The last time we saw Tommy Lee Royce, he was pedalling through the streets of Leeds after leaping from the dock in court. Sergeant Catherine Cawoods journalist ex Richard, who witnessed Tommy's dramatic Spiderman-like escape, filled Catherine in on the events over the phone, launching a breathless race to protect her family.
Meanwhile, a murder investigation began following the discovery of Joanna Hepworth in a suitcase. It was almost too much excitement and terror to bear.
Happy Valley's penultimate episode, as we prepare for the curtain to fall after three series, was one of polar opposites. From escaped psychopath Tommy breathing clean fresh air into his lungs after pedalling over the moors above Bradford, to claustrophobic scenes of Tommy confined again to the back of a van driven by gang boss Darius. Then we held our breath as he was holed-up in a terraced house with a curmudgeonly beetroot-chopping elderly man, fearing he might seize the opportunity and dice him with it.
