Awesome / Baywatch

• "Wave Rage": With other members of the team present, Alex fires Neely, then punches her in the face. While this sort of thing would prompt an assault lawsuit in real life, it's immensely satisfying to see such a scheming character get what she deserves. Guess whose side they were on.
• After being gone for six seasons, Craig returned in season 8, stifled by his job as a lawyer and a bad divorce. When a little boy falls off the pier in front of him, Craig throws off his coat and tie and dives in to save his life. He realizes being a lifeguard was always his real job and rejoins the team.
• There are several cases of lives in saved in the real world, when fans of the show with no first aid training, just blindly copied what they remembered from the show, and got it right enough to save lives—even David Hasselhoff himself aided a woman who had been injured in a car accident, keeping her airway open until the paramedics arrived.