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The Worst Episodes of Ripper Street

Every episode of Ripper Street ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Ripper Street!

A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H...
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Occurrence Reports" is the worst rated episode of "Ripper Street". It scored 7.4/10 based on 336 votes. Directed by Ashley Way and written by Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay, it aired on 10/12/2016. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "I Need Light".

  • Occurrence Reports
    7.4/10336 votes
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    #1 - Occurrence Reports

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/12/2016

    Reid must finally bring Augustus Dove to justice, but also find his peace in Whitechapel.

    Director: Ashley Way

    Writer: Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay

  • I Need Light
    7.7/10929 votes
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    #2 - I Need Light

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/30/2012

    A young woman is discovered brutally murdered in the fashion of Jack the Ripper. Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline believes The Ripper has returned, but Reid, the new head of the precinct, believes a different kind of evil may be at work.

    Director: Tom Shankland

    Writer: Richard Warlow

  • In My Protection
    7.7/10755 votes
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    #3 - In My Protection

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/6/2013

    When a toy-maker is murdered, a 14-year-old boy is the suspect but Reid digs deeper and discovers a vicious child gang and its brutal master. Jackson's gambling may expose his American past.

    Director: Tom Shankland

    Writer: Richard Warlow

  • The King Came Calling
    7.8/10680 votes
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    #4 - The King Came Calling

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/13/2013

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

    Director: Andy Wilson

    Writer: Richard Warlow, Declan Croghan

  • Pure as the Driven
    7.8/10488 votes
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    #5 - Pure as the Driven

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/28/2013

    Jack the Ripper may be fading into memory, but east London has found no peace. An investigation into the assault of a policeman leads DI Reid and the men of H-Division to the newly-emergent Chinatown, where Jackson discovers evidence of a new and devastatingly powerful opiate. Reid fears a new kind of hell is to be released onto his streets.

    Director: Tom Shankland

    Writer: Richard Warlow

  • Dynamite and a Woman
    7.8/10415 votes
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    #6 - Dynamite and a Woman

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/18/2013

    An Irish bomber is sprung from prison and barely a day later a prominent opponent of the Home Rule movement is murdered. Chief Inspector Abberline is convinced that the Irish Republican Brotherhood is active once more and orders Reid to send the Irish DC Flight undercover into Whitechapel's Irish community.

    Director: Christopher Menaul

    Writer: Richard Warlow, Jamie Crichton

  • The Good of This City
    7.9/10665 votes
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    #7 - The Good of This City

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/20/2013

    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

    Writer: Richard Warlow, Julie Rutterford

  • Tournament of Shadows
    7.9/10578 votes
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    #8 - Tournament of Shadows

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/3/2013

    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

    Writer: Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay

  • Threads of Silk and Gold
    7.9/10441 votes
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    #9 - Threads of Silk and Gold

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/25/2013

    An investigation into the brutal murder of a Telegraph Boy reveal a vice racket being run from the offices of the GPO. A ledger leads Reid to the centre of the one of London’s most august financial institutions, Barings Bank.

    Director: Kieron Hawkes

    Writer: Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay, Thomas Martin

  • Ashes and Diamonds
    7.9/10375 votes
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    #10 - Ashes and Diamonds

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/21/2014

    Alex le Shayne, a mysterious clairvoyant is found dead at the local performance place. Jackson presumes poison has a part to play. As Reid is missing Drake steps in to investigate. Elsewhere Susan continues to care for Mathilda and plans to send her to Switzerland.

    Director: Anthony Byrne

    Writer: Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay

  • Become Man
    8.0/10450 votes
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    #11 - Become Man

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/11/2013

    The abduction of a prominent member of the London County Council introduces Reid to Councilor Jane Cobden, the first woman appointed to the LCC - because it appears the kidnappers are radical supporters of Cobden's aims. Long Susan is taken by force to the gang's hideout, and she soon finds herself growing sympathetic to her captors' lives and aims.

    Director: Christopher Menaul

    Writer: Richard Warlow, Marnie Dickens

  • A Stronger Loving World
    8.0/10439 votes
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    #12 - A Stronger Loving World

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 12/2/2013

    Churches and synagogues are being burnt and desecrated in Whitechapel and Reid suspects the same hand behind the various attacks. Meanwhile, the all-too-brief domestic happiness that Sergeant Drake has enjoyed is disrupted by the arrival of a friend from his wife Bella's past, the mysterious and charismatic scholar, Gabriel Cain.

    Director: Kieron Hawkes

    Writer: Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay

  • Heavy Boots
    8.0/10343 votes
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    #13 - Heavy Boots

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 12/5/2014

    A destructive gang of youths unleash hell upon the streets, but it's not until daylight breaks that the true horror of their brutal work is revealed. The trail leads the team of H Division into the heartland of one of the city's oldest trades - the London Breweries - where conflicted loyalties reign, and grief and anger create a potent concoction.

    Director: Anthony Byrne

    Writer: Richard Warlow, Rob Green

  • The Incontrovertible Truth
    8.0/10376 votes
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    #14 - The Incontrovertible Truth

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 12/12/2014

    The recovering Reid finds the unconscious Lady Vera Montacute in Whitechapel next to the corpse of a flower seller.

    Director: Anthony Byrne

    Writer: Richard Warlow

  • A White World Made Red
    8.0/10281 votes
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    #15 - A White World Made Red

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 1/29/2016

    Jackson feels the heat when a double murder throws light upon his recent illicit activities.

    Director: Luke Watson

    Writer: Richard Warlow, Justin Young

  • Closed Casket
    8.0/10267 votes
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    #16 - Closed Casket

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 10/12/2016

    Reid - on the run from the police - must find a way to bring down Assistant Commissioner Augustus Dove.

    Director: Daniel Nettheim

    Writer: Richard Warlow

  • A Brittle Thread
    8.0/10240 votes
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    #17 - A Brittle Thread

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/2016

    Reid and Dove engage the press in their battle for the hearts and minds of the people of Whitechapel.

    Director: Daniel Nettheim

    Writer: Richard Warlow

  • The Weight of One Man's Heart
    8.1/10663 votes
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    #18 - The Weight of One Man's Heart

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/27/2013

    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

    Writer: Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay

  • Live Free, Live True
    8.1/10358 votes
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    #19 - Live Free, Live True

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 12/19/2014

    The murder of a chemist lifts the lid on a backstreet abortion racket.

    Director: Saul Metzstein

    Writer: Richard Warlow, Rachel Bennette

  • Men of Iron, Men of Smoke
    8.1/10285 votes
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    #20 - Men of Iron, Men of Smoke

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 2/5/2016

    When a footballer is brutally murdered, a key suspect is a man close to Drake's heart.

    Director: Luke Watson

    Writer: Richard Warlow, Matt Delargy

  • Our Betrayal (1)
    8.2/10406 votes
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    #21 - Our Betrayal (1)

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/9/2013

    A valuable symbol of the British Empire’s wealth shows up in the form of an uncut diamond. It is a jewel ‘freed’ from the diamond monopoly of De Graal by one Daniel Judge, Captain Jackson’s untrustworthy older brother. Reid and Flight find themselves being drawn to the plight of a local craftsman defrauded of his work and income by a scam that is set to return H Division to the malign influence of Detective Inspector Jedediah Shine.

    Director: Andy Wilson

    Writer: Richard Warlow

  • Whitechapel Terminus
    8.2/10453 votes
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    #22 - Whitechapel Terminus

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 11/14/2014

    Reid and Long Susan are set on a collision course after a locomotive disaster.

    Director: Andy Wilson

    Writer: Richard Warlow

  • The Strangers' Home
    8.2/10347 votes
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    #23 - The Strangers' Home

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/15/2016

    Reid must return to Whitechapel to covertly re-investigate a case made by Drake and Jackson.

    Director: Kieron Hawkes

    Writer: Richard Warlow

  • Some Conscience Lost
    8.2/10303 votes
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    #24 - Some Conscience Lost

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/22/2016

    Reid struggles to adapt on his first day back at H Division under Drake’s command.

    Director: Luke Watson

    Writer: Richard Warlow, Rachel Bennette

  • All The Glittering Blades
    8.2/10274 votes
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    #25 - All The Glittering Blades

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/2016

    The serial killer - Nathaniel Dove - is hid in the Hackney Marshes, but how long can he stay out of trouble?

    Director: Nick Rowland

    Writer: Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay