- Previously... - I made a choice.
I had a chance to save him but I didn't.
What you did was wrong. Don't you see that?
She is one from another tribe.
I've come a very long way to see you.
How did you know about me?
Because I was a captive too.
Continue the treatments at an increased dosage.
You have enough stem cells?
Well, we've depleted the initial batch.
But we've managed to secure a new source.
Got the Coast Guard report from that night.
Hoping there was something in there.
So many damn questions.
He moved the necklace.
I'm telling you, he was there.
What do you think Sarge wanted?
He has something to tell you.
Helen?
Ben. I wasn't expecting you.
Sorry. I know it's early.
I think I left my phone here.
Did you?
I haven't seen it.
- You okay? - Fine.
- Weird night. - Yeah?
Weird? Weird how?
Where to begin?
It's right here.
Sorry, you were saying?
Nothing.
A weird dream had me thinking.
There's something on my phone.
I need to...
Sure, do what you need to.
Hey. What are you doing here?
I need to talk to you.
I'm not really ready to talk about all this.
No, no, no. It's not about that.
Something's happened.
What? Is Ryn okay?
Ryn's fine.
It's this other one. The new one.
I think she killed Kyle.
- What? - Yeah.
- Kyle's dead? - I think so, yes.
My God. How does she even know about him?
She was asking Ryn about Donna,
saying there needed to be consequences.
And how did she find him?
She used my phone.
She ambushed him on the docks.
I went down there, found a bunch of blood,
part of his uniform.
The military are going to be looking for him.
We need to talk to Ryn.
Yeah.
Good morning.
I'm looking for the marine archives.
Hello, Ted.
Helen.
Just doing a little research here.
Saw you come in.
Everything all right?
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I'm fine.
What's that?
It's the Coast Guard report
from the night of our accident, out on the water.
Dale got a hold of it for me.
Really? After all these years?
Well, there's something about that night that's...
It's never far from my mind.
Yeah, I can imagine.
Yeah, just thought I'd pin down where we were.
This has the exact coordinates.
47.75.
-125.86.
Carson Sound.
- That's funny. - What?
You need to come with me.
She does what she wants.
She's very angry.
Is that why she came here? Revenge?
- No. - What does she want?
Always, our tribes have been divided.
Everyone stays apart, far away.
We never go to another's territory.
Many wars were fought over this.
I heard of the wars growing up,
but I did not understand
how big the world was.
How many of us.
How many?
Like a forest.
That many trees.
Thousands?
Yes, thousands, I think.
But with the oceans warming, the food going away,
we must do something.
To help feed each other, make more babies.
We're trying to help here on land. Did you tell her that?
Yes, but she doesn't trust humans.
She wants help from Ryn.
What kind of help?
To bring the tribes together.
Okay, how?
We will go.
Both of us.
To those far away.
If they see that Ryn and Tia,
from warring tribes, help each other,
others may follow.
You don't even know if you can trust her.
This is true.
I do not know.
But if we do nothing, she is right.
Many more will die.
Maybe all.
You need to be careful, Ryn.
Yes.
She is powerful.
But so am I.
Fill out the paperwork, hand it in end of day.
Ton of info in there.
Insurance, course requirements, graduation...
if you drag your lazy millennial asses all the way through.
This guy's a walking cliché.
Sir, yes, sir.
Openings all over the state for Troopers,
Transit, sheriff departments.
Clallam and Jefferson counties, obviously,
always looking for Marine Unit recruits.
No, thank you.
You don't like the water?
Just want to be as far away from it as I can.
Didn't you say you worked on a fishing boat?
You grow up in the circus, doesn't make you a clown.
I think it's over here.
Yes.
Here.
Look at this.
Carson Sound.
That's where your great-great-grandfather
Charles Pownall's ship went down in 1864.
That's right.
They say he almost didn't make it.
Lost half his crew.
- Strange coincidence. - Yeah.
Here, look at this.
This says the massacre of the mermaids
took place right in the cove.
I thought you didn't believe in that part of the story.
Ted?
I don't know what the hell I believe anymore.
And that, my friends,
is the story of Charles Pownall
and his tragic mermaid love.
Now, if you guys look over this way towards the shoreline,
you just might be able to see--
Holy shit! I see one!
What? What?
Where? Where?
I don't see anything.
Well, it's this tail.
It just flipped right up out of the water.
Well, there you have it, folks.
Captain Calvin's Mermaid Tours.
Satisfaction guaranteed!
I saw one. I did.
One too many mermaid mojitos.
- What? - I'll take that.
But I saw it. I saw it.
It was right there.
Let's keep it moving, shall we?
You think she's still here on land?
Yes. She wants Ryn's help.
She found me at Helen's shop.
She will go back there.
Okay. We'll go with you.
No. No humans.
Okay, well, I was supposed to head to Seattle today,
to try and speak to that guy
that's doing the ocean research project.
This is good.
Maybe Ben will go with you?
I need to see my dad.
Kyle was helping with my mom's treatment.
Without him...
I'll have my cell.
A lot of huffing and puffing going on over there.
Hey, these lungs have been huffing and puffing
long before it was legal, okay?
A real party animal?
Yeah?
Maybe they should have done the CPR training first.
I'm fine. I'm fine.
Holy shit.
Yeah. Very cute.
Move it, McClure!
You killed the soldier.
Yes.
This is bad for my human friends.
You're very naive.
Humans are not your friends.
Some can be.
You've been misled.
They destroy the earth. They kill for sport.
This soldier tortured your own sister.
He had to die.
We cannot talk here.
Come with me.
Hey, Roberta. I'm looking for my dad.
- Is he in? - Actually, no.
And I'm a little worried.
He had a union breakfast this morning.
Didn't show.
And he also missed two meetings.
No call, no text.
- Not like him. - No. No, it's not.
- It's my fault. - What do you mean?
He can't handle the thought of my retiring.
Your father hates change.
Yeah. Yeah, that must be it.
Thanks, Roberta.
Xander, what's up?
I just saw Hurricane Katrina,
just walking around, not a care in the world.
Hey, look, Xan, we got bigger problems.
Kyle's dead.
Holy shit.
Well, I mean, she probably offed him.
- That Katrina? - No, no, no.
It was this other one.
What other one?
This new one. She just got here.
Really, they just keep coming.
Ryn's handling her.
I gotta go and see my dad.
Kyle was helping with my mom.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, just go.
Thanks.
But with most innovation,
the unintended consequences are the ones that haunt us, right?
Now we're living in a plastics nightmare of our own making
while our oceans and sea life
are being destroyed before our eyes.
There are five gyres around the world,
and within them are massive, floating islands of plastic,
one of them measuring roughly twice the size of Texas...
...polluting the world's oceans,
killing our wildlife and poisoning the water.
Five of them.
Here's where I could geek out,
give you the minutiae of how a group of scientists
way, way smarter than me have built a system
to literally retrieve the trash
using the currents of the oceans and a giant boom and rim.
Lot of them are actually here today.
You can speak to them, pick their brains.
Ask them too many questions.
The idea is to get the system on the water,
starting in the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone,
halfway between California and Hawaii, and clean it up.
One giant trash island at a time.
Dad?
Hey, Mom. Is Dad home?
No, he's at work.
No. Roberta said she hasn't seen him.
That's funny.
What did you want to see him about?
- It's nothing important. - Hey, Ben.
To be honest, I'm worried about him.
What, did something happen?
He hasn't slept in days.
He's completely withdrawn, drinking.
Did he tell you about this Coast Guard report?
He showed it to you?
No. I found it.
On his desk.
Okay, in his desk.
But I wasn't snooping. I was looking for something.
Ben, I feel responsible.
For what?
His stress.
The strain of everything that's been going on with me.
The hospitals, the drug trials.
It's just bringing the whole thing up again.
Mom, I'll find him.
I promise.
What is this place?
Somewhere safe.
Nowhere near humans is safe.
I'm trying to help you, Ryn.
I know much more about them than you do.
They're ignorant, thoughtless,
self-absorbed.
It's the very nature of being human.
But you said the humans taught you,
made you strong.
I chose my path.
I observed them, learned their ways,
then decided my own fate.
Ultimately, I had to make them pay.
For your capture?
For much more than that.
They stole my song.
How?
They cut me.
In my brain.
Mr. Pownall.
Wasn't expecting to see you out here today.
Something I can do for you?
Help me cast off, will you, Lance?
I'm taking her out.
Not looking too good out there. Storm rolling in.
Last maritime advisory had everyone coming in.
Now, I know what you're thinking.
There's this guy in sneakers
who wants me to sink my money or my time or my energy
into fixing what feels essentially too big to fix.
And the answer is, yes.
Because we are going to solve this together.
One way or another.
And if we're not pouring our money or our time
or our passion into this,
what are we doing?
Thank you.
Our team is outside for further questions.
Thank you so much. I appreciate you coming down.
Hi. Nice to meet you. Good to see you.
Excuse me, Mr. Wellens?
- "Robb." - Robb. I'm Maddie Bishop.
I work at one of the local Marine Research Centers outside the city.
- Which one? - Bristol Cove.
About 80 miles northwest.
Nice. What do you do there, Maddie?
Little bit of everything.
It's a nonprofit,
so we do ocean rescue, research, beg for money.
I hear that.
It was great to hear you speak.
And, actually, I had a question about the project.
Yes, you can work on it.
That wasn't my question.
Okay. I'm sorry.
Ask away. Nothing too tough, though.
It's about the wave drift force,
and the design of the boom and the skirt.
I was just wondering how many materials did you try
before you found one that could cancel out
the drag of the anchors?
That's a really good question.
The anchors have been a problem.
Of course, I haven't shared that with our investors.
I figured.
You know what?
I haven't eaten a thing all day.
Do you want to grab a bite,
and I could tell you about the energy data?
You're not going to hit me up for money, are you?
Do you have any?
Okay, well, I'll pay for dinner then.
- Please. - Okay, great.
She's from my colony.
Your colony? With eyes like mine.
She was separated from yours when she was a baby.
Our colony found her, raised her.
Why are you here?
An airplane landed in the water.
Humans dead inside.
One of ours saw her come to land.
The others are all right?
They are watching the waters for more like her.
Why did you leave your colony?
She was captured, like my sister.
All tribes are in trouble, just like us.
I've been a long time without food.
- I must go hunt. - We have food.
I'll bring it.
You stay here.
Humans took you.
Your leader, she is a friend to them.
Defends them.
- Protects them. - Yes.
The oceans will not be safe as long as humans live.
They must die.
All of them.
She will never agree.
Then I will do it myself.
You bow to her with reluctance.
Like you don't want to.
Maybe you would rather be with me.
With your true colony.
These are the coordinates from the Coast Guard report.
And here, on the map,
it's right out at Carson Sound.
Carson Sound.
What is it about that place?
That's where the shipping lanes used to be all those years ago.
The deepest part of the passageway to land.
Our mermaid friends would've had to use it
to avoid the fishermen.
Unfortunately, it didn't always work out that way.
Charles Pownall's ship. Is that where it went down?
That's what the book says.
You think he might have gone out there?
I wouldn't be surprised.
What do you think he's looking for?
Answers.
Something from the night of his accident with your mother.
He says he saw something out there.
Maybe he did.
- I need to find him. - Yeah.
She does not tell you everything.
Yes, I know.
That's why I left you with her.
She will unite the tribes. This is true.
But also, she will kill humans
and anyone who tries to stop her.
I know you do not trust the humans either.
But you told me the truth.
You are loyal.
Thank you.
You must kill her.
She is going back now to gather more--
Wait!
This will not help our tribes.
You know nothing about it.
I will put an end to these humans once and for all.
And to you, if you interfere.
I must stop her.
Lance, he take her out?
I tried to stop him.
He wouldn't even let me set the storm jib.
You know your dad, man.
I'm sorry.
I appreciate you calling in this favor.
The research boat would've never made it out in this.
What the hell's your dad thinking?
He's not.
His head's all screwed up.
Don't tell me someone's been bending his head
with that crazy song.
I don't know what's going on, okay?
I just know I need to get out there.
I need to find him.
Well, check the VHF. Maybe he's on.
We're a mile away from the coordinates Helen gave me.
See anything?
No.
Maybe he got thrown off course.
There. There.
I got him on radar.
No, no, I'm not even a scientist.
I was majoring in Engineering.
Dropped out.
Your parents must be so proud.
Yeah, definitely.
They calmed down a little bit when I spoke
at the Ocean Cleanup Initiative.
You spoke at OCI?
- Wow. - Right now,
the biggest part of my life is fundraising.
Turns out, you need investors to change the world.
This was news to you?
Yeah, actually.
Naive or just plain stupid.
I don't know. Jury's still out.
- Thank you. - Wonderful. Thank you.
What got you interested in ocean preservation?
A diving trip.
Saw more garbage than sea life.
That'll do it.
Tell me what you're thinking,
about the currents and the skirt.
Aren't you worried the current is just going to rip
the whole thing apart?
The test runs are showing that, yeah.
Have you thought about maybe trying to anchor the system differently?
Maybe further under the surface?
Yeah, actually.
A professor from the University in Geneva suggested it.
We're working on that right now.
- Really? - Yeah.
Why do you sound so surprised?
It was just a theory.
A really good one, apparently.
Tell me a little bit more about yourself.
There's not much to tell.
Come on.
Anyone who could intellectually dismantle
an innovative scientific model in 20 minutes flat
is someone with something to tell.
I... I was a volunteer
and got interested in the science, that's all.
It's why I wanted to talk to you.
We've got to solve this.
I mean, if we don't...
what's going to happen?
Here, look at this.
"The Myths of Bristol Cove."
Carson Sound.
That's where your great-great-grandfather
Charles Pownall's ship went down in 1864.
Charles and his crew were out to sea in a treacherous storm.
Captain, we can't hold her much longer!
She's taking on water!
Hold her steady, men! Away from the break!
This is where he first saw her.
Though Charles had a human family,
they fell in love.
A baby was born but, being a hybrid,
it came into the world, as they often do, deformed.
Charles took the illegitimate baby to the Haida,
wanting to save it,
but also anxious to hide it from the world.
Separated from her child,
his mermaid lost her mind and went back to the water,
never to return.
Infected by her song and her absence,
Charles lost his senses.
Mainland shores are closed.
What's that out there?
There! I see him, right ahead of us, right there.
- You see him? - Yeah, I see him.
Yeah, I got it, I got it.
He gathered his crew,
trapped the mermaids in a cove
and slaughtered them one by one.
The captain! Now, go, go!
- You see him? - No, you?
There, there. I see a light down there.
- Hey! - Hey, over here! Come on!
The next project is a cleanup system for river mouths.
That's actually doable.
There's already one up and working in Baltimore.
Doable? Where's the fun in doable?
Last call, you guys.
I'd better get going.
I didn't realize the time. Thank you.
Thanks.
I have a really crazy idea.
Crazier than an ocean vacuum cleaner?
Probably.
Let's do something completely out of character.
Just something nuts.
Why don't you stay tonight?
- What? - Stay with me.
Come on, this is going really well, you and me, right?
I have a great hotel room.
We could just, for once,
not overthink things
and do what we want to.
Wow.
You really cannot pull that off.
I know.
It's sad.
I thought you were going to say I complete you.
I was. I was going to say that.
But you get total props for effort.
Great.
Yeah, story of my life.
Dad!
Go, go, go.
Mr. Pownall? Mr. Pownall?
Just stay with me. Stay with me, okay?
Hey, Ted, look at me.
Ben! Ben, we got to get out of here!
Hey, Ben! Ben! Hey!
Ben! The storm is getting worse, okay?
Your dad's pressure, it ain't good.
He might be hypothermic. We got to go now, right now!
Dad?
Dad.
- On the bed. On the bed. - Yeah, yeah. You got him?
You got him? You got him?
Hey, you all right?
Look at me.
You got to stay warm, okay?
Maybe he just needs some rest.
Whiskey. In the kitchen.
Dad, look at me.
Look at me.
- Helen? - Ryn's here.
She's hurt.
It's really bad.
Get over here. Now!
- What? - Ryn's at Helen's.
It's bad.
Just go. I'll take care of your dad.
Okay?
Just go, go, go.
- I'll be back as soon as I can. - Yeah, yeah. Just go. Go.
Hey. Where is she?
Eliza is with her.
Why did they bring her on land?
To protect her.
You go. Be with her.
Ryn, what happened?
Ben, this new one, Tia.
She cannot be trusted.
It's okay.
We can figure out how to handle her.
No, she cannot be handled.
She's strong.
Stronger than any I have ever seen.
Okay.
Stronger than Ryn.
Don't think about that now, all right?
Just try to sleep.
Try to sleep.
Hey. Hey.
How's Ryn?
She's in pretty bad shape.
Think he saw anything down there?
What are you going to tell him?
No idea.
Hey, Dad.
It's okay. Come on.
I thought I was losing my mind.
Night of the accident...
all those years ago.
What I thought I saw.
It was real.
It's real, Dad.
They're real.
Your friend, Ryn.
She's one of them.
Eliza.
When you were down there,
did you see my friend, Sarge?
Sarge is... dead.
Yes, I know.
But I saw him.
I was asleep.
He came to me.
Called me to the water.
And then there he was,
right in front of me.
He came from the spirit world.
He was trying to tell me something.
What?
What does it mean?
War...
is coming.