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The Best Episodes of Ripper Street Season 1

Every episode of Ripper Street Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Ripper Street Season 1!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Ripper Street Season 1 Episode 8 - What Use Our Work?
    8.6/10(648 votes)

    S1:E8

    Reid is adrift, his team in pieces and Leman Street 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 this leads back to the terrible secret from his own past.

    Director:Andy Wilson
    Writer:Richard Warlow

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  2. Ripper Street Season 1 Episode 7 - A Man of My Company
    8.5/10(660 votes)

    S1:E7

    International haulage tycoon TP Swift arrives in town to acquire an ailing shipping line, accompanied by a team of private detectives, who proceed to cut a violent swathe through the borough on a mission of vengeance. As Reid focuses on the murder of an engine inventor, Jackson and Susan's past comes back to haunt them, bringing their future in Whitechapel - and their very lives - into question.

    Director:Andy Wilson
    Writer:Richard Warlow

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  3. Ripper Street Season 1 Episode 5 - The Weight of One Man's Heart
    8.2/10(744 votes)

    S1:E5

    A string of brilliantly masterminded robberies keeps Reid and his team busy and leads to a blast from the past for Drake when he is confronted by his former army colonel. As the net closes in on the robbers, the sergeant finds his loyalties put to the test.

    Director:Colm McCarthy
    Writers:Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay

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  4. Ripper Street Season 1 Episode 4 - The Good of This City
    7.9/10(751 votes)

    S1:E4

    The brutal clearing of a local slum for the underground railway reveals an almost indecipherable murder scene and an unreliable slum girl witness. Lucy Eames, beautiful and disturbed, is the unlikely key to a Byzantine web of conspiracy.

    Director:Andy Wilson
    Writers:Richard Warlow, Julie Rutterford

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  5. Ripper Street Season 1 Episode 6 - Tournament of Shadows
    7.9/10(653 votes)

    S1:E6

    As the dock strike of August '89 takes hold of the city, the killing of a Jewish anarchist leads Reid and the team into the heartless chicanery of the British government's fight against distant empires and global terrorism.

    Director:Colm McCarthy
    Writers:Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay

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  6. Ripper Street Season 1 Episode 3 - The King Came Calling
    7.8/10(763 votes)

    S1:E3

    Deliberate contamination is suspected in a sudden cholera outbreak . Emily's search for a charity patron proves difficult.

    Director:Andy Wilson
    Writers:Richard Warlow, Declan Croghan

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  7. Ripper Street Season 1 Episode 1 - I Need Light
    7.7/10(1049 votes)

    S1:E1

    When a woman is found murdered, Chief Inspector Abberline believes Jack the Ripper has returned.

    Director:Tom Shankland
    Writer:Richard Warlow

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  8. Ripper Street Season 1 Episode 2 - In My Protection
    7.7/10(849 votes)

    S1:E2

    A toymaker is beaten to death, and a possible culprit refuses to deny the charge.

    Director:Tom Shankland
    Writer:Richard Warlow

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"What Use Our Work?" is the best rated episode of Ripper Street season 1. It scored 8.6/10 from 648 votes. Directed by Andy Wilson and written by Richard Warlow, it aired on February 24, 2013. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "A Man of My Company".