History Series / HappyValley

* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:Ryan. The end of Series 2 and throughout Series 3 initially sets it up to look like he had fallen under the sway of Tommy. It then turns out that Ryan visited Tommy to find out on his own who he is. When he's questioned about his communications with Tommy, he cooperates fully and helps track him down. Notably, at no point in the entire series does Ryan display any propensity for violence that Tommy does.]]

* TheReveal: Ryan confides to Daniel that the reason he visits Tommy in prison [[spoiler:is that he wanted to find out for himself who Tommy is. While he feels sad for him, he ultimately does not see him as a father and helps investigators track him down.]]

* VillainBall: Ivan Sertic and Matija Jankovic, low level enforcers for Darius Knezevic, are the dumbest and laziest criminals ever conceived. Tasked with storing and laundering cash for their boss' operations, they bring in another low-level criminal named Josip Matic that leads to their end of the operation being exposed, a loss of cash and [[spoiler:ultimately Darius Knezevic's downfall]]. Besides that:

** Despite the very real danger of getting killed by their boss, Ivan still thinks it's a good idea to steal from him and abscond with a mere thirty-thousand Pounds in cash; which they just carelessly leave on the floor in their flat. This is ''after'' bringing in Josip Matic to work with them, failing in their assigned task [[spoiler:to kill him]] and facing their pissed-off boss, Darius Knezevic, who brutally beats and ''pisses'' on Ivan.

* VillainDecay: Darius Knezevic starts out as a person who did his own dirty work and untouchable. By the end of the series, he is under constant surveillance, is suspected of multiple murders, [[spoiler:ends up losing his brother and one of his lieutenants, and gets arrested after Tommy implicates him in a murder.]]

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler:Ryan. After Tommy's escape, he contacts Ryan via his video game console and asks him to go with him to Europe to start over. When interviewed by the police the following day, he tells them about the contact and hands over his gaming console so they can track him down.]]

** Josip Matic. After his stupidity calls attention to the local mafia's money laundering operation and the loss of a large sum of cash, Darius orders his death. [[spoiler:Thanks to the man's stupidity and [=CCTV=] footage of him and his distinctive sports car, the police track him down and arrest him.]]

* AnonymousPublicPhoneCall:
** Towards the end of the first episode, after getting cold feet about the kidnapping plot, [[DirtyCoward Kevin Weatherhill]] tries to contact [[FauxAffablyEvil Ashley Cowgill]] to talk him out of it, but Ashley refuses to take any calls from him, knowing that if anything goes wrong the police will go through their phone records and could find the connection. Kevin eventually finds a phone box to talk to him, unfortunately by this point his fears and timidness have whittled him to the point that all he can accomplish is trying to ensure that Ashley's men won't hurt Ann, which Ashley just brushes off, stating as long as things go to plan they won't.
** In the same episode, after contacting Nevison on Ann’s mobile to tell him they've taken his daughter, Ashley directs him to a public phone box by the service station to properly relate the terms of the ransom.

* YouBastard: After hearing Kevin's self-serving NeverMyFault rant about how Ann's kidnapping was Nevison's fault, he responds with a whispered utterance verbatim.

* ProperlyParanoid: [[spoiler:Possibly. When Darius Knezevic's brother Zeljko, Victor, and one of their associates suddenly show up to move Tommy, he immediately suspects they're actually going to kill him and takes a kitchen knife with him. This is further reinforced when they try to put him in trunk of their AllegedCar, then in the front seat where he points out that he'd be highly visible before getting in the back seat.]]

** Ivan and Matija when [[spoiler:go to pick up Josip to kill him and watch him get arrested instead.]]

** When they go to the area to pick Josip Matic up, they circle the street when they see a large police presence instead of quietly leaving. Catherine spots their shifty behavior and notes the their car's license plate when they finally do leave.

** The school superintendent, Mr. Baines, has a slight one after Catherine picks apart Hepworth's accusation.
* MsFixit: Alison Garrs, who worked on a farm, is seen replacing the alternator on Catherine's Land Rover. She also points out the various safety problems in her flat, from the window that opens too far to the lack of a sprinkler system.
* NeverMyFault: With the [[spoiler:exception of Joanna's murder]], Rob Hepworth tries to downplay all his other misdeeds when things come crashing down on him.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Darius and Tommy both deserve credit. By sending his brother, Zeljko, and his Lieutenant, Victor, to move Tommy, he ends up not only wiping out most of the Halifax Mafia's leadership when Tommy ends up killing them, but also leaves himself vulnerable to arrest when Tommy gives a dying declaration implicating him in a murder. This effectively decimates his organization.]]

* OhCrap: When Rob Hepworth accuses Ryan of vandalism, he has one when his grandmother turns out to be Catherine; the same person who arrested his wife for drug possession and suspects him of spousal abuse.

** It's best illustrated by Catherine Cawood and Ann Gallager, both of whom have to live with the trauma of what Tommy Lee Royce's crimes have done to them and their families for the rest of her lives. Throughout the series, that spans over six years, they still have to deal with the occasional resurfacing of those horrible memories. But it also shows that their family and friends fully support them. Even [[spoiler:Becky]] shows up to give Catherine some much-needed comfort.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Even though the main protagonists ultimately [[spoiler:get happy endings]], they will never be free of their traumas and addictions. It's best illustrated by Anne Gallager, who has to live with the trauma of what Tommy Lee Royce did to her for the rest of her life. Throughout the series, that spans over six years, she still has to deal with the occasional resurfacing of those horrible memories. But it also shows that her family and friends fully support her.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Even though the main protagonists ultimately [[spoiler:get happy endings]], they will never be free of their traumas and addictions. Anne Gallager has to live with the trauma of what Tommy Lee Royce did to her for the rest of her life. Throughout the series, she has to deal with the occasional surfacing of those horrible memories. But it also shows that her family and friends fully support her.

* HappilyMarried: During the time skip, Ann and Daniel ended up in a relationship, got married and bought a house.

'''Catherine Cawood:''' Why, are you serious? You do know they elected one of the [[Creator/DonaldTrump biggest liars and tax dodgers]] in history to be the so-called leader of the free world across the pond not so long sinc

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler:Ryan. After Tommy's escape, he contacts Ryan via his video game console and asks him to go with him to Europe to start over. When interviewed by the police the following day, he tells them about the contact and hands over his gaming console so they can track him down.]]

* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:Ryan. The end of Series 2 and thoughout Series 3 initially sets it up to look like he had fallen under the sway of Tommy. It then turns out that Ryan visited Tommy to find out on his own who he is. When he's questioned about his communications with Tommy, he cooperates fully and helps track him down. Notably, at no point in the entire series does Ryan display any propensity for violence that Tommy does.]]

* ThoseTwoGuys: Ivan Sertic and Matija Jankovic are almost always together.

* YouHaveFailedMe: Josip Matic. After his stupidity calls attention to the local mafia's money laundering operation and the loss of a large sum of cash, Darius orders his death. [[spoiler:Thanks to the man's stupidity and [=CCTV=] footage of him and his distinctive sports car, the police track him down and arrest him.]]

* VillainBall: [[spoiler:DS Wadsworth]] might have gotten away with murdering Vicky Fleming--or at least made himself less obvious as a suspect--had he not made it look like the work of a serial killer that he's involved in. By dumping her body and a using a detail known only by the investigators and the real killer, it leads the police right to him.