Episode 3 Season 1 Episode Summary: PC Kirsten McAskill inadvertently pulls over the van holding Ann resulting into a grave unexpected turn of events. Recent developments cause the kidnappers to consider ending the abduction after the last ransom payment giving Nevison Gallagher hope of her daughter’s return. Sgt. Catherine Cawood unlawfully breaks inside Tommy’s last known whereabouts and discovers probable criminal activity in the cellar.
Happy Valley Recap of Episode 3 Season 1: PC Kirsten McAskill is happily chatting with Sgt. Catherine Cawood on the radio about the odd affinity of sheep farmers towards their sheep when she comes across a speeding white van with a broken tail-light. PC McAskill informs Sgt. Cawood of her plan to pull over the white van not knowing Ann Gallagher is hidden inside it, and Tommy Lee Royce is following behind in Ann’s yellow Mini Cooper. Tommy Lee Royce pulls ahead of them watching closely as PC McAskill speaks to Lewis Whippey of his traffic violation including the broken tail-light, which she insists Lewis inspect with her. PC McAskill is ready to let Lewis go when she hears Ann’s muffled screaming and banging on the door that grows louder causing her to insist on Lewis to open the van’s door. Tommy Lee Royce drives the Mini Cooper behind the van, but PC McAskill thinks nothing of it until Tommy pins her into the van with the car and runs her over multiple times for good measure horrifying Lewis Whippey. Tommy orders the shocked Lewis to drive away, while he follows him but not before running over the constable a few times more.
PC McAskill managed to call for help alerting Sgt. Cawood to send the police force to her aid, but unfortunately was unable to complete the PNC request denying the police identification of the white transit van. Sgt. Catherine Cawood and PC Shafiq Shah followed by PC Twiggy arrive at the crime scene where the brutalized body of PC Kirsten McAskill lays motionless. Sgt. Cawood initiates the investigation of PC McAskill’s murder and begins preserving evidence as PC Shah and Twiggy are still processing the death of their colleague. CS Praveen Badal tells Sgt. Cawood to go home but she ends up being the one to tell and console PC McAskill’s husband, Ollie, the painful news of his wife’s murder. Out of compassion for the distraught widower, Sgt. Cawood offers to deliver the heartbreaking news to the late constable’s parents. Unlike Sgt. Cawood, CS Badal’s compassion does not go beyond instructing her to go home after she has completed the necessary paperwork, and callously questions Sgt. Cawood’s arrest of Councilor Marcus Gascoigne. Sgt. Cawood leaves no doubt to the legitimacy of the councilor’s arrest, but CS Badal instructs her to prevent having the packet of cocaine sent to the lab and insists she obstruct justice when she refused to comply to his request.
At home, Catherine could no longer contain her emotions as she imparts to Clare the evening’s events including her guilt for her cruelty at letting PC McAskill feel incompetent following her failure to arrest Councilor Marcus Gascoigne herself. She copes with her grief by contemplating the crime PC McAskill must have uncovered, which led to her violent death, but it’s not enough for the colleague’s murder had resurfaced the trauma of her daughter’s death causing Catherine to see images of her. Catherine manages to function despite having anxiety attacks of her own, and reminds her team to do their jobs with compassion and respect for the people they serve will not know their grief. Sgt. Cawood and Twiggy arrest a writhing, delusional addict convinced the government is spying on him when one of his neighbors starts singing a song disrespectfully alluding to the death of PC McAskill. Sgt. Cawood does not tolerate the impudence, roughly arrests the insolent man, and in the privacy of the police car squeezes the man’s genitals leaving the man in tears, terrified, and apologetic.
Tommy and Lewis manage to bring Ann to Ashley’s caravan park where Ashley instructs Tommy to dump Ann in the middle of nowhere alive, but Tommy disagrees and directs Ashley to demand an even higher ransom informing him of Lewis’ mistakes which could almost certainly lead the police to them leaving Ashley to follow Tommy’s orders. Ashley calls Nev to demand more money, sends proof of life as per Nev’s requirement, and informs the tormented father of possibly letting Ann go after the last ransom payment.
Jenny Weatherill notices Kevin’s distress, and becomes equally distressed upon learning he has taken part of the ransom that is now hidden in their car. However, both of them have reservations parting with the money and after short deliberations both agree to keep and use the ransom money prudently to avoid suspicion. Meanwhile, Helen Gallagher is watching the news of the police investigation surrounding PC McAskill’s murder, unware of her daughter’s kidnappers’ involvement. She goes to her volunteer work at the mission where her friend Clare whom she helped through her addiction also volunteers, and confides her need to speak to a discreet police officer hoping Clare would connect her with Catherine.
Sgt. Cawood returns to the police station, begins cleaning up PC McAskill’s locker resurfacing her grief, and triggers morbid hallucinations of her deceased daughter. Ollie’s visit adds to her sorrow when the grieving husband blames Catherine for Kirsten’s death attributing her recent harsh treatment of the fallen police officer as the reason for Kirsten’s need to prove herself. Catherine once again finds diversion in Richard who she was ignoring following his refusal to acknowledge Ryan as his grandson, and surprisingly learns Richard has had a change of heart. Their date is cut short when she remembers needing to be home to speak with Clare’s friend, Helen, only to learn the woman did not show up causing her to worry and to demand Clare call her friend. Catherine speaks with Helen, senses her reticence, and begins to suspect her husband’s presence as the cause, which in fact is the case after Nev prevented Helen from going to Catherine’s house to speak to her believing the kidnappers will let Ann go after the last ransom payment. Although Helen agreed to forego speaking with Catherine, she remains unconvinced of her husband’s belief and refusal to involve the police.
Kevin agrees to make the last drop despite his initial reluctance to do so, and goes to the caravan park to hand Ashley the ransom money learning from past experience to bypass specific drop-off instructions. Kevin once again receives his cut of the ransom money, and comes across an upset Lewis who blames him for everything that has happened revealing the murder of the policewoman as a tragic consequence of the kidnapping.
Sgt. Cawood illegally breaks into the house where Tommy was last seen, finds it suspiciously empty despite signs of habitation, leading her to explore further resulting in her discovery of blood and signs of other criminal activity in the cellar. Catherine calls Clare confiding her discovery, and the problem of reporting it given its unlawful attainment. Clare is more concerned with Catherine’s plans with Tommy, which is the reason why she kept secret seeing Tommy at the mission, and remains worried upon hearing Catherine’s need to prevent Tommy from hurting anyone else.
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