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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 13 - Armored Car
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #1 - Armored Car

    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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  2. undefined Season 4 Episode 8 - Submersion
    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #2 - Submersion

    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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  3. undefined Season 3 Episode 12 - A Matter of Life and Death
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #3 - A Matter of Life and Death

    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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  4. undefined Season 2 Episode 12 - Reunion
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #4 - Reunion

    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 1 Episode 2 - In Deep
    7.3/10(6 votes)

    #5 - In Deep

    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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  6. undefined Season 4 Episode 2 - Race Against Time (2)
    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #6 - Race Against Time (2)

    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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  7. undefined Season 4 Episode 1 - Race Against Time (1)
    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #7 - Race Against Time (1)

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

    #8 - Sky Rider

    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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  9. undefined Season 3 Episode 8 - Princess of Tides
    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #9 - Princess of Tides

    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.

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    Writer:Michael Berk

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  10. undefined Season 4 Episode 6 - Tentacles (1)
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    #10 - Tentacles (1)

    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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  11. undefined Season 3 Episode 6 - Showdown at Malibu Beach High
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    #11 - Showdown at Malibu Beach High

    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.

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    Writer:Michael Berk

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  12. undefined Season 3 Episode 17 - The Tower
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    #12 - The Tower

    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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  13. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Nightmare Bay (2)
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    #13 - Nightmare Bay (2)

    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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  14. undefined Season 2 Episode 22 - The Summer of '85
    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #14 - The Summer of '85

    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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  15. undefined Season 3 Episode 2 - River of No Return (2)
    6.9/10(7 votes)

    #15 - River of No Return (2)

    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.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  16. undefined Season 4 Episode 7 - Tentacles (2)
    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #16 - Tentacles (2)

    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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  17. undefined Season 3 Episode 13 - Island of Romance
    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #17 - Island of Romance

    S3:E13

    C.J. and Stephanie go to Catalina for their women's weekend, but the trip does not go according to plan; Hobie and Mitch agree to hire a housekeeper.

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    Writer:Michael Berk

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  18. undefined Season 2 Episode 11 - If Looks Could Kill
    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #18 - If Looks Could Kill

    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 2 Episode 15 - Sea of Flames
    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #19 - Sea of Flames

    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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  20. undefined Season 4 Episode 20 - The Life You Save
    6.8/10(4 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:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  21. undefined Season 7 Episode 10 - Search & Rescue
    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Search & Rescue

    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)
    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #22 - Trapped Beneath the Sea (2)

    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 6 Episode 9 - Home Is Where the Heat Is
    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #23 - Home Is Where the Heat Is

    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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  24. undefined Season 3 Episode 1 - River of No Return (1)
    6.7/10(7 votes)

    #24 - River of No Return (1)

    S3:E1

    Mitch receives news of his uncle's death. He recruits Hobie, Eddie and Shauni to trek to northern California's rugged gold country where he learns his uncle may have found the golden boot. Eddie and Shauni are having problems in their relationship when Eddie is accepted into a year-long lifeguard exchange program in Australia.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Michael Berk

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  25. undefined Season 7 Episode 3 - Liquid Assets
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #25 - Liquid Assets

    S7:E3

    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.

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    Writer:Michael Berk

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Michael Berk Ratings Summary

"Armored Car" is the best rated episode written by Michael Berk. It scored 7.8/10 based on 5 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 1/5/1990 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Submersion".