Happy Valley Page #10

Season #2 Episode #1

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CATHERINE:

Daniel’s going to be sleeping on

the settee for a couple of nights.

DANIEL manages a bit of a brief, apologetic, embarrassed, sad

smile at CLARE. He glances at RYAN.

DANIEL:

Hiya.

RYAN:

Hiya.

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48 INT. WILLS O’NATS PUB. EVENING 2. 20.40 48

JOHN’s finished his pint, and he’s starting to feel very very

peculiar.

VICKY:

D’you want another one?

JOHN:

No.

(loosens his tie)

No, I ought to be getting off home.

But he doesn’t feel like he has the energy even to stand up.

He could barely co-ordinate his hand just then to loosen his

tie.

HAPPY VALLEY SERIES TWO. EPISODE ONE. GREEN SCRIPT. 49.

VICKY:

Are you all right, John?

JOHN:

I’ve...

(he’s pale, sweaty)

Happen I’m starting with ‘flu.

He glances at the bar, and we see the world from his point of

view, slightly skewed. That odd thing of the world going on

normally around you and no-one noticing how odd you

look/feel.

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49 EXT. WILLS O’NATS PUB. EVENING 2. 20.55 49

JOHN can barely walk. VICKY steers him towards his car. His

speech is laboured, like his mouth isn’t in sync with the

words coming out of it.

JOHN:

God maybe it’s ‘cos I’ve not eaten

anything all day, and then the

beer.

VICKY:

Let’s get you into your car.

We glimpse the world from JOHN’s POV as he staggers almost

helplessly towards his car; it’s like wading through treacle,

the car is blurred and never seems to get any nearer. Sound

is distorted, distant, weird.

JOHN:

What’s wrong with me?

VICKY:

Let’s get you in the car.

JOHN:

Am I having a stroke?

VICKY:

No no no - I think - let’s just get

you into the car.

JOHN:

I don’t think - f[uck] - I don’t

think I can drive.

VICKY:

I can drive.

JOHN:

What’s happening to me?

HAPPY VALLEY SERIES TWO. EPISODE ONE. GREEN SCRIPT. 50.

VICKY:

Where’s your keys?

JOHN blacks out. Seconds pass in darkness.

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50 INT. TRAVEL INN, BEDROOM. NIGHT 2. 22.11 50

Suddenly JOHN wakes up. In a bed. The side light is on. He

doesn’t recognise the bedroom at all. It looks like a hotel

room. He’s completely naked. He panics; he’s got no idea why

he’s here or how he got here. He looks for his clothes, but

can’t see them anywhere. There’s a pink feather on the white

bed linen. He goes into the bathroom: no clues, it’s empty.

He heads for the door, he reaches for the door handle, and

only then realises he feels just as bad, just as

disorientated, weird, as helpless and as listless as he did

before. He collapses and blacks out again. Seconds pass in

darkness...

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51 EXT. NORLAND ROAD POLICE STATION, STATION ROAD. DAY 3. 51

07.55

JOHN suddenly wakes up and finds himself sitting in his car

outside the police station. In the passenger seat. Dressed.

It’s day, it’s light. His phone is beeping. It’s on the

driver’s seat right next to him. He grabs it and flips it

open; it’s an alarm going off. He feels totally panicked,

disorientated, weird all over again. How did he get here? How

long’s he been here? What the hell’s happened to him? Then as

he presses the home button, he sees a list of missed calls,

all from home. And texts from AMANDA, ranging from “What time

do you think you’ll be home?” to “WHERE ARE YOU??” JOHN

becomes aware of his colleagues arriving in their cars and

heading for the nick for the morning briefing. He gathers his

thoughts as best he can, and presses his home number. Ring

ring. Then his wife’s voice

AMANDA:

(OOV)

John?

JOHN:

Amanda.

AMANDA:

Where are you?

JOHN:

Sorry. I’m sorry, I’m sorry I’ve

not

HAPPY VALLEY SERIES TWO. EPISODE ONE. GREEN SCRIPT. 51.

Cutting as and when with:

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52 INT. JOHN’S HOUSE, KITCHEN. DAY 3. 07.56 52

AMANDA WADSWORTH is dressed for work, she’s a midwife. The

kids are going about getting ready for the day with

breakfast, packing school bags, etc.

AMANDA:

Where are you? John?

JOHN:

Work. I’m at work. I’ve been at

work all night.

AMANDA:

I rang Clifford and he said you’d

knocked off at eight.

JOHN:

No. We did. But then... the boss

kept me back after Clifford’d gone

and... I think I must have fallen

asleep at my desk. Sorry, I’m

sorry, I know you’ll have been

worried sick.

AMANDA’s not sure whether to buy this or not. But in the

moment she chooses to take it at face value; it’s the most

expedient thing to do. She might take a few moments of

silence to reach that decision.

AMANDA:

Right. Well. As long as you’re

okay. And I have been worried sick,

yes. I didn’t tell the kids.

JOHN:

I’m sorry. I’m sorry. Amanda. I’m

fine.

Except we know he’s far from fine. And instinctively she does

too.

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53 EXT. NORLAND ROAD POLICE STATION. DAY 3. 07.59 53

JOHN’s just heading into the nick as CATHERINE (kitted up) is

heading out (she’s heading towards the railway station).

CATHERINE doesn’t know JOHN, she’s just being polite and

cheerful

HAPPY VALLEY SERIES TWO. EPISODE ONE. GREEN SCRIPT. 52.

CATHERINE:

Morning!

JOHN:

Morning.

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54

INT. NORLAND ROAD POLICE STATION, TEMPORARY H-MIT 54

BRIEFING ROOM. DAY 3. 08.17

JOHN’s sitting at a table in a briefing room once again

surrounded by between thirty and forty people. He’s pale,

unshaven, really shaken (although of course desperate not to

draw attention to himself, and so he’s willing himself to

look like he’s concentrating hard on what the boss is

saying).

ANDY:

Following the meeting I had

yesterday with the Assistant Chief

Con and the S.I.O.s on the other

two investigations, it’s been

concluded that there is sufficient

evidence -more than sufficient

evidence - to link this operation

with Operation Sycamore and

Operation Livingston. The upshot

therefore is that we are now

looking at a serial offender.

People in the room react and start chatting to one another:

this is an unusual and exciting development (even though they

knew it was coming). We see MIKE TAYLOR take this info in

with particular interest. He exchanges a brief glance with

the JODIE who questioned CATHERINE yesterday: “so it can’t be

her then”, is what’s on MIKE’s face.

ANDY (CONT’D)

What that means in practical terms

is that we’re merging this

investigation with the other two

teams looking at the other two

murders, and the investigation as a

whole is now upgraded to Cat A,

which means we’ll have more

resources and quicker decisions.

(calling above the din)

You need to be listening, not

talking!

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HAPPY VALLEY SERIES TWO. EPISODE ONE. GREEN SCRIPT. 53.

55 EXT. SOWERBY BRIDGE RAILWAY STATION. DAY 3. 08.20 55

CATHERINE’s with a little old man who’s sitting on a bench in

a pink ladies’ dressing gown, men’s striped pyjamas

(crumpled) and well-worn slippers. He’s clutching a plastic

carrier bag containing his worldly goods. LIAM is also

there(clutching a can of special brew) who - despite the

early hour - is shaky wobbly drunk. CATHERINE’s crouched down

in front of the little old man (who clearly has dementia),

trying to get him to engage with her.

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