Seasons & episodes
S5 · E1Episode 131 1997-06-23 · 45 min
The Heartly high students are getting a hard time from the Heartly heights students and one of them plays a crule prank on Anita.
S5 · E2Episode 132 1997-06-25 · 44 min
Kurt is embarrased by hais alchoholic father.Leo Fine is sent to jail and Melanie Blacks dad takes over at the sharkpool.
S5 · E3Episode 133 1997-06-30 · 43 min
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.
S5 · E4Episode 134 1997-07-02 · 45 min
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.
S5 · E5Episode 135 1997-07-07 · 44 min
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.
S5 · E6Episode 136 1997-07-09 · 44 min
Melanie and Andrew seem happy together but as opposition to their relationship mounts, Melanie starts having second thoughts.
S5 · E7Episode 137 1997-07-14 · 45 min
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?
S5 · E8Episode 138 1997-07-16 · 45 min
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.
S5 · E9Episode 139 1997-07-21 · 43 min
Anita and Ryan are enjoying life without parental supervision until Kath Livingstone, the new housekeeper, arrives with her daughter Sarah.
S5 · E10Episode 140 1997-07-23 · 44 min
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.
S5 · E11Episode 141 1997-07-28 · 44 min
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.
S5 · E12Episode 142 1997-07-30 · 46 min
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.
S5 · E13Episode 143 1997-08-04 · 44 min
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.
S5 · E14Episode 144 1997-08-06 · 44 min
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.
S5 · E15Episode 145 1997-08-11 · 45 min
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.
S5 · E16Episode 146 1997-08-13 · 45 min
Sarah enlists Anita's help to find her father but Kath makes it very clear that they'll receive no assistance from her.
S5 · E17Episode 147 1997-08-18 · 44 min
While busking, Nikki meets Luda, a recording artist who wants to record one of her songs.
S5 · E18Episode 148 1997-08-20 · 46 min
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.
S5 · E19Episode 149 1997-08-25 · 44 min
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.
S5 · E20Episode 150 1997-08-27 · 44 min
Despite her mothers objections and threats, Sarah continues her relationship with JJ.
S5 · E21Episode 151 1997-09-01 · 44 min
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.
S5 · E22Episode 152 1997-09-03 · 45 min
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.
S5 · E23Episode 153 1997-09-08 · 45 min
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.
S5 · E24Episode 154 1997-09-10 · 44 min
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.