The worst episodes of Ripper Street
Ranked by viewer rating, lows first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
Reid must finally bring Augustus Dove to justice, but also find his peace in Whitechapel.
- 02
One month has passed since Inspector Reid returned to H Division. Drake and Reid are working once more in harmony but Whitechapel is forever haunted, and this time by a spectre with a taste for blood.
- 03
Reid - on the run from the police - must find a way to bring down Assistant Commissioner Augustus Dove.
- 04
Reid must return to Whitechapel to covertly re-investigate a case made by Drake and Jackson.
- 05
Drake's life unravels as he questions whether he sent an innocent man to the gallows.
- 06
A locomotive disaster sets Reid and Long Susan on a collision course.
- 07
When an American journalist is killed in Whitechapel, his story threatens the peace.
- 08
The walls close in on Reid as a secret from his past threatens to destroy his future in Whitechapel.
- 09
A destructive gang sense a moment of weakness within H Division and unleash hell.
- 10
Reid struggles to adapt on his first day back at H Division under Drake's command.
- 11
Reid and Dove engage the press in their battle for the hearts and minds of the people of Whitechapel.
- 12
The serial killer - Nathaniel Dove - is hid in the Hackney Marshes, but how long can he stay out of trouble?
- 13
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.
- 14
A beloved toy maker is beaten to death for a mysterious brass box and the coins in his pocket. The Whitechapel Vigilance Committee presents a 14 year-old culprit who refuses to deny the charge, leading Reid and Drake into the savage world of merciless child gangs. At the same time, Jackson's drinking and gambling have led to the loss of the pendant that ties him to his American past.
- 15
Long Susan finds herself sympathising with a group of kidnappers with radical aims.
- 16
The domestic happiness that Drake has enjoyed is disrupted by a friend from Bella's past.
- 17
Reid and Drake are powerless to resist a final reckoning with K Division's Jedediah Shine.
- 18
Whitechapel witnesses a dark new breed of tourist and the team has a single night to solve a vicious stabbing.
- 19
The brutal clearing of a local slum for the underground railway reveals an indecipherable murder scene and an unreliable slum girl witness. Lucy Eames, beautiful and disturbed, is the unlikely key to a byzantine web of conspiracy. As Reid closes in on the killer, it becomes clear that the condemned slum is home to dark secrets that someone is desperate to protect.
- 20
East London has found no peace; H Division's beat is more chaotic and lawless than ever.
- 21
Jackson's reckless elder brother arrives in Whitechapel carrying a valuable uncut diamond.
- 22
A murder inquiry in a curiosity shop reveals a secret dungeon and signs of a captive girl.
- 23
With Reid locked in the cells it seems that all hope is lost, but is there time for one last roll of the dice?
- 24
The mysterious death of a clairvoyant unlocks the heart of a deceptive scheme.
- 25
The murder of a chemist lifts the lid on a backstreet abortion racket.
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