Lieutenant Leigh Dyer is a character in Baywatch.
Physical Appearance[]
Leigh was a tall, beautiful and athletic woman in her late-twenties with long blonde hair (styled straight, curled or tied up in a bun or pony-tail) and blue eyes.
She had two flower tattoos: a blue rose on her stomach and a red rose on her right ankle.
She was 170 cm (5'6") in height and 53 kg (117 lbs) in weight.
Personality[]
Leigh was a strong minded, cheerful and caring woman who enjoys being part of the Baywatch Hawaii lifeguard team. She shares a rivalry with Oahu North Shore lifeguard Jenna Avid, who is constantly trying to put her team out of business. Though good friends with everyone on the team, she is the closest with Sean Monroe, Kekoa Tanaka and Carrie Sharp.
Leigh is shown to be a little stubborn when she thinks she is right and when she turns out to be wrong, she doesn't always admit it (Dangerous Games), (Broken Promises).
She also wants respect as seen when Zack McEwan accidentally walked in while she was still dressing in the locker room. She accepted it as a simple mistake and let it go but Zack couldn't get the image of her apparently beautiful body out of his head and wouldn't stop gawking, thereby affecting his work and being irritating towards her (Rescue Me).
Skills and Abilities[]
Being a former coast guard and previous Hawaiian lifeguard, makes Leigh a genuine asset to the team and also as second captain, she helps motivate the trainees.
Like the others she knows CPR, first aid and every sort of rescue technique as well as knowledge of driving the scarabs, jet-skis and all other rescue vehicles.
She is also a strong swimmer which helps in saving underwater victims as well as a skilled helicopter pilot.
Even when off duty, she dives into a rescue when needed (The Stalker).
Biography[]
Not much is known about Leigh's past except that she was the daughter of a Navy Intelligence officer who died on duty during a flying mission. Navy Intel never told her or her mother what really happened and kept them out of finding out anything more, out of secrecy and confidentiality, claiming that he ditched the plane when it went down, though Leigh was convinced her father wasn't to blame.
Leigh became a Shore Line Coast guard, a helicopter pilot and then a Hawaii lifeguard before she was recruited by the Baywatch Hawaii lifeguard team, who saw her skills as an asset.
Like the other applicants, she started off as a trainee before passing the program, becoming a fully fledged lifeguard and working her way up to become lieutenant and second in command to the team.
Baywatch Hawaii[]
Leigh first appears walking down to where the bus of new recruits are arriving outside the lifeguard training center including Carrie Sharp and Zack McEwan (who arrived late by his skateboard). Jenna Avid and a few Hawaii officials were making things difficult for the team but this wasn't going to stop them from their job.
Leigh welcoming the new recruits (Soul Survivor)
She greets them introduces herself, and leads them down to the beach to begin their training.
Later she, Sean and the other lifeguards fall afoul of a former friend of Sean's named Cliff Tyler, a jet skier who was holding a competition on their particular beach that day. He was self-centered and reckless would didn't seem to care that his surfboard had only been damaged to save a victim's life, though he caused the situation in the first place.
Training with the other trainee was a success with the next step of taking them on the SCARABs.
However Cliff came in while she was working at the training center. As Cliff mocked Sean's dream of saving lives. She berated him for it, saying she had confidence and see that Sean's dream came true. and he gave her a card with his number saying that his corporation would help her and Sean.
She agreed to meet him at the pier and he gave her his proposal to sponsor the Lifeguard center, using it as a place to advertise her jet-skis and other products. Leigh rejected this proposal and after Sean arrived, she left the two men alone to discuss it themselves.
Next Morning, Leigh apologized to Sean for talking to Cliff about a deal without consulting him first. After asking what happened between Sean and Cliff, Sean tells how when he was in danger during surfing that Cliff chickened out and didn't save him, nearly condemning him to death if another fellow surfer hadn't saved him.
Later a storm hit and therefore made the beach unsafe, forcing them to stop the competition Cliff refused to accept this and took to the water on his own in spite of Sean's warnings.
Leigh angry at Cliff's ingratitude and lies to the press (Soul Survivor)
Despite Leigh and Sean rescuing him, it didn't change his attitude and instead of showing any gratitude, he ended up lying to press about what really happened. Leigh angrily tried to intervene but Sean told her that trying to get even and other petty things wasn't as important as saving lives, which is what they were really all about (Soul Survivor).
Things got even more difficult for the lifeguard team when another lifeguard J.D. Darius lost his cool during a training session and snapped at Zack for making a mistake during a rescue. He was fed up of the center struggling and even more annoyed by her ex-girlfriend and former lifeguard Jessie Owens, making him decide if she either wanted him back or continue lifeguarding.
To make matters worse, the center was being sued for negligence by a selfish Mr. Greer who was oblivious to the fact that his son Axel was riding his jet-ski recklessly and had caused the endangerment of a young couple. When he manhandled Kekoa to rescue Axel first whilst she was attempting to save the couple, she slugged him with her rescue can in defense. Though Axel was eventually rescued, he still continued with the lawsuit, stating that the team wasn't fulfilling their duty.
Leigh talking things out with J.D. (A Knife in the Heart)
Eventually after both Leigh and Kekoa spoke to J.D., he became more at ease and rang Jessie asking to talk whilst deciding to continue his lifeguard duties.
Meanwhile Mr. Greer dropped the suit after some persuasion from Leigh and meeting the couple his son had endangered. They forgave him and decided not to press charges, making him understand the circumstances better.
Leigh asked Sean to trust her and the team and never fight his battles for the center alone (A Knife in the Heart).
During a air rescue in a helicopter with Zack and Carrie, Leigh found out Zack was reckless and that Carrie had a fear of heights. Both were encouraged by Sean to do better.
Leigh helping Sean with a deal (Bad Boyz)
Later Leigh confronted him with a notice about the third and final property taxes owed by the center and wanted to help. Sean was reluctant to tell her at first but he told her that because of Jenna and councilman McKenna, the center had three days before closing down for good. Leigh agreed that "they" not "him" would find a solution.
Later, Leigh dressed in business attire, goes to meet someone to provide a sponsor to keep the center going. She found someone named Erica who would sponsor them as along as they advertised their Boss Block sunscreen. Sean was delighted but to seal the deal, both he and Leigh had to attend a sponsored dinner.
During more training with the trainees, Zack tried to get Carrie over her fear by jumping into the water with her.
That evening Leigh and Sean met with Erica. But Sean messed up the deal and wanted to handle things his way. Leigh then angrily leaves. The next day, she watches Sean continuing to talk to Erica without her.
Carrie asking a fed up Leigh for another chance with the helicopter (Bad Boyz)
By this time Leigh has had enough of being shown no gratitude caring for the center with even more provoking from a hesitant Jason and Zack who were stranded on their SCARAB and asking for her help but when she responded, they didn't comply. Carrie comes to her and asks for another chance to jump from the helicopter and she agrees.
When Sean came back, Leigh assumed that he had slept with Erica to seal the deal and left in a huff.
The next morning, Leigh took Carrie along with Jason up in the helicopter again. This time Carrie succeeded after telling Leigh that she was now moving into to a spare room at Leigh's beach house.
Later Leigh finds out from Sean that ever since he lost his wife Maggie and son Ben, he has found it difficult to be in a relationship with any woman so nothing happened between him and Erica. Sean apologizes for being stubborn and rejecting Leigh's help, saying that he needs her to handle the business of the center. She agrees (Bad Boyz).
Leigh meeting and doctoring Sam Parks (Dangerous Games)
Leigh then brought another sponsor advertising life preserving jackets. Whilst she and Sean were advertising it to some senior citizens, a beach goer carelessly poured too much lighter fluid into his barbeque and set himself on fire when he lit it. As Leigh ran to get a fire extinguisher, Sean chased after him as he ran along the field in a panic. The man was eventually stopped by another man riding by on a motorcycle. Eventually with the help of a blanket, the fire was put out. Leigh rushed in and noticed the blonde haired man who had helped them had his jacket on fire, so she put it out. Sean then called for the paramedics to take the burnt victim away. Though the stunt to stop the victim was reckless, Sean was grateful for the blonde haired man's help.
Leigh also noticed that the blonde haired man had been injured as he had been the riding his motorcycle without a helmet and Sean told him that he should go with the paramedics too. Leigh and the man exchanged names with the man introducing himself as Sam Parks, who instantly became smitten with her.
Later Sam dressed in his pilot attire arrived at the Lifeguard training center with a pot of flowers for Sean as a thank you (which Sean later threw in the bin). He then invited Leigh to join him during one of his flights, but when she told him she was on duty till late, he invited her to dinner and she excepted.
After a few socials, Leigh began enjoying being with Sam. However Sean had his doubts about Sam for his reckless and dangerous behavior and told Leigh that she might be putting herself as well as the team in danger but Leigh refused to listen.
Leigh about to try some hang gliding with Sam (Dangerous Games)
Later she agreed to do some hang gliding from a spot that Sam had chosen at M. The wind proved to be too strong with Sam recklessly flying into a cliff and crashing into the ocean. After calling the Lifeguard center for back up she landed and rescued Sam from the ocean, giving him CPR to revive him. Sam didn't seem to care that he almost drowned and instead called it a great experience, much to her astonishment.
After Sam recovered in the hospital, he went to see Leigh again, but she felt unsafe around Sam for his risk-taking antics and broke off the relationship. Sean tried to comfort her, but she took his gesture with stubbornness, though he had been right about Sam all along (Dangerous Games).
After Sean and Jason took part in another rescue, Leigh came along to see how things went and met one of the victims Danny Baxter whom she had previously chased away from every beach when she was a Hawaii lifeguard due to his antics of stealing and carjacking.
Though Leigh knew that Danny was to blame as he had tried to steal another car and plunged it into the ocean, endangering both Sean and Jason and that Sean should speak up before anyone else gets hurt, Sean said that they're lifeguards not cops and wanted her to drop it.
Leigh being bothered by Jenna after a rescue (Stone Cold)
To add insult to injury, Jenna who had come to investigate the previous rescue, came along and told Leigh about Sean's previous relationship with her and if she had any feelings for him that she should watch out incase he hurt her too. Leigh however shook this off.
The next day during a distance swim with the trainees, Leigh met Jenna again who offered to take her to lunch. They have a conversation, with Jenna issuing an ultimatum to help each other out to keep the center running.
Later Leigh sent Danny away from the beach again after he was seen bothering some owners of a surf shack. Danny came to her and told him that he had changed his ways but she wasn't convinced so she set him a challenge to be around for Open Ocean Training to prove himself, which he accepted.
During a rescue to save a victim from a flaming boat that was on the verge of exploding a heart belonging to a some in need of a heart transplant, Leigh saw Danny assist Carrie in sending the heart back to the hospital.
Leigh still wasn't convinced that Danny had changed and after berating Sean for still supporting him like the son he had lost, Sean lost his temper, telling her that he had shared so much with her and can't understand her attitude. Leigh retorts back that he should have told her more about Jenna (Stone Cold).
Transfer letters were sent to have Leigh transferred back to Hawaii Lifeguards, but Sean assured her that that would never happen.
After the two then witness Danny diving in to save a victim, even though he partly responsible for the victim's parents being pickpocketed. Sean gives Danny a opportunity to be part of the Lifeguard Training Program, much to Leigh's displeasure, who was certain someone like Danny couldn't change his ways, part agreed to give it a shot as Sean was more than willing to pull him out if he failed.
That night at the Hilton Tropics, Bar and Beach Café, Leigh had agreed to meet Jenna on an important matter. Jenna wanted her to be her spy for the center or be transferred again, but she refused.
Leigh refusing to help Jenna hurt Sean (Broken Promises)
During a trainee exercise involving Danny and Zack with a SCARAB, she with Kekoa witnessed Danny turn on the engine when he wasn't supposed to and then cause a fight between the two.
Later it was revealed that Kekoa's bracelet and then a set of keys from Sean's desk was missing and Leigh suspected Danny, even though Sean rebukes her for it, saying they need proof. Next a jet-ski was missing, resulting in Danny being removed from the program as he had been the last person using it. However J.D. had taken it away to be serviced. Sean and Leigh found Danny and tried to apologize but Danny wasn't convinced and had had enough of their lack of faith in him, leaving in a huff.
After taking the one of the SCARABs away without permission, resulting in people on another boat falling into the ocean, Sean began to lose faith in Danny and allowed him to be arrested.
Later Jenna paid her another visit and asked her to reconsider her decision to help her but Leigh revealed that she saw through her vindictiveness and wouldn't allow her to destroy Sean or the center (Broken Promises).
Leigh with Kekoa and the Rookies during a Jetski Rescue Exercise (Dream Girl)
Things got worse for the team when Zack was suspended for botching a rescue resulting in injuring J.D. and Jenna and McKenna possessing their SCARABs and jet-skis.
She then hears from Kekoa that she has fallen in love with J.D. and urges her to go with it. Later much to her and Sean's delight, Jenna was stranded on one of the SCARABs by hitting a sandbank she was using to take some other lifeguards to some beach front property and needed assistance. However, after the rescue, it turned out the papers of ownership for the damaged SCARAB had "mysteriously disappeared" by Jenna and it still belonged to the Sean and his team (Dream Girl).
During a rescue along with J.D. and Jason to assist Sean in saving a surfer named Mike Miller, who was the son of close friend. Unfortunately the victim died, racking Sean with guilt, and reminding him of how he lost his own son Ben. He then left to be on his own and refused to participate in the Oahu Oceanfest. To make matters worse Jenna was making an investigation in the situation, despite Leigh telling her to leave Sean alone.
Leigh and Jenna competing in the competition (Ben)
At the Oceanfest, Leigh focused her attention to competing in the competition but with J.D. and Jason constantly arguing, Jenna's presence in the team (though she eventually stopped the investigation after being told by Mike's father), and Zack competing in another team didn't make things any easier.
Leigh also appeared as an hallucination when Sean was alone in a secluded part of the water, telling him to make peace with what had happened. He then was found by an Island of Oahu lifeguard and returned home (Ben).
Things went awry when a drowning of a wealthy socialite Richard Graves occurred.
The victim's windpipe was found to be crushed and Sean suspected a murder especially when he saw Richard's widow with another man Sergio, straight after the incident. Leigh, at first felt Sean was jumping to conclusions but the more time she spent with Sasha, like Sean she began to have her suspicions.
Leigh with murder suspect Sasha Graves (Black Widow)
When Sasha then filed a complaint against Sean for attacking her out of spite when he got too close, things got serious with Leigh vowing to clear Sean's name.
Sasha then sent Sergio to kill Leigh whilst pretending to be a drowning victim, but failed thanks to Sean, who then confessed everything about Sasha using him to murder Richard, but they still had no real evidence. Eventually Sean tricked Sasha into making a confession that was heard by the police. Sasha was then finally arrested. Leigh and Sean then celebrated with a meal at her house (Black Widow).
Sam Parks returned and wanted to reconcile with Leigh, but she was reluctant after seeing him put them both at risk during a date, though Carrie urged her to give him another chance, especially after he helped them in rescuing two drowning scuba divers.
Leigh telling Sam to be more honest to make their relationship work (The Stalker)
Whilst Leigh was considering this, she set some rules for Sam of not just popping out of the blue to see her, especially when she was on duty. She began having second thoughts again, especially when he began acting suspicious, being with two law enforcers and showing a lack of honesty. Leigh told him if he couldn't be honest with her, it would never work out. Eventually Sam confessed he himself was a Navy Intelligence officer working with the two men Leigh had seen him with on a case. Leigh forgave him, understanding that couldn't tell her everything about his duties, but warned him no more lies, and in turn he confessed his love for her.
Meanwhile of the two scuba divers they saved, Eric, began an unhealthy obsession with Carrie and began stalking her, though he was eventually arrested. This experience along with a lack of confidence, prompted her to leave the team, much to Leigh and the others' sorrow (The Stalker).
Leigh with Sean during an investigation in Maui (Trapped)
Later Leigh and Sean went to Maui to report to the state on an artificial reef where a lot of swimmers where getting sick. They met Sam, who then took Leigh to dinner and asked her to get security clearance because of his superior afraid of his dating disrupting his duties but Leigh refused, referring back to the incident with her father, and not wanting to be held back on information on the whereabouts of someone she loved.
Leigh and Sean then discovered a substance where the reef was and questioned one of the Black Cut construction workers at Vaughn International who handling it in barrels. Sam was there and told them to stay out of it. After investigating one of the warehouses, they discovered that Vaughn International was indeed using Blackford's drum to pour waste into the ocean. However they were knocked unconscious by Mr. Vaughn himself and tied to an underwater chain in the cleaning pool which would overfill and drown them.
Leigh and Sean after being rescued by Sam (Trapped)
During this time, as Sean was attempting to loosen their chain, Leigh confessed to Sean about her fight with Sam and her dislike for Navy Intel. Sean then told her that she needed to take the next step if she loved Sam and just wanted her to be happy, he then gave her a reassuring kiss. They tried to stay above the water but this proved to be a difficult task as Leigh was starting to black out. Leigh's chain was finally broken and Sam came to rescue, though Sean began to black out too, but with CPR, he survived.
Sam then berated Leigh for her and Sean getting involved, but was glad she was safe. Back at Baywatch Hawaii headquarters, Sam then left to stop Vaugh once and for all and Leigh told him that she would accept him for who he was if she accepted that she would be scared sometimes (Trapped).
Leigh working with Jenna (Dead Reckoning)
Leigh was left in charge of the center whilst Sean, Jason and Zack took two days off for a sponsorship. This proved to be a bigger task than she thought with being short staffed because of some lifeguards having the flu including J.D, forcing her to ask Jenna for help.
Though suspicious of why Jenna wanted to help, eventually during their time working together, they began a friendship, much to Sean's surprise (Dead Reckoning).
Leigh began appearing in Sean's dreams as a housewife with two boys, making Sean question whether he had feelings for her. Sean was also offered a deal to take a lifeguarding job in Australia.
Leigh was spending a day off with Sam who proposed to her. She was then called to help when Sean ended up injuring himself whilst surfing.
Leigh annoyed at Zack in the changing room (Rescue Me)
As she went to the changing room to suit up, the door sign she had slid across to say she was inside, slid back, causing Zack to accidently step inside to change his shorts whilst she was still undressed.
Leigh was surprised and annoyed, and asked him politely to leave which he did hesitantly after apologizing. She took the incident as a simple mistake and didn't let it bother her, but later when she saw Zack looking at her from a disrespectful perspective, and constantly gawking, she told him to stop or she would make the misunderstanding more of a serious deal than it already was.
Sam went to Baywatch Hawaii Headquarters and proposed to Leigh again which she accepted. She invited Sean to the wedding but he had duties at the center, and was sad to see him leave for Australia.
Leigh with Kekoa, preparing for her wedding to Sam (Rescue Me)
The wedding came pretty fast with Leigh having second thoughts and wondering if she still had feelings for Sean, whilst Sean himself was having more dreams about her.
Leigh was now in her wedding dress, ready for the ceremony, but Sam came to cancel at the last minute due to another assignment and gave Leigh a file on her father as a parting gift.
Sean returned to Baywatch Hawaii with Leigh by his side once again. They and the rest of the team set off on duty once again (Rescue Me).
Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding[]
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Leigh working as a Baywatch Los Angeles County Lifeguard
It is possible that she and Sam never got back together, possibly because of his demanding job and keeping Leigh in the dark as she is seen now in a relationship with J.D. who had split up with Kekoa who was now dating Jason. Leigh then went to Los Angeles to help out the Baywatch Lifeguards.
She was one of the lifeguards invited by former lifeguard C.J. Parker to attend a get together at a place called C.J.'s Bar & Grill at a hotel called Turtle Bay in Hawaii. After helping Mitch Buchannon, another Baywatch lifeguard, foil the schemes of psychopathic criminal Mason Sato, she was invited to C.J.'s wedding, this time in a relationship with Jason, whist J.D. and Kekoa got back together.
Trivia[]
- Leigh is the second lifeguard to be a helicopter pilot, after Allie Reese. She is also using Allie's old helicopter to fly.
- Brande says in an interview that she was heading for an audition for a pilot episode in a volleyball show that by chance was being held by the casting directors of the show who when they saw her, offered an audition for the role of Leigh Dyer in their new season being aired in Hawaii, which she accepted. She went through about four or five auditions with the final one involving a film test and a swimming test including holding your breath underwater and being able to master various swimming techniques. She was then called by them two months later, saying she now had the role, which she saw as a fun, exciting experience and a chance to move to Hawaii. She also says "I'll take being on Baywatch over being Prom Queen any day!"
- In a scene in Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding, Leigh is helping the team in Los Angeles. She is seen wearing the original red swimsuit.
Appearances[]
Episodes[]
Baywatch Hawaii
Season 2
Movies[]
| Baywatch Hawaii Lifeguards |
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 Mitch Buchannon • Newmie Newman • J.D. Darius • Jessie Owens • Sean Monroe • Allie Reese • Kekoa Tanaka • Jason Ioane • Dawn Masterton • Miko Matsumoto • Leigh Dyer • Zack McEwan • Carrie Sharp • Katie Wright |
| Baywatch Lifeguards |
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 Mitch Buchannon • Al Gibson • Craig Pomeroy • Jill Riley • Eddie Kramer • Shauni McClain • Newmie Newman • Trevor Cole • John D. Cort • Jim Barnett • Don Thorpe • Ben Edwards • Devon Connor • Harvey Miller • Megan • Brooke • C.J. Parker • Stephanie Holden • Matt Brody • Summer Quinn • Caroline Holden • Kelly • Logan Fowler • Tracy Dodsworth • Katherine Fleming • Andy Jamison • Neely Capshaw • Cody Madison • Jenny • Crush • Sharon • Sandy • Donna Marco • Julie • Jordan Tate • Sam Thomas • Susan • Hobie Buchannon • Manny Gutierrez • Lani McKenzie • April Giminski • Sky Bergman • Kimm • Taylor Walsh • J.D. Darius • Sheryl Whalen • Bridget • Alex Ryker • Tina • Jessie Owens • Emily • Kristi • Leigh Dyer |