Happy Valley Page #8

Season #1 Episode #5

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me, don’t you dare blame me!

KEVIN:

You have to explain to people that

it wasn’t entirely - these things

don’t happen in isolation. That’s

the point. Surely. Isn’t it?

Surely. Any of us [could] - any one

of us - could find ourselves in a

situation not entirely of our own

[doing], and - I shouldn’t have to

explain this! You know what I’m

saying!

He’s mad, desperate for sympathy from someone he’s half

blaming. JENNY feels just as disturbed by him as she does

angry with him.

CUT TO:

42 INT. BRETT’S FLAT, SOWERBY BRIDGE. DAY 13. 13.15 42

We’re watching the lunch time news on BBC1. A NEWSREADER in

the studio is interviewing a detective who’s name is on the

screen below him: DETECTIVE SUPERINTENDENT GRAHAM REID,

YORKSHIRE POLICE HOMICIDE & MAJOR INCIDENT TEAM.

NEWSREADER:

It’s been almost four weeks,

Superintendant, and these two men

are still out there. A number of

newspapers ran a front page story

this morning suggesting Tommy Lee

Royce had been seen in Spain. What

can you say to assure the people of

West Yorkshire - and beyond - that

these violent criminals will be

brought to justice?

We discover LEWIS flopped on the floor in front of the tv.

He’s not shaved. He looks pale and wasted and grubby. He’s

sipping special brew and smoking a fag. He’s huddled in a

sleeping bag, struggling to keep warm. TOMMY’s watching the

news too, standing in the doorway, sipping milk from a

carton. He looks like he’s been keeping himself fit and

disciplined, but he’s wrapped up warm too because they’ve got

no heating. He’s grown a beard, and razored his hair short

(N.B. the telly won’t be on loud, and they will never raise

their voices in this place, they know the walls are thin, and

they don’t want the neighbours to know they’re here).

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GRAHAM REID:

Well first I’d like to assure

people that we remain confident

that they will be caught, and that

it is simply a matter of time. What

you do have to appreciate with an

inquiry of this nature is just how

much work goes on behind the

scenes. In the last three to four

weeks we’ve gathered over two

thousand exhibits, we’ve taken

statements from over two hundred

and fifty people, we’ve visited and

searched over five hundred houses

and outbuildings

NEWSREADER:

And yet they’re still out there.

GRAHAM REID:

(interrupts)

-and the search goes on, and it’ll

continue to go on. Our intelligence

suggests overwhelmingly that both

men are still in the Calder Valley

area. It’s a big place, the upper

valley alone is over a hundred

square miles, and it may take some

time, but the determination of

every officer out there - knocking

on doors, following up leads,

searching, interviewing, will not

diminish. No stone - almost

literally no stone - will be left

unturned. The heart break and

sorrow following Kirsten McAskill’s

brutal murder - you saw the images

from her funeral two weeks ago -

and similarly Catherine Cawood, who

is now thankfully on the mend - the

respect and affection for these two

officers amongst their colleagues

is breath-taking, it’s humbling

actually, and believe you me,

however long it takes, however

long, no-one here will rest until

these two men are where they

belong.

It’s TOMMY and LEWIS we should be looking at most during the

above. The madness, the stir-craziness, the quiet desperation

they’re both experiencing in their two different ways: TOMMY

handling it, LEWIS less so. The outer door opens and shuts

and BRETT appears with shopping bags. BRETT’s in one of his

more sober moments, though he has the manner of someone who’s

brain’s permanently damaged. Right now he’s buzzing, he’s

nervous, but he seems excited about it too, he hates the

police

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BRETT:

They’re doing this block. Right

now, knocking on doors.

LEWIS:

(panic)

Sh*t. Sh*t.

TOMMY’s determined to keep calm

TOMMY:

We knew this would happen. Just

calm right down!

He grabs a couple of LEWIS’s empty tins and squashes them in

the already over flowing bin. He grabs the sleeping bags:

they’ve got to disappear.

BRETT:

They’re on the first coupla

floors, the cocky bastards, and

there’s a fair good few of ‘em.

They’re all whispering, remember

LEWIS:

I need a piss.

TOMMY:

So go then! It’ll take ‘em a while

to get up here.

(LEWIS dives off into the

bathroom, TOMMY turns to

BRETT)

Won’t it?

BRETT:

Probably. I dunno.

TOMMY:

Why’ve you got so much shopping?

BRETT:

Well ‘cos - didn’t you ask me [to] ?

TOMMY:

No. I mean. When the idiots are in

here asking stupid little

questions. Why’ve you got so much

shopping?

BRETT:

Oh!

(we see that he’s bought

endless four-packs of

Special Brew)

It’s for me mum.

(MORE)

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BRETT (CONT'D)

She can’t get out and about. So

much. These days, what with her

legs...

He sounds very plausible.

TOMMY:

Good lad.

BRETT:

Yeah.

TOMMY LEE ROYCE hands BRETT a screw driver.

TOMMY:

You know what to do.

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43 EXT. SCHOOL. DAY 13. 15.15 43

CATHERINE waits outside the school. She keeps a low profile,

she keeps herself to herself, and - consciously or

unconsciously - gives out vibes to people not to come over

and talk to her, but one MUM does so without thinking; we see

her touch CATHERINE on the arm, and with a concerned, good-

natured smile asks, “How are you?” CATHERINE does her best to

smile back and look normal

CATHERINE:

I’m fine, I’m fine.

The MUM tells her it’s nice to see her back, CATHERINE thanks

her, and then the woman moves on, respecting CATHERINE’s

privacy. The kids start to pile out of the building. No RYAN.

Eventually - when most people have gone - MRS.MUKHERJEE

appears, and looks around. She sees CATHERINE, and

indicates/mouths “Have you got a few minutes?”

MRS.MUKHERJEE’s trying to smile, but it’s clear that she’s

concerned about something. CATHERINE’s heart sinks.

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44 OMITTED 44

45 INT. BRETT’S FLAT, HALLWAY. DAY 13. 15.20 45

BRETT’s sitting, waiting. Consciously waiting. Smoking a fag.

He’s edgy, nervous. And most importantly, he’s alone. Just

then a tap-tap-tap at the door. Now it’s come to it, he’s

frightened, for all his bravado, for all his police-hate. He

gives himself a second, then goes and opens the door. Two

UNIFORMS.

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UNIFORM 1

Afternoon. Is it all right if we

step inside for a few minutes?

We’re doing house-to-house in the

area, and I’d just like to ask you

one or two questions.

BRETT:

Yeah yeah yeah, course you can.

Come in.

Both UNIFORMS step inside.

UNIFORM 1

And is it all right if my colleague

has a little look round while we’re

just having a chat?

BRETT is plausible and obliging

BRETT:

Yep. Yup. No problem.

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46 INT. BRETT’S FLAT, BATHROOM. DAY 13. 15.21 46

UNIFORM 2 comes into the bathroom and looks around. It’s a

dump, it’s a complete mess. There’s nothing here of any

comfort. The floor’s covered in junk, clothes are kicked up

against the side of the bath tub, the shower curtain’s

hanging off, there’s no toilet seat etc etc. Off in the other

room, we hear BRETT and UNIFORM 1:

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