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00:00To become a human, you have to pay a price.
00:18No! Susie! My little girl!
00:25I gave up my tail.
00:30For legs that could walk on land.
00:41And got him into me.
00:45Ten years, I've forgotten how to walk a runway.
00:49But I remember, he loves fish.
00:53Madam, sir insisted you open it yourself.
01:02Surprise!
01:02Surprise! Happy 10th anniversary.
01:08Maybe I didn't choose wrong after all.
01:12A 50 carry diamond ring, a luxury villa, and a yacht with your mermaid statue.
01:17From sir. Total value, 300 million.
01:20Thank you. I love you, babe.
01:25Sorry. Emergency. I have to go.
01:28Jason, tonight is the best time. We need to-
01:32I know. Wait for me.
01:49Hubby, I've been calling you for hours.
01:52Finally.
01:58you just love getting caught at my front door don't you you deserve it
02:03but i just like you this kind of little beauty who loves excitement
02:17jason
02:25it's not what you think susie
02:29you okay
02:46caught you
02:47so all that it all belongs to her now jason for your sake i betrayed my fellow tribesmen and finally
02:55left the beloved runway 10 years in that kitchen how about you you are with her now mommy
03:04daddy mommy you have a kid together who told you to bring arthur here i'm so sorry sir the young
03:10master insisted how old are you nine we've been married 10 years and you have a nine-year-old
03:18son you've been lying to me from the start susie let me explain cindy we go way back high school
03:25i will explain the situation to you regarding the child i have never thought of letting you down
03:31he's innocent i had to take responsibility but you are more important
03:39jason i'm fine it's just that my stomach suddenly felt a bit uncomfortable
03:43must be the stress easy has this affected the little baby don't worry about me handle things
03:49with susie first she looks really upset you have a second on the way over the years i went through
03:56all kinds of treatments to get pregnant getting injections that left my body bruised all over
04:03and taking medications that caused my figure to change
04:09i gave up my modeling career and you you just popped them out one after another like it's nothing
04:15babe i saw how much pain you were in that's why i let cindy help out it's because i care
04:21about you
04:22yeah susie mine is yours i'd never take anything from you
04:30susie you're so kind and you love me so much you'll understand right
04:41so this is your answer susie
04:47i love you too deeply yet i dare not tell you afraid you won't be able to bear it
04:53i've analyzed the medication it contains high doses of hormones prolonged use causes rapid weight
04:59gain and permanent infertility
05:03you planned this from the start
05:29i can't lift you do us all a favor spare our eyes yeah
05:47i was a top model and you destroyed me
05:52how dare you still play the loving husband
05:55don't touch me i did it all for you think about it since you gained the weight haven't you been
06:01taken care of every single day you don't get to decide who i become look at you you really think
06:06you're walking a runway again take my advice enjoy what you have don't make things harder on yourself
06:12my kind one mate forever you betray that and we don't forgive ever
06:30how did you know i was back
06:32i felt your tears you need me you need us thank you i missed you all so much
07:00mom is that susie why are you back what happened mom he cheated he had a kid with some human
07:08woman now they have another on the way how dare he he swore an oath he lied from the start
07:13she was his high school sweetheart and they secretly drugged me hormones to make me gain
07:17weight to make me infertile this is what he did to me he dare do this to you i'll crush
07:23him myself
07:27it's too late everything's ruined
07:34susie my lady a man named jason is at the shore he holds one of our sacred treasures he begs
07:40an
07:40audience with your daughter how dare he show his face mom this is between him and me
07:45let me end it myself
08:04susie please just give me a chance to explain
08:13these are apology gifts properties jewelry yachts and this mermaid's tear it took me three years to find
08:24it as precious as every tear you've shed for me keep your jewels now just looking at them makes me
08:32sick
08:32them
08:38susie the kids are innocent arthur's only nine and soon there'll be another
08:43just agree to take them in i'll do whatever you want why the hell should i raise your kids with
08:48another woman they're innocent then what about me jason you've destroyed my youth my career my body
09:00divorce
09:05divorce
09:12divorce
09:14divorce
09:30Susie, you hate doing those cheap car shows.
09:32So why?
09:32You know those guys don't even care about the cars.
09:34But if I do a few more, your company can get through this.
09:37I'm sorry, Susie.
09:38I'm useless.
09:39If I go under, I won't drag you down with me.
09:41We can just get a divorce, then...
09:43Don't, Jason.
09:44I chose this.
09:45We're husband and wife.
09:47My people don't break vows.
09:49I swear.
09:51From now on, your life is my life.
09:56One lifetime, just us.
09:58In this life, the next, divorce doesn't exist for us.
10:02Ever.
10:03Susie, we agreed back then.
10:05Neither of us gets to say it first.
10:07You're the one who betrayed me.
10:09When you were having kids with Cindy behind my back,
10:11did you even think about our marriage?
10:13I...
10:15Jason!
10:18Jason, don't do this.
10:20You'll get sick.
10:22Susie, this is all my fault.
10:24If you need to vent, take it out on me.
10:26Don't torture Jason.
10:28Save your pathetic acting.
10:30I'm not acting.
10:32I know I was wrong.
10:33Jason is everything to me.
10:34I'd die for him.
10:35So for his kids, I'll walk away from your marriage.
10:38Not biting?
10:40Fine.
10:40Let me turn up the heat.
10:42Susie, hit me.
10:43Curse me.
10:43Do whatever.
10:44But the kids are innocent.
10:45Don't touch me.
10:48Ah, my stomach.
10:50Susie, why did you push me?
10:52Cindy!
10:54No, don't blame Susie.
10:56I shouldn't be here.
10:58I'll go.
11:03Susie, she's pregnant.
11:05You can hate me, but you don't touch my kids.
11:12Are you blind?
11:13She's still putting on a show.
11:16Why would she risk her own kid?
11:18How long are you going to keep this up?
11:20Jason, 10 years.
11:22You know me.
11:23Do you honestly believe I'd hurt her?
11:25Saw it with my own eyes.
11:27People change.
11:28And let's face it, you're not one of us.
11:30So that's it.
11:31You've always minded that I'm not human.
11:33Fine then.
11:34Let's end this.
11:35For good.
11:37Take me home.
11:38This isn't my home anymore.
11:40Susie, you don't want to be human anymore?
11:43No.
11:44Being your woman?
11:45Too hard.
11:48Susie, don't go!
11:49Susie!
11:58Mom, I miss this version of me.
12:02Leave him, baby.
12:04Don't worry.
12:04Grandpa Poseidon's got your tail safe and sound.
12:07Ever since I was little, I dreamed of being human.
12:10I thought all humans were like Dad.
12:12Your father.
12:13He really was something else.
12:14When I was pregnant with you, the pain was unbearable.
12:17The only thing that helped was the moon glow algae from the deep trench.
12:21That trench?
12:21Even whales won't go near it.
12:23He took the magic stone I gave him and left.
12:25Didn't say a word.
12:26Three whole days.
12:27When he came back, the stone was shattered, his tail fin shredded by the currents.
12:31He swam back.
12:32On these human legs.
12:33With everything he had.
12:35Right before he passed out, he opened his hand.
12:37The algae was still there.
12:39Living.
12:40Full of vitality.
12:42Guess I'm just not that lucky.
12:44Hello.
12:46I'm looking for Philip, CEO of Deep Sea Jewelry.
12:56He's my father.
12:57My husband has one daughter, no son.
13:00DNA results.
13:01Verified by our kind's bone magic.
13:06And every single child support payment.
13:09Dad would never.
13:11Then why do you think he's hiding from me?
13:16Kelly.
13:18Let them in.
13:20There are things it's time you knew.
13:31Kelly.
13:33Benjamin is my son.
13:37When?
13:37You and mom, you loved each other so much.
13:39How is this real?
13:42You.
13:44Why did you betray mom?
13:46Betray your vows?
13:48Trey?
13:48That year your mother was pregnant.
13:50Your kind forbids intimacy during pregnancy.
13:52A whole year.
13:52And I was a healthy young human male.
13:55Mom.
13:56Humans.
13:58Fickle.
14:00Untrustworthy.
14:05You still don't understand me.
14:07And she does?
14:09Although Paige is not a human woman, she has always been very sensible.
14:13And never fought or competed.
14:15She has never troubled me.
14:18Kelly, just give them a title.
14:20I promise that she won't interfere with your life.
14:23My kind is different.
14:25We don't accept this.
14:27Take the kind-hearted people around you and leave here right now.
14:30Mom.
14:32Warm RGT.
14:33Your favorite.
14:38Susie.
14:39There's something I never told you.
14:41This is our kind's most sacred potion.
14:45When your grandfather the sea god opposed me bringing a human into our world, he said,
14:50If the one I chose proved false, make him drink this.
14:55It would strip him forever of the right to approach the sea.
14:58You're going to make dad drink it?
14:59If he'd fallen for a human woman, maybe.
15:02But now, none of that matters.
15:04You're what matters most.
15:05This potion holds endless power.
15:07Drink it, and you'll forget everything.
15:09Then get your tail back from your grandfather.
15:12You can start over.
15:13Become the strongest in our kind.
15:15You're still young.
15:16The road ahead is long.
15:18Forget him.
15:19Go find your true self.
15:20Jason.
15:21Should I forget you?
15:23Or not?
15:31Okay, okay.
15:32Let me finish packing first.
15:38Susie.
15:39Time to say goodbye to this unhappy past.
15:52Good boy.
15:53I'll play with you in a minute.
15:54That's my marriage certificate.
15:55Easy, give it back.
16:05No!
16:06No!
16:08No!
16:08No!
16:08No!
16:08No!
16:10No!
16:11No!
16:11No!
16:14No, no way.
16:15This is fake.
16:17The whole thing's fake.
16:24Jason, this whole 10-year marriage, it never existed?
16:28I was never even your legal wife.
16:33Take me to him.
16:45Jason, you dared bring them into our home behind my back?
16:51Susie!
16:53Susie, I'm sorry.
16:54I thought you'd understand.
16:55I'm a father.
16:56I figured it out.
16:57Cindy can call you her sister.
16:58She moves in as your sister with the kids.
17:00We'll simply say the boy is my nephew to the outside world.
17:03That gives him a proper identity.
17:05I swear, they won't interfere with us.
17:09This is the perfect solution you come up with?
17:13Me calling that woman's sister?
17:15And taking her child live into my home?
17:19Watching your happy little family live it up right under my nose?
17:24Susie, I'm just trying to fix things.
17:26Fix things?
17:27Seems to me I'm the problem you're fixing.
17:30What are you saying?
17:31I've always been good to you.
17:36Good to me?
17:38You faked our marriage certificate?
17:41What was 10 years of marriage to you?
17:44A joke?
17:45You know?
17:47Susie, let me explain.
17:49My lawyer will contact you.
17:51Fraud has a price.
17:54My youth, my career, my body, my heart.
17:5710 years of it.
17:59Jason, you'll pay it all back.
18:00With interest.
18:06Susie, don't go.
18:07Yes, I lied, but I was scared.
18:09You're a mermaid.
18:10What if one day you swim back to the sea and leave me?
18:13What would I do?
18:14I couldn't keep you.
18:16At least I couldn't let myself be some divorced guy who got left behind.
18:20You want the title?
18:21Let's go register right now.
18:22Make you Mrs. Jason, official legal.
18:25Mrs. Jason, I don't care about the title.
18:27I care about your heart.
18:28But your heart?
18:29It was never real.
18:35Want to bet?
18:36See who he picks?
18:38You or me?
18:39I don't have time for your games.
18:42Honey, my stomach hurts.
18:50Jason, it's my fault.
18:52I upset your wife.
18:54Ah, it hurts.
18:55Our baby, we're losing it.
18:59Jason, can't you see she's faking?
19:02Susie, I really love you.
19:04I don't want to lose you.
19:06But I can't risk a child's life.
19:09That'd be selfish.
19:09Choose her now, and there's no coming back.
19:12For real.
19:18Jason, I need you.
19:20Please.
19:24Jason, if you choose her, I'll drink the potion.
19:29Go back to being a mermaid.
19:32Forget you completely.
19:44Susie, you lose.
19:47I'm sorry.
19:59No.
20:00Pearl Rain.
20:01One of the Murphys.
20:03A divine life is falling.
20:09Mom!
20:13You're the last princess of our kind.
20:16You can't leave me.
20:20Tail, where are you?
20:22I need you.
20:25I need you.
20:31Baby, I'm sorry.
20:34Mommy's tired.
20:36I have to go.
20:38You live well, okay?
20:41No!
20:42No!
20:43No!
20:49I want to be a mermaid again!
20:55I need me.
21:11I don't need nothing.
21:21mom no you came back my good girl take care of this sea for me now i don't want it
21:31i want you to live remember mommy loves you forever
21:53mom go in peace i'll protect our kind i'll drink the potion and forget him forever
22:30with susie gone all i want is you hard fuck me
22:53i gave up everything
22:58refuse to drink and forget you and you you already broke us
23:09that is why i like you you are not like susie you know how to please me when it counts
23:15you little
23:15slut go destroy it all
23:24what was that oh my god
23:30susie
23:43jason save me and the baby
23:47susie you're a mermaid wait for me
24:02susie wake up don't leave me
24:05don't leave me you can't die you're a mermaid how could you drown you're messing with me right
24:11bitch finally dead now i'm the lady in this house
24:15jason don't torture yourself
24:18susie's gone let her return to the sea it's where she belongs
24:22get out
24:25jason i know you're hurting but susie is really
24:28shut up
24:29you drove her away your calls your fake stomach pains showing up at the door that day you
24:34it was all you
24:35i just love you and this baby it's yours
24:38you think i don't see it
24:40you and your little bastard you're after my money my house everything i own
24:44but susie she stayed with me for 10 years gave up everything for me
24:47she never asked me for a single thing never
24:50susie i was wrong please wake up i'll give you anything do anything just wake up
24:56even dead she's still competing with me
24:58sir the sun's rising the ice coffin is melting
25:01we must return her to the sea before it's gone
25:06let her go
25:27let her go
25:31let her go
25:37let her go
25:51let her go
26:02daddy when can we go home home this home was never yours not really
26:11he's just a kid he doesn't understand this is our home take your money
26:15and your son go back where you belong
26:31ladies and gentlemen tonight a mysterious superstar will ignite the evening
26:36she burst onto the scene and conquered all four fashion weeks
26:45welcome evelyn renard
26:53this potion is insane sure some things are fuzzy but i've got more power now
26:57mermaid human i switch whenever i want screw it time to have some fun
27:04evelyn this girl looks very familiar you mean that supermodel who blew up suzy
27:08suzy yeah that's the one but i like this version better she's like an elf who fell to earth
27:33suzy
27:34suzy
27:38it's her it's really her it's really her suzy
27:42sir no invitation no entry
27:46do you have any idea that model on stage is my wife
28:03the day mom shattered and fell this is how you were smiling feeding her grape
28:13thank you all for your love to give back i want to share a gift from the ocean the ocean
28:19it's a video
28:20about my mermaid friend i want you all to see it mermaids they're real
28:27didn't she drink the potion lose her memory
28:30shit looks like it only erased jason
28:38mommy loves you forever
28:52kelly
28:53how kelly
28:54calm down she's gone
28:55mermaids don't come back from that
28:57let go i don't believe it she can't be dead
29:04susie
29:05susie
29:07susie
29:08i know you're alive you change your name to hide from me i get it
29:14sir let go now i was wrong i know i was wrong susie please give me a chance
29:21sir got the wrong person this is the new star miss evelyn not susie
29:24she's my wife susie let me through susie tell them i'm your husband say something
29:37jason i was married
29:43sir you have the wrong person i'm not your wife susie my name is evelyn renard
29:54susie look at me i'm jason we were married for 10 years i know you're angry just come back
30:00and i'll send cindy and arthur away immediately we'll start over like 10 years ago okay susie
30:09what a scumbag
30:11miss that man just now do you know him
30:14maybe can't really remember
30:27susie
30:33i heard susie's alive
30:37who told you to come here
30:38you haven't come to see arthur in so long
30:41he really misses you
30:44daddy don't go looking for her
30:46i want you with us every day
30:50you actually taught a kid to say things like that
30:52jason i i didn't mean to
30:55susie's situation is huge
30:57i couldn't hide it from arthur
31:00go back where you belong
31:02now
31:03money will come on time
31:05i'll visit when i can
31:15jason
31:17you see she's not dead
31:18and you want to get back together with her
31:25who the hell do you think you are
31:27you think you can compare to her
31:30answer me
31:31was that your idea
31:32having arthur show up that day
31:34her breakdowns her walking out
31:36you planned all of it didn't you
31:38now
31:41no no i didn't
31:42jason
31:43i never meant to drive her away
31:45i know i can't compare to her
31:49but i love you more than she ever did
31:51more than anyone
31:52love me
31:57let me tell you something
31:59i never loved you
32:01not once
32:03you were just excitement
32:05a toy to pass the time
32:07as for him
32:08every time i see him
32:09i can't stand to look at him
32:11i never should have let this happen
32:12and it's the biggest regret of my life
32:17leave now
32:18take the boy with you
32:19and never show up in front of me again
32:26jason
32:27you can't do this to us
32:44find someone for me
32:47the new supermodel
32:48evaline renard
32:50i want everything
32:51address
32:51schedule
32:52agent
32:52endorsements
32:53everything
32:54now
33:04even if you don't remember me
33:05it doesn't matter
33:06i'll find a way
33:08to make you love me again
33:25congratulations to this year's fashion phoenix award winner
33:29evaline renard
33:43evaline
33:44congratulations
33:45winning a fashion award right after your debut
33:47everyone once supported you through this incredible rebirth
33:49thank you
33:50a fish in the deep sea must keep swimming to breathe
33:52i just
33:53and decided nothing would pollute them anymore
33:55so what's next for you
33:56for the past few months i've been quietly working on a project
33:58a tribute to the resilient lives beneath the waves
34:01and i've been waiting for you
34:31and i am
34:31Stomach hurting again? I told you not to drink on an empty stomach.
34:40Wait here, I'll make you something easy to digest.
34:47Drink up, four hours slow cooked.
34:50Next time, don't tough out the pain.
34:52There's meds and applesauce in the fridge.
35:01I never noticed a single thing you did for me.
35:05Turns out, I'm the one who can't let go.
35:09I was so stupid.
35:11I lost the only person in this world who truly cared about me.
35:59I lost the only person in this world.
36:00By the witness of the tides, Kelly, for her strength and courage,
36:05is welcomed into the ranks of the Eternal Guardians.
36:08Her soul shall become a star, forever shining upon the waters of the Murphip.
36:22Farewell, our Queen.
36:23Farewell, our Queen.
36:31Mom!
36:39Mom!
36:43Just a dream.
36:45Mom, where are you now?
36:48Are you okay?
36:56It's real.
36:58Mom!
36:59You really became an eternal guardian.
37:12Hey!
37:13Be careful!
37:29No problem.
37:30It was our fault.
37:31I apologize on behalf of everyone.
37:36They're having so much fun.
37:38I'm the one interrupting them.
37:41Want some water?
37:42Thanks.
37:43What's wrong with me?
37:44Why do I feel like throwing up?
37:49You need to relax.
37:50We're playing a game over there.
37:52Need one more.
37:53Want to join?
37:55I haven't seen a smile this pure, this sunny, in so long.
38:06The rules are simple.
38:09Whoever the bottle points to has to share three things about themselves.
38:13But only one is fake.
38:19Whoa!
38:20The newbie!
38:21Okay, listen up.
38:22One, I'm not 100% human.
38:25Two, I just broke up with a billionaire.
38:28And three,
38:31I don't feel a spark with anyone here.
38:33Whoa!
38:34Brutal and accurate.
38:36Ooh, that's rough.
38:36Yeah, no kidding.
38:37No need to guess.
38:38That one's obviously fake.
38:39How could you not be human?
38:44I'm guessing...
38:45number three.
38:46What?
38:47What?
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