The WORST episodes of Heartbreak High

Every episode of Heartbreak High ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Heartbreak High!

A group of students at an inner-city high school in Sydney deal with the many obstacles life throws at them including love, racism, broken homes, homelessness and drug addiction.

Last Updated: 11/8/2024Network: Network 10Status: Ended
Episode 186
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#1 - Episode 186

Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/21/1998

Ryan gets a job at a cricket pavillion and meets a legend.Kurt and Thania get together.Dennis fails his exams, so does Anita and Drazic. Kurt leaves to go to Townsville and Ryan leaves to go on tour with the legends of cricket.The crew all say goodbye to each other and Di Barnett tells them she is leaving to teach another school and Draz jumps for joy, but later says goodbye.

Episode 49
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4.60
5 votes

#2 - Episode 49

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/23/1995

Rose agrees to marry Jack but matters are quickly complicated by a second proposal, this one from Con. Con's parents decide the best way to discourage their son is to encourage him. Jodie argues with her half-sister Karen over her involvement with Matt. Karen poses as Jodie when she goes to see a music promoter.

Directors: Andrew Prowse
Writer: Kris Wyld
Episode 50
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5.17
6 votes

#3 - Episode 50

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/30/1995

Rivers' father surfaces at the warehouse after escaping from prison. Jodie tells Karen it is time for her to move out of the warehouse, and after a brief but eventful stay at the Bordinos', Karen moves on. A difficult decision about Rivers' future is taken out of his hands.

Directors: Andrew Prowse
Episode 42
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5.25
4 votes

#4 - Episode 42

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1995

Rivers, Con and Matt are stopped by the police prompting them to create a controversial one-sided documentary that threatens the continuation of Vic's Media Studies course. Steve's discovery that Lucy is on the pill leads them both to look into their previous partners' lives. Rivers insists on babysitting Tess after Jack shows him how being seen with a baby can help attract women.

Directors: Andrew Prowse
Writer: Greg Millin
Episode 123
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5.50
2 votes

#5 - Episode 123

Season 5 - Episode 32 - Aired 5/26/1997

Melanie discovers and takes a liking to a homeless woman which causes problems with her father, and Drazic finds out that being part of the international roller blading team is not as great as he thought it would be. Melanie's parents' wedding anniversary prompts her to reminisce about her mother who died three years ago. Her feelings of loss are exacerbated when she is unable to communicate them to her father. When she discovers Grace, a homeless woman living in the school grounds, Melanie is drawn to her - subconsciously there is a hope that Grace will fill the void left by her mother. Drazic discovers being part of the roller blading promotions team is not all it's cracked up to be, however, quitting the team will cost him. Katerina and Charlie learn a hard lesson when their squabbles over a television set force Mai to take action.

Directors: Geoffrey Bennett
Episode 51
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5.71
7 votes

#6 - Episode 51

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/6/1995

When the surf boat Southgate has employed for his Surf Club recruitment efforts is vandalised and then stolen from the school yard, Matt and Rivers quickly become the prime suspects. Steve grows up in a hurry when Lucy informs him that she will going on a six-month student exchange to Japan.

Directors: Ian Gilmour
Episode 47
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5.83
6 votes

#7 - Episode 47

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/9/1995

Lucy reluctantly seeks help from her friends when Jerry Shapiro, her mother's boyfriend, begins making sexual advances towards her. Yola learns that she is pregnant. Con's protective instincts emerge as Effie prepares for a school dance.

Directors: Geoffrey Bennett
Episode 43
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6.00
5 votes

#8 - Episode 43

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/11/1995

Matt and the rest of the basketball team face a tough opponent in the championship game. Vic is approached at the school by a man from his past. Danielle interviews Vic for her class project, twice. Rose discovers that Jack has a new girlfriend. Vic decides to leave Hartley.

Directors: Ian Gilmour
Episode 45
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6.00
6 votes

#9 - Episode 45

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/25/1995

Southgate's divorce is finalised. Nicole tries to get her parents back together not knowing that her mother is already seeing Southgate. The gang plans a surprise party for Rivers' 18th birthday but his friends' odd behaviour has him convinced they're getting ready to kick him out of the warehouse. To make matters worse, his car gets stolen. Con enters Tess in a baby photo contest without telling Rose.

Directors: Karl Zwicky
Episode 61
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6.00
4 votes

#10 - Episode 61

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/15/1995

Jodie's infatuation with singer/songerwriter Tim Beckett is shaken when the self-confessed alcoholic starts drinking again. Katerina convinces Deloraine to let her sell healthier food to the students but her upstart effort is challenged by competition from Con's hot dog stand. Andrew confronts Sam about her past affair with Peter and confesses his own jealousy. Allie feels like she's being shut out by her friends because of her involvement with Matt.

Directors: Catherine Millar
Writer: Sally Webb
Episode 40
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6.13
8 votes

#11 - Episode 40

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/28/1995

After a thrashing from Rivers' team in a pick up game, the guys decide it's time to improve the school basketball team. They set out to convince a reluctant Vic to be their coach but convincing Rivers to join the team isn't quite as hard. Matt's friends have questions for him — and demands — after Southgate reveals he is Deloraine's nephew. Danielle arranges for Rose and Jack to have an evening to themselves and gets Lucy, Con, and Steve to help babysit Tess. Con is recruited into Danielle and Lucy's plan to seduce Steve.

Writer: James Lee
Episode 46
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6.17
6 votes

#12 - Episode 46

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/2/1995

Nicole reveals her mother's affair with Southgate to the school. After getting a taste of life at the warehouse, Matt makes the decision to move back in with his uncle. Suzie ends her relationship with Bill to give her marriage another chance. Con and Rose go out on a date. Rivers is busted spying on the girls. Still haunted by Nick's death, Jodie is unable to commit to Matt.

Directors: Karl Zwicky
Writer: Kit Oldfield
Episode 28
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6.20
5 votes

#13 - Episode 28

Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 9/21/1994

Steve wants to keep a stray dog that he befriends but Deloraine and Rivers have other ideas. Stella invites Katerina to go with her to Greece.

Directors: Karl Zwicky
Episode 31
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6.25
4 votes

#14 - Episode 31

Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 10/12/1994

Roberto and Helen are upset when Rocco, their eldest son, returns to town without contacting them. Lucy offers to help Steve find his birth parents. Southgate agrees to help Nick with his boxing training. Sam tries to get Rivers back in school.

Directors: Geoff Bennett
Episode 52
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6.29
7 votes

#15 - Episode 52

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 8/13/1995

Yola fears she may lose her baby. Southgate announces that he is moving on to become the new headmaster at a rural school. He then convinces Yola, who has mentioned a desire to start a new life for herself and her baby, to come with him. Deloraine takes an interest in Matt's love life. Steve and Danielle recruit their friends to help make a horror movie.

Directors: Ian Gilmour
Writer: Sally Webb
From Hartley High to Hartley Heights (Season finale)
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6.33
3 votes

#16 - From Hartley High to Hartley Heights (Season finale)

Season 5 - Episode 39 - Aired 6/18/1997

Les is appalled at the school's state of disrepair and demands that the Department takes action. He is shocked however, when instead of renovating, they decide to close Hartley High. Les finds himself without a school and without a job. But most distressing for him is the lack of any regret from his students. All students are moved to Hartley Heights, a neighbouring school. They all react in a different way. Mel tries to find an old student who's life has been changed by Hartley High. Draz and Ryan embitter Bailey's life because they need no longer to be afraid for punishment or suspension. They play a practical joke on Les by staging an accident. Les panics and calls an ambulance, but is furious to find that he has been tricked. He threatens to punish them but they laugh in his face — what can he do... he isn't their principal anymore. However, Les does have the last laugh. Mai talks the reluctant Anita into delivering gorillagrams — guaranteed easy money. In the beginning, everyth

Directors: Jessica Hobbs
Episode 66
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6.33
3 votes

#17 - Episode 66

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/26/1996

Matt's comfortable existence at Hartley High is threatened when his past comes back to haunt him. Paul - Matt's competitive, over-achieving father - wants his son to return home to his family and a more settled existence. Paul is convinced that Deloraine has let Matthew run wild - a belief that is confirmed when he sees Matt's less than impressive school results. Paul's worst fears about his son become reality when - angered by his father's domineering approach - Matt uncharacteristically lashes out on the basketball court, punching teacher, Andrew. It looks like Steve is also in trouble. Everyone needs him: Con needs photographs for the school magazine, Allie needs help with finding a new flatmate, and Danielle wants to go to the movies with him. But Steve is missing. Everyone is angry and puzzled: it's just not like Steve to go disappear without a word. Where is he? The answer will change Hartley High and its students forever.

Directors: Catherine Millar
Episode 48
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6.33
6 votes

#18 - Episode 48

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/16/1995

Rose's daughter is rushed to the hospital. Seeing Tess brought to the hospital causes Yola to panic about her own future as a mother. Jealousies surface when Jodie's sister is welcomed at the warehouse and makes a play for Matt. Jack proposes to Rose. Southgate must inform Yola of Joe's death after he is killed in the line of duty.

Directors: Geoffrey Bennett
Writer: Chris Roache
Episode 1
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6.36
14 votes

#19 - Episode 1

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/27/1994

Christina Milano, Hartley High's young new English and history teacher, has difficulties gaining control of her first class until a brawl in the schoolyard gives her the opportunity to win the respect of her students. New student Jodie Cooper catches the eye of Nick Poulos.

Directors: Michael Jenkins
Writer: Peter Neale
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Episode 2
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6.40
10 votes

#20 - Episode 2

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/6/1994

The banning of Jodie's incendiary rap song sparks a freedom-of-speech revolt among the students. Nick, Rose and Jodie lead their fellow students in a strike and Deloraine counters with the threat of suspensions for all those involved. The dispute is amicably settled with everyone getting their demands met — except for Con who doesn't get the soccer team he wanted, he does however get Danielle and Steve back together in time for Valentine's Day.

Directors: Michael Jenkins
Writer: Tim Gooding
Episode 27
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6.40
5 votes

#21 - Episode 27

Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 9/14/1994

Steve, angry after learning that he was adopted, is caught stealing from his employer and the police are called. Danielle and Jodie fight over Nick. George quits his job at the factory.

Directors: Karl Zwicky
Writer: Greg Millin
Episode 44
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6.43
7 votes

#22 - Episode 44

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/18/1995

Matt sets up his uncle on a blind date and makes plans to move out. Discouraged by her recent grades, Danielle contemplates dropping out of school when she is asked to audition as a reporter for a youth oriented current affairs tv show. Yola questions Joe's commitment to their relationship when he starts spending time with an old girlfriend and her son. Con and Rose get closer while working on a science project together while Southgate and Danielle's mother begin seeing one another.

Directors: Ian Gilmour
Episode 32
star
6.43
7 votes

#23 - Episode 32

Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 10/19/1994

Lucy encourages Steve to continue searching for his birth mother even though contact is prohibited by law. Rivers' father convinces him to return to school. Effie contemplates dating an unpopular classmate. Nick accepts a rematch against Tony.

Directors: Geoffrey Bennett
Episode 11
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6.43
7 votes

#24 - Episode 11

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/8/1994

Phil confides a secret about his past to Rose, who has a crush on him. Stella quits as the Poulos's housekeeper after getting in an argument with George in which he questions her decision to leave her failed marriage. Steve and Rivers are forced to work together when they are given the task of cleaning up the school yard when Deloraine catches them fighting.

Directors: Karl Zwicky
Episode 41
star
6.57
7 votes

#25 - Episode 41

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/4/1995

Vic tries to teach the boys a lesson in teamwork by having them play the girls team but after an embarrassing loss, the guys decide it may be time to quit basketball altogether. Con's grandmother comes to live with the Bordino family but she soon finds a new home she likes better. Steve and Lucy consummate their relationship.

Writer: Sally Webb