Happy Valley Page #6

Season #1 Episode #5

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HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE FIVE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT. 28.

PHIL (CONT'D)

He has no idea just how

much though)

Tommy Lee Royce is still on his

toes. So is Lewis Whippey.

CATHERINE has a very bad reaction to this. Obviously.

CATHERINE:

B[ut]...? What d’you mean, [he’s

still]...? I sprayed him, I blinded

him! He was in the cellar, he was

helpless!

PHIL:

Polsa’s pulled that house apart.

Believe me. They’ve been in there

all day. He must’ve managed to slip

out before the first emergency

vehicles’d pulled up.

(CATHERINE’s devastated,

disbelieving)

We will get him, Catherine, he

can’t have got far.

Cut to a few moments later. We’re still looking at CATHERINE,

still devastated, still disbelieving. The more she thinks

about it the worse it gets. PHIL and his D.C. are out in the

corridor leaving, just shaking hands with and saying goodbye

to CLARE and DANIEL.

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33 EXT. HALIFAX ROYAL INFIRMARY. DAY 12. 08.30 33

A shiny new day over Halifax.

CUT TO:

34 INT. HOSPITAL, HIGH DEPENDENCY WARD. DAY 12. 08.31 34

ANN’s alone with CATHERINE. CATHERINE’s properly awake now,

but still clearly very weak. Clearly the big thank yous have

been said. ANN grips onto CATHERINE’s hand (her good one):

she’s so grateful to her.

ANN:

I won’t become addicted, I refuse.

CATHERINE:

Good.

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ANN:

I wanted. To ask you. To do

something for me.

CATHERINE:

What?

ANN:

I don’t want my mother to know.

She’s - I want her to die not

knowing.

CATHERINE:

Not knowing...?

(this is difficult for ANN

to say. But of course

CATHERINE realises, she

found the knickers)

He raped you.

ANN nods. She fights the tears that well up.

ANN:

I don’t want her to know. Ever.

Ever. Ever. And I can’t tell my dad

that. I wanted to, last night, but

I couldn’t. I tried, but I don’t

want him picturing - I don’t want

to see him picturing

(she dries up)

But he’ll need to know. Eventually.

When it goes to court and it will

go to court, I will see those

people in court. My mother...

(she hates saying it)

I think they think it’s unlikely

she’ll live that long. They said it

could be eight months before it

gets to court, and if she never

needs to know, that’s - that’s how

I’d like it. But my dad... he will

need to know. Before. And

CATHERINE realises

CATHERINE:

You want me to tell him?

(ANN nods)

Okay.

ANN:

Really?

CATHERINE:

Yeah.

(ANN becomes tearful.

Tears of gratitude)

(MORE)

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE FIVE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT. 30.

CATHERINE (CONT'D)

When I get out of here. Can you

wait that long?

ANN nods.

ANN:

They took swabs, the police doctor

did. Before they let me see mum and

dad, they got everything they

needed. They will get him.

CATHERINE’s biggest fear is that this man will never pay for

the things he’s done.

CATHERINE:

Yeah. I hope so.

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35 EXT. HEBDEN BRIDGE, SOWERBY BRIDGE. DAY 13 09.00 35

The scuzzy flats, the hills, time passing.

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36 INT. CATHERINE’S HOUSE, KITCHEN. DAY 13. 09.05 36

Three weeks later. 9:05am. CATHERINE’s sitting in the

kitchen. Sipping tea. She’s smoking. We have a good look at

her:
she’s depressed. Properly, seriously depressed. The

bruising may have gone, but her hand’s still in plaster, and

she avoids sudden movement; her broken ribs aren’t healed.

But the biggest thing is the depression, the overwhelming

apathy and indifference. CLARE’s taken RYAN to school and the

house is silent. We share the silence with her for a few

moments, and then there’s a knock at the front door. The

knock is unwelcome. She reluctantly considers going to answer

it, but the urge doesn’t last long. There’s a second knock,

but by now she’s made a definite choice not to answer it.

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37 EXT. CATHERINE’S HOUSE. DAY 13. 09.06 37

CLARE’s just stepping out of the car, right outside the

house. She finds Inspector MIKE TAYLOR at the door, wearing

half uniform and his over coat (like he’s on his way to

work).

CLARE:

Hi Mike!

MIKE TAYLOR:

Clare. How’re you?

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CLARE:

Not so bad.

MIKE TAYLOR:

Is Catherine not up?

CLARE’s not unaware that CATHERINE’s in the habit of avoiding

people since the attack.

CLARE:

Yeah! She should be. I took her up

a cup of tea before I left, and

she’s under strict instructions not

to wallow in bed all day.

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38 INT. CATHERINE’S HOUSE, KITCHEN. DAY 13. 09.07 38

CATHERINE hears CLARE and MIKE come in. It irritates her. Why

can’t people just stay away? CLARE comes into the kitchen.

And sees CATHERINE. MIKE’s right behind CLARE.

CLARE:

Oh you’re up!

CATHERINE looks sullen. CLARE knows she doesn’t like seeing

people.

MIKE TAYLOR:

Catherine! I was knocking on the

door.

(CATHERINE doesn’t

respond. MIKE keeps it

light - )

You’ve not started smoking again?

CLARE:

No, it’s me. She just has the odd

one.

MIKE TAYLOR:

How’re you feeling?

CATHERINE doesn’t respond, hoping CLARE will answer for her.

CLARE doesn’t.

CATHERINE:

I’m all right.

She clearly isn’t. She’s clearly in a very dark/apathetic/

nihilistic place.

MIKE TAYLOR:

I was just popping in to say...

(delicately)

(MORE)

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MIKE TAYLOR (CONT'D)

You’ve probably seen what’s on the

front of a couple of the tabloids?

Reluctantly MIKE shows them the cover of the Express: Police

Killer Seen In Spain. CATHERINE looks at it. And looks. It

affects CLARE too: a police photo of TOMMY, and a grainy

image of someone who bears a resemblance to TOMMY. CLARE

becomes angry, but it’s unclear what CATHERINE’s thinking

because she remains expressionless.

MIKE TAYLOR (CONT’D)

I’ve spoken to the District

Commander, and he wanted me to

assure you there’s no intelligence

whatsoever to suggest that he’s got

out of the [country]

CLARE:

Yeah. But if the twisted bastard’d

done it successfully, there

wouldn’t be. Would there?

MIKE TAYLOR:

(trying to keep it

objective)

You think the press’d know that and

we wouldn’t?

CLARE:

Well. It wouldn’t be the first

time.

MIKE TAYLOR:

We will get him.

CLARE:

Yeah, d’you know how many...

(she tries to resist using

an emotive word, but - )

tossers in uniform’ve said that to

her over the last three weeks?

MIKE takes it on the chin.

MIKE TAYLOR:

Did you make an appointment with

the psychologist?

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