there's no more... it was very very clear from the last episode that the show was over -- there's no more stories to tell.. everyone is gone and Reid is left alone, as always with his work
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I have just caught up with 5 and have to agree. There is no more to tell. Well, always more but the show as it was known is over.
I personally liked the end of season 3 which was originally supposed to be the finale. "The Peace of Edmund Reid" was hopeful. The end of season 5 was downright depressing. The fact his own daughter believed he would not visit her new home or meet his grand child for superstition he'd bring Whitechapel along with him, well, that was heartbreaking.
So in effect Edmund Reid ended up in prison.
it was hard to watch the extra seasons because they were so dark.
It was great to spend more time with those characters, but as you said, in the end, Edmund Reid ended up alone and in prison.
We got many hours of great acting, writing and lovely production design, along with a bit of history in the first 3 seasons.
Hope to see all of these actors soon in other things
Agree.
I think most of them work in England on English TV and movies. Jerome Flynn has been a regular on "Game of Thrones" but his character of Bronn comes and goes, sometimes for whole seasons! I hope he is more present in the final seasons of GoT.
Reid's prison was Whitechapel. Large, but a prison nonetheless. In real life, Edmund Reid stayed head of H Division till he retired due to poor health. Later he became a private investigator, among other things. Matilda was a fictional character.
Here's the info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Reid
thanks, yeah I know about Jerome Flynn, GOT is where I first saw him and LOVE his character. and of course since GOT films very close to where Ripper Street did, is the reason why so many GOT actors had guest roles on the show :)
Thanks for the historical note, Victorian/Edwardian England is one of my fave periods of history, which is why I loved this show so much and I'm a Ripperologist, so I know my Whitechapel history fairly well -- again why I loved that the show actually used some real people and events in the story telling.
Hopefully, some of the audience will be a bit more interested in history after watching this show :-)
Or history nerds like us can just sit back and wait for the next good piece of fiction that blends in some facts :-)
Have you read any of Dan Simmons' books??? He has done some nice historical fiction including a book about Dickens' unfinished novel, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood", that one almost killed me as it's super depressing and dark, but good. Simmons has done quite a few interesting historical fiction novels. Much like Eric Larsen :)
Thanks for the tip! I have read a few historical fiction works and always enjoyed them. One in particular was "The Alienist", though it has been a while and the author escapes me.
sharemy pleasure, it's always good to have something good to read.
I need to read more of Eric Larsen's books, especially the one about the Lusitania.
Oh and if you like vampire books, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's series featuring Count St. Germain is great, it's his travels and adventures through history, as told by his various companions if I remember correctly.
I need to read "The Alienist" as I've heard it's good.
Thanks! Indeed, vampires and such are favs. "The Librarian" is a particular good one featuring ole Dracula himself. Not historical fiction, though, just a well written book about an abducted college literature professor and his daughters search for him. Seems Dracula is not myth and has over the centuries made various people his personal librarian to manage his vast collection of books!
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