They’re able to immediately assess the problem, work up a solution, acquire the exact materials they need -in rural Alaska, mind you- and accomplish their goal in… a day. Robb, who was shunned before, is invited back, and accepts. It comes as no surprise that they are able to fix the pool, and Ryn gains much needed allies. Yura, their leader, initially declines to join Ryn’s fight against Tia, but when the trio and Robb say they can fix the pool, she agrees to fight under that condition. When we meet Robb’s clan in Alaska, we learn: they have a relationship with the (human) locals, they are all born female but are able to transition to male by swimming in a special pool, all their males are dead, and, “the water denies the ability to change,” the pool no longer works. It’s unclear whether Robb knows before meeting Ryn who and what she is, but if he knows anything, the question is HOW?! 004% unless he was somehow aware of her relationship to merfolk. Maddie is upset at Robb for not telling her, but in what universe would that make sense for him to do?! 99.6% of people would laugh in Robb’s face if he told them he was a mermaid, and there is no reason he would think she was that. Further, he doesn’t seem surprised at how much Maddie knows. When he and Maddie discover the half-transformed body, he isn’t phased at all, and nothing Maddie says about mermaids (all but saying they’re real) confounds him. She does not make any indication that she is aware of or knows a mermaid, but when Robb shows up in Bristol Cove, he seems… aware. If we backtrack to “ Borders,” Maddie attends Robb’s talk somewhat randomly, so their meeting is happenstance.
There are information gaps that the writing does not seem to acknowledge, namely, what does Robb already know? The story goes from Robb’s reveal to the team flying out to Alaska in what feels like three minutes. This is my first major gripe with this episode. Robb agrees to this despite knowing nothing about Ryn, and being only a passing acquaintance to Ben. After a brief -frankly, too brief- conversation, the trio conclude that Tia wants to use the (siren) song against humans, and decide to reach out to Robb’s (estranged) people for help against her. He comes from an isolationist clan in Alaska, who Ryn knows to be skilled warriors. This episode does a lot to move the story forward, perhaps too much, too quickly. “Northern Exposure” finally takes us to a new place and introduces us to another clan of mermaids. The world of Siren is mostly confined to the small coastal town of Bristol Cove, and though we’ve spent more time this season in the water, the view on land has been much of the same.
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