Happy Valley Page #10

Season #1 Episode #3

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He hangs up.

Cut back to NEVISON’s house. NEVISON realises he’s hung up.

Then his phone pings with a text. He opens it quickly and

sees the photo of ANN that TOMMY took.

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52

INT. NGA, KEVIN’S OFFICE. DAY 8. 14.48 52

KEVIN’s at his desk when his mobile rings. He checks the

screen and answers.

KEVIN:

Nevison.

Cutting as and when with:

CUT TO:

53

INT. NEVISON & HELEN’S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM. CONTINUOUS. 53

DAY 8. 14.49

NEVISON’s all over the place; relieved that ANN was alive

when the photo was taken, appalled by the condition she’s in.

He stares obsessively at the image, hoping he will see

something that tells him that she’s all right, despite

appearances.

NEVISON:

They want another fifty grand.

Tomorrow. Then he says they might

start to think about letting go of

her. Will you deliver it again? If

that’s what they’re asking for?

KEVIN:

I:

He so doesn’t want to. He can’t bring himself to say yes.

NEVISON:

Kevin?

KEVIN:

Why me?

NEVISON:

I don’t know! I’m just asking. I

think he meant it. About letting

her go.

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 48.

KEVIN relieved, and at the same time intrigued by that.

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54

INT. NORLAND ROAD POLICE STATION, RECEPTION. DAY 8. 15.00 54

Reception. JOYCE is busy behind the counter when OLLIE comes

in, looking pale and delicate. He sees all the flowers, which

have continued to arrive all day.

JOYCE:

Ollie! Love.

OLLIE:

Joyce. Is Catherine in?

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55

INT. NORLAND ROAD POLICE STATION, CATHERINE’S OFFICE. 55

DAY 8. 15.01

CATHERINE’s busy at her computer when JOYCE pops her head

round the door. CATHERINE’s office is now festooned with

flowers too.

JOYCE:

Catherine. Ollie’s here.

CATHERINE wasn’t expecting him. She gets up to greet him.

There’s a moment where they could hug. But it doesn’t happen,

there’s something subtle about OLLIE’s body language that

suggests it’s not something he’d be comfortable with.

CATHERINE:

Come in. How are you? Stupid

question. Would you like some tea?

OLLIE:

No. I’m - no. Thanks.

CATHERINE:

D’you want to sit down?

He does.

JOYCE:

Can I get you something else?

Coffee. Water. Orange juice.

(OLLIE shakes his head at

each suggestion. JOYCE

addresses CATHERINE - )

I’ll

She indicates that she’ll be in reception if CATHERINE wants

her. CATHERINE acknowledges that, and then sits down with

OLLIE.

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 49.

CATHERINE:

Every room’s full of flowers. We’ve

nowhere to put them, there’s so

many. Shafiq’s filled the Landrover

twice over and taken ‘em to the

residential home, and they just

keep coming.

OLLIE:

She’d have given that the thumbs

up. Residential home.

He says it without smiling.

CATHERINE:

Yeah.

Silence.

OLLIE:

I (

more silence. CATHERINE

waits)

I didn’t want to say this. Only

it’s bugging me. She thought world

of you. You know that, don’t you?

CATHERINE:

Well I thought a lot about her.

OLLIE:

Then Wednesday night, night before

yesterday. She were crying her eyes

out. Because of what you said to

her. “I’m not your mother”.

CATHERINE’s struck, and appalled, but determines not to show

it; she has to stand by what she said. It was appropriate at

the time.

CATHERINE:

I wasn’t her mother.

OLLIE:

Yeah well, well done. It’s probably

‘cos o’ what you said that she got

killed. Trying to prove how tough

she was. To some evil bastard.

CATHERINE struggles to know what to say. She could decimate

him for saying that to her. If she chose to. She doesn’t.

CATHERINE:

I’m sorry if you think I made a

mistake.

OLLIE:

‘If I think’?

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 50.

CATHERINE:

It’s difficult. Sometimes. And

being soft with people - when

they’ve not quite handled something

-isn’t always what they need. To

bring ‘em up to scratch. I couldn’t

have predicted what was going to

happen any more than anybody else

could’ve done. And - you know - we

don’t know what did happen. So

don’t -

(she decides not to go

there)

But if you think for a second that

I haven’t thought about that

myself. Ollie. You’re wrong.

Because I have. I was thinking

about it at four o’clock and five

o’clock and six o’clock this

morning.

Silence. Eventually, in a tone that says “Well I’ve heard

what you’ve said, but I’m not convinced”

OLLIE:

Right.

He gets up and leaves. We linger on CATHERINE. For ages.

Water off a duck’s back? No. Of course it isn’t, much as she

would like it to be. She dwells on it a bit, then gets her

phone out and - despite herself - answers RICHARD’s text:

“Where?”

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56 INT. PUB. NIGHT 8. 19.15 56

CATHERINE sits with RICHARD. RICHARD’s got a pint.

CATHERINE’s on coke and crisps. CATHERINE isn’t going to make

this easy for RICHARD, even if - deep down - there are

reasons why she’s just as keen for his company as he is for

hers. So she’s being a bit arsey in her general manner.

CATHERINE:

Did you think about what I said?

RICHARD:

About Ryan? Look

CATHERINE:

No. Not about Ryan. About writing

about all the drugs that go on

round here and how much damage it’s

doing.

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 51.

RICHARD:

Oh.

(eager to appear keen)

Yeah, well

CATHERINE:

We had to help out this morning

with this lad that’s been

sectioned. Social services were

there to persuade him that he might

like to go into a secure unit for

three months, but guess what, he

wasn’t too keen, so we had to wade

in. He’s been beating his mother

up. He pulled a knife on her

yesterday. He thinks the government

are sending messages to her to

poison him. Yeah, nuts. Except it

isn’t. It’s cannabis induced

psychosis. That’s what skunk does.

Next time someone tells you

cannabis is harmless.

RICHARD:

I will. I will. I will look into

it.

CATHERINE:

And. I arrested Marcus Gascoigne.

Wednesday morning. For possession.

RICHARD:

(well interested)

He’s a councillor.

CATHERINE:

Class A drugs. Write about it.

(RICHARD’s definitely

interested in that)

Did you want to talk about Ryan?

RICHARD:

I wanted to...

(delicately)

Talk about us.

CATHERINE:

There is no us, you divorced me.

RICHARD:

I didn’t divorce you. We got

divorced.

(a moment)

I’m sorry. I realise this isn’t a

great day for you.

She makes an effort to be a tad less arsy.

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 52.

CATHERINE:

What about us?

RICHARD:

I (

he struggles)

I don’t know.

CATHERINE:

Are you feeling bad?

RICHARD:

Yes.

CATHERINE:

About what you’ve done to Ros?

(”yes” is the answer, but

he can’t say it)

But you still want to see me.

He looks into her eyes.

RICHARD:

I never stopped wanting to see you.

(they look at one another)

How c[ould] - how could

He can’t say it.

CATHERINE:

How could...?

(a guess)

I? Do...? Something? What?

RICHARD:

I know what your answer’ll be, so

CATHERINE:

You’re way ahead of me.

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