Happy Valley Page #13

Season #2 Episode #3

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WINNIE takes it in and tells ILINKA

WINNIE:

Goran Dragovic je mrtav.

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ILINKA takes it in.

CATHERINE:

Suicide. He hanged himself from a

tree in Crow Wood Park.

WINNIE:

Samoubojstvo. Objesio se na drveta.

ILINKA takes it in, then starts shaking her head. She looks

terrified. How can CATHERINE think this is good news?

ILINKA:

On se nikada ne bi ubio. To su oni.

Knezevici. Oni su ga ubili da nebi

pricao.

CATHERINE:

What?

WINNIE:

He would never kill himself. It’s

them. They’ve shut him up so he

won’t talk.

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48 OMITTED 48

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49 EXT. COUNTRY ROAD. DAY 9. 18.55 49

JOHN’s driving home when his phone rings. JODIE SHACKLETON’s

name comes up. His bluetooth’s not connected and he makes the

mistake of answering it manually.

JOHN:

Hello.

Cutting as and when with:

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50 INT. NORLAND ROAD POLICE STATION, H-MIT OFFICES. DAY 9. 50

18.56

JODIE’s still at her desk. She has a number of photos on her

desk that ANN’s provided her with.

JODIE:

Bloody hell, John, it’s definitely

Vicky Fleming. I’ve spoken to the

O.I.C. on Districts and I’ve given

the lab a bell to chassey them

along for any DNA matches they

might find from the personal stuff

they got from her work place,

but... it’s her, you can see it’s

her from the photos. She’s even -

in one of these photos - wearing

that same dress she was wearing

when she died.

(silence)

John?

JOHN:

Great.

JODIE:

Yup.

JOHN:

Have you told the boss?

JODIE:

Yeah.

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Silence.

JOHN:

Well done.

JODIE:

Seeya then.

JOHN:

Bye.

He hangs up, but he’s so distracted he wanders over the lines

onto the other side of the road (whilst fiddling about

switching his phone off), and a vehicle’s coming the other

way. The other vehicle beeps it’s horn at him. He swerves out

of the way at the last second and scrapes his vehicle on a

wall. He pulls up. The other vehicle pulls up and a WOMAN

steps out. JOHN’s all over the place. The WOMAN taps on his

window, mouthing “Are you all right?” He winds his window

down.

WOMAN:

Are you all right, love?

JOHN:

I’m fine, I’m fine, I’m sorry.

WOMAN:

You were right over the wrong side

of the road, you know.

JOHN:

I’m sorry.

WOMAN:

Are you okay?

No. He isn’t.

JOHN:

Yeah. Just - I’m just a bit (

a moment, then he

realises - )

Are you all right?

WOMAN:

I’m fine love. You just gave me a

bit of a surprise, that’s all.

(he doesn’t reply)

You want to be careful.

She lingers; he doesn’t look all right even thought he says

he is. She decides to leave him to it: she’s done the right

thing and offered help.

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51 INT. THE MOORINGS. DUSK 9. 19.45 51

ANN sits waiting for JOHN. She’s dressed nicely. She’s

checking her watch. He’s forty-five minutes late. She

realises he’s probably not coming, he’s probably forgotten.

Perhaps he never meant to come. She empties what’s left of a

bottle of wine into the glass. So that’s a whole bottle she’s

had. On her own.

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51A INT/EXT. JOHN’S CAR/COUNTRY ROAD. DUSK 9. 19.50 51A

We leave JOHN alone and devastated up on this lonely moorland

road. Almost unable to function, psychologically crippled by

the mess he finds himself in.

END OF EPISODE THREE

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