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The Best Episodes of Baywatch Season 7

Every episode of Baywatch Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Baywatch Season 7!

Join the Baywatch lifeguards on their thrilling adventures filled with beautiful beaches and those iconic red swimsuits.

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Season 7 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Baywatch" season 7 is "Shark Fever", rated 5.4/10 from 141 user votes. It was directed by Gregory J. Bonann and written by David Braff. "Shark Fever" aired on 9/23/1996 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Contest".

  • Shark Fever
    5.4/10 141 votes

    #1 - Shark Fever

    Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1996

    Logan, wanting a new course in life than being a lifeguard, decides to write and direct a low-budget action flick at the beach using a drugged shark as the villain, with Caroline as the star. But things take a unexpected turn when a very great white shark appears and attacks Cody and a number of other swimmers in the area as Mitch and the rest of the squad try to hunt it down... 'Jaws' style, while Logan sees an opportunity to grab for his movie.

    Director: Gregory J. Bonann

    Writer: David Braff

  • The Contest
    5.5/10 135 votes

    #2 - The Contest

    Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1996

    Mitch judges a beachside beauty contest, but is tempted by two of the contestants, who both vie for his vote. Caroline's acting teacher puts her relationship with Logan in jeopardy. Logan designs a new rescue vehicle. Donna is blackmailed by a secret from her past.

    Director: Reza Badiyi

    Writer: Michael Berk

  • Liquid Assets
    5.6/10 128 votes

    #3 - Liquid Assets

    Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/1996

    C.J. befriends a homeless man, who then dies and leaves her a fortune in his will. Hobie helps aspiring lifeguard Manny make the Junior Lifeguard.

    Director: Reza Badiyi

    Writer: Michael Berk

  • Windswept
    5.7/10 132 votes

    #4 - Windswept

    Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/1996

    Mitch is the prize in a bachelor auction, but things go awry when he and his date end up stranded on a deserted island. Cody competes with his roller hockey team to win a championship.

    Director: Georg Fenady

    Writer: David Braff

  • Scorcher
    5.5/10 139 votes

    #5 - Scorcher

    Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/1996

    A heatwave precedes a visit to the beach by the President of the United States, as Mitch encounters a bumbling Secret Service Agent. Cody faces an audit by the IRS. Caroline thinks no one has remembered her birthday.

    Director: Gregory J. Bonann

    Writer: N/A

  • Beachblast
    5.5/10 129 votes

    #6 - Beachblast

    Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/1996

    Mitch and the Baywatch gang compete against Jenny McCarthy and MTV VJ's in a charity games to raise money for the Special Olympics.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
    5.7/10 130 votes

    #7 - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

    Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/1996

    C.J. gets a visit from her eccentric mother, who's being pursued by criminals.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Let the Games Begin
    5.6/10 131 votes

    #8 - Let the Games Begin

    Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/1996

    The International Ironman Competition is held at Baywatch and Neely sets off a battle of the sexes when she decides to enter the competition.

    Director: Gregory J. Bonann

    Writer: N/A

  • Buried
    6.1/10 132 votes

    #9 - Buried

    Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/1996

    En route to a survival training weekend, Mitch and the junior lifeguards are trapped in a tunnel cave-in caused by an earthquake. Donna's Playboy past puts her future at Baywatch in jeopardy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: David Braff

  • Search & Rescue
    5.9/10 128 votes

    #10 - Search & Rescue

    Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 1/13/1997

    After rescuing a group of fishermen and tourists from a huge pier fire, Samantha and L.A. fire chief Captain Huntingdon form a rescue firefighting team of six life guards and firefighters, called the Search and Rescue Unit, for such conditions and Cody, Neely, Jordan, and Newman try out for the unit and meet their firefighting counterparts. Their skills are put to the real test when the new group of Cody, Neely, Catalina lifeguard Rick Jenner, and firemen Jessica, Clay, and Terry are sent on their first mission to rescue two men in a partially submerged basement of a fire-ravaged building.

    Director: Gregory J. Bonann

    Writer: Michael Berk

  • Heal the Bay
    5.7/10 126 votes

    #11 - Heal the Bay

    Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 1/27/1997

    Mitch unknowingly swims in polluted waters after Baywatch is contaminated by toxic waste. After he falls ill, Neely, C.J. and Cody must come to his rescue and discover the source of the illegal dumping and the nature of the poison.

    Director: Gus Trikonis

    Writer: N/A

  • Bachelor of the Month
    5.6/10 134 votes

    #12 - Bachelor of the Month

    Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 2/3/1997

    Mitch is approached by Molly McCoy, the young editor from 'Flash' magazine, who asks to nominate himself as Bachelor of the Month for her magazine, complete with a photo and video shoot. But Mitch has other things on his hands in helping Newman and Donna try to catch a large Portuguese Man-O-War jellyfish that is infesting the area after having stung a swimmer.

    Director: Reza Badiyi

    Writer: David Braff

  • Chance of a Lifetime
    6.4/10 146 votes

    #13 - Chance of a Lifetime

    Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 2/10/1997

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Talk Show
    5.7/10 125 votes

    #14 - Talk Show

    Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 2/17/1997

    Mitch rescues the life of a talk show host, who then invites him to appear on her show. C.J. is convinced that a stray dog found by her and Caroline possesses the reincarnated soul of the late Stephanie.

    Director: Gregory J. Bonann

    Writer: N/A

  • Life Guardian
    5.6/10 124 votes

    #15 - Life Guardian

    Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 2/24/1997

    While rescuing three inner city youths, Caroline receives help from a mysterious boy who mysteriously vanishes. Sparks fly when Neely is reunited with her ex-husband when she shows up unexpectedly at Baywatch.

    Director: Gregory J. Bonann

    Writer: N/A

  • Matters of the Heart
    6.1/10 123 votes

    #16 - Matters of the Heart

    Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 3/3/1997

    Manny tries to help a young boy from his old neighbourhood escape gang life. Mitch and Samantha's are forced to reveal their secret romance to the rest of Baywatch, thanks to Neely's big mouth.

    Director: Michael Berk

    Writer: N/A

  • Rendezvous
    5.3/10 133 votes

    #17 - Rendezvous

    Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 4/7/1997

    Two teens form a suicide pact to be together when their disapproving parents try to keep them apart.

    Director: Gus Trikonis

    Writer: N/A

  • Hot Water
    5.7/10 130 votes

    #18 - Hot Water

    Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 4/14/1997

    Sam, Neely and Caroline witness a military jet crash into the ocean, then learn it contained a deadly virus. They must use a new deep-water scuba system to retrieve it. Cody, C.J. and Newmie try to shut down an illegal nude beach, which causes danger for its spectators.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Trial by Fire
    5.9/10 120 votes

    #19 - Trial by Fire

    Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 4/21/1997

    Caroline is sued by the mother of a victim of a failed rescue. C.J.'s desire for motherhood hits a snag when she realises Cody's not ready for that type of commitment.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: David Braff

  • Baywatch at Sea World
    6.1/10 122 votes

    #20 - Baywatch at Sea World

    Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 4/28/1997

    The gang travels to Sea World in San Diego for the opening of the Baywatch stunt show.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Golden Girls
    5.6/10 115 votes

    #21 - Golden Girls

    Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 5/5/1997

    Neely and Mitch try to help a manic-depressive female bodybuilder. Newmie's potential romance with a beautiful woman hits a snag because she doesn't English.

    Director: Gus Trikonis

    Writer: David Braff

  • Nevermore
    5.4/10 128 votes

    #22 - Nevermore

    Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 5/12/1997

    In this take on 'Darkman' meets 'Phantom of the Opera', a mysterious, disfigured man, whom the public dubs "the phantom lifeguard," is lurking under the Malibu pier and the dunes of Baywatch and who is sending C.J. mysterious gifts wrapped in Edgar Allan Poe poems.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A