Baywatch (1989) s01e03 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 yeah! 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 Sh -Is it morning yet? -You go to sleep.
-Is it him? -Yeah.
It's okay.
We'll be in la by morning.
Now turning to the weather, it's only a 6:15 and the temperature outside is already a whopping 81 degrees.
Today's forecast calls for temperatures of a 106 in the valleys, one-o-six at the civic center, mid-nineties along the coast and a refreshing -Hey, Hobie! Shake a leg, dude! You're late! -I can't, dad.
It's way too hot.
Air conditioning, it's like a new concept in cooling.
-Yeah, this is the beach, pal.
We don't need air conditioning.
-Yeah, right.
-You want air conditioning? I'll buy you bigger sweatbands! -Oh! -I told you he was tall.
-Steve! -Hello, Mitch.
-Hey, man.
What are you doing here? -I don't believe this.
Not a gray hair, not a pound heavier.
-Yeah.
And you're blind as ever.
-This is my son, Mike.
-Oh, hi.
-Hey, Mike.
How are you doing? This is my son, Hobie.
Hey, how are you doing? -Nice to meet you.
-So, we're on the Arizona interstate when I spot this sign for la.
Well, Mike starts squawking about how he's never seen the ocean, which gets me yapping about how I misspent my youth in the big blue.
-Yeah, the big blue.
Come on in.
You know what they used to call this guy? Barracuda.
- Hey! - This guy was a terror.
On the water, in the-- -you know what we used to call him? -Let's not get too deep here.
-Oh, the one, the only, the original Animal! -Dad? -Yeah.
-Hey, he earned that nickname.
So, what are you up to these days? What are you an oceanographer or something? -No, I'm still a lifeguard.
As a matter of fact, I'm a lieutenant.
-Wow, hey, that's really special.
Boy, this smells good.
-Well, why don't you grab a plate? I mean, I did make your favorite-- food.
Hey, Hobe, take Mike upstairs and get him washed up, huh? Come on.
-So, where is Gayle? She's sleeping or did you give her the morning off? -No.
No, we are-- we are divorced, Steve.
-Oh, I'm sorry.
Me and Allison, we are not together anymore either.
-Really? Well, I guess it happens to the best of us, huh? So, where are you staying? -I don't know just yet.
Um, I mean, when I told you that we just got off the freeway, we just got off the freeway.
Could you recommend an inexpensive place? You know, things have been a little tight lately Gosh, you know, this place is bigger than I remember.
-Same old Steve.
-Impressive, isn't it? -Just another day at your beach club.
We get to pull rich drunks out of the surf again.
-I'll handle the rich ones.
You county guards look after the riff-raff.
A little paint and these things wouldn't be such an eyesore.
-No call, no warning? -Nope.
-Same old barracuda.
-Yep.
He says he saw a sign.
Got an idea in his head and showed up.
-What do you say? -Something's going on.
-Same old barracuda.
-You see, his kid Spitting image of Allison, cute and doesn't say a word.
-Because Steve doesn't let anybody else get a word in.
-Yeah.
But it worked for him in court, didn't he? He got full custody of his kid, a lot more than you're guaranteeing me for Hobie.
-Gayle hasn't even filed yet.
-"Yet" is the prevailing wind around here.
I'm telling you, she's taking this Ohio offer seriously.
I don't want to lose Hobie.
-I know.
-Hey, hey, hey, hey, what's with the suit? It's going to be a madhouse out there today! I need you here.
-Sorry.
Can't.
I'm a lawyer today.
What do you mean you can't do it? I got your name down on tower 16.
Cleanest sand, best view Yeah, thanks a lot.
-Morning, sid.
-A rookie beach, that's what we're going to have, you know! It's going to be a million people out in the water, and they're gonna be guarded by nothing but beginners.
-No.
No rookies in adjoining towers today.
You better put five guards on either side of the pier, give me two at the end of the jetty at tower 11.
And double up everywhere.
-Double up? -Yeah, double up.
-Yes, sir, lieutenant, sir.
-Don't call me lieutenant, and especially don't call me sir.
-You got it, babe.
And now more of our incredible weather.
We have reports of scattered power outages throughout the city.
Heatstroke victims are pouring into local hospitals and county lifeguards are bracing themselves for the biggest day of the summer.
A dozen rescues have already been reported as people take to the water in search of relief.
Now listen, if you haven't already made it to the beach, forget it.
Westbound traffic is backed up to Nevada.
Right now it's a 104 degrees downtown, 106 in Burbank, and temperatures are still going up.
So, just you, my dad, and Craig? -That's right.
So there we were, on the wrong side of the border.
We only had five bucks between us, and your dad, he was as sick as a dog.
Excuse me, this guy belongs to you? Yes.
-He's throwing wet sand on the sunbathers.
-Oh, Ricky.
Thanks.
I'll handle this.
I thought I told you to behave yourself, young man.
-It was just a joke! -And I'm not laughing, am I? Now go find something to do.
And stay out of trouble! -Hey, Mike, I'm going to give old Hobie here an education in body surfing.
You want to come? -No, I'd rather hang out at the pier.
-Oh.
His first day at the beach.
I guess the ocean's a little intimidating.
See you later.
-Okay, pal.
But I don't want you going to the pier without me, all right? And put some of that sunblock on, okay? Rub it in real good, okay? And don't talk to any strangers! -I know, I heard, I'm a stranger.
You're not supposed to talk to me.
-I don't think my dad meant other kids.
-Well, what's your name? -Mike humboldt.
-I bet everybody calls you Mikey.
You look like a Mikey.
-Yeah? You look like a jerk.
-That's me.
That's my name.
Jerk.
Baloney.
Rad! Thanks.
Let's get out of here, go do something.
-No.
-Well yeah, you're a Mikey all right.
Only a Mikey would come to the beach and sit around all day.
Well, bye, Mikey.
Have fun! Don't talk to strangers! And put that sunblock on! -Wait up! - Oh, I'm sorry.
- He's with a client right now.
May I take your message? -Paul dunford is demanding we refund the 6000 dollars you billed him last month.
-Wait, why? I've been knocking myself out of that case.
-Seems that he saw you playing lifeguard last weekend.
And figures he shouldn't have to pay you 200 an hour when the county gets you for 12 bucks.
-Twelve-fifty.
And what I do in my spare time is none of his business.
-Hey, you don't have any spare time! I don't care how smart you are or how good you are in court! If I don't have you seven days a week, I don't want you at all.
-Come on, how many times are we gonna have this discussion? -Never again.
Lifeguard or lawyer.
Make a decision.
By tomorrow.
- The time stops when we're together the mic drops 'cause we're friends forever we'll chase the sun when it's fading fast just can't believe how long the summer lasts everything is cool when I'm with you colors seem much brighter when I'm having fun beside you everything is cool when I'm with you exploring everything in this this beautiful world beautiful world we'll chase the sun when it's fading fast just can't believe how long the summer lasts everything is cool when I'm with you colors seem much brighter when I'm having fun beside you everything is cool when I'm with you with you Positive.
This is probably illegal.
What if they put us in jail? -They won't.
We're kids, okay? Kids can get away with anything.
Come on! Okay.
I like to dig these deep holes in the beach, cover them with blankets, then sprinkle sand on top.
Why? To watch people fall in, dummy.
It's a blast.
We'll do it tomorrow.
I don't know if I'll be here.
- You going someplace? - Maybe.
Either you are or you aren't.
It's up to my dad, and he never tells me anything.
-Damn tide's coming in.
Told you we should have done this first thing this morning.
Kids, leave the computer alone.
Sid, help! Okay, let's just move them in a chair, okay? Lost children's desk.
Hi, Shauni.
What have you got? All right, four-year-old boy, brown hair, brown eyes, blue swim trunks.
What? Red t-shirt and cape? Does this kid have a name? Spiderman? Excuse me.
Let go off it, will you? First or last? No, I'm kidding.
I'm kidding.
Okay.
Bye.
-I'm going to borrow this for a second.
There's another kid that's missing.
I just got the name.
-Fifty lost kids and it's not even eleven.
Temperature just hit a 105 downtown! Traffic on sunset's backed up all the way to Westwood.
And you know where they're going, don't you? - To the beach.
- The beach! I want to tell you, right here and right now-- I am not having any fun! -I'm having fun.
Aren't you? - No.
-Oh, I'm sorry.
-Lost children's desk.
Mitch! -Hey, Steve, what are you doing here? -You got to help me.
Mike's missing.
I'm here four hours and I lose him.
-When did it happen? -I don't know, 45 minutes ago.
-Forty-five minutes ago and you're a wreck? Aren't you the guy who turned up late to his own birthday party? -We're talking about my kid! -Hey, relax.
He's already on the list.
-I know.
I know.
I reported it to the tower.
So what are you going to do? -We get hundreds of lost kids on days like today.
They all turn up sooner or later.
-That's it? You just give me the stock lifeguard talk? -Too early to press the panic button.
-Yeah, that's easy for you to say.
-If you don't mind, I think I'll hit the sand and do a little panicking.
Thanks! Lost children's desk.
Triplets? -I am not having fun now.
Excuse me.
- Look! - Where'd that come from? -Who knows? -Help! -Help! -Anybody! Help! Help! Help! Help! Please, somebody help! -Anybody! -Help! -Anybody! -Help! -Get us out of here! -Help! -Hi.
-Hey.
-It's a surprise.
I thought you had a full day.
-Why aren't you up in your studio? -Heat rises.
-That's great.
-It's not finished.
-Looks finished.
-It's not finished.
-It's not finished? When are you supposed to ship it out? -I'm not.
Gallery called.
I'm out of the opening.
-Why? -They gave my space away to someone else.
-They can't do that.
-What are you doing? -I'm calling.
They have a contract to honor.
-What's their number? -We didn't sign anything.
-You had that oral agreement.
-Yeah, we had an oral agreement that they would try and save me a space.
-That's good enough me.
Now, what's the damn number? -Why aren't you at work? -Dreyfuss dropped the big one.
-Lifeguarding or lawyering? -Yeah.
-Fun or money? -Mm-hm.
-Eternal youth or stodgy middle age? -You got it.
-Tough call.
-Yeah, I got some thinking to do.
-At the beach? -Yeah.
-Doesn't that tell you something? -What? -Looks finished.
The water keeps getting higher.
The tide's coming in.
-And five little monsters.
-This day couldn't get any worse.
Hey! Oh, don't worry, everybody.
The emergency generator will kick in just a second.
Yeah! -Bad news is that the air conditioner doesn't work when we're on backup.
-What are you doing here? -Don't sound so surprised.
You knew I couldn't stay away.
-I thought you were being lawyer today.
-No questions, please.
Just give me a nice, quiet, little stretch of beach.
-Something secluded, where waves gently lap the shore-- - got you! - Ouch! Just take me with you.
-Nice quiet day at the beach.
Why is it when people have something tough to decide they go to the water? -I don't know, but I can use you today at the tower 23.
-Fine.
I know when I got a tough decision to make that's what I do, I go to the beach.
-You got some decision to make.
-No, no.
It's just where I spend my time on a lifeguard and there's nothing wrong with that.
-Excuse me.
Buchannon.
-I mean it's what we do, right? -Get the dog out of there! -What we do is important.
-It's a hundred degrees! -I never thought I'd keep doing it this long, you know.
-Break the window! It's not my Mercedes, what do I care? Smash it! -And I'm still doing it.
-What? -Tower 14's got a turf war going over towel space.
-Um Coconut oil is really flying.
-You're in the call car.
Alert garner in case it gets ugly.
-All right.
-The thing is, when I pictured myself as an "adult," it was as a guy, in a tailored suit, giving a brilliant summation to a jury, not a guy wearing red swim trunks.
"Perry Mason," not "sea hunt.
" -Are you knocking Lloyd Bridges? -No.
Why keep working as a lifeguard when you're an adult? Once you've been in a courtroom? It's the thing is that I like doing it, I love doing it.
And I love law.
So why do you have to give up one to have the other? -I don't think that you do.
-You got a war going on at 14.
-I know that.
-Well, can't this wait? -Yes, of course it can wait.
-Look! -Hey you out there! Help us! -Help us! You! Help us! Hey, mister, over here! You! You out there! -Help us! Help! Help! Help! Help! Come on, let's get out of here.
-Hurry! Hey, guys! Downstairs.
Downstairs.
Come on.
This way.
Hey! Hey! Don't run! Over a hundred rescues.
I got four trucks out.
It's unbelievable.
Excuse me.
Are you Mitch Buchannon? -Yeah.
-Tower 13 needs assistance.
Heat prostration.
Again, this one's unconscious.
-Paramedics, code 3.
I'm sorry.
We're a little busy here.
What do you want? -You think we might step into your office? This is important.
-We handle the important things right after we handle the emergencies.
-Lieutenant, you've got to help me.
Please, find my little Ricky.
Please.
-I think you want to hear this.
-Jill.
-Mrs.
Blount, please, come with me downstairs.
-Please! -She is missing her kid.
-Yeah, I gather that.
-Captain Thorpe for you on line one.
I'll put it through for you in your office.
-Yeah.
-And there's a car fire in lot 18.
-Well, tell them to put it out! Yeah? Yes, sir.
-Lieutenant, you know what this is? -Uh -This is a kidnapper.
-No, sir.
-And you know what you are? -Excuse me, sir-- -you are an accessory.
-Can I call you right back? It's so hot it's so hot it's so hot it's so hot you could see them running to the water you could see them coming from inland you could see them running to the water you could see them with their toes in the sand so hot you could see them running to the water everybody on the road, same plan so hot you could see them running to the water so hot you'll never understand so hot sun's out all day people running to the ocean miles away hot sand, burning rays time slowing no escape you could see him -Hey, what are you doing here? -Killer heat.
-You hate the beach.
-I love the beach.
-No, you hate the beach.
You came to give me advice, didn't you? Headquarters told you I was in a call car and you came looking for me.
-That's right.
They told me look for the truck-- the truck with the steam coming out the front of it.
-Very funny.
Oh, man! -This never happens to my bicycle.
-I know.
Your favorite piece of advice: Get a bicycle.
-No, no.
I have a new favorite now.
Quit your job.
-Gina, I've got responsibilities.
I've got clients I care about.
I've got cases I'm involved in, I got bills to pay.
Besides that, I like being a lawyer.
-Then be a lawyer.
Look, we clean off the kitchen table and you've got yourself an office.
-No, we got a clean kitchen table.
-You take only the cases you want to take, you work with people instead of corporations, you can make your own hours.
-Fingers.
-You make your own hours.
Best of all, you never have to leave the beach.
Or me.
-Oh, yeah.
I love the beach.
-I hate the beach.
We don't know what's down there! There's a light down there.
Maybe it's another way out! Come on! -Mike? Mike! Mike! Mike! -Mike! -No! Get away from me! Help! Dad! Hey, what do you think you're doing? Hey, hey! Kill him, dad! Come on.
Wait a second, let me explain-- -get him, dad! Get him! Come on! Come on! Get him! Hey, wait a second! What do you think you are doing? -Ask him! -On the beach.
-He grabbed my kid! -I'll take it from here.
-Come on.
-Relax.
Relax.
Relax.
All right, let's go.
Come on.
-Go on! -He grabbed my kid! -Because I thought he was my kid! -What? So why didn't you say something? -Eddie, you all right? What happened? -Yeah.
Just a difference of opinion.
We straightened it out.
-Steve? -Craig? -Well, you two obviously know each other.
See you.
-See you.
-Craig, I need your help.
My kid is missing.
Please.
-Come on.
-I want to know what the hell's going on, man! You come to my house, you ask for my hospitality, and then I find out you're wanted for child stealing! -That investigator Where is he now? -I don't know where he is.
He's probably out looking for you somewhere.
-Mitch, I'm sorry.
-Oh.
-You've got to believe me.
I didn't mean to cause any trouble.
We were just passing through.
I mean, I had no idea the guy was still on my tail.
-Just unbelievable to me.
I mean, you don't get it, do you? He's not the problem, pal, you're the problem.
-We're on pretty shaky legal ground here, Mitch.
We've got to get the police in here.
-Police? Come on, guys.
We're friends.
-Well, then level with your friends.
-I love that kid so much it kills me.
If anything's happened to him, I don't know what I would do.
Eleven good years of marriage, then it all goes sour overnight.
She gets custody and I get one weekend a month.
It isn't fair.
It just isn't fair! -It's fine, Mike.
And we'll worry about what to do.
Hurry! -I can't! I'll slip.
All right, listen up.
These are the two boys.
Michael humboldt and Ricky - Blount.
- Ricky blount.
They've been missing most of the day.
The police are searching for them inland.
We've been looking for them on the beach.
-We don't know if they're together or separate, but we know they disappeared around noon from tower 7.
-If nobody else can find them, what are a bunch of junior lifeguards supposed to do? -Now that's the fun part.
We want you to go everywhere you've ever been told not to go.
Yeah! -But this is serious business, guys.
We got to find these kids.
-But don't do anything stupid.
We don't want to be passing out pictures of you all later on today.
We won't.
- Okay? - Okay.
Okay.
Pair up and get out of here.
- Come on, let's go.
- I'll go with you.
- You come with me.
- Okay.
Hey, Hobe, let's find these kids, huh? -You got it, dad.
-All right.
To the lost souls where have you gone? Gone like a ghost never to be found for far too long it's been far too long and have you fallen further somewhere in the dark? Can you reach up higher, touch the watermark? For I will bring you back touchstone to the start just be brave and we will keep you safe we'll find you in the dark show me a sign where you have gone somewhere in between the cracks of stone for far too long gone far too long from where you belong have you fallen further somewhere in the dark? Can you reach any higher than the watermark? So just be brave and we will find you safe and sound and we will finally get you home even if we look into the dark Where are we? - Hey, Hobie.
- Hey.
-I hear your dad drafted you.
-Yeah.
It's kind of neat.
I get to go places where I'm not supposed to go.
-No luck, huh? -No.
The only other place I can think of is the drainage canal.
You haven't seen anybody there, have you? -Just a couple of maintenance guys.
But they're the only ones allowed in there.
-No kids, huh? -Sorry.
-Hey, the maintenance guys, why were they in there? -They had to put a new lock on the gate.
That canal fills up at high tide.
- Yeah, Mitch here.
Hey, Shauni.
What's up? Yeah, I'm on my way.
Hey, sid! Get Craig back here right now! -Hey, the tide's up.
You'll never get through to that entrance.
The water would have driven the kids back, anyway.
There's a storm drain out there, it's on top of a collection chamber.
That's where they'd end up.
-All right, we're out of here.
-Right.
Hey, come on, Hobe, get off.
- Ease up, lieutenant.
- Let him tag along.
He can help.
-All right.
Excuse me.
Anybody in there? Ricky? Mike? Help us! Help! Help! Help us! Help us! - Don't worry, guys.
- Just hang in there.
We'll get you out as soon as we can.
Help! -We won't even be able to get a rope to them.
-Come in from the riverbed.
-Right.
-Hobie, you stay here, you keep them calm.
We'll radio for backup.
-All right.
-What happened? Why isn't anybody coming to help us? -They're on their way! -I don't know how much longer I can do this.
-Can you touch bottom? -No.
-No.
-Can you grab onto anything? No.
-All right then.
Just keep kicking.
Relax.
Easy now.
-Must be the way.
-Yeah, follow me.
Your parents are on their way.
Don't worry.
Look, we are going to get you out of there, okay? It's going to be okay.
Just stay calm.
What are you doing? Got to get them out of there somehow.
-That will rain hot metal on those kids.
Yank the grate out.
-How much longer? Soon! We're all here for you.
Just hang on.
-I can't.
I can't.
He went under! - Grab him! - Mike, you grab him! -I got him! -Mike, just keep his head above water any way you can.
-Strange day.
-Yeah, tell me about it.
Just stopped thinking about Steve.
-Whether or not you'd do what he did if you lost custody of Hobie? -Yeah.
-I know.
-It scares the hell out of me.
Oh, god.
What's that? -Augh! Oh! Oh, you ever think about giving all the stuff for something drier and more lucrative? -Like what? -The firm gave me a choice.
Lawyer or lifeguard.
-Does that mean you quit baywatch? -We'll still have our early morning workouts together.
-You'd lose your locker.
-You'd take away my locker? -Absolutely.
How many former lifeguards have got lockers at headquarters? -You'd take away my locker! -Wait a minute.
What's that? Alright, bring it up little right now! That's good! Easy peasy.
Please, just stay back.
You're totally good! Keep coming.
You're good, buddy! Keep it co-- stay back, sir! Stay back! -That's my kid down there! Calm down! Sorry.
They are doing everything they can.
Get back, please.
- That's good.
- Bring on that! Come on, that's good.
Come on, please.
Keep it up, that's it.
-No! Don't leave us in here! -Stay back! Stay back.
-We're going in with the blowtorch.
-What if I donate large sums of money to the lifeguard benevolence society? -We'll give you a nice plaque you can hang on your wall thanking you very much.
-You won't let me keep my locker? -Absolutely not.
-Damn it! -What? -We are blocked.
It's the kids.
Hey, over here! -You got to help us! My arms and legs-- I can't -- watch out! -No! I lost him.
I cannot find him! And now I'm scared! I don't have him anymore! I lost him! -I got him.
Hang on.
You guys okay? Come on.
It's all right.
I got them! They did it! Yeah! Great job! -Yeah! - You okay? - Yeah, I'm fine.
-Okay? -Yeah.
Give me your hand, son.
All right, here we go.
Ricky! Yeah! Wo-hoo! Mitch, what about Mike? -He's okay.
- Here we go.
- Mike! Mike! Yeah! -Let's go give your mom a call, okay? It's time to go home, buddy.
-Looks like you're out of a job, huh? -Yeah.
-You're getting pretty good at this stuff, dad.
-Yeah? You're getting pretty good at this stuff yourself.
-Hi.
My name's Eddie.
You were my best customer today and I'd like to invite you to dinner.
Oh -She's busy.
-Hi, Trevor.
I thought you'd never get here.
How you doing, Roxanne? -Sorry.
Next visit, maybe.
-Next visit Maybe.
-Hey.
Two trips to the beach in the same day? Amazing.
-Well, i-- I heard about those two little kids on the radio.
-Oh, yeah, yeah.
Should've see Mitch today, he was a regular hero.
I had Marty dreyfuss in my ear all afternoon laughing at me for getting down on my hands and knees crawling through that muck.
He did me a favor.
-A favor? -Yeah.
He did me a favor.
He gave me an opportunity to do what I've been talking about doing.
My own place, my own practice, my own hours.
-Work with people, not corporations.
-Where have I heard that before? -Congratulations.
-Thanks.
-Does that mean you're going to stay at baywatch? -Unless they keep my old locker and I don't have any more days like I had today.
-You get to keep your own locker and I promise no more days like you had today.
The weather forecast for Los Angeles -Deal.
and orange counties, if you liked today, you are going to love tomorrow.
Hot, hot, hot.
The hottest temperatures on record are predicted throughout the southland.
But outside it is paradise tonight under beautiful