Baywatch (1989) s05e06 Episode Script
Short Sighted
1 Some people stand in the darkness afraid to step into the light some people need to have somebody when the edge of surrender's in sight don't you worry its 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 Lifeguard '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 Baywatch "Short sighted" Ri na cruin ta na go o'nay nil om muin muscal la domei hey omneady for Fred an dom hanooh ri na cruin ta na go o'nay Ri na cruin ta na go o'nay nil om muin muscal la domei Ri na cruin ta na go o'nay nil om muin muscal la domei Caroline, congratulations, I'm so proud of you.
Congratulations.
That was wonderful.
I suppose you want to congratulate the winner? You're a seasoned guard, Fowler.
I don't find you beating out rookies a fair competition.
Well, it's your yank rule that says I've gotta qualify, no matter what my experience.
Well, you finished first and your exchange time is up.
Why don't you go home? Listen up! For all of you who finished, and placed, congratulations.
We only have a certain amount of spots left this year so if you didn't place, hopefully we'll see you back here next year.
Once again, congratulations.
One, two, three, four, breathe.
One, two, three, four, breathe.
Alright, so that's about it Carter.
You just pump on the victim's chest rhythmically and breathe into their mouth.
Hobie, can I have my dog back now? Sure, Ashley.
Thank you, muffin.
Come on, muffy.
So, you get the main idea, right? Hey Ashley, don't take that raft in the water okay? Hey, this is Carter.
He just moved here.
Man, you're just in time for the junior guard competition.
Really? That's great.
It's gonna be cool, it's a father/son competition.
My dad's gonna cream all your dads.
Yeah, right.
What if my dad can't be in it? What's the matter, your dad out of shape or something? No, he's an awesome athlete, but I just remembered, he's in this really big tennis tournament this weekend.
He's always in some sort of tournament.
Let's move it guys! If you wanna get in shape for this competition we're gonna have to work.
Let's go! Buoy swim.
Hey, we gotta go! No, no, no.
I never wanna get out.
This feels way too good.
Well come on, the sooner we get out, the sooner we find our beach assignments.
And rookie of the year.
And who gets to pick what beach.
Well, Logan came in first so Logan is rookie of the year, so he's gonna get to pick what beach he wants.
I just know ,he's gonna pick Baywatch and if he does I don't know what I'm gonna do because I cannot work with him.
It'll be a complete disaster.
Well all I know is that if I'm assigned Baywatch, I'm gonna request another beach.
Listen, he's gonna pick Malibu because that's where his Everybody wants Malibu.
You mean that's where she lives.
You know what, it doesn't matter anyway because I'm not working with him and that's all there is to it.
Oh Caroline, I know how awkward this is for you, but you just can't let Logan have this kind of power over your life.
I say let's not borrow trouble.
There's a lot of great beaches, he's probably not even gonna pick Baywatch.
Maybe I won't even get Baywatch.
All lifeguards report to the deck in 15 minutes for beach assignments.
Well, I guess we'll find out soon enough.
All right, all right, alright I won't keep you in suspense any longer.
The beach assignments are Bates, Connor, Wade.
Martin and Mr.
Tommy Moore.
Samples and Clark.
Holden and Bernard.
See? I told you your sister would be sure you got Baywatch.
Now if I could have everyone's attention.
As you know, the rookie of the year is entitled to choose his or her beach assignment.
This year, our rookie of the year award goes to our exchange lifeguard from Australia, Logan Fowler.
He's not a rookie.
He's been a lifeguard for years.
Well, there's nothing we can do about it so don't give him the satisfaction.
Just smile.
Congratulations.
Now, the choice of the beach is yours.
Okay.
Well I've given it a lot of thought, and after everything I've been through with everybody, with the earthquake and all, I feel that this is where I belong.
I choose Baywatch.
Okay, that was a great practice, but in the real competition, your dads will hit the water next.
So you junior guards, doesn't matter where you place, it's your dads who are gonna make it or break it for ya.
Next is the running relay, so what you have to do is to decide who is the best swimmer and who is the best runner, the father or the son.
Okay guys, let's get ready for the next heat.
Ready? All right, let's have fun.
Look, there's a dwarf.
Think he's got enough stuff? All right.
Look at him.
He must be lost.
I'll go talk to him.
See if he needs directions or something.
Okay.
What are you doing here, Simon? I got a call at my office about practice for the father/son competition.
I left right away.
You didn't have to come.
I wanted to be here for you, son.
Sorry I'm late.
Come on, let's join the others.
No.
I mean, I don't feel good.
I gotta use the bathroom.
Carter? Carter! Carter! Okay guys, come on with me.
We'll get you going.
Come on.
Can I give you a hand with that? Thanks.
But what I really need is to get to my son.
Hi, my name's Matt Brody.
Simon McKay, Carter's father.
Hey, you okay? I guess.
Your dad's looking for you.
You mean Simon? He is your dad, isn't he? My mom died last year, so I came out here to live with Simon.
My aunt told me he was my dad.
But how could he be my dad? My mom was always telling me my dad was this great athlete and all.
But when I met Simon He wasn't the fantasy dad that you had pictured all those years.
And that's why you lied about him.
And that's why you ran away from him today.
I just didn't want people to know that That he's my dad.
Just because he looks a certain way? All these people out here are so perfect looking and looks seem so important to everybody.
Seems like you have to look a certain way just to make friends.
I know how important it is for you to fit in and make friends, but I don't think you're giving your dad a fair chance to be your dad.
I always thought my dad would be someone like you.
Why can't you have been my dad? Why did my dad have to be a dwarf? Carter The only thing a man should be measured by is the size of his heart.
Come on.
I hope this means what I think it does.
Sister dear when you are right you are right.
There is no way I'm gonna let Logan Fowler get in the way of something that I want.
All right.
Yeah, Logan Fowler is definitely out of my system.
Great day.
Looks like it's gonna be pretty hot so wear lots of sunblock, okay? How's it going? Going great.
Good, I'm gonna patrol down south.
Keep an eye on that little girl.
Her mother looks like she's sleeping.
All right.
All right, see you later.
Well, thank you.
I look forward to it.
Now, you two have a good day.
You know the 20 second rule.
You were definitely talking to those girls for more than 20 seconds.
Yeah, I know the rule.
I just didn't think you had me on the clock.
Well, now you know.
Help! Help! Help! Caroline! I need backup! Logan, watch our water! Ma'am please, let us do our job, okay? We'll take care of her.
No pulse.
One and two and three and four and five.
One and two and three and four and five.
One and two and three and four and Sweetie.
Oh, thank god! Are you okay? Lance, will you take these people back to headquarters and make sure they're okay? CJ, will you watch my water? We're gonna take you back to headquarters now.
Caroline, what happened to you? I specifically told you to watch that little girl.
She was right in front of you.
Don't you think I feel guilty enough as it is? Caroline, you're a lifeguard.
I expect you to feel guilty when you miss a rescue.
Stephanie I told you it would be a disaster if Logan and I worked on the same beach.
Look what happened.
What are you saying? I don't see why I have to spell this out for you.
I was watching Logan.
That's why I missed the rescue.
CJ said you wanted to see me.
What can I do for you? Well for starters, you can get off my paperwork.
Oh.
We're overstaffed here at Baywatch, so I'll be transferring you to Zuma at the end of the week.
They need you, you'll like it there.
Wait a minute.
I get my choice of beach, and I chose Baywatch.
You can't fire me.
I'm not firing you, I'm just reassigning you.
Why? You're getting rid of me because of your sister, aren't you? Oh, that's ridiculous.
Is it, lieutenant? Your sister misses a rescue and I get transferred for breaking up with her? Wel,l you won't get away with it.
Caroline, what's wrong now? You, Stephanie.
You're what's wrong.
Oh, well don't tell me you have nothing to say.
That's a huge switch.
Caroline, if I've done something Yes you have done something, Stephanie.
Look, I don't need you sticking up for me and I don't need you transferring Logan to another beach for my sake.
I can handle my own problems.
But Caroline, you told me you couldn't handle working with Logan.
Yeah, but I did not ask you to interfere.
Look Stephanie, I need to be able to talk to you without feeling like you're always gonna have to come to my rescue.
Let me sink or swim on my own.
Well Caroline, you let someone almost sink out there yesterday.
I suppose you expect me to ignore that too.
I missed a rescue Stephanie, I screwed up, all right? I feel bad enough.
Well, you screwed up because you were being distracted by Logan.
- Need a referee? - No! Look, I'm gonna go to work.
Wow.
God, I wish she'd stop trying to be my mother.
Well Stephanie's your big sister, she just feels protective.
What's really bothering you? I just can't believe that I let go of a great guy like Matt for Logan.
-Oh CJ I'm sorry, I -That's okay.
It's just the thing is, is Logan dumps me and I'm still incredibly attracted to him.
I mean, I don't get it.
Well, when I figure that one out, I'm gonna write a best-seller.
Men.
Dollar for your thoughts? That's some inflation.
And that was some decision you made without consulting me.
Oh, don't tell me, Logan came to see you.
Tell me you have a legitimate, fair reason for transferring him and I'm behind you 100 percent.
But, if you're transferring him because of his relationship with Caroline Look Mitch, she was just so sad, you know? I was trying to help.
Then Caroline is the reason you're transferring him.
Stephanie, Logan made it very clear that if he's transferred from Baywatch, he'll sue for discrimination.
He'll sue and he'll win, you know that.
He's got every right to be evaluated as a lifeguard, not as an ex-boyfriend.
He's not the one who missed the rescue.
I know, I know.
Okay Mitch, I was wrong and I will take responsibility for that.
I guess Caroline will just have to find a way to work with Logan professionally.
We found a way to work together after we broke up, didn't we? Yeah, but it was a pretty rough road.
I mean you almost transferred me.
But I didn't.
And we became very good friends.
We did, didn't we? It's hard to watch the world go by nobody cares you feel so small if they could see without their eyes inside your soul you're 10 feet tall don't ever let them know how much it hurts to walk alone forget the man you used to be you are who you choose to be believe in yourself says that angel on your shoulder if you can't be the sun be a star it's not how big the hero when the battle is over but only how big is his heart be the best of whatever you are when every heart beats win or lose don't ever let life shoot you down you're tall enough to touch the sky both your feet are on the ground find the smile through the tears burn away your doubts and fears no need to walk one step behind it's your turn to shine believe in yourself says that angel on your shoulder if you can't be the sun be a star be the best of whatever you are be the best of whatever you are Hi, Matt.
Simon.
Where'd you come from? When you're my size, it's easy to hide.
Or sneak up on people.
If you've got a minute, Matt, I'd like to talk to you about Carter.
Sure Simon.
I always wanted to learn to swim.
It's never too late.
That's what I was hoping when Carter came to live with me.
I heard you and Carter talking yesterday.
I heard what he said about me.
My hope was that he would never have to suffer because of me being a dwarf.
But he is suffering again.
His mother thought it'd be too traumatic for him to know that I was, well, vertically challenged, as she would put it.
So when we divorced, she took off with Carter and wouldn't tell me where she was.
So Carter had to suffer because his father wasn't around.
And thinking that I didn't care.
I never should have let her keep me out of his life.
I can't redo the past, but I can do something about the future.
Carter calls me Simon.
I just want him to accept me as his father, Matt.
You know my dad is tall, good looking, charming, athletic, wealthy, the whole nine yards, and you know what? I'm ashamed of my dad.
And it has nothing to do with his height or his looks.
It's 'cause he was a lousy dad Who didn't care about me or my feelings.
And he wasn't there for me.
My dad was six feet tall.
He always told me, "it doesn't matter how tall a man is, as long as he has his feet on the ground.
" For what it's worth I'd be proud to have you as my father.
That's worth a great deal to me, Matt.
Come on.
I'll walk you back to your car.
I love the beach.
It's such a beautiful day, I think I'll do some reading.
Here? Don't worry, I'm not gonna hang with you and your friends.
I'll go further up the beach.
Okay, my friends are waiting for me.
I have to go.
Hey, when you were just a baby, I'd take you to the beach and you'd never let go of me.
Remember that? How am I supposed to remember something from 10 years ago when I was just a baby? Besides, what's there to remember? What's there to remember? I remember your favorite food was applesauce.
I read Dr.
Seuss to you every night.
And you couldn't go to sleep unless I rocked you.
And you had this little bear and you called him pookie.
And I remember the first time you looked up at me And called me daddy.
I also remember the pain of losing you when your mother took you away.
So please, son, don't ever tell me there's nothing to remember.
Hey Carter, we don't have time to boogie board.
We gotta get started.
Simon, I Carter, come on! I gotta go.
Hang on to my board for me? Sure.
How's it going? Okay.
Look I owe you an apology.
I was wrong to interfere with you and Logan.
I also apologized to Logan and told him he could stay at Baywatch.
Thanks, Steph.
So, I guess that must have been a pretty hard one for you to swallow.
A cantaloupe would have been easier.
Hey, do you remember that poster you used to have hanging over your bed at home? "Love means learning to let go.
" Mm-hmm, you just used to hope and pray that somehow mom would get the drift.
Yeah, she never did, did she? No.
Well, I get the drift.
On-duty I'm your boss, but I still wanna be your sister, you know, off-duty of course.
But, we are not gonna be sharing the same tower, it's sort of like teaching you to drive.
Wait a second, what is that supposed to mean? What was so hard about teaching me how to drive? Are you kidding? The way you slammed on the brakes and ground the gearshift, made me a crazy person.
What do you mean I made you a crazy person? You made me a crazy person.
Muffy, muffy, hang on I'm coming! Muffy, hang on! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! I can't hold on! Help! Help me! Help! Let me get you in the boat.
Come on, you can do it.
Simon.
There you go! This is tower 10, I need backup south side of the jetty.
It's Simon! Come on! Let's go! Come on! Ashley! Ashley, are you okay? I'm sorry.
Mitch, it's Simon! He went down about here.
Muffy, muffy Simon! Simon! Where is he? He's gotta be okay, Hobie.
He's just gotta.
All right, they got him man.
Stand back.
I got him, I got him.
Simon.
Simon.
Just keep clear, keep clear.
No pulse.
One, two, three, four, five.
One, two, three, four, five.
Dad, please.
One, two, three, four, five.
Please dad, don't die.
One, two, three, four, five.
One, two, three, four, five.
One, two, three, four Okay, cough it up.
Come on, spit it out, spit it out.
Oh dad, I'm so sorry.
You okay? Dad, I'm sorry.
Dad, I love you.
Baywatch lifeguard headquarters Baywatch junior lifeguards father/son competition I would like to welcome everybody to the sixth annual father/son competition.
Each year, we kick off the competition by awarding the medal of valor to one of the junior lifeguards who performs above and beyond the call of duty.
This year, by unanimous decision, the award goes to one of the fathers, Simon McKay.
My name's Carter McKay and this is Simon, my dad.
My dad risked his life to save someone else and he's a hero, but what I never realized is that he's always been a hero.
I just didn't know it.
Baywatch lifeguard headquarters someone once told me that a man should be measured by the size of his heart Then my dad is the biggest man I've ever known.
Baywatch junior lifeguard father/son competition dedicated to the loving memory of David rappaport
Congratulations.
That was wonderful.
I suppose you want to congratulate the winner? You're a seasoned guard, Fowler.
I don't find you beating out rookies a fair competition.
Well, it's your yank rule that says I've gotta qualify, no matter what my experience.
Well, you finished first and your exchange time is up.
Why don't you go home? Listen up! For all of you who finished, and placed, congratulations.
We only have a certain amount of spots left this year so if you didn't place, hopefully we'll see you back here next year.
Once again, congratulations.
One, two, three, four, breathe.
One, two, three, four, breathe.
Alright, so that's about it Carter.
You just pump on the victim's chest rhythmically and breathe into their mouth.
Hobie, can I have my dog back now? Sure, Ashley.
Thank you, muffin.
Come on, muffy.
So, you get the main idea, right? Hey Ashley, don't take that raft in the water okay? Hey, this is Carter.
He just moved here.
Man, you're just in time for the junior guard competition.
Really? That's great.
It's gonna be cool, it's a father/son competition.
My dad's gonna cream all your dads.
Yeah, right.
What if my dad can't be in it? What's the matter, your dad out of shape or something? No, he's an awesome athlete, but I just remembered, he's in this really big tennis tournament this weekend.
He's always in some sort of tournament.
Let's move it guys! If you wanna get in shape for this competition we're gonna have to work.
Let's go! Buoy swim.
Hey, we gotta go! No, no, no.
I never wanna get out.
This feels way too good.
Well come on, the sooner we get out, the sooner we find our beach assignments.
And rookie of the year.
And who gets to pick what beach.
Well, Logan came in first so Logan is rookie of the year, so he's gonna get to pick what beach he wants.
I just know ,he's gonna pick Baywatch and if he does I don't know what I'm gonna do because I cannot work with him.
It'll be a complete disaster.
Well all I know is that if I'm assigned Baywatch, I'm gonna request another beach.
Listen, he's gonna pick Malibu because that's where his Everybody wants Malibu.
You mean that's where she lives.
You know what, it doesn't matter anyway because I'm not working with him and that's all there is to it.
Oh Caroline, I know how awkward this is for you, but you just can't let Logan have this kind of power over your life.
I say let's not borrow trouble.
There's a lot of great beaches, he's probably not even gonna pick Baywatch.
Maybe I won't even get Baywatch.
All lifeguards report to the deck in 15 minutes for beach assignments.
Well, I guess we'll find out soon enough.
All right, all right, alright I won't keep you in suspense any longer.
The beach assignments are Bates, Connor, Wade.
Martin and Mr.
Tommy Moore.
Samples and Clark.
Holden and Bernard.
See? I told you your sister would be sure you got Baywatch.
Now if I could have everyone's attention.
As you know, the rookie of the year is entitled to choose his or her beach assignment.
This year, our rookie of the year award goes to our exchange lifeguard from Australia, Logan Fowler.
He's not a rookie.
He's been a lifeguard for years.
Well, there's nothing we can do about it so don't give him the satisfaction.
Just smile.
Congratulations.
Now, the choice of the beach is yours.
Okay.
Well I've given it a lot of thought, and after everything I've been through with everybody, with the earthquake and all, I feel that this is where I belong.
I choose Baywatch.
Okay, that was a great practice, but in the real competition, your dads will hit the water next.
So you junior guards, doesn't matter where you place, it's your dads who are gonna make it or break it for ya.
Next is the running relay, so what you have to do is to decide who is the best swimmer and who is the best runner, the father or the son.
Okay guys, let's get ready for the next heat.
Ready? All right, let's have fun.
Look, there's a dwarf.
Think he's got enough stuff? All right.
Look at him.
He must be lost.
I'll go talk to him.
See if he needs directions or something.
Okay.
What are you doing here, Simon? I got a call at my office about practice for the father/son competition.
I left right away.
You didn't have to come.
I wanted to be here for you, son.
Sorry I'm late.
Come on, let's join the others.
No.
I mean, I don't feel good.
I gotta use the bathroom.
Carter? Carter! Carter! Okay guys, come on with me.
We'll get you going.
Come on.
Can I give you a hand with that? Thanks.
But what I really need is to get to my son.
Hi, my name's Matt Brody.
Simon McKay, Carter's father.
Hey, you okay? I guess.
Your dad's looking for you.
You mean Simon? He is your dad, isn't he? My mom died last year, so I came out here to live with Simon.
My aunt told me he was my dad.
But how could he be my dad? My mom was always telling me my dad was this great athlete and all.
But when I met Simon He wasn't the fantasy dad that you had pictured all those years.
And that's why you lied about him.
And that's why you ran away from him today.
I just didn't want people to know that That he's my dad.
Just because he looks a certain way? All these people out here are so perfect looking and looks seem so important to everybody.
Seems like you have to look a certain way just to make friends.
I know how important it is for you to fit in and make friends, but I don't think you're giving your dad a fair chance to be your dad.
I always thought my dad would be someone like you.
Why can't you have been my dad? Why did my dad have to be a dwarf? Carter The only thing a man should be measured by is the size of his heart.
Come on.
I hope this means what I think it does.
Sister dear when you are right you are right.
There is no way I'm gonna let Logan Fowler get in the way of something that I want.
All right.
Yeah, Logan Fowler is definitely out of my system.
Great day.
Looks like it's gonna be pretty hot so wear lots of sunblock, okay? How's it going? Going great.
Good, I'm gonna patrol down south.
Keep an eye on that little girl.
Her mother looks like she's sleeping.
All right.
All right, see you later.
Well, thank you.
I look forward to it.
Now, you two have a good day.
You know the 20 second rule.
You were definitely talking to those girls for more than 20 seconds.
Yeah, I know the rule.
I just didn't think you had me on the clock.
Well, now you know.
Help! Help! Help! Caroline! I need backup! Logan, watch our water! Ma'am please, let us do our job, okay? We'll take care of her.
No pulse.
One and two and three and four and five.
One and two and three and four and five.
One and two and three and four and Sweetie.
Oh, thank god! Are you okay? Lance, will you take these people back to headquarters and make sure they're okay? CJ, will you watch my water? We're gonna take you back to headquarters now.
Caroline, what happened to you? I specifically told you to watch that little girl.
She was right in front of you.
Don't you think I feel guilty enough as it is? Caroline, you're a lifeguard.
I expect you to feel guilty when you miss a rescue.
Stephanie I told you it would be a disaster if Logan and I worked on the same beach.
Look what happened.
What are you saying? I don't see why I have to spell this out for you.
I was watching Logan.
That's why I missed the rescue.
CJ said you wanted to see me.
What can I do for you? Well for starters, you can get off my paperwork.
Oh.
We're overstaffed here at Baywatch, so I'll be transferring you to Zuma at the end of the week.
They need you, you'll like it there.
Wait a minute.
I get my choice of beach, and I chose Baywatch.
You can't fire me.
I'm not firing you, I'm just reassigning you.
Why? You're getting rid of me because of your sister, aren't you? Oh, that's ridiculous.
Is it, lieutenant? Your sister misses a rescue and I get transferred for breaking up with her? Wel,l you won't get away with it.
Caroline, what's wrong now? You, Stephanie.
You're what's wrong.
Oh, well don't tell me you have nothing to say.
That's a huge switch.
Caroline, if I've done something Yes you have done something, Stephanie.
Look, I don't need you sticking up for me and I don't need you transferring Logan to another beach for my sake.
I can handle my own problems.
But Caroline, you told me you couldn't handle working with Logan.
Yeah, but I did not ask you to interfere.
Look Stephanie, I need to be able to talk to you without feeling like you're always gonna have to come to my rescue.
Let me sink or swim on my own.
Well Caroline, you let someone almost sink out there yesterday.
I suppose you expect me to ignore that too.
I missed a rescue Stephanie, I screwed up, all right? I feel bad enough.
Well, you screwed up because you were being distracted by Logan.
- Need a referee? - No! Look, I'm gonna go to work.
Wow.
God, I wish she'd stop trying to be my mother.
Well Stephanie's your big sister, she just feels protective.
What's really bothering you? I just can't believe that I let go of a great guy like Matt for Logan.
-Oh CJ I'm sorry, I -That's okay.
It's just the thing is, is Logan dumps me and I'm still incredibly attracted to him.
I mean, I don't get it.
Well, when I figure that one out, I'm gonna write a best-seller.
Men.
Dollar for your thoughts? That's some inflation.
And that was some decision you made without consulting me.
Oh, don't tell me, Logan came to see you.
Tell me you have a legitimate, fair reason for transferring him and I'm behind you 100 percent.
But, if you're transferring him because of his relationship with Caroline Look Mitch, she was just so sad, you know? I was trying to help.
Then Caroline is the reason you're transferring him.
Stephanie, Logan made it very clear that if he's transferred from Baywatch, he'll sue for discrimination.
He'll sue and he'll win, you know that.
He's got every right to be evaluated as a lifeguard, not as an ex-boyfriend.
He's not the one who missed the rescue.
I know, I know.
Okay Mitch, I was wrong and I will take responsibility for that.
I guess Caroline will just have to find a way to work with Logan professionally.
We found a way to work together after we broke up, didn't we? Yeah, but it was a pretty rough road.
I mean you almost transferred me.
But I didn't.
And we became very good friends.
We did, didn't we? It's hard to watch the world go by nobody cares you feel so small if they could see without their eyes inside your soul you're 10 feet tall don't ever let them know how much it hurts to walk alone forget the man you used to be you are who you choose to be believe in yourself says that angel on your shoulder if you can't be the sun be a star it's not how big the hero when the battle is over but only how big is his heart be the best of whatever you are when every heart beats win or lose don't ever let life shoot you down you're tall enough to touch the sky both your feet are on the ground find the smile through the tears burn away your doubts and fears no need to walk one step behind it's your turn to shine believe in yourself says that angel on your shoulder if you can't be the sun be a star be the best of whatever you are be the best of whatever you are Hi, Matt.
Simon.
Where'd you come from? When you're my size, it's easy to hide.
Or sneak up on people.
If you've got a minute, Matt, I'd like to talk to you about Carter.
Sure Simon.
I always wanted to learn to swim.
It's never too late.
That's what I was hoping when Carter came to live with me.
I heard you and Carter talking yesterday.
I heard what he said about me.
My hope was that he would never have to suffer because of me being a dwarf.
But he is suffering again.
His mother thought it'd be too traumatic for him to know that I was, well, vertically challenged, as she would put it.
So when we divorced, she took off with Carter and wouldn't tell me where she was.
So Carter had to suffer because his father wasn't around.
And thinking that I didn't care.
I never should have let her keep me out of his life.
I can't redo the past, but I can do something about the future.
Carter calls me Simon.
I just want him to accept me as his father, Matt.
You know my dad is tall, good looking, charming, athletic, wealthy, the whole nine yards, and you know what? I'm ashamed of my dad.
And it has nothing to do with his height or his looks.
It's 'cause he was a lousy dad Who didn't care about me or my feelings.
And he wasn't there for me.
My dad was six feet tall.
He always told me, "it doesn't matter how tall a man is, as long as he has his feet on the ground.
" For what it's worth I'd be proud to have you as my father.
That's worth a great deal to me, Matt.
Come on.
I'll walk you back to your car.
I love the beach.
It's such a beautiful day, I think I'll do some reading.
Here? Don't worry, I'm not gonna hang with you and your friends.
I'll go further up the beach.
Okay, my friends are waiting for me.
I have to go.
Hey, when you were just a baby, I'd take you to the beach and you'd never let go of me.
Remember that? How am I supposed to remember something from 10 years ago when I was just a baby? Besides, what's there to remember? What's there to remember? I remember your favorite food was applesauce.
I read Dr.
Seuss to you every night.
And you couldn't go to sleep unless I rocked you.
And you had this little bear and you called him pookie.
And I remember the first time you looked up at me And called me daddy.
I also remember the pain of losing you when your mother took you away.
So please, son, don't ever tell me there's nothing to remember.
Hey Carter, we don't have time to boogie board.
We gotta get started.
Simon, I Carter, come on! I gotta go.
Hang on to my board for me? Sure.
How's it going? Okay.
Look I owe you an apology.
I was wrong to interfere with you and Logan.
I also apologized to Logan and told him he could stay at Baywatch.
Thanks, Steph.
So, I guess that must have been a pretty hard one for you to swallow.
A cantaloupe would have been easier.
Hey, do you remember that poster you used to have hanging over your bed at home? "Love means learning to let go.
" Mm-hmm, you just used to hope and pray that somehow mom would get the drift.
Yeah, she never did, did she? No.
Well, I get the drift.
On-duty I'm your boss, but I still wanna be your sister, you know, off-duty of course.
But, we are not gonna be sharing the same tower, it's sort of like teaching you to drive.
Wait a second, what is that supposed to mean? What was so hard about teaching me how to drive? Are you kidding? The way you slammed on the brakes and ground the gearshift, made me a crazy person.
What do you mean I made you a crazy person? You made me a crazy person.
Muffy, muffy, hang on I'm coming! Muffy, hang on! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! I can't hold on! Help! Help me! Help! Let me get you in the boat.
Come on, you can do it.
Simon.
There you go! This is tower 10, I need backup south side of the jetty.
It's Simon! Come on! Let's go! Come on! Ashley! Ashley, are you okay? I'm sorry.
Mitch, it's Simon! He went down about here.
Muffy, muffy Simon! Simon! Where is he? He's gotta be okay, Hobie.
He's just gotta.
All right, they got him man.
Stand back.
I got him, I got him.
Simon.
Simon.
Just keep clear, keep clear.
No pulse.
One, two, three, four, five.
One, two, three, four, five.
Dad, please.
One, two, three, four, five.
Please dad, don't die.
One, two, three, four, five.
One, two, three, four, five.
One, two, three, four Okay, cough it up.
Come on, spit it out, spit it out.
Oh dad, I'm so sorry.
You okay? Dad, I'm sorry.
Dad, I love you.
Baywatch lifeguard headquarters Baywatch junior lifeguards father/son competition I would like to welcome everybody to the sixth annual father/son competition.
Each year, we kick off the competition by awarding the medal of valor to one of the junior lifeguards who performs above and beyond the call of duty.
This year, by unanimous decision, the award goes to one of the fathers, Simon McKay.
My name's Carter McKay and this is Simon, my dad.
My dad risked his life to save someone else and he's a hero, but what I never realized is that he's always been a hero.
I just didn't know it.
Baywatch lifeguard headquarters someone once told me that a man should be measured by the size of his heart Then my dad is the biggest man I've ever known.
Baywatch junior lifeguard father/son competition dedicated to the loving memory of David rappaport