The BBC’s latest must-watch crime drama might share a Yorkshire setting, a female police officer protagonist and some truly pulse-raising jump scare moments with Happy Valley, but Better is a very different beast to Sally Wainwright’s concluded hit.
’s Samuel Edward-Cook) are having drinks with friends, Lou confidently holding court with a sweary anecdote, the atmosphere changes as soon as she receives a mysterious call. She excuses herself with a vague comment about “work”, but it’s soon very clear that she hasn’t been summoned to complete some outstanding paperwork.
“After everything he’s done for us, you can’t do one evening?” Lou hisses at Ceri, who hits back with: “What about everything you’ve done for him?” He adds that he wishes things were “different”, though his wife is quick to pull him up on his naivety. “Different, how?” she asks. “Do you wish we’d gone bankrupt? Do you wish we were still in that basement flat?”
It’s clear that the pair have a quid pro quo partnership that goes way back, with Lou clearing up Col’s mess and making sure that her colleagues turn a blind eye to his dealings, and Col topping up Lou’s public sector salary. But it seems that there’s more than just money at stake here. Lou doesn’t appear to be solely motivated by cash – there’s a genuine rapport between them, and their friendship, mutually convenient as it may be, is strong, almost familial.
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