Happy Valley #2

[holliebollie]

I’m such a div, I was reading all these thinking TLR stood for ‘The Lone Ranger’, like it was a nickname you’d all come up with back along!

 

[Mark81]

That was too rushed. It should have been a full hour an a half or an extra episode longer to fully develop and resolve the B story.

While the TLR and Catherine story was well handled, where was Ryan? The other characters didn't get a decent wrap up of it

 

[Bobby Chariot]

Am I a psychopath for feeling sorry for TLR?????

When he was wrestling with the Croatian in the field, my wife shouted "Come on Tommy!"

 

[Alexi92]

 

[ohdoris]

There were a lot of story threads that ultimately didn't get used, like Richard's investigative reporting. Him, Daniel and Ann weren't even in the last episode! Shame we didn't get to see Faisal get nicked, he was practically skipping away when he found out about Ivan and Matija.

But. Can't really complain when the writing was so unbelievably good and we got that brilliant, cathartic, tense, satisfying confrontation between Catherine and TLR. Just them talking. Incredible. The first scene they'd had together since S1? Just sublime. That moment where she walked in saying "Hello?" and he replied "Hiya" like a son coming in for dinner with his mum. He was clearly still a deluded, insane fuckwit but at least he had the wherewithal to realise the woman he despised gave his son a happy life.
One of the most beautifully heartbreaking moments I've seen was that bit where the photo album of Becky stopped. Just blank pages. So harrowing and nothing needed to be said. Gonna miss this show!

The Hiya from TLR had me, so casual!

 

[petitspois]

I think Sarah Lancashire had input into that last scene at the grave, not the actual ending. She knew so many people would be rooting for Catherine and want to see her get her trip away (and some peace).

There shouldn't be any spin offs or new series for me, it should end as it is - a top ten British drama series. Hats off to Sally Wainwright for writing something so nuanced, complete and realistic. It just exposes how awful so many of the others are, even those lauded as being great. Line of Duty looks distinctly one dimensional in comparison.

 

[La_frenchie]

Can we just spare a thought for the poor lad who didn't make his wedding

 

[Sunday Girl]

O M G

 

[Rippedjeanmaybe]

Nah I’m with Anne on that one. Minus the bit about him not being wanted, he needed to be told that TLR is a rapist and a piece of scum!

 

[greenvelvet]

I hate how after happy valley, it’s time for me to go to bed and face a full week of whatever work-related shit wigging out about Catherine’s life has distracted me from. Wish good telly wouldn’t air on Sunday nights

 

[Dontmissmuch]

Saw this on FB

 

[LowCalCalzoneZone]

That scene was just the perfect ending 10/10, no notes, amazing. The way the character of Tommy was written - just so complex. When he walked into Ryan's bedroom and you see it through his eyes and almost feel sorry for him because he never had anything like that. Yet at the same time, he's still just a nasty, spiteful childlike thug

I did feel a wee bit short changed with how some other loose ends were tied up (or weren't really), and that Ann never got any closure

But still, what a great final episode

 

[Sunday Girl]

absolutely stunning finale! Thank you Sally Saw this tweet before…brilliant

 

[Rippedjeanmaybe]

i found their kitchen argument quite funny at points and actually quite realistic. Rather than them beating the crap out of each other which isn’t really that realistic.

 

[grumpytor]

I was really satisfied with that ending. Very hard to please everyone but it was about Catherine and TLR primarily and he did have some kind of remorse. If he’d have lived and gone back to prison then it wouldn’t have felt like it ended.

They somehow managed to wrap everything up in that episode, yes it could’ve been another episode or so to do it, but the result would have been the same - the bad guys got their comeuppance and Ryan did finally understand what his dad was like he, plus got Claire and Catherine to reconcile.

The ‘what’s gonna happen to those 2 little girls’ ‘they’ve got a grandmother’ line really got me Such clever writing, which is why the show is so brilliant and why we’re all talking about it!

Now they just need another series of Line of Duty so I can feel more satisfied about that ending

 

[Curly Top]

You can’t argue with their acting. Absolutely superb.

 

[Offish]

I feel like no one is giving enough attention to how utterly ridiculous TLR looked wrapped in his little quilt playing on his PlayStation that he barely understands how to use
He is such a raging narcissist, his smile talking about how he’s on the news and telling the story of escaping
Ryan will surprise us all I think. There’s more to him than the gullible little idiot he seems to be at the moment.
Ann was awful to him. Fair enough telling him the truth but she was vile to him, he’s only a kid and he didn’t know any of that because no one deigned to tell him!

 

[varyingborders]

TELL HIM YOU LOVE HIM CATHERINE!!!! if she does die and she doesn’t say it to him I will sob.

 

[Snoopysnoop123]

Feel like the whole story with the weird Pharmacist was a waste of time tbh.

 

[Kthxbye]

Tried to kill himself and Catherine tried to save him. That is actually a brilliant way to wrap this up