“The attention to detail is everything!” Happy Valley fans point to a “clever” nod to the first season in the tense exchange between Catherine and grandson Ryan

Happy Valley comes to an end with the penultimate episode airing on Sunday night.

But fans continued to remember the opening episodes of the hit BBC drama, thanks to a “brilliant” nod to the first season in the latest episode from writer Sally Wainwright.

Most of Sunday night’s episode was devoted to Tommy Lee Royce’s (James Norton) big plan to reunite with his son Ryan (Rhys Connah) and finish his “unfinished business” with Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire), but the fans were delighted by a subtle reference to the troubled relationship between grandmother and grandson.

After Ryan ran to his uncle’s house, an angry Catherine picked him up.

After scolding him for his “unbelievably stupid” decision to go AWOL when his murderous father Tommy was on the loose, Catherine went back into grandma mode and corrected her teenage grandson’s grammar.

“He can’t walk. Shouldn’t have let me with Ros,” Ryan explained to her why he was running away from his grandfather’s house.

“Don’t, for God’s sake!” Catherine was smoking.

Grandma: Most of Sunday’s episode was devoted to Tommy’s plan to reunite with his son Ryan, but fans were delighted to see a subtle hint about grandma and grandson’s relationship

Flashback: Viewers pointed out that the exchange resembled a conversation between the two characters in season one, when Catherine questioned a then-nine-year-old Ryan

Talent: Rhys played Ryan in all three series, with the writer revealing she deliberately left a seven-year gap between series two and three so Rhys could return as a teenager

Viewers pointed out that the exchange was incredibly similar to a conversation between the two characters way back in season one, when Catherine questioned a then-nine-year-old Ryan about his behavior at school.

“Did you tear up the painting?” asked Catherine. “Maybe,” Ryan spoke back. “You couldn’t have done anything, or isn’t a verb,” ​​she replied.

“Nothing changes and that’s part of the genius of Sally Wainwright,” cheered one fan.

“Best line!” “Nothing changes, and that’s part of the genius of Sally Wainwright,” cheered one fan of the series

“Catherine corrected Ryan’s grammar, just as she did in Series 1, but to intervene so subtly in a serious conversation was brilliant. Sally’s attention to detail is everything,” another agreed.

“Grandma always has time to correct your grammar,” agreed another, while another declared it the “best line” of the episode.

“So tense! Barely breathing during the episode. As always so funny and dark. Best line… “It shouldn’t have been from…” Damn brilliant writing…. ‘

Final showdown: Viewers tuned into the breathless penultimate episode of the BBC drama on Sunday night as Tommy Lee Royce revealed his big plans (James Norton as Tommy)

The show’s creator Sally Wainwright previously announced that the show took a deliberately long seven-year hiatus between series two and three as she wanted to wait for Rhys, the actor who plays Ryan, to come of age and his role as ‘ An anxious teenager is retconned.

Viewers tuned in to the breathtaking penultimate episode of the BBC drama on Sunday night as Tommy Lee Royce revealed his big plans.

The murderous character escaped at the end of the latest episode and fans have now learned he plans to flee to Marbella with his son Ryan in tow.

Viewers admitted they barely saw the dramatic episode as everything was set for a dramatic showdown between Tommy and Sargent Catherine, as he revealed he planned to kill her before leaving for Spain.

The final episode of Happy Valley airs on BBC One on Sunday at 9pm.

Here we go: Viewers admitted they barely got a chance to watch the dramatic episode as everything was set for a dramatic showdown between Tommy and Sargent Catherine