Meet the Other Phone. Flexible and made to last.

Meet the Other Phone.
Flexible and made to last.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Telly addicts

Happy Valley Series 3 - BBC1 9pm starts 1 January 2023 - no spoilers - tv pace

1000 replies

IwantToRetire · 01/01/2023 20:49

Just thought we could start with a dedicated thread to series three of Happy Valley.

There are 2 existing thread were fans have been discussing rewatching series 1 & 2

www.mumsnet.com/talk/telly_addicts/4694640-happy-valley-series-3-coming

www.mumsnet.com/talk/telly_addicts/4688605-happy-valley-series-3-to-be-shown-at-christmas

And for anyone who is going to binge, do you want to start your own thread?!

OP posts:
Thread gallery
9
duc748 · 09/01/2023 13:24

Surely they have CCTV in prisons? I don't see how there could be any doubt about the identity of TLR's visitors. So I assume Ryan and Neil did go to the prison? I thought Catherine might follow them rather than Clare.

WeAreTheHeroes · 09/01/2023 13:27

I suspect you're right - often in great dramas like this there are all sorts of possibilities but what's really going on is more prosaic.

PrincessScarlett · 09/01/2023 13:29

I don't think there's any doubt it's Claire and Neil. Just this time Claire couldn't stomach going in. As you say, there will be CCTV in prisons.

SomeonesKnockingAtTheDoorSomeonesRingingTheBell · 09/01/2023 14:19

Well sticking my neck on the line I still don't think it is Claire and Neil. They didnt show Neil and Ryan going in to the Prison (which would not be in such a built up/shopping area that they were dropped off in would it?!) and if it was them then there would have been pictures from CCTV showing it was them visiting with Ryan. Catherine's boss very clearly only showed her the name's on a list. Didn't mean anything.

So I reckon Neil is taking him sky-diving or similar, and as Catherine said early in the episode something negative about it I think, they don't want to tell her. Or planning a surprise for her?

Don't let my faith in you be misplaced Claire 😄

Towntroubadour · 09/01/2023 14:31

I’m so glad there’s a thread running on this. I reckon Catherine’s ex will get murdered by that gang. I also can’t work out why the stupid pharmacist won’t go to the police. He’s in trouble already and it’ll only get worse. Surely it’s better to hand himself in now.

I was surprised to see a prison in the middle of “Sheffield”. I also got twitchy about Catherine now paying for parking but assume it’s because she was keen to follow Clare.

I really like Alison. I can see her looking out for Catherine.

Janieread · 09/01/2023 14:34

Towntroubadour · 09/01/2023 14:31

I’m so glad there’s a thread running on this. I reckon Catherine’s ex will get murdered by that gang. I also can’t work out why the stupid pharmacist won’t go to the police. He’s in trouble already and it’ll only get worse. Surely it’s better to hand himself in now.

I was surprised to see a prison in the middle of “Sheffield”. I also got twitchy about Catherine now paying for parking but assume it’s because she was keen to follow Clare.

I really like Alison. I can see her looking out for Catherine.

I like the Alison character but its the only bit that really doesn't ring true. She shot her son in cold blood, amazed she only got 5 years. I know he was a serial killer but is that a defence?

JaneJeffer · 09/01/2023 14:36

Probably diminished responsibility

Emotionalsupportviper · 09/01/2023 14:40

AlecTrevelyan006 · 09/01/2023 12:27

Why didn’t Catherine pay for parking?

I noticed that - and her a copper.

And Alison did say she mustn't do anything dodgy . . .

duc748 · 09/01/2023 14:42

They didnt show Neil and Ryan going in to the Prison (which would not be in such a built up/shopping area that they were dropped off in would it?!) and if it was them then there would have been pictures from CCTV showing it was them visiting with Ryan. Catherine's boss very clearly only showed her the name's on a list. Didn't mean anything.

That's why I wondered why Catherine didn't follow them to check. But it would be checkable easily. But would sky-diving adequately explain Clare's guiltiness?

EmergencyPoncho · 09/01/2023 14:45

Poke · 07/01/2023 22:36

Just watched Graham Norton. Does TLR wear a prosthetic nose? He’s waaay more handsome in real life.

The scene (a few second preview of episode 2) where he whispers in the chaplain’s ear 🫣 goodness! I am very much looking forward to watching it tomorrow.

Thinking of Daniel, how did he end up with Anne? Seems an unlikely match. He doesn’t seem to have much empathy.

I've just rewatched series 2, there was a frisson between them when Ann had stayed overnight after a work night out. They were sitting outside in the morning having a chat.

Emotionalsupportviper · 09/01/2023 14:46

WouldJudasLeaveIt · 09/01/2023 13:13

I think it's in one of those.

Please don't Judas.

It's like pouring a whisky in front of an alcoholic.

PuttingDownRoots · 09/01/2023 14:48

One of the prisons in Doncaster (HMP Doncaster) is pretty much in the centre of Doncaster.

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 09/01/2023 14:49

Janieread · 09/01/2023 14:34

I like the Alison character but its the only bit that really doesn't ring true. She shot her son in cold blood, amazed she only got 5 years. I know he was a serial killer but is that a defence?

Seven years so far - she had literally been released the week before and she said she was out on licence, so she is still serving her term. There might be lawyers here who can correct me on this but my understanding is that it is possible to serve half a term inside and the other half on licence?

JaneJeffer · 09/01/2023 14:56

It's like pouring a whisky in front of an alcoholic.
To click or not to click...

WouldJudasLeaveIt · 09/01/2023 14:57

Emotionalsupportviper · 09/01/2023 14:46

Please don't Judas.

It's like pouring a whisky in front of an alcoholic.

Haha I'm terrible for it, the times I've been 3/4 of the way through a book and not been able to resist the urge to have a skim through the last pages to see if a hunch was correct 😑

Threadkillacilla · 09/01/2023 15:01

Forgot about the sky diving! Phew good shout.

Emotionalsupportviper · 09/01/2023 15:05

I also can’t work out why the stupid pharmacist won’t go to the police. He’s in trouble already and it’ll only get worse. Surely it’s better to hand himself in now.

I think that when people are as desperate as he is, they don't think straight - and TBH, "grassing up" the Slavic Mafia is not going to help him much.

In jail or out of jail, they will get him. His family may be put into witness protection, but he will always have that fear that they will find his daughters and do something to them. He's painted himself into a corner, and the only way he genuinely has of getting out of it is to take his own life (and he may - though I think he'll get killed).

I do feel a bit sorry for him - I think his wife and girls want, want, want and don't give a thought to how he is going to pay for it (there's no suggestion that Mrs Bhatti has a job or profession).

His wife is doing a "Red Queen" trying to keep up with her obviously much wealthier sister, his daughters want the same as their cousins get, even though their dad obviously isn't paid nearly as much as the aunt's husband, his FIL controls the purse strings and keeps him on a short leash as the manger of a couple of his pharmacies - he's bullied and browbeaten from every side, so desperate he's even trying to stop his daughters drinking bottled water, as though in the scheme of things the pennies that would save would make any difference. In his way, he's just as coercively controlled and poor battered Jo is. He has no financial independence or even a say in what happens in the family - did you see how his wife didn't even wait for his reply before confirming to her sister that they'd be going to the party?

I wonder, too, if his SIL having a son has put her up in the dynastic pecking order? Many families (and not just in Asian culture) favour boys.

Faisal is now in the position of being even worse off - financially he isn't going to be making anything because the "Mafia" are taking it - and more than he ever wanted to try to sell; he will have to rob his FIL's business to a degree that is sure to be noticed fairly soon; his wife and daughter's are demanding more and more; he is terrified for his family's safety, and he doesn't have any way of getting off this roller-coaster he's stepped onto except to jump into the void.

He's buggered!

Emotionalsupportviper · 09/01/2023 15:08

JaneJeffer · 09/01/2023 14:56

It's like pouring a whisky in front of an alcoholic.
To click or not to click...

DAMN YOU, JEFFER . . . .

<sobs>

Get thee behind me . . . 😅

SomeonesKnockingAtTheDoorSomeonesRingingTheBell · 09/01/2023 15:12

duc748 · 09/01/2023 14:42

They didnt show Neil and Ryan going in to the Prison (which would not be in such a built up/shopping area that they were dropped off in would it?!) and if it was them then there would have been pictures from CCTV showing it was them visiting with Ryan. Catherine's boss very clearly only showed her the name's on a list. Didn't mean anything.

That's why I wondered why Catherine didn't follow them to check. But it would be checkable easily. But would sky-diving adequately explain Clare's guiltiness?

Maybe it was terror rather than guilt - Catherine would scare the bejeegus out of me as an older sister 😂

Emotionalsupportviper · 09/01/2023 15:13

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 09/01/2023 14:49

Seven years so far - she had literally been released the week before and she said she was out on licence, so she is still serving her term. There might be lawyers here who can correct me on this but my understanding is that it is possible to serve half a term inside and the other half on licence?

No legal training whatsoever but have watched Law and Order UK (several times, I might add) and I think that if you aren't considered a danger to others or yourself, then licence is an option.

Poor woman had had a dreadful time with increasing pressure over many years, was under huge stress, and had just crumpled. I think that even Judge Jeffries might have been sympathetic towards her. They would have regarded the situation in which she committed her crime to be one which wouldn't re-occur, and she will obviously have been a model prisoner, so I can't see it being a problem (may it please your Honour).

JaneJeffer · 09/01/2023 15:15

Both Claire and Neil seem like very anxious people and I can't imagine them having the nerve not only to visit TLR but to cross Catherine by doing so.

I felt so sorry for Claire when Catherine wouldn't run her home.

Emotionalsupportviper · 09/01/2023 15:18

Actually that's a good point @JaneJeffer .

They are both very nervy.

WouldJudasLeaveIt · 09/01/2023 15:19

I felt so sorry for Claire when Catherine wouldn't run her home.

Oh me too 😂

spiderlight · 09/01/2023 15:21

Swansea and Cardiff prisons are both very close to the city centres as well - a few minutes' walk away and very close to residential areas.

EdieLedwell · 09/01/2023 15:27

WouldJudasLeaveIt · 09/01/2023 15:19

I felt so sorry for Claire when Catherine wouldn't run her home.

Oh me too 😂

Me three. It was incredibly mean and should've been a massive clue that something was really wrong.

Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.

This thread is not accepting new messages.