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There’s no doubt that the modern British crime drama is booming, but we didn’t see this one coming at all: Happy Valley, the grim, six-episode kidnap thriller whose finale was broadcast Tuesday night in the U.K., has been so instantly and wildly popular that the hashtag #HappyValley was the No. 1 global trending topic on Twitter.
But unless you’re reading this from the U.K., can’t watch it. Which — in this age of everything-on-demand, is … kind of maddening. And giving us entitlement feelings.
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Anyway, the show stars Sarah Lancashire as Yorkshire police sergeant Catherine Cawood, a divorced, 47-year-old policewoman who lives with her recovering-addict sister but is estranged from much of her family. By all accounts, it’s a harrowing look at violence, murder and rape that stem from the area’s widespread drug problem. Read more...
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