Cody trains for the one part of the annual lifeguards test that daunts him; swimming under the pier, past its posts. While encouraging him, Caroline is annoyed by a passing yacht and its cocky, obviously drunk frat-type boys. Patroling by Scarab at night, she finds them still partying, but one of the firework candles ignite the roof, so they jump out in panic. Caroline calls for reinforcements who help evacuate and dive up the boys, but she lest them return with only four, having forgotten about Thomas 'Cowboy' O'Hara, who was sleeping with a hangover and drowned. She remembers at Mitch's internal briefing, insist on full blame and after the funeral avoids her colleagues, ditches her test and starts dating dodgy waitress Neely's macho motor-biker mates, refusing to be rescued by Cody. On such a ride, she gets a chance to redeem herself with a fitting rescue.
—KGF Vissers