Baywatch
Father Faust
TV Flash files “Father Faust” as hour 225 of 233 in the TV Flash guide — Baywatch (1989–2001) on NBC/Syndication, season 11, episode 14, aired 2001-02-12, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S11E14: listed hour 225 of 233 in the Baywatch guide, hour 14 of 22 in season 11. It aired 2001-02-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Stalker” (S11E13). Next is “A Good Man in a Storm” (S11E15).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Kekoa's father visits her beach. During his visit, he's saved by a junior lifeguard. During the same time, another vacationer complains to Sean that his gold watch has been stolen. As these two incidents merge, Sean is served with two lawsuits and restricted from having any contact with the beaches or the lifeguards. In the aftermath, Kekoa's father, who filed one of the lawsuits, suffers a severe stroke after Kekoa confronts him about going after the center just to break up her marriage to J.D.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Father Faust sit in the Baywatch guide?
S11E14 is listed hour 225 of 233 — hour 14 of 22 in season 11, season 11 episode 14.
When did Baywatch S11E14 air?
Father Faust aired 2001-02-12 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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- Billy Warlock as Eddie Kramer
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