In a turn of events that we weren\u2019t quite expecting, we left the fifth episode of Happy Valley feeling as if Ryan<\/a> (Rhys Connah) could actually be the one person that could send Tommy Lee Royce (James Norton) back to prison. But the real question is: will he?<\/p>\n In the last moments, we saw how Tommy not only memorised his son\u2019s online gamer ID but used it to message him. We always knew Ryan<\/a>\u2018s darned games console and affinity to video games were going to rear their head but we couldn\u2019t have expected this brilliant Sally Wainwright twist<\/a>.<\/p>\n With the two now in contact and Ryan being made very aware of Tommy\u2019s plans for the pair to flee the country<\/a>, Ryan has left things as though he plans to mull them over. However, could Ryan finally have woken up to his father\u2019s deceitful and dangerous ways?<\/p>\n Ann\u2019s (Charlie Murphy) confrontation with the teen may have been harsh but many viewers (including this one) were left applauding her when she finally seemed to give Ryan the reality check he\u2019s been after. Is it enough to obscure Ryan\u2019s growing blind loyalty to Tommy, though?<\/p> As it stands, it\u2019s a very large possibility.<\/p>\n In the last part of episode 5, we saw Tommy contact Ryan via an online gaming chat. Although Tommy is the one to reach out to Ryan, the teenager quickly asks his dad for a voice chat. With headsets on and only the glow of their screens lighting up their dark rooms, the pair converse as if they\u2019re the same age. Boy-like in his actions and words, Tommy asks Ryan if it\u2019s really him, if he\u2019s on his own.<\/p>\n Ryan refuses to tell Tommy where he is, instead asking the fugitive where he\u2019s staying \u2013 the first glimmer of hope that the viewer has that maybe Ryan may be wiser than we first thought.<\/p>\n \u201cYou wouldn\u2019t lie to me, would you?\u201d Tommy asks but instead of replying, Ryan diverts the conversation asking him how he knew his gamer tag. Tommy tells him that Ryan told him \u201cages ago\u201d and that he memorised it.<\/p>\n Tommy is grinning as Ryan solemnly tells him that he\u2019s all over the news, asking \u201cWhat\u2019s the latest?\u201d. \u201cNot to approach you because you might be armed and dangerous\u201d, Ryan says. \u201cAre you?\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s a conversation where they\u2019re both asking questions and neither of them are answering, instead choosing to beat around the bush and assess how much information to give away. But when Tommy admits that he wanted Ryan in the courtroom to see his escape, Ryan looks disappointed. \u201cWere you not impressed, Ryan?\u201d Tommy pushes. But Ryan keeps asking him what he\u2019s going to do.<\/p>\n \u201cDidn\u2019t you think it was cool?\u201d Tommy presses again, ignoring Ryan. He explains how he was nervous about the escape until he rode off and \u201cfloated away\u201d, complimenting the new model of bikes available.<\/p>\n He tells Ryan his route, and how he got out past Bradford and then explains the plan he has for them both. But Ryan, surprisingly, doesn\u2019t seem to look happy at the prospect of running away with his dad.<\/p>\n \u201cI know right now you might be thinking it\u2019s mad but if you dwell on it, you might start to see that it could be an opportunity, an adventure, for us,\u201d Tommy explains. But instead of saying that he\u2019ll do it, he corrects Tommy and says he\u2019ll think about it.<\/p>\n Tommy then says: \u201cI do love you, you know. You\u2019re all I\u2019ve got, you\u2019re all I\u2019ve ever had \u2026 Think about it and we\u2019ll talk like tomorrow, yeah?\u201d<\/p>\n All the while, Ryan\u2019s facial expressions point to a teen that\u2019s not only confused but also doesn\u2019t feel similarly to Tommy. If you remember earlier in the episode, after having his confrontation with Ann, he unexpectedly tells Catherine<\/a> that he loves her. And that is\u00a0<\/em>the kind of love Ryan\u2019s been used to \u2013 one that\u2019s full of loyalty, care and warmth. Not the kind of love that warrants him telling secrets and being deceitful, as Tommy is pushing him to do.<\/p>\n Ryan has a wealth of knowledge that he could very easily pass on to his grandmother and the police, including Tommy\u2019s escape route \u2013 which could pinpoint where he could be hiding \u2013 and his plans to flee the country.<\/p>\n He\u2019s promised to call him the following day and if crime dramas are known for one big trope, it\u2019s the tense \u2018police team listens in on a phone call\u2019 scenes. Could we be getting an action-packed one here? Something tells us that if Tommy figures out that Ryan has betrayed<\/a> him, though, the consequences could be catastrophic \u2026<\/p>\n I don\u2019t think anyone would have liked to have been on the receiving end of Ann\u2019s poised tirade, but that conversation was one of the tensest exchanges to have happened in Happy Valley.<\/p>\n The whole familial mess has been on account of people deeming Ryan \u201ctoo young\u201d to be told anything about his mother and how she died. If the past season has proved anything, it\u2019s that keeping the 16-year-old in the dark about Becky\u2019s suicide (and the fact his father is a serial killer and rapist) has only allowed his curiosity to grow.<\/p>\n Now, of course, we\u2019re at the point where he\u2019s building a relationship with his father but like Catherine, Ann is furious that Ryan would even think of speaking to Tommy. So she decides to \u201cun-complicate\u201d matters for the teen, finally telling him the truth about what Tommy did to her and Becky.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re not talking about relationships Ryan, he\u2019s a psychopath, he\u2019s incapable of relationships. The only relationship he\u2019s got is with himself inside his crippled little head. What he did to your mum was no nicer than what he did to me. He raped her.<\/p>\n \u201cHe violated her, he traumatised her, he probably said the same imbecilic, degrading, humiliating things to her that he said to me. He made her feel so wrong in herself that ending her life became the desirable option. Can you even start to imagine what that might feel like?\u201d<\/p>\n Ryan states that Tommy loved Becky, but Ann isn\u2019t done, saying: \u201cHe\u2019s a psychopath. All love means to him is a weakness in other people that he can use to exploit them with. He forced her to have sex with him, when all she wanted to do was go home.<\/p>\n \u201cHe impregnated her to humiliate her, to belittle her, to degrade her, to terrify her. You weren\u2019t wanted. You were very big time, seriously not wanted \u2026 and that\u2019s exactly what that piece of s**t wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n She continues: \u201cHave you any idea what Catherine did for you? How massive that was? Your grandad walked out because he couldn\u2019t stand it, [Daniel] wouldn\u2019t speak to her because he couldn\u2019t stand it either.<\/p>\n \u201cThey were all going \u2018put it in care, put it up for adoption, let social services have it\u2019. But she wouldn\u2019t, she refused, she was the only one big enough, decent enough, to take you on. Despite what that subhuman, brain-dead moron did to her daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n While Ann was definitely a couple of glasses of red wine deep, nobody can really fault her for letting rip on the youngster, especially when he continually justifies Tommy\u2019s actions, despite knowing nothing about the past. It was the first taste of the harsh reality Ryan has really had and although he pities Tommy\u2019s upbringing, he could finally be waking up to the fact that nothing justifies the crimes he\u2019s committed.<\/p>\n Ann reminds Ryan that the fact Tommy\u2019s in contact with him is because \u201che\u2019s using you for no other reason than to upset Catherine, to twist the knife, because it amuses him\u201d.<\/p>\n So, will Tommy\u2019s pursuit of revenge actually mean losing his son in the process? It\u2019ll certainly show Ryan \u2013 once again \u2013 that his father is a dangerous individual and could ultimately be the nail in the coffin when it comes to deciding whether or not to betray Tommy.<\/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\u00a0BBC 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>. 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