1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:02,585 [narrator] Previously on Riverdale: 2 00:00:02,669 --> 00:00:04,045 I can't go back to Riverdale. 3 00:00:04,129 --> 00:00:06,423 [Jughead] Hiram will follow you, or us, wherever we go. 4 00:00:06,506 --> 00:00:07,841 Where is he? 5 00:00:07,924 --> 00:00:10,218 -[Archie] What's the plan? -We'll go see my mom. 6 00:00:10,301 --> 00:00:13,054 [Betty] Seizures aren't contagious. So, what? 7 00:00:13,138 --> 00:00:15,724 [Alice] The Sisters protected me. They protected Polly. 8 00:00:15,807 --> 00:00:18,601 -They'll watch over you. -[Jughead] They make drugs in the prison, 9 00:00:18,685 --> 00:00:21,813 which the kids take when they play G&G. It's connected, Archie. 10 00:00:21,896 --> 00:00:25,316 [Betty] What kind of business does Hiram Lodge have with Sister Woodhouse? 11 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:27,444 How are the Blossoms connected to it? 12 00:00:27,527 --> 00:00:30,572 You've been a very bad girl, Betty. 13 00:00:30,655 --> 00:00:32,490 You haven't been taking your candy. 14 00:00:32,574 --> 00:00:34,409 Wonderful, wonderful work. 15 00:00:34,492 --> 00:00:36,411 [Betty] My king, my savior. 16 00:00:39,831 --> 00:00:41,374 [Jughead] It was a day like any other. 17 00:00:43,418 --> 00:00:45,295 Everything seemed normal. 18 00:00:45,378 --> 00:00:46,629 Students went to class. 19 00:00:47,213 --> 00:00:49,758 The Vixens prepared for the annual pep rally. 20 00:00:51,342 --> 00:00:54,345 Couples had their stolen moments in quiet classrooms. 21 00:00:55,764 --> 00:00:56,973 Wanna take another hit? 22 00:00:57,056 --> 00:00:58,058 Less talking. 23 00:00:58,808 --> 00:00:59,851 More kissing. 24 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,605 [Jughead] But in Riverdale, there's no such thing as normal, 25 00:01:03,938 --> 00:01:06,149 as Cheryl Blossom was about to discover. 26 00:01:06,232 --> 00:01:07,609 [Cheryl screaming] 27 00:01:15,283 --> 00:01:17,660 Help! Help us! Somebody, help! 28 00:01:17,744 --> 00:01:20,413 [Ethel] "Your group is stricken. Infected with poison. 29 00:01:21,164 --> 00:01:22,207 Compromised. 30 00:01:23,124 --> 00:01:25,251 And now, you're all alone. 31 00:01:25,752 --> 00:01:28,838 You hear the heavy, scraping footsteps 32 00:01:29,380 --> 00:01:31,424 of some horrific monstrosity." 33 00:01:31,883 --> 00:01:34,052 Girls, time for your candy. 34 00:01:42,435 --> 00:01:43,812 [coughing] 35 00:01:56,950 --> 00:01:58,034 [sighs] 36 00:02:05,041 --> 00:02:07,544 -This is definitely the place. -You guys lost? 37 00:02:08,253 --> 00:02:11,881 -Or you looking to pick up some merch? -We're looking for Gladys Jones. 38 00:02:13,132 --> 00:02:15,009 I'm family. We need a place to stay. 39 00:02:17,011 --> 00:02:18,930 -Jughead? -Jellybean? 40 00:02:20,473 --> 00:02:22,517 Thought I smelled something rotten. 41 00:02:24,144 --> 00:02:25,186 You heard him. 42 00:02:25,854 --> 00:02:27,063 Open the damn gate. 43 00:02:31,109 --> 00:02:32,277 [Jellybean chuckles] 44 00:02:33,486 --> 00:02:34,737 [both chuckling] 45 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:46,624 You, mon petit amour, are officially on bed rest. 46 00:02:47,292 --> 00:02:49,919 I've brewed you a pot of vintage narcissus tea. 47 00:02:50,003 --> 00:02:53,089 And our family physician, Dr. Caligari, is on call, 48 00:02:53,590 --> 00:02:55,717 should you feel another spell coming along. 49 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:57,177 I'm feeling much better, Cheryl. 50 00:02:58,887 --> 00:03:01,306 But what if what happened to me is contagious? 51 00:03:01,890 --> 00:03:02,974 Oh, Tee-Tee. 52 00:03:04,017 --> 00:03:05,768 Ship's fever couldn't keep me away. 53 00:03:06,895 --> 00:03:09,731 My four-poster bed is your four-poster bed. 54 00:03:10,106 --> 00:03:12,108 Stay here for as long as you like. 55 00:03:13,484 --> 00:03:14,527 Even... 56 00:03:15,653 --> 00:03:16,487 permanently? 57 00:03:17,322 --> 00:03:18,489 You mean, like... 58 00:03:19,490 --> 00:03:24,162 -move in with you? -I'm cuckoo bananas for you, obvi. 59 00:03:25,121 --> 00:03:26,206 Won't you move in? 60 00:03:27,457 --> 00:03:28,291 As long... 61 00:03:29,375 --> 00:03:30,960 as I'm the big spoon. 62 00:03:32,879 --> 00:03:33,922 [chuckling] 63 00:03:37,592 --> 00:03:39,844 [Hermione] You said if I went along with this, 64 00:03:39,928 --> 00:03:42,096 no one would get hurt, especially Veronica. 65 00:03:43,181 --> 00:03:45,892 You looked into my eyes and promised. 66 00:03:46,643 --> 00:03:48,227 I believed you, Hiram. 67 00:03:48,311 --> 00:03:50,647 -[Hiram] It's under control. -[Hermione] No. I supported you. 68 00:03:50,730 --> 00:03:52,649 You swore to me that this wouldn't happen. 69 00:03:52,732 --> 00:03:54,692 [Hiram] It was a miscalculation. 70 00:03:54,776 --> 00:03:58,154 Now, on strife comes opportunity. And now the timing is perfect. 71 00:03:58,238 --> 00:03:59,489 What is going on? 72 00:04:00,365 --> 00:04:01,324 Why am I back here? 73 00:04:02,075 --> 00:04:03,243 Veronica. 74 00:04:03,326 --> 00:04:05,370 Thank God you are awake. 75 00:04:05,453 --> 00:04:07,747 We brought you home as soon as Weatherbee called us. 76 00:04:08,456 --> 00:04:10,750 -You had a seizure, mija. -What? 77 00:04:10,833 --> 00:04:12,585 It's all this stress you've been under. 78 00:04:12,669 --> 00:04:14,921 Getting dropped by Archie, running two businesses. 79 00:04:15,004 --> 00:04:18,091 Which is why we've decided to send you to New York. 80 00:04:18,174 --> 00:04:19,968 You'll finally get some rest. 81 00:04:20,051 --> 00:04:23,930 -We'll get you in with the best doctors. -Uh, I'm not leaving town. 82 00:04:24,013 --> 00:04:26,349 Sheriff Minetta's body turns up gangland style, 83 00:04:26,432 --> 00:04:29,686 without his hands or head, and you wanna ship me off to New York? 84 00:04:29,769 --> 00:04:30,728 Why? 85 00:04:32,272 --> 00:04:33,272 No answer? 86 00:04:33,731 --> 00:04:34,732 Fascinating. 87 00:04:36,484 --> 00:04:40,071 My parents are up to something, Reggie. They're always up to something, 88 00:04:40,154 --> 00:04:43,157 but they tried to banish me to New York, 89 00:04:43,241 --> 00:04:44,951 which is a new one for them. 90 00:04:45,034 --> 00:04:48,913 It's like they don't want me around for whatever's coming next. 91 00:04:48,997 --> 00:04:50,957 [doorbell jingles, then boys laughing] 92 00:04:54,877 --> 00:04:56,254 Oh, my God. 93 00:04:56,337 --> 00:04:58,298 Has everyone lost their minds? 94 00:04:59,382 --> 00:05:01,592 Is jingle-jangle suddenly a thing again? 95 00:05:02,260 --> 00:05:03,386 That was so last year. 96 00:05:03,469 --> 00:05:05,013 I'm not sure it's the jingle. 97 00:05:06,431 --> 00:05:10,143 Your dad's pulling it off the market and replacing it with some new candy. 98 00:05:10,518 --> 00:05:12,520 -Fizzle Rocks. -Dealt by the Ghoulies? 99 00:05:12,603 --> 00:05:14,313 No, a new gang. 100 00:05:15,398 --> 00:05:16,607 The Gargoyles. 101 00:05:17,358 --> 00:05:18,276 [scoffs] 102 00:05:18,359 --> 00:05:21,404 With ties, no doubt, to this godforsaken 103 00:05:21,487 --> 00:05:23,364 G&G everyone's playing. 104 00:05:23,740 --> 00:05:25,950 And what, pray tell, is my father's skin 105 00:05:26,034 --> 00:05:27,910 in that particular game, I wonder? 106 00:05:27,994 --> 00:05:29,203 Reggie? 107 00:05:29,537 --> 00:05:31,622 I need you to do some sussing for me, 108 00:05:31,706 --> 00:05:35,001 and find out what you can about these Fizzle Rocks. 109 00:05:36,127 --> 00:05:37,086 On it. 110 00:05:37,170 --> 00:05:40,423 Last year I helped my parents spin their criminal web, 111 00:05:40,506 --> 00:05:43,843 and good people, like Archie, got hurt. 112 00:05:44,427 --> 00:05:46,846 This year I'm gonna be a fly in their ointment. 113 00:05:47,472 --> 00:05:50,850 Whatever they're up to, I will stop them. 114 00:05:51,601 --> 00:05:53,770 [Gladys] Jughead? Heh. 115 00:05:54,270 --> 00:05:55,229 Hey, Mom. 116 00:06:00,401 --> 00:06:01,235 Jug. 117 00:06:03,154 --> 00:06:04,405 Oh... 118 00:06:06,115 --> 00:06:08,993 You feel like a bag of tire irons. 119 00:06:09,535 --> 00:06:10,495 Are you eating? 120 00:06:11,871 --> 00:06:14,082 Ugh. You're not a vegetarian now, are you? 121 00:06:14,165 --> 00:06:16,167 -You wound me, Mother. -[laughs] 122 00:06:18,669 --> 00:06:20,213 Oh. [chuckles] 123 00:06:20,713 --> 00:06:23,758 I recognize that rooster top. Archie Andrews? 124 00:06:24,342 --> 00:06:25,468 [laughs] 125 00:06:26,385 --> 00:06:29,514 Oh... Gosh, you sure grew up. 126 00:06:31,099 --> 00:06:33,935 Oh... So... 127 00:06:34,685 --> 00:06:36,687 You two finally got together, huh? 128 00:06:37,271 --> 00:06:39,982 I always knew there was something going on between you. 129 00:06:40,274 --> 00:06:41,317 [both] Uh... 130 00:06:41,567 --> 00:06:43,903 We're not together. Just on the road together. 131 00:06:44,195 --> 00:06:46,072 Yeah, like a bromance. 132 00:06:46,155 --> 00:06:47,115 Sure. 133 00:06:47,198 --> 00:06:50,201 You didn't come to Toledo for the weather. What's going on? 134 00:06:50,284 --> 00:06:53,287 Why didn't you call me, tell me you were coming? 135 00:06:54,831 --> 00:06:56,666 Last time I called, you said I couldn't come. 136 00:06:57,208 --> 00:06:59,752 Well, that was a different time. 137 00:07:03,131 --> 00:07:04,173 Hey. 138 00:07:04,674 --> 00:07:06,050 I got my GED now. 139 00:07:06,509 --> 00:07:08,719 Hmm? I started this whole place up. 140 00:07:09,095 --> 00:07:12,056 -I am a legit businesswoman now. -Hey, Gladys. 141 00:07:12,932 --> 00:07:15,143 Tail Pipe just came in with these. Where do you want them? 142 00:07:15,226 --> 00:07:17,228 Yeah, yeah, not right now, Lugnut. 143 00:07:18,729 --> 00:07:21,274 Oh, hey, hold up. Get the crew together, huh? 144 00:07:21,732 --> 00:07:23,693 Tell them my son's come home. 145 00:07:23,776 --> 00:07:24,861 His best pal, too. 146 00:07:25,236 --> 00:07:28,614 Tonight we are going to feast. 147 00:07:28,698 --> 00:07:30,575 -Whoa! Yeah. -[Gladys chuckles] 148 00:07:33,035 --> 00:07:35,037 [Alice] Betty, you look terrible. 149 00:07:35,121 --> 00:07:36,122 Thank you, Mom. 150 00:07:37,081 --> 00:07:39,208 Did you come here just to tell me that? 151 00:07:40,793 --> 00:07:42,795 I thought you were staying at the Farm. 152 00:07:43,629 --> 00:07:46,382 I am. But the school board reached out. 153 00:07:46,465 --> 00:07:48,551 They're having an emergency meeting. I wanna be there. 154 00:07:48,634 --> 00:07:49,677 Meeting about what? 155 00:07:50,469 --> 00:07:53,014 Apparently there was a mass seizure at school. 156 00:07:53,681 --> 00:07:55,266 Like the one that you had. 157 00:07:55,808 --> 00:07:58,227 Whatever caused yours spread to the Vixens. 158 00:07:58,311 --> 00:07:59,312 All of them? 159 00:07:59,937 --> 00:08:00,980 Including Veronica? 160 00:08:01,063 --> 00:08:02,857 She's one of the fallen, yes. 161 00:08:02,940 --> 00:08:04,108 Oh, my God. 162 00:08:05,276 --> 00:08:06,360 Poor V. 163 00:08:06,736 --> 00:08:09,322 I'm just glad that you were here, honey. 164 00:08:09,405 --> 00:08:11,616 Safe with the Sisters. 165 00:08:15,703 --> 00:08:17,955 [Betty] We have a very special relationship. 166 00:08:18,039 --> 00:08:21,751 He tells me secrets and gives me personal quests. 167 00:08:21,834 --> 00:08:24,670 And people are scared of him because he's all-powerful, 168 00:08:24,754 --> 00:08:26,547 but he's honestly super funny. 169 00:08:27,423 --> 00:08:29,759 -Who's super funny? -Oh, hey, Ethel. 170 00:08:29,842 --> 00:08:31,510 I was just telling everyone about 171 00:08:31,594 --> 00:08:34,555 how the Gargoyle King and I have gotten really close. 172 00:08:34,889 --> 00:08:36,140 Very funny, Betty. 173 00:08:36,224 --> 00:08:37,225 It's true. 174 00:08:37,308 --> 00:08:38,309 After I met him, 175 00:08:38,392 --> 00:08:40,728 I couldn't get him out of my head, you know? 176 00:08:41,979 --> 00:08:43,022 He's amazing. 177 00:08:44,106 --> 00:08:45,650 Yesterday, he said... 178 00:08:49,278 --> 00:08:51,280 -Never mind. -He said what? 179 00:08:53,866 --> 00:08:55,159 Yesterday, he said... 180 00:08:56,369 --> 00:08:58,454 I was his new favorite. 181 00:08:58,955 --> 00:09:01,791 -[all gasping] -That's-- That's not possible. 182 00:09:01,874 --> 00:09:03,876 You're not worthy enough for him. 183 00:09:04,919 --> 00:09:07,463 You're making all this up, to make fun of me. 184 00:09:07,547 --> 00:09:09,257 Of course not, Ethel. 185 00:09:11,175 --> 00:09:15,179 But if you don't believe me, you should go ask him yourself. 186 00:09:16,055 --> 00:09:19,350 Or you and I can go talk to the Gargoyle King together. 187 00:09:20,226 --> 00:09:22,270 You do have the keys to his chamber. 188 00:09:29,110 --> 00:09:30,278 What, Ethel? 189 00:09:30,361 --> 00:09:31,362 Are you scared? 190 00:09:43,749 --> 00:09:46,252 -What are you doing? Open the door. -I can't, Ethel. 191 00:09:46,335 --> 00:09:49,338 And I'm sorry, but I need to fast-track my plans, 192 00:09:49,422 --> 00:09:51,173 and you're my best shot at converting someone. 193 00:09:51,257 --> 00:09:53,092 You'll make him angry. You're disrespecting him. 194 00:09:53,175 --> 00:09:56,095 The Gargoyle King isn't real, Ethel. He's a hallucination. 195 00:09:56,178 --> 00:09:58,264 The candy the Sisters give us, 196 00:09:58,598 --> 00:09:59,432 it's a drug. 197 00:09:59,515 --> 00:10:01,559 -It's making you see things. -Stop it. 198 00:10:01,642 --> 00:10:02,727 Stop lying. 199 00:10:02,810 --> 00:10:05,938 Once the drug wears off in a few hours, you'll see, okay? 200 00:10:06,772 --> 00:10:07,857 You'll see the truth. 201 00:10:14,697 --> 00:10:16,115 [screaming] 202 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:24,874 Ethel. 203 00:10:25,708 --> 00:10:26,709 I'm back. 204 00:10:28,627 --> 00:10:29,629 Are you okay? 205 00:10:32,006 --> 00:10:33,466 [sobbing] I don't understand. 206 00:10:37,178 --> 00:10:38,721 It's just a statue. 207 00:10:40,389 --> 00:10:41,682 But I saw him. 208 00:10:48,648 --> 00:10:49,523 We all did. 209 00:10:50,691 --> 00:10:53,527 Because we were high on Fizzle Rocks. 210 00:10:54,362 --> 00:10:56,614 The Sisters feed us drugs 211 00:10:56,947 --> 00:11:00,326 that make us susceptible to visions that they suggest. 212 00:11:00,409 --> 00:11:02,119 They let us play the game, 213 00:11:02,203 --> 00:11:04,914 and then they use our delusions of the Gargoyle King 214 00:11:04,997 --> 00:11:07,166 to scare us into submission. 215 00:11:07,875 --> 00:11:09,377 -It can't be. -It is. 216 00:11:10,378 --> 00:11:12,672 The Sisters are running some kind of scam, 217 00:11:12,755 --> 00:11:13,964 with Hiram Lodge. 218 00:11:14,674 --> 00:11:18,135 I think he's paying them to test his drugs on the patients. 219 00:11:18,219 --> 00:11:20,763 But I've seen him in real life. 220 00:11:21,180 --> 00:11:22,473 In my hospital room. 221 00:11:23,516 --> 00:11:24,975 The Gargoyle King, he-- 222 00:11:26,310 --> 00:11:28,187 -He's out there. -I know. 223 00:11:29,522 --> 00:11:31,440 I saw the Gargoyle King in town, too. 224 00:11:31,899 --> 00:11:33,734 Or someone dressed up as him. 225 00:11:33,818 --> 00:11:36,737 At any rate, it doesn't change the fact that in here, 226 00:11:36,821 --> 00:11:38,781 he's just a hunk of cement. 227 00:11:41,784 --> 00:11:43,035 I can't believe it. 228 00:11:43,119 --> 00:11:44,412 I need your help, Ethel. 229 00:11:44,495 --> 00:11:48,708 Sister Woodhouse must know more about G&G than she's letting on. 230 00:11:48,791 --> 00:11:51,210 This game is literally killing people. 231 00:11:52,503 --> 00:11:54,213 Think about Dilton and Ben. 232 00:11:55,673 --> 00:11:56,632 If we know more, 233 00:11:56,716 --> 00:11:59,677 then we can stop those things from happening again. 234 00:12:00,845 --> 00:12:03,180 We just need Sister Woodhouse to fess up, 235 00:12:04,098 --> 00:12:07,810 before we can escape and shut this place down. 236 00:12:07,893 --> 00:12:09,603 How are we going to escape? 237 00:12:09,687 --> 00:12:10,855 First things first. 238 00:12:12,231 --> 00:12:13,399 Sister Woodhouse. 239 00:12:18,362 --> 00:12:21,657 [Weatherbee] Attention, students, we are hereby closing the student lounge. 240 00:12:21,741 --> 00:12:24,743 -Please, exit immediately. -They cancel sports and extracurriculars. 241 00:12:24,827 --> 00:12:27,538 Now they're shutting down the lounge. What is going on? 242 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:31,792 As student body president, please tell me you've got insider information. 243 00:12:32,501 --> 00:12:36,505 Though my powers as dauphine of Riverdale High aren't absolute yet, 244 00:12:36,589 --> 00:12:40,342 I am cc'd on all school board e-mails, and they're having a meeting tonight. 245 00:12:41,177 --> 00:12:43,429 I think to discuss shutting down the school. 246 00:12:43,971 --> 00:12:46,599 And, Veronica, your parents are leading the charge. 247 00:12:46,682 --> 00:12:48,225 Of course they are. 248 00:12:48,309 --> 00:12:50,603 It's exactly what my dad did with Southside High. 249 00:12:50,686 --> 00:12:53,105 And he definitely had ulterior motives then. 250 00:12:53,189 --> 00:12:54,315 Oh, my God. 251 00:12:54,398 --> 00:12:56,025 [school bell ringing] 252 00:12:56,484 --> 00:12:58,986 And now Riverdale High is officially a hot zone? 253 00:12:59,069 --> 00:13:00,070 [all shouting] 254 00:13:04,575 --> 00:13:06,243 -That's one of the infected. -Run. 255 00:13:10,289 --> 00:13:13,918 Drugs, gargoyles, mystery men in hazmat suits, 256 00:13:14,001 --> 00:13:15,753 and secret school board meetings? 257 00:13:15,836 --> 00:13:17,129 How does it tie together? 258 00:13:17,713 --> 00:13:20,090 Not sure. But I got some suss for you. 259 00:13:20,591 --> 00:13:23,844 According to my sources, the Fizzle Rocks distributors, 260 00:13:23,928 --> 00:13:26,931 aka the Gargoyles, are giving their product out 261 00:13:27,014 --> 00:13:28,015 to people for free. 262 00:13:28,098 --> 00:13:31,018 I've seen enough episodes of Narcos to know this scheme. 263 00:13:31,810 --> 00:13:34,980 Hook them with the first taste, then they're customers for life. 264 00:13:35,814 --> 00:13:37,691 Daddy's always playing the long game. 265 00:13:37,775 --> 00:13:39,610 For sure. And here's the kicker. 266 00:13:39,693 --> 00:13:42,238 Fizzle Rocks are coming from the South Side, 267 00:13:42,321 --> 00:13:45,157 right out of the prison your dad's been building. 268 00:13:45,241 --> 00:13:47,493 Must be where he moved his candy factory to 269 00:13:47,576 --> 00:13:49,870 after Cheryl, Toni and I busted his lab at the Whyte Wyrm. 270 00:13:49,954 --> 00:13:52,081 -Hmm. -Speaking of Cheryl... 271 00:13:55,334 --> 00:13:56,168 Cheryl. 272 00:13:57,294 --> 00:13:59,338 What time is that school board meeting? 273 00:13:59,421 --> 00:14:00,422 And where? 274 00:14:00,923 --> 00:14:03,509 No child should step foot through these doors 275 00:14:03,592 --> 00:14:06,053 until we have figured out what is going on 276 00:14:06,136 --> 00:14:08,055 in this toxic petri dish of contagion. 277 00:14:08,138 --> 00:14:10,474 We're taking as many precautions as we can, Ms. Blossom. 278 00:14:10,558 --> 00:14:13,602 What we should be doing is tracking down patient zero 279 00:14:13,686 --> 00:14:16,188 and running every test in Western medicine on them. 280 00:14:16,272 --> 00:14:19,358 Tonight's discussion is regarding the fate of Riverdale High. 281 00:14:19,441 --> 00:14:21,026 Can we please stay on topic? 282 00:14:21,110 --> 00:14:24,655 To Ms. Blossom's point, my wife and I are in full agreement. 283 00:14:24,738 --> 00:14:26,490 Most parents are. I mean, 284 00:14:26,574 --> 00:14:29,493 five more kids experienced seizures, just this afternoon. 285 00:14:29,910 --> 00:14:31,161 Isn't that right, Waldo? 286 00:14:33,122 --> 00:14:35,624 -Yeah. -Which is why tonight, 287 00:14:35,708 --> 00:14:38,377 as mayor, I am signing an executive order 288 00:14:38,460 --> 00:14:41,547 shutting down Riverdale High, at least until it's deemed safe. 289 00:14:41,630 --> 00:14:42,882 Stop it right there. 290 00:14:43,632 --> 00:14:46,760 -CDC hasn't set foot in Riverdale High. -Fact. 291 00:14:47,177 --> 00:14:49,847 Now my parents are bullying you all into closing it. 292 00:14:50,931 --> 00:14:53,434 Exactly like what you did with Southside High, 293 00:14:53,517 --> 00:14:55,394 which you now use as a drug factory. 294 00:14:55,477 --> 00:14:58,856 I thought Southside High property was being developed into a prison. 295 00:14:58,939 --> 00:15:01,275 That's just his cover, Ms. Cooper. 296 00:15:01,358 --> 00:15:03,402 Is that your plan here, too, Daddy? 297 00:15:03,485 --> 00:15:06,906 Trump up a way to get another huge parcel of land on the cheap, 298 00:15:07,531 --> 00:15:09,909 then expand your ever-growing drug empire, 299 00:15:09,992 --> 00:15:13,329 which now consists almost exclusively of Fizzle Rocks? 300 00:15:13,412 --> 00:15:15,873 Veronica, what are you even talking about? 301 00:15:15,956 --> 00:15:19,335 That's okay, mi amor. There's a reason for this meeting, right? 302 00:15:19,793 --> 00:15:21,003 To air our concerns. 303 00:15:21,587 --> 00:15:22,963 We called the CDC. 304 00:15:23,589 --> 00:15:25,215 They wouldn't send anyone 305 00:15:25,299 --> 00:15:27,468 to investigate such a low-priority crisis. 306 00:15:27,551 --> 00:15:29,303 They think it's all psychological. 307 00:15:29,386 --> 00:15:32,890 So, we took some initiative. The men you saw in hazmat gear, 308 00:15:33,307 --> 00:15:36,477 they were hired from a private firm to run exhaustive tests. 309 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:39,229 And Southside High is becoming a prison, 310 00:15:39,313 --> 00:15:40,856 not a drug factory. 311 00:15:41,315 --> 00:15:43,400 If you'd like the name of the guards we recently hired, 312 00:15:43,484 --> 00:15:44,860 I'd happily provide a list. 313 00:15:47,321 --> 00:15:48,572 Have I left anything out? 314 00:15:51,909 --> 00:15:53,202 Yes, you have. 315 00:15:54,119 --> 00:15:56,580 The part about how you're producing Fizzle Rocks 316 00:15:56,664 --> 00:16:00,584 and giving it away for free, to get every teenager in Riverdale hooked. 317 00:16:01,835 --> 00:16:03,963 And I suppose I'm also the Gargoyle King. 318 00:16:04,588 --> 00:16:06,548 As Jughead Jones accused me of being. 319 00:16:07,591 --> 00:16:08,717 Poor, deluded girl. 320 00:16:09,259 --> 00:16:12,513 I hear tell that these seizures cause hallucinations, 321 00:16:12,596 --> 00:16:13,847 and... 322 00:16:13,931 --> 00:16:15,849 isn't this child one of the afflicted? 323 00:16:16,308 --> 00:16:18,727 On that note, where are the cheerleaders? 324 00:16:19,353 --> 00:16:22,398 I speak for the disappeared Vixens. What of them? 325 00:16:22,815 --> 00:16:26,902 -Where were they taken, and by whom? -Those girls went to Riverdale General. 326 00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:29,446 They're receiving the best medical care possible. 327 00:16:29,530 --> 00:16:32,116 And being dissected like fetal pigs, no doubt. 328 00:16:32,199 --> 00:16:34,535 You messed with my squad, you messed with me. 329 00:16:34,618 --> 00:16:36,912 Now I demand real answers. 330 00:16:40,290 --> 00:16:41,166 What? 331 00:16:42,084 --> 00:16:43,085 What, you viper? 332 00:16:43,168 --> 00:16:44,211 [gasping] 333 00:16:54,972 --> 00:16:56,640 [Gladys] Hiram Lodge, huh? 334 00:16:56,724 --> 00:16:59,017 That good-looking short stack was always trouble. 335 00:16:59,101 --> 00:17:00,644 But why go after Archie? 336 00:17:03,605 --> 00:17:05,858 Archie stood up to him, defied him. 337 00:17:06,108 --> 00:17:07,651 Not to mention, I also date-- 338 00:17:08,652 --> 00:17:09,987 Dated his daughter. 339 00:17:10,070 --> 00:17:11,155 [groans, then chuckles] 340 00:17:11,238 --> 00:17:13,699 Dated? As in, no longer dating? 341 00:17:13,782 --> 00:17:15,492 -As in single? -Relax, Jellybean. 342 00:17:15,576 --> 00:17:17,619 It's JB now, Kid Kerouac. 343 00:17:17,703 --> 00:17:19,455 -[scoffs] -[Gladys] Archie... 344 00:17:20,330 --> 00:17:22,040 have you spoken to your dad through this? 345 00:17:24,084 --> 00:17:25,419 I wish. I wish I could... 346 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:27,755 see him... 347 00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:30,966 tell him how I am, but it's too risky. 348 00:17:31,050 --> 00:17:34,428 He'd drag me home by the collar. Riverdale's not where I need to be. 349 00:17:37,139 --> 00:17:40,017 -Pig's ready! -[Gladys] All right, you heard the guy. 350 00:17:40,100 --> 00:17:42,394 Archie, go get yourself a hot meal. 351 00:17:42,478 --> 00:17:43,812 Cheek's the best part. 352 00:17:43,896 --> 00:17:46,940 [boy] Go ahead and light it up. Get it while it's hot. 353 00:17:49,568 --> 00:17:51,153 All right, so... 354 00:17:51,862 --> 00:17:55,866 tell me about this game thing, that you and Archie are mixed up in. 355 00:17:55,949 --> 00:17:59,161 Gryphons and Gargoyles. How involved with this are you? 356 00:17:59,244 --> 00:18:00,454 It's more than a game. 357 00:18:00,996 --> 00:18:03,081 It has larger implications for Riverdale. 358 00:18:03,165 --> 00:18:07,169 I'm trying to crack it, get underneath it, figure out who's behind all of this. 359 00:18:07,252 --> 00:18:09,963 Well, Hiram, it sounds like. 360 00:18:11,381 --> 00:18:13,926 Is he who gave you that nasty scar on your arm? 361 00:18:14,301 --> 00:18:16,053 -You saw that, huh? -Yeah, it's bad. 362 00:18:16,136 --> 00:18:17,346 No, that was a... 363 00:18:19,181 --> 00:18:21,100 gift from a former Serpent. 364 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:22,851 Under Hiram's employ. 365 00:18:23,936 --> 00:18:25,521 -Penny Peabody. -Penny? 366 00:18:25,604 --> 00:18:29,191 That wench? She always had a beef about your father and I. 367 00:18:29,274 --> 00:18:31,026 Now she does this? Cuts up my son? 368 00:18:31,401 --> 00:18:33,821 You know, I never wanted this for you, kid. 369 00:18:33,904 --> 00:18:37,157 I mean, you're a Serpent King? I never wanted you in the damn gang. 370 00:18:37,241 --> 00:18:38,075 Don't... 371 00:18:38,742 --> 00:18:41,161 act all high and mighty. 372 00:18:42,579 --> 00:18:45,165 I saw that kid with the stereos earlier. 373 00:18:45,249 --> 00:18:47,793 You claim to have left Riverdale to get away from Serpent life, 374 00:18:47,876 --> 00:18:50,504 and here you are, chopping cars, lifting their parts. 375 00:18:50,587 --> 00:18:52,548 -God knows what else. -Hey. 376 00:18:53,215 --> 00:18:54,091 So, what? 377 00:18:54,174 --> 00:18:58,303 We jack a couple stereos here and there, and we steal some hubcaps. 378 00:18:58,387 --> 00:19:00,639 I am feeding and taking care of all these kids 379 00:19:00,722 --> 00:19:02,182 who have nowhere else to go. 380 00:19:02,266 --> 00:19:04,393 Am I supposed to leave them high and dry? 381 00:19:04,935 --> 00:19:06,270 That's what you did to me. 382 00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:08,814 [sighs] 383 00:19:11,316 --> 00:19:14,570 Come on, let's get something to eat, before there's nothing left. 384 00:19:29,001 --> 00:19:30,586 Surprised to see me, Red? 385 00:19:32,504 --> 00:19:34,006 There's a bounty on your head, 386 00:19:34,089 --> 00:19:38,093 and you left more breadcrumbs coming here than a chubby kid in a fairy tale. 387 00:19:38,635 --> 00:19:40,387 All right, keep quiet, 388 00:19:40,470 --> 00:19:42,764 I'll give you the luxury of an open casket. 389 00:19:43,015 --> 00:19:45,225 [Jellybean] Not if I put you in one first. 390 00:19:49,855 --> 00:19:51,899 Drop the butter knife, bitch. 391 00:19:51,982 --> 00:19:54,735 Careful, kid, you might poke your eye out. 392 00:20:06,538 --> 00:20:09,708 You know, Penny, I'm not shocked that a bottom-feeder like you 393 00:20:09,791 --> 00:20:11,460 is working with Hiram Lodge. 394 00:20:12,044 --> 00:20:15,255 I mean, you always had unfixed allegiances. 395 00:20:15,339 --> 00:20:17,466 [chuckles] That's rich. 396 00:20:17,549 --> 00:20:19,509 Coming from Gladys Jones. 397 00:20:19,593 --> 00:20:20,677 Yeah, well... 398 00:20:20,761 --> 00:20:23,972 I am surprised that you're not ratting him out right now. 399 00:20:24,056 --> 00:20:27,184 He must have something real good on you, Penny Slot. 400 00:20:27,893 --> 00:20:29,061 I'm no snitch. 401 00:20:29,686 --> 00:20:31,230 But I will say this. 402 00:20:31,647 --> 00:20:33,148 Hiram won't stop. 403 00:20:34,566 --> 00:20:36,568 Not till he gets what he wants. 404 00:20:36,652 --> 00:20:38,070 And right now that's Red. 405 00:20:38,528 --> 00:20:42,532 And there's nothing that you, or your little Lord of the Flies crew, 406 00:20:42,616 --> 00:20:44,409 or Jughead here can do. 407 00:20:45,410 --> 00:20:48,288 Hiram won't stop. 408 00:20:48,372 --> 00:20:49,915 Speaking of my Jug, 409 00:20:51,375 --> 00:20:53,543 I saw the work that you did on him. 410 00:20:54,127 --> 00:20:57,047 You carved him up like a Sunday roast. 411 00:20:57,798 --> 00:21:01,093 -That was business between me and him. -Yeah, well, I'm his mama. 412 00:21:01,718 --> 00:21:03,262 So, it's between me and you now. 413 00:21:10,811 --> 00:21:12,062 All right, everyone. 414 00:21:12,729 --> 00:21:13,939 Go inside. 415 00:21:15,565 --> 00:21:18,026 Me and Penny are gonna have us a little girl talk. 416 00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:19,569 Ask her about G&G. 417 00:21:20,821 --> 00:21:22,197 How Hiram fits into it all. 418 00:21:23,031 --> 00:21:24,283 Roger that. 419 00:21:30,289 --> 00:21:31,581 I wanted to commend you. 420 00:21:32,666 --> 00:21:34,960 The gusto you showed in that meeting. 421 00:21:35,877 --> 00:21:36,962 That was audacious. 422 00:21:38,130 --> 00:21:39,923 -Congratulations. -On what? 423 00:21:40,757 --> 00:21:41,591 On being right. 424 00:21:42,426 --> 00:21:44,553 About all of it. Well, at least most of it. 425 00:21:45,512 --> 00:21:48,140 It's so much bigger than you're giving me credit for. 426 00:21:48,765 --> 00:21:50,851 This plan, what's coming next, 427 00:21:50,934 --> 00:21:53,270 it's practically... biblical. 428 00:21:54,438 --> 00:21:56,398 -Years in the making. -What is it? 429 00:21:56,481 --> 00:21:57,691 [chuckles] 430 00:21:58,442 --> 00:22:01,403 -What do you really want, Daddy? -What every king wants. 431 00:22:02,571 --> 00:22:03,613 A kingdom. 432 00:22:04,698 --> 00:22:06,033 And a legacy. 433 00:22:06,533 --> 00:22:08,452 You know, once things are in place, 434 00:22:09,578 --> 00:22:11,246 I'm hoping you'll join me. 435 00:22:11,621 --> 00:22:15,000 Take a seat at my right hand, help oversee the new order. 436 00:22:19,421 --> 00:22:21,006 You're deluded, Daddy. 437 00:22:22,549 --> 00:22:25,302 Also, you're not untouchable. 438 00:22:26,303 --> 00:22:27,971 Maybe in Riverdale you are. 439 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:32,100 Because your wife's mayor and there's no sheriff. 440 00:22:33,226 --> 00:22:35,854 But there's a whole wide world out there. 441 00:22:37,230 --> 00:22:38,607 They'll see what you're doing. 442 00:22:40,525 --> 00:22:42,486 Yeah, I'm not too concerned about that. 443 00:22:44,362 --> 00:22:47,032 It's been a while since I've seen you in pearls. 444 00:22:48,450 --> 00:22:50,535 Maybe you'll start wearing them again. 445 00:22:53,580 --> 00:22:54,414 Hey. 446 00:22:55,415 --> 00:22:57,125 -What happened with Penny? -Just... 447 00:22:57,667 --> 00:22:59,252 give me a second, Jug, okay? 448 00:22:59,336 --> 00:23:01,296 Let me think. I just need to think. 449 00:23:03,006 --> 00:23:05,300 -She talk about the game? -Jug, come on. 450 00:23:05,550 --> 00:23:09,596 We know she was tracking Archie for Hiram. Was it a quest from her master? 451 00:23:09,679 --> 00:23:12,057 Is Hiram more than the Man in Black? Is he the Gargoyle King? 452 00:23:12,140 --> 00:23:14,726 You are so caught up in this damn game, 453 00:23:14,810 --> 00:23:17,187 you can't see three feet in front of you. 454 00:23:17,854 --> 00:23:20,565 The big prize isn't Archie's head, 455 00:23:21,108 --> 00:23:23,610 it is Riverdale, Jug. 456 00:23:23,985 --> 00:23:27,364 If you had your wits about you, you would realize that Hiram 457 00:23:27,447 --> 00:23:30,242 chased you out of town to get you off the chess board. 458 00:23:30,617 --> 00:23:33,703 So you were far from Riverdale when he made his big play. 459 00:23:35,122 --> 00:23:37,124 It's not about ascending to the kingdom. 460 00:23:38,333 --> 00:23:41,753 It's about claiming the kingdom. And if Hiram is the Gargoyle King, 461 00:23:42,337 --> 00:23:45,549 then he's responsible for reintroducing G&G to Riverdale 462 00:23:45,632 --> 00:23:48,385 -and the deaths of those kids-- -Mrs. J, what do we do? 463 00:23:48,844 --> 00:23:50,595 I'm trying to figure that out. 464 00:23:52,722 --> 00:23:53,723 Are we okay here? 465 00:23:55,434 --> 00:23:57,436 -I mean, is Archie even safe? -Yeah. 466 00:23:58,520 --> 00:23:59,521 Of course he is. 467 00:24:05,944 --> 00:24:07,487 [phone ringing] 468 00:24:09,364 --> 00:24:10,699 -Hello? -[Betty] Vee? 469 00:24:11,366 --> 00:24:13,577 It's Betty. It's so good to hear your voice. 470 00:24:13,660 --> 00:24:15,996 -Girl, where are you? -It's a long story. 471 00:24:16,079 --> 00:24:18,498 -But I'm at the Sisters of Quiet Mercy. -What? 472 00:24:18,582 --> 00:24:20,876 -We thought you were at the Farm. -Veronica? 473 00:24:21,418 --> 00:24:24,838 There's not much time. You need to listen to me very carefully. 474 00:24:25,380 --> 00:24:28,049 -[Cheryl] Your text said you had news? -Betty called. 475 00:24:28,175 --> 00:24:31,052 -She's at the Sisters of Quiet Mercy. -What? 476 00:24:32,596 --> 00:24:34,639 The hellmouth of Riverdale. We have to break her out. 477 00:24:34,723 --> 00:24:37,476 Betty's working on that. You and I have another mission. 478 00:24:37,559 --> 00:24:39,144 -[sighs] -According to B, 479 00:24:39,227 --> 00:24:42,772 my father tests Fizzle Rocks on patients at the Sisters of Quiet Mercy. 480 00:24:42,856 --> 00:24:45,484 Moreover, she saw your Uncle Claudius with him, 481 00:24:45,942 --> 00:24:48,612 using Blossom Maple trucks to deliver the drugs. 482 00:24:49,070 --> 00:24:50,655 Shades of the Legion of Doom. 483 00:24:50,739 --> 00:24:54,659 They're planning something big, Cheryl. My father likened it to the apocalypse. 484 00:24:54,743 --> 00:24:55,994 For all we know, 485 00:24:56,077 --> 00:24:58,872 my father may somehow be responsible for the seizures. 486 00:24:58,955 --> 00:25:00,874 But he wouldn't be any more specific. 487 00:25:01,708 --> 00:25:05,170 So, maybe we could ask your mom since she's in cahoots with him. 488 00:25:06,379 --> 00:25:07,923 With pleasure, Veronica. 489 00:25:08,340 --> 00:25:11,009 My Vixens have fallen. My Tee-Tee has fallen. 490 00:25:11,092 --> 00:25:14,304 If my gorgon-like mother has any knowledge of how or why that's happening, 491 00:25:14,930 --> 00:25:15,972 we'll get it out of her. 492 00:25:24,356 --> 00:25:27,859 Hi, Sister? Sorry, I was wondering if I could get some more candies. 493 00:25:32,197 --> 00:25:34,449 Don't scream, Sister. 494 00:25:35,158 --> 00:25:37,077 -Oh, sorry. -You're coming with me. 495 00:25:38,954 --> 00:25:41,373 It's time we pay a little visit to your king. 496 00:25:58,557 --> 00:26:01,518 Shh. It's just me. Get up. 497 00:26:03,311 --> 00:26:05,981 I didn't wanna talk in front of Archie and the others. 498 00:26:06,982 --> 00:26:08,149 As it turns out, 499 00:26:08,817 --> 00:26:10,193 Peabody had a lot to say. 500 00:26:11,236 --> 00:26:14,614 The bounty on your pal Archie, it's not just on him. 501 00:26:16,074 --> 00:26:18,076 It's on anyone who was with him, 502 00:26:18,577 --> 00:26:19,744 or is helping him. 503 00:26:20,036 --> 00:26:23,206 Which means there is a target on your back now, too, Jughead. 504 00:26:23,707 --> 00:26:25,625 Same if he goes back to Riverdale. 505 00:26:25,709 --> 00:26:27,752 Archie's dad, Archie's friends. 506 00:26:27,836 --> 00:26:31,047 Everyone is at risk, which is why you gotta cut him loose. 507 00:26:31,131 --> 00:26:34,509 I'm not just going to ditch Archie, Mom. He's my best friend. 508 00:26:35,010 --> 00:26:36,177 Your mom's right, Jug. 509 00:26:39,514 --> 00:26:40,682 You got me this far. 510 00:26:41,933 --> 00:26:44,436 More than anyone else would do. You can go home. 511 00:26:44,811 --> 00:26:47,272 What are you saying? You can't go out there alone. 512 00:26:47,355 --> 00:26:51,568 Jug, Hiram almost killed us at that farm. Penny tracked us here to your mom's. 513 00:26:51,651 --> 00:26:55,238 I put her in danger, Jellybean in danger. I can't keep doing that. 514 00:26:56,656 --> 00:26:57,782 Wherever I go next... 515 00:26:58,992 --> 00:27:00,327 -has to be alone. -Archie-- 516 00:27:00,410 --> 00:27:01,453 Jug. 517 00:27:09,919 --> 00:27:10,920 [Gladys] All right. 518 00:27:12,339 --> 00:27:13,340 So, it's decided. 519 00:27:14,382 --> 00:27:16,718 We'll get you a ride to the border, I know a guy who'll help. 520 00:27:16,801 --> 00:27:19,471 Jughead, you can stay here as long as you want. 521 00:27:22,849 --> 00:27:24,184 No, I need to go home. 522 00:27:26,186 --> 00:27:28,188 Hiram Lodge needs to get taken down. 523 00:27:28,855 --> 00:27:31,024 It's only gonna happen from the inside. 524 00:27:34,069 --> 00:27:35,612 [Woodhouse] You sinful girls. 525 00:27:35,695 --> 00:27:39,783 I will strap you to your beds and electroshock the sin out of you. 526 00:27:41,201 --> 00:27:42,202 Sister... 527 00:27:42,911 --> 00:27:45,705 monsters don't scare me and neither do you. 528 00:27:45,789 --> 00:27:48,583 I've seen real darkness, stared it right in the face. 529 00:27:48,667 --> 00:27:52,295 That's why you couldn't break me. I know the scam that you're running. 530 00:27:52,379 --> 00:27:54,089 I saw you with Hiram Lodge. 531 00:27:54,172 --> 00:27:57,467 You're testing his drugs out on patients. Why? 532 00:27:58,718 --> 00:28:02,389 -Mr. Lodge is a generous donor. -Oh. 533 00:28:02,472 --> 00:28:05,266 -A believer in our mission. -By "mission," you mean...? 534 00:28:05,350 --> 00:28:08,770 Using the game, and the Gargoyle King, to scare girls? 535 00:28:09,896 --> 00:28:10,855 Torture children? 536 00:28:11,314 --> 00:28:14,025 The children who come through our doors are broken. 537 00:28:14,818 --> 00:28:18,947 It's our sacred mission to fix them, using whatever tools necessary. 538 00:28:19,447 --> 00:28:23,535 Does that mean that the Sisters created Gryphons and Gargoyles? 539 00:28:24,035 --> 00:28:25,203 As a tool? 540 00:28:28,248 --> 00:28:33,086 Misbehaving children have been brought down to this room since the asylum opened. 541 00:28:33,878 --> 00:28:36,005 That statue scared them into submission. 542 00:28:36,798 --> 00:28:39,426 Some of them, the more disturbed ones, 543 00:28:39,509 --> 00:28:42,137 created a fantasy realm, a game. 544 00:28:42,971 --> 00:28:45,223 To cope with the fear of the one they named... 545 00:28:46,558 --> 00:28:47,767 the Gargoyle King. 546 00:28:49,561 --> 00:28:52,021 We embraced it as a therapeutic tool. 547 00:28:52,647 --> 00:28:53,857 And it worked 548 00:28:53,940 --> 00:28:56,860 because it embeds itself in the minds of the players. 549 00:28:57,444 --> 00:29:00,071 It makes them complacent, focuses them. 550 00:29:00,155 --> 00:29:01,156 If that's true, 551 00:29:01,239 --> 00:29:03,658 then how did the game get out into the world? 552 00:29:03,742 --> 00:29:07,412 -Did you give it to Hiram? -It was never meant to leave these walls. 553 00:29:07,495 --> 00:29:08,913 It's too powerful. 554 00:29:09,372 --> 00:29:11,458 A game born of madness. 555 00:29:11,541 --> 00:29:13,168 A madness you helped nurture. 556 00:29:14,043 --> 00:29:16,296 Now people like Ben and Dilton are dead. 557 00:29:16,379 --> 00:29:19,466 You're gonna pay for everything that you've done, Sister. 558 00:29:19,757 --> 00:29:21,676 And you're gonna tell the authorities 559 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:23,636 what you've told us about the game... 560 00:29:24,679 --> 00:29:26,556 and about Hiram's donations. 561 00:29:28,349 --> 00:29:31,770 I only answer to one authority, Betty. 562 00:29:32,979 --> 00:29:35,106 [Betty] Come on, Ethel. We have her keys. 563 00:29:35,190 --> 00:29:36,357 We're leaving. 564 00:29:36,900 --> 00:29:40,653 -We're taking your children with us. -They won't wanna leave. 565 00:29:41,780 --> 00:29:42,864 We'll see about that. 566 00:29:47,619 --> 00:29:48,578 [Woodhouse] Help! 567 00:29:48,912 --> 00:29:49,871 Help! 568 00:29:50,455 --> 00:29:52,081 I'm in the basement! 569 00:29:53,291 --> 00:29:54,292 Help! 570 00:29:54,375 --> 00:29:55,627 [gasping] 571 00:29:56,836 --> 00:29:57,962 Let's do this again. 572 00:29:59,297 --> 00:30:02,217 What does my father have planned for Riverdale? 573 00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:04,260 Speak, or it gets the syrup again. 574 00:30:04,886 --> 00:30:05,929 [panting] 575 00:30:06,012 --> 00:30:07,347 Fine, you wanna know... 576 00:30:07,972 --> 00:30:09,307 your father's plans? 577 00:30:10,350 --> 00:30:14,229 He's finally gonna turn this backwater into something worthwhile. 578 00:30:14,812 --> 00:30:17,398 A place where we can all pursue 579 00:30:17,732 --> 00:30:19,400 our various enterprises... 580 00:30:20,068 --> 00:30:22,070 -unmolested. -What does that mean? 581 00:30:22,153 --> 00:30:25,031 She's talking about drug dealing and prostitution. 582 00:30:25,365 --> 00:30:27,408 Aren't you? You ghoul-lunatic. 583 00:30:34,874 --> 00:30:36,251 We need specifics. 584 00:30:37,544 --> 00:30:42,841 How exactly is my father planning on turning Riverdale into Vice City? 585 00:30:42,924 --> 00:30:45,635 Well, he's in bed with the mayor, isn't he? 586 00:30:46,636 --> 00:30:50,348 And as for law enforcement, well, the last time I checked, 587 00:30:51,391 --> 00:30:53,393 Riverdale didn't have much of a sheriff. 588 00:30:54,394 --> 00:30:55,311 [chuckles] 589 00:30:55,395 --> 00:30:58,231 Details, or so help me God, 590 00:30:58,314 --> 00:31:00,483 I will drown you in this cheap crap. 591 00:31:00,567 --> 00:31:02,777 And open the garden doors to let the ants in. 592 00:31:02,860 --> 00:31:03,695 [gasps] 593 00:31:04,737 --> 00:31:06,698 [Penelope] All right, I'll tell you. 594 00:31:07,991 --> 00:31:10,201 What do you mean, you don't want to escape? 595 00:31:10,743 --> 00:31:11,828 I feel safe here. 596 00:31:12,245 --> 00:31:14,539 We play G&G, the Sisters give us candy, 597 00:31:14,622 --> 00:31:16,416 keep us warm and clean. 598 00:31:16,791 --> 00:31:18,167 Why would we wanna leave? 599 00:31:22,630 --> 00:31:24,007 Sister Woodhouse was right. 600 00:31:24,090 --> 00:31:26,217 They're all brainwashed, just like I was. 601 00:31:26,301 --> 00:31:29,679 Well, we can't just leave them behind. Not to mention all those kids 602 00:31:29,762 --> 00:31:31,639 in the gay-conversion wing, where Cheryl was. 603 00:31:31,723 --> 00:31:34,183 There has to be something we can do. 604 00:31:35,810 --> 00:31:36,644 Wait, the game. 605 00:31:38,146 --> 00:31:41,357 The game is how they cope with terror, right? 606 00:31:41,441 --> 00:31:44,777 So, let's convince them to escape by turning it into a quest. 607 00:31:45,862 --> 00:31:48,197 The Gargoyle King inspires fear. 608 00:31:48,531 --> 00:31:50,617 So, let's give them hope. 609 00:31:50,700 --> 00:31:52,910 Give them the opposite of the Gargoyle King, 610 00:31:52,994 --> 00:31:54,579 -which is-- -The Gryphon Queen. 611 00:32:02,837 --> 00:32:03,838 All right. 612 00:32:04,756 --> 00:32:07,383 Well, I packed you guys some lunches for the road. 613 00:32:07,675 --> 00:32:08,718 [knocking on door] 614 00:32:09,260 --> 00:32:11,929 Jug, mind getting that? It's probably Archie's ride. 615 00:32:20,855 --> 00:32:21,856 Dad. 616 00:32:23,524 --> 00:32:25,193 I missed you so much, Dad. 617 00:32:25,944 --> 00:32:27,028 Me, too, son. 618 00:32:39,290 --> 00:32:40,833 So, you finally made it, huh? 619 00:32:41,542 --> 00:32:44,128 Jughead's getting his bag. He'll be out in a minute. 620 00:32:44,754 --> 00:32:46,005 Hey, Jellybelly. 621 00:32:47,090 --> 00:32:48,091 She's gotten so big. 622 00:32:50,635 --> 00:32:51,886 Can I get a hug? 623 00:32:52,428 --> 00:32:54,597 -Can I get a dad? -Hey, JB. 624 00:32:55,306 --> 00:32:57,725 -Come on, now. -Let her be. I deserve that. 625 00:32:59,268 --> 00:33:00,269 She misses you. 626 00:33:00,353 --> 00:33:03,231 -[chuckles] -She'd just rather fight than admit it. 627 00:33:03,314 --> 00:33:05,274 Yeah, like mother, like daughter. 628 00:33:05,358 --> 00:33:06,192 [Jughead] Dad? 629 00:33:07,151 --> 00:33:08,444 I see Mom called you. 630 00:33:10,196 --> 00:33:11,906 Thought you might be missing this. 631 00:33:16,536 --> 00:33:19,038 I heard Penny was here causing trouble. 632 00:33:19,122 --> 00:33:20,456 No problem at all. 633 00:33:21,332 --> 00:33:24,002 We don't have to worry much about Penny anymore. 634 00:33:28,464 --> 00:33:29,465 Come here, kid. 635 00:33:31,259 --> 00:33:32,260 I'm gonna miss you. 636 00:33:36,180 --> 00:33:38,683 Go, uh-- Go warm up the bikes, will you, Jug? 637 00:33:41,519 --> 00:33:43,146 Thank you, Gladys, for the call. 638 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:46,315 I'll make sure he gets home safe. 639 00:33:55,199 --> 00:33:56,200 Get out of here. 640 00:34:02,206 --> 00:34:03,458 [Veronica] Kevin, cadets. 641 00:34:06,169 --> 00:34:07,503 This meal's on the house. 642 00:34:08,129 --> 00:34:11,424 But you brutes are helping us. We need backup right the hell now. 643 00:34:11,507 --> 00:34:12,383 What's going on? 644 00:34:15,053 --> 00:34:16,637 On your feet, soldier boys. 645 00:34:17,180 --> 00:34:18,222 We're going to war. 646 00:34:19,015 --> 00:34:20,725 Paladins and Hellcasters, 647 00:34:21,684 --> 00:34:22,935 Healers and Deadeyes, 648 00:34:23,019 --> 00:34:25,229 your Game Master has a new adventure for you. 649 00:34:26,022 --> 00:34:28,274 Your goal is to escape... 650 00:34:29,275 --> 00:34:30,985 from the Gargoyle King's fortress. 651 00:34:33,321 --> 00:34:36,324 But we can't. If he catches us, we'll be punished. 652 00:34:36,407 --> 00:34:38,409 Yes, severely. 653 00:34:38,868 --> 00:34:39,869 But there is hope. 654 00:34:39,952 --> 00:34:42,163 A queen to lead you into the light. 655 00:34:42,538 --> 00:34:43,956 Hark, there she be. 656 00:34:55,301 --> 00:34:56,302 Follow me, 657 00:34:56,969 --> 00:34:58,554 your Gryphon Queen, 658 00:34:59,597 --> 00:35:03,184 away from this fortress and back to the Kingdom of Eldervair. 659 00:35:03,267 --> 00:35:04,519 But what about the King? 660 00:35:08,981 --> 00:35:09,982 The King... 661 00:35:10,691 --> 00:35:11,692 is dead. 662 00:35:12,527 --> 00:35:14,320 You are all free. 663 00:35:15,404 --> 00:35:17,198 -[all shouting] -[Ethel] Shh, shh, shh. 664 00:35:18,324 --> 00:35:20,034 We can't wake the King's demon soldiers. 665 00:35:20,576 --> 00:35:23,704 I have the enchanted keys. Meet me at the doors to freedom. 666 00:36:07,748 --> 00:36:08,666 Here you go. 667 00:36:09,584 --> 00:36:11,919 It's the, uh, last stop before the border. 668 00:36:12,795 --> 00:36:15,131 -Yeah. -You know, I was thinking, you know, 669 00:36:15,214 --> 00:36:17,800 I could go with you, we could do this together. 670 00:36:17,884 --> 00:36:19,218 Find a cabin in the woods? 671 00:36:19,302 --> 00:36:21,929 Yeah, teach you carpentry, like my old man did me. 672 00:36:22,388 --> 00:36:23,347 Imagine that. 673 00:36:24,015 --> 00:36:24,849 Us, 674 00:36:25,808 --> 00:36:27,643 living off the land, father and son. 675 00:36:27,727 --> 00:36:29,061 Hunting, fishing. 676 00:36:29,854 --> 00:36:30,938 It'd be great. 677 00:36:31,439 --> 00:36:32,607 Yeah, it would be. 678 00:36:34,859 --> 00:36:35,776 But, uh... 679 00:36:36,652 --> 00:36:38,112 you know we can't do that. 680 00:36:38,613 --> 00:36:39,614 Right, Dad? 681 00:36:42,366 --> 00:36:43,618 I can't change your mind? 682 00:36:44,410 --> 00:36:46,120 Get you to come back home? 683 00:36:51,209 --> 00:36:53,211 But you can give me your blessing. 684 00:36:56,923 --> 00:37:00,051 I was your age when my father died. I never said goodbye-- 685 00:37:00,134 --> 00:37:01,385 This isn't goodbye, Dad. 686 00:37:03,930 --> 00:37:05,514 You're damn right it's not. 687 00:37:10,269 --> 00:37:11,270 See you soon? 688 00:37:11,854 --> 00:37:13,522 Yeah. You will. 689 00:37:14,982 --> 00:37:16,984 Oh, uh... One more thing. 690 00:37:23,699 --> 00:37:24,700 Vegas. 691 00:37:28,287 --> 00:37:29,705 [Vegas whimpering] 692 00:37:53,479 --> 00:37:54,522 Mom. Stop. 693 00:37:54,605 --> 00:37:55,898 You heard the woman. Halt. 694 00:37:58,901 --> 00:38:00,152 Veronica, what is this? 695 00:38:00,236 --> 00:38:02,989 Consider it a coup d'moi. We know your endgame. 696 00:38:03,072 --> 00:38:05,700 And you are hereby relieved of your mayoral duties. 697 00:38:05,783 --> 00:38:09,745 Those plans you and your husband have with my dolly-mop mother are now canceled. 698 00:38:11,288 --> 00:38:12,748 Now step away from the phone, 699 00:38:13,416 --> 00:38:16,502 before you make the biggest mistake of your life. 700 00:38:18,087 --> 00:38:19,088 Veronica... 701 00:38:20,464 --> 00:38:22,591 you can't just walk in here and depose me. 702 00:38:23,342 --> 00:38:24,760 I'm an elected official. 703 00:38:27,096 --> 00:38:28,097 Besides... 704 00:38:29,181 --> 00:38:30,182 you're too late. 705 00:38:31,934 --> 00:38:33,686 The order went out ten minutes ago. 706 00:38:34,437 --> 00:38:36,230 I was about to call and tell you. 707 00:38:36,522 --> 00:38:38,316 [cell phones beeping] 708 00:38:43,362 --> 00:38:45,239 [sirens wailing nearby] 709 00:38:46,782 --> 00:38:47,992 It's starting. 710 00:38:53,205 --> 00:38:55,583 Betty, what are we gonna do with all these kids? 711 00:38:55,666 --> 00:38:56,959 They have nowhere to go. 712 00:38:57,335 --> 00:38:59,170 We'll help them, Ethel. All of them. 713 00:39:02,381 --> 00:39:03,549 -Mom? -Betty. 714 00:39:05,676 --> 00:39:08,095 Why are you wearing that outfit? What's going on? 715 00:39:08,179 --> 00:39:10,389 -Why are you here? -[Alice] Hell is breaking loose. 716 00:39:10,473 --> 00:39:12,099 I came to get you out of the Sisters. 717 00:39:13,059 --> 00:39:16,645 Well, you're just in time, but it's not just gonna be me. 718 00:39:18,606 --> 00:39:20,024 [sirens wailing nearby] 719 00:39:21,150 --> 00:39:24,278 [Jughead] And just like that, in a few frantic moments, 720 00:39:24,362 --> 00:39:27,198 the town we'd known all our lives was once again changed, 721 00:39:28,491 --> 00:39:30,534 but this time, irrevocably. 722 00:39:31,619 --> 00:39:34,538 It was time for us to brace for a terrible impact. 723 00:39:36,374 --> 00:39:39,919 And while Archie Andrews headed away from the doomed town of Riverdale, 724 00:39:40,002 --> 00:39:41,670 we raced towards it. 725 00:39:42,046 --> 00:39:44,256 For that night was the fruition of a game 726 00:39:44,340 --> 00:39:48,094 that had been planned for and played across the years. 727 00:39:56,644 --> 00:39:58,896 -The hell is this? -Town's under quarantine. 728 00:39:58,979 --> 00:40:01,607 Governor's orders. No one in or out. Turn around, go. 729 00:40:01,941 --> 00:40:03,150 No, no, we live here. 730 00:40:03,234 --> 00:40:05,444 -Not anymore. Turn around. Now. -[guns cocking] 731 00:40:10,032 --> 00:40:12,326 [Dooley, over phone] Well, Hiram, you got what you wanted. 732 00:40:12,410 --> 00:40:14,120 The town's quarantined. 733 00:40:14,203 --> 00:40:16,831 I'll do what I can to keep the outside world at bay. 734 00:40:16,914 --> 00:40:19,083 Riverdale thanks you, Governor Dooley. 735 00:40:19,250 --> 00:40:21,836 -You did the right thing. -I pray that's true. 736 00:40:22,169 --> 00:40:24,255 And may God have mercy on our souls. 737 00:40:25,297 --> 00:40:26,382 Not God, Governor. 738 00:40:27,049 --> 00:40:28,008 The King. 739 00:40:28,092 --> 00:40:29,093 [hangs up phone] .