Hobie is in love with a young girl named Bridget. Mitch manages to convince him to invite himself to her party and he does so. Gayle is coming to Los Angeles for a visit and she is bringing a surprise. Mitch and Hobie become very disappointed when they find out that the surprise is Gayle's new fiancé Ken Jordan. When Gayle and Ken have tied the knot, she wants Hobie to come and live with them, and this upsets Mitch. When Gayle, Hobie and Ken fly to Acapulco for their wedding, Elaine, the pilot loses both of the engines in the air and the plane crashes into the sea. Mitch hears everything over a mobile phone.
This long-running series follows the adventures of a team of lifeguards on the crowded beaches of Los Angeles County. Veteran lifeguard Mitch Buchannon watches over the younger lifeguards that come and go with each passing season as they keep the beaches safe for vacationers. Frequently he must take action to save them from the raging seas and from the raging tempers that sometimes flare up between the young guards in this stressful job.