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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Baywatch Season 2 Episode 16 - Now, Sit Right Back and You'll Hear a Tale
    5.2/10(268 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Baywatch Season 6 Episode 14 - Baywatch Angels
    5.3/10(180 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Baywatch Season 11 Episode 15 - A Good Man in a Storm
    5.3/10(102 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Baywatch Season 6 Episode 13 - Desperate Encounter
    5.4/10(173 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
    5.4/10(173 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 7 Episode 17 - Rendezvous
    5.4/10(155 votes)

    #6 - 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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  7. Baywatch Season 8 Episode 19 - Diabolique
    5.4/10(144 votes)

    #7 - 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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  8. Baywatch Season 11 Episode 7 - Dream Girl
    5.4/10(111 votes)

    #8 - 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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  9. Baywatch Season 5 Episode 17 - Father's Day
    5.5/10(171 votes)

    #9 - 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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  10. Baywatch Season 11 Episode 16 - My Father the Hero
    5.5/10(106 votes)

    #10 - 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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  11. Baywatch Season 4 Episode 15 - Coronado Del Sol (2)
    5.6/10(182 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. Baywatch Season 4 Episode 19 - Western Exposure
    5.6/10(195 votes)

    #12 - 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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  13. Baywatch Season 4 Episode 20 - The Life You Save
    5.6/10(184 votes)

    #13 - 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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  14. Baywatch Season 5 Episode 21 - The Runaways
    5.6/10(168 votes)

    #14 - 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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  15. Baywatch Season 6 Episode 21 - Last Wave
    5.6/10(146 votes)

    #15 - 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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  16. Baywatch Season 7 Episode 1 - Shark Fever
    5.6/10(165 votes)

    #16 - 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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  17. Baywatch Season 7 Episode 6 - Beachblast
    5.6/10(149 votes)

    #17 - Beachblast

    S7:E6

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Baywatch Season 9 Episode 9 - The Swimmer
    5.6/10(128 votes)

    #18 - The Swimmer

    S9:E9

    Mitch, feeling that his life has reached a midpoint from his failed marriage to the absent Neely, goes for a day-long tower swim along the beach and encounters various other problems which include, April and Craig's growing attraction for one another, and reluctant heroes Cody and J.D. refusing to take the credit for saving two girls and a pair of policemen after falling off a pier.

    Director:Gregory J. Bonann
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Baywatch Season 9 Episode 10 - Friends Forever
    5.6/10(128 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. Baywatch Season 9 Episode 19 - Double Jeopardy
    5.6/10(116 votes)

    #20 - Double Jeopardy

    S9:E19

    While on her way to her grandmother's birthday party, Alex's day gets sidetracked when she tries to save a diamond runner, named Ben, whose partners, Lisa and Jason, want to silence him for good which leads to a standoff in an underwater cave with Alex and Ben trying to avoid the rising tide and the smugglers circling above in their motorboat.

    Director:Parker Stevenson
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Baywatch Season 11 Episode 5 - Stone Cold
    5.6/10(114 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. Baywatch Season 11 Episode 10 - Ties That Bind
    5.6/10(105 votes)

    #22 - 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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  23. Baywatch Season 11 Episode 14 - Father Faust
    5.6/10(111 votes)

    #23 - Father Faust

    S11:E14

    A bad week begins once again for Sean when two frivolous lawsuits, one by Kekoa's father over nearly drowning at the beach, and another by an equally wealthy man thinking that he lost his gold Rolex wristwatch. The local city council, now with Jenna on the staff, seeks another chance to try to close down the training center, in which an attractive special investigator, named Jackie Love, arrives to check up on Sean's work.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Baywatch Season 11 Episode 21 - Makapu'u Lighthouse
    5.6/10(109 votes)

    #24 - 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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  25. Baywatch Season 3 Episode 9 - Masquerade
    5.7/10(201 votes)

    #25 - Masquerade

    S3:E9

    Mitch and Stephanie go undercover as two wealthy individuals to stop murderous pirates from taking over Baywatch.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Now, Sit Right Back and You'll Hear a Tale" is the worst rated episode of "Baywatch". It scored 5.2/10 based on 268 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/24/1992. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Baywatch Angels".