Happy Valley Page #8

Season #2 Episode #3

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CATHERINE turns back to WINNIE

HAPPY VALLEY SERIES TWO. EPISODE THREE. PEACH SCRIPT. 3939.

CLARE:

(realising)

Devious bastards.

CATHERINE:

(to WINNIE)

- she still can’t go back [there] (

realising what CLARE just

said)

Yeah.

(then back to WINNIE)

She still can’t go back there

because it’s not impossible that

the Knezevics’ll still have people

who go in there every day. Then

they will see her, and they might

well follow her. She really can’t

do that, Winnie. Seriously. You’ve

got to spell that out to her.

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27 INT. CATHERINE’S HOUSE, CONSERVATORY. NIGHT 8. 22.15 27

CATHERINE’s sleeping in the conservatory again (with her

thermals and her cricket bat) to keep an eye on WINNIE’s

house. CLARE comes in with some tea for CATHERINE.

CLARE:

You can’t keep sleeping in here.

CATHERINE:

Have you kept yourself busy today?

CLARE:

Yeah, I’ve been fine.

But we should sense a vulnerability in CLARE since her lapse.

CATHERINE takes the tea from her.

CATHERINE:

Y’all right?

CLARE:

I just...

(she’s upset, vulnerable,

needs to talk. We sense

that she could burst out

crying. She sits on

CATHERINE’s bed/settee)

can’t get my head round what that

woman’s been through. Ilinka.

(she becomes tearful)

I mean where do they get the idea

from that they can do that to

people?

HAPPY VALLEY SERIES TWO. EPISODE THREE. PEACH SCRIPT. 4040.

CATHERINE gives CLARE a reassuring squeeze/hug/whatever she

needs. CLARE’s anxiety might be as much about her own

vulnerability as ILINKA’s, but she’s obviously upset.

CATHERINE:

Is Neil stopping?

CLARE:

(she nods affirmation)

You are good you know. The things

you do for people. I’ve just wasted

my life doing...

(she hates saying it, but)

bugger all, but you... you really

help people.

CATHERINE:

You help people. At the Mission.

CLARE:

We make tea.

CATHERINE:

You listen to people, it’s

important.

CLARE:

Sorry.

She means for crying. For feeling sorry for herself.

CATHERINE:

You’re bereaved. You’re allowed to

be upset. But you’ve just got to

make sure you look after yourself.

Mm?

By ‘look after yourself’ of course she means don’t drink.

CLARE:

Yep. I am doing. I will.

(a moment between them,

CLARE manages to pull

herself together a

little, and then)

Neil thinks you don’t like him.

CATHERINE:

Why?

CLARE:

‘Cos when he offered to make you

some tea, you didn’t want any.

CATHERINE:

That was like an hour ago.

HAPPY VALLEY SERIES TWO. EPISODE THREE. PEACH SCRIPT. 4141.

CLARE:

Yeah. I know, I said that, but. You

know. He’s...

(mouths it, just in case)

I think he’s frightened of you.

That jars with CATHERINE. Because of what the therapist said.

CATHERINE:

There’s only one kind of person who

needs to be frightened of me,

Clare. You know that.

CLARE:

Yeah, I know you like to think

that. But. You know. Some people

are just sensitive.

CATHERINE:

As in over-sensitive.

Yup.

CLARE:

Have you been up to kiss Ryan?

CATHERINE:

He was asleep.

CLARE:

He said summat today. Odd.

CATHERINE:

What?

CLARE:

Miss Wealand. This new one that

reads with him. I’ve met her, she

seems right enough. But. He said

they were talking about things he

likes and things he doesn’t like.

He doesn’t like reading. For

instance. And he does like chips.

And custard. And football. That

kind of thing. Anyway, apparently

she said, “What about your dad? Do

you like your dad?” And he says he

just said, “We don’t talk about me

dad”. And that was it. But. Why’s

she asking him about his dad?

Doesn’t she know not to do that?

Haven’t they told her?

CATHERINE’s intrigued. She’s toying with being cross as well.

CATHERINE:

Ask her. Next time you see her.

HAPPY VALLEY SERIES TWO. EPISODE THREE. PEACH SCRIPT. 4242.

CLARE nods, she will ask her.

CLARE:

She won’t be there again ‘til next

Monday, she only works Monday

Tuesday Wednesday.

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28 EXT. GRAVESEND PRISON. DAY 9. 07.30 28

Establisher. A new sunny day over Gravesend Prison.

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29 INT. GRAVESEND PRISON, TOMMY’S CELL. DAY 9. 07.31 29

TOMMY checks himself out in his imperfect grubby prison

mirror, taking the time and trouble to get his hair perfect.

We notice he’s got a little crucifix tattooed (grubby prison

style) on his neck. The sun shines through his narrow grubby

prison windows and illuminates him beautifully in his mirror.

You could be mistaken for thinking he belongs to Jesus.

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30 INT. TRAIN. DAY 9. 07.35 30

FRANCES is on the train down to London. Sipping coffee,

watching the world go by, happy because she’s going to see

TOMMY. She’s twiddling absent-mindedly with a small silver

crucifix she has round her neck.

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31 INT. JOHN’S HOUSE, KITCHEN. DAY 9. 07.45 31

JOHN’s ironing his own shirt. He looks bad tempered and

sullen. He looks like he drank too much last night as well

and is struggling with a hangover. AMANDA’s clattering about

noisily with plates in the dishwasher. She looks bad-tempered

and sullen too. We glimpse the children each individually

looking sullen with whatever it is they’re doing as they get

ready for school in this joyless house, which looks much less

tidy than we’ve seen it before.

AMANDA:

Can you two brush your teeth?

(checks the time)

Now. Right now.

BEN and AMBER head upstairs. JACK’s still busy sorting

through his bag, but he’s far enough out of ear shot for

AMANDA to risk snatching the opportunity to say to JOHN

HAPPY VALLEY SERIES TWO. EPISODE THREE. PEACH SCRIPT. 4343.

AMANDA:

And I know for a fact you weren’t

out on obs that night because I

rang Clifford.

JOHN:

Just pack your sh*t and move out,

Amanda, that’s all I’ve got to say

to you, and I’m just gonna keep

repeating it.

AMANDA:

For years I’ve put up with you

coming in at all hours.

JOHN:

I can’t really believe you’re still

here to be absolutely honest with

you.

AMANDA:

You need to be the one that moves

out, John. Not me. You were never

here. You neglected us. There’s no

wonder things’ve happened. These

kids don’t know who you are.

JOHN:

Whore. Slapper.

AMANDA:

They prefer Graham to you.

JOHN:

Slag.

AMANDA:

He helps ‘em with their homework.

JOHN:

Trollop.

AMANDA:

He talks to them.

JOHN:

Filthy b*tch. Pox merchant.

AMANDA:

You weren’t on obs. You’re a liar.

JOHN:

Oh really? And what would Clifford

know? He never gets sent on obs cos

of his sciatica.

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AMANDA:

Yeah well maybe I’ll ask Andy

Shepherd.

JOHN:

Yeah course you will, Amanda,

that’s right, you’ve got a hot line

to the superintendent.

AMANDA:

Yeah well maybe I have.

JOHN:

Yeah? Really? D’you want his

number?

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32 INT. NORLAND ROAD POLICE STATION, FRONT DESK. DAY 9. 32

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