1 00:00:00,959 --> 00:00:03,044 [ominous music playing] 2 00:00:03,128 --> 00:00:06,256 [Jughead] It's not every day you learn that you're at ground zero 3 00:00:06,339 --> 00:00:07,841 of an extinction-level event. 4 00:00:08,341 --> 00:00:12,554 In less than 18 hours, Bailey's Comet was going to obliterate Riverdale. 5 00:00:13,054 --> 00:00:17,225 One last twist of the knife, courtesy of Percival Pickens. 6 00:00:17,308 --> 00:00:18,935 There was nothing we could do. 7 00:00:19,019 --> 00:00:21,187 Or, apparently, escape. 8 00:00:21,271 --> 00:00:22,313 What did you find out? 9 00:00:22,397 --> 00:00:27,152 I've had the Serpents out all night, on every road and every highway. 10 00:00:27,235 --> 00:00:30,822 And all along the town's limits, there's some sort of invisible barrier 11 00:00:30,905 --> 00:00:34,409 completely surrounding Riverdale, and it's keeping us from leaving it. 12 00:00:34,492 --> 00:00:36,661 It gets crazier, though. 13 00:00:36,745 --> 00:00:40,290 When we were out there, on the highway, a car drove into town, 14 00:00:40,373 --> 00:00:42,000 like there was no barrier. 15 00:00:43,126 --> 00:00:46,379 So it's basically like we're trapped in a roach motel. 16 00:00:46,463 --> 00:00:50,008 -You can get in, but you can't get out. -Jughead, what about a portal? 17 00:00:50,091 --> 00:00:52,260 I'll take any dimension over this. 18 00:00:52,343 --> 00:00:57,098 I tried. I can only open portals within town limits. No other dimension. 19 00:00:57,182 --> 00:00:59,893 Tabitha, what about you? Have you tried to time-travel? 20 00:00:59,976 --> 00:01:02,812 In every timeline I've gone to, past and future, 21 00:01:02,896 --> 00:01:06,232 there's always a comet that's about to destroy Riverdale. Imminently. 22 00:01:06,316 --> 00:01:08,610 -How is this happening? -It's Percival. 23 00:01:08,693 --> 00:01:11,821 But was really he powerful enough to get Bailey's Comet to change course? 24 00:01:11,905 --> 00:01:13,281 I mean, it's a comet. 25 00:01:13,364 --> 00:01:17,869 He is, and powerful enough to weave the binding spell that's keeping us here. 26 00:01:17,952 --> 00:01:21,831 Shouldn't the government shoot the comet? Why isn't this all over the Internet? 27 00:01:21,915 --> 00:01:25,043 It's a facet of the spell. Percival doesn't want anyone to help us. 28 00:01:25,126 --> 00:01:26,961 So as far as the world is concerned, 29 00:01:27,045 --> 00:01:31,341 Bailey's Comet is passing over Riverdale tonight, as it has every 65 years. 30 00:01:31,424 --> 00:01:34,093 Great. So that's it then. We're all gonna die. 31 00:01:34,177 --> 00:01:37,597 -I'm so happy I moved here sophomore year. -Well, not everyone's gonna die. 32 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:41,017 -Archie's invulnerable. -What about Big Anthony? He's immortal. 33 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:44,979 Archie and I have talked about that. They might be the only ones to survive. 34 00:01:45,063 --> 00:01:47,816 Especially if they're in the bunker when the comet hits. 35 00:01:47,899 --> 00:01:51,402 Uh, let's not go there yet. We have time to make sure we all survive. 36 00:01:51,486 --> 00:01:55,198 Percival was a sorcerer, and pulling down the comet and making this barrier 37 00:01:55,281 --> 00:01:57,033 are all spells he cast. 38 00:01:57,116 --> 00:01:59,244 They are spells, Archie. 39 00:01:59,327 --> 00:02:04,999 Incredibly elaborate ones rooted in dark, arcane magics honed over centuries. 40 00:02:05,083 --> 00:02:07,377 -Far beyond my knowledge. -And mine. 41 00:02:07,460 --> 00:02:11,339 But there might be someone we can consult with ancient knowledge 42 00:02:11,422 --> 00:02:13,258 -that rivals Percival's. -Great. 43 00:02:13,341 --> 00:02:15,385 Frank and I, and anyone else who wants to help, 44 00:02:15,468 --> 00:02:16,803 are gonna go into the mines. 45 00:02:16,886 --> 00:02:19,806 If we dig deep, maybe we'll find a tunnel that passes under the barrier. 46 00:02:19,889 --> 00:02:20,974 [scoffs] 47 00:02:21,057 --> 00:02:26,938 Whatever happens, I'm just so grateful that we can face it together as a family. 48 00:02:27,021 --> 00:02:30,650 I am so sorry that I can't protect you girls from what's coming. 49 00:02:31,276 --> 00:02:32,777 It's a comet, Mom. 50 00:02:32,861 --> 00:02:36,406 And I am so sorry that I wasn't a better mother. 51 00:02:36,489 --> 00:02:39,200 -I was awful. -No, Mom. 52 00:02:39,826 --> 00:02:41,077 We're okay. 53 00:02:41,161 --> 00:02:45,331 We know that you would do anything for us. 54 00:02:46,374 --> 00:02:47,500 And we love you. 55 00:02:48,835 --> 00:02:50,795 So, so, so much. 56 00:02:50,879 --> 00:02:53,131 Oh, I love you too. 57 00:02:53,214 --> 00:02:55,216 [tender music playing] 58 00:02:57,176 --> 00:02:59,929 -[Reggie] How does it feel to be back? -Unsettling. 59 00:03:00,013 --> 00:03:02,557 I'm still hoping for an eleventh-hour save. 60 00:03:03,266 --> 00:03:05,518 Speaking of, I have something for you. 61 00:03:06,853 --> 00:03:10,398 I saved it from Percival's shop before we burned it down. 62 00:03:11,107 --> 00:03:14,110 I really can't seem to get rid of this thing, can I? 63 00:03:14,611 --> 00:03:15,695 [Veronica sighs] 64 00:03:16,738 --> 00:03:17,906 Thank you, Reggie. 65 00:03:19,949 --> 00:03:21,367 [Jughead] All things considered, 66 00:03:22,076 --> 00:03:26,664 there are more banal ways to go out than being obliterated by a giant comet. 67 00:03:27,373 --> 00:03:29,918 I've completed almost everything on my bucket list. 68 00:03:32,170 --> 00:03:34,172 [lighthearted music playing] 69 00:03:35,131 --> 00:03:38,176 -Alexandra Cabot? -Tabitha Tate? 70 00:03:39,510 --> 00:03:44,682 -What are you doing here? -I'm here to make your dreams come true. 71 00:03:47,018 --> 00:03:48,603 [slurps] Mmm! 72 00:03:50,146 --> 00:03:54,275 Every time. Okay, so you've heard of Tommy Comets, right? 73 00:03:54,359 --> 00:03:56,861 The diner chain that went belly-up? Yeah? 74 00:03:56,945 --> 00:04:01,783 Well, I've just closed a deal to buy all of their facilities, 75 00:04:01,866 --> 00:04:04,994 which means that we can take them over 76 00:04:05,078 --> 00:04:08,706 and open up Pop's Diners across the country, ASAP. 77 00:04:09,832 --> 00:04:11,167 Instant franchising, 78 00:04:11,250 --> 00:04:14,921 investors are lined up, and we're good on the financials, so... 79 00:04:15,004 --> 00:04:20,551 all I need from you, Tabitha, is an immediate yes. 80 00:04:21,177 --> 00:04:26,891 -Alexandra, this is amazing news. -But what? Just say yes. 81 00:04:26,975 --> 00:04:28,768 The thing is your timing-- 82 00:04:28,851 --> 00:04:31,562 I just think it's a lot to take in right now. 83 00:04:31,646 --> 00:04:32,981 [cell phone ringing] 84 00:04:33,064 --> 00:04:36,317 Okay. And this is one of my investors right now. Um... 85 00:04:37,151 --> 00:04:41,322 I'm at The Five Seasons. Think on it, but you have ten hours to decide. 86 00:04:41,406 --> 00:04:45,118 And I promise you, this is truly the opportunity of a lifetime. 87 00:04:48,371 --> 00:04:50,039 Hi, this is Alexandra. 88 00:04:52,750 --> 00:04:54,752 [rock music playing over speakers] 89 00:04:58,715 --> 00:04:59,716 There you go. 90 00:05:01,050 --> 00:05:02,218 All done. 91 00:05:03,928 --> 00:05:05,763 So does this mean I'm a real Serpent now? 92 00:05:07,223 --> 00:05:09,809 Um... Not just a Serpent. 93 00:05:11,060 --> 00:05:12,186 Serpent King. 94 00:05:12,770 --> 00:05:14,188 Anthony, you're our son. 95 00:05:14,981 --> 00:05:18,067 You've got the best shot of surviving whatever's coming. 96 00:05:18,151 --> 00:05:20,278 It's up to you to make sure the Serpents don't die out. 97 00:05:20,361 --> 00:05:22,530 And being King is your birthright. 98 00:05:22,613 --> 00:05:26,743 That's why it's up to you to make sure that that legacy, our legacy... 99 00:05:27,327 --> 00:05:28,369 continues. 100 00:05:29,162 --> 00:05:31,080 -Okay? -Yes, Mom. 101 00:05:31,164 --> 00:05:32,707 [dramatic music playing] 102 00:05:33,624 --> 00:05:37,920 [both] Return to us, spirit from beyond Abigail Blossom, we ask to correspond 103 00:05:38,004 --> 00:05:42,425 We seek your wisdom, help and insight Appear before us, sister of the night 104 00:05:43,509 --> 00:05:45,762 Pray tell, why have I been conjured? 105 00:05:45,845 --> 00:05:47,764 Abigail, hi. 106 00:05:48,473 --> 00:05:49,557 We need your help. 107 00:05:50,141 --> 00:05:52,101 An evil sorcerer has called a comet down upon us 108 00:05:52,185 --> 00:05:54,479 and bound us to this town, so that no one can leave. 109 00:05:54,562 --> 00:05:56,981 Good. Whyfor should I help you? 110 00:05:57,065 --> 00:06:00,026 Listen, I think we may have gotten off on the wrong foot. 111 00:06:00,109 --> 00:06:03,404 So, yes, I'm asking you to show a little mercy. 112 00:06:06,282 --> 00:06:08,659 Also, I'll free you from that ceramic hell doll. 113 00:06:09,869 --> 00:06:13,331 A long, long time ago, when I was still alive, 114 00:06:13,414 --> 00:06:17,418 I spent the most sublime evening with my beloved Thomasina. 115 00:06:18,086 --> 00:06:21,130 She was an astronomer and scientist as well as a witch. 116 00:06:22,882 --> 00:06:24,801 It's called Bailey's Comet. 117 00:06:29,555 --> 00:06:32,266 It's... beautiful. 118 00:06:34,018 --> 00:06:35,061 Just like you. 119 00:06:36,354 --> 00:06:37,647 What's it made of? 120 00:06:37,730 --> 00:06:39,649 Ice, my love. 121 00:06:40,566 --> 00:06:42,735 Comets are made of ice. 122 00:06:43,736 --> 00:06:45,571 I hear what goes on in this house. 123 00:06:45,655 --> 00:06:47,865 You possess the Power of the Phoenix, don't you? 124 00:06:48,658 --> 00:06:52,120 As soon as the comet gets close enough to Earth, project your power at it. 125 00:06:52,203 --> 00:06:53,913 And melt it? 126 00:06:55,081 --> 00:06:58,709 That's kind of basic but also kind of genius. 127 00:06:58,793 --> 00:07:02,797 But if it is to work, it will require all of your Phoenix Power. 128 00:07:03,339 --> 00:07:06,968 -And such an effort will come at a cost. -What about Percival's trap? 129 00:07:07,051 --> 00:07:09,387 Can you help us undo his binding spell? 130 00:07:09,470 --> 00:07:12,056 Mayhap, though that will take a greater effort to undo. 131 00:07:12,140 --> 00:07:15,810 Therefore, in exchange, I will require something more 132 00:07:15,893 --> 00:07:17,854 than an appeal and my freedom. 133 00:07:17,937 --> 00:07:19,814 Okay. We're listening. 134 00:07:21,023 --> 00:07:26,320 Oh, my underworlders, any luck finding a safe passageway out? 135 00:07:26,404 --> 00:07:27,405 Not yet. 136 00:07:28,322 --> 00:07:31,534 Every time we follow a tunnel that leads us to what should be the edge of town, 137 00:07:31,617 --> 00:07:33,369 -we hit the barrier. -Luckily, 138 00:07:33,453 --> 00:07:36,664 I may have divined a pathway through our little conundrum. 139 00:07:36,747 --> 00:07:39,083 Come. Everyone's gathered at Thornhill. 140 00:07:39,167 --> 00:07:40,960 [indistinct chatter] 141 00:07:41,043 --> 00:07:42,462 Listen up, Riverdalians. 142 00:07:42,545 --> 00:07:46,507 Thanks to some ancestral advice, I believe I might-- 143 00:07:46,591 --> 00:07:49,802 Might be able to melt the comet with my Phoenix Powers. 144 00:07:49,886 --> 00:07:51,762 Whoa, that's incredible news. 145 00:07:51,846 --> 00:07:54,223 And there also may be a way to undo Percival's binding spell, 146 00:07:54,307 --> 00:07:56,851 so that we can evacuate the town, but... 147 00:07:57,518 --> 00:08:00,646 Toni, you and I need to speak about that privately. 148 00:08:00,730 --> 00:08:02,398 -Okay... -[Veronica] Hold on. 149 00:08:02,482 --> 00:08:04,984 Is it really as easy as melting the comet? 150 00:08:05,776 --> 00:08:09,822 No, Veronica, there is one huge catch. 151 00:08:11,365 --> 00:08:15,661 It will take all of my Phoenix energies to extinguish Bailey's Comet. 152 00:08:15,745 --> 00:08:19,957 Which means, if I successfully melt the comet, 153 00:08:20,041 --> 00:08:24,420 one or more of the dead I've resurrected will surely perish. 154 00:08:24,503 --> 00:08:26,380 -[dramatic music playing] -What--? Wait, why? 155 00:08:26,464 --> 00:08:30,927 Because it is my powers that are keeping the resurrected dead alive. 156 00:08:31,010 --> 00:08:35,348 -Who knew? -So who's on the chopping block, exactly? 157 00:08:35,431 --> 00:08:39,310 [Cheryl] Archie, Jughead, Polly, 158 00:08:39,393 --> 00:08:43,189 my Nana, Dagwood, Alice, 159 00:08:43,272 --> 00:08:48,110 Frank, Sheriff Keller, Fangs, and Toni. 160 00:08:48,194 --> 00:08:54,951 If Riverdale is to live, one or many of you or your loved ones... 161 00:08:56,410 --> 00:08:57,411 must die. 162 00:09:05,169 --> 00:09:07,171 What can I do to help, Cheryl? 163 00:09:07,255 --> 00:09:10,216 My ancestor, the witch, Abigail Blossom, 164 00:09:10,299 --> 00:09:13,386 is going to help us figure out a way to break Percival's spell 165 00:09:13,469 --> 00:09:15,596 and escape Riverdale's borders. 166 00:09:16,430 --> 00:09:21,686 But first, she wants to spend one final evening with her beloved. 167 00:09:22,603 --> 00:09:25,606 In carnal form. 168 00:09:26,274 --> 00:09:28,818 And we need two vessels to make that happen. 169 00:09:29,902 --> 00:09:36,325 I would be Abigail's, and you, pending your agreement... 170 00:09:37,285 --> 00:09:38,703 would be her beloved. 171 00:09:38,786 --> 00:09:42,790 Thomasina Topaz, your ancestor, who was also a witch. 172 00:09:42,873 --> 00:09:45,459 Okay, but what about Fangs and Heather? 173 00:09:45,543 --> 00:09:49,547 Well, Heather's a witch, so she's kind of fine with whatevs. 174 00:09:50,589 --> 00:09:52,842 As for Fangs... 175 00:09:53,718 --> 00:09:57,221 it isn't technically cheating. Our souls will be elsewhere-- 176 00:09:57,305 --> 00:10:00,766 -And where would our souls be, exactly? -Not to worry. 177 00:10:00,850 --> 00:10:03,978 Heather will keep our spirits in a jar until the lovemaking ends. 178 00:10:06,022 --> 00:10:08,024 [suspenseful music playing] 179 00:10:10,026 --> 00:10:11,569 -There you are. -[door closes] 180 00:10:11,652 --> 00:10:12,486 Mom. 181 00:10:13,988 --> 00:10:16,407 -You shouldn't be here. -What are you talking about? 182 00:10:18,159 --> 00:10:19,994 Why are you covered in dirt? 183 00:10:20,077 --> 00:10:21,454 I'm on a job. 184 00:10:22,705 --> 00:10:24,165 Let me get cleaned up. 185 00:10:28,878 --> 00:10:32,757 Archie, one of the reasons why I came back was... 186 00:10:33,507 --> 00:10:36,427 I wanna tell you that Brooke and I are getting a divorce. 187 00:10:36,510 --> 00:10:38,846 What? What happened? 188 00:10:38,929 --> 00:10:42,016 -I thought you two got along great. -Oh, we do get along. 189 00:10:42,099 --> 00:10:47,563 Just, we both realized that we don't wanna spend the rest of our lives together. 190 00:10:47,646 --> 00:10:49,565 It's okay. You know, it happens. 191 00:10:49,649 --> 00:10:50,775 But life... 192 00:10:52,568 --> 00:10:53,611 Life is precious. 193 00:10:54,862 --> 00:10:57,656 You don't wanna waste a single minute. You know? 194 00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:03,913 Cheers, Daddy. 195 00:11:04,622 --> 00:11:10,336 And hopefully, whatever happens, we don't cross paths in the afterlife. 196 00:11:10,419 --> 00:11:12,755 [poignant music playing] 197 00:11:30,272 --> 00:11:32,274 [haunting music playing] 198 00:11:41,826 --> 00:11:43,160 [knocking on door] 199 00:11:43,994 --> 00:11:46,705 What's going on? Good news about the comet? 200 00:11:46,789 --> 00:11:47,957 No. Um... 201 00:11:49,333 --> 00:11:51,502 Personal news, actually. 202 00:11:51,585 --> 00:11:53,587 I'm gonna ask Betty to marry me. 203 00:11:55,631 --> 00:11:57,258 -What? -Yeah. 204 00:11:58,134 --> 00:11:59,176 Today? 205 00:11:59,260 --> 00:12:01,720 I was gonna use the ring my dad gave me, but... 206 00:12:01,804 --> 00:12:03,681 I lost it. Probably in the explosion. 207 00:12:03,764 --> 00:12:06,434 So since I don't have a lot of time, I was wondering if... 208 00:12:07,268 --> 00:12:10,896 you might still have some rings from the jewelry shop you used to run. 209 00:12:11,856 --> 00:12:15,276 -I'm sorry if that's a weird thing to ask. -No, not at all. Um... 210 00:12:16,026 --> 00:12:17,278 Actually... 211 00:12:17,361 --> 00:12:19,738 Yeah. You're in luck, Archie. 212 00:12:19,822 --> 00:12:23,826 I have an amazing diamond ring in my personal stash Betty would flip for. 213 00:12:31,375 --> 00:12:35,463 Franchising Pop's has been your dream. You've been protecting the diner all year. 214 00:12:35,546 --> 00:12:37,131 The is the best way to ensure its longevity. 215 00:12:37,214 --> 00:12:38,299 Honestly, 216 00:12:38,382 --> 00:12:41,469 as long as there's a hunk of ice hurtling towards us, 217 00:12:41,552 --> 00:12:42,970 I'm not committing to anything. 218 00:12:43,053 --> 00:12:46,390 Though, I do appreciate you willing to be the Jack to my Rose. 219 00:12:46,474 --> 00:12:47,808 Who? 220 00:12:47,892 --> 00:12:49,560 Jack and Rose? 221 00:12:49,643 --> 00:12:51,687 From Titanic. Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet. 222 00:12:51,770 --> 00:12:55,149 -Oh. -Jack dies, so Rose can fulfill her dreams 223 00:12:55,232 --> 00:12:58,068 like flying solo around the world. 224 00:12:58,152 --> 00:13:00,529 -Never seen the Titanic. I know. -What? 225 00:13:00,613 --> 00:13:02,990 I'm more partial to early James Cameron. 226 00:13:03,073 --> 00:13:04,492 You've gotta be kidding. 227 00:13:04,575 --> 00:13:07,161 Titanic is one of my favorite movies of all time. 228 00:13:07,244 --> 00:13:09,872 -We have to watch it. -"We have to watch it." 229 00:13:09,955 --> 00:13:12,291 -Yes. -Isn't it like four hours long? 230 00:13:12,374 --> 00:13:14,335 Three hours and 14 minutes. 231 00:13:15,044 --> 00:13:18,506 Look, I know the clock is ticking, but trust me: 232 00:13:19,048 --> 00:13:20,049 We need to do this. 233 00:13:24,470 --> 00:13:26,472 [eerie music playing] 234 00:13:32,436 --> 00:13:34,271 If you're ready, let's begin. 235 00:13:40,945 --> 00:13:44,573 Hear ye, hear ye, great above Send two spirits, deep in love 236 00:13:44,657 --> 00:13:47,743 Take these vessels for the night An earthly realm to reunite 237 00:13:47,826 --> 00:13:51,622 Switch the souls, let flesh remain Shake thy broom, let love aflame 238 00:13:57,753 --> 00:13:58,754 Abigail? 239 00:13:59,838 --> 00:14:02,716 -Can this truly be happening? -Yes. 240 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:05,052 Yes, my love, this is real. 241 00:14:05,135 --> 00:14:07,680 Come. We have, oh, so much to catch up on. 242 00:14:08,556 --> 00:14:10,558 ["Edge of the Dark" playing] 243 00:14:11,809 --> 00:14:15,688 ♪ I don't know I just wanna beg for your love ♪ 244 00:14:19,525 --> 00:14:23,696 ♪ Tearing through the bounds Just to feel something more ♪ 245 00:14:26,991 --> 00:14:30,619 ♪ Baby, I know what it's like To feel alone ♪ 246 00:14:34,707 --> 00:14:38,836 ♪ Waiting for a spark Just to light up the cold ♪ 247 00:14:41,630 --> 00:14:44,466 ♪ Waiting at the edge of the dark Can't get enough ♪ 248 00:14:44,550 --> 00:14:46,510 ♪ Sitting here, watching you ♪ 249 00:14:48,762 --> 00:14:51,265 ♪ Waiting at the edge of the dark Thinking about us ♪ 250 00:14:51,348 --> 00:14:53,601 ♪ Sitting here, watching you ♪ 251 00:14:57,354 --> 00:14:59,815 My mom's here. She's in Riverdale. 252 00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:02,568 Oh, my God. Did you tell her about the comet? 253 00:15:02,651 --> 00:15:03,861 [stammers] 254 00:15:03,944 --> 00:15:06,822 -I mean, where would I even start? -Arch, you gotta tell her. 255 00:15:07,906 --> 00:15:08,908 Yeah, maybe. 256 00:15:10,242 --> 00:15:11,243 But first... 257 00:15:13,829 --> 00:15:14,955 What are you doing? 258 00:15:16,874 --> 00:15:18,667 [poignant music playing] 259 00:15:21,003 --> 00:15:22,713 We may not have much time... 260 00:15:23,964 --> 00:15:25,382 but I know what I wanna do with it. 261 00:15:28,260 --> 00:15:29,345 Marry me. 262 00:15:30,554 --> 00:15:33,891 -There's a comet coming. -And I wanna be with you for it. 263 00:15:33,974 --> 00:15:35,643 Then be with me. 264 00:15:39,271 --> 00:15:40,105 Arch... 265 00:15:42,358 --> 00:15:43,692 I love you so much. 266 00:15:44,318 --> 00:15:46,654 That's not part of my hesitation, okay? 267 00:15:47,196 --> 00:15:49,907 But can we talk about what's going on with you right now? 268 00:15:53,327 --> 00:15:56,330 You put so much pressure on yourself to be a hero. 269 00:15:57,164 --> 00:15:58,791 When you already are one. 270 00:15:59,333 --> 00:16:01,669 Sometimes, you can't save everyone. 271 00:16:02,336 --> 00:16:04,463 Sometimes, you can just be scared. 272 00:16:05,839 --> 00:16:07,007 And that's okay. 273 00:16:08,425 --> 00:16:09,426 That's human. 274 00:16:17,559 --> 00:16:21,355 Do you remember when we were kids and you asked me to marry you? 275 00:16:23,190 --> 00:16:26,652 I told you to ask me again when we turned 18. 276 00:16:26,735 --> 00:16:27,903 So how about this? 277 00:16:29,321 --> 00:16:30,698 Ask me again... 278 00:16:31,699 --> 00:16:34,034 after Cheryl melts that comet, 279 00:16:34,118 --> 00:16:37,830 and you and me and everyone else survives. 280 00:16:38,956 --> 00:16:41,500 Or we find another way out of Riverdale. 281 00:16:43,752 --> 00:16:44,795 Deal? 282 00:16:53,053 --> 00:16:54,388 I'm gonna do that for us. 283 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:58,475 What--? Where are you going? 284 00:17:00,352 --> 00:17:04,523 I'm gonna break through that barrier, so I can marry you, Betty Cooper. 285 00:17:13,031 --> 00:17:15,033 [tender music playing] 286 00:17:23,667 --> 00:17:24,835 Cheryl? 287 00:17:25,502 --> 00:17:26,920 Yes, Toni? 288 00:17:27,921 --> 00:17:29,048 [speaks in French] 289 00:17:29,131 --> 00:17:32,134 Do you... remember anything? 290 00:17:32,885 --> 00:17:33,886 No. 291 00:17:35,679 --> 00:17:37,139 -You? -No. 292 00:17:37,222 --> 00:17:39,767 No, um... neither do I. 293 00:17:43,812 --> 00:17:45,022 Toni... 294 00:17:51,528 --> 00:17:53,363 -Thank you. -Of course. 295 00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:56,909 Anything to possibly save the town. 296 00:18:08,087 --> 00:18:12,758 So tell me, dearest ancestor, how was your tryst with Thomasina? 297 00:18:12,841 --> 00:18:15,969 Beyond my wildest imaginings. 298 00:18:16,470 --> 00:18:18,555 -Thank you, Cheryl. -Of course. 299 00:18:18,639 --> 00:18:21,391 Now, tell me, how do we undo Percival's binding spell? 300 00:18:21,475 --> 00:18:23,477 Look there. On the altar. 301 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:25,354 [dramatic music playing] 302 00:18:25,437 --> 00:18:26,438 What is that? 303 00:18:26,522 --> 00:18:29,608 The knots represent the various mystical barriers surrounding the town. 304 00:18:29,691 --> 00:18:31,568 Once the rope is untied completely, 305 00:18:31,652 --> 00:18:33,529 you and the others should be able to leave Riverdale. 306 00:18:36,615 --> 00:18:39,576 -Agent Cooper, it's been a minute. -Drake, hi. 307 00:18:40,828 --> 00:18:44,498 Yeah. Things have only gotten more insane since TBK, 308 00:18:44,581 --> 00:18:45,999 if you can believe that. 309 00:18:47,417 --> 00:18:48,544 What's up? 310 00:18:48,627 --> 00:18:52,047 Director Wilcox wants us to head up the FBI Serial Killer Division. 311 00:18:52,130 --> 00:18:53,382 Oh, my God. 312 00:18:55,175 --> 00:18:57,052 That's quite the promotion. 313 00:18:57,136 --> 00:19:01,181 The thing is, there's a lot going on in my life right now. 314 00:19:01,265 --> 00:19:04,726 I'm sort of in a transitional period. 315 00:19:04,810 --> 00:19:06,728 You know, weighing my options... 316 00:19:07,396 --> 00:19:08,397 for the future. 317 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,233 But there's no better hunter of hunters than you are. 318 00:19:11,316 --> 00:19:16,530 I think that chapter of my life is over, being hunter of hunters. 319 00:19:18,073 --> 00:19:20,576 I don't want that carved on my gravestone. 320 00:19:21,410 --> 00:19:26,206 Um, hate asking, but is this because of Archie? 321 00:19:26,290 --> 00:19:29,793 Or... because TBK messed with your head? 322 00:19:29,877 --> 00:19:30,711 No. 323 00:19:32,754 --> 00:19:36,341 This has nothing to do with TBK or Archie. This is all... 324 00:19:38,343 --> 00:19:39,178 This is me. 325 00:19:39,261 --> 00:19:42,306 It's my decision about how I wanna spend the rest of my life. 326 00:19:42,389 --> 00:19:44,600 For however long that might be. 327 00:19:44,683 --> 00:19:45,517 Doing what? 328 00:19:45,601 --> 00:19:47,311 I'm moving towards the light. 329 00:19:50,522 --> 00:19:53,108 Take care, Drake. And don't be a stranger. 330 00:19:53,192 --> 00:19:54,985 -Bye. -[laptop chimes] 331 00:19:58,572 --> 00:20:02,868 So, Ronnie, if we survive... what's the first thing you're gonna do? 332 00:20:02,951 --> 00:20:03,952 Hmm. 333 00:20:05,704 --> 00:20:08,290 Maybe a shopping spree in Paris with Katy. 334 00:20:08,373 --> 00:20:09,666 Oh! 335 00:20:09,750 --> 00:20:11,668 -You? -Get a dog. 336 00:20:11,752 --> 00:20:15,130 -Aw. -Always wanted one. Name him... 337 00:20:16,381 --> 00:20:17,382 Vader. 338 00:20:18,550 --> 00:20:21,011 -Yeah. -That's sweet. 339 00:20:24,139 --> 00:20:27,517 Reggie, the reason I asked you over... 340 00:20:28,143 --> 00:20:30,771 should we still be here this time tomorrow... 341 00:20:31,396 --> 00:20:34,316 I want you to have the Babylonium. Sole ownership. 342 00:20:34,399 --> 00:20:35,817 -Wait. Really? -Mm-hm. 343 00:20:35,901 --> 00:20:39,029 -How come? -The casino was your idea. 344 00:20:39,112 --> 00:20:40,447 Your baby. 345 00:20:41,281 --> 00:20:45,077 The only thing that's really mine is my absinthe. 346 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:46,703 Maybe I'll focus on that. 347 00:20:47,204 --> 00:20:49,331 And should the sun rise tomorrow 348 00:20:49,414 --> 00:20:52,542 and we find ourselves no longer business partners, 349 00:20:53,085 --> 00:20:56,338 -any chance you and I get back together? -Tempting... 350 00:20:57,297 --> 00:20:58,340 but no. 351 00:20:59,424 --> 00:21:02,469 I think it's good we're off that carousel ride, don't you? 352 00:21:02,552 --> 00:21:03,553 [Reggie] Mm-hm. 353 00:21:04,721 --> 00:21:09,017 And besides, if there is another chapter for me still... 354 00:21:10,477 --> 00:21:14,106 I think it's time for a hard reboot. On all fronts. 355 00:21:14,940 --> 00:21:17,359 Instead of being so relationship-focused, 356 00:21:17,442 --> 00:21:21,154 I'll be single and fabulous, and date a lot. 357 00:21:23,615 --> 00:21:25,325 Work on my friendship skills. 358 00:21:26,618 --> 00:21:31,123 Starting with, if you're amenable, you, Reggie. 359 00:21:31,206 --> 00:21:34,126 Yeah. I'm down to be friend-zoned by you, Ronnie. 360 00:21:34,835 --> 00:21:35,669 Good. 361 00:21:38,088 --> 00:21:39,339 Cheers to that, Reggie. 362 00:21:41,425 --> 00:21:44,469 And if you want, when it's comet time, 363 00:21:44,553 --> 00:21:47,222 you can come over and we can watch the fireworks together. 364 00:21:47,306 --> 00:21:48,557 Sounds good. 365 00:21:50,434 --> 00:21:52,269 -As--? -Yes, Reggie, as friends. 366 00:21:52,352 --> 00:21:53,603 -Just checking. -Okay. 367 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:57,482 [dramatic music playing on TV] 368 00:22:00,944 --> 00:22:02,112 I had no idea. 369 00:22:03,155 --> 00:22:04,156 Right? 370 00:22:04,740 --> 00:22:06,450 It's amazing, isn't it? 371 00:22:09,745 --> 00:22:12,039 You know, you know how it's gonna end, 372 00:22:12,956 --> 00:22:14,583 but it's still a gut-punch. 373 00:22:16,001 --> 00:22:18,879 Couldn't they have both held on to the driftwood at the end? 374 00:22:19,504 --> 00:22:21,965 No. Because it wouldn't have supported them both. 375 00:22:22,883 --> 00:22:25,927 And Jack knew that they would have sunk, 376 00:22:26,762 --> 00:22:29,765 so he let go so that Rose could live. 377 00:22:30,807 --> 00:22:33,268 I mean, the resonances are startling. 378 00:22:33,810 --> 00:22:35,937 Only, you're a lot cuter than Leo. 379 00:22:36,021 --> 00:22:37,272 In my opinion. 380 00:22:39,524 --> 00:22:42,527 Can you make me a promise? No matter what happens, 381 00:22:42,611 --> 00:22:45,530 if Cheryl stops this comet, or if I live or I die, 382 00:22:45,614 --> 00:22:49,159 that you take Alexandra up on her offer, take Pop's national. 383 00:22:49,659 --> 00:22:54,372 -Jughead-- -I won't be able to die or live peacefully 384 00:22:55,165 --> 00:22:56,666 if you don't swear to me. 385 00:22:58,168 --> 00:23:01,963 And you're an angel, so I'm pretty sure that means you can't lie. 386 00:23:02,047 --> 00:23:04,966 -Just swear that no matter what happens-- -Okay. 387 00:23:05,634 --> 00:23:08,220 I swear, but in exchange, 388 00:23:08,303 --> 00:23:14,726 I just want you to agree to go on one last epic... 389 00:23:15,602 --> 00:23:16,770 date with me. 390 00:23:17,312 --> 00:23:18,146 Okay. 391 00:23:19,773 --> 00:23:22,692 But define "epic," because we're trapped in Riverdale, 392 00:23:22,776 --> 00:23:25,654 and time is now appallingly finite. 393 00:23:25,737 --> 00:23:26,738 Not for me. 394 00:23:28,031 --> 00:23:29,866 I'm chrono-kinetic, remember? 395 00:23:30,951 --> 00:23:33,787 All I need is one minute. 396 00:23:35,872 --> 00:23:37,040 One minute? 397 00:23:37,124 --> 00:23:38,458 That's all we'll need. 398 00:23:40,085 --> 00:23:42,087 [poignant music playing] 399 00:24:26,798 --> 00:24:28,800 [ominous music playing] 400 00:24:35,182 --> 00:24:36,183 Archie! 401 00:24:36,808 --> 00:24:39,561 Why didn't you pick up? I've been calling you. 402 00:24:39,644 --> 00:24:41,938 Mom, you shouldn't be here. 403 00:24:42,731 --> 00:24:44,399 -You don't understand! -I do! 404 00:24:44,482 --> 00:24:45,984 Betty told me everything. 405 00:24:46,776 --> 00:24:51,823 About Percival, about you dying, and Cheryl bringing you back to life. 406 00:24:52,490 --> 00:24:54,242 I mean, my God, Archie. 407 00:24:54,326 --> 00:24:56,995 -Did she also tell you about--? -About the comet? Yes. 408 00:24:57,621 --> 00:24:58,788 Yeah, she did. 409 00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:02,709 And about how now I'm-- 410 00:25:04,211 --> 00:25:05,712 I'm trapped too. 411 00:25:05,795 --> 00:25:07,672 [dramatic music playing] 412 00:25:16,598 --> 00:25:17,807 [Archie] I'm sorry, Mom. 413 00:25:17,891 --> 00:25:21,478 I'm sorry you got caught up in all this insanity. 414 00:25:22,103 --> 00:25:25,523 -None of what is happening is your fault. -Mom, if you-- 415 00:25:27,692 --> 00:25:30,278 If anyone dies because of me, I couldn't live with myself. 416 00:25:30,362 --> 00:25:34,783 Archie, shouldering this guilt, this responsibility, 417 00:25:34,866 --> 00:25:36,201 it's crazy. 418 00:25:36,284 --> 00:25:37,577 Like Betty said: 419 00:25:38,453 --> 00:25:39,829 It's okay to be scared. 420 00:25:41,039 --> 00:25:45,543 But it's not okay to be out here hiding from the world. 421 00:25:48,546 --> 00:25:50,298 No one loved this town more than Dad. 422 00:25:53,969 --> 00:25:56,680 He built so much of it with his own two hands. 423 00:25:58,974 --> 00:26:01,977 What do you think he'd be doing right now, if he were me? 424 00:26:07,023 --> 00:26:10,527 Probably exactly what you're doing: fighting till the end. 425 00:26:12,028 --> 00:26:15,365 But your dad also knew when to put down his tools, 426 00:26:15,991 --> 00:26:19,744 and come home to the people he loved and who loved him. 427 00:26:21,121 --> 00:26:23,581 We should all be together for whatever's coming. 428 00:26:34,676 --> 00:26:38,263 Well, Daddykins... it's just you and me. 429 00:26:38,346 --> 00:26:40,348 [pensive music playing] 430 00:26:41,391 --> 00:26:42,392 Figures. 431 00:26:43,184 --> 00:26:45,061 It's been a hell of a year. 432 00:26:46,062 --> 00:26:49,524 Your entire body is basically one giant biodialysis machine. 433 00:26:55,071 --> 00:26:56,990 There's a reason you stayed in Riverdale. 434 00:27:00,201 --> 00:27:01,494 Oh, my God. 435 00:27:06,958 --> 00:27:08,251 Oh, my God. 436 00:27:08,335 --> 00:27:11,713 Sorry, Daddy, I just figured out a way to save my friends. 437 00:27:17,677 --> 00:27:18,678 Amazing! 438 00:27:19,346 --> 00:27:22,307 Well, I can't wait to start working together. 439 00:27:22,891 --> 00:27:24,476 Uh, which would be when, exactly? 440 00:27:25,185 --> 00:27:27,687 Tomorrow, bright and early. 441 00:27:27,771 --> 00:27:31,024 I thought we could take out the food truck and post updates on social. 442 00:27:31,107 --> 00:27:34,319 That sounds like a great idea. 443 00:27:38,073 --> 00:27:41,034 Then why the long faces? What am I missing? 444 00:27:42,327 --> 00:27:43,828 [cell phones chiming] 445 00:27:52,962 --> 00:27:53,963 Cheryl... 446 00:27:55,006 --> 00:27:57,384 in the event that you melt the comet, 447 00:27:58,009 --> 00:28:00,512 I believe I should head back to Greendale. 448 00:28:01,388 --> 00:28:02,722 Resume my life there. 449 00:28:04,391 --> 00:28:05,683 Whyfor would you do that? 450 00:28:05,767 --> 00:28:09,729 Because I saw something when we were doing the ritual. 451 00:28:09,813 --> 00:28:12,399 I adore you, Cheryl. 452 00:28:12,482 --> 00:28:15,151 But you and Toni are forever soul mates. 453 00:28:15,235 --> 00:28:17,070 How could you possibly know that? 454 00:28:18,655 --> 00:28:20,365 I'm a witch, silly. 455 00:28:20,990 --> 00:28:22,450 I know these things. 456 00:28:22,534 --> 00:28:23,535 Heather... 457 00:28:24,994 --> 00:28:26,621 you opened my heart again. 458 00:28:27,747 --> 00:28:29,791 And Toni's with Fangs, anyway. 459 00:28:29,874 --> 00:28:30,875 For now. 460 00:28:30,959 --> 00:28:32,836 [poignant music playing] 461 00:28:32,919 --> 00:28:37,173 But you and Toni, your fate is written in the stars. 462 00:28:38,508 --> 00:28:39,801 It transcends time. 463 00:28:39,884 --> 00:28:41,386 [cell phone chimes] 464 00:28:44,806 --> 00:28:46,391 [Archie] Thanks for sending my mom to me. 465 00:28:47,392 --> 00:28:51,020 Yeah, it kind of seemed like a "mom-tervention" was necessary. 466 00:28:52,272 --> 00:28:55,275 Yeah, my mom thinks I have a hero complex. 467 00:28:57,193 --> 00:28:58,653 She's probably right. 468 00:28:59,404 --> 00:29:02,949 I think it comes from me feeling like I'll never be able to live up to my dad. 469 00:29:03,575 --> 00:29:06,703 Your dad would be so beyond proud of you. 470 00:29:07,328 --> 00:29:11,207 You've been such a rock for everyone this year. Especially for me. 471 00:29:11,291 --> 00:29:14,127 You supported me. You comforted me. 472 00:29:14,753 --> 00:29:18,298 You loved me unconditionally. So thank you for that. 473 00:29:21,009 --> 00:29:25,555 I'm sorry for proposing to you in the middle of all this insanity. 474 00:29:26,764 --> 00:29:29,893 So end of the world or not, we're on your timeline. 475 00:29:29,976 --> 00:29:32,395 No pressure. Ever again. 476 00:29:35,523 --> 00:29:37,150 Well, about that, Archie... 477 00:29:39,819 --> 00:29:41,946 I've been thinking about my life... 478 00:29:42,864 --> 00:29:44,866 my future, if I have one... 479 00:29:46,117 --> 00:29:47,410 and what I want. 480 00:29:53,792 --> 00:29:56,336 -And? -And I know I said I wanted to wait... 481 00:29:59,005 --> 00:30:00,381 but will you marry me? 482 00:30:02,675 --> 00:30:03,676 Are you serious? 483 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:06,763 As serious as a comet hurtling towards Riverdale-- 484 00:30:06,846 --> 00:30:08,223 Yes. 485 00:30:09,224 --> 00:30:10,058 Yes. 486 00:30:11,684 --> 00:30:12,685 I'll marry you. 487 00:30:16,481 --> 00:30:17,524 [cell phones chime] 488 00:30:24,030 --> 00:30:26,574 Okay, this is a crazy Hail Mary, 489 00:30:26,658 --> 00:30:29,369 but I may have an idea for how to bolster Cheryl's power to, 490 00:30:29,452 --> 00:30:32,664 one, improve our chances of taking down that comet, 491 00:30:32,747 --> 00:30:35,375 and two, augment her Phoenix energy, 492 00:30:35,458 --> 00:30:38,378 so that when she uses them up, no one has to die. 493 00:30:38,461 --> 00:30:41,089 I am so happy you uttered that and not me. 494 00:30:41,172 --> 00:30:43,341 I'm a human dialysis machine, right? 495 00:30:43,424 --> 00:30:48,096 I pulled the sepsis from Charles's blood and leeched the thujone out of wormwood 496 00:30:48,179 --> 00:30:51,766 -to distill my poison-free absinthe. -Randomly, yes. 497 00:30:51,850 --> 00:30:53,393 No. Not randomly, Bee. 498 00:30:53,476 --> 00:30:55,812 Everything has happened for a reason. 499 00:30:56,521 --> 00:31:01,442 What if I can use my gift to absorb all of our abilities, our strengths, 500 00:31:01,526 --> 00:31:05,780 and give them to Cheryl to augment her Phoenix Power? 501 00:31:05,863 --> 00:31:09,367 Again, the stronger she is, the less chance her powers will be used up 502 00:31:09,450 --> 00:31:12,328 and the less chance one or more of us will die. 503 00:31:12,412 --> 00:31:16,749 But, Vee, our powers aren't poison or sepsis that need to be removed. 504 00:31:16,833 --> 00:31:18,293 It's semantics. 505 00:31:18,376 --> 00:31:21,337 Poison, strength, superpowers, whatever you wanna call them. 506 00:31:21,421 --> 00:31:22,714 It's what you said, Tabitha. 507 00:31:22,797 --> 00:31:24,841 This is why I stayed in Riverdale, 508 00:31:24,924 --> 00:31:28,177 so that I can do this, right now, at this exact moment. 509 00:31:28,261 --> 00:31:32,432 And maybe, maybe the multiverse gave each of us our specific powers, 510 00:31:32,515 --> 00:31:34,642 so that they could come together, 511 00:31:34,726 --> 00:31:37,979 -combine and save us. -How would you absorb them? 512 00:31:38,062 --> 00:31:42,066 I would need access to where your powers are most potent and present: 513 00:31:42,775 --> 00:31:43,818 your blood. 514 00:31:43,901 --> 00:31:47,030 Remember when we all went to see It at the Bijou? 515 00:31:47,113 --> 00:31:51,534 How the Losers Club cut their palms and all held hands in a circle? 516 00:31:52,744 --> 00:31:54,162 We need to do the same. 517 00:31:54,913 --> 00:31:57,206 Wound to wound, blood to blood. 518 00:31:57,707 --> 00:32:00,710 And I will take in our collective life force. 519 00:32:00,793 --> 00:32:02,003 I can't cut my hand. 520 00:32:03,129 --> 00:32:04,339 I present to you: 521 00:32:04,422 --> 00:32:06,257 [dramatic music playing] 522 00:32:06,883 --> 00:32:08,509 one Dagger of Megiddo. 523 00:32:08,593 --> 00:32:12,305 Fine, but no one is cutting into my alabaster flesh. 524 00:32:12,388 --> 00:32:13,806 Sorry, there are limits. 525 00:32:13,890 --> 00:32:15,266 Don't worry, Cheryl. 526 00:32:15,350 --> 00:32:20,480 I will be transferring our powers to you via... a kiss. 527 00:32:22,148 --> 00:32:23,650 A, that's queerbaiting, 528 00:32:23,733 --> 00:32:26,569 and, B, won't your poison kiss kill me? 529 00:32:26,653 --> 00:32:29,447 A, it's not queerbaiting. It's saving the world. 530 00:32:29,530 --> 00:32:32,450 B, pretty sure your Phoenix Power trumps my poison power. 531 00:32:36,162 --> 00:32:38,164 ["Play" playing] 532 00:32:40,208 --> 00:32:42,168 [Jughead] I don't say what I'm thinking, 533 00:32:42,251 --> 00:32:44,963 that for all we know, giving Cheryl our powers 534 00:32:45,046 --> 00:32:46,965 and her trying to use them all at the same time 535 00:32:47,048 --> 00:32:49,217 may actually make things worse 536 00:32:49,759 --> 00:32:52,387 or have unintended, devastating consequences. 537 00:32:53,304 --> 00:32:54,555 We simply don't know. 538 00:32:55,473 --> 00:32:57,183 ♪ She know me, know me ♪ 539 00:32:57,266 --> 00:33:01,479 ♪ She know me, know me She know me, know me ♪ 540 00:33:02,563 --> 00:33:05,024 ♪ Just rock and then sway ♪ 541 00:33:05,108 --> 00:33:10,571 ♪ Look her eyes, look her eyes Look her eyes ♪ 542 00:33:12,407 --> 00:33:14,409 [suspenseful music playing] 543 00:33:35,596 --> 00:33:36,848 Did it work? 544 00:33:36,931 --> 00:33:39,058 -Only one way to find out. -[gun cocks] 545 00:33:40,226 --> 00:33:41,686 -Oh! -Whoa, Vee! 546 00:33:41,769 --> 00:33:42,770 Interesting. 547 00:33:43,312 --> 00:33:46,274 You're threatening me and I can see an aura around you. 548 00:33:47,525 --> 00:33:48,526 And I can't. 549 00:33:48,609 --> 00:33:50,153 Let's go two for two. 550 00:33:58,369 --> 00:33:59,829 The bullet didn't penetrate. 551 00:34:01,372 --> 00:34:05,334 -I'm invulnerable. -[Archie] Guess that means I'm not. 552 00:34:05,418 --> 00:34:07,628 [Jughead] Veronica's nuts. What if that hadn't worked? 553 00:34:07,712 --> 00:34:09,338 [Tabitha] I should have stayed in Chicago. 554 00:34:10,465 --> 00:34:12,008 I can hear your thoughts. 555 00:34:12,091 --> 00:34:15,970 -I think your dialysis worked, Veronica. -In that case, 556 00:34:16,763 --> 00:34:18,931 you're as ready as you'll ever be, Cheryl. 557 00:34:20,099 --> 00:34:23,227 For all our sakes, I pray you're right. 558 00:34:25,313 --> 00:34:27,315 [suspenseful music playing] 559 00:34:33,863 --> 00:34:34,864 Toodles. 560 00:34:47,668 --> 00:34:49,670 ["End of the World" playing] 561 00:34:57,970 --> 00:35:00,056 Mom, Dad... 562 00:35:01,682 --> 00:35:03,226 -I'm scared. -Hey... 563 00:35:06,270 --> 00:35:08,981 ♪ Breathe the air again ♪ 564 00:35:10,399 --> 00:35:13,528 ♪ It's a beautiful day ♪ 565 00:35:14,737 --> 00:35:18,533 ♪ I wish this moment Would stay with the Earth ♪ 566 00:35:18,616 --> 00:35:21,619 ♪ Some primal ♪ 567 00:35:21,702 --> 00:35:23,412 -♪ Paradise ♪ -♪ Paradise ♪ 568 00:35:23,496 --> 00:35:26,374 ♪ But there you go again ♪ 569 00:35:27,458 --> 00:35:30,837 ♪ Saying everything ends ♪ 570 00:35:32,213 --> 00:35:36,259 ♪ Saying you can't depend on anything ♪ 571 00:35:36,843 --> 00:35:38,928 ♪ Or anyone ♪ 572 00:35:39,554 --> 00:35:43,850 -♪ If the end of the world was near ♪ -♪ If the end of the world was near ♪ 573 00:35:45,309 --> 00:35:49,230 -♪ Where would you choose to be? ♪ -♪ Where would you choose to be? ♪ 574 00:35:49,313 --> 00:35:55,319 ♪ If there was five more minutes of air ♪ 575 00:35:55,403 --> 00:36:00,199 ♪ Would you panic and hide? Or run for your life? ♪ 576 00:36:00,283 --> 00:36:03,870 ♪ Or stand here and spend it with me? ♪ 577 00:36:03,953 --> 00:36:08,374 ♪ If we had five more minutes ♪ 578 00:36:09,458 --> 00:36:15,089 ♪ Would I, could I make you happy? ♪ 579 00:36:19,051 --> 00:36:22,013 ♪ And we would live again ♪ 580 00:36:23,306 --> 00:36:27,518 ♪ In the simplest of ways ♪ 581 00:36:27,602 --> 00:36:30,313 ♪ Living day after day ♪ 582 00:36:30,396 --> 00:36:34,650 ♪ Like some primal ♪ 583 00:36:34,734 --> 00:36:36,027 -♪ Animals ♪ -♪ Animals ♪ 584 00:36:36,110 --> 00:36:38,988 ♪ We would love again ♪ 585 00:36:40,448 --> 00:36:44,619 ♪ Under glorious suns ♪ 586 00:36:44,702 --> 00:36:49,123 ♪ With the freedom That comes with the truth ♪ 587 00:36:49,207 --> 00:36:51,417 ♪ Mmm ♪ 588 00:36:52,501 --> 00:36:57,548 -♪ If the end of the world was near ♪ -♪ If the end of the world was near ♪ 589 00:36:58,174 --> 00:37:01,344 -♪ Where would you choose to be? ♪ -♪ Where would you choose to be? ♪ 590 00:37:01,969 --> 00:37:08,476 ♪ If there was five more minutes of air ♪ 591 00:37:08,559 --> 00:37:13,105 ♪ Would you panic and hide? Or run for your life? ♪ 592 00:37:13,189 --> 00:37:16,609 ♪ Or stand here and spend it with me? ♪ 593 00:37:16,692 --> 00:37:21,906 ♪ If we had five more minutes ♪ 594 00:37:21,989 --> 00:37:27,536 ♪ Would I, could I make you happy? ♪ 595 00:37:31,749 --> 00:37:36,087 ♪ So it finally came to pass ♪ 596 00:37:36,170 --> 00:37:39,840 ♪ I saw the end of the world ♪ 597 00:37:40,925 --> 00:37:43,803 ♪ Saw the madness unfold ♪ 598 00:37:43,886 --> 00:37:47,765 ♪ Like some primal ♪ 599 00:37:47,848 --> 00:37:49,600 -♪ Burial ♪ -♪ Burial ♪ 600 00:37:49,684 --> 00:37:53,771 ♪ And I looked back upon ♪ 601 00:37:55,106 --> 00:37:58,234 -♪ Armageddon ♪ -♪ Armageddon ♪ 602 00:37:58,859 --> 00:38:05,116 ♪ And the moment of truth Between you and me ♪ 603 00:38:06,367 --> 00:38:10,871 ♪ If we had five more minutes ♪ 604 00:38:10,955 --> 00:38:14,875 ♪ Of air to breathe ♪ 605 00:38:14,959 --> 00:38:19,422 ♪ And we cried all through it ♪ 606 00:38:19,505 --> 00:38:23,551 ♪ But you spent them with me ♪ 607 00:38:23,634 --> 00:38:27,722 ♪ On our last few drags ♪ 608 00:38:27,805 --> 00:38:32,143 ♪ Of air we agreed ♪ 609 00:38:32,893 --> 00:38:36,731 ♪ I was, and you were ♪ 610 00:38:37,565 --> 00:38:39,984 ♪ Happy ♪ 611 00:38:45,031 --> 00:38:47,033 [suspenseful music playing] 612 00:38:51,162 --> 00:38:55,207 Let the fire within me blaze in glory 613 00:38:55,291 --> 00:38:57,710 And project upon what's come before me 614 00:38:58,252 --> 00:39:00,921 Combined with the gifts From each of my allies 615 00:39:01,005 --> 00:39:04,216 Keep this comet From falling out of the skies 616 00:39:04,759 --> 00:39:07,845 Let the fire within me blaze in glory 617 00:39:07,928 --> 00:39:10,348 And project upon what's come before me 618 00:39:10,431 --> 00:39:13,309 Combined with the gifts From each of my allies 619 00:39:13,392 --> 00:39:16,395 Keep this comet From falling out of the skies 620 00:39:16,979 --> 00:39:21,150 Let the fire within me blaze in glory 621 00:39:21,692 --> 00:39:25,905 And project upon what's come before me 622 00:39:25,988 --> 00:39:32,036 Combined with the gifts From each of my allies 623 00:39:32,119 --> 00:39:34,997 Keep this comet 624 00:39:35,081 --> 00:39:37,708 From falling from the skies! 625 00:39:38,584 --> 00:39:43,881 Let the fire within me blaze in glory 626 00:39:43,964 --> 00:39:50,304 Keep this comet From falling out of the skies! 627 00:39:56,602 --> 00:39:58,312 [pensive music playing] 628 00:39:58,395 --> 00:39:59,772 [Jughead] So, what happened next? 629 00:40:00,564 --> 00:40:03,943 Did Cheryl, with our combined strengths, melt the comet? 630 00:40:05,319 --> 00:40:08,447 And did Veronica's last-minute plan to augment Cheryl's Phoenix Powers 631 00:40:08,531 --> 00:40:10,449 save our loved ones' lives? 632 00:40:10,533 --> 00:40:12,535 [alarm clock ringing] 633 00:40:15,871 --> 00:40:17,957 The answer is yes. 634 00:40:22,503 --> 00:40:24,505 ["Only You" playing on radio] 635 00:40:25,256 --> 00:40:29,260 But I suspect that the milkshake-like combination of all of our gifts, 636 00:40:29,343 --> 00:40:32,721 arcane magic, time traveling, opening portals into other dimensions, 637 00:40:32,805 --> 00:40:35,474 did something wholly unexpected 638 00:40:35,558 --> 00:40:38,769 and yet also utterly inevitable. 639 00:40:41,021 --> 00:40:44,525 Riverdale and its citizens survived the ultimate battle between good and evil. 640 00:40:44,608 --> 00:40:46,444 And it was still our Riverdale. 641 00:40:47,945 --> 00:40:51,449 But somehow, we were in a different time. 642 00:40:52,950 --> 00:40:55,953 Maybe to survive, we had to go back to a simpler time. 643 00:40:56,036 --> 00:40:59,874 Before Jason Blossom's murder, before the Black Hood. 644 00:40:59,957 --> 00:41:02,585 Back to a truly innocent time. 645 00:41:04,420 --> 00:41:07,673 Mom? What's wrong? What's going on? 646 00:41:07,756 --> 00:41:09,800 I just heard the news on the radio. 647 00:41:11,010 --> 00:41:12,803 And it's in the morning paper. 648 00:41:14,054 --> 00:41:15,764 It's so awful, Archie. 649 00:41:16,599 --> 00:41:17,850 He died. 650 00:41:19,018 --> 00:41:22,271 He was so talented and so young. 651 00:41:22,897 --> 00:41:24,732 Who's dead? Who died? 652 00:41:26,066 --> 00:41:27,151 James Dean. 653 00:41:30,613 --> 00:41:31,655 [Jughead] It was true. 654 00:41:32,281 --> 00:41:35,451 The night before, the actor and teen idol James Dean 655 00:41:35,534 --> 00:41:37,828 had died in a car crash in California. 656 00:41:38,454 --> 00:41:41,832 Somehow, the year is 1955. 657 00:41:41,916 --> 00:41:45,294 And somehow, Archie Andrews and all of his friends, me included, 658 00:41:45,377 --> 00:41:46,712 are teenagers again. 659 00:41:47,796 --> 00:41:51,967 And I'm the only one who remembers what our lives were like B.C. 660 00:41:52,927 --> 00:41:54,386 Before the comet. 661 00:41:55,429 --> 00:41:57,431 [dramatic music playing] 662 00:42:00,935 --> 00:42:02,853 [theme music playing] g]