Cort returns to Baywatch, helping Eddie in an aquatics program designed for inner-city youths. When Eddie takes a gang leader under his wing, he finds himself in conflict with the boy's father (Danny Trejo), who has encouraged his son's gang activity.

Shauni decides that she and Eddie should take a break from their romance after failing a magazine's couple compatibility test. Eddie teaches an overweight woman who has loved him from afar the importance of self-esteem, while Mitch and Hobie adopt a dog that is the only witness to the owner's kidnapping.