HAPPY VALLEY - s3 - TV PACE. NO SPOILERS - thread 6 and episode 6 and the LAST EVER EPISODE FOREVER !!!!!!!!!!

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Getting ready for the MOST waited final episode And most talked about series ever !!!!

I don’t mind if all pile on here now or wait till 5 is full

we are on tenterhooks of what May and could happen !!!

and we have an extra 10mins as well

blondes faints 😂😂

i can’t decide whether to watch and do quick replies so don’t miss anything on tv

or

watch - ignore thread as they can move quickly then come on 10.10pm

what a dilemma !!!

and so our followers including the guardian 😂 can find read and saviours forever the other 5 threads linked below

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I agree! Less is more and shows real skill in choosing where the focus of the drama is. Loved it !

I don't think we needed to see Rob or the pharmacist, policing goes on without Catherine.

The scene with Claire where she so wanted to go to Catherine but wasn't brave enough was beautifully done.

There's tea in the pot, but you won't want it. Catherine pours tea. And if you know, you know. That was the start of the thaw.

I think it was better to keep all the final shots on Catherine.

I thought the indecent images on Ron’s phone were a bit pointless. Oh actually - I’m going to change my mind even as I type! I suppose with Pfizer going down for murder, it would be hard to prosecute Rob for the older assaults on Joanna - so that gives a charge to know he’s getting his desserts too.

What epic screen writing though to make us feel
Empathy towards TLR because we know he had a absolute hell childhood , was never loved or shown love , in His messed up world he loved Ryan and he thought he loved Becky too
All that damage he caused everyone yet deep down he was craving to be Ryan's dad
I think it showed a lot to the nature v nurture debate too

She didn’t need to tell Ryan she loved him. Everything she ever did for him proved it.

And she called him love all the time.

Hmm feels decidely underwhelming.

I couldn’t tell whether he was relieved or scared when Faisal’s assistant told him about the arrest of the two who were working for Darius and blackmailing him. Did he think he was off the hook, or that they would drop him in it?

I would also love to know what the ending was she wrote that SL asked to be changed

Awesome tv!! Wow! Bit bloody fog Le bit still brilliant

Bloody!!!!

I thought it was a great last episode. Loved the sunglasses on the way out echoing the very start. Very well done.

Yes, truly brilliant.

And when Catherine confronted him about his threat to cut women's tits off "I didn't mean it!" Like a naughty school boy - totally deluded, no concept whatsoever of how evil he is!

SW if you'd reading this- you're brilliant!

I was surprised that she called TLR ‘love’, even sarcastically.

👌🏻 Nice

It's a bit like the BBC said - OK, fine, go on then, you're quite good you can have an extra 10 minutes and that's it - and then SW had to chop the last episode down, prioritising the brilliant tlr and Catherine scene

Stingy bbc

Do you honestly think the bbc would have minded if SW had said she wanted seven episodes or an extra ten mins? I mean it's one of the most watched programmes of recent years so I suspect it would have been fine.

Thought it was going to be full of complicated twists and turns but it wasn't, it was better than that Also all the theories about Catherine dying were wrong too, good .

Haven't seen anything this good for years .

Absolutely heart stoppingl heartful wonderful TV. Thank you Sally Wainwright and all of the cast.

@watcherintherye I don't know, I think I need to watch it again !

Her Dad is a predator

Was being a wee bit tongue in cheek there

'Bit of a damp squib, but this entire series hasn't really matched up to the first two, so I'm not surprised the ending was a bit underwhelming'

I agree really. Some great bits in the final episode, and great acting as always, but too much was tied up too neatly.

I know she was in her truck at the end, do we think she's actually off to the Himalayas?

I read that in TLR voice/accent.

@007DoubleOSeven yeah this!! as if it was just a harmless throw away angry remark !
He couldn't fathom
That she thought he'd been having Ryan on could he , that was all the truth for him the visits etc he did want Ryan in his life
I'm
Glad he told about Darius too

I thought it was perfectly done and writer stayed true to herself.

I think the way they tied up the Faisal storyline was perfect, we didn’t need to see all that, it was the b storyline and Catherine’s character wrapped it up nicely, I think with the indecent images maybe even being a nod to the daughter issues too perhaps?

anyways brilliantly done, very satisfied with that ending!

I like to think there's a parallel universe somewhere where Catherine Cawood and Saga Noren are kicking arse together.