H2O: Just Add Water: Season 3: Episode 13: To Have and To Hold Back

To Have and To Hold Back is the 13th episode in Season 3 of H₂O: Just Add Water.

Plot[]

Lewis is given the chance of a lifetime with an opportunity to study overseas. But he's interrupted from telling Cleo by Samantha and Don surprising everyone and announcing an early wedding ceremony. When Kim learns about Lewis' impending departure, she sees an opportunity to sabotage the event and breaks the news to Cleo. Distraught but determined, Cleo focuses her attention on organizing the entire ceremony for Don and Samantha on her own, outside the café. With Lewis as Best Man and Cleo as Maid of Honor, the ceremony is icy. Another stunt from Kim gives Lewis the opportunity to declare his love for Cleo and let her know his decision – he's not going. Not to be foiled by her sister, Kim plots yet another way to derail everything and this time succeeds, nearly exposing the trio as mermaids. But with Rikki, Bella, Will, and Lewis' help, Cleo recovers the ceremony and transports it to Mako Island, to finally give Don and Samantha the wedding they deserve. In the process, she realizes she must let Lewis go to follow his dreams – and in a bittersweet goodbye, Lewis departs.

Trivia[]

Don and Samantha's wedding is the only one on the show.
It's revealed that Lewis and Cleo know each other since they were 5 year old.
This is the sixth time where Cleo has cried in the show. The first was Dangerous Waters, the second was in In Over Our Heads, the third was in Sea Change, the fourth was in Keep Your Enemies Close, and the fifth was in The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
- She actually cries twice in this episode, bringing her total number of times she's cried to 7.
Taryn Marler as Sophie Benjamin is credited, but does not appear in this episode.
Angus McLaren's final episode as a regular cast member, but he returns at Graduation as guest star.
Final episode directed by Jeffrey Walker.