Episode Summary
Heartbreak High Episode 158
Season Five

Nat (John Walton) forces Lee to make a choice about which school he will be attending now that he has left Hartley Heights, however Lee has decided to leave school for good. Following Nat's orders to clean up the yard instead of sitting around all day, Lee fires up the incinerator, throwing in a few of his old text books. When Nat spots the fire he panics and, in Lees eyes, all but accuses him of starting the fire that took the life of his brother Simon. The tension between father and son mounts and when Nat finds Lee's bed has not been slept in, Jill (Morna Seres) fears that he has run away. In fact, Lee has signed up on a boat heading for Noumea and is ready to leave Hartley forever - the only person who knows of his plans is Sarah.

In Barnett's computer class each student is given an imaginary thousand dollars to invest in the stock market, the students who manage to retain that amount by the end of the week will score an A. By day two, more than half the class has lost part of its capital - Nikki (Fleur Beaupert) and Ryan (Rel Hunt) are clear leaders. Nikki's environmentally-friendly company promises steady growth, while Ryan has gone for the short-term boomer.

Drazic is hurt when Kurt and Anita go to the movies together. However, in trying to force them apart, he appears to be pushing them further together.

Heartbreak High also stars Putu Winchester as Dennis Klinsmann, Nathalie Roy as Sarah Livingstone and Mario Gamma as D'espo.

Heartbreak High is a Gannon Television production, executive producer is Ben Gannon and producer is Chris Roache. This episode was written by Serge Lazareff and directed by Ian Watson.