Baywatch
Wave Rage
TV Flash files “Wave Rage” as hour 187 of 233 in the TV Flash guide — Baywatch (1989–2001) on NBC/Syndication, season 9, episode 20, aired 1999-05-03, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S09E20: listed hour 187 of 233 in the Baywatch guide, hour 20 of 22 in season 9. It aired 1999-05-03 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Double Jeopardy” (S09E19). Next is “Galaxy Girls” (S09E21).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
April tries to save Manny from himself after he suffers a life-altering back injury during a rescue. April then decides to take Manny's place with Hobie in a boat race with the other lifeguards from Baywatch. Meanwhile, Neely begins a new plan of revenge against Mitch first by taunting him and then bringing assault charges against him. Then Neely meets her match when she goes after Alex who tries to intervene in the feud between Neely and Mitch. When Neely tries to drug Alex with sleeping pills, Alex is forced to take time off and she finally stands up to Neely by firing her from Baywatch, and gives her a farewell punch to the face.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Wave Rage sit in the Baywatch guide?
S09E20 is listed hour 187 of 233 — hour 20 of 22 in season 9, season 9 episode 20.
When did Baywatch S09E20 air?
Wave Rage aired 1999-05-03 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…
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- Shawn Weatherly as Jill Riley
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- Billy Warlock as Eddie Kramer
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