When a woman Mitch refers to as “The Mermaid” turns out to be the wife of a crime boss, an FBI agent comes to catch him before he can escape the country. Things become complicated when Mitch and the catty FBI Agent butt heads.
Carter McKay has recently moved to Southern California to live with his father after his mother's death. When Hobie invites him to the annual father/son lifeguard competition Hobie learns the reason Carter is so embarrassed by his father.
Mitch has to work a 24-hour shift with Stephanie and entrusts Hobie with the responsibility of taking care of himself during that time. But Hobie becomes infatuated with an older girl and is pressured into throwing a party without Mitch's knowledge.
John Cort shows up at headquarters and convinces Mitch to compete in the Baja Run dune buggy race with him. What Mitch doesn't know is Cort is keeping a secret which could land them both in a Mexican prison.
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.
Adrift in the ocean with his semi-conscious brother, Mitch struggles to keep himself and Buzzy alive through the long, cold night. CJ unites an orphaned dolphin with its injured mother, and Summer becomes obsessed with a passionate ghost.
The Baywatch lifeguards travel to San Diego for a week where Summer is haunted by the hotel's legendary ghost. CJ grows attached to an orphaned dolphin at Sea World. And Mitch is stranded at sea with his brother when their sailboat capsizes.
An ad hoc reunion of elite 1950s lifeguards, the "Red Knights," triggers a bar room brawl and Ben's resignation. Meanwhile, Mitch helps deliver a baby when the mother goes into premature labor while swimming at the beach.
Jesse Majors, the beautiful motorcycle racer that Matt fell in love with, returns, putting strain on Matt and Summer's relationship.
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.
Mitch's ex-wife flies in for a weekend visit. She introduces her new fiancé Ken and informs Mitch she is taking Hobie back to Ohio with her. When Ken's private jet crashes in the ocean on takeoff, the Baywatch team have to rescue them!
Mitch contends with an unorthodox, risk-taking Australian lifeguard, and rekindles his love affair with beautiful journalist, Kaye Morgan.
Mitch coaches Matt in an amateur kickboxing tournament, but the competition turns deadly when an enemy from Mitch's past gets him into the ring. Meanwhile, CJ, seduced by a fashion photographer, considers leaving Baywatch for a modeling career.
Paralyzed during a heroic rescue, Mitch undergoes a vigorous rehabilitation regimen. Meanwhile, Jason, a ten-year old paraplegic, is pursued by a hit man trying to keep him from testifying against gangsters.