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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 4 Episode 8 - Submersion
    7.9/10(7 votes)

    S4:E8

    Mitch must make a difficult decision when he must choose which boy to rescue from the ocean, and the boy he does not save first ends up in a coma.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  2. undefined Season 4 Episode 2 - Race Against Time (2)
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    S4:E2

    Hobie, Gayle, and Ken get rescued from the crashed plane; Matt's father takes back Matt's motorcycle; Jackie has problems with the renovation of her Summer Place.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 13 - Armored Car
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    S1:E13

    A pro-am beach volleyball tournament is being held and Trevor tries to convince Jill to be his partner for the competition. Their main rival in the competition is Jill's ex-partner which cements Jill's resolve to compete.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  4. undefined Season 2 Episode 12 - Reunion
    7.7/10(6 votes)

    S2:E12

    Mitch attends his high school reunion, rekindling an old flame with former wife Gail, while Eddie plays father for the day.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  5. undefined Season 4 Episode 6 - Tentacles (1)
    7.6/10(7 votes)

    S4:E6

    Matt and Slade compete for Summer's affections by surfing. Mitch encounters a desperate woman who needs help for her boyfriend.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  6. undefined Season 4 Episode 1 - Race Against Time (1)
    7.5/10(6 votes)

    S4:E1

    Hobie, a cold-hearted Gayle and Ken, Gayle's fiance, get trapped inside Ken's plane when it crashes in the ocean.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  7. undefined Season 3 Episode 12 - A Matter of Life and Death
    7.5/10(6 votes)

    S3:E12

    Mitch's parents come to visit; Al, Mitch's father, wants him to take over his architectural firm; Summer must tell Jackie about her horrible nightmares.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  8. undefined Season 3 Episode 8 - Princess of Tides
    7.4/10(7 votes)

    S3:E8

    C.J. is almost run over in a race, causing Mitch and Newmie to finish; Lewiston is engaged to a princess; Catherine's bodyguard Roland kidnaps her.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  9. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - In Deep
    7.4/10(8 votes)

    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.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  10. undefined Season 4 Episode 7 - Tentacles (2)
    7.3/10(6 votes)

    S4:E7

    Stephanie's sister, Caroline, arrives at Baywatch with exciting news, but her joy is shattered by a cataclysmic event. Mitch finds himself at the mercy of a wounded but dangerous adversary.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  11. undefined Season 3 Episode 6 - Showdown at Malibu Beach High
    7.3/10(6 votes)

    S3:E6

    The love strings between Courtney, Slade and Summer are pulled tight; C.J. accepts a position at Malibu Beach High; Garner tires of work.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  12. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Nightmare Bay (2)
    7.3/10(6 votes)

    S2:E2

    Harvey is feeding off the local panic, making a small fortune selling ""Creature in the bay"" T-shirts. Just when things start to calm down, the situation escalates when a fishing boat catches something huge in its net, and is pulled underwater by the mysterious entity below the surface.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  13. undefined Season 2 Episode 15 - Sea of Flames
    7.3/10(7 votes)

    S2:E15

    The Baywatch crew crack a seaborne drug ring, and Ben finds love with an aging movie star.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  14. undefined Season 4 Episode 20 - The Life You Save
    7.2/10(5 votes)

    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:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  15. undefined Season 4 Episode 5 - Sky Rider
    7.2/10(6 votes)

    S4:E5

    Matt and Slade have a confrontation on the waves over Summer and decide to have a huge bungee-jumping contest; Garner and Mitch chase pickpockets.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  16. undefined Season 6 Episode 9 - Home Is Where the Heat Is
    7.2/10(6 votes)

    S6:E9

    Matt Brody returns to Baywatch to try to make up his lost relationship with C.J. But things take an unexpected turn when a group of ruthless modern day pirates take a millionaire couple hostage and place them under water on the wreck of the sunken oil platform with a few hours of air. When Matt and Neely speed by in their Scarab motorboat, the pirates take them hostage as well.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  17. undefined Season 6 Episode 16 - Free Fall
    7.2/10(6 votes)

    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:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  18. undefined Season 2 Episode 11 - If Looks Could Kill
    7.2/10(6 votes)

    S2:E11

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

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  19. undefined Season 3 Episode 17 - The Tower
    7.1/10(7 votes)

    S3:E17

    A murderer escapes from prison; Kilmer and Stephanie drive to Summer's tower where Kilmer takes them hostage; Hobie makes a periscope for his science class.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  20. undefined Season 7 Episode 2 - The Contest
    7.0/10(6 votes)

    S7:E2

    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.

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    Writer:Michael Berk

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  21. undefined Season 7 Episode 10 - Search & Rescue
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    S7:E10

    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:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  22. undefined Season 6 Episode 2 - Trapped Beneath the Sea (2)
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    S6:E2

    Neely and Cody try to keep the four people alive on the sunken oil rig until help arrives when Mitch, Stephanie and Logan must find away to get into the structure to rescue them before the air supply runs out. At the end, despite Neely's heroic attempts and proving herself to be a very good lifeguard during the rescue, the Baywatch team still resents her presence and plans to give her a hard time. Logan finally gives into Gator's demands for the credit of the swim wear, and Mitch finally decides to join a detective agency.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  23. undefined Season 2 Episode 22 - The Summer of '85
    7.0/10(8 votes)

    S2:E22

    After seven years, Eddie's first love appears in Los Angeles, complicating his life with Shauni and entangling him in a web of lies and an unsolved murder.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  24. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Panic at Malibu Pier
    7.0/10(17 votes)

    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.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  25. undefined Season 3 Episode 2 - River of No Return (2)
    6.9/10(9 votes)

    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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    Writer:Michael Berk

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Michael Berk Ratings Summary

"Submersion" is the best rated episode written by Michael Berk. It scored 7.857/10 based on 7 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 11/1/1993 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Race Against Time (2)".