Ripper Street

2013 • BBC America
4.7
433 reviews
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Season 2 episodes (9)

1 Pure as the Driven
10/28/13
When a sergeant from K Division is found, hurled from a Whitechapel window on to the iron railings below, Reid is quick to act. An investigation leads DI Reid and the H-Division to the newly emergent Chinatown - where Jackson discovers evidence of a new and devastatingly powerful opiate. Reid fears a new kind of hell is to be released on to his streets.
2 Am I Not Monstrous?
11/4/13
Only hours after she gave birth, a nameless young woman is found murdered in a stairwell at The London Hospital. The only suggestion of her identity is the strange protrusion at the base of her spine -- a vestigial tail. This takes the team into the netherworld of circus freak shows and back to The London Hospital to seek help from its most celebrated resident, Joseph Merrick.
3 Become Man
11/11/13
Long Susan finds herself sympathising with a group of kidnappers with radical aims.
4 Dynamite and a Woman
11/18/13
Reid sends DC Flight undercover into Whitechapel's Irish community.
5 Threads of Silk and Gold
11/25/13
Investigations into the slaying of a Telegraph Boy lift the lid on a secret vice racket.
6 A Stronger Loving World
12/2/13
The domestic happiness that Drake has enjoyed is disrupted by a friend from Bella's past.
7 Our Betrayal - Part I
12/9/13
Jackson's reckless elder brother arrives in Whitechapel carrying a valuable uncut diamond.
8 Our Betrayal - Part II
12/16/13
Reid and Drake are powerless to resist a final reckoning with K Division's Jedediah Shine.
101 Season 1 Recap
2/17/14
Get up to speed on Victorian London's criminal underworld in this Ripper Street in this season 1 recap.

About this show

April 1889 - six months since the last Jack the Ripper killing, East London is emerging into a fragile peace, hopeful that this killer's reign of terror might at last have run its course. Nowhere is this truer than in the corridors of H Division, the police precinct charged with keeping order in the chaos of Whitechapel. Its men hunted this maniac; and failed to find him. Starring Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn and Adam Rothenberg.

Ratings and reviews

4.7
433 reviews
Harry Skelton
June 27, 2017
This show goes into all the lives during that terrible time where killers were everywhere. Police were killed and never respected. Not much law either and it shows the terrible treatment to women. Very real life situations in a lawless town. It also shows how far we have become on medical care and forensic findings. Many marvels and inventions came about with their struggles.
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Gayle Colcone
July 9, 2014
One of the finest period shows, as well as one of the finest cop shows on television. The acting is superb, the writing, the costumes ... I can't say enough good things about this show. Just brilliant.
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Lilo Starr
May 21, 2017
Absolutely fantastic show! I'm so impressed that they have kept it consistently excellent throughout. Most good shows start out great and devolve into nonsense. This series is so gripping and classy - the acting, the writing, the costumes, the cast and the dialogue are beyond compare.
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