Baywatch
Sea of Flames
TV Flash files “Sea of Flames” as hour 35 of 233 in the TV Flash guide — Baywatch (1989–2001) on NBC/Syndication, season 2, episode 14, aired 1992-02-17, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E14: listed hour 35 of 233 in the Baywatch guide, hour 14 of 21 in season 2. It aired 1992-02-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Big Monday” (S02E13). Next is “Now, Sit Right Back and You'll Hear a Tale” (S02E15).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Mitch and his staff pursue illegal drug manufacturers operating a seaborne laboratory. Lt. Edwards reminisces about his rookie summer and finds love with an aging movie star.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Sea of Flames sit in the Baywatch guide?
S02E14 is listed hour 35 of 233 — hour 14 of 21 in season 2, season 2 episode 14.
When did Baywatch S02E14 air?
Sea of Flames aired 1992-02-17 and is listed at 60 minutes.
NBC season or syndication empire?
NBC canceled it; syndication made it a planet. Early hours still have earnest California sun. Later ones are the export machine — Hasselhoff's second global brand.
In the series
Why this series still plays
NBC canceled it. Syndication made it a planet. Slow-motion red swimsuits, Hasselhoff's second global export, and rescue plots that exist to justify the run. Born in 1989, it becomes the 1990s' international camp empire — lifeguard as lifestyle brand. Early hours still have earnest California sun; later ones are the pure export machine.
The swimsuit is the silhouette. NBC, 1989, then first-run syndication through 2001: L.A. County lifeguards patrol beaches with rescues, drama, and peak fitness aesthetics — slow-mo, red swimsuits, Hasselhoff's second global export. Baywatch, from Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz, and Gregory J. Bonann, put David Hasselhoff as Mitch Buchannon with Parker Stevenson, Shawn Weatherly, Billy Warlock and a rotating tan. Rescue plots exist to justify the run. NBC canceled it. Syndication made it a planet. *Red as a…
Filed against
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- Parker Stevenson as Craig Pomeroy
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- Shawn Weatherly as Jill Riley
Shawn Weatherly's Jill Riley ran early Baywatch as earnest rescue before syndication made a planet — NBC canceled it, slow-motion red swimsuits, Hasselhoff's second global export, plots that exist to justify the run. Born in 1989, camp…
- Billy Warlock as Eddie Kramer
Billy Warlock’s Eddie Kramer ran Baywatch before syndication made it a planet — NBC canceled it, slow-motion red swimsuits, Hasselhoff’s second global export, rescue plots that exist to justify the run. Born in 1989, camp empire in the…