I thought that we were going to be left wondering if the guy was really Jack the Ripper, but they straight up said he was when we see him commit a murder in the past. I think that was a mistake. I don’t think a show works where one of the main characters is just a knife wielding crazy person. They may have tried to shade that a bit with him not killing that one girl, but it still didn’t work.
I liked HG Wells and the girl, but i am not sure if that is enough. I don’t get how they sustain having the entire plot just be them chasing Jack the Ripper and him just getting away over and over again, murdering people throughout time. I liked the grand daughter or relative woman as well and the complication of who she is and what that might mean.
Also, there is no way Jack the Ripper was a doctor or at least there was no way he was someone who could fit into society and behave normally at all. The murders were also not just stabbings. He didn’t just go around stabbing people a couple of times. I understand this is a tv show and they didn’t want to be gross, but there is no way that anyone would think these murders were like the murders of Jack the Ripper.
Also, new shows should not have two hour premiers. There are very few shows that i ever want to watch a two hour episode of and certain not of a new show. It is almost an immediate deal breaker for me. If a show is good, it should be able to introduce itself in an interesting way in one hour.