Happy Valley's Con O'Neill promises an 'extraordinary ending'

‘The script for the last episode blew my mind!’ Happy Valley’s Con O’Neill promises an ‘extraordinary’ finale and says viewers won’t be disappointed

Happy Valley actor Con O’Neill has promised fans that the finale will be sure to please loyal viewers of the drama series.  

Con, 56, who plays Neil Ackroyd, appeared on Thursday’s episode of This Morning where he teased details of the episode with Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield.

He said: ‘Viewers are going to enjoy. When I read the script for the last episode it blew my mind. Sally [Wainwright] has written an extraordinary ending.’

Holly then asked if it had been hard for Con and his co-stars to keep the ending under wraps.

He explained: ‘It’s not a hard secret to keep as we’ve lived with this show for a long time.

Yay! Happy Valley actor Con O’Neill has promised fans that the final will be sure to please loyal viewers of the drama series

‘The way Sally has brought it home and ended it is extraordinary.’

He added of the popularity of the show in general: ‘Isn’t it wonderful to have a show not just dropping every episode and to have that tension.

‘It’s so refreshing that people are that invested.’

A trailer for the final episode of Happy Valley was released this week ahead of the upcoming finale on Sunday.

The 16 second clip teases the final showdown between Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) and Tommy Lee Royce (James) after his daring escape from court before the police sergeant is shown breaking down in tears.

The trailer opens with Tommy’s son Ryan (Rhys Connah) being questioned by police about when he last had contact with his dangerous dad.

A series of scenes of the police moving in on Tommy follow as Catherine is heard saying ‘he’s still out there, he’s going to be angry and he’s going to be even more desperate and dangerous’.

Upcoming: Con, 56, who plays Neil Ackroyd, appeared on Thursday’s episode of This Morning where he teased details of the episode with Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield (lead Sarah Lancashire pictured) 

Huge show: Holly then asked if it had been hard for Con and his co-stars to keep the ending under wraps

The short clip ends with a bloodied Tommy appearing to hit somebody on the ground and a final shot of Catherine in tears. 

Viewers tuned into the breathless penultimate episode of the BBC drama on Sunday evening as Tommy revealed his grand plans.

Tommy escaped at the end of the fourth episode of this series with fans learning in Sunday’s fifth instalment that he planned to run off to Marbella, with his son Ryan in tow.  

Thoughts: He explained: ‘It’s not a hard secret to keep as we’ve lived with this show for a long time. The way Sally has brought it home and ended it is extraordinary’

Breaking the mould: He added of the popularity of the show in general: ‘Isn’t it wonderful to have a show not just dropping every episode and to have that tension’

Viewers admitted they could barely watch the dramatic episode as everything lined up for a dramatic showdown between Tommy and Sargent Catherine, as he revealed he plans to kill her before jetting off to Spain.

Producers are said to be so desperate to keep the show’s climax a secret that they have filmed five different endings.

More than six million viewers are expected to tune in on Sunday to learn how the cat-and-mouse game will be resolved.

Villain: A trailer for the final episode of Happy Valley was released this week ahead of the upcoming finale on Sunday (Tommy Lee Royce pictured) 

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