Happy Valley Page #12

Season #2 Episode #3

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ANN:

You still wanna go for a drink?

We might see what JODIE privately thinks about this: it’s not

like JOHN to be up to no good with a naive, eager PCSO.

JOHN:

Well yeah. Yeah. If [you]

ANN:

I would! Tonight? Moorings? Seven?

Half past?

JOHN:

Great. Seven.

ANN:

Where’s all the boards?

JOHN:

What boards?

ANN:

On telly they have all glass boards

with photos of the deceased and

clues and... y’know. Stuff.

JOHN:

Yeah. Well. In real life we have

these.

He demonstrates/flips quickly through one of the boring

looking little photo booklets that they use.

ANN:

Can I look?

She means at the booklet. JOHN’s not sure he should. For a

whole host of reasons, some professional, some to do with his

own horror of what he’s done. But ANN’s so keen.

JOHN:

It’s - there’s - some pretty

graphic stuff [in there]

ANN:

I wanna be a detective.

(she blurted that out

spontaneously)

I’ve not told anyone else that. I

wanna do what you lot do.

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JOHN isn’t sure whether ANN should be allowed to look or not,

so consults JODIE.

JOHN:

Ma’am?

ANN’s surprised and embarrassed: it hadn’t occurred to her

that JODIE might be a ma’am, she thought she was JOHN’s

secretary or something. JODIE passes ANN the book. ANN’s

delighted. She flips through.

ANN:

Is this the most recent victim?

JOHN:

Yeah.

ANN:

How was the post mortem? Did you

learn anything?

JOHN:

Oh. Just... Not much. Well nothing

relevant.

JODIE:

Well, we think she’s not a

prostitute, John. That’s pretty

relevant.

ANN:

Not - ?

JOHN:

Oh yeah. Yeah. The clothes. The

expensive dress and shoes, and

other lifestyle... she didn’t

smoke, didn’t drink, she er... her

teeth were well looked after, so...

yeah.

JOHN’s finding this uncomfortable of course. Trying not to

let it show.

ANN:

So... how will you identify her?

JOHN:

Well. Some times there’s a DNA

match on our data base, but that’s

usually only if they’ve committed a

crime in the past. And she hasn’t,

so, we’ve been looking at missing

persons, but

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ANN:

(suddenly realising)

You know we never found the woman

who lived in that burnt out flat on

Ripponden, don’t you?

JOHN panics. We see a flash of what’s in his head:

CUT TO:

40 INT. VICKY’S FLAT, LIVING ROOM. NIGHT 6. 21.59 40

Two Week’s ago. JOHN pouring paraffin everywhere, off his

head with panic, but still managing to be methodical.

CUT TO:

41 INT. NORLAND ROAD POLICE STATION, H-MIT OFFICES. DAY 9. 41

12.16

Back to

ANN:

Two weeks ago.

JOHN:

(his mouth’s gone dry very

suddenly)

Yeah, no, as I say, we’ve checked

out all the local mispers, she’s

probably been ruled out for

whatever [reason]

ANN:

No this woman isn’t a misper, no-

one ever actually reported her

missing. As such. She’s called

Victoria Fleming, Vicky Fleming,

and - how old is your woman?

JOHN can’t lie, not in front of JODIE, but he hesitates (not

that ANN or JODIE think anything of it), so JODIE dives in

JODIE:

Between forty-five and fifty-five.

ANN:

That’s - that would fit the bill.

JODIE:

Really?

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ANN:

Is this her?

(she’s found a photo of

dead VICKY’s face in the

photo book. It’s so

changed that’s it’s

almost impossible to

tell, but -)

Blond shoulder length hair, slim

build. I’ve got a photo of her on a

file, me and Shaf went to talk to

H.R. at the department store where

she works. We made a copy, shall I

email it to you?

Inside JOHN’s head he’s screaming No! We see it in his eyes.

JOHN:

Well that’s that’s

JODIE:

That’d be really helpful if you

could.

(ANN thrilled, delighted.

She heads off. We linger

with JOHN)

Joined-up thinking. Why didn’t we

know about this?

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42 EXT. DRAGOVICS’ HOUSE, SOWERBY BRIDGE. DAY 9. 12.20 42

CATHERINE’s on her radio point-to-point with JOYCE as she and

SHAF return to the patrol car from GORAN’s house. CATHERINE’s

smiling.

CATHERINE:

You’re kidding.

JOYCE:

(vo)

Nope.

CATHERINE:

Well done. Fantastic! Thank you.

Joyce. Thank you.

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43 INT. NORLAND ROAD POLICE STATION, FRONT DESK. DAY 9. 43

12.21

JOYCE:

Yeah. Well. That’s what friends are

f[or]

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JOYCE realises that CATHERINE’s hung up, and consults the

cactus for an opinion. Shows the cactus the phone -this is

what she’s like.

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44 EXT. DRAGOVICS’ HOUSE, SOWERBY BRIDGE. DAY 9. 12.22 44

CATHERINE and SHAF get into the patrol car.

CATHERINE:

The night Aurelia Petrovic was

murdered - this is five months ago -

I was at Oldham Coliseum with Joyce

dressed up like a pillock for the

Rocky Horror Show! She invited me

at the last second because her

cousin dropped out, and that’s why

it never went on my calendar.

SHAF:

So when Aurelia Petrovic was

getting slashed, you and Joyce were

doing the time warp.

CATHERINE:

Isn’t life weird?

SHAF:

I can’t picture that.

CATHERINE:

Yeah, don’t try.

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45 INT. CATHERINE’S HOUSE, KITCHEN. DAY 9. 18.35 45

CLARE’s setting the table for tea. CATHERINE arrives home

from work. She heads straight through the kitchen and out

through the conservatory.

CATHERINE:

Off the hook. It's official. So not

the guilty party after all. So

Jodie Shackleton can stick that up

her pipe and smoke it.

CLARE:

In her pipe. And smoke it.

CATHERINE:

I don't care where she sticks it.

I've rung her anyway. I've told

her. The (mouths ‘b*tch’).

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CLARE:

Neil’s coming for tea.

CATHERINE:

Okay.

CLARE:

You won’t frighten him, will you?

CATHERINE could get sick of this.

CATHERINE:

I will do my best.

HAPPY VALLEY SERIES TWO. EPISODE THREE. PEACH SCRIPT. 6767.

CLARE:

And can you ask Daniel not to be

weird with him?

That’s new to CATHERINE.

CATHERINE:

(what the f***?)

Sure.

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46 EXT. CATHERINE’S HOUSE, BACK YARD. DAY 9. 18.36. 46

RYAN’s kicking his ball around in the back yard as CATHERINE

comes out of her house and heads across to WINNIE’s.

CATHERINE:

How was school?

RYAN:

Boring.

CATHERINE:

Oy, what’s this about this Miss

Wealand asking you about

(air bunnies)

“your dad”?

RYAN:

Nothing. I told her, I said, “We

don’t talk about my dad”.

CATHERINE:

Yeah? Good. Well keep it that way.

CATHERINE knocks on WINNIE’s door and goes in shouting “Only

me!” We linger for a moment on RYAN. Is he lying? Did he say

all those other things to Miss Wealand that she told TOMMY?

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47 INT. WINNIE’S HOUSE, KITCHEN. DAY 9. 18.37 47

ILINKA’s rolling cigarettes at the table. WINNIE’s chopping

vegetables, making a casserole.

CATHERINE:

I’ve got good news. Well. Macabre

news. Goran Dragovic is dead.

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