It surely looks like we won't see Albert Flight in Season 3 But, I'm hoping that Damien is just being teasy and keeps us in the dark, it makes me feel better to at least hope there might be change, even a short one to see Flight again!

I'm sorry, I'm finding it hard to be enthusiastic about S3 and I'm going to do a little rant.  I watched S1 in anticipation of S2 when Damien was cast... and loved it!  Then S2 came along and I loved it even more - despite the disappointments of how underutilized Damien (and indeed, art mirroring life, Flight) was.  But the show is about the three main characters, so ok, I can live with it.  Then that phenomenal cliffhanger ending and I thought, wow this can only get better!!!  

When they announced S3 would move along 4 years, that began my worry.  How could they give us that ending, then not follow up on it immediately?  And the possibility of Damien not being in it aside, Joseph Mawle was incredible, Shine was despicable but mesmerizing, and I wanted more!  But I knew then that the Shine/Flight storyline would be abandoned.  Then S3 started filming, and besides the fact that we fans fought hard for it, both the official Ripper Street and Amazon posted all over the place that they were promising behind the scenes photos and reporting while filming - but then us hanging.  I don't pretend to understand all the red tape and legalities of TV making, and the way they market things, but if they hadn't literally promised the behind the scenes it wouldn't have been so disappointing.  No "sorry we wont be able to do that after all".  No replies to inquiries.  They totally strung us along about Damien being in it till even the last week of filming.  And don't get me started on the lack of extras on the DVD...

So maybe we missed something.  Maybe there will be a cameo.  Certainly they will at least say SOMETHING about what happened to Flight, which can provide the fic writers with inspiration.  I have Amazon Prime, so I will be tuning in because I loved the other characters, because it could end up being phenomenal and I'll be thinking Flight schmight within the first minutes... and because quite frankly there's very little good TV around.  I just haven't reached the point where I'm actually looking forward to it.  

Ok rant over.  

Ripper Street 3 air date has been announced by Amazon Instant Video

whimsy - love your rant....and yes, yes, yes to every word! I do feel a bit as though they've not really looked after the fans very well.

At the end of s2 it seemed pretty inconcievable to me that Flight wouldn't be in s3, but now it seems that it's not to be!  Rosie has a very good point - the show was cancelled and the actors move on.  They couldn't really have carried on without the main three, so Amazon would've bent over backwards to keep them, but, tbh, any other characters are easily dispensible.  It'll be interesting to she if Shine is in it (I loved Shine!! ....in a sort of 'love to hate' kinda way!) 'cos if Joseph Mawle wasn't available either then an entire 'waiting to happen' storyline will have had to be rethought.  Maybe (if Damien wanted to) then Flight could still come back in s4!!

As I said I will be watching as I have an Amazon Prime acct.  

Rosie, fifi, what you said about the actors having made other commitments when the show was canceled certainly comes into play. However when they gave that press conference confirming S3 was a go, the writers said they had already started penning S3 while S2 was airing. They'd planned all along to fast forward the story. Seems likely Flight and Shine (and let's not forget Cobden, who was a magnificent strong female character) were never meant to continue. I think the series creators want to keep focus on the three main detectives, the two main female characters, and keep other characters revolving into and out of their lives as supportive roles. Flight had become "part of the team", but he would have been a 3rd wheel, or in this case a 4th!   

The Amazon team have tweeted about Ripper Street coming onto Amazon Prime very soon and I sent a tweet saying "And no Albert Flight?" This is their reply:



Amazon Instant Video @AmazonVideoUK

@Gill36 You'll have to watch and find out.

10:30 AM - 17 Oct 14

I'm not holding my breath though!

Grrrrrr... First off, "soon enough"?!?!  We'be been asking for 4 months!  Second, why is it such a mystery? Telling us yay or nay isn't going to spoil the plot.  If anything, knowing he is back would build excitement, knowing he isn't would prevent extreme dissapointment over having been teased into thinking there is a possibility.