He makes the time, along the way, to break into Catherine’s house. Here, he leafs through a photo album of his son Ryan . There is also a chilling – almost David Lynch-esque – sequence in which Tommy peers through a window into the room where Cawood is sitting.
But their face-off is postponed as he decides to sneak in through the basement. It is here that Catherine comes up to him in the final 10 minutes of this feature-length instalment. Tommy has overdosed on painkillers and is swigging whiskey. He then douses himself in petrol and sets himself ablaze – a bad man seeking atonement at the death.
He doesn’t get any satisfaction from Cawood. “You’re just a f***ed-up, frightened, damaged, deluded, nasty little toddler-brain in a big man’s body,” she says. It is a prognosis that viewers may have reached some time ago. Norton and Lancashire are both riveting – either would make for an excellent Bond. Happy Valley is at its most compelling when orbiting their tangle of slow-burning hatred. Nor can we overlook the importance of television that puts the experiences of a middle-aged woman front and centre .
Happy Valley is also to be credited for avoiding the lurid leaps of logic that were such a distraction with Line of Duty in its later years. But otherwise, it’s another grim British cop show – not unworthy of your attention but one which can be happily ignored too.
I take issue with Ed Power's review: 'But otherwise, it’s another grim British cop show – not unworthy of your attention but one which can be happily ignored too.' On the contrary, happyvalleybbc was extraordinary, compelling, superb, unmissable TV drama.
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