Happy Valley2014

Once again, there’s a clean, pithy script (“God, you’re hard work”), all-round naturalistic performances, strong themes (family, community, humour, grief, betrayal), and the promise of another full-throated, Old Testament-style battle between good and evil, with the whole topped by that watershed lead performance.

Currently watching Happy Valley, I'm on Episode 4, Season 1. Im particularly interested in the depiction of Yorkshire locals in the program. The presentation of female police officers and grief are focal to the plot.

Wainwright knows how to do a proper sendoff that speaks to the series’ many recurring themes, pays homage to its troubled locale, and honors its affecting stories. While there’s not much happiness to find in Happy Valley, there’s the right amount of satisfaction in the glimmer of hope that we get a peek of at the end.