Happy Valley Page #10

Season #2 Episode #3

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FRANCES:

You see, I think he knows that.

TOMMY dare hardly hope that’s true.

TOMMY:

Did he say that?

FRANCES:

No. No, but I could see. In his

eyes. That he still really thinks

about you. In a good way.

TOMMY’s daring to feel happy, but inevitably feelings of

happiness bring anger and frustration to him.

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TOMMY:

“We don’t talk about me dad”! You

see she’ll be trying to fill his

head with sh*t about me! You’ve got

to tell him stuff, Frances! You’ve

got to make sure he knows stuff,

because if you don’t nobody else

will. I can’t.

FRANCES:

I will. Obviously I will

eventually, [but]

TOMMY:

And all the other stuff, all the

lies I got convicted over. I did

not rape Ann Gallagher! That were

Lewis. It were me that used to give

her Mars bars and let her use

bucket! I did not kill that little

police girl up on t’moors either,

that were Lewis. And I had to kill

him because he come at me wi’ that

knife!

FRANCES:

I know, I know.

TOMMY:

Nobody believes me.

FRANCES:

I do.

TOMMY:

I meant except you.

(a moment. He smiles at

her. Then he gets angry

again)

I did kick the shite out of his

granny, but a). she were asking for

it, and b). she’d have killed me!

Spraying me wi’ that stuff! She’d

have killed me on that boat an’ all

if that other woman hadn’t pulled

her off me, and has she ever been

taken to court over that? Has she

hell as like! And now there’s been

another murder. On t’news. Have you

seen it? Just same as me mother.

She’s a clever b*tch. Making it

look like a serial killer. I know.

I’ve told you before, I know how a

b*tch like that thinks. She’s

poison her, she’s dangerous, I know

we try not to have nasty thoughts,

Frances, but

(MORE)

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TOMMY (CONT'D)

(he puts two fingers to

his temple, like a gun, a

gun he’s reluctant to

use, but - )

she needs putting out of her misery

that one.

FRANCES lets that wash over her. She keeps calm and keeps

smiling.

FRANCES:

He’s been talking about things at

home. His Auntie Clare drinks.

I’ve met her. She’s a nice woman.

But between the grandmother’s

anger, and his auntie’s problem...

yes. We could ask for better

things.

TOMMY:

Got to get him out of there.

FRANCES:

Well. We can’t get him out of there

just yet. But we can keep an eye on

him. Can’t we?

TOMMY:

No. Frances. I keep telling yer.

And you keep not hearing.

(he’s smiling. He’s calm.

But we - and she - detect

his increasing

frustration with her)

That’s not enough.

FRANCES wants to be strong for him, but this makes her feel

unsettled.

CUT TO:

35 EXT/INT. SOWERBY BRIDGE/PATROL VEHICLE. DAY 9. 10.35 35

CATHERINE’s picked ANN up. CATHERINE drives with some urgency

(blue light but no siren).

ANN:

If a detective - he’s a sergeant -

asked me out for a drink. That’s

not unethical. Is it?

CATHERINE:

Is he married?

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ANN:

Well. Yeah. He is. But. He’s just

found out his wife’s been having it

off with someone else. So...?

CATHERINE:

Is he old enough to be your dad?

ANN:

Not -

(realising)

Yeah actually. He probably is. He’s

not as old as my dad, but. Yeah.

Technically.

CATHERINE:

D’you believe him? About his wife?

She knows she’d be daft to, even though he was convincing.

ANN:

I don’t fancy him. We’re just...

mates.

CATHERINE:

Yeah but is that what he thinks?

(that’s kind of what ANN’s

worried about)

It’s not really ethics, is it love?

It’s about whether it’s wise or

not. I’ll leave that with you.

(she pulls up at the park

gates, and then the thing

she’s been itching to

ask, but daren’t - )

You know at work?

ANN:

Yeah.

CATHERINE:

Have I got a nick-name?

Oh sh*t thinks ANN. But in the heat of the moment she’s wise

enough to know that she’s never going to get a lie past

CATHERINE.

ANN:

One or two.

CATHERINE can’t believe her ears: one or two? ANN decides it

might be expedient to get out of the vehicle. Quickly.

CUT TO:

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36 EXT. CROW WOOD PARK. DAY 9. 10.36 36

CATHERINE gets out of the car too. She’s parked right by the

entrance to the park. The ambulance is already here.

CATHERINE:

One or two?

ANN:

I don’t use them.

CATHERINE:

(pulling her hat and

gloves on)

Oh, that bad?

Yeah.

ANN:

So you think maybe I could just go

for a drink with him, yeah? You see

I’m interested in the possibility

of becoming a detective,

eventually, [so]

CATHERINE:

So what are they then, these nick

names?

They head into the park as they talk. One pale elderly NUN is

sitting on a bench being attended by a PARAMEDIC. A second

more robust NUN looks on with concern. In the distance a

second PARAMEDIC walks away from a wooded area (and back

towards us/CATHERINE and ANN/the ambulance).

ANN:

Why’re you putting me on the spot?

CATHERINE:

Because you’re here.

ANN:

(confidentially as they

approach the bench)

I’ve never met a nun.

CATHERINE:

The way you changed the subject

just then was so subtle I barely

noticed it.

ANN:

Me dad says it’s a compliment when

people have a nick-name, he says

people never bother giving a nick

name to someone they’re not

bothered about.

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CATHERINE:

So - well - what are they then?

ANN:

I wouldn’t worry about it.

CATHERINE:

I’m not worried. I’m delighted. I

didn’t know I had a nick-name. Two

nick-names.

ANN:

(saved by the bell)

Hello!

CATHERINE realises she’s going to have to put it on pause.

She bends down and addresses the pale elderly NUN like she’s

six years old and deaf.

CATHERINE:

Are you all right, love?

PARAMEDIC:

Just a bit of shock, she’s going to

be absolutely fine.

CATHERINE:

Right, so where is it?

The pale elderly NUN has the presence of mind to say very

firmly

NUN*1

It’s a human being. Constable.

CATHERINE resists the urge to point out that she has stripes

emblazoned all over her kit.

NUN*2

(apologetic)

He’s in the trees. Sergeant.

CATHERINE:

Who found i[t] him? You?

NUN*2

Yes, it was us that phoned.

She flashes her iPhone 6 at CATHERINE. Nice.

NUN*1

Vodka bottles everywhere. He

must’ve got tanked up to do it.

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CATHERINE:

Okay.

(she flicks her head at

ANN to come with her.

They walk towards the

wooded area and when

they’re out of ear shot

of the NUNS - )

Can you get a first account out of

those two for me? Who they are,

what they’re doing here, where

they’re from.

ANN:

They’re nuns, I shouldn’t think

they’re up to much.

The second PARAMEDIC is just walking past them.

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