students are getting a hard time from the Heartly heights students and one of them plays a crule prank on Anita.

E2. Episode 2

Jun 25, 1997 · 44m

Kurt is embarrased by hais alchoholic father.Leo Fine is sent to jail and Melanie Blacks dad takes over at the sharkpool.

E3. Episode 3

Jun 30, 1997 · 43m

The newest addition to the teaching staff at Hartley Heights High School, Gerard Albers, is an eccentric and flamboyant bohemian from Spain, who is as at home on the touch football field as he is in the classroom.

E4. Episode 4

Jul 2, 1997 · 45m

When Les confiscates a Penthouse magazine from Drazic in class, he has no idea what the consequences will be. Drazic takes revenge by sticking a centrefold on one of Les' Biology teaching aids.

E5. Episode 5

Jul 7, 1997 · 44m

New kid Andrew arrives at Hartley. Although he has Muscular Dystrophy and is in a wheelchair, he is determined to be treated like a normal teenager.

E6. Episode 6

Jul 9, 1997 · 44m

Melanie and Andrew seem happy together but as opposition to their relationship mounts, Melanie starts having second thoughts.

E7. Episode 7

Jul 14, 1997 · 45m

Albers decides to teach a history class with a twist when he asks the class to put Arthur Phillip on trial. Was Arthur Phillip a good man or did he knowingly attempt to carry out genocide on the Aboriginal people?

E8. Episode 8

Jul 16, 1997 · 45m

Anita and Ryan are not coping well with the 4am wake up calls from baby James. Jeff feels bad - he came here to help the kids through the HSC but he seems to be making things harder for them.

E9. Episode 9

Jul 21, 1997 · 43m

Anita and Ryan are enjoying life without parental supervision until Kath Livingstone, the new housekeeper, arrives with her daughter Sarah.

E10. Episode 10

Jul 23, 1997 · 44m

Nikki is furious when Kurt continuously puts his love for the environment ahead of her. However, he reveals the cause of his fanaticism: a seal at the Aquarium is on the brink of death because it swallowed a plastic bag.

E11. Episode 11

Jul 28, 1997 · 44m

When Sarah helps Anita and Drazic discover the internet, she inadvertently gets them both into trouble. Anita is wooed by a man calling himself DJ Byron but when she agrees to meet him she puts herself in a dangerous situation. Drazic has a run in with customs when he tries to order CD's to sell to his school mates. Both learn a tough lesson! While Nikki is filming Mai performing as a human sculpture in the local mall they film a pickpocket working the audience. They take the tape to class and the class debates what action to take. Embarrassed when Barry turns up to footy practice drunk, Kurt sacks his dad as coach and takes over himself. Not everyone is pleased—Ryan quits the team. However it seems that there may be more behind Ryan's departure — Kurt and Nikki are now an item and Ryan refuses to believe that he's lost Nikki just yet.

E12. Episode 12

Jul 30, 1997 · 46m

Ryan, still smarting over Kurt and Nikki's blossoming relationship, is staying away from the football team. However, Barry manages to persuade him to rejoin for an inter-school competition.

E13. Episode 13

Aug 4, 1997 · 44m

After putting Kurt in hospital, Ryan finds he is being ostracised. Feeling sorry for himself, he wags school and meets Mario,, who offers him a way out of his depression - and so, Ryan begins his trip into the drug culture.

E14. Episode 14

Aug 6, 1997 · 44m

Now well and truly entrenched in the world of drugs, Ryan is at the point where his speed is costing him more than he can afford. Desperate for more drugs, Ryan begins to steal, first from Anita and then from the school. Anita discovers Ryan with stolen goods — now she is left with the task of making him see sense. When Albers sets a project focusing on personal histories, Sarah sets on a trail to find out about her father. However, she may not be pleased with what she finds out. Kurt's return to school brings back memories of his accident, and he is concerned that nobody knew how to cope. He convinces Di to run a voluntary basic first aid course, but Kurt has trouble convincing the other boys to participate. It is not until he reveals his secret weapon that the boys finally come around.

E15. Episode 15

Aug 11, 1997 · 45m

When Ryan is late for class again, and hasn't done his major assignment, Barnett hauls him over the coals. Ryan refuses to be helped by her or anyone and walks out before he can be suspended from school.

E16. Episode 16

Aug 13, 1997 · 45m

Sarah enlists Anita's help to find her father but Kath makes it very clear that they'll receive no assistance from her.

E17. Episode 17

Aug 18, 1997 · 44m

While busking, Nikki meets Luda, a recording artist who wants to record one of her songs.

E18. Episode 18

Aug 20, 1997 · 46m

Since Mai and Drazic had a close nocturnal encounter, things in the warehouse have been somewhat tense. As the new arrival, Kurt feels that maybe he's the problem.

E19. Episode 19

Aug 25, 1997 · 44m

When JJ, a prisoner on day release, begins working at the school, he runs into some prejudice from the kids. All that is, except Sarah who, upon talking to JJ, realises they have a lot in common and quickly begins to fall in love.

E20. Episode 20

Aug 27, 1997 · 44m

Despite her mothers objections and threats, Sarah continues her relationship with JJ.

E21. Episode 21

Sep 1, 1997 · 44m

Deciding to refocus his life on getting back in shape, Kurt has a chance meeting with Lachlan, an old friend who is now running a fitness club that is dedicated to cleaning up the environment.

E22. Episode 22

Sep 3, 1997 · 45m

Kurt and Lachlan discover Skye and her friends camping in the park and try to move them on. Things heat up when Lachlan and Anita later find Lachlan's club house has been vandalised.

E23. Episode 23

Sep 8, 1997 · 45m

Lee Delaine has two strikes against him: he's the newest student at Hartley Heights and to make matters worse, his father is the school's new Humanities teacher.

E24. Episode 24

Sep 10, 1997 · 44m

Sarah is back at Hartley having finally left home and returned to the city. She has rented a flat, but the landlord keeps trying to chat her up as well as beating his wife.

E25. Episode 25

Sep 15, 1997 · 45m

When Drazic throws himself into trying to design a new type of skate, Di suggests he consider a career in industrial design.

E26. Episode 26

Sep 19, 1997 · 45m

Believing she's on a date with Paul, Anita is taken aback when he recoils from her attempt to kiss him. When she presses him for an explanation, Paul reveals to her that he is gay.

E27. Episode 27

Sep 22, 1997 · 44m

Pat Gregory, an old friend of Nat Delane, takes up a teaching post at Hartley, but soon runs into trouble with Lee who is still having difficulty fitting in.

E28. Episode 28

Sep 24, 1997 · 45m

With his parents waiting for him to choose a new school to attend, Lee shocks them by announcing he is not going to change schools - he's dropping out.

E29. Episode 29

Sep 29, 1997 · 44m

Nikki turns moral crusader when she learns that the mother of her friend Tasha is being exploited by her boss. Nikki takes it upon herself to demand he pay his workers a fair wage but her meddling only causes more problems.

E30. Episode 30

Oct 1, 1997 · 45m

Di informs the students that the school has installed a card-swipe system as part of an "efficiency measure". Among other things, the cards record attendance, a system Drazic is quick to capitalise on.