The BEST episodes written by Leila Basen

The River
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8.17
129 votes

#1 - The River

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 4 - Episode 15

Lou helps Amy fight the lawsuit to save her sister's reputation and family business.

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Waiting for Tomorrow
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8.03
103 votes

#2 - Waiting for Tomorrow

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 6 - Episode 13

Scott discovers that Spartan has a broken leg and Amy is forced to make the toughest decision of her life.

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The Natural
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8.00
75 votes

#3 - The Natural

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 6 - Episode 4

Amy tries to fulfill Mallory’s dream of being a show jumper but discovers that it’s Georgie who has the natural talent.

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Never Surrender
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7.94
157 votes

#4 - Never Surrender

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 4 - Episode 16

A paralyzed military vet and ex-rodeo cowboy hires Amy to help sell his roping horse.

Dark Horse
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7.87
162 votes

#5 - Dark Horse

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 2 - Episode 15

Lou resurrects the Hudson Derby, stirring up an age-old grudge match between Jack and Tim.

Thicker Than Water
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7.84
227 votes

#6 - Thicker Than Water

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 1 - Episode 11

Tim's visit to Heartland causes sibling rivalry between Lou and Amy. Jack takes Lisa Stillman fishing on their second date.

Sweetheart of the Rodeo
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7.83
167 votes

#7 - Sweetheart of the Rodeo

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 2 - Episode 7

With the annual Hudson Heritage Rodeo looming, everyone at Heartland gets roped into the action. Jack and Tim are forced to work together on the planning committee. Meanwhile, Lou is grooming Soraya to compete in the Queen of The Rodeo competition.

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Dancing in the Dark
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7.81
168 votes

#8 - Dancing in the Dark

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 2 - Episode 4

The spring cattle drive is a much-anticipated event, and Lou hustles everyone out of the house at the crack of dawn for a secret all-day date with Scott. Simmering tensions rise to the surface as Amy seems more interested in getting roping tips from Caleb instead of riding with Ty.

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Come What May
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7.79
273 votes

#9 - Come What May

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 1 - Episode 7

Heartland takes in a pregnant mare named Melody. Ty secretly asks Mallory for riding lessons to impress Amy. Ben competes in a horse show and refuses to talk to his aunt Lisa. Meanwhile, Jack and Ty go on a cattle round-up, and Tim is introduced as the trail boss. Jack and Tim fight each other that night, and Ty learns that Tim is Lou and Amy's father, and Jack's ex-son-in-law. Lisa shows up to talk to Ben, and Jack invites her to stay for pancakes.

Wrecking Ball
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7.78
130 votes

#10 - Wrecking Ball

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 7 - Episode 3

Lou and Tim find themselves on opposite ends of a fight when Tim attempts to rebrand Maggie’s into a soulless fast food franchise.

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Showdown!
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7.72
197 votes

#11 - Showdown!

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 2 - Episode 9

Ty asks Amy to give their relationship another chance. Ashley makes a decision that surprises her mother and Lou. Cattle rustlers hit Big River Ranch, and the situation gets out of hand.

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One Trick Pony
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7.71
208 votes

#12 - One Trick Pony

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 1 - Episode 6

Lou's New York boyfriend Carl comes for a visit, but his big city attitudes clash with the ranch's more laid-back lifestyle. Lou discovers that she has been fired from her job in New York. Carl proposes to Lou, but she discovers he has been trying to force her to move with him to Chicago. Amy is puzzled why a new horse at Heartland called Pirate won't obey commands. Scott unearths the horse's unusual past.

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Cover Me
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7.71
140 votes

#13 - Cover Me

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 5 - Episode 9

When Tim's young racehorse Cisco is stolen on the way to his maiden race, Amy and Ty get help tracking him down from an unlikely source – Ty's step-father, Wade.

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A Storm Is Brewing
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7.68
91 votes

#14 - A Storm Is Brewing

Sullivan's Crossing - Season 2 - Episode 2

Maggie searches for clues regarding the cause of Sully's condition as she struggles to make a decision about her own future.

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Local Hero
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7.67
182 votes

#15 - Local Hero

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 4 - Episode 9

Lou comes back from Dubai to spend time with the family. Ty and Amy discover where her father's rustled cattle are being pastured and the whole family rides out to bring them back. Meanwhile Ashley's mother offers to give Ashley the lot that the trailer is on if she'll get Caleb to sign a marriage contract (pre-nup).

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Letting Go
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7.66
166 votes

#16 - Letting Go

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 2 - Episode 2

When Ty comes back to Heartland, he quickly realizes that profound changes have occurred in his absence. Caleb, the new ranch hand, seems to have taken over both his job and his place in Amy's heart.

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Coming Home
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7.66
362 votes

#17 - Coming Home

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 1 - Episode 1

Amy is a 15-year-old girl growing up in Hudson, Alberta with a serious love of horses. She discovers that a horse named Spartan is being abused at Mallen's farm and convinces her mother, Marion, to rescue him. A storm on the way home sends their truck and trailer off the road and onto a steep hill, crashing into a tree. When Amy wakes up, she's in the hospital and discovers that her mother died in the accident. Amy's sister Lou comes home from New York City to help. Refusing to put Spartan down, Grandpa Jack brings the horse back to Heartland hoping that Amy can help him. Before Amy can help Spartan, she has to come to terms with what happened to her mom. The new ranch hand, Ty, starts working and he was hired by Marion before she died.

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Ghost from the Past
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7.64
266 votes

#18 - Ghost from the Past

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 1 - Episode 9

After elderly Mrs. Bell has a heart attack, Amy takes in her Shetland pony Sugarfoot, to whom Lou grows surprisingly attached. Lou reminisces about learning to ride on Sugarfoot when she was young, and singing to him with Mrs. Bell. Ty's old girlfriend, Kerry Anne, from his past group home shows up looking for him, having taken a job in the kitchens at Briar Ridge. She manages to cause her fair share of trouble in the process, ripping off Soraya and stealing from Ashley, as well as creating friction with the Heartland family. Amy initially feels threatened by her, but Ty sends Kerry Anne on her way to BC, knowing that she is bad news.

Glory Days
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7.62
216 votes

#19 - Glory Days

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 3 - Episode 5

In the hopes of impressing Ashley, Caleb takes lessons in bulldogging from former rodeo champion Tim, who stubbornly refuses to acknowledge that he may no longer have what it takes. Kit and Ty sort out their lingering break-up issues as Ty assists Scott with the delivery of Kit's mare's foal. Lou invites Peter to manage his business from the Heartland facilities while his office undergoes renovation, and lives to regret it.

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Better Days
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7.58
153 votes

#20 - Better Days

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 7 - Episode 11

Amy is forced to face her fears and save the life of the horse that injured her.

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Little Secrets
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7.58
198 votes

#21 - Little Secrets

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 3 - Episode 2

Amy finds herself caught in the middle of a family crisis when she tries to help a girl and her horse recover from what appears to be a freak accident.

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Win, Place or Show
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7.57
188 votes

#22 - Win, Place or Show

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 4 - Episode 6

Tim enlists Amy to ride Lightning Dexter in a big time stakes race when he finds out his girlfriend, Janice, has teamed up with the competition...

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Electricity
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7.55
53 votes

#23 - Electricity

Strange Empire - Season 1 - Episode 6

Slotter appoints his most ruthless man as Sheriff; Kat wonders if she represents justice or is just another cold-blooded killer.

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Smoke ‘n’ Mirrors
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7.54
126 votes

#24 - Smoke ‘n’ Mirrors

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 7 - Episode 15

Tim goes through a mid-life crisis and buys a hot horse instead of the more traditional hot car.

Life Is a Highway
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7.54
138 votes

#25 - Life Is a Highway

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 6 - Episode 7

Chase Powers returns to Heartland with an aspiring liberty horse rider (Hayley) who wants Amy to be her coach.

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What's in a Name?
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7.52
161 votes

#26 - What's in a Name?

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 5 - Episode 3

When Tim reveals to the family that Shane is his son it throws everybody for a loop and threatens to ruin the traditional Bartlett-Fleming-Morris naming ceremony for Lou's baby girl.

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Aftermath
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7.49
127 votes

#27 - Aftermath

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 5 - Episode 13

In an attempt to avoid hitting a wolf, Ty is badly injured when he crashes his bike on a remote road, leaving Jack to search for help in the middle of nowhere.

Born to Run
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7.49
232 votes

#28 - Born to Run

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 1 - Episode 10

Nick Harwell arrives to train Ben but becomes interested in buying Spartan. Mallory thinks Lou plans to re-home Copper and runs away with him, only to discover a plot to sell wild mustangs.

Broken Arrow
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7.44
170 votes

#29 - Broken Arrow

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 3 - Episode 9

Amy is upset when Ty flies off with Scott to a remote vet call on his last day before heading to vet school.

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Burning Down the House
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7.41
158 votes

#30 - Burning Down the House

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 4 - Episode 17

A horse crazy young boy quickly bonds with Amy.

Taking Chances
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7.38
275 votes

#31 - Taking Chances

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 1 - Episode 4

When Amy and Lou empty their mother's room, they find a letter dated seven years previous, from their father. Ben Stillman is sent to live at Heartland by his aunt, Lisa, while she's in France. No one likes Ben, as he uses methods like whipping his horse, Red, to show him "who's boss", and he doesn't participate in ranch duties. Ty is especially angry, challenging Amy to prove that Heartland is different than the other stables (like Briar Ridge) that tolerate this treatment of horses. Amy gets knocked off her horse while trying to take Ben's horse across the river on a trail ride and sustains a minor head injury. Ty is offered a job at Briar Ridge even after Amy accidentally tells Ashley that Ty is on probation. When Amy hears that Ty might take the job, she snaps at him. Ty is eventually fired when Val discovers he has a record.

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Starstruck!
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7.38
220 votes

#32 - Starstruck!

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 2 - Episode 11

When Hollywood comes to Heartland, Amy is so starstruck, she loses track of what's really important in her life.

Jackpot!
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7.25
186 votes

#33 - Jackpot!

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 4 - Episode 7

Amy and Kit have to put their differences beside them when they take on Caleb in a team-roping jackpot.

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Ring of Fire
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7.24
161 votes

#34 - Ring of Fire

Heartland (2007) (CA) - Season 3 - Episode 17

When Amy follows in her mother's footsteps and enters a professional colt starting competition her gift with horses, and self-confidence, is put to the test.

The Luckdragon
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7.00
1 votes

#35 - The Luckdragon

Tales from the Neverending Story - Season 1 - Episode 3

Bastian is so caught up with the book that he neglects his school work and his chores around the house. In Fantasia, Atreyu meets Fly Girl and finds out the luckdragon is a flying machine flown by Fly Girl.

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Deleting Mr. Blank
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7.00
1 votes

#36 - Deleting Mr. Blank

Tales from the Neverending Story - Season 1 - Episode 4

When Bastian learns that nothing in Fantasia can exist without a name, he enlists Marley and Lucas to help him get rid of Mr. Blank by deleting all references to him in the school. Meanwhile, Atreyu joins up with Fly Girl and heads to the Southern Oracle

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Heart of Stone
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6.00
4 votes

#37 - Heart of Stone

Tales from the Neverending Story - Season 1 - Episode 1

Bastian's Mother is in a car accident. Bastian then meets Mr. Coreander, the owner of an old book store. Mr. C gives Bastian a book called The Neverending Story in exchange for a broken video game. Bastian's mother tells him that the book will guide him. Later, he wakes up and his mom is gone. He attends her funeral and has a hard time coping with her death. He begins reading TNES and becomes involved with the characters and events that occur in a mystical land known as Fantasia. He discovers that the land is in grave danger and his being ripped to shreds by dark force known only as ""The Nothing"". The Childlike Empress of Fantasia chooses a young warrior known as Atreyu(son of all) to combat the nothing to and to find a cure for her illness which seems to coincide with the poisoning of the land.

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Resurrection
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6.00
1 votes

#38 - Resurrection

Tales from the Neverending Story - Season 1 - Episode 13

No one in Fantasia is meant to read the book or they'll grow older as they read it and eventually turn to dust. Xayide now has the book and decides to read the book. April tells Gemma to go to Moonchild to tell her Xayide got the book. In the real world Gemma comes back and returns the book to Bastian. Bastian and Fallon read the rest of the book but Fallon asks Bastian to go back to a part where Xayide was still alive which means he turned back time in Fantasia bringing back Xayide. While they read the book, Fallon said she liked the part about Xayide then Bastian sees her eyes turn yellow.

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The Sceptre
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0.00
0 votes

#39 - The Sceptre

Tales from the Neverending Story - Season 1 - Episode 7

Bastian finds a letter from his mother ,that she wrote to him before she died. He believes that it is a message from beyond. Moonchild (The Childlike Empress) goes on a tour of Fantasia while Atreyu and Fly Girl go to the Dark City to save the luckdragon.

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The Luck Stops Here
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0.00
0 votes

#40 - The Luck Stops Here

Tales from the Neverending Story - Season 1 - Episode 8

Bastian is worried about a girl in his class: Fallon. His concern grows when he sees her wearing an old coat of his mothers that he and his dad donate to the poor.

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The Visitor
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0.00
0 votes

#41 - The Visitor

Tales from the Neverending Story - Season 1 - Episode 12

Gemma turns about to be a girl from Fantasia that works for Xayide, she transfers to bastians school in order to steal the book from Bastian which she does. In Fantasia, Moonchild gives Atreyu back the aurin and Curiosity/Mr. Coreander and Fly Girl prepare Atreyu to go into the real world to protect Bastian from Gmork who got turned back into a wolf.

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Night Life
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0.00
0 votes

#42 - Night Life

The Odyssey - Season 3 - Episode 4

In the Upworld, Jay goes to his first party and tries to get Sierra's attention, while Donna tries to make new friends. Meanwhile in the Downworld, Jay fears Alpha may be caught up in a club of blood-sucking vampires.

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The Cauldron
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0.00
0 votes

#43 - The Cauldron

The Odyssey - Season 3 - Episode 7

In the Upworld, Jay asks Sierra on a date, much to the annoyance of her boyfriend, Mick. Meanwhile, in the Downworld, Alpha, Jay and Flash make Tower Passes for other kids, Finger charges Medea with being a witch when she refuses to take an oath of loyalty.

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Time Bomb
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0.00
0 votes

#44 - Time Bomb

The Odyssey - Season 3 - Episode 13

In the Upworld, Jay prepares to tell his mother the truth about her husband. Meanwhile, in the Downworld, angry over the takeover of the Tower, Finger plants a bomb that will destroy the Downworld forever.

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