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A Brittle Thread

  • Episode aired Mar 15, 2017
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Matthew Macfadyen in Ripper Street (2012)
CrimeDramaMysteryThriller

The fugitives take drastic action in order to trick the authorities, which leads to a press battle between Reid and Dove for the hearts and minds of the people of Whitechapel.The fugitives take drastic action in order to trick the authorities, which leads to a press battle between Reid and Dove for the hearts and minds of the people of Whitechapel.The fugitives take drastic action in order to trick the authorities, which leads to a press battle between Reid and Dove for the hearts and minds of the people of Whitechapel.

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    • Daniel Nettheim
  • Writer
    • Richard Warlow
  • Stars
    • Matthew Macfadyen
    • Adam Rothenberg
    • MyAnna Buring
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    • Director
      • Daniel Nettheim
    • Writer
      • Richard Warlow
    • Stars
      • Matthew Macfadyen
      • Adam Rothenberg
      • MyAnna Buring
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    Matthew Macfadyen
    Matthew Macfadyen
    • Det. Insp. Edmund Reid
    Adam Rothenberg
    Adam Rothenberg
    • Cpt. Homer Jackson
    MyAnna Buring
    MyAnna Buring
    • Long Susan
    Joseph Mawle
    Joseph Mawle
    • Det. Insp. Jedediah Shine
    Killian Scott
    Killian Scott
    • Augustus Dove
    Benjamin O'Mahony
    • Det. Sgt. Frank Thatcher
    Matthew Lewis
    Matthew Lewis
    • Sgt. Drum Drummond
    Anna Burnett
    Anna Burnett
    • Mathilda Reid
    Lydia Wilson
    Lydia Wilson
    • Mimi Morton
    Jonas Armstrong
    Jonas Armstrong
    • Nathaniel
    Anna Koval
    Anna Koval
    • Rachel Castello
    Charlie Creed-Miles
    Charlie Creed-Miles
    • Horace Buckley
    Ellie Haddington
    • Agatha Chudleigh
    Kahl Murphy
    • Connor Judge
    Kye Murphy
    • Connor Judge
    Eddie Jackson
    Eddie Jackson
    • Sparks
    Jodie McNee
    Jodie McNee
    • Myrtle Waters
    Ross Armstrong
    Ross Armstrong
    • Leonard Waters
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      • Daniel Nettheim
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      • Richard Warlow
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      The episode title "A Brittle Thread," is spoken by Augustus Dove (Killian Scott). "These ideas become confused in their heads, well, the social fabric of these streets is sewn with a brittle thread. That thread breaks, the carapace of civility falls away with it, and what will be left but naked savagery?"
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      Augustus Dove: These ideas become confused in their heads, well, the social fabric of these streets is sewn with a brittle thread. That thread breaks, the carapace of civility falls away with it, and what will be left but naked savagery?

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      • March 15, 2017 (United States)
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