Happy Valley Page #8
Season #1 Episode #3- TV-MA
- Year:
- 2014
- 58 min
- 492 Views
-you’ve used abusive words and
behaviour likely to cause a breach
of the peace, contrary to section 5
of the public order act. Which is
why you’re under arrest.
BRETT:
I was just sing[ing] - !
She frog marches him across the road to the patrol car. He’s
in such pain that he has no power to resist being taken
wherever she chooses to steer him.
CATHERINE:
You’re not obliged to say anything
but it may harm your defence if you
do not mention when questioned
something you later rely on court.
The lad’s nearly in tears now, it’s all escalated so suddenly
and the pain is crippling -
BRETT:
No no no no - !
CATHERINE:
Anything you do say may be used in
evidence.
CATHERINE nods to TWIGGY to open the back door of the patrol
car. TWIGGY obliges, and CATHERINE guides the lad into the
seat. No-one can see inside the car except CATHERINE. She
leans in and grabs the lad by his balls - which he didn’t
expect - and twists. If he wasn’t in tears before, he is now.
BRETT:
Ohh - !
(appalled, he can barely
speak - )
You can’t do that.
CATHERINE:
There’s no CCTV cameras in here,
sun beam. It’s your word against
mine.
BRETT:
(terrified)
I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’ve said I’m
sorry.
CATHERINE:
(she gets right in his
face)
Don’t you ever.
(she twists his balls
another notch)
(MORE)
HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 38.
CATHERINE (CONT'D)
Ever. Make fun of someone’s death.
You ignorant rancid infinitesimal
speck of dirt.
BRETT:
I’m sorry.
CATHERINE lets it sink in a few seconds longer, then releases
his nuts and stands back.
CATHERINE:
Get out.
BRETT:
(bewildered)
Why? What y’gonna do?
CATHERINE:
I just de-arrested you. I’ll make a
note of the fact that you
apologised profusely. In tears.
Mind how you go.
He gets out of the car and wanders back across the road.
Angry, silent. Humiliated. TWIGGY and the other PC watch him
disdainfully as he heads back across the road.
LAD 1
What did she say?
BRETT:
(subdued)
Nothing.
LAD 1
Eh?
BRETT:
Nothing.
LAD 1
(amused)
What did she do to you?
BRETT:
(angry, humiliated)
Nothing.
At length the police officers get into their vehicles and
drive off (KHALID still banging and shouting in the back of
the van).
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HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 39.
43 EXT. UPPER LIGHTHAZELS FARM. MORNING. DAY 8. 11.15 43
TOMMY walks up the drive towards the farm. (Down on the road
a bus goes past, like he just got a bus back from the scrap
yard).
TOMMY comes into the yard, where ASHLEY’s there with his coat
on, sipping tea, perusing his on-going building work as
usual.
TOMMY:
Done and dusted.
ASHLEY:
Did you stay and watch him crush
‘em?
TOMMY:
Yes.
ASHLEY:
Both of ‘em.
TOMMY:
Yes. Have you rung Nev?
ASHLEY hesitates. He’s nervous.
ASHLEY:
I’m not saying I won’t. I just. I
want to think it through.
TOMMY accepts that. But
TOMMY:
You do realise. Either way. We
can’t just let her go. Don’t you.
ASHLEY does know that. Much as he doesn’t want to know it.
That’s why he wants to dwell on it; he’s delaying the moment.
CUT TO:
44 INT. CARAVAN. DAY 8. 11.20 44
LEWIS is with ANN. ANN’s gag has been removed, but she’s
still chained to some of the fixtures. LEWIS is in a similar
state of mind to CATHERINE, wired, exhausted, emotionally
f***ed (none of which we can see - ha ha - because he’s
wearing a balaclava). He’s giving ANN some water, having just
removed her gag.
LEWIS:
There’s no point screaming. There’s
never anyone here. During t’week.
HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 40.
ANN’s been so badly knocked around, so humiliated, and she’s
so exhausted, she looks like a little wild animal. She looks
almost incapable of screaming. Someone who’s coming to some
sort of terms with being permanently terrified. ANN drinks
the water because she needs it.
ANN:
When can I go home?
LEWIS:
Soon. Maybe. Soon. I don’t know.
ANN:
Help me.
LEWIS:
I can’t.
ANN:
You’re not like that other one.
LEWIS:
No. No. No, I’m not like that other
one.
ANN:
Prove it. Help me. I’ll say you
helped me, I’ll say you stopped him
hurting me.
LEWIS:
You shouldn’t have made that noise.
Last night. None of it would’ve
happened if you hadn’t.
ANN:
What happened? That bang.
(LEWIS shakes his head,
doesn’t want to tell her)
What?
LEWIS won’t speak. He can’t, he can’t acknowledge what he’s
been party to. ANN can see from his inability to respond that
it was something big.
LEWIS:
You shouldn’t’ve
He’s upset. ANN’s terrified. What the hell happened?
ANN:
What?
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HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 41.
45 EXT. HUDDERSFIELD CHRISTIAN MISSION, HALIFAX. DAY 8. 45
14.00
Establishing shot. The Methodist Mission is a cafe, attached
to a modern-built church, on a busy main street in the middle
of Halifax.
CUT TO:
46 INT. HUDDERSFIELD CHRISTIAN MISSION, HALIFAX. DAY 8. 46
14.01
Inside, we appreciate more what the Mission is. It’s a
bright, cheerful place where alcoholics, drug addicts, people
recently out of prison - basically people with chaotic life
styles - can get a cheap meal, a cup of tea, advice and a
friendly face. We can tell from their appearance (toothless,
sunken cheeks) that the general clientele are people with
problems. Mostly men, but one or two women. We might over
hear a snatch of a conversation (t.b.w.) that the Citizens
Advice Bureau visitor is having with one of the customers as
they sit at a table together. The place is run by volunteers.
CLARE’s serving behind the counter with one of her
colleagues.
CLARE:
I’ll have five minutes while we’re
quiet if that’s - ?
Her COLLEAGUE says “Course it is, love”, and CLARE takes her
pinny off and heads out of the kitchen area, into the cafe,
through into the reception area (we go with her) and down a
corridor. She’s looking for someone, but she seems to have a
pretty clear idea where she’s going. She looks through the
glass doors into the main church (a big modern room) but the
lights are off and there’s no-there, so she returns to
another door, which she pushes open gently and pops her head
in
CUT TO:
47 INT. HUDDERSFIELD CHRISTIAN MISSION, CHAPEL. DAY 8. 47
14.02
HELEN’s sitting in a small, modern chapel, which consists of
a very modest altar, and ten chairs set out in a semi-circle.
(Maybe HELEN still has her apron on so we know she’s a
volunteer too). CLARE comes in and unobtrusively goes and
sits with HELEN. Says nothing for a few moments.
CLARE:
How y’feeling?
She squeezes HELEN’s hand affectionately.
HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 42.
HELEN:
Not so bad. I’m sorry, I just felt
a bit
CLARE:
Ey. You don’t have to apologise to
me.
HELEN:
It’s not the
cancer. It’s more just... not being
able to cope. In the moment. Some
times.
CLARE understands.
CLARE:
Have you heard any more about your
treatment?
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