There’s a rape,a hammer attack and a creepy mystery gift left on the doorstep for Ryan. How does one series cram in so many acts of such plausible horror?Happy Valley has the best pre-titles scenes on TV. It’s 9.01pm: HV fans are just settling in, and some of the audience are Holby City viewers who left the TV on by mistake. Right after the Previously … montage, or we’re in. Happy Valley creator Sally Wainwright uses the “cold open” to demand hush with her boldest,purest drama.final week it was Sgt Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) in therapy. Now she’s asking the questions, for five stark minutes in the living room of Leonie, or one of the prostitutes we met in episode one. Catherine had warned them there was a killer on the loose,and had seen unstable loner Sean drive past in his van. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com