Mako Mermaids - an H2O Adventure Season 1: Moon Pool Magic

I've had a copy of season one, volume one for some time now, but getting a copy of season one, volume two has been nearly as hard as finding hens teeth. I should note that I don't have a Blueray player and I can't afford to buy a Blueray player just to watch a few discs...my current DVD player only plays region one discs. An Amazon seller, Thriftbooks, got a copy of season one, volume two from a library and I jumped on it. At last!. In spite of obvious extensive use, all of the episodes played just fine.I like the special effects, the acting and the story line (I've really gotten into mermaids in my old age <G>). If you're into mermaids, Amazon has lots of different mermaid DVD's, and if you're into mermaiding (look it up), Amazon has lots of stuff for that too (tails, monfins, jewelry etc). Enjoy!

Mako Mermaids is a completely different story line than H2O Just Add Water. As I got further into the program, it got more interesting. I purchased both Vol 1 and 2 of Season 1. I'm looking forward to Season 2. Whereas H2O was about three teenage girls who accidently became mermaids and learning to cope with it along with their normal activities, Mako Mermaids is the opposite. Its about three natural born mermaids that find that they have to learn to live on land with land folk. Its a sort of fish out of water story -- pardon the pun. I enjoyed Mako Mermaids, but If I were to choose between H2O and Mako Mermaids, I'd select H2O. I'm hoping season 2 gets better.

Great Show. Contains last 13 episodes of season 1. Zac gets the trident but puts it back since he hurt Lyla. Now Zac's friend Cameron wants the trident. Cameron gets Zac's girlfriend Evie to help him. They go to Mako Island and get the trident but is Evie is stuck inside. Zac saves her and she finds out he's a merman. At the end they stop Cameron and destroy the trident.Episodes:14)Battlelines15)Sirena's Secret16)Truce17)Moon Ring 218)The Trident Job19)Where's the On Button?20)Nowhere to Hide21)Aquata Returns22)Evie Times Two23)Zac's Choice24)Trust25)Betrayed26)Decision Time

The second half of the season really gets the story of the mermaids going. You'll need to watch volume 1 first to really understand what's going on, the story and plot move much more smoothly in this half. Our mermaids are continuing their association with Rita, a mermaid who left the pod (when?), learning more about their history and powers and becoming friends with an assortment of humans during their land adventures.Most of the episodes seem to have Zac not trusting the girls who also seem to do a lot of bickering among themselves. We learn that mermen haven't been around in 1000 years (so the "girls" must be 1000 years old, right?- we aren't told, and if they are…still taking lessons!?) since they lost a war for dominance over Mako Island. Evidently the mermen had made the Trident as a weapon and one of them, taking sides with the mermaids, captured it and locked it away in the chamber Zac found. I don't know if viewers will ever get a full backstory about Mako history.Towards the end Cam schemes with Nixie to "help" Zac become human again- the mermaids learn to their horror that Cam wants to be a merman with the Trident and Mako Island for himself. Zac saves everything by destroying the Trident as the girls restrain Cam above the Moon Pool with their rings.Zac's girlfriend Evie only then learns what's going on with Zac and these three girls she's so suspicious of.Not a bad series to watch…too bad it will be 2015 before second season airs- without Lucy Fry and Ivy Latimer apparently. I haven't read a reason why but they won't be back and two new mermaid characters have been created/cast.If you watched the "cast interviews" on volume 1 don't bother here (exactly the same stuff over again), and the description on the back of the DVD?, whoever wrote that out got the Evie detail all wrong.Volume 2, season 1 is as good as Volume 1…too bad Season 2 won't be out before next year!

Such a nice tv show for the family. I wished more seasons of this series was available for United States DVD players.

Aussies are supposedly well known for their soap operas. And opinions tend to vary as to whether they're epically good or epically bad. Needless to say it's a thing they're known for, and if you're planning to buy anything from the H2O Just Add Water series, it's something you're gonna have to take into account. While the first three seasons aren't that melodramatic, Mako Mermaids is almost nauseatingly so. Imagine 'Days of our Lives' if you deleted every sex/innuendo scene and dressed it up in fantasy genre garb. If that description doesn't appeal to you, then I guarantee you won't enjoy dipping into Mako Mermaids parts 1-2.*Just in case you decide to give it a whirl anyway, you may find this tidbit helpful. The description on the DVD box says it has closed captioning. But when I've tried to activate it my screen always says,"no subtitles are available". Since I have friends in the deaf/hard of hearing community, I thought it worth mentioning.

I started watching this show in TX at my Aunts house on Netflix and automatically got hooked on it it is a great show I love it I'm a fan for life I have watched all the US seasons and I can't wait for the next season. Great actors and actresses way way better then the H2o movie that started it all! I give this show 5 stars

Love this show and so does my 4 yr old, never too old for imagination. This type of show reminds me of the way tv was in the 90s! Now it's all reality tv but this show give you the imagination and adventure and clean drama. Great show!

j'ai bien reçu et le dvd etais de bonne qualité

No cumplió mis expectativas porque o se podía reproducir en un DVD de España. Indicaba que no era la zona geográfica correcta.

Same review for this series as the first one. We simply love mermaids

My daughter really loved it!