A string of brilliantly masterminded robberies draw the attention of Reid and his team, while Drake is confronted with a specter from his past in the form of his onetime Colonel – returned to London to seek redress for the unjust treatment of the Empire’s soldiers.
As legions of Downton Abbey fans can attest, an American follower of a British series can occasionally find themselves spoiled about major revelations due to the nonsensical gap between airdates. Fans of Adam’s troubled forensic specialist are about to face what appears to be a massive spoilergeddon when the seventh episode of Ripper Street airs on February 17th in the UK.
The ep, “A Man of My Company,” features Pinkertons and big revelations about Homer Jackson’s backstory and should make internet-surfing a perilous journey for BBC America viewers sans access to illegal sites or BBC iPlayer looking to remain unspoiled for a few more weeks. You’ve been warned. You’ve all been warned.
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.
It’s a little old, but Collider had a pretty good interview recently with Adam and Jerome Flynn about various aspects of Ripper Street. Apple readers will want to check the whole thing out, but, in this excerpt, Adam lays out his own theory about how he ended up on the Reid team.
I think we had this fantasy that maybe Jackson had been thrown in a holding cell one night and drunkenly starting diagnosing people in the room. They picked him up and, without meaning to, he started helping them out. Jackson must have gotten Reid’s attention, some sort of weird way. Because he’s boastful and a bit egotistical, he probably started showing off and it came to bite him in the ass. He’s dragged, kicking and screaming, into this little partnership. He’s a very reluctant helper.
H Division and the Independent City of London force are thrown together when the panic surrounding a sudden cholera outbreak leads them to scour both boroughs, searching to find some underlying pattern amidst the rising tide of sickness and death.
Rumors have been floating around about it, but it’s finally been confirmed that the Apple’s current favorite show of all time has been renewed by the Beeb for a second series. Given that Our Man Adam is the show’s Designated American and has been prominently featured in promotions for the show, we assume he’ll be back in action as well, but we’re withholding a modicum of excitement in case Homer Jackson’s deep dark secrets make him a one-and-done character. Previous rumors had the show starting up production again in April and running through August, so we can presumably look forward to its return about the same time next year. Unless Adam’s not going to be back. In which case, this show will be dead to us.
According to the Guardian, Ripper Street “has averaged 7.1 million viewers (in the UK) and a 22.9% audience share so far, according to consolidated ratings including seven-day catchup viewing.”
Update (12:05 PM):
Creator and writer Richard Warlow said of the renewal: “I am enormously grateful to have been given the opportunity to return to ‘H’ Division once more and will be working tirelessly to ensure that those who have joined us each week will find ever more compelling crime-fighting thrills down on Ripper Street the second time around. The series will move forward into the 1890s: the death rattle of a century coming to a close, the labour pains of a modern world on the rise. It is this sense of climax and calamity that, week by week, our heroes will confront with conviction and heroism.” Still no unambiguous confirmation of Adam’s involvement in the Greatest Series on Television/the Biggest Missed Opportunity on Future Television. We remain on tenterhooks.
Update (2:49 PM):
No big surprise, but, according to Deadline, Ripper Street will continue to be a co-production with BBC America. Quoting executive producer Simon Vaughn: “Partnering with BBC America was always our ideal scenario and it has proven to be a wonderful decision. They have given the series an amazing launch in America and we are delighted to be moving into series two together.”
RIPPER STREET Episode 01-02 (US Airdate: January 26, 2013): “In My Protection”
A beloved toy maker is beaten to death for a mysterious brass box and the coins in his pocket. The Whitechapel Vigilance Committee presents a 14 year-old culprit who refuses to deny the charge, leading Reid into the savage world of merciless child gangs.
Rumors have been floating around about it, but it’s finally been confirmed that the Apple’s current favorite show of all time has been renewed by the Beeb for a second series. Given that Our Man Adam is the show’s Designated American and has been prominently featured in promotions for the show, we assume he’ll be back in action as well, but we’re withholding a modicum of excitement in case Homer Jackson’s deep dark secrets make him a one-and-done character. Previous rumors had the show starting up production again in April and running through August, so we can presumably look forward to its return about the same time next year. Unless Adam’s not going to be back. In which case, this show will be dead to us.
