Happy Valley star Rhys Connah laughs at ‘stupid theories’ after fans predict Catherine Cawood death in finale
Posted by  badge Boss on Jan 30, 2023 - 07:13PM
Rhys Connah stars as teen Ryan Cawood n Happy Valley (Picture: BBC/Lookout Point)

*Warning: This article contains spoilers from series 3, episode 5.*

Happy Valley’s Rhys Connah, who stars as Ryan Cawood, has been having a right giggle looking at all of our ‘stupid theories’ ahead of the finale.

On Sunday night we’ll know how Happy Valley ends, but in the meantime social media has been packed with theories by fans – from Neil Ackroyd (Con O’Neill) being Tommy’s dad to Ryan (Rhys) secretly plotting to kill his dad Tommy Lee Royce (James Norton).

Mainly fans are predicting the worst and Sergeant Catherine Cawood will die.

‘A lot of the theories are a bit stupid, so sometimes I do laugh,’ he said.

‘But sometimes when they’re saying random stuff, one of them will list five different plot points, all of which happened exactly, and I’m just like…’

Everyone’s fearing the worst for Catherine (Picture: BBC/Lookout Point/Matt Squire)
James Norton (left) and Rhys have starred as father and son since the beginning of Happy Valley (Picture: PA)

James Norton recently confirmed he and Sarah Lancashire were the first cast members to read the script of the last episode, with the Tommy Lee Royce actor teasing fans will be satisfied.

It was reported multiple endings were filmed to throw even its stars off but Rhys told BBC News ‘that’s not true’ even though he doesn’t know ‘exactly’ how it ends.

‘What they’ve done is, as a lot of shows do – there is one ending, but they’ve filmed it in different ways, different ways of how characters say things, the emotions behind them, the angles, the framing, because how much that stuff can affect a scene is more than most people would think,’ he explained.

In the penultimate episode, after Tommy fled prison, he went into hiding and managed to connect with Ryan via a game, somehow getting Ryan’s gaming ID.

Tommy also revealed his plans to flee the country with Ryan and make a new life for them in Marbella – but only after he’s Ki**ed national hero Sergeant Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire).

Essentially, we’re all going to be very stressed from now until the finale ends with an extended episode.

Happy Valley concludes Sunday at 9pm on BBC One.