Happy Valley viewers were treated to another stellar episode of the highly anticipated issue of the BBC One show on Sunday evening.
BBC viewers were overjoyed to see the show – which stars Sarah Lancashire as the police community officer for the West Yorkshire Police Department – make its return after years off air. However, they have been left pointing out what was seemingly a major issue with Tommy Lee Royce’s latest scenes.
Fans have now speculated that Sergeant Catherine Cawood and psychopath Tommy will meet one last time before the end of the third and final season.
Some fans of the BBC drama noted that the writers were hinting at Catherine meeting her demise, as the show aired some big scenes which saw Tommy escape custody during his sentencing.
Last night's episode, the fourth, saw a huge cliff-hanger as Tommy, played by James Norton, managed to abscond from custody during his sentencing. There was a fight in the courtroom halls and he managed to escape by distracting security staff.
Shouting “I'm police”, he ran out of the courtroom before the doors were locked behind him. He headed into a newsagents, before disguising himself as a cyclist and riding off in disguise into the world, specifically through the centre of Leeds.
Fans now believe there is a looming confrontation in store between him and Sergeant Cawood in coming episodes.
Taking to Twitter, one fan wrote: “Mad how Tommy escapes from Bolton and ends up in Leeds,” alongside a screengrab of Tommy running through the streets.
A second chimed: “Tommy Lee Royce entering a newsagent in Bolton and exiting in Leeds. I'm never going in that newsagent.”
A third added: “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.”
“The news agents in Bolton has a portal to another town. Need to take a visit will save me on train fare,” another viewer joked.
Viewers of the gritty BBC drama have fallen in love with its West Yorkshire landscape.
Writer Sally Wainwright conceived the show as a tribute to her native Calder Valley and the locations are becoming hot spots for tourists.
The former mill town of Hebden Bridge is known for its independent spirit, sense of community and activism ever since hippies squatted in empty buildings in the 1970s.
