Baywatch (TV Series) Rescue Bay (1994) User Reviews

Baywatch cast make fun of themselves

[Mattias · 6/10 · 19 February 2012]

I don't usually recommend people to see Baywatch episodes but this particular is well worth watching because of its tongue in cheek look at the production of a TV show, "Rescue Bay", about lifeguards on a beach in Malibu. The show includes a cast that is chosen more because of their looks than acting skills: Dolph Apolganger is the lifeguard lieutenant Mike Tower, police officer Sly Hutchinson is patrolling the beach with a revolver that would impress Harry Callahan and we have the budding romance between two of the lifeguards, a perky blonde and a beefcake.

"Rescue Bay" also includes a lot of female lifeguards running around on the beach in skimpy swimwear. Finally the Baywatch cast shows that they don't take themselves and the show too seriously.

The show makes fun of themselves

[reb-warrior · 7/10 · 10 April 2024]

I found another decent episode. Funny, because the show is literally making fun of themselves.

A producer gets the idea to make a show called "Rescue Bay," about lifeguards after seeing some rescues on the beach and Garner capturing a criminal. He pictures babes and actions.

First of all, I always find it funny when any TV show does a show about movies/filmmakers/actors. The characters in the show often look down on the whole process, the actors, and the accuracy. To me, this is hilarious because they are basically talking about themselves.

Here it seems they acknowledge that Baywatch is about hot babes and guys, in swimwear and crazy action with not the greatest acting or stories. They get this big muscled-bound foreign Schwarzenegger-like guy to play a character who is based on Mitch. CJ gets picked to play Stephanie Holden over actual Stephanie, who wanted to play herself. All because she is blonde and very curvaceous. Matt and Summer are played by pretty glam soap opera characters. Billy Warlock, Yasmine Bleeth, and John Allen Nelson are a few actors who came from soap operas. I believe there were many more as regs, recurring, and guests.

There are a few jokes about network television and syndication. Notable, because after the first season, NBC had cancelled Baywatch and then the show continued in syndication and became a huge hit.

Everything about the TV show that the procedure wants to make is exaggerated a little more than the show already exaggerates itself. For example, Garner's character is over-the-top in personality and policing. It's funny.

Anyway, I appreciate an episode like this that admits that even they get it and know what people say about them. 7/10.

Baywatch!

[bombersflyup · 3/10 · 19 May 2021]

Entirely silly throughout, but manages to yield a laugh.

Kritikal Kites

[sandcrab722 · 10/10 · 1 August 2021]

Shocking ep for two reasons: 1. It's hilarious 2. They intended it to be.

Watch. Enjoy.

Hollywood

[WildBillHorne · 8/10 · 2 December 2021]

Gregory Alan Williams with a brilliant performance, or rather two brilliant performances. Laughs all round as everything goes wrong for everyone. C. J. Knows she'll be a better Stephanie than Stephanie because Jeff Altman told her so, and she wants the role. Dolph is unforgettable. I thought Garner was married. Well he won't be for long when the old lady finds out about Dawn.

This is why it was the #1 TV in the world

[Call_me_Valerie · 10/10 · 3 September 2020]

Four and half years into Baywatch's wildly successful TV show, we are treated to an extra special episode of Baywatch. Acknowledging their unique role in society, the Baywatch production team hangs ten with this laugh-at-ourselves episode. Rescue Bay demonstrates Baywatch's moment-in-time glory, showcasing all that is great about Southern California's lifeguard lifestyle. Baywatch legend Jeff Altman appears in the third of his seven stumbling, bumbling, quirky guy role. The actors spoofing the "real life" Baywatch lifeguards, and other characters make this episode a real treat.

Solve a comment before it's made :)

[pjcoholan · 4 April 2023]

I know what BW is having grown up watching it as a pre teen. But now revisiting it in boredom I love the popcorn storylines and pathetic "action" sequences. But this ep. In particular is funny b/c it is actually ahead of its time in being meta w/ the TV producer having the same initials D. B "Don Bran" which is the first initial of the actual producer David and the last initial of the two minor producers. "Berk and Bonnan". However the funniest is the Male vs Female setup when Matt and Summer are trying to talk about what sex is better at the job and Summer says "women are because they have instincts and solve a problem before there is one". By far the most illogical claim I have ever heard. How could anyone M/F "SOLVE" a problem before there is one? Perhaps one could identify a problem on the cusp and take action to stop it. But one could never "solve" before. Just saying.