The Best Episodes of Ripper Street Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.7/10(993 votes)

   #1 - I Need Light

   S1:E112/30/2012

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

   Director:Tom Shankland

   Writer:Richard Warlow

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   Director:Tom Shankland

   Writer:Richard Warlow
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   7.7/10(809 votes)

   #2 - In My Protection

   S1:E21/6/2013

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

   Director:Tom Shankland

   Writer:Richard Warlow

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   Director:Tom Shankland

   Writer:Richard Warlow
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   7.8/10(729 votes)

   #3 - The King Came Calling

   S1:E31/13/2013

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

   Director:Andy Wilson

   Writers:Richard Warlow, Declan Croghan

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   Director:Andy Wilson

   Writers:Richard Warlow, Declan Croghan
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   7.9/10(715 votes)

   #4 - The Good of This City

   S1:E41/20/2013

   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

   Writers:Richard Warlow, Julie Rutterford

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   Director:Andy Wilson

   Writers:Richard Warlow, Julie Rutterford
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   8.2/10(712 votes)

   #5 - The Weight of One Man's Heart

   S1:E51/27/2013

   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

   Writers:Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay

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   Director:Colm McCarthy

   Writers:Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay
6. 

   7.9/10(620 votes)

   #6 - Tournament of Shadows

   S1:E62/3/2013

   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

   Writers:Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay

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   Director:Colm McCarthy

   Writers:Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay
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   8.5/10(629 votes)

   #7 - A Man of My Company

   S1:E72/17/2013

   International haulage tycoon TP Swift arrives in town to acquire an ailing shipping line, accompanied by a team of private detectives, who proceed to cut a violent swathe through the borough on a mission of vengeance. As Reid focuses on the murder of an engine inventor, Jackson and Susan's past comes back to haunt them, bringing their future in Whitechapel - and their very lives - into question.

   Director:Andy Wilson

   Writer:Richard Warlow

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   Director:Andy Wilson

   Writer:Richard Warlow
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   8.6/10(621 votes)

   #8 - What Use Our Work?

   S1:E82/24/2013

   Reid is adrift, his team in pieces and Leman Street 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 this leads back to the terrible secret from his own past.

   Director:Andy Wilson

   Writer:Richard Warlow

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   Director:Andy Wilson

   Writer:Richard Warlow