The TV drama follows Detective Inspector Edmund Reid as he tries to keep the streets of Whitechapel safe in the aftermath of the Jack the Ripper murders. Along with Sergeant Bennett Drake and Captain Homer Jackson, Reid works to maintain law and order in the East End. The first series consists of eight episodes: 'I Need Light', 'In My Protection', 'The King Came Calling', 'The Good of This City', 'The Weight of One Man's Heart', 'Tournament of Shadows', 'A Man of My Company', and 'What Use Our Work?'. The second series also has eight episodes: 'Pure As the Driven', 'Am I Not Monstrous?', 'Become Man', 'Dynamite and a Woman', 'Threads of Silk and Gold', 'A Stronger Loving World', 'Our Betrayal: Part One', and 'Our Betrayal: Part Two'.