1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,045 -[narrator] Previously on Riverdale: -[Veronica] My dad, he's-- 2 00:00:04,129 --> 00:00:06,423 -A mobster. -Archie, it's not just what he is. 3 00:00:06,506 --> 00:00:09,759 -It's what he's planning to do. -I don't need to know. 4 00:00:09,843 --> 00:00:12,637 Would you describe my father as a good man? 5 00:00:12,721 --> 00:00:14,180 I'd rather not say, miss. 6 00:00:14,264 --> 00:00:16,182 Oh, my God. What happened to the twins? 7 00:00:16,266 --> 00:00:18,351 -I had them. -You didn't call us. 8 00:00:18,435 --> 00:00:21,438 -Mom will be crushed. -He has to go, Alice. 9 00:00:21,521 --> 00:00:23,440 [Jughead] Chic, he's kind of creepy. 10 00:00:23,523 --> 00:00:24,774 I just remembered where I know Chic from. 11 00:00:24,858 --> 00:00:26,735 He's a video gigolo. A web-cam boy. 12 00:00:26,818 --> 00:00:29,821 My parents know about the affair with Sheriff Keller. 13 00:00:30,905 --> 00:00:32,031 Mayor McCoy is resigning. 14 00:00:32,115 --> 00:00:34,617 Hiram Lodge. He bought Sunnyside Trailer Park. 15 00:00:34,701 --> 00:00:36,161 He said we can all stay. 16 00:00:36,244 --> 00:00:38,371 He is gobbling up the Southside piece by piece. 17 00:00:42,917 --> 00:00:44,627 [Jughead] I was running out of time. 18 00:00:45,295 --> 00:00:47,422 And maybe... so was Riverdale. 19 00:00:48,715 --> 00:00:52,302 Hiram Lodge had been making moves. Big moves. 20 00:00:52,385 --> 00:00:54,304 But with no proof of criminal behavior, 21 00:00:54,387 --> 00:00:56,097 all I could do was speculate. 22 00:00:57,182 --> 00:00:59,976 What was Hiram's master plan for Riverdale? 23 00:01:00,059 --> 00:01:02,771 And why did it feel so close to fruition? 24 00:01:05,315 --> 00:01:06,149 Hey. 25 00:01:08,359 --> 00:01:10,153 -What's all this? -Hopefully... 26 00:01:10,236 --> 00:01:12,655 it's the article that saves the town from Hiram Lodge. 27 00:01:12,739 --> 00:01:14,574 -Jughead... -If I can fit the pieces together. 28 00:01:14,657 --> 00:01:15,909 You need to drop this. 29 00:01:15,992 --> 00:01:18,161 He rescued us. He bought the trailer park. 30 00:01:18,244 --> 00:01:19,746 -Forgave our debts. -What? 31 00:01:19,829 --> 00:01:21,831 He's the reason we almost lost the trailer park. 32 00:01:21,915 --> 00:01:24,876 Hiram's slicker than a bottle of snake oil, but this is-- 33 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:26,795 Dad. Please. 34 00:01:27,796 --> 00:01:30,590 Hiram Lodge just bought the Riverdale Register. 35 00:01:31,466 --> 00:01:34,052 He's trying to silence dissenting voices before he makes his big play. 36 00:01:34,135 --> 00:01:37,013 He's afraid. He's afraid of this exposure. 37 00:01:39,808 --> 00:01:43,144 If you remember, the only house in Riverdale with a pool was Thornhill. 38 00:01:43,228 --> 00:01:46,231 There we were, two drunk teenagers looking to cool off. 39 00:01:46,314 --> 00:01:48,900 Why didn't you just go to the quarry? Or Sweetwater River? 40 00:01:48,983 --> 00:01:52,195 What I remember is someone borrowing the school van 41 00:01:52,278 --> 00:01:55,156 -for a joyride, you and Mary-- -That was Alice. 42 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:58,451 This sounds like an episode of Saved by the Bell. 43 00:01:58,535 --> 00:01:59,452 [laughing] 44 00:02:01,121 --> 00:02:05,333 Hey, Fred, why don't you join Hermione and me in the study? 45 00:02:05,416 --> 00:02:07,418 I have this 30-year-old rum. You'll love it. 46 00:02:07,502 --> 00:02:09,170 Well, can't say no to that. 47 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:12,757 -Veronica, stay with Archie. -Mm-hm. 48 00:02:18,054 --> 00:02:22,350 I can't keep doing this anymore. He's your brother and it is weird. 49 00:02:22,433 --> 00:02:25,395 Kevin, every time I try asking Chic questions about himself, 50 00:02:25,478 --> 00:02:28,648 he gets defensive or starts to cry as a diversion. 51 00:02:28,731 --> 00:02:30,066 But catfishing him? 52 00:02:30,150 --> 00:02:32,861 It's the only way I can get Chic to open up. 53 00:02:42,912 --> 00:02:45,290 [Kevin over computer] So, do you ever PNP? 54 00:02:45,373 --> 00:02:47,167 You know, Party 'n Play? 55 00:02:47,250 --> 00:02:49,878 You keep asking me and I keep telling you no. 56 00:02:51,754 --> 00:02:56,050 This is our third time camming, and you haven't really told me 57 00:02:56,134 --> 00:02:57,552 anything about yourself. 58 00:02:58,052 --> 00:03:01,347 You haven't taken your shirt off yet, so we're even. 59 00:03:02,724 --> 00:03:04,684 [Kevin] I'm... shy. 60 00:03:09,272 --> 00:03:10,106 Okay. 61 00:03:11,733 --> 00:03:13,318 What do you wanna know? 62 00:03:14,277 --> 00:03:15,570 [Archie] What are they talking about? 63 00:03:15,653 --> 00:03:20,158 So, between us, the deputy mayor who took over for Josie's mom 64 00:03:20,241 --> 00:03:22,452 is on the verge of stepping down. 65 00:03:22,535 --> 00:03:25,079 There's going to be a special election... 66 00:03:25,163 --> 00:03:29,542 and my parents think your dad would make an ideal candidate. 67 00:03:29,626 --> 00:03:31,294 They want my dad to run for mayor? 68 00:03:31,377 --> 00:03:34,589 It's business and politics. They go hand-in-hand. 69 00:03:35,882 --> 00:03:38,885 Dad, is this something you're seriously considering? 70 00:03:40,386 --> 00:03:41,304 [sighs] 71 00:03:42,388 --> 00:03:46,517 Being mayor is something I dreamed about ever since I was a kid, son. 72 00:03:46,601 --> 00:03:48,019 In the back of my mind. 73 00:03:48,102 --> 00:03:50,855 I know Riverdale's had a lot of downs lately, 74 00:03:50,939 --> 00:03:53,942 but maybe I can help get it back on an up-swing. 75 00:03:54,025 --> 00:03:56,861 You don't think it's weird Mr. Lodge is asking you to run? 76 00:03:56,945 --> 00:03:59,822 He's not dumb. He spends a lot of money in Riverdale. 77 00:03:59,906 --> 00:04:02,367 It makes sense, he wants a friend in the mayor's office. 78 00:04:02,450 --> 00:04:06,245 -Would he pay for your campaign? -He offered to make a donation 79 00:04:06,329 --> 00:04:09,457 to help me get going. But to be clear, Archie... 80 00:04:10,041 --> 00:04:11,417 if I decide to run... 81 00:04:12,251 --> 00:04:13,503 it won't be for him. 82 00:04:14,629 --> 00:04:16,339 It would be for Riverdale. 83 00:04:16,965 --> 00:04:17,799 For me. 84 00:04:19,968 --> 00:04:20,885 For you. 85 00:04:28,268 --> 00:04:29,811 [speaking indistinctly] 86 00:04:31,938 --> 00:04:32,772 Mother. 87 00:04:33,314 --> 00:04:34,941 Strange man I've never met. 88 00:04:35,483 --> 00:04:38,319 Cheryl, this is Mr. Lazenby, our estate attorney. 89 00:04:38,403 --> 00:04:41,197 Your father left a secret will. 90 00:04:41,281 --> 00:04:42,115 [chuckles] 91 00:04:42,407 --> 00:04:43,449 Of course he did. 92 00:04:44,242 --> 00:04:46,119 But Daddy died months ago. 93 00:04:46,202 --> 00:04:49,455 Mr. Blossom's instructions were to reveal his will 94 00:04:49,539 --> 00:04:52,750 only after the authorities concluded their investigation 95 00:04:52,834 --> 00:04:55,670 -into his side business. -You mean, drug dealing? 96 00:04:55,753 --> 00:04:59,048 -Does this mean we're gonna be rich? -Don't be so gauche. 97 00:04:59,132 --> 00:05:02,427 Per Clifford's instructions, he requested I withhold information, 98 00:05:02,510 --> 00:05:04,971 including the names of his beneficiaries, 99 00:05:05,471 --> 00:05:08,308 until a public will reading. How's tomorrow afternoon? 100 00:05:08,975 --> 00:05:12,312 It's been a long time coming, Alice, but I'm out. 101 00:05:13,271 --> 00:05:14,731 I'm done fighting. 102 00:05:16,316 --> 00:05:17,525 I want a divorce. 103 00:05:17,608 --> 00:05:20,153 -Are you still seeing Penelope? -No. 104 00:05:20,987 --> 00:05:22,739 And this isn't about that. 105 00:05:22,822 --> 00:05:27,160 This about how I worshiped you, like a goddess, for 20 years. 106 00:05:27,243 --> 00:05:29,287 We raised a family together. 107 00:05:29,370 --> 00:05:33,875 And then the first chance you get, you side with a stranger over me. 108 00:05:33,958 --> 00:05:34,917 You too, Betty. 109 00:05:35,001 --> 00:05:38,755 I can't believe you would choose Chic's side over your own father. 110 00:05:38,838 --> 00:05:42,425 Dad, if this is truly about Chic, then I'm with you, okay? 111 00:05:42,508 --> 00:05:44,385 Let's ask him to move out. 112 00:05:44,469 --> 00:05:47,263 You sold the Register to that scumbag Hiram. 113 00:05:47,346 --> 00:05:51,434 -I should be the one divorcing you. -Hiram offered me a fair price. 114 00:05:52,226 --> 00:05:54,520 Half of which I will give to you... 115 00:05:55,396 --> 00:05:57,106 if you agree to set me free. 116 00:05:58,024 --> 00:05:58,900 Immediately. 117 00:06:00,526 --> 00:06:01,611 I'm listening. 118 00:06:05,823 --> 00:06:08,951 I'd put the odds of Fred saying yes at about fifty-fifty. 119 00:06:09,035 --> 00:06:11,829 As always, mija, anything you can whisper in Archie's ear... 120 00:06:12,538 --> 00:06:15,750 Mom, he's my boyfriend. Not a constituent. 121 00:06:15,833 --> 00:06:17,085 You influence Archie. 122 00:06:17,752 --> 00:06:19,128 Archie influences Fred. 123 00:06:19,212 --> 00:06:22,298 -We need Fred now. -[Hermione] When we announce our plans-- 124 00:06:22,381 --> 00:06:25,885 It'll sound better coming out of his well-respected mouth. 125 00:06:25,968 --> 00:06:28,012 Fine. I'll do my best. 126 00:06:30,098 --> 00:06:33,226 -[Archie] Are you still going after Hiram? -That depends. 127 00:06:33,810 --> 00:06:35,186 Who's asking? You? 128 00:06:35,937 --> 00:06:38,189 Veronica? The arch-fiend himself? 129 00:06:38,272 --> 00:06:41,067 Jug... there's gonna be a special election... 130 00:06:41,526 --> 00:06:42,902 to replace Josie's mom. 131 00:06:43,444 --> 00:06:46,072 -Hiram Lodge wants my dad to run. -What? Why? 132 00:06:46,155 --> 00:06:47,031 Who knows? 133 00:06:47,115 --> 00:06:50,034 I'm with Veronica. That means I'm with the Lodges. 134 00:06:50,118 --> 00:06:53,538 But my dad... I can't let him get in any deeper with them. 135 00:06:53,621 --> 00:06:55,414 So, tell him he shouldn't run. 136 00:06:55,498 --> 00:06:58,417 Veronica would kill me if I did, ditto the Lodges. 137 00:06:59,877 --> 00:07:02,713 Maybe I could give you something, maybe you could write about it 138 00:07:02,797 --> 00:07:05,550 and that might make my dad hit pause. 139 00:07:06,300 --> 00:07:07,385 Okay. 140 00:07:09,262 --> 00:07:12,056 You remember when Hiram Lodge gave Pop Tate that charitable donation 141 00:07:12,140 --> 00:07:13,766 -to keep the diner open? -Yeah, we were all there. 142 00:07:13,850 --> 00:07:16,352 Except Hiram Lodge didn't give Pop's a donation. 143 00:07:16,436 --> 00:07:18,187 -He bought the diner. -What? 144 00:07:18,271 --> 00:07:21,023 And he doesn't want anyone to know about it. 145 00:07:21,107 --> 00:07:23,484 Can you do something with that fact? 146 00:07:23,568 --> 00:07:26,821 At least enough to make my dad think twice about this mayor idea? 147 00:07:26,904 --> 00:07:28,573 -He bought the diner? -Yes. 148 00:07:33,077 --> 00:07:36,497 My God. Hiram is like Dracula. He's snapping up properties 149 00:07:36,581 --> 00:07:39,000 from all over Riverdale to expand his empire and feed. 150 00:07:40,084 --> 00:07:42,211 If what you're telling me is true... 151 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:45,256 everyone is in danger. 152 00:07:53,723 --> 00:07:57,935 I figured out Hiram's methodology. He acquires devalued land at a deep-- 153 00:07:58,019 --> 00:07:59,729 Some might say criminal. --discount. 154 00:07:59,812 --> 00:08:02,106 The Twilight Drive-in, Sunnyside Trailer Park, 155 00:08:02,190 --> 00:08:04,484 Southside High, and now Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe. 156 00:08:04,567 --> 00:08:06,527 -Wait, Pop's? -Hiram bought Pop's? 157 00:08:06,611 --> 00:08:09,906 Yeah, and while most people didn't care about Hiram's other acquisitions, 158 00:08:09,989 --> 00:08:11,407 probably because they were on the Southside-- 159 00:08:11,491 --> 00:08:16,078 -Pop's is the heart of Riverdale. -Right. People will care about this one. 160 00:08:16,162 --> 00:08:17,997 So, when are you talking to Pop? 161 00:08:19,373 --> 00:08:25,213 Your dad needs 1200 signatures before he can even run for mayor. 162 00:08:25,296 --> 00:08:26,130 Uh-huh. 163 00:08:26,214 --> 00:08:28,591 So, I was thinking, if you're not doing anything, 164 00:08:28,674 --> 00:08:32,470 -maybe we can collect them together? -You know what? 165 00:08:32,553 --> 00:08:34,555 I have homework to catch up on. I'll talk to you later. 166 00:08:34,639 --> 00:08:36,557 -Wait, Archie-- -[phone hangs up] 167 00:08:46,859 --> 00:08:50,112 Polly, what are you doing home again? 168 00:08:50,196 --> 00:08:52,657 She just walked through the door with these perfect babies. 169 00:08:52,740 --> 00:08:54,825 I thought it would be nice to surprise Mom. 170 00:08:57,203 --> 00:08:59,664 And I was surprised to meet our brother. 171 00:09:00,665 --> 00:09:02,833 -You have to hold one. -I'd love to. 172 00:09:06,003 --> 00:09:06,837 [Alice] Here. 173 00:09:12,134 --> 00:09:13,803 Oh, hello. 174 00:09:18,349 --> 00:09:21,811 Where's Dad? Are we gonna go to the will reading together? 175 00:09:23,062 --> 00:09:24,730 -What will reading? -[Polly] What? 176 00:09:24,814 --> 00:09:26,774 You-- Dad hasn't told you? 177 00:09:30,903 --> 00:09:34,115 Cheryl, I agreed to come to this will reading, 178 00:09:34,198 --> 00:09:36,242 but I didn't agree to a makeover. 179 00:09:37,535 --> 00:09:39,620 Unless it involves that blouse. 180 00:09:40,663 --> 00:09:41,664 Nice, right? 181 00:09:42,498 --> 00:09:46,502 For the record, j'adore your flannel, mesh aesthetic. 182 00:09:46,586 --> 00:09:50,381 I'm merely augmenting it for the occasion. 183 00:09:50,881 --> 00:09:53,467 What is going on in here, Cheryl? 184 00:09:54,302 --> 00:09:58,806 Mrs. Blossom. Hi, I'm Toni Topaz. I'm a friend of Cheryl's from school. 185 00:09:58,889 --> 00:10:01,559 And she's lending me an outfit for the will reading. 186 00:10:01,642 --> 00:10:04,186 And why on earth would you be there? 187 00:10:04,270 --> 00:10:07,648 I invited her. To be my emotional support. 188 00:10:09,525 --> 00:10:13,112 Just make sure you're downstairs before the guests arrive. 189 00:10:13,195 --> 00:10:16,616 We need to present a united front against those scavengers. 190 00:10:19,076 --> 00:10:21,287 Ugh. She's a nightmare. 191 00:10:22,121 --> 00:10:23,247 Isn't she, though? 192 00:10:23,789 --> 00:10:25,541 [Fred] Hey, Arch, check this out. 193 00:10:26,876 --> 00:10:28,711 When I applied to college to be an urban planner-- 194 00:10:28,794 --> 00:10:30,755 This was before Grandpa Artie got sick. 195 00:10:30,838 --> 00:10:35,134 --this was the presentation I made for some program I never got into. 196 00:10:35,718 --> 00:10:40,681 "Riverdale 2020: Small Town with a Big Future." Sounds corny, huh? 197 00:10:40,765 --> 00:10:43,225 -No, Dad, this is awesome. -[knocking on door] 198 00:10:43,309 --> 00:10:44,310 [Veronica] Hello? 199 00:10:44,977 --> 00:10:46,771 Archie? Mr. Andrews? 200 00:10:48,439 --> 00:10:50,232 Oh, goody, you're both here. 201 00:10:51,859 --> 00:10:55,363 So, I fully realize I'm putting the cart before the horse, 202 00:10:55,446 --> 00:10:59,450 but I was spitballing some design ideas and I think I may have come up 203 00:10:59,533 --> 00:11:01,911 with a few potential campaign logos. 204 00:11:01,994 --> 00:11:04,580 I-- Veronica, those are terrific. 205 00:11:04,664 --> 00:11:07,792 I gotta say, but-- Oh. Now, that one, that's my favorite. 206 00:11:07,875 --> 00:11:09,418 -Hm. -Mine too. 207 00:11:12,421 --> 00:11:17,093 Great. So, I'll have some buttons and T-shirts printed ASAP. 208 00:11:19,178 --> 00:11:21,931 -[Archie] Why are you pushing this on him? -I'm not. 209 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:24,517 I think your dad would make a great mayor. 210 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:26,143 Why are you resisting? 211 00:11:26,227 --> 00:11:29,063 Because my dad is not cut out for what your parents want. 212 00:11:29,814 --> 00:11:31,440 Which is what, in your mind? 213 00:11:31,524 --> 00:11:33,776 A dog on a leash who does what it's told. 214 00:11:33,859 --> 00:11:36,404 And, if not, they'll push him out like they did Mayor McCoy. 215 00:11:36,487 --> 00:11:39,824 Archie, Mayor McCoy had an affair with Sheriff Keller. 216 00:11:39,907 --> 00:11:40,950 That's why she stepped down. 217 00:11:41,033 --> 00:11:44,703 My parents had nothing to do with it, which I would swear to on the Bible. 218 00:11:44,787 --> 00:11:46,747 I feel like you're steering me. 219 00:11:46,831 --> 00:11:49,417 Like you're steering my dad. It's not cool. 220 00:11:52,420 --> 00:11:53,796 Just ease off him. 221 00:11:56,006 --> 00:11:56,841 Okay. 222 00:12:01,595 --> 00:12:04,890 "I, Clifford Cochrane Blossom, being of sound mind and body, 223 00:12:04,974 --> 00:12:09,019 do here inscribe the terms of my last will and testament. 224 00:12:09,103 --> 00:12:12,606 Firstly, ownership of Thistlehouse... 225 00:12:13,315 --> 00:12:16,694 will stay with our beloved matriarch, Roseanne Blossom. 226 00:12:19,238 --> 00:12:22,533 To my wife and partner Penelope, I leave ownership 227 00:12:22,616 --> 00:12:25,161 of our greatest treasure, Thornhill, 228 00:12:25,536 --> 00:12:27,913 the exquisite mansion she made a home." 229 00:12:27,997 --> 00:12:32,543 The charred husk of an empty house. That sounds about right, Mother. 230 00:12:32,626 --> 00:12:36,088 Now, the reason I contacted you and you traveled to be here. 231 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:41,927 "Any and all remaining assets of my fortune will be divided in half. 232 00:12:42,636 --> 00:12:47,558 The first half will be distributed equally to anyone in Riverdale who can prove, 233 00:12:47,641 --> 00:12:51,854 with medical authentication, that even one drop of Blossom blood 234 00:12:51,937 --> 00:12:54,231 -flows through their veins." -[door slams] 235 00:12:54,315 --> 00:12:55,608 I knew it. 236 00:12:56,609 --> 00:12:58,235 Alice, what the hell are you doing here? 237 00:12:58,319 --> 00:13:00,488 Accusing you publicly. You only wanted a divorce 238 00:13:00,571 --> 00:13:04,492 so that you could cheat me out of your big, fancy Blossom payday. 239 00:13:04,575 --> 00:13:07,786 Not just my payday. The girls share Blossom blood, too. 240 00:13:07,870 --> 00:13:11,707 My lawyer is gonna rip you apart. Isn't that right, Attorney McCoy? 241 00:13:11,790 --> 00:13:15,044 I will be taking half of whatever blood money you get 242 00:13:15,127 --> 00:13:19,757 from this inbred cesspool of a family. Yeah, that's right, I said, inbred. 243 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:21,133 Would you please leave? 244 00:13:21,217 --> 00:13:24,720 Shut your face, you half-melted, 10-cent trollop. 245 00:13:24,803 --> 00:13:26,805 This is riveting. I can't breathe. 246 00:13:28,682 --> 00:13:31,227 -[Pop] The usual, Jughead? -Not today, Pop. 247 00:13:31,936 --> 00:13:33,687 Actually, I have a question. 248 00:13:35,481 --> 00:13:37,816 Did Hiram Lodge buy this diner from you? 249 00:13:47,493 --> 00:13:48,494 Jughead... 250 00:13:49,912 --> 00:13:53,082 the Tates have owned this diner for over 80 years. 251 00:13:54,166 --> 00:13:58,128 When my ma gave me the keys, she made me promise 252 00:13:58,212 --> 00:14:03,509 that, no matter what, I'd always keep this shop in our family. 253 00:14:03,592 --> 00:14:07,346 Now, I did what I needed to with Mr. Lodge... 254 00:14:08,430 --> 00:14:10,975 but my mother's still with us, God bless. 255 00:14:12,184 --> 00:14:16,230 It would kill her to hear I went against her wishes. 256 00:14:17,147 --> 00:14:20,192 Please, Jug, can you keep this to yourself? 257 00:14:20,776 --> 00:14:22,361 While I still have my mom? 258 00:14:23,863 --> 00:14:24,863 [sighs] 259 00:14:24,947 --> 00:14:28,117 And then you can tell whoever you want. 260 00:14:31,829 --> 00:14:35,666 Now that the, uh, interloper has been escorted from the premises, 261 00:14:35,749 --> 00:14:38,460 we can finish our business. As I was saying: 262 00:14:38,544 --> 00:14:41,672 "The other half of my fortune will go to my true heirs, 263 00:14:41,755 --> 00:14:42,965 Jason and Cheryl." 264 00:14:56,228 --> 00:14:57,187 [sighs] 265 00:14:58,105 --> 00:15:01,942 As the one true Blossom heir, I feel it is my sacred duty 266 00:15:02,026 --> 00:15:03,152 to say a few words. 267 00:15:04,069 --> 00:15:05,279 The Blossoms have been bathing in blood 268 00:15:05,362 --> 00:15:07,865 since Great-Grandpappy Blossom killed his brother. 269 00:15:08,908 --> 00:15:10,910 The original sin of Riverdale. 270 00:15:12,244 --> 00:15:15,789 Well, I stand here before you to say: No more. 271 00:15:17,916 --> 00:15:18,834 No more blood. 272 00:15:20,544 --> 00:15:21,795 No more madness. 273 00:15:24,340 --> 00:15:25,549 No more horror. 274 00:15:26,842 --> 00:15:28,093 [man] Hear, hear. 275 00:15:30,471 --> 00:15:31,639 Oh! 276 00:15:32,306 --> 00:15:34,516 Couldn't have said it better myself. 277 00:15:37,561 --> 00:15:38,395 [sighs] 278 00:15:47,279 --> 00:15:49,031 [sniffs, then groans] 279 00:15:51,367 --> 00:15:54,703 Oh, Mumzie, I had the most frightful daymare. 280 00:15:55,579 --> 00:15:56,747 Daddy was back. 281 00:15:58,624 --> 00:15:59,541 [gasps] 282 00:16:00,626 --> 00:16:03,087 Calm down, it's not what you think. 283 00:16:03,170 --> 00:16:04,046 Hello, Cheryl. 284 00:16:05,547 --> 00:16:07,007 I'm your uncle, Claudius. 285 00:16:07,091 --> 00:16:08,926 -Twin to your father. -Twin? 286 00:16:09,009 --> 00:16:11,929 But Daddy never said anything about having a brother. 287 00:16:12,471 --> 00:16:13,681 Allow me to explain. 288 00:16:15,057 --> 00:16:15,933 [sighs] 289 00:16:19,019 --> 00:16:23,107 When, uh-- When Clifford and I were boys, we were inseparable. 290 00:16:23,190 --> 00:16:25,192 Modern-day Romulus and Remus. 291 00:16:25,693 --> 00:16:28,988 And it became apparent that I was being primed to inherit 292 00:16:29,071 --> 00:16:30,239 the Blossom empire. 293 00:16:32,908 --> 00:16:34,368 Until our 14th birthday. 294 00:16:34,952 --> 00:16:38,163 Clifford and I were down by Sweetwater River, and he, uh... 295 00:16:40,374 --> 00:16:43,711 He pointed a rifle at me, with eyes void of humanity. 296 00:16:43,794 --> 00:16:45,921 He told me about the Blossom curse. 297 00:16:46,005 --> 00:16:49,049 How one of the twins always meets a violent end. 298 00:16:49,133 --> 00:16:51,010 And often at the hands of the other. 299 00:16:52,761 --> 00:16:54,054 Well, he spared me. 300 00:16:55,806 --> 00:16:59,351 That very night, I ran away from home without a trace. 301 00:16:59,435 --> 00:17:01,061 It broke my heart. 302 00:17:01,729 --> 00:17:05,899 -I couldn't bear to speak your name. -I joined the Merchant Marines. 303 00:17:07,192 --> 00:17:10,779 Sailed the seas, desperate to outrun the Blossom curse. 304 00:17:12,364 --> 00:17:14,575 [Polly] How soon do you think we can get this blood test done? 305 00:17:14,658 --> 00:17:17,953 -Think Dr. Patel works on weekends? -I'll call and check. 306 00:17:18,037 --> 00:17:19,413 Polly, what's the rush? 307 00:17:19,496 --> 00:17:21,665 I just wanna know how much money we're inheriting. 308 00:17:21,749 --> 00:17:24,042 Between you, me, Chic, and the babies, 309 00:17:24,126 --> 00:17:26,336 we could start our own version of the Farm. 310 00:17:26,712 --> 00:17:29,631 -Uh, I'm not getting my blood tested. -[Betty] Really, Chic? 311 00:17:29,715 --> 00:17:30,632 How come? 312 00:17:31,550 --> 00:17:33,010 I don't know these people. 313 00:17:33,093 --> 00:17:35,929 They're your cousins. We're all Blossoms, like it or not. 314 00:17:36,013 --> 00:17:37,556 I'm not, thank the Lord. 315 00:17:37,639 --> 00:17:39,850 -I don't want their blood money. -Don't be stupid. 316 00:17:39,933 --> 00:17:41,268 I said, I don't want their money. 317 00:17:42,978 --> 00:17:44,897 Besides, needles trigger me. 318 00:17:45,481 --> 00:17:48,525 Leave your brother alone. He can decide for himself. 319 00:17:50,652 --> 00:17:53,572 Mom, I decided something. 320 00:17:55,324 --> 00:17:57,493 I'm happy to do the family's bidding at school. 321 00:17:58,202 --> 00:18:00,746 But Archie is off the table. 322 00:18:02,372 --> 00:18:05,542 -You losing your nerve? -No. Not even close. 323 00:18:05,626 --> 00:18:08,003 But I am afraid of losing Archie. 324 00:18:08,087 --> 00:18:11,715 He's become a pawn on our chess board and it's hurting our relationship. 325 00:18:11,799 --> 00:18:12,674 Veronica. 326 00:18:14,092 --> 00:18:18,555 In this business of ours, the women always walk the razor's edge. 327 00:18:19,139 --> 00:18:22,059 The men are the gangsters. But us, the molls... 328 00:18:23,310 --> 00:18:25,938 we use our wiles, our cunning. 329 00:18:27,272 --> 00:18:30,526 A hand on an elbow, a whisper in an ear... 330 00:18:31,652 --> 00:18:34,113 to manage things from behind the scenes. 331 00:18:34,196 --> 00:18:37,449 Maybe, but not me, not with Archie. 332 00:18:39,618 --> 00:18:40,619 You're right. 333 00:18:42,996 --> 00:18:46,041 You're right to protect your relationship with Archie. 334 00:18:49,169 --> 00:18:50,712 We gotta get aggressive. 335 00:18:51,296 --> 00:18:54,758 Chic's turning down money because he's refusing to take a blood test. 336 00:18:54,842 --> 00:18:57,970 We need to find out why. What exactly is he hiding? 337 00:18:58,053 --> 00:19:00,931 What am I supposed to do? Just ask him? 338 00:19:02,599 --> 00:19:03,600 I have a plan. 339 00:19:05,144 --> 00:19:06,478 It's slightly insane. 340 00:19:09,064 --> 00:19:10,607 -[exhales] -[Chic] Hey, stranger. 341 00:19:10,691 --> 00:19:12,359 Been missing your cute face. 342 00:19:13,610 --> 00:19:14,528 Where'd you go? 343 00:19:14,611 --> 00:19:17,364 Uh, yeah, sorry, I went MIA. 344 00:19:17,447 --> 00:19:19,032 I actually... 345 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:22,911 just got tested for the first time. 346 00:19:24,746 --> 00:19:27,457 And I'm negative, but it's been pretty intense. 347 00:19:27,541 --> 00:19:30,711 Your first test? Congrats, cowboy. That's a milestone. 348 00:19:30,794 --> 00:19:31,879 [Kevin] Mm. 349 00:19:32,629 --> 00:19:35,007 Uh, do you--? Do you get tested? 350 00:19:35,090 --> 00:19:36,592 I used to go every week. 351 00:19:37,217 --> 00:19:40,053 -Man, I had the worst scare once. -[mouthing] What happened? 352 00:19:40,137 --> 00:19:44,183 -Oh, yeah? What--? What happened? -Yeah, it's a long story... 353 00:19:45,017 --> 00:19:47,144 but I was living with a rougher crew than I am now. 354 00:19:47,227 --> 00:19:49,479 [mouthing] Who? Who was he living with? 355 00:19:52,441 --> 00:19:54,276 Are you talking to somebody else? 356 00:19:57,738 --> 00:19:59,197 [Kevin stammers] 357 00:19:59,781 --> 00:20:02,409 -That's it, I'm out. -No. What do you mean? 358 00:20:02,492 --> 00:20:05,579 Sorry, but your brother seems like a really good guy. 359 00:20:05,662 --> 00:20:09,207 This is starting to make me feel like a bad person. I'm done. 360 00:20:13,587 --> 00:20:16,590 Well? Did Pops confirm Mr. Lodge bought the diner? 361 00:20:16,673 --> 00:20:17,591 Yeah, he did. 362 00:20:19,176 --> 00:20:23,180 I'm sorry. I can't publish that article. It would break Pop's heart. 363 00:20:24,348 --> 00:20:26,600 Jug, we can't give up, I think my dad's gonna run. 364 00:20:26,683 --> 00:20:29,519 Archie, I have talked to every possible suspect 365 00:20:29,603 --> 00:20:31,396 connected to the Lodges, even Mayor McCoy. 366 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:32,981 They're all on lockdown. 367 00:20:33,565 --> 00:20:35,525 Maybe you've been talking to the wrong McCoy. 368 00:20:35,609 --> 00:20:38,278 I'm brunching, Archie. What do you want? 369 00:20:39,363 --> 00:20:42,491 My dad is seconds away from running for mayor with the Lodges' support. 370 00:20:42,574 --> 00:20:45,077 I don't want him to go through what your mom did. 371 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:48,288 I was thinking, you could get your mom to talk to him. 372 00:20:48,372 --> 00:20:51,083 -Even secretly. -My mom barely made it out 373 00:20:51,166 --> 00:20:52,834 of the mayor's office alive. 374 00:20:53,585 --> 00:20:56,380 If she let slip even a whisper of what went down 375 00:20:56,463 --> 00:20:59,591 between her and the Lodges, there'd be hell to pay. 376 00:20:59,675 --> 00:21:02,302 She'd implicate herself in about a million ways. 377 00:21:02,386 --> 00:21:06,640 Yeah, I figured, but isn't there plenty of stuff your mom could say to my dad 378 00:21:06,723 --> 00:21:09,685 that would kill his buzz without getting into the shady stuff? 379 00:21:11,395 --> 00:21:15,357 [McCoy] It's not all ribbon ceremonies and catered affairs, Fred. 380 00:21:16,066 --> 00:21:17,526 It's filling potholes. 381 00:21:18,068 --> 00:21:19,319 Collecting trash. 382 00:21:20,612 --> 00:21:24,616 And if you think you can run this town plus Andrews Construction 383 00:21:24,700 --> 00:21:28,203 -at the same time, forget it. -I've got a good team working for me. 384 00:21:28,287 --> 00:21:31,456 And then there are the uglier aspects of the job. 385 00:21:32,207 --> 00:21:36,420 -Crime, poverty, threats-- -Like the Black Hood? 386 00:21:37,462 --> 00:21:41,425 Right now, you might be the people's shining hope of Riverdale. 387 00:21:42,009 --> 00:21:43,927 But say you do win, Fred... 388 00:21:44,303 --> 00:21:47,806 they'll turn their back on you. And all your friends... 389 00:21:48,348 --> 00:21:51,351 will be standing in line to stab you in the back. 390 00:21:51,810 --> 00:21:56,064 -I appreciate the real talk, Sierra. -I haven't gotten to the real talk. 391 00:21:56,648 --> 00:21:59,484 Let's chat about the pittance that is the mayor's salary. 392 00:22:04,114 --> 00:22:05,615 [babies fussing] 393 00:22:05,699 --> 00:22:06,575 [Alice] It's okay. 394 00:22:09,911 --> 00:22:11,747 -[chuckles] -Oh. 395 00:22:11,830 --> 00:22:13,081 -Hello. -Mom. 396 00:22:14,166 --> 00:22:16,960 -I'm late for work. Can you drive me? -Not right now. I'm with the twins. 397 00:22:17,044 --> 00:22:18,337 Take the bus or walk. 398 00:22:18,795 --> 00:22:19,629 Oh. 399 00:22:20,255 --> 00:22:21,131 Hi. 400 00:22:29,639 --> 00:22:32,100 Pop Tate. To what do I owe this honor? 401 00:22:32,601 --> 00:22:34,811 Sorry to bother you at home, Mr. Lodge. 402 00:22:36,730 --> 00:22:37,564 Come on in. 403 00:22:40,776 --> 00:22:44,571 Apparently, Jughead Jones is asking questions 404 00:22:44,654 --> 00:22:46,156 about the ownership of the Chock'lit Shoppe. 405 00:22:46,740 --> 00:22:48,867 -Jughead Jones! -Daddy... 406 00:22:48,950 --> 00:22:50,994 Did Pop Tate keep his mouth shut? 407 00:22:51,078 --> 00:22:53,121 -More or less. -Then Jughead has nothing. 408 00:22:53,205 --> 00:22:57,250 No, what he has is someone from our inner-circle feeding him information. 409 00:22:57,334 --> 00:23:00,879 The only people that know we own Pop's are the three of us... 410 00:23:02,339 --> 00:23:03,590 and Archie Andrews. 411 00:23:04,424 --> 00:23:06,968 He's proven his loyalty, but what's to say 412 00:23:07,052 --> 00:23:09,137 he isn't feeding information to Jug? 413 00:23:09,221 --> 00:23:10,055 It was me. 414 00:23:12,099 --> 00:23:13,642 I told Jughead about Pop's. 415 00:23:13,725 --> 00:23:14,768 -What? -Why? 416 00:23:14,851 --> 00:23:17,896 When we were at Shadow Lake, Jughead was grilling me 417 00:23:17,979 --> 00:23:19,106 about the Southside. 418 00:23:19,189 --> 00:23:21,817 Asking incessant questions about SoDale... 419 00:23:22,234 --> 00:23:24,111 the Trailer Park, Southside High. 420 00:23:24,194 --> 00:23:26,655 I had to get him off the scent, so I distracted him 421 00:23:26,738 --> 00:23:28,824 with the smallest truth I could, the diner. 422 00:23:28,907 --> 00:23:30,742 Veronica, so help me... 423 00:23:30,826 --> 00:23:32,786 -That is a-- -That was quick thinking, mija. 424 00:23:33,286 --> 00:23:34,412 What? 425 00:23:35,413 --> 00:23:37,124 You can't possibly think that was a prudent choice. 426 00:23:37,207 --> 00:23:38,375 I do. 427 00:23:38,959 --> 00:23:42,295 Veronica wisely threw the dog a relatively harmless bone 428 00:23:42,379 --> 00:23:45,549 to keep him from digging up a much bigger, more controversial one. 429 00:23:45,632 --> 00:23:47,259 Yes, exactly. 430 00:23:47,342 --> 00:23:51,221 Her gambit bought us the time we need for preemptive damage control. 431 00:23:52,139 --> 00:23:54,391 Ojalá you two are right. 432 00:23:56,309 --> 00:23:58,103 [Jughead] Hiram's gonna beat the clock. 433 00:23:58,186 --> 00:24:01,731 Feels like every step I make, he's two or ten steps ahead of me. 434 00:24:02,566 --> 00:24:03,525 He's lapping me. 435 00:24:03,608 --> 00:24:06,236 He's been winning at this game a lot longer than you've been alive. 436 00:24:06,319 --> 00:24:11,032 Because he's been rigging the game. Everyone's afraid to speak against him. 437 00:24:13,076 --> 00:24:14,077 You know, uh... 438 00:24:15,203 --> 00:24:18,748 there's one person you haven't asked to go on the record yet. 439 00:24:20,125 --> 00:24:21,126 Who? 440 00:24:22,627 --> 00:24:23,545 Me. 441 00:24:25,964 --> 00:24:29,217 Back in the day, Hiram asked me and the Serpents to trash the drive-in 442 00:24:29,301 --> 00:24:31,845 so he could buy it for a rock-bottom price. 443 00:24:33,638 --> 00:24:34,556 We complied. 444 00:24:34,639 --> 00:24:35,682 [sighs] 445 00:24:38,143 --> 00:24:39,060 On purpose? 446 00:24:39,853 --> 00:24:41,479 You worked for Hiram Lodge? 447 00:24:41,855 --> 00:24:45,400 I'll own up to that, on the record, if it'll help you bring him down. 448 00:24:45,483 --> 00:24:46,818 [cell phone ringing] 449 00:24:50,238 --> 00:24:51,072 [cell phone beeps] 450 00:24:51,156 --> 00:24:52,616 -Hello? -[man] Jughead Jones. 451 00:24:53,283 --> 00:24:56,244 I have information about Hiram Lodge's plans. 452 00:24:56,328 --> 00:24:58,788 Riverdale Bus Terminal, 20 minutes. 453 00:24:58,872 --> 00:24:59,956 [line disconnects] 454 00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:02,292 Who was that? 455 00:25:03,126 --> 00:25:04,002 I have no idea. 456 00:25:06,421 --> 00:25:08,423 But you may not have to go on the record just yet. 457 00:25:17,891 --> 00:25:19,017 [grunting] 458 00:25:26,107 --> 00:25:27,734 I'm gonna kill you. 459 00:25:27,817 --> 00:25:30,612 You're leaking private information about my family. 460 00:25:30,695 --> 00:25:32,405 Information my father trusted you with. 461 00:25:32,489 --> 00:25:34,616 -If this is about Pop's-- -Damn right it is. 462 00:25:34,699 --> 00:25:36,993 Lucky for you, I fell on the sword and saved you 463 00:25:37,077 --> 00:25:39,037 -from my his apocalyptic wrath. -You didn't have to do that. 464 00:25:39,120 --> 00:25:40,163 Yes, I did. 465 00:25:40,747 --> 00:25:45,168 If my dad ever found out you snitched, do you know what he would do to you? 466 00:25:45,252 --> 00:25:48,213 I'm not gonna apologize for trying to protect my dad. 467 00:25:48,797 --> 00:25:49,881 From my parents? 468 00:25:50,548 --> 00:25:53,176 Archie, this isn't The Manchurian Candidate. 469 00:25:53,927 --> 00:25:57,722 Your father is an untouchable. He'll never be hurt or corrupted. 470 00:25:58,682 --> 00:26:00,684 What happened to your loyalty? 471 00:26:00,767 --> 00:26:03,895 We brought you into this. You were fine with it. 472 00:26:03,979 --> 00:26:06,731 -You made a promise. -You wanted my eyes wide open 473 00:26:06,815 --> 00:26:09,734 before I committed to your family. You insisted upon it, in fact. 474 00:26:09,818 --> 00:26:12,070 If my dad is gonna run for mayor with your parents, 475 00:26:12,153 --> 00:26:13,863 he deserves to know the whole truth and so do I. 476 00:26:13,947 --> 00:26:15,365 What whole truth? 477 00:26:15,448 --> 00:26:17,701 His big secret plan for the Southside. 478 00:26:17,784 --> 00:26:20,704 You were almost gonna tell me at your confirmation, but I stopped you. 479 00:26:21,204 --> 00:26:23,039 Well, now I wanna know. 480 00:26:23,665 --> 00:26:25,625 For myself and for my dad. 481 00:26:25,709 --> 00:26:26,876 That's... 482 00:26:27,669 --> 00:26:29,212 That's something you'll have to talk to my dad about. 483 00:26:29,796 --> 00:26:33,174 -Oh, hey. There you are. Hey, Veronica. -Hi, Mr. Andrews. 484 00:26:33,258 --> 00:26:35,969 Perfect timing. Uh, I have an announcement to make. 485 00:26:36,052 --> 00:26:39,848 You two are looking at the next candidate for mayor of Riverdale. 486 00:26:42,183 --> 00:26:44,686 Guess you better talk to my dad fast. 487 00:27:17,927 --> 00:27:20,847 Wasn't it better when it was just me, you and Mom? 488 00:27:21,348 --> 00:27:23,224 You-- You don't like Polly? 489 00:27:23,308 --> 00:27:24,476 Love is finite. 490 00:27:25,977 --> 00:27:27,896 People run out of it eventually. 491 00:27:29,272 --> 00:27:32,484 They stop loving you or they start loving someone else. 492 00:27:32,817 --> 00:27:34,944 One day, the sun's shining down on you. 493 00:27:35,570 --> 00:27:38,073 The next, you're alone, and it's cold... 494 00:27:39,491 --> 00:27:40,325 and dark. 495 00:27:42,035 --> 00:27:43,036 Chic... 496 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:46,206 are you okay? 497 00:27:48,583 --> 00:27:50,668 Don't use my bathroom again, Betty. 498 00:28:00,136 --> 00:28:02,555 [Little Alice's "Why Oh Why" playing over speakers] 499 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:06,726 ♪ He said he would stay ♪ 500 00:28:08,186 --> 00:28:11,439 ♪ But now he's gone ♪ 501 00:28:12,023 --> 00:28:16,486 ♪ Somebody please tell me why ♪ 502 00:28:16,569 --> 00:28:20,532 ♪ Tell me why ♪ 503 00:28:21,491 --> 00:28:23,868 ♪ Please ♪ 504 00:28:24,369 --> 00:28:27,247 ♪ What kind of fool was I? ♪ 505 00:28:28,623 --> 00:28:29,833 I haven't much time. 506 00:28:30,417 --> 00:28:31,668 Are you Deep Throat? 507 00:28:32,460 --> 00:28:35,422 You've been calling everyone in town for information about Hiram Lodge, 508 00:28:35,505 --> 00:28:36,464 but not me. 509 00:28:37,465 --> 00:28:38,842 That's why I called you. 510 00:28:41,219 --> 00:28:45,640 No offense, but how does a bus driver have insider information on Lodge? 511 00:28:47,392 --> 00:28:50,395 I used to be... someone else. 512 00:28:51,354 --> 00:28:55,024 Someone who was privy to Hiram Lodge's personal affairs. 513 00:28:56,067 --> 00:28:59,279 Someone who suffered at his whims. 514 00:29:00,029 --> 00:29:01,865 What kind of personal affairs? 515 00:29:02,323 --> 00:29:04,826 I coordinated transportation for Mr. Lodge. 516 00:29:05,368 --> 00:29:07,620 Sometimes out to Shankshaw Prison. 517 00:29:08,913 --> 00:29:12,292 He also received mail from the warden there. 518 00:29:12,375 --> 00:29:13,209 Shankshaw? 519 00:29:14,711 --> 00:29:16,588 That's not where Lodge served time. 520 00:29:16,671 --> 00:29:19,090 -I'm afraid that's all I have. -That's it? 521 00:29:20,383 --> 00:29:21,760 One more thing. 522 00:29:21,843 --> 00:29:22,719 A question. 523 00:29:23,553 --> 00:29:24,512 Miss Veronica... 524 00:29:25,597 --> 00:29:27,682 how is she faring through all this? 525 00:29:30,727 --> 00:29:32,145 So, Mr. Blossom, 526 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,565 how does it feel being back in Riverdale after all these years? 527 00:29:35,648 --> 00:29:37,609 Ignore that person, Claudius. 528 00:29:38,151 --> 00:29:40,278 I assumed tonight would be family only. 529 00:29:40,361 --> 00:29:42,530 It's all right. I enjoy meeting new people. 530 00:29:43,114 --> 00:29:47,869 During my journeys as a sailor, I came upon the most wonderful island. 531 00:29:49,704 --> 00:29:52,207 -Lésbos. -Oh, my God. 532 00:29:53,166 --> 00:29:56,961 It's the most beautiful natural place on earth. 533 00:29:57,045 --> 00:30:02,091 Oh, you're-- You're not going back on the boat, dear boy, are you? 534 00:30:02,675 --> 00:30:04,719 You're staying here with us. 535 00:30:04,803 --> 00:30:08,932 Whatever I can do to make sure that you and this house are well cared for. 536 00:30:09,307 --> 00:30:12,477 That is, of course... as long as I'm welcome. 537 00:30:20,401 --> 00:30:22,946 There's a room over the garage. 538 00:30:23,029 --> 00:30:27,283 It's freezing in winter and boiling in summer, but... it's there. 539 00:30:30,662 --> 00:30:32,789 Lodge's master plan has something to do 540 00:30:32,872 --> 00:30:35,333 with your old stomping ground, Shankshaw. 541 00:30:36,417 --> 00:30:39,170 I tried calling the warden. He hasn't called back. 542 00:30:39,254 --> 00:30:40,547 That corrupt son of a bitch. 543 00:30:40,630 --> 00:30:42,841 Do you have contacts on the inside who might know something? 544 00:30:45,176 --> 00:30:46,302 Yeah, War Baby. 545 00:30:46,386 --> 00:30:49,931 -He knows everybody's business. -Can we get in to see him? 546 00:30:53,393 --> 00:30:57,438 Can I just say, between us, that Chic is creepy. 547 00:30:57,897 --> 00:31:01,234 I don't think he likes me, I don't think he likes the twins. 548 00:31:01,317 --> 00:31:03,069 A couple of times, I've just caught him staring at us. 549 00:31:03,152 --> 00:31:04,445 Yeah. Tell me about it. 550 00:31:04,821 --> 00:31:07,657 That's part of the reason why I submitted a sample of Chic's blood 551 00:31:07,740 --> 00:31:09,534 to the lab the Blossoms set up. 552 00:31:09,784 --> 00:31:11,536 -CSI, Nancy Drew. -Yeah. 553 00:31:11,619 --> 00:31:13,746 How did you get a sample of his blood? 554 00:31:14,998 --> 00:31:16,249 Don't worry about it. 555 00:31:16,332 --> 00:31:18,668 But, Polly, I think Dad may be right, 556 00:31:18,751 --> 00:31:22,672 that Chic's... dangerous. Possibly not even our brother. 557 00:31:23,631 --> 00:31:24,841 What will we do if he's not? 558 00:31:24,924 --> 00:31:27,385 It'll crush Mom, but we'll have to tell her. 559 00:31:28,303 --> 00:31:31,723 In a way... it may kind of be a relief. 560 00:31:36,352 --> 00:31:37,395 Hey, you're home. 561 00:31:37,812 --> 00:31:42,108 Yeah, Polly just spent her Blossom inheritance on silk headbands. 562 00:31:42,191 --> 00:31:44,527 Shh. Betty, keep your voice down, 563 00:31:44,611 --> 00:31:46,195 however Mom got Juniper and Dagwood to sleep, 564 00:31:46,279 --> 00:31:47,572 I do not want them waking up. 565 00:31:47,655 --> 00:31:49,949 -Oh, no, the twins? They're not home. -What do you mean? 566 00:31:50,533 --> 00:31:52,201 -Where are they? -They're with Chic. 567 00:31:55,163 --> 00:31:58,124 He wanted to take his niece and nephew for a walk along Sweetwater River. 568 00:31:59,959 --> 00:32:02,629 -Why, is something wrong? -Mom, are you serious? 569 00:32:02,712 --> 00:32:06,257 How could you let a complete stranger take my babies? 570 00:32:06,341 --> 00:32:09,844 He's not a stranger, he's your brother. And he's doing something nice for you. 571 00:32:10,637 --> 00:32:11,846 Yeah, the hell he is. 572 00:32:14,140 --> 00:32:15,767 What did you do to my babies? 573 00:32:16,643 --> 00:32:17,685 [Chic] Nothing, Polly. 574 00:32:18,269 --> 00:32:19,103 They're fine. 575 00:32:19,187 --> 00:32:20,438 [babies babbling] 576 00:32:28,029 --> 00:32:29,364 [War Baby] What's up, Jonesy? 577 00:32:29,447 --> 00:32:31,783 You want me to knock some heads in here for you? 578 00:32:31,866 --> 00:32:33,660 No, War Baby, we need intel. 579 00:32:34,577 --> 00:32:37,580 Heard about anything major going on behind the scenes? 580 00:32:37,664 --> 00:32:41,000 Maybe to do with a guy named Hiram. Hiram Lodge. 581 00:32:41,918 --> 00:32:43,336 [Archie] You're like Dracula. 582 00:32:44,212 --> 00:32:47,173 He bought property all over London so he could move his vampire kingdom 583 00:32:47,256 --> 00:32:48,633 over from Transylvania. 584 00:32:49,217 --> 00:32:51,761 Except you're bringing organized crime to Riverdale. 585 00:32:51,844 --> 00:32:55,515 And you want my dad to be mayor so he can be your patsy. Except... 586 00:32:56,057 --> 00:32:58,184 what if you and him don't see eye to eye on something? 587 00:32:58,267 --> 00:33:00,228 What an imagination you have. 588 00:33:01,896 --> 00:33:04,357 -What do you have there? -This is my journal. 589 00:33:04,899 --> 00:33:07,527 When Mrs. Lodge sent that fake FBI agent to test me, 590 00:33:07,610 --> 00:33:10,238 I started taking detailed notes of everything I saw 591 00:33:10,321 --> 00:33:11,698 while I was apprenticing with you. 592 00:33:11,781 --> 00:33:14,784 -Is that a threat? -I'm looking out for my family. 593 00:33:15,743 --> 00:33:17,662 [sighs] Archie... 594 00:33:17,745 --> 00:33:18,955 [Hiram clears throat] 595 00:33:20,498 --> 00:33:23,376 I believe your father and I will make a great team. 596 00:33:23,459 --> 00:33:25,086 Moreover, in 18 months, 597 00:33:25,503 --> 00:33:28,423 Lodge Industries will be 100-percent legitimate. 598 00:33:28,506 --> 00:33:30,800 Riverdale will be virtually crime-free. 599 00:33:31,134 --> 00:33:33,720 The safest small town in America. 600 00:33:33,803 --> 00:33:35,596 -How are you gonna do that? -[sighs] 601 00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:37,640 Or am I not inner-circle enough to know? 602 00:33:37,724 --> 00:33:39,392 Everything will become clear soon. 603 00:33:40,017 --> 00:33:41,811 I'm just asking for you to trust me. 604 00:33:41,894 --> 00:33:44,605 Forget about me, this is my dad we're talking about. 605 00:33:44,689 --> 00:33:47,608 We will all benefit from this, Archie. I promise. 606 00:33:54,532 --> 00:33:55,867 I'll hold you to that. 607 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,746 And in the meantime, I'll keep this very close. 608 00:34:13,551 --> 00:34:15,219 -Where's Betty? -[Alice] With Jughead. 609 00:34:15,303 --> 00:34:16,512 Why do you ask, Polly? 610 00:34:17,013 --> 00:34:18,014 I... 611 00:34:18,931 --> 00:34:21,768 I-- I'm going, Mom. 612 00:34:24,937 --> 00:34:26,397 Chic said it would only be a matter of time 613 00:34:26,481 --> 00:34:27,648 before you left us for the Farm again. 614 00:34:27,732 --> 00:34:30,735 I'm not going to the Farm, Mom. I'm driving west. 615 00:34:30,818 --> 00:34:34,197 -San Francisco, maybe. -[Chic] Nice city. I've been there. 616 00:34:34,822 --> 00:34:37,074 It's safe, too. Safe for the kids. 617 00:34:39,744 --> 00:34:41,954 Will you are least let me say goodbye to my grandtwins? 618 00:34:42,038 --> 00:34:43,164 Of course. 619 00:34:46,709 --> 00:34:50,338 Drop us a note with your new address when you get there, okay? 620 00:35:06,020 --> 00:35:06,854 Hey. 621 00:35:10,358 --> 00:35:11,526 What's wrong? 622 00:35:12,193 --> 00:35:15,113 We just got a call from our good friend Warden Jeffries at Shankshaw Prison. 623 00:35:15,196 --> 00:35:19,200 Seems Jughead and FP Jones paid a visit to one of FP's cronies. 624 00:35:19,283 --> 00:35:22,245 A well-informed, loose-lipped crony. 625 00:35:22,328 --> 00:35:24,831 We think they know. We think they know everything. 626 00:35:24,914 --> 00:35:27,542 Which means it's just a matter of time before Jughead splashes it 627 00:35:27,625 --> 00:35:31,212 on the front page of a newspaper. One we do not own. 628 00:35:31,838 --> 00:35:33,297 Get Fred and Archie over here. 629 00:35:35,633 --> 00:35:38,177 Hiram Lodge is diabolically insane. 630 00:35:38,261 --> 00:35:39,095 Agreed. 631 00:35:39,637 --> 00:35:42,348 We need to show Riverdale just how insane he is. 632 00:35:44,517 --> 00:35:47,478 This is the best thing you've ever written, Jug. 633 00:35:47,937 --> 00:35:51,524 Principal Weatherbee needs to publish this right the hell now. 634 00:35:51,607 --> 00:35:52,441 Let's go. 635 00:35:52,859 --> 00:35:55,695 Jughead Jones may be about to break a story. 636 00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:01,367 A story about my plans for Riverdale. And rather than hear it from him, 637 00:36:01,450 --> 00:36:03,494 I think it's only right that you hear it from me. 638 00:36:03,870 --> 00:36:06,747 -This is quite a story, Mr. Jones. -Thank you, Principal Weatherbee. 639 00:36:06,831 --> 00:36:09,584 Unfortunately, it's not one that the Blue and Gold can print. 640 00:36:10,084 --> 00:36:11,169 Why the heck not? 641 00:36:11,252 --> 00:36:13,296 A malicious takedown of one of our student's parents 642 00:36:13,379 --> 00:36:16,048 is not appropriate subject matter for a school paper. 643 00:36:16,632 --> 00:36:18,009 Now, if you'll both excuse me. 644 00:36:21,095 --> 00:36:22,430 You're serious? 645 00:36:22,513 --> 00:36:25,349 Southside High is gonna be turned into-- 646 00:36:25,433 --> 00:36:27,852 A private, for-profit prison. 647 00:36:28,603 --> 00:36:31,522 Yeah, built on the bones of a high school. 648 00:36:31,606 --> 00:36:33,232 What the hell have we been building in SoDale? 649 00:36:33,316 --> 00:36:35,443 What we've said all along: housing. 650 00:36:35,526 --> 00:36:38,112 For all the people who will work at the prison. 651 00:36:38,196 --> 00:36:40,740 And you expect me to support this as mayor? 652 00:36:40,823 --> 00:36:43,618 We were hoping you'd be open to it, yes. 653 00:36:44,785 --> 00:36:46,621 Can't do it. I'm out of here. 654 00:36:47,163 --> 00:36:48,039 Look, Fred-- 655 00:36:48,122 --> 00:36:50,124 We've been in business for how long and you didn't tell me? 656 00:36:50,208 --> 00:36:52,919 Only reason you're telling me now is it's about to become public. 657 00:36:53,002 --> 00:36:55,713 -I'll admit, it's not ideal. -Not ideal, Hiram? 658 00:36:55,796 --> 00:36:59,383 You wanna turn the town that I love, my home, my son's home, 659 00:36:59,467 --> 00:37:01,010 into a prison. 660 00:37:03,471 --> 00:37:07,975 Fred, please. Let me tell you why and how this is the right move for us. 661 00:37:08,059 --> 00:37:09,393 -For Riverdale. -You just save that 662 00:37:09,477 --> 00:37:11,437 for whoever it is that you find to run for mayor 663 00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:14,232 because we are leaving and we are leaving now. 664 00:37:14,732 --> 00:37:15,858 Come on, Archie. 665 00:37:16,567 --> 00:37:17,944 Dad, I'm gonna stay. 666 00:37:20,488 --> 00:37:21,572 Excuse me? 667 00:37:21,656 --> 00:37:24,283 I wanna stay. I wanna hear what Mr. Lodge has to say. 668 00:37:26,619 --> 00:37:28,955 Then I will see you at home, then. 669 00:37:36,087 --> 00:37:37,171 [door closes] 670 00:37:42,635 --> 00:37:44,637 [indistinct chatter] 671 00:37:50,559 --> 00:37:52,353 [Veronica] Thank you all for coming. 672 00:37:54,188 --> 00:37:56,399 Ladies and gentlemen, I give you... 673 00:37:57,358 --> 00:37:59,318 your next mayor of Riverdale... 674 00:38:01,028 --> 00:38:02,780 my mother, Hermione Lodge. 675 00:38:02,863 --> 00:38:04,532 [crowd cheering] 676 00:38:09,704 --> 00:38:12,540 Thank you, Veronica. And thank you all very much. 677 00:38:12,999 --> 00:38:15,835 Like many of you, I grew up in this town... 678 00:38:16,585 --> 00:38:18,379 dreaming of a better tomorrow. 679 00:38:18,754 --> 00:38:22,591 For myself, for my family and for my friends. 680 00:38:24,093 --> 00:38:24,927 And now... 681 00:38:25,928 --> 00:38:29,390 for the future that you all so deserve. 682 00:38:31,350 --> 00:38:35,604 Riverdale is one of the most dynamic, resilient communities... 683 00:38:35,688 --> 00:38:36,605 The Lodges. 684 00:38:37,565 --> 00:38:40,276 How often have I dreamt of getting my revenge on them. 685 00:38:40,359 --> 00:38:41,610 Now, now, Claudius. 686 00:38:42,570 --> 00:38:43,696 First things first. 687 00:38:45,656 --> 00:38:48,409 Nana... then Cheryl. 688 00:38:48,492 --> 00:38:49,827 Of course, Penelope. 689 00:38:50,453 --> 00:38:52,330 Our house must be put in order. 690 00:38:52,788 --> 00:38:55,833 [Hermione] Riverdale cannot succeed unless all of us succeed. 691 00:38:56,125 --> 00:38:59,170 And that will require certain sacrifices. 692 00:39:02,673 --> 00:39:04,216 What--? What is this? 693 00:39:05,259 --> 00:39:08,095 When you wouldn't submit to the DNA test, 694 00:39:08,179 --> 00:39:11,474 I found some of your dental floss and sent it to the lab. 695 00:39:11,932 --> 00:39:13,392 Those are the results. 696 00:39:15,561 --> 00:39:17,772 You're not who you say you are, Chic. 697 00:39:18,856 --> 00:39:21,233 So... who are you? 698 00:39:21,859 --> 00:39:25,154 [Hermione] We'll also need your support. We'll need your trust. 699 00:39:25,654 --> 00:39:27,448 We'll need your loyalty. 700 00:39:28,115 --> 00:39:30,576 I knew a prison would be a difficult sell. 701 00:39:32,286 --> 00:39:33,954 Especially with Fred. 702 00:39:34,830 --> 00:39:36,999 I was gonna ease him into the idea. 703 00:39:38,334 --> 00:39:40,586 I should have told you both sooner. 704 00:39:41,379 --> 00:39:42,546 I regret that. 705 00:39:43,130 --> 00:39:47,551 To be honest, Mr. Lodge... before Jason, before the Black Hood... 706 00:39:49,178 --> 00:39:50,763 before my dad was shot... 707 00:39:52,390 --> 00:39:54,725 I might not have understood your point of view. 708 00:39:55,976 --> 00:39:57,103 But I've changed. 709 00:39:57,520 --> 00:39:59,814 I think Riverdale needs a change, too. 710 00:40:00,397 --> 00:40:01,232 Yeah. 711 00:40:03,692 --> 00:40:04,819 This tradition... 712 00:40:06,237 --> 00:40:07,738 has been in my family... 713 00:40:08,989 --> 00:40:10,616 going back generations. 714 00:40:11,075 --> 00:40:11,909 It's a... 715 00:40:13,285 --> 00:40:14,537 sign of loyalty. 716 00:40:15,287 --> 00:40:16,622 Once you do this... 717 00:40:17,540 --> 00:40:18,874 there's no undoing it. 718 00:40:19,875 --> 00:40:21,293 No changing your mind. 719 00:40:23,796 --> 00:40:25,047 So, are you certain? 720 00:40:26,799 --> 00:40:27,675 I think... 721 00:40:31,178 --> 00:40:32,054 I am. 722 00:41:01,250 --> 00:41:02,668 You know what you need to do. 723 00:41:18,517 --> 00:41:19,560 Now, Archie... 724 00:41:22,605 --> 00:41:23,606 we come first. 725 00:41:26,108 --> 00:41:29,778 This town has endured so much these past few years. 726 00:41:30,696 --> 00:41:32,490 After so much adversity... 727 00:41:33,449 --> 00:41:37,828 aren't we all ready for a taste of prosperity? 728 00:41:38,454 --> 00:41:40,456 [all cheering] 729 00:41:42,958 --> 00:41:45,669 [Jughead] And there it was. The Lodges had won. 730 00:41:46,086 --> 00:41:48,839 Time had run out for Riverdale. Lodges had won.