Ripper Street (TV Series) Tournament of Shadows (2013) User Reviews

A short comment on the twisting of historical facts

[martauchert · 8/10 · 8 September 2015]

I just wanted to answer the last comment made about this episode. The show is known for taking liberties with historical facts, changing the time of certain events to fit the plot. Yet, historical accuracies are usually not as strong as mentioned in said comment. The assassination referred to is most likely that of Alexander II. in 1881. If you are interested you can find information about the event and the historical context here (for a start): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Russia The overall historic context of the episode is thus correct concerning this particular aspect.

A matter of foreign Policy !!!

[elo-equipamentos · 8/10 · 21 January 2021]

Putting aside all mismatches about the events that will be occur twenty years ahead on the Russia, the Ripper Street takes place on late 19th century, thus an unexcusable slip of the writer, let's forget the historical context and take a look in this odd episode over a strike ongoing on the harbor, the Inspector Edmund already was aware all moves of the union leader Peter Morris, when a sudden death of the starry-eyed Joshua Bloom over a blast at his home, soon Edmund crew uncovers that he was stabbed before the explosion that wasn't any leak of gas, actually a rustic bomb, also finds a secret encrypted message and an old photography of Russian soldiers, when he receives an unexpected visit on the precinct a woman Deborah Goren a kin of the late Joshua pleading a decent funeral, thus Edmund seize the opportunity to ask to her know Isaac Bloom in order to try translate the odd message, at Isaac's house Edmund discerns that Isaac is an intellectual man that explains that his brother was a scapegoat in this case, therefore demands that Cpt. Homer slip into the union as alleged member of Chicago's strike, gaining the reliance of the leader Morris, due the inquires of Edmund suffers a strong pressure over Yard's Chief Inspector Fred Abberline and aware an absence Cpt. Homer who was unmasked as insider by the bleak Morris that delivers him to Yard's Inspector Constantine in charge of the strike's case, Homer was tortured by him, somehow he slip away and report to Edmund that enforces a task force to thwart the worst that about to came in London, this episode focuses on the menace of the ultra-radicals spreading by Russia on several places at Europe!!

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First watch: 2021 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 8.25

fiction or historical fiction, this episode is a FILM

[spasticfreakshow · 10/10 · 3 April 2022]

In the context of a series that advances multiple plot lines, some episodes do function as stand-alone mystery of the week stories that a viewer could miss and keep watching. This episode is NOT one of those. So many reveals, from Mrs. Goren, Reid's daughter's story, a plot to bomb London, to nefarious plots of Scotland Yard, persecution of European Jews and international intrigue that spans multiple countries and even impacts Jackson and Susan. Missing this episode would be a mistake. Really well done. I also love the philosophical questioning of justice and whether or not it's truly possible.

Twisting of historical facts, (not) as expected.

[bora-serbia · 1/10 · 13 January 2015]

Really, can anyone swallow this load of baloney? Events turned upside down. Tsar killed in 19th century? (Actually 1917, 20th century, while the series takes place in late 19th, 1880's 1890's). Do they think that we are that stupid, and that that we don't have the access to the Internet. Who needs propaganda on this scale? Major insult on EVERYONE's intelligence. Russia was battling Bolsheviks until they took over in 1917, killing the entire royal family: Tsar Nicholas II, along with his wife, Tsaritsa Alexandra, their 14-year-old son, Tsarevich Alexis, and their four daughters, in cold blood. This is a criminal reviewing of the history. A great disappointment from a series that had started in a grand way.