All episodes Season 7 S07E03 1996-10-07 60 min 1980s NBC/Syndication

Baywatch

Liquid Assets

TV Flash files “Liquid Assets” as hour 129 of 233 in the TV Flash guide — Baywatch (1989–2001) on NBC/Syndication, season 7, episode 3, aired 1996-10-07, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S07E03: listed hour 129 of 233 in the Baywatch guide, hour 3 of 22 in season 7. It aired 1996-10-07 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Contest” (S07E02). Next is “Windswept” (S07E04).

Baywatch — Liquid Assets (S07E03)

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C.J. befriends Max, an eccentric old man who dwells on the beach and claims he was a famous Hollywood costume designer and after he suddenly dies, she is shocked to discover that his will leaves her with $4 million. Meanwhile, Manny Gutierrez, a Latino teenager from East Los Angeles, moves to Malibu after his mother gets a job as a maid for a wealthy family and immediately tries out for the Junior Lifeguards. Cody assigns Hobie to coach Manny while dealing with his wild friends, Connor and J.B., pressuring Hobie to go with them to a tattoo parlor.

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Where does Liquid Assets sit in the Baywatch guide?

S07E03 is listed hour 129 of 233 — hour 3 of 22 in season 7, season 7 episode 3.

When did Baywatch S07E03 air?

Liquid Assets aired 1996-10-07 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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