Happy Valley fans were left on the edge of their seats as the latest episode aired. The fourth of six installments of the gritty drama aired on BBC One on Sunday night (January 22) and it left viewers thinking that Sergeant Catherine Cawood and psychopath Tommy Lee Royce will meet one last time before the end of the third and final season.
The series kicked off with Catherine discovering the remains of a gangland murder victim in a drained reservoir which has then sparked an unfortunate series of events that has lead her back to Tommy, the father of her grandson Ryan and her late daughter's rapist.
While he was quickly put in the frame for the historical crime, things took a turn for Catherine after a tip-off from her colleague in the police force saw her discover Ryan had been visiting his dad - and that it was her sister, Clare, who was facilitating Ryan's visits to the Category-A prison in Leeds with her partner, Neil Ackroyd.
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This led her to confront her sister in a tense cafe moment which has been hailed by fans as some of the best TV they have seen. The latest episode saw Catherine asking Neil not to take Ryan to the prison again, to which he agreed, before he and Clare sat down with Ryan to tell him that they could no longer help him and that his grandmother told him there was more that happened between his mum and dad before her death.
However, Ryan was undeterred and headed off to Leeds where Tommy was back in court preparing to stand trial for the murder of Gary Gaggowski, whose remains were found washed up in a reservoir in episode one. And the reason Tommy wanted his son in the room quickly became clear when Tommy staged a highly dramatic break-out.
With the help of his gangland associates, a fight broke out in the corridors and Tommy seized his chance, punching his guards out the way before jumping out of the box and legging it out of the court with no one able to stop him. The twisted character, played by James Norton, pelted out of the court and into a nearby newsagent's shop before stealing a bicycle and cycling clothing and riding off in disguise through the centre of Leeds.
However, eagle-eyed viewers tuning into the episode were quick to point out that Tommy wasn't even in Leeds to begin with. @manny_1988 tweeted: "Mad how Tommy escapes from Bolton and ends up in Leeds #HappyValley," alongside a screengrab of Tommy running through the streets while a second showed him on the bike he stole in the closing moments of the episode.
@Paul_R27 wrote: "Tommy Lee Royce entering a newsagent in Bolton and exiting in Leeds. I'm never going in that newsagent. #HappyValley." @DavidLaney commented: "Happy Valley filming continuity amazing. He breaks out of court exterior scenes Bolton. Dives into a newsagent in Bolton town centre but rides his bike away from God knows where?! Definitely not Bolton #HappyValley."
@nemo_1304 joked: "The news agents in bolton has a portal to another town. Need to take a visit will save me on train fare #happyvalley." @islandniles added: "Good old Bolton pretending to be Leeds there (until the final shot). The old Magistrates court gets used for so much filming! #HappyValley."
And it's not the first time. Fans of hit BBC drama have been flocking from across the UK to the Bolton cafe where a dramatic scene in the show took place despite being portrayed as being in Sheffield.
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