Hey, want to grab something to eat?
I'll be all right.
What's the matter? You've hardly spoken to me all morning.
You could have owned that reef, that whole island.
Now, I helped you get the trident back,
and what did you do?
Locked it up in that cave again.
Because it's dangerous. You saw what it did to Lyla.
Only because she tried to take it off you.
Zac, they don't want you to have it.
But again, what do you do?
You roll over and do exactly what they tell you to do.
Whatever. Forget it.
Why would you even listen to them?
You know you can't trust them. Get out of my way.
I'm telling you, they're making a fool of you.
And I'm telling you, get out of my way.
They're using you! You two!
What is going on?
I tripped.
Cam?
Me too.
Maybe a stint of detention will improve your balance.
Go and get some lunch and keep your hands to yourself.
Yes, miss.
Let's talk.
I take it that had something to do with the trident.
It's not important. I can handle it.
You know, not everyone is gonna agree
with your decision to put it back,
but you did do the right thing.
It can't have been easy.
I didn't have a lot of choice.
Well, that's just it.
You did do it and we appreciate that.
Ever since this whole business started,
ever since you fell into the Moon Pool,
nothing's been easy for you, has it?
No.
It's like I've got a foot in two different worlds.
One here on land
and the other out at sea.
Trust me, I understand.
It hasn't been easy for the girls either.
I train them at home.
Why don't you join us tomorrow morning?
Now that the trident's put back, next full moon,
all we have to do is get Zac back here in the pool
and we'll be right.
All we've got to do? Really?
That's how he got his powers. That's how we remove them.
It makes perfect sense to me.
He goes back to being a normal guy,
Aquata and the pod can finally return
and everything goes back to the way it was.
Dream on, Sirena.
Do you really think he'll be that helpful?
What's going on between you and Zac?
Nothing.
Well, that's what he said.
I didn't believe him either.
That's very untrusting, Evie.
Being suspicious is not a good look.
Neither is beating up your best friend.
Nobody was beating anybody up.
Okay. It was a disagreement.
About what?
Look, you two have been besties your whole lives.
What could he possibly have done to make you this angry?
Don't know. You'll have to ask him.
He won't talk about something like this.
And neither can I.
Hey, Rita, we've got everything set up for you.
That's great. Um...
We have a visitor. What?
Come in. Zac.
Um, what's he doing here?
Zac's here because I invited him.
He's caught between two worlds.
It's making things really difficult for him.
He wants to learn more about what happened.
Problem is, mermaids don't really
know that much about mermen.
Why not? Probably because
we're all too busy escaping you.
Some mermen have tried to destroy us in the past.
According to legend, it's been that way
ever since there was a war between us long ago.
Oh, that's right, a war between us.
Long ago.
Didn't seem that long ago when he had a trident on us.
He put it back. What else do you want him to do?
You know, you're the reason why our pod left Mako.
Mermaids wouldn't dare be around a merman.
I can't just pack up and move.
You don't have to.
All you have to do is stop being a merman.
Go back to your world and we will go back to ours.
How? It may be possible
to reverse what happened to you.
We think that if you're in the Moon Pool
during the full moon it might reverse what happened.
Ah. I gave up the trident.
I didn't expect to have to give up my powers as well.
I knew it.
Nixie, this is a huge thing we're asking of him.
They're not his powers, okay? They're ours.
He got them by accident.
We told him what he had to do, he said he won't.
Give him the chance to think about it.
Yeah. A chance to hang around us
so he knows exactly how to attack us later.
Nixie, that's enough. We need to talk.
What is wrong with you?
There's nothing wrong with me.
You're the one he knocked unconscious.
Or do you not remember? Yeah. Yeah, I remember.
I also remember that he was the one who saved me.
That's right. He didn't have to do that.
He didn't have to zap her in the first place.
He didn't have to make himself our enemy, but he did.
He also didn't have to put the trident back, but he did.
Yeah, right where he can get it straight back next full moon.
I don't think he'd do that. Based on what?
Based on he said he won't, and I trust him.
I trust him too.
You're both nuts.
He came here today. Why would he do that if he was fighting us?
Exactly.
He can still turn against us.
He won't. He's not our enemy.
And he's not our friend, either.
He's not to be trusted.
You want to sell us out, that's up to you.
But I'm not being a part of this.
Nixie.
Nixie, don't.
I'm really sorry, Zac. We'll work on her. She'll come around.
No, she won't.
This wasn't a good idea.
I'd better go.
I really appreciate what you tried to do.
This can still work. We can still help you.
Forget it. Zac, please.
Didn't take you long to get Zac to come around.
What?
Getting him to give up the trident.
You've got him right where you want him.
Better make space in that Moon Pool.
He's not gonna be hanging around here much longer.
He'll be off swimming.
Like you. Get real, Cam.
We don't want him in the Moon Pool.
We don't want him being anything like us.
Or I don't.
Oh, come on, you couldn't wait to get him on your side.
We don't want him on our side. We want him on your side.
All walking, all land-dwelling.
So you'd be happy if he wasn't a merman?
Wow, you're a quick one.
And what about the others? Do they agree?
If they had any sense in them, they would.
That's why we're here, you know.
To bring him back to normal, so the pod can come back.
But no, they're welcoming him.
I don't want him to be a merman either.
Since when?
You wanted him to bring the trident back.
So he could protect himself.
He used to be a good friend of mine. Now...
I just want things back the way they were
before he fell in that pool.
Sounds like
we want exactly the same thing.
Hey. Zac.
I don't need your help, Lyla.
All this time, I've had to work it all out by myself.
I figured out my powers and— You don't understand.
Being a merman, it's not just about your powers.
There is so much more.
How do you feel when you're swimming out there?
I don't know.
Yeah, you do.
Tell me.
It just feels right.
I feel free. Completely free.
No homework, no parents.
It's just me and the ocean. Exactly.
Have you ever just stopped swimming
and hung there in the deep blue,
just closed your eyes and...
felt that connection?
I don't know, maybe.
You haven't felt it.
Come on. I'll show you.
That was so totally awesome.
I know. And guess what.
It gets better. Sometimes they let me swim with them.
We can do that next time if you like.
Seriously? They'll let us near them?
We're not separate to the ocean. We're part of it.
We can sense things,
like the whispers in the currents and tides
and listening to sea creatures.
Just by looking we can tell if a shark's friendly or not.
Or whether a dolphin will help us find our way.
I never thought of it like that.
Am I really the reason your pod left?
Not you personally.
But the fact you're a merman, yeah.
Mermaids fear them more than anything else in the ocean.
And there was really a war between them?
That trident you found,
that was the mermen's greatest weapon.
The mermaids were powerless against it.
How did they survive?
Because of one merman.
He knew the war was wrong so he took the trident
and locked it away in a chamber where it could never be found.
Till I did. Then I used it against you.
Until you realized what you were doing.
Then you locked it away again. Just like he did.
I guess I did.
I never meant to cause a war between us.
There isn't between us.
Nixie.
Wait.
Where'd you go? Huh?
You're still upset.
Well, what did you expect?
I mean, you're making a huge mistake.
Sirena.
Look, I've got two more songs
and then I promise we'll talk about this. Okay?
Do you know where Zac is?
No idea. What about the other one of them?
They usually travel in packs of three.
Yeah, okay, I'll just grab some.
David wants you.
David? But— Yeah, right now, Carly. Hurry.
You really do have a tail.
What did you expect, a propeller?
I'll cover for you.
What are you two doing in there?
You wouldn't believe me if I told you.
Didn't need you to cover for me.
Oh, well, I can't resist a fish-girl in distress.
Oh, I'm sorry, are you saying you want me to thank you?
Wouldn't hurt. Thank you.
Hey. You okay?
Where are you going?
Wherever. Doesn't matter.
Don't worry about it. I'll walk you.
I don't need you to walk me.
Okay.
You don't mind if I walk in the same sort of direction, do you?
You know, you can trust me now.
You and I are on the same page.
You know, the first time you showed up,
I thought you were pretty.
Yeah, okay, right.
Honestly.
And now you've seen me with a tail.
I still think so.
I don't belong here. I'm sorry I came.
I'm not.
You know, I meant what I said earlier.
What?
Zac.
He doesn't belong in your world.
I want him back to normal.
Just as much as you do.
So?
So we could always work together and fix him.
Think about it.
Is it safe for me to go home yet, or is he still there?
He's gone back to his place.
Oh, yeah. Till next time.
What's going on?
Oh, nothing.
Lyla took Zac to see our Moon Pool. What?
He has the right to see our world.
You know, while you were off just revealing all our secrets,
I actually got splashed.
At the cafe. Yeah, where were you to help me?
I didn't know. I'm sorry. Are you okay?
Yeah, right.
I didn't know either, Nixie.
I wish I were there to help you,
but I'm not sorry that I spent time with Zac.
He's just like us.
He wants to learn about the ocean,
he wants to know about our connection.
Yeah, so he can use it against us.
No, so he can be one of us.
Wait. One of us?
I want him to join our pod.
What? Lyla.
Are you kidding me right now?
Well, mermaids have made
an alliance with a merman in the past.
Yes, but that was a thousand years ago.
When a merman locked the trident away on Mako, just like Zac did.
Seriously? You really want us
to plead his case to the mermaid council?
How? We're still banished.
We can at least try.
They are never going to trust a merman.
They have in the past. So they will again.
Then there's no reason to change him back.
He can stay as a merman,
it'll be safe for the pod to return to Mako.
They'll never agree to that.
Oh, why not? I can tell you why not.
Because you're thinking about your heart
and not thinking with your head.
I am not. Yes, actually, you are.
Are you listening to yourself?
We can do this.
We can make this work.
Remember what you said to Rita yesterday?
Me turning up wasn't a good idea?
She meant what she said.
She wants to help you.
You're welcome at her home anytime.
Sirena.
You have to choose.
Why?
Because what Lyla wants to do is crazy.
We can't let this go any further.
We have to stop her.
You should just start the lesson.
Well, I'd rather wait till Nixie's here.
That's probably not gonna happen.
She doesn't want to be a part of our class anymore.
Cam.
What is it?
I need to know if you and me
are still working together. To fix Zac.
Yeah. Totally.
I want to help him.
But I want to help you guys too.
You know, you can trust me, Nixie.
Plus...
I think you and I make a pretty good team.
Okay, let's do it.
You and me.
I'll— I'll be in touch.
Great.