Happy Valley Page #14

Season #2 Episode #1

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77 INT. WHITE LION HOTEL. NIGHT 3. 20.57 77

FRANCES comes in to the pub. She’s soaked. Her glasses steam

up. She goes to the bar, weighed down with her luggage, and

struggles to attract the attention of a member of staff.

FRANCES:

Hello. I’ve got a reservation.

(smiling, professional,

polite)

Drummond, Frances Drummond.

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77A EXT. JOHN’S HOUSE. NIGHT 3. 20.59. 77A

It’s dark and it’s raining.

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78 INT. JOHN’S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM. NIGHT 3. 21.00 78

Still raining outside. We hear the noise of three kids doing

other things in other parts of the house (Play station,

guitar practice, tv) but we’re in the sitting room with JOHN

and AMANDA.

AMANDA:

(concerned)

Passed out?

HAPPY VALLEY SERIES TWO. EPISODE ONE. GREEN SCRIPT. 70.

JOHN:

Yeah. I was at my desk, and...

banging headache, no meal break -

as usual - and I think I must’ve

just passed out.

AMANDA:

Well then you’re working too hard.

(JOHN dismisses that)

You’ve got to tell him!

JOHN:

That’s gonna go down well, isn’t

it? We’re just kicking off this

major investigation.

AMANDA:

Why did he keep you behind?

JOHN:

Because I’m the only one that knows

this particular... aspect of

telecoms

(just then JOHN’s mobile

beeps with a text. He

ignores it)

-which is what one of the big

leads was. Yesterday.

AMANDA:

Maybe you should go see the doctor.

JOHN:

If it happens again I will.

AMANDA:

You do look pale, I thought so when

you came in.

(a moment)

I’m going to make some coffee,

d’you want some?

JOHN:

Yeah, go on.

AMANDA’s just heading off when the land line rings. She

answers it.

AMANDA:

Hello?

(”hello, could I speak to

John please?”)

Sure, he’s just here, who’s

calling?

(”yes, it’s Vicky from

forensics”. AMANDA offers

the phone to JOHN)

It’s Vicky from forensics.

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That immediately rings alarm bells for JOHN. Not just the

VICKY bit, but the fact that no-one announces themselves as

“from forensics”. JOHN takes the phone, AMANDA heads off into

the kitchen, entirely unsuspicious.

JOHN:

Hello?

Cutting as and when with:

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79 EXT. CO-OP CAR PARK, RIPPONDEN. NIGHT 3. 21.01 79

VICKY’s sitting in her car outside the Co-op. Still raining.

VICKY:

I’ve just sent you a text, have you

seen it?

JOHN:

No.

VICKY:

Please have a look.

JOHN goes and gets his phone. He’s got a text not from VF (as

he might expect), but from a number that’s blocked. He opens

it. It’s a photograph of a naked man on a bed looking

ridiculous. He realises it’s HIM. Himself. Naked. Set up in

some ridiculous tableau, with homo erotic magazines on the

bed, and him clutching a vibrator in one limp hand, he’s also

wearing a pink feather boa and pink heels. Then he sees

another photo, and another.

VICKY (CONT’D)

Have you seen it?

JOHN:

(appalled, speechless)

What[’s] - ? How’ve you - ? What’s

going on? Vicky?

VICKY:

I spent the last two years thinking

I had things to look forward to, a

future, a life not on my own. And

now I find I’ve got nothing. I down

loaded all your contacts off your

phone last night. Just after I took

those photos.

(MORE)

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VICKY (CONT'D)

Your wife, your mum, your dad, your

kids, your sister, your brother,

your aunties, your cousins,

everyone you work with, your

bosses, your colleagues, everyone

at the rugby club, everyone at the

Rotary, the bloke you bought your

car off, your doctor, your dentist,

your little Amber’s piano teacher,

people you’ve met at conferences

who you’ve probably forgotten, the

list is endless.

JOHN’s gone red in the face.

JOHN:

Well well what what what d’you

want?

VICKY:

Money. Only money.

JOHN:

How much?

VICKY:

A thousand pounds. A month. Going

forward.

JOHN:

I can’t I can’t I can’t do that.

VICKY:

Cash. Obviously.

JOHN:

I can’t - Vicky - I

VICKY:

Oh, I think you can. I think you

might be foolish not to. First

payment’s due... shall we say a

week today? Where would you like to

meet?

(silence)

Perhaps you’d like to think about

that.

(more silence)

I do realise I’m playing with fire,

with you being a policeman and

everything. But perhaps you can

take that as a measure of how

upset, how messed around, how

PISSED OFF, I feel.

(MORE)

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VICKY (CONT'D)

I also realise how easy it’d be for

you to tell someone at work, but

please understand that if you do,

it will literally take me a matter

of seconds to send these images to

every single person in your address

book. John.

JOHN’s embarrassment isn’t going away; it’s getting worse.

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80 INT. CATHERINE’S HOUSE, KITCHEN. NIGHT 3. 21.15. 80

DANIEL and RYAN still playing King of Tokyo, enjoying each

other’s company. It’s still raining outside.

DANIEL:

(as RYAN scores major

points)

No!!

RYAN:

(delighted)

Yes!!

DANIEL:

(enjoying RYAN’s fun)

No way!

RYAN:

(deep voice)

Eat sh*t and die.

DANIEL:

Oy oy. What would your granny say?

RYAN:

That’s what she says, I’ve heard

her.

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81 EXT. CATHERINE’S HOUSE, BACK YARD. NIGHT 3. 21.30 81

We discover FRANCES DRUMMOND in the back yard watching DANIEL

and RYAN at the kitchen table. The rain blurs the lenses on

her glasses, but she continues to watch RYAN intently,

analytically, fondly, just like she imagines TOMMY would.

END OF EPISODE ONE

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