1 00:00:01,084 --> 00:00:02,460 [narrator] Previously on Riverdale: 2 00:00:02,544 --> 00:00:04,462 You know what I think, Carrot Top? 3 00:00:05,046 --> 00:00:07,257 I think you've got a hero complex. 4 00:00:07,757 --> 00:00:08,633 Who is Julian? 5 00:00:08,717 --> 00:00:10,969 Julian was to be your triplet. 6 00:00:11,052 --> 00:00:14,264 You had absorbed the third one. 7 00:00:14,347 --> 00:00:17,392 The spirit of Julian is haunting Thistlehouse? 8 00:00:17,475 --> 00:00:19,561 [Cheryl] What other explanation could there be? 9 00:00:19,644 --> 00:00:23,565 [Hiram] Now that the trials are over, it's time to let bygones be bygones. 10 00:00:23,648 --> 00:00:26,234 Veronica, I have invited your father back. 11 00:00:26,317 --> 00:00:27,610 I can't believe you. 12 00:00:27,694 --> 00:00:28,903 We were done with him. 13 00:00:28,987 --> 00:00:31,406 I want to ask you about Grandpa. You know he was a writer? 14 00:00:31,489 --> 00:00:33,491 My old man wasn't a writer. 15 00:00:33,575 --> 00:00:35,952 He was a mean, mean drunk. 16 00:00:36,036 --> 00:00:38,955 You two are trying to cover up something about Mr. Chipping's suicide. 17 00:00:39,372 --> 00:00:41,041 -Or was it a murder? -You were there, Jones. 18 00:00:41,124 --> 00:00:42,667 No one pushed him out that window. 19 00:00:42,751 --> 00:00:43,585 What is this? 20 00:00:43,668 --> 00:00:45,545 [Betty] Six hours of our house. 21 00:00:45,628 --> 00:00:49,174 Why would somebody do that? Film it and then leave the evidence. 22 00:00:51,801 --> 00:00:55,055 [Jughead] After a brief hiatus, Riverdale's Watcher in the 'burbs 23 00:00:55,138 --> 00:00:57,766 had released his much-anticipated follow-up. 24 00:00:58,391 --> 00:01:01,478 In the dead of night, a second round of voyeuristic videotapes 25 00:01:01,561 --> 00:01:03,521 had been left on doorsteps across town. 26 00:01:05,482 --> 00:01:08,276 Once again, VCRs were dusted off with dread. 27 00:01:09,652 --> 00:01:13,865 And once again, they played hours upon hours 28 00:01:13,948 --> 00:01:16,076 of footage of the viewer's home. 29 00:01:16,159 --> 00:01:19,537 Only this time, the camera was much, much closer. 30 00:01:20,580 --> 00:01:22,248 The implications were terrifying. 31 00:01:22,791 --> 00:01:25,418 What was next for the Watcher, breaking and entering? 32 00:01:26,461 --> 00:01:28,671 And as if those deliveries weren't unsettling enough, 33 00:01:28,755 --> 00:01:32,509 colleges and universities had started sending out their first wave of envelopes. 34 00:01:33,009 --> 00:01:34,803 Some thin, some thick. 35 00:01:35,345 --> 00:01:37,180 -All life-changing. -[girl] Crazy. 36 00:01:38,014 --> 00:01:41,935 Making it a particularly stressful time for Riverdale High seniors. 37 00:01:42,811 --> 00:01:45,688 Which is why Principal Honey asked the school's guidance counselor, 38 00:01:45,772 --> 00:01:48,483 Mrs. Burble, to offer extended office hours. 39 00:01:49,651 --> 00:01:51,653 So, whatever anxiety the students were feeling, 40 00:01:51,736 --> 00:01:53,738 they'd have a licensed professional to go to 41 00:01:53,822 --> 00:01:56,324 for confidential comfort and/or advice. 42 00:01:57,534 --> 00:02:01,412 Something, it turned out, many of us were long overdue for. 43 00:02:01,496 --> 00:02:04,499 Hey, Mom, I'm gonna make some High Point. Do you want any? 44 00:02:10,088 --> 00:02:11,422 What's wrong? Is everything okay? 45 00:02:11,506 --> 00:02:14,676 You were so sweet when you were little, Elizabeth. 46 00:02:15,885 --> 00:02:18,054 So innocent. When did you become a liar? 47 00:02:18,721 --> 00:02:20,223 What are you talking about? 48 00:02:23,393 --> 00:02:24,978 "Dear Ms. Elizabeth Cooper, 49 00:02:25,061 --> 00:02:28,064 after careful review of your early-action application, 50 00:02:28,523 --> 00:02:30,483 the Admissions Committee regrets to inform you 51 00:02:30,567 --> 00:02:35,238 that we are unable to offer you a place at Yale University." 52 00:02:36,656 --> 00:02:37,490 I didn't get in? 53 00:02:38,700 --> 00:02:40,243 Wait, you opened my mail? 54 00:02:40,326 --> 00:02:43,997 I thought to myself, "How could my Betty get rejected from college? 55 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,458 What has her so unfocused that it cost her her future?" 56 00:02:48,084 --> 00:02:49,460 -So, I searched your bedroom. -What? 57 00:02:49,544 --> 00:02:52,797 Do you know what I found hidden in the false bottom of your nightstand? 58 00:02:55,008 --> 00:02:57,427 -Oh, my God, Mom. -You should be studying. 59 00:02:57,510 --> 00:03:00,555 You should be focused. Instead, you are out of control. 60 00:03:00,638 --> 00:03:02,682 Okay, that's it. This is the last straw. 61 00:03:02,765 --> 00:03:05,685 We are not discussing this. We're not discussing anything. 62 00:03:05,768 --> 00:03:07,520 You and I are not on speaking terms. 63 00:03:07,604 --> 00:03:11,399 You have been invading my privacy for years, and it's over. 64 00:03:13,192 --> 00:03:14,193 [knock on door] 65 00:03:15,278 --> 00:03:16,613 Mrs. Burble, do you have a minute? 66 00:03:16,696 --> 00:03:19,741 Mm! Yes. Ms. Cooper, come on in. 67 00:03:19,824 --> 00:03:20,658 Please. 68 00:03:21,242 --> 00:03:22,410 Mmm. Skit-Skat? 69 00:03:22,869 --> 00:03:24,495 Oh. No, thanks. 70 00:03:26,164 --> 00:03:28,291 I have-- I have a sweet tooth. 71 00:03:28,541 --> 00:03:30,251 So, how can I be of help? 72 00:03:33,504 --> 00:03:34,339 Mom? 73 00:03:34,422 --> 00:03:37,091 Oh, we're in the middle of a session, Mrs. Cooper. 74 00:03:37,175 --> 00:03:38,051 It's Ms. Smith. 75 00:03:38,134 --> 00:03:39,469 So, you're stalking me now, too? 76 00:03:39,552 --> 00:03:42,347 Shocking as it may seem, Betty, I didn't know that you would be here. 77 00:03:42,430 --> 00:03:44,641 I came down to talk to Mrs. Burble myself. 78 00:03:44,724 --> 00:03:47,310 To see if she can give me any insight on how to... 79 00:03:47,894 --> 00:03:50,647 -talk to you. -This. This is what's bothering me. 80 00:03:50,730 --> 00:03:53,983 Her control complex, her insane overreactions. 81 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:56,444 -This is my problem. -No. What her problem is, 82 00:03:56,527 --> 00:03:59,364 she's been rejected from college because she's too busy having sex. 83 00:03:59,739 --> 00:04:03,660 Is that what you associate with sexuality, Ms. Smith? Shortcomings? 84 00:04:03,743 --> 00:04:07,497 Excuse me, Ms. Burble, I must have missed your doctorate on the wall 85 00:04:07,580 --> 00:04:09,040 because I don't need a therapist. 86 00:04:09,332 --> 00:04:12,168 Licensed psychologist, actually. 87 00:04:12,251 --> 00:04:14,379 What Betty needs is an intervention 88 00:04:14,462 --> 00:04:18,424 for this irresponsible disregard for her future. 89 00:04:18,508 --> 00:04:21,135 That's interesting, I was gonna say that there were months, 90 00:04:21,219 --> 00:04:25,556 or actually years' worth of psychotic parenting to unpack. 91 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,433 Clearly, there are a lot of feelings here. 92 00:04:28,935 --> 00:04:32,855 Betty, would it be okay with you if your mother joined us? 93 00:04:32,939 --> 00:04:35,275 Even if I said no, she would stay anyways. 94 00:04:39,237 --> 00:04:40,071 Betty. 95 00:04:42,031 --> 00:04:43,866 Do you hide things from your mother? 96 00:04:45,159 --> 00:04:49,163 Well, yeah, of course, everyone does. 97 00:04:49,247 --> 00:04:50,081 But-- 98 00:04:50,415 --> 00:04:52,709 -I mean, I learned from the best. -[scoffs] 99 00:04:52,792 --> 00:04:57,005 -You feel she keeps secrets from you, too? -Since literally the day l was born. 100 00:04:57,088 --> 00:04:58,965 Only when it's in her best interest. 101 00:04:59,048 --> 00:05:03,594 Oh! Oh, so you joining a cult, that was in my best interest? 102 00:05:03,678 --> 00:05:06,973 Not mentioning to me that you weren't actually brainwashed the whole time. 103 00:05:07,056 --> 00:05:11,019 You were just undercover with the FBI, working with my long-lost half brother, 104 00:05:11,102 --> 00:05:12,770 who I thought was dead. 105 00:05:12,854 --> 00:05:14,022 That was in my best interest? 106 00:05:14,105 --> 00:05:16,149 You're a child. I was protecting you. 107 00:05:16,232 --> 00:05:19,027 Explain how giving away my college fund to the Farm was part of that. 108 00:05:19,110 --> 00:05:21,446 That was before, when I was under the influence of Edgar. 109 00:05:21,529 --> 00:05:24,282 How about when you didn't tell me that I had the serial-killer genes. 110 00:05:24,615 --> 00:05:27,618 Or when you had Polly committed to the Sisters of Quiet Mercy 111 00:05:27,702 --> 00:05:29,871 and didn't tell me where she was. 112 00:05:30,121 --> 00:05:33,916 Or when you had me dragged off to that evil nun hellhole. 113 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,795 Because she did, Mrs. Burble. Where they force-fed me drugs. 114 00:05:37,879 --> 00:05:38,921 But hey, but hey. 115 00:05:39,005 --> 00:05:41,841 At least they were Fizzle Rocks and not birth control. 116 00:05:41,924 --> 00:05:43,634 -Context is important here. -Because God forbid! 117 00:05:43,718 --> 00:05:46,179 You ever realize that maybe I started taking birth control 118 00:05:46,262 --> 00:05:49,348 because I don't wanna have a baby at 16 like you, or Polly? 119 00:05:49,432 --> 00:05:51,350 I don't wanna be like the two of you, 120 00:05:51,434 --> 00:05:55,354 pregnant and married to a murderer, or a cult leader, or both? 121 00:05:55,438 --> 00:05:57,774 I'd hoped I'd raised you to be smarter than us. 122 00:05:57,857 --> 00:05:59,984 And no offense, Mom, I am. 123 00:06:00,068 --> 00:06:02,278 Being proactive is being smart. 124 00:06:02,361 --> 00:06:06,199 You're acting so naive, like you didn't think I was having sex? 125 00:06:06,282 --> 00:06:07,784 Jughead and I sleep in the same bed. 126 00:06:08,117 --> 00:06:09,702 [Alice] She's too young to have sex. 127 00:06:10,119 --> 00:06:13,623 -She doesn't know what's good for her. -You are so hypocritical. 128 00:06:13,706 --> 00:06:18,878 I was fine taking care of myself when you abandoned me for the Farm. 129 00:06:18,961 --> 00:06:20,963 Yet you keep treating me like a child. 130 00:06:21,047 --> 00:06:24,342 Oh, so that's a crime now, a mother wanting to protect her child? 131 00:06:24,425 --> 00:06:26,427 You've said that several times now. 132 00:06:26,844 --> 00:06:30,890 "Betty's young. Betty's a child." Why do you think that is? 133 00:06:30,973 --> 00:06:32,058 She is. 134 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:36,771 [stammers] Look, it's fine for me. I take her insults. 135 00:06:36,854 --> 00:06:38,856 That's my cross to bear as a parent. 136 00:06:39,148 --> 00:06:41,109 But the things that she's written in her diaries... 137 00:06:41,192 --> 00:06:42,610 You read her diaries? 138 00:06:42,693 --> 00:06:46,322 Yes, because she has no boundaries, no emotional respect, none. 139 00:06:46,405 --> 00:06:47,657 How does that make you feel? 140 00:06:47,740 --> 00:06:50,743 Like I'm filled with gunpowder 141 00:06:50,827 --> 00:06:54,413 and I'm one "Elizabeth" away from exploding. 142 00:06:54,497 --> 00:06:56,499 You need to stop invading my privacy 143 00:06:56,582 --> 00:07:00,461 and accept the fact that I am becoming an adult. 144 00:07:02,171 --> 00:07:04,298 You will always be my daughter, Elizabeth. 145 00:07:05,716 --> 00:07:11,097 -And I am so, so worried about you. -But not for the right reasons, Mom. 146 00:07:11,347 --> 00:07:14,433 Forget about college, sex and the serial-killer genes. 147 00:07:14,517 --> 00:07:17,145 Think about everything that you have done to me. 148 00:07:18,229 --> 00:07:21,441 That is what I'm going to be unpacking for the rest of my life. 149 00:07:22,984 --> 00:07:26,404 So, you either... start treating me like I'm an adult, 150 00:07:26,487 --> 00:07:27,989 or I will not be in your life. 151 00:07:29,115 --> 00:07:33,995 Ms. Smith, Betty's education, her relationship, her behavior, 152 00:07:34,579 --> 00:07:36,664 I think those things make you afraid. 153 00:07:37,582 --> 00:07:39,375 Afraid that Betty is growing up. 154 00:07:40,084 --> 00:07:42,712 That may even be why you gave away her college money. 155 00:07:43,171 --> 00:07:44,755 Because if you can control her, 156 00:07:45,214 --> 00:07:48,968 you can hold on to her childhood just a little bit longer. 157 00:07:49,677 --> 00:07:50,803 Does that sound right? 158 00:07:52,054 --> 00:07:52,889 It's just... 159 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:57,477 I've already lost two children. 160 00:07:58,936 --> 00:08:02,106 First, Charles... then Polly. 161 00:08:02,732 --> 00:08:03,566 And Betty... 162 00:08:05,318 --> 00:08:07,987 Growing up, leaving for college. 163 00:08:08,488 --> 00:08:10,239 Moving out, moving on. 164 00:08:10,323 --> 00:08:15,786 -It just feels like I'm losing you, too. -Mom, that's what happens. 165 00:08:16,996 --> 00:08:19,207 Kids grow up and they leave. 166 00:08:20,833 --> 00:08:23,628 I can't be your only hope. 167 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:26,964 But I love you. 168 00:08:27,340 --> 00:08:30,510 I love you, too. But that is not an apology. 169 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:36,641 That does not justify the horrible, unhealthy things that you have done. 170 00:08:37,350 --> 00:08:41,646 How you keep suffocating me, and why me? Why are you doing this to me? 171 00:08:41,979 --> 00:08:42,939 Because I love you. 172 00:08:43,022 --> 00:08:44,815 But you love Polly, too. 173 00:08:45,608 --> 00:08:48,319 She's in an asylum. She needs you. She needs help. 174 00:08:48,653 --> 00:08:51,948 -Why can't you go do this to her? -Because I love you more. 175 00:08:52,615 --> 00:08:53,908 I love you most. 176 00:09:06,337 --> 00:09:08,923 [door opens, then closes] 177 00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:17,181 Newton's Laws of Motion. 178 00:09:17,848 --> 00:09:19,559 [echoing] Now, who can tell me...? 179 00:09:22,603 --> 00:09:23,437 [Kevin] Archie. 180 00:09:24,313 --> 00:09:25,189 Archie. 181 00:09:26,357 --> 00:09:27,191 [louder] Archie. 182 00:09:31,862 --> 00:09:33,239 I'm so sorry, Dr. Phylum. 183 00:09:33,322 --> 00:09:36,450 Save it for Mrs. Burble. I'm not interested in your explanations. 184 00:09:37,159 --> 00:09:39,704 I'm really sorry, Ms. Burble. I've been having... 185 00:09:40,705 --> 00:09:42,123 trouble sleeping lately. 186 00:09:42,206 --> 00:09:43,499 Maybe it's like insomnia. 187 00:09:43,583 --> 00:09:46,586 No, it's okay, Archie. I'm not here to reprimand you. 188 00:09:47,253 --> 00:09:48,671 I just want to talk. 189 00:09:48,754 --> 00:09:49,922 Oh, okay. 190 00:09:50,006 --> 00:09:52,675 -What about? -Well, for starters, college. 191 00:09:53,217 --> 00:09:56,762 -You haven't applied to any. -Yeah, I'm not really interested. 192 00:09:56,846 --> 00:09:59,056 I'm needed here in Riverdale. 193 00:09:59,140 --> 00:10:00,766 To take over Andrews Construction? 194 00:10:00,850 --> 00:10:02,560 No, to clean up the town. 195 00:10:03,978 --> 00:10:06,397 Someone needs to step up, like my dad would have. 196 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:10,693 -He spent his whole life helping people. -Can we talk about him for a second? 197 00:10:12,945 --> 00:10:13,863 How are you managing? 198 00:10:14,572 --> 00:10:16,282 I try to carry on his legacy. 199 00:10:16,365 --> 00:10:18,117 You've already done so much good. 200 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:21,412 You opened up a center for at-risk kids. 201 00:10:22,413 --> 00:10:24,665 -That's not enough. -Why would you think that? 202 00:10:24,749 --> 00:10:28,586 Ever since I started trying to help, things have gotten complicated. 203 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:33,090 I've messed things up, and I have to fix it, so no one else gets hurt. 204 00:10:33,174 --> 00:10:34,300 Hurt? 205 00:10:35,009 --> 00:10:37,762 Archie, I have to tell you... 206 00:10:38,971 --> 00:10:42,516 If you admit to a crime, or tell me that you're putting yourself 207 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:45,770 or anyone else in danger, I am required to report it. 208 00:10:45,853 --> 00:10:47,104 -I'm fine. -Are you? 209 00:10:47,772 --> 00:10:51,233 Because you've missed a lot of football, where you excelled. 210 00:10:51,651 --> 00:10:55,529 And those cuts and bruises on your hands are not from sports. 211 00:10:59,116 --> 00:11:00,117 The truth is... 212 00:11:04,246 --> 00:11:06,874 -I go out at night. -You mean cruising in Fox Forest? 213 00:11:06,957 --> 00:11:09,126 What? No. I don't mean that. [chuckles] 214 00:11:09,210 --> 00:11:10,044 I... 215 00:11:11,420 --> 00:11:12,588 I put on a mask... 216 00:11:14,256 --> 00:11:16,509 and I try to... 217 00:11:18,302 --> 00:11:20,554 -help people. -I'm not sure I follow. 218 00:11:20,638 --> 00:11:22,014 I'm a big comic-book fan. 219 00:11:22,431 --> 00:11:24,892 Mr. Justice, the Comet, the Red Circle. 220 00:11:24,975 --> 00:11:27,019 I really identify with them, you know? 221 00:11:27,103 --> 00:11:28,104 Are you saying... 222 00:11:29,063 --> 00:11:31,190 that you're having fantasies... 223 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,276 about acting like these comic book heroes? 224 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:35,361 Exactly. 225 00:11:35,444 --> 00:11:37,530 Like, there's this dealer, Dodger. 226 00:11:37,613 --> 00:11:40,991 He uses kids to do his dirty work. Kids. 227 00:11:41,075 --> 00:11:43,869 -And the police can't do anything. -So, someone else has to stop him? 228 00:11:43,953 --> 00:11:45,413 -Yes. -To protect the community? 229 00:11:45,788 --> 00:11:47,081 -Yes. -A vigilante. 230 00:11:48,290 --> 00:11:50,084 -No. -Who protects the vigilante? 231 00:11:50,167 --> 00:11:52,461 -Who cares? -I don't read a lot of comics. 232 00:11:52,545 --> 00:11:55,297 But doesn't the hero usually suffer a great tragedy 233 00:11:55,381 --> 00:11:57,883 and then create their persona out of rage? 234 00:11:57,967 --> 00:11:59,677 -Is that right? -Yeah, I guess so. 235 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:00,970 Doesn't that resonate with you? 236 00:12:01,595 --> 00:12:05,182 Because everything that you've told me feels like it could be fueled 237 00:12:05,266 --> 00:12:07,059 by grief-induced anger-- 238 00:12:07,143 --> 00:12:09,395 Like I said, Ms. Burble, I'm trying to help. 239 00:12:09,478 --> 00:12:13,315 But to do it safely, we have to acknowledge and work on the anger. 240 00:12:13,399 --> 00:12:14,316 Why? 241 00:12:15,317 --> 00:12:17,903 I know I'm angry, Ms. Burble. I'm not an idiot. 242 00:12:18,362 --> 00:12:20,656 Look at all the crappy things that have happened to me. 243 00:12:20,739 --> 00:12:21,740 To my friends. 244 00:12:22,575 --> 00:12:23,451 To my dad. 245 00:12:24,076 --> 00:12:25,411 They make me angry. 246 00:12:26,287 --> 00:12:29,081 You... talking to me like I'm a moron. 247 00:12:29,165 --> 00:12:31,459 -That makes me angry. -Understandably. 248 00:12:31,542 --> 00:12:32,543 And it hurts. 249 00:12:34,170 --> 00:12:36,422 I hurt all the time. 250 00:12:37,715 --> 00:12:40,301 And all I want to do is make sure no one else does. 251 00:12:42,094 --> 00:12:43,262 But I screwed it up. 252 00:12:43,345 --> 00:12:44,638 [Archie sobs] 253 00:12:45,055 --> 00:12:48,809 My mom almost got shot in a drive-by. 254 00:12:49,477 --> 00:12:51,687 She was held at gunpoint on Thanksgiving. 255 00:12:53,189 --> 00:12:54,315 How is a guy supposed to... 256 00:12:55,774 --> 00:12:58,152 To clean up the town and protect his loved ones 257 00:12:58,235 --> 00:13:00,196 if he's putting them in the crosshairs? 258 00:13:03,073 --> 00:13:04,533 So, what am I supposed to do? 259 00:13:07,328 --> 00:13:08,162 Huh? 260 00:13:10,331 --> 00:13:11,165 Theoretically? 261 00:13:16,629 --> 00:13:20,174 The behavior you're discussing sounds like an addiction. 262 00:13:20,257 --> 00:13:21,342 No, it's not. 263 00:13:21,967 --> 00:13:22,801 Isn't it? 264 00:13:23,302 --> 00:13:27,097 You're aware of negative consequences, but you're compelled anyway. 265 00:13:28,474 --> 00:13:30,684 That's compulsive behavior. 266 00:13:32,144 --> 00:13:33,604 Forget me going out at night. 267 00:13:35,814 --> 00:13:37,650 Just running the center has made me a target. 268 00:13:37,733 --> 00:13:38,984 Yeah. But you keep at it. 269 00:13:40,569 --> 00:13:43,781 It's the appropriate and smarter way to channel your anger 270 00:13:43,864 --> 00:13:45,282 and help those in need. 271 00:13:45,950 --> 00:13:47,117 It feels like it's not enough. 272 00:13:47,201 --> 00:13:49,203 Then why not enlist more volunteers? 273 00:13:50,371 --> 00:13:55,292 Like me, or you can start an anonymous tip line to give you farther reach 274 00:13:55,376 --> 00:13:59,129 so those people who are scared to talk to the police can report things. 275 00:13:59,755 --> 00:14:02,091 I can't stress this enough, Archie. 276 00:14:02,633 --> 00:14:04,385 Do not go out at night. 277 00:14:05,636 --> 00:14:06,595 You could get hurt. 278 00:14:07,263 --> 00:14:10,140 Your loved ones could get hurt. 279 00:14:10,558 --> 00:14:13,561 -Mom, can we talk? -Oh, boy. What's wrong? 280 00:14:17,273 --> 00:14:19,692 I don't wanna give up on my work at the community center. 281 00:14:20,150 --> 00:14:22,278 Yeah, I know. I've made my peace with that. 282 00:14:22,695 --> 00:14:24,655 But I can't keep putting you in danger. 283 00:14:25,114 --> 00:14:26,949 And Dodger and his family are still out there. 284 00:14:27,032 --> 00:14:29,493 And sooner or later, they'll come after me, so... 285 00:14:31,704 --> 00:14:32,955 I'm moving out. 286 00:14:33,455 --> 00:14:35,916 -Archie, no. -Mom, you don't have a choice. 287 00:14:36,667 --> 00:14:37,918 I'm 18. I'm an adult. 288 00:14:38,961 --> 00:14:41,714 I'm gonna move into the center, just for a while, 289 00:14:41,797 --> 00:14:44,550 until Sheriff Jones catches Dodger and things cool off for a bit. 290 00:14:44,633 --> 00:14:47,052 -Archie, you don't have to do that. -Yes, I do. 291 00:14:47,136 --> 00:14:48,679 Their war is with me, not with you. 292 00:14:52,141 --> 00:14:53,684 It's okay. I'll be okay. 293 00:15:18,959 --> 00:15:20,669 You have reached the Riverdale Hotline. 294 00:15:20,753 --> 00:15:23,714 If you wish to report a problem in your neighborhood, leave a message. 295 00:15:24,173 --> 00:15:26,717 Anonymity is your choice. We're here to help. 296 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:27,635 And remember... 297 00:15:28,677 --> 00:15:29,595 you're not alone. 298 00:16:04,588 --> 00:16:06,131 [bell ringing] 299 00:16:06,215 --> 00:16:07,383 [speaking indistinctly] 300 00:16:07,466 --> 00:16:11,095 [Doris on PA] Cheryl Blossom, please report to Principal Honey's office. 301 00:16:11,512 --> 00:16:13,597 And the War of the Red Roses rages on. 302 00:16:14,390 --> 00:16:15,265 Good luck, babe. 303 00:16:16,308 --> 00:16:19,687 So, wherefore are we rattling sabers today, Principal Honey? 304 00:16:19,770 --> 00:16:22,439 Miss Blossom, do you know how many absences you've had this semester? 305 00:16:22,856 --> 00:16:23,774 Twenty-six. 306 00:16:24,066 --> 00:16:26,902 Need I remind you and the sorry lot of yams you call educators 307 00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:30,406 that I have suffered numerous family deaths. 308 00:16:30,739 --> 00:16:34,034 My mother disappeared, I am raising twin toddlers, 309 00:16:34,118 --> 00:16:35,786 and I am the sole caregiver for my nana. 310 00:16:36,078 --> 00:16:39,206 Yeah, well, it is for those reasons that I have decided 311 00:16:39,289 --> 00:16:41,959 to put a certified adult in charge of the cheerleading squad. 312 00:16:42,042 --> 00:16:43,043 Pause. 313 00:16:44,253 --> 00:16:45,838 You're taking my Vixens away? 314 00:16:45,921 --> 00:16:46,797 Mm. 315 00:16:47,548 --> 00:16:48,382 I'll tell you what. 316 00:16:49,717 --> 00:16:53,429 I will let Mrs. Burble interview you and make a recommendation. 317 00:16:53,512 --> 00:16:56,473 But if she deems you psychologically unfit, 318 00:16:56,557 --> 00:16:57,558 it's over. 319 00:17:04,690 --> 00:17:05,566 So, Cheryl... 320 00:17:06,734 --> 00:17:08,068 Would you like a Three Buccaneers? 321 00:17:08,152 --> 00:17:10,154 I don't eat nougat, I don't take bribes, 322 00:17:10,237 --> 00:17:12,906 and I don't talk to trade school flunkies about my feelings. 323 00:17:12,990 --> 00:17:15,617 You know, Cheryl, the only way you get what you want, 324 00:17:15,701 --> 00:17:18,412 your Vixens back, is if you talk to me. 325 00:17:19,163 --> 00:17:19,997 About you. 326 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:21,040 Okay, then. 327 00:17:21,665 --> 00:17:23,959 I have a rapturous girlfriend, total independence, 328 00:17:24,042 --> 00:17:25,878 a 4.0, and amazing hair. 329 00:17:26,670 --> 00:17:28,005 -Are we done? -Not quite. 330 00:17:28,964 --> 00:17:30,215 Did you receive a videotape? 331 00:17:31,633 --> 00:17:33,594 -How'd it make you feel? -[scoffs] 332 00:17:33,677 --> 00:17:37,097 Please. I have felled multiple villains with my bow over the years. 333 00:17:37,181 --> 00:17:41,185 I'm not afraid of some sad AV pervert with a camcorder older than your blazer. 334 00:17:41,268 --> 00:17:42,853 Speaking of the last few years, 335 00:17:42,936 --> 00:17:46,690 have you ever spoken to a professional about everything you've been through? 336 00:17:47,566 --> 00:17:49,860 Your mother's abuse, your brother's murder, 337 00:17:49,943 --> 00:17:51,570 your father's suicide, 338 00:17:51,653 --> 00:17:56,742 your time in conversion therapy, and an organ harvesting cult. 339 00:17:57,785 --> 00:18:00,496 -Your near-death experience in Sweet-- -That was an accident. 340 00:18:03,624 --> 00:18:05,542 It'd be okay if you told me it wasn't. 341 00:18:07,044 --> 00:18:10,214 Cheryl, you've endured lifetimes of trauma. 342 00:18:10,964 --> 00:18:14,468 I can't imagine going through a single one, much less all. 343 00:18:14,551 --> 00:18:16,970 And as a teenager? Unimaginable. 344 00:18:17,763 --> 00:18:20,265 You are remarkably resilient. 345 00:18:20,349 --> 00:18:22,226 It must be exhausting. 346 00:18:24,937 --> 00:18:26,105 How have you been coping? 347 00:18:34,530 --> 00:18:35,656 I talk to Jason. 348 00:18:37,658 --> 00:18:39,576 I talk to my dead brother. That's how I cope. 349 00:18:39,660 --> 00:18:40,494 Like prayer. 350 00:18:41,537 --> 00:18:43,372 That's a very healthy way of dealing with grief. 351 00:18:43,455 --> 00:18:44,289 No. 352 00:18:44,915 --> 00:18:45,749 I... 353 00:18:46,708 --> 00:18:47,960 go into the chapel... 354 00:18:49,670 --> 00:18:50,629 in my house... 355 00:18:51,797 --> 00:18:54,675 where my brother's body is... 356 00:18:55,467 --> 00:18:56,927 and I talk to him. 357 00:19:00,389 --> 00:19:02,599 And I think he answers me back. 358 00:19:07,187 --> 00:19:08,063 I think... 359 00:19:09,439 --> 00:19:10,274 maybe... 360 00:19:12,150 --> 00:19:14,236 I've lost my mind and I don't know when it happened. 361 00:19:15,612 --> 00:19:17,114 Was it when J.J. died? 362 00:19:18,490 --> 00:19:20,284 Was it when I fell through the ice? 363 00:19:21,159 --> 00:19:23,036 Have I always been this way? 364 00:19:24,872 --> 00:19:25,747 Fractured. 365 00:19:28,250 --> 00:19:30,794 In the tomb, when you're speaking with Jason, 366 00:19:30,878 --> 00:19:31,962 how far away are you? 367 00:19:32,045 --> 00:19:33,964 I usually sit across the room. 368 00:19:34,882 --> 00:19:35,799 What does it matter? 369 00:19:35,883 --> 00:19:39,261 What's the difference between that and people visiting a gravesite 370 00:19:39,344 --> 00:19:40,762 to talk to their loved ones? 371 00:19:41,430 --> 00:19:43,849 Or people who have urns on their mantel? 372 00:19:44,516 --> 00:19:45,517 That ash... 373 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:48,562 those rotting bodies... 374 00:19:49,646 --> 00:19:50,856 they don't talk back. 375 00:19:50,939 --> 00:19:52,608 I'm not sure Jason does either. 376 00:19:53,025 --> 00:19:54,443 I think you want him to. 377 00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:56,987 But you're not crazy, Cheryl. 378 00:19:58,071 --> 00:19:59,323 You miss your brother. 379 00:20:01,867 --> 00:20:04,620 But missing Jason doesn't explain the other goings-on 380 00:20:04,703 --> 00:20:06,663 in the phantasmagoria that is Thistlehouse. 381 00:20:06,747 --> 00:20:08,582 What's happening in this Thistlehouse? 382 00:20:08,665 --> 00:20:11,043 I am being haunted by a ghost. 383 00:20:11,126 --> 00:20:12,586 Ghosts don't exist. 384 00:20:13,003 --> 00:20:15,172 Your life may be defined by gothic tropes, 385 00:20:15,255 --> 00:20:17,674 but you're being haunted by grief, 386 00:20:17,758 --> 00:20:21,303 by guilt over your family's misfortune, your brother's death. 387 00:20:21,386 --> 00:20:23,472 Brothers. Plural. 388 00:20:23,805 --> 00:20:26,600 I'm confused. Is this a metaphorical brother? 389 00:20:26,683 --> 00:20:27,935 No, you mallard. 390 00:20:28,310 --> 00:20:30,270 I had a triplet, Julian, 391 00:20:30,354 --> 00:20:32,981 whom I absorbed in the womb and has resurfaced as a doll 392 00:20:33,065 --> 00:20:34,900 that's moving around my house, causing mischief. 393 00:20:35,234 --> 00:20:38,362 I've thrown him away, buried him, encircled him in salt, 394 00:20:38,445 --> 00:20:40,239 and he keeps coming back. 395 00:20:40,572 --> 00:20:43,450 Because he's angry. He's vengeful. 396 00:20:43,533 --> 00:20:44,868 Julian's driving you insane? 397 00:20:44,952 --> 00:20:46,536 Of course. He's a Blossom! 398 00:20:51,041 --> 00:20:51,875 So... 399 00:20:55,295 --> 00:20:57,798 do you still maintain that I'm not mad as a hatter, 400 00:20:57,881 --> 00:21:02,135 even though I'm talking to taxidermy and being tormented by a devil doll? 401 00:21:02,219 --> 00:21:04,346 I don't think you're being haunted, Cheryl. 402 00:21:05,305 --> 00:21:06,932 And I don't think you've lost your mind. 403 00:21:07,474 --> 00:21:11,895 Then what's... wrong with me? [sobbing] 404 00:21:13,355 --> 00:21:16,358 I think someone is trying to make you think 405 00:21:16,441 --> 00:21:18,068 that you've lost your mind. 406 00:21:18,944 --> 00:21:21,071 -I think you're being gaslit. -Like... 407 00:21:22,239 --> 00:21:23,323 Ingrid Bergman? 408 00:21:23,407 --> 00:21:24,366 In fact, yes. 409 00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:26,994 What sounds most logical to you? 410 00:21:27,077 --> 00:21:31,623 That the evil spirit of an absorbed fetus is inhabiting an anthropomorphic doll? 411 00:21:32,874 --> 00:21:38,547 Or that a human being is moving that doll around your house when you're not there? 412 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:40,215 But Julian... 413 00:21:40,841 --> 00:21:43,302 We can find out the truth about Julian's existence 414 00:21:43,385 --> 00:21:44,469 with a swab of your saliva. 415 00:21:44,553 --> 00:21:47,180 You can't have any of my bodily fluids, you succubus. 416 00:21:47,639 --> 00:21:49,391 It's for a chimerism lab. 417 00:21:50,225 --> 00:21:54,062 A test that shows whether a person absorbed a fetus in the womb 418 00:21:54,146 --> 00:21:59,526 by analyzing if they have one set of DNA or two. 419 00:21:59,943 --> 00:22:02,529 If I were to guess, you aren't going to test positive. 420 00:22:03,572 --> 00:22:06,700 You mean to tell me this test has existed this whole time? 421 00:22:06,783 --> 00:22:10,162 Mm-hm. I'm going to give you the number of a doctor I know... 422 00:22:11,330 --> 00:22:12,664 who can perform the test. 423 00:22:12,748 --> 00:22:14,916 I'll give her a heads-up that she might be expecting you. 424 00:22:15,667 --> 00:22:16,501 So... 425 00:22:17,627 --> 00:22:19,171 what about my precious Vixens? 426 00:22:20,422 --> 00:22:21,256 Can I keep them? 427 00:22:21,757 --> 00:22:24,509 As a counselor, I think you've done A-plus work. 428 00:22:25,510 --> 00:22:26,720 As an administrator, 429 00:22:27,429 --> 00:22:28,555 Cheryl, I'm sorry. 430 00:22:30,057 --> 00:22:33,560 I'm going to recommend to Principal Honey that he bring in a coach. 431 00:22:34,519 --> 00:22:36,897 To supervise the Vixens, 432 00:22:36,980 --> 00:22:40,901 while you focus on you... for a little while. 433 00:22:49,993 --> 00:22:51,995 [indistinct chatter] 434 00:22:52,746 --> 00:22:54,456 [softly] Shh. There she is. 435 00:23:02,839 --> 00:23:03,882 [muffled scream] 436 00:23:11,932 --> 00:23:13,058 [sobbing] 437 00:23:22,484 --> 00:23:24,611 [Hiram] Mija? Can you come here a minute? 438 00:23:33,286 --> 00:23:34,496 What do you want, Daddy? 439 00:23:35,163 --> 00:23:37,290 To tell me about another secret love child? 440 00:23:37,582 --> 00:23:39,417 No. I need your keen eye. 441 00:23:39,835 --> 00:23:41,211 -Is it centered? -Mm-hm. 442 00:23:41,837 --> 00:23:44,464 Maravillosa, don't you think? 443 00:23:46,216 --> 00:23:49,136 The first bottle of Lodge Rum I ever produced. 444 00:23:49,886 --> 00:23:51,304 And second to you 445 00:23:51,638 --> 00:23:54,182 and my diploma from Harvard University, 446 00:23:54,683 --> 00:23:55,725 my proudest achievement. 447 00:23:55,809 --> 00:23:57,018 I'm late for school. 448 00:23:57,102 --> 00:24:00,480 Oh, speaking of Cambridge, didn't you apply to Harvard early action? 449 00:24:01,231 --> 00:24:02,399 I should be hearing anon. 450 00:24:03,024 --> 00:24:05,652 Now if you'll excuse me, microeconomics waits for no woman. 451 00:24:10,615 --> 00:24:12,409 [Kevin] Game theory is all about strategy. 452 00:24:12,492 --> 00:24:15,787 And yeah, it's big in econ, but it's also been applied to war. 453 00:24:15,871 --> 00:24:17,164 [cell phone buzzing] 454 00:24:18,748 --> 00:24:20,792 Oh, my God, sorry, I have to take this. 455 00:24:24,421 --> 00:24:26,089 Good afternoon, Dean Kingsley. 456 00:24:26,173 --> 00:24:28,300 To what do I owe the pleasure? 457 00:24:28,550 --> 00:24:30,719 [Kingsley] Miss Luna, I know it's unorthodox, 458 00:24:30,802 --> 00:24:34,222 but as Dean of Admissions, I wanted to give you a personal heads-up. 459 00:24:35,015 --> 00:24:39,144 Congratulations on your acceptance to Harvard's class of 2024. 460 00:24:49,070 --> 00:24:52,490 Thank you so much, Dean Kingsley. August can't come soon enough. 461 00:24:52,908 --> 00:24:55,577 Indeed. Now, will you give my regards to your father? 462 00:24:55,660 --> 00:24:58,288 And, please, thank him for the rum he sent. Veritas. 463 00:25:00,332 --> 00:25:01,458 Son of a-- 464 00:25:01,541 --> 00:25:02,542 [Burble] Butter Flinger? 465 00:25:05,629 --> 00:25:06,922 I think I know why you're here. 466 00:25:07,505 --> 00:25:10,217 Are there any updates I need to make to your file? 467 00:25:10,508 --> 00:25:12,969 Regarding, say... Harvard? 468 00:25:14,262 --> 00:25:15,096 Oh. 469 00:25:15,931 --> 00:25:17,515 Uh, yes, actually, I got in. 470 00:25:17,599 --> 00:25:18,934 Congratulations, Veronica. 471 00:25:19,351 --> 00:25:21,311 If I'm not mistaken, that was your dream school. 472 00:25:21,394 --> 00:25:22,395 It was. 473 00:25:23,855 --> 00:25:25,023 Now it's my nightmare. 474 00:25:25,106 --> 00:25:27,025 Aren't you proud of this milestone achievement? 475 00:25:27,108 --> 00:25:28,860 No, I didn't "achieve" Harvard. 476 00:25:29,319 --> 00:25:31,529 Once again, my father meddled in my affairs, 477 00:25:31,613 --> 00:25:35,242 and apparently, bought my way into their ivy-covered walls with rum, 478 00:25:35,325 --> 00:25:37,369 threats, money, charm, who knows? 479 00:25:37,452 --> 00:25:39,454 It's humiliating and infuriating. 480 00:25:39,537 --> 00:25:41,665 Because he didn't think you can do it on your own? 481 00:25:41,748 --> 00:25:42,582 No. 482 00:25:43,375 --> 00:25:45,752 Because now I'll never know if I could do it on my own. 483 00:25:45,835 --> 00:25:49,047 Is it possible he was actually trying to just help? 484 00:25:49,130 --> 00:25:51,633 My father has a bank vault for a heart. 485 00:25:51,716 --> 00:25:55,053 He did this to prove he can and always will control me. 486 00:25:55,136 --> 00:25:59,099 And do you feel this control is him punishing you for something? 487 00:25:59,182 --> 00:26:02,352 Was King Lear's ego gossamer thin? Yes. 488 00:26:02,435 --> 00:26:05,397 This is what he does, he fake-sold me two businesses, 489 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:09,276 and then conned me into running them-- Successfully, might I add. 490 00:26:09,609 --> 00:26:11,069 --then charged me protection. 491 00:26:11,152 --> 00:26:15,073 He lured my boyfriend into crime, then tried to kill him in front of a crowd 492 00:26:15,156 --> 00:26:16,741 at an illegal boxing match. 493 00:26:16,825 --> 00:26:18,243 He had my mother arrested. 494 00:26:18,326 --> 00:26:19,577 And the pièce de résistance? 495 00:26:19,661 --> 00:26:21,579 He brought his secret, illegitimate daughter 496 00:26:21,663 --> 00:26:23,373 back to Riverdale to try and make me jealous. 497 00:26:23,456 --> 00:26:25,458 Well, blow, winds, and crack your cheeks 498 00:26:25,542 --> 00:26:28,628 because Veronica Luna is no one's Cordelia. 499 00:26:30,964 --> 00:26:33,383 Are you jealous of your sister? 500 00:26:33,883 --> 00:26:34,884 Absolutely not. 501 00:26:35,635 --> 00:26:37,304 She can have him. They deserve each other. 502 00:26:37,387 --> 00:26:39,139 Yet I'm sensing animosity. 503 00:26:39,222 --> 00:26:40,098 Sensing? 504 00:26:40,181 --> 00:26:43,101 I despise that man. I want nothing to do with him. 505 00:26:43,184 --> 00:26:44,686 But you willingly live at home? 506 00:26:45,812 --> 00:26:48,857 -Well, yes, but-- -You obediently come when he calls you. 507 00:26:49,232 --> 00:26:51,192 Veronica, I don't think this is hate. 508 00:26:51,276 --> 00:26:52,527 It's obsession. 509 00:26:53,069 --> 00:26:55,739 You and your father are obsessed with each other. 510 00:26:55,822 --> 00:26:57,949 You're diagnosing me with daddy issues? 511 00:26:58,742 --> 00:26:59,951 How very Intro to Psych. 512 00:27:00,035 --> 00:27:01,119 I'm saying, 513 00:27:01,661 --> 00:27:07,417 your connection goes far beyond that of a typical father-daughter. 514 00:27:08,126 --> 00:27:10,211 It's primal, cosmic. 515 00:27:10,503 --> 00:27:13,256 He sees you as an extension of himself, 516 00:27:13,340 --> 00:27:16,259 which is why he'll never fully let you go. 517 00:27:16,968 --> 00:27:20,555 And you see him as your ideal future self. 518 00:27:21,097 --> 00:27:22,974 No, that's baseless. 519 00:27:23,058 --> 00:27:25,352 I have no desire to become my father. 520 00:27:25,435 --> 00:27:28,605 You're a straight-A student. You run two flourishing businesses. 521 00:27:28,688 --> 00:27:30,774 You just got admitted into Harvard. 522 00:27:30,857 --> 00:27:32,734 I mean, maybe that's your base resentment. 523 00:27:33,151 --> 00:27:35,320 He is an abjectly bad person. 524 00:27:35,820 --> 00:27:37,113 I have zero respect for him. 525 00:27:37,197 --> 00:27:39,699 And yet he has instilled in you a drive 526 00:27:40,033 --> 00:27:42,660 that is perhaps the reason why you are so successful. 527 00:27:42,744 --> 00:27:44,788 He's taken more than he's ever given. 528 00:27:44,871 --> 00:27:46,664 My old friend Dr. Freud 529 00:27:47,457 --> 00:27:52,379 has two diagnoses that seem pertinent to your situation. 530 00:27:52,462 --> 00:27:54,381 The Oedipus and Electra complexes. 531 00:27:54,464 --> 00:27:57,217 I've always seen the drama in my life as Shakespearean, 532 00:27:57,592 --> 00:28:01,888 not the stuff of Greek tragedy, but, please, enlighten me. 533 00:28:02,597 --> 00:28:06,518 You're locked in a constant battle for identity with your father. 534 00:28:06,601 --> 00:28:12,607 You're driven by compulsive forces like love, sexuality, obsession. 535 00:28:12,690 --> 00:28:14,943 I'm not stabbing my eyes out for any man. 536 00:28:15,026 --> 00:28:18,530 Acknowledging that the tether exists is the first step towards breaking it. 537 00:28:18,613 --> 00:28:23,368 Electra murdered Agamemnon. What are you saying, Mrs. Burble? 538 00:28:23,451 --> 00:28:27,372 Obviously, I'm not suggesting murder. But rather to cut ties with him. 539 00:28:27,914 --> 00:28:28,790 For good. 540 00:28:28,873 --> 00:28:32,001 He's trolling you. So, why not ghost him? 541 00:28:32,085 --> 00:28:37,632 No offense, Mrs. Burble, but your "teen speak" could use an update. 542 00:28:38,258 --> 00:28:41,136 As could your advice. I've tried that repeatedly. 543 00:28:41,219 --> 00:28:44,097 Well, it only works if you actually want to walk away. 544 00:28:45,306 --> 00:28:46,141 Do you? 545 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:49,394 Yes. 546 00:28:50,061 --> 00:28:53,523 Well, obviously, I think you should say yes to Harvard. 547 00:28:53,606 --> 00:28:57,068 But moving forward, I recommend that no matter what, 548 00:28:57,610 --> 00:29:00,280 you do not engage with your father on his terms. 549 00:29:00,655 --> 00:29:03,199 You may be his hubris, but he can't be yours. 550 00:29:03,283 --> 00:29:04,993 Or else he will be your downfall. 551 00:29:05,535 --> 00:29:09,414 I really, really want to go to Harvard. 552 00:29:12,208 --> 00:29:15,670 You're locked in a dance of death with your father, Veronica. 553 00:29:17,464 --> 00:29:19,757 So, my last question is this: 554 00:29:21,092 --> 00:29:21,926 Who's leading? 555 00:29:22,677 --> 00:29:24,804 Him or you? 556 00:29:33,897 --> 00:29:34,731 [DuPont] You're late. 557 00:29:35,523 --> 00:29:38,276 Apparently I'm not the only one. Don't we have seminar today? 558 00:29:38,359 --> 00:29:40,695 I dismissed the others to continue writing. 559 00:29:41,738 --> 00:29:43,031 You haven't even started. 560 00:29:43,323 --> 00:29:45,992 Yeah, I know I'm supposed to turn in pages this week. 561 00:29:46,075 --> 00:29:48,578 You were offered an opportunity here, Mr. Jones. 562 00:29:48,661 --> 00:29:50,455 Frankly, you have squandered it. 563 00:29:50,538 --> 00:29:53,249 I've been told you haven't even applied to any colleges yet. 564 00:29:53,333 --> 00:29:56,377 Okay, I'm sorry. My plate's been stacked. 565 00:29:57,128 --> 00:29:58,671 I can still apply for regular admission. 566 00:29:58,755 --> 00:30:02,425 And I can't imagine any teachers here writing a letter of recommendation 567 00:30:02,509 --> 00:30:04,052 for such an apathetic student. 568 00:30:04,719 --> 00:30:08,765 You might want to beg the indulgences of your teachers at your public alma mater 569 00:30:08,848 --> 00:30:11,267 vis-a-vis your future matriculations. 570 00:30:18,358 --> 00:30:20,360 How long does it usually take to get a transcript? 571 00:30:21,319 --> 00:30:25,198 Well, I'm sure Ms. Bell is going as fast as she can. 572 00:30:25,281 --> 00:30:27,617 But while we wait, why don't we just have a little chat? 573 00:30:27,700 --> 00:30:32,413 Uh, no. I have a hard Holden Caulfield stance on phony small talk. Thanks. 574 00:30:32,914 --> 00:30:36,000 Do you often use fictional references to make sense of your situation? 575 00:30:36,459 --> 00:30:37,460 Yes. Yes, I do. 576 00:30:38,628 --> 00:30:40,338 I heard about your teacher, Mr. Chipping. 577 00:30:41,422 --> 00:30:44,425 Public suicide, that's, uh, tragic. 578 00:30:44,759 --> 00:30:47,762 He didn't kill himself, he was murdered. By suicide, I guess. 579 00:30:48,805 --> 00:30:50,682 -Who knows what they're capable of? -Who? 580 00:30:50,765 --> 00:30:53,768 Uh, DuPont and the students, they convinced him to jump. 581 00:30:53,851 --> 00:30:56,104 Because I'm on the cusp of bringing down their empire. 582 00:30:56,187 --> 00:30:58,022 -Which empire? -Baxter Brothers. 583 00:30:59,941 --> 00:31:01,150 My grandfather created them. 584 00:31:01,234 --> 00:31:03,319 As in inspired the characters? 585 00:31:03,403 --> 00:31:05,405 No. As in he wrote the first book. 586 00:31:05,488 --> 00:31:08,449 And then DuPont stole the franchise out from under him. 587 00:31:08,533 --> 00:31:12,036 Now, he's got us competing to ghostwrite the next one, but what's the point? 588 00:31:12,328 --> 00:31:13,788 It's rigged. He's a thief. 589 00:31:13,871 --> 00:31:15,915 He has a grudge against anyone with the name Forsythe. 590 00:31:15,999 --> 00:31:18,001 Starting with my grandfather, the first. 591 00:31:19,544 --> 00:31:22,755 Or you have a persecution complex. 592 00:31:23,590 --> 00:31:25,925 Are you paranoid? Chasing windmills? 593 00:31:26,467 --> 00:31:31,139 So, you have a reasonable excuse to neglect your real work, writing? 594 00:31:31,639 --> 00:31:35,518 Is that your advice after everything I said? "Just do your homework, kid." 595 00:31:35,602 --> 00:31:38,563 Well, I'm wondering if the real reason why you're so focused 596 00:31:38,646 --> 00:31:41,524 on proving that the Baxter Brothers belongs to your family 597 00:31:41,608 --> 00:31:42,984 is because you're afraid. 598 00:31:43,318 --> 00:31:45,528 Are you insecure about your own talent as a writer? 599 00:31:45,612 --> 00:31:47,030 I won't be psychoanalyzed by someone 600 00:31:47,113 --> 00:31:49,115 who doesn't know the phrase "tilting at windmills." 601 00:31:49,574 --> 00:31:50,783 It's about recognition. 602 00:31:50,867 --> 00:31:54,454 It's about not letting some ascot steal my family's achievements. 603 00:31:54,537 --> 00:31:56,289 My grandfather could have been Gatsby rich. 604 00:31:56,372 --> 00:31:57,498 You know what he was instead? 605 00:31:58,207 --> 00:32:00,877 He was a mean drunk who beat my father in a trailer. 606 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:02,670 But from what you're describing, 607 00:32:02,754 --> 00:32:06,925 this investigation is trying to get those very things you claim to hate. 608 00:32:07,008 --> 00:32:09,761 An inheritance, status, prestige. 609 00:32:10,762 --> 00:32:13,431 -I'm not trying to be like them. -No, clearly. 610 00:32:13,514 --> 00:32:14,641 Better not to try at all. 611 00:32:14,724 --> 00:32:17,685 Fulfill their expectation that you're a bum, 612 00:32:18,019 --> 00:32:21,606 then claim that they didn't give you a chance. That is the easy path. 613 00:32:21,689 --> 00:32:25,818 Now, your father, on the other hand, he took the harder one. 614 00:32:26,235 --> 00:32:29,405 Good. The "Designated Dad" part of this lecture. 615 00:32:29,781 --> 00:32:34,410 He's a sheriff now. Came from a poor household with an abusive father 616 00:32:34,494 --> 00:32:37,830 and did the work to transform himself. 617 00:32:37,914 --> 00:32:40,249 And sacrificed so you could succeed. 618 00:32:41,459 --> 00:32:44,003 I bet he was very supportive of you going to Stonewall Prep. 619 00:32:45,713 --> 00:32:47,006 He practically dragged me there. 620 00:32:47,090 --> 00:32:49,759 And you repay him by going on this quest to prove 621 00:32:49,842 --> 00:32:53,429 that the man that caused him immeasurable pain is some kind of wronged hero. 622 00:32:53,972 --> 00:32:55,932 How do you think that makes him feel? 623 00:32:58,601 --> 00:33:01,187 Maybe instead of lionizing your grandfather... 624 00:33:03,898 --> 00:33:07,276 you should try seeing him through your father's eyes. 625 00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:14,742 I won't think you're less smart if you admit that I'm right. 626 00:33:17,453 --> 00:33:18,287 You're right. 627 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:22,041 My poor dad. 628 00:33:28,881 --> 00:33:30,007 I'm so selfish. 629 00:33:30,091 --> 00:33:33,970 No. You're just a high school senior from Riverdale. 630 00:33:35,847 --> 00:33:36,681 You're busy. 631 00:33:40,810 --> 00:33:41,894 Maybe I should, uh... 632 00:33:45,273 --> 00:33:47,859 put down the conspiracy theories and just do my homework. 633 00:33:50,403 --> 00:33:53,281 -You're underpaid, aren't you? -And overqualified. 634 00:33:54,532 --> 00:33:57,618 Which means I don't expect anyone to change habits overnight. 635 00:33:58,077 --> 00:34:01,998 If you're going to see this mystery of the Baxter Brothers authorship through, 636 00:34:02,915 --> 00:34:06,002 don't fall back on conjecture or righteous anger. 637 00:34:06,669 --> 00:34:08,296 Do the work, you know? 638 00:34:09,172 --> 00:34:10,131 Investigate. 639 00:34:14,135 --> 00:34:16,262 Now let's see about those transcripts, huh? 640 00:34:17,430 --> 00:34:20,600 Oh, and just take the rest of it. You're my last one today. 641 00:34:28,566 --> 00:34:33,112 Hey, boy. I miss seeing you around the house, typing away on-- 642 00:34:35,907 --> 00:34:37,742 Oh, what's all this? 643 00:34:40,161 --> 00:34:43,498 I love you and I appreciate everything that you've done for me. I-- 644 00:34:44,707 --> 00:34:45,958 I don't think I say that enough. 645 00:35:09,398 --> 00:35:12,652 Elizabeth, perfect timing. The boys are out back and the casserole's almost ready. 646 00:35:12,735 --> 00:35:13,653 Set the table? 647 00:35:17,698 --> 00:35:20,201 Why are you looking at me like that? Come on, chip-chop. 648 00:35:57,655 --> 00:35:59,240 I love you most, too, Mom. 649 00:36:10,376 --> 00:36:11,711 [machine beeps] 650 00:36:22,263 --> 00:36:23,097 [beeps] 651 00:36:23,181 --> 00:36:25,474 [boy] Hi, um, my name is, I don't wanna say, 652 00:36:25,558 --> 00:36:28,978 but I live in the apartment building in the north end of Sketch Alley 653 00:36:29,061 --> 00:36:32,064 and the man who lives down the hall, I think he hits my mom. 654 00:36:32,148 --> 00:36:37,278 And I-- I think she needs help. Please, I need help. 655 00:36:37,361 --> 00:36:38,487 [machine beeps] 656 00:36:54,378 --> 00:36:56,464 [oldies music playing over speakers] 657 00:36:58,758 --> 00:37:00,676 Tee-Tee, I got my results. 658 00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:03,346 From Highsmith College? I thought you were already accepted. 659 00:37:03,429 --> 00:37:06,015 No, silly lovebug, my chimerism test results. 660 00:37:06,807 --> 00:37:09,477 Promise me no matter what's in this envelope, you're here for me? 661 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:11,395 Cheryl, I don't know what you're talking about, 662 00:37:11,479 --> 00:37:13,898 but I love you and nothing will ever change that. 663 00:37:14,649 --> 00:37:18,319 ♪ And since she's been away ♪ 664 00:37:19,195 --> 00:37:25,451 ♪ I've never had a happy day ♪ 665 00:37:28,287 --> 00:37:32,083 Negative. Negative! Tee-Tee, I'm 100 percent Cheryl Marjorie Blossom. 666 00:37:33,417 --> 00:37:36,379 Babe, I love seeing you this happy, but what does that mean? 667 00:37:36,462 --> 00:37:41,801 It means that Burble was right. Fact, I'm not crazy. I'm not haunted. 668 00:37:41,884 --> 00:37:44,470 Maybe there once was a Julian in my mother's mortal womb, 669 00:37:44,553 --> 00:37:46,305 but I didn't absorb him. 670 00:37:46,389 --> 00:37:47,390 That's amazing. 671 00:37:47,890 --> 00:37:51,435 But how do we explain the weirdness around Thistlehouse? 672 00:37:51,519 --> 00:37:53,604 Mrs. B enlightened me to the realization 673 00:37:53,688 --> 00:37:56,315 that most likely someone is trying to drive me mad. 674 00:37:56,691 --> 00:37:59,402 But once I find out who this depraved monster is, 675 00:37:59,485 --> 00:38:01,696 I will unleash a wrath upon them so wicked, 676 00:38:01,779 --> 00:38:04,490 they will wish they had been consumed in their mother's womb. 677 00:38:05,491 --> 00:38:06,325 [Hiram] Veronica! 678 00:38:10,246 --> 00:38:11,288 What's the matter, Daddy? 679 00:38:11,372 --> 00:38:14,166 Why did I get a call from Dean Kingsley informing me 680 00:38:14,250 --> 00:38:16,627 that you turned down your acceptance to Harvard? 681 00:38:17,169 --> 00:38:20,298 -Please tell me he's sorely mistaken. -There's been no mistake. 682 00:38:20,381 --> 00:38:21,924 I won't be a Crimson come fall. 683 00:38:22,008 --> 00:38:24,760 Besides, I look better in Yale blue anyway. 684 00:38:24,844 --> 00:38:25,886 [groans] 685 00:38:26,429 --> 00:38:27,305 Are you insane? 686 00:38:28,306 --> 00:38:31,767 No one rejects Harvard. It was your dream. 687 00:38:31,851 --> 00:38:35,688 One of my dreams, yes. But then you ruined it for me. 688 00:38:36,188 --> 00:38:38,190 Walking through those ivory towers, 689 00:38:38,274 --> 00:38:41,610 I'd be letting you dictate the rest of my life. 690 00:38:41,986 --> 00:38:44,697 I'd graduate, get my MBA from Oxford, 691 00:38:44,780 --> 00:38:47,867 run a Fortune 500, make the cover of Fives, obviously. 692 00:38:48,284 --> 00:38:51,537 The next 20 years would be mapped out by you. 693 00:38:52,163 --> 00:38:55,207 I'm finished living your version of my life. 694 00:38:55,291 --> 00:39:00,212 You don't get to own my future, so consider the ties that bind cut. 695 00:39:02,089 --> 00:39:02,923 Really? 696 00:39:03,507 --> 00:39:05,676 And what do you think you'll do now, mija? 697 00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:07,762 Walk away from me? [scoffs] 698 00:39:08,262 --> 00:39:09,972 You've never been able to do that. 699 00:39:12,016 --> 00:39:16,937 You're right. It would appear we're locked in a twisted Greek tragedy. 700 00:39:17,021 --> 00:39:21,192 But my guidance counselor told me that there is one way to end this. 701 00:39:24,070 --> 00:39:25,112 I have to kill you. 702 00:39:26,405 --> 00:39:29,909 Don't worry, I wouldn't stoop to your level to murder. No. 703 00:39:30,910 --> 00:39:34,372 I'm going to kill you on the battlefield you cherish above all others. 704 00:39:35,247 --> 00:39:36,082 Business. 705 00:39:36,582 --> 00:39:40,044 I'm going to take you on head-to-head and destroy you. 706 00:39:40,961 --> 00:39:43,381 Just like Oedipus and Electra did to their daddies. 707 00:39:43,464 --> 00:39:44,465 And when I'm done, 708 00:39:45,216 --> 00:39:49,512 I will bury your battered and beaten carcass, and be free of you. 709 00:39:50,721 --> 00:39:51,764 Once and for all. 710 00:39:58,104 --> 00:39:59,563 This bottle I cracked open? 711 00:39:59,939 --> 00:40:03,150 It's a lot better than the swill you've been making recently, Daddy. 712 00:40:04,151 --> 00:40:07,988 But my rum will be far superior. 713 00:40:32,596 --> 00:40:34,181 These are really great, Jug. 714 00:40:34,682 --> 00:40:37,143 You really captured the essence of the Baxter Brothers, 715 00:40:37,226 --> 00:40:38,644 but you made it your own. 716 00:40:39,061 --> 00:40:40,855 I caught up on all my college applications. 717 00:40:40,938 --> 00:40:42,398 I wanna show you something. 718 00:40:44,066 --> 00:40:48,154 This is an article I found from 2002. 719 00:40:49,363 --> 00:40:52,408 [Betty] "Novelist Theodore Weisel drowns in yachting accident." 720 00:40:52,491 --> 00:40:53,784 Why does he sound familiar? 721 00:40:53,868 --> 00:40:56,537 He was in the Quill and Skull literary society with my grandfather. 722 00:40:56,620 --> 00:40:58,289 I tracked down all the original members. 723 00:40:58,372 --> 00:41:02,042 They could tell you something about what your granddad and DuPont were like then. 724 00:41:02,126 --> 00:41:05,629 But guess what? Theodore was not the only one who suffers an accident. 725 00:41:06,338 --> 00:41:08,966 This one is from 1978. 726 00:41:09,550 --> 00:41:10,593 Drove off a bridge. 727 00:41:11,093 --> 00:41:13,888 This one's from 1994. Mechanical failure. 728 00:41:14,305 --> 00:41:16,682 In fact, DuPont and my MIA grandfather 729 00:41:16,765 --> 00:41:18,726 are the only ones in the society who are not dead. 730 00:41:18,809 --> 00:41:22,313 Which begs the question, are these all horrible, suspicious accidents? 731 00:41:22,396 --> 00:41:23,564 Or murders? 732 00:41:24,815 --> 00:41:28,068 Jug, if you're right, you need to transfer. 733 00:41:28,152 --> 00:41:28,986 I can't. 734 00:41:29,487 --> 00:41:31,739 -We're so close to this. I can feel it. -Yeah. 735 00:41:32,406 --> 00:41:33,741 That's what I'm afraid of. 736 00:41:38,537 --> 00:41:41,165 Are you sure these are the three suspects you saw that night? 737 00:41:42,041 --> 00:41:43,125 It's definitely them. 738 00:41:44,001 --> 00:41:45,961 Those are the kids we saw kill Jughead. s you saw that night?