Jamaica Inn — Season 1, Episode 1: The Journey
Drama, Crime • 60 min • 1 season, 3 episodes • ★ 5.0/10
Episode synopsis
Mary Yellan arrives in Cornwall to live with her Aunt Patience at the remote Jamaica Inn after her father’s death. She quickly realises the inn is controlled by the violent Joss Merlyn and suspects criminal wrecking and smuggling are practiced there. Mary meets Joss’s charismatic younger brother Jem and the reclusive vicar Francis Davey while trying to protect her aunt.
About Jamaica Inn
In the early 1800s, Mary Yellan's life is changed after her father is murdered by shipwreckers. When her mother dies of a broken heart not long afterwards, Mary is forced to go live with her Aunt Patience at her inn on Bodmin Moor. It's there that she discovers her slightly mad Uncle Joss is the wreckers' ringleader and that Jamaica Inn is their headquarters. Mary is determined to bring Joss and his gang to justice and calls upon Joss' younger brother Jem to help.