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Ripper Street Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2013 - 2013
Series 2 starts with Detective Maurice Linklater being involved in a horrible accident which sets about the investigation of a suspected opium den. Later, an Irish bomber escapes police custody and sets about an a demolition rampage and Homer's brother returns after eight years away and with a big surprise.
Episode 1
Pure as the Driven
Mon, Oct 28, 2013 60 mins
Series 2 begins with a sergeant from a neighbouring police division being thrown from a Whitechapel tenement window. Reid's investigation leads him to Chinatown, where evidence of a new and devastatingly powerful opiate is discovered.
Episode 2
Am I Not Monstrous?
Mon, Nov 4, 2013 60 mins
A young, nameless woman is found murdered at the London Hospital shortly after giving birth in its maternity ward. The investigation takes Reid into the netherworld of circus freak shows and leads him to ask the Elephant Man for help to solve the case.
Episode 3
Become Man
Mon, Nov 11, 2013 60 mins
A female gang of kidnappers abducts a prominent member of the London County Council where Rose works. The investigation brings Drake back into contact with Rose, the woman who broke his heart.
Episode 4
Dynamite and a Woman
Mon, Nov 18, 2013 60 mins
An Irish bomber escapes from a police wagon while travelling through Whitechapel and murders a member of Parliament.
Episode 5
Threads of Silk and Gold
Mon, Nov 25, 2013 60 mins
An investigation into the murder of a Telegraph newspaper boy uncovers a vice racket being run from the Government Printing Office.
Episode 6
A Stronger Loving World
Mon, Dec 2, 2013 60 mins
Churches and synagogues are burned and desecrated in Whitechapel. Reid's investigation takes him into the world of the occult.
Episode 7
Our Betrayal - Part 1
Mon, Dec 9, 2013 60 mins
Part 1 of 2. Personal tragedy looms over the men of H Division when Homer's reckless brother Daniel returns from South Africa with a priceless, uncut diamond. Meanwhile, a local craftsman is defrauded in a scam; and "Long" Susan realizes she is powerless to resist the ever-encroaching influence that Silas Duggan exerts over her life.
Episode 8
Our Betrayal - Part 2
Mon, Dec 16, 2013 60 mins
Conclusion. Murdered corpses are found in a slum tenement. Meanwhile, vengeful feelings within the force are revealed during the police divisional boxing championship; Jackson and his brother try to profit from the stolen diamond; and Reid and Drake have a final reckoning with K Division's Jedediah Shine.
