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Ripper Street S1E4 — The Good of This City
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Ripper Street•Season 1•Episode 4

The Good of This City

7.9/10 · 749 votesJan 20, 201352 min

Ranked #4 of 8 in Season 1•−0.1 vs season avg

Discussion

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.

Seasons5

Season 1 Episodes8

Cast8

Matthew Macfadyen

Matthew Macfadyen

Edmund Reid

Adam Rothenberg

Adam Rothenberg

Homer Jackson

MyAnna Buring

MyAnna Buring

Long Susan Hart

Charlene McKenna

Charlene McKenna

Rose Erskine

Amanda Hale

Amanda Hale

Emily Reid

Jonathan Barnwell

Jonathan Barnwell

Dick Hobbs

David Wilmot

David Wilmot

Donald Artherton

Jerome Flynn

Jerome Flynn

Bennet Drake

Crew3

R

Richard Warlow

Writer

J

Julie Rutterford

Writer

A

Andy Wilson

Director

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Episode Summary

"The Good of This City" is episode 4 of Ripper Street season 1. It scored 7.9/10 from 749 votes, ranking #4 of 8 episodes this season (season average 8.0). Directed by Andy Wilson and written by Richard Warlow, Julie Rutterford, it aired on January 20, 2013.