Baywatch (1989) s01e01 Episode Script

1 - Some people stand in the darkness afraid to step into the light some people need to help somebody when the edge of surrender's in sight don't you worry it's gonna be all right 'cause I'm always ready I won't let you out of my sight I'll be ready I'll be ready never you fear no, don't you fear I'll be ready forever and always I'm always here 'Cause I'm always ready I won't let you out of my sight I'll be ready I'll be ready never you fear no, don't you fear I'll be ready forever and always I'm always here -Hey, you guys are cheating.
There's two of you and one of me.
-Come on.
-Watch out for that wave.
We've got her, we've got her.
-You guys are unfair.
-Come on, come on.
Go, go, go.
-Winners! -You guys are cheaters.
-We're winners.
-Oh, what's this, huh? Haven't worked out in a while.
-There's nothing there to pinch.
Leave me alone.
-Oh, yeah, nothing a little lieutenant's uniform won't hide.
If you can find one to fit your first day on the job.
-Hey, let's go back out.
Rematch.
-Let's go.
-Wait a second.
Gayle's picking Hobie up at 8:00.
-Come on, dad.
-I'm sorry pal.
You know the new schedule.
-Hey, it's all right.
Next time you and I will team up and we'll show the old man what real athletes can do.
-Hey, Jill, winners.
-Yeah.
-Cheaters.
You guys are cheaters.
-Hey, Mitch, say goodbye to you ski.
-Goodbye to my ski.
Have fun guys.
Here, take this.
-Can I ask you something? -Sure, go ahead.
-Well, if you're just friends with a girl, is it all right to rub suntan oil on her back? -Yeah.
Why do you ask? -'Cause last Sunday everyone was hanging out by tower 25 -Uh-huh.
-And all of a sudden Chelsea Carrol looks over at me, and her voice gets all breathy and she says, "Hobie, would you please rub some oil on my back.
" -Oh, what did you do? -I told her I couldn't get my hands greasy because I had a surf ski later.
-Why did you do that? -I don't know, I guess I was too embarrassed.
-You? Hobie the magnificent, embarrassed? Give me a break.
-What should I do if she asks me again? -Let's see, you're thirteen, right? Try it, see what you think.
Come on we're out of here.
-Uh, dad, what about her front? -What about her front? -Well, should I rub oil on her stomach or her legs or something? -I think that she can reach all those parts by herself.
Honey, did I wake you? Huh? I just heard the beach report, there's going to be a million people today and the surf is going to be pounding.
I really have to work a tower today.
I thought you had to go into your office to prepare for trial on Monday.
-Oh, you ought to see the beach this morning, Gina.
It's spectacular.
Oh, Craig, wifely advice.
Get in the left Lane, get off the freeway, be a lawyer today.
-Oh, hell, I can't go to the office today, Gina.
If anyone needs me, I'm at tower 26.
-What state or signs do you look for in the water? -Okay, low strokes, uh, elbows dragging and hair in the eyes.
Uh, swimming the wrong way in a rip current and climbing the ladder.
Climbing the what? -Climbing the ladder.
-Okay, you know, when a victim's drowning, it looks like he's pulling up, climbing a ladder.
Oh, Halle, slow down.
-Do you know him? -His name's Eddie something or other, we went to rookie school together.
Pull up next to him.
Hi.
Remember me? I'm Shauni from rookie school.
-I know.
-So which headquarters did you get? -Baywatch.
-You did? So did I.
I was so scared that they were going to put me next to the airport with those noisy jets going over all day.
I mean, I know you came in number one so you got to pick baywatch, but I came in 46th.
I don't know how I got it.
So wouldn't it be bitching if we got to work towers next to each other today? -They, uh, they put the rookies next to the veterans.
I'll see you there.
-What's his story? -He's not from around here.
-Hey, it's Perry Mason.
-Hey.
-And what are you doing here today? -I go too long without sand between my toes, my life gets sane and makes me crazy.
Mike, no spitting.
Second offense, misdemeanor.
-But I don't get why I can't keep living with you for a week and mom for a week the way it's been.
-Your mom thinks living with me close to the beach is too distracting while you're in summer school.
-Well, she's wrong.
-Hobie, you blew your report card, pal.
-I know, I'm sorry.
-Grab my board, will you? -Yeah.
-You used to skip school to go surfing.
It didn't make a difference in your life.
-Yeah, it did.
-I just miss you so much when I'm at mom's.
-Yeah, well, I'm going to miss you too, pal.
Look, it's only for summer school.
It's six weeks, okay? Then we'll go back to the regular schedule.
-I'm going to miss junior lifeguards.
All my friends will be ahead of me.
-I tell you what, you do well the first few weeks in summer school, and I'll talk to your mom and see what we can work out.
-The first week? -No, two, at least two.
She's here.
That orientation today is going to be so boring.
-Yeah, well, it's a fresh start for both of us, huh? -Good luck today, lieutenant.
-Thanks, pal.
And don't worry, the beach isn't going anywhere.
Come here.
You be good, huh? -I love you, dad.
-I love you.
-Hey, al, we're going to be pulling them out like tuna today.
Craig, my boy.
I haven't seen you down here since forever.
-Yeah, it's been a month, it feels like forever.
Hop in, I'll give you a lift back to headquarters.
-Can't do it, got to keep the blood pumping.
-Oh, al, I got that brief done.
I found a loophole on the mandatory retirement age.
You're not going to have to retire for another 40 years.
-Great, I appreciate that, Craig.
See you back at the hive.
-Okay.
-Morning, al.
-Oh.
I feel like I'm sticking my head through one of those cut-out photo things on the pier.
-Yeah, but you look awesome.
I really like the crab stompers.
-I hate hard shoes.
I can't even stand socks.
Al, what have I done? -Ten-one, you're breaking up on me, Craig, say again.
-Ten-one, I still can't read you, 208.
Where are you, Craig? -Ten-three, under the pier.
You might want to roll down your window so the glass doesn't shatter.
-Thanks, dick.
All right, Roger, 208.
Stay with your vehicle.
Tow is on the way.
-It's all right, don't move.
You're going to be fine.
You're going to be just fine.
-Okay, put this on.
It'll warm you up.
-Is this his? Who's? -The lifeguard who saved me? -As a matter of fact, yes, it is Craig's.
There we go, come on, up here.
Lie down and rest.
-So do you think you can tell me what happened now? -Oh, careful.
-Will you shut up and let me do this? She was shaken up pretty bad, but she got no serious injuries.
-Well, leave it to the macho lawyer to get stuck underneath the pier and pull a rescue out of it.
-Mitch Buchannon in a uniform.
Love those shoes Mitch.
Let me go see how she's doing.
-Let's take a look here, huh? Oh, rough night, huh? -Yeah, if you'd got wasted on that pier piling, both of you could have drowned.
-Oh, my god, he talks like a lieutenant, he looks like a lieutenant, he-- -enough, enough.
Where you've been anyway? -Washington fcc case, I won it, they're appealing.
You know, if I'd only been here, I could have talked you out of making the move inside.
-Hey, if I couldn't talk myself out of it, even you couldn't talk me out of it.
-What happened? -It was time.
-By who's clock? -Mine.
-Set back the hands.
-Go home, will you? It's my first day.
I don't need you ragging me.
-Go home? Are you kidding? This is a stork.
-You'd better show me some respect in front of those rookies, man, I'll kick-- -don't worry.
I give a short Mitch Buchannon briefing about how you got stewed swimming after that party boat waiting for girls to fall overboard.
Mitch, you were legendary.
-And I'll tell them who was swimming right next to me.
-Hi.
So how do you feel after body surfing the pier? Kind of exhilarating, huh? My name's Craig, what's yours? -Laurie.
I'm really sorry you hurt your back, Craig.
-Oh, it's just some scratches.
How about you? Are you feeling okay? You're pretty lucky, we had a couple of pier jumpers the last few years who didn't make it.
-I didn't jump.
-Oh.
It's kind of hard to fall off the end of the pier.
-I was just balancing on the rail.
I slipped.
It was an accident.
-Taking a pretty big chance, don't you think? -Don't pretend you care about me.
You were just doing your job.
You probably get bonus points for saving people.
500 big ones and I get a new toaster.
Laurie, I've got to fill out a rescue report.
You know, I've got to get some information, like your full name, where you live, your phone number.
-You don't-- -what? -You don't have to call my parents, do you? -How old are you? -I'm over eighteen.
-Legally, you're an adult.
What's your name? -Laurie Elizabeth Harris.
I'm sorry I snapped at you.
-I'm just glad you're feeling better.
And you live? -3379, entrada.
I guess I'm really lucky you saw me fall.
I believe in fate, do you? Fate? No.
-You should.
-Can we have a little-- a little respect for the new lieutenant, please.
This beach is going to be much better than it ever was.
More competitive, safer and with a lot more and better parties, am I right? -You're absolutely right.
-All right, all right, listen.
A gala tonight honoring our new honcho is a fish-tie-only affair.
We're collecting money for heal the bay.
We've got a great place donated, so dig deep in those pockets, right? -That's right.
And we need women, good look women, none of those ugly women you hang out with, okay, James? So I want you guys to think hips, lips and fingertips.
Two quick things.
Mike Newman? -Yeah.
-Don't wear that silly toupee to the party.
Number two, let's have a big round of applause for our new lieutenant.
Uh I'm not going to tell you how to do your jobs.
Some of you've been lifeguards as long as I have.
Some of you even longer.
So just do me a favor, huh? Make me look good.
Oh, we love you.
-That's it.
Oh, yeah, surf's 3:00 to 5:00, very short intervals.
There will be a lot of water on the beach, rip tides will be pulling, I want preventions out there, okay? Listen, if you guys got any back-ups, call into sid over here, huh? Hey, Eddie, can I talk to you for a second? Shauni.
Jill.
You're on tower 27 today.
-No, wait.
-Excuse me, I'll get right to you.
-But I want 27.
I hang out there.
I know the beach and I know all the inshore holes.
My friends are expecting me.
-You're not hanging out today, you're working.
Tower 27 is right next to the sand and sea club.
They've got their own lifeguard, but we kind of watch his water.
-Then he doesn't exist.
-For all intents and purposes.
Also remember, keep an eye on the rescue can on the tower next to you.
If it's missing, you'd better find out where the lifeguard is.
-You got it.
-You are on the rescue boat with Jill here.
-On a boat? -Oh, thank you so much, lieutenant.
-I do not want to be stuck out on a boat all day.
-And you're going to have to change the suit.
What's wrong with it? They said girls get to buy their own suits.
-Yeah, but there's no lifeguard patch on it.
You got an extra one, don't you? -I can sew the patch on this one.
-Where? -I'm sure there's some swim suits in the locker room.
-Shauni, come here for a second.
When you're ready to be put in a tower, I'll put you in one, don't worry.
-Sorry I took so long.
Our dryer has one setting, tumble slow.
-Thank you.
Can I keep your sweatshirt? -If you promise not to tightrope-walk the pier.
Cross my heart.
-Deal.
Your bicycle's right outside.
Change your clothes, and someone will walk you out.
-Where are you going? -Got to open up my tower.
Be careful, no more stupid stunts.
-Deal.
From high and low we've come to know together as one we'll carry the world upon our shoulders 'cause everyone's waiting for their day out in the sun and the sky it seems a little brighter when the summer's just begun yeah this world's been good to me when all the sites I see they feel like to home to me this world's been good to me my friends are family this feels like home to me this world's been good to me when all the sites I see they feel like home to me this world's been good to me my friends are family ooh, yeah, yeah this feels like home to me ooh, yeah, yeah this feels like home to me -Captain Thorpe? -You were a good lifeguard, Mitch.
I'd have taken you on my beach any day.
But I'm still not confident they made the right choice, promoting you to lieutenant.
-Well, I guess we'll have to wait for my performance evaluation and see.
-Chain of command, Mitch, you're part of it now.
You've got to set an example for your rookies.
-Oh, wait, you're not going to give me the weak link speech, are you? Are you happy with Shauni McClain? -Shauni? Thank you, terrific.
-How about your veterans? I'm thinking of al in particular.
You think he can still handle the sand? -I'd rather have al's experience on my beach than the world's fastest swimmer.
-You know, he's approaching mandatory retirement age.
-Aren't we all? -I'd love for you to prove me wrong, Mitch.
I've got to get up to Zuma.
I'll see you at the end of the day.
Wear them.
-Hey, Jill.
-I can't do it.
You want a babysitter, you hire one for 2.
50 an hour.
-Why do I detect some sort of problem here? -Oh, you're so intuitive.
We spotted a floundering yacht.
While I am underwater untangling the anchor line, little Shauni has got a date with the owner of the boat.
What swamp did she come from? -Captain Thorpe assigned her to me.
-Oh, figures.
-Shauni is a very good swimmer, but she needs to learn how to become a lifeguard.
Take her under your wing, guide her, show her the way.
Good day.
How are you? -My card.
-"Trevor Cole, shark fighter and virgin converter"? -I lost one or two fights, but only to the sharks.
-And you always drop in like this? -Anybody can climb stairs.
I would've been up there faster if it hadn't been for the suntan oil I've got on.
-Yeah, I don't need this.
I know who you are.
-Figured you might, considering it was your surf ski record I broke in last year's lifeguard competition.
-Records are meant to be broken.
-Wrong, mate, records are meant to make you famous.
Back home in Australia, my face is on cereal boxes.
I can give you an autographed one for you if you like.
-Don't eat cereal.
-I do.
-Nice place you got here.
Very nice.
-You don't eat cereal.
Trevor, what brings you to the states? -I came here to lifeguard in the big pond, as they say, but your rule book says I've got to attend rookie school.
-Well, we do things a little differently on this side of the pacific.
-Water is water, and victims are victims.
Being cramped in a tower all day doesn't really suit my style anyway.
See you, I'm best left untethered to strut the beach, put people at their ease.
-"Strut the beach"? -Which brings me to my point.
I started lifeguarding today at the sun and sea club.
Now, I know you've had to watch over the amateurs that have worked there before, but I'm on the job now.
So you keep your lifeguards out of my water and out of my way, okay? -Well, we kind of back up each other around here.
-Well, I'll back up you guys if you like, but you needn't worry about me.
I handle everything I see.
Spy you later, mate.
-Hi, Craig.
-Laurie.
So how's it going? -Fine.
Excuse me, I can't really talk right now.
-Okay, this is the tough part.
Up we go, all right.
There you go.
So what's your name? -Peter Kelly.
-See those binoculars, Pete? -Yeah.
-Those are magic binoculars.
It's true.
Look, you dry your eyes real good so you can see, and I bet you find your mama.
There you go.
So how old are you, Pete? -Six.
-By the time I was six, I had three moms and dads.
How? -Well, let's just say my last name was foster.
Forget it.
Hey, Pete, look over there.
Is that your mommy over there? Over there.
-Mommy.
-Oh, wait a minute.
Binoculars.
Give me your hand.
All right.
-Mommy, mommy.
-All right, here we go.
-Mommy.
-Easy now.
-Rip tide off 24.
I've got multiple victims being pulled into deep water.
Eddie's getting wet, and Mike's coming in from the north.
I'll back them up on the beach.
-Code three, tower 24.
We've got guards in the water, multiple victims.
We got a blitz here, gang.
We got a blitz.
-Yeah, this is 209 Lincoln.
I'm ten-eight, uh, tower 24.
Roll full back up.
-We are tracking, responding code three, tower 24.
Baby.
Oh, my god, baby.
-Mommy.
-Baby, hold on.
Come back.
Cindy.
-It's all right.
-Help me.
-It's all right.
Here, here, hold this.
-My girl's underwater.
Help me.
Hold on.
It's okay, you're going to be okay.
I'm coming, hold on.
-God, help me.
Oh, thank god, is she alive? -Hello, help.
-Help, help.
-Get the kids.
They're closer to you.
-I'll get the girl.
-Damn it, get the kid.
-Help.
-I've got you now, don't worry.
-Grab the can.
Go ahead, take it.
Come on, it's okay.
It's okay, I've got you.
-God.
-Hold on.
-Help, help me.
-Okay now, pull.
Okay, pull.
-You okay? -She's not breathing.
She's not breathing.
Oh, my god.
Do something, help her.
She's not breathing.
Do something.
-Shauni, cpr.
Now.
Move, move.
-Watch out let me in.
One, two, three, four, breathe.
One, two, three, four, breathe.
One, two three, four, breathe.
-Baby.
Oh, baby.
Oh, thank god.
It's all right, baby.
Oh, thank god.
You going to be all right? -Yeah.
Do me a favor.
Look after these guys, will you? I'll take care of them.
-Hey, you don't pass up one victim for another one, not in my water, or anywhere.
You got that? -You're just raw because I outswam you, mate.
-Saving lives isn't part of competition on my beach.
You step out of line one more time, you've got me to answer to, mate.
-Oh, Laurie.
Where are you going? Laurie.
Answer me, where are you going? -Hi, Chelsea.
-Hobie, I thought you had to go to school for that thing today.
-I left early.
-Am I getting burned? -You back's a little red.
-Could you put some of that oil on it? -Uh Yeah, sure.
-Can you unhook the strap? I hate tan lines.
-Okay.
-Ow! -Sorry, it's just stuck a little bit.
Oh, there.
-Hurry, it's dripping.
-Just a second.
-I'll get it, Chelsea.
-Oh, it's fine.
-Locked yourself out? Uh, no, I was just-- it doesn't matter.
-Yeah.
-What are you doing here? Where's Hobie? -Well, that's what I came here to ask you.
When I went by school to pick him up, they said that he'd snuck out, and so naturally-- -naturally, you came here.
Come on, he's probably at tower 25.
You know, Gayle, it's not easy for Hobie, it's summer.
-Just, please, don't make any excuses for him.
-I'm not making excuses for him, I'm just telling you.
-Look, Mitch, this is just not working.
-What's not working? The divorce? 'Cause our marriage suddenly doesn't work out-- -no, it's just this joint custody thing with Hobie.
He's bouncing back and forth between two totally different environments.
Mitch, I just, I really think that he'd be better off if he lived with me full time.
-No way.
-He could visit you every other weekend.
-You can forget it.
-Can you just put your own feelings aside for once and think about what's best for your son? I am.
I always do.
You just can't handle it because he wants to be with me more than he wants to be with you.
-Well, of course he wants to be with you.
I mean, what kid wouldn't? A block from the ocean, a father who saves people's lives.
Hey, you're his hero, and I'm just the ogre who makes him stay in his bedroom doing his homework over until it's neat.
I mean, with you, life's a beach, why should he ever want to leave? -You left.
-Mitch, it's too late for us, but not for Hobie.
What he needs now is consistency.
-You want consistency, I'll let him visit you every other weekend.
-If Hobie lives with me, he'll have a whole world full of choices.
With you, all he's ever going to want to be is a life guard just like his dad-- -i can't believe we're still having this damn argument.
Now, lifeguards are teachers and doctors.
Craig's an attorney, for god's sake.
-Yes, but he doesn't want to be like them.
He wants to be like you.
-Gayle, I made a career move, you know? I'm making a lieutenant's salary plus overtime now.
-Money has never been the issue.
-Look.
There's just-- there's no point in us arguing about this anymore.
I've seen an attorney, Mitch.
I'm filing for full custody, I'm sorry.
-You loved me once.
How can you do this to me? -I'm doing it for Hobie.
And if you really love him, you'll understand this is the only way.
Wait.
Let me take him home.
-Hi.
-Now I know what happened to my other key.
-It's cozy in here.
It's like your own little beach house.
-Why did you take this, Laurie? -I wanted to surprise you.
I know that you save people all the time, but this is the first time that anyone's ever saved me.
It's not 50 bonus points But there's a poem in there that's all about us.
It says, "he bravely risked his soul to save her life.
" -Laurie I appreciate this, thank you.
Don't say "but.
" Please don't.
People always start to say nice things and they take it away with "but.
" -Drinking's not allowed on the beach.
I have to close my tower.
-Do you ever stay here after it gets dark? -Sometimes.
By yourself? -It depends.
-So do you have a girlfriend? -A wife.
-Oh.
What's her name? -Gina.
-Let me guess, you saved her life and she fell in love with you.
-No, no, those infatuations burn out real fast.
I was cross examining her in court in New York.
She was the one witness I couldn't trip up or pin down, so I married her.
-I hate that I was unconscious when you carried me out of the water.
-Well, that's the way it is when you-- Laurie, why were you balancing on the end of the pier this morning? -I don't know.
Maybe just so I could meet you.
Kiss me again like you did this morning.
-That wasn't a kiss.
-Our lips touched.
-I've had to do that with two-hundred-pound dock workers.
-You just think I'm too young.
Well, I'm not too young.
-Laurie, put that back on.
Stay here.
Owen.
Look, it's some kind of victim fixation.
I'm sure it's happened to you before.
-No.
Great.
Look, I'll walk back after I deal with this.
-Anything you say, Perry Mason.
-Right.
Shauni.
-Jill, I'm really sorry.
Hey, it's okay.
Don't beat yourself up.
Next time you'll handle it.
-When I was holding that little girl, I just kept feeling her life slipping.
And I couldn't move.
-No one said the job would be all fun in the sun.
Come on, sit down.
Shauni, the first time I held a victim in my arms, it sent a chill through me that had nothing to do with how cold the water was.
Because it was the first time I knew, really knew that I was the difference between somebody living or dying.
You know, as frightened as I was, it was the greatest thing I've ever felt.
-But what if I can't handle it? You will.
But until then, there'll always be someone here to back you up, okay? -I don't think I can go back out there and face them.
-Hey, look, nobody has to know what happened.
Okay? Come on, we'll go to Mitch's party together.
All right? -Okay.
Listen if she has any kind of problems, you just give us a ring, and we'll send somebody up there to talk to her.
-Busy, busy.
-Yeah, the guys did a good job today.
-I see you're still one of the guys.
-The uniform doesn't have to change that, does it? -Yes, it does, Mitch.
You should have been coordinating the blitz from your unit, calling the shots, not making the rescue.
I don't see a card for al in here.
Is that why you got wet, covering for him? -Al was in the water.
-But he didn't pull anyone out.
-No, he didn't pull anyone out, but he kept one of my rookies from being dragged down.
-Mitch, I know that al is something like a father-- -al makes preventions before other lifeguards even notice there's a problem.
He's past his prime, Mitch.
I'm not saying you have to fire him, but until mandatory retirement, I want him off the sand.
-Captain, if this is some kind of test to see if I follow orders-- -you said you understand chain of command, Mitch, so I don't need to test you, do I? Al? Hey, al? Al? Al? Picasso, how you doing? -Hey, Mitch, come on in.
You can help me paint all the fish I left blank.
-You sure you want to risk it? -Never mind that, just paint your instincts.
-All right.
-I saw you, Gayle and Hobie today.
Everything all right? -Gayle's filing for full custody.
-What are you going to do? -I'm going to get Craig to represent me and fight her in court if I have to.
-Oh, god.
-Hey.
Is this what the bay looked like when you first saw it? -Yeah.
Hell, I was 17.
I used to paddle out on my long board, take a couple of deep breaths, free dive two or three minutes.
Like eternity.
Like I was in liquid heaven.
And then I would bring up some fresh air for dinner.
I just hope someday we don't have to paint little oil Wells out here and maybe the water a murky orange, huh? -Well, I'll tell you what, Mitch.
Better start protecting the great lady.
She's going to run out on us.
We sure as hell are going to miss her when she's gone.
See, the great lady's always been my mistress.
Listen, how about letting me take Hobie fishing tomorrow? I can talk to him.
This custody stuff can be pretty rough on a kid, you know.
I'll be back in plenty of time to work my tower.
-That's great, but you're going to have to talk to Gayle about it.
He's with her this weekend.
-That's good, I want to talk to her.
But we'd better get going right now, 'cause I don't want to miss your party.
-You know, I was thinking I had this brilliant idea this morning.
What do you say you come off the beach and help me run things? The two of us together, we could really make baywatch hum.
-No, Mitch.
You see, I need to have both my feet in the sand.
This isn't a friendly offer, though, is it? Captain Thorpe? -Yeah, Captain Thorpe.
Al, I'm sorry, I tried to talk him out of it.
-Mitch, don't put this load on your shoulders, because it's not your fault.
Remember that.
The only reason that you got wet today was because I was late getting there.
-Think Eddie'd get bored just swimming back and forth like that.
-Yeah, you'd think she'd get bored watching like that.
Hi.
You aren't leaving, are you? -Yeah, I'm just not much for parties.
-Oh, come on, come dance with me.
I guarantee you'll have a good time.
-It's all you California girls think about, huh? Having a good time.
-Well, it's better than brooding off by yourself.
You all right? -What did it feel like to you today, huh? Saving that little girl? -I don't know, you saved her.
I just, um, tried to help.
What did it feel like to you? -Mixed up.
Like I was the victim grabbing on to her to save me.
-What do you mean? -Doesn't matter.
-You can tell me.
-Why does everyone around here think because we work together we should be one big happy family? I don't need another family, okay? -Okay.
I just really wanted to know.
-Hi.
-Hi.
-How are you doing? -Fine, thanks.
-Can I use your blush? -Yeah, sure.
It may be a little dark for you.
-That's okay, thanks.
I like dark.
It's a wild party, huh? -Oh, yeah, they always are.
-Don't you just love lifeguards? They're so heroic.
One of them saved my life today.
-Really? -It was really romantic.
-Romantic? -I stood by his tower all day.
And then at sunset he took me inside.
He told me if I had drowned, he would've never forgiven himself.
And then he kissed me.
We made love right there in his tower.
With the sound of the waves and the seagulls.
It was really beautiful.
-I've been looking for him since I got here, but there's so many people.
That's him.
Craig.
Hi, honey, sorry I'm late.
Better late than never.
-Oh, hey, hey, Laurie.
This is Gina.
-Oh, I know, we met.
-Yes, Laurie's been telling me all about the romantic day she's had.
-What's wrong? -What's wrong is that I happen to be your hero's wife.
-What? -This is Gina.
I told you about her.
-You think I would have come here and embarrassed myself if I knew you had a wife? -Gina, what has she been saying? -I'd like to go now.
-What did she-- now, please.
-Craig I told her about sunset in your tower.
How we made love.
I'm sorry, I didn't know.
-Oh, god.
-Gina, she's lying.
She's making this up.
-Craig, why are you doing this to me.
-Damn it, now stop it.
Nothing happened between us, and you know it.
-He saw us.
He drove up in his truck.
Ask him if I'm lying.
-Gina! -Gina, this is crazy.
I know you don't believe Owen and that girl.
-I just want to sleep, Craig.
-And what happens in the morning? -I don't know.
-Gina-- Hello? Craig, I need to see you.
-Oh, Laurie, why are you doing this? I'll be at your tower.
If you don't come, you'll find me there in the morning.
And it'll be too late to save me this time.
-She says if I don't meet her at my tower right now, she's going to kill herself.
-Then don't go.
-She's a troubled girl.
She obviously tried to commit suicide today, and I misread it.
-Then call the police.
Call suicide prevention, have them pick her up.
-As soon as I know she's safe.
-Craig.
-What? What is it? -If you're going, I'm going with you.
Laurie? Laurie.
-Don't hurt me, please.
-No one's going to hurt you.
We're going to take you home, we're going to sit down with your parents.
-No, please, don't take me back there.
-How did you get these bruises on your neck? What happened? Who did that to you? -Someone at the party? -I left after you did.
Where did you go? Uh I went home.
-Is that where this happened, at home? -Laurie, tell us who did this to you and we'll help you, I promise.
-No, he'll hurt me.
Who? Who will hurt you? -Is it your father? I didn't want him to get in bed with me again.
-Laurie, we're going to take you back to our house tonight.
-No one ever cared if I lived or died before.
I'm really sorry.
-Yeah, that's it.
I will.
Thanks.
How is she? -Asleep.
-I got her address and phone number from the rescue card.
Are you all right? My heart's pounding.
My palms are sweating, my brain is numb, thank god.
That poor kid, I understand why she fantasized.
I had this friend when I was growing up.
Her step father molested her from the time she was 11, all the way through high school.
I never even knew until she swallowed a bottle of pills.
I kept thinking if I'd been more sensitive or a better friend, I could've done something.
-You're doing something now for Laurie.
-I want to do more, I want to do everything I can.
-You see, you're a lifeguard too and you didn't even know it.
-Should we call her parents or-- -i want to just go there in the morning unannounced.
I'll call child protective services after that.
-I love you.
-I love you too.
-Shouldn't we have brought some sandwiches or something? -Sandwiches? Fishermen catch their lunch.
You don't get sea sick, do you, Hobie? -Well, only once.
That's when I was little.
-Oh, well, you're a big boy now.
I'm not going to worry about you.
I think I'll keep an eye on you just the same, though.
-Okay.
-Laurie? -Please come in, Mr.
Palmer.
-Thank you.
-I guess Laurie got to bed kind of late last night.
I think she's still sleeping.
I'll go get her.
-No, no, I'm afraid you misunderstand.
I'm not here to see Laurie.
I'm here to talk to you about her.
-Oh.
-Laurie isn't upstairs in her bedroom.
-I don't understand.
-I just left her.
She's with my wife at our house.
-What are you talking about? -May I speak with your husband, please? -I'm not married.
-Well, where is Laurie's father? -He passed away ten years ago.
-What? -Look, what is this all about? -It's about Laurie, she has bruises on her arm and neck.
She told us her father beats her because she won't let him get into bed with her.
-Oh, god, it's started again.
-What's started again? Sometimes Laurie gets violent.
She hurts herself, Mr.
Palmer.
Then she makes up stories.
She just came home from the hospital.
She's been there since last Christmas.
I've tried everything.
I don't know what to do anymore.
You startled me.
-You don't mind that I borrowed your blouse, do you? -No, it looks pretty on you.
-I wrote something on Craig's computer.
-Oh, he doesn't like anyone using it.
I don't even go near the thing.
-We use them in school.
Gina, I know I've hurt you and Craig a lot.
-Laurie, it's okay.
-No, I have.
And I want to make up for it.
I kind of need your help to do it.
-What do you need? -I need you to drive me back to the place where Craig saved me.
-What for? -My therapist says, if you have a feeling that you want to get rid of, you write it on a piece of paper and you take it to the ocean and you burn it.
And let the ashes wash out to sea or you Bury it in the sand forever.
-Well, Craig should be home soon, Laurie.
-I want to do this before he gets back.
Please.
That way this can all be over.
Help me, Gina.
-Okay.
-The homeless sleep under here at night.
-Can't we just burn the letter by the shore and let the ashes wash out to sea? I did that with a letter to my father once.
It didn't work.
This is the way in.
-Laurie, no, I'm not going in there.
-You said you'd help me Bury it.
-Well, I think we should see your therapist before we do this.
-You're just like everyone else.
You'll help just as long as it's not too inconvenient.
-No, that's not true.
-Forget it.
-Laurie, come on.
Laurie, come back.
-Forget it.
-Come on, don't do this.
Laurie.
Oh, god, Laurie.
Gina? Gina? Laurie? Laurie? Laurie.
I don't know how anyone could sleep under here.
-I like it here.
Gina, will you Bury this for me? It would really mean a lot to me if you helped me.
"I can't live anymore knowing you're in love with Laurie.
" This is a suicide note, what the hell are you-- no.
-Gina? Help.
Help me.
Somebody help me, please.
Help me.
Help.
-Gina? Help.
Help.
Gina? Gina? Gina? -Craig, help me.
Craig, please get me out of here.
She's trying to kill me.
She's crazy.
She's got a knife.
Hurry, Craig, please.
Laurie, no.
-Laurie look at me.
I'm here to help you, Laurie.
-No, you're not, you're here for her.
-No, I'm here for you, just for you.
Come with me, I'm here.
-I just want us to be together.
-I'm here.
-It's our fate.
It's like the poem I gave you.
-In the book you gave me.
-Yes.
-Tell it to me.
The poem? -Tell me the poem.
"He bravely risked his soul to save her life.
" "Then he took her for his wedded wife.
" You saved me, Craig.
Me, not her.
No! -Let it go, Laurie.
No.
Oh, Craig.
I loved you.
Please save me again.
Okay, hold that fish up a little higher now, let me get your picture.
-Bigger than the one your dad caught.
-Shall we stuff it? -Stuff it? Let's stuff ourselves with it.
Here we go.
Here, son, why don't you hand me your lunch? Attaboy.
Why don't you take this down to the galley and cook it up for him? -Right.
-Are you kidding? At his age? If he's a lifeguard, then I'm a reigning beauty queen.
-He is.
Al's a legend on the beach.
Tell her.
-I'm a legend on the beach.
Excuse me, I'll be right back.
Hobie! Al, al! I'm right here.
Al.
-Get over the side.
Get over the side.
Get away from the ship.
Get over the side.
Get away from the ship.
Hobie! Hobie! We've got a major code three, a fishing boat exploded.
Victims in the water, maybe Hobie and al.
-Put rescue boats and hook lines 100 yards out.
-Guys are already in the water.
-Get the chopper up now.
-Yeah.
-Hang on, don't panic.
Help's on the way.
Climb up.
Okay now, let's go.
-There's al.
All right, circle clockwise.
-Eddie, Shauni, get ready.
-Shauni, are you all right? -I forgot everything we learned.
-You'll remember when you hit the water.
Go! Get the one on south location over there.
-Al.
You all right? -Yeah.
-Where's Hobie? -I don't know, Mitch.
A part of the boat capsized right there.
Wait, you've got to hyperventilate more.
-Quiet.
I hear something.
Al's here.
-Give me some scuba gear.
You grab some too, kid.
-Okay, I've got 20-- 3,000 pounds right there.
-Ow.
-Hobie.
Oh, thank god.
I want you all to take deep breaths.
Listen to me, take deep breaths.
You ready? Come, on take it.
You've got to do it, got to do it.
Come on, one, two.
-Slow down.
-All right, get them to the boat.
Where's al? Get them on board.
Got them? Where's al? Don't see anything yet.
-Me neither.
-There they are.
-Okay, Billy, Jill, go.
One, two, three.
Clear that out.
Turn him over.
-Okay, ready? One, two, three, four, breathe.
One, two, three, four, breathe.
One, two, three, four, breathe.
Come on al.
One, two, three, four, breathe.
Come on, al.
Come on, al.
No.
Al Gibson was a great man.
Today, in a way, this is more a marriage than a funeral.
Because today this great man will become one with and inseparable from his great lady.
You know, al told me recently that being underwater was like floating in liquid heaven.
So in a way, I guess he was already in heaven when he died.
But you're not dead, al.
You're alive in me and everyone that you touched.
In the world right now, there are hundreds of people whose lives you saved.
They may never know the tremendous debt they owe you.
But all of us gathered here on your beach and in front of your tower, we know, al.
And we'll never forget you or ever stop loving you.
All that you feel all that hold on to is a lifetime of love there's a light that still shines that never goes out so we learn to move on don't surrender for we can still breathe and we can never give up till we're safe and sound hold on to to this life that still breathes and the oceans and seas and carry on hold on to to the life that's still beating and the world it shines and moves on it's up to us to carry on It's up to us to carry on Carry on it's up to us to carry on