Happy Valley Page #5

Season #1 Episode #3

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me. That no officer could be more

well loved, more well respected,

than Kirsten. I do know what a

close-knit team you are, and I do

know how you’re feeling this

morning, because I’ve lost a close

colleague - a close friend -

myself. In the line of duty. And

it’s tough, it’s frightening, it’s

upsetting. And what I want to say

is, we are here for you. Don’t be

too proud or too shy. My door is

always open, Inspector Taylor’s

door’s always open, Catherine’s

door’s always open.

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 22.

Suddenly (at some point during the above) CATHERINE sees her

daughter, BECKY, hanged from the back of a chair out through

in the next room (maybe at the same time we hear RICHARD’s

voice screaming “Becky! Oh my God! Becky!” - just so we

realise that this is BECKY). It’s like she’s really there,

hanged as she was from the end of her bed. And it’s

disturbingly real; what a hanged person really looks like;

blue lips, the swollen tongue protruding through the teeth,

the glistening pupils dilated through drooped eyelids.

CATHERINE blinks and she’s gone. It’s shocking, because it’s

so real, it’s so vivid. The real feelings so suddenly and

terrifyingly re-awakened. Her brain is suddenly invaded with

this traumatic image, just for a moment it’s like being

kicked in the head, and forced to relive that horrible moment

of knowing what had happened for the first time. It sends her

into a panic; she goes pale, starts sweating, her heart

pounds and she has to breathe faster. No-one else in the room

has a clue what she’s going through, they don’t even notice,

and PRAVEEN just carries on talking

PRAVEEN (CONT’D)

If you want to talk to the doctor,

you know where he is. If you want

to talk to the chaplain, you know

where he is. It might not sink in

today, it might not sink in ‘til

the funeral, it might be six months

before it sinks in. But if at any

time you feel you’re not coping,

please please don’t keep it to

yourself.

So CATHERINE obviously does need help. She copes with the

moment well enough, but to anyone who knows what a panic

attack is, she’s just quietly having one. She’s probably just

breathing a bit faster and looking vacant.

PRAVEEN (CONT’D)

Does anybody want to ask me

anything?

SHAFIQ:

(hand up)

Sir? Will we all be able to go to

t’funeral?

PRAVEEN:

Absolutely you will. We’ll get

cover from Halifax, and if

everybody from Halifax wants to go,

we’ll get cover from Bradford and

Leeds. We won’t be short of

support, we’ve had messages of

condolence from every force in the

country.

TWIGGY:

When. Will it be.

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 23.

PRAVEEN:

Don’t know, at this stage. Not for

at least two weeks. Because we’re

treating it as murder there’ll have

to be a second post-mortem. But I

can tell you this much - if it’s in

keeping with what the family want -

this town will close down. The main

street’ll be shut for the cortege.

There’ll be news crews everywhere.

Now, Inspector Taylor’s going to

attend the major enquiry team’s

morning briefings, so you’ll get

very regular updates as to how the

investigation’s going, and believe

you me, no stone will be left

unturned. I have no shadow of a

doubt that our colleagues in H-MIT

will move heaven and earth to find

out who was responsible. In the

mean time. Here. For us. It’s got

to be business as usual. So let’s

show everybody out there what we’re

made of. Yeah?

(mumbles of ‘Yes sir,

thank you sir’)

Thanks. Catherine.

He engages eye contact with her for a second, a little smile,

and we know he’s thinking about the Marcus Gascoigne thing.

CATHERINE:

Sir.

He leaves, and MIKE TAYLOR politely goes with him (indicates

to CATHERINE that he’ll see the boss out, CATHERINE nods),

and the DOCTOR and CHAPLAIN follow. It’s CATHERINE’s job now

to give everyone what it takes to get them out onto the

streets and do their job. Again, she seems much flatter than

we’re used to seeing her (someone who’s just experienced

something frightening and upsetting, but she’s holding it

together)

CATHERINE (CONT’D)

Okay. You heard him. We have to go

out there and do what we do best.

Be patient with people. Everything

you have to deal with today is

going to seem so trivial, but to

anyone out there, if they’ve had to

call the police, it’s a big deal.

So whatever’s going on inside your

head, you treat people with the

compassion and respect they

deserve. At the same time... I want

you with your stab proof vests on,

I want you with your batons, I want

you with your CS gas.

(MORE)

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 24.

CATHERINE (CONT’D)

Because sometimes it’s easy to

forget that we put our lives on the

line every time we go out there. So

you look after yourselves. And keep

in touch. For God’s sake keep in

touch. With me and with each other.

Go on.

The six PCs file out of the room. We linger on CATHERINE:

just tired apart from anything else. She hasn’t slept a wink

and now she’s starting an eight hour shift. Is that why she’s

just had this weird thing going on in her head?

TWIGGY:

Sarg? Did you want me to help out

wi’ that lad that’s being sectioned

this morning?

CATHERINE:

(distracted)

Oh. Yeah. Thanks.

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34 EXT. UPPER LIGHTHAZELS FARM. DAY 8. 08.20 34

A caravan in the corner of the park. It’s an older one, one

that looks like it’s been abandoned and ready to be towed

away.

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35 INT. CARAVAN. CONTINUOUS. DAY 8. 08.21 35

Inside, we find ANN, bound and gagged, perhaps now fastened

by a chain to the wall. LEWIS and TOMMY are with her, wearing

their balaclavas. They’re all wired, none of them have slept,

they’re all anxiously waiting for the next thing, which they

have no control over. The curtains are drawn. They hear

footsteps approach, and then a coded tap tap-tap tap tap at

the door. TOMMY LEE pushes the door open an inch. It’s

ASHLEY, keeping out of ANN’s sight line. He indicates for

TOMMY to come out of the caravan. TOMMY does, and shuts the

door behind him. We linger on LEWIS: and it’s apparent

(despite the balaclava??) that he’s been traumatised by last

night’s events.

CUT TO:

36 EXT. UPPER LIGHTHAZELS FARM. DAY 8. 08.22 36

ASHLEY and TOMMY move away from the caravan slightly, and

speak quietly. TOMMY pulls his balaclava off.

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 25.

ASHLEY:

Owen Brierley will crush both

vehicles. One of you stays here.

With her. The other takes the Mini.

Gets back here. Then takes the van.

With her in it. Dumps her

somewhere, middle of nowhere, then

takes the van to Owen’s. Finito.

TOMMY:

Dumps her in the middle of nowhere?

(ASHLEY nods)

Dead?

ASHLEY:

No not dead. You...

(he can’t think of a word

bad enough)

chump. You’ve done enough damage!

We’re gonna get hung drawn and

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