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Happy Valley viewers will be treated to an extended episode for the show’s finale next Sunday as the third series reaches its dramatic showdown.
The critically-acclaimed drama will come to a spellbinding conclusion after 18 episodes, with fans being given an extra 10 minutes of action.
Having returned for its third and final series on New Year's Day after a seven year break, the BAFTA-winning programme has attracted ratings north of eight million.
Woohoo! Happy Valley viewers will be treated to an extended episode for the show’s finale next Sunday as the third series reaches its dramatic showdown (Sarah Lancashire is pictured)
During the show's recent penultimate episode, viewers were left stunned by Ann Gallagher's epic rant at Ryan Cawood.
Fans insisted the police officer, played by Charlie Murphy, 34, was too harsh towards Ryan, portrayed by Rhys Connah, 16, after she launched into an angry monologue about his villainous father Tommy Lee Royce (James Norton), who kidnapped her in the first series.
Earlier in the installment, viewers watched as Tommy contacted his son Ryan via XBox and shared his plans to move abroad, with Ryan horrifyingly promising he'd 'think about it' as well despite what had happened previously between Tommy and his mother.
After learning the two had been in touch, Anne launched into an angry rant.
Talented: The critically-acclaimed drama will come to a spellbinding conclusion after 18 episodes, with fans being given an extra 10 minutes of action (James Norton is pictured)
Anne told Ryan: 'What makes you think you'll be any more welcome here? After visiting that prick. Do you know what your dad did to me? Shall I tell you? What he did to me.
'What he did to your mum was no nicer than what he did to me. He raped her, humiliated and degraded her. He made her feel like ending her life might be a desirable option.'
Ryan explained that he would go and sleep in a ditch instead, and Anne brutally responded: 'Ok fine, bye.'
Viewers reacted to the intense exchange on Twitter, as they branded her speech 'harsh' but claimed that the youngster 'needed to know the truth'.
Shocking scenes: During the BBC drama's penultimate episode, viewers were left stunned by Ann Gallagher's epic rant at Ryan Cawood
Too cruel? Fans of the show insisted the police officer, played by Charlie Murphy, 34, was too harsh towards Ryan
On the move: Earlier in the episode, viewers watched as Tommy (pictured) contacted his son Ryan via XBox and shared his plans to move abroad
Sharing a meme of an awkward-looking woman, one person said: 'Me when Anne went off at Ryan. He needed to know like, but bloody hell, Anne.'
Another agreed, and said: 'The way Anne went at Ryan. Think he needed to know though.'
One other viewer claimed it was the 'highlight' of the episode, writing: 'In a show absolutely bursting with acting and writing talent, I have to say Anne's speech was the highlight for me tonight.'
Someone else shared: 'Go Anne. Ryan needs to hear this. However cruel #happyvalley3 #HappyValley.'
Opinion: Viewers reacted to the intense exchange on Twitter, as they branded her speech 'harsh'
While another person posted: 'It’s Anne’s rant that’ll sway Ryan for me.'
'Aaahhh I just wanted someone to give Ryan a hug after Anne's rant. Those home truths were hard to hear,' wrote another viewer.
While someone else shared: 'I sat and watched this episode and not sure i took a breath, the intricate storyline, the acting, the tension, TV drama at its best. Anne's rant at Ryan sublime, the whole cast should be immensely proud never been as invested & gripped in a drama, BBC at its best.'
Another viewer posted: 'Anne’s rant came from a place of hurt. She poured it all out. Yes, Ryan is a child but, he needed to hear it.'
Another fan posted: 'When Ryan has to choose between Catherine & Tommy it’s Anne’s rant that’ll save Catherine. Ryan needed to hear that x'
Shocking: Fans were then horrified to learn of Tommy's plans before he leaves for sunnier climes, as Darius says: 'You'll have sorted out your bit of business?'
Tommy escaped at the end of the episode and fans have now learned that he plans to run off to Marbella, Spain with his son Ryan in tow.
Viewers admitted they could barely watch the dramatic episode as everything lined up for a dramatic showdown between Tommy and Sargent Catherine Cawood, as he revealed he plans to kill her before jetting off to Spain.
Fans were then horrified to learn of Tommy's plans before he leaves for sunnier climes, as Darius says: 'You'll have sorted out your bit of business?'
Tommy replies: 'Yeah'
Darius adds: It's not that police woman is it? Tommy laughs: 'Can you get me a gun?'
Back in Halifax, Catherine has learned of Tommy's escape from her ex-husband Richard who was in the courtroom at the time.
New abode: Tommy is dropped in Halifax where he is met by a man outside a house near where the raid happened in the previous episode
Catherine, who also now knows Ryan had gone to watch his father's trial, is worried about Ryan's whereabouts as nobody can locate him.
As Tommy is dropped at a property in Halifax, Darius told him: 'A week from now you'll be in Marbella, you and your boy laughing your socks off.
