Episode: Pilot
1991. A young fisherman, fresh out of engineering college wakes up in the middle of the night. He senses something out in the shore, so he goes to the window and sees a bright light. The next morning, he shows up at a church to adopt. The nun says, "We jsut found him three days ago. Wow... he seems to like you."
Feb. 2006. Seven Shores Florida. Arthur Curry wakes up to another dream of being underwater with millions of fish. Tom, his father, makes jokes to get him to go to school, stating that tomorow is his birthday. Getting to school, he meets up with his best friends Alex and James. They talk about the upcoming field trip that day to the Aquarium, and Arthur is the only one really excited. Bobby is in his limo beign dropped off to school, telling his Dad over the phone, "Yes.. yeah, I know what to do." He stares directly at Art when he says that.
In the bus, the popular kids shun the three heroes to the front of the bus. The innocent queen of the tenth grade Kako walks down to the back where all the cool kids were. Art stares and Alex jokes about his drool. Bobby, the other king of popularity, notices this, and invites Art to sit in the back with Alex and them. "She's single you know.." he whispers. Arthur resists, but ends up fitting in perfectly with them.
Getting to the Seven Shores Aquarium, a new tourist attraction and research center, Art and Kako are the only ones really instersted. Dr. Rose is impressed with the two's knowledge, and invites them to volunteer to work with the fish. Art tried to hide his elatedness, as he stares a whale eye-to-eye. He states how cool it would be to know what they think. Kako says how she can't wait 'til they get to volunteer together today afterschool.
As soon as he gets home, on the news, Art hears a story about metahumans. He's about to leave, when he hears a story about poachers. They're ripping the shells off of seaturtles at night, and the coast guard can never catch them. Infuriated, Arthur jumps right out of his window into the ocean, bent on stopping the poachers.
Swimming freakishly fast, Art finds turtles in the night's ocean. The ship above begins to load the harpoons. Arthur angrily rises and fights off the poachers. The seaturtles remain in the below the ship, and Arthur tells them to leave. Strange circles form in his mind to shoot a messageat the turtles. They leave, and the poachers are dragged to the shore. Before the coast guard can arrest them, Arthur swims away at the speed of a dolphin. "What kind of fish was that?" says the officer to another, arresting the unconcious poachers.
At school the next day, Alex asks how his little date was at the aquarium. Art is shocked at forgetting Kako. "A date?" he asks her. Before she can respond, Kako comes by, and Alex leaves. Kako angrily asks him why he wasn't there. "I umm... had thigns to do. I'm sorry" He points out that it's his sixteenth birthday that day, so Kako immediately forgive shim an dgives him a birthday kiss.
At home, Tom is worried. He stares at a small golden pendant shapped in an A. He hides the pendant in a drawer and says, "No..." s soon as Arthur gets home, however, Tom says, "I have to tell you the truth." Arthur asks, "What truth?" Tom look at his son and says, "Just know I always love you because you're my son, and-" He is interrupted when the pendant glows, breaks out of the drawer, and goes to Art's hand. Immediately he is englufed in a golden light.
Arthur has been transported to a strange place with fountains and white water. A woman with red hair begins to talk to him. She says that his name is Orin, and that he is the son of her, Atlanna, a citizen of Poseidonis in Atlantis. Art immediately feels a connection to her and says that explains how he can swim fast and hwo sometimes he doesnt need to breathe. Atlanna explains that this pendant is his memory of her and should always be with him.
Out of the dream state, Arthur with rage against his so-called-father, jumps inot the ocean and swims away. He tells Tom that he is "Going home. My real home"
End.
Preview for the next episode: Seven Shores is not as safe as it seems. When Kako gets kidnapped by a metahuman, Arthur must embrace all of the powers given to him at birth, an dtake teh firs tsteaps unto becoming the legend of the seas. The next episode: "HERO" Before he was king of the seven seas, he was a teenager, growing up in Seven Shores...