Making the Grade is the eleventh episode in the ninth season of the CBC drama Heartland. It originally aired January 17, 2016.
Synopsis[]
Ty gets roped into helping Jack and Tim on a cattle drive but an unforeseen accident jeopardizes their plans.
Plot[]
Ty and Amy's weekend plans are suspended when Tim starts a cattle drive. Ty reluctantly lends a hand, knowing how Tim will treat him. Amy asks Lou to help her with a new chair for Ty. Tim makes Ty do everything, even though Jack tells him it is too much. Lou makes fun of Amy's marriage and Amy counters with Lou's relationship record. Georgie invites Adam to a corn maze, but they get lost in it until Georgie uses popcorn to find a way out. Jack chases after a longhorn, is knocked unconscious, and is sent home from the drive. Ty finds a lame steer with foot rot and treats it, saving the herd from an outbreak. Amy gives Ty his early birthday presents and he tries to tell her about how Tim acted but Tim interrupts, needing help to finish the drive. Tim belittles Ty's work on the drive until Amy points out that Ty saved the herd. Ty finds Jack's hat.