The Worst Episodes of Sunset Beach

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6.0/10(17 votes)
#1 - Episode 03
S1:E31/8/1997
Tim leaves Kansas and arrives to Sunset Beach where he finds Meg. He tries to catch up with her telling her that his revelationship with Connie is over. Michael saves Vanessa Hart, a young newspaper reporter from a car who almost runed over her. Annie comes back to her apartment where she finds Eddie in her jacuzzi. Ben looks through the window and sees them making love.
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6.0/10(15 votes)
#2 - Episode 04
S1:E41/9/1997
Gregory and Olivia realize that Annie has a gun, and they inform Del about it. Del asks his mistress, Olivia, to runaway with him, but she doesn't know what to tell him. He threatens to reveal their affair to Gregory. Casey and Rae accidentally buy a house together. Bette helps Annie get some money from her bank account. Meg and Tiffany share a talk in the boutique. Michael saves Vanessa Hart, a young newspaper reporter from a car that almost ran over her. Vanessa thinks it's not just coincidence. Meg comes to party. She wants to spend time with Casey. Casey and Rae try to discuss what to do with their house. Ben meets Meg on the party and offers her a job. She accepts it. Tiffany comes to party to seduce Ben, but Annie ruins her plan by a little drunken brawl. Tim leaves Kansas and arrives to Sunset Beach.
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5.9/10(11 votes)
#3 - Episode 16
S1:E161/28/1997
Eddie wakes up in Annie's cell hand-cuffed to the cot. Annie sets him free and tells him that they could be a mutual benefit to each other in the future days. Later, Eddie keeps on pressuring Olivia with new demands. Al Kennedy, one of Bette's ex-husbands, shows up at Sunset Beach and tells to his clients that the case is pretty weak. Olivia goes on questioning with Ricardo. She tells him that he and Gregory were dining with Congressman Belarus on the night Del was murdered. Cole shows Caitlin the secret cavern on the beach. Olivia finds out that Gregory hired Eddie to follow her everywhere. Meg uncovers strong evidence that could help Annie get out of prison.
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6.2/10(15 votes)
#4 - Episode 08
S1:E81/15/1997
After a strange man attacks Vanessa again, she moves in with Michel in Surf Central. Gregory questions Olivia about the hair found on Del's bed. She confesses being with him on the night that he was murdered. Casey leaves a white rose at the table for Rae. Meg accidentally finds it and thinks that the rose is for her, because SB knows that she loves white roses. Ricardo questions Bette about Annie's alibi. Bette covers for her telling him that she and Annie were watching a video the entire night. Later, she takes Del's wallet and burns it in the fireplace. Tiffany buys a miniature boat and leaves it in Ben's house. Olivia goes to the pier and takes up a gun. Eddie sees her and takes some pictures of her. Now he has a new suspect.
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6.1/10(10 votes)
#5 - Episode 46
S1:E463/11/1997
Tim reveals that Annie is alive and kicking, so Gregory hires a specialist to take shots of Ben's house from inside, to catch Annie on camera. The tape turns out to be low quality, so Gregory pursues the man to continue taping. Gregory visits Ben. Bette warns Olivia that their secret is about to be revealed, and then she talks about Olivia's affair with Elaine's long lost son. Caitlin dances with Mark to make Cole jealous, but he leaves, and later she catches up with him. Eddie tries to convince Paula that Myers was working alone. Ricardo feels guilt over spending time with Gabi.
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6.0/10(7 votes)
#6 - Episode 62
S1:E624/2/1997
Gregory realizes that Sean is not faking his fall and he Sean is quickly transported to the hospital. Gregory blames Tiffany for everything that happened to Sean. Meanwhile, Ben is troubled by memories of his ex-wife Maria, so he keeps on pushing Meg away. Eddie comes to Ben's apartment by Annie's call and starts looking for the missing jewels. Ricardo is still troubled by the fact that he was with Gabi on the night Paula was kidnapped. Elaine lies to Paula that she never saw Del the night he was murdered. Gregory wants to transfer Sean to another hospital and threatens to a malpractice when Rae tells him that's not the best idea.
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#7 - Episode 63
S1:E634/3/1997
Ben tells Meg that he doesn't want to hurt her. Tim finds out that Ben still doesn't know that Meg is actually Dorothy. While Rae is fighting for Sean's life, Gregory is occupied by threatening the hospital, so Olivia has to sign the papers instead of him. The equipment from another resource is brought in. Wei-Lee tells Rae that he is leaving to San Francisco, and then he promises that Rae won't stick around in Sunset Beach for much longer. Elaine receives an anonymous call from a person that knows what she's done. She goes to the graveyard and Eddie follows her. There, she confesses that she murdered Del.
Director:Peter Brinckerhoff
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6.3/10(13 votes)
#8 - Episode 26
S1:E262/11/1997
Meg finds out that Ben is a widower. Vanessa begs Rae to help her hide from Michael over the latest development with JoJo. Ricardo feels guilt over Annie's death, so he decides to resign his job as a detective. Paula arrives to console him. Ben tries to drown himself into the ocean because of Annie's death and everything that's been bothering him, but Meg stops him before it's too late. JoJo is revealed to be working for Gregory. Bette has a breakdown after learning about Annie's death. The police closes the investigation of Del's murder assuming that Annie is the killer.
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6.3/10(12 votes)
#9 - Episode 15
S1:E151/27/1997
Casey and Michel lock Clyde in the bathroom. Rae gives Clyde a drug which one gives Clyde a temporary amnesia. Bette comes to the police station and gives Annie a disguise, so Annie looks like Bette. Annie tries to get out with Bette's help, but she's taken back to jail after they discover her. Eddie visits Annie in her cell and she tries to seduce him. Meg talks about SB with Ben, but she does not know that he is already sleeping.
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6.3/10(12 votes)
#10 - Episode 22
S1:E222/5/1997
Meg and Ben are arrested for helping Annie escape, but Ricardo has to let them go because he has no proof. When Sean is taken to the hospital for his head injury, Gregory accuses him of trying to embarrass him. Michael calls a buddy, JoJo, to help him find a safe place for Jaleen and LaShawnda to hide, not knowing that JoJo is Jamahl Muhammad, the very man that LaShawnda wants to hide from. Annie is nearly caught by Eddie, but she gasses him and escapes. Ben mentions Maria to Meg for the first time when Annie leaves a coded message that she'll meet him in the weight room at the gym where she and Maria used to work out. Ben and Meg send Casey as a decoy to lure the police away. After the police are gone, Ben leaves for the gym to meet Annie. Annie gets out of the hospital by hiding in Al's coffin.
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6.4/10(18 votes)
#11 - Episode 02
S1:E21/7/1997
After falling down into the ocean, Meg has been rescued by a young lifeguard Casey. He drives her to the hospital where he meets a young and pretty female doctor Rae Chang. They have a quarrel, but there was nothing but sympathy between them. After stealing Meg's backpack, Tiffany looks into it. There she finds all e-mails that Meg received from SB and sent to him. Meg encounters Ben at his internet cafe, where she tries to find SB. She receives a message from SB, he asks her not to come to Sunset Beach. Ricardo gets promoted into a detective. Paula is not too much happy about Ricardo's promotion. Ricardo and Paula have a hard talk about her pregnancy. But there were no reasons to worry about. Ben keeps on having flashbacks about his dead wife Maria. Annie needs to find the money to buy a boat. Meg calls her mother. She says that she is still looking for SB. Meg notices something about Casey that makes her think he's SB. Annie's father Del suddenly appears at her apartment.
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6.3/10(11 votes)
#12 - Episode 37
S1:E372/26/1997
Rae and Casey are excited to do the finishing touches on renewing their house. Vanessa is finally ready to publish her story, but she shares her fears about it with Michael. Michael warns Casey to fight for Rae. Later, Michael is about to leave town when he runs into Jo-Jo, with a gun. Ricardo realizes that the tape from the kidnapper was fixed. He then goes to the SBPD and asks Chief Harris for his job back, and she accepts his request. She immediately jumps to the task of finding Paula's kidnapper. Eddie fakes being concerned, and then concentrates on finding someone that could pose as Paula's kidnapper. He sends a videotape of Paula to Ricardo. Ricardo informs Elaine about Paula getting kidnapped.
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6.4/10(13 votes)
#13 - Episode 11
S1:E111/21/1997
Ricardo and Paula beg Annie to give them the gun, but Annie doesn't follow their orders. She tells them that she wants a helicopter to fly away with Ben. LAPD team shows up and tries to take the gun away from Annie. She accidentally shoots Ben, but doesn't hurt him. Meg waits for SB at the pier. Over there, she sees a man with dark hair, so she asks him if he is SB. Annie goes to jail. Rae's parents show up in Surf Central. Rae lies to her parents by telling them that Casey is her husband. Meg leaves the pier after realizing that SB won't show up. Eddie has been removed from the case after Ricardo finds out that he sent the LAPD team.
Director:Andrew Lee
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6.4/10(12 votes)
#14 - Episode 20
S1:E202/3/1997
Annie is still alive, much to Eddie's surprise. He informs Paula and Ricardo that Annie tried to kill herself, and interrupts them in the middle of a serious relationship-talk. When Rae starts talking about some hospital work she needs to do on Annie, Annie awakes and it turns out she was just faking it. Sean thinks his mother is Del Douglas's killer and he confronts her, but Gregory sends him away and has a little talk with his wife. They end up making love, which leaves Olivia convinced that Gregory no longer suspects her as Del's murderer. Annie tries to escape again. She overhears Ben and Meg talking about their relationship. Eddie attacks Annie with a knife.
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6.3/10(8 votes)
#15 - Episode 57
S1:E573/26/1997
Caitlin and Olivia bond as the talk about their love lives. Cole tells Tim that he isn't having an affair. Gabi and Ricardo agree to forget about what happened in the past. While Gabi undresses herself, Ricardo comes to help her because she accidentally gets caught to a camper bed, and Paula catches them. Paula jokes about Gabi making a move on Ricardo. Meg and Ben connect and share a few good moments together, but Annie comes bursting in their room and tells that she wants to be Meg's company for the night. Annie dreams of Ben being in love with her. Eddie arrives in Switzerland in a new wardrobe and starts celebrating his success.
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6.3/10(8 votes)
#16 - Episode 58
S1:E583/27/1997
Casey offers himself to show Wei-Lee how to surf, but Wei-Lee soon shows that he already knows it. Later on, Wei-Lee suggests to make a party for Casey & Rae's wedding and they agree, reluctantly. Paula wants to introduce Gabi to Elaine as her sister. Gabi tells Paula that she feels guilty for her kidnapping. Ben hints to Ricardo that Annie may be alive to see his reaction. When Ben returns back home he tells Annie to leave Sunset Beach and she won't go unless he comes with her. Annie confesses to him that she loves him, but he loves her only as a friend. Ricardo discovers that Eddie is in Switzerland. Meanwhile, Eddie finds out that the briefcase is full of sand and crashes it. There he finds a birth certificate for Elaine's baby. He wonders what does Del has to do with Elaine's baby.
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6.3/10(8 votes)
#17 - Episode 60
S1:E603/31/1997
Meg and Ben decide to attend Casey and Rae's party together. Ben describes Annie as a selfish person, and then warns her to stay away from Meg. Wei-Lee watches suspiciously as Casey asks Rae to finally reveal the truth. Annie catches Eddie in Ben's apartment, in a wig and a dress. Tiffany and Olivia have a face-off. Gregory realizes that there is a dog in the house and calls the animal control.
Director:Peter Brinckerhoff
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6.4/10(11 votes)
#18 - Episode 38
S1:E382/27/1997
A mysterious man approaches Paula and takes off her blindfold. Eddie and Ricardo continue working on the kidnapping case. Eddie returns to his warehouse, where he greets Ralph Myers. Vanessa enters a trap prepared by Jo-Jo, but Michael and Gregory's agent are able to save the day. Meg and Ben pretend to be together to blow off Gregory's alibi. Olivia catches Cole snooping around her jewelry. Paula tries to escape, but is captured by Ralph. Ricardo realizes that Ralph could be Paula's kidnapper. Annie continues having mysterious flashbacks.
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6.4/10(11 votes)
#19 - Episode 50
S1:E503/17/1997
Casey refuses to talk about his family and leaves Rae suspicious about his past. Vanessa is worried about Michael when she catches him seeing a mysterious woman in a bad part of the town. Gabi learns from Elaine that Ricardo is a "ladies' man." Paula is having hard time dealing with a fantasy of Ralph, and she almost shoots Ricardo. Gabi turns out to be Paula's stalker, and later she shows up at Ricardo and Paula's place. Eddie makes up a lie as to why he's in Ben's apartment. Bette orders Annie to continue hiding. Olivia mentions Del's briefcase while talking about fortune with Gregory. Ben, Meg and Bette are exasperated to find that Annie has run off again. Annie breaks into Eddie's apartment and steals the briefcase. Ben decides to stop helping Annie. Gregory is furious to learn Olivia suspects him as Del's murderer.
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6.4/10(11 votes)
#20 - Episode 52
S1:E523/19/1997
Rae wants to get back with Casey as she remembers what happened between them the night before. Paula warns Casey to watch out for Wei-Lee, because he may do something to make Rae go away. Vanessa wants to know the truth from Michael, but he can't confess who is the woman she saw him with. Finally, Michael takes her to the secret woman and introduces Virginia and James, her son. Eddie and Gregory are fighting over a videotape. Gregory wants Eddie to find the briefcase. Olivia warns Tiffany to stop looking for money and she whispers about Del. Olivia later tells her that she didn't kill Del. Bette wants Annie to return home, but she refuses. Gregory shows up at her house.
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6.5/10(17 votes)
#21 - Episode 05
S1:E51/10/1997
Olivia promises to run away with Del. Ricardo suggests Paula should move in with him. Vanessa wants Ricardo to investigate the apartment break-in, but there isn't enough case to begin with. Meg, Michael and Mark want to rent a room at Casey and Rae's house. Casey and Rae kiss. Meg meets Ben on the beach. Ben is still having flashbacks about his dead wife. Tim tries to convince Meg that his relationship with Connie is over, but Meg refuses to listen to his excuses. Annie and Del fight, and Annie comments on wanting to kill him. Tiffany tries to seduce Ben and when he refuses, she suffers a small accident. A strange woman arrives at Del's hotel room, opens the door and shoots him. Sean hears the gunshot and opens the door, seeing a woman in a black robe leaving Del's room.
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6.4/10(10 votes)
#22 - Episode 42
S1:E423/5/1997
Ralph continues performing the marriage ceremony as he fills the van with carbon monoxide and then makes her repeat wedding vows while listening to a tape of the wedding march. Meanwhile, Ricardo and Eddie fight while trying to track down Paula and Ralph. Tiffany shows the ring she found to Mark and Meg realizes "P.S.," as in-scripted in the ring, actually means "Paula Stevens" and they rush to the SBPD to inform the police about it. Paula knocks out Ralph and then proceeds to finally escape.
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6.4/10(10 votes)
#23 - Episode 45
S1:E453/10/1997
Gregory realizes that Tim has valuable info and he offers to help Tim gain Meg's affection in exchange for the info. Annie listens as Meg and Ben discuss about Annie and love life in general. Paula awakens in the hospital. Eddie fears she might realize he was the one who kidnapped her. Bette catches Cole and Olivia kissing. Mark tries to entertain Caitlin, but their fun is interrupted when Cole arrives at The Deep.
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6.4/10(10 votes)
#24 - Episode 48
S1:E483/13/1997
Annie disguises herself as Meg. Ben catches her and tries to get her to change back, but Gregory interrupts them and they are forced to act like a couple. Annie rushes away as soon as possible. Eddie tries to locate Annie. An unknown woman is putting up a scrapbook on Paula. Rae suggests Paula should take Ricardo to see a therapist. Casey learns that Paula's condition isn't as bad as everyone thinks. Ricardo tries to tell Paula about Gabi, but doesn't. Gregory hires a different person to handle his dirty work. Rae, Casey, Vanessa, Michael and others prepare for the barbecue.
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#25 - Episode 49
S1:E493/14/1997
A scared Paula feels like there's someone watching her. Ricardo and Paula try to make love, but it's too much painful for Paula to continue. Elaine introduces Gabi to Ricardo, and he pretends that he never met Gabi before. Ben drags Annie back to the house, as Eddie watches them. They discuss about Gregory being the murderer and Annie remembers that Del had a boat named "Liberty." Annie's disguise is blown. Back at the beach, Casey suggests Meg should tell Ben that she is "Dorothy." The Surf Central gang celebrates Vanessa's published article on the beach, but when Mark brings some copies of the newspaper to the beach, Vanessa realizes that her article has been pulled. Gregory celebrates pulling away Vanessa's article. Meg and Ben are stunned seeing Eddie in the house with a gun in his hands.
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#1 - Episode 03

#2 - Episode 04

#3 - Episode 16

#4 - Episode 08

#5 - Episode 46

#6 - Episode 62

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#7 - Episode 63

#8 - Episode 26

#9 - Episode 15

#10 - Episode 22

#11 - Episode 02

#12 - Episode 37

#13 - Episode 11

#14 - Episode 20

#15 - Episode 57

#16 - Episode 58

#17 - Episode 60

#18 - Episode 38

#19 - Episode 50

#20 - Episode 52

#21 - Episode 05

#22 - Episode 42

#23 - Episode 45

#24 - Episode 48

#25 - Episode 49

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