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The Best Episodes Written By David Braff

Every TV Episode Written by David Braff Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. 8.0/10(4 votes)

    #1 - Give Me Liberty... or Give Me Death

    S1:E14

    Someone is sabotaging the cars in an alternative-fuel race, so Michael joins the pack to flush out the saboteur.

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  2. 7.5/10(4 votes)

    #2 - The Fabulous Buchannon Boys

    S2:E5

    Mitch's brother Buzzy comes to visit with his estranged son Kyle, who proves to be a bad influence on Hobie. When Kyle illegally surfs near the condemned San Dimas Pier, he collides with a submerged piling, and is sent underwater, unconscious.

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    Director:Gus Trikonis
  3. 7.5/10(4 votes)

    #3 - The Lost Treasure of Tower 12

    S2:E19

    Two thieves lose their loot under a lifeguard tower and Shauni is swept off her feet by an eccentric beach poet.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
  4. 7.5/10(4 votes)

    #4 - The Big Spill

    S2:E20

    Toxic waste, corporate greed, and a determined environmental spell trouble for the Baywatch lifeguards.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
  5. 7.5/10(4 votes)

    #5 - 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
  6. 7.5/10(4 votes)

    #6 - Tequila Bay

    S3:E3

    A woman from Mitch's past becomes one of his fellow lifeguards and stirs up memories for Mitch; Matt must contend with surfers wanting to take over part of the beach.

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  7. 7.2/10(4 votes)

    #7 - 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
  8. 7.2/10(4 votes)

    #8 - Stakeout at Surfrider Beach

    S3:E18

    An actress, who is running from two crooks, is saved by Mitch. He decides to help her capture them; Guido attempts to convince his visiting mother that he is a lifeguard.

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  9. 7.2/10(5 votes)

    #9 - Just My Bill

    S1:E5

    Michael becomes the bodyguard for a crusading state senator who has stepped on one too many toes.

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    Director:Sidney Hayers
  10. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - A Family Affair

    S2:E19

    Paul is cheating on his wife and when the woman he's having an affair with starts forcing her way into his life, he breaks off the relationship with her. Paul trying to patch things up with his son who's two year absence was triggered by the earlier events. This turns deadly because of his choices.

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    Director:Keith Samples
  11. 7.0/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Vacation (2)

    S3:E16

    Stephanie is shot off the cruise boat by a drug dealing women and Mitch jumps in to save her. They struggle to stay afloat in the water; Matt and C.J. win big in the casino; Summer gets worried when she can not find Mitch.

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    Director:Gus Trikonis
  12. 7.0/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Ironman Buchannon

    S4:E9

    Mitch tries to show he can still compete with younger men by taking part in the Ironman competition; Matt's late hours make Summer suspicious. Standing in for a tired Matt, Summer Quinn is knocked unconscious attempting a rescue.

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    Director:N/A
  13. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - The Rich Get Richer

    S1:E3

    The bounty keeps them on the run as he tries many places to sell the bonds he stole. Kay Faulkner is a recurring character as the insurance agent trying to recover the bonds.

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    Director:Sidney Hayers
  14. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Charlie

    S1:E19

    In Las Vegas, Colt runs into an old partner and finds out she is involved in a fraudulent scheme. Jody is kidnapped to be a hostage and there is a stagecoach chase.

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    Director:Daniel Haller
  15. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - TKO

    S3:E6

    Colt tries to protect a fight manager from the mob.

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    Director:N/A
  16. 6.8/10(5 votes)

    #16 - The Trophy (2)

    S2:E10

    Facing rape charges, Eddie is suspended from Baywatch, but when Shauni confronts the teenager to ask her to tell the truth to exonerate Eddie, the teenager, tired of feeling like an outcast, attempts to kill herself. Mitch saves a paraplegic's life in a daring glider rescue.

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    Director:N/A
  17. 6.8/10(5 votes)

    #17 - Fatal Exchange

    S3:E22

    Strange occurrences take place at Baywatch after the arrival of a new lifeguard.

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    Director:N/A
  18. 6.7/10(3 votes)

    #18 - Tower of Power

    S4:E10

    While Mitch, Garner and the rest of the Baywatch team deals with a street gang that have been hanging around at the beach and harassing swimmers, Stephanie falls for Carlos, the new lifeguard trying to get away from the gang he was once in and tries to rescue his sister from the gang's leader.

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    Director:Gus Trikonis
  19. 6.7/10(3 votes)

    #19 - Coronado Del Sol (1)

    S4:E14

    Stephanie, C.J., Matt and Summer take a weekend vacation to San Diego to demonstrate water rescue procedures while staying at the famed Hotel Del Coronado. Summer correctly begins to think that her hotel room is haunted, when she's a haunted by the ghost of a wealthy businessman who mistakes Summer for his lost love from a doomed love affair back in 1943.

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    Director:Gus Trikonis
  20. 6.7/10(3 votes)

    #20 - Trading Places

    S4:E21

    Stephanie goes to work with the Coast Guard to help crack an arms-smuggling ring in the area, and becomes attracted to a warrant officer, Scott Daniels, who tries to persuade her to overcome her fear of helicopters after she begins having nightmares of her father being killed in action in a helicopter crash in Vietnam over 25 years ago.

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    Director:N/A
  21. 6.7/10(3 votes)

    #21 - Guys & Dolls

    S4:E22

    Matt rescues a shady teenage girl, calling herself Rachel, who turns out to be a con artist hiding from her mentor and ex-partner in crime who as come after a diamond stuffed doll that is being shipped in from Hong Kong.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
  22. 6.7/10(3 votes)

    #22 - Aftershock

    S5:E3

    Three months after the trauma of the massive earthquake, Hobie arrives back home after spending the summer in Ohio with his mother, Gayle, who asks Mitch marry her again in a formal ceremony on the beach. Everyone is delighted, except for Stephanie who still has feelings for Mitch.

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    Director:Gus Trikonis
  23. 6.7/10(3 votes)

    #23 - Air Buchannon

    S5:E5

    Mitch and Stephanie are partnered for a 24-hour shift on a busy day where they help out each other with accident victims and even try to rekindle their lost romance once again. With his father away, Hobie falls for a new girl from his school and throws an ill-advised party at the house just to impress her. The next day, disaster narrowly avoids Hobie when he tries to stop two of his wild friends, J.B. and Connor, from flying Mitch's hand glider off a cliff.

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    Director:N/A
  24. 6.7/10(3 votes)

    #24 - Fire with Fire

    S5:E18

    Mitch's friend, a sheriff and part-time lifeguard, causes trouble when he uses strong-arm tactics on the beach. Logan annuls his marriage of convenience, putting his future at in the U.S. and Baywatch at risk.

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  25. 6.7/10(3 votes)

    #25 - Promised Land

    S5:E20

    Caroline tries to help a Chinese immigrant woman stay in America after the woman escapes from an illegal refugee boat. Garner and Matt try to stop a beautiful con artist rip off beach goers when she exposes too much.

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    Director:N/A

David Braff Ratings Summary

"Give Me Liberty... or Give Me Death" is the best rated episode written by David Braff. It scored 8/10 based on 4 votes. It was directed by Bernard L. Kowalski. It aired on 1/21/1983 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Fabulous Buchannon Boys".