Worst & Best Baywatch Episodes

Title: Baywatch
Genre: Action, Adventure
Series: 11
Episodes: 241
First Transmission: 1989-2001

Follows the adventures of a team of lifeguards, headed by Mitch Buchannon.

Episode Rankings

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Notes

*The Standard Deviation (SD) of the ratings is a measure of how much spread there is in the numbers. The median represents the middle value of the ratings

The top-rated episode differs from the mean-rated episode by 3.52 standard deviations.

The bottom-rated episode differs from the mean-rated episode by 2.69 standard deviations.

Best Episode #18

Shark Derby (1990) – Sharks are seen in the bay and just off of the beach. Then the greedy owner of a restaurant sponsors a Shark Derby to help with its promotion.

2nd Best Episode #68

Lover’s Cove (1993) – Romance is in the air at Baywatch as everybody seems to be in the throes of love.

3rd Best Episode #21

The End? (1990) – A massive earthquake destroys Baywatch headquarters leaving leaves Gina’s life in the balance.

4th Best Episode #30

The Trophy: Part 1 (1991) – Eddie is wrongfully arrested for statutory rape.

5th Best Episode #17

Eclipse (1990) – After losing his rookie partner in a mysterious rescue, Eddie gets unwittingly caught up in a 70-year-old ghost legend.

6th Best Episode #15

Muddy Waters (1990) – Someone is vandalizing the waterslides at a water park, putting people’s lives in danger.

7th Best Episode #1

In Deep (1989) – Hobie must decide whether to report his friends responsible for a deadly accident to the beach cop.

Worst Episode #122

Desperate Encounter (1996) – Logan must help his friend Carmen raise $50,000 to keep her ranch. Mitch is in a deadly race for justice during his vacation in Mexico.

Full Episode List

Key:-Blue episodes rated above par. Brown episodes rated below par.

#1 In Deep (1989)
#2 Heat Wave (1989)
#3 Second Wave (1989)
#4 Message in a Bottle (1989)
#5 The Sky Is Falling (1989)
#6 The Drowning Pool (1989)
#7 Rookie School (1989)
#8 Cruise Ship (1989)
#9 The Cretin of the Shallows (1989)
#10 Shelter Me (1989)
#11 The Reunion (1989)
#12 Armored Car (1990)
#13 Home Cort (1990)
#14 We Need a Vacation (1990)
#15 Muddy Waters (1990)
#16 Snake Eyes (1990)
#17 Eclipse (1990)
#18 Shark Derby (1990)
#19 The Big Race (1990)
#20 Old Friends (1990)
#21 The End? (1990)
#22 Nightmare Bay: Part 1 (1991)
#23 Nightmare Bay: Part 2 (1991)
#24 The One That Got Away (1991)
#25 Money, Honey (1991)
#26 The Fabulous Buchannon Boys (1991)
#27 Point of Attack (1991)
#28 Sandcastles (1991)
#29 Thin or Die (1991)
#30 The Trophy: Part 1 (1991)
#31 The Trophy: Part 2 (1991)
#32 If Looks Could Kill (1991)
#33 Reunion (1992)
#34 War of Nerves (1992)
#35 Big Monday (1992)
#36 Sea of Flames (1992)
#37 Now Sit Right Back and You’ll Hear a Tale (1992)
#38 The Chamber (1992)
#39 Shark’s Cove (1992)
#40 The Lost Treasure of Tower 12 (1992)
#41 The Big Spill (1992)
#42 Game of Chance (1992)
#43 Summer of ’85 (1992)
#44 River of No Return: Part 1 (1992)
#45 River of No Return: Part 2 (1992)
#46 Tequila Bay (1992)
#47 Rookie of the Year (1992)
#48 Pier Pressure (1992)
#49 Showdown at Malibu Beach High (1992)
#50 Point Doom (1992)
#51 Princess of Tides (1992)
#52 Masquerade (1992)
#53 Lifeguards Can’t Jump (1992)
#54 Dead of Summer (1992)
#55 A Matter of Life and Death (1993)
#56 Island of Romance (1993)
#57 Strangers Among Us (1993)
#58 Vacation: Part 1 (1993)
#59 Vacation: Part 2 (1993)
#60 The Tower (1993)
#61 Stakeout at Surfrider Beach (1993)
#62 Shattered: Part 1 (1993)
#63 Shattered: Part 2 (1993)
#64 Kicks (1993)
#65 Fatal Exchange (1993)
#66 Race Against Time: Part 1 (1993)
#67 Race Against Time: Part 2 (1993)
#68 Lover’s Cove (1993)
#69 Blindside (1993)
#70 Sky Rider (1993)
#71 Tentacles: Part 1 (1993)
#72 Tentacles: Part 2 (1993)
#73 Submersion (1993)
#74 Ironman Buchannon (1993)
#75 Tower of Power (1993)
#76 The Child Inside (1993)
#77 Second Time Around (1994)
#78 The Red Knights (1994)
#79 Coronado del Soul: Part 1 (1994)
#80 Coronado del Soul: Part 2 (1994)
#81 Mirror, Mirror (1994)
#82 The Falcon Manifesto (1994)
#83 Rescue Bay (1994)
#84 Western Exposure (1994)
#85 The Life You Save (1994)
#86 Trading Places (1994)
#87 Guys & Dolls (1994)
#88 Livin’ on the Fault Line: Part 1 (1994)
#89 Livin’ on the Fault Line: Part 2 (1994)
#90 Aftershock (1994)
#91 Baja Run (1994)
#92 Air Buchannon (1994)
#93 Short Sighted (1994)
#94 Someone to Baywatch Over You (1994)
#95 K-Gas the Groove Yard of Solid Gold (1994)
#96 Red Wind (1994)
#97 I Spike (1994)
#98 Silent Night, Baywatch Night: Part 1 (1994)
#99 Silent Night, Baywatch Night: Part 2 (1994)
#100 Rubber Ducky (1995)
#101 Homecoming (1995)
#102 Seize the Day (1995)
#103 A Little Help (1995)
#104 Father’s Day (1995)
#105 Fire with Fire (1995)
#106 Deep Trouble (1995)
#107 Promised Land (1995)
#108 The Runaways (1995)
#109 Wet ’n’ Wild (1995)
#110 Trapped Beneath the Sea: Part 1 (1995)
#111 Trapped Beneath the Sea: Part 2 (1995)
#112 Hot Stuff (1995)
#113 Surf’s Up (1995)
#114 To Everything There Is a Season (1995)
#115 Leap of Faith (1995)
#116 Face of Fear (1995)
#117 Hit and Run (1995)
#118 Home Is Where the Heat Is (1995)
#119 Sweet Dreams (1995)
#120 The Incident (1996)
#121 Beauty and the Beast (1996)
#122 Desperate Encounter (1996)
#123 Baywatch Angels (1996)
#124 Bash at the Beach (1996)
#125 Freefall (1996)
#126 Sail Away (1996)
#127 Lost and Found (1996)
#128 Forbidden Paradise: Part 1 (1996)
#129 Forbidden Paradise: Part 2 (1996)
#130 Last Wave (1996)
#131 Go for the Gold (1996)
#132 Shark Fever (1996)
#133 The Contest (1996)
#134 Liquid Assets (1996)
#135 Windswept (1996)
#136 Scorcher (1996)
#137 Beachblast (1996)
#138 Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1996)
#139 Let the Games Begin (1996)
#140 Buried (1996)
#141 Search & Rescue (1997)
#142 Heal the Bay (1997)
#143 Bachelor of the Month (1997)
#144 Chance of a Lifetime (1997)
#145 Talk Show (1997)
#146 Life Guardian (1997)
#147 Matters of the Heart (1997)
#148 Rendezvous (1997)
#149 Hot Water (1997)
#150 Trial by Fire (1997)
#151 Baywatch at Sea World (1997)
#152 Golden Girls (1997)
#153 Nevermore (1997)
#154 Rookie Summer (1997)
#155 Next Generation (1997)
#156 The Choice (1997)
#157 Memorial Day (1997)
#158 Charlie (1997)
#159 Lifeguard Confidential (1997)
#160 Out of the Blue (1997)
#161 Eel Nino (1997)
#162 Homecoming (1997) (1997)
#163 Missing (1997)
#164 Hijacked (1997)
#165 No Way Out (1998)
#166 Countdown (1998)
#167 Surf City (1998)
#168 To the Max (1998)
#169 Night of the Dolphin (1998)
#170 Full Throttle (1998)
#171 Quarantine (1998)
#172 Diabolique (1998)
#173 Bon Voyage (1998)
#174 White Thunder at Glacier Bay: Part 1 (1998)
#175 White Thunder at Glacier Bay: Part 2 (1998)
#176 Crash: Part 1 (1998)
#177 Crash: Part 2 (1998)
#178 Sharks, Lies and Videotape (1998)
#179 Dolphin Quest (1998)
#180 The Natural (1998)
#181 Drop Zone (1998)
#182 Hot Summer Night (1998)
#183 Swept Away (1998)
#184 The Swimmer (1998)
#185 Friends Forever (1998)
#186 The Edge (1998)
#187 The Big Blue (1999)
#188 Come Fly with Me (1999)
#189 Boys Will Be Boys (1999)
#190 Baywatch Grand Prix (1999)
#191 Baywatch Down Under: Part 1 (1999)
#192 Baywatch Down Under: Part 2 (1999)
#193 Water Dance (1999)
#194 Double Jeopardy (1999)
#195 Wave Rage (1999)
#196 Galaxy Girls (1999)
#197 Castles in the Sand (1999)
#198 Aloha Baywatch (1999)
#199 Mahalo Hawaii (1999)
#200 Weak Link (1999)
#201 Shark Island (1999)
#202 Strike Team (1999)
#203 Sunday in Kaua’i (1999)
#204 Risk to Death (1999)
#205 Father of the Groom (1999)
#206 The Hunt (1999)
#207 Gold from the Deep (1999)
#208 Bent (1999)
#209 Path of Least Resistance (1999)
#210 Liquid Visions (2000)
#211 Lines in the Sand (2000)
#212 The Hero (2000)
#213 Thunder Tide (2000)
#214 Breath of Life (2000)
#215 Big Island Heat (2000)
#216 Maui Xterra (2000)
#217 Baywatch O’Hana (2000)
#218 Last Rescue (2000)
#219 The Killing Machine (2000)
#220 Soul Survivor (2000)
#221 A Knife in the Heart (2000)
#222 Bad Boyz (2000)
#223 Dangerous Games (2000)
#224 Stone Cold (2000)
#225 Broken Promises (2000)
#226 Dream Girl (2000)
#227 The Cage (2000)
#228 Ben (2000)
#229 Ties That Bind (2000)
#230 Black Widow (2000)
#231 The Ex-Files (2001)
#232 The Stalker (2001)
#233 Father Faust (2001)
#234 A Good Man in a Storm (2001)
#235 My Father, the Hero (2001)
#236 Boiling Point (2001)
#237 The Return of Jessie (2001)
#238 Trapped (2001)
#239 Dead Reckoning (2001)
#240 Makapu’u Lighthouse (2001)
#241 Rescue Me (2001)