Happy Valley Page #2

Season #1 Episode #3

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She indicates that she wants him to get out of the van.

LEWIS:

No I’ll - I’ll take your word for

it, I’ll get it seen to.

KIRSTEN:

I just want you to come and look at

how dangerous it is. Particularly

on your off-side. D’you mind?

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 5A.

LEWIS hesitates. KIRSTEN gently persists. LEWIS decides to do

as he’s told.

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HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 6.

9 INT/EXT. MINI/SCAMMONDEN ROAD. EVENING 7. 17.23 9

In his rear-view mirror, TOMMY sees LEWIS getting out of the

van. This is bad. He thinks things through, then efficiently,

calmly, turns the Mini around in the road.

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10 EXT. SCAMMONDEN ROAD. EVENING 7. 17.24 10

KIRSTEN walks to the back of the van. LEWIS walks to the back

of the van.

KIRSTEN:

See?

LEWIS nods, manages to murmur ”Yup”. KIRSTEN looks at him.

KIRSTEN (CONT’D)

Are you all right?

LEWIS:

I fink...

(he’s aware he’s probably

shaking with nerves)

I might be going down with

something. Like ‘flu.

KIRSTEN:

Okay. Well. You drive safely, okay?

And

(nods at the light)

Get that seen to. Yeah? Soon.

Otherwise you’re gonna be causing

an accident, and you just don’t

need that sort of hassle, do you?

LEWIS:

No. Yeah. Fanks. Sorry.

Just then TOMMY pulls in behind them in the Mini. KIRSTEN

thinks nothing of it; she probably makes the subconscious

decision that whoever drives that sort of car isn’t going to

pose any kind of threat. Just then there’s a bump from inside

the van, and the van moves. (It’s ANN, obviously, trying to

draw attention to herself. There may even be a muffled/gagged

cry for help).

KIRSTEN:

(a smile)

What you got in there? An elephant?

LEWIS:

No. Just. My dog.

KIRSTEN’s curious. Why would a dog start making a fuss now

rather than earlier?

HAPPY VALLEY. EPISODE THREE. BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT 7.

And anyway, it just didn’t sound like a dog. A dog would

bark. Properly. Surely. Not that KIRSTEN shows LEWIS she’s

suspicious. She keeps it light

KIRSTEN:

What sort is he?

LEWIS hesitates a split second too long.

LEWIS:

Labrador.

KIRSTEN:

Nice. What’s he called?

First thing that comes into his head

LEWIS:

Tommy.

KIRSTEN:

Can I see him?

LEWIS can’t help glancing at the Mini, and so KIRSTEN becomes

more aware of it too.

We glimpse TOMMY inside the Mini, continuing to watch LEWIS’s

progress in the rear view mirror, only he’s much closer now.

LEWIS:

Well you could. Only if I open

t’doors he’ll run off.

Just then there’s a more sustained attempt on ANN’s part to

draw attention to herself. More movement, more banging

around, more muffled sounds that are distinctly less dog and

more human. We glimpse TOMMY again; he clocks the movement of

the van.

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