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Happy Valley viewers tuned into the breathless penultimate episode of the BBC drama on Sunday evening as Tommy Lee Royce revealed his grand plans.
The murderous character escaped at the end of the last episode and fans have now learned that he plans to run off to Marbella, with his son Ryan in tow.
Viewers admitted they could barely watch the dramatic episode as everything lined up for a dramatic showdown between Tommy and Sargent Catherine Cawood, as he revealed he plans to kill her before jetting off to Spain.
Shocking: Happy Valley viewers tuned into the breathless penultimate episode of the BBC drama on Sunday evening as Tommy Lee Royce revealed his grand plans
Many fans admitted they were unable to breathe as they watched the final minutes of the episode unfold, as Tommy contacted his son Ryan via XBox and shared his plans to move abroad, with Ryan horrifyingly promising he’d ‘think about it’.
As the credits rolled, one person said: ‘Can I breathe yet #HappyValley.’
Another agreed, writing: ‘Can I breathe yet #HappyValley.’
Sweet freedom! Once Tommy had jumped the dock in court, picked up his cyclist disguise and hit the road to the moors, he was picked up by criminal colleague Darius
Suggesting their plan had been in the works for a while, Darius tells Tommy: ‘Show no fear, you’ve come this far’
Spells trouble: The murderous character escaped at the end of the last episode and fans have now learned that he plans to run off to Marbella, with his son Ryan in tow
A third wrote: ‘Think about it!!! What else does he think we’ll be doing until next Sunday. #happyvalley.’
A different person said: ‘Christ on a bike, my heart is THUMPING.’
One other said: ‘How am I supposed to wait a whole week.’
Referencing the fact there is a lot to wrap up in one more episode, another said: ‘Please tell me next week is at least a 3 hour episode.
Reaction: Many fans admitted they were unable to breathe as they watched the final minutes of the episode unfold, as Tommy contacted his son Ryan via XBox and shared his plans to move abroad, with Ryan horrifyingly promising he’d ‘think about it’
Once Tommy had jumped the dock in court, picked up his cyclist disguise and hit the road to the moors, he was picked up by criminal colleague Darius.
Suggesting their plan had been in the works for a while, Darius tells Tommy: ‘Show no fear, you’ve come this far’.
Darius reveals Tommy’s plan to take Ryan away with him, saying: ”I’ll pick you up on Monday. If you haven’t got the boy by then you’ll have to go alone.’
Tommy replies: ‘I’ll have him.’
Fans were then horrified to learn of Tommy’s plans before he leaves for sunnier climes, as Darius says: ‘You’ll have sorted out your bit of business?’
Tommy replies: ‘Yeah’
Darius adds: It’s not that police woman is it? Tommy laughs: ‘Can you get me a gun?’
Back in Halifax, Catherine has learned of Tommy’s escape from her ex-husband Richard who was in the courtroom at the time.
Catherine, who also now knows Ryan had gone to watch his father’s trial, is worried about Ryan’s whereabouts as nobody can locate him.
As Tommy is dropped at a property in Halifax, Darius told him: ‘A week from now you’ll be in Marbella, you and your boy laughing your socks off.
Shocking: Fans were then horrified to learn of Tommy’s plans before he leaves for sunnier climes, as Darius says: ‘You’ll have sorted out your bit of business?’
He then warned: ‘This business with the police woman, I don’t think it’s a good idea.
Trying to talk some sense into him, he added: ‘All sorts of s*** is going to kick in, it makes me uncomfortable, I think you should let it go.’
‘We’ve been sensible, you’re out. You do something like that I can’t promise how it’ll all work out.’
However venomous Tommy admitted: ‘Getting even with this b**** is as important as getting to Marbella.’
‘I’m gonna find her, follow her, I’m gonna bide my time. I’m going to look for an opportunity, but it would sure as shit help if I had a gun.’
His friend told him no guns. Tommy replied: ‘We had a deal, I’ve stuck to my side of things. All that s*** about Chris Oxley.’
New abode: Tommy is dropped in Halifax where he is met by a man outside a house near where the raid happened in the previous episode
Tommy is dropped in Halifax where he is met by a man outside a house near where the raid happened in the previous episode
Elsewhere in the episode, Rob reported his wife’s murder to the police, in turn making him suspect number one thanks to his abusive behaviour.
Faisal returns home to see his wife and daughters huddled around the window peering out at the police presence outside Rob and Joanna’s home.
They are convinced of something untoward going on and he attempts to calm them down by reassuring them that he is sure it is nothing like that.
What’s going on? Faisal returns home to see his wife and daughters huddled around the window peering out at the police presence outside Rob and Joanna’s home
Laying low: Ryan turned up at Anne and Daniel’s as he searched for a place to lay low after running off to Leeds
Brutal: However he was soon turned away by Anne, who shared with him some home truths about his father in an epic rant after he claimed he was ‘unwelcome’ at home
Ryan turned up at Anne and Daniel’s as he searched for a place to lay low after running off to Leeds.
However he was soon turned away by Anne, who shared with him some home truths about his father in an epic rant after he claimed he was ‘unwelcome’ at home.
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Anne told Ryan: ‘What makes you think you’ll be any more welcome here? After visiting that prick. Do you know what your dad did to me? Shall I tell you? What he did to me.
‘What he did to your mum was no nicer than what he did to me. He raped her, humiliated and degraded her. He made her feel like ending her life might be a desirable option.’
Ryan explained that he would go and sleep in a ditch instead, and Anne brutally responded: ‘Ok fine, bye.’
Reaction: Viewers reacted to the intense exchange on Twitter, as they branded her speech ‘harsh’ but claimed that the youngster ‘needed to know the truth’
Viewers reacted to the intense exchange on Twitter, as they branded her speech ‘harsh’ but claimed that the youngster ‘needed to know the truth’.
Sharing a meme of an awkward-looking woman, one person said: ‘Me when Anne went off at Ryan. He needed to know like, but bloody hell, Anne.’
Another agreed, and said: ‘The way Anne went at Ryan. Think he needed to know though.’
One other viewer claimed it was the ‘highlight’ of the episode, writing: ‘In a show absolutely bursting with acting and writing talent, I have to say Anne’s speech was the highlight for me tonight.’
Anne told Ryan: ‘What makes you think you’ll be any more welcome here? After visiting that prick. Do you know what your dad did to me? Shall I tell you? What he did to me’
Once outside the house, Ryan confided in Daniel that he went to visit Tommy so that he could ‘make his own mind up about him’.
He explained: ‘I wanted to see him so I could make my own mind up about him, I wanted to work out what I thought about him. I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want it to kick off.
‘I feel sad for him. That he was born like that. Needing to be so nasty to people.’
Soon his grandmother Catherine arrived to pick him up and the duo exchanged another heartbreaking moment.
Honest: Once outside the house, Ryan confided in Daniel that he went to visit Tommy so that he could ‘make his own mind up about him’
He explained: ‘I wanted to see him so I could make my own mind up about him, I wanted to work out what I thought about him. I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want it to kick off’
After telling him what he had done was ‘stupid’, Ryan said: ‘Granny I love you.’
Catherine asked: ‘What’s brought that on?’ He tells her ‘nothing’, before she ushers him on and they headed home together: ‘Right, come on.’
After collecting Ryan, Catherine spoke to her sister Clare who informs her that the police want to talk to her and Neil because they visited Tommy.
Refusing to hold back Catherine told her: ‘Yeah, because you visited him for some unfathomable reason.’
Love: Soon his grandmother Catherine arrived to pick him up and the duo exchanged another heartbreaking moment’
After telling him what he had done was ‘stupid’, Ryan said: ‘Granny I love you’
Clare revealed a plan to fly them all out to Spain so they are protected until Tommy is caught.
Catherine savagely told her: ‘ You’re the last person I’d go on holiday with. You bore me. You have this dependant personality. You were talked into something so repugnant and offensive to me.
‘I know whatever I’ve done my best for you all. I’m going back to work, that bastard is still out there and I’m not just gonna sit on my a*** watching f***ing telly.’
A police investigation room sees a group of officers debate who could be behind the killing of Joanne Hepworth.
While there’s no doubt her husband is suspect number one, Joanne’s drug habit is brought up with the detective insisting he’d like to know who has been selling to her.
This means that Faisal could come into line of fire as the police officer questioned who was supplying her with diazepam.
Faisal is seen struggling with the death through repeated flashbacks.
Struggling: Faisal is seen struggling with the death through repeated flashbacks
In a harrowing final scene, Tommy contacted Ryan over X Box chat after memorising his username.
The conversation revolves around Tommy asking Ryan whether he is definitely alone and if he is able to meet up with him.
Tommy asked him: ‘What I’d like is for you and me to spend time together.’
Ryan told his dad that he had seen on the news that Tommy has been described as ‘armed and dangerous’, but Tommy retorted: ‘I’m not armed!’
Ryan explained: ‘I’m not allowed anywhere near home, they think you’re going to abduct me. And Tommy said: ‘Why would they think that? You visit me. We’re mates.’
Explaining his plan, Tommy said: ‘I’ve got this chance to get abroad and if you wanted you could come with me.’
Ryan said: ‘I can’t I’ve got my GCSEs in March.’
Tommy reassured him: ‘I know a fella who can set us up in Marbella, house, car money, job. What do you think of that? Do you want to come with me? We have to go on Monday.
‘You might be thinking it’s mad, but if you dwell on it, you might start to see that it is an opportunity, an adventure.’
Ryan assured him: ‘Ok, i’ll think about it.’
The conversation concluded and Tommy said: ‘I do love you, you know. You’re all I’ve got and all I’ve ever had. Shall we talk like this again tomorrow?’
Shocking: In a harrowing final scene, Tommy contacted Ryan over X Box chat after memorising his username
