1 00:00:01,543 --> 00:00:03,002 ARCHIE: Previously on Riverdale... 2 00:00:03,044 --> 00:00:05,046 They're ruining our lives, and to them it's just a game. 3 00:00:05,088 --> 00:00:07,132 They keep score in some secret playbook. 4 00:00:07,174 --> 00:00:08,676 You want vengeance? I'm with you. 5 00:00:08,717 --> 00:00:11,428 "-And I have a plan. -You like shaming people, Chuck?" 6 00:00:11,470 --> 00:00:13,388 Apologize for ruining Polly. 7 00:00:13,430 --> 00:00:15,265 -CHUCK: What the hell? -Do it, Jason! 8 00:00:15,307 --> 00:00:18,268 BETTY: Apologize for what you did to me! -CHUCK: Look, I'm not Jason. 9 00:00:19,436 --> 00:00:20,771 This is our insurance. 10 00:00:20,813 --> 00:00:23,357 Here, stash it. Keep it safe. 11 00:00:23,398 --> 00:00:25,567 Clifford: Hermione Lodge will crumble. 12 00:00:25,609 --> 00:00:27,528 Penelope: Maybe you should've sent her to jail instead of Hiram. 13 00:00:27,569 --> 00:00:29,070 I heard Mr. and Mrs. Blossom talking. 14 00:00:29,112 --> 00:00:31,114 It sounded like Clifford Blossom was responsible 15 00:00:31,156 --> 00:00:32,700 for sending Veronica's dad to jail. 16 00:00:32,741 --> 00:00:34,451 VALERIE: Ever since we started dating you've ignored me, 17 00:00:34,493 --> 00:00:36,203 -you've ditched me. -Let me make it up to you. 18 00:00:36,244 --> 00:00:38,163 Sorry, Archie, but I won't be bought. 19 00:00:38,205 --> 00:00:39,498 The lawyers are coming over this week 20 00:00:39,540 --> 00:00:41,291 to take our statements for your dad's hearing. 21 00:00:41,333 --> 00:00:42,710 Am I gonna have to lie? 22 00:00:42,751 --> 00:00:44,503 Veronica: My father is a criminal. 23 00:00:49,216 --> 00:00:50,801 JUGHEAD: Weekdays, 24 00:00:50,843 --> 00:00:54,722 from 8:25 a.m. to 3:01 p.m., we adhere to a strict regimen. 25 00:00:54,763 --> 00:00:56,932 Everything in our lives is controlled. 26 00:00:56,974 --> 00:01:00,101 But then something like the murder of Jason Blossom happens, 27 00:01:00,143 --> 00:01:03,397 and you realize there is no such thing as control. 28 00:01:03,438 --> 00:01:05,190 There is only chaos. 29 00:01:05,232 --> 00:01:07,526 (DANCE MUSIC PLAYING) 30 00:01:09,611 --> 00:01:15,283 Nevertheless, some of us strive to impose and maintain order 31 00:01:15,325 --> 00:01:18,495 in what is, fundamentally, an orderless world. 32 00:01:20,956 --> 00:01:24,919 A fact which would very soon be confirmed 33 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:27,379 in ways none of us could have foreseen. 34 00:01:33,218 --> 00:01:34,887 I'm, uh... I'm headed out. 35 00:01:34,929 --> 00:01:36,972 Sorry to be missing your birthday this weekend, Jug. 36 00:01:37,014 --> 00:01:40,099 Oh, you will not be missing anything, Mr. Andrews, 37 00:01:40,141 --> 00:01:42,269 I barely acknowledge my own birthday. 38 00:01:43,938 --> 00:01:46,273 Arch, can you give me a hand downstairs? 39 00:01:49,944 --> 00:01:53,447 The good news is that all these divorce papers 40 00:01:53,488 --> 00:01:55,365 and legal mumbo jumbo will be done. 41 00:01:55,407 --> 00:01:58,368 Should be behind us by the end of the week. 42 00:01:58,410 --> 00:01:59,620 Are you only going to see Mom now 43 00:01:59,661 --> 00:02:01,914 because you and Hermione Lodge... 44 00:02:01,956 --> 00:02:04,792 No. No, son, I ended that. 45 00:02:04,833 --> 00:02:08,127 Being together, working together, not a good idea. 46 00:02:08,169 --> 00:02:09,504 In that case, then, 47 00:02:10,589 --> 00:02:13,801 why finalize things in such a final way now? 48 00:02:13,842 --> 00:02:16,678 Sometimes, son, you just gotta rip the Band-Aid off. 49 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:20,307 Or you can try and fix things. 50 00:02:21,433 --> 00:02:23,226 (SIGHS) We're past that point, Archie. 51 00:02:23,268 --> 00:02:26,063 I spoke to Mom last week, she didn't mention any of this, Dad. 52 00:02:26,105 --> 00:02:28,607 Your mom moved out two years ago. 53 00:02:28,649 --> 00:02:32,360 She didn't tell you because she wanted me to be the bearer of bad news. 54 00:02:33,862 --> 00:02:35,322 What if I came with you? 55 00:02:36,239 --> 00:02:37,616 This is between me and your mom. 56 00:02:39,701 --> 00:02:40,786 I'll check in. 57 00:02:50,378 --> 00:02:51,922 What's going on? 58 00:02:51,964 --> 00:02:54,925 Veronica, this is Paul Sowerberry, your father's attorney. 59 00:02:54,967 --> 00:02:56,426 He's here to prep us for our statements 60 00:02:56,468 --> 00:02:58,177 and help at your dad's hearing. 61 00:02:58,219 --> 00:03:01,306 Except, I told you, Mom, I'm not giving one. 62 00:03:01,348 --> 00:03:02,850 -Not one you'd want. -Just... 63 00:03:02,891 --> 00:03:04,434 You won't be asked any questions 64 00:03:04,476 --> 00:03:06,394 about your father's business arrangements. 65 00:03:06,436 --> 00:03:09,064 We just need you and your mother to speak to his character. 66 00:03:09,106 --> 00:03:10,315 It'll humanize him. 67 00:03:10,357 --> 00:03:12,067 Which could mean a lesser sentence. 68 00:03:12,109 --> 00:03:13,234 If you don't make a statement, 69 00:03:13,276 --> 00:03:15,529 well, that's problematic and damaging. 70 00:03:15,570 --> 00:03:17,489 I've already told her all of this. 71 00:03:17,531 --> 00:03:21,242 Well, Dad made his bed. And I'm late for school. 72 00:03:21,284 --> 00:03:24,203 Betty: Veronica, there's something we need to talk to you about. 73 00:03:24,245 --> 00:03:26,040 Bring it. 74 00:03:26,081 --> 00:03:27,666 After the morning I've had, I'm ready for just about anything. 75 00:03:27,708 --> 00:03:30,251 Okay, well, Archie was with the Blossoms 76 00:03:30,293 --> 00:03:33,588 while their Board was in town. He, um... 77 00:03:34,589 --> 00:03:36,550 Why don't you tell her? You were there. 78 00:03:37,926 --> 00:03:40,137 Why is this suddenly feeling like a friendtervention? 79 00:03:40,179 --> 00:03:42,723 I overheard Mr. Blossom say he's the one responsible 80 00:03:42,764 --> 00:03:45,308 for your dad being arrested and put in jail. 81 00:03:47,769 --> 00:03:48,812 Are you kidding? 82 00:03:49,938 --> 00:03:51,398 Why the hell would Clifford Blossom 83 00:03:51,439 --> 00:03:53,567 have anything to do with why he's in prison? 84 00:03:56,653 --> 00:03:59,447 Hey, you may or may not know this, 85 00:03:59,489 --> 00:04:02,617 but it's Jughead's birthday. 86 00:04:03,785 --> 00:04:06,163 What? And he didn't say anything? 87 00:04:06,205 --> 00:04:08,916 It's tomorrow, and he doesn't like making a big deal out of it. 88 00:04:08,957 --> 00:04:11,418 Every year, he goes to a double feature at the Bijou. 89 00:04:11,459 --> 00:04:13,503 It's like this tradition. 90 00:04:13,545 --> 00:04:15,672 Last few years, I've been his movie-buddy. 91 00:04:15,714 --> 00:04:16,757 But now that he has a girlfriend... 92 00:04:16,798 --> 00:04:18,217 Well, of course, I'll take him. 93 00:04:18,257 --> 00:04:19,467 But you should still come with us. 94 00:04:19,509 --> 00:04:20,761 No. I don't wanna be a third wheel. 95 00:04:20,802 --> 00:04:23,304 Come on. It'll be like old times. 96 00:04:23,346 --> 00:04:25,140 The Three Musketeers. 97 00:04:25,182 --> 00:04:29,937 Actually, Archie, there were four Musketeers. 98 00:04:29,978 --> 00:04:31,813 (LAUGHS) I'll see you later, Betty. 99 00:04:31,855 --> 00:04:32,856 Okay. 100 00:04:34,233 --> 00:04:35,567 FP: Yeah, this is Jones. 101 00:04:35,609 --> 00:04:38,653 - Mr. Jones, hi, this is Betty Cooper. 102 00:04:38,695 --> 00:04:40,864 -Jughead's... -Girlfriend, yeah, I remember. 103 00:04:40,906 --> 00:04:44,826 Great, well, I'm calling because it's Jughead's birthday tomorrow, 104 00:04:44,868 --> 00:04:47,621 and I wanted to see if maybe you would come 105 00:04:47,662 --> 00:04:50,958 see a movie with us, maybe grab dinner? 106 00:04:50,999 --> 00:04:52,333 Does he know you're calling me? 107 00:04:52,375 --> 00:04:55,378 No, I thought maybe I'd surprise him. 108 00:04:55,420 --> 00:04:57,422 Oh, man. 109 00:04:57,464 --> 00:04:59,299 There's one thing that Jughead likes less 110 00:04:59,340 --> 00:05:01,135 than surprises, and that's his birthday. 111 00:05:01,176 --> 00:05:03,553 Kid's never even had a party, never wanted one... 112 00:05:03,595 --> 00:05:05,305 -What? Never? -Mmm-hmm. 113 00:05:05,346 --> 00:05:09,392 Anyway, I think the best gift that I could give to Jughead 114 00:05:09,434 --> 00:05:10,477 would be to stay away. 115 00:05:10,518 --> 00:05:12,395 But I appreciate the call, Betty. 116 00:05:12,938 --> 00:05:13,939 Okay. 117 00:05:15,857 --> 00:05:18,110 VERONICA: Anyway, enough about my drama. 118 00:05:18,152 --> 00:05:20,570 Betty, you were saying something about Jughead's birthday? 119 00:05:20,612 --> 00:05:22,405 Yeah. Just that Mr. Jones told me 120 00:05:22,447 --> 00:05:25,408 -Jughead's never had a birthday party. -Mmm-hmm. 121 00:05:26,201 --> 00:05:27,577 Let's have one for him. 122 00:05:27,619 --> 00:05:29,454 Like, a low-key surprise party. 123 00:05:29,496 --> 00:05:31,665 -Uh, no, no. -That's a fantastic idea. 124 00:05:31,706 --> 00:05:33,000 Jughead doesn't like his birthday. 125 00:05:33,041 --> 00:05:34,501 Everybody says that, nobody means it. 126 00:05:34,542 --> 00:05:35,710 Jughead is a lone wolf. 127 00:05:35,752 --> 00:05:37,671 Okay. Ignoring the negativity. 128 00:05:37,712 --> 00:05:39,173 Betty, you know me, 129 00:05:39,214 --> 00:05:41,258 -any excuse to wear a cute party dress. -Yeah. 130 00:05:41,300 --> 00:05:45,679 Okay, so I'm thinking a quaint gathering, inner-circle only. 131 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,807 Oh, my God, don't turn around. 132 00:06:00,152 --> 00:06:03,947 Kevin: Holy Chuck, I think his lats got bigger. 133 00:06:03,989 --> 00:06:06,449 Not that I care, because he's evil incarnate. 134 00:06:06,491 --> 00:06:07,742 What's Chuck Clayton doing back? 135 00:06:07,784 --> 00:06:09,703 He got suspended, not expelled. 136 00:06:09,744 --> 00:06:12,331 Even though he should have been drawn and quartered for what he did. 137 00:06:12,371 --> 00:06:14,082 Oh, my God. 138 00:06:14,124 --> 00:06:15,416 Get away from her, Chuck. 139 00:06:15,458 --> 00:06:19,046 Easy. Look, I only came over here to apologize. 140 00:06:19,087 --> 00:06:20,630 You don't have to go Dark Betty on me. 141 00:06:20,672 --> 00:06:22,090 I'm not going! 142 00:06:25,260 --> 00:06:26,970 I'm not going Dark anything. 143 00:06:28,429 --> 00:06:30,057 Ethel, is Chuck bothering you? 144 00:06:30,098 --> 00:06:32,017 You can relax, Betty, it's fine. 145 00:06:33,018 --> 00:06:35,729 Yeah, Betty, we're fine. 146 00:06:35,770 --> 00:06:38,148 The real question is, are you? 147 00:06:53,454 --> 00:06:55,414 What was he doing? Accosting her? 148 00:06:55,456 --> 00:06:58,543 No, he was... Apologizing. 149 00:06:58,585 --> 00:07:00,419 Oh, I'm so sure. 150 00:07:00,461 --> 00:07:02,672 Chuck Clayton doesn't have a contrite bone in his muscle-bound body. 151 00:07:02,714 --> 00:07:04,591 You know what, can we talk about something else? 152 00:07:04,632 --> 00:07:06,760 Like... Like Jughead's surprise party. 153 00:07:10,972 --> 00:07:12,015 VERONICA: Betty? 154 00:07:12,974 --> 00:07:14,475 (CLEARS THROAT) 155 00:07:14,517 --> 00:07:16,937 Look, there's a lot I can't do, a lot I can't control. 156 00:07:16,978 --> 00:07:18,605 But I can damn well make sure 157 00:07:18,646 --> 00:07:20,690 my boyfriend has the best birthday of his life. 158 00:07:20,732 --> 00:07:22,525 Screw it. I'm with Betty. 159 00:07:22,567 --> 00:07:24,361 My dad's away. We can do it at my house. 160 00:07:24,403 --> 00:07:25,695 We could all use a good time. 161 00:07:25,737 --> 00:07:27,197 Now you're talking my language. 162 00:07:28,156 --> 00:07:29,157 It's gonna be epic. 163 00:07:37,791 --> 00:07:39,000 (DOOR OPENS) 164 00:07:39,709 --> 00:07:41,628 Mr. Jones, 165 00:07:41,669 --> 00:07:44,965 I didn't mean to ambush you. (LAUGHS) 166 00:07:45,006 --> 00:07:47,259 I know you don't do birthdays, 167 00:07:47,301 --> 00:07:48,927 but Archie and I are having 168 00:07:48,969 --> 00:07:51,638 a few of Jughead's friends over at Archie's house. 169 00:07:51,679 --> 00:07:56,268 And I bet it would mean so much to Jughead if you came. 170 00:07:56,310 --> 00:07:59,479 -Man, you don't quit, do you? -Rarely, if ever. 171 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:01,648 I really wanna do something special for him. 172 00:08:01,689 --> 00:08:03,275 And you being there... 173 00:08:04,025 --> 00:08:05,360 That would be special. 174 00:08:08,363 --> 00:08:09,906 Great news, Betty. 175 00:08:09,948 --> 00:08:13,034 I just had a terrific meeting with Principal Weatherbee, 176 00:08:13,076 --> 00:08:14,828 who agrees that the Blue and Gold 177 00:08:14,869 --> 00:08:17,496 can benefit greatly from my professional guidance 178 00:08:17,538 --> 00:08:19,624 -as your new advisor. -That's great, Mom. 179 00:08:19,666 --> 00:08:21,293 (EXHALES) So what are we working on? 180 00:08:21,335 --> 00:08:23,920 A list of supplies for Jughead's birthday party. 181 00:08:23,962 --> 00:08:27,132 You're really falling for this Jones boy, aren't you? 182 00:08:27,174 --> 00:08:30,260 Mom, when you and Dad started dating, 183 00:08:30,302 --> 00:08:33,347 did you tell him everything 184 00:08:33,930 --> 00:08:35,307 about yourself? 185 00:08:35,349 --> 00:08:38,101 I sure did, and I wish I hadn't. 186 00:08:38,143 --> 00:08:40,187 I shared things with your father, 187 00:08:40,228 --> 00:08:44,065 my secrets, fears, doubts. 188 00:08:44,107 --> 00:08:45,775 And he ended up using them against me. 189 00:08:45,817 --> 00:08:47,110 What secrets? 190 00:08:47,152 --> 00:08:48,987 Let's just say that there are some things 191 00:08:49,029 --> 00:08:51,198 about myself that I struggle with. 192 00:08:51,239 --> 00:08:53,116 I trust Jughead, Mom. 193 00:08:53,158 --> 00:08:56,536 Of course you do. And you should. 194 00:08:56,577 --> 00:08:58,413 But just not with everything. 195 00:09:00,499 --> 00:09:01,500 (EXHALES) 196 00:09:02,876 --> 00:09:06,880 So... A John Landis double feature at the Bijou. 197 00:09:06,921 --> 00:09:09,590 American Werewolf in London and Animal House. 198 00:09:09,632 --> 00:09:11,426 That's awesome. Except... (CLEARS THROAT) 199 00:09:11,468 --> 00:09:12,802 You're going with Betty instead. 200 00:09:12,844 --> 00:09:15,430 (SIGHS) You told her about my birthday? 201 00:09:15,472 --> 00:09:17,724 Dude, come on. That's a primal betrayal. 202 00:09:17,765 --> 00:09:19,642 Why do you hate your birthday so much, Jug? 203 00:09:20,977 --> 00:09:22,687 PTSD from when I was a kid. 204 00:09:24,523 --> 00:09:27,442 I don't know. Things were always messed up at home. 205 00:09:27,484 --> 00:09:28,735 Usually because of my dad. 206 00:09:28,776 --> 00:09:31,654 And then there was this arbitrary day, 207 00:09:31,696 --> 00:09:35,200 that we would just get together and pretend things were great. 208 00:09:35,242 --> 00:09:37,577 We were normal. 209 00:09:37,618 --> 00:09:39,620 And it just made me feel really lonely. 210 00:09:42,832 --> 00:09:43,917 HERMIONE: What's all this? 211 00:09:43,958 --> 00:09:47,087 Dad's files from the basement, Mom. 212 00:09:47,128 --> 00:09:48,588 Archie overhead Mr. Blossom 213 00:09:48,629 --> 00:09:50,048 say that he's the one responsible 214 00:09:50,090 --> 00:09:51,466 for putting Dad in jail. 215 00:09:52,217 --> 00:09:53,593 So I did some digging. 216 00:09:53,634 --> 00:09:55,762 And found this spreadsheet of monthly payments 217 00:09:55,803 --> 00:09:58,265 from Blossom Maple Farms to Lodge Industries 218 00:09:58,306 --> 00:10:00,641 until about five months ago, when they stopped. 219 00:10:01,560 --> 00:10:02,810 When your father was arrested. 220 00:10:02,852 --> 00:10:04,438 There's more. 221 00:10:04,479 --> 00:10:06,773 The payments, which are significant, by the way, 222 00:10:06,814 --> 00:10:09,317 have been happening for 75 years. 223 00:10:09,359 --> 00:10:11,027 That's a ton of money. 224 00:10:11,069 --> 00:10:13,321 What if Clifford implicated Daddy 225 00:10:13,363 --> 00:10:15,574 to get out of paying the monthly fee? 226 00:10:15,615 --> 00:10:17,492 I wouldn't put it past the wig-wearing monster. 227 00:10:17,534 --> 00:10:19,453 -We should tell Dad's lawyers. -Well, hold on. 228 00:10:19,494 --> 00:10:22,456 If Clifford did orchestrate your father's arrest, 229 00:10:22,497 --> 00:10:24,332 people might think that Hiram had something to do 230 00:10:24,374 --> 00:10:26,084 with Jason Blossom's murder. 231 00:10:26,126 --> 00:10:27,335 -(SIGHS) -Ronnie? 232 00:10:27,377 --> 00:10:28,627 You got to let this go. 233 00:10:28,669 --> 00:10:30,297 You don't think Dad could, in any way, 234 00:10:30,338 --> 00:10:33,258 be responsible for Jason's murder, do you? 235 00:10:33,300 --> 00:10:35,302 No, honey, look, don't make things worse 236 00:10:35,343 --> 00:10:38,096 by asking questions that no one else is asking. 237 00:10:38,138 --> 00:10:41,558 And please, God, do not bring the Blossoms into this. 238 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:42,892 And that includes Cheryl. 239 00:10:44,478 --> 00:10:48,440 Cheryl: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. 240 00:10:48,482 --> 00:10:51,401 One, two, three, four... Stop. 241 00:10:54,112 --> 00:10:55,822 You're late, Veronica. 242 00:10:55,863 --> 00:10:57,782 We've already reviewed the new choreography for Homecoming. 243 00:10:57,824 --> 00:10:59,326 That means you'll be in the back, where your presence 244 00:10:59,367 --> 00:11:00,660 will do the least amount of damage. 245 00:11:00,701 --> 00:11:01,995 With you front and center, no doubt. 246 00:11:02,036 --> 00:11:03,371 But of course. 247 00:11:03,413 --> 00:11:04,664 I do have the maddest skills on this squad. 248 00:11:04,705 --> 00:11:06,166 And because you're a Blossom, 249 00:11:06,207 --> 00:11:08,168 we have to accept whatever you say as gospel truth? 250 00:11:08,209 --> 00:11:10,837 You're welcome to challenge me, Veronica, but you'll lose. 251 00:11:10,878 --> 00:11:13,590 We live in a democratic society, Cheryl. 252 00:11:13,632 --> 00:11:17,260 Let's let the Vixens decide who's cherry on top. 253 00:11:17,302 --> 00:11:18,719 -Challenge accepted. -Great. 254 00:11:23,350 --> 00:11:24,851 (SNAPS FINGERS) 255 00:11:24,892 --> 00:11:26,645 (DANCE MUSIC PLAYING) 256 00:12:21,032 --> 00:12:22,033 (MUSIC STOPS) 257 00:12:23,993 --> 00:12:25,453 All those for Cheryl? 258 00:12:28,248 --> 00:12:29,957 All those for Veronica? 259 00:12:29,999 --> 00:12:32,377 (CHEERING) 260 00:12:36,381 --> 00:12:37,924 Never cross a Lodge. 261 00:12:38,466 --> 00:12:39,718 Come on, girls. 262 00:12:45,682 --> 00:12:48,226 You catatonic bimbos didn't even vote. 263 00:12:48,268 --> 00:12:51,605 So you stuttering sapheads are too dim to exercise your own rights, 264 00:12:51,646 --> 00:12:53,856 and you've got the combined vocabulary of a baked potato. 265 00:12:53,898 --> 00:12:56,443 Consider this your last practice as River Vixens, 266 00:12:56,484 --> 00:12:58,777 and your last week as my social handmaidens. 267 00:12:58,819 --> 00:13:01,406 You're fired on all fronts. 268 00:13:01,448 --> 00:13:03,658 That's all. Shoo, bitches. 269 00:13:06,327 --> 00:13:07,828 (CELL PHONE RINGING) 270 00:13:14,168 --> 00:13:16,296 -Hey, Dad, what's up? -FRED: Just checking in. 271 00:13:16,337 --> 00:13:18,965 I felt bad we didn't get the chance to talk more before I left. 272 00:13:19,006 --> 00:13:21,676 Yeah, well, you kind of shut me down, Dad. 273 00:13:21,718 --> 00:13:23,762 -(SIGHS) -You seen Mom yet? 274 00:13:23,802 --> 00:13:25,680 No. We were gonna have dinner, but... 275 00:13:25,722 --> 00:13:27,098 -But what? -We decided it would be better 276 00:13:27,140 --> 00:13:30,809 to meet tomorrow morning, with the lawyers. 277 00:13:30,851 --> 00:13:32,562 Right. 'Cause things are so bad, 278 00:13:32,604 --> 00:13:34,522 you can't talk without a mediator. 279 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:36,983 Dad, I gotta go, bye. 280 00:13:37,442 --> 00:13:39,026 (SIGHS) 281 00:13:54,542 --> 00:13:56,795 (ROCK MUSIC PLAYING) 282 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:10,725 Okay, so you're the worst. 283 00:14:11,976 --> 00:14:14,895 But it just so happens that both our archnemesi, 284 00:14:14,937 --> 00:14:17,398 Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge, 285 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:20,443 will be at a little shindig at that chowderhead Archie's house. 286 00:14:25,740 --> 00:14:28,409 Wanna team-up for a little destruction, Chuck? 287 00:14:35,375 --> 00:14:38,336 VERONICA: Mr. Sowerberry, let me tell you what I think happened. 288 00:14:38,378 --> 00:14:41,798 The Blossoms agreed to pay my family a fee in perpetuity. 289 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,258 Clifford Blossom tried to end this agreement 290 00:14:44,300 --> 00:14:47,094 so he could stop paying my family after all these decades. 291 00:14:47,136 --> 00:14:50,223 And when my father, being my father, refused, 292 00:14:50,264 --> 00:14:52,975 it was Clifford who called the police and got him arrested. 293 00:14:54,310 --> 00:14:55,436 That's what I'm thinking. 294 00:14:55,478 --> 00:14:57,063 I can't confirm or deny... 295 00:14:57,104 --> 00:14:59,273 And the reason this hasn't come out yet 296 00:14:59,315 --> 00:15:03,236 is because it might make my Dad look like a murder suspect? 297 00:15:03,277 --> 00:15:05,572 That is our concern, yes. 298 00:15:05,613 --> 00:15:08,575 Have you changed your mind about making a statement? 299 00:15:08,616 --> 00:15:10,951 If anything, I'm less inclined. 300 00:15:10,993 --> 00:15:12,871 I told your father that you were... 301 00:15:13,996 --> 00:15:16,207 conflicted about helping him. 302 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:23,590 "My darling daughter. 303 00:15:23,631 --> 00:15:26,175 If you do not testify on my behalf, 304 00:15:26,217 --> 00:15:29,303 I'm afraid your poor mother might be drawn into this awful mess. 305 00:15:29,345 --> 00:15:32,973 It pains me to say, but she is not nearly as innocent as you believe. 306 00:15:37,019 --> 00:15:40,189 Think carefully about your next move, Veronica. 307 00:15:40,231 --> 00:15:43,526 The rest of your life, and your mother's, 308 00:15:43,568 --> 00:15:45,236 will be decided by it." 309 00:15:49,908 --> 00:15:51,117 JUGHEAD: Hey, I was talking to Kevin. 310 00:15:51,158 --> 00:15:52,702 He told me that you and Chuck 311 00:15:52,744 --> 00:15:55,622 had some scene in the cafeteria yesterday. 312 00:15:55,663 --> 00:15:57,081 It wasn't a big deal. 313 00:16:00,959 --> 00:16:04,088 What exactly happened between you guys that night? 314 00:16:04,130 --> 00:16:07,091 Veronica asked me to keep the details under wraps, okay? 315 00:16:09,093 --> 00:16:11,429 Yeah. All right. No worries. 316 00:16:11,471 --> 00:16:14,973 I only really asked because you made it sound like you were upset. 317 00:16:15,015 --> 00:16:17,268 No. If I was upset about anything, 318 00:16:17,310 --> 00:16:19,145 it was that I had to hear about your birthday 319 00:16:19,186 --> 00:16:21,773 from Archie and not you, Jug. 320 00:16:21,815 --> 00:16:24,317 (SIGHS) Yeah, well... 321 00:16:24,358 --> 00:16:28,028 I didn't think you were an American Werewolf kind of girl. 322 00:16:28,070 --> 00:16:31,115 Ooh. That's where you're wrong, Jughead Jones. 323 00:16:31,157 --> 00:16:33,033 I'm all about the beast within. 324 00:16:34,452 --> 00:16:36,454 (CHUCKLES) 325 00:16:36,496 --> 00:16:38,498 If it's a double feature, does that mean I have time to go to the bathroom? 326 00:16:38,539 --> 00:16:39,874 I'd hold it, Ethel. 327 00:16:41,208 --> 00:16:42,209 (SIGHS) 328 00:16:44,963 --> 00:16:46,714 ALL: Surprise! 329 00:16:49,007 --> 00:16:52,094 Do I look like Jughead to you? 330 00:16:52,136 --> 00:16:54,514 Oh. Betty just texted me. They're almost here. 331 00:16:54,555 --> 00:16:55,890 You've met Joaquin, right? 332 00:16:55,932 --> 00:16:58,184 I haven't had the pleasure. 333 00:16:58,225 --> 00:17:01,187 (WHISPERS) Also I thought it was inner-circle only tonight? 334 00:17:01,228 --> 00:17:03,898 Joaquin's my boyfriend, that makes him inner-circle. 335 00:17:03,940 --> 00:17:07,861 Uh-huh, well, I just came from the most insane meeting with my dad's lawyer. 336 00:17:07,902 --> 00:17:11,364 Between his upcoming hearing and his potential involvement in Jason's murder, 337 00:17:11,405 --> 00:17:13,825 not to mention my mom's, I'm in a foul mood. 338 00:17:13,867 --> 00:17:15,284 Guys, they're really coming this time. 339 00:17:15,326 --> 00:17:16,953 Everybody hide. 340 00:17:16,995 --> 00:17:18,746 Veronica: Ugh, I'm so over this. 341 00:17:25,712 --> 00:17:28,548 -ALL: Surprise! -(LAUGHING) 342 00:17:28,589 --> 00:17:31,676 (LAUGHS) This is why we left the double feature. 343 00:17:31,718 --> 00:17:32,969 Happy birthday, bro. 344 00:17:33,011 --> 00:17:34,428 (WHISPERS) You really shouldn't have. 345 00:17:35,513 --> 00:17:38,307 Ugh, you reek. Are you drunk? 346 00:17:38,349 --> 00:17:39,600 No. 347 00:17:39,642 --> 00:17:41,853 (SPEAKS SPANISH) 348 00:17:41,895 --> 00:17:44,438 Thanks, Veronica. Thanks, everyone. 349 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,149 -Oh, it's Kevin! Kevin: -Happy birthday, bud. 350 00:17:47,191 --> 00:17:49,109 This is my boyfriend, Joaquin. 351 00:17:49,151 --> 00:17:51,111 Hey, nice to meet you. 352 00:17:51,153 --> 00:17:53,865 Um, has anyone seen Betty? 353 00:17:54,782 --> 00:17:55,950 (BETTY SINGING "HAPPY BIRTHDAY") 354 00:18:18,723 --> 00:18:20,266 That was haunting, Betty. 355 00:18:21,976 --> 00:18:23,978 Blow out the candles and make a wish. 356 00:18:24,604 --> 00:18:26,064 (JUGHEAD SIGHS) 357 00:18:26,105 --> 00:18:28,190 (WHISPERS) I wish it were just the two of us right now. 358 00:18:30,735 --> 00:18:31,945 (BLOWS) 359 00:18:34,363 --> 00:18:35,489 One blow! 360 00:18:38,910 --> 00:18:40,160 Veronica? 361 00:18:41,328 --> 00:18:43,081 -The stuff with your dad? -(SNIFFLES) 362 00:18:43,121 --> 00:18:44,874 It's just the tip of the iceberg. 363 00:18:44,916 --> 00:18:46,166 I don't want to talk about it. 364 00:18:46,208 --> 00:18:47,334 Okay. 365 00:18:48,586 --> 00:18:49,796 You want a drink? 366 00:18:49,837 --> 00:18:51,380 Isn't it the New York sophisticate 367 00:18:51,422 --> 00:18:53,424 who's supposed to corrupt the sweet small-town boy? 368 00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:54,467 (CHUCKLES) 369 00:18:58,054 --> 00:18:59,555 My dad's visiting my mom. 370 00:19:00,974 --> 00:19:02,600 They're about to finalize the divorce. 371 00:19:02,642 --> 00:19:05,603 God, Archie, if my mom had anything to do with that... 372 00:19:05,645 --> 00:19:07,855 No. This was them. 373 00:19:07,897 --> 00:19:09,023 My mom wanted to leave Riverdale, 374 00:19:09,065 --> 00:19:11,191 my dad wanted to stay. 375 00:19:11,233 --> 00:19:14,194 I had to choose, and I chose my dad. 376 00:19:14,236 --> 00:19:17,323 Forget it. It's nothing compared to what you're going through. 377 00:19:19,826 --> 00:19:22,161 He threatened me, Archie. 378 00:19:22,202 --> 00:19:25,999 Said he would destroy my mom if I didn't make a statement on his behalf. 379 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:28,084 Said she was just as guilty as he was. 380 00:19:29,418 --> 00:19:31,504 And maybe he's lying or maybe he isn't. 381 00:19:31,545 --> 00:19:34,674 And maybe he killed Jason Blossom, and... 382 00:19:34,715 --> 00:19:36,216 (BREATHES HEAVILY) 383 00:19:38,469 --> 00:19:39,553 Oh, sorry. 384 00:19:41,430 --> 00:19:43,557 Just coming to get ice cream, so... 385 00:19:43,599 --> 00:19:45,184 Is everything okay? 386 00:19:45,225 --> 00:19:47,854 Yeah, no, I'm just not in a party mood like I usually am. 387 00:19:47,895 --> 00:19:50,773 -That makes two of us. -Whoa. Wait. 388 00:19:50,815 --> 00:19:53,526 You're not actually upset that I threw you a party, are you? 389 00:19:53,567 --> 00:19:56,154 It is nice, Betty. I appreciate it. 390 00:19:56,195 --> 00:19:57,655 It's just I would be happier 391 00:19:57,697 --> 00:19:59,699 if it was just the four of us in a booth at Pop's. 392 00:19:59,740 --> 00:20:00,908 Yeah. But we always do that. 393 00:20:00,950 --> 00:20:02,451 I wanted to do something special. 394 00:20:02,493 --> 00:20:04,286 "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." 395 00:20:04,328 --> 00:20:07,040 Why is everything so doom and gloom with you, Jug? 396 00:20:07,081 --> 00:20:08,499 Why can't it just be normal for once? 397 00:20:08,541 --> 00:20:11,919 I'm not normal, I'm not wired to be normal. 398 00:20:12,419 --> 00:20:13,504 (DOORBELL RINGS) 399 00:20:14,881 --> 00:20:16,256 How many more people did you invite to this thing? 400 00:20:16,298 --> 00:20:18,300 No one. Inner-circle only. 401 00:20:20,636 --> 00:20:22,262 (LOUD MUSIC PLAYING) 402 00:20:24,098 --> 00:20:25,725 Did you really think you could have a party 403 00:20:25,766 --> 00:20:27,018 without inviting moi? 404 00:20:27,935 --> 00:20:29,562 Or me? 405 00:20:29,603 --> 00:20:30,980 Archie, where do you want the kegs? 406 00:20:33,900 --> 00:20:35,860 Screw it! One in the kitchen, one in the backyard. 407 00:20:35,902 --> 00:20:37,653 (CHEERING) 408 00:20:47,454 --> 00:20:49,498 (CLUB MUSIC PLAYING) 409 00:21:01,969 --> 00:21:03,596 Why are they doing this? 410 00:21:03,637 --> 00:21:05,890 They're agents of chaos, Kevin. 411 00:21:05,932 --> 00:21:07,307 They don't need a reason. 412 00:21:08,267 --> 00:21:11,395 But if I had to guess? Payback. 413 00:21:14,648 --> 00:21:17,193 Dude, Valerie just got here. You think she wants me back? 414 00:21:17,235 --> 00:21:18,360 Archie, as my blood-brother, 415 00:21:18,402 --> 00:21:20,113 it was your sole responsibility 416 00:21:20,154 --> 00:21:23,116 to ensure that something like this never happened on my birthday. 417 00:21:23,157 --> 00:21:24,408 And now we're here. 418 00:21:24,450 --> 00:21:26,035 In the middle of a Seth Rogen movie. 419 00:21:26,077 --> 00:21:28,328 This was Betty's idea, okay? I just went along with it. 420 00:21:28,370 --> 00:21:30,289 -It's so not me. -It doesn't matter, Jughead, 421 00:21:30,330 --> 00:21:31,498 you're her boyfriend now. 422 00:21:31,540 --> 00:21:33,417 -What does that mean? -It means 423 00:21:33,459 --> 00:21:35,293 you're getting your birthday party whether you want one or not. 424 00:21:35,335 --> 00:21:36,837 -(SCOFFS) -(KNOCKING) 425 00:21:39,090 --> 00:21:41,092 Dad, hey. 426 00:21:41,134 --> 00:21:42,509 Happy birthday, Jughead. 427 00:21:44,470 --> 00:21:46,555 How are you, Mr. Jones? 428 00:21:46,597 --> 00:21:49,308 Happy to be here, celebrating with my son. 429 00:21:51,978 --> 00:21:53,854 Didn't realize you had so many friends. 430 00:21:53,896 --> 00:21:55,648 I don't. 431 00:21:55,689 --> 00:21:57,942 And fair warning. You're the only adult here. 432 00:21:57,984 --> 00:21:59,693 So I gather. 433 00:21:59,735 --> 00:22:01,737 -Where can I put this? -There's a table in the den. 434 00:22:03,656 --> 00:22:04,698 Dad. 435 00:22:06,700 --> 00:22:09,912 -Did Betty call you? -Yeah, she came by too. 436 00:22:09,954 --> 00:22:12,706 She knows what she wants, that one. 437 00:22:12,748 --> 00:22:13,874 I'll be back. 438 00:22:22,675 --> 00:22:24,342 Do you ever go down to Sweetwater River? 439 00:22:24,384 --> 00:22:27,429 -To what, fool around? -Yeah. 440 00:22:27,471 --> 00:22:29,723 -Do you? -I've been once or twice. 441 00:22:33,269 --> 00:22:34,812 Mmm, mmm, mmm. 442 00:22:37,231 --> 00:22:39,984 You can cut the sexual tension in here with a knife. 443 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:42,945 What's up, Joaquin? 444 00:22:42,987 --> 00:22:44,197 Nothing. 445 00:22:44,238 --> 00:22:46,699 Kevin, you know FP, Jughead's dad? 446 00:22:46,740 --> 00:22:47,783 Yeah, we've met. 447 00:22:47,825 --> 00:22:49,451 You kicked me out of the Whyte Wyrm. 448 00:22:49,493 --> 00:22:51,578 Good times. Joaquin... 449 00:22:51,620 --> 00:22:53,413 You wanna show me where the can is? 450 00:22:53,455 --> 00:22:54,999 -Yeah, it's right... -Yeah, um... 451 00:22:55,041 --> 00:22:56,416 I'll show you. 452 00:23:16,770 --> 00:23:18,189 What is that middle-aged Serpent 453 00:23:18,231 --> 00:23:19,606 doing at a high school kegger? 454 00:23:19,648 --> 00:23:20,816 Are you serious? You don't know? 455 00:23:20,858 --> 00:23:22,609 Veronica, that's Jughead's dad. 456 00:23:23,401 --> 00:23:24,820 -Really. -Yeah. 457 00:23:25,612 --> 00:23:27,405 And the plot thickens. 458 00:23:38,625 --> 00:23:40,378 Betty. 459 00:23:40,418 --> 00:23:42,462 -You here to roofie me again? -No, Chuck, 460 00:23:43,672 --> 00:23:45,423 I'm going to ask you to leave. 461 00:23:45,465 --> 00:23:47,551 -Nicely. -Nicely? 462 00:23:47,593 --> 00:23:50,263 Because, what, you're back to being the nice girl now? 463 00:23:50,304 --> 00:23:52,056 Betty, what you and Veronica did 464 00:23:52,098 --> 00:23:54,016 when you guys got me kicked off the football team, 465 00:23:54,058 --> 00:23:58,104 you ruined any chance I had of playing for Notre Dame. 466 00:23:58,145 --> 00:23:59,646 Hell, for any good school. 467 00:23:59,688 --> 00:24:04,568 I'm sorry that after you sexually harassed those girls, 468 00:24:04,610 --> 00:24:07,487 that there were actual consequences, Chuck. 469 00:24:09,365 --> 00:24:10,783 That night, I saw the real you. 470 00:24:15,288 --> 00:24:16,580 The dark you. 471 00:24:17,873 --> 00:24:19,417 The Betty that I actually think about 472 00:24:19,457 --> 00:24:21,001 every night when I'm laying in bed. 473 00:24:28,008 --> 00:24:30,803 You're the last person I expected to see at my son's birthday party. 474 00:24:30,844 --> 00:24:32,679 Just doing my job, keeping my ear to the ground. 475 00:24:32,721 --> 00:24:35,933 And your tongue in the Sheriff's kid's mouth. 476 00:24:35,975 --> 00:24:38,476 -Did you hear anything interesting? -Actually, yeah. 477 00:24:38,518 --> 00:24:40,396 Hiram Lodge's daughter is here. 478 00:24:40,438 --> 00:24:43,732 She said something about her father being connected to Jason's murder. 479 00:24:44,482 --> 00:24:46,319 That is not good. 480 00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:47,820 Hiram and I had some business. 481 00:24:47,861 --> 00:24:49,405 What does your boyfriend say about that? 482 00:24:49,447 --> 00:24:51,282 -His father, you mean? -Yeah. 483 00:24:51,324 --> 00:24:53,117 -I'll find out. -Yeah. You better. 484 00:24:53,159 --> 00:24:56,370 These kids are more on the ball than the Sheriff. Let's go. 485 00:24:59,081 --> 00:25:01,917 JUGHEAD: You do know my dad has a drinking problem, right? 486 00:25:01,959 --> 00:25:03,252 Of course I do. 487 00:25:03,294 --> 00:25:04,670 I didn't think people would be drinking tonight. 488 00:25:04,711 --> 00:25:07,423 I didn't plan on Chuck and Cheryl, 489 00:25:07,465 --> 00:25:09,467 and the rest of the school crashing, okay? 490 00:25:09,507 --> 00:25:11,051 This was supposed to be just your friends. 491 00:25:11,093 --> 00:25:14,430 You and Archie are my friends, okay? 492 00:25:15,181 --> 00:25:16,723 Everyone else, 493 00:25:16,765 --> 00:25:19,477 including Kevin, including Veronica, 494 00:25:19,517 --> 00:25:20,936 are people that, two months ago, 495 00:25:20,978 --> 00:25:23,147 -I would've actively shunned. -Why? 496 00:25:23,189 --> 00:25:25,732 In case you haven't noticed, I'm weird. 497 00:25:26,442 --> 00:25:27,818 I'm a weirdo. 498 00:25:27,860 --> 00:25:31,989 I don't fit in, and I don't want to fit in. 499 00:25:32,031 --> 00:25:34,033 Have you ever seen me without this stupid hat on? 500 00:25:34,074 --> 00:25:37,036 -That's weird. -Why are you getting so upset? 501 00:25:37,077 --> 00:25:40,873 -It's just a party, Jug. -It's not just a party. 502 00:25:40,914 --> 00:25:43,917 It's the fact that you don't know or even care 503 00:25:43,959 --> 00:25:47,505 that this is the last thing I would want. 504 00:25:47,545 --> 00:25:49,256 You did this for you. To prove something. 505 00:25:49,298 --> 00:25:52,009 -To prove what? -You're a great girlfriend. 506 00:25:52,051 --> 00:25:53,593 I don't know. (SCOFFS) 507 00:25:53,635 --> 00:25:55,637 Doesn't it ever occur to you just how different we are? 508 00:25:55,679 --> 00:25:59,225 Like on a cellular DNA kind of level? 509 00:25:59,266 --> 00:26:00,518 You're a straight-A student, 510 00:26:00,558 --> 00:26:03,561 you're a cheerleader, for God's sakes. 511 00:26:03,603 --> 00:26:05,981 You're the perfect girl next door. 512 00:26:06,023 --> 00:26:06,899 I hate that word. 513 00:26:06,940 --> 00:26:09,735 I'm the damaged loner outsider 514 00:26:09,776 --> 00:26:11,611 from the wrong side of the tracks. 515 00:26:12,279 --> 00:26:14,698 Betty, come on. 516 00:26:14,740 --> 00:26:16,116 Who are we kidding? 517 00:26:17,701 --> 00:26:19,203 We're on borrowed time. 518 00:26:19,245 --> 00:26:20,746 What the hell is that supposed to mean? 519 00:26:20,787 --> 00:26:24,708 Betty, I'm not one of your projects, okay? 520 00:26:24,750 --> 00:26:26,210 Like solving Jason's murder... 521 00:26:26,252 --> 00:26:28,586 No. You're not a project, you're my boyfriend. 522 00:26:28,628 --> 00:26:31,257 Until you're sick of slumming it with me, 523 00:26:31,298 --> 00:26:33,050 or until Archie changes his mind 524 00:26:33,092 --> 00:26:34,885 and says he wants to be with you? 525 00:26:42,851 --> 00:26:43,852 (SIGHS) 526 00:26:48,315 --> 00:26:49,775 Valerie, hey... 527 00:26:49,816 --> 00:26:51,651 -I'm looking for Melody. -No, no, no, can we talk? 528 00:26:51,693 --> 00:26:54,113 I just wanted to say what if... What if we made a mistake? 529 00:26:54,154 --> 00:26:56,949 First of all, we didn't do anything. 530 00:26:56,990 --> 00:26:59,493 I broke up with you because I thought you were a hot mess. 531 00:27:00,202 --> 00:27:01,203 Clearly, I was right. 532 00:27:02,329 --> 00:27:03,872 Wait, Valerie... 533 00:27:03,914 --> 00:27:05,665 -What is your problem, Archie? -(CROWD CHUCKLES) 534 00:27:05,707 --> 00:27:07,667 You shut me out, remember? 535 00:27:07,709 --> 00:27:08,919 It's too late. 536 00:27:34,652 --> 00:27:35,862 (CELL PHONE RINGING) 537 00:27:38,198 --> 00:27:40,742 FRED: Archie, everything all right? 538 00:27:46,039 --> 00:27:47,916 -Jughead. Hey. -Hey, Ethel. 539 00:27:47,958 --> 00:27:51,420 You didn't have a piece of cake. It's bad luck. 540 00:27:51,462 --> 00:27:53,213 (SIGHS) This whole night is bad luck. 541 00:27:55,174 --> 00:27:56,883 I'm ghosting. I'll see you at school. 542 00:28:02,014 --> 00:28:03,516 Hey. Whoa. 543 00:28:03,557 --> 00:28:04,891 Where you going, guest of honor? 544 00:28:06,393 --> 00:28:07,603 Get out of my way, Chuck. 545 00:28:07,645 --> 00:28:09,146 Oh, but you can't leave now. 546 00:28:10,688 --> 00:28:12,149 We haven't even played our game yet. 547 00:28:13,275 --> 00:28:14,568 Listen up, party people. 548 00:28:14,610 --> 00:28:15,735 -Quiet. -Shh. 549 00:28:15,777 --> 00:28:17,821 Everyone has their secrets. 550 00:28:17,863 --> 00:28:19,365 And we've all done our fair share of sinning. 551 00:28:19,406 --> 00:28:22,451 That's one thing my dear brother's death has revealed. 552 00:28:22,493 --> 00:28:25,287 So let's play a little game to get those secrets out in the open. 553 00:28:32,961 --> 00:28:35,506 JUGHEAD: What the hell is Secrets and Sins? 554 00:28:35,548 --> 00:28:37,007 CHERYL: It's a variation on Truth or Dare. 555 00:28:37,049 --> 00:28:39,926 In which we own our truths. 556 00:28:39,968 --> 00:28:41,261 By telling it like it is. 557 00:28:41,303 --> 00:28:43,889 I'll start the game with Veronica Lodge. 558 00:28:43,930 --> 00:28:45,349 -Naturally. -Let's begin 559 00:28:45,391 --> 00:28:47,893 with the day you and your mob wife of a mother 560 00:28:47,934 --> 00:28:50,187 came to town for a so-called "fresh start." 561 00:28:50,229 --> 00:28:51,938 Tell us, Veronica, what's so fresh 562 00:28:51,980 --> 00:28:54,066 about defiling Archie Andrews in a closet? 563 00:28:54,107 --> 00:28:55,942 -That was your doing. -Moving on 564 00:28:55,984 --> 00:28:57,361 to dear Daddy Lodge... 565 00:28:57,403 --> 00:29:00,573 Isn't it true that your father, from prison, 566 00:29:00,614 --> 00:29:02,824 illegally purchased the drive-in land? 567 00:29:02,866 --> 00:29:04,159 Which makes me wonder. 568 00:29:04,201 --> 00:29:05,911 What else is he doing from behind bars? 569 00:29:05,952 --> 00:29:07,580 VERONICA: Well, I can't speak for my father, 570 00:29:07,621 --> 00:29:11,083 but I can think of someone with a very dirty secret. 571 00:29:11,124 --> 00:29:14,169 Specifically, Cheryl killing her very own brother. 572 00:29:14,211 --> 00:29:16,255 Everyone knows how much I loved my brother. 573 00:29:16,296 --> 00:29:18,006 Exactly. 574 00:29:18,048 --> 00:29:19,466 But did you love him maybe 575 00:29:19,508 --> 00:29:21,719 in ways that a sister shouldn't love a brother? 576 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:26,348 And as you got older, Jason started to think it was strange, unnatural. 577 00:29:26,390 --> 00:29:28,601 So he chose Polly over you. 578 00:29:28,642 --> 00:29:30,102 So you shot him between the eyes 579 00:29:30,143 --> 00:29:32,605 with one of your father's many hunting rifles. 580 00:29:32,646 --> 00:29:35,524 This is riveting, I can't breathe. 581 00:29:35,566 --> 00:29:37,526 DILTON: This game is sick. 582 00:29:37,568 --> 00:29:40,195 -I wanna go next. -That's the spirit, Doiley. 583 00:29:40,237 --> 00:29:42,406 What secrets do you have to reveal to us? 584 00:29:42,448 --> 00:29:44,408 I saw Ms. Grundy's car 585 00:29:44,450 --> 00:29:47,536 by Sweetwater River, the day Jason went missing. 586 00:29:47,578 --> 00:29:49,496 I told Betty and Jughead, 587 00:29:49,538 --> 00:29:51,123 and then, Ms. Grundy quit her job 588 00:29:51,164 --> 00:29:53,459 and left Riverdale, like, two days later. 589 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:57,421 And let's not forget that Archie was also at Sweetwater that morning. 590 00:29:57,463 --> 00:30:00,006 Cheryl: Oh, my God, color me shocked, Archie Andrews. 591 00:30:00,048 --> 00:30:02,801 Is that why you became a mediocre musician overnight? 592 00:30:02,842 --> 00:30:05,763 Because you and Ms. Four-Eyes were pulling a Mary Kay Letourneau? 593 00:30:05,803 --> 00:30:07,013 VERONICA: Don't say anything, Archie. 594 00:30:07,055 --> 00:30:08,390 Don't get in the gutter with them. 595 00:30:08,432 --> 00:30:10,976 Wait, what? Andrews was banging a teacher? 596 00:30:11,017 --> 00:30:12,811 Well, damn, I wish I would have known. 597 00:30:12,852 --> 00:30:14,980 I would've added you and Ms. Grundy to the book of conquests. 598 00:30:15,021 --> 00:30:16,898 Classy, Chuck, as always. 599 00:30:16,940 --> 00:30:19,025 Wait a second, that also explains 600 00:30:19,067 --> 00:30:21,654 why Archie can't seem to keep a girlfriend to save his life. 601 00:30:21,695 --> 00:30:23,947 He's got serious Mommy issues. 602 00:30:23,989 --> 00:30:25,907 Anything to say for yourself, Arch? 603 00:30:25,949 --> 00:30:27,785 Were you victim or perpetrator? 604 00:30:27,826 --> 00:30:29,495 Dilton Doiley plays with guns. 605 00:30:29,536 --> 00:30:30,954 Big whoop, Betty. 606 00:30:30,996 --> 00:30:33,332 So Doiley's a psychopath, everyone knows that. 607 00:30:33,373 --> 00:30:35,292 CHUCK: Well, I guess it's my turn now. 608 00:30:35,334 --> 00:30:39,672 Boy, do I have a twisted secret to reveal. 609 00:30:39,713 --> 00:30:41,298 Starring Betty Cooper. 610 00:30:41,340 --> 00:30:42,675 Leave her the hell alone, Chuck. 611 00:30:42,716 --> 00:30:43,967 Shut up, Andrews. 612 00:30:44,009 --> 00:30:46,345 Look, you may get a free peepshow every night, 613 00:30:46,386 --> 00:30:48,013 but you do not know her. 614 00:30:48,054 --> 00:30:50,182 Hell, Betty doesn't even know herself. 615 00:30:50,223 --> 00:30:52,184 Everybody knows why I got suspended. 616 00:30:52,225 --> 00:30:54,353 But what you don't know... (SIGHS) 617 00:30:54,394 --> 00:30:59,483 She dressed up like a hooker, in a God-awful black wig, 618 00:30:59,525 --> 00:31:02,569 drugged me, handcuffed me in the Jacuzzi, 619 00:31:02,611 --> 00:31:04,196 and I almost drowned 620 00:31:04,237 --> 00:31:07,073 until she got me to say what she wanted to hear. 621 00:31:07,115 --> 00:31:09,368 And then she really lost it. 622 00:31:09,409 --> 00:31:11,537 She actually thought she was Polly. 623 00:31:11,578 --> 00:31:14,206 But, hey, you knew all about this, right, Jughead? 624 00:31:18,836 --> 00:31:20,170 Enough! That's enough! 625 00:31:20,212 --> 00:31:21,963 Get your hands off me, snake. 626 00:31:22,756 --> 00:31:23,965 Get out! 627 00:31:27,260 --> 00:31:28,345 Go on! 628 00:31:37,229 --> 00:31:39,815 What are you looking at? The party's done. 629 00:31:41,608 --> 00:31:43,235 It's over! Go home! 630 00:31:47,781 --> 00:31:49,324 Whoa, where the hell are you going? 631 00:31:49,366 --> 00:31:52,952 What, you want to give me some advice on my right hook? 632 00:31:52,994 --> 00:31:54,913 I want you to go back inside and talk to your girl. 633 00:31:54,954 --> 00:31:56,373 I don't think it's gonna work out. 634 00:31:57,666 --> 00:31:59,418 Irreconcilable differences. 635 00:31:59,459 --> 00:32:02,755 Don't run away from it. Don't run away. 636 00:32:02,796 --> 00:32:04,631 You've got something good here. 637 00:32:04,673 --> 00:32:06,341 With her, with your friends. 638 00:32:06,383 --> 00:32:07,676 Something that... 639 00:32:07,718 --> 00:32:09,094 Something that we could never give you. 640 00:32:10,679 --> 00:32:12,222 Also, man up. 641 00:32:12,264 --> 00:32:14,516 After what I just saw in there, she needs you. 642 00:32:26,862 --> 00:32:28,906 ALICE: FP. 643 00:32:28,947 --> 00:32:30,783 As block captain of the Neighborhood Watch, 644 00:32:30,824 --> 00:32:32,117 I am obligated to ask you 645 00:32:32,158 --> 00:32:33,869 what you're doing on this side of town. 646 00:32:33,911 --> 00:32:36,121 Don't act so high and mighty, Alice. 647 00:32:36,162 --> 00:32:38,624 You may not live on the Southside anymore, 648 00:32:38,665 --> 00:32:41,293 you may not dress like you're from the Southside, 649 00:32:41,334 --> 00:32:43,921 but we both know the truth. 650 00:32:43,962 --> 00:32:45,839 Snakes don't shed their skin so easily. 651 00:32:46,924 --> 00:32:48,133 Good night, FP. 652 00:32:48,174 --> 00:32:49,843 Now get the hell out of my neighborhood. 653 00:32:49,885 --> 00:32:51,261 You're still hot, Alice. 654 00:32:51,303 --> 00:32:53,012 Too bad you're a stick in the mud. 655 00:32:59,645 --> 00:33:02,355 And all this time, I thought you were a lover, not a fighter. 656 00:33:03,899 --> 00:33:05,150 I'm both. 657 00:33:05,776 --> 00:33:07,152 I've got layers. 658 00:33:09,070 --> 00:33:11,531 You were doing something nice, 659 00:33:11,573 --> 00:33:13,951 it's just that sometimes, 660 00:33:13,992 --> 00:33:17,120 when people do nice things for me, I short circuit. 661 00:33:17,162 --> 00:33:18,747 Maybe I'm not used to it. 662 00:33:18,789 --> 00:33:20,206 Maybe I'm scared. 663 00:33:22,334 --> 00:33:24,169 Of getting hurt. 664 00:33:24,210 --> 00:33:28,047 Or being rejected for being myself. 665 00:33:30,550 --> 00:33:32,385 I should have told you about Chuck. 666 00:33:34,346 --> 00:33:36,306 But I lied. 667 00:33:36,348 --> 00:33:40,560 And instead I threw you this party that you didn't even want. 668 00:33:42,354 --> 00:33:43,438 Why did you? 669 00:33:45,148 --> 00:33:50,403 Something is very, very wrong with me. 670 00:33:50,445 --> 00:33:53,114 Like there's this darkness in me 671 00:33:53,156 --> 00:33:55,492 that's overwhelming sometimes, 672 00:33:55,534 --> 00:33:57,786 and I don't know where it comes from. 673 00:33:57,828 --> 00:34:01,414 But I think that's what makes me do these crazy things. Like... 674 00:34:12,258 --> 00:34:13,259 (SIGHS) 675 00:34:31,069 --> 00:34:32,278 (SNIFFLES) 676 00:34:36,950 --> 00:34:39,661 ARCHIE: How am I ever gonna look anyone in the eye ever again? 677 00:34:39,703 --> 00:34:43,040 By Monday, this will all be but a dream. 678 00:34:43,081 --> 00:34:45,625 Trust me. No one will remember anything. 679 00:34:45,667 --> 00:34:48,294 Except maybe that I accused Cheryl of twincest. 680 00:34:50,672 --> 00:34:52,257 (SIGHS) 681 00:34:52,298 --> 00:34:54,342 I drunk-dialed my dad, Ronnie. 682 00:34:54,384 --> 00:34:55,427 Archie. 683 00:34:56,970 --> 00:34:58,764 What did you say? 684 00:34:58,805 --> 00:35:01,098 I told him not to sign the divorce papers. 685 00:35:02,308 --> 00:35:03,769 I don't even know why, 686 00:35:03,810 --> 00:35:05,437 it's not like I even want them to get back together. 687 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:09,649 Veronica, why do I keep doing this? 688 00:35:09,691 --> 00:35:11,109 I keep wrecking things. 689 00:35:11,150 --> 00:35:12,569 Welcome to my life. 690 00:35:13,820 --> 00:35:17,365 Every day, I feel like there's a new secret, 691 00:35:17,407 --> 00:35:19,618 a new lie about my parents 692 00:35:19,659 --> 00:35:20,702 and what they've done. 693 00:35:23,371 --> 00:35:25,498 (WHISPERS) I don't want my mom to be guilty, Archie. 694 00:35:26,917 --> 00:35:28,627 I really want that to be a lie. 695 00:35:31,379 --> 00:35:32,714 Do you ever wonder... 696 00:35:34,549 --> 00:35:36,217 What if you had done things differently, 697 00:35:36,259 --> 00:35:38,470 what if you had made different choices? 698 00:35:38,511 --> 00:35:40,138 What do you mean, different choices? 699 00:35:40,179 --> 00:35:41,598 Every day I wonder, 700 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:44,059 what if I had left Riverdale with my mom? 701 00:35:44,101 --> 00:35:45,351 Would things be... 702 00:35:46,853 --> 00:35:48,229 Would I be better off? 703 00:35:48,271 --> 00:35:50,440 I can't answer that, Archie, 704 00:35:50,482 --> 00:35:51,984 but we wouldn't have met, 705 00:35:52,025 --> 00:35:56,529 and that would've been a tragedy of epic proportions. 706 00:35:56,571 --> 00:35:58,323 (CHUCKLES) 707 00:35:58,364 --> 00:36:00,117 I'm messed up, Veronica... 708 00:36:00,158 --> 00:36:01,534 We all are, Archie. 709 00:36:02,744 --> 00:36:05,204 And, honestly, you less than most. 710 00:37:29,206 --> 00:37:31,457 Veronica. Hey, good morning. 711 00:37:35,545 --> 00:37:37,130 Morning, Jughead. 712 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:42,427 (LAUGHS) Um... 713 00:37:42,468 --> 00:37:43,636 So listen... 714 00:37:43,678 --> 00:37:46,806 Don't... Don't worry, my lips are sealed. 715 00:37:47,348 --> 00:37:49,308 Okay. Cool. 716 00:37:52,020 --> 00:37:56,482 Smithers, you've known my parents a very long time, haven't you? 717 00:37:56,524 --> 00:37:58,944 Oh, my, yes, ages. 718 00:37:58,985 --> 00:38:03,573 And would you describe my father as a good man? 719 00:38:04,991 --> 00:38:06,409 I'd rather not say, miss. 720 00:38:08,828 --> 00:38:11,039 And my mother, is she... 721 00:38:11,081 --> 00:38:12,874 Unequivocally good. 722 00:38:14,209 --> 00:38:15,835 No doubt in my mind about that. 723 00:38:16,544 --> 00:38:17,879 Thank you, Smithers. 724 00:38:22,299 --> 00:38:25,053 -Veronica. -I'm sorry I'm late. 725 00:38:27,222 --> 00:38:31,226 And thank you, Mom, for not getting mad that I slept over at Betty's. 726 00:38:32,477 --> 00:38:34,062 Thank you for coming. 727 00:38:34,104 --> 00:38:36,022 I believe in you, Mom. 728 00:38:40,944 --> 00:38:43,446 And I'm ready to go on record 729 00:38:43,488 --> 00:38:45,573 about how much my mom and dad love me. 730 00:38:50,036 --> 00:38:51,204 (COUGHING) 731 00:38:52,164 --> 00:38:54,291 Long night's journey into day? 732 00:38:54,332 --> 00:38:56,501 -(CELL PHONE RINGING) -(SIGHS) 733 00:38:59,462 --> 00:39:01,506 I can't face the music right now. 734 00:39:01,547 --> 00:39:03,216 Yeah, I understand. 735 00:39:04,717 --> 00:39:06,385 So, you and Veronica... 736 00:39:08,471 --> 00:39:10,056 Yeah... 737 00:39:10,098 --> 00:39:11,975 -Jug... -Don't worry. 738 00:39:12,017 --> 00:39:14,811 I'm never telling anyone anything literally ever. 739 00:39:14,853 --> 00:39:16,104 Okay, good. 740 00:39:17,272 --> 00:39:18,606 Thanks. That's great. (LAUGHS) 741 00:39:22,152 --> 00:39:23,486 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 742 00:39:25,613 --> 00:39:27,406 I brewed some High Point 743 00:39:27,448 --> 00:39:29,951 and brought you some aspirin for the headache I'm sure you have. 744 00:39:29,993 --> 00:39:31,286 Thanks, Mom. 745 00:39:33,955 --> 00:39:36,374 So I saw that you invited Jughead's dad 746 00:39:36,415 --> 00:39:38,877 to your little soiree last night. 747 00:39:38,918 --> 00:39:41,796 I did. I thought it would be nice. 748 00:39:41,838 --> 00:39:45,884 And he was talking to a long-haired delinquent wearing a leather jacket. 749 00:39:45,925 --> 00:39:47,510 -You mean Joaquin? -Is that his name? 750 00:39:47,552 --> 00:39:50,055 They know each other through the Serpents. 751 00:39:50,096 --> 00:39:51,597 He's kind of dating Kevin. 752 00:39:51,639 --> 00:39:53,058 What? 753 00:39:53,099 --> 00:39:56,102 A Southside Serpent dating the Sheriff's son? 754 00:39:57,436 --> 00:40:00,273 This is a small town, but it's not that small. 755 00:40:05,528 --> 00:40:07,364 Hi there. 756 00:40:07,404 --> 00:40:12,285 Decaf skim latte and a fresh scone. 757 00:40:12,327 --> 00:40:14,287 The last time you brought me baked goods 758 00:40:14,329 --> 00:40:15,997 was because you kissed Archie. 759 00:40:16,455 --> 00:40:17,582 (LAUGHS) 760 00:40:21,586 --> 00:40:23,213 Betty... 761 00:40:23,255 --> 00:40:26,341 I just testified on my father's behalf 762 00:40:26,383 --> 00:40:29,677 and helped his chances of going free. 763 00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:31,346 That's good news, right? 764 00:40:32,764 --> 00:40:38,103 My dad hired Jughead's dad to trash the drive-in. 765 00:40:38,144 --> 00:40:41,064 And given recent events, it's not inconceivable 766 00:40:41,106 --> 00:40:45,735 that he might've hired him to do other jobs. 767 00:40:45,777 --> 00:40:50,031 Like go after Jason as payback for what the Blossoms did to him. 768 00:40:51,657 --> 00:40:52,658 (SIGHS) 769 00:40:54,244 --> 00:40:56,662 I want to help with your investigation. 770 00:40:58,123 --> 00:40:59,416 I want the truth. 771 00:41:00,583 --> 00:41:01,626 Whatever it is. 772 00:41:03,461 --> 00:41:05,922 JUGHEAD: Whether you believe in order or chaos, 773 00:41:05,964 --> 00:41:07,966 in the end, it's the same... 774 00:41:08,007 --> 00:41:09,968 We are either in control of our lives, 775 00:41:10,009 --> 00:41:11,970 or merely think we are. 776 00:41:12,011 --> 00:41:13,221 Miss Veronica. 777 00:41:15,223 --> 00:41:16,599 Package arrived for you. 778 00:41:33,283 --> 00:41:35,534 -(DOOR OPENS) -FRED: Archie. 779 00:41:37,787 --> 00:41:38,788 We're home. 780 00:41:41,707 --> 00:41:42,708 Mom? 781 00:41:43,835 --> 00:41:44,752 Hi, honey.