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Elizabeth Gregory

Happy Valley series finale: The internet reacts to the thrilling ending

Sarah Lancashire as Sergeant Catherine Cawood in the hit BBC show, Happy Valley (Matt Squire/PA)

(Picture: PA Media)

Happy Valley series three final spoilers below

It was the final we’d all been waiting for: after three series running across seven years, Happy Valley came to an end last night.

In a special 70 minute episode, Tommy Lee Royce (James Norton) and Sergeant Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) faced off – and despite the mountain of theories ahead of airing, writer Sally Wainwright still managed to keep audiences guessing.

There were dozens of storylines to be tied up in episode six, including who would be arrested for Joanna’s murder, why Rob’s daughter never took her coat off and whether Neil was really Tommy’s dad.

In the end Wainwright didn’t disappoint – it was as emotional as it was nail-biting – although not all the storylines were perfectly concluded, which frustrated some viewers. Here are some of the ways that the internet reacted to all the fallout.

Most people loved the final

Sarah Lancashire fans loved it even more

Some people were disappointed

While others said it concluded matters perfectly

In the end, it was a different kind of showdown

The final showed that Sally Wainwright reigns supreme

It also showed that audiences want more middle-aged female protagonists

People thought that Siobhan Finneran smashed it playing Clare

Faisal will go down for his crimes... but off screen

Neil, it turns out, wasn’t dodgy

And Alison wasn’t up to no good either

So, Sunday nights are going to be pretty boring from now on

Goodbye!

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