Happy Valley Page #13

Season #1 Episode #3

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CATHERINE finally realises herself why she wants to catch up

with him, having seen what she’s just seen

CATHERINE:

Nothing. Clare. I’m not going to do

anything to him. I just wanna make

sure he’s not doing anything to

anybody else.

(a moment)

Is Helen Gallagher working today?

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 65.

CLARE:

Yeah.

(she checks the roster)

Yeah, she’s due in this afternoon.

CUT TO:

65 INT. NGA, KEVIN’S OFFICE. DAY 9. 10.04 65

Twitchy KEVIN’s busy at his desk when agitated NEVISON comes

in. NEVISON’s in a bad mood. A scary mood.

NEVISON:

Right, he’s rung.

(he puts another rucksack

of cash on KEVIN’s desk)

He does want you and he wants it

left in the toilets. At Birch

services. On the M62. West bound

services. Men’s toilets. The last

cubicle on the right hand side as

you go in. You stuff it behind the

toilet. All right? Then you leave,

quickly. You don’t turn around and

look back. All right?

(he sees how nervous,

pale, sick KEVIN looks)

I’m grateful.

KEVIN:

(no voice)

It’s fine.

NEVISON:

It can’t be safe. Can it? Leaving

it in a toilet. For any length of

time. They must be there. They must

be there watching, otherwise any

bugger could find it.

KEVIN hesitates.

KEVIN:

I don’t know.

NEVISON:

We’ll play it by the book. This

time. Keep your eyes peeled. Come

straight back. Ring me when you’ve

dropped it.

KEVIN takes the money and goes.

CUT TO:

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 66.

66 EXT. UPPER LIGHTHAZELS FARM. DAY 9. 10.30 66

KEVIN’s BMW drives up to the house/farm. There’s an open-back

truck, with bags of sand, being unloaded by a couple of lads

from the building site just like there was in Episode One

(except this time it’s not TOMMY and LEWIS). KEVIN steps out

of his car, and takes in the sight of the lads unloading the

sand with some ironic disdain.

KEVIN heads over to the house and knocks on the door. To

KEVIN’s surprise, TOMMY opens the door.

CUT TO:

67 INT. UPPER LIGHTHAZELS FARM, KITCHEN. DAY 9. 10.31 67

Continuous. KEVIN steps into the kitchen, and TOMMY steps

out, off to work (to give LEWIS a break in the caravan),

leaving KEVIN with ASHLEY, who’s boiling the kettle.

ASHLEY:

Look who’s here.

KEVIN:

Fifty thousand.

ASHLEY:

Shut door.

KEVIN:

I should get back.

ASHLEY:

Not so soon. You’re meant to be on

the M62. D’you want some tea?

KEVIN:

No. Thank you.

ASHLEY finishes squeezing his tea bag, pours milk in, then

picks up the rucksack, twice as heavy again as last time.

KEVIN (CONT’D)

He - Nevison - said he got the idea

-from you - that you might let her

go. Now. After. I’d just like to

say... I think perhaps you should,

I don’t think we need to do this

any more, not from my “

Point of view”, he was going to say. ASHLEY’s counting five

thousand into a bag for KEVIN. He offers the bag, ignores

what KEVIN just said.

ASHLEY:

That’s yours. Five grand, take it.

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 67.

KEVIN’s obliged to take the bag. Again, gingerly.

KEVIN:

So... as regards.

(whisper)

Ann.

ASHLEY:

I’ll be in touch.

KEVIN:

Is she all right?

There’s a fraction of a second tell-tale pause before ASHLEY

answers

ASHLEY:

She’s absolutely fine.

KEVIN can tell something’s up with ASHLEY. Something in his

manner.

KEVIN:

Is she?

ASHLEY:

Yes.

KEVIN’s not convinced, but what can he say?

KEVIN:

Okay.

ASHLEY:

We just

KEVIN:

What?

ASHLEY:

Well I told you. Police - a police

woman - knocking on the door. At

the house. Where we were keeping

her. It was nothing, but. If she’d

known we were holding her there,

she’d have had the door down. But

we still don’t know what she was

doing there. So.

KEVIN’s terrified. Is it the same police woman that spoke to

him?

KEVIN:

What did she look like? The police

woman?

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 68.

ASHLEY:

I don’t know. I didn’t see her. It

was Tommy. Why?

KEVIN:

(convincingly casual)

No reason.

ASHLEY:

Anyway. We’ve moved her.

(whisper)

Ann. But.

(he’s not going to tell

him what happened next,

but clearly it’s what’s

informing the way he’s

thinking)

Yeah. It might be time. To bring

the thing to a close. One way or

another.

KEVIN nods. Feels some relief.

KEVIN:

I better

‘Go’. ASHLEY nods.

ASHLEY:

Take your time. You don’t want him

thinking things.

KEVIN nods, pulls the door open and heads outside.

CUT TO:

68 EXT. UPPER LIGHTHAZELS FARM. DAY 9. 10.32 68

KEVIN comes out into the sun light, glances around to make

sure no-one untoward has clocked him, and heads for his car.

Just coming the other way is LEWIS. They recognise one

another. LEWIS looks terrible. Bewildered, angry, exhausted,

pale. His face contorts when he sees KEVIN.

LEWIS:

(murmurs)

Stupid wanker.

He keeps walking. KEVIN doesn’t get it. Is he mistaking him

for someone else?

KEVIN:

Do you want to say that a bit

louder?

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 69.

LEWIS comes straight back at KEVIN and gives him a good

shove.

LEWIS:

All your fault. Genius. Who never

gets his hands mucky.

KEVIN:

Do I know what you’re talking

about?

LEWIS:

Don’t yer?

(KEVIN’s blank)

Police woman. On Scammonden Road.

KEVIN:

How...? How does that...?

LEWIS:

Did he not tell yer? We had to move

her. Ann. Only little police woman

decides to pull us over. Doesn’t

she? ‘Cos the’s a light out on

t’van. So that mad bastard, he

(LEWIS dries up. KEVIN

takes in what he’s

saying)

Your fault.

Shivering LEWIS heads for the house, for a much-needed cup of

tea. We linger on KEVIN, appalled: that cannot be true.

END OF EPISODE THREE

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