Ship of Dreams

**Ship of Dreams** (*titled **The Talented Mr Whippy** during early previews*) is the first episode of the first series and the first episode of Wreck overall.

## Plot

### 3 July 2021

One night whilst the MS Sacramentum is sailing across the Pacific Ocean, Pippa Walsh is pursued by a killer in the Quacky costume. Before the killer can get any closer, Pippa climbs over the railings at the stern of the ship and jumps into the sea.

### Three Months Later

Pippa's brother Jamie gets a job on board the Sacramentum and is taken on a tour by Karen and the officers alongside the rest of the new recruits. After the tour, he finds Cormac Kelly in his cabin. He scolds him for coming on board at the risk of damaging his investigation into Pippa's disappearance; he paid Cormac to use his identity so as not to arouse suspicion. Jamie promises to keep an eye on Cormac's ex-girlfriend Rosie if Cormac stays in the cabin.

Jamie asks the kitchen staff about Pippa but to no avail. On the side deck, Olly Reyes tells him to get off the ship while he can. Whilst in the kitchen freezer, Jamie and Vivian Lim confide in each other about their lives. They spot Pippa's ex-boyfriend Danny Jones and a kitchen porter ex-changing a duffel bag and a bag of pills. Jamie follows Danny to his cabin. He sneaks in when Danny leaves and finds Pippa's phone under the mattress, but hides in the shower when Danny returns with Sophia in tow.

Back in his cabin, Jamie scrolls through Pippa's social media for any more information. Cormac asks about Rosie but Jamie lies and says she was cleaning the decks. Cormac points out that Rosie is actually a Cher tribute act leading a scuffle between the two. Vivian walks in on the pair with a spare iPhone charger Jamie asked for earlier. Whilst Cormac cools off in the shower, Jamie admits his true identity to Vivian and why he's on board the Sacramentum. Vivian agrees to keep his secret and help him out. The pair hear a knock at the door and Jamie spots three back-hooded figures wearing Quacky masks outside. They kick the door down and capture Jamie and Vivian.

Jamie finds himself in a dimly-lit room in his underwear bound to a chair with tape. Two of the masked figures reveal themselves to be Danny and Hamish Campbell. Danny performs an initiation on Jamie with a fish whilst Hamish films the act. Jamie joins Vivian and the rest of the new recruits at a party with the Sacramentum's crew. Danny offers Jamie a drink as Jamie asks him about his ex-girlfriend Pippa. Danny tells him that he broke-up with her because she was too clingy.

Whilst Jamie meets up again with Olly on the pool deck, Danny invites Jenny Taylor back to his cabin for sex. When she leaves, Danny finds 'Hamish' dressed up as Quacky. As Danny is about to drop the punchline of his duck joke 'Quacky' whacks him over the head with a dumbbell. He stabs Danny in the chest and drags his bleeding body through a hidden panel in the corridor, all whilst the crew party on not knowing the officers are spying on them menacingly.

## Cast

*in order of appearance*

* **Pippa Walsh** - Jodie Tyack
* **Danny Jones** - Jack Rowan
* **Bingo Caller** - Ryan J. Brown
* **Jamie Walsh** - Oscar Kennedy
* **Sam Rhodes** - Louis Boyer
* **Jenny Taylor** - Louise Parker
* **Jerome Dupont** - Diego Andres
* **Lauren Thompson** - Amber Grappy
* **Vivian Lim** - Thaddea Graham
* **Officer Beaker** - Warren James Dunning
* **Karen Macintyre** - Harriet Webb
* **Hamish Campbell** - James Phoon
* **Sophia Leigh** - Alice Nokes
* **Amy 1** - Melissa Dilber
* **Bethany-May Denbrough** - Ali Hardiman
* **Amy 2** - Merih Dilber
* **Henry Allan** - Donald Sage Mackay
* **Olly Reyes** - Anthony Rickman
* **Phil Cooper** - James Carroll Jordan
* **Pat Cooper** - Lesa Thurman
* **Sir Russell Pleasence** - Nick Dunning
* **Cormac Kelly** - Peter Claffey
* **Dolce Rodriguez** - Georgia Goodman
* **Waiter 1** - Sohaib Syed
* **Kitchen Porter** - Ramiro Danza
* **Gloria P. Hole** - Panti Bliss
* **Rosie Preston** - Miya Ocego

## Footnotes

1. ↑ In Catch of the Day, Jamie finds messages on Pippa's phone from the day she disappeared. These were dated Saturday 3 July, meaning the events of the first series take place in October 2021.