Baywatch - Season 1
by Bruce Seth Green, Douglas Schwartz, Gregory J. Bonann, Gus Trikonis, Kevin Inch
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Actor: David Hasselhoff, Pamela Anderson, Parker Stevenson, Shawn Weatherly, Yasmine BleethDirector: Bruce Seth Green, Douglas Schwartz, Gregory J. Bonann, Gus Trikonis, Kevin Inch
Brand: FIRST LOOK HOME ENTERTAINMENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Box set, Color, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 990 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-10-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
DVD Reviews of Baywatch - Season 1
DVD Review: This is the REAL first and only good season of this show
Summary: 4 Stars
**Buyers looking for the real first season beware! As indicated by other reviewers, this is NOT the true first season of Baywatch originally aired by NBC, but rather it begins with the next season.**
IF the production details listed above are correct, then this is the true, first season of Baywatch which initially premiered on NBC back in 1989. One of the reasons that I believe this to be true, is because the cast list corresponds with the NBC production. Most of the cast was scrapped after the first season. Only David Hasselhoff, Erika Eleniak, Billy Warlock, and Gregory Allan-Williams remained for another season. If I am wrong, and the production details are incorrect, then I will pass on this "first" season.
To me, this is the only season of Baywatch that is worth watching. The acting and stories are much better than what you'd find in the subsequent seasons. While it's true, that the show flaunted female parts, it did focus, to some degree, on the lives and jobs of lifeguards of L.A. County. Granted, they took some liberties with these roles, as you often found Mitch and his then friend, Craig Pomeroy (Parker Stevenson) employing themselves as crime-stoppers as well as lifeguards.
You even had such veteran actors as Monte Markham playing the authoritarian Captain Don Thorpe, who always took his job as a lifeguard captain very seriously, and usually at the expense of all junior lifeguards around him.
I think in some regards, the reason the show was so much better, was that they had a bigger budget to work with, being initially with NBC. NBC was also interested in making sure that along with the "extra skin" that the show might be used to inspire saftey-consciousness as well.
First season sees Mitch battling his ex-wife for custody of Hobe (who was then played by Brandon Call). Call was brilliant in the role, and I felt that Jeremy Jackson wasn't as good in the seasons that followed.
Also, Mitch was NOT revealed to be an ex-Navy Seal. While buddy, Cort (John Allen Nelson) was later added to the cast, he was the only one who was considered a former SEAL. As the personal history suggests from this season, Mitch has been a lifeguard for a long time, perhaps going back to high school, along-side best friend, Craig Pomeroy.
Eddie Kramer (Billy Warlock) was a rookie lifeguard, alongside Shaunie McClane(Erika Eleniak). Eddie was the hot-headed kid from the wrong side of Philadelphia who loved to spend his free hours boxing. The writers of the show quickly saw that the "meat" of their storyline was the relationship between Eddie and Shaunie. Several episodes had storylines surrounding the romance. Warlock and Eleniak eventually became engaged in real life.
The cast also included Peter Phelps (Trevor) who played a rogue, Australian lifeguard. He left the show halfway in. Parker Stevenson played Craig Pomeroy, a veteran lifeguard who is torn between being a lifeguard and being a lawyer. His wife, Gina, was played by Holly Gagnier. Finally, there was also Shawn Weatherly (Jill Riley) who was another veteran lifeguard who was famously killed off by a shark attack in the middle of the season.
NBC cancelled the show after the first season. The final episode included a marriage proposal by Eddie to Shaunie. Obviously after the show was given the "go ahead" by a new network, many of the storylines and origins were either removed altogether or altered in some way.
Mitch's budding teenage son, Hobe, was reverted back to a young boy of about 10 or 11.
Eddie and Shaunie's proposal was pretty much ditched. Eddie would propose again toward the end of the next season.
Craig Pomeroy would be written out of the show altogether. One can assume that he quit.
The show as actually good during this first season before it went "playmate" crazy. This is the only season that I'm interested in purchasing. For me, Baywatch began and ended after its first season.
Description of Baywatch - Season 1
After 11 successful seasons as one of the most watched programs in television history, Baywatch is now on DVD. Experience the syndicated series that launched the careers of Pamela Anderson, Carmen Electra and Tracy Bingham. David Hasselhoff stars as Lt. Mitch Buchannon, supervisor of the world?s most beautiful lifeguard unit. Episodes in this set are from season 2: The One That Got Away, Money Honey, Fabulous Buchannon Boys, Point of Attack, Sandcastles, Thin or Die, The Trophy part 1, The Trophy part 2, If Looks Could Kill, Reunion, War of Nerves, Big Monday, Sea of Flames, Now Sit Right Back and You'll Hear a Tale, The Chamber, Sharks Cove, Lost Treasure of Tower 12, The Big Spill, Game of Chance, Summer of '85. Bonus network episode: Panic at Malibu Pier (original series pilot).Bestsellers in DVD
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