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The Best Episodes of Baywatch

Every episode of Baywatch ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Baywatch!

The Best Episodes of Baywatch

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  1. Background image for The End?
    7.5/10(3 votes)

    #1 - The End?

    S1:E22

    An earthquake shakes Baywatch headquarters and causes many problems for the lifeguards and for one, a life altering decision is made.

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    7.2/10(310 votes)

    #2 - Eclipse

    S1:E18

    Eddie believes he sees a ghost by the water and the others believe that he is losing his mind. Hobie learns that a friend's pet is going to be euthanized for an alleged attack and resolves to help both of them.

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  3. Background image for We Need a Vacation
    6.6/10(269 votes)

    #3 - We Need a Vacation

    S1:E15

    Craig joins Cort and Eddie on a trip to Mexico for a long overdue vacation but things turn out very differently from their expectations.

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  4. Background image for Old Friends
    6.6/10(246 votes)

    #4 - Old Friends

    S1:E21

    Mitch, Craig and Garner go on a hang gliding trip that results in a series of accidents for all three.

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  5. Background image for Panic at Malibu Pier
    6.5/10(397 votes)

    #5 - Panic at Malibu Pier

    S1:E1

    Mitch Buchannon has just been promoted to lieutenant. Mitch and his ex-wife Gayle have an argument about what's best for their son Hobie. Eddie Kramer is the top rookie in the rookie class of '89, and Shauni McClain is one of the last ones to qualify. Shauni starts off as a terrible lifeguard, but the experienced Jill Riley teaches her how to become a good lifeguard.

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  6. Background image for The Sky is Falling
    6.5/10(290 votes)

    #6 - The Sky is Falling

    S1:E6

    Gayle and Mitch continue to fight over Gayle's plan to take Hobie with her. She ultimately changes her mind after Hobie risks his life to save a drowning young girl. A plane crashes into the water near the beach with the occupants, after they are rescued, looking to recover a suitcase of stolen money that they had with them. Captain Thorpe decides to join Eddie and Shauni on their tower in order to teach them.

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  8. Background image for The Cretin of the Shallows
    6.5/10(277 votes)

    #7 - The Cretin of the Shallows

    S1:E10

    A new hotel opens near the beach and a string of murders occur around the same time which convinces Craig the two may be connected.

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  9. Background image for The Trophy (1)
    6.5/10(234 votes)

    #8 - The Trophy (1)

    S2:E9

    Eddie's life is torn apart by the accusation of statutory rape from the overprotective father of a lonely teenager trying to make friends lied to a group of other teenage girls about her encounter with Eddie. Mitch deals with the anger of a paraplegic former lifeguard.

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    Director:Unknown
  10. Background image for River of No Return (2)
    6.5/10(223 votes)

    #9 - River of No Return (2)

    S3:E2

    Drew shoots at the raft. Shauni is taken hostage, and pushed off the cliff. After Eddie and Mitch save her, she finds out that she's not pregnant. Eddie proposes to her. Mitch climbs down with the help of a rope and finds the golden boot; Jed arrives at the trailer. Eddie marries Shauni and they move to Australia.

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  11. Background image for Vacation (1)
    6.5/10(182 votes)

    #10 - Vacation (1)

    S3:E15

    Guido tells Mitch that he has started a new business called Windows by Guido; a Captain named Rolf Angstrom visits headquarters; a drug dealer escapes.

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    Director:Gus Trikonis
  12. Background image for Lover's Cove
    6.5/10(196 votes)

    #11 - Lover's Cove

    S4:E3

    Hobie falls in love with a girl in junior lifeguards; Mitch and Jackie have a number of interrupted dates; Matt and Summer discover that they love each other. Thinking he is romantic, Hobie takes the girl on jet ski to a cove near a seaside monastery to kiss her as the bells toll, but they get caught in a dangerous current.

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  13. Background image for Chance of a Lifetime
    6.5/10(150 votes)

    #12 - Chance of a Lifetime

    S7:E13

    Stephanie and Tom go on their honeymoon on a two-sail schooner with a group of six troubled teenagers. Mitch and Neely also tag along to help keep an eye on the kids and lend a hand on the ship. But hardly when the ship is out of port the radio breaks, leaving them with no warning when a massive hurricane strikes. When the ship begins sinking, Stephanie ends up losing her life after she is struck by a 20-foot section of the sail trying to save one of the kids.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Charlie
    6.5/10(147 votes)

    #13 - Charlie

    S8:E5

    April's mother and her 12-year-old younger brother, Charlie, arrive for a visit where Mitch and Hobie try to make the best of the weekend with Charlie who is revealed to be dying from a rare form of cancer that April refuses to accept.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Heat Wave
    6.4/10(319 votes)

    #14 - Heat Wave

    S1:E3

    Los Angeles is having a heat wave and it's going to be a busy day for the lifeguards.

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  16. Background image for Snake Eyes
    6.4/10(254 votes)

    #15 - Snake Eyes

    S1:E17

    An illegal offshore casino causes problems for Cort and some of his fellow lifeguards. Hobie thinks his English class is going to be a breeze when Mitch starts dating his teacher but soon learns otherwise.

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  17. Background image for If Looks Could Kill
    6.4/10(225 votes)

    #16 - If Looks Could Kill

    S2:E11

    Mitch falls for a beautiful woman he has rescued, never dreaming she is actually a murderess.

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    Director:Unknown
  18. Background image for Game of Chance
    6.4/10(190 votes)

    #17 - Game of Chance

    S2:E21

    Harvey and Mitch pursue and capture a disgruntled gambler turned high-seas pirate. Meanwhile, Eddie struggles with the disapproval of Shauni's father. While Eddie is walking away from Shauni's sisters engagement party, Kim gets her hand stuck in the pool pump and luckily Eddie saves her.

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    Director:Georg Fenady
  19. Background image for Rookie of the Year
    6.4/10(218 votes)

    #18 - Rookie of the Year

    S3:E4

    The lifeguards compete against each other to determine who is the best; Stephanie and CJ move in together but things get complicated for both of them.

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    Director:Gus Trikonis
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Short Sighted
    6.4/10(181 votes)

    #19 - Short Sighted

    S5:E6

    During junior lifeguard training sessions, Matt deals with Hobie's newest friend, Carter, who is ashamed of his father, Simon, who happens to be a dwarf.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Quarantine
    6.4/10(128 votes)

    #20 - Quarantine

    S8:E18

    A long bad day begins when after Mitch rescues a struggling swimmer, the local Disease Control Center places the entire Baywatch Headquarters under quarantine after the swimmer shows symptoms of a deadly virus.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Aloha, Baywatch
    6.4/10(110 votes)

    #21 - Aloha, Baywatch

    S10:E1

    Mitch Bucannon, on leave in Oahu, Hawaii while he sorts out his thoughts during a mid-life crisis (his failed romance with Neely, his mother's recent death, and Hobie living on the East Coast), decides to form an international team of lifeguards in Hawaii called 'Baywatch Hawaii' for saving lives after a rescue of a family on a remote beach in which a little girl is put in a coma after being submerged.

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  23. Background image for Mahalo, Hawaii
    6.4/10(112 votes)

    #22 - Mahalo, Hawaii

    S10:E2

    During the first week of training for the new lifeguard team of Baywatch Hawaii, competition between Jessie and Kekoa, as well as Jason and J.D. threaten to turn the tryouts into an all-out war. Jason, at Kekoa's advice, visits an old Hawaiian native to look into his true Hawaiian roots, and Allie takes a job as a helicopter tour pilot to make some extra money for herself.

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  24. Background image for In Deep
    6.3/10(315 votes)

    #23 - In Deep

    S1:E2

    Instead of attending summer school, Hobie decides to go power skiing with two friends, whose recklessness leads to a tragic accident. Eddie's lack of financial resources is revealed when Craig finds him sleeping in one of the lifeguard towers.

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  25. Background image for The Drowning Pool
    6.3/10(281 votes)

    #24 - The Drowning Pool

    S1:E7

    A man is found drowned off the beach and Jill suspects foul play is the reason. She begins seeing the son of the victim and during the investigation discovers the man's cousin was responsible for his father's death. A man who helped Jill bring the victim ashore decides he wants to be a lifeguard as well even though he is not qualified.

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  26. Background image for Rookie School
    6.3/10(275 votes)

    #25 - Rookie School

    S1:E8

    A woman steals a book from a powerful man and hides out from him with the help of Eddie. Craig and Gina contemplate having children when they are married but have second thoughts after meeting a couple while on a romantic weekend. Trevor discovers that his hardest competitor among the rookies is doped.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The End?" is the best rated episode of "Baywatch". It scored 7.5/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by Reza Badiyi and written by Lee Goldberg, William Rabkin, it aired on 4/6/1990. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Eclipse".