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{{Infobox Episode
|title = Getting Legs
|image = Nixie on the Floor.jpg
|airdate: = July 26, 2013 (Netflix)<br>August 02, 2013 (TEN)
|cast: = [[Lucy Fry]]<br>[[Amy Ruffle]]<br>[[Ivy Latimer]]<br>[[Chai Hansen|Chai Romruen]]
|directed_by: = Evan Clarry
|written_by: = Anthony Morris
|preceded_by: = [[Mako: Island of Secrets: Season 1: Episode 01: Outcasts|Outcasts]]
|followed_by: = [[Mako: Island of Secrets: Season 1: Episode 03: Meeting Rita|Meeting Rita]]
}}
'''Getting Legs '''is the second episode of [[Season 1 (Mako: Island of Secrets)|Season 1]] of ''[[Mako: Island of Secrets]]''.

==Plot==
[[Sirena]] swims near [[Mako Island]] in search of the pod and her sister [[Aquata]].

In [[Moon Pool|moon pool]], [[Nixie]] and [[Lyla]] begin to worry about Sirena. At this point, Sirena swims into the pool and says that the [[Mako Pod|pod]] has gone away. Lyla hopes that [[Zac Blakely|Zac]] is feeling as bad they are.

Zac is awakened by an alarm clock. When he gets up, he reaches for a glass of water and after taking a sip, he pours it on his legs. Glad that nothing happened, he wants to get dressed, but after a while he falls on the bed with a blue tail. His [[Rob Blakely|father]] knocks at Zac's bedroom to check if his son has overslept to work. Zac in panic covers the tail with a blanket as Rob enters the room. Rob is surprised to see his son in bed so he tells him to get up and pulls the blanket off him. Zac screams, thinks the secret will come out, but his legs are back again. Startled, he gets up and goes to get dressed.

Nixie sees no problem in Zac's powers and thinks they can overpower him and take the powers away from him. Sirena sees the problem that the mermaid code prohibits them from going on land to do it. Nixie believes that they have been banished already anyway and nothing prevents them for breaking more rules. Lyla asks how they would do it anyway and Nixie replies that by having legs.

At Ocean Cafe, Zac and [[Cam Mitchell|Cam]] eat breakfast. Zac tells about his close call in the morning. Cam knows that being in the Surf Patrol his friend will not keep a secret for a long time and then suggests that the tail is something like a stomach flu and the ''problem'' will soon disappear, but this does not improve the well-being of Zac. Cam says Zac should show everyone his tail for money. Zac immediately protests and says that Cam does not understand anything.

Mermaids are crawling from the water to the beach to conjure up legs. They put the [[Moon Ring]] on the shell and use their power on the jewelry. The stone flashes and after a while Nixie, Lyla and Sirena were on their own feet. Nixie is delighted, but her friends are disgusted. Lyla wants to go and catch Zac, but Nixie says they can't go ashore nude without clothes, so they steal some clothes from the boats in the marina.

Mermaids look at the urban landscape. Nixie walks boldly, but then falls over. Lyla dislikes the plan Nixie has.

Zac and Cam are on duty at the beach. Nixie, Lyla and Sirena follow the road stumbling and whining. Nixie convinces them that they just need to keep at it and everything will work out. [[Evie McLaren|Evie]] runs past the girls, the girls lose their balance and fall. Lyla doubts again, but Sirena says that she must succeed.

The girls go on. Sirena complains of pain. Nixie gives the impression that she is not disturbed by pain and eagerly moves forward. Lyla and Sirena suddenly stop Nixie just before the road. Friends wonder how to cross the road. A girl stands next to them and presses the button. The lights changed, the cars stopped and everyone crossed the street. Mermaids are happy that they managed to pass, squeaking, jumping and hugging.

Cam was in the water and Zac was in the tower. [[Mick]] wants the boys to swap. Cam talks about their arrangement, but that doesn't convince their boss.

Mermaids have found the [[Blakely's House|house]] in which Zac lives. Mermaids are surprised that people live in "tight boxes" and Sirena feels sorry for them and wonders how they watch the stars. Nixie tells the girls to be quiet. After a while, she calls to see if Zac is at home. Lyla starts arguing with Nixie, but Sirena stops them by talking about the boy's absence. Mermaids try to get in. Nixie notices the door on the side of the house and opens it. At this time, Sirena and Lyla slam their hands against the window and wonder how to enter the building. Nixie appears in the window. Startled, they ask her how she got in. She showed the entrance with her finger. Inside, the mermaids began to look inside the house. Sirena finds Zac's laptop with an open Merman site and tells her friends about the discovery. Lyla orders her friends to keep searching the house. Lyla accidentally turns on the radio, from which loud music boomed. The mermaids try to turn off the radio, but they fail.

Zac's parents are back from shopping. Hearing loud music coming out of their son's house they go to check what is going on there. Sirena looks out the window and sees Zac's parents. Warns friends about the threat and they use [[invisibility]] power to hide themselves. Rob and [[Lauren Blakely|Lauren]] walk in. The man turns off the radio and they both leave. The girls find out what the boy's name is. Nixie thinks it's best to wait for him at home, but Lyla suggests that they go find him.

Zac tells Cam he can't odo it if it means to go into the water. Cam suggest for him to go home, and he'll handle Mick. Their plans are interrupted by Mick, saying that a child got a heatstroke and sends Cam to the cafe for ice. Zac volunteers, but the lifeguard disagrees and the Zac is left to guard the beach.

The mermaids find the place where Zac boasted about his powers to Cam earlier. They decide to enter Ocean Cafe in search of Zac. David approaches the mermaids with a question about the order. Sirena replies that they just come to sit down. Cam runs into the bar and asks David for ice. Sirena recognizes him. Evie approaches the girls and asks for the order. Nixie recognizes her and says she was in the picture with Zac. Evie says it's her boyfriend. Lyla asks if the girl knows where he is. Evie asks why they should know. Lyla just replies that it's not her business. Evie wants to leave, but Sirena convinces her to say where Zac is. Reluctantly, the girl gives the answer. Mermaids immediately go to the beach in search of Zac.

Nixie, Sirena and Lyla reach the beach and notice Zac sitting in the rescue tower. Lyla tries to take the boy's power away, but she does not succeed. After the second attempt, the boy jumps off the tower to save the drowning girl. Mermaids are surprised by the behavior. Lyla is afraid for a secret and wants to get him in the water, but Nixie stops her saying that Zac is saving the girl. Zac swims to young girl and helps her reach the board. She notices Zac's tail. Zac boosts the girl's board so she reaches the beach, and swims away. The board safely reaches the shore and terrified mother hugs her daughter. Cam returns to the beach. Surprised by the sight of mother and daughter, he asks what happened. Cam looks for his friend, but can't see him. Soon Zac comes to the beach. The girl says that the boy is a fish as she saw his tail, but he denies it and talks about his speed.

At Zac's place, Cam says that if it hadn't been for the boy's accident, he would have saved the girl too. Zac says that from today onward he wants to save people. Cam disagrees under the pretext of keeping the secret.

The mermaids are in the [[Moon Pool|moon pool]] again. Sirena complains about leg pain. Nixie says they don't have legs now, but Sirena still feels them. Nixie talks about Zac's stupidity and the risk of secret release, and mentions the consequences of people learning the secret of mermaids, while Lyla was impressed by Zac's actions.

==Trivia==
*First appearances of Mick, Rob Blakely, and Lauren Blakely.
*The girls get legs for the first time.
*First appearance of Zac's Room.
*The way Zac rescues the Swimming Girl mirrors [[Rikki Chadwick (JAW)|Rikki]] saving [[Elliot Gilbert (JAW)|Elliot]] in [[H2O: Just Add Water: Season 1: Episode 06: Young Love|Young Love]].
*There's clip of Zac diving into the water to save the Swimming Girl from the front that's not used in this episode it can only be seen in the trailer for season 1 & the intro for Season 1 as the shot used of Zac diving is of him from the rear in the actual episode.
*The mermaids have no experience with walking and have no concept of clothing size. 
**So it makes sense they walk awkwardly and have balance issues. Plus they've technically been naked their whole lives, so wearing clothes correctly is a foreign concept to them.
***Them being naked is exactly what happened to Ariel when she destined to become human in the first film of The Little Mermaid. However, the way they became human are different
****In The Little Mermaid, Ariel sacrificed her voice to Ursula in order to become human.
****Here in Mako: Island of Secrets, Lyla, Nixie, and Sirena used the moon ring [[Aquata]] gave them in order to become human.

==Notes==
*Featured Song: "Last Time"

== Credits ==
*[[Lyla]] - [[Lucy Fry]]
*[[Nixie]] - [[Ivy Latimer]]
*[[Sirena]] - [[Amy Ruffle]]
*[[Zac Blakely]] - [[Chai Hansen|Chai Romruen]]
*[[Cam Mitchell]] - [[Dominic Deutscher]]
*[[Evie McLaren]] - [[Gemma Forsyth]]
*[[David]] - [[Rowan Hills]]
*[[Rob Blakely]] - John O'Brien
*[[Lauren Blakely]] - Laura Keneally
*[[Mick]] - Victor Parascos
*Swimming Girl - Millicent O'Hara
*Swimming Girl's Mother - Alexandra McTavish
*Girl at Traffic Lights - Piper Nairn
*Runner - Andrew Nicholson (''uncredited'')

==Quotes==
*'''Rob Blakely:''' You're cutting it a bit fine, aren't you?
*'''Zac:''' It's Saturday.

*'''Nixie:''' Not Bad. I can make footprints.
*'''Sirena:''' This is disgusting.
*'''Lyla:''' Tell me I'm not gonna be stuck like this forever.
*'''Nixie:''' As soon as any water hits us, we get our tails back.

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="150" spacing="small">
Nixie on the Floor.jpg|The girls, wearing clothes awkwardly
Mako Mermaids On Sand.jpg|
Zac Waterboarding.jpg|Very luckily Zac saves a girl while hiding his tail 
Nixie, Lyla and Sirena With Legs.png|The girls admire their new forms
Getting Legs.jpg|Realizing they need clothes, or it's gonna to be VERY hard to look for Zac
Sirena in Ocean.jpg|Sirena spying on Zac
Zac Running on the Beach.jpg
Lyla Rolled.jpg|
Mermaids at Beach.jpg|The girls wearing their clothes less conspicuously
Mermaids at the beach 2.jpg
Zac in Water.jpg|Zac goes to a secluded spot to change back 
Zac's tail.png|Zac having an awkward morning
Lyla using her powers.jpg|Lyla uses her magic to learn about Zac
Lyla Looking Her New Legs.png
Nixie Looking Her Legs.png
Nixie, Lyla and Sirena Invisible.jpg|Invisiblity spell
Merman Article.png
</gallery>

====Behind the scenes====
<gallery widths="150" spacing="small">
Sirena Tailed.jpg
Trouble Walking Promo.jpg
Ivy Latimer and Lucy Fry with Girl.jpg
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Nixie, Lyla and Sirena in Beach.jpg
</gallery>

==Video==
[[File:Mako Mermaids S1 E2- Getting Legs|thumb|left|330px]]

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