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Baywatch: Season 3

22 episodes Premiered Sep 14, 1992 Updated Sep 26, 2026
Previously on Baywatch

Season 3 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Baywatch Season 2.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 3 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 3: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (19): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S3·E1 Mytharc

River of No Return (1)

Sep 14, 1992 · 41 min

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 gold

S3·E2 Core

River of No Return (2)

Sep 21, 1992 · 40 min

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 clim

S3·E3 Core

Tequila Bay

Sep 28, 1992 · 42 min

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.

S3·E4 Core

Rookie of the Year

Oct 5, 1992 · 42 min

The lifeguards compete against each other to determine who is the best; Stephanie and CJ move in together but things get complicated for both of them.

S3·E5 Core

Pier Pressure

Oct 12, 1992 · 41 min

Hobie weaves a web of lies to impress a girl; Summer is humiliated when she mistakes an offhand invitation from Jimmy Slade for a date.

S3·E6 Core

Showdown at Malibu Beach High

Oct 19, 1992 · 42 min

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

S3·E7 Core

Point Doom

Oct 26, 1992 · 42 min

Matt drives his motorcycle on the cliffs above Malibu and challenges Hudson; Mitch trains to beat Stephanie with Garner as his coach.

S3·E8 Core

Princess of Tides

Nov 2, 1992 · 42 min

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.

S3·E9 Core

Masquerade

Nov 9, 1992 · 42 min

Mitch and Stephanie go undercover as two wealthy individuals to stop murderous pirates from taking over Baywatch.

S3·E10 Core

Lifeguards Can't Jump

Nov 16, 1992 · 42 min

Mitch and Stephanie discover a dead man on some rocks; C.J. meets a couple on their honeymoon named Dennis and Arlene; unfortunately Dennis falls in love with C.J. and ends up dece

S3·E11 Core

Dead of Summer

Nov 23, 1992 · 42 min

The governor holds a speech on the pier; three bad guys plan to blow the pier into pieces with a boat. Garner meets his sister's old friend Wendi again.

S3·E12 Core

A Matter of Life and Death

Jan 4, 1993 · 42 min

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.

S3·E13 Core

Island of Romance

Jan 11, 1993 · 42 min

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.

S3·E14 Core

Strangers Among Us

Jan 18, 1993 · 42 min

A diamond smuggler looks for loot he has hidden in one of Slade's surfboards; a group searching for extra-terrestrials drives the lifeguards crazy.

S3·E15 Core

Vacation (1)

Jan 25, 1993 · 36 min

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.

S3·E16 Core

Vacation (2)

Feb 1, 1993 · 41 min

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

S3·E17 Core

The Tower

Feb 8, 1993 · 42 min

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.

S3·E18 Core

Stakeout at Surfrider Beach

Feb 15, 1993 · 42 min

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.

S3·E19 Core

Shattered (1)

Apr 19, 1993 · 41 min

Three teens are trapped on some cliffs with massive waves surrounding them; Mitch is soon paralyzed from the cliffs; Riddick is sent to L.A. to kill Jason.

S3·E20 Core

Shattered (2)

Apr 26, 1993 · 41 min

Mitch must contend with gangsters while going through rehabilitation.

S3·E21 Mytharc

Kicks

May 3, 1993 · 42 min

Matt competes in kickboxing with Mitch as his coach; Mitch meets Michael Branson again; C.J. has the opportunity to become a model.

S3·E22 Mytharc

Fatal Exchange

May 10, 1993 · 42 min

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

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