"Let's go!" "Let's go!" "Dad!" "I told you your legs were too long for this." "Hey, I meant to make that move, dude." "Someday they're gonna call that a Buchannon in boogie board competition." "Hey, we got to hustle." "I told Ben I'd have you ready to go by 10:00." "Where's he taking me?" "Big surprise." "Dad... you know when Mom was here for the reunion?" "Well, we sort of talked about something." "Well, what did you "sort of" talk about?" "Whether or not I should go to school back in Ohio." "You know, just to avoid all the confusion." "And then spend the summers with you." "Really?" "She never said anything to me about this, Hobe." "What do you think I should do?" "What do you want to do?" "I don't know." "I miss Mom." "But if I go over there, I'll miss you." "What do you want me to do?" "First thing I want you to do..." "don't worry about it." "Come on, let's go." "I'll talk to your mom about it." "Figure out what's best to do." "Don't worry about it, huh?" "Mike said you were looking for me." "Yeah, yeah." "Sit down, will you, please?" "Is something wrong?" "Did you ever get to a point where you got to make decisions that are gonna change your life, and you don't know if you want to make them?" "What kind of decisions?" "A letter from Craig." "Ah." "How are they doing?" "Terrific." "They got a house in Connecticut, law office in New York." "Oh, Gina's pregnant." "Really?" "That's terrific." "He says he represents Sea Quest Divers, and they're looking for a consultant-slash-rep to work California." "He's got a job interview set up for me." "He says it pays double what I'm making here." "Got to always count on old Craig to complicate matters." "Yeah, but the big problem is, it means a hell of a lot of traveling, which means I have to leave Hobie with Gayle during the school year." "I have no idea what to do." "You're looking for an opinion or just a sounding board?" "Both." "Why don't you take a Catalina run?" "You sure?" "Best way I know to clear the head." "Thanks." "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 week." "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." "With you, life's a beach." "Why should he ever want to leave?" "You left." "Oh, Mitch, it's too late for us, but not for Hobie." "What he needs now is consistency." "Now, you want consistency," "I'll let him visit "you" every other weekend." "If Hobie lives with me, he'll have a world full of choices." "With you, all he's ever gonna want to be is a lifeguard, 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." "Yeah, but he doesn't want to be like them." "He wants to be like you you..." "Strange day." "Yeah, tell me about it." "I can't stop thinking about Steve." "Whether or not you'd do what he did if you lost custody of Hobie?" "Yeah." "I know." "Scared the hell out of me." "Oh, God!" "What's that?" "What?" "Ah!" "Oh!" "Oh!" "Oh, you ever think about giving all this up for something dryer and more lucrative?" "Yeah?" "Like what?" "The firm gave me a choice." "Lawyer or lifeguard." "Does that mean you'd quit Baywatch?" "No." "We'd 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?" "What if I donate large sums of money to the Lifeguard Benevolent Society or something?" "I'll give you a nice plaque you could hang on your wall, thanking you very much." "You won't let me keep my locker?" "Absolutely not." "Man." "Damn it!" "What?" "We're blocked." "It's the kids!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Over here!" "You got to help us." "My arms, my legs, I can't..." "Watch out!" "I don't see him!" "Help!" "Help!" "Please!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Help!" "Hey!" "Hey, help!" "Help!" "Hey!" "Hey, over here!" "Help!" "My dad... we were diving." "He-He's down there!" "He's trapped!" "He can't get back up!" "You got to help us!" "You got to help us." "What happened?" "A wreck... we were under, and it fell on him!" "He can't get... he's trapped!" "All right, just calm down." "Tell me what I need to know so I can help your dad." "Who's that?" "Let me guess." "Um..." "Captain Thorpe." "Why would he be kissing your neck?" "Well, he's a Southern California vampire." "You know, he only comes out in the sunlight." "I didn't know that." "Yeah, I mean, haven't you noticed when he smiles, the way his fangs kind of hang out?" "Fangs." "Yes, definitely noticed his fangs." "Fangs, you know." "...If you monitor, please respond." "That's Mitch." "Shauni, I got an emergency situation about ten miles southeast of Avalon Harbor." "I need a dive team heloed out here right away." "Eddie's on it." "What's the situation?" "L.A. County Lifeguards to Coast Guard Air Rescue." "I'm on a boat with a 12-year-old boy whose father is trapped underwater approximately 90 feet down, and he's running low on air." "He's got about 15 to 20 minutes left, max." "Do you have any scuba gear available?" "Mask and fins only." "No air." "The boy exhausted his supply." "Coast Guard Air Rescue, go ahead, Baywatch." "We have a diver down, need emergency assistance." "Our emergency personnel will await your arrival at Baywatch headquarters." "Coast Guard Rescue is on its way to bring this to you." "I can delay ten minutes, and then I have to free-dive." "90 feet's too deep." "It'd be a one-way dive;" "he'd never make it." "They'll be there, Mitch." "Don't free-dive;" "it's too risky." "If you're not here in ten minutes," "I won't have a choice." "Out." "I'm on my way." "Baywatch 295 from Coast Guard Air Rescue." "Southwest approach." "Request permission to land." "Coast Guard Air Rescue, this is Baywatch 295." "You are clear to land." "Area is clear." "Come on!" "Let's go, let's go!" "All right, they're in." "Coast Guard Air Rescue to L.A. International Air Traffic Control." "Request permission for emergency passage through traffic pattern." "Low-level altitude." "Deadhead Catalina." "Commencing visual search for downed diver, over." "Roger, Coast Guard, clear to proceed." "When are they going to get here?" "!" "Any minute." "When they do, tell them I went down after your dad at 1:58." "But they said you wouldn't be able to get back up." "Hopefully they'll get down to me in time and I'll have your dad freed by then." "Don't worry, it will be okay." "Coast Guard Air Rescue to LAX Traffic Control." "We are exiting your airspace, heading 30 degrees southwest, over." "Roger, Air Rescue, you're clear." "Baywatch 295 to Coast Guard Air Rescue, we have visual contact." "Got victims in sight." "Setting up to move into drop position." " Ready, frogmen?" " We're holding steady." "Go when you're ready." "Okay, he's clear to the left." "Go!" "This is Catalina Decompression Unit." "We have received your traffic and are standing by." "All right, roger, Catalina." "Basket lowering into position." "Divers have victims and are swimming toward the basket." "E.T.A., Catalina, three minutes, over." "Roger, Air Rescue." "Catalina out." "Through the door." "Go, go, go, go." "I got it." "Okay." "Clear the hallway, please." "Coming through here." "Watch the corner." "Door, door." "Get the door." "Okay, I got it." "Okay, we're all set." "Where's the other tank?" "It's down." "Only one's functional." "Put him in first." "All right, put him in." "How deep were you?" "I don't know, 90, 100 feet, maybe." "Mitch, it won't take as long to bring you back." "Let's put you in first." "No." "Easy." "Watch it." "Come on now." "It's good here." "Right here." "Come on, it could take six, maybe eight hours to get this guy unbent." "Just get me back underwater!" "You risked your life once for this guy." "I didn't do anything if the guy dies." " What if "you" die?" " I'm not going to..." "God!" "All right, pressurize to three atmospheres." "How long to decompress him?" "He's in pretty bad shape." "Five, six hours, maybe longer." "What?" "Look, he can't make it that long." "Look at him." "All right, look, what if we put him back in the water at the depth until his tank is ready, huh?" "At this point, it'd likely kill him." "Newmie, we got to put him back on the helicopter." "Now, wait a second." "Any altitude could bring on a seizure, possibly paralysis, maybe worse." "Look, we got a chamber back at Baywatch." "All you're telling me is, we can't take him there, and you can't take him here." "What the hell are we supposed to do, huh?" "Well, I'll try to get him in here as quickly as possible." "What about a speedboat?" "How much time does he have?" "Not enough time for a boat ride to the mainland, no way." "All right, let me get something straight here." "If we fly just above the water, he should be safe, right?" "Not necessarily at all." "Is he gonna survive it or not?" "Yes, possibly, but you'd better make sure they skim the water." "Coast Guard pilots are the best." "If anyone could do it, they can." "Hobie?" ""You're still grounded" for a month, and I'm still mad at you." ""I'm" still mad at "you. "" "You're mad at me?" "Why?" "For having Devon sneak us out the back way and telling those reporters no one was there when you found my gadget." "I could have been famous, Dad." "All right, let's get one thing straight." "What you did was dangerous and dumb." "A man's been killed, boats have been sunk." "Some lunatic was ready to blow up the storm drain with you in it." "It's no time for a practical joke, Hobie, no matter how clever." "Come here." "Sit down." "Look, I know you were just being ten years old... but if anything ever happened to you, man..." "I don't know what I'd do." "I couldn't live without you." "I'm really sorry." "Just use your head from now on, okay?" "I will." "Okay." "I swear." "Dad?" "Yeah?" "I love you." "I love you, too." "Don't die, Mitch." "Don't die." "Come on, man, just hang in there." "Come on, just hang in there." "Not much longer;" "we're almost there." "You are a mess." "I got you." "Ready?" "Yeah." "One, two, three..." "I got you." "Here we go." "There." "What do you think?" "I think it's better to put me over there." "Aw!" "What?" "The other side of the fire, it's better." "Well, the least you could do is get some branches and some bigger logs." "This thing'll still last about 20 minutes." "I found the cave;" "I built the fire." "I know what I'm supposed to put in it." "Why are you getting testy with me?" "I'm the one with a broken leg and a snakebite here." "You're always the one with a strange way of showing your appreciation." "Does this hurt?" "Ah!" "Of course that hurts." "Okay, okay..." "We're almost there, Mitch." "Just hang in there, buddy." "We're almost there." "Baywatch 295." "This is Coast Guard Air Rescue." "We are on final approach, requesting permission for emergency landing with victim in critical condition." "Over." "Yeah, roger." "Your landing area is cleared." "We are standing by." "All right, we're here, Mitch." "Just hang on there, buddy." "That's right, Mitch, you're home with your own now." "You're gonna pull through this just fine." "Are Hobie and Ben back yet?" "No, not yet." "Having Hobie here could make a difference." "Find him." "Watch his head." "Easy, easy." "Easy there." "Swing around there." "Watch his head." "This way." "Good, good." "Watch his head." "Lift him." "His mask." "Let's get this thing up." "How bad is he?" "He's got a lot of nitrogen trapped in his system." "Hold this till he gets pressure-sealed." ""Nothing's going on... " let's just drop it." "Let's not." "Oh, this is great." "Let's have a party, huh?" "Why don't you call Captain Thorpe and the chief." "No, stick around, stick around." "We've got lots to talk about." "It was a long time ago." "It was like... it was like another life, you know?" "We... we met in a foster home, and... we were tight." "You know, we used to run together." "We'd go to movies together." "We just hung out, you know." "We even talked about coming to California together." "Then, one day, we went into this liquor store." "L" " I wanted to buy a bag..." "a bag of chips and... and then Jimmy pulls out this gun." "I didn't even know he owned one." "He says, "This is a stick-up. "" "And I said, "What do you think you're doing?"" "And then he shoved me and I-I shoved him back." "And then the guy behind the counter pulls out a gun of his own." "And then the next thing I know," "I'm taking a lice bath down in County Jail." "How old were you?" "Sixteen." "Things in life you want to put behind you forever." "I guess that's just not possible, is it?" "Maybe not." "But you can start over." "Time to hang up the gloves, champ." "You're right." "Suspension's over." "You're back on the beach." "You're kidding." "No, I'm not kidding." "Eddie, you came clean with me." "You've come a long way since Philadelphia." "" Maybe I'd like to see you go the distance." "Okay, Eddie." "He's a having a seizure." "Look at him." "He's going crazy." "Is there something we can give him?" "No." "He just has to fight through it." "I told him not to dive." "Did you really expect him not to?" "We're pressurizing him back down to 90 feet." "Now all we can do is wait and bring him back one foot at a time to surface pressure." "Hobie." "Hey." "Um, we just heard from Catalina, and the man that Mitch brought up is going to be fine." "Good." "Eddie, you did everything that you could." "If Mitch dies, I didn't do anything." "Why don't you take him home, get some rest?" "I'll let you know if there's any change." "We're not going to leave." "Nobody is." "You know that." "Not until we know he's safe." "Talk to him." "It can't hurt." "Keep him alert." "Hey, Mitch." "I know you can hear me." "So you listen to me, okay?" "You hang in there, because we need you." "None of us are going to make it without you, Lieutenant." "You hang in there." "I'm not going to tell you how to do your jobs." "Some of you have been lifeguards as long as I have." "Some of you even longer." "So, uh, just do me a favor, huh?" "Make me look good." "Ah, we love you." "That's it." "Oh, yeah." "Surf's three to five, very short intervals." "There'll be a lot of water on the beach." "Riptides will be pulling." "I want preventions out there, okay?" "Listen, if you guys got any backup, call it in to Sid over here, huh?" "Hey, Eddie, talk to you for a second?" "Shauni." "Jim, you're in 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 in-shore holes." "My friends are expecting me." "Now, 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 have to watch his water." "Then he doesn't exist?" "For all intents and purposes." "Also, remember, keep an eye on the rescue can on the next tower next to you." "If it's missing, you'd better find out" " where the lifeguard is." " You got it." "You are on 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." "Fine, you're gonna have to change your 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 here's some swimsuits in the locker room." "Shauni, come here for a second." "When you're ready to be put in the tower," "I'll put you in one." "Don't worry." "Mitch?" "You changed my life." "Don't you give up." "You fight!" "You fight." "Hey." "Hey, I'm okay!" "Get me out of here." "Hey!" "I'm okay!" "Let me out of here!" "Anybody out there?" "Hey." "Hey!" "Pretty funny ignoring me, I know." "Big joke, huh?" "I've been through hell here." "Hobie." "Dad." "How's he doing, Cap?" "I'm fine." "We've got him up to one atmosphere, but he's just not responding anymore." "Hobie." "Hobie, I'm here." "Hobie?" "Dad..." "I want to go in there with him." "You can't do that, Hobe." "Why not?" "I could fit." "We can't open the tank until the pressure's back to normal, Hobie." "Somebody do something!" "Hobie, here." "You talk to him, okay?" "Tell him you love him." "Better re-pressurize him back down again." "I know." "I just hope his body can take it." "Dad?" "Dad, I know you're sick, but please don't die." "Please." "I'll stay here with you, Dad." "I promise..." "I won't leave you." "Dad, please come back." "I love you, Dad." "Dad!" "Dad!" "Come on!" "Come on out of there." "Thank God." "Dad, I knew you'd make it." "All right!" "Yeah, all right!" "Come on, Mitch, baby." "Come on, big guy." "Watch your head." "Watch your head." "Whoo!" "Good." "Good." "Little scary?" "We thought we'd lost you." "I love you, Dad." "Let's go home, Dad." "I told Craig that the money the job pays is not nearly as important as the people I work with." "Yeah." "That's about what I told Mom about who I want to live with." "You know, some really wild things went through my mind when I was in that chamber." "Like what?" "Like being outside of my body and looking down on myself, seeing everybody around me, but nobody could see me." "You mean like in "Ghost?"" "Yeah..." "except he was dead." "I'm not." "Are you ready to boogie?" "Yeah... but do me one favor, Dad." "Don't try any stunts that make you go underwater." "Don't worry." "I've seen the light." "Let's go!" "Yeah!" "Yeah!"