Mercy Reef (2015 TV Series)

Mercy Reef (also known as Miami or Tempest Keys) is a 2012 American Superhero-Fantasy Drama Television Series, based off of DC Comic's Superhero, Aquaman, the 2006 unaired Television Pilot, Aquaman, and CW's hit pre-Superman series, Smallville, that debuted on October 21, on the CW Television Network. The series follows a teenage Arthur Curry as he ventures through his hometown in Miami, learning to use his powers, while discovering the origins of his powers.

Overview
Based off of popular DC Superhero Aquaman, Mercy Reef follows the life of a teenage Arthur Curry, coping with adolescence in Miami, Florida, as he develops his oceanic-based super powers, while discovering the truth of his mother's death and exploring his Atlantic origin before he becomes a hero and the King of the Seven Seas.

Best shown at the beginnings of Seasons 5 and 8, Mercy Reef appears to be a show of three chapters: Chapter 1 (Seasons 1-4) is Arthur's teenage years in High School, in which he battles multiple superpowered humans infected by the Bermuda Triangle. Chapter 2 (Seasons 5-7) focuses on the beginning of his adulthood, which begins Arthur's early Atlantian training after discovering his origins as the Prince of Atlantis and Orm's descension to darkness. The final chapter (Seasons 8-10) begins Arthur's final trials in his rise to become Aquaman, the King of Atlantis.

The series also focuses on the people in Arthur's life: His human father, Thomas Curry; his peers, Eva Green and Eric Hayden; his on again, off again love interest, Rachel Torres; his Atlantian guardian and mentor, Henry McCaffery; The Conscious of his deceased Atlantian mother, Queen Atlanna; his ally to love interest, and Atlanna's royal body guard, Mera; and his friendship turned arch-rivalry with his older human half-brother Orm Marius.

The Bermuda Triangle, which is a magic atlantian barrier above Atlantis to keep exiled atlantians from returning, is used as a recurring plot device, in which after Arthur was born, erupted, causing a large tidal wave that flooded the city. The mystical properties of the water appear to have lingering effects on humans, giving them bizarre abilities, in which Arthur would have to fight these superpowered humans. The properties of the Bermuda Triangle's session of water seems to have the opposite effect on Arthur than regular water, seemingly because he is a human/atlantian hybrid outcast to the King of Atlantis.

Main Cast

 * Ross Lynch as Arthur "A.C." Curry/Prince Orin, a superpowered teenager that can breathe underwater, swim at superhuman speeds, and gain superhuman strength when wet. As a child, his mother "died", leaving him to be raised by his father, who taught A.C. how to use his powers. At age 14, A.C. begins exploring the true origins of his powers as he begins battling humans infected by the mystical properties of the Bermuda Triangle, while keeping his secret from his friends. He eventually learned through a message from his mother that he is Orin, the half-human/half-atlantian Prince of Atlantis, and discovers that Orm, who went from his friend to enemy, is his human half-brother, sharing the same father. During his high school years, AC worked at a surf shop, and learned that his boss was actually his Atlantian guardian. Arthur has two weaknesses: the mystical properties of the seas within the Bermuda Triangle weaken him and are immune to his abilities (meaning he can't communicate with fish or control water within the Triangle) and second is extreme heat, if AC is extremely dehydrated, he loses all his strength and is compareable to that of Clark growing weak around Kryptonite in Smallville. Throughout the series, AC Copes with adolescence as he develops new powers, including hydrokinesis and fish telepathy, and accepts his role as King of Atlantis and becomes the hero of both the seas and the surface.
 * Kevin Costner as Thomas Curry, AC's human father, who raised him on his own, after Atlanna returned to the sea, in which he told Arthur his mother had died, and taught Arthur how to use his powers. Raising Arthur, Thomas was a little over a cautious, not letting AC join the swim team, afraid he'd lose control of his powers and is willing to go to great lengths to protect his son, which has included prison and near death, but eventually died of a heart attack in Season 5.
 * Sammi Hanratty as Rachel Torres, Arthur's friend and on-again off-again girlfriend, whose mother died in the flood caused by the Bermuda Triangle eruption, leaving her to be raised by her aunt and uncle after her father left for war. She became friend with Arthur at the beginning of their Frechman year, and their friendship continued to grow, but Arthur's secret constantly got in the way. In season 6, she began dating and married Orm, but later discovered the truth about Arthur's powers and Orm's illegal experiments, and left Orm. After being with AC for a year she left and joined the Air Force. Though Rachel Torres is not a DC Comic's character, she was created for the unaired TV Pilot, Aquaman, as Air Force Lieutenant Rachel Torres.
 * Drew Van Acker as Orm Marius/Ocean Master, a young billionaire, whose step-father runs a business in Miami. After Arthur saved his life they quickly became friends, but their friendship began crumbling when Orm's menacing nature caused him to go behind AC's back and researched and tested him, nearly getting Thomas and Rachel killed once, until they started considering themselves arch-enemies. Eventually, Orm discovered AC's secret and the two learned that they are half-brothers, sharing Thomas as a father. Orm decided to take AC's destiny as his owned and worked with Black Manta in an attempt to take over Atlantis, but although he was defeated by AC, he killed Queen Atlanna.
 * India Eisley as Eva Green, AC's intelligent and inquisitive best friend, who is very skilled with computers and in journalism. Her curiosity often gets the better of her and creates tension between her and her friends, as she has crossed multiple personal boundaries. She harbored secret feelings for Arthur, but his eyes for Rachel constantly hurt her. She eventually lost her feelings for him as their friendship became stronger after she discovered AC's secret and begins helping Arthur protect his secret from Rachel. She works at a Juice Bar next to the Surf Shop AC works at, and loves to surf with her friends. Like Rachel Torres, Eva is not a DC Comic's character and has only appeared in the unaired Aquaman Pilot, as AC's best friend and co-owner of the Tempest Keys Juice Bar.
 * Uriah Shelton as Eric Hayden, AC and Eva's first and best friend, who has been like Arthur's brother since nursery school. He is very lighthearted and is the comic relief of his friends in intense situations. Like the rest of his friends, Eric loves to surf. He was the first person that discovered AC's secret, in which Arthur willingly told him, but after the pressures of Arthur's secret got him beaten by an FBI Agent, he moved in with his dad.
 * David Ramsey as Henry McCaffery, AC's boss and owner of the Tempest Keys Surf Shop and a lighthouse keeper. After returning to Atantis, Atlanna sent McCaffery to watch over Orin, so he opened the Surf Shop near the beach, where Arthur constantly spends his time, and offered him a job to keep a closer eye on him. When AC disovered the truth of his origins, McCaffery revealed that he is his Atlantian guardian and mentor, and began AC's Atlantian training. In Mercy Reef, Henry only goes by his last name, McCaffery, which is all he's known by in the unaired Aquaman series.
 * Haley Ramm as Mera, an Atlantian warrior and Queen Atlanna's royal bodyguard, who was sent to watch over Orin after McCaffery's disappearance. She befriended Arthur pretending to be a normal human. When Atlanna decided Orin was the best choice to bridge Atlantis and the surface world, Mera revealed the truth to Arthur and finally returned him to his birth home, but when she returned to Atlanna, she was dead, and helped AC fight Orm. Their friendship turned into romance and they got engaged, and she helped Orin ultimately conquer his destiny as the King of Atlantis.