From start to finish. Genuinely angered me at times seeing how dim some of the characters were and just how evil others were portrayed.
Sarah Lancashire was phenomenal otherwise. The highlight of a tasteless programme which pretty much tried to out do itself with gutless acts of cruelty as each episode passed.
I hope the high rating is for the actors involved and not the scummy storyline.
Awww, diddums! Bring back Heartbeat eh?
shareIt's a crime drama - they're all very much of the same ilk. I don't think it was any more disgusting or depressing than any other similar types of programme.
And the horrible thing is that things like this do, unfortunately, happen in real life.
Well said OP! It was a pretty sick show really and clearly old Sal had got so bored of writing about Halifax pensioners she decided to cut lose with some good old ultra-violence towards defenceless women. Good 9pm viewing all round! Not.
And just because horrible things happen in real life doesn't mean I want to see it in my living room so that excuse doesn't cut it. Glad I gave up on it when I did.
And just because horrible things happen in real life doesn't mean I want to see it in my living room so that excuse doesn't cut it. Glad I gave up on it when I did.
Just because you don't want to watch something disturbing, doesn't mean you're burying your head in the sand !!
You just have to read the paper or watch the news to see how bad things are but I had to give up because it was upsetting me, but I'm not stupid enough to think this doesn't happen, I know only too well but I don't want to see it thanks.
It was excellent from what I saw, it's just my life is miserable enough so sometimes butterflies & unicorns keep you going.
And yet guess what? Not everybody likes to bury their head in the sand and pretend the world is unicorns and butterflies like you and the OP. Imagine that! People have opinions that differ from yours! *gasp*
Good thing there's more than enough rosy silly sitcom crap for you to watch. And a few rare good realistic dramas like this one for the rest of us.
Well you're a rather rude troll aren't you 'Ithilfaen'?
And just because horrible things happen in real life doesn't mean I want to see it in my living room so that excuse doesn't cut it. Glad I gave up on it when I did
And just because horrible things happen in real life doesn't mean I want to see it in my living room so that excuse doesn't cut it. Glad I gave up on it when I did.
Quite apart from disagreeing with you on other issues, ( calling it a 'sick show' for instance) I would like to point out that there are NO "defenceless women" in this .You should wish to be as strong as the actual kidnap victim , let alone the other women involved. Part of the great value of this series is that there ARE no stereotyped "defenceless women" .
shareWho thinks we actually want to consume this crap and enjoy it?
I would like to point out that there are NO "defenceless women" in this .You should wish to be as strong as the actual kidnap victim , let alone the other women involved.
And you are a rude and silly person 'spicy demon' ( says it all really ). The term defenceless has quite a different meaning than having something awful happen to you. By definition a police woman is hardly defenceless, and the kidnap victim was immediately proactive as soon as the opportunity arrived .
shareListen mmsbk. You're a stupid brainless idiot. You go on about someones name and have such little creative intellect you have to go by a tedious moniker of mmsbk. Now do f off. And if you can't then listen. Defenceless of course means if something bad happens which injures you so you are unable to fight back. Like I don't know being RUN OVER PERHAPS? So as she was knocked out she is thus DEFENCELESS. Unable to respond. Unable to defend herself when driven over again. Listen lets agree to disagree.
You're being a slow fool to wind me up on purpose I'm sure.
ultra-violence against women is nothing new. What I LOVED was the ultra-heroics of women in this series! The fact that the girl, after being bound and raped and finally escapes went BACK in order to save a police officer, and that a female police officer went into that hell pit to save her in the first place makes me proud to be a utero-carrying viewer :)
Someone who disagrees with you is NOT a hater 😉
I'm assuming the OP would be happier watching a "Friends" marathon! Surely you had some idea what the series was about before you started watching it? You knew it wasn't going to be "Heartbeat" or "Only Fools and Horses". Why bother complaining about it? Use that negative energy of yours on a far worthier cause.
shareAgree wholeheartedly. Sarah L shines - the story dim, dark and tasteless - gone American have they?
Who thinks we actually want to consume this crap and enjoy it? Please, at least In Bruges had some comic relief.
isn't that the point of the show? she is trying to stop these sick people it wouldn't be very interesting if they if they were just petty thieves or something
shareI agree with the OP. I love crime movies but something about this one actually left me feeling sick. Didn't finish it. I get sick just thinking about it and had to come here to see if I was the only one.
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To the OP: If this show bothered that much, I hope you never see a single episode of "Law & Order", any of the "CSI" series, either version of "The Killing", "Dexter", "Prime Suspect", the "Red Riding" mini-series, "True Detective", "Fargo" (the movie and TV show), "Bates Motel". And for God's sake, stay away from movies like "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (both versions), "Gone Girl", "No Country For Old Men", "Seven", "Silence of the Lambs", etc.
shareOP should go home and blow their brains out, clearly they can't handle the reality of the world if a tv show bothers them that much. Stick to Big Bang Theory, kid.
shareThe lead actress was phenomenal, I agree but the characters were drawn as if by a 6-year-old. I laughed most of my way through. That accountant was just not believable. Just to send his kids to a better school? But what do you expect from a country where they call television "telly" and expect us all in the rest of the world to not laugh. British people think they are the only people on this planet and act like it. Imagine a people who invented the English language and abuse it so badly the rest of the world has to use subtitles to understand what the characters are saying?
That accountant was just not believable. Just to send his kids to a better school?
The lead actress was phenomenal, I agree but the characters were drawn as if by a 6-year-old. I laughed most of my way through. That accountant was just not believable. Just to send his kids to a better school? But what do you expect from a country where they call television "telly" and expect us all in the rest of the world to not laugh. British people think they are the only people on this planet and act like it. Imagine a people who invented the English language and abuse it so badly the rest of the world has to use subtitles to understand what the characters are saying?
Just ignore trolls.
shareIn reply to the OP, (I am not reading the entire thread) I understand the objection and I agree to a point.
Let me first say the writing, acting and production values of Happy Valley are first rate.
But the first three episodes were unrelenting and harrowing. One would need to have been a psychopath to have actually enjoyed it. I stayed with it hoping for the payoff, and thankfully, the last half of the series delivered, at least in part.
Still, I wonder about this sort of thing as entertainment. This is drama not a documentary. If I am being shown people being brutalised, there needs to be a dramatic reason for that. I'm not saying that has to be some kind of religious morality tale, but drama cannot exist in a moral vacuum either.
The first three episodes looked like a sort of pornography; a desire to excite and titillate a lowbrow audience trained on violent videos and American dross. It genuine troubles me to see a writer's work treated this way by a director on some kind of mission for ratings.