0:00:02 > 0:00:04The Curious...
0:00:04 > 0:00:07..they say he collects strange tales.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09And if you ever hear his whistle,
0:00:09 > 0:00:12you know something creepy is about to unfold.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15No-one knows where he's from...
0:00:15 > 0:00:18..or where he's going to...
0:00:18 > 0:00:20..perhaps not even himself.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23Does he even have control over his actions?
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Have you ever felt uncomfortable in your own skin?
0:00:29 > 0:00:32What if there was a reason for that?
0:00:32 > 0:00:34One that you wished you never went searching for.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58WHISPERING
0:00:58 > 0:01:00- WHISPERED:- Wake...
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Wake, child.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08I have finally found you.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15You are not theirs.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18If you stay...
0:01:19 > 0:01:23..you will die.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Well? It's decision time.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47If in doubt, go with the cheapest.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Oh, ignore your father!
0:01:49 > 0:01:51A girl only gets one 15th.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Come on, Pearl. Which theme's calling out?
0:01:55 > 0:01:57That one there, the sea.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Perfect.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02We could have an enchantment under the sea dance!
0:02:02 > 0:02:03HE CHUCKLES
0:02:05 > 0:02:09Don't we need actual guests for it to be considered a party?
0:02:09 > 0:02:11People will come, P.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14No-one clicks except until a few weeks before anyway, you're fine.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15My party's in four days.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Oh...
0:02:18 > 0:02:19What if we got Dan on the case?
0:02:19 > 0:02:21He could start putting the feelers out.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Forcing people to come. Yeah, that'd make for a fun atmosphere.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Not forcing, your brother's just...
0:02:28 > 0:02:30You know, a bit more...
0:02:30 > 0:02:31Popular?
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Confident is the word I think your dad is looking for.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38I would've picked a legend, but I'll settle for confident.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44MUSIC: Oh Snap by Raphael Lake and Aaron Levy
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Hope to see you there.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Well?
0:02:53 > 0:02:56They were wondering why I was asking about your birthday instead of you.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Well, duh, me too. What did you say?
0:02:59 > 0:03:02- I told them mum and dad forced me to.- You didn't!
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Do I look like an amateur? Of course I didn't
0:03:04 > 0:03:06I've got an image to protect too, you know?
0:03:06 > 0:03:07- Hey, Suzy.- Hey, Danny.- Focus!
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- What did they say? Are they coming?- They...
0:03:10 > 0:03:13..received your invite with interest.
0:03:13 > 0:03:14What? What does that mean?
0:03:14 > 0:03:15It means...
0:03:15 > 0:03:17..they can't say for sure.
0:03:17 > 0:03:18It's not cool to be certain, P.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21- It's not personal. It's just the way it is.- What, and that's it?
0:03:21 > 0:03:24That's the best the great Danny Storks could do?
0:03:24 > 0:03:25Relax!
0:03:25 > 0:03:26This is just phase one.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Generating conversation.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Return to the ocean, child.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34- Was that you?- Was what me?
0:03:34 > 0:03:36You didn't hear that? Really?
0:03:36 > 0:03:39See, it's stuff like this that makes you look weird.
0:03:39 > 0:03:40I can't work in these conditions.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43- Get out of here.- I can't help you if you don't help yourself, P.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50WHISPERING
0:03:58 > 0:04:01- WHISPERED:- Return...
0:04:02 > 0:04:04- WHISPERED:- Come...
0:04:14 > 0:04:18A thousand people petitioned for conservation zones,
0:04:18 > 0:04:202,000 helped with our beach clean-up,
0:04:20 > 0:04:23and everyone here signed up to my marine action group.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Oh, you haven't?
0:04:27 > 0:04:28But you will though.
0:04:28 > 0:04:29THEY CHUCKLE
0:04:29 > 0:04:31See, it's things like that.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35Filthy humans' plastic bottles choke sea life.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Come here.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41- What's your name?- Pearl.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43My beautiful assistant, Pearl,
0:04:43 > 0:04:47is going to demonstrate what the plastic bottle is doing
0:04:47 > 0:04:48to marine life.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00Jump...
0:05:01 > 0:05:03..as hard as you can.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06Go on.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15APPLAUSE
0:05:18 > 0:05:19BELL RINGS
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Nice one. Thanks, Ellie.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Ah, my faithful assistant.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33Thank you, Pearl.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37How do you get so many people to listen to you?
0:05:39 > 0:05:40Humans are suckers.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43SHE CHUCKLES
0:05:44 > 0:05:47I never got anyone's attention like that before.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Thank you, Pui.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Well, don't thank me.
0:05:51 > 0:05:52You jumped.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55If you're not getting people's attention,
0:05:55 > 0:05:58maybe you should be doing that more.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00What?
0:06:00 > 0:06:01Jumping.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Don't think too hard.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Act on instinct.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07People respond to that.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Why are you looking so pleased with yourself?
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Got an RSVP. Two actually.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18What did I tell you? Got to learn to trust me.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20I've got to drain the tank. Meet you by the gate.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25WHISPERING
0:06:27 > 0:06:28What are you?!
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Let me show you your power.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37I release your power, child.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Take to the water.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Let me show you how.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53That's it.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56I will show you.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00Let me show you the way.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Closer.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07WHISPERING
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Pearl?
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Pearl! Help!
0:07:41 > 0:07:43You're OK?!
0:07:43 > 0:07:44Yeah.
0:07:44 > 0:07:45Why, what's wrong?
0:07:47 > 0:07:48What?
0:07:48 > 0:07:49P...
0:07:49 > 0:07:51..you were under for, like, ages!
0:07:57 > 0:07:59I think you need to calm down.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01I don't think you're getting how huge this is.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04No-one could hold their breath for that long. No-one!
0:08:04 > 0:08:07What else you got? X-ray vision?
0:08:07 > 0:08:09- How many fingers am I holding up? - Don't be stupid.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12What about levitation? Any noticeable eye laser beam action?
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Danny, stop it. I'm not some dumb comic book character.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16Seriously, P.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18This is how they all start out.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- The social outcast, the school weirdo.- Thanks.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24You know what I mean, late bloomers.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Then they discover their gift, like you did today.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34I'm not special.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36You SO are.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43- What?- We're adopted, right?
0:08:43 > 0:08:44Yeah...
0:08:44 > 0:08:46I've always known who my parents were,
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- but mum and dad said they never knew yours.- And?
0:08:49 > 0:08:51What if they do?
0:08:51 > 0:08:52Maybe the answer lies with them?
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Every hero has its origin story.
0:08:56 > 0:08:57We've got to find yours.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Why did you bring the whole filing cabinet?
0:09:10 > 0:09:12How am I supposed to know what we're looking for?
0:09:16 > 0:09:18The one that says adoption stuff, maybe?
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Hurry up, they'll be back soon.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27This is all boring paperwork.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Don't know what I expected.
0:09:37 > 0:09:38What's this?
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Go on, your turn now!
0:09:50 > 0:09:52- What about now? Do I look more gorgeous?- Oh, that's the one!
0:09:52 > 0:09:54That is stunning!
0:09:54 > 0:09:56THEY LAUGH
0:09:56 > 0:09:57And now?
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- It's actually an improvement. - Oh, you!
0:10:00 > 0:10:03BABY CRIES
0:10:03 > 0:10:04What's that?
0:10:04 > 0:10:06BABY CRIES
0:10:08 > 0:10:12DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES
0:10:12 > 0:10:14What's he doing out here?
0:10:23 > 0:10:25No.
0:10:25 > 0:10:26No, that...
0:10:26 > 0:10:28That can't be me.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31We tried everything to find out where you came from...
0:10:32 > 0:10:34..how any of it was possible.
0:10:35 > 0:10:36All our research went nowhere.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40In the end, what it came down to was that that baby was alone,
0:10:40 > 0:10:43and needed someone to look after it.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46We've loved you with all our hearts ever since.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48We gave you a home.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51A loving upbringing, and an annoying little brother.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56We never thought about the day we'd have to tell you.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59You were our daughter in every way.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02I come from the sea.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04It doesn't matter where you come from, Pearl...
0:11:04 > 0:11:06..only how you're raised.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08This is so awesome.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12What am I?
0:11:22 > 0:11:23WHISTLE BLOWS
0:11:23 > 0:11:25All right, everyone. Back to class.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Hand me that towel, would you?
0:11:39 > 0:11:40What's going on with you?
0:11:40 > 0:11:42I don't know.
0:11:42 > 0:11:43I feel...
0:11:43 > 0:11:44..different.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Under 11 seconds, P.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Who swims 50 metres in under 11 seconds?
0:11:50 > 0:11:51I don't look at the clock.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53I just like the way it feels.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06Oh, you've done your hair different.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07Mum means you've washed it.
0:12:07 > 0:12:08Oh, shush, you.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10- You look great, sweetheart. - Thanks, Mum.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13And don't worry, I'm sure those RSVPs are going to start
0:12:13 > 0:12:14coming soon.
0:12:14 > 0:12:1524 people?
0:12:15 > 0:12:16How?
0:12:23 > 0:12:25- WHISPERED:- You...
0:12:25 > 0:12:27..know...
0:12:27 > 0:12:29what to do.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37Do it!
0:12:57 > 0:12:58PHONE CHIMES
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Are you leaving?
0:13:08 > 0:13:10My time here is done.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14Wow, look at you!
0:13:14 > 0:13:16I wanted to thank you.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17Your advice worked.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20I've got a birthday party coming up, and for the first time ever,
0:13:20 > 0:13:21everyone wants to come.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27It's a rare gift, influence.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31What are you going to do with that power?
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Use it on teenage birthday party invites...
0:13:35 > 0:13:37..or do you want to change the world?
0:13:39 > 0:13:42- What can I do?- What can YOU do?
0:13:42 > 0:13:47Pearl, if you can convince one person of something,
0:13:47 > 0:13:49you can convince hundreds of anything.
0:13:51 > 0:13:52That's how change happens.
0:13:55 > 0:13:56Is that your next rally?
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Can I come?
0:13:59 > 0:14:00Sure you can.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Why don't you come early?
0:14:02 > 0:14:03Help me set up.
0:14:16 > 0:14:17Don't you just love it here?
0:14:17 > 0:14:19It's just stunning.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25Away from hordes of stinking humans and their pollution.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30SHE BREATHES DEEPLY
0:14:34 > 0:14:35Breathe it in.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41PEARL BREATHES DEEPLY
0:14:44 > 0:14:45Come with me.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52PEARL CHUCKLES
0:14:53 > 0:14:54What?
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Nothing, I just...
0:14:59 > 0:15:00..I feel so at home.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11- It's hard to describe.- Try.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Like...
0:15:13 > 0:15:17..like I can breathe, properly, for the first time ever.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19- Hey, Susie.- Hiya.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Everything just felt right.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24You wouldn't understand.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28This Pui woman, how well do you know her?
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Enough to know that she's right.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Humans are destroying the planet, Danny.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Pui's got another rally next week.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36I can't wait.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Hey, you dropped something.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43- I said hey!- Hey, whoa.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Just pick it up yourself if you're that worried about it.
0:15:46 > 0:15:47- Here.- Don't.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00SHE SCREECHES
0:16:02 > 0:16:04See how dangerous littering can be?
0:16:14 > 0:16:17WHISPERING
0:16:19 > 0:16:24Return to the ocean, child.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28- WHISPERED:- Return!
0:16:29 > 0:16:33Come home.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36What was all that at school today?
0:16:37 > 0:16:38Pearl?
0:16:38 > 0:16:40These dirty humans need to learn.
0:16:40 > 0:16:41Dirty humans?
0:16:43 > 0:16:44That's it, isn't it?
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Ever since you've come back from that beach,
0:16:46 > 0:16:49- it's like land is your kryptonite. - Just go, OK.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51This Pui woman, I feel like she's poisoned your mind.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Don't talk about her, you filthy little land-dweller.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59What? Listen to yourself, P.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02You've lost it. She's brainwashed you.
0:17:02 > 0:17:03Shut up!
0:17:05 > 0:17:06SHE SCREAMS
0:17:06 > 0:17:07What's happening?
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Pearl, stop.
0:17:09 > 0:17:10Please, stop.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Stop, please stop!
0:17:13 > 0:17:14Pearl!
0:17:16 > 0:17:18How did you do that?
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Danny...
0:17:23 > 0:17:24..I'm so sorry.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Hello?
0:17:47 > 0:17:49I got your address from...
0:17:50 > 0:17:51..Pui?
0:17:58 > 0:18:00SHE KNOCKS
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Hello?
0:18:02 > 0:18:03Pui?
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Anyone here?
0:18:35 > 0:18:37SHE SCREAMS
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Pearl!
0:18:39 > 0:18:41What are you doing in there?
0:18:42 > 0:18:43Breathing.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46You and I, we're the same.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Come with me, I'll explain everything.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58For as long as there have been humans,
0:18:58 > 0:19:00there have been creatures of the sea.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Not all of us climbed out of the swamp.
0:19:10 > 0:19:11Some of us chose to stay...
0:19:12 > 0:19:16..and we made it a paradise.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Are you a mermaid?
0:19:19 > 0:19:21- Is that what I am?- Mermaid?
0:19:23 > 0:19:25These are human concepts.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Poison our history, like they poisoned the sea.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33WHISPERING
0:19:34 > 0:19:36SHE SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE
0:19:38 > 0:19:39It was you?
0:19:39 > 0:19:42I was guiding you, helping you discover your powers.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47You couldn't have told me, like a normal person?
0:19:47 > 0:19:51Your mind has been corrupted by the humans who stole you.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53You had to learn who you were on your own.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Come, I'll show you everything.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Pearl!
0:20:04 > 0:20:06- Don't listen to her, Pearl. - What are you doing here?
0:20:06 > 0:20:09- I followed you. I've come to take you home.- She is home.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12What? You expect her to live in the sea with a bunch of singing crabs?
0:20:12 > 0:20:15She will be a god there.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Here she is nothing.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20A filthy land-dweller.
0:20:20 > 0:20:21Don't listen to her, P.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23She's a stinking, barnacle-sucking sea monster.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Shut up!
0:20:26 > 0:20:28SHE SCREECHES
0:20:31 > 0:20:33No!
0:20:36 > 0:20:40Your powers aren't designed to invite humans to birthday parties.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42They're for wrecking their ships upon rocks.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Stop, you're hurting him.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46You're a siren, Pearl...
0:20:46 > 0:20:49..the natural enemy of the human race.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52Join me.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06That's not the way I was raised.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09SHE SCREECHES
0:21:11 > 0:21:13SHE SCREAMS
0:21:17 > 0:21:19SHE SCREAMS
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Enough!
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Enough!
0:21:34 > 0:21:39You would betray your own kind, reject your true home?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41This is my home.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45So be it...
0:21:45 > 0:21:47..dirty human.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49SHE SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE
0:22:17 > 0:22:18You're not ready.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20The party starts in an hour.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23No, it doesn't. I cancelled it.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25I don't need randoms at a party to have fun.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27It was my birthday, and...
0:22:28 > 0:22:31..I just fancied spending it here with my family.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Aw!
0:22:33 > 0:22:34HE CHUCKLES
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Aw!
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Hand me the vomit bag, someone.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23What happens when danger is not somewhere out there...
0:23:23 > 0:23:25..but inside you?
0:23:25 > 0:23:27How do you hide from it, then?
0:23:29 > 0:23:32How do you protect the ones you love...
0:23:32 > 0:23:34..if the monster is inside of you?