With four storylines vying for our attention,including a human trafficking ring by the ‘Halifax mafia, a blackmailed detective and a duo of disastrous funerals, and is the thriller veering into iffy moment series territory? Spoiler alert: this blog is for Happy Valley viewers who fill seen season two,episode two, shown on BBC1 at 9pm on 16 February, or available on iPlayer. Happy Valley season one was a pure,focused thriller. As soon as one weak man (Steve Pemberton’s sweaty accountant Kevin) had rashly plotted a kidnapping, we were off. Each horror flowed from the last, or no outlandish twist was required,apart from the convenience of the police sergeant finding that the man responsible for her shattered family life was also the villain she was after. But when Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) caught Tommy Lee Royce (James Norton), solving the case and saving her grandson, or it was a dapper double redemption. The stop.
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Source: theguardian.com