The essential episodes of Ripper Street
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Ripper Street — each pick states its reason.
- 01
A young woman is found brutally murdered, the hallmark signs of the Ripper upon her. Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline believes it Jack's return, but Reid - the precinct's new man in charge - suspects a different evil at work. The team must use all of their brawn, brains and brilliance to track down the fiend responsible before another girl is killed.
- 02
H Division and the Independent City of London force are thrown together when the panic surrounding a sudden cholera outbreak leads them to scour both boroughs to find some underlying pattern amidst the rising tide of sickness and death. Meanwhile Emily Reid seeks patronage for her charity efforts, unaware of the resistance she will meet.
- 03
A string of brilliantly masterminded robberies draw the attention of Reid and his team. While Jackson works to trace the thieves' hardware, Drake is confronted with a spectre from his past in the form of his onetime Colonel. As Reid closes in on the brash robbers and their ultimate target, Drake finds his loyalties put to the ultimate test.
- 04
As the dock strike of August 1889 takes hold of the city, the killing of a Jewish anarchist leads Reid and the team into the merciless chicanery of the British government's fight against distant empires and global terrorism.
- 05
An international shipping magnate arrives in town with his Pinkerton retinue to complete the acquisition of an ailing London shipping line. Meanwhile, the murdered body of an engine inventor draws Reid's attention just as Jackson and Long Susan's past comes back to haunt them.
- 06
Reid is adrift. His team is in pieces and Leman Street is shaken to its foundations following recent events. A kidnapping offers him cause to assemble his men and tackle the white slavery ring operating in their midst. But Reid is gripped by a growing obsession that leads back to a terrible secret from his own past.
- 07
Joseph Merrick, aka The Elephant Man helps the team to identify an unusual murder victim.
- 08
Reid sends DC Flight undercover into Whitechapel's Irish community.
- 09
Investigations into the slaying of a Telegraph Boy lift the lid on a secret vice racket.
- 10
The mysterious death of a clairvoyant unlocks the heart of a deceptive scheme.
- 11
Ghosts of Whitechapel's past come alive, setting our heroes on a path of destruction.
- 12
The murder of a chemist lifts the lid on a backstreet abortion racket.
- 13
Just as it seems that Reid and Drake have found their working dynamic once more, they are forced to engage with a difficult murder case that threatens to open old wounds.
- 14
Thatcher discovers a fresh lead of a double murder committed by Nathaniel, giving Reid cause for hope.
- 15
Reid must finally bring Augustus Dove to justice, but also find his peace in Whitechapel.
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