
Copper
2012 · TV Series · TV-MA · 60 min · ★ 6.1 · 74% critics
In 1860s New York’s rough Five Points neighborhood, a hard-edged immigrant police officer tries to keep order amid crime, corruption, and social unrest. As he works cases on the streets, he also pursues answers about a personal family tragedy that continues to haunt him.
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Details
- Years
- 2012–2013
- Release date
- 2012-10-11
- Network
- BBC America
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (70 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a grim, gritty period crime drama with corruption, class tension, and personal stakes in every case, similar in spirit to Britannia or The Pillars of the Earth; Not for you if you dislike harsh violence or uneven momentum.
Pros: immersive period setting; gritty street-level drama; strong historical themes | Cons: uneven pacing; heavy violence; accents and acting vary
Themes
- new york city
- period drama
- police detective
- american civil war
- irish immigrant
- 19th century
Cast & crew

Tom Weston-Jones
as Kevin Corcoran

Anastasia Griffith
as Elizabeth Haverford
- EH
Edward Heeley
as Dr. Phineas Grimes
- DK
Daniel Kash
as Jakob Schwarz
- LB
Lindy Booth
as Teresa Trembley
- RS
Rossif Sutherland
as Tim Doman
- RD
Richard Davis
as Street Kid (uncredited)

Franka Potente
as Eva Heissen

Kyle Schmid
as Robert Morehouse

Rayisa Kondracki
as Roxana
Directed by Deborah Chow, Kari Skogland
Created by Tom Fontana, Will Rokos
Episodes2 seasons · 23 episodes
Season 110 episodes
- S1E1Surviving Death45mAmazon Prime VideoTubiApple TV+
- S1E2Husbands and Fathers45mAmazon Prime VideoTubiApple TV+
- S1E3In the Hands of an Angry God45mAmazon Prime VideoTubiApple TV+
- S1E4The Empty Locket45mAmazon Prime VideoTubiApple TV+
- S1E5La Tempête45mAmazon Prime VideoTubiApple TV+
- S1E6Arsenic and Old Cake45mAmazon Prime VideoTubiApple TV+
- S1E7The Hudson River School45mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S1E8Better Times Are Coming45mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S1E9A Day to Give Thanks45mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S1E10A Vast and Fiendish Plot45mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 213 episodes
- S2E1Home, Sweet Home45mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E2Aileen Aroon45mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E3The Children of the Battlefield45mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E4I Defy Thee to Forget45mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E5A Morning Song45mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E6To One Shortly to Die45mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E7The Hope Too Bright to Last45mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E8Ashes Denote the Fire That Was45mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E9Think Gently of the Erring45mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E10The Fine Ould Irish Gintleman45mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E11Good Heart and Willing Hand45mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E12Beautiful Dreamer45mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E13The Place I Called My Home45mAmazon Prime VideoTubi