Should you watch Happy Valley?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Happy Valley
Series · 2014
Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine, a dedicated, experienced, hard-working copper. She is also a bereaved mother who looks after her orphaned grandchild.
The sides of Happy Valley
- A Yorkshire police sergeant raising her grandson
- The man who raped her daughter, out of prison
- A kidnapping gone wrong in the Calder Valley
Happy Valley is good for you if…
- you can't look away from Sarah Lancashire as Catherine Cawood.
- you like a long cat and mouse between Catherine and Tommy Lee Royce.
- you can take a crime story where grief never really leaves.
Happy Valley is bad for you if…
- you can't stand sudden, brutal violence.
- you can't watch a story built on rape and a daughter's suicide.
About: grief · motherhood · revenge
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