Ryn continues to try to teach the other mermaids to be more human in order to better assimilate, but some are starting to resist her, causing Ryn to wonder if she herself is becoming too human. Ben becomes a mentor to Levi as he tries to learn how men behave on land, while Maddie continues to struggle with her mother’s renewed presence in her life. Ryn decides they need to find another solution for housing the mermaids, as hiding them becomes increasingly difficult. Ben interferes in a mermaid ritual causing friction between himself and Ryn, meanwhile, Helen discovers more about her family lineage.
Ryn fights Katrina in a fish tank to maintain leadership of the pack when her loyalties are questioned over her close friendship with Ben and Maddie. Elaine grows more suspicious of Helen and her connections to her husband's family. Meanwhile, Ryn attempts to adapt to life on land.īen, Maddie and Ryn desperately try and keep the newly arrived mermaid pack hidden from the rest of the town, but the new mermaids’ quick degradation on land forces them to get them back to the sea unnoticed during the town’s Mermaid Beauty Contest. Maddie’s mom returns to town and tries to connect with her daughter. After his repeated encounters with the siren song, Ben tries to cope with the after-effects. With more and more mermaids and mermen landing at Bristol Cove’s shores, the threat of discovery increases. Once Helen learns she’s not the only one of her kind, she discovers theirs a dark side to her people’s past. With the mermaids returning to sea, Ben and Maddie are left feeling lost without Ryn. Season 2B picks up with Ben and Maddie feeling uncertain about the mermaids’ future after the deadly consequences of the attack on the oil rig. More mermaids will arrive in the once-sleepy fishing town in Season 2 - but are they seeking revenge, or is something more catastrophic driving them out of the sea? Marine researchers Ben (Alex Roe) and Maddie (Fola Evans-Akingbola) continue to establish a bond with mermaid Ryn (Eline Powell), not only to protect her but to try to help save her entire civilization. Emily Whitesell (showrunner/executive producer).Dean White (creator/executive producer).Eric Wald (creator/writer/executive producer).