Happy Valley Page #3

Season #1 Episode #6

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TOMMY allows himself to get up slowly, and realises he

doesn’t feel any worse than he did yesterday, although he’s

still in pain. He finds his pain killers and knocks back

another small handful.

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He explores the boat and finds that he has a Calor gas bottle

connected beneath the hob. He tries one of the gas rings. It

works; gas hisses out. He turns it off. He finds a selection

of boxes of matches and a lighter. He finds a small stash of

convenience foods in the cupboards; tins, dried pasta, rice,

coffee. He tries the kitchen tap, but nothing comes out. But

then maybe he stumbles across a six-pack (perhaps with a

couple missing) of bottled water in another cupboard. And on

a shelf, he finds a radio. It works. And there’s a little

digital clock.

A jogger jogs past on the tow-path. TOMMY moves away from the

window.

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20 EXT. CAFE, SOWERBY BRIDGE. DAY 16. 10.00 20

Mid-morning. DANIEL (in his smart work clothes: suit, tie,

smart over coat:
he’s an estate agent) heads into the cafe.

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21 INT. CAFE, SOWEBRY BRIDGE. DAY 16. 10.01 21

DANIEL sees CLARE. He’s always polite with AUNTIE CLARE, and

they’ve helped each other through a serious crisis recently

(when CATHERINE was in hospital).

DANIEL:

How’s things?

CLARE:

Good. Not so bad. Better than they

were.

DANIEL:

(he unbuttons his coat,

sits)

Is she all right?

CLARE:

Well. We’re getting there. Slowly.

I think. It’ll help when they’ve

tracked down Tommy bloody Lee

Royce, [but]

(back to CATHERINE - )

That’s why I wanted to talk to you.

Actually.

DANIEL:

Okay.

(a WAITER’s come over)

Just a cup of tea thanks.

CLARE’s already got coffee.

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CLARE:

Yeah, it’s her birthday. Next week.

And you know what she’s like, but,

I’ve persuaded her. Given that -

you see it’s the Gallaghers.

They’re just so desperate to say

thank you. So just us, just family,

then Ann, Helen and Nevison.

DANIEL:

Great.

(a smile)

Blimey, Nevison Gallagher!

CLARE:

So you and Lucy...?

...are happy to come?

DANIEL:

Yeah!

CLARE:

Yeah?

DANIEL:

Yeah yeah.

CLARE wants to be sure DANIEL’s on side. Him and CATHERINE

haven’t had the best mother/son relationship.

CLARE:

I know it’s been difficult. In the

past, [but]

DANIEL’s very conscious of a decision he’s made since

CATHERINE got so badly beaten up

DANIEL:

We’ve talked a lot, me and Lucy.

And when the baby’s born, we want

everything to be right. For the

baby’s sake. For everbody’s sake.

CLARE:

They will be.

DANIEL:

I really...

(it’s a strange thing to

admit:
why would you want

your mother to die?

But -)

didn’t want her to die. In

hospital.

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CLARE:

I know love, I was there. She’ll be

a good grandmother.

DANIEL:

I know that.

A moment. A nice moment of acceptance and understanding.

CLARE has to move tentatively onto the next thing

CLARE:

So. Okay. This is the thing. Should

I invite your dad and Ros?

DANIEL:

Oh. Erm...

(his instinctive response

is that he doesn’t mind.

So I suppose he’s trying

to fathom the reason

behind the question)

Yeah, why not. If me mum’s good

with that.

CLARE:

Yeah. Okay. The thing is. I will

do, I can do. Obviously. Only.

DANIEL:

What?

CLARE:

(she hesitates, and then,

very confidentially - )

She’s been seeing him again. Your

dad.

DANIEL:

Seeing...? As in...?

(mouths it, he finds it

distasteful, they are his

parents after all)

Sex?

CLARE:

Yeah.

(silence)

So it’s just a bit...

(pause)

I hate arranging parties.

(DANIEL’s gone quiet)

I just thought she could do with a

tonic. I mean God -you know - she

nearly died. And she saved

someone’s life. So. Thing is, I

can’t invite him and not Ros.

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DANIEL can’t form an opinion. He’s too busy thinking. His

mood has shifted.

DANIEL:

You invite who you like.

CLARE:

I was asking for an opinion.

DANIEL:

Clearly I’m not party to the ins

and outs.

CLARE:

No I know, [but]

DANIEL:

Okay, no, you can’t invite me dad

and not Ros. But why invite either

of ‘em if...?

CLARE:

Well ‘cos they were very good. With

Ryan. When Catherine was in

hospital.

DANIEL:

Ryan.

CLARE:

Yeah.

Anything to do with RYAN is anathema to DANIEL.

DANIEL:

Why’s is me dad seeing her again?

Is he stupid?

CLARE:

It was before all this. It was

after he found out he was losing

his job. At t’Gazette.

(DANIEL doesn’t really see

what that’s got to do

with anything)

Sorry, I’ve put my bloody foot in

it, haven’t I?

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22 OMITTED 22

23 INT. NGA, NEVISON’S OFFICE. DAY 16. 13.01 23

NEVISON shuts the door and sits. He hasn’t smiled once.

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JENNY:

Thank you for seeing me.

NEVISON:

What can I do for you?

JENNY:

It’s becoming increasingly

difficult. For me and the girls.

Since you stopped Kevin’s wages.

(NEVISON doesn’t respond)

I can understand how angry. And

appalled you are. I mean we all

are. But no-one’s found him guilty

yet.

NEVISON:

Jenny.

(he tries to sound as

measured as he can)

He admitted to the detective

JENNY:

Can you imagine how frightened he

was? To end up doing something like

that?

(a moment)

Sorry. But they made him, they

forced him, they used the most -

(lowers her voice)

he told me what they threatened to

do.

NEVISON:

Something to do with your

daughters? And yourself? D’you know

what they did to my daughter?

JENNY daren’t ask. And NEVISON can’t name it.

JENNY:

He thought. That by doing what they

said. It was the best way to try

and get the thing over and done

with. For her sake, for Ann’s sake

NEVISON:

(suddenly)

They raped her. She was raped.

JENNY takes it in.

JENNY:

No.

(it takes her a moment to

gather her thoughts. And

then she stumbles -)

(MORE)

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JENNY (CONT'D)

He - he said he asked them - he

kept asking them - is she all

right, they’re not hurting her,

they’re not doing anything to her

are they? And he kept telling him,

“No she’s fine, she’s fine”. I

know! He was naive. To believe

that, but

(she dries up)

And at the end of the day he did

say to you “I think I know who

these people are”. He said that

knowing what they’d threatened to

do to him. To us.

NEVISON:

Me and Helen’d already been to

t’police by then.

JENNY:

He didn’t know that.

On NEVISON. Is some of what JENNY’s said sinking in? And we

linger on JENNY:
is she going to get away with this lie? But

then it’s clear NEVISON isn’t buying any of it.

NEVISON:

What Kevin needs to understand.

Jenny. Is that actions have

consequences. And not just for

himself.

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24 INT/EXT. ASHLEY COWGILL’S RANGE ROVER/ROAD. DAY 16. 24

14.00

ASHLEY’s at a standstill, queuing at some traffic lights in

his Range Rover. He’s drumming along to whatever music’s

playing on his radio. He glances in his mirror, knowing he’s

got his surveillance bods behind him somewhere. He’s nervous,

he’s living on the edge. Just then a motorbike pulls up along

side him. It has two riders. The rear one takes out an

automatic pistol and taps on ASHLEY’s window. ASHLEY looks.

The rider points the pistol at ASHLEY’s head and shoots. The

glass smashes, and ASHLEY’s head absorbs the bullet. The

RIDER lowers the pistol two inches, and shoots a second

bullet into the car, but we don’t see where it hits. The

motorbike revs up and speeds away.

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