Happy Valley Page #7

Season #1 Episode #2

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KEVIN:

I phoned him. This morning. And

just now. Calls are traceable.

JENNY:

But not the content, not what you

say.

KEVIN:

No. No. I don’t know, I don’t think

so.

JENNY:

(suddenly)

How could you do something so

stupid?

KEVIN:

I:

Can’t answer. JENNY gets her head back into her train of

thought

JENNY:

So you could - you could - have

been talking about the caravan.

Like I thought you were just now.

KEVIN:

Yeah. So...?

JENNY:

And no-one else was there when you

had any of these conversations?

KEVIN:

No.

(thinks it through)

No.

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE TWO. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 34.

JENNY:

So... you could just deny

everything. You deny putting the

idea in his head. You say those

conversations never happened. It

was all him.

(KEVIN hadn’t thought of

that. It’s too neat, it’s

too perfect, there must

be a catch)

I mean if it becomes necessary. If

they get caught. Which they will.

Which is why you mustn’t go

anywhere near the money. Even if it

looks like they’ve got away with

it. Because they won’t. In the end.

People like that never do.

To his overwhelming relief, KEVIN’s daring to think JENNY’s

found a solution.

CUT TO:

29A INT. CATHERINE’S HOUSE, BATHROOM/BEDROOM. NIGHT 5. 20.10 29A

CATHERINE’s having a good look at her bruised eye in the

mirror, working out which angle it looks least horrible from.

Out in the hallway we’re vaguely aware of CLARE just coming

out of RYAN’s bedroom going

CLARE:

Night night. Night night love.

RYAN:

(oov)

Will Granny come in and kiss me?

CLARE:

I’ll ask her.

(CLARE appears in the

doorway behind CATHERINE)

Y’all right?

CATHERINE:

I’m too old to be getting knocked

about by scrotes.

CLARE:

You love it. You know you do.

CATHERINE:

(dour)

Hm.

A moment.

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CLARE:

Promise me you won’t let that

bastard get to you.

CATHERINE:

I won’t let that bastard get to me.

CLARE isn’t convinced. But she knows there’s no point going

on about it. CATHERINE will only ever do what she wants.

CLARE:

Ryan says will you go kiss him?

CATHERINE:

(still deciding which

angle her bruise looks

best from)

Yup.

CUT TO:

30 INT. MILTON AVENUE, SITTING ROOM. NIGHT 5. 20.15 30

LEWIS is playing with his X-box when we hear the outer door

close. TOMMY appears in the doorway. LEWIS sees him.

TOMMY:

You can go now.

TOMMY lingers, waiting for LEWIS to pack up his stuff and

leave. But LEWIS isn’t being pushed out. He carries on with

his game. TOMMY gives it another moment, then leaves the

room. LEWIS wants to know where he’s going and what he’s

doing, so he puts his game on pause and follows TOMMY out of

the room.

CUT TO:

31 INT. MILTON AVENUE, KITCHEN. NIGHT 5. 20.16 31

LEWIS finds TOMMY doing nothing more dangerous than helping

himself to a beer from the fridge. TOMMY realises he’s being

watched.

TOMMY:

What?

LEWIS:

We can’t leave her in that cellar

all night, she’ll freeze.

TOMMY:

She’ll be reight.

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE TWO. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 35.

LEWIS:

I’ve give her her knickers back.

And it might be best to leave it

that way from now on.

(TOMMY doesn’t respond)

Have y’eard?

TOMMY:

You can go home now.

LEWIS:

I’m putting her in a bedroom. She

can sleep in that sleeping bag.

TOMMY:

Leave her.

LEWIS:

I aren’t taking orders from a screw-

head like you.

TOMMY:

Ashley. Wants me to take a photo of

her.

(he shows LEWIS the phone

ASHLEY gave him)

In the cellar. And not looking like

she’s having a right lot in the way

of fun. Okay.

LEWIS:

I can do that.

TOMMY:

Yeah. But he asked me. So.

LEWIS:

Right well do it, then I’ll put her

in a bedroom and give her the

sleeping bag.

TOMMY:

I’ll do it when I’m ready.

LEWIS:

You’re not hurting her. That wasn’t

-that was never the plan.

TOMMY:

You know something. Lewis. I don’t

think you’re cut out for this.

First off you blab. In front of

her.

(daft voice - )

“Ashley up at t’farm”, and now you

wanna put her upstairs. Where

people are more likely to see her.

(MORE)

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE TWO. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 36.

TOMMY (CONT'D)

(taps his head)

What is wrong with you?

LEWIS:

Wrong with me? You’re the one

that’s - ! Why don’t you just get

yourself a girlfriend, like normal

people?

TOMMY smiles.

TOMMY:

What’s up, Lewis? Y’jealous?

LEWIS:

Jealous?! You’re - you’re just -

you’re not even - !

(he has no words to

describe how off-kilter

that is)

And you think I have no idea? You

think when she gets out of this

she’s going to let you get away

with whatever it is you think

you’ve been doing to her? You fink

her dad is?

TOMMY:

Maybe she won’t get out of it.

LEWIS:

Now what you bloody saying?

TOMMY:

I think once the cash’s been handed

over the safest thing’d be to

He draws a line with his finger across his throat and makes a

suitably unpleasant appropriate noise.

LEWIS:

That - ! That isn’t - that was

never -

TOMMY:

It’s your fault. Blabbing.

LEWIS:

She never heard that!

TOMMY:

She might’ve done.

LEWIS:

She didn’t.

TOMMY:

You don’t know.

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE TWO. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 37.

LEWIS:

Take the photo, take the stupid

photo and go, I’ll look after her.

TOMMY:

No, you’ll put her in a bedroom.

LEWIS:

I’m not leaving you on your own

with her. You weirdo. I won’t put

her in a bedroom. I might give her

the sleeping bag, but I won’t put

her in a bedroom.

TOMMY:

(offering him the van

keys)

Ashley wants you.

LEWIS:

I’m not leaving you on your own

with her. I don’t care what Ashley

wants.

TOMMY takes that in. Is he going to get cross? Nah...

TOMMY:

Right.

He takes another calm swig of beer, then heads off towards

the cellar. LEWIS follows him.

CUT TO:

32 INT. MILTON AVENUE, CELLAR. NIGHT 5. 20.17 32

ANN, as before, tied to the chair. TOMMY comes down the

stairs with purpose. He’s pulled the balaclava on, but ANN

knows it’s him. Instinctively she recoils from him, and tries

to shout and scream: “Get away from me you bastard!”, but

obviously it just comes out as muffled jibberish because

she’s so tightly gagged. LEWIS comes down behind TOMMY, also

with his balaclava pulled on, eager to make sure nothing bad

happens. TOMMY approaches ANN with purpose, intent, like he

is going to rape her again, whether LEWIS is there or not.

TOMMY:

We need a picture now, for your

daddy. We’re gonna send it to your

daddy so he can see how much fun

you’re having with us, so smile!

(he takes a picture)

One more for luck. Eh? One more

with my hand up your fanny.

ANN squirms and squeals, but TOMMY’s strong and does what he

likes. LEWIS goes and shoves him away from ANN.

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE TWO. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 38.

LEWIS:

Leave her alone!

TOMMY drops the phone as LEWIS shoves him. Without saying a

word, without even appearing to lose his temper, he lays into

LEWIS. LEWIS doesn’t stand a chance. (We don’t need to see

it, we could play it all off ANN). TOMMY gives LEWIS three

good smacks in the face with his fist, gets him on the floor,

then kicks him hard and repeatedly. Then he pulls LEWIS’s

balaclava off and smacks him in the face with his fist one

more time. It’s swift, brutal, and so scarily focused, so

unemotional, like he’s been planning to do exactly that for

days. He drops his balaclava back on his face when he’s

finished duffing him up.

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