1 00:00:01,084 --> 00:00:03,086 [suspenseful music playing] 2 00:00:03,712 --> 00:00:07,090 [Jughead] On the eve of war, we gathered in Archie's house. 3 00:00:07,632 --> 00:00:09,884 Percival didn't know we were back from the dead 4 00:00:09,968 --> 00:00:12,095 and that gave us a slight advantage. 5 00:00:12,178 --> 00:00:14,889 Though he remained the ultimate man of mystery. 6 00:00:15,598 --> 00:00:17,976 What do we know about Percival after all this time? 7 00:00:18,059 --> 00:00:19,811 Well, he's a magical sorcerer 8 00:00:19,894 --> 00:00:23,231 and his powers are getting stronger the closer Bailey's Comet gets to us. 9 00:00:23,314 --> 00:00:25,150 He's building a ghost train, 10 00:00:25,233 --> 00:00:27,652 which will grant him power over the souls of the dead, 11 00:00:27,736 --> 00:00:30,321 though we don't know how or why he's planning to use them. 12 00:00:30,405 --> 00:00:34,242 And we know he sees Baby Anthony as a major threat to his future. 13 00:00:34,325 --> 00:00:37,787 We know the Pickens family has a long-standing history with Riverdale. 14 00:00:37,871 --> 00:00:40,540 For instance, that horrid General Augustus Pickens 15 00:00:40,623 --> 00:00:42,417 slaughtered the Uktena tribe back in the day. 16 00:00:42,500 --> 00:00:46,045 But there is no record of a Percival in the Pickens family. 17 00:00:46,129 --> 00:00:47,547 Not in the Blossom archives. 18 00:00:47,630 --> 00:00:50,592 Before Heraldo died, he looked into Percival for me, 19 00:00:50,675 --> 00:00:54,095 and he said it's like he didn't even exist before showing up in Riverdale. 20 00:00:54,179 --> 00:00:58,475 -So where did he come from then? -Drilling down, what does Percival want? 21 00:00:59,142 --> 00:01:01,227 What does he actually want, the apocalypse? 22 00:01:01,311 --> 00:01:04,314 No, that's only if he doesn't get what he wants. 23 00:01:04,397 --> 00:01:07,984 What about our powers? They all appeared at the same time Percival showed up. 24 00:01:08,068 --> 00:01:10,320 Is that a coincidence or a connection? 25 00:01:10,403 --> 00:01:13,531 -Any theories, Jug? -I have one that I'm working on, 26 00:01:13,615 --> 00:01:18,036 -but it's too early to discuss. -We need to be smart about our next move. 27 00:01:18,119 --> 00:01:19,996 We need to plan, strategize. 28 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,290 In the meantime, we should make Percival believe 29 00:01:22,373 --> 00:01:24,250 that it's business as usual in Riverdale. 30 00:01:24,334 --> 00:01:27,378 In that case, I should head over to the casino. 31 00:01:28,379 --> 00:01:31,633 Percival's in one of my champagne suites and Reggie is working with him, 32 00:01:31,716 --> 00:01:35,512 -so maybe I can try to suss him out. -Okay. Be careful, Ronnie. 33 00:01:35,595 --> 00:01:36,679 Always am, Archie. 34 00:01:43,228 --> 00:01:47,190 Sweet cousin, you need to pay a visit to Thornhill post-haste. 35 00:01:47,273 --> 00:01:50,735 Someone very near and dear to your heart wants to see you. 36 00:01:50,819 --> 00:01:52,862 What are you talking about? Who does? 37 00:01:53,404 --> 00:01:55,907 I'll tell you, but you can't lose your mind 38 00:01:55,990 --> 00:02:00,078 and you mustn't breathe a word about this to anyone. Okay? 39 00:02:01,496 --> 00:02:04,958 Okay. So, what is this theory of yours? 40 00:02:06,668 --> 00:02:09,754 [Jughead] So I told Tabitha about the other Jughead. 41 00:02:11,339 --> 00:02:15,009 The mysterious plate of Pop's food that materialized out of nowhere. 42 00:02:15,093 --> 00:02:16,636 My other strange visitors. 43 00:02:17,470 --> 00:02:21,391 Okay, so you think that you opened up a portal? 44 00:02:22,183 --> 00:02:24,185 Yes. One there and one there. 45 00:02:24,269 --> 00:02:25,103 How? 46 00:02:25,186 --> 00:02:27,647 Well, I've been doing some research. 47 00:02:27,730 --> 00:02:31,025 Here, uh, read starting at this yellow stickie. 48 00:02:33,653 --> 00:02:37,240 There's a theory that some mind readers aren't really reading minds 49 00:02:37,323 --> 00:02:40,493 but opening portals into people's psychic landscapes 50 00:02:40,577 --> 00:02:42,203 and stepping through them, 51 00:02:42,287 --> 00:02:44,455 which is what it feels like I've been doing. 52 00:02:46,666 --> 00:02:50,920 Okay. So you think that you're not just a mind reader, 53 00:02:51,004 --> 00:02:54,257 but also a portal opener? 54 00:02:54,340 --> 00:02:56,718 Yeah, the same way you thought you were a time traveler, 55 00:02:56,801 --> 00:02:58,303 but you're actually an angel. 56 00:02:58,386 --> 00:03:00,638 And when your powers were going crazy, 57 00:03:00,722 --> 00:03:04,392 you think that you unconsciously opened up portals down here. 58 00:03:04,475 --> 00:03:07,520 -Mm. -But to where? 59 00:03:07,604 --> 00:03:09,480 I'm not sure. 60 00:03:10,064 --> 00:03:14,402 But it's someplace where there's someone that looks exactly like me. 61 00:03:14,485 --> 00:03:15,778 Like another Jughead. 62 00:03:15,862 --> 00:03:18,907 And there's another Pop's too. I was hearing voices 63 00:03:18,990 --> 00:03:21,868 and they sounded a lot like our friends' voices. 64 00:03:21,951 --> 00:03:24,370 And there's a typewriter typing too. 65 00:03:24,454 --> 00:03:27,040 Are you talking about another dimension? 66 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,753 Yeah, I didn't wanna say that word, but yes. 67 00:03:33,046 --> 00:03:36,633 -I think we should explore it. -But we are getting ready for a war. 68 00:03:36,716 --> 00:03:38,176 In this dimension. 69 00:03:38,259 --> 00:03:42,055 I know. I know that, Tabitha, but our powers started manifesting 70 00:03:42,138 --> 00:03:44,682 after that big explosion at Archie's, right? 71 00:03:45,183 --> 00:03:46,768 That was the epicenter. 72 00:03:46,851 --> 00:03:50,521 And then the first time that any of us saw Percival was Archie. 73 00:03:50,605 --> 00:03:51,773 At his house. 74 00:03:53,024 --> 00:03:56,444 Percival has these supernatural powers. Now, a lot of us do too. 75 00:03:56,527 --> 00:04:01,866 I think there's a connection between the explosion, our powers, 76 00:04:01,950 --> 00:04:03,368 and Percival's arrival. 77 00:04:03,451 --> 00:04:04,494 I just-- 78 00:04:04,577 --> 00:04:08,665 I'm not sure that we'll find them here in Riverdale. 79 00:04:11,250 --> 00:04:13,336 Do you wanna go dimension hopping with me? 80 00:04:13,419 --> 00:04:17,465 -Alice, thank you so much for seeing me. -Of course. 81 00:04:18,299 --> 00:04:20,260 What can I do for you, Mr. Mayor? 82 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:23,846 Well, my inevitable victory is almost upon us. 83 00:04:23,930 --> 00:04:27,183 And I wanted to document my history for posterity. 84 00:04:27,267 --> 00:04:29,978 By granting me an exclusive sit-down interview, 85 00:04:30,061 --> 00:04:31,187 Barbara Walters-style? 86 00:04:31,271 --> 00:04:32,105 Exactly. 87 00:04:32,814 --> 00:04:36,442 And afterwards, RIVW can broadcast the live execution 88 00:04:36,526 --> 00:04:37,944 of three traitors to our cause, 89 00:04:38,027 --> 00:04:40,405 Reggie and Marty Mantle, and Kevin Keller. 90 00:04:40,488 --> 00:04:41,656 Come again? 91 00:04:42,573 --> 00:04:44,993 Alice, we're on the verge of war. 92 00:04:46,077 --> 00:04:50,331 [echoing] We must now instill terror and exert absolute control. 93 00:04:51,791 --> 00:04:54,627 Besides, think of the ratings. 94 00:04:55,169 --> 00:04:57,171 [ominous music playing] 95 00:04:59,173 --> 00:05:00,008 Sugar? 96 00:05:00,717 --> 00:05:02,927 [indistinct chatter] 97 00:05:08,349 --> 00:05:09,892 What is going on here? 98 00:05:10,893 --> 00:05:12,562 Are those guillotines? 99 00:05:13,730 --> 00:05:16,774 You need to leave, Miss Lodge. You've been barred from the premises. 100 00:05:16,858 --> 00:05:18,609 Excuse me, this is my casino. 101 00:05:18,693 --> 00:05:19,527 [Tom] Not anymore. 102 00:05:19,610 --> 00:05:22,572 In your absence, the board of directors had a no-confidence vote 103 00:05:22,655 --> 00:05:25,116 and you were relieved of your duties immediately. 104 00:05:25,199 --> 00:05:26,200 Huh. 105 00:05:27,076 --> 00:05:30,079 This scheme reeks of Reggie. Where is he? 106 00:05:30,163 --> 00:05:33,124 Mmm, unfortunately, he's currently indisposed. 107 00:05:33,207 --> 00:05:34,834 All right, then let me talk to Percival. 108 00:05:34,917 --> 00:05:37,170 Mayor Pickens is very busy with an important interview. 109 00:05:37,837 --> 00:05:41,049 But, uh, he did authorize us to remove you from the casino 110 00:05:41,132 --> 00:05:42,675 should you show up, 111 00:05:42,759 --> 00:05:44,677 by any means necessary. 112 00:05:46,262 --> 00:05:47,096 Fine. 113 00:05:47,597 --> 00:05:48,639 I'm leaving. 114 00:05:55,980 --> 00:05:57,982 [dramatic music playing] 115 00:06:04,322 --> 00:06:05,323 Betty. 116 00:06:05,948 --> 00:06:06,949 Polly? 117 00:06:15,124 --> 00:06:16,501 [Jughead] It's like opening a door. 118 00:06:20,296 --> 00:06:21,798 It's like opening a door. 119 00:06:31,265 --> 00:06:32,558 Like opening a door. 120 00:06:44,612 --> 00:06:47,365 Hello, darkness, my old friend. 121 00:06:49,909 --> 00:06:50,743 Well? 122 00:06:52,495 --> 00:06:53,538 You first. 123 00:07:01,254 --> 00:07:02,797 Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! 124 00:07:03,965 --> 00:07:07,510 What the hell are you doing here? You can't be in this universe. 125 00:07:07,593 --> 00:07:09,679 Okay. Hi. 126 00:07:09,762 --> 00:07:13,141 Are you the person that's been going through my portals 127 00:07:13,224 --> 00:07:14,183 and stealing my stories? 128 00:07:14,267 --> 00:07:17,019 I'm sorry. Steal your stories? 129 00:07:18,813 --> 00:07:20,898 Everything you've been writing you have clearly stolen 130 00:07:20,982 --> 00:07:24,026 from what you've overheard happening here in Rivervale. 131 00:07:24,110 --> 00:07:26,571 Wait, did you just say "Rivervale"? 132 00:07:27,822 --> 00:07:31,784 Is that where we are? Some alternate parallel universe? 133 00:07:31,868 --> 00:07:33,911 Yes, Rivervale. 134 00:07:33,995 --> 00:07:36,164 As opposed to your Riverdale. 135 00:07:36,247 --> 00:07:38,249 I think you'd better start talking. 136 00:07:39,584 --> 00:07:42,920 [Jughead] So this other bunker Jughead told us about Riverdale 137 00:07:43,004 --> 00:07:46,048 and Rivervale being conjoined parallel universes, 138 00:07:46,132 --> 00:07:50,094 how they started to bleed into each other, and how both would've self-destructed 139 00:07:50,178 --> 00:07:53,264 if the explosion in Archie's bedroom hadn't separated the two. 140 00:07:53,973 --> 00:07:57,935 One catch. See, Rivervale was feeding off of Riverdale. 141 00:07:58,019 --> 00:08:02,565 Anything that was happening in Riverdale was also happening here in Rivervale, 142 00:08:02,648 --> 00:08:05,818 but it was darker, it was even more twisted and messed up. 143 00:08:05,902 --> 00:08:08,905 People were dying. The universes were unstable. 144 00:08:08,988 --> 00:08:10,948 And then they split. 145 00:08:11,032 --> 00:08:15,745 Riverdale was saved, but I had to stay down here 146 00:08:15,828 --> 00:08:19,165 and keep writing in order to keep Rivervale going. 147 00:08:20,291 --> 00:08:26,047 Okay, so you're like a living battery 148 00:08:26,130 --> 00:08:29,258 -whose imagination fuels this universe? -Yeah. 149 00:08:30,635 --> 00:08:31,469 That sucks. 150 00:08:31,552 --> 00:08:32,553 Yeah. 151 00:08:33,763 --> 00:08:37,308 Then the portals opened to Riverdale and I heard you typing away, 152 00:08:37,391 --> 00:08:41,771 so I thought, "Oh!" I would go and borrow some of your stories for inspiration, 153 00:08:41,854 --> 00:08:45,066 but they were all just recycled stories from Rivervale. 154 00:08:45,566 --> 00:08:47,526 And anyhow, the portals closed. 155 00:08:47,610 --> 00:08:51,239 The portals closed because someone named Percival Pickens killed me. 156 00:08:51,322 --> 00:08:52,448 That's why we're here. 157 00:08:52,531 --> 00:08:55,451 Percival is trying to take over or destroy Riverdale 158 00:08:55,535 --> 00:08:57,828 and we're looking for information for how to stop him. 159 00:08:57,912 --> 00:09:03,834 Is it possible there's another version of Percival Pickens here in Rivervale? 160 00:09:03,918 --> 00:09:06,796 Well, not that I know of, but it's possible. 161 00:09:06,879 --> 00:09:10,007 I don't leave the bunker much. Like, ever, actually. 162 00:09:10,091 --> 00:09:12,343 There's no paper trail for Percival in Riverdale. 163 00:09:12,426 --> 00:09:13,886 But maybe there's one here. 164 00:09:13,970 --> 00:09:16,639 We were thinking about checking out the Blossom archives. 165 00:09:16,722 --> 00:09:18,432 Maybe they're different here. 166 00:09:18,516 --> 00:09:22,270 Whoa, whoa, whoa, no. Uh-uh. You can't go up there. 167 00:09:22,353 --> 00:09:24,272 Not since the Great Forgetting. 168 00:09:25,022 --> 00:09:27,275 Everything in Rivervale is in a very delicate balance. 169 00:09:27,358 --> 00:09:31,696 Everything is holding on just so, and has started to get nice and quiet. 170 00:09:31,779 --> 00:09:34,448 Well, the opposite is happening in Riverdale. 171 00:09:34,532 --> 00:09:37,785 Things are getting crazier, more supernatural. 172 00:09:37,868 --> 00:09:42,999 What if Rivervale is now bleeding into and wreaking havoc in Riverdale? 173 00:09:43,082 --> 00:09:44,667 [Bunker Jughead] Be that as it may, 174 00:09:44,750 --> 00:09:47,878 if someone sees you interacting with your counterparts, 175 00:09:47,962 --> 00:09:51,048 it could precipitate another crisis. 176 00:09:51,132 --> 00:09:53,551 Well, aren't you my counterpart? 177 00:09:53,634 --> 00:09:54,719 Uh, technically, no. 178 00:09:54,802 --> 00:09:57,930 There are two Jugheads in this universe, me and another one. 179 00:09:58,014 --> 00:10:00,808 And he's up topside. He's living his best life. 180 00:10:00,891 --> 00:10:05,313 -And I have to toil away down here. -We will be careful. 181 00:10:05,396 --> 00:10:09,150 I'm assuming that Nana and Cheryl live at Thornhill still. 182 00:10:09,233 --> 00:10:15,197 So Nana Blossom, her consciousness went in to Cheryl's body, 183 00:10:15,906 --> 00:10:19,327 which is actually Abigail's immortal body. 184 00:10:19,410 --> 00:10:20,870 -We'll figure it out. -Yeah. 185 00:10:20,953 --> 00:10:22,038 No, no, no. 186 00:10:22,747 --> 00:10:25,666 That could lead to a string of cataclysmic events. 187 00:10:25,750 --> 00:10:28,002 That is what we're facing back in Riverdale. 188 00:10:28,085 --> 00:10:29,086 But do not worry, 189 00:10:29,170 --> 00:10:33,132 we will do our best to avoid ourselves. 190 00:10:33,215 --> 00:10:35,635 [dramatic music playing] 191 00:10:42,892 --> 00:10:46,312 Well, Mr. Mayor, where would you like to start? 192 00:10:46,395 --> 00:10:48,481 The year was 1580, 193 00:10:49,106 --> 00:10:52,568 and a ship named the Ruby Pearl arrived on these fair shores, 194 00:10:52,651 --> 00:10:55,488 carrying a motley assortment of passengers. 195 00:10:55,571 --> 00:10:58,991 Passengers who'd left the old world for a myriad of reasons. 196 00:10:59,075 --> 00:11:00,409 In any case, 197 00:11:00,493 --> 00:11:03,496 these hardy settlers founded the first colonies of the new world. 198 00:11:03,579 --> 00:11:08,209 On fertile land by a river as sweet as it was restorative. 199 00:11:08,292 --> 00:11:10,670 Are you referring to Sweetwater River? 200 00:11:10,753 --> 00:11:13,339 -Mmm. -[dramatic music playing] 201 00:11:13,422 --> 00:11:15,758 [Percival] I was among those early settlers. 202 00:11:16,509 --> 00:11:17,593 How is that possible? 203 00:11:17,676 --> 00:11:20,388 Patience, Alice. All will be revealed in time. 204 00:11:20,471 --> 00:11:21,847 Making the journey with me 205 00:11:21,931 --> 00:11:24,892 were the ancestors of many who still reside here today. 206 00:11:24,975 --> 00:11:26,477 Asher Andrews. 207 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:31,941 Blessing Cooper, James Jones, Charity Blossom. 208 00:11:32,024 --> 00:11:34,693 They began building up Sweetwater Village 209 00:11:34,777 --> 00:11:36,821 like good little workers. 210 00:11:36,904 --> 00:11:40,032 While I, on the other hand, pursued less wholesome interests. 211 00:11:40,116 --> 00:11:41,617 Witchcraft and sorcery. 212 00:11:41,700 --> 00:11:44,036 Every night, while my neighbors slept, 213 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:48,207 I disappeared into the Sweetwater Woods to perform arcane rituals. 214 00:11:48,290 --> 00:11:49,542 It was on one such night 215 00:11:49,625 --> 00:11:52,545 that my activities involving a girl from our settlement 216 00:11:52,628 --> 00:11:57,842 were interrupted by the untimely arrival of Asher Andrews. 217 00:11:58,509 --> 00:12:01,262 I was brought before Sweetwater Village's Council, 218 00:12:01,345 --> 00:12:03,931 their judgment swift and cruel. 219 00:12:04,723 --> 00:12:07,226 I was to be executed for my crimes. 220 00:12:07,935 --> 00:12:12,189 Left in the woods to die a slow, agonizing death 221 00:12:12,273 --> 00:12:14,567 from starvation and exposure. 222 00:12:15,276 --> 00:12:18,487 And what exactly were your crimes, Mr. Mayor? 223 00:12:18,571 --> 00:12:20,406 I was trying to conjure the devil, Alice. 224 00:12:21,282 --> 00:12:26,036 And while my ritual wasn't completed, I had succeeded in getting his attention. 225 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:28,205 [ominous music playing] 226 00:12:28,831 --> 00:12:30,207 I'll never forget that night. 227 00:12:34,712 --> 00:12:38,716 He told me he'd been attracted by my spell, then enticed by my fate. 228 00:12:42,845 --> 00:12:44,305 He offered my freedom... 229 00:12:45,347 --> 00:12:46,765 at the price of my soul. 230 00:12:51,937 --> 00:12:53,105 [Polly] Hey there. 231 00:12:53,939 --> 00:12:54,940 Feeling better? 232 00:12:56,859 --> 00:12:57,693 Yeah. 233 00:12:59,487 --> 00:13:01,947 -Polly, is it really you? -It is. 234 00:13:02,031 --> 00:13:03,115 It's really me. 235 00:13:06,660 --> 00:13:07,745 Oh, my God. 236 00:13:07,828 --> 00:13:09,830 [poignant music playing] 237 00:13:12,500 --> 00:13:13,626 I'm so sorry. 238 00:13:15,711 --> 00:13:17,213 I'm so sorry for everything. 239 00:13:18,130 --> 00:13:22,259 I'm so sorry for the fight that we had, that I wasn't a better sister to you, 240 00:13:22,343 --> 00:13:25,721 that I wasn't able to protect you or save you. 241 00:13:25,804 --> 00:13:28,933 Betty, none of that matters now. 242 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:34,230 All of that pain, all of that suffering, it just fell away. 243 00:13:34,313 --> 00:13:37,691 And I don't need you to explain or apologize for anything. 244 00:13:37,775 --> 00:13:41,654 -You never did anything to hurt me. -I'm the reason that you died. 245 00:13:43,864 --> 00:13:46,075 -If we hadn't fought-- -No, Betty. 246 00:13:47,409 --> 00:13:51,830 I forgive you. There's nothing to forgive you for, but I forgive you. 247 00:13:51,914 --> 00:13:53,165 But you don't understand. 248 00:13:53,249 --> 00:13:57,294 They're telling me that I'm the Harlot of Babylon, Polly, 249 00:13:57,378 --> 00:13:59,964 and that I won't be able to get into heaven. 250 00:14:00,047 --> 00:14:02,174 Who? Who told you that? 251 00:14:02,258 --> 00:14:05,177 It doesn't matter because it's how I feel about myself. 252 00:14:06,136 --> 00:14:07,763 I've felt that way before too. 253 00:14:08,931 --> 00:14:13,978 But I am here to tell you that you are worth so much more than that. 254 00:14:14,728 --> 00:14:18,148 So please just sit with that fact and then let it all go. 255 00:14:18,941 --> 00:14:21,318 I don't think I can. There's too much... 256 00:14:23,195 --> 00:14:25,906 darkness churning inside me, Polly. 257 00:14:25,990 --> 00:14:26,991 Just be still. 258 00:14:28,117 --> 00:14:32,538 Be a vessel and let grace wash over you, fill you. 259 00:14:33,581 --> 00:14:36,333 And think about being a good person because you are one. 260 00:14:42,131 --> 00:14:43,841 As if I wouldn't be able to access 261 00:14:43,924 --> 00:14:47,303 the Babylonium's security cameras remotely, idiots. 262 00:14:48,887 --> 00:14:53,142 Okay. Let's see exactly what's going on in my casino. 263 00:14:55,644 --> 00:14:58,022 [ominous music playing] 264 00:14:58,105 --> 00:14:59,189 [groans] 265 00:14:59,815 --> 00:15:02,151 -Dad! Dad! -What the hell? 266 00:15:02,234 --> 00:15:04,403 Hey! Help, help! We need a medic, help! 267 00:15:04,486 --> 00:15:05,863 -[gasps] -Come on! 268 00:15:08,032 --> 00:15:09,950 -What happened? -My dad just had a heart attack. 269 00:15:10,034 --> 00:15:11,952 We gotta get him to the hospital! 270 00:15:13,162 --> 00:15:15,539 [dramatic music playing] 271 00:15:23,005 --> 00:15:26,216 -Let us out or your boy here dies. -[Frank] You won't do it. 272 00:15:26,300 --> 00:15:28,802 -You're a clown, not a killer. -You all right with this? 273 00:15:30,137 --> 00:15:33,682 I'm not pointing the gun at you, Reggie. I'm trained on Tom. 274 00:15:33,766 --> 00:15:37,603 He knows I'm prepared to pull the trigger because Tom and I are soldiers. 275 00:15:37,686 --> 00:15:41,940 We know what we're fighting for. We're prepared to kill and die for it. 276 00:15:43,525 --> 00:15:46,278 So if you don't let Tom go by the count of three, 277 00:15:46,945 --> 00:15:49,448 you're gonna have his blood on your hands. One... 278 00:15:51,742 --> 00:15:52,743 two... 279 00:15:59,541 --> 00:16:03,921 Don't ever do anything like that again. 'Cause next time, I'm just gonna shoot. 280 00:16:04,004 --> 00:16:07,883 Come on, Dad. This isn't you. This is Percival controlling you. 281 00:16:07,967 --> 00:16:10,803 -You need to fight him. -[Tom] Look on the bright side, son. 282 00:16:10,886 --> 00:16:14,056 With this, uh, execution, Percival is gonna make you more famous 283 00:16:14,139 --> 00:16:15,974 than you ever would've gotten on your own. 284 00:16:25,150 --> 00:16:28,988 Oh, my gosh. Jughead, hi. Hi. Um, what's--? What--? What's up? 285 00:16:29,071 --> 00:16:32,199 We were hoping to take a look at the Blossom archives. 286 00:16:32,700 --> 00:16:35,369 -We're doing some research for-- -A new comic-book project? 287 00:16:35,452 --> 00:16:36,870 That's so exciting. 288 00:16:36,954 --> 00:16:40,874 But, unfortunately, the Blossom archives got transferred to Highsmith College 289 00:16:40,958 --> 00:16:43,919 -two years ago. -Okay. Um... 290 00:16:44,002 --> 00:16:48,173 In that case, can we talk to Nana Blossom and ask her a few questions? 291 00:16:48,257 --> 00:16:49,508 [eerie music playing] 292 00:16:49,591 --> 00:16:50,884 [Jughead] What happened to her? 293 00:16:50,968 --> 00:16:54,847 When Nana's consciousness was transferred into Abigail's body, 294 00:16:54,930 --> 00:16:57,349 her old ailments transferred as well. 295 00:16:57,433 --> 00:17:01,145 So while her body's young, her brain succumbed to Nana's dementia. 296 00:17:01,979 --> 00:17:03,605 [Tabitha] Could you still go into her mind 297 00:17:03,689 --> 00:17:05,858 and look for anything she might know about Percival? 298 00:17:09,361 --> 00:17:11,321 Britta, we're gonna sit with Nana for a bit. 299 00:17:11,405 --> 00:17:13,240 Do you think you could brew us some tea? 300 00:17:25,586 --> 00:17:27,588 [suspenseful music playing] 301 00:17:43,687 --> 00:17:44,938 [Tabitha] Anything? 302 00:17:49,485 --> 00:17:50,903 No. It's a lost cause. 303 00:17:51,528 --> 00:17:54,239 There goes our best shot to find out if Nana or any of the Blossoms 304 00:17:54,323 --> 00:17:55,699 knew anything about Percival. 305 00:17:55,783 --> 00:17:59,369 Um, the tea's brewing, but would you mind signing these for me? 306 00:18:02,581 --> 00:18:03,874 Superteens? 307 00:18:03,957 --> 00:18:05,334 [Britta] I'm a huge fan. 308 00:18:05,417 --> 00:18:08,670 I mean, who isn't? I have multiple copies of every issue. 309 00:18:08,754 --> 00:18:09,588 Whoa. 310 00:18:11,256 --> 00:18:14,009 [Tabitha] These must be written by Rivervale's Jughead. 311 00:18:14,092 --> 00:18:16,470 Not the one in the bunker, the other one. 312 00:18:17,888 --> 00:18:19,848 Do these characters look familiar to you? 313 00:18:19,932 --> 00:18:24,520 Yeah. And it looks like their powers correspond to ours back home. 314 00:18:24,603 --> 00:18:28,065 -That can't be a coincidence. -It's not. Jughead, look. 315 00:18:29,191 --> 00:18:32,778 -Who is this again? -You're joking, right? 316 00:18:32,861 --> 00:18:37,199 That's the Superteens' archnemesis, the mad wizard Percy the Perverse. 317 00:18:40,244 --> 00:18:43,247 Weird question. Do I still do all of my writing at Pop's? 318 00:18:43,330 --> 00:18:44,248 Yeah. 319 00:18:44,331 --> 00:18:46,166 In your booth. 320 00:18:46,250 --> 00:18:48,001 It's kind of your thing. 321 00:18:49,461 --> 00:18:50,295 Thanks. 322 00:18:59,096 --> 00:19:01,557 [classical music playing over speakers] 323 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:04,226 Jay-Jay, it is sublime to be together again 324 00:19:04,309 --> 00:19:05,936 in companionable silence. 325 00:19:07,104 --> 00:19:10,232 But tell me, are you happy to be back? 326 00:19:10,315 --> 00:19:11,567 I am. 327 00:19:12,818 --> 00:19:15,154 I'm so glad I don't have to fight in that war. 328 00:19:16,905 --> 00:19:18,907 -What war? -[knocking on door] 329 00:19:20,617 --> 00:19:22,953 I know why Percival's building the ghost train. 330 00:19:25,706 --> 00:19:27,749 Jay-Jay spilled the tea whilst I was painting. 331 00:19:27,833 --> 00:19:30,794 Turns out Percival's long-dead relation, General Augustus Pickens, 332 00:19:30,878 --> 00:19:33,755 is going around the Sweet Hereafter drafting dead strapping souls 333 00:19:33,839 --> 00:19:36,717 like my dear brother to fight a war against the living here in Riverdale. 334 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:39,386 Percival's using the ghost train to ship them to Riverdale, 335 00:19:39,469 --> 00:19:40,512 so he can invade us. 336 00:19:40,596 --> 00:19:42,347 When does Jason think this is gonna happen? 337 00:19:42,431 --> 00:19:45,142 -In advance of Bailey's Comet's arrival. -So there's still time. 338 00:19:45,934 --> 00:19:47,603 -To do what? -To build a bomb. 339 00:19:48,604 --> 00:19:50,981 So we can blow up the train tracks and stop Percival. 340 00:19:51,064 --> 00:19:52,900 [cell phone buzzing] 341 00:19:52,983 --> 00:19:55,569 It's Veronica. She may have dug up some intel from the Babylonium. 342 00:19:56,612 --> 00:20:00,407 So Reggie, Kevin and Mr. Mantle are all prisoners of war? 343 00:20:00,490 --> 00:20:01,325 Exactly. 344 00:20:01,408 --> 00:20:04,578 Given three guillotines I spied on the Babylonium's stage, 345 00:20:04,661 --> 00:20:06,538 I suspect they're gonna be executed. 346 00:20:06,622 --> 00:20:10,959 Sooner rather than later if you blow up Percival's precious train tracks. 347 00:20:11,919 --> 00:20:14,922 So we need to get them out first and then blow up the tracks. 348 00:20:15,005 --> 00:20:17,591 I just don't think that's gonna be possible, Archie. 349 00:20:37,027 --> 00:20:38,028 -Hey. -God. 350 00:20:38,111 --> 00:20:39,112 You okay? 351 00:20:40,530 --> 00:20:43,825 -How are you feeling? -Definitely not filled with grace. 352 00:20:45,410 --> 00:20:47,579 Betty, taking stock of your life, 353 00:20:47,663 --> 00:20:50,415 what exactly do you think you did that's so unforgivable? 354 00:20:53,377 --> 00:20:54,753 Okay, where do I start? 355 00:20:54,836 --> 00:20:58,173 I killed our family cat with a rock, Polly. 356 00:20:58,757 --> 00:21:01,260 You were 8. Caramel was suffering. 357 00:21:01,343 --> 00:21:05,013 Dad was influencing you. That doesn't make you a bad person. 358 00:21:05,806 --> 00:21:06,640 So, what else? 359 00:21:06,723 --> 00:21:08,725 [poignant music playing] 360 00:21:09,434 --> 00:21:11,603 I know it may sound stupid, but... 361 00:21:12,562 --> 00:21:15,774 I still feel awful about kissing Archie in high school. 362 00:21:17,609 --> 00:21:20,737 I betrayed Jughead. I betrayed Veronica. 363 00:21:20,821 --> 00:21:24,032 I broke apart our friend group right before graduation. 364 00:21:24,116 --> 00:21:28,161 That's definite Harlot of Riverdale behavior, if you ask me. 365 00:21:28,245 --> 00:21:31,498 Betty, that kiss doesn't make you a harlot, sorry, 366 00:21:31,581 --> 00:21:33,792 so liberate yourself from that too. 367 00:21:33,875 --> 00:21:38,505 But, also, forgive yourself for falling out of love with Jughead. 368 00:21:39,923 --> 00:21:43,218 That happens. It doesn't make you a bad person, either. 369 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:45,887 So, what else? 370 00:21:47,264 --> 00:21:50,017 Hmm? What aren't you telling me? 371 00:21:52,561 --> 00:21:55,564 When Percival was coming at us with those plagues, 372 00:21:56,106 --> 00:21:59,234 I gave myself a crash course in all things biblical. 373 00:21:59,818 --> 00:22:03,322 Including the Harlot of Babylon, but also Cain, 374 00:22:05,198 --> 00:22:08,118 who was forever marked by his sin. 375 00:22:08,952 --> 00:22:10,412 The mark of Cain. 376 00:22:10,495 --> 00:22:12,372 I am marked, Polly. 377 00:22:14,166 --> 00:22:16,543 I have been marked since birth. 378 00:22:18,003 --> 00:22:22,466 The MAOA gene. I wondered if we'd circle back to that. 379 00:22:23,925 --> 00:22:25,635 I'm evil, Polly. 380 00:22:28,430 --> 00:22:30,098 It's written in my DNA. 381 00:22:33,143 --> 00:22:35,270 You may not think so, but other people do. 382 00:22:36,271 --> 00:22:38,523 They've told me as much. 383 00:22:38,607 --> 00:22:40,609 You're the evil. You're the threat. 384 00:22:40,692 --> 00:22:43,820 You're a cold, fake, duplicitous bitch. 385 00:22:43,904 --> 00:22:46,698 You're one of us, an American psycho. 386 00:22:48,700 --> 00:22:51,745 Betty, I think I know something that may help. 387 00:22:56,833 --> 00:23:00,670 Remember what Bunker Jughead said would happen if we confronted ourselves? 388 00:23:01,254 --> 00:23:03,882 Yeah, it'd be a catastrophe if someone saw us together. 389 00:23:03,965 --> 00:23:06,009 Besides, what would I even say? 390 00:23:06,802 --> 00:23:09,679 "Hey, me. Why do all my friends have the same superpowers 391 00:23:09,763 --> 00:23:11,306 as the people in your comic books? 392 00:23:11,389 --> 00:23:12,808 What, are you a wizard? 393 00:23:12,891 --> 00:23:14,684 Is everyone in this universe a wizard?" 394 00:23:15,227 --> 00:23:19,106 I have a crazy idea for how we can get the other Jughead alone. 395 00:23:19,189 --> 00:23:22,526 We just wait for Rivervale Tabitha to take out the trash, 396 00:23:22,609 --> 00:23:24,986 so that I can put her in a time loop. 397 00:23:25,570 --> 00:23:27,948 -Okay. -Okay, you head to our apartment. 398 00:23:28,657 --> 00:23:31,952 Their apartment. I will get the other Jughead and we will meet you there. 399 00:23:32,035 --> 00:23:34,204 [suspenseful music playing] 400 00:23:34,287 --> 00:23:35,789 [Alice] So tell me, 401 00:23:35,872 --> 00:23:37,582 did you take the devil's deal? 402 00:23:37,666 --> 00:23:38,792 I did. 403 00:23:38,875 --> 00:23:40,627 After a little negotiation. 404 00:23:40,710 --> 00:23:45,632 You see, I managed to procure from him my immortality as well as my freedom. 405 00:23:45,715 --> 00:23:47,551 Ah, very clever. 406 00:23:48,426 --> 00:23:50,887 How can the devil claim your soul if you never die? 407 00:23:50,971 --> 00:23:52,222 Exactly. 408 00:23:52,305 --> 00:23:55,308 I left Sweetwater Village, and spent the next 400 years 409 00:23:55,392 --> 00:23:58,812 going from town to town acquiring forbidden knowledge. 410 00:23:58,895 --> 00:24:03,650 Knowledge I'd use to conquer or destroy the town of Rivervale when I returned. 411 00:24:03,733 --> 00:24:06,278 Wait, did you say Rivervale? 412 00:24:07,279 --> 00:24:10,490 -Did you mean Riverdale? -No, Alice, I meant Rivervale. 413 00:24:11,366 --> 00:24:15,620 Let me explain. I was headed back to where Sweetwater Village was founded 414 00:24:15,704 --> 00:24:18,081 to take my revenge on the place 400 years later, 415 00:24:18,165 --> 00:24:19,499 and a curious thing happened. 416 00:24:19,583 --> 00:24:21,042 [ominous music playing] 417 00:24:22,586 --> 00:24:25,505 As I neared the town limits, I heard the sound of an explosion. 418 00:24:25,589 --> 00:24:27,674 [explosion] 419 00:24:27,757 --> 00:24:28,967 I noticed the town sign. 420 00:24:29,050 --> 00:24:32,637 Whereas before it had said "Rivervale," plain as day, 421 00:24:32,721 --> 00:24:35,015 now I was being welcomed to Riverdale. 422 00:24:37,017 --> 00:24:41,438 Something had happened, Alice. I found myself in a new universe. 423 00:24:42,022 --> 00:24:45,567 It seems that on my way back to conquer Rivervale, 424 00:24:46,067 --> 00:24:48,987 I must have stepped through a rift that had opened up. 425 00:24:49,070 --> 00:24:51,281 So I found myself in a different universe. 426 00:24:51,364 --> 00:24:55,577 This one. Where Rivervale was called Riverdale. 427 00:24:55,660 --> 00:24:57,162 I'm with you so far. 428 00:24:57,245 --> 00:24:59,331 Now, Riverdale was very similar to my home universe, 429 00:24:59,414 --> 00:25:01,917 only seemingly devoid of the supernatural. 430 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,627 But I soon saw an opportunity. 431 00:25:03,710 --> 00:25:07,964 You see, I realized I was the most powerful being in this new place. 432 00:25:08,757 --> 00:25:11,134 I had magic and immortality, no one else did. 433 00:25:12,344 --> 00:25:15,472 I also realized the descendants of my enemies were still living here, 434 00:25:15,555 --> 00:25:16,932 or at least versions of them, 435 00:25:17,015 --> 00:25:21,311 and they were caught up in their petty squabbles, dramas, romances. 436 00:25:21,811 --> 00:25:24,648 -So your plan for revenge... -Could still happen. 437 00:25:25,565 --> 00:25:27,359 And so I decided to stay 438 00:25:27,442 --> 00:25:29,903 where no one knew me or what I was capable of. 439 00:25:29,986 --> 00:25:33,907 I tried to buy Archie Andrews' house, I became a deputy, 440 00:25:33,990 --> 00:25:36,618 joined the council, opened my shop. 441 00:25:37,244 --> 00:25:39,496 You wove yourself into the fabric of Riverdale. 442 00:25:39,579 --> 00:25:43,375 And as I slowly took it over, I began to sideline my enemies. 443 00:25:44,084 --> 00:25:47,462 But then another twist of fate. 444 00:25:48,171 --> 00:25:53,218 The descendants of my enemies began developing gifts, abilities, powers. 445 00:25:58,181 --> 00:26:00,767 While this didn't dissuade me, it did complicate matters. 446 00:26:02,310 --> 00:26:05,814 In any case, I focused on building my ghost train 447 00:26:05,897 --> 00:26:09,234 in preparation for the final battle for Riverdale's soul. 448 00:26:10,277 --> 00:26:11,903 A battle I plan on winning. 449 00:26:12,654 --> 00:26:17,534 And why do you think that some people in Riverdale have started to develop powers? 450 00:26:17,617 --> 00:26:22,122 I can only surmise that as I slipped out of Rivervale, 451 00:26:22,205 --> 00:26:24,833 some of its arcane energies must have escaped 452 00:26:24,916 --> 00:26:27,168 through the fissures between worlds with me. 453 00:26:27,252 --> 00:26:29,754 And these energies seeped into Riverdale, 454 00:26:29,838 --> 00:26:32,340 infecting the townspeople, changing some of them. 455 00:26:33,383 --> 00:26:35,510 You know, water finds its level, Alice. 456 00:26:35,593 --> 00:26:37,429 Perhaps the universe wanted, uh, 457 00:26:37,512 --> 00:26:40,432 well, if not a fair fight, at least a more equal one. 458 00:26:41,391 --> 00:26:42,559 Doesn't matter though. 459 00:26:42,642 --> 00:26:45,979 I've had my powers for centuries, they've had theirs for weeks and months. 460 00:26:46,521 --> 00:26:49,983 Plus, with Bailey's Comet arriving, I shall be at my most potent. 461 00:26:54,487 --> 00:26:56,489 [eerie music playing] 462 00:27:00,952 --> 00:27:01,953 Put your feet in. 463 00:27:03,455 --> 00:27:05,123 -Polly. -Betty. 464 00:27:06,750 --> 00:27:07,584 Please. 465 00:27:25,602 --> 00:27:26,436 There. 466 00:27:27,771 --> 00:27:30,982 The MAOA gene isn't there anymore. 467 00:27:31,816 --> 00:27:33,526 Your original sin is gone. 468 00:27:34,277 --> 00:27:35,111 Washed clean. 469 00:27:36,071 --> 00:27:39,282 -That's impossible. You can't just-- -I did. It's gone. 470 00:27:39,949 --> 00:27:43,036 That marked part of you, it isn't there anymore. 471 00:27:43,536 --> 00:27:48,666 You're not the Harlot of Babylon or Riverdale or anywhere else. 472 00:27:52,879 --> 00:27:55,715 Polly, all you did was wash my feet. 473 00:27:56,299 --> 00:28:00,095 As someone did for me before I walked into the Sweet Hereafter. 474 00:28:01,137 --> 00:28:02,931 Now you can enter it too. 475 00:28:11,398 --> 00:28:13,858 [Tabitha] Hey! Can you help me please? 476 00:28:14,442 --> 00:28:15,276 Hello? 477 00:28:18,780 --> 00:28:21,616 -Is someone there? -[Tabitha] Yes, I just need a second. 478 00:28:22,575 --> 00:28:24,577 [suspenseful music playing] 479 00:28:29,457 --> 00:28:31,709 [Tabitha] Hey! Can you help me please? 480 00:28:32,460 --> 00:28:33,294 Hello? 481 00:28:35,797 --> 00:28:38,466 -Is someone there? -[Tabitha] Yes, I just need a second. 482 00:28:41,344 --> 00:28:44,055 [rock music playing over radio] 483 00:28:46,224 --> 00:28:50,353 -Hey, can you take a break? -Yeah. 484 00:28:51,354 --> 00:28:54,274 -Where's your uniform? -I'll explain everything. 485 00:28:55,859 --> 00:28:57,610 In private. At home. 486 00:28:58,111 --> 00:29:00,029 [Rivervale Jughead] You're freaking me out. 487 00:29:00,113 --> 00:29:03,158 [Tabitha] Well, be prepared to be more freaked out. 488 00:29:03,241 --> 00:29:04,617 What are you talking about? 489 00:29:06,870 --> 00:29:09,080 -Hey. -Oh, my God. 490 00:29:10,331 --> 00:29:13,877 So given everything, we believe that your comics 491 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:15,962 are directly or indirectly 492 00:29:16,045 --> 00:29:20,550 influencing actual events in our world, Riverdale, where we are from. 493 00:29:20,633 --> 00:29:24,971 Me and my friends have even-- We have superpowers, like in your comics. 494 00:29:25,054 --> 00:29:28,016 I believe you. I believe in the multiverse. 495 00:29:28,099 --> 00:29:30,977 I've believed in multiverses since before it was cool. 496 00:29:31,060 --> 00:29:34,022 Can we ask where you got your inspiration for your comics? 497 00:29:34,105 --> 00:29:36,649 And for these specific powers? 498 00:29:36,733 --> 00:29:40,153 I felt like these powers were good fits for their characters. 499 00:29:40,236 --> 00:29:43,323 Like, um, extensions of their particular personalities. 500 00:29:43,406 --> 00:29:46,159 What about your villain, Percy the Perverse? 501 00:29:46,242 --> 00:29:47,619 Where did he come from? 502 00:29:48,578 --> 00:29:50,205 A recurring nightmare. 503 00:29:50,955 --> 00:29:53,500 Okay, how do the Superteens defeat him? 504 00:29:55,084 --> 00:29:57,003 Well, as a matter of fact, check this. 505 00:29:58,171 --> 00:30:01,966 These are some rough pages from my latest issue. 506 00:30:02,592 --> 00:30:06,095 I call it "Death of the Superteens." 507 00:30:07,305 --> 00:30:11,309 Hey, in the end, after this epic battle, Percy kills them all. 508 00:30:11,392 --> 00:30:12,227 Why? 509 00:30:13,019 --> 00:30:15,688 Why would you write something so bleak and nihilistic? 510 00:30:15,772 --> 00:30:20,527 Well, honestly, it was-- It was kind of a deal I made. 511 00:30:21,402 --> 00:30:24,155 I wanted to be the greatest comic-book writer in the world. 512 00:30:24,239 --> 00:30:26,157 Bigger than Alan Moore, even. 513 00:30:26,824 --> 00:30:27,659 And it worked. 514 00:30:27,742 --> 00:30:29,285 But in exchange, 515 00:30:29,369 --> 00:30:35,083 and I was kind of tricked, but I agreed to only write stories of a certain type. 516 00:30:35,708 --> 00:30:36,751 Grim ones, 517 00:30:36,834 --> 00:30:38,545 ones that would ultimately... 518 00:30:39,003 --> 00:30:40,964 [clears throat] ...darken the world. 519 00:30:41,047 --> 00:30:46,135 What kind of person would offer you a deal like this? 520 00:30:46,928 --> 00:30:48,304 A guy named Mr. Cypher. 521 00:30:49,097 --> 00:30:51,724 He's the devil, right? 522 00:30:52,308 --> 00:30:54,602 Uh... Yeah, basically. 523 00:30:55,186 --> 00:31:00,817 Jughead, my friend in the Sweet Hereafter warned me about someone named Cypher. 524 00:31:00,900 --> 00:31:02,860 Where is Cypher now? 525 00:31:04,028 --> 00:31:08,157 I think he has a suite at the Babylonium. 526 00:31:09,158 --> 00:31:12,453 Yeah, no, he's playing in a chess tournament tonight. 527 00:31:12,537 --> 00:31:15,665 It's being called the "ultimate battle of good and evil." 528 00:31:20,879 --> 00:31:22,880 [dramatic music playing] 529 00:31:39,147 --> 00:31:41,149 [suspenseful music playing] 530 00:31:45,570 --> 00:31:47,739 [Jughead] Is that him? Is that Mr. Cypher? 531 00:31:48,489 --> 00:31:49,490 I believe so. 532 00:31:50,700 --> 00:31:54,078 And I know the man playing against him. That's my guardian angel. 533 00:31:54,162 --> 00:31:57,457 [Jughead] The personification of good versus the personification of evil. 534 00:31:57,540 --> 00:32:00,251 -Well, depending on who wins-- -[Cypher] Check... 535 00:32:01,252 --> 00:32:02,295 and mate. 536 00:32:02,378 --> 00:32:04,714 -And we have a winner! -[crowd applauding] 537 00:32:04,797 --> 00:32:07,008 Mr. Cypher is the winner! 538 00:32:10,053 --> 00:32:13,640 -That is definitely not a good sign. -Uh-uh. 539 00:32:16,893 --> 00:32:19,979 The Superteens being defeated by Percy the Perverse. 540 00:32:20,063 --> 00:32:22,774 My guardian angel losing to Mr. Cypher. 541 00:32:22,857 --> 00:32:26,069 -They're bad omens, I agree. -Good is losing the battle against evil 542 00:32:26,152 --> 00:32:27,862 over and over again. 543 00:32:27,946 --> 00:32:30,031 In the pages of a comic book and a chess game, 544 00:32:30,114 --> 00:32:32,408 but that doesn't mean the same thing will happen to us. 545 00:32:32,492 --> 00:32:37,580 Doesn't it? Events from Rivervale are spilling into Riverdale. 546 00:32:37,664 --> 00:32:42,210 What's symbolic and fictional here is becoming literal and real back home. 547 00:32:43,211 --> 00:32:45,213 [ominous music playing] 548 00:32:47,674 --> 00:32:49,050 You again. 549 00:32:49,133 --> 00:32:51,386 Look, we're not trying to fight you. 550 00:32:51,469 --> 00:32:55,306 We're just here to ask some questions and then we'll leave. 551 00:32:56,265 --> 00:32:57,350 Fine. 552 00:32:58,893 --> 00:32:59,894 Make it quick. 553 00:33:01,229 --> 00:33:04,691 Do you know someone named Percival Pickens? 554 00:33:04,774 --> 00:33:07,276 And if so, are you in cahoots with him? 555 00:33:09,278 --> 00:33:12,490 Well, Percival was one of Rivervale's founding fathers. 556 00:33:13,658 --> 00:33:15,743 Sold his soul to me centuries ago. 557 00:33:15,827 --> 00:33:17,745 Well, he's wreaking havoc in Riverdale. 558 00:33:18,329 --> 00:33:19,497 Riverdale? 559 00:33:20,331 --> 00:33:21,874 Is that where he's gone to? 560 00:33:22,583 --> 00:33:24,502 I lost track of him a while back. 561 00:33:25,003 --> 00:33:28,256 He was wandering the country, becoming a great sorcerer. 562 00:33:28,339 --> 00:33:31,384 Slippery fellow that one. Percival isn't the first person 563 00:33:31,467 --> 00:33:33,928 who's tried to use the loophole of immortality 564 00:33:34,012 --> 00:33:36,514 to cheat his way out of giving up his soul, 565 00:33:37,223 --> 00:33:39,308 which always backfires, by the way. 566 00:33:41,227 --> 00:33:44,063 But he is the first to hide in another dimension, 567 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:46,691 which is irritating. 568 00:33:46,774 --> 00:33:49,902 Sorry I can't get more directly involved, 569 00:33:50,737 --> 00:33:52,363 those are the cosmic rules. 570 00:33:52,447 --> 00:33:53,531 I do wish you luck. 571 00:33:54,824 --> 00:33:57,243 -Though you're probably going to lose. -[Tabitha] You're wrong. 572 00:33:57,326 --> 00:33:58,870 We will find a way to beat Percival. 573 00:33:58,953 --> 00:34:01,414 We already stymied his attempt to destroy Pop's. 574 00:34:01,497 --> 00:34:04,709 We moved it, so that the final battle can still happen. 575 00:34:04,792 --> 00:34:08,713 [Cypher] Silly mortal, if only you knew the truth. 576 00:34:08,796 --> 00:34:09,797 Wait, what truth? 577 00:34:10,631 --> 00:34:12,425 Or I can keep reading your mind. 578 00:34:13,968 --> 00:34:16,763 It's not the diner that's important to Percival, 579 00:34:17,388 --> 00:34:18,681 it's the land. 580 00:34:19,807 --> 00:34:20,808 Why is that? 581 00:34:20,892 --> 00:34:24,395 It's where he was left to die by those early settlers centuries ago. 582 00:34:24,479 --> 00:34:26,981 It was where I came upon him. Where we made our deal. 583 00:34:28,524 --> 00:34:31,986 It is also, in all realities, Rivervale, Riverdale, 584 00:34:32,069 --> 00:34:34,280 the site of a hellmouth. 585 00:34:35,114 --> 00:34:38,076 In the old days, churches used to be built over hellmouths 586 00:34:38,159 --> 00:34:41,287 to contain the dark forces roiling beneath. 587 00:34:42,163 --> 00:34:43,164 Stifle them. 588 00:34:44,081 --> 00:34:45,166 Cap them. 589 00:34:45,249 --> 00:34:46,250 That was... 590 00:34:47,710 --> 00:34:48,544 Pop's. 591 00:34:48,628 --> 00:34:51,547 It sounds like you've played right into Percival's hands 592 00:34:52,632 --> 00:34:55,510 and uncorked it when you moved the diner. 593 00:34:55,593 --> 00:34:59,555 And like Bailey's Comet, that's also adding to his power. 594 00:34:59,639 --> 00:35:02,642 Please, don't let me keep you any longer. 595 00:35:02,725 --> 00:35:03,810 Come on. 596 00:35:03,893 --> 00:35:05,895 [dramatic music playing] 597 00:35:08,523 --> 00:35:10,608 [Alice] Only a few more questions, Mr. Mayor. 598 00:35:11,234 --> 00:35:14,946 Once this epic battle of good versus evil is over, 599 00:35:15,613 --> 00:35:19,492 assuming that you win, what does your Riverdale look like? 600 00:35:19,575 --> 00:35:23,913 You know, when we were coming over from the old country, 601 00:35:23,996 --> 00:35:27,458 the men and women aboard the Pearl were talking about hopes and dreams 602 00:35:27,542 --> 00:35:30,670 and a new beginning in a land of freedom and opportunity 603 00:35:30,753 --> 00:35:33,339 with workers' rights and equal rights, 604 00:35:33,422 --> 00:35:35,842 and good, wholesome family values. 605 00:35:35,925 --> 00:35:40,471 I kept quiet during these discussions because I knew those things are lies. 606 00:35:41,305 --> 00:35:45,935 You see, given enough time, society always curdles, rots, corrupts. 607 00:35:46,018 --> 00:35:48,437 I want a land I rule as I see fit. 608 00:35:48,521 --> 00:35:50,356 Where my enemies are at my mercy. 609 00:35:50,439 --> 00:35:53,025 I want a land controlled by the dark arts, 610 00:35:53,109 --> 00:35:55,611 free from the laws that stifle the rest of this country: 611 00:35:56,487 --> 00:36:00,241 The Sovereign State of Percival. That's what I want Riverdale to be. 612 00:36:00,324 --> 00:36:04,537 A wild, untamed land where I control it all, every last bit. 613 00:36:04,620 --> 00:36:05,621 Even the dead. 614 00:36:09,834 --> 00:36:11,085 Sorry. Just... 615 00:36:12,795 --> 00:36:14,297 Sounds so twisted, but... 616 00:36:16,174 --> 00:36:17,675 at least it's honest, eh? 617 00:36:17,758 --> 00:36:20,720 Speaking of which, we have an execution to get to. 618 00:36:24,724 --> 00:36:27,059 [Bunker Jughead] Look, I told you they'd come back. 619 00:36:27,143 --> 00:36:29,770 You shouldn't have let them out into the world in the first place. 620 00:36:29,854 --> 00:36:31,939 Ethel? You know about this too? 621 00:36:32,023 --> 00:36:36,068 Yes, and thank goodness someone with sense does. 622 00:36:36,152 --> 00:36:39,030 When Riverdale and Rivervale split, it was supposed to be 623 00:36:39,864 --> 00:36:41,866 a clean break between the universes. 624 00:36:42,909 --> 00:36:47,747 But clearly there's been a bleed, a lot of bleed. And how? 625 00:36:47,830 --> 00:36:52,543 Why? There has to be something that's fouled things up. That corrupted it. 626 00:36:53,127 --> 00:36:54,754 You were on the other side. 627 00:36:55,504 --> 00:36:57,882 Were you near the explosion when it happened? 628 00:36:57,965 --> 00:36:59,091 Yeah, actually. 629 00:36:59,175 --> 00:37:01,636 I mean, not as close as Betty and Archie. 630 00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:05,890 Did they say anything? About anything beyond the explosion? 631 00:37:05,973 --> 00:37:07,099 No. It was all... 632 00:37:10,186 --> 00:37:14,523 Actually, yeah, Betty said that she received a phone call. 633 00:37:14,607 --> 00:37:16,359 A warning to get out of the bedroom. 634 00:37:17,234 --> 00:37:18,069 Hello? 635 00:37:18,152 --> 00:37:19,946 [Bunker Jughead] Get out of that house, Betty. 636 00:37:21,113 --> 00:37:22,949 -Who is this? -Listen to me, 637 00:37:23,032 --> 00:37:26,452 there's a bomb underneath the bed. You need to go now! Right now. 638 00:37:28,454 --> 00:37:29,997 [Ethel] I knew it! 639 00:37:30,665 --> 00:37:31,874 Oh... 640 00:37:31,958 --> 00:37:33,626 I knew you called her. 641 00:37:34,460 --> 00:37:36,462 You warned her, didn't you? 642 00:37:36,545 --> 00:37:40,216 Damn it, Jughead, that's why there wasn't a clean break. 643 00:37:40,299 --> 00:37:41,676 You called your ex-girlfriend. 644 00:37:41,759 --> 00:37:44,428 That's why there are fissures! Rifts! 645 00:37:44,512 --> 00:37:48,224 -Seepage between universes! -That's why we have supernatural powers. 646 00:37:48,307 --> 00:37:50,184 Why Percival crossed over from Rivervale. 647 00:37:50,268 --> 00:37:52,603 That phone call compromised everything. 648 00:37:53,604 --> 00:37:57,149 Now the parallel universes are influencing each other again. 649 00:37:57,233 --> 00:38:00,778 God, you are so weak, Jughead. 650 00:38:00,861 --> 00:38:05,157 And even now, even still, you love Betty, right? 651 00:38:05,241 --> 00:38:08,160 That's why you called her, even though it's over. 652 00:38:08,244 --> 00:38:09,745 It's over, Jughead. 653 00:38:09,829 --> 00:38:13,499 I was trying to save her life, her and Archie. 654 00:38:13,582 --> 00:38:17,044 Ethel, they're still my best friends, even if they're in another universe. 655 00:38:17,128 --> 00:38:19,088 -We're just gonna go. -Yeah, you go. You go! 656 00:38:19,755 --> 00:38:20,589 And you... 657 00:38:21,299 --> 00:38:23,926 Now it's my job to clean up everybody's mess. 658 00:38:24,010 --> 00:38:26,220 Story of my life... [speaks indistinctly] 659 00:38:31,726 --> 00:38:33,394 -That was... -Chilling. 660 00:38:33,477 --> 00:38:36,230 But we know a lot more than we did before we went there. 661 00:38:37,523 --> 00:38:39,108 We should update everyone else. 662 00:38:42,028 --> 00:38:43,654 What about a spell, Cheryl? 663 00:38:43,738 --> 00:38:45,656 Or some incantation? 664 00:38:45,740 --> 00:38:47,616 Heather's looking through all our grimoires now, 665 00:38:47,700 --> 00:38:50,995 but so far, she hasn't found anything strong enough to touch Percival. 666 00:38:51,078 --> 00:38:52,079 [door closes] 667 00:38:52,705 --> 00:38:54,248 We have intel. About Percival. 668 00:38:54,332 --> 00:38:56,625 We know where he comes from, how he got his powers, 669 00:38:56,709 --> 00:38:58,627 we know how we got our powers. 670 00:38:58,711 --> 00:39:00,337 [tense music playing] 671 00:39:00,421 --> 00:39:03,758 What's going on here? What happened? What did we miss? 672 00:39:04,967 --> 00:39:09,055 Kevin, Reggie and Mr. Mantle are being held hostage at the Babylonium. 673 00:39:10,348 --> 00:39:11,724 They're gonna be executed. 674 00:39:13,601 --> 00:39:15,311 I think I can help with that. 675 00:39:20,316 --> 00:39:22,318 [suspenseful music playing] 676 00:39:29,408 --> 00:39:30,451 Jughead, what the hell? 677 00:39:30,534 --> 00:39:33,037 Heard you guys were in trouble. Came to save you. 678 00:39:33,829 --> 00:39:34,914 Come on, let's go. 679 00:39:43,672 --> 00:39:45,132 [cell phone buzzes] 680 00:39:45,216 --> 00:39:47,468 [Veronica] The prisoners are out. We're in the clear. 681 00:39:47,551 --> 00:39:49,428 We are good to blow the train tracks. 682 00:39:50,888 --> 00:39:52,890 [beeping] 683 00:40:04,777 --> 00:40:06,070 [cell phone chimes] 684 00:40:08,155 --> 00:40:09,365 I don't understand. 685 00:40:10,491 --> 00:40:12,410 This is impossible. Where did they go? 686 00:40:13,994 --> 00:40:15,996 Boss, we have another problem. 687 00:40:18,207 --> 00:40:20,042 Someone blew up the train tracks. 688 00:40:23,838 --> 00:40:26,132 My only regret is, we didn't get to see his face 689 00:40:26,215 --> 00:40:28,509 when he opened the vault and saw we weren't there. 690 00:40:29,093 --> 00:40:31,345 Damn. Saved by Donnie Darko. 691 00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:33,305 -Thanks, bro. -Yeah, of course. 692 00:40:33,389 --> 00:40:34,557 The prisoners are free. 693 00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:37,268 The tracks for the ghost train are decimated. 694 00:40:37,351 --> 00:40:40,479 -Today was an excellent day. -Sure, but those were only skirmishes. 695 00:40:40,563 --> 00:40:42,064 The real war hasn't even started yet. 696 00:40:42,148 --> 00:40:45,317 And we still don't know what that's even gonna look like. 697 00:40:45,401 --> 00:40:47,403 But thanks to you and Jug, 698 00:40:47,486 --> 00:40:49,447 we know a lot more than we did ten hours ago. 699 00:40:49,530 --> 00:40:52,658 And we have a better idea of what to get done before Bailey's Comet. 700 00:40:52,741 --> 00:40:54,118 [cell phones chiming] 701 00:40:56,787 --> 00:41:00,249 What's this? A group text? And it's not from moi? 702 00:41:03,002 --> 00:41:04,670 What are we looking at here? 703 00:41:07,756 --> 00:41:09,842 Those are the guillotines I saw at the Babylonium. 704 00:41:10,759 --> 00:41:12,970 -Wait, but who are--? -That's my mom. 705 00:41:14,221 --> 00:41:16,307 -And Uncle Frank. -And my dad. 706 00:41:19,185 --> 00:41:20,978 [cell phones chiming] 707 00:41:21,061 --> 00:41:22,688 "Let it be known that at midnight tonight, 708 00:41:22,771 --> 00:41:26,400 the political dissidents Alice Cooper, Thomas Keller and Frank Andrews were... 709 00:41:27,318 --> 00:41:30,196 executed for their treasonous crimes against the township of Riverdale." 710 00:41:31,530 --> 00:41:33,616 No, no, no, he's lying. 711 00:41:33,699 --> 00:41:37,703 That's-- It's a trick. It's a mind game, okay? That can't be real. 712 00:41:38,412 --> 00:41:39,497 [Jughead] But it was. 713 00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:41,415 Archie was wrong. 714 00:41:41,499 --> 00:41:44,376 The war had, in fact, already started. 715 00:41:44,460 --> 00:41:46,795 And Percival had drawn first blood. 716 00:41:46,879 --> 00:41:48,881 [dramatic music playing] 717 00:41:56,055 --> 00:41:58,057 [theme music playing] g]