Ripper Street

Seasons

2012

8.1

TV-MA

The streets of Whitechapel are the haunt of Detective Inspector Edmund Reid and his team of officers, who aim to maintain law and order in a place once terrorized by Jack the Ripper.

Episode List

S1 • E1

I Need Light

When the disfigured body of a young woman is found in Whitechapel, Detective Inspector Edmund Reid fears that Jack the Ripper has returned to kill again.

S1 • E2

In My Protection

The murder of an elderly Jewish toymaker by a fourteen year-old by a challenged orphan is initially thought a robbery, but Reid begins to suspect "a wider purpose."

S1 • E3

The King Came Calling

A man dies in the street, and word quickly spreads that cholera may have been to blame. However, Jackson thinks otherwise, and when dozens of others become ill, the race is on to discover the origin of the sickness.

S1 • E4

The Good of This City

The mother of a girl who used to work for Long Susan is murdered, along with a rent collector. The girl claims to have no memory of the event, which may be linked to the construction of a new railway.

S1 • E5

The Weight of One Man's Heart

A series of robberies plagues the area, and when some of the stolen items are inexplicably returned to their owners, Reid is left stumped. Meanwhile, a sinister face from Drake's military past reappears.

S1 • E6

Tournament of Shadows

A Jewish man is murdered, and it soon becomes clear that he had uncovered a complex spy plot involving striking workers and the Russian secret police.

S1 • E7

A Man of My Company

The body of a ship's engineer is found in the Thames, and his murder seems to be connected with the arrival of a powerful shipping magnate and a group of Americans who are hunting Jackson and Long Susan.

S1 • E8

What Use Our Work?

As a result of Goodnight's fiendishness, Jackson stands accused of being Jack the Ripper, with Reid desperately trying to clear his name. Meanwhile, Rose's plan to better herself backfires dramatically.