Baywatch Watch

The crew performs a group rescue, and is rewarded with a cruise. A drug kingpin wears prosthetics. CJ bets it all, wins, loses, then wins it all back, that classic story. Summer's romance is cut. Stephanie reflects on one specific memory.  Join Zach, Charlie, and special guest Taylor Cox (writer for "Miracle Workers", co-host of the "Hills I Die On" podcast) as we discuss maybe the best two-p...

Mitch has to go to San Diego again. A group watches for aliens on the beach. Jimmy Slade finds himself an unwitting diamond mule. Summer and Jimmy's romance blooms.  Join Zach, Charlie, and special guest Franky Guttman (check out This is Dark Matters on Twitch!) as we talk the blissful purity of Kelly Slater's performance, try to figure out why the diamond smuggling operation didn't go a mill...

Mitch hires a housekeeper. CJ and Stephanie go to Catalina and encounter an exploding boat and a jewel thief. We have serious concerns about CJ's ability to regulate her own oxygen intake.  Join Zach, Charlie, and special guest Karen Baughn (watch "American Christmas" on Showtime!) as we talk Mitch and Hobie's culinary appetites, postulate how the jewel heist worked, and Charlie learns that H...

Summer deals with glowstick-induced panic attacks while Mitch decides whether or not to become an architect to carry on his father's legacy in an episode that deals with some pretty heavy subjects (with all the grace and nuance we've come to expect from Baywatch).  Join Zach, Charlie, and special guest Joe Uhlarik (Emphatic Pictures) as we talk the introduction (and exit) of Mitch's parents,...

CJ's nightmares come true when an assassination attempt on the Governor's life during a KISS FM sponsored Surfrider Foundation concert finds her unconscious and headed full speed towards the pier on a remote control boat packed with explosives. Worse yet, it's a 100 degree day and riptides are causing everyone to simultaneously start drowning! It's less exciting than it sounds, but at least you ge...

Shukri R. Abdi (@shukrisayshi on the socials) returns for a weird episode that sees Garner and Mitch going "undercover" (with no secret identities) in a two on two basketball tournament to solve a murder. Dennis and Arlene (two people we've never met before) are on their honeymoon, but Dennis has eyes for CJ.  Join Zach, Charlie, and Shukri as we discuss an episode that loosely references "Wh...

Mitch and Stephanie go undercover to catch J Peterman, a criminally-underused Danny Trejo, and some other goons in a yacht-robbing heist operation and lose themselves in the process. Garner gets seasick. CJ wants to go fast...sometimes.  Join Zach, Charlie, and special guest Heather Woodward (co-creator of the improvised web series "Murder Story") as we talk Stephanie's diving, the identifica...

We did it. We found the saddest scene in Baywatch history. Mitch falls for royalty, and he's the only one who doesn't know it. Ben hitches everything on a boat race. Hobie plays Mitch's wingman again, and then he fights Godzilla. Join Zach, Charlie, and special guest Ivan Ngo as we talk the David Lynch connections, the logistics of anchoring a boat off shore and never leaving it, and we get an upd...

Matt Brody gets involved with a mysterious woman who loves racing motorcycles. Stephanie plays a confusing episode long prank on Mitch. CJ helps Guido out of a jam.  Join Zach, Charlie, and special guest Conner McCabe (host of the "Call Me By Your Game" podcast) as we talk our disappointment that the motorcycle race plotline peters out about halfway through the episode, the show's continued u...

An episode with a whopping SEVEN plots: 1) Malibu Beach High plans to sell off sacred Chumash land 2) Mitch and Garner are in pursuit of two illegal dune buggy drivers (Brody and Slade), 3) Garner doesn't want to work the beach anymore, 4) Summer can't figure out what Jimmy Slade's deal is, 5) Courtney Bremmer (Elizabeth Berkley) promises Slade surfing sponsorships, 6) Slade's dad threatens to bre...

Hobie wants to impress a girl and ends up in the middle of a street rivalry that puts West Side Story to shame. Summer thinks she's going on a date with Jimmy Slade and ends up in the crosshairs of the mean girls of Malibu High. Mitch desperately tries to parent. Garner desperately tries to police. Tensions run high.  Join Zach, Charlie, and special guest Annabel Seymour as we talk Mitch's go...

Baywatch is back with another Rookie School episode! Mitch rescues a bag. CJ and Stephanie accidentally live together. Matt needs to prove something to his dad. Summer needs to prove something to himself. CJ listens to a book on tape. Guido returns. Join Zach, Charlie, and special guest Daryl Johnson (@theREELdarylj) for an episode filled with high jumps, triple lindy dives, and one that finally a...

Season 3 trucks along with an episode that introduces two new main characters and brings back one to whom we thought we'd said goodbye. Mitch is wounded (metaphorically). Jimmy faces surf punks. Summer learns to surf. Stephanie tries to make amends. Ben returns. Join Zach, Charlie, and special guest actress, improviser, and social media influencer Simone Michelle Mariposa (@simonemariposa, simonem...

Season 3 has arrived! New cast members arrive, old cast members depart, and Baywatch enters its most famous era - the Pamela Anderson years. Mitch's uncle dies, so the crew goes white water rafting in search of lost gold. Eddie's leaving for Australia for a year, and Shauni's got feelings about it, and perhaps a surprise? New cast members Brody and Summer prepare for lifeguard tryouts, while Summe...

We did it! Season 2 is in the books, and what a weird episode to go out on. No Mitch, only one montage - what the heck? Eddie journeys down memory lane and helps solve a murder in the process. Harvey meets with misfortune due to a very unlucky number. Garner is uninvested in police work. Join Zach, Charlie, and return guest Cory Willis (@burncoryburn on socials, illuminatiimprov.com) as we learn t...

Harvey plays poker. Mitch loses a watch. A car is a boat! Eddie and Shauni want to move in together, but Shauni's dad, and the devilish Brown Goodman stand in the way. A pool filter goes rogue!  Join Zach, Charlie, and special guest Madison Lanesey as we talk horse acrobatics, engagement pool parties, urban legends, and more on this week's episode of Baywatch Watch! 

Transicon hatches a plan. Brenda faceplants. Hobie gets sick! A priest assassins. Shauni switchboards. Ben loans waverunners. Mitch investigates Transicon. TRANSICON!!! Join Zach, Charlie, and Aaron "El Hefe" Abeyta (actor, comedian, musician) as we talk misplaced nostalgia for the "days when you didn't have to worry about the environment", the amazing priest assassin scene that felt like it was s...

Shauni has an admirer. Harvey teaches windsurfing. Mitch goes out of town again. Eddie gets a little jealous. The towers are on the move. Also there's a murder! Join Zach, Charlie, and special guest Dennis Curlett as we talk WaWa, time filling montages (3 this episode!), and more on this week's episode of Baywatch Watch! 

It's another Baywatch shark attack episode...or is it???? Shauni hangs with teenagers. Eddie has a brother. Mitch HAS to get to San Diego. Harvey borrows a car. Thorpe directs!  Join Zach, Charlie, and special guest Nadia Osman (cohost of the podcast "Why Do You Know That?") as we talk proper swim technique, jet ski logistics, the subtle differences between Orange and Riverside counties, and...

Baywatch does a mid-Season 2 clip show with almost exclusively clips from Season 1?? Mitch hangs on for dear life. Hobie weighs a decision. Jill returns(ish?) to claim her Jillsy. Not much else happens! Join Zach, Charlie, and special guest Joan Ford (on insta, twitter, and twitch at @joanhaleyford) as we discuss the hit shows that lived in syndication during the 90s (shoutout to all you Relic Hun...

Baywatch crosses over and becomes Gilligan's Island in this home run swing of an episode. Eddie hits his head and comes face to face with Gilligan (Bob Denver) and Mary Ann (Dawn Wells). Thorpe wins the lotto and takes the crew out on a three hour tour. Garner skippers the boat. Harvey is a man of science, and Shauni is a movie star. What could go wrong? Join Zach, Charlie, and special guest Eric...

Hobie has a premonition. A fire eater is on drugs. Mitch wants wave runners. Ben gets drunk and falls in love. Connors bumbles through another case.  Shauni works the radio.  Join Zach, Charlie, and special guest Tyler Schnupp (listen to his Reactivaders podcast!) as we discuss the musical stylings of the episode, the fire eaters' mask choice, a boat called an Addictor that seems to be a...

It's been 30 years since Big Monday, but only Mitch seems to remember it. Kaye inserts herself in another family's business. Mitch finds Sonny Paoloa's necklace. Shauni watches surf videos with Hobie, while Hobie worries about sketchin' on another wave. Lili's Mom hates sign language. Join Zach, Charlie, and special guest Amber Kenny ("The Long Shot" podcast) as we break down a rogue wave that see...

Hot off the heels of "If Looks Could Kill", Baywatch is back with another triple-six-Hoffs episode! Mitch is being tormented, Cape Fear style. Ben reminisces on an undetermined decade. Kaye serves apples and cheese for dessert. Garner drops the ball. Mason Sato (Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa) establishes himself as a legendary Baywatch villain.  Join Zach, Charlie, and special guest Ann Maddox (@mikia...

From host Claudio Saavedra: We are almost finished with the pilot! The first reviews of the pod are in and we discuss them (thank you, Peakers). I address the on-air burp and we talk about Twin Peaks.