Two frivilous lawsuits-one by Kekoa’s father–give the city council the opportunity to try to take the training center away from Sean while Zack gets to train a group of junior lifeguards.
It is a bad day at the beach. A man has lost his Rolex watch and is upset when all Sean offers to do is fill out a report-not investigate everyone at the beach. Mr. Tanaka is in the water, trying to learn how to swim properly. Being the rich and old man that he is, he is impatient with the other people at the beach and is completely un-aware of the dangers of being in the water. Kekoa is keeping an eye on him. Suddenly, a loose catamaran starts careening towards him. Everyone shouts at Mr. Tanaka to get out of the way, but he feels that he is an important man who does not need to move. Sensing the danger brewing, fourteen year old KALA’I pulls Mr. Tanaka under the surface of the water. The catamaran glides over them, narrowly missing them. Sean, in a daring move, leaps on the catamaran and with the help of Kekoa is able to stop it. Mr. Tanaka, though, keeps accusing Kala’i of attempting to mug him. He refuses to listen to anyone who tells him otherwise.
The next day, Sean has decided to open up a version of the Junior Lifeguards, which will be run by Zack. Sean feels that Zack, his most recent graduate, will be the most appro-priate teacher for the new kids because he was so recently one himself. A pretty woman, JACKIE LOVE, arrives. She is the Special Investigator for the governor’s office. She, too, is impressed by Sean’s set up, but announces he is being sued by the man who lost his Rolex and Mr. Tanaka for negligence. Until her investigation of him is complete, he is suspended and cannot go anywhere near the water, much less run a junior lifeguard program. It looks as if Sean is out of luck. Later, at the gym, he watches as Jackie defends herself against a guy who has become a little too pushy. Being a championship female boxer, she flattens him. Afterwards, it is clear that she and Sean respect each other. She is impressed by what he has done with the training center and his determination to keep it running. However, he is to face the city council who will decide whether he will con-tinue to run the lifeguards or not. JD will take over his duties temporarily. Sean is deter-mined not to let the city council-and Jenna, who is obviously behind a lot of this win.
Kekoa knows that her father’s lawsuit is completely frivolous and tries to get him to stop his lawsuit, but he will not listen to her. He is determined for her to quit the lifeguards, one way or the other-especially after JD tries to ask Mr. Tanaka for Kekoa’s hand in marriage. JD confronts him while he is polishing his car by himself-proof that he wastes money on nothing. Mr. Tanaka says he is more than willing to drop his suit-but only if JD breaks up with Kekoa. Mr. Tanaka reminds JD that he only plays to win. JD suggests that Kekoa pretend that she and he are broken up until Sean is off the hook, but she refuses. Finally, she confronts her father, telling him that he might think he’s won, but she holds the trump card: if he doesn’t stop, she will marry JD and never speak to him again. Nor will she ever let him see his grandchildren. Mr. Tanaka is so stunned by her words that he has a serious stroke. The doctors say that he one side might be paralyzed for life, if he survives.
Zack is surprisingly good at motivating the junior lifeguards, especially Kala’i. Unfortu-nately, Kalal’i’s father MO’I needs him to quit because he needs the boy to help him catch lobsters to support the family. Both Zack and Sean understand, but the two decide to see if they can convince him otherwise. They head for the beach to talk with him. Mo’i, meanwhile, has been putting a lobster cage in the water. Suddenly, he is bitten by a mo-ray eel. Kala’i yells for help. Sean and Zack immediately spring into action and, after a fierce battle with the eel, rescue him. They Nextel the emergency service. When they arrive at the hospital, Jackie is sorry to inform Sean that the city council does not look kindly on the fact that he was involved in a rescue when he was expressly forbidden from going to the beach. However, she might have a couple of aces up her sleeve…
Things ultimately work out for the best: Zack relays to Jason that Sean’s appearance be-fore the city council went exceptionally well. Jackie and he fired his lawyer and Sean made an impassioned speech. He was supported by many of the locals, including Mo’i and the man who was initially suing over the loss of the Rolex. It seems that the man had only dreamed he brought the Rolex to the beach. For a victory celebration, everyone heads to the Tropics Bar, where Jackie sings a rousing song.
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