
Lt. Mitch Buchannon is the dedicated leader of a group of lifeguards at Malibu Beach in Los Angeles. Although this prime-time soap opera features a lot of sand, sun and bikinis, it also tackles many serious themes and features multifaceted characters. "Baywatch" is known for using slow motion when the lifeguards are running.

Mitch and Cody must fight for their lives after they encounter thieves who have hidden a cache of stolen weapons in a sunken ship.

After a dangerous encounter with a bear, Neely and Mitch reveal their true feelings to each other; Leslie plots her escape.

A rival lifeguard company vies with Baywatch for the county contract; April wants to be a swimsuit model.

Cody and Alex take Timmy, Alex's autistic nephew, to swim with the dolphins at Dolphin Quest in Hawaii.