1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:02,669 [narrator] Previously on Riverdale: 2 00:00:02,752 --> 00:00:06,297 The first time any of us heard of Gryphons and Gargoyles 3 00:00:06,381 --> 00:00:07,465 was from your mother. 4 00:00:07,549 --> 00:00:10,010 [Betty] Ben and Dilton kill themselves, 5 00:00:10,093 --> 00:00:13,346 all to appease some creature called the Gargoyle King. 6 00:00:13,430 --> 00:00:17,475 Toxicology report revealed lethal levels of cyanide in Mr. Doiley's blood. 7 00:00:17,559 --> 00:00:19,477 There's something familiar about this. 8 00:00:19,561 --> 00:00:20,562 We made a vow. 9 00:00:20,645 --> 00:00:24,607 -The secret we buried all those years ago. -Made a pact to never revisit that. 10 00:00:24,691 --> 00:00:27,736 -[Jughead] Do you have a player's manual? -Flip for your fate. 11 00:00:27,819 --> 00:00:29,946 -Promise to give me the scripture? -Promise. 12 00:00:30,029 --> 00:00:31,781 -Salut. -[FP] You been playing the game? 13 00:00:31,865 --> 00:00:33,450 -No. -Don't lie to me, boy. 14 00:00:33,533 --> 00:00:34,993 I see the blue on your lips. 15 00:00:35,076 --> 00:00:38,538 [Jughead] No one will play, but that book may be our best shot at figuring out 16 00:00:38,621 --> 00:00:41,750 -what happened to Dilton and Ben. -[Hermione] Our children are in danger. 17 00:00:41,833 --> 00:00:43,168 -Where'd you get this? -My locker. 18 00:00:43,251 --> 00:00:44,836 Same with everyone else. 19 00:00:46,629 --> 00:00:49,716 [Jughead] A deadly mutating virus had been introduced 20 00:00:49,799 --> 00:00:51,426 to the ecosystem of Riverdale, 21 00:00:51,509 --> 00:00:53,553 and it was spreading like an epidemic. 22 00:00:54,095 --> 00:00:57,640 For every manual confiscated, two popped up in its place. 23 00:00:57,724 --> 00:01:00,560 And the ever-resourceful students of Riverdale High 24 00:01:00,643 --> 00:01:02,228 were playing it everywhere. 25 00:01:03,229 --> 00:01:05,899 Why? Because for us, the game was an escape 26 00:01:05,982 --> 00:01:10,111 from our nightmarish reality, a fantasyland at our fingertips. 27 00:01:10,695 --> 00:01:13,406 But for our parents, it was a death-dealing nightmare. 28 00:01:13,490 --> 00:01:15,867 Two students have taken their lives. 29 00:01:16,451 --> 00:01:19,496 A third tried. The common thread linking these tragedies: 30 00:01:19,579 --> 00:01:23,917 all three victims were playing the game known as Gryphons and Gargoyles. 31 00:01:24,626 --> 00:01:27,003 You're admitting the game killed Dilton and Ben? 32 00:01:27,504 --> 00:01:28,630 Yes, Mr. Jones. 33 00:01:28,713 --> 00:01:32,217 But where did G&G come from? Where did Ben and Dilton even get it? 34 00:01:32,300 --> 00:01:34,135 We still don't have many answers, 35 00:01:34,219 --> 00:01:38,139 but from the little that we know about it, the game seems targeted 36 00:01:38,223 --> 00:01:40,058 at impressionable developing minds. 37 00:01:40,141 --> 00:01:41,851 Namely, teens like yourselves. 38 00:01:41,935 --> 00:01:44,187 Um... Challenge accepted. 39 00:01:44,437 --> 00:01:45,438 Respect to the dead, 40 00:01:45,522 --> 00:01:48,900 but some among our flock are shepherds, not sheep. 41 00:01:48,983 --> 00:01:51,486 The game's quests and role-playing scenarios 42 00:01:51,569 --> 00:01:53,113 are specifically designed 43 00:01:53,196 --> 00:01:56,699 to foster delusion, paranoia, and ultimately violence. 44 00:01:56,783 --> 00:01:59,994 As mayor, I'm officially banning Gryphons and Gargoyles. 45 00:02:01,037 --> 00:02:03,706 Mrs. Burble is gonna be holding extended office hours, 46 00:02:03,790 --> 00:02:07,085 and I've set up a 24-hour crisis hotline, 47 00:02:07,627 --> 00:02:08,878 overseen by Kevin Keller. 48 00:02:08,962 --> 00:02:10,672 FYI, I am only there after school. 49 00:02:10,755 --> 00:02:13,299 As a parent, I'm imploring you. 50 00:02:14,509 --> 00:02:16,052 Take care of yourselves. 51 00:02:18,263 --> 00:02:19,764 And stay away from this game. 52 00:02:21,516 --> 00:02:23,226 [Veronica] Newsflash, Mom, banning something 53 00:02:23,309 --> 00:02:24,978 only makes it more interesting. 54 00:02:25,061 --> 00:02:26,062 Thank you. 55 00:02:26,229 --> 00:02:29,566 And now this stupid game is literally all anyone is talking about. 56 00:02:29,649 --> 00:02:31,359 You're not playing, are you, Vee? 57 00:02:31,442 --> 00:02:34,571 Bee, you don't make Fibes 20 Under 20 58 00:02:34,654 --> 00:02:37,282 by prancing around the woods in a deer carcass. 59 00:02:38,366 --> 00:02:40,326 -Are you and Jughead playing? -No. 60 00:02:40,660 --> 00:02:43,872 We're trying to find out why my mom and his dad were so triggered 61 00:02:43,955 --> 00:02:45,331 by us having the manuals. 62 00:02:45,415 --> 00:02:46,708 [phone rings] 63 00:02:47,876 --> 00:02:50,545 -Hello? -Ms. Cooper, this is Dr. Curdle Junior. 64 00:02:50,628 --> 00:02:51,629 Are you alone? 65 00:02:55,091 --> 00:02:56,342 Hi, Dr. Curdle. 66 00:02:56,843 --> 00:02:58,928 Yes. Have you had any luck? 67 00:02:59,012 --> 00:03:01,931 Per your request, I did some digging in the morgue archives. 68 00:03:02,015 --> 00:03:04,475 I found something I think you'll be interested in. 69 00:03:06,519 --> 00:03:09,147 Dr. Curdle Junior told me and Jughead 70 00:03:09,230 --> 00:03:11,649 that the circumstances of Dilton Doiley's suicide 71 00:03:11,733 --> 00:03:13,610 felt oddly familiar to him. 72 00:03:15,612 --> 00:03:17,113 That file is why. 73 00:03:17,697 --> 00:03:19,616 A case from when his dad was coroner. 74 00:03:19,699 --> 00:03:21,951 I am right in the middle of my affirmations. 75 00:03:22,035 --> 00:03:23,912 Trust me, you'll wanna look at this. 76 00:03:34,464 --> 00:03:36,382 Per your Farm "testimony," 77 00:03:36,466 --> 00:03:38,593 you've clearly played G&G before. 78 00:03:38,676 --> 00:03:41,679 Now I have concrete evidence that when you were my age, 79 00:03:41,763 --> 00:03:45,600 there was another suspicious death, maybe a murder, 80 00:03:45,683 --> 00:03:49,604 that took place at Riverdale High where the corpse had blue lips. 81 00:03:51,022 --> 00:03:55,860 I can keep digging or you can just tell me what you know about G&G. 82 00:03:55,944 --> 00:03:57,237 All right. 83 00:03:58,363 --> 00:03:59,238 Wait, really? 84 00:04:02,951 --> 00:04:05,870 You're right, Betty. You deserve to know the whole truth. 85 00:04:08,206 --> 00:04:10,583 If for no other reason, for your own protection. 86 00:04:12,835 --> 00:04:14,254 It was our junior year. 87 00:04:14,337 --> 00:04:19,092 Phones had cords, Winona had Johnny, and everything smelled like teen spirit. 88 00:04:19,175 --> 00:04:22,845 The world was a different place, and we were very different people. 89 00:04:22,929 --> 00:04:24,931 Back then, I was Alice Smith, 90 00:04:25,014 --> 00:04:27,350 a bad girl from the wrong side of the tracks 91 00:04:27,433 --> 00:04:28,935 with enviable hair, 92 00:04:29,018 --> 00:04:30,395 no real friends... 93 00:04:30,478 --> 00:04:32,605 Please no, please no, please no. 94 00:04:32,689 --> 00:04:35,149 and one huge problem. 95 00:04:38,361 --> 00:04:39,445 Damn it. 96 00:04:39,529 --> 00:04:40,780 [Alice sobbing] 97 00:04:44,450 --> 00:04:45,368 [knocking on door] 98 00:04:45,451 --> 00:04:47,078 [Hermione] Everything okay? 99 00:04:47,996 --> 00:04:51,207 Mind your own business, Hermione. Shouldn't you be in a church? 100 00:04:51,291 --> 00:04:54,043 Oh, crap, girl. Are you...? 101 00:04:58,381 --> 00:05:01,384 It's probably a false positive. It happens all the time. 102 00:05:01,843 --> 00:05:03,428 Like three percent of the time. 103 00:05:03,928 --> 00:05:05,763 No one's talking to you, Sierra. 104 00:05:08,599 --> 00:05:09,559 What am I gonna do? 105 00:05:09,976 --> 00:05:13,646 I tried to talk to him. He blew me off, for some Vixen he's screwing. 106 00:05:13,730 --> 00:05:14,605 [chuckles] 107 00:05:15,189 --> 00:05:17,108 Classic FP Jones. 108 00:05:17,191 --> 00:05:19,235 -FP Jones? -FP Jones? 109 00:05:20,486 --> 00:05:21,654 Well, well, well. 110 00:05:22,113 --> 00:05:23,865 I thought I heard a party in here. 111 00:05:24,282 --> 00:05:25,283 Hall passes, ladies. 112 00:05:29,287 --> 00:05:31,080 Oh, it's up your ass, Penelope. 113 00:05:32,874 --> 00:05:34,584 Classy as always, Alice Smith. 114 00:05:35,501 --> 00:05:38,921 Just curious, were you born with that mouth, 115 00:05:39,005 --> 00:05:43,259 or is it something Southside mothers teach their bastard babies? 116 00:05:44,510 --> 00:05:45,344 Wow. 117 00:05:50,683 --> 00:05:51,517 [gasps] 118 00:05:54,228 --> 00:05:55,772 You trashy bitch. 119 00:05:55,855 --> 00:05:56,898 [gasps] 120 00:05:56,981 --> 00:05:58,149 [chuckling] 121 00:05:58,483 --> 00:06:00,276 Oh, no. No, no, no. 122 00:06:00,526 --> 00:06:01,402 [grunting] 123 00:06:01,486 --> 00:06:02,320 -Hey. -Yeah. 124 00:06:03,613 --> 00:06:05,031 -Get off. -Ow! 125 00:06:05,114 --> 00:06:05,948 Hey. 126 00:06:08,117 --> 00:06:10,745 [Marty] Come on, FP. It's Bulldog tradition. 127 00:06:10,828 --> 00:06:12,955 [all] Streak, streak, streak. 128 00:06:13,039 --> 00:06:15,416 -Streak, streak, streak. -My arm's in a cast, Mantle. 129 00:06:15,500 --> 00:06:17,794 -Streak, streak, streak. -Doesn't matter. 130 00:06:17,877 --> 00:06:19,962 -Streak, streak, streak. -Streak. 131 00:06:20,046 --> 00:06:21,631 -Streak, streak, streak. -Streak. 132 00:06:21,714 --> 00:06:22,924 Marty, I'm not doing it. 133 00:06:23,007 --> 00:06:25,009 Streak, streak, streak. 134 00:06:26,094 --> 00:06:27,011 I'll go with you. 135 00:06:28,096 --> 00:06:31,224 Freddie Andrews. Why? You're not even on our team. 136 00:06:31,307 --> 00:06:33,893 No, but the baseball team got me to streak last year 137 00:06:33,976 --> 00:06:36,104 and it got me serious cred with the ladies. 138 00:06:37,980 --> 00:06:40,400 Run fast enough, and all they'll see is a blur. 139 00:06:42,485 --> 00:06:43,820 Streak, streak, streak... 140 00:06:43,903 --> 00:06:46,614 [Alice] We were invincible. Or at least we thought we were. 141 00:06:47,073 --> 00:06:51,035 That little stunt landed FP and Fred in hot water. 142 00:06:51,119 --> 00:06:52,995 [school bell ringing] 143 00:06:55,748 --> 00:06:58,918 Welcome... to Saturday detention. 144 00:07:01,587 --> 00:07:05,424 [Alice] Gathered in that classroom, we were strangers more than friends. 145 00:07:05,842 --> 00:07:10,430 And none of us could've guessed that our lives were about to change forever. 146 00:07:20,731 --> 00:07:22,817 [Alice] It was just supposed to be one Saturday. 147 00:07:23,818 --> 00:07:27,613 Eight hours, six people, with seemingly nothing in common. 148 00:07:28,239 --> 00:07:29,240 The bad girl. 149 00:07:29,323 --> 00:07:31,617 -[Featherhead] Alice Smith? -[Alice] The rebelling Catholic. 150 00:07:31,701 --> 00:07:33,411 Hermione Gomez? 151 00:07:33,494 --> 00:07:35,872 -The teacher's pet. -Penelope Blossom? 152 00:07:35,955 --> 00:07:37,665 -The artist athlete. -Fred Andrews? 153 00:07:37,748 --> 00:07:39,292 The political animal. 154 00:07:39,375 --> 00:07:41,043 Sierra Samuels? 155 00:07:41,127 --> 00:07:44,464 -And the ladies' man. -Forsythe Pendleton Jones, Jr. 156 00:07:44,547 --> 00:07:47,758 Forsythe Pendleton Jones, Jr. 157 00:07:47,842 --> 00:07:51,095 He was the BMOC, an all-American athlete, 158 00:07:51,262 --> 00:07:53,431 a stud muffin, as we used to say. 159 00:07:54,682 --> 00:07:56,392 He was different back then, Betty. 160 00:07:56,684 --> 00:07:59,896 Trying to be something other than what he was, but still trouble. 161 00:08:03,483 --> 00:08:07,195 I was as tough as nails, but around FP, Silly Putty. 162 00:08:07,904 --> 00:08:10,656 Even in detention, with a secret growing inside me... 163 00:08:11,949 --> 00:08:12,950 I hated him... 164 00:08:14,118 --> 00:08:14,994 but I wanted him. 165 00:08:15,077 --> 00:08:17,496 Okay, okay, Mom. I get it. 166 00:08:18,331 --> 00:08:20,833 While you're here today, you will not talk. 167 00:08:23,211 --> 00:08:24,462 You will not play. 168 00:08:26,756 --> 00:08:28,007 You will not move. 169 00:08:37,225 --> 00:08:38,434 You don't even breathe. 170 00:08:39,936 --> 00:08:41,270 -[Sierra clears throat] -Yes. 171 00:08:41,354 --> 00:08:42,772 What if we have to pee? 172 00:08:42,855 --> 00:08:44,315 You hold it, Ms. Samuels. 173 00:08:45,274 --> 00:08:48,402 And at the end of the day, you will deliver a 1000-word essay 174 00:08:48,903 --> 00:08:50,321 as to why you're here today. 175 00:08:50,404 --> 00:08:54,867 I will be right down the hall, in my office, all day long. 176 00:08:56,953 --> 00:08:58,704 'Cause I have nothing better to do. 177 00:08:58,788 --> 00:09:01,040 [Spandau Ballet's "True" playing] 178 00:09:06,629 --> 00:09:10,007 ♪ Huh, huh, huh, hu-uh, huh ♪ 179 00:09:16,305 --> 00:09:18,099 ♪ Huh, huh, huh, hu-uh... ♪ 180 00:09:18,516 --> 00:09:19,517 Dude, can you not? 181 00:09:21,310 --> 00:09:22,937 Dude, can you bite me? 182 00:09:23,020 --> 00:09:24,397 Oh, my God. Shh. 183 00:09:26,524 --> 00:09:29,026 -Psst. Sierra. -[chuckles] 184 00:09:29,110 --> 00:09:30,486 Sit. We'll get in trouble. 185 00:09:31,070 --> 00:09:31,904 Tommy. 186 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:37,702 Brought you some sustenance. 187 00:09:38,244 --> 00:09:39,620 -Thank you. -I love you. 188 00:09:39,996 --> 00:09:41,706 -I'll see you tonight, okay? -Okay. 189 00:09:45,084 --> 00:09:46,127 Sierra. 190 00:09:46,627 --> 00:09:48,004 You and Tom Keller? 191 00:09:49,630 --> 00:09:52,800 Guys, we've been going to the same school since kindergarten. 192 00:09:52,883 --> 00:09:55,219 How do we not know anything about each other? 193 00:09:55,303 --> 00:09:57,722 We're not friends. Cliques don't cross-pollinate. 194 00:10:00,182 --> 00:10:04,729 -Haven't you seen Heathers? -Well, we've got six more hours to kill, 195 00:10:04,812 --> 00:10:06,522 and no one to impress. 196 00:10:07,940 --> 00:10:10,526 How about a round of Secrets and Sins? 197 00:10:18,617 --> 00:10:23,789 Tommy and I have been secretly dating for a few months now. 198 00:10:23,873 --> 00:10:25,041 Why secretly? 199 00:10:25,124 --> 00:10:29,086 Our parents don't want their children dating someone so... 200 00:10:29,545 --> 00:10:30,379 different. 201 00:10:31,672 --> 00:10:33,799 To use their euphemism of choice. 202 00:10:33,883 --> 00:10:36,218 My mom's all up in my relationships, too. 203 00:10:36,302 --> 00:10:38,429 -You know Hiram Lodge? -Uh, yes. 204 00:10:38,512 --> 00:10:40,431 -Dude is ripped. -And a petty criminal. 205 00:10:40,514 --> 00:10:43,517 He's a self-starter who provides for his family. 206 00:10:44,393 --> 00:10:45,645 To my mom, he's a scrub. 207 00:10:46,062 --> 00:10:48,230 [speaking in Spanish] 208 00:10:48,314 --> 00:10:50,858 "That's the way to the American Dream, mija." 209 00:10:50,941 --> 00:10:51,817 What dream? 210 00:10:51,901 --> 00:10:54,820 She cleans hotel rooms in that stupid Five Seasons, 211 00:10:54,904 --> 00:10:56,113 16 hours a day. 212 00:10:56,197 --> 00:10:59,075 Hiram's got the right idea. Get out of Riverdale. 213 00:10:59,158 --> 00:11:01,619 -No matter what you have to do. -Yeah. Except... 214 00:11:02,411 --> 00:11:03,954 Riverdale's not the problem. 215 00:11:04,330 --> 00:11:07,166 -Me? I wanna stay here my whole life. -[chuckles] 216 00:11:07,249 --> 00:11:10,002 That how long it'll take you to decide between music or baseball? 217 00:11:10,086 --> 00:11:11,295 Our minor league is solid. 218 00:11:11,629 --> 00:11:14,298 And we're close enough to the city to play music gigs. 219 00:11:14,632 --> 00:11:16,133 This town's got it all. 220 00:11:16,634 --> 00:11:18,552 Could even run for mayor one day. 221 00:11:18,636 --> 00:11:20,262 Ugh. Nightmare job. 222 00:11:21,222 --> 00:11:22,932 Why not shoot for something bigger? 223 00:11:23,015 --> 00:11:25,893 You can do all those things in a real metropolis. 224 00:11:25,976 --> 00:11:27,478 Except look after my dad. 225 00:11:28,396 --> 00:11:31,023 He's sick. Real sick. 226 00:11:32,775 --> 00:11:35,986 And he took care of me my whole life, so now it's my turn. 227 00:11:42,284 --> 00:11:44,120 Alice, you're up. 228 00:11:44,537 --> 00:11:46,747 What's your deepest, darkest secret? 229 00:11:52,253 --> 00:11:53,504 -Um... -Skip her. 230 00:11:53,587 --> 00:11:57,174 Tell them about the time you lit a dumpster on fire on the Southside. 231 00:11:57,675 --> 00:12:01,595 Why don't you tell them that you actually live in Sunnyside Trailer Park? 232 00:12:01,971 --> 00:12:04,265 -I thought you lived on Elm Street. -Yeah. 233 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:07,601 Of course. Because it's what Forsythe wants you to believe. 234 00:12:08,728 --> 00:12:12,773 You parade around the school in your varsity jacket like a Northsider. 235 00:12:13,190 --> 00:12:14,191 Don't kid yourself. 236 00:12:14,275 --> 00:12:17,903 You'll never escape the Southside. You're gonna end up just like your dad. 237 00:12:17,987 --> 00:12:19,989 Downing six-packs in your double-wide. 238 00:12:20,906 --> 00:12:23,033 Maybe, but I'm not gonna hit my kid. 239 00:12:26,787 --> 00:12:28,205 Not like my old man hits me. 240 00:12:29,498 --> 00:12:31,500 I told him I didn't wanna join his gang. 241 00:12:32,209 --> 00:12:34,879 That I wanted to be the first Jones to go to college. 242 00:12:41,719 --> 00:12:42,720 He didn't like that. 243 00:12:44,430 --> 00:12:47,057 Okay. Guess that just leaves me. 244 00:12:47,933 --> 00:12:48,809 Fair is fair. 245 00:12:50,060 --> 00:12:50,895 [sighs] 246 00:12:51,395 --> 00:12:52,563 The Blossoms. 247 00:12:53,272 --> 00:12:56,692 They're... terrible people. 248 00:12:57,026 --> 00:12:59,570 But, Penelope, you're a Blossom. 249 00:12:59,653 --> 00:13:00,654 No, I'm not. 250 00:13:01,322 --> 00:13:02,448 Not really. 251 00:13:04,033 --> 00:13:06,160 I grew up at Sisters of Quiet Mercy orphanage. 252 00:13:06,243 --> 00:13:07,912 Oh, my God, Penelope. 253 00:13:07,995 --> 00:13:11,707 That place has, like, violated every humanitarian code. 254 00:13:12,166 --> 00:13:13,709 [Penelope] When I was eight, 255 00:13:13,793 --> 00:13:16,879 the Blossoms came and asked to see all the redheaded children. 256 00:13:18,088 --> 00:13:20,424 The next thing I knew, I was leaving with them. 257 00:13:21,425 --> 00:13:23,052 I was so excited. 258 00:13:25,596 --> 00:13:29,266 I very quickly realized this was not an altruistic adoption. 259 00:13:31,185 --> 00:13:33,479 I was being groomed. 260 00:13:34,021 --> 00:13:35,856 To first be Clifford's sister. 261 00:13:36,273 --> 00:13:40,694 Then, eventually, his life companion. 262 00:13:42,905 --> 00:13:47,868 Every second away from that house, even today, is a relief. 263 00:13:47,952 --> 00:13:50,162 Why are you still living there? 264 00:13:50,246 --> 00:13:51,455 They're my family. 265 00:13:51,539 --> 00:13:53,791 That's not family. It's basically incest. 266 00:13:53,874 --> 00:13:54,917 It's disgusting. 267 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,878 At least I'm not cleaning people's toilets like your mom. 268 00:13:59,255 --> 00:14:00,714 Well, at least she has class. 269 00:14:01,131 --> 00:14:04,593 She's not stealing child brides out of orphanages. 270 00:14:05,344 --> 00:14:07,012 -Here we go again. -Hey, hey, hey. 271 00:14:07,263 --> 00:14:08,264 -Hey. -Just-- 272 00:14:08,347 --> 00:14:10,724 -Hey. Hey. Stop it. -Hey. 273 00:14:12,685 --> 00:14:14,103 Congratulations. 274 00:14:14,853 --> 00:14:18,858 You all just upped your sentence from one Saturday detention to four. 275 00:14:18,941 --> 00:14:19,984 [sighs] 276 00:14:20,067 --> 00:14:21,360 [A-Ha's "Take On Me" playing] 277 00:14:21,819 --> 00:14:23,863 [Alice] We were angry, of course. 278 00:14:23,946 --> 00:14:25,865 At each other, at ourselves. 279 00:14:28,659 --> 00:14:31,579 But little by little, hour by hour, 280 00:14:31,662 --> 00:14:35,124 the walls we'd hidden behind all our lives started breaking down. 281 00:14:36,709 --> 00:14:39,878 As pudding cups and sandwiches were shared... 282 00:14:42,131 --> 00:14:43,632 the bravado fell away. 283 00:14:45,426 --> 00:14:48,846 And a group of misfits became unlikely friends. 284 00:14:53,017 --> 00:14:55,436 And then there was that rainy Saturday afternoon. 285 00:14:55,519 --> 00:14:57,521 The first cold rain of the season. 286 00:14:58,355 --> 00:15:01,400 When I got it into my head to add the rest of the group's initials 287 00:15:01,483 --> 00:15:03,444 to the windowsill, carved next to mine. 288 00:15:07,197 --> 00:15:10,743 And Hermione decided to break into Mrs. Crabapple's drawer. 289 00:15:11,410 --> 00:15:12,578 What are you doing? 290 00:15:12,661 --> 00:15:14,788 Yesterday Mrs. Crabapple took my Game Lad, 291 00:15:14,872 --> 00:15:17,333 and locked it up in here, so I'm getting it back. 292 00:15:18,208 --> 00:15:20,085 [gasps] That's vandalism. 293 00:15:21,837 --> 00:15:22,796 Yeah. 294 00:15:24,590 --> 00:15:26,425 Holy crap. 295 00:15:27,051 --> 00:15:30,220 Crabapple's been hoarding our stuff for decades. 296 00:15:30,638 --> 00:15:31,472 Oh! 297 00:15:32,848 --> 00:15:36,644 [Alice] And there it was. Gryphons and Gargoyles. 298 00:15:37,895 --> 00:15:39,897 I've heard of this game before. 299 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:43,692 We shouldn't play it. It doesn't belong to us. 300 00:15:45,361 --> 00:15:46,904 Gryphons and Gargoyles. 301 00:15:47,988 --> 00:15:51,241 -Thought this was an urban legend. -I heard kids play at Seaside. 302 00:15:51,325 --> 00:15:53,869 I heard one of them had a heart attack and died. 303 00:15:53,953 --> 00:15:58,457 In that case... we definitely have to play it, right? 304 00:16:08,968 --> 00:16:12,554 [Penelope] "An ancient evil, long forgotten to this world, has awoken. 305 00:16:13,180 --> 00:16:15,432 His name? The Gargoyle King. 306 00:16:15,891 --> 00:16:18,435 Defeat him, and receive the supreme reward." 307 00:16:18,519 --> 00:16:19,812 Okay, how do we beat him? 308 00:16:20,562 --> 00:16:26,527 It looks like the person with the manual, me, is the Game Master. 309 00:16:26,610 --> 00:16:29,488 I'll guide you through quests, and you complete them, 310 00:16:29,571 --> 00:16:32,116 until you "ascend to the next level." 311 00:16:32,199 --> 00:16:33,784 But first pick your characters. 312 00:16:34,868 --> 00:16:36,870 I pick the Sorceress. 313 00:16:37,496 --> 00:16:39,581 Maybe I can make all you nerds disappear. 314 00:16:41,375 --> 00:16:42,584 I pick the Thief. 315 00:16:43,293 --> 00:16:45,879 I've always wanted to be free of moral reasoning. 316 00:16:45,963 --> 00:16:50,342 Well, as the voice of the people, I choose the Siren. 317 00:16:52,386 --> 00:16:53,220 Deadeye. 318 00:16:54,138 --> 00:16:54,972 Sick. 319 00:16:55,055 --> 00:16:57,474 Fred, we all know you're the Radiant Knight. 320 00:17:02,229 --> 00:17:06,108 "Clinging to the ideals of hope, justice, and righteousness." 321 00:17:07,151 --> 00:17:08,485 I don't know, seems kind of-- 322 00:17:08,569 --> 00:17:09,820 -Perfect for you. -Boring. 323 00:17:12,865 --> 00:17:14,199 Now pay attention. 324 00:17:15,284 --> 00:17:17,995 "Welcome, brave adventurers, to Eldervair, 325 00:17:18,412 --> 00:17:20,581 realm of Gryphons and Gargoyles." 326 00:17:21,248 --> 00:17:23,208 Lady Smith, please, pick a quest card. 327 00:17:24,460 --> 00:17:25,502 [sighs] 328 00:17:28,464 --> 00:17:30,466 "Free the souls of the undead." 329 00:17:31,675 --> 00:17:34,803 "You are standing at the top of Necromancer's Alley." 330 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:40,517 [Alice] That's how it begins, Betty. 331 00:17:40,601 --> 00:17:42,311 The maddening obsession. 332 00:17:42,394 --> 00:17:44,313 With the roll of a dice. 333 00:17:44,688 --> 00:17:46,899 "You approach a well at the center of Arcana Maze. 334 00:17:46,982 --> 00:17:49,276 The hedges grow behind you, sealing off the exit." 335 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:50,986 I'm gonna toss my Gildite Coin. 336 00:17:51,445 --> 00:17:53,280 Please, be heads. 337 00:17:54,531 --> 00:17:57,201 "A geyser bursts, depositing the scroll in your hand." 338 00:17:57,284 --> 00:17:59,286 Nicely done, Squire Pendleton. 339 00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:02,706 -Is it too late to start another round? -Not at all. 340 00:18:02,790 --> 00:18:04,958 Might I suggest we kick things up a notch? 341 00:18:05,042 --> 00:18:07,211 -Take the game off-board. -Run around school 342 00:18:07,294 --> 00:18:09,671 -with Featherhead down the hall? -He takes a nap after lunch. 343 00:18:09,755 --> 00:18:10,756 [Sierra] I'm in. 344 00:18:11,298 --> 00:18:12,674 Trust me, you will love it. 345 00:18:12,758 --> 00:18:16,053 Uh, there's this quest, The Wedding Stone, that requires pairs. 346 00:18:24,895 --> 00:18:26,522 So, Squire Pendleton, 347 00:18:26,605 --> 00:18:27,606 Madam H. 348 00:18:28,273 --> 00:18:29,817 Sir Frederick, Lady Smith. 349 00:18:31,527 --> 00:18:33,570 I hid a gemstone from Thornhill in this building. 350 00:18:33,654 --> 00:18:36,615 First pair to find it and show it to Sierra gets to keep it. 351 00:18:45,249 --> 00:18:49,586 Looks like it's just you and me for a bit, Sierra. Shall we pillage the cafeteria? 352 00:18:50,838 --> 00:18:53,465 Why those specific pairings, Penelope? 353 00:18:54,383 --> 00:18:56,176 Did the Gargoyle King make you do it? 354 00:18:56,718 --> 00:19:01,473 I guess... I'm just in the mood for a little chaos. 355 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:05,018 -[FP] How do we know if we're even close? -We let our love guide us. 356 00:19:08,605 --> 00:19:10,524 [FP] Yeah. Or the Gargoyle King. 357 00:19:13,861 --> 00:19:14,903 Hey. 358 00:19:16,488 --> 00:19:17,322 Come on. 359 00:19:17,406 --> 00:19:18,866 -Ready? -Yeah. 360 00:19:24,872 --> 00:19:25,831 [gasps] 361 00:19:26,874 --> 00:19:28,250 [Hermione laughing] 362 00:19:28,792 --> 00:19:29,626 Yes! 363 00:19:30,377 --> 00:19:31,211 Milady. 364 00:19:37,467 --> 00:19:39,428 I was thinking of asking you something. 365 00:19:44,099 --> 00:19:44,933 Ooh! 366 00:19:45,434 --> 00:19:46,310 [chuckles] 367 00:19:46,685 --> 00:19:47,936 What the hell, Hermione? 368 00:19:48,687 --> 00:19:49,855 You were gonna kiss me. 369 00:19:49,938 --> 00:19:50,772 No. 370 00:19:52,316 --> 00:19:53,150 I wasn't. 371 00:19:53,233 --> 00:19:54,693 This is a role-playing game. 372 00:19:56,153 --> 00:19:58,071 I'm not actually into you, FP. 373 00:19:58,906 --> 00:20:00,532 [Fred] Alice, are you okay? You look... 374 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:02,034 Here, sit down. 375 00:20:05,537 --> 00:20:06,914 Hey, you can talk to me. 376 00:20:06,997 --> 00:20:08,165 Alice, what's up? 377 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:10,834 I'm... 378 00:20:15,839 --> 00:20:16,673 lost. 379 00:20:20,010 --> 00:20:24,431 I wake up every morning, wanting to escape my life... 380 00:20:26,350 --> 00:20:27,643 and my mistakes. 381 00:20:28,143 --> 00:20:29,728 And when I'm here, I do. 382 00:20:30,270 --> 00:20:31,355 And I'm happy. 383 00:20:32,522 --> 00:20:34,024 And when the game's over... 384 00:20:35,734 --> 00:20:37,152 I'm me again. 385 00:20:38,403 --> 00:20:41,406 -[chuckles] God, that sounds pathetic. -No, no. 386 00:20:42,699 --> 00:20:43,533 It doesn't. 387 00:20:44,034 --> 00:20:45,077 [Hermione] So, FP. 388 00:20:45,869 --> 00:20:48,246 What exactly went down with you and Alice? 389 00:20:49,039 --> 00:20:49,998 Nothing serious. 390 00:20:50,999 --> 00:20:53,377 Just messing around, which she was cool with. 391 00:20:55,212 --> 00:20:56,838 But the more we've been playing, 392 00:20:56,922 --> 00:20:59,174 the more I've been thinking, it could be more. 393 00:21:00,008 --> 00:21:01,009 You should talk to her. 394 00:21:02,010 --> 00:21:02,844 For real. 395 00:21:03,971 --> 00:21:06,139 Take a shot. You're the Deadeye, after all. 396 00:21:06,223 --> 00:21:07,349 [Fred] I love my dad. 397 00:21:08,725 --> 00:21:10,602 And I hate seeing him in pain. 398 00:21:10,686 --> 00:21:11,895 Sometimes I... 399 00:21:13,855 --> 00:21:15,023 I just can't handle it. 400 00:21:16,358 --> 00:21:19,236 But Sir Frederick doesn't have a sick dad. 401 00:21:20,153 --> 00:21:22,531 So, I pretend that I'm here with you guys. 402 00:21:23,448 --> 00:21:24,449 And I'm... 403 00:21:26,368 --> 00:21:27,494 free again. 404 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:38,088 [Betty] Wait, wait, wait. 405 00:21:38,171 --> 00:21:39,965 You and Fred Andrews? 406 00:21:40,340 --> 00:21:41,717 We were lonely, Betty. 407 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,720 We were young, attractive, in the same room. 408 00:21:44,803 --> 00:21:48,181 It was just once, a brief flame between two people, 409 00:21:48,849 --> 00:21:51,351 that existed in that one moment. 410 00:21:51,435 --> 00:21:53,020 But in the Blue and Gold? 411 00:21:53,103 --> 00:21:54,312 [school bell ringing] 412 00:21:54,396 --> 00:21:56,023 [Alice] We played for weeks. 413 00:21:56,106 --> 00:22:00,319 Sneaking into school, late at night, getting deeper than ever. 414 00:22:00,402 --> 00:22:02,154 [David Bowie's "Modern Love" playing] 415 00:22:02,237 --> 00:22:03,739 ♪ I know when to go out ♪ 416 00:22:04,823 --> 00:22:06,199 ♪ And when to stay in ♪ 417 00:22:07,909 --> 00:22:09,036 ♪ Get things done ♪ 418 00:22:11,663 --> 00:22:14,499 [Alice] And we dubbed ourselves the Midnight Club. 419 00:22:15,542 --> 00:22:17,878 ♪ But things don't really change ♪ 420 00:22:18,253 --> 00:22:20,464 ♪ I'm standing in the wind ♪ 421 00:22:21,173 --> 00:22:22,507 [Alice] We abandoned the board, 422 00:22:22,591 --> 00:22:25,385 acting out our quests and adventures in the real world, 423 00:22:25,469 --> 00:22:26,636 playing characters. 424 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:28,472 ♪ But I try ♪ 425 00:22:29,931 --> 00:22:31,183 ♪ I try ♪ 426 00:22:37,230 --> 00:22:39,149 ♪ There's no sign of life ♪ 427 00:22:39,608 --> 00:22:41,360 ♪ It's just the power to charm ♪ 428 00:22:42,110 --> 00:22:44,446 ♪ I'm lying in the rain ♪ 429 00:22:44,905 --> 00:22:47,115 ♪ But I never wave bye-bye ♪ 430 00:22:47,741 --> 00:22:50,911 [Alice] Some of us became a little more inseparable than others. 431 00:22:50,994 --> 00:22:52,412 ♪ But I try ♪ 432 00:22:53,789 --> 00:22:55,123 ♪ I try ♪ 433 00:22:55,791 --> 00:22:56,792 Wait, wait, shh... 434 00:22:56,875 --> 00:22:58,001 [boys laughing nearby] 435 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:00,670 What was that? You guys hear that? 436 00:23:00,754 --> 00:23:02,756 [footsteps approaching] 437 00:23:07,386 --> 00:23:09,596 -Surrender. -[all shouting] 438 00:23:10,180 --> 00:23:11,598 -Hermione? -Hiram? 439 00:23:11,681 --> 00:23:12,849 -Sierra? -Tommy? 440 00:23:14,434 --> 00:23:16,561 [all] Are you playing G&G, too? 441 00:23:16,645 --> 00:23:18,647 [Alice] We had thought we were special. 442 00:23:18,730 --> 00:23:21,441 -Have been for about a week now. -Daryl Doiley found it 443 00:23:21,525 --> 00:23:24,778 -in the restricted section of the library. -Relinquish your Game Master duties. 444 00:23:24,861 --> 00:23:25,862 Make me, heathen. 445 00:23:26,571 --> 00:23:29,366 [Alice] We joined forces, started playing a bigger game. 446 00:23:31,034 --> 00:23:32,994 The line between Gryphons and Gargoyles 447 00:23:33,078 --> 00:23:35,038 and real life became blurred. 448 00:23:35,122 --> 00:23:36,164 In a dangerous way. 449 00:23:36,540 --> 00:23:39,334 We found these strange invitations in our lockers. 450 00:23:39,418 --> 00:23:43,088 "Members of the Midnight Club, come to the Detention Room tonight." 451 00:23:44,673 --> 00:23:46,383 "Rise to the challenge." 452 00:23:49,469 --> 00:23:52,472 "And ascend to the next level of the game." 453 00:23:52,973 --> 00:23:54,349 Hell, yeah. 454 00:23:54,433 --> 00:23:56,852 "Eagerly yours, the Gargoyle King." 455 00:23:57,686 --> 00:23:59,938 [Penelope] Welcome to the Ascension Party. 456 00:24:01,773 --> 00:24:03,150 "Find the chalices. 457 00:24:03,442 --> 00:24:05,318 Flip the Gryphon coin for your fate. 458 00:24:06,153 --> 00:24:07,571 Drink from the chalice, 459 00:24:07,988 --> 00:24:10,365 and meet your destiny. 460 00:24:11,741 --> 00:24:14,953 The successful among you will ascend to the third level." 461 00:24:15,370 --> 00:24:16,663 Sounds simple enough. 462 00:24:17,205 --> 00:24:18,748 Not much of a party. 463 00:24:19,124 --> 00:24:21,251 So, why don't we make it one? 464 00:24:21,334 --> 00:24:22,335 What's that, Hiram? 465 00:24:23,295 --> 00:24:24,671 [fizzing noises] 466 00:24:28,508 --> 00:24:30,260 Fizzle Rocks. They're new. 467 00:24:30,343 --> 00:24:31,595 Just hit the streets. 468 00:24:33,430 --> 00:24:36,391 [Alice] I was pregnant with your brother. I didn't take any. 469 00:24:36,558 --> 00:24:39,728 But to this day, I wonder what was in those drugs. 470 00:24:39,811 --> 00:24:42,272 [howling] 471 00:24:44,858 --> 00:24:47,569 Maybe whatever turned us into monsters. 472 00:24:48,528 --> 00:24:51,323 Kudos on the whole Ascension Party thing. Very rad. 473 00:24:51,698 --> 00:24:55,619 Me? I thought you did all this. It was set up when I got here. 474 00:25:00,290 --> 00:25:03,043 [Alice] Or maybe we'd been monsters all along. 475 00:25:06,213 --> 00:25:08,381 Ascension Night was frenzied from the start. 476 00:25:10,926 --> 00:25:13,887 The festivities began with an impromptu concert 477 00:25:13,970 --> 00:25:15,514 by the Fred Heads. 478 00:25:15,597 --> 00:25:17,599 [band playing rock music] 479 00:26:23,707 --> 00:26:27,002 [Alice] That night, our dark doppelgängers were released, 480 00:26:27,085 --> 00:26:29,296 and we all went a little bit insane. 481 00:26:29,379 --> 00:26:32,299 High on Fizzle Rocks, and the very game itself. 482 00:26:32,382 --> 00:26:33,717 [laughing] 483 00:26:58,408 --> 00:26:59,659 [retching] 484 00:27:01,161 --> 00:27:02,329 [generator whirring] 485 00:28:03,932 --> 00:28:05,016 [shouting] 486 00:28:21,491 --> 00:28:22,534 [growling] 487 00:28:31,709 --> 00:28:34,462 [Alice] Principal Featherhead must've learned of our trespassing, 488 00:28:34,546 --> 00:28:35,922 and was investigating. 489 00:28:36,631 --> 00:28:40,552 God help me, Betty, I could've said something. Stopped him. 490 00:28:40,635 --> 00:28:44,597 I could've prevented what came next. But instead, I just left. 491 00:28:45,306 --> 00:28:47,392 I spent the night calling the Midnight Club. 492 00:28:48,017 --> 00:28:49,018 No one picked up. 493 00:28:52,731 --> 00:28:55,442 They must've been caught, or expelled. 494 00:28:55,900 --> 00:28:57,610 Maybe even arrested. 495 00:28:59,946 --> 00:29:03,575 I went to Principal Featherhead's office, maybe to confess, 496 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:05,118 but... 497 00:29:05,201 --> 00:29:07,954 -Hi. Is Principal Featherhead in? -Not yet. 498 00:29:08,455 --> 00:29:10,832 He should be in later, if you want an appointment. 499 00:29:12,292 --> 00:29:14,711 Are you okay, Alice? Do you wanna see the nurse? 500 00:29:15,837 --> 00:29:16,671 No. 501 00:29:21,926 --> 00:29:22,761 Hermione. 502 00:29:22,844 --> 00:29:23,845 Thank God. 503 00:29:25,263 --> 00:29:27,307 I've-- I've got this bad feeling. 504 00:29:27,390 --> 00:29:29,142 Were things okay last night? 505 00:29:30,143 --> 00:29:31,311 You didn't hear? 506 00:29:32,103 --> 00:29:33,104 I knew it. 507 00:29:33,772 --> 00:29:34,606 What happened? 508 00:29:34,689 --> 00:29:36,941 -FP was supposed to tell you. -Tell me what? 509 00:29:39,319 --> 00:29:40,320 Fred's dad... 510 00:29:42,906 --> 00:29:47,619 He died while we were at the Ascension Party last night. 511 00:29:49,496 --> 00:29:51,122 Fred found him when he got home. 512 00:30:00,381 --> 00:30:03,968 [Alice] By the time Mr. Andrews' funeral came around a few days later, 513 00:30:04,969 --> 00:30:08,264 Principal Featherhead had been declared officially missing. 514 00:30:09,891 --> 00:30:13,728 And we were all waiting for the other shoe to drop. 515 00:30:14,687 --> 00:30:16,356 It was a beautiful service, Fred. 516 00:30:17,148 --> 00:30:18,817 I should've been there when he... 517 00:30:21,402 --> 00:30:23,613 You have to stop beating yourself up, man. 518 00:30:23,863 --> 00:30:25,698 There's nothing you could've done. 519 00:30:25,782 --> 00:30:27,659 -He was sick. -And he died alone. 520 00:30:28,827 --> 00:30:30,078 Because I was high, 521 00:30:31,204 --> 00:30:33,748 running around school like an idiot, with you guys. 522 00:30:34,874 --> 00:30:35,708 Fred. 523 00:30:36,543 --> 00:30:40,004 Look, between this and Featherhead going MIA, 524 00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:42,340 we're all a little on edge. 525 00:30:42,715 --> 00:30:45,301 I saw him that night... at the school. 526 00:30:46,344 --> 00:30:48,471 During the Ascension Party, I saw Featherhead. 527 00:30:49,013 --> 00:30:50,515 The next morning, he was gone. 528 00:30:51,432 --> 00:30:53,017 Did anyone else run into him? 529 00:30:53,851 --> 00:30:55,436 Do we tell someone? 530 00:30:56,312 --> 00:31:00,483 You didn't... see... anything. 531 00:31:00,567 --> 00:31:02,569 -Penelope. -Nobody did. 532 00:31:05,488 --> 00:31:08,658 Want the finger pointed at us because we happened to be doped up 533 00:31:08,741 --> 00:31:11,369 and trespassing on the night Featherhead disappeared? 534 00:31:12,745 --> 00:31:15,164 We don't know what, if anything, happened to him. 535 00:31:15,582 --> 00:31:17,417 And no one else knows we were there. 536 00:31:18,877 --> 00:31:20,420 So, we keep our mouths shut. 537 00:31:21,671 --> 00:31:22,505 Agreed? 538 00:31:23,756 --> 00:31:24,591 Agreed? 539 00:31:30,221 --> 00:31:32,348 [Alice] The rumors spread like wildfire. 540 00:31:32,432 --> 00:31:35,310 Everyone had a theory about what happened to Featherhead. 541 00:31:35,393 --> 00:31:37,687 But no one guessed the gruesome truth, 542 00:31:37,770 --> 00:31:41,232 that Mr. Featherhead had been right under our noses. 543 00:31:41,316 --> 00:31:43,484 And by the next week, it was impossible 544 00:31:43,568 --> 00:31:45,820 to ignore the flies and the smell. 545 00:31:51,909 --> 00:31:53,703 [all gasping] 546 00:32:07,634 --> 00:32:10,303 There was blue liquid in the chalices when I saw them. 547 00:32:10,386 --> 00:32:12,180 Featherhead's corpse had blue lips. 548 00:32:12,263 --> 00:32:14,807 And the police said he had poison in his system. 549 00:32:15,516 --> 00:32:18,686 -What did you guys do to him? -What do you mean, what did we do? 550 00:32:19,729 --> 00:32:21,230 You were there, too, Alice. 551 00:32:21,314 --> 00:32:24,817 -And you're the only one that saw him. -Because you guys were tripping. 552 00:32:24,901 --> 00:32:28,780 And who was even wearing that insane Gargoyle King costume, anyway? 553 00:32:29,989 --> 00:32:32,867 What are you talking about? We were in our normal outfits. 554 00:32:32,951 --> 00:32:34,702 And the chalices were empty. 555 00:32:34,786 --> 00:32:38,039 The Lady Smith doth protest a little too much, methinks. 556 00:32:38,623 --> 00:32:39,666 [Hermione] Yeah. 557 00:32:40,208 --> 00:32:42,335 Pretty convenient that you left early. 558 00:32:43,211 --> 00:32:45,046 Tell us what you did to Featherhead. 559 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:48,049 Wait. This is ridiculous. 560 00:32:48,132 --> 00:32:51,886 Fred, you're the Radiant Knight. You always do the right thing. 561 00:32:51,969 --> 00:32:55,014 -You'll go to the cops with me? -We're not telling the cops. 562 00:32:55,098 --> 00:32:58,810 Why suddenly such a rule-breaker, Penelope? Because you killed him? 563 00:32:59,435 --> 00:33:02,438 And how would I have killed him? With our magic chalices? 564 00:33:02,522 --> 00:33:06,275 Yeah. The goblets were full when I went into the bathroom, okay? 565 00:33:06,359 --> 00:33:08,861 Maybe you poisoned them when you set up the quest. 566 00:33:09,737 --> 00:33:12,532 Except for I didn't set up the quest. 567 00:33:13,408 --> 00:33:14,409 Neither did Daryl. 568 00:33:14,909 --> 00:33:17,036 We were as in the dark as the rest of you. 569 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:19,455 Guys, the chalices were just sitting there. 570 00:33:19,914 --> 00:33:21,666 Any of us could've drank from them. 571 00:33:21,749 --> 00:33:24,335 So, whoever invited us to the Ascension Party 572 00:33:24,919 --> 00:33:27,630 was trying to kill one or more of us. 573 00:33:30,925 --> 00:33:32,635 Then we have to destroy the game, 574 00:33:33,219 --> 00:33:35,013 so it can't be traced back to us. 575 00:33:35,096 --> 00:33:35,972 The manuals. 576 00:33:36,055 --> 00:33:38,433 We destroy the manuals, scatter everything else. 577 00:33:38,516 --> 00:33:41,477 [Alice] I was outnumbered. At least that's what I tell myself now. 578 00:33:41,561 --> 00:33:44,230 -I'll handle the dice. -[Alice] Left in a Monopoly box, 579 00:33:44,313 --> 00:33:46,482 forgotten among the other mismatched pieces. 580 00:33:46,566 --> 00:33:47,817 I've got the chalices. 581 00:33:47,900 --> 00:33:50,069 [Alice] Nestled among other cups in the trophy case. 582 00:33:50,153 --> 00:33:53,197 -I'll dispose of the library manual. -[Alice] Thrown in Sweetwater River. 583 00:33:53,281 --> 00:33:54,449 And I'll burn our copy. 584 00:33:54,532 --> 00:33:56,659 Right. Everyone spit. We're making a pact. 585 00:33:59,704 --> 00:34:02,832 From this moment on, no one talks about Gryphons and Gargoyles. 586 00:34:03,207 --> 00:34:04,208 It's a secret. 587 00:34:05,001 --> 00:34:05,835 Forever. 588 00:34:07,044 --> 00:34:08,045 To the grave. 589 00:34:08,129 --> 00:34:10,673 [Tears for Fears' "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" playing] 590 00:34:10,757 --> 00:34:11,841 [all] To the grave. 591 00:34:16,095 --> 00:34:19,265 [Alice] After playing G&G, it was a return to reality. 592 00:34:19,891 --> 00:34:22,018 We went our separate ways, and... 593 00:34:22,435 --> 00:34:25,396 burdened by our guilt, became different people. 594 00:34:28,065 --> 00:34:30,610 The wannabe rock star sold his guitar, 595 00:34:30,693 --> 00:34:33,112 and began breaking rocks at his family business. 596 00:34:33,196 --> 00:34:35,865 ♪ Welcome to your life ♪ 597 00:34:36,574 --> 00:34:39,827 ♪ There's no turning back ♪ 598 00:34:41,746 --> 00:34:44,916 [Alice] The Catholic schoolgirl went against her mother's wishes 599 00:34:44,999 --> 00:34:47,293 and began a lifetime of compromises. 600 00:34:48,085 --> 00:34:52,006 -Where did you get it? -Don't you worry about that, mi amor. 601 00:34:54,884 --> 00:34:57,512 [Alice] Romeo and Juliet took their curtain call. 602 00:34:57,595 --> 00:34:58,971 Maybe when we're older... 603 00:35:00,973 --> 00:35:02,225 things will be different. 604 00:35:03,726 --> 00:35:05,061 I'll wait for you, Sierra. 605 00:35:06,187 --> 00:35:07,522 I hope you'll do the same. 606 00:35:10,942 --> 00:35:13,986 ♪ It's my own desire ♪ 607 00:35:14,904 --> 00:35:17,198 [Alice] The game master became the pawn. 608 00:35:18,157 --> 00:35:20,910 I wanna live in Thornhill, forever and ever, Clifford. 609 00:35:23,121 --> 00:35:24,372 The world outside is... 610 00:35:25,790 --> 00:35:26,999 It's too dangerous. 611 00:35:27,667 --> 00:35:28,709 [sobs] 612 00:35:30,503 --> 00:35:34,173 [Alice] The high-school MVP became a greaser gang member. 613 00:35:34,257 --> 00:35:39,262 ♪ Everybody wants to rule the world ♪ 614 00:35:39,345 --> 00:35:43,099 ♪ There's a room Where the light won't find you ♪ 615 00:35:43,599 --> 00:35:47,979 ♪ Holding hands while the walls Come tumbling down ♪ 616 00:35:48,062 --> 00:35:50,231 ♪ When they do, I'll be right behind... ♪ 617 00:35:50,314 --> 00:35:54,152 [Alice] The biker girl traded her leathers for a big lie. 618 00:35:56,404 --> 00:36:00,032 ♪ So sad they had to fade it ♪ 619 00:36:00,116 --> 00:36:01,826 ♪ Everybody... ♪ 620 00:36:01,909 --> 00:36:03,411 Hey there, Hal Cooper. 621 00:36:04,829 --> 00:36:08,040 Any chance you're free for a malt at Pop's? 622 00:36:10,877 --> 00:36:13,963 [Alice] When the Midnight Club passed each other in the halls, 623 00:36:14,046 --> 00:36:15,464 we didn't so much as smile. 624 00:36:15,548 --> 00:36:17,133 ♪ ...and for pleasure ♪ 625 00:36:17,216 --> 00:36:21,387 ♪ Nothing ever lasts forever ♪ 626 00:36:21,470 --> 00:36:25,266 ♪ Everybody wants to rule... ♪ 627 00:36:25,349 --> 00:36:27,977 [Alice] We'd become strangers again. 628 00:36:34,984 --> 00:36:35,818 Okay. 629 00:36:36,944 --> 00:36:37,778 But... 630 00:36:37,862 --> 00:36:42,241 Wait, if Principal Featherhead died because he drank from a poisoned chalice, 631 00:36:42,325 --> 00:36:44,118 then who poisoned the cups? 632 00:36:44,493 --> 00:36:45,494 I don't know. 633 00:36:46,245 --> 00:36:50,082 His death was ruled a suicide, under suspicious circumstances. 634 00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:52,585 And we never spoke about it, 635 00:36:52,668 --> 00:36:55,379 because it must've been a member of the Midnight Club. 636 00:36:55,463 --> 00:36:56,756 The unthinkable. 637 00:36:57,423 --> 00:36:58,841 One of us was a murderer. 638 00:36:59,217 --> 00:37:01,886 But how did they know that Featherhead would show up, 639 00:37:01,969 --> 00:37:03,679 and that he'd drink from the cups? 640 00:37:03,763 --> 00:37:05,223 That's what's so terrifying. 641 00:37:06,515 --> 00:37:08,100 The killer couldn't have known. 642 00:37:08,684 --> 00:37:10,811 Which meant whoever poisoned the cups meant 643 00:37:10,895 --> 00:37:12,939 for one of us to drink it at the end of the quest. 644 00:37:13,606 --> 00:37:17,109 So, Featherhead was an unintentional casualty. 645 00:37:18,277 --> 00:37:19,362 I'm sorry, Mom. 646 00:37:20,154 --> 00:37:22,782 But if we're gonna figure out how to stop what's happening now, 647 00:37:22,865 --> 00:37:25,117 I have a lot more questions. 648 00:37:28,496 --> 00:37:29,330 Elizabeth. 649 00:37:30,206 --> 00:37:31,374 When you play the game, 650 00:37:32,333 --> 00:37:33,834 the more you talk about it, 651 00:37:34,919 --> 00:37:36,254 the more you think of it, 652 00:37:37,296 --> 00:37:38,798 the more at risk you are. 653 00:37:40,007 --> 00:37:41,133 Mortal risk. 654 00:37:41,217 --> 00:37:42,718 But from what? 655 00:37:43,928 --> 00:37:47,181 People on the outside? The Game Masters? 656 00:37:47,265 --> 00:37:49,183 And on the inside, the players. 657 00:37:49,267 --> 00:37:51,227 The game, it gives you permission to... 658 00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:53,354 hurt or kill... 659 00:37:53,771 --> 00:37:58,067 themselves, their enemies, their friends. 660 00:37:58,150 --> 00:37:59,777 Ben, Dilton, Ethel. 661 00:37:59,860 --> 00:38:03,489 They all willingly drank the Fresh-Aid, during their chalice quest. 662 00:38:03,572 --> 00:38:05,700 But was it murder or suicide? 663 00:38:05,783 --> 00:38:07,868 In the end, it's just death, Betty. 664 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:14,208 Please, promise me you won't investigate it. 665 00:38:15,251 --> 00:38:16,919 You know I can't do that, Mom. 666 00:38:17,336 --> 00:38:18,337 [sighs] 667 00:38:19,588 --> 00:38:23,801 Someone from your club used the game to murder Featherhead. 668 00:38:25,219 --> 00:38:27,847 Now my classmates are dying... 669 00:38:29,140 --> 00:38:31,684 and the whole school is playing the game. 670 00:38:34,228 --> 00:38:36,564 I saw a creature in the woods. 671 00:38:38,024 --> 00:38:40,609 I think the same one you saw at the school. 672 00:38:40,985 --> 00:38:41,986 The Gargoyle King. 673 00:38:45,197 --> 00:38:49,160 What if it's the same person, from the Midnight Club, then and now? 674 00:38:50,995 --> 00:38:52,913 I know you're scared, Mom. 675 00:38:52,997 --> 00:38:55,708 But we can't be silent anymore. 676 00:38:57,376 --> 00:38:58,961 You see where that's gotten us. 677 00:38:59,337 --> 00:39:00,337 Just, please... 678 00:39:01,255 --> 00:39:02,256 swear to me. 679 00:39:03,758 --> 00:39:05,634 Swear to me that you won't play it. 680 00:39:07,678 --> 00:39:09,889 I won't play the game. I promise. 681 00:39:11,807 --> 00:39:13,517 [school bell ringing] 682 00:39:18,147 --> 00:39:19,148 Okay, well... 683 00:39:20,232 --> 00:39:22,318 A good detective always vets her sources. 684 00:40:02,608 --> 00:40:03,609 [scoffs] 685 00:40:04,652 --> 00:40:06,612 Hiding in plain sight the whole time. 686 00:40:17,498 --> 00:40:19,500 [Betty] Juggie? Jug. 687 00:40:21,001 --> 00:40:24,588 You won't believe the story my mom told me last night. 688 00:40:30,803 --> 00:40:31,637 Jug. 689 00:40:32,805 --> 00:40:34,014 What are you doing? 690 00:40:35,099 --> 00:40:36,016 Betty. 691 00:40:36,475 --> 00:40:39,186 It's all making sense. All of this is becoming clear. 692 00:40:41,063 --> 00:40:42,940 The game, the Gargoyle King. 693 00:40:43,858 --> 00:40:47,027 I'm on Level three. It's only a matter of time until I ascend. 694 00:40:50,698 --> 00:40:52,032 And I get to meet him. s only a matter of time until I ascend.