Happy Valley series 3 premiere is a bittersweet return for one of the BBC's best
) strutting back onto the screen – into a muddy reservoir investigating a dumped body – it feels like no time has passed at all.
Lancashire's perfect portrayal of Catherine is still world-weary but caring, sarcastic yet sincere, and savvy in the face of stupidity, as evidenced once again in the opening scenes, which see her effortlessly disarm cocksure CSI detectives thanks to her encyclopedic knowledge of Yorkshire's criminal past.
Effectively, the characters are exactly where we left them six years ago, albeit happier, a surprise for both the audience and Catherine and her sister Clare, which they remark upon as being terribly unusual during Ryan's birthday. Admittedly the first two series could occasionally be a disbelieving exercise in how much punishment one person could take –
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