The WORST episodes of Ripper Street
Every episode of Ripper Street ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. 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 Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic streets of Whitechapel. Ripper Street explores the lives of characters trying to recover from the Ripper's legacy, from crimes that have not only irretrievably altered their lives, but the very fabric of their city. At the drama's heart our detectives try to bring a little light into the dark world they inhabit.
#1 - The Weight of One Man's Heart
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/27/2013
A string of brilliantly masterminded robberies draw the attention of Reid and his team, while Drake is confronted with a spectre from his past in the form of his one-time colonel, returned to London to seek redress for the unjust treatment of the Empire's soldiers.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - In My Protection
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/6/2013
A beloved toy maker is beaten to death for a mysterious brass box and the coins in his pocket. The Whitechapel Vigilance Committee presents a 14-year-old culprit who refuses to deny the charge, leading Reid into the savage world of merciless child gangs.
#5 - 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.
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#6 - 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.
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#7 - 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.
#8 - The King Came Calling
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/13/2013
H Division and the independent City of London force are thrown together when the panic surrounding a sudden cholera outbreak leads them to scour both boroughs, searching to find some underlying pattern amidst the rising tide of sickness and death.
#9 - 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.
#10 - Threads of Silk and Gold
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/25/2013
Investigations into the brutal slaying of a telegraph boy lift the lid on a vice racket run from the offices of the GPO. The case leads Reid to the heart of the one of the city's most august financial institutions. Captain Jackson seeks ever more perilous means of ridding he and Long Susan of the suffocating debt they owe Silas Duggan.
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#11 - 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.
#12 - A Brittle Thread
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/2016
The fugitives take drastic action in order to trick the authorities, which leads to a press battle between Reid and Dove for the hearts and minds of the people of Whitechapel.
#13 - All the Glittering Blades
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/2016
While hidden away, Nathaniel befriends a nearby family at great risk to his personal safety, while the fugitives clash as tensions between them rise.
#15 - I Need Light
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/30/2012
A young woman is found brutally murdered, the hallmark signs of the Ripper upon her. One-time H Division boss Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline believes that Jack has returned, but Reid - the precinct's new master - suspects a different evil at work.
#16 - 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.
#17 - Am I Not Monstrous?
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/4/2013
A young woman is found murdered at the London Hospital and the only clue to her identity is an unusual deformity. The hunt for her killer takes Reid and the team into the shadowy netherworld of the freakshows, where they must seek the help of Joseph Merrick, aka the Elephant Man. Reinforcements for H-Division arrive in the form of DC Albert Flight.
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#18 - Closed Casket
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/12/2016
Following the death of Bennet Drake, the fugitives find themselves facing the power of Augustus Dove and his murderous brother, while a face from the past returns.
#20 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
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#25 - The Stranger's 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.