josh bowman, welcome back to the abc family. now playing an even creepier character. >> it's good to be back. >> how is it playing jack the ripper. >> i think he's a little misunderstood. >> how so? >> you know, he's -- i think at the center of the story there is a friendship. he's -- he's a doctor, this guy is a surgeon. he's a very prestigious surgeon in london and what h.g. wells didn't know he is moonlighting as a serial killer known as jack the ripper. >> and freddie is playing a young h.g. wells who follows you to present day new york trying to get you back to london, talk to me about the fact that you guys are not only friends, well, have a complicated friendship on camera but are age old friends. >> yeah, well, age old -- i guess we can give her ha. >> since childhood. >> we've known each other and knew each other when i was about 7 years old. we both went to a school and you were a year below me. my brother's year and you actually knew that we were so same school. >> i remember his name flashed up on casting and i remem