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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Baywatch Season 6 Episode 14 - Baywatch Angels
    5.1/10(172 votes)

    #1 - Baywatch Angels

    S6:E14

    When Logan is terrorized by a mad man, Caroline dreams that the detectives from TV show, Charlie's Angels, arrive at Baywatch to help him. In her dream, Caroline is Kelly Garrett, C.J. is Jill Munroe and Stephanie is Sabrina.

    Director:Georg Fenady
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Baywatch Season 11 Episode 15 - A Good Man in a Storm
    5.1/10(97 votes)

    #2 - A Good Man in a Storm

    S11:E15

    A major hurricane hits the Hawaiian islands in which Sean is trapped with Jenna in a underground bunker which rising flood waters threaten to drown both of them unless they put aside their personal conflicts and hatred of each other to survive the day and night.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Baywatch Season 2 Episode 16 - Now, Sit Right Back and You'll Hear a Tale
    5.2/10(257 votes)

    #3 - Now, Sit Right Back and You'll Hear a Tale

    S2:E16

    A routine rescue sends Eddie on a madcap adventure to "Gilligan's Island."

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Baywatch Season 6 Episode 13 - Desperate Encounter
    5.3/10(199 votes)

    #4 - Desperate Encounter

    S6:E13

    While vacationing in Mexico, Mitch and his new girlfriend witness an attempted murder and are then hunted by the killers. Country and Western singer Jesse Lee Harris helps Logan and the Baywatch lifeguards raise money to save a ranch that rescues endangered horses.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Baywatch Season 6 Episode 16 - Free Fall
    5.3/10(164 votes)

    #5 - Free Fall

    S6:E16

    Mitch's life flashes before him when his parachute fails while sky-surfing. Tabloids follow CJ's relationship with a football player.

    Director:Michael Berk
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  6. Baywatch Season 8 Episode 19 - Diabolique
    5.3/10(135 votes)

    #6 - Diabolique

    S8:E19

    Mitch rescues a troubled young woman, named Sara, from her boat after it catches afire after which she charms Mitch and gets his mother, Irene, to hire her as a nanny for Neely's baby, Ashley. But Mitch gets concerned when Sara quickly develops a dangerous obsession with him and tries to win his affections at any cost. When Mitch lets Sara down, she immediately shows her true colours and plots to make Mitch's life a nightmare.

    Director:Parker Stevenson
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Baywatch Season 5 Episode 17 - Father's Day
    5.4/10(161 votes)

    #7 - Father's Day

    S5:E17

    Logan is traumatized by a phobia from his past involving his late father and fire. Mitch discovers that his late father was actually proud of his career as a lifeguard.

    Director:Gregory J. Bonann
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  8. Baywatch Season 5 Episode 21 - The Runaways
    5.4/10(159 votes)

    #8 - The Runaways

    S5:E21

    Kaye hires a an aspiring English pop singer as a waitress and discovers she's a runaway. A daredevil attempts to set a new world's record water skiing behind a blimp. Stephanie questions Caroline's ability as a lifeguard.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David Braff

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  9. Baywatch Season 7 Episode 17 - Rendezvous
    5.4/10(147 votes)

    #9 - Rendezvous

    S7:E17

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

    Director:Gus Trikonis
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Baywatch Season 9 Episode 10 - Friends Forever
    5.4/10(124 votes)

    #10 - Friends Forever

    S9:E10

    Mitch takes in an orangutan, named Morton, that escapes from it's abusive dwarf owner which complicates Mitch's and Alex's plans for Baywatch's annual Special Olympics program, while Cody and Jessie deal with Morton's owner, Herbert Green. One of the Special Olympics participators, a hearing-impaired girl named Kara, takes a liking to Morton and when she tries to hide Morton from Herbert, they end up trapped in a cave with a rising tide that threatens to drown her and the orangutan.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Baywatch Season 11 Episode 5 - Stone Cold
    5.4/10(110 votes)

    #11 - Stone Cold

    S11:E5

    Jason becomes smitten with Maya Morgan, a young volleyball player and an old childhood friend of Carrie's and thinks that he's found the girl of his dreams, never imagining that Maya is dying from a heart disorder unless he gets a heart transplant.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Baywatch Season 11 Episode 7 - Dream Girl
    5.4/10(105 votes)

    #12 - Dream Girl

    S11:E7

    Jenna intensifies her personal war against Sean by confiscating some of the team's equipment, including a Scarab, and trying to get her boss McKenna, a ruthless and greedy local councilman, to close down the Baywatch Hawaii training center.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Baywatch Season 11 Episode 10 - Ties That Bind
    5.4/10(102 votes)

    #13 - Ties That Bind

    S11:E10

    Zack becomes devastated when Sean refuses to promote him to a full-time lifeguard due to his brash and reckless attitude after rashly trying to capture a purse snatcher on the beach, in which Sean gives the promotion to Carrie instead.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Baywatch Season 4 Episode 19 - Western Exposure
    5.5/10(186 votes)

    #14 - Western Exposure

    S4:E19

    A country-western singer, named Jessie Lee Harris, arrives at Baywatch and after C.J. rescues him from a horde of his fans, he asks her to help him find his estranged wife and son living in the area. C.J.'s newest friend, Sadie, hopes to impress Jessie Lee at an amateur night at the local western club in hopes of wining a spot with his band.

    Director:Gregory J. Bonann
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Baywatch Season 7 Episode 1 - Shark Fever
    5.5/10(155 votes)

    #15 - Shark Fever

    S7:E1

    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

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  16. Baywatch Season 10 Episode 19 - Maui Xterra
    5.5/10(103 votes)

    #16 - Maui Xterra

    S10:E19

    Jessie tries to overcome her physical condition, and Sean's objections, to compete in a Maui triathlon with Dawn as her personal coach while Allie suspects an agenda behind Dawn's motives to train Jessie.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Baywatch Season 11 Episode 16 - My Father the Hero
    5.5/10(105 votes)

    #17 - My Father the Hero

    S11:E16

    Jenna gets taken in by a fast-talking con man, named Lyle Garrett, who claims to be an investment banker who wants her money for a quick IPO investment, despite Sean's suspicions who sees through Lyle's charade.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Baywatch Season 11 Episode 21 - Makapu'u Lighthouse
    5.5/10(105 votes)

    #18 - Makapu'u Lighthouse

    S11:E21

    Sean rescues a local TV celebrity who is in trouble with his kayak. This brings the team a lot of media attention, and because Sean turns down the offer of a TV interview, he is offered a week at the Hilton Hotel. Sean, though, does not like to take freebies either so he declines. But Zack gets an idea of his own: he will take advantage of the freebie vacation Sean was offered at the Hilton Hawaiian Village by pretending to be Sean!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Baywatch Season 4 Episode 15 - Coronado Del Sol (2)
    5.6/10(174 votes)

    #19 - Coronado Del Sol (2)

    S4:E15

    C.J. thinks about her future as she spends more time with Keith and helps to rescue a stranded dolphin. The ghost who haunts Summer's hotel room takes her to be the love of his life who betrayed him and plots to reenact the tragedy that drove him to suicide 50 years ago.

    Director:Gus Trikonis
    Writer:David Braff

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  20. Baywatch Season 4 Episode 20 - The Life You Save
    5.6/10(177 votes)

    #20 - The Life You Save

    S4:E20

    After all the beaches are closed down by Los Angeles budget commissioners looking to cut back on funding for the lifeguard squads of Baywatch. Mitch and the team organises a meeting on the beach with the three budget commissioners and some of the people rescued by the Baywatch lifeguards, they try to convince the city budget official not to stop funding for the lifeguards.

    Director:Michael Berk
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  21. Baywatch Season 5 Episode 13 - Rubber Ducky
    5.6/10(160 votes)

    #21 - Rubber Ducky

    S5:E13

    Logan and his friend Gator are determined to beat Matt and Barnett in a rubber ducky contest so that Logan can win the cash prize and not have to marry a rich widow to stay in the country. Mitch's new relationship with Tracy comes under the scrutiny of his disapproving mother but Tracy hides a secret from Mitch.

    Director:Gregory J. Bonann
    Writer:David Braff

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  22. Baywatch Season 6 Episode 4 - Surf's Up
    5.6/10(166 votes)

    #22 - Surf's Up

    S6:E4

    After a number of unusual circumstances occur around the beaches, including Cody and Neely rescuing two surfer boys that come down with a fever, an environmentalist group comes to Baywatch to protest the dumping of chemicals from the storm drains, and Mitch enlists the Beach Boys for a benefit concert to help out raise money for repairing the storm drains.

    Director:Gus Trikonis
    Writer:David Braff

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  23. Baywatch Season 6 Episode 10 - Sweet Dreams
    5.6/10(142 votes)

    #23 - Sweet Dreams

    S6:E10

    Logan's problems with Caroline begin when he finds an abandoned baby in his lifeguard tower and mistakenly thinks that it's his that one of his many former girlfriends left for him to care for, and Mitch and Hobie have their hands full after volunteering to watch the infant for a while.

    Director:Gregory J. Bonann
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Baywatch Season 6 Episode 21 - Last Wave
    5.6/10(140 votes)

    #24 - Last Wave

    S6:E21

    Kaye is reunited with an old flame, a surfing champion surfer, arrives at Baywatch for a local surfing tournament, however, disaster strikes. Stephanie undergoes surgery for her melanoma as her friends patiently await her fate. Caroline catches Logan with Neely.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:David Braff

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  25. Baywatch Season 7 Episode 5 - Scorcher
    5.6/10(153 votes)

    #25 - Scorcher

    S7:E5

    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:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Baywatch Angels" is the worst rated episode of "Baywatch". It scored 5.1/10 based on 172 votes. Directed by Georg Fenady and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/12/1996. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "A Good Man in a Storm".