Season guide

Happy Valley: Season 2

6 episodes Premiered Feb 9, 2016

Previously on Happy Valley

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Happy Valley Season 1.
⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.

Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes

Core (3): Character development & subplots

Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler

S2·E1 Mytharc

Episode 1

Feb 9, 2016

Even behind bars, Tommy finds a way to keep an eye over Ryan.

S2·E2 Core

Episode 2

Feb 16, 2016

Catherine arrives home with Ilinka, an emaciated Croatian woman who has been rescued after being trafficked and enslaved for the past four years. Meanwhile, John's panic over Vicky

S2·E3 Core

Episode 3

Feb 23, 2016

Tommy urges Frances to go further with her attempts at making Catherine's life a misery.

S2·E4 Core

Episode 4

Mar 1, 2016

A birthday gift for Ryan reminds Catherine that danger may be closer than she thinks.

S2·E5 Mytharc

Episode 5

Mar 8, 2016

Daniel suspects somebody at school might be responsible for Ryan's interest in Tommy.

S2·E6 Mytharc

Episode 6

Mar 15, 2016

Catherine confronts Frances, while John's torment leads him to desperate measures.