Season 5 – Ripper Street

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Betty B @Betty1977 Sep 6 By the 5th series there were only bad, worse and plain terrible groups interacting with each other...who has some twisted reason to commit even more horrible acts and crime, then try to rationalise it.. Not one worthy hero, I could care for or support...(only perhaps Drummond). See more Nawt W @RT94004908 10/03/2023 For anyone gravitating to this series because they think this has anything to do with the fictionalized hunt for Jack the Ripper, well, it doesn't. If truth be told, outside of the first and last episodes, plus a few in between, the series barely mentions him at all. This show is more about the small steps taken in the adaptation and evolution of police procedurals in Victorian England, or Whitechapel specifically. From databases to rudimental forensics, it is riveting to watch the progression from season one, where the preferred method of extracting testimonies from suspects is tying them to a chair and beating the living shit out of them, to season five, where they are tying suspects to their victims through scientific methods. The characters are enthralling and infuriating in a good way. The first season might be really barren for good character writing aside from episode 5. Nevertheless, if you stick with the series, you will be observing one of the most conflicted and well-written sets of characters a period drama could come up with. They are not just detectives with no personalities or growth in the police force at the end of the 19th century. Their lives are fully explored, and their numerous mistakes and sins are laid bare. This goes beyond just the main characters. The supporting characters also go from being "some guy in a police station" to having some of the most gut-wrenching arcs in the show. Almost no character is wasted. All this is accompanied by a final tying knot - the dialogue. The Victorian-era way of speaking that doesn't actually remove vulgarity gives every scene so much more eloquence and weight. Or, as Benjamin Gates would put it, "People don't talk like that anymore." See more 12/31/2021 Emotionally wrecked me. See more Ash Y @RT98177215 05/17/2020 Short of Reed's wife's casting and her subpar everything, it's a great show! See more 11/05/2019 Excellent period drama See more 04/08/2019 That is a kick as show See more Read all reviews

Ripper Street — Season 5

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