Head Start - Season 1 - Episodes (40)

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Episode 1 - Make or Break
Mar 4, 2001
A youth program offers $20,000 to the most promising projects to get the successful applicants started. Kyle and Seth have developed an automatic gearing system for racing bikes, Loc has developed a website which attempts to reunite refugees separated from their families and Basia is an aspiring documentary maker. Then there are Clare and Patrick have driven all the way from Gunning with samples from their yabby breeding program and Katherine desperately wants the freedom to write and perform her own musical compositions. As the applicants go through the interview process, each with their own confidence or lack thereof, and the time to the final announcement of winners draws closer, they deal with the pressure in their own ways.
Episode 2 - Dischord
Mar 11, 2001
It's the first meeting at the Foundry and Garrett drills the new team on the rules and regulations of life at Head Start. There aren't many and they're pretty basic. The winners pick out their individual rooms and set about getting to know each other. Of course, there are a few teething problems.Loc wants to rectify the situation with the computer shop. Tran continues to hassle him for money and Loc tries to avoid him but is followed back to the Foundry.Kyle is stunned to learn that Terry and Posy want nothing more to do with him. Meanwhile, he gives Seth a peace offering, with a bit of help from Basia.An impromptu celebration might have consequences for Katherine when she gets drunk for the first time. Moira turns up and is unimpressed, giving not only Katherine, but an earful to Garrett as well.
Episode 3 - Changing Views
Mar 18, 2001
Loc apologises to Clare for the damage to the yabby tanks, but Patrick isn't pleased and attempts to enforce his racist views. Loc makes extra cash to pay Tran back with by building a web site for Sacha. Patrick follows Loc to a meeting with Tran to see what Loc is up to but finds himself in too deep when Tran turns on him.Seth confides in Kyle about missing Katherine, who convinces him to go to her house to ask her out. When he gets there he meets Katherine's mother and finds out that she's leaving Head Start to pursue a performance career. And Basia is having difficulty getting Amanda to open up to her.
Episode 4 - Winner Takes All
Mar 25, 2001
Garrett stirs up Kyle and Seth about their project at the breakfast meeting because he hasn't seen much activity on it. While at the velodrome for another series of bike trials, the boys encounter Terry who has developed a conspiracy theory as to why they were selected for the program instead of him.
Episode 5 - Making Music
Apr 1, 2001
After seeing posters in the street Seth has an idea for Katherine to hold a recital to showcase her music. Katherine reluctantly agrees and Garrett gives permission for it to be held at the warehouse.
Episode 6 - He Ain't Heavy
Apr 8, 2001
Growing dissent within the group forces Garrett to suggest a little bonding exercise aboard a sailing ship, which turns out to be more turbulent than he could have ever imagined.
Episode 7 - Business or Pleasure
Apr 15, 2001
Kyle's secret relationship with Allot's wife reaches boiling point when Basia confronts her greatest fear.
Episode 8 - Crash and Burn
Apr 22, 2001
Kyle naively welcomes Felice's advances and an affair ensues. Weaving her web, Felice convinces Allot to give the boys a chance. Allot goes to the Warehouse to have a look around and impressed, offers the boys a deal. Garret gives his approval and Kyle and Seth are ecstatic. Amanda receives her validated pilots licence and is enthusiastic about getting back in the air. Just as things settle down between Loc and Clare, Patrick delivers Loc an ultimatum. Break up with Clare or he will tell Garrett everything about his connection with Tran. A devastated Loc has to make a choice: his project or his relationship.
Episode 9 - Uppers and Downers
Apr 29, 2001
Basia's birthday rave offers the group a chance to relax and unwind, but when Basia finally decides to make her feelings known to Kyle, the night takes a turn for the worse.
Episode 10 - The Ties that Bind
May 6, 2001
Mounting a bike-a-thon for charity causes strain between Kyle and Basia, while Patrick arrives at a crossroad over his life in the city.
Episode 11 - Family and Friends
May 13, 2001
Things hot up at the Foundry when Garrett's daughter moves in. Loc realises the extent to which his site can help refugees.
Episode 12 - Interference
May 20, 2001
Basia films Amanda without her consent and becomes faced with a moral dilemma and Seth's romantic involvement with Skye puts pressure on his friendship with Kyle.
Episode 13 - To Market, To Market
May 27, 2001
Kyle finds himself in trouble as Skye tries to sabotage his partnership with Seth and Clare sets out to prove she can be successful without Patrick's help.
Episode 14 - Rat in the Ranks
Jun 3, 2001
Tension mounts between Skye and Garrett, resulting in a surprising revelation. Meanwhile, Clare and the Yabbies become overnight celebrities.
Episode 15 - The Quick and the Dead
Jun 10, 2001
Katherine hits the clubbing scene, and after playing some of her music for Basia she decides it's time to get her own music into some dance clubs while Clare is swamped with orders for yabbies since her TV appearance with Rod, and Seth's so preoccupied about Skye leaving that he forgets to fix a fault in the bike's gearing system. The resulting accident leaves Kyle unable to work and Seth has to take over as courier.
Episode 16 - Tune In
Jun 17, 2001
Rod asks for exclusive rights to Clare's yabbies, and Katherine's transformed herself and found her music niche, but is unsure of her next step.
Episode 17 - The Cold Hard Facts
Jun 24, 2001
Episode 18 - Seeing is Believing
Jul 1, 2001
Episode 19 - Comings and Goings
Jul 8, 2001
Episode 20 - Unchartered Territory
Jul 15, 2001
Episode 21 - Out of the Blue
Jul 22, 2001
Episode 22 - Conviction and Eviction
Jul 29, 2001
Episode 23 - Fighting Back
Aug 5, 2001
Head Start has a new recruit - Jade. She's a fashion designer who's not afraid to rub the gang the wrong way.
Episode 24 - The Straight and Narrow
Aug 12, 2001
Episode 25 - Wheels and Deals
Aug 19, 2001
Kyle and Seth have failed and are close to being kicked out of Head Start. Jade successfully launches her label in a fashion parade at the Foundry.
Episode 26 - Crackerjack
Aug 26, 2001
Pushing yourself to the limit takes on new meaning when a friend of Patrick's arrives from the country. Meanwhile, Kyle has to curb his jealousy when confronted with a short film Basia acted in - completely naked!
Episode 27 - Show and Tell
Sep 2, 2001
Episode 28 - Double Trouble
Sep 9, 2001
Kyle has to juggle a near impossible situation: looking after his pregnant ex girlfriend while trying not to hurt his current one.
Episode 29 - To Be or Not To Be
Sep 16, 2001
Episode 30 - Hanging Out to Dry
Sep 23, 2001
Kyle makes the ultimate commitment to Posy. Patrick gets a nasty surprise when viewing the footage from Basia's 'behind the scenes' rock documentry.
Episode 31 - Get the Picture
Sep 30, 2001
Katherine must choose between Patrick and her career. Meanwhile, a newcomer, Aaron causes intrigue with his mysterious project.
Episode 32 - Breaking Out
Oct 7, 2001
Katherine sinks deeper into Jordan's clutches with a growing reliance on amphetamines and Patrick secures a deal exporting yabbies to Japan.
Episode 33 - The Final Cut
Oct 14, 2001
Aaron's doing the perfect job for the perfect couple - or is he? Basia learns that finishing a film is really only the beginning.
Episode 34 - Street Cred
Oct 21, 2001
Episode 35 - Subterfuge
Oct 28, 2001
Episode 36 - First Impressions
Nov 4, 2001
Katherine arrives back unexpectedly from her promotional tour with a dark secret. Jade meets one of her fashion heroes.
Episode 37 - Nothing Is What It Seems
Nov 11, 2001
Struggling to fit back into Head Start pushes Katherine to the brink. Kyle and Seth sell their gears to a big company.
Episode 38 - Get Your Own Way
Nov 18, 2001
Flushed with success, Kyle and Seth are forced to examine their friendship. The day of Katherine's court case arrives.
Episode 39 - Bar and Tenders
Nov 25, 2001
Patrick's world starts to crumble when he comes up against an extortion racket at a transport depot. Meanwhile, Basia discovers that she still has feelings for Kyle.
Episode 40 - New Beginnings
Dec 2, 2001
Basia is nominated for an award for her doco, she invites everyone especially Kyle. He says he would not miss it for the world. Basia wins but she is not in the mood to celebrate her trip to Canada because Kyle failed to turn up because his partner in the bar said, it's busy, it's your decision the bar or your ex girlfriend. He chose the bar. Basia is in bed when Kyle walks in and apologizes. She tells him to go away and leave her alone. She falls asleep crying. Aaron after clinching the tender of landscaping for a big company sees that he will be working with his father, decides that he is not going to be controlled by his father. He says he will not be forced into doing it. After a lot of thinking he comes clean to Jade saying, he blamed his father for not doing his but it was actually fear. Jade tells him that it took courage to apply at Headstart and he was accepted. So why not to do this. He then accepts and signs the contract for the landscaping and decides he can get along with