Wreck (originally titled Wrecked) has been on my ABC iView watchlist for some time.
This British comedy/horror series, stars Oscar Kennedy as Jamie, a young man who takes a job on board a cruise ship in order to investigate the disappearance of his sister.
Originally airing on BBC Three back in October 2022.
Wreck was received favourably by the LGBTQ+ press with Attitude, Gay Times and The Queer Review featuring the series on their lists of Top LGBT TV Shows of 2022.
The show has been renewed for a second series, the same month the first season aired. It must be delayed, as originally it was set for a 2023 broadcast.
So there are spoilers about the season one finale below. Read at your OWN risk!
In Water off a Duck's Back, the season's sixth and final episode. We kick off the episode as usual with a flashback. Pippa texts a mystery person telling them they have enough proof about what is happening on the ship.
Back to the present, Henry reveals that Sam murdered Pippa because she got too close to exposing the operation and then killed Danny out of fear that Pippa had told him what was going on. Henry then murders Sam in front of them for failing.
Beaker almost kills Olly to force Jamie to tell him who else they've been working with, but they are saved by Cormac and Rosie. Lily tells Henry that she wants to kill Vivian that night. Jamie reveals the truth to the rest of the crew who, when backed up by Sophia, convinces them to fight back.
Olly recruits the mafia, who team up with the crew to take down Beaker and the officers while Jamie goes to rescue Vivian. Karen tries to get Henry to evacuate her from the ship, but he refuses. Lily begins hunting Vivian as Jamie, helped by Karen, races to save her.
Lily is killed by her own chainsaw when she is distracted by Jamie bursting through the door. Henry reveals that the Sacramentum is not the only Velorum ship with this kind of operation.
The Whales, angered by what has happened, pick up weapons to kill Jamie and Vivian, but are stopped by the arrival of the crew and are subsequently arrested by the Police. Karen flees the ship in the duck costume.
Cormac and Rosie resume their relationship and Olly tells Jamie that he owes him a date. Jamie and Vivian resolve to take down Velorum, the company that owns the Sacramentum. Watching the boat from afar, Pippa is revealed to still be alive.
Yes it's a wild ride. No it's not a straight up slasher, teen horror series that I thought it was from the trailer. It was a little like Hostel on a cruise ship. It's class warfare on a large life and death scale.
Look I will watch season two (when it ever airs) to see if Pippa and Jamie are reunited.
It definitely is not the series I thought it would be. However I did enjoy the romance between Olly and Jamie, that was a sweet surprise. So as we head into part II of the Australian summer, the Sizzlin' Summer Streaming 24' series is now in full swing.
With finales to air in January like, Found, Paper Dolls, The Curse, Reacher and The Tourist's second season based in Ireland.
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