Although there are still 2 more episodes to be seen in North America, tonight was the series one finale in the UK. Several people have already reviewed the eighth episode. (Beware spoilers in the reviews!)
Den of Geek:
Our leading tortured soul of course, is Detective Inspector Reid, Lord of the Brood.
But I likes it in Lahndan tahn. Roll on series two.
Independent blog
The three simultaneous stories which were interwoven into the episode created a thrilling finale.
Ripper Street is a great Sunday night cop show, it’s engaging with three really interesting leads.
Finally, we will not be getting series two of Ripper Street until 2014. In the meantime, you may want to consider buying the DVD/Blu-ray
Amazon US available for purchase March 12th (yes, it is before the UK will see the DVD release, at least for now). Be aware that BBC America had cut out a few scenes from the UK version. It is unclear if the US DVD's are uncut or not.
Amazon UK available for purchase on March 18th.
- DVD
- Bluray Please note that this product will not play on US spec 60i Blu-ray players as the Blu-ray discs are authored to UK 50i specs.
BBC Writersroom has released the script for the first episode of Ripper Street. You can view or download it 
The Times has reviewed the first series and finale of Ripper Street and among the review had the following comments: