After a minor earthquake, a geological survey team arrives at Baywatch to place an underwater seismometer in the Malibu fault. Hobie has an argument with his father about his future.
A Hollywood producer desperate for a new TV series idea observes a rescue on the Baywatch beach and realizes that a television series based on lifeguarding is perfect, sending Baywatch headquarters into a tizzy.
Matt doesn't know whose story to believe when he tries to reunite a runaway teen and her frantic father. Meanwhile, Stephanie must choose between Mitch and Scott.
Stephanie Holden spends a week with the Coast Guard to help them crack a dangerous arms smuggling ring.
When severe cutbacks put the Baywatch lifeguards' jobs in jeopardy, Matt and Summer volunteer to guard as civilians. But can they convince the county commissioners to increase the budget before lifeguards are laid off?
Country and Western superstar Jessie Lee Harris takes a detour from his concert schedule and pays a visit to Baywatch in search of his estranged wife and son.
An investigative reporter is working on a story which details the sale of U.S. military technology by businessman Edward Falcon. The story is so incriminating that her life is put at risk. Can the Baywatch team help her get out alive?
A beautiful woman and her plain sister compete for Mitch's affection with perilous results. Matt confronts the sudden onset of a paralyzing fear of sharks, that may in reality be a far different fear.
Mitch's impending birthday prompts him to train for an ironman competition, getting swept off his feet by a younger woman along the way. Matt takes a night job to save money for a motorcycle, jeopardizing his coworkers through his exhaustion.
Mitch saves two boys from drowning. But when one ends up in a coma, Mitch suffers from PTSD and is left reevaluating his life as a lifeguard.
Mitch removes a bullet from an escaped convict, only to realize that he and his wife have every intention of killing him. Stephanie's sister Caroline arrives with her fiancé, who becomes the target of an attempted murder.
A prison break gone awry finds Mitch held hostage by a beautiful woman and forced to perform surgery on her escaped convict husband. Meanwhile, Matt and Slade decide to settle their mutual affection for Summer in a daring surfing contest.
Summer has love problems when Slade returns from a world surfing tour to discover Matt and Summer are dating. CJ is persistently pursued by a bungee jumping balloonist. Meanwhile, Garner patrols the beach on horseback.
John D. Cort, Mitch's friend and a former lifeguard, returns to Baywatch where his life undergoes a devastating change. Meanwhile, Hobie meets a very "unique" new friend.
Romance is in the air at Baywatch as Mitch and Jackie's friendship grows more intense, Summer and Matt begin a relationship, and Hobie falls in love with Lauren, a junior lifeguard with a devastating secret.
A dramatic plane crash finds Hobie and his mother trapped in the rapidly flooding fuselage beneath the sea while Mitch and the Baywatch lifeguards mount a massive rescue effort to save the trapped passengers and crew.
An escaped psychopath takes Summer and Stephanie hostage in a lifeguard tower, necessitating a thrilling subterranean rescue attempt by Mitch and Matt.
While on a vacation cruise, the Baywatch lifeguards encounter high seas hijackers, leaving Mitch and Stephanie stranded in the stormy Pacific, and Summer, Matt, CJ and Guido faced with outwitting ruthless killers who have overtaken the ship.
The Baywatch lifeguards set sail on a romantic cruise, only to encounter a dangerous fugitive, who forces Mitch and Stephanie overboard into the stormy Pacific Ocean.
Mitch and Stephanie cope with an odd assembly of UFO enthusiasts camping on the beach in anticipation of an extraterrestrial visitation. Smugglers threaten Summer to recover diamonds they hid inside a surfboard Slade gave her.