Happy Valley Page #9

Season #1 Episode #2

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MARCUS:

Well it’s not mine.

CATHERINE:

Well it’s in your vehicle.

MARCUS:

(realising)

Jesus [Christ] - ! You’ve just put

that there - ! You’ve just planted

it there!

CATHERINE looks at him steadily, then stands up. He does the

same so they’re now looking at one another across the roof of

the car, him still looking appalled and incredulous. She does

it quietly and slowly

CATHERINE:

I’m arresting you on suspicion of

drunk driving and possession of an

illegal substance.

MARCUS:

That is not mine, that has nothing

to do with me!

She walks round the car to the side he’s on.

CATHERINE:

You don’t have to say anything, but

-can you turn round please?

MARCUS:

Don’t do this.

CATHERINE:

-hands on the roof of your

vehicle.

MARCUS:

This is going to have consequences.

Not for me!

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE TWO. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 43.

CATHERINE:

-you don’t have to say anything,

but it may harm your defence if you

do not mention when questioned

something you later rely on in

court.

MARCUS:

Catherine

CATHERINE:

Anything you do say may be used in

evidence.

MARCUS:

-this is humiliating, it’s

ridiculous. You’re making a really

really bad mistake CATHERINE

(she starts searching him)

Have you got any other substances

on you?

MARCUS:

(he gets louder and

louder)

No of course not, don’t be

ridiculous. That is a plant, it was

planted, possibly not by you, but

it was planted. You’re going to

regret this, you’re going to regret

it a lot and soon and for the rest

of your

life. Do you understand?

You’re going to lose your job over

this. Worse. Worse. Much worse.

CATHERINE:

Okay, hands behind your back.

KIRSTEN - and members of the public - look on as CATHERINE

cuffs the bloke in the suit with the Porsche.

CUT TO:

34

INT. NORLAND ROAD POLICE STATION, CATHERINE’S OFFICE. 34

DAY 6. 09.45

KIRSTEN’s with CATHERINE in CATHERINE’s office.

CATHERINE:

I’m not your mother.

(she lets that sink in)

You’ve got to remember that nobody

is above the law.

(MORE)

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE TWO. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 44.

CATHERINE (CONT'D)

However important they try and tell

you they are, however much they try

to bully you into thinking you’ve

got the wrong end of the stick.

Nobody bullies you. You’re a police

officer.

KIRSTEN’s close to tears.

KIRSTEN:

This is all I ever wanted to do,

all my life, and I’m sh*t at it.

CATHERINE doesn’t want to indulge KIRSTEN’s self-pity. She

just looks at her steadily for a few seconds, and then says

(not unkindly)

CATHERINE:

Go on, off you go.

KIRSTEN lingers; she wants CATHERINE to say “You’re not sh*t

at it”. But CATHERINE doesn’t; she turns back to her

computer. Disappointed KIRSTEN leaves.

CUT TO:

35 INT. MILTON AVENUE, CELLAR. DAY 6. 10.15 35

We discover ANN sitting on the floor, wrapped in a sleeping

bag. She’s been cold and uncomfortable in the night, but at

least she’s got through the night without actually freezing

to death. LEWIS has removed her gag. She’s nibbling a

chocolate bar, and he’s made her a cup of tea. He’s watching

her from a safe distance, also sitting on the floor, nursing

his considerable wounds. (I want to suggest there’s some

tacit agreement about her not screaming, something he’ll do

if she screams, like a bucket of water he’s got ready to

chuck over her. Or the wee wee bucket). Suddenly we hear the

outer door open and close upstairs. LEWIS looks as frightened

as ANN. Footsteps move around upstairs, and eventually

footsteps are heard coming down into the cellar. It’s TOMMY.

He looks at them both. He chucks the van keys at LEWIS.

TOMMY:

You can go.

LEWIS doesn’t need telling twice. He scrambles out of the

cellar and up the stairs. TOMMY looks at ANN. Poor pathetic

ANN barely dare move, never mind scream. Upstairs the outer

door opens and closes as LEWIS leaves.

CUT TO:

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE TWO. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 45.

36 INT/EXT. NGA, NEVISON’S OFFICE. DAY 6. 10.30 36

NEVISON’s looking out of his window. A number of his

employees cross the yard. There are a couple of lads having a

cigarette and laughing. “Is it them?” NEV’s thinking. Just

then his mobile rings. He sees the screen: Unknown. He grabs

it.

NEVISON:

Hello?

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37 EXT. STREET, HALIFAX. CONTINUOUS. DAY 6. 10.31 37

ASHLEY is out and about.

ASHLEY:

Y’all right, Nev?

NEVISON:

Where is she?

ASHLEY:

She’s fine, she’s lovely, she’s

spent a very comfortable night.

Let’s keep it that way, eh?

NEVISON:

(hardly daring to hope)

Is she? Has she?

ASHLEY:

So tomorrow

NEVISON:

I want to speak to her.

ASHLEY:

-McDonalds drive-thru just off

Huddersfield ring-road. Let’s see

how we get on tomorrow first Nev.

Eh? Then we’ll see about letting

you speak to her. We’d like an

initial installment. By way of

showing willing. Twenty grand.

Cash, obviously. And I don’t want

you dropping it, I want that

irritating little twat of an

accountant you’ve got.

CUT TO:

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE TWO. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 45A.

38 INT. NGA, KEVIN’S OFFICE. DAY 6. 10.40

KEVIN:

Me?

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HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE TWO. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 46.

NEVISON:

Yes.

KEVIN:

Me?

NEVISON:

Yes.

KEVIN:

No. I

NEVISON:

All you have to do. Is drop it in a

bin.

KEVIN’s appalled.

CUT TO:

39

INT/EXT. CATHERINE’S CAR/STREET, HEBDEN BRIDGE/ 39

MYTHOLMROYD. EVENING 6. 17.30.

Early evening. CATHERINE, CLARE and RYAN drive to DANIEL’s

house for supper in CATHERINE’s car.

CLARE:

(incredulous)

Marcus Gascoigne?

CATHERINE:

Priceless, isn’t it?

CLARE:

M[arcus] - ?

(a dim memory)

Didn’t y[ou] - ?

(remembering RYAN’s in the

back, she lowers her

voice)

Have him once?

‘Have him’ as in shag him.

CATHERINE:

No. No. God no.

(a beat)

Well just that once.

(silence)

You know... the scrotes, the dropouts,

the numpties with nothing

going on in their lives you can -

not condone it - but you can more

easily see it, get it, understand

it.

(MORE)

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE TWO. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 47.

CATHERINE (CONT'D)

Almost. But someone like him -

apart from the hypocrisy.

CLARE:

(reflecting on herself)

Yeah. Well. It takes all sorts,

doesn’t it?

CATHERINE realises that might have been a bit insensitive.

CATHERINE:

I didn’t mean you. I wasn’t

thinking about you. You just... got

in with the wrong crowd, didn’t

you?

CLARE decides to let it lie.

CLARE:

Well it sounds like he’ll have

blown it as regards being a

councillor when all this [comes

out]

CATHERINE:

Oh, you’re joking! He’ll get some

smart-arse lawyer to tidy it all up

for him, to spin it, to twist it.

The Teflon twat. Nothing’ll stick.

You watch.

CLARE:

Did you have to hand him over to

t’drug squad?

CATHERINE:

Oh yeah. First dabs, every time. I

just tidy the streets, me.

CUT TO:

40 EXT. DANIEL’S HOUSE, MYTHOLROYD. EVENING 6. 17.45 40

CATHERINE, CLARE and RYAN pull up outside a nice semi, in

CATHERINE’s car.

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