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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...

Seasons5

  1. Background image for Closed Casket
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #1 - Closed Casket

    S5:E1

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

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  2. Background image for Occurrence Reports
    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #2 - Occurrence Reports

    S5:E6

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

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  3. Background image for Ashes and Diamonds
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    #3 - Ashes and Diamonds

    S3:E3

    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.

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  4. Background image for The Incontrovertible Truth
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #4 - The Incontrovertible Truth

    S3:E6

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

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  5. Background image for Live Free, Live True
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #5 - Live Free, Live True

    S3:E7

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

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  6. Background image for A White World Made Red
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #6 - A White World Made Red

    S4:E3

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

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  8. Background image for A Brittle Thread
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #7 - A Brittle Thread

    S5:E2

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

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  9. Background image for All The Glittering Blades
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #8 - All The Glittering Blades

    S5:E3

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

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  10. Background image for Whitechapel Terminus
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #9 - Whitechapel Terminus

    S3:E1

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

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  11. Background image for The Beating of Her Wings
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #10 - The Beating of Her Wings

    S3:E2

    A murder inquiry in a curiosity shop reveals a secret dungeon and signs of a captive girl.

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  12. Background image for Your Father, My Friend
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Your Father, My Friend

    S3:E4

    Ghosts of Whitechapel's past come alive, setting our heroes on a path of destruction.

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  13. Background image for Heavy Boots
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Heavy Boots

    S3:E5

    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.

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  14. Background image for The Peace of Edmund Reid
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #13 - The Peace of Edmund Reid

    S3:E8

    When an American journalist is killed in Whitechapel, his story threatens the peace.

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  15. Background image for I Need Light
    7.7/10(952 votes)

    #14 - I Need Light

    S1:E1

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

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  16. Background image for In My Protection
    7.7/10(778 votes)

    #15 - In My Protection

    S1:E2

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

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  17. Background image for The Dreaming Dead
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #16 - The Dreaming Dead

    S5:E4

    Thatcher discovers a fresh lead of a double murder committed by Nathaniel, giving Reid cause for hope.

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  18. Background image for A Last Good Act
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #17 - A Last Good Act

    S5:E5

    With Reid locked in the cells it seems that all hope is lost, but is there time for one last roll of the dice?

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  19. Background image for The King Came Calling
    7.8/10(700 votes)

    #18 - The King Came Calling

    S1:E3

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

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  20. Background image for Pure as the Driven
    7.8/10(506 votes)

    #19 - Pure as the Driven

    S2:E1

    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.

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  21. Background image for Dynamite and a Woman
    7.8/10(431 votes)

    #20 - Dynamite and a Woman

    S2:E4

    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.

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  22. Background image for The Good of This City
    7.9/10(685 votes)

    #21 - The Good of This City

    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.

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  23. Background image for Tournament of Shadows
    7.9/10(597 votes)

    #22 - Tournament of Shadows

    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.

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  24. Background image for Threads of Silk and Gold
    7.9/10(460 votes)

    #23 - Threads of Silk and Gold

    S2:E5

    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.

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  25. Background image for Become Man
    8.0/10(463 votes)

    #24 - Become Man

    S2:E3

    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.

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  26. Background image for A Stronger Loving World
    8.0/10(455 votes)

    #25 - A Stronger Loving World

    S2:E6

    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.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Closed Casket" is the worst rated episode of "Ripper Street". It scored 6.7/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by Daniel Nettheim and written by Richard Warlow, it aired on 10/12/2016. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Occurrence Reports".