Rick Marzdan

Rick Marzdan
Biographical Information
Full Name	Richard Marzdan
Nickname(s)	Ricky (by his sister)
Age	Younger than Beth
Occupation(s)	Worker at Italian cafe
Species	Hybrid
Relatives & Affiliation
Affiliation	Hybrid Status
Family	Mr and Mrs. Marzdan (late parents) Beth Marzdan (elder sister) Unnamed brother-in-law Max and Mike (nephews) Mr. Hawkins (distant cousin-in-law+) Daphne Hawkins (distant cousin+) Helen Hawkins (distant cousin)
Series Information
Status	Alive
First Appearance	"Natural Order"
Portrayed By	Brendan Fletcher

Richard "Rick" Marzdan is a recurring character in the second season of Siren. He is portrayed by Brendan Fletcher.

Rick is revealed to be the long-lost blood relative of Helen Hawkins; the third human to have merpeople blood in him.

Early Life

As a boy, he always knew how different he was from his sister and was deemed "crazy" by her when growing up.

Physical Appearance

A tall man with tan skin, brownish hair, blue eyes and reddish scaly marks on his right arm; the same Helen does on her left leg, indicating that he does have merfolk blood in him. Later on in Season 3, he grows a beard. 

Personality

Having lived a boyhood of isolation and estrangement, he is closed up and quite a loner.

Appearances

Season 2

• "Natural Order" (debut appearance)
• "Oil and Water"
• "Primal Instincts"
• "Leverage"
• "No North Star"
• "All In"
• "Mixed Signals"
• "Serenity"
• "The Outpost"
• "New World Order" (flashforward)

Season 3

• "The Island"
• "A Voice in the Dark"
• "The Toll of the Sea"

Trivia

• He is the second human to be distantly descended from merpeople., who also hides the signs of that heritage from people who think of it as an "autoimmune response".
• He reveals to Helen that he has a sister, Beth, who has shunned him because of his autoimmune condition, who has married and has two sons; eight-year-old Max and six-year-old Jake.

Quotes

Season Two

• "They know about art?"
• "Wanna tell me what that was about?"
• "All my life, you always treated me like a loser!! Well, now I know who I really am!! We're related to...to mermaids."
• "Can we talk about Mom and Dad, about all of this?"
• "Helen has made contact with our kind."
• "Believe me. They do exist."
• "Maybe you're blowing this out of proportion."
• "Out of desperation."
• "How you know there's a key?"
• "Helen, no."
• "Can we talk more? About Mom and Dad?"
• "Helen's made contact with our kind. The full-blooded ones from the ocean."
• "They exist. Once I saw them, I knew."