Baywatch
Home is Where the Heat is
TV Flash files “Home is Where the Heat is” as hour 115 of 233 in the TV Flash guide — Baywatch (1989–2001) on NBC/Syndication, season 6, episode 9, aired 1995-11-20, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E09: listed hour 115 of 233 in the Baywatch guide, hour 9 of 20 in season 6. It aired 1995-11-20 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Hit and Run” (S06E08). Next is “Sweet Dreams” (S06E10).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Matt Brody returns to Baywatch to try to make up his lost relationship with C.J. But things take an unexpected turn when a group of ruthless modern day pirates take a millionaire couple hostage and place them under water on the wreck of the sunken oil platform with handcuffs and air for six hours. When Matt and Neely speed by in their Scarab motorboat, the pirates take them hostage as well. Meanwhile, Joey's past may jeopardize her adoption to Mitch when a professional beatnik criminal, named Trapper, recruits an unwilling Joey to commit a burglary job as payback for her mother's past scams against him.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Home is Where the Heat is sit in the Baywatch guide?
S06E09 is listed hour 115 of 233 — hour 9 of 20 in season 6, season 6 episode 9.
When did Baywatch S06E09 air?
Home is Where the Heat is aired 1995-11-20 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.
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