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Ripper Street Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2016 - 2016
Episode 1
Closed Casket
Wed, Mar 8, 201760 mins
With half the police force in London at Drake's funeral Jackson and Susan suggest to the falsely accused Reid that they flee the country but he is determined to expose Dove and his brother Nathaniel as Drake's killers. Hiding out with Drake's old flame Mimi Morton they learn that Nathaniel was responsible for stealing a dog used in dog-fighting and set out to catch him at the next fight. However he escapes by letting the dogs free to cause a diversion. Meanwhile Reid's old adversary inspector Jedediah Shine is brought in as the new head of H Division and makes no secret of his intention to catch Reid.
Episode 2
A Brittle Thread
Wed, Mar 15, 201761 mins
Shine and Sergeant Thatcher arrive at the theatre where the fugitives are hiding but Mimi manages to put them off the scent. As a ploy to trap Nathaniel Jackson and Reid find a corpse and using wolves' teeth mark it with the same injuries as were found on Nathaniel's victims but Shine realizes it is fake. Newspaper editor Rachel Castello, believing in Reid's innocence, prints a story portraying him as a vigilante hero, which does not go down well with Shine. Shocked by Shine's bullying treatment of her the honest Thatcher seeks out the fugitive trio to offer help whilst Dove finds a hiding place for his brother.
Episode 3
All the Glittering Blades
Wed, Mar 22, 201774 mins
Suspicious of Thatcher the opium addicted Shine demotes him, promoting Drummond, Mathilda's boy-friend whilst Mimi expresses doubts about continuing to hide the fugitives. Dove places Nathaniel with the Sumner family, eel-catchers in the Hackney marshes, but is angry when Nathaniel, smitten by single mother Prudence, travels to Whitechapel to help her sell eels, and visits the family, blowing his brother's cover to them. The sympathetic Prudence is forgiving as Nathaniel expresses his desire to suppress his murderous tendencies, but when he sees her brother Caleb behaving violently towards her there is carnage.
Episode 4
The Dreaming Dead
Wed, Mar 29, 201764 mins
Whilst Shine learns he has a terminal illness Thatcher finds Prudence's orphaned son Robin who takes Reid and Jackson to the murder site for proof of Nathaniel's crimes but the bodies are gone and the evidence has been cleared up. Shine arrives and, learning the truth from Reid, blackmails Dove into keeping his secret if he can take credit for arresting Reid. Robin runs off and, after finding Dove has killed him Jackson, with Susan, breaks into Dove's house to rescue their son Connor, and helped by the wounded Nathaniel ,who is shocked to hear of Simon's fate they escape with the boy.Meanwhile Dove pressurises Drummond into leading him to Reid, where, to Mathilda's horror, her father is taken into custody by the dying Shine.
Episode 5
A Last Good Act
Wed, Apr 5, 201767 mins
With Shine dead and Reid in prison Dove puts Drummond - rejected by Mathilda for his treachery - in charge of catching Susan and Jackson whilst Susan persuades Mimi to bring Mathilda to her to convince her of her father's innocence and goodness. Reid resists when Jackson tries to spring him from jail, hoping Thatcher's exhumation of Robin will prove Dove's guilt. However Dove is ready and drowns the honest policeman, secretly watched by Nathaniel, who brings Robin's body to Susan to incriminate Dove. Together thy surrender themselves to the law with Nathaniel accusing his brother of mass murder. They are supported by Abberline, summoned by Rachel, and Dove is finally exposed.
Episode 6
Occurrence Reports
Wed, Apr 12, 201776 mins
A sad, remorseful Nathaniel confesses all to Abberline and Mathilda whilst Jackson proves that Dove killed Robin but, to avoid a public scandal, the Chief Commissioner orders that Dove is secretly taken to prison and quietly forgotten. Susan and Nathaniel are executed but Jackson is allowed to return to America with Connor on condition that Reid accepts reinstatement. Mathilda forgives Drummond and they marry, leaving London for the country whilst Mimi, having successfully reopened her theatre, also gets married and moves away from Whitechapel. Reid receives news that Jackson has died a hero in the States and reminisces on the old days and his happy partnership with Drake, remaining at his desk as the last survivor of the events in Ripper Street.
