Ripper Street - Episode Guide

A young woman is found brutally murdered, the hallmark signs of the Ripper upon her. Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline believes it Jack's return, but Reid - the precinct's new man in charge - suspects a different evil at work. The team must use all of their brawn, brains and brilliance to track down the fiend responsible before another girl is killed.

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 and Drake into the savage world of merciless child gangs. At the same time, Jackson's drinking and gambling have led to the loss of the pendant that ties him to his American past.

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 to find some underlying pattern amidst the rising tide of sickness and death. Meanwhile Emily Reid seeks patronage for her charity efforts, unaware of the resistance she will meet.

The brutal clearing of a local slum for the underground railway reveals an indecipherable murder scene and an unreliable slum girl witness. Lucy Eames, beautiful and disturbed, is the unlikely key to a byzantine web of conspiracy. As Reid closes in on the killer, it becomes clear that the condemned slum is home to dark secrets that someone is desperate to protect.

A string of brilliantly masterminded robberies draw the attention of Reid and his team. While Jackson works to trace the thieves' hardware, Drake is confronted with a spectre from his past in the form of his onetime Colonel. As Reid closes in on the brash robbers and their ultimate target, Drake finds his loyalties put to the ultimate test.

As the dock strike of August 1889 takes hold of the city, the killing of a Jewish anarchist leads Reid and the team into the merciless chicanery of the British government's fight against distant empires and global terrorism.

An international shipping magnate arrives in town with his Pinkerton retinue to complete the acquisition of an ailing London shipping line. Meanwhile, the murdered body of an engine inventor draws Reid's attention just as Jackson and Long Susan's past comes back to haunt them.

Reid is adrift. His team is in pieces and Leman Street is 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 leads back to a terrible secret from his own past.

East London has found no peace; H Division's beat is more chaotic and lawless than ever.

Joseph Merrick, aka The Elephant Man helps the team to identify an unusual murder victim.

Long Susan finds herself sympathising with a group of kidnappers with radical aims.

Reid sends DC Flight undercover into Whitechapel's Irish community.

Investigations into the slaying of a Telegraph Boy lift the lid on a secret vice racket.

The domestic happiness that Drake has enjoyed is disrupted by a friend from Bella's past.

Jackson's reckless elder brother arrives in Whitechapel carrying a valuable uncut diamond.

Reid and Drake are powerless to resist a final reckoning with K Division's Jedediah Shine.

A locomotive disaster sets Reid and Long Susan on a collision course.

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

The mysterious death of a clairvoyant unlocks the heart of a deceptive scheme.

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

A destructive gang sense a moment of weakness within H Division and unleash hell.

Whitechapel witnesses a dark new breed of tourist and the team has a single night to solve a vicious stabbing.

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

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

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

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

One month has passed since Inspector Reid returned to H Division. Drake and Reid are working once more in harmony but Whitechapel is forever haunted, and this time by a spectre with a taste for blood.

Just as it seems that Reid and Drake have found their working dynamic once more, they are forced to engage with a difficult murder case that threatens to open old wounds.

Drake's life unravels as he questions whether he sent an innocent man to the gallows.

The walls close in on Reid as a secret from his past threatens to destroy his future in Whitechapel.

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

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

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

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

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

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