Ripper Street

2013 • BBC America
4.7
433 reviews
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Season 5 episodes (6)

1 Closed Casket
3/8/17
Just days after the cruel murder of Bennet Drake, and despite being outlaws, his old friends Edmund Reid, Homer Jackson and Long Susan are drawn together to avenge his death.
2 A Brittle Thread
3/15/17
After the public humiliation of Frank Thatcher, Shine re-doubles his efforts to capture Reid and Jackson. Meanwhile, Long Susan asks an old friend to help get her son back.
3 All The Glittering Blades
3/22/17
Augustus Dove seeks to hide his murdering brother deep in the Hackney Marshes. Meanwhile, tension rises between Reid, Long Susan, Jackson and Mimi.
4 The Dreaming Dead
3/29/17
Thatcher's role comes good and the race is on to track Nathaniel Dove down - but will Augustus cover his brother's tracks? Jedediah needs Drummond's help to unearth Reid.
5 A Last Good Act
4/5/17
It seems that Augustus Dove has won and all is lost for Reid - but is it? As Jackson and Long Susan prepare to leave London, can they bring themselves to leave their friend behind?
6 Occurrence Reports
4/11/17
Reid has one final enemy to defeat and must find sufficient forensic evidence to prove that Dove killed Robin Sumner - but will he ever live peacefully in nightmarish Whitechapel?

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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