The Samsung pandemic TV came with an added perk - Samsung has streaming channels for their TVs. I knew there was a Bob Ross channel, and the Jack Hanna channel, but until I hit the wrong button on the remote, I didn't know there was a channel that was nothing but Baywatch, 24 hours a day. And they happened to be showing my favorite season - the first, non-syndication, NBC season with Parker Stevenson. So I watched for a w hile. Then I found out that Amazon Prime currently includes Baywatch (but not Baywatch Nights or Baywatch Hawaii), so I've spent the last few days watching the whole first season again - including the first TV movie, where a few people have different names.
Now I'm watching the beginning of season 2. No mention at all of Parker Stevenson's character or his sudden disappearance, after being a co-star for the whole first season. Erika Eleniak still has very Brooke-Shields eyebrows. Richard Jaeckel is back as a different character, after dying in the Panic at Malibu Pier movie. And Andrea Thompson is doing a 2-episode appearance which I'd forgotten about.
I was reading an article last week about Baywatch, when I was trying to find out if the first season was available on DVD or not (answer: sort of, if you get an international release, or buy all the syndication seasons that included 2 episodes each of the original). The writer's notion is that women watched it for the strong female characters and their storylines. I'm not sure I agree; I think most people, male and female, watch for the scenery, both the natural kind and the human kind.
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