Happy Valley Page #6

Season #2 Episode #3

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PRAVEEN:

Did you complete the course of

treatment?

(nope. Silence)

Okay. I’m giving you options.

Catherine. Two options. I’d like

you to see the force psychologist.

(CATHERINE reacts. Badly)

I’d like you to complete whatever

course of treatment he suggests.

Or. The alternative, and I do think

it’s something you should consider.

Seriously, you’ve had a long and

distinguished career, you are a

highly respected officer who’s

suffered a major trauma. Why don’t

I have a case conference with HR to

take things forward down the

medical retirement route.

CATHERINE:

You’re not gonna do that to me.

PRAVEEN:

There is no stigma attached. You’d

retire on a full pension, you’d

CATHERINE:

(interrupts)

Yeah, and I’d miss the next three

years’ salary.

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PRAVEEN:

Well do you want to think about it?

CATHERINE:

No.

PRAVEEN:

Fine. So you’ll take the first

option.

(she doesn’t reply. It’s

no more attractive than

the second option)

You’ll see the force psychologist,

you’ll remain operational, but this

time you will complete whatever

course of treatment he suggests to

you.

CUT TO:

11 INT. THERAPISTS ROOM. DAY 8. 09.32 11

Back in the present with CATHERINE and the THERAPIST. Et

voila, that’s why we’re here. Under duress. Silence.

Eventually

THERAPIST:

And has Clare managed to stay dry?

During the last two weeks?

CATHERINE:

It’s early days. But yeah. It was

a lapse, it shook her more than

anyone. She’s been at every AA

meeting going since. They do all

sorts, they have a jive class, she

goes with this new boyfriend.

THERAPIST:

What about Daniel?

CATHERINE:

God knows.

THERAPIST:

And Ryan?

CATHERINE:

He can be fine. For weeks. But you

never know when the phone’s gonna

go and it’ll be Mrs. Beresford.

“You’re going to have to come in

and fetch him”.

THERAPIST:

You have a lot on.

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CATHERINE:

No more than most people my age. I

suspect.

THERAPIST:

You did something very selfless.

When you took Ryan on. There must

have been times when you’ve

struggled. With it.

CATHERINE:

I don’t dwell on it. I’ve always

focused on the fact that it isn’t

his fault.

THERAPIST:

Tell me about Tommy Lee Royce.

CATHERINE:

What about him?

THERAPIST:

(pause)

What took you to the funeral.

CATHERINE searches for something that won’t sound glib.

CATHERINE:

I have a friend. Who’s scared of

birds. A proper phobia. And one

day. This peacock. Came and sat

just outside her front door. No

idea where it came from. And it

just sat there. For hours. And she

didn’t dare go out, and her husband

was at work, and she said she felt

too stupid to ring anyone. So she

just stared at it. Through the

sitting room window. For two hours.

‘Til it left. And I said why? And

she said, “So I knew where it was”.

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