It’s time to bid farewell to Ripper Street. Today, BBC America announced the fifth and final season of the TV series will debut in March.
The final season “picks up mere days after the grisly death of Detective Inspector Bennet Drake, which reunites his old friends, Detective Inspector Edmund Reid, surgeon Captain Homer Jackson and “Long” Susan Hart, to bring his murderer to justice.” The cast includes Matthew Macfadyen, Adam Rothenberg, Jerome Flynn, MyAnna Buring, and Charlene McKenna.
The fifth and final season of Ripper Street premieres on March 8th at 11 p.m. ET/PT.
From BBC America:
New York – February 24, 2017 – BBC AMERICA’s critically-acclaimed co-production, Ripper Street, returns for a fifth and final season with six episodes on Wednesday, March 8 at 11/10c. The powerful closing chapter picks up mere days after the grisly death of Detective Inspector Bennet Drake (Jerome Flynn – Game of Thrones), which reunites his old friends, Detective Inspector Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen – Anna Karenina), surgeon Captain Homer Jackson (Adam Rothenberg – The Divide) and ‘Long’ Susan Hart (MyAnna Buring – Downton Abbey), to bring his murderer to justice.
Last season introduced a new serial killer plaguing the streets of Whitechapel. Convinced that the murderer’s cannibalistic crimes were being covered up by another party, DI Reid and DI Drake’s investigation pointed to a trail of corruption that led them right to the heart of Scotland Yard – specifically Assistant Commissioner Augustus Dove (Killian Scott – Call the Midwife) and his bestial brother Nathaniel Dove (Jonas Armstrong – Line of Duty). During an attempt to bring down the Dove brothers, DI Drake lost his life to serial killer Nathanial, forcing DI Reid, CPT Jackson and ‘Long’ Susan on the on the run. Now, finding themselves on the other side of the law, revealing the truth about the unlawful siblings is not an easy task.
With a barbarous killer on the loose and a corrupt lawman leading the police force, DI Reid is unquestionably facing his toughest and most dangerous challenge yet. An epic battle on the meanest streets imaginable has just begun… Will DI Reid finally be able to restore peace and justice in Whitechapel?
Ripper Street is a Tiger Aspect and Lookout Point production in association with Brown Bear Films for Amazon and BBC Worldwide, co-produced with BBC AMERICA.”
What do you think? Do you watch Ripper Street? How do you want the series to end?
Oh PLEASE don’t end it it has ALL the elements of a continuous series. I love the swift action, the betrayal, suspense! It’s a marvelous series please keep it going!
I love show and will hate to see it end. Great acting and storyline.
Just binged watched all five seasons over this past week….. truly sad to see Ripper Street end.
Thanks to all involved in this great show.
Nathanial kills both Dove and Shine. Jackson and Susan and Connor leave for parts unknown. Mathilda and Sgt. Drummond are wed. Reid and Hermione come together. Alberline returns to help clear Reid and place him once again to head H Division.
How can it premiere on March 8th 2017?? Season 5 episode 1 aired 12 October 2016 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4934684/
That’s the UK airdate.