Happy Valley Page #9

Season #1 Episode #6

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TOMMY:

That’s - she’s - thing is. You know

I said I’m in trouble? And it

wasn’t my fault, I didn’t start it,

but

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RYAN:

Yeah.

TOMMY:

Well she’s a police officer. Isn’t

she? And if they know where I am,

they’ll come and get me and put me

in prison.

RYAN:

Why?

TOMMY:

I told you. I’ve done stuff. So.

You can’t tell her anything.

RYAN:

But if it wasn’t your fault.

TOMMY:

They’d never believe me. Never.

They never do.

(that makes complete sense

to RYAN)

So promise me. You won’t say owt.

Even to her. Especially to her.

RYAN:

I do promise. If you did get some

petrol could we go for a ride?

TOMMY smiles.

TOMMY:

That’s

RYAN:

Just you and me.

TOMMY likes the idea. Mad as it is. Unrealistic as it is.

TOMMY:

We’ll see. Maybe.

(RYAN’s delighted)

You better get off. Before they

start wondering where you are.

RYAN:

Can I come again? Tomorrow?

TOMMY:

(he nods)

Will you bring me some milk?

RYAN:

(he nods)

Seeya.

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TOMMY:

You look after yersen.

RYAN:

Yeah.

TOMMY:

And you mustn’t say anything. To

anyone.

RYAN nods. He’s sincere. He goes. We linger on TOMMY.

CUT TO:

55 EXT. BRETT’S FLAT. DAY 18. 17.15 55

The place is now crawling with UNIFORMS guarding the outer

cordon. The flat is the inner cordon. Men and women in CSI

suits go in and out. The light’s falling.

CUT TO:

56 INT. GALLAGHERS’ HOUSE, SITTING ROOM. DAY 18. 17.20 56

CATHERINE’s with ANN, HELEN and NEVISON. CATHERINE’s quiet,

measured, not herself (she’s in uniform).

CATHERINE:

This morning, just before half past

nine, we found two bodies in a flat

in Sowerby Bridge. One of them...

(significantly for ANN)

was Lewis Whippey. The other was a

lad called Brett McKendrick. The

pathologist thinks they’d been

there between three and four weeks.

There was a lot of blood. Not

surprisingly. In the kitchen. Which

the senior investigating officer

from the murder team fast tracked

down the lab, and it turns out this

blood isn’t Lewis Whippey’s or

Brett McKendrick’s. It’s Tommy Lee

Royce’s.

(the GALLAGHERS react, but

say nothing. CATHERINE

looks pale and shaken.

This has really upset

her)

So. That’s where they were hiding.

The flat was covered in the house-

to-house, but...

Can’t go there: a missed opportunity.

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NEVISON:

He can’t have got far.

CATHERINE so wants to believe that. And even as she’s saying

positive things, we just know she’s terrified that somehow

this man will always escape justice

CATHERINE:

It’s unlikely. And he must have

sustained a serious injury. We’re

talking between two and three pints

of blood. So. Injury, septicemia.

HELEN:

Could he be dead?

CATHERINE:

Yes it’s a possibility.

Silence. NEVISON has another personal preoccupation

NEVISON:

You know they questioned me over

that fella that got shot? Ashley

Cowgill.

(it doesn’t surprise

CATHERINE, it’d be

routine to question

anyone with a grudge)

Have they caught anyone?

CATHERINE:

(shakes her head: nope)

I doubt if they ever will. ASHLEY

Cowgill was a drugs dealer. He was

part of a... you’ve got to

understand how these people work.

They’re organised. Properly.

Seriously. Like any other well-run

business. The reason he was let out

on bail was because he - apparently

-gave information to the police.

This was a big deal for him. His

family were going to go into hiding

when the arrests were made. But. It

looks like someone, somewhere, told

people higher up the chain what

he’d done. So.

(it kills her to say it,

but - )

They’re untouchable.

NEVISON thinks that through.

NEVISON:

How? Who’d have told ‘em?

CATHERINE’s guessing

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE SIX. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT. 48.

CATHERINE:

A police officer. A bent copper.

(the GALLAGHERS are

suitably appalled)

Every day. We have to deal with

kids off their heads on whatever

rubbish they can find to inject

themselves with. And it never

stops.

(the deepest sadness)

It never stops.

CATHERINE looks so sad, so defeated.

CUT TO:

57 INT. NARROW BOAT. NIGHT 18. 19.00 57

TOMMY’s got the radio on.

NEWSREADER:

One of the two bodies found today

at a flat in West Yorkshire has

been confirmed as that of Lewis

Whippey, one of the men wanted in

connection with the murder two

months ago of PC Kirsten McAskill.

It’s also now known that Tommy Lee

Royce - also wanted in connection

with the murder of the 24-year-old

police officer - had been at the

same flat in Sowerby Bridge.

Detectives believe Tommy Lee Royce

is still in the area and have asked

members of the public to be extra

vigilant. They’ve also reiterated

that he may be armed, and is

dangerous.

TOMMY’s urge is to laugh at that last bit. Armed with a copy

of War and Peace. But he ends up crying. He’s in such a mess.

CUT TO:

58 INT. CATHERINE’S HOUSE, KITCHEN. NIGHT 18. 19.05 58

CATHERINE, CLARE and RYAN eat supper together in silence.

RYAN shovels it down, then, barely pausing for breath

RYAN:

Finish! Please may get down.

He doesn’t wait for the answer, he just takes his plate over

to the dishwasher.

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CLARE:

(jolly, trying to be)

Yes! Thank you.

(RYAN heads off through to

watch the telly. CLARE

watches CATHERINE.

CATHERINE looks so

depressed she’s barely

eating)

We had a contretemps. Earlier.

(CATHERINE doesn’t respond

much. CLARE plugs on

anyway - )

He was late in. It was nearly five

o’clock. The first day, trusting

him on his own. I nearly rang you -

only I didn’t.

CATHERINE:

But he came back.

CLARE:

Yes! He came back. He’d been down

the rec with Cesco. He said. Then I

had a phone call. Break-time this

afternoon, he’d spread paper towels

all over t’toilets. Then poured

paint everywhere, then tried to get

this other kid in trouble, Max

Higgins.

(again, no response from

CATHERINE. It’s like some

kind of odd apathy,

indifference)

So yeah. We had a bit of a bust-up.

I’ve told him if he wants to play

out, that’s fine. But he’s to come

back here first, get changed, and

then tell me exactly where he’s

going and exactly what time he’s

coming back.

(still no response from

CATHERINE. Of course

CLARE’s assuming it’s all

her fault. She hardly

dare raise it, but -)

Do you really want me to move out?

CATHERINE looks at her.

CATHERINE:

No.

Silence.

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CLARE:

Okay.

(CLARE assumes CATHERINE’s

going to expand on that.

But she doesn’t)

Well you could’ve said something

sooner, it’s been three weeks, and

I’m sorry I told Daniel and I’m not

gonna make excuses, it was stupid

and indiscreet and I’m [sorry]

CATHERINE:

(interrupts)

No, I’m sorry. I erm...

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