User Reviews

The scene of Mitch talking with April about inspiration's solid.

They didn't have to do this episode based on a dying kid from cancer. They didn't have to have the real-life kid, Charlie Hayes, on the set as his last wish. They didn't have to cast Michael Cuccione, who had cancer in real life, as Charlie. But they did. They did. They did. They could have went with a lighter fluffier camera ogling hot bodies episode as usual. But they didn't. Even though that was their winning formula. I give the producers and the show credit for doing this episode which is one of the better ones in the later seasons.

A big huge damper for me was April. I just thought she was so awful to her mother and by extension, to her brother.

Maybe the real Charlie Hayes was on to something given his last wish was to visit the Baywatch set. There is an inherent goodness about the characters. And the characters do save lives, sometimes bringing them back from "death." Mitch, Hobie, and the rest of the gang were wonderful to Charlie. The character. That was really nice and heartwarming to see.

Bittersweet seeing the real Charlie at the end on the set. Looks like the cast really made him feel welcome and cherished. He passed away. Sad to also learn that Michael Cuccione, who played Charlie, also passed away years later.

Anyway, one of the rare times when I wonder whether this show may be underrated. As I myself don't have a wonderful view of the show and only gave it a 5/10 overall. However, this episode deserved higher than that. 8/10.

And what was this random kid doing in the show? You barely cared for it, because it was the first time we've heard of him, and his condition. Not even in the premiere, was he mentioned during April's introduction. The way the show keeps breaking the fourth wall this year, don't make the writing more pertinent. First with the Lani character's backstory, CJ's departure and now this real life cancerous kid, who helped researchers cure his particular strain of illness. Portrayed by Michael Cuccione, who died of respiratory failure in 2001... The new team still hasn't grown on me yet, and I doubt it ever will, considering last season's was my favorite, since Jill was killed off. I'm glad they kept the TV soundtrack, though.