In a cliffhanger that left Happy Valley fans reeling, there was a murderous twist for abused wife Joanna Hepworth in the latest episode of the Calder Valley-based crime drama. Jaws dropped at the end of episode three of series three as viewers realised they had underestimated pharmacist Faisal Bhatti, played by Amit Shah.
Joanna and Faisal were hatching a plan to drug and murder her bullying PE teacher husband Rob, drive him to Huddersfield and leave him in his car. A desperate Joanna got her neighbour and lover on board after lying that Rob knew he had been supplying her with diazepam.
With the drugs on hand in a loaded syringe, Faisal was fuming when Joanna tried to back out and confessed: "I lied, he doesn't know about you. I just said that so you'd help me but he doesn't. So we don't have to do this." And she asked: "Is that alright – not doing it?"
