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Season guide

Baywatch: Season 5

22 episodes Premiered Sep 26, 1994 Updated Sep 26, 2026
Previously on Baywatch

Season 5 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 4.
  • ⚡ 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 5 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 5: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (19): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S5·E1 Mytharc

Livin' on the Fault Line (1)

Sep 26, 1994 · 38 min

Matt is openly unamused by Aussie exchange program lifeguard Logan Fowler's hero complex, nearly running over a drowning man on his way to snatch a female from Matt. Mitch is hitti

S5·E2 Core

Livin' on the Fault Line (2)

Oct 3, 1994 · 40 min

After Mitch rescues Hobie, he helps Matt commandeer a news helicopter to rescue Jackie from her trailer on the cliff. Hobie also breaks out of his shaken state long enough to help

S5·E3 Core

Aftershock

Oct 10, 1994 · 41 min

Three months after the trauma of the massive earthquake, Hobie arrives back home after spending the summer in Ohio with his mother, Gayle, who asks Mitch marry her again in a forma

S5·E4 Core

Baja Run

Oct 17, 1994 · 41 min

Former Baywatch lifeguard John D. Cort once again arrives back at Baywatch and asks Mitch to enter with him in a dune buggy race in Mexico. But Mitch is unaware that Cort wants to

S5·E5 Core

Air Buchannon

Oct 24, 1994 · 41 min

Mitch and Stephanie are partnered for a 24-hour shift on a busy day where they help out each other with accident victims and even try to rekindle their lost romance once again. Wit

S5·E6 Core

Short Sighted

Oct 31, 1994 · 41 min

During junior lifeguard training sessions, Matt deals with Hobie's newest friend, Carter, who is ashamed of his father, Simon, who happens to be a dwarf.

S5·E7 Core

Someone to Baywatch Over You

Nov 7, 1994 · 42 min

Mitch works with an FBI agent, posing as a lifeguard, stake-out a dangerous criminal. After Matt rescues a Dutch woman, she intends to repay him with her servitude, which evokes j

S5·E8 Core

K-GAS The Groove Yard of Solid Gold

Nov 14, 1994 · 41 min

A radio DJ leads a contest for hidden treasure on the beach, which brings a flood of treasure hunters to the beach- including Matt and C.J. who are swept up in the frenzy.

S5·E9 Core

Red Wind

Nov 21, 1994 · 41 min

The Santa Ana Winds usher in some strange times for the lifeguards as Caroline helps an insane man who swears his daughter drowned in the ocean, while Mitch is tormented by a meek

S5·E10 Core

I Spike

Nov 28, 1994 · 40 min

Matt considers fulfilling his dreams of playing professional volleyball when he's given the chance to partner with a pro. Mitch meets the beautiful Tracy, who tries to sell Baywat

S5·E11 Core

Silent Night, Baywatch Night (1)

Dec 5, 1994 · 41 min

As Christmas nears, Mitch and Tracy fall in love. Mitch and Hobie let a lost boy stay with them during the holidays, only to discover he's a con artist. C.J. believes a priest ha

S5·E12 Core

Silent Night, Baywatch Night (2)

Dec 12, 1994 · 40 min

At Christmas, Mitch tries to reunite Joey with her mother; C.J. worries that a priest is leaving the church for her and Matt investigates whether Santa's elves are really vacationi

S5·E13 Core

Rubber Ducky

Jan 30, 1995 · 41 min

Logan and his friend Gator are determined to beat Matt and Barnett in a rubber ducky contest so that Logan can win the cash prize and not have to marry a rich widow to stay in the

S5·E14 Core

Homecoming

Feb 6, 1995 · 41 min

Stephanie returns to Baywatch only to become victim of an ultraradical eco-terrorist trying to destroy an offshore oil platform. Mitch makes waves in Garner's relationship with a

S5·E15 Core

Seize the Day

Feb 13, 1995 · 42 min

After learning Tracy's dying, Mitch intends to make their last moments together count but tragedy cuts short their time together. Logan and Caroline try to stop a pair of reckless

S5·E16 Core

A Little Help

Feb 20, 1995 · 42 min

In an homage to the movie Sleepless in Seattle, Hobie tries helping his grieving father deal with Tracy's death by calling a radio station for advice, and a woman listener in anoth

S5·E17 Core

Father's Day

Feb 27, 1995 · 41 min

Logan is traumatized by a phobia from his past involving his late father and fire. Mitch discovers that his late father was actually proud of his career as a lifeguard.

S5·E18 Core

Fire with Fire

Apr 24, 1995 · 41 min

Mitch's friend, a sheriff and part-time lifeguard, causes trouble when he uses strong-arm tactics on the beach. Logan annuls his marriage of convenience, putting his future at in

S5·E19 Core

Deep Trouble

May 1, 1995 · 41 min

John D. Cort, returns to Baywatch, homeless and depressed, but finds a purpose for living when the potential donor of a young leukemia victim is reported missing.

S5·E20 Core

Promised Land

May 8, 1995 · 41 min

Caroline tries to help a Chinese immigrant woman stay in America after the woman escapes from an illegal refugee boat. Garner and Matt try to stop a beautiful con artist rip off be

S5·E21 Mytharc

The Runaways

May 15, 1995 · 32 min

Kaye hires a an aspiring English pop singer as a waitress and discovers she's a runaway. A daredevil attempts to set a new world's record water skiing behind a blimp. Stephanie que

S5·E22 Mytharc

Wet 'n' Wild

May 22, 1995 · 42 min

When a stunt show lead by Johnny Danger comes to Baywatch, Hobie and his friends are intrigued by Johnny and his motorcycle stunts. But Mitch and Garner are concerned after finding

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