Neely Capshaw - Post-Nolin Portrayal

Post-Nolin Portrayal

Neely was recast following Nolin's departure from the show to star in her own series, Sheena, with Jennifer Campbell taking over the role. By this time, however, the character had been downgraded to a recurring role, appearing in only four episodes in the ninth season. The character was once more retooled to her "bad girl" roots as it was revealed she'd been lying for a long time about being separated from her baby's father; in truth, the man had no idea Neely had been pregnant. It was shown that a desperate Neely had seduced Mitch into marrying her for some stability (their marriage technically was never legal) but still worked on the beach. Neely becomes more conniving, even making it seem like Mitch hit her and trying to lace Alex Ryker's medication, causing her to nearly have a seizure. Realizing how dangerous Neely is, Alex (with the entire Baywatch team in tow) confronts her on the beach, fires her and then punches Neely out. Her final appearance in the series was in the episode "Wave Rage", on May 3, 1999. Jennifer Campbell previous appeared on Baywatch in season three as one of Matt Brody's love interests.

Neely returned in the 2003 TV movie Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding, once again portrayed by Nolin. In the movie, Neely, who had thought herself widowed when Mitch was presumed dead after a boat explosion in Hawaii in the tenth season finale "The Killing Machine", learns that Mitch is alive and plans to marry Allison Ford (Alexandra Paul), a dead ringer for Mitch's now-deceased one-time girlfriend Stephanie Holden. Discovering that Allison is secretly in league with an old enemy of Mitch's, Mason Sato (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa), Neely teams with the rest of the old Baywatch crew to try to stop the wedding, as well as to rekindle her relationship with Mitch.