Ties of the Earth is the fourth episode in the ninth season of the CBC drama Heartland. It originally aired October 25, 2015.
Synopsis[]
Jack struggles with the imminent loss of a friend. Georgie is still struggling with math and gets a tutor. She and Jade try to get Lou to fire the new tutor.
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Amy and Ty stop at a yard sale to buy things for their loft and find a picture of Jack when he first got Paint. Jack finds Paint fallen in the field and Ty looks after him while Scott is out of town. Jack prepares himself for the worst as Amy, Georgie and Ty work on Paint. Jack explains why he didn't want to put Paint in the barn, but understands it is best now and stays in the barn with Paint. He becomes more optimistic as Paint moves around better, but Ty is worried that Paint's condition could change rapidly. Georgie's teacher recommends classmate Adam as her math tutor. Georgie does not like him and conspires with Jade to get him fired. Georgie desires to study with Stephen. Paint falls again and cannot get up, and Jack tells Ty that he needs to euthanize Paint for him. Adam apologizes when he learns what happened with Paint and shares a poem that helped him when his dog was euthanized. Jack buries Paint and Amy and Georgie give him gifts to remember Paint.
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- Georgie has her hair down for the majority of this episode and only wears a braided ponytail for one day.
- The boy that Jade is partnered with for a project ends up being the math tutor for Georgie.
- She initially wants Stephen to be her math tutor, but ends up sticking with Adam after her tells her his story of his dog getting cancer.
- This is the second episode of the series to involve video calling after There But For Fortune.
- Georgie FaceTimes Stephen and Jade. She video calls Stephen for help with math, then Jade to get Adam fired.
- We learn that Jack owned Paint after he retired from rodeos.
- This episode is a continuation from Riding for a Fall as Jade is crippled from the trick riding rodeo.
- Even though Paint is Jack's horse, Georgie obviously gets emotional when Paint end up being euthanized.
- This is the second episode where Jack had to let go of something, though this time, he goes through with it.
- Georgie takes what the poem on the website says and replaces "dog" with "horse".
- Paint is the second Heartland horse to die after Pegasus.
- Georgie and Amy give Jack birthday presents early.