Happy Valley Page #4

Season #2 Episode #3

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so full of it by the time you’ve

finished you’ve to wade through it

in your wellies to get out.

HAPPY VALLEY SERIES TWO. EPISODE THREE. PEACH SCRIPT. 1717.

JOYCE:

D’you fancy a drink? Tonight. D’you

fancy going for something to eat?

CATHERINE’s just about to say “No”, automatically assuming

she’ll be too busy, or too tired, but she realises

CATHERINE:

Yeah. Actually. That’d be nice.

JOYCE:

My treat.

CATHERINE:

Why?

Because she cares about her. Not that she’s going to be

sentimental about it.

JOYCE:

‘Cos I feel like chucking my brass

about.

CATHERINE:

(touched, happy)

Okay.

JOYCE:

And in other news.

She leaves a tantalising pause.

CATHERINE:

What?

JOYCE:

They think they’ve found another

body.

So that’s big.

CATHERINE:

Where?

JOYCE:

Going over to Brighouse. Again.

Same as first one.

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13 EXT. WASTE GROUND/ABANDONED BUILDING SITE. DAY 8. 10.45 13

From a small distance we see a woman’s body, which has been

obscured by stuff piled on top of it. We get the idea -

hopefully without being too graphic and horrible - that

something bloody and unpleasant has been done to her.

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(Is it something like having a grubby broken bottle somewhere

in the foreground?). Inner and outer cordons have been

established. Outside the outer cordon UNIFORM OFFICERS mill

about, and a couple of stationary police vehicles with their

silent revolving blue lights. In the inner cordon we discover

ANDY SHEPHERD (in a blue CSI suit) and other CSIs studying

the scene and taking photos. As we cut to a closer image of

the body, we move round and see the victim’s face. She’s

already decomposing: the flesh is a greenish/blue/grey

colour, the eyes have gone and the tongue is protruding and

there’s been skin slippage, but... we can see that it’s VICKY

FLEMING.

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14

INT. NORLAND ROAD POLICE STATION, H-MIT BRIEFING ROOM. 14

DAY 8 14.20.

We see a subliminal flash of a beer bottle being smashed in a

sink; the bottom end broken off so the bottle becomes a

weapon. Then we see JOHN’s face. He’s in VICKY’s flat,

smashing the bottle in the sink to mutilate her corpse with.

Then suddenly we’re in the H-MIT briefing

We’re looking at JOHN. MIKE’s also present, as usual, but of

course it’s JOHN we’re looking at as he reacts to the news

that VICKY’s body has finally been discovered.

ANDY:

There’s been nothing found at the

scene to identify who she is. What

we know at the moment is: she’s

white. She’s five foot four. Slight

build. She’s got blond shoulder-

length hair. Shoe size five. She’s

between thirty and sixty years old.

So

(he addresses JODIE)

we need to check all the mispers

locally, force wide, and then

moving out force by force. Going

back I’d say four weeks. Initially.

CCTV in the area. May be limited.

But. I’d like to see what we can

gather. As you go in it says the

site’s covered, but I didn’t see

any cameras. Again, I’d say going

back four weeks. There are a number

of houses opposite and along.

Jubilee Terrace numbers 35 to 75

overlook the site to some degree,

we need to talk to the occupants.

The number 259 and number 278 buses

go past the site on the Halifax

Road. Someone may have seen

something from a top window.

(MORE)

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ANDY (CONT'D)

Let’s visit the bus garage those

numbers drive out of, find out if

they have specific drivers who

drive those routes regularly. Any

regular passengers who travel

upstairs. I’ll include in the press

release an appeal to anyone who

uses either of those two buses, as

well as anyone who travels up and

down that road regularly.

(we’re still looking at

JOHN as we hear one of

the other DETECTIVES ask,

“Are we looking at the

same killer d’you think,

sir?” ANDY’s reluctant to

say a definitive “yes”)

She appears to have been strangled,

and there is vaginal mutilation of

the same nature as our previous

three women. So...

(”so draw your own

conclusions/let’s wait

and see”. Then suddenly)

John! Can you come and do exhibits

for me at the post-mortem? Emma’s

had to go to the dentist.

JOHN hesitates for only a fraction of a second before

JOHN:

Sure.

ANDY:

Ten minutes, I’ll meet you

downstairs.

JOHN’s terrified. His answer was a reaction. When the boss

says jump you just jump. It’s only after he’s already

answered that he realises the implications. He’s going to

have to bag up VICKY’s clothes and watch her be dissected.

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15 INT. NORLAND ROAD POLICE STATION, TOILETS. DAY 8. 14.30 15

JOHN panicking in the toilets. Washing his hands like Lady

Macbeth. A fellow D.C. pops his head in.

D.C.

John! Boss is looking for you, he’s

ready to go.

JOHN has to gather his resources.

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HAPPY VALLEY SERIES TWO. EPISODE THREE. PEACH SCRIPT. 2020.

16 EXT. NORLAND ROAD POLICE STATION. DAY 8. 14.31 16

ANN GALLAGHER’s just heading back toward the nick when the

door opens and JOHN heads out with preoccupied ANDY SHEPHERD,

who’s talking to someone on his mobile.

ANN:

(in passing)

Hiya.

JOHN:

Hiya.

ANDY:

(on his mobile)

Now? No, no problem (

checks his watch)

I’ll pop back upstairs.

(to JOHN)

I’ll be two minutes. Get car

started.

ANDY disappears back inside the building.

ANN:

Is is true another body’s turned

up?

JOHN:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah it is.

ANN:

Is it the same? Another

pr[ostitute] - someone who’s been

trafficked?

JOHN:

Well it’s - yeah - starting to look

that way.

ANN:

I shouldn’t be asking.

(distracted JOHN shrugs)

Are you all right?

He looks pale. Distracted. Not himself. Not surprisingly.

HAPPY VALLEY SERIES TWO. EPISODE THREE. PEACH SCRIPT. 2121.

JOHN:

Yeah! Yeah, no. Not really.

(he debates whether to

tell her, then,

confidentially - )

Turns out my wife’s been having it

off wi’ this bastard she works

with. For months.

(ANN’s a bit stunned at

being confided in about

something so big, so

suddenly, from someone

she doesn’t know hugely

well)

Just walked in, and...

We see what John saw. He walks up the stairs in his house -*

having just murdered VICKY - and heads into the bedroom, *

where he finds AMANDA and a bloke - GRAHAM TATTERSALL - at *

it. They’re all as stunned as each other. *

GRAHAM *

Jesus. *

AMANDA *

Sh*t. *

JOHN’s stunned. He looks wretched. Utterly bemused (given all *

he’s been through) he withdraws from the room. Wretched JOHN *

races down the stairs and outside. *

JOHN *

I’d been working on obs. She

thought I was away all night. Which

I was but it got called off, so I

went home. And there they were.

I’ve not told anyone.

He implies “anyone here” with a flick of his head.

ANN:

God. That’s rough. When?

JOHN:

Two weeks ago. Fella she’s known

for years. With the kids in the

house as well. He’s married, he’s

got kids.

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