NipPierce Wow, this is a REALLY bad movie!

Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

ScoobyWell Great visuals, story delivers no surprises

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

guyzradio Let's face it. The Kings English of the late 1800's isn't everybody's cup of tea. But, it is one of the main reasons I enjoyed Ripper Street -- a testament to when people actually conversed. Colorful characters, a dark touch to the cinematography, and suspenseful endings to every episode had me hooked from S1E1. Some dips and peaks, naturally, but overall, I found Ripper Street to be one of the most consistently excellent shows I've watched. Then we hit the final episode of Season 5.*** SPOILERS AHEAD *** The unusually long lead-in made me wonder what was happening when the initial title and credits appeared 11 minutes into the episode. The resolution of the immediate story seemed rushed and lacking creativity. They could have easily banished Long Susan to America along with Homer Jackson, but they chose to give her the rope. Nathaniel as well, even though he would have qualified as criminally insane in modern times. Augustus Dove got off too easy. A few minutes are spent tidying up the story, during which it "feels" like end-of season, end-of-series. Then, the last 20 minutes play out where I thought Reid might simply waking up from an extended bad dream. The imagery shifts to a decidedly warmer visual tone, giving an ethereal effect. Reid's mental stability is uncertain, Bennett Drake pops in and out (sometimes as a huge painting on the wall), and at one point it seemed Mathilda was killed when the ship she was on sank (later, not). It seemed the production crew found themselves short of material to flesh out a final episode, so they spliced together clips from the cutting room floor. Overall, I found it needlessly confusing. What happened to the writers A team? Despite my beef with the finale, I still rated Ripper Street a 9. As for a season 6, without the chemistry of the now deceased main characters, I doubt Reid could carry it solo, or with any other characters they might throw into the mix.

cvasily Edge of the seat drama that is done very well. Kudos to the cast and crew for a job well done! Is there a possibility that they will create a season six? I do hope they continue with this series and add more seasons. It's worthy of creating further dialogue so we can see where it goes from the end of season 5.

Amber Christine Just finished watching Series 3 and I love this show! The whole series story line pulls you in and doesn't want to let you go. I love that Amazon picked this back up and kept it going. Please keep producing this series! I recommend this show to anyone. There is more obvious violence than typically seen on TV but it makes it grittier and more realistic than many other shows. The relationships between the main characters are complex and there is no romanticizing of what life would have been like during this period in this area of London. It is a heavy story line with definitely a dark undertone, however there are moments of brightness. I will definitely watch this show over again.

ianlouisiana A bit like arriving at a new school three quarters of the way through the year,everybody has alliances you don't know about,the other pupils know where the tuck shop is,where the bogs are,which prefect is liable to jump you in the dorm.....and there you are,left to fend for yourself. And so it was with my first viewing of "Ripper Street" finding it difficult to sort out who were the coppers and who were the "guest" villains and who were the resident villains and characters from the earlier series. Long before I had that settled there was a train crash caused by a plot eerily similar to the Great Train Robbery where a railways expert is drafted in and screws up but with far more serious consequences. Messrs Macfadyen and Flynn glared at each other a lot presumably due to a previous unfortunate experience that ended up with Mr Flynn's exile from the Met. As a new viewer I found it hard to figure out what an American Army surgeon was doing in Whitechapel,but it may come to me later. One or two silly errors actually aided my enjoyment;Manor Park is a lot more than a mile from Whitechapel and the unfortunate engine driver who the eagle - eared American Army surgeon heard banging from underneath a ruined railway truck was so near death he could hardly utter a word,let alone make himself heard above the chaos of the crash - site. I hope I may see more of the lovely Miss Louise Beasley,a favourite since "Bleak House" whose appearance was too fleeting for my liking. But the crowd scenes were well - handled and the big villains were nice and smooth and sufficiently plausible. As is the way nowadays the train crash scene itself had been trailered ad nauseam on various channels so its impact was somewhat cushioned but Mr Flynn's lived - in face makes him one of the more credible coppers on TV even if his character has been dead for 100 years or so. And that says more about other cop shows than it does about "Ripper Street".