Page 7 | HAPPY VALLEY S3 - thread 7 to chat and muse about the last ever episode

Blondeshavemorefun · 2023-02-06T09:20:01+00:00

Several people have messaged me to ask if I will do another thread as still all chatting about it 6 is almost full so here you can linked to this one the previous 6 1 https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/telly_addicts/4710280-happy-valley-series-3-bbc1-9pm-starts-1-january-2023-no-spoilers-tv-pace?reply=123037566 2 https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/telly_addicts/4718852-happy-valley-series-3-bbc1-9pm-started-1-january-2023-no-spoilers-tv-pace-thread-2?reply=123279174 3 https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/telly_addicts/4724933-happy-valley-series-3-bbc1-sundays-9pm-no-spoilerstv-pace-thread-3?reply=123400097 4 https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/telly_addicts/4728813-happy-valley-s3-sundays-9pm-bbc-1-tv-pace-no-spoilers-thread-4?reply=123407648 5 https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/telly_addicts/4731641-happy-valley-s3-tv-pace-no-spoilers-thread-5 6 https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/telly_addicts/4736071-happy-valley-s3-tv-pace-no-spoilers-thread-6-and-episode-6-and-the-last-ever-episode-forever?reply=123662539

TitsInAbsentia · 06/02/2023 14:29

JaneJeffer · 06/02/2023 12:48

.

This needs to be posted on every should I/would I/could I answer the door thread on MN until the end of time!

Original poster

Blondeshavemorefun · 06/02/2023 14:33

And if was 47 9yrs ago would be 56/57 now and retirement age

OP posts:

the80sweregreat · 06/02/2023 14:39

They retire younger in the police force
The murders were very Tarantino.

Deadringer · 06/02/2023 14:40

I wondered if the police could hear the exchange between Catherine and TLR once she hit the alarm on her radio. We had the subtitles on and 'indistinct chatter from radio' kept coming up, so just wondering if it is a thing that they can listen and possibly record for evidance if an officer in peril alarm goes off. Anyone know?

JaneJeffer · 06/02/2023 14:42

Zeljko was such an idiot to go back towards TLR but I suppose he'd have spent a long time in jail anyway.

MissHavishamsMouldyOldCake · 06/02/2023 14:46

JaneJeffer · 06/02/2023 12:48

.

Imagine ignoring the doorbell thinking ‘oh it’ll just be Clive from down the road wanting to discuss the changeS to the bin collection timetable’ and then 20 mins later finding a note pushed through the door from James Norton saying ‘sorry I missed you, beautiful’.

IT COULD HAPPEN.

Umanresources · 06/02/2023 14:47

I thought that Becky saying, “Go home mum”, meant that she should stop going as much to the grave. She did seem to spend a lot of time there, with Claire and Ryan (who never seemed to acknowledge the grave). It felt like she wasn’t letting Becky be at peace as long as she kept her hatred of TLR alive.

The going home was a chance for Catherine to finally rest, because she had realised that Ryan was nothing like TLR. When he was younger and he trashed his room or lost his temper, she must have had that worry but his insightful remarks about Claire and the fact that he had told the police about the chat on the games console showed that he was more like her.

I enjoy reading about what happened next to the people on Bakeoff, or Sewing Bee but didn’t need a list of what happened to the rest of the ‘baddies’. I think I could safely assume that they eventually would get their own comeuppance.

I could imagine Claire knitting and crocheting trying to keep her hands busy while Catherine was out working, helping to distract her from her addiction. I like to think that the finished articles were signs of her caring nature and Catherine didn’t even realise the scarf was her own security blanket. The actual blanket did save her home from being destroyed though.

Lovely ❤️

Emotionalsupportviper · 06/02/2023 14:48

Blondeshavemorefun · 06/02/2023 14:29

I hope police will find the bodies in the field before the farmer does

Round here the crows and seagulls would have had them stripped to the bone by the time Tommy dragged himself out of the field.

overwork · 06/02/2023 14:48

Anyone know what the alternative endings were? I think I read that they'd filmed scenes but then discussed it and realised it wasn't the right ending, so they filmed it again. I just wonder what would have happened in a parallel universe!

Emotionalsupportviper · 06/02/2023 14:49

Deadringer · 06/02/2023 14:40

I wondered if the police could hear the exchange between Catherine and TLR once she hit the alarm on her radio. We had the subtitles on and 'indistinct chatter from radio' kept coming up, so just wondering if it is a thing that they can listen and possibly record for evidance if an officer in peril alarm goes off. Anyone know?

Don't police have cameras now? Could she have had her camera on. They pick up dialogue, too, not just an image.

007DoubleOSeven · 06/02/2023 14:51

Claire really made their home a home.

I think she was the one who painted the kitchen with those decorated cabinets. It was a home filled with love and care from top to bottom...from the cabinets to Ryan's school picture to his sock in his bedroom.

JoanThursday · 06/02/2023 14:51

AntonDuPig · 06/02/2023 10:39

Personally, I loved that we weren’t spoon fed all the tying ups (I know, I know, yes I just made that up 😂) of what happens to vile Rob, Pfizer and the OCG because I like to think SW aren’t treating her viewers like simpletons who can’t infer what will happen from what she has given us.
She knows we are all smarter than that 😁
For me, the ending was perfect because there were no dramatic over the top shoot outs, no Catherine storming into her own house, all guns (metaphorically!) blazing, no Ryan in imminent danger - having to choose between his beloved Granny and his dad, further traumatising him.
I am super happy that Catherine didn’t harm TLR, and the fact that he did not die in her house as that would’ve taken away everything that the house represented for Ryan - his memories of a happy childhood, where he was (and knew it, even during all those times he was being a pita - lashing out and kicking off) loved and cherished by his Granny and Aunty Clare.

Catherine knew she had won (nature vs. nurture) when Ryan spilled the beans re his contact with TLR, and shared all the info with the major incident team.
It was solely down to him that Catherine reconciled with Clare. His speech really made her take stock, and realise Ryan being a good lad (‘a prince’!) was partly down to Clare. Clare has been the one who filled in all the gaps in Ryan’s childcare as we know Catherine works shifts. He repeated “Clare was always there. She’s always been there, ever since I can remember” - that really hit home for Catherine, you could almost see her heart defrosting there and then 😂
She 100% knew then that our Ryan was a good ‘un, that he was more like her than she ever realised.

There were two little snapshots of this earlier on in the series which pin pointed this to me.
The first was when Catherine stopped by Clare and Neil’s flat to drop off Ryan’s stuff after she’d found out he’d been visiting TLR.
She asked him if he knew what ‘hereditary’ meant, and he said something like yeah, stuff you inherit from your parents… < Catherine interrupts > he continues with - ‘or grandparents’ (totally paraphrasing here!)
Then there was the scene where she went into the Hepworth house for the first time, and vile Rob was pissed because she’d taken so long to get there. Catherine retorted that he’d called 999, when “FYI” he should’ve really called the non emergency number.
Ryan later echoed her use of “FYI” later on, I think in the school meeting scenes after vile Rob had accused him of defacing his car.

Sorry that was mega long 😳🤣
Will stop my waffling now and get on with some actual work!

TLDR I thought the ending was 👌🏻

💯

MissHavishamsMouldyOldCake · 06/02/2023 14:51

overwork · 06/02/2023 14:48

Anyone know what the alternative endings were? I think I read that they'd filmed scenes but then discussed it and realised it wasn't the right ending, so they filmed it again. I just wonder what would have happened in a parallel universe!

I think on one of the other threads someone said the alternate endings would be included on a DVD release. Would be interesting to see them.

Emotionalsupportviper · 06/02/2023 14:52

I enjoy reading about what happened next to the people on Bakeoff, or Sewing Bee but didn’t need a list of what happened to the rest of the ‘baddies’. I think I could safely assume that they eventually would get their own comeuppance.

Same here.

007DoubleOSeven · 06/02/2023 14:52

I watched it again today and feel happier with the way it was tied up- when you start watching it with all the anticipation for a grand finale, it's easy to miss things.

007DoubleOSeven · 06/02/2023 14:52

I watched it again today and feel happier with the way it was tied up- when you start watching it with all the anticipation for a grand finale, it's easy to miss things.

JoanThursday · 06/02/2023 14:58

Pandor · 06/02/2023 14:08

I agree with an earlier comment that not wrapping up the teacher and pharmacist storylines any more “neatly” than they did just shows that from Catherine’s pov she is done with it now and is stepping back.

We know enough to get a good sense that things are rapidly going bad for both of them (thanks to Catherine), but they are now someone else’s mess to tidy up, and that will take months/years. They are no longer part of her story.

Yes! It would have been too neat for Catherine to tie up all those loose ends and then retire. Policing continues, whether or not she's involved, and her job is now done.

Cormoransjacket · 06/02/2023 15:14

I am assuming that the police will find out that Faisel killed Joanna in the end. I really want Poppy and Florence to be able to have a safe and happy childhood with their Grandma. Will Rob be convicted of enough to prevent him having unsupervised access to the girls?

JaneJeffer · 06/02/2023 15:19

I keep thinking about different bits. The way Neil and Catherine were looking at each other when Ryan went in to get breakfast 😂

CaptainMyCaptain · 06/02/2023 15:26

Cormoransjacket · 06/02/2023 15:14

I am assuming that the police will find out that Faisel killed Joanna in the end. I really want Poppy and Florence to be able to have a safe and happy childhood with their Grandma. Will Rob be convicted of enough to prevent him having unsupervised access to the girls?

I'd rather they went to the maternal grandparents than Rob's.

CaptainMyCaptain · 06/02/2023 15:27

Catherine's face when the senior Police Officer said the girls would be Ok because they had a Grandmother. Spoke a thousand words. As if, yes, the girls might be Ok but will the Gran be able to deal with the aftermath.

CuriousMama · 06/02/2023 15:30

CaptainMyCaptain · 06/02/2023 15:26

I'd rather they went to the maternal grandparents than Rob's.

Show quote history

It's ok they did 🤗

CaptainMyCaptain · 06/02/2023 15:32

CuriousMama · 06/02/2023 15:30

It's ok they did 🤗

Show quote history

I bow to your superior knowledge 😜.

martinisforeveryone · 06/02/2023 15:32

MissHavishamsMouldyOldCake · 06/02/2023 14:51

I think on one of the other threads someone said the alternate endings would be included on a DVD release. Would be interesting to see them.

Show quote history

I heard a podcast with the director, there weren't any alternative endings so far as the narrative is concerned, the scenes were filmed from different perspectives for them to choose which worked best, that's all.

absolutelyincandescentwithrage · 06/02/2023 15:38

@Blondeshavemorefun Queensbury is about half an hour from Hebden Bridge. Famous for having its own micro climate - I remember headlines in the Telegraph and Argus back in the 80s because it had snowed in June in Queensbury! I used to drive over the tops through Queensbury to get to my dad's in Skipton, and more than once there was heavy snow up there when it was clear in the valleys.