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Season 1

Season 1 • 2012

3.4 / 5

Haunted by the failure to catch London's most evil killer, Jack the Ripper, Inspector Edmund Reid now heads up the notorious H Division - the toughest police district in the East End.

Episodes

1. I Need Light

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

2012-12-3059 min

2. In My Protection

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

2013-01-0659 min

3. The King Came Calling

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

2013-01-1359 min

4. The Good of This City

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.

2013-01-2058 min

5. The Weight of One Man's Heart

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.

2013-01-2759 min

6. Tournament of Shadows

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.

2013-02-0359 min

7. A Man of My Company

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.

2013-02-1759 min

8. What Use Our Work?

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.

2013-02-2459 min