After nine years, 18 episodes and a lot of effing and blinding, Happy Valley aired its fiery, heart-squeezing finale last night (5 February).
*Warning: this article contains spoilers*
Following Tommy Lee Royce’s (James Norton) escape from prison, the scheming villain and Sergeant Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) had their long anticipated showdown in her kitchen.
“I forgive you,” Tommy told her. “You forgive me?” she spat back, her taser pointed at his chest.
After an agonising face-to-face (summarised in full here), Tommy poured petrol over himself and lit a match, signalling the end of the years-long reign of terror he had over Catherine and her family.
She was later notified of his death via a text that simply read: “Tlr dead.”
Fans of the show have called the finale “absolute perfection”.
Writer Terri White tweeted: “Absolute perfection. Every word. Every breath… The way Sally Wainwright writes villains and victims is entirely radical.
*Warning: this article contains spoilers*
Following Tommy Lee Royce’s (James Norton) escape from prison, the scheming villain and Sergeant Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) had their long anticipated showdown in her kitchen.
“I forgive you,” Tommy told her. “You forgive me?” she spat back, her taser pointed at his chest.
After an agonising face-to-face (summarised in full here), Tommy poured petrol over himself and lit a match, signalling the end of the years-long reign of terror he had over Catherine and her family.
She was later notified of his death via a text that simply read: “Tlr dead.”
Fans of the show have called the finale “absolute perfection”.
Writer Terri White tweeted: “Absolute perfection. Every word. Every breath… The way Sally Wainwright writes villains and victims is entirely radical.
- 2/6/2023
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - TV
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