All episodes Season 5 S05E09 1994-11-26 60 min 1980s NBC/Syndication

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Red Wind

TV Flash files “Red Wind” as hour 93 of 233 in the TV Flash guide — Baywatch (1989–2001) on NBC/Syndication, season 5, episode 9, aired 1994-11-26, 60 min.

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This leaf is S05E09: listed hour 93 of 233 in the Baywatch guide, hour 9 of 22 in season 5. It aired 1994-11-26 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “K-GAS, the Groove Yard of Solid Gold” (S05E08). Next is “I Spike” (S05E10).

Baywatch — Red Wind (S05E09)

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The Santa Ana Winds usher in some unusual beachgoers and strange times for the lifeguards: Caroline helps an insane man who swears his daughter drowned in the ocean; a meek man torments Mitch because the man's fiancee remains infatuated with Mitch from her rescue 11 years ago; and a romantic older couple makes love under a blanket on the beach.

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Where does Red Wind sit in the Baywatch guide?

S05E09 is listed hour 93 of 233 — hour 9 of 22 in season 5, season 5 episode 9.

When did Baywatch S05E09 air?

Red Wind aired 1994-11-26 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.

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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…

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