Stephanie and new husband Tom decide to share their honeymoon cruise on a two masted sailing schooner with a group of seven troubled teenagers. They think an ‘outward bound’ type of experience crewing a schooner on the high seas will help these kids face their fears and problems, teaching them some important life lessons. Stephanie and Tom also invite Mitch and Neely to come along to help sail the ship and lend a hand managing their unruly crew.
The ship is barely out of port when two stepbrothers get into a fight – and end up breaking the only radio on board. Unfortunately, this means they don’t get a warning call when a hurricane just off the coast of Baja starts heading directly for them. The massive storm strikes without warning, damaging the boat and threatening their lives. They struggle to keep the ship afloat, but when the rudder breaks, the sails collapse and the ship starts sinking, forcing them to abandon ship and take their chances in the turbulent seas. Mitch, Tom and Neely load everyone onto the life rafts as massive waves crash down all around them, while Stephanie heroically works to save one of the young girls still on the boat. Just as she gets the girl into the lifeboat, lighting strikes the mast and breaks off a massive 20-foot section, which falls and crushes Stephanie.
It’s a horrible and shocking scene as everyone watches Stephanie die in the arms of the two men she loves most, her new husband Tom and her best friend in the world, Mitch. Mitch and Tom are at last forced to take Stephanie’s lifeless body onto the raftas the ship sinks into the deep sea.
The wrenching memorial service provides everyone with the opportunity to grieve over the loss of their friend and co-worker of five years, and each reflects on the special way she was a part of their lives.
Editors note: Alexandra Paul attended Stephanies funeral, dressed in a blonde wig and pink Mac, she said at the time she was being “the Baywatch babe they always wanted..”
Michael Berk
Executive Producer
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| SERIES REGULARS: | GUEST STARS: |
| DAVID HASSELHOFF as MITCH BUCHANNON | VINCENT VAN PATTEN as TOM |
| PAMELA LEE as C.J. PARKER | DANA DAUREY as DIANNA |
| ALEXANDRA PAUL as STEPHANIE HOLDEN | RODERIGO BOTERO as TERRY |
| YASMINE BLEETH as CAROLINE HOLDEN | LOU CRUGNALE JR. as RANDY |
| DAVID CHOKACHI as CODY MADISON | SAADIA PERSAD as TRISHA |
| GENA LEE NOLIN as NEELY | NETANYA ROSS as MEGAN |
| JOSE SOLANO as MANNY GUTIERREZ | ADAM KATZ as BENJAMIN |
| MICHAEL NEWMAN as NEWMAN |
