
Ocean Girl
- 1994 – 1997
- Ended
- Drama · Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- ~27m / ep
- 4 seasons
- 7.0/10
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.
Latest: Season 4 · 1997
View all seasonsE1. Operation Sphinx
Nov 17, 1997
Brett and Jason are out testing a new diving suit when Jason encounters a strange bright light while under water, the pair quickly leave and head off to see Neri. Back on ORCA, Winston is puzzled by a magnetic anomaly on his scans of the ocean floor, even more strange is that the anomaly is in the shape of a perfect square. Dianne announces that she is going to pursue the vacant position of ORCA Commander. Jason matches the location of Winston's magnetic anomaly to where he saw the strange lights, Neri is also intrigued by the region prompting a closer investigation of the region. Neri swims out to the sight with Jason and Winston following in the minifin, ORCA's new underwater submarine. What they find surprises everyone—a huge underwater pyramid. Meanwhile, at Praxis headquarters (Preventative Response And eXtraterritorial Intelligence Service), agents Jake Shelby and Elly Hauser are dispatched to Egypt where reports suggest signals from outerspace are being received.
E2. The Mysterious Pyramid
Nov 18, 1997
Dianne is at ORCA Pacific headquarters for her interview, she is surprised to discover her exhusband in the role of interviewer and more surprised to learn the job is hers if she wants it. A return visit is made to the pyramid by Neri, Jason, and Brett. Neri finds a way in and the boys follow in the minifin.Exploring the pyramids interior, Neri activates a holographic recording which relays a cryptic message about a quest. A doorway is opened revealing a swirling vortex which pulls the trio in. They reemerge in another pyramid, and upon exiting, discover that they are in Egypt! Agents Shelby and Hauser begin their search for the receivers of the alien transmissions while Malakat and Shersheba continue their own search.1998 AFI award nominee: ""Best Childrens Television Drama"" (Jonathan M. Shiff)
E3. The Transport
Nov 19, 1997
Neri, Jason, and Brett wander into an archeological dig and meet Professor Malakat and Shersheba. Finding the minifin abandoned, Winston tracks the signal from Brett's vid-phone to Egypt, but discounts his findings as a phantom signal. Back in Egypt, Malakat begins to take an interest in the travelers he's taken in, he has Shersheba befriend Jason hoping to find out more about Neri. Jason is able to make a quick phone call to ORCA and tells Cass where they are. Not long after, Malakat is in contact with the boys mother promising to send them back to Australia, he then tells Jason that Neri will have to stay behind due to problems verifying her identity. From an analysis of the material in Neri's clothes, Malakat determines that she is not from Earth and when Shelby and Hauser enter the camp, he directs the agents to the kids. Forced to make a quick escape, Jason commandeers a jeep and the trio drive off, joining a tour group headed back to the ""Pyramid of Mystery."
E4. The Golden Ankh
Nov 22, 1997
From the DNA sample obtained from a strand of Neri's hair, Praxis identifies Neri as an alien and makes her capture their top priority. Wandering in the desert looking for the Pyramid of Mystery, Neri, Jason and Brett get a ride from two Bedouins who take them back to their camp. Worried they've been picked up for the reward, when Neri rescues a young girl from a well, the trio become welcome guests. They are told a story about a Bedouin man who was abducted by people who ""live like fish."" The next morning they are taken back to the well that holds the entrance to the Pyramid of Mystery, they are spotted by Malakat and Shersheba who, after summoning Shelby and Hauser, pursue them into the pyramid.Inside the pyramid, Neri locates a golden ankh and opens the water portal allowing her, Jason and Brett to escape, emerging on the other side, they discover they've been transported to a cave in the outback.
E5. Stranded in the Desert
Nov 23, 1997
Leaving the cave to find help, Jason is found by Jackhammer who drives him back to the others but won't take them with him citing a legend about a ""whale woman"" who was pursued after leaving the very same cave. Winston locates the group in the outback but Praxis, after intercepting Winston's transmissions to the region, head out to capture the trio. Hauser and Shelby meet up with Jackhammer who leads the agents astray long enough for Jason and Brett's father to arrive in a helicopter to rescue Neri and the boys. Before leaving, Neri gives Jackhammer the golden ankh for safekeeping.
E6. The Lie Detector
Nov 24, 1997
With Jason and Brett back on ORCA, agents Shelby and Hauser arrive soon after looking for Neri. Praxis locks down the base hoping to trap Neri inside but Dianne orders an evacuation of the base in order to countermand the lock down order and with the base reopened, Neri is able to escape. She returns to the underwater pyramid and after activating he hologram, learns that the image is that of Shalamorn, her mother. Shelby subjects Jason and Brett to a lie detector test but Winston is able to use Helen to allow the boys to safely deny knowledge of Neri. Jason, Brett and Neri are flown by the boys father to a farm on the mainland for their safety but unbeknownst to them, Praxis, having followed them to the farm, looks on.
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