1 00:00:12,387 --> 00:00:14,556 ["(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" playing] 2 00:00:14,639 --> 00:00:17,559 ♪ Five, six, seven o'clock Eight o'clock rock ♪ 3 00:00:17,642 --> 00:00:19,811 ♪ Nine, ten, eleven o'clock Twelve o'clock rock ♪ 4 00:00:19,894 --> 00:00:22,564 ♪ We're gonna rock Around the clock tonight ♪ 5 00:00:22,647 --> 00:00:25,483 ♪ Put your glad rags on, join me, hon ♪ 6 00:00:25,567 --> 00:00:28,028 ♪ We'll have some fun When the clock strikes one ♪ 7 00:00:28,111 --> 00:00:30,405 ♪ We're gonna rock Around the clock tonight ♪ 8 00:00:30,488 --> 00:00:33,199 ♪ We're gonna rock, rock, rock Till broad daylight ♪ 9 00:00:33,283 --> 00:00:37,162 ♪ We're gonna rock, gonna rock Around the clock tonight ♪ 10 00:00:38,121 --> 00:00:39,831 ♪ When the clock strikes 2... ♪ 11 00:00:39,914 --> 00:00:42,834 [Jughead] The year is 1955. 12 00:00:42,917 --> 00:00:46,045 Number one on the Billboard Charts is "Rock Around the Clock." 13 00:00:46,129 --> 00:00:48,298 An earworm if ever I've heard one. 14 00:00:49,591 --> 00:00:51,134 Now, some random fun facts. 15 00:00:51,217 --> 00:00:55,305 In 1955, a hamburger with a side of fries set you back 30 cents. 16 00:00:55,388 --> 00:00:57,557 A comic book? A dime. 17 00:00:58,183 --> 00:01:00,018 A pulp novel? A quarter. 18 00:01:01,061 --> 00:01:04,105 It's been two days since Bailey's Comet almost decimated us 19 00:01:04,189 --> 00:01:07,233 and we were somehow zapped back to the 1950s. 20 00:01:07,317 --> 00:01:09,652 I'm not sure how that happened exactly, 21 00:01:09,736 --> 00:01:13,406 and not sure if we're merely in the past, or in the past of an alternate universe, 22 00:01:13,490 --> 00:01:16,493 but things are different here in Riverdale. 23 00:01:16,576 --> 00:01:20,080 For starters, I live in an abandoned train car with Hot Dog, 24 00:01:20,163 --> 00:01:22,791 which actually tracks. 25 00:01:23,333 --> 00:01:26,085 And at Riverdale High, we're all juniors again. 26 00:01:26,169 --> 00:01:29,088 Betty and Kevin aren't merely friends, they're dating. 27 00:01:29,881 --> 00:01:33,968 Cheryl's twin brother is alive, but he's not Jason, he's Julian. 28 00:01:35,094 --> 00:01:38,973 No sign of a Reggie yet, but Archie exists, 29 00:01:39,057 --> 00:01:41,935 and he's still pretty much a teen Charles Atlas. 30 00:01:42,769 --> 00:01:45,897 None of them remember our lives from before we became teenagers again, 31 00:01:45,980 --> 00:01:47,774 and I haven't tried to remind them yet. 32 00:01:47,857 --> 00:01:50,110 I've been waiting to reconnect with the one person 33 00:01:50,193 --> 00:01:52,445 who might be able to shed light on our predicament 34 00:01:52,529 --> 00:01:55,323 because she was chronokinetic and the town's guardian angel. 35 00:01:55,406 --> 00:01:57,283 My girlfriend, Tabitha Tate. 36 00:01:57,367 --> 00:01:59,786 Bus from Mississippi's pulling in. 37 00:02:01,079 --> 00:02:04,916 Wonder if it was as bad down there as they're saying on the radio. 38 00:02:04,999 --> 00:02:07,669 [Jughead] I already knew what Pop would soon find out. 39 00:02:07,752 --> 00:02:09,879 It was much, much worse. 40 00:02:09,963 --> 00:02:13,883 Tabitha, Toni, and some of Riverdale High's other students of color 41 00:02:13,967 --> 00:02:16,219 were in Mississippi for the trial of the two men 42 00:02:16,302 --> 00:02:18,930 who murdered Black teenager Emmett Till 43 00:02:19,013 --> 00:02:21,641 for supposedly whistling at a white woman. 44 00:02:21,724 --> 00:02:25,979 The jury deliberated for 67 minutes and then acquitted the killers. 45 00:02:26,062 --> 00:02:31,693 It was one of the single most shameful and appalling events of this or any era. 46 00:02:37,866 --> 00:02:38,825 Uh, Tabitha? 47 00:02:42,370 --> 00:02:46,291 Uh, they announced the verdict on the radio. 48 00:02:46,374 --> 00:02:48,042 Made me sick to my stomach. 49 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:50,545 If you need anything... 50 00:02:50,628 --> 00:02:52,964 That's what we're trying to figure out now. 51 00:02:53,631 --> 00:02:55,592 What our next move should be. 52 00:02:57,010 --> 00:02:58,887 But I appreciate the offer. 53 00:03:00,555 --> 00:03:03,182 It's Jughead, right? 54 00:03:03,266 --> 00:03:04,601 Uh, yeah. Yes. 55 00:03:07,020 --> 00:03:08,313 I'll let you know. 56 00:03:13,192 --> 00:03:14,319 [Jughead] It's overwhelming. 57 00:03:15,236 --> 00:03:16,362 Heartbreaking. 58 00:03:17,405 --> 00:03:20,491 Whichever genius said the '50s were the greatest decade of all time, 59 00:03:20,575 --> 00:03:23,119 should seriously have their head examined. 60 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:24,996 [Mary] Archie? 61 00:03:25,538 --> 00:03:27,457 Can I speak to you for a minute? 62 00:03:34,505 --> 00:03:35,882 What's wrong, Mom? 63 00:03:35,965 --> 00:03:39,344 They printed more pictures from James Dean's car accident. 64 00:03:39,928 --> 00:03:43,306 -I can't even show them to you. -You shouldn't look, Mom. It upsets you. 65 00:03:43,389 --> 00:03:47,602 No. What upsets me is the idea of you on the road being reckless. 66 00:03:47,685 --> 00:03:49,020 And that's why... 67 00:03:49,812 --> 00:03:51,856 I'm going to need your keys. 68 00:03:51,940 --> 00:03:54,067 You're not going to drive that hot rod anymore. 69 00:03:54,150 --> 00:03:56,736 Mom. Whoa, now, Mom. I'm a safe driver. 70 00:03:56,819 --> 00:03:59,405 It's not a hot rod. It's barely a jalopy. 71 00:03:59,489 --> 00:04:01,699 It's got fire painted on its doors. 72 00:04:01,783 --> 00:04:02,784 Mom. 73 00:04:02,867 --> 00:04:04,911 Keys. Now. 74 00:04:09,874 --> 00:04:11,417 ["That's All Right" playing] 75 00:04:15,171 --> 00:04:17,507 ♪ Well, that's all right, mama ♪ 76 00:04:17,757 --> 00:04:19,467 ♪ That's all right with you ♪ 77 00:04:20,009 --> 00:04:23,972 ♪ That's all right, mama Just anyway you do ♪ 78 00:04:24,055 --> 00:04:25,515 ♪ That's all right ♪ 79 00:04:26,391 --> 00:04:28,142 -♪ That's all right ♪ -[car horn honking] 80 00:04:28,977 --> 00:04:35,149 ♪ That's all right now, mama Anyway you do ♪ 81 00:04:35,942 --> 00:04:38,486 ♪ Well, Mama, she done told me ♪ 82 00:04:38,569 --> 00:04:40,321 ♪ Papa done told me too ♪ 83 00:04:40,863 --> 00:04:42,907 ♪ Son, that gal you're foolin' with ♪ 84 00:04:42,991 --> 00:04:44,742 ♪ She ain't no good for you ♪ 85 00:04:44,826 --> 00:04:46,536 ♪ But that's all right ♪ 86 00:04:47,203 --> 00:04:48,538 ♪ That's all right... ♪ 87 00:04:48,621 --> 00:04:50,248 [school bell rings] 88 00:04:52,083 --> 00:04:56,879 -What do you think, Betty? -Toni, your writing is remarkable. 89 00:04:56,963 --> 00:05:00,174 This is the most important piece of reporting 90 00:05:00,258 --> 00:05:03,594 that I've read in my two years as editor in chief at The Blue and Gold. 91 00:05:03,678 --> 00:05:06,514 But we've tried covering Emmett Till before. 92 00:05:06,597 --> 00:05:10,101 Both times, Principal Featherhead has vetoed the stories. 93 00:05:10,935 --> 00:05:15,857 Betty, I heard Mamie Till give the most incredible, inspiring speech 94 00:05:15,940 --> 00:05:17,859 after the verdict was delivered. 95 00:05:18,776 --> 00:05:22,155 And I got a chance to interview people that knew Emmett personally. 96 00:05:22,238 --> 00:05:24,782 His friends, his neighbors. 97 00:05:25,742 --> 00:05:28,703 I made them a promise I would help tell his story. 98 00:05:29,704 --> 00:05:32,332 I agree, wholeheartedly. 99 00:05:33,708 --> 00:05:36,544 I'll make an appointment for us with Featherhead. 100 00:05:37,211 --> 00:05:38,796 [man on film] This is a squirrel mill. 101 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:43,301 A mill is a hot rod or souped up jalopy which was once just a car. 102 00:05:44,635 --> 00:05:45,887 Well, if you-- 103 00:05:45,970 --> 00:05:48,181 Mrs. Thornton, I'm sorry to interrupt your class. 104 00:05:48,264 --> 00:05:53,853 But I did want to personally introduce a new student to our Riverdale High family. 105 00:05:53,936 --> 00:05:56,814 She's just moved here from sunny Los Angeles. 106 00:05:57,857 --> 00:05:59,484 ["Lady Sings the Blues" playing] 107 00:06:11,162 --> 00:06:13,664 [Jughead] Damn. Even in 1955, 108 00:06:13,748 --> 00:06:15,541 Veronica Lodge knew how to make an entrance. 109 00:06:16,167 --> 00:06:17,752 Enchanté, I'm sure. 110 00:06:17,835 --> 00:06:19,879 Thank you, Principal Featherhead. 111 00:06:19,962 --> 00:06:24,634 Now before you ask, yes, I am that Veronica Lodge. 112 00:06:24,717 --> 00:06:27,345 The daughter of Hiram and Hermione Lodge. 113 00:06:27,428 --> 00:06:32,225 The married stars of America's number one rated television program, Oh, Mija! 114 00:06:32,308 --> 00:06:33,976 For the foreseeable future, 115 00:06:34,060 --> 00:06:37,897 I will be staying with my auntie and uncle at The Pembrooke in downtown Riverdale. 116 00:06:37,980 --> 00:06:39,148 Why? 117 00:06:39,232 --> 00:06:44,612 Well, you may have heard about MGM's upcoming film adaptation of Our Town. 118 00:06:44,695 --> 00:06:49,492 Though I can't confirm that the lead role of innocent ingénue Emily Webb 119 00:06:49,575 --> 00:06:54,080 has already been cast with a certain raven-haired starlet-- Namely, moi. 120 00:06:54,163 --> 00:06:58,918 --I did feel it was an opportune time to take a sabbatical from Hollywood 121 00:06:59,001 --> 00:07:03,005 and get a feel for small town life. 122 00:07:03,089 --> 00:07:05,883 But I beg of you, treat me as one of your own, 123 00:07:05,967 --> 00:07:08,553 not as a scion of Tinseltown royalty. 124 00:07:11,556 --> 00:07:12,765 Thank you. 125 00:07:37,415 --> 00:07:38,374 Mind if I join you? 126 00:07:39,208 --> 00:07:41,002 -Actually-- -Yeah, sure. 127 00:07:42,962 --> 00:07:46,465 I believe I caught all your names in Mrs. Thornton's class. 128 00:07:46,549 --> 00:07:51,012 Archie, Betty, Kevin, Julian... 129 00:07:53,431 --> 00:07:54,474 Hmm. 130 00:07:55,141 --> 00:07:56,726 Remind me, what's yours again? 131 00:07:57,435 --> 00:07:59,437 -Cheryl. -That's right. Cheryl. 132 00:08:00,229 --> 00:08:03,399 So, what are we dishing about? Clue me in. 133 00:08:03,483 --> 00:08:05,860 James Dean's untimely passing. 134 00:08:05,943 --> 00:08:08,529 I'm the president of his fan club here at Riverdale High. 135 00:08:08,613 --> 00:08:12,283 Your parents' show is "high-larious." We tune in every week. 136 00:08:12,366 --> 00:08:15,411 You and everyone else, if Mr. Nielsen is to be believed. 137 00:08:15,495 --> 00:08:18,122 -Where in Los Angeles did you live? -Bel Air. 138 00:08:18,206 --> 00:08:21,042 In a ghastly old mansion Vincent Price used to own. 139 00:08:21,125 --> 00:08:23,085 Is that close where James Dean lived? 140 00:08:23,169 --> 00:08:26,422 -You didn't know James Dean, did you? -[Cheryl] Kevin, don't be so provincial. 141 00:08:26,506 --> 00:08:28,174 James Dean was a movie star, 142 00:08:28,257 --> 00:08:30,927 he was friends with Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson. 143 00:08:31,010 --> 00:08:33,054 Jimmy and I were quite friendly. 144 00:08:33,137 --> 00:08:35,973 We went skinny dipping in the pool at the Chateau Marmaduke. 145 00:08:36,682 --> 00:08:37,892 [coughs] 146 00:08:38,851 --> 00:08:41,062 -Skinny dipping? -With James Dean? 147 00:08:41,145 --> 00:08:42,772 Once? Or was it a regular thing? 148 00:08:42,855 --> 00:08:45,483 I suppose next you'll be saying you and "Jimmy" dated. 149 00:08:45,566 --> 00:08:49,237 No. But he did enjoy playing both sides of the net. 150 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:50,821 Girls and boys. 151 00:08:51,697 --> 00:08:56,077 Wait. Hang on. Are you suggesting James Dean was--? 152 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:59,747 But he seemed like such a regular guy. Like a cowboy, almost. 153 00:08:59,830 --> 00:09:02,333 How dare you besmirch his memory like that? 154 00:09:02,416 --> 00:09:04,085 Don't you be so provincial. 155 00:09:04,168 --> 00:09:06,796 I don't know why I'm so surprised to hear such filthy lies 156 00:09:06,879 --> 00:09:10,424 coming out of the mouth of some wild child who grew up surrounded by perverts, 157 00:09:10,508 --> 00:09:12,468 going to sex parties and orgies. 158 00:09:13,135 --> 00:09:15,972 Now, if you'll excuse me, I have lost my appetite. 159 00:09:20,268 --> 00:09:21,894 What about Sal Mineo? 160 00:09:22,853 --> 00:09:23,688 [school bell rings] 161 00:09:23,771 --> 00:09:26,440 Remember, the Astronomy Club is meeting after school today. 162 00:09:26,524 --> 00:09:28,109 We'll brainstorm ideas to fundraise 163 00:09:28,192 --> 00:09:30,861 to purchase a new telescope before Bailey's Comet arrives. 164 00:09:31,779 --> 00:09:33,698 Bailey's Comet is coming again? 165 00:09:35,032 --> 00:09:36,409 Guys! 166 00:09:36,492 --> 00:09:38,744 -When? -Not for two years, Mr. Jones. 167 00:09:38,828 --> 00:09:40,955 But it's an extremely expensive telescope. 168 00:09:41,038 --> 00:09:44,542 It will be the only opportunity we'll have to see the comet. 169 00:09:44,625 --> 00:09:45,751 We mustn't miss it. 170 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:49,005 [Archie] Hey, Veronica. 171 00:09:49,088 --> 00:09:50,339 Can I walk you home? 172 00:09:51,132 --> 00:09:54,760 Walk? Do I look like the kind of girl who walks home? 173 00:09:54,844 --> 00:09:55,678 Ready, Ronnie? 174 00:09:55,761 --> 00:09:59,724 Thanks for the offer, Archie, but I've secured an escort home. 175 00:10:01,100 --> 00:10:02,143 Um, excuse me? 176 00:10:03,394 --> 00:10:05,479 How do you expect me to get home? 177 00:10:05,563 --> 00:10:07,189 You got two feet, don't you? 178 00:10:07,857 --> 00:10:09,233 Use them or lose them. 179 00:10:20,620 --> 00:10:23,247 I'm sorry, Miss Topaz. 180 00:10:23,831 --> 00:10:24,749 Miss Cooper. 181 00:10:25,666 --> 00:10:29,754 But I gave your article to Dr. Werthers for review, and we both agree. 182 00:10:29,837 --> 00:10:31,964 It's not suitable for publication. 183 00:10:32,548 --> 00:10:37,428 Toni's reporting is thorough, insightful. 184 00:10:37,511 --> 00:10:38,637 Balanced. 185 00:10:38,721 --> 00:10:40,222 [Werthers] Be that as it may, 186 00:10:40,306 --> 00:10:44,185 as a child psychologist, it's my expert opinion 187 00:10:44,268 --> 00:10:47,772 that the details of the Emmett Till case are far too violent 188 00:10:47,855 --> 00:10:51,692 and disturbing for young, impressionable minds. 189 00:10:51,776 --> 00:10:55,655 People, your students, need to understand the gravity 190 00:10:55,738 --> 00:10:58,824 of what happened so it doesn't happen again... here. 191 00:11:00,076 --> 00:11:02,912 These sorts of things don't happen in Riverdale. 192 00:11:04,163 --> 00:11:08,668 May I remind you we were one of the first high schools in the country to integrate. 193 00:11:09,585 --> 00:11:10,670 Isn't that enough? 194 00:11:10,753 --> 00:11:11,587 Hardly. 195 00:11:12,129 --> 00:11:14,298 We don't have any Black teachers. 196 00:11:14,382 --> 00:11:17,259 We don't study or learn about Black authors. 197 00:11:17,343 --> 00:11:19,470 Change doesn't happen overnight. 198 00:11:20,429 --> 00:11:23,057 Your article is very well-written. 199 00:11:23,599 --> 00:11:25,976 Surely you can find some satisfaction in that. 200 00:11:30,898 --> 00:11:33,692 Mom, Dad. You haven't said anything. 201 00:11:34,193 --> 00:11:36,278 Did you read the article my friend Toni wrote? 202 00:11:38,781 --> 00:11:40,116 Yes, we did, honey. 203 00:11:44,620 --> 00:11:45,704 And? 204 00:11:46,914 --> 00:11:49,875 And it was very well-written. 205 00:11:49,959 --> 00:11:51,752 Extremely well-written. 206 00:11:51,836 --> 00:11:54,755 -Mm. -So you'll read it on the air, Dad? 207 00:11:55,965 --> 00:12:00,136 Geez, hon, we only get 15 minutes of airtime a night. 208 00:12:00,219 --> 00:12:05,850 Do we really need to spend one minute on a story that... 209 00:12:05,933 --> 00:12:08,853 well, has nothing to do with us? 210 00:12:08,936 --> 00:12:12,064 Dad, everyone watches your nightly broadcast. 211 00:12:12,148 --> 00:12:14,692 Imagine the impact it would have if you, 212 00:12:14,775 --> 00:12:17,361 the face of RIVW, talked about Emmett Till. 213 00:12:17,445 --> 00:12:20,156 Elizabeth. It's not that simple, honey. 214 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,952 You know that we have to run every single one of our stories 215 00:12:25,035 --> 00:12:27,121 past our sponsors for approval, 216 00:12:27,204 --> 00:12:29,874 and, I'm sorry, this is just not in their bailiwick. 217 00:12:30,458 --> 00:12:32,668 Your sponsors? You're talking about the Blossoms. 218 00:12:32,751 --> 00:12:35,754 -Blossom Maple Syrup. -If we lose their support, 219 00:12:35,838 --> 00:12:39,800 RIVW won't be able to expand its programming. 220 00:12:40,551 --> 00:12:43,512 You won't be able to give yourself a raise, you mean. 221 00:12:43,596 --> 00:12:45,431 Betty, darling. 222 00:12:46,056 --> 00:12:47,683 Why is this so important to you? 223 00:12:47,766 --> 00:12:52,354 Because what happened to Emmett Till was a complete injustice. 224 00:12:52,438 --> 00:12:56,817 A crime emblematic of everything that's wrong with this country, 225 00:12:56,901 --> 00:13:00,404 and nobody except my friend Toni and her friends seem to care about it. 226 00:13:04,366 --> 00:13:08,787 You know, this might sound crazy, Jug. The first time that I saw her, 227 00:13:08,871 --> 00:13:11,957 it felt like I was hit by a thunderbolt or something. 228 00:13:12,041 --> 00:13:13,000 Shazam! 229 00:13:14,126 --> 00:13:17,171 But how's a guy like me gonna get anywhere with a girl like Veronica 230 00:13:17,254 --> 00:13:18,422 if I'm riding a bicycle? 231 00:13:20,883 --> 00:13:22,760 That's why I'm sneaking this baby out. 232 00:13:22,843 --> 00:13:25,304 [Jughead] I admit, while Archie poured his heart out to me, 233 00:13:25,387 --> 00:13:27,181 I was racking my brains. 234 00:13:27,264 --> 00:13:29,558 If Bailey's Comet was what sent us all to the past, 235 00:13:29,642 --> 00:13:31,852 it might be able to send us back to the future. 236 00:13:31,936 --> 00:13:33,395 But I needed help. 237 00:13:33,479 --> 00:13:35,523 With my friends unaware of their former lives, 238 00:13:35,606 --> 00:13:37,024 how could I make them remember? 239 00:13:37,107 --> 00:13:39,985 It would take some tangible proof to jolt them awake. But what? 240 00:13:40,069 --> 00:13:43,280 Jug, have you seen my dad's hammer? I need to smack this dent out. 241 00:13:43,364 --> 00:13:44,907 Your dad's hammer? 242 00:13:44,990 --> 00:13:46,742 Did everyone bring an item? 243 00:13:46,825 --> 00:13:50,621 Putting in a guitar pick and a hammer from my dad's toolbox. 244 00:13:52,206 --> 00:13:53,457 [Jughead] It was a long shot, 245 00:13:53,541 --> 00:13:55,876 but could that time capsule we buried graduation weekend 246 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:59,630 possibly have survived whatever cosmic event sent us to 1955? 247 00:13:59,713 --> 00:14:02,550 The items might trigger their memories. 248 00:14:02,633 --> 00:14:04,301 Do you have a shovel I could borrow? 249 00:14:06,971 --> 00:14:07,930 [grunts] 250 00:14:09,139 --> 00:14:10,266 [metal clangs] 251 00:14:31,620 --> 00:14:32,496 Thank God. 252 00:14:54,351 --> 00:14:56,270 Well, well, well. 253 00:14:56,353 --> 00:14:57,688 Color me curious. 254 00:14:57,771 --> 00:15:00,190 The All-American Boy is secretly a hot-rodder. 255 00:15:00,274 --> 00:15:02,776 I was hoping I could maybe give you a ride home today. 256 00:15:03,944 --> 00:15:05,070 Consider it a date. 257 00:15:05,154 --> 00:15:09,158 Archie, Veronica. Emergency meeting in the music room. Hurry! 258 00:15:10,910 --> 00:15:12,411 Who is that person again? 259 00:15:19,919 --> 00:15:23,839 What is all this junk, Jughead? These headlines are like Dr. Seuss. 260 00:15:23,923 --> 00:15:26,342 Just take a moment. Look at what you're holding. 261 00:15:28,427 --> 00:15:30,679 Do you remember anything? Do you feel anything? 262 00:15:31,847 --> 00:15:35,434 I mean, I like the jacket, but I've never seen this before. 263 00:15:35,517 --> 00:15:37,478 I've been to a lot of movie sets, 264 00:15:37,561 --> 00:15:41,440 so I know a good prop when I see one, and these are... okay. 265 00:15:41,523 --> 00:15:42,650 They're not props. 266 00:15:42,733 --> 00:15:45,319 Hedwig and the Angry Inch? I don't get it. Inch of what? 267 00:15:45,402 --> 00:15:48,405 When did you even get a chance to bury my dad's hammer in a cooler? 268 00:15:48,489 --> 00:15:49,490 I didn't, you did. 269 00:15:50,199 --> 00:15:55,204 We all buried something of emotional significance in that time capsule 270 00:15:55,287 --> 00:15:56,914 67 years ago. 271 00:15:57,539 --> 00:15:59,041 But in the future. 272 00:15:59,124 --> 00:16:00,793 -The future? -Yeah. 273 00:16:00,876 --> 00:16:04,713 Yes. This is gonna sound nuts, okay? Just hear me out. 274 00:16:05,297 --> 00:16:10,636 Thanks to a cataclysmic event, all of us, we were all sent back in time. 275 00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:14,473 To maybe an alternate, parallel universe. 276 00:16:17,851 --> 00:16:21,105 And we need to get back to our future. 277 00:16:22,022 --> 00:16:22,856 Our present. 278 00:16:22,940 --> 00:16:25,776 I was hoping that by showing you these objects, 279 00:16:25,859 --> 00:16:27,236 it would help jog your memory. 280 00:16:27,319 --> 00:16:29,113 What's your object? What did you bury? 281 00:16:29,196 --> 00:16:30,823 It was a yarn beanie. 282 00:16:30,906 --> 00:16:33,826 -But for whatever reason, it wasn't there. -Oh. 283 00:16:35,869 --> 00:16:38,497 -All right, I'll play along. -Yeah, okay. 284 00:16:38,580 --> 00:16:42,376 In the future, who's more famous, me or Elizabeth Taylor? 285 00:16:42,459 --> 00:16:46,588 Never mind her, she just got here. Bird's-eye view, what's the future like? 286 00:16:46,672 --> 00:16:47,589 Um... 287 00:16:48,507 --> 00:16:50,259 Where do I start? Uh... 288 00:16:51,343 --> 00:16:54,847 Okay. We don't use regular phones anymore. 289 00:16:54,930 --> 00:16:58,225 We use smart phones, which we can carry everywhere. 290 00:16:58,308 --> 00:17:01,562 And ironically, we don't even call people on them. 291 00:17:01,645 --> 00:17:04,982 We just send texts, which are like messages, 292 00:17:05,065 --> 00:17:07,735 and listen to music on Spotify and, uh-- 293 00:17:07,818 --> 00:17:08,902 Oh, the Internet. 294 00:17:08,986 --> 00:17:12,740 It's like having an entire encyclopedia at your fingertips. 295 00:17:12,823 --> 00:17:15,284 Tell us about us. What were we like? 296 00:17:15,367 --> 00:17:18,370 Okay, Archie joined the Army and fought in a war. 297 00:17:18,454 --> 00:17:22,541 Betty, you were in the FBI, and you were hunting down serial killers, 298 00:17:22,624 --> 00:17:25,294 which I guess is a term that doesn't exist yet. 299 00:17:25,377 --> 00:17:28,839 Veronica, you owned a casino, but before that, a speakeasy, 300 00:17:28,922 --> 00:17:31,508 which Toni bought and turned it into a biker bar. 301 00:17:31,592 --> 00:17:32,426 Uh, Kevin... 302 00:17:33,552 --> 00:17:37,931 you directed, uh, some musicals and... 303 00:17:38,599 --> 00:17:41,018 were in an organ-harvesting cult. 304 00:17:41,101 --> 00:17:42,061 Huh. Oh. 305 00:17:42,144 --> 00:17:44,313 -[Veronica chuckles] -Okay. What about me? 306 00:17:44,396 --> 00:17:49,777 Uh, you were possessed by your ancestor and became a witch. 307 00:17:50,736 --> 00:17:51,904 Oh. 308 00:17:51,987 --> 00:17:55,574 If that's what we were doing, why would we wanna go back? 309 00:17:55,657 --> 00:17:58,744 -We sound miserable. -And how would that even happen? 310 00:17:58,827 --> 00:18:01,997 Okay, I have an idea. It's a crazy one, but it might work. 311 00:18:02,081 --> 00:18:04,625 So short of waiting for Bailey's Comet, 312 00:18:04,708 --> 00:18:08,587 the other way that we could break through the space-time barrier 313 00:18:08,670 --> 00:18:14,760 is by getting Archie and Betty to make out on top of Archie's bed, 314 00:18:14,843 --> 00:18:18,138 and then we blow up a bomb underneath them. 315 00:18:18,222 --> 00:18:19,681 [all chuckle] 316 00:18:20,224 --> 00:18:24,061 -Jug, that's enough. Let's go for a walk. -You're not gonna beat me up, are you? 317 00:18:24,144 --> 00:18:28,190 -You're really violent in the future. -What? No. We're gonna talk. Come on. 318 00:18:28,273 --> 00:18:29,608 [Jughead] Just look at that. 319 00:18:29,691 --> 00:18:30,901 You don't understand. 320 00:18:30,984 --> 00:18:32,569 No, Jug, you don't understand. 321 00:18:32,653 --> 00:18:36,281 We are not from the future. Jughead, it's 1955. 322 00:18:37,366 --> 00:18:41,036 Things are hard enough to figure out without your crazy stories 323 00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:44,039 about time traveling and other universes. 324 00:18:44,123 --> 00:18:46,333 And setting off bombs? 325 00:18:46,416 --> 00:18:48,377 I mean, for Pete's sake, Jughead. 326 00:18:48,460 --> 00:18:49,795 If you're not careful, 327 00:18:49,878 --> 00:18:53,132 people might think you belong in a loony bin with the other nut jobs. 328 00:18:53,215 --> 00:18:55,676 -You think I'm crazy? -No, I-- 329 00:18:57,636 --> 00:19:00,681 I think you have an overactive imagination is all. 330 00:19:02,140 --> 00:19:04,852 You should keep writing your comic books and your stories, 331 00:19:04,935 --> 00:19:07,312 instead of trying to convince us that we're trapped 332 00:19:07,396 --> 00:19:09,773 in some science-fiction­ picture-show. 333 00:19:09,857 --> 00:19:11,567 Jug, life is good. 334 00:19:12,317 --> 00:19:14,695 It's not perfect, but what is? 335 00:19:16,029 --> 00:19:18,532 Trust me on this one, will you? Please. 336 00:19:18,615 --> 00:19:19,449 Yeah. 337 00:19:21,118 --> 00:19:22,369 Yeah. Yeah, I know. 338 00:19:22,452 --> 00:19:23,287 Yeah? 339 00:19:24,580 --> 00:19:25,747 Attaboy. 340 00:19:30,627 --> 00:19:34,506 I feel like all I'm doing lately is apologizing to you, Toni, 341 00:19:34,590 --> 00:19:39,303 but my parents say they wouldn't be able to get your story past the Blossoms. 342 00:19:39,386 --> 00:19:42,181 And they sponsor the nightly news, so... 343 00:19:42,264 --> 00:19:43,807 Well, I'm not surprised. 344 00:19:44,433 --> 00:19:47,019 When Emmett was murdered, nobody wanted to talk about it. 345 00:19:47,102 --> 00:19:48,520 Nobody wanted to hear about it. 346 00:19:49,479 --> 00:19:53,442 It took Mrs. Till publishing her son's funeral pictures 347 00:19:53,525 --> 00:19:55,444 for people to finally wake up. 348 00:19:55,944 --> 00:19:57,487 I don't think I know about that. 349 00:19:57,571 --> 00:20:01,158 Before Emmett was buried, his mother asked for an open casket 350 00:20:01,241 --> 00:20:03,869 so people could see what was done to her son. 351 00:20:04,995 --> 00:20:07,331 How he'd been beaten. 352 00:20:07,414 --> 00:20:09,875 Tortured and disfigured. 353 00:20:12,794 --> 00:20:13,754 Toni... 354 00:20:14,671 --> 00:20:17,591 do you have copies of those pictures? 355 00:20:18,425 --> 00:20:19,259 At home. 356 00:20:20,093 --> 00:20:22,221 From when they were in a newsletter. 357 00:20:23,597 --> 00:20:25,098 Are you sure you wanna see them? 358 00:20:25,766 --> 00:20:27,267 ["Bye Bye Blackbird" playing] 359 00:20:30,771 --> 00:20:34,024 ♪ Pack up all my cares... ♪ 360 00:20:34,107 --> 00:20:35,234 [sighs] 361 00:20:35,317 --> 00:20:39,154 Why on God's Earth are you two in such sullen, sulking moods? 362 00:20:39,238 --> 00:20:40,781 It's not like you're poor. 363 00:20:40,864 --> 00:20:45,661 Julian's mad because Veronica Lodge ditched him for a date with Archie. 364 00:20:45,744 --> 00:20:48,455 And Cheryl's mad because suddenly she's not the most beautiful, 365 00:20:48,538 --> 00:20:51,083 most interesting girl at Riverdale High anymore. 366 00:20:51,166 --> 00:20:52,668 -As if she ever was. -[scoffs] 367 00:20:53,210 --> 00:20:56,838 Anyway, these inane movie magazines came in the mail for you. 368 00:20:56,922 --> 00:20:58,632 Perhaps they'll cheer you up. 369 00:21:08,350 --> 00:21:10,352 ♪ Bye-bye... ♪ 370 00:21:11,728 --> 00:21:13,188 ["See You Later, Alligator" playing] 371 00:21:16,817 --> 00:21:19,319 -They're good, right? -Delicious. 372 00:21:19,403 --> 00:21:23,407 These onion rings might be better than the ones at the Brown Derby. 373 00:21:24,449 --> 00:21:25,701 Uh, what's the Brown Derby? 374 00:21:26,535 --> 00:21:28,245 It's a chain of restaurants 375 00:21:28,328 --> 00:21:30,914 that Gloria Swanson's husband started in Los Angeles. 376 00:21:31,915 --> 00:21:33,542 Who's Gloria Swanson? 377 00:21:35,168 --> 00:21:37,337 You know what? Let's skip it. 378 00:21:37,421 --> 00:21:40,632 Enough Hollywood talk. I want to hear about you. 379 00:21:40,716 --> 00:21:43,093 Tell me everything about Archie Andrews, 380 00:21:43,176 --> 00:21:44,469 the hot-rodder next door. 381 00:21:44,553 --> 00:21:46,054 What do you do for fun? 382 00:21:46,138 --> 00:21:49,057 Well, I work on my car. I like sports. 383 00:21:49,808 --> 00:21:52,227 Um, I come here to Pop's. 384 00:21:53,103 --> 00:21:56,189 And I hang out at Sweetwater River. Yeah. 385 00:21:57,149 --> 00:21:58,358 To skinny-dip, I hope? 386 00:21:59,818 --> 00:22:01,153 Uh, mostly to fish. 387 00:22:01,737 --> 00:22:03,280 My dad and I used to go together. 388 00:22:03,363 --> 00:22:04,531 "Used to"? 389 00:22:05,615 --> 00:22:07,534 Yeah, he's around anymore. 390 00:22:07,617 --> 00:22:10,412 He served in the Korean War and he didn't make it back. 391 00:22:10,495 --> 00:22:12,205 Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean-- 392 00:22:12,289 --> 00:22:14,750 It's okay. It's okay. You didn't know. 393 00:22:16,585 --> 00:22:18,086 It's just me and my mom now. 394 00:22:18,170 --> 00:22:20,589 She works part-time at the dress shop downtown. 395 00:22:21,298 --> 00:22:23,967 Oh. Well, I will have to pay her a visit. 396 00:22:24,051 --> 00:22:26,094 I'll make sure she gives you a discount. 397 00:22:29,222 --> 00:22:30,640 What about girls? 398 00:22:31,725 --> 00:22:33,685 I mean, as handsome as you are, 399 00:22:33,769 --> 00:22:36,313 I assume you're beating them off with a stick. 400 00:22:36,813 --> 00:22:37,773 Uh... 401 00:22:38,523 --> 00:22:41,735 Well, I'm probably digging myself into a hole here, but, uh... 402 00:22:42,569 --> 00:22:46,198 you know, I've never had a serious girlfriend before. 403 00:22:47,324 --> 00:22:49,493 Really? Why is that? 404 00:22:49,576 --> 00:22:52,204 I don't know. Maybe I just haven't met the right girl yet. 405 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:56,124 Until now. 406 00:23:01,588 --> 00:23:03,256 [door opens, then bells jingle] 407 00:23:04,341 --> 00:23:05,550 [speaking French] 408 00:23:05,634 --> 00:23:06,760 Excuse me? 409 00:23:08,428 --> 00:23:10,138 Cheryl, what is your problem? 410 00:23:10,222 --> 00:23:11,306 She is my problem. 411 00:23:11,389 --> 00:23:13,934 Veronica Lodge is nothing but a liar and a fraud, 412 00:23:14,017 --> 00:23:16,937 and I'm going to make sure the entire world knows it. 413 00:23:17,729 --> 00:23:20,398 You're not starring in Our Town, Natalie Wood is. 414 00:23:20,482 --> 00:23:21,650 It says so right there. 415 00:23:21,733 --> 00:23:23,693 You've been lying ever since you got here, 416 00:23:23,777 --> 00:23:27,322 which makes me wonder, why are you actually in Riverdale? 417 00:23:27,405 --> 00:23:28,532 Was it your choice? 418 00:23:28,615 --> 00:23:30,408 Or did your parents banish you 419 00:23:30,492 --> 00:23:33,870 because they were fed up with their liar of a spoiled brat daughter? 420 00:23:33,954 --> 00:23:35,789 [onlookers gasping, then chattering] 421 00:23:41,586 --> 00:23:44,047 -Hey, it's okay. -[sobbing] 422 00:23:44,131 --> 00:23:46,174 That's just sort of what Cheryl's like. 423 00:23:46,258 --> 00:23:48,635 But don't worry, no one takes her seriously. 424 00:23:48,718 --> 00:23:50,720 In this case, she's right, though. 425 00:23:52,264 --> 00:23:55,767 I haven't been entirely honest with you guys. 426 00:23:56,601 --> 00:24:00,605 The truth is, my parents did banish me. 427 00:24:01,356 --> 00:24:02,440 Why would they do that? 428 00:24:02,524 --> 00:24:05,735 Because I'm a problem. 429 00:24:05,819 --> 00:24:08,613 And when problems interfere with their lives, 430 00:24:08,697 --> 00:24:10,448 they make them go away. 431 00:24:11,074 --> 00:24:15,537 In a way, it feels like they've been making me go away 432 00:24:15,620 --> 00:24:16,788 since I was born. 433 00:24:17,581 --> 00:24:20,709 Ignoring me and sidelining me since they... 434 00:24:22,002 --> 00:24:24,129 started that damn show of theirs. 435 00:24:25,046 --> 00:24:27,132 So I began acting out... 436 00:24:28,049 --> 00:24:31,553 like some spoiled little rich girl, to get their attention. 437 00:24:31,636 --> 00:24:34,472 And the straw that finally broke the camel's back 438 00:24:34,556 --> 00:24:39,686 and made my parents ship me across the country was... 439 00:24:40,896 --> 00:24:43,440 -the accident. -With James Dean? 440 00:24:43,523 --> 00:24:44,524 You were in the car? 441 00:24:44,608 --> 00:24:49,988 No, I was part of a convoy of some other good-time girls. 442 00:24:50,071 --> 00:24:53,533 We were gonna cheer Jimmy on at a race in Salinas. 443 00:24:54,075 --> 00:24:56,703 Anyway, to keep my name out of the papers, 444 00:24:56,786 --> 00:24:59,915 my parents spirited me away 445 00:24:59,998 --> 00:25:02,125 and put me on a private plane to Riverdale. 446 00:25:02,209 --> 00:25:04,294 To live with your aunt and uncle. 447 00:25:04,377 --> 00:25:06,546 They don't exist, Archie. 448 00:25:06,630 --> 00:25:08,715 This is my parents' place. 449 00:25:09,674 --> 00:25:10,759 I can't... 450 00:25:12,093 --> 00:25:14,054 believe they would do that. 451 00:25:14,763 --> 00:25:16,932 I mean, exile you to live alone. 452 00:25:18,016 --> 00:25:20,268 Like a fairy tale princess, I guess. 453 00:25:22,562 --> 00:25:25,565 The show's their real baby, Archie. Not me. 454 00:25:35,992 --> 00:25:36,910 [Mary] Archie. 455 00:25:38,745 --> 00:25:39,704 Mom. 456 00:25:41,665 --> 00:25:44,084 -What are you doing up? -Waiting for you. 457 00:25:44,793 --> 00:25:47,796 I went into the garage to get a screwdriver 458 00:25:47,879 --> 00:25:50,257 and I saw that you'd taken your car out. 459 00:25:50,340 --> 00:25:53,510 -Mom, I can explain. -You're grounded, Archie. 460 00:25:54,761 --> 00:25:57,264 Because I took my car out without your permission? 461 00:25:58,181 --> 00:26:00,976 [scoffs] Why is that a criminal offense? 462 00:26:01,059 --> 00:26:03,812 The pictures of James Dean's car crash. 463 00:26:04,729 --> 00:26:05,772 [Mary sighs] 464 00:26:05,855 --> 00:26:07,607 I can't lose you... 465 00:26:08,692 --> 00:26:10,235 like I lost your father. 466 00:26:14,656 --> 00:26:16,866 And I can't get a call in the middle of the night 467 00:26:16,950 --> 00:26:20,745 telling me that you wrapped your car around some telephone pole. 468 00:26:20,829 --> 00:26:22,664 Come on, Mom. You won't. 469 00:26:23,290 --> 00:26:24,207 You won't. 470 00:26:24,791 --> 00:26:26,626 And I promise I won't speed. 471 00:26:26,710 --> 00:26:28,295 I won't go drag-racing. 472 00:26:29,129 --> 00:26:33,883 In fact, I'll ask Betty to un-soup my car so that it doesn't go faster than... 473 00:26:34,884 --> 00:26:37,429 Than... 25 miles an hour. 474 00:26:37,512 --> 00:26:38,930 -Fifteen. -Twenty. 475 00:26:39,639 --> 00:26:40,515 Deal. 476 00:26:41,266 --> 00:26:42,100 Deal. 477 00:26:42,934 --> 00:26:44,811 -Twenty. Sounds great. -Okay. 478 00:26:51,651 --> 00:26:53,778 ["Oh, Mija!" theme music playing on TV] 479 00:26:53,862 --> 00:26:55,363 [announcer on TV] Oh, Mija! 480 00:26:55,447 --> 00:27:00,452 Starring Hiram Lodge, Hermione Lodge, and Tillie Temple as "Little Ronnie." 481 00:27:00,535 --> 00:27:01,745 Bitch. 482 00:27:02,412 --> 00:27:03,663 [phone ringing] 483 00:27:09,294 --> 00:27:10,211 Hello? 484 00:27:10,295 --> 00:27:12,505 [Hermione over phone] Veronica? Veronica, can you hear me? 485 00:27:12,589 --> 00:27:14,924 Mom? Yes. Yes, I can. 486 00:27:15,008 --> 00:27:16,634 How are you? Where are you? 487 00:27:16,718 --> 00:27:18,595 Listen, darling, I only have a minute. 488 00:27:18,678 --> 00:27:22,098 But what's this I'm hearing about a boy at the apartment? 489 00:27:22,182 --> 00:27:25,143 We didn't send you to Riverdale to get into more trouble. 490 00:27:25,226 --> 00:27:27,437 Mom, please. It was nothing. 491 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:29,356 He's just a friend from school. 492 00:27:29,439 --> 00:27:32,067 Good. Good. That's music to my ears. 493 00:27:32,984 --> 00:27:35,487 Mom, have you decided on Thanksgiving yet? 494 00:27:35,570 --> 00:27:36,446 I can fly back-- 495 00:27:36,529 --> 00:27:39,240 Oh, honey, I'm sorry, I have to go. Your Uncle Orson just arrived. 496 00:27:39,324 --> 00:27:44,120 But, please, mija, fly right, no boys, and we'll see about the holidays. 497 00:27:44,204 --> 00:27:46,539 Talk soon. Kisses. Mwah. 498 00:27:48,708 --> 00:27:50,627 [studio audience laughing on TV] 499 00:27:55,757 --> 00:27:57,592 ["Strange Fruit" playing] 500 00:28:04,641 --> 00:28:06,810 ♪ Southern trees... ♪ 501 00:28:08,395 --> 00:28:11,648 [Betty] Thank you for letting me borrow the newsletter, Toni. 502 00:28:15,026 --> 00:28:16,444 I had no idea. 503 00:28:19,030 --> 00:28:22,033 [Toni] The pictures make it so much more real, don't they? 504 00:28:22,784 --> 00:28:25,036 Can you imagine the strength and courage 505 00:28:25,120 --> 00:28:27,622 it took Mrs. Till to let them be published? 506 00:28:28,581 --> 00:28:29,874 I truly can't. 507 00:28:32,001 --> 00:28:36,172 But it did help me decide that I'm going to publish your article 508 00:28:36,256 --> 00:28:38,174 in the next edition of The Blue and Gold. 509 00:28:38,258 --> 00:28:39,634 Consequences be damned. 510 00:28:39,717 --> 00:28:42,178 I may have a different idea. 511 00:28:42,262 --> 00:28:44,264 Nobody wanted to see these pictures, 512 00:28:44,347 --> 00:28:47,642 and Featherhead and the Blossoms don't want anybody to read my article. 513 00:28:47,726 --> 00:28:49,060 Fine. 514 00:28:49,144 --> 00:28:53,606 But what about a poem about Emmett Till, read during the morning announcements? 515 00:28:53,690 --> 00:28:55,900 But Cheryl does the morning announcements. 516 00:28:55,984 --> 00:28:56,985 Exactly. 517 00:28:57,068 --> 00:28:58,069 I don't know her well, 518 00:28:58,153 --> 00:29:00,739 but she's gonna make up for her parents' cowardice. 519 00:29:01,656 --> 00:29:03,450 You wanna help with an ambush? 520 00:29:08,204 --> 00:29:09,414 [Tabitha] Hey. 521 00:29:09,497 --> 00:29:10,457 Jughead? 522 00:29:10,540 --> 00:29:12,792 Tabitha. Hi. 523 00:29:14,002 --> 00:29:16,421 Remember that offer you made me before? 524 00:29:16,504 --> 00:29:18,715 To help out in any way that you can? 525 00:29:18,798 --> 00:29:20,049 Oh, yeah. Yes. 526 00:29:20,133 --> 00:29:22,218 -Uh, of course. -Well, um, 527 00:29:22,302 --> 00:29:26,306 the NAACP asked Emmett Till's mother to travel around the country 528 00:29:26,389 --> 00:29:28,391 to speak about what happened to her son, 529 00:29:28,475 --> 00:29:32,562 and my folks are joining the tour to pitch-in. 530 00:29:34,314 --> 00:29:38,151 I've decided that... I wanna go with them. 531 00:29:39,569 --> 00:29:42,113 After I help Toni with a little something. 532 00:29:43,031 --> 00:29:44,199 That's incredible. 533 00:29:45,033 --> 00:29:47,785 -They're letting you drop out of school? -No. 534 00:29:47,869 --> 00:29:50,872 But I got special permission from Featherhead. 535 00:29:50,955 --> 00:29:52,248 I'll have my books with me, 536 00:29:52,332 --> 00:29:56,211 but I'd love to have a friend help me stay on top of everything. 537 00:29:56,294 --> 00:29:58,004 Okay. Yeah. I'll do it. 538 00:29:59,798 --> 00:30:02,133 Thank you. I so appreciate it. 539 00:30:03,134 --> 00:30:04,719 -I'll be in touch, okay? -Awesome. 540 00:30:04,803 --> 00:30:06,221 I mean, um... 541 00:30:06,304 --> 00:30:07,597 Swell. 542 00:30:14,521 --> 00:30:16,022 Hey, Cheryl. 543 00:30:16,731 --> 00:30:18,775 Can we talk to you for a second? 544 00:30:18,858 --> 00:30:21,528 What can I do for you... Toni, is it? 545 00:30:21,611 --> 00:30:22,862 And Betty. 546 00:30:23,655 --> 00:30:26,199 Your family controls RIVW, 547 00:30:26,282 --> 00:30:29,828 which means they control what Riverdale watches. 548 00:30:29,911 --> 00:30:31,246 Principal Featherhead decides 549 00:30:31,329 --> 00:30:33,665 what I can and cannot publish in the Blue and Gold. 550 00:30:33,748 --> 00:30:38,461 The powers that be have silenced my article on Emmett Till's murder trial, 551 00:30:38,545 --> 00:30:40,463 but you can fix this. 552 00:30:40,547 --> 00:30:42,757 During the morning announcements. 553 00:30:43,591 --> 00:30:45,134 As Junior Class President, 554 00:30:45,218 --> 00:30:48,429 I can't read an article Principal Featherhead has rejected. 555 00:30:48,513 --> 00:30:50,807 Not an article. Something else. 556 00:30:50,890 --> 00:30:52,725 He'd pull the plug. He's done it before. 557 00:30:52,809 --> 00:30:54,978 We'll take care of Featherhead. 558 00:30:55,061 --> 00:30:58,231 All you have to do is let us borrow your soapbox for a few minutes. 559 00:31:00,775 --> 00:31:02,235 What would I be reading? 560 00:31:10,285 --> 00:31:13,288 Good morning, Ms. Bell. Are you ready for morning announcements? 561 00:31:13,371 --> 00:31:16,207 Apparently, one of your classmates, Tabitha Tate, 562 00:31:16,291 --> 00:31:18,042 has passed out on the football field. 563 00:31:18,126 --> 00:31:20,503 Principal Featherhead is tending to her. 564 00:31:20,587 --> 00:31:23,673 I'm to bring both him and her some smelling salts. 565 00:31:23,756 --> 00:31:24,882 You don't say. 566 00:31:24,966 --> 00:31:26,718 You know how to use the microphone? 567 00:31:26,801 --> 00:31:27,719 -Indeed, I do. -[sighs] 568 00:31:27,802 --> 00:31:31,514 Don't worry, Ms. Bell, all will be well. Toodles. 569 00:31:38,646 --> 00:31:39,856 [microphone feedback whines] 570 00:31:39,939 --> 00:31:41,482 [Cheryl] Good morning, Riverdalians. 571 00:31:42,108 --> 00:31:44,819 In lieu of our usual morning announcements, 572 00:31:44,903 --> 00:31:46,362 I, Cheryl Blossom, 573 00:31:46,446 --> 00:31:51,159 will be turning over my microphone to one of our classmates, Toni Topaz. 574 00:31:51,242 --> 00:31:54,287 Please give her your undivided attention. 575 00:31:58,541 --> 00:32:02,211 Some of you may have heard what's happening in Mississippi right now. 576 00:32:02,754 --> 00:32:05,340 How a 14-year-old boy, Emmett Till, 577 00:32:05,423 --> 00:32:09,010 was murdered for maybe whistling at a white woman. 578 00:32:09,093 --> 00:32:11,304 And how his killers were just acquitted. 579 00:32:11,387 --> 00:32:13,973 I wrote an article about the trial, 580 00:32:14,057 --> 00:32:18,436 and nobody wants you to read it because it is too upsetting. 581 00:32:18,519 --> 00:32:19,812 So instead, 582 00:32:19,896 --> 00:32:23,608 I'll read a poem that the great American writer Langston Hughes 583 00:32:23,691 --> 00:32:25,485 wrote about Emmett Till. 584 00:32:26,194 --> 00:32:28,905 It's titled "Mississippi-1955," 585 00:32:28,988 --> 00:32:34,661 and I hope you hear his words and reflect on them, 586 00:32:34,744 --> 00:32:37,372 and talk to each other about them. 587 00:32:42,794 --> 00:32:44,504 Oh, what sorrow! 588 00:32:44,587 --> 00:32:46,089 Oh, what pity! 589 00:32:46,172 --> 00:32:47,715 Oh, what pain! 590 00:32:48,549 --> 00:32:50,051 That tears and blood 591 00:32:50,134 --> 00:32:51,886 Should mix like rain 592 00:32:51,969 --> 00:32:54,514 And terror come again To Mississippi 593 00:32:55,181 --> 00:32:58,309 Come again? Where has terror been? 594 00:32:59,227 --> 00:33:01,938 On vacation? Up North? 595 00:33:02,021 --> 00:33:04,899 In some other section Of the nation 596 00:33:04,983 --> 00:33:08,069 Lying low, unpublicized? 597 00:33:08,152 --> 00:33:08,986 Masked 598 00:33:09,070 --> 00:33:12,365 With only jaundiced eyes Showing through the mask? 599 00:33:13,950 --> 00:33:15,368 Oh, what sorrow 600 00:33:15,451 --> 00:33:17,495 Pity, pain 601 00:33:17,578 --> 00:33:19,247 That tears and blood 602 00:33:19,330 --> 00:33:20,957 Should mix like rain 603 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:22,667 In Mississippi! 604 00:33:22,750 --> 00:33:24,669 And terror, fetid hot 605 00:33:25,461 --> 00:33:27,255 Yet clammy cold 606 00:33:27,338 --> 00:33:28,297 Remain 607 00:33:33,136 --> 00:33:35,471 [Jughead] I don't think any of the students at Riverdale High 608 00:33:35,555 --> 00:33:37,223 had ever heard a poem like that. 609 00:33:38,015 --> 00:33:41,936 Hopefully it was worth whatever blowback the girls were certain to get. 610 00:33:42,020 --> 00:33:43,021 The lies. 611 00:33:43,813 --> 00:33:46,107 The insubordination. The trickery. 612 00:33:46,190 --> 00:33:48,192 I did feel sick. 613 00:33:48,735 --> 00:33:50,820 Then I felt better. 614 00:33:50,903 --> 00:33:54,490 Surely you aren't saying we can't read poems during announcements. 615 00:33:54,574 --> 00:33:56,784 A poem written by one of our greatest authors. 616 00:33:56,868 --> 00:34:01,456 All poems read during announcements must be approved by me. 617 00:34:01,539 --> 00:34:04,042 This is the first I've heard of any such rule, 618 00:34:04,125 --> 00:34:05,752 but I assure you, moving forward, 619 00:34:05,835 --> 00:34:08,087 all poems will be submitted for your approval. 620 00:34:08,171 --> 00:34:09,756 Cross my heart and hope to die. 621 00:34:12,341 --> 00:34:15,928 I'm not sure what you ladies think you've accomplished... 622 00:34:16,971 --> 00:34:18,848 [Jughead] But something had been accomplished. 623 00:34:18,931 --> 00:34:21,768 Given recent events, it might be fruitful for us 624 00:34:21,851 --> 00:34:26,272 to discuss the poem Langston Hughes wrote about Emmett Till. 625 00:34:31,569 --> 00:34:33,362 How did it make you feel? 626 00:34:40,036 --> 00:34:40,953 Angry. 627 00:34:43,915 --> 00:34:45,500 Upset. 628 00:34:45,583 --> 00:34:46,918 Hopeless. 629 00:34:50,379 --> 00:34:52,340 Was he really just 14 years old? 630 00:34:53,007 --> 00:34:54,008 He was. 631 00:34:55,176 --> 00:34:57,678 He was younger than all of us in this room. 632 00:34:58,805 --> 00:35:01,265 Taken out of his home in the middle of the night. 633 00:35:02,391 --> 00:35:03,351 Beaten. 634 00:35:04,143 --> 00:35:05,019 Tortured. 635 00:35:05,103 --> 00:35:07,355 His body thrown into the river. 636 00:35:10,942 --> 00:35:13,569 Ms. Topaz, Ms. Tate, Mr. Walker, 637 00:35:13,653 --> 00:35:16,531 I understand that you were in Mississippi for the trial. 638 00:35:16,614 --> 00:35:19,826 If you're comfortable sharing your experience, 639 00:35:19,909 --> 00:35:23,246 I believe it would be valuable for the rest of us 640 00:35:23,329 --> 00:35:25,581 to hear about what you saw. 641 00:35:25,665 --> 00:35:27,041 Ms. Topaz, 642 00:35:28,042 --> 00:35:29,252 would you like to start? 643 00:35:34,841 --> 00:35:37,552 [Jughead] Fitfully, but also necessarily, 644 00:35:37,635 --> 00:35:40,930 a conversation that might not have happened for decades 645 00:35:41,013 --> 00:35:43,516 began at Riverdale High that afternoon. 646 00:35:49,981 --> 00:35:51,691 ["Baby, Please" playing] 647 00:35:58,698 --> 00:36:01,242 Hey, Dollface. What do you say? 648 00:36:01,993 --> 00:36:03,536 Want a ride to Pop's, Ronnie? 649 00:36:07,165 --> 00:36:09,709 Hmm. I see two paths before me. 650 00:36:10,501 --> 00:36:12,003 Light and dark. 651 00:36:12,879 --> 00:36:14,297 Fast and slow. 652 00:36:15,131 --> 00:36:17,550 Shallow and earnest. 653 00:36:18,759 --> 00:36:20,052 But today... 654 00:36:21,679 --> 00:36:23,931 I believe I'll walk home, fellas. 655 00:36:30,146 --> 00:36:33,649 ♪ 'Cause you know, know... ♪ 656 00:36:34,650 --> 00:36:36,152 [Jughead] Had it finally happened? 657 00:36:36,819 --> 00:36:38,279 Had I lost my mind? 658 00:36:38,362 --> 00:36:40,364 Maybe 1955 wasn't the dream. 659 00:36:40,448 --> 00:36:42,867 Maybe the future, that was the dream, 660 00:36:42,950 --> 00:36:44,535 and I finally woke up. 661 00:36:45,161 --> 00:36:46,412 [Tabitha] Hi, stranger. 662 00:36:46,996 --> 00:36:48,414 Mind if I join you? 663 00:36:49,498 --> 00:36:52,084 Yeah. I thought you were leaving. 664 00:36:53,211 --> 00:36:57,214 I'm not the Tabitha from 1955. 665 00:36:57,798 --> 00:37:00,635 She's with her parents, heading to Memphis. 666 00:37:01,177 --> 00:37:02,887 -I'm... -Riverdale's guardian angel. 667 00:37:03,888 --> 00:37:07,016 ...the Tabitha who remembers and loves you. 668 00:37:07,099 --> 00:37:08,601 Oh, my God. 669 00:37:08,684 --> 00:37:12,271 You need to use your chronokinesis and get us the hell out of 1955. 670 00:37:12,355 --> 00:37:15,441 Archie is trying to get me committed to the Sisters of Quiet Mercy. 671 00:37:16,150 --> 00:37:18,903 God, it's so-- I'm so happy to see you. 672 00:37:19,528 --> 00:37:21,364 I'm happy to see you too... 673 00:37:22,323 --> 00:37:24,784 but I can't take us home. 674 00:37:25,993 --> 00:37:26,994 Not yet. 675 00:37:28,371 --> 00:37:29,205 Why not? 676 00:37:29,288 --> 00:37:30,790 Our last-minute gambit 677 00:37:30,873 --> 00:37:34,043 to stop Bailey's Comet from destroying Riverdale... 678 00:37:34,835 --> 00:37:36,212 didn't work. 679 00:37:36,295 --> 00:37:37,922 So the comet hit? 680 00:37:39,131 --> 00:37:42,259 And it triggered an extinction-level event. 681 00:37:44,845 --> 00:37:46,639 Are we all dead? 682 00:37:47,431 --> 00:37:50,893 [stammers] Is that what this is? The Sweet Hereafter? 683 00:37:50,977 --> 00:37:52,520 No, we are alive... 684 00:37:53,646 --> 00:37:55,523 in the past. I had a Plan B. 685 00:37:57,108 --> 00:37:58,526 At the moment of impact, 686 00:37:58,609 --> 00:38:03,239 I used what was left of my life-force to send everyone back to the past. 687 00:38:03,322 --> 00:38:05,992 Far enough that it might give us the necessary runway 688 00:38:06,075 --> 00:38:07,660 to make it back to the present, 689 00:38:07,743 --> 00:38:10,204 a present in which Riverdale isn't destroyed by Bailey's Comet. 690 00:38:10,288 --> 00:38:12,665 Is that even possible? 691 00:38:12,748 --> 00:38:14,000 Hopefully. 692 00:38:15,126 --> 00:38:17,253 But if it is, I have to do it alone. 693 00:38:17,795 --> 00:38:20,298 By exploring and untangling the various timelines 694 00:38:20,381 --> 00:38:23,175 that became knotted and entwined when the comet struck. 695 00:38:23,259 --> 00:38:24,927 Well, what about the rest of us? 696 00:38:26,220 --> 00:38:29,056 You all have to make a go of it here in the '50s 697 00:38:29,140 --> 00:38:33,269 by doing what you can to ensure, to paraphrase one of my heroes, 698 00:38:33,352 --> 00:38:37,940 that the moral arc of this universe bends towards justice. 699 00:38:38,024 --> 00:38:41,360 That way, when I finally do untangle the various timelines, 700 00:38:41,444 --> 00:38:43,821 we can make it back to a Riverdale 701 00:38:43,904 --> 00:38:47,867 that isn't on the verge of moral and societal collapse. 702 00:38:49,327 --> 00:38:50,703 But fair warning, 703 00:38:50,786 --> 00:38:54,707 given the near-infinite number of timelines and universes, 704 00:38:54,790 --> 00:38:56,625 it could take a while. 705 00:38:56,709 --> 00:38:58,502 So you better get comfortable. 706 00:38:58,586 --> 00:38:59,670 Oh. 707 00:39:00,463 --> 00:39:04,050 I mean, how can I? I remember everything about our old lives. 708 00:39:04,133 --> 00:39:07,219 You asking questions, creating ripples... 709 00:39:07,303 --> 00:39:08,262 [grunts] 710 00:39:09,263 --> 00:39:12,141 That's what drew me here. 711 00:39:12,725 --> 00:39:16,187 Jughead, you remembering is an anomaly, 712 00:39:16,812 --> 00:39:19,065 a dangerous one that I'm here to fix. 713 00:39:19,148 --> 00:39:20,733 By making you forget. 714 00:39:22,109 --> 00:39:24,320 Otherwise, your knowledge could drive you insane. 715 00:39:24,403 --> 00:39:28,449 Or it could drive you to do something that further corrupts this timeline. 716 00:39:31,952 --> 00:39:33,913 Will I--? I'll forget everything? 717 00:39:34,914 --> 00:39:35,831 Yes. 718 00:39:36,874 --> 00:39:38,584 You'd be just like everyone else. 719 00:39:38,667 --> 00:39:42,463 Able to live in the present, in the moment. 720 00:39:46,050 --> 00:39:48,844 Well, I don't want to forget about you, 721 00:39:48,928 --> 00:39:49,845 or about us. 722 00:39:50,721 --> 00:39:51,639 I know. 723 00:39:53,265 --> 00:39:54,600 But you have to. 724 00:39:55,810 --> 00:39:57,061 It's for the best. 725 00:40:08,030 --> 00:40:09,406 [jukebox clanking] 726 00:40:13,202 --> 00:40:15,204 ["A Real Hero" playing over jukebox] 727 00:40:55,286 --> 00:40:57,997 [Jughead] In those first few seconds after Angel Tabitha disappeared, 728 00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:00,666 I could feel the effects of her kiss taking hold. 729 00:41:00,749 --> 00:41:03,127 But for the moment, I still remembered. 730 00:41:03,210 --> 00:41:05,921 I needed to write down everything, our stories, our lives, 731 00:41:06,005 --> 00:41:07,423 before it was too late. 732 00:41:18,142 --> 00:41:21,437 But then, like mist evaporating in the sun, 733 00:41:22,146 --> 00:41:23,147 it was all gone. 734 00:41:23,814 --> 00:41:25,941 I'd only managed to get down three words: 735 00:41:26,025 --> 00:41:28,319 "Bend," "towards," "justice." 736 00:41:28,402 --> 00:41:30,321 Meaning what, exactly? 737 00:41:30,863 --> 00:41:32,990 And that wasn't even the weirdest thing. 738 00:41:33,073 --> 00:41:34,241 That would be the sudden, 739 00:41:34,325 --> 00:41:37,828 inexplicable appearance of something I've never seen before. 740 00:41:47,463 --> 00:41:48,797 [dramatic music playing] 741 00:42:00,893 --> 00:42:02,853 [theme music playing] g]