Now the BBC has shared some teaser images for the second episode, including a first look at a returning face from the show\u2019s previous run: Susan Lynch as Alison Garrs.<\/p>\n
Alison was introduced in the show\u2019s second season back in 2016 as the mother of Daryl \u2013 the young farmer who later turned out to be the killer behind the murders of several local sex workers.<\/p>\n
Towards the end of the season, she shot her son dead after he confessed to her \u2013 claiming to do so in order to protect him from a life behind bars \u2013 before attempting to take her own life as well.<\/p>\n
However, she was saved \u2013 and arrested \u2013 by Catherine (Sarah Lancashire) before she was able to do so, and later revealed to her that she had become pregnant with Daryl after being raped by her father.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>It\u2019s not yet clear what role Alison will play in the events of season 3 and the new images don\u2019t give too much away about her return beyond the fact that she can be seen chatting with Catherine, but it will certainly be intriguing to see another familiar character back in the show and find out what has happened to her in the intervening seven years.<\/p>\n
The official synopsis for episode 2 provided by the BBC reads: \u201cCatherine learns of a painful betrayal close to home, and Faisal comes under increasing pressure from all sides.\u201d<\/p>
Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Happy Valley season 3 continues on Sunday at 9pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. The first two seasons are available to watch on BBC iPlayer<\/a>\u00a0now.<\/strong><\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0hub for more news and features.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0<\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<\/strong>Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n By Patrick Cremona Published: Wednesday, 04 January 2023 at 12:00 am After a long wait, Happy Valley finally returned to our screens for the start of its third season on New Year\u2019s Day \u2013 and it\u2019s safe to say that the opening instalment went down a treat with fans and critics alike. Now the BBC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":28161,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/happy-valley-brings-back-tragic-character-in-first-look-at-episode-2-scaled.jpg",2560,1689,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/happy-valley-brings-back-tragic-character-in-first-look-at-episode-2-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/happy-valley-brings-back-tragic-character-in-first-look-at-episode-2-300x198.jpg",300,198,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/happy-valley-brings-back-tragic-character-in-first-look-at-episode-2-768x507.jpg",768,507,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/happy-valley-brings-back-tragic-character-in-first-look-at-episode-2-1024x675.jpg",800,527,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/happy-valley-brings-back-tragic-character-in-first-look-at-episode-2-1536x1013.jpg",1536,1013,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/happy-valley-brings-back-tragic-character-in-first-look-at-episode-2-2048x1351.jpg",2048,1351,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Patrick Cremona Published: Wednesday, 04 January 2023 at 12:00 am After a long wait, Happy Valley finally returned to our screens for the start of its third season on New Year\u2019s Day \u2013 and it\u2019s safe to say that the opening instalment went down a treat with fans and critics alike. Now the BBC…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/28160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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