The series, titled Siren, follows Ryn (Eline Powell), a mysterious girl who arrives in Bristol Cove, a town that was originally a home to mermaids and is now a kitschy tourist stop for those hoping to catch a glimpse of an actual mermaid or spend some hard-earned cash on “real mermaid artifacts.”
Freeform offered an extended look at its newest series about mermaids at New York Comic Con on Saturday.
In the show, the mermaids struggle to adapt to a new world, while responding to the threats that humans bring to marine life.
As played by Powell, Ryn almost comes across as an alien walking the earth for the first time.