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BAYWATCH
"ECLIPSE"
MORNING, KIRBY.
HEY, EDGAR. WHERE'VE YOU BEEN?
I AM ON TIME, AND DON'T CALL ME THAT.
HEY, I OILED THE HINGES ON THE FLAPS.
GREAT.
STRAIGHTENED OUT THE FIRST AID KIT.
NO REASON WHY WE CAN'T KEEP THINGS ORDERLY AROUND HERE.
AND THAT WE'RE GETTING LOW ON COMPRESSES, BY THE WAY.
I'LL ORDER SOME MORE.
I ALREADY DID.
-HEY, EDGAR-- -I WARNED YOU ABOUT THAT.
DO YOU THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANY RESCUES TODAY?
YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.
WATER'S 52 DEGREES. YOU'D HAVE TO BE CRAZY TO GO IN.
EDGAR, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE WHAT I SAW THIS MORNING.
LET ME GUESS. YOU SAW A LITTLE MERMAID.
WELL, CLOSE.
I SAW THIS CHICK IN A NIGHTGOWN RUNNING THROUGH THE SURF.
UH-HUH.
A LONG WHITE NIGHTGOWN, KIND OF OLD-FASHIONED TYPES.
YOU SURE IT WASN'T THE OLD LADY WHO ESCAPED FROM THE ASYLUM,
THE ONE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO LOOK OUT FOR?
THAT WAS NO OLD LADY.
THIS CHICK HAD LONG BLONDE HAIR, HAD THIS LAVENDER RIBBON IN IT.
AND WHEN I YELLED TO HER, SHE ACTED LIKE SHE WAS
SCARED OR SOMETHING, JUST KEPT RUNNING.
WHY DIDN'T YOU TRY AND FIND OUT WHAT SHE WAS SCARED OF?
I WAS GOING TO, BUT BY THE TIME I WENT IN FOR MY RESCUE KIT,
SHE HAD JUST DISAPPEARED INTO THIN AIR.
IS IT OKAY IF I TAKE A PATROL UP THE BEACH?
I MIGHT RUN ONTO SOMETHING.
BE MY GUEST.
AND INTO THE ZONE--
SORRY ABOUT THAT, HOBIE.
I'LL GO GET IT.
THERE YOU'RE GUYS, I'LL BE BACK IN A MINUTE.
RAMS
HI, KATIE. WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
KATIE, WHAT'S THE MATTER?
SOMETIMES I WISH I COULD JUST WALK AWAY
AND DISAPPEAR AND NEVER COME BACK.
COME ON, KATIE.
WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW ABOUT IT?
KATIE!
OKAY, CAREFUL.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH THIS THING?
THIS THING IS A PRICELESS RELIC.
YEAH, IT'S A RELIC, ALL RIGHT.
THEY HAVEN'T MADE THOSE SUITS IN OVER 50 YEARS.
TRY A HUNDRED.
WELL, THEY'RE THE EARLIEST DIVING OUTFITS EVER MADE.
IT WAS WORN BY THE FIRST HELMET DIVER EVER TO EXPLORE
THE GULF OF MEXICO, RANDALL HUDSPETH.
-NO WAY, NOT RANDALL HUDSPETH. -HUDSPETH?
ALL RIGHT, YOU WANT TO LAUGH, YOU GUYS.
IT WAS RANDALL HUDSPETH WHO FIRST TAUGHT MARTY LANDERS,
WHO TAUGHT GEORGE WEST,
WHO TAUGHT LOGAN HARPER HOW TO DIVE.
AND WHO WAS LOGAN HARPER?
MY NAVY DIVING INSTRUCTOR.
GUYS, THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY BEHIND THIS THING.
LOOK, IT EVEN CAME WITH THE ORIGINAL HAND PUMP HERE.
HUH!
HELLO?
EDDIE'S ON THE LINE, SIR.
YEAH, PUT HIM THROUGH.
HEY, EDDIE, WHAT'S UP?
HEY, MITCH. HAVE YOU SEEN KIRBY?
NO, WHY?
WELL, HE TOOK A PATROL
ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AGO, AND I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM SINCE.
CHECKED WITH THE COUPLE OF OTHER TOWERS,
AND THEY HAVEN'T SEEN HIM EITHER.
OKAY, SIT TIGHT.
I'LL SEND SOMEONE TO HELP YOU LOOK FOR HIM.
YEAH.
I WANNA KILL HIM.
HE'S PROBABLY UP HERE LOOKING FOR THE LADY IN THE NIGHTGOWN.
WAIT, UP HERE?
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OUT OF OUR JURISDICTION.
WELL, HE WAS HALLUCINATING.
THAT'S WHAT HE GETS FOR SHOWING UP SO EARLY.
HEY, CORT, LOOK.
GO OVER THERE, SLOW DOWN.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY BEACHES & HARBORS
OH, NO.
YES, SIR.
NO, NO, WE UNDERSTAND THE PROCEDURES, WE'RE READY.
JUST LET US KNOW WHEN.
THANKS, SCOTT.
THERE'S GOING TO BE AN INFORMAL ENQUIRY INTO KIRBY'S DEATH.
SUCH A GOOFBALL, MAN.
HE DIDN'T DESERVE IT.
EDDIE, I HEARD, I AM SORRY.
OH, WELL, I SHOULD'VE KEPT A CLOSER EYE ON HIM.
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. PLEASE DON'T BLAME YOURSELF.
STILL SHOULD'VE CALLED HIM IN SOONER.
I WAS JUST TOO HARD ON THE GUY.
EDDIE, THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME EXPLANATION.
HE KNEW THAT STRETCH OF THE BEACH WAS DANGEROUS.
WHY DID HE GO IN?
YOU KNOW, HE--
HE WAS ACTING A LITTLE WEIRD.
HE TOLD ME THAT HE SAW THIS LADY IN A WHITE NIGHTGOWN
RUNNING THROUGH THE SURF WITH LONG BLONDE HAIR.
NOW, I WAS, UH, I WAS WONDERING
MAYBE SOME OF THE GUYS STAGED IT TO PUT HIM ON.
THAT'S FUNNY.
MITCH, YOU REMEMBER ABOUT 10 OR 12 YEARS GO,
THERE WAS THIS OTHER LIFEGUARD WHO DROWNED.
HE HE'D BEEN TALKING ABOUT SEEING SOME GIRL
WHO WAS RUNNING ALONG THE BEACH IN A LONG WHITE NIGHTGOWN.
STRANGE COINCIDENCE, HUH?
HI.
HI. COME HERE.
HERE'S YOUR NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK ALBUM.
SORRY, I COULDN'T RETURN IT SOONER.
THAT'S OKAY, I FORGOT YOU HAD IT.
I COULDN'T THINK OF ANY OTHER REASON
WHY YOU WERE SO MAD AT ME.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO TAKE IT OUT ON YOU.
WE'RE GETTING RID OF ROCKY.
YOUR DOG, HOW COME?
HE BIT THE LANDLORD, NOT HARD,
BUT MR. BARR SAYS EITHER WE EVICT ROCKY OR HE EVICTS US.
MY PARENTS PUT AN AD IN THE PAPER THIS MORNING.
IT'S TOUGH.
WANT TO GO FOR A WALK OR SOMETHING?
I'D BETTER NOT, SOMEBODY MIGHT CALL ABOUT THE AD.
BUT THANKS ANYWAY.
ALL RIGHT. THEN I'LL SEE YOU LATER.
HANG IN THERE.
HEY!
HEY! HEY, WAIT! WAIT!
THE CORONER'S REPORT IS VERY CLEAR.
DEATH BY DROWNING.
APPARENTLY THERE WAS NO OTHER
PHYSICAL CONDITION THAT MIGHT HAVE CONTRIBUTED.
WHAT'S YOUR OPINION OF THIS, EDDIE?
KIRBY WAS TRIGGER HAPPY.
HE COULDN'T WAIT TO MAKE A SAVE.
I DON'T KNOW, HE MUST'VE SEEN SOMETHING AND WENT AFTER IT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK HE SAW?
I HAVE NO IDEA.
TELL ME ABOUT THE WOMAN IN THE SURF.
I TOLD MITCH EVERYTHING I KNOW.
WHAT WAS KIRBY'S MENTAL CONDITION LIKE
LAST TIME YOU SAW HIM?
WELL, IF YOU'RE ASKING ME IF I THINK HE WAS CRAZY,
NO.
NO, I DON'T.
IN FACT, I--
I SAW HER MYSELF LAST NIGHT WHEN I WAS LOCKING UP.
YOU MEAN YOU THINK YOU SAW HER?
NO.
NO, NO, I KNOW I SAW HER.
SHE WAS WEARING A WHITE GOWN, JUST LIKE KIRBY DESCRIBED.
EDDIE, THE LIGHT'S PRETTY TRICKY AT SUNSET.
I MEAN, THERE WERE A LOT OF OTHER LIFEGUARDS
ON DUTY OUT THERE.
IF SHE WAS REAL, I THINK ONE OF THEM WOULD'VE SEEN HER.
YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU'RE RIGHT, I AM CRAZY.
I DIDN'T SEE HER.
I DIDN'T SEE HER AND I DIDN'T HEAR A FOGHORN.
FOGHORN?
YEAH.
EDDIE, THERE ARE NO FOGHORNS WITHIN 20 MILES OF HERE.
YEAH, WELL, I HEARD IT.
LOOK, I KNOW YOU'RE TAKING KIRBY'S DEATH KIND OF HARD.
NOT THAT HARD.
WELL, THERE'S NO QUESTION OF ANYONE HOLDING YOU ACCOUNTABLE.
KIRBY'S DEATH WAS AN UNEXPLAINABLE ACCIDENT
BUT I WANT YOU TO TAKE A WEEK OFF,
TAKE SOME TIME TO GET YOURSELF TOGETHER.
I MEAN, AFTER ALL WE CAN'T HAVE OUR LIFEGUARDS HEARING
OR SEEING THINGS ON THE BEACH.
WAIT A MINUTE.
WAIT A MINUTE. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS.
THIS INQUIRY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SO I GIVE YOU THE FACTS, RIGHT?
NOW, I GIVE YOU THE FACTS, AND YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME?
EDDIE, I'D LIKE YOU TO HAVE A TALK WITH DR. WHITE,
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