Max Hamilton was a good friend to Louise Chatham, Gracie and Julia in 1955. He was the creator of the lockets and gave them to the original mermaids.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Max K. Hamilton was born in early 1940s to unnamed parents. Apparently, he grew up in the Gold Coast. In 1955, it is known that he was attending a unknown high school, the same as his best-friends, Louise Chatham, Gracie and Julia.
Discovering the Truth[]
One day Max decided to follow his friends, whom he was already suspicious of. He also mentions in the present day that he somehow knew they were concealing something from him. He ended up in Mako Island, going so far towards its heart that he found the Moon Pool, where he finally discovered the truth about Louise, Gracie and Julia by seeing who they really were.
Both Louise and Julia were angry by having been exposed, but Gracie, who was already in love with him, was finally comfortable about not lying or hiding who she truly was.
The Experiments[]
As soon Max discovered about his friends' transformation and the truth behind the Moon Pool, he started his research to figure out what caused their transformation, similar to the research that Lewis did 50 years later prior to Season 1. He also states in the present day to Lewis that all he did was just for Gracie, his true love, if not for all three of them. He began to experimenting on them, going so far as to take out the Moon Water out of its source. He and Gracie soon began to date, but she eventually began to hate the idea of being a mermaid, while her best-friends enjoyed it. She grew tired of Max and his theories. Feeling under pressure, she pushed him away, until he came with lockets with the intention "to help the mermaids realize how special they were". This worked for a while, however, she ultimately dropped her locket into the Moon Pool and ended her relationship with Max back in 1957.
After the Moon of Fifty Years[]
A heartbroken Max is left behind by his ex-girlfriend Gracie, now once more a human being.
Present Day[]
Fifty years later, Lewis found Max after discovering about his research on the Internet. After finding him, Max agreed to give his research to Lewis, after he takes him to Mako Island, there he reminiscent on old times with Gracie. Max came back to the Moon Pool for the first time in fifty years, where he saw Cleo. He already suspected she was special, and splashed some water on her to be sure, confirming that she was a mermaid. He then told Lewis and Cleo of his story. Later as promised he gave all his research to Lewis and ensured to Cleo that her secret was safe with him.
Relationships[]
Gracie[]
| “ | Not a girl. The girl. She was so beautiful. Gracie was the one for me. She was the love of my life. She still is. | ” |
— Max on what Gracie was to him[src]
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Gracie was Max's girlfriend when he was a teenager in between 1955 and 1957. Gracie was the love of his life, even after she passed away. When Gracie told Max she was a mermaid and arrived to Mako Island seeing Gracie, Louise, and Julia in mermaid form, he was surprised and was also okay keeping the secret for them. After, Max made lockets for all three of the mermaids and decided to wear them to remember what they were. Later, when Max was too obsessed with the mermaid research, Gracie got tired of it and threw her locket into the Moon Pool. Then, Gracie left him and Max was still depressed in the present day.
Behind the scenes[]
He was portrayed by the late Martin Vaughan in the present day and by actor Matthew Scully back in his teenage years.
Name[]
- Max is a Latin name and the shortened version of Maximillian or Maxwell.
Trivia[]
- Max helped the original mermaids Louise Chatham, Gracie and Julia in the 1950s, like Lewis McCartney did with Emma Gilbert, Cleo Sertori and Rikki Chadwick fifty years later.
- While Max Hamilton created the original mermaids' lockets more than fifty years ago, which possibly still belongs to Emma, Cleo and Rikki. Will Benjamin handcrafted crystal necklaces to the new mermaid trio in Season 3 when Isabella Hartley arrived at Gold Coast after Emma left with her family.
- Out of the matching set, the Blue Locket is Max's favorite.
- Max was the first person ever to find out about the Original Mermaids' secret. The second known being Karl.
- Max's middle name might have been to be Karl (the same as mermaid Julia's ex-boyfriend in the 50's) although said by Lewis as shortened to 'K.'
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