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Heartland Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
18 Episodes 2008 - 2009
Episode 1
Ghost Horse
46 mins
As Amy's Sweet Sixteen approaches, new hand Caleb is interested in asking her for a date. She's fascinated with the white mustang that's lost his herd but has been spotted around Heartland. Meanwhile, Lou and her dad are working on plans to start an "Equine Executive Retreat," but Grandpa Jack isn't thrilled with the idea of an upscale dude ranch on his property. Mallory is lobbying to spend the summer at Heartland while her parents travel with the rodeo. And Ty's not been heard from since he left for the city to get reacquainted with his father.
Episode 2
Letting Go
46 mins
Tim gives his daughter Amy a champion jumper for her birthday, Jack gives Lou trouble about her planned site for the new buildings, Caleb gives Ty a cold welcome. Amy has no luck gentling the wild white mustang that she captured; has her typically-good horse-sense gotten tangled up in her feelings about Ty?
Episode 3
Gift Horse
46 mins
Amy is overwhelmed with the demands on her time: Her new horse Storm deserves more of her time and a chance to compete every weekend; her sister Lou deserves more of her help, both in lining up horses for their dude-ranch venture and in dealing with their dad; her teachers feel that they deserve more of her attention as well and she's in real danger of failing a course or two. Then there's new beau Caleb... He deserves her help with Shorty and more. Finally, there's Ty; she doesn't know what he deserves at this point, but the question burns. Meanwhile, Lou is feeling the stress of dealing with her dad as a business partner; her focus on the bottom line and the big picture are conflicting with his horses-first viewpoint. And Mallory is unexpectedly feeling homesick while her parents are on the road. Jack sees all the people in his life struggling and is unsure just how much he should help each of them.
Episode 4
Dancing in the Dark
45 mins
Lou plans a a weekend alone with Scott while the rest of the crew go on a cattle drive for the ranch where Tim is working. Much to Scott's dismay, Lou's plans hit a snafu when a travel blogger and her husband, the dude ranch's first customers, show up a week early. On the trail, things are just as rocky: Tim learns that the owner's daughter is planning to sell now that her father has died; Ty learns that the horse he's riding is blind, and he's been just as much in the dark about Amy's feelings. Meanwhile, Lisa has given Jack a space-age saddle that's supposed to be good for folks with arthritis, and he's feeling more and more like a grumpy old man.
Episode 5
Corporate Cowgirls
46 mins
Lou takes three of her former New York co-workers on the Heartland Equine Retreat trail ride and ropes in Jack, Amy, and Tim to assist. Ty encounters Kit Bailey for the first time. Caleb introduces Kit to Ashley Stanton to set her up with a training partner and a horse, as she's taken up barrel racing. Val is terribly upset when she finds out and decides that Ashley doesn't need her show-jumper, Apollo. Mallory takes Spartan out for a ride, and loses him momentarily; when he becomes ill later on, Ty realizes that the horse must have eaten pesticide-sprayed grass and with help from Kit and Caleb he gets the remedy down the equine's throat, saving his life. Lou's friends depart after returning from the trail ride, having learned something about themselves and one another.
Episode 6
Holding Fast
46 mins
Amy tries to help an RCMP horse who's become skittish around water after his constable rescues a 15-year-old from drowning; Mallory asks Jack's advice about how to get rid of an unwanted boyfriend; it's "be too busy to see him"--and suddenly Lisa seems to be too busy to see Jack. Meanwhile, Lou recommends Scott to the local polo team, but he's worried that he got the job because of her relationship with the team's captain, Nick Harwell. Is either Fleming sister really ready to settle down? Lou's awfully smitten with the hunky RCMP constable, and Amy still seems mighty intrigued by Caleb.
Episode 7
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
46 mins
It's rodeo time and the whole Heartland crew is involved. Amy decides to try team roping at the rodeo with Caleb. When Tim's advice gives Caleb second thoughts, Ty is glad to help Amy practice, until Jack convinces Caleb to make good on his commitment and take her back. Meanwhile, Lou pulls such a nutty while sponsoring Soraya for the Queen of the Rodeo contest that she loses her contestant. Ty's feeling left out, but what's a novice cowboy to do?
Episode 8
Summer's End
46 mins
One night during a late summer heatwave, Ty's dad shows up with a truck full of sick, thirsty horses bound for the slaughterhouse. As Scott and the Heartland hands work to save the horses; Lou calls the police, but they can do nothing. When Amy recognizes one of the horses as Apollo, Ashley Stanton's old jumping horse, the mystery deepens. Lou looks into buying and rescuing the animals while Ashley confronts her mother and Ty warily spends time with his disreputable father.
Episode 9
Showdown!
46 mins
Mallory's dad's got a gold record and a new plan for Mallory: boarding school. Amy's back in school as well, leaving more of the chores to Jack, Caleb, and Ty. Ashley's staying at Heartland, much to her mother's dismay, and has promoted herself to VP of guest relations. Ty is still trying to make amends with Amy for his latest relationship snafu, while Caleb likes the way things are working out. Lou's seeing more of Constable Mark because of a recent upsurge in cattle-rustling.
Episode 10
True Enough
46 mins
Tim immediately tries Jack's patience as he recuperates from his shooting injury at Heartland Ranch. Callie is upset when she finds out that Tim has not told anybody about their relationship. Amy makes some surprising discoveries about Hank, an elderly ex-owner of a horse she's attempting to re-home. Ty convinces Amy to talk to Caleb, who's shunning his duties at the ranch, and holds himself responsible for what happened to Tim.
Episode 11
Starstruck!
46 mins
Hollywood starlet and gossip-rag fodder Mindy Fanshaw arrives at Heartland under the pretext of honing her non-existent riding skills in anticipation of an upcoming role. Almost everyone is thrilled at the prospect of having Fanshaw in their midst, but a confidentiality contract signed by all puts a damper on the excitement. Mallory is found to be hiding out in one of the dude-ranch cabins, having been aided in her "escape" from boarding school by young Jake. Mallory shows herself to be the most star-struck of all by collecting items Mindy has used around Heartland, planning to sell them on eBay so she can repay Jake the money he spent helping her. Mindy shows that she's a manipulator par excellence when she digs into the Ty/Amy/Caleb "triangle" and attempts to play the three against one another. When she ropes Caleb into taking her on a trail ride, she insists on riding an ailing Pegasus, ignoring Amy's warning that the horse should not be used. This results in an injured Pegasus and calculated photo-op for Mindy with the ubiquitous paparazzi.
Episode 12
Divorce Horse
46 mins
Lou's New York friend Mackenzie has asked her if she can have a simple wedding at Heartland and she's in the process of arranging everything; Amy has started working with one of Lisa's horses, a moody animal who might be cursed.
Episode 13
Seismic Shifts
46 mins
Lou continues to chat online to the guy Lisa connected her up with and agrees to meet him. Meanwhile, an oil company prospecting (and blasting) near Heartland has upset everyone except two dude-ranch guests who are addicted to fishing and Lou's cinnamon rolls. Caleb tries to mend fences with Amy, which gets more complicated when Ashley moves into his trailer.
Episode 14
Do or Die
46 mins
Amy and Caleb continue to battle over Ashley staying at his place. Meanwhile, Val may need Ashley but is unable to seal their rift. Ty is upset because his former probation officer brings a couple of troubled kids to the dude ranch. Peter continues to try to charm Lou.
Episode 15
Dark Horse
46 mins
Kit asks Ty to help her re-home a horse that she was given; Amy agrees to help Caleb with team-roping, but backs out when it means being around Kit and Ty more than she wants; Jack and Tim lock horns about their last competition in the Hudson Derby when Lou resurrects the event as a fund raiser to help Mrs. Bell and others with county legal problems.
Episode 16
The Ties That Bind
46 mins
Spartan, the horse that Amy and her mom rescued, is stolen. When Spartan turns up at a horse auction and is bought by Wes, the man who tried to burn down the Flemings' barn, Amy is determined to get him back, despite not having the proper bill of sale. Meanwhile, Lou tries to keep secret that she's dating the oilman, Peter.
Episode 17
Full Circle
46 mins
When Spartan starts to refuse jumps, Amy takes him to a First Nations horse trainer who used to work with her mom. Meanwhile, Ty struggles to gentle his new horse Harley on his own; Peter books the entire dude ranch; and while Lou is still trying to keep their relationship a secret, she learns something about his past that throws her.
Episode 18
Step by Step
46 mins
Ty and Amy finally get some alone time when they make a trip up to the mountains to feed some wild horses, but Ty passes out with a high fever, and a blizzard makes their remote location a problem. Lou finally comes clean with Jack on the fact that she's dating an oilman. Ashley is upset to learn that her mother sponsored Caleb on the rodeo circuit to separate them.
