Baywatch
Homecoming
TV Flash files “Homecoming” as hour 157 of 233 in the TV Flash guide — Baywatch (1989–2001) on NBC/Syndication, season 8, episode 9, aired 1997-11-17, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E09: listed hour 157 of 233 in the Baywatch guide, hour 9 of 19 in season 8. It aired 1997-11-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Eel Niño” (S08E08). Next is “Missing” (S08E10).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Mitch is reunited with his old Baywatch lifeguard friend, Craig Pomeroy, now a full-time lawyer in town trying to honor a Native American's dying wish to die peacefully on sacred Indian grounds, now the public beach. Meanwhile, Neely Capshaw returns to Baywatch after being incapacitated for months in a skiing accident, with a hidden addiction to painkillers. When Donna figures out Neely's secret, she unsuccessfully tries to persuade Neely to get help because Donna's sister, too, had an addiction to painkillers. Also, Hobie uses a fake ID to get into a nightclub with his friends and suddenly wins a $1,200 prize dance contest with Lani moonlighting as the dancer "Kyra."
Viewer FAQ
Where does Homecoming sit in the Baywatch guide?
S08E09 is listed hour 157 of 233 — hour 9 of 19 in season 8, season 8 episode 9.
When did Baywatch S08E09 air?
Homecoming aired 1997-11-17 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
- David Hasselhoff as Mitch Buchannon
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- Parker Stevenson as Craig Pomeroy
Parker Stevenson played Craig Pomeroy on Baywatch — NBC canceled it, syndication made it a planet. Slow-motion red swimsuits, rescue plots that exist to justify the run, lifeguard as lifestyle brand. Born in 1989, it becomes the 1990s’…
- 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…