About
Ocean Girl is an Australian science fiction TV series aimed for family audiences and starring Marzena Godecki as the lead character. The show is set in the near future, and focuses on an unusual girl named Neri who lives alone on an island, and the friendships she develops with the inhabitants of an underwater research facility called ORCA. The show is an example of deep ecology science fiction.
Cast
Marzena Godecki
as Neri
David Hoflin
as Jason Bates
Jeffrey Walker
as Brett Bates
Lauren Hewett
as
Kerry Armstrong
as
Liz Burch
as
Anthony Hayes
as
William McInnes
as
Christopher Kirby
as
Kristy Barnes Cullen
as
Pamela Rabe
as
Nina Landis
as H.E.L.E.N. (voice)
Alex Pinder
as Dr. Winston Seth
Damien Bodie
as
Michael Veitch
as
Andrea McEwan
as
Mark Neal
as Agent Jake Shelby
Episodes
Season 1
The Girl in the Sea
Dianne Bates and her sons Jason and Bret come to the underwater base ORCA for six months. They meet Winston Seth which is Dianne's assistant. Sher is going to study whales. Brett finds the place cool, but Jason donesn't like it. They also meet commander Lucas. At dinner Brett meets his new friends Zoe and Froggy whos real name is Jake Reilly{}. Dianne, Winstorn, Jason and Brett go out with the boat to put a transmitter on the whale. A girl comes up out of the ocean and stops Jason when he is about to shoot the transmitter on the whale, so Dianne has to do it instead. Nobody believes Jason when he tells them about the mermaid.
Set Adrift
Vanessa Lane comes to ORCA and ends up in the same class as Jason. Brett, Zoe and Froggy play a trick on Vanessa and she gets back at Brett and leaves him in a broken boat out at sea. A storm comes up, so they can't search for him. He strands on Neri's island and meets Neri, and tells Jason about her when he comes back.
Wall of Death
Jason taks driving licene foor the boat and gets out to sunk a net. The whale charle{} gets stuck in the net and Neri tries to save him but gets also stuck. Jason saves her and later she shows them her island. They promise to keep her and the island as a secret.
The Earthquake
Vanessa and Jason go out on a mission with the boat but Neri warns Jason that an earthquake is coming, so they return. Commander Lucas gets angry but the earthquake is for real and Damien and Lee get stuck in a room leaking water. Froggy pulls a trick with the computer called HELEN which stands for Hydro Electronic Liaison Entity 3000{} to try to get them out.
Human Tears
Brett's birthday party proves to be a big hit with his friends but Brett is disappointed when he doesn't receive a gift from his father (his parents are divorced). Following a heated argument between Dianne and Commander Lucas over the acquisition of new equipment for Dianne's research, Winston suggests that they should make an effort to be nicer to one another. Talking with Froggy and Zoe about divorce and stepparents, Brett gets the idea that there may be a relationship at work between his mother and Commander Lucas, especially when he sees how nice they are being to each other of late. Brett's belief seems to be validated when he finds himself being given a private tour of the bridge by Commander Lucas, during which he decides to casually mentions some unsettling details about his mother hoping to disinterest the Commander. After saving Jason from a shark while swimming near her island, Neri tells Jason her life story—that which she remembers.
Property Developers!
Jason's frequent use of the boats results in Commander Lucas banning him from using them for a period of one week, effectively cutting him off from Neri. A pair of eager developers arrive on ORCA expressing an interest in a nearby island—Neri's. Jason volunteers to be their guide on their visit to the island and once on the island he and Neri are able to scare off the developers keeping the island safe. When Jodie takes forty dollars from a lost wallet, Vanessa forces her to spy on Jason and Brett in order to keep the theft a secret.
Toxic Waste
Neri brings Jason's attention to a toxic dump in the ocean that is making Charlie sick. When Jason is reprimanded for leaving an important project, it is up to Lee, Brett, Froggy and Zoe to prove to Commander Lucas that the dumping of waste in the ocean is occurring. A barrel is recovered and dramatically revealed during a presentation on ORCA by Zenco, a major sponsor of ORCA research and the company responsible for dumping the waste. Neri once again expresses her desire to see the inside of ORCA.
Day Pass
Jason agrees to show Neri his and Jason's home on ORCA. After steeling one of Vanessa's uniforms and obtaining a fake ID from Froggy, Brett begins a long-winded tour of ORCA that he hopes will bore Neri into making her visit a short one. Neri however is quickly captivated by ORCA—just as Damien seems to be with her. Getting separated from Jason and Brett, Neri wanders into Dianne's lab where she encounters both Dianne and Commander Lucas. Meanwhile Vanessa discovers that one of her uniforms is missing and has an idea of just who is wearing it. Fortunately Jason and Brett are able to get Neri away from an insistent Vanessa and off of ORCA before any more trouble arises.
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