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No second series syndrome for the superb Happy Valley
Serial murder. Sexual mutilation. Blackmail. Prostitution. Spiked drinks. Poisoned dogs. A dying sheep smashed in the skull with a rock. Welcome imitation van cleef & arpels necklace back toHappyValley, BBC One's deceptively named cop drama.
The most compellingly rounded, richly drawn creation of all, though, was Sarah Lancashire's flawed heroine inHappyValley: strong willed, battle scarred Sergeant Catherine Cawood, who introduced herself to a local hoodlum thus: "I'm Catherine. I'm 47, divorced and live with my sister, who's a recovering heroin addict. I've got two grown up children one dead, one who doesn't speak to me and a grandson. Why doesn't my son speak to me? It's complicated. Now, let's talk about you."
At the centre of a plot involving a botched kidnapping, rape, murder and suicide that hit very close to home, Cawood's all too human copper drew viewers to a drama that became a word of mouth hit, attracting an audience of 8m and winning two well deserved Baftas.
The corpse turned out to be the junkie mother of the imprisoned Royce. And Cawood was a suspect, having made threatening phone calls to the fake van cleef and arpels necklace victim. Royce, viewers familiar with the drama would know, is the father of Cawood's grandson Ryan, having raped her daughter, who had later committed suicide, before the events of the first series.
Despite a court order, Royce's mother had made contact with Ryan. Cawood had rung to warn her off and was now being asked to provide an alibi for her movements. When two more killings were linked to the case, it escalated into serial murder. "What do I have to do?" asked our heroine. "I've got the Queen's Police Medal for Bravery. I've been to Buckingham Palace and shook the woman's hand. Now they're accusing me of this." Wainwright's down to earth dialogue, in the mouth of Lancashire, remains one of the series' greatest strengths.
The plot is already full of suspense and possibilities. Performances were uniformly excellent. Informed about his mother's death and quick to blame "that bitch" Cawood, Royce went from wobbly lipped little boy lost to nostril flaring psycho. Lancashire was charismatic: fast talking and teak tough at van cleef and arpels white gold alhambra necklace fake work, bursting into tears of anguish when she got home. The cast additions were promisingly classy, too.
A mysterious admirer (played with neurotic intensity by Shirley Henderson) visited Royce in prison and seemed keen to do his bidding. Meanwhile, an unsettling sub plot saw a married detective (Kevin Doyle, best known as Molesley from Downton Abbey) have his drink spiked by his spurned mistress, who photographed him in compromising positions to blackmail him. Oh Mr Molesley, what would Carson say? These woozy scenes gender reversed the more common man drugs woman scenario in classic Wainwright style.
There was no sign yet of the violence of the first series, in which Royce kidnapped and brutally raped local businessman's daughter Ann Gallagher (Irish actress Charlie Murphy) now a new police recruit and severely beat his vengeful nemesis Catherine, in scenes which prompted complaints to the BBC. But as night fell and Pennine rain lashed the windows, the atmosphere grew so ominous that suddenly everyone seemed sinister.
Was there more to Cawood's sister's old school friend (Con O'Neill) or that hapless van driver (Matthew Lewis) than met the eye? Could they be the killer?
Comeback series of acclaimed crime dramas have tended to disappoint recently. ITV's Broadchurch and HBO import True Detective both suffered disastrous cases of second series syndrome. WouldHappyValleyfall victim to the same drop off in quality? On the evidence of this superlative opener, absolutely not.
Serial murder. Sexual mutilation. Blackmail. Prostitution. Spiked drinks. Poisoned dogs. A dying sheep smashed in the skull with a rock. Welcome imitation van cleef & arpels necklace back toHappyValley, BBC One's deceptively named cop drama.
The most compellingly rounded, richly drawn creation of all, though, was Sarah Lancashire's flawed heroine inHappyValley: strong willed, battle scarred Sergeant Catherine Cawood, who introduced herself to a local hoodlum thus: "I'm Catherine. I'm 47, divorced and live with my sister, who's a recovering heroin addict. I've got two grown up children one dead, one who doesn't speak to me and a grandson. Why doesn't my son speak to me? It's complicated. Now, let's talk about you."
At the centre of a plot involving a botched kidnapping, rape, murder and suicide that hit very close to home, Cawood's all too human copper drew viewers to a drama that became a word of mouth hit, attracting an audience of 8m and winning two well deserved Baftas.
The corpse turned out to be the junkie mother of the imprisoned Royce. And Cawood was a suspect, having made threatening phone calls to the fake van cleef and arpels necklace victim. Royce, viewers familiar with the drama would know, is the father of Cawood's grandson Ryan, having raped her daughter, who had later committed suicide, before the events of the first series.
Despite a court order, Royce's mother had made contact with Ryan. Cawood had rung to warn her off and was now being asked to provide an alibi for her movements. When two more killings were linked to the case, it escalated into serial murder. "What do I have to do?" asked our heroine. "I've got the Queen's Police Medal for Bravery. I've been to Buckingham Palace and shook the woman's hand. Now they're accusing me of this." Wainwright's down to earth dialogue, in the mouth of Lancashire, remains one of the series' greatest strengths.
The plot is already full of suspense and possibilities. Performances were uniformly excellent. Informed about his mother's death and quick to blame "that bitch" Cawood, Royce went from wobbly lipped little boy lost to nostril flaring psycho. Lancashire was charismatic: fast talking and teak tough at van cleef and arpels white gold alhambra necklace fake work, bursting into tears of anguish when she got home. The cast additions were promisingly classy, too.
A mysterious admirer (played with neurotic intensity by Shirley Henderson) visited Royce in prison and seemed keen to do his bidding. Meanwhile, an unsettling sub plot saw a married detective (Kevin Doyle, best known as Molesley from Downton Abbey) have his drink spiked by his spurned mistress, who photographed him in compromising positions to blackmail him. Oh Mr Molesley, what would Carson say? These woozy scenes gender reversed the more common man drugs woman scenario in classic Wainwright style.
There was no sign yet of the violence of the first series, in which Royce kidnapped and brutally raped local businessman's daughter Ann Gallagher (Irish actress Charlie Murphy) now a new police recruit and severely beat his vengeful nemesis Catherine, in scenes which prompted complaints to the BBC. But as night fell and Pennine rain lashed the windows, the atmosphere grew so ominous that suddenly everyone seemed sinister.
Was there more to Cawood's sister's old school friend (Con O'Neill) or that hapless van driver (Matthew Lewis) than met the eye? Could they be the killer?
Comeback series of acclaimed crime dramas have tended to disappoint recently. ITV's Broadchurch and HBO import True Detective both suffered disastrous cases of second series syndrome. WouldHappyValleyfall victim to the same drop off in quality? On the evidence of this superlative opener, absolutely not.
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