Happy Valley fans still have ‘loads of unanswered questions’ following series finale

Many Happy Valley fans who tuned in for the gripping BBC crime drama’s final ever episode said they were left with ‘so many unanswered questions’ as the rolling credits came in.

In the final episode we saw no-nonsense copper Sergeant Catherine Cawood work her final shift on duty before her retirement.

But as the final credits rolled, many were left bewildered as they still had ‘so many unanswered questions’ when the series came to an explosive end on the evening of Sunday, February 5th.

Fans watched as Sergeant Cawood came back to her home to discover that someone had broken-in, knowing evil criminal Tommy Lee Royce was still on the run. As she carefully entered her home, she asked, ‘hello?’ to which Royce replied, ‘hiya’ as he sat at her kitchen table, and their final stand-off was on.

Royce knew his rampage had finally come to an end. Surrounded by family photo albums he had a heated exchange with his enemy as he washed down a handful of painkillers with bottles of spirits, with Royce finally setting himself alight in the ultimate crescendo.

After a dramatic last day on the job, we see Cawood back in the office packing up her belongings as she solves the murder of Joanna Hepworth, after her friend Alison traced back some prescription pills to pharmacist Faisal Bhatti. Joanna’s abusive PE teacher husband is revealed to be a predatory groomer and gets locked-up for having indecent images on his computer.

But viewers felt there were still many unanswered questions: what eventually happened to dodgy pharmacist Faisal and was he charged with the death of Joanna; how will Ryan deal with the death of his biological dad Tommy Lee Royce; or why did PE teacher Rob Hepworth’s daughter never take her coat off?

Taking to social media, fans of the show needed to share their burning questions.

@_LauraHowells tweeted: “Too many unanswered questions left hanging. Why did the little girl never take her coat off? Will they connect the dodgy pharmacist to the suitcase death? How will Ryan deal with TLR death? Gahhh.”

A second fan, @alicewellsx wrote: “I’ve got so many unanswered questions!!! #HappyValley.” 

And, a third fan, @abbie_threlfall posted: “All the unanswered questions though what happened to Ryan, why the child always wore a coat? Will Claire get a new crochet blanket? #HappyValley.”

With @Hann3529 also adding: “Why does the daughter always have her coat on? What happened to Nev and the holiday? What’s the situation with Neil? Ryan’s reaction to TLR death? So many unanswered questions.”