1 00:00:02,001 --> 00:00:05,547 [Jughead] The popularity and cultural impact of comic books in our time 2 00:00:05,630 --> 00:00:06,881 cannot be overstated. 3 00:00:06,965 --> 00:00:11,010 Superheroes were out, horror and crime comics were in. 4 00:00:11,094 --> 00:00:13,638 And me and my friends were obsessed. 5 00:00:13,722 --> 00:00:14,806 What the hell? 6 00:00:19,227 --> 00:00:20,895 You've gotta be kidding me. 7 00:00:23,857 --> 00:00:26,151 Guys, you're not gonna believe this. 8 00:00:26,234 --> 00:00:28,737 Do you remember when I submitted my story to Pep Comics 9 00:00:28,820 --> 00:00:32,240 and I received that asinine form rejection letter? 10 00:00:32,323 --> 00:00:35,410 Well, they stole my story. 11 00:00:35,493 --> 00:00:38,997 -And published it. -Stole it? You mean, word for word? 12 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:41,708 Well, not word for word, but it's definitely my story. 13 00:00:41,791 --> 00:00:43,293 I should sue them, right? 14 00:00:43,793 --> 00:00:47,255 -Can you prove it was your story? -Maybe start by giving them a call. 15 00:00:47,338 --> 00:00:49,382 Oh, shucks to that. 16 00:00:49,466 --> 00:00:52,343 Pep Comics is right here in town. I'm gonna go pay them a visit. 17 00:00:52,844 --> 00:00:53,803 Who's with me? 18 00:00:57,515 --> 00:00:58,975 [xylophone chimes] 19 00:00:59,059 --> 00:01:00,935 Good morning, Riverdalians. 20 00:01:01,019 --> 00:01:04,564 Let's begin with the most exciting news ever, 21 00:01:04,647 --> 00:01:07,650 which is that the Entertainment Committee, chaired by yours truly, 22 00:01:07,734 --> 00:01:10,320 is hosting its first dance of the year. 23 00:01:10,403 --> 00:01:13,490 Our annual sock hop taking place this Friday night. 24 00:01:13,573 --> 00:01:15,909 As is customary, no shoes allowed on the gym floor, 25 00:01:15,992 --> 00:01:18,620 so, boys, before you ask your best girls out, 26 00:01:18,703 --> 00:01:21,790 make sure that your socks match and that they don't have any holes. 27 00:01:21,873 --> 00:01:26,377 In short, the whole event is sure to be the bee's knees in the cat's pajamas. 28 00:01:26,461 --> 00:01:29,631 Tickets will be on sale all week, and you'll wanna snap them up early, 29 00:01:29,714 --> 00:01:33,051 as I can now confirm that Kevin and the Crooners will be headlining. 30 00:01:33,551 --> 00:01:34,719 See you all there. 31 00:01:35,261 --> 00:01:36,346 [school bell ringing] 32 00:01:37,931 --> 00:01:39,015 Hey, Veronica. 33 00:01:41,351 --> 00:01:44,938 I was wondering if you wanted to go to the sock hop with me. 34 00:01:45,897 --> 00:01:48,274 That depends. Can you cut a rug? 35 00:01:49,943 --> 00:01:51,277 Are you a good dancer? 36 00:01:52,487 --> 00:01:55,657 -Oh, yeah. Of course I am. -I'm sure I believe you. 37 00:01:55,740 --> 00:01:58,076 But I'm still gonna need a demonstration, daddy-o. 38 00:02:03,289 --> 00:02:06,793 Toni Topaz. Here to buy your ticket to the sock hop, I hope? 39 00:02:06,876 --> 00:02:09,546 That depends. Are you asking me out? 40 00:02:10,213 --> 00:02:12,799 What? Why, I-- Of course not. No. 41 00:02:12,882 --> 00:02:14,717 I'm hosting the dance. 42 00:02:14,801 --> 00:02:16,761 I couldn't possibly be saddled with a date. 43 00:02:16,845 --> 00:02:18,429 Not to mention, you're a-- 44 00:02:18,513 --> 00:02:20,974 And I'm also-- Um, and girls don't-- 45 00:02:21,057 --> 00:02:24,060 Don't what? Dance with other girls? 46 00:02:24,144 --> 00:02:26,271 Calm down, Peggy Sue. 47 00:02:26,354 --> 00:02:28,606 No, I'm not buying a ticket. 48 00:02:28,690 --> 00:02:31,568 My pal Fangs here is a singer 49 00:02:31,651 --> 00:02:35,321 and we were hoping that you could give him a shot at playing at the sock hop. 50 00:02:35,405 --> 00:02:36,698 Add him to the lineup. 51 00:02:36,781 --> 00:02:39,576 And the Serpents will be there in full force. 52 00:02:39,659 --> 00:02:42,829 Hmm. And start a rumble as greasers are wont to do? 53 00:02:42,912 --> 00:02:43,872 No, thank you. 54 00:02:43,955 --> 00:02:46,541 Kevin and the Crooners will be performing as previously announced. 55 00:02:46,624 --> 00:02:48,126 Well, we offered. 56 00:02:48,209 --> 00:02:51,296 Good luck selling tickets with that B-grade barbershop quartet. 57 00:02:53,673 --> 00:02:54,632 Later, Midge. 58 00:03:01,347 --> 00:03:03,016 [phone rings] 59 00:03:04,017 --> 00:03:04,893 [door opens] 60 00:03:06,811 --> 00:03:07,896 Okay, Bernie. 61 00:03:08,938 --> 00:03:10,231 Who's the kid? 62 00:03:10,315 --> 00:03:12,025 He's a writer, Al. 63 00:03:12,609 --> 00:03:16,070 -Says we stole one of his stories. -All right, come on in. 64 00:03:16,696 --> 00:03:18,323 Tell me your tale of woe. 65 00:03:22,118 --> 00:03:25,246 So you're accusing me of what, exactly? 66 00:03:25,788 --> 00:03:29,042 Well, I submitted a story, then you rejected it, 67 00:03:29,125 --> 00:03:35,757 and then, surprise, surprise, you ran a story that was exactly like it. 68 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,843 Now, you might call that a coincidence, but I... 69 00:03:39,928 --> 00:03:41,012 call it theft. 70 00:03:41,095 --> 00:03:42,889 Well, I hate to burst your bubble, kid. 71 00:03:42,972 --> 00:03:47,310 But I got news for you, there are no original ideas. 72 00:03:47,393 --> 00:03:52,065 I get hundreds of submissions every week. It's all the same slop. 73 00:03:52,148 --> 00:03:55,818 But the timing, the details? 74 00:03:55,902 --> 00:03:59,030 Oh, you want proof? These filing cabinets here, 75 00:03:59,113 --> 00:04:02,742 they're filled with every single story germ I ever had. 76 00:04:02,825 --> 00:04:05,662 I got a backlog just waiting to be farmed out to any hack 77 00:04:05,745 --> 00:04:08,539 who can string together a semi-coherent sentence. 78 00:04:08,623 --> 00:04:11,042 Waiting? Like you're looking for writers? 79 00:04:11,125 --> 00:04:13,670 -Always. -Well, I'm a writer. 80 00:04:15,630 --> 00:04:18,299 If I wanted to be considered, what would I have to do? 81 00:04:18,383 --> 00:04:22,136 Well, first off, drop the persecution complex. 82 00:04:22,220 --> 00:04:26,891 Take this logline, turn it into a seven-page story by tomorrow morning, 83 00:04:26,975 --> 00:04:29,435 and if it doesn't make me wanna puke, we'll talk. 84 00:04:32,313 --> 00:04:34,357 [Archie] Thanks for helping me out of this jam, Betty. 85 00:04:34,941 --> 00:04:37,235 I panicked, told Veronica that I could dance, 86 00:04:37,318 --> 00:04:39,279 when the truth is I got two left feet. 87 00:04:39,862 --> 00:04:42,782 You remember when I broke Midge's big toe doing the bunny hop? 88 00:04:42,865 --> 00:04:43,700 I do. 89 00:04:43,783 --> 00:04:48,454 But don't worry, we will start with something simple and classic. 90 00:04:48,538 --> 00:04:49,664 The Twist. 91 00:04:52,417 --> 00:04:54,085 [swing music playing on record player] 92 00:04:55,670 --> 00:05:02,218 Okay. So start just by moving your hips from side to side like this. 93 00:05:02,301 --> 00:05:03,136 Try it. 94 00:05:07,265 --> 00:05:10,601 -Like this? -No. Less of shoulders, more hips. 95 00:05:14,022 --> 00:05:14,897 Okay. 96 00:05:19,527 --> 00:05:21,112 -Like this? I can't-- -Um... 97 00:05:21,612 --> 00:05:25,241 No. Maybe you just need to focus on slow dancing. 98 00:05:25,325 --> 00:05:27,327 Everyone knows how to slow dance. 99 00:05:28,161 --> 00:05:29,329 [music stops] 100 00:05:30,705 --> 00:05:32,457 ["Be Mine" playing on record player] 101 00:05:32,540 --> 00:05:33,374 Okay. 102 00:05:34,959 --> 00:05:37,003 One hand goes like this. 103 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:40,298 The other hand, here. 104 00:05:41,841 --> 00:05:43,259 And then you just sway. 105 00:05:43,342 --> 00:05:48,639 ♪ For the rest of my life ♪ 106 00:05:48,723 --> 00:05:49,640 That's it? 107 00:05:51,059 --> 00:05:53,519 Yup. It's pretty simple, right? 108 00:05:56,439 --> 00:06:00,109 ♪ I'm begging you, please ♪ 109 00:06:00,193 --> 00:06:03,905 ♪ Be mine ♪ 110 00:06:03,988 --> 00:06:06,616 ♪ Whoo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh ♪ 111 00:06:07,283 --> 00:06:11,287 ♪ Be mine ♪ 112 00:06:12,455 --> 00:06:14,707 ♪ For the rest of my life... ♪ 113 00:06:14,791 --> 00:06:16,209 [door opens] 114 00:06:16,292 --> 00:06:20,171 [gasps] And what exactly is going on here? 115 00:06:20,254 --> 00:06:23,299 -Betty was just showing me moves. -I'm giving Archie a dance lesson. 116 00:06:23,382 --> 00:06:26,844 -He's asking out the new girl. -A celebrity from Hollywood. 117 00:06:26,928 --> 00:06:28,387 Goodbye, Archie. 118 00:06:28,888 --> 00:06:29,847 Bye, Betty. 119 00:06:30,598 --> 00:06:31,849 Goodbye, Mrs. Cooper. 120 00:06:32,391 --> 00:06:35,812 Oh, thank your sweet mother for agreeing to chaperon with me. 121 00:06:36,938 --> 00:06:39,398 Give me your expert opinion, Ethel. I can take it. 122 00:06:40,191 --> 00:06:42,026 I'm so jealous of you, Jughead. 123 00:06:42,819 --> 00:06:46,614 It's my life's goal to draw a story for Pep Comics. 124 00:06:46,697 --> 00:06:49,242 They work with some of the best artists in the biz. 125 00:06:49,325 --> 00:06:52,495 Come on, you're as good as any of those clowns, Ethel. 126 00:06:53,162 --> 00:06:56,249 Tell you what, if I can finish these pages and really make them sing, 127 00:06:56,332 --> 00:06:58,334 I'll put your name forward to Mr. Fieldstone. 128 00:06:58,417 --> 00:07:00,419 -He's our editor-in-chief. -Really? 129 00:07:01,462 --> 00:07:03,965 Jughead, that would be a dream. 130 00:07:04,674 --> 00:07:07,093 -Thank you, thank you, thank you. -Well... 131 00:07:08,010 --> 00:07:09,762 let's see what he says first. 132 00:07:10,638 --> 00:07:14,225 ["Baby, Let's Make Some Love" playing] 133 00:07:21,149 --> 00:07:22,859 ♪ Listen, sugar, honey ♪ 134 00:07:22,942 --> 00:07:24,152 ♪ Listen to me ♪ 135 00:07:24,235 --> 00:07:27,572 ♪ I need your loving Now, can't you see... ♪ 136 00:07:28,573 --> 00:07:30,867 Yoo-hoo! Sorry to interrupt. 137 00:07:30,950 --> 00:07:34,078 Just wanted to make sure that everyone had their tickets to the sock hop. 138 00:07:37,081 --> 00:07:37,915 Midge Klump? 139 00:07:38,541 --> 00:07:41,460 One of my precious Vixens with a common greaser! 140 00:07:41,544 --> 00:07:43,880 Sacrilege! You get out of that car! 141 00:07:43,963 --> 00:07:45,506 [Midge] Calm down. I'm coming. 142 00:07:46,215 --> 00:07:47,049 Go! 143 00:07:48,426 --> 00:07:50,511 ["Teenage Love" playing on stereo] 144 00:07:51,888 --> 00:07:56,058 ♪ A little quarrel... ♪ 145 00:07:57,059 --> 00:07:59,145 Is everything okay, Kev? 146 00:08:00,563 --> 00:08:04,692 Yeah, sure. Just a little preoccupied, I guess. 147 00:08:05,526 --> 00:08:08,029 Thinking about what songs you'll sing at the sock hop? 148 00:08:09,447 --> 00:08:12,366 Yeah. Yeah, and other things. 149 00:08:13,576 --> 00:08:17,246 You know, you haven't officially asked me to the sock hop yet. 150 00:08:18,122 --> 00:08:20,041 Okay. Um... 151 00:08:20,124 --> 00:08:23,419 Well, I'm performing, so I just kind of assumed you'd... 152 00:08:24,712 --> 00:08:27,215 come to, you know, cheer me on. 153 00:08:29,467 --> 00:08:32,094 Right, yeah. Of course. That makes sense. 154 00:08:32,178 --> 00:08:36,015 ♪ I love you so ♪ 155 00:08:36,098 --> 00:08:40,436 ♪ But time will tell ♪ 156 00:08:41,479 --> 00:08:42,563 Um... 157 00:08:42,647 --> 00:08:45,233 -What is it? Don't you like kissing me? -Of course. 158 00:08:45,316 --> 00:08:50,821 It's like I said, I'm performing, and I don't wanna risk catching a cold. 159 00:08:51,322 --> 00:08:53,616 It's always something with you. 160 00:08:54,367 --> 00:08:55,743 What is that supposed to mean? 161 00:08:55,826 --> 00:09:00,414 It means we've been dating for months and we're still not going steady. 162 00:09:00,498 --> 00:09:02,917 You haven't even pinned me yet. 163 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,335 How am I supposed to pin you? 164 00:09:04,418 --> 00:09:07,547 -I don't play a varsity sport. -It doesn't need to be a varsity pin. 165 00:09:07,630 --> 00:09:10,383 It can be any old pin. Can be a ring even. 166 00:09:10,466 --> 00:09:13,511 Gosh, when did you become such a sex maniac? 167 00:09:14,011 --> 00:09:16,264 For your information, 168 00:09:16,347 --> 00:09:20,726 the fact that I want my supposed boyfriend to kiss me once every blue moon 169 00:09:20,810 --> 00:09:23,229 does not make me a sex maniac. 170 00:09:23,312 --> 00:09:25,982 And I do not have cold germs or cooties. 171 00:09:26,065 --> 00:09:29,485 And I will definitely not be cheering you on at the sock hop. 172 00:09:29,569 --> 00:09:31,195 Betty. Betty. 173 00:09:33,406 --> 00:09:37,785 ♪ Our teenage love ♪ 174 00:09:49,505 --> 00:09:55,428 Well, it's pretentious, clunky, too much dialogue, but, uh, it'll do. 175 00:09:55,511 --> 00:09:56,887 Bernie, get in here! 176 00:09:58,264 --> 00:09:59,098 What? 177 00:10:00,141 --> 00:10:02,268 -Yes, Mr. Fieldstone? -We got a live one here. 178 00:10:02,351 --> 00:10:07,106 See who's available to draw a seven-page zombie story for immediate publication. 179 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:11,485 So I'm hired? 180 00:10:12,153 --> 00:10:13,988 Dollar a page, take it or leave it. 181 00:10:14,071 --> 00:10:16,490 Yeah, I'll take it. And I know an artist. 182 00:10:16,574 --> 00:10:19,785 An incredible artist. Young, hungry, cheap. 183 00:10:20,536 --> 00:10:24,498 Loves monster movies, a real fiend for gore. 184 00:10:24,582 --> 00:10:25,541 Okay. 185 00:10:26,626 --> 00:10:28,502 But I want those pages tomorrow. 186 00:10:28,586 --> 00:10:31,005 Yeah. You'll have them, and, um... 187 00:10:32,548 --> 00:10:34,467 Thank you for everything, Mr. Fieldstone. 188 00:10:38,721 --> 00:10:40,389 [piano playing] 189 00:10:53,402 --> 00:10:56,072 Sorry, um, I didn't know the music room was reserved. 190 00:10:56,155 --> 00:10:58,658 It's not. I was just horsing around. 191 00:10:58,741 --> 00:11:01,369 But you probably need it to rehearse, I'm guessing. 192 00:11:01,452 --> 00:11:03,496 Uh, my set for the sock hop, yeah. 193 00:11:04,747 --> 00:11:06,707 You're Clay Walker, right? 194 00:11:07,291 --> 00:11:09,251 I am. Just transferred this year. 195 00:11:10,044 --> 00:11:12,713 And you're Kevin Keller, son of the sheriff. 196 00:11:12,797 --> 00:11:15,132 Dating the prettiest girl at Riverdale High. 197 00:11:17,009 --> 00:11:18,761 I've done my research. 198 00:11:18,844 --> 00:11:20,888 Uh, where did you transfer from? 199 00:11:21,722 --> 00:11:25,643 All over. My dad's in the-- Was in the military. 200 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:28,479 Cool, cool. 201 00:11:30,689 --> 00:11:33,651 -Are you going to the sock hop? -I wouldn't have a date. 202 00:11:33,734 --> 00:11:35,319 I don't know many people. 203 00:11:37,113 --> 00:11:37,988 Unless, uh... 204 00:11:39,907 --> 00:11:41,784 you could think of someone I should ask? 205 00:11:44,370 --> 00:11:46,372 A lot of people go stag, I hear. 206 00:11:49,750 --> 00:11:51,377 It's nice to meet you. 207 00:12:03,806 --> 00:12:04,932 Hey. 208 00:12:05,891 --> 00:12:09,687 So I did a little brushing up, and... 209 00:12:10,896 --> 00:12:12,857 I'm ready for that demonstration. 210 00:12:13,566 --> 00:12:15,067 How do you feel about slow dancing? 211 00:12:16,902 --> 00:12:17,862 Nothing better. 212 00:12:18,779 --> 00:12:21,323 But upon further reflection, 213 00:12:21,407 --> 00:12:24,660 I have no doubt a Troy Donahue-type like you 214 00:12:24,743 --> 00:12:26,954 can trip the light fantastic, Archie. 215 00:12:28,539 --> 00:12:30,749 So does that mean...? 216 00:12:30,833 --> 00:12:35,421 But, quite candidly, I'm also entertaining other offers. 217 00:12:37,047 --> 00:12:37,882 What? 218 00:12:39,049 --> 00:12:40,092 Wow, okay. 219 00:12:40,759 --> 00:12:44,263 However, being my escort demands more than mere dancing. 220 00:12:44,346 --> 00:12:48,017 It also requires scintillating conversation. 221 00:12:48,100 --> 00:12:50,686 I need to know that you won't be a bore at the sock hop. 222 00:12:50,769 --> 00:12:53,230 So why don't you clean yourself up 223 00:12:53,314 --> 00:12:56,108 and come by The Pembrooke at 6-ish tonight? 224 00:12:56,192 --> 00:12:59,945 I'll be wanting to discuss politics, art, current events. 225 00:13:00,029 --> 00:13:03,324 Dazzle me with your wit, okay? 226 00:13:04,074 --> 00:13:05,951 Dazzle you. Okay. 227 00:13:07,036 --> 00:13:09,455 -Well, I should motor. -See you tonight. 228 00:13:10,748 --> 00:13:11,999 Archiekins? 229 00:13:12,082 --> 00:13:13,167 [clears throat] 230 00:13:15,836 --> 00:13:17,505 I'm rooting for you, stud. 231 00:13:28,057 --> 00:13:31,101 So they just do whatever you say, is that it? 232 00:13:31,185 --> 00:13:32,144 Hmm? 233 00:13:34,438 --> 00:13:36,440 Oh, you mean boys? 234 00:13:38,150 --> 00:13:40,986 Boys aren't too, too complicated. 235 00:13:43,572 --> 00:13:46,617 -I wish I had your confidence. -Why don't you? 236 00:13:47,952 --> 00:13:50,287 -What do you mean? -I mean, 237 00:13:50,371 --> 00:13:52,706 I'm only just getting my sea-legs here in Riverdale, 238 00:13:52,790 --> 00:13:56,752 but I can already tell you're a catch, Betty. 239 00:13:56,835 --> 00:13:58,128 A total Marilyn. 240 00:13:58,754 --> 00:14:02,258 You and Kevin the Crooner are going steady, aren't you? 241 00:14:03,050 --> 00:14:04,218 Not officially. 242 00:14:05,261 --> 00:14:07,596 We may even be on the rocks. 243 00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:10,558 That's a shame, for him. 244 00:14:11,308 --> 00:14:13,769 Why don't you invite some other boy to the sock hop? 245 00:14:13,852 --> 00:14:16,105 Get Kevin all hot and bothered? 246 00:14:16,188 --> 00:14:19,358 That's always fun, keeping our beaus on their toes. 247 00:14:19,441 --> 00:14:21,569 Surely there's some he-man at Riverdale High 248 00:14:21,652 --> 00:14:23,070 you'd like to make time with? 249 00:14:26,031 --> 00:14:29,827 Tickets. Get your tickets to the sock hop. Buy one, get one free. 250 00:14:30,369 --> 00:14:35,124 You, Dilton Doiley, why haven't you bought a ticket to my sock hop yet? 251 00:14:35,207 --> 00:14:38,544 For that matter, why are some people trying to return their tickets? 252 00:14:39,587 --> 00:14:42,298 It might be because of the Serpents. 253 00:14:43,757 --> 00:14:44,884 What about the Serpents? 254 00:14:46,051 --> 00:14:47,219 What are they planning? 255 00:14:47,887 --> 00:14:50,598 They said they were gonna be waiting in the parking lot 256 00:14:50,681 --> 00:14:54,476 and they're gonna throw rotten eggs at anyone who tries going to the dance. 257 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,103 Barbarians. 258 00:14:56,186 --> 00:14:59,315 And who, pray tell, is the one making these threats? 259 00:15:01,066 --> 00:15:02,735 Mostly that scary Toni girl. 260 00:15:03,694 --> 00:15:06,196 Of course. It would be her. 261 00:15:07,031 --> 00:15:11,410 Well, this means war. 262 00:15:14,163 --> 00:15:15,289 Dismissed. 263 00:15:22,171 --> 00:15:23,172 [Archie] Mom? 264 00:15:26,925 --> 00:15:28,010 Can you help? 265 00:15:29,637 --> 00:15:32,389 Hang on, I might have something that'll do the trick. 266 00:15:34,308 --> 00:15:35,434 [Mary chuckles] 267 00:15:37,102 --> 00:15:39,021 Well, that's more like it. 268 00:15:39,563 --> 00:15:43,233 I'll have to let it out a little bit, but other than that, it fits perfectly. 269 00:15:43,943 --> 00:15:46,779 It's a little old-fashioned, isn't it? 270 00:15:46,862 --> 00:15:49,073 Well, it was your dad's. 271 00:15:49,156 --> 00:15:52,701 But he'd want you to wear it, especially to your first dance. 272 00:15:53,494 --> 00:15:55,829 Well, actually, I need it tonight, Mom. 273 00:15:56,914 --> 00:15:59,333 Yeah, Veronica asked me over. 274 00:15:59,416 --> 00:16:01,335 You're taking her to the dance? 275 00:16:01,418 --> 00:16:02,419 If I'm lucky. 276 00:16:03,671 --> 00:16:06,924 She wants to give me a test-run, you could say. 277 00:16:07,007 --> 00:16:09,301 I don't like the sound of that. 278 00:16:09,385 --> 00:16:10,928 A bit haughty, isn't it? 279 00:16:11,887 --> 00:16:14,848 It's not like that. Veronica's from Los Angeles. 280 00:16:14,932 --> 00:16:18,811 She's practically a movie star. Their standards are different out there. 281 00:16:20,437 --> 00:16:22,439 Oh, geez, Mom. 282 00:16:23,732 --> 00:16:24,817 I'm fine. 283 00:16:26,235 --> 00:16:30,531 Just seeing you here in his suit, it just brings back so many memories. 284 00:16:32,324 --> 00:16:34,743 Your father and I went to the sock hop together. 285 00:16:34,827 --> 00:16:37,204 He was such a romantic. 286 00:16:37,287 --> 00:16:40,040 He wrote me the sweetest poems. I still have them somewhere. 287 00:16:41,041 --> 00:16:41,917 Poems? 288 00:16:42,001 --> 00:16:44,253 He knew how to make a girl swoon. 289 00:16:46,714 --> 00:16:48,340 -This one, I think. -Yeah? 290 00:16:48,424 --> 00:16:49,508 Mm-hm. 291 00:16:53,012 --> 00:16:55,597 [Archie] So Veronica invited me over to her place tonight. 292 00:16:55,681 --> 00:16:58,851 And I need to impress her. 293 00:16:58,934 --> 00:17:00,310 So don't laugh... 294 00:17:01,478 --> 00:17:02,855 but I wrote her a poem. 295 00:17:04,898 --> 00:17:07,985 I need someone to read it and tell me if it's crazy to give to her. 296 00:17:10,612 --> 00:17:12,823 Okay. Hand it over, Walt Whitman. 297 00:17:25,043 --> 00:17:27,713 Well, is it terrible? 298 00:17:31,383 --> 00:17:32,217 No. 299 00:17:34,553 --> 00:17:36,472 It's actually really sweet. 300 00:17:39,892 --> 00:17:42,311 You have a poet's soul, Arch. Who knew? 301 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:47,816 [jazz bass music playing] 302 00:18:04,875 --> 00:18:07,086 [Cheryl] So this is where the Serpents dwell. 303 00:18:08,212 --> 00:18:12,508 I always imagined it'd be something more like a biker bar, but this is-- 304 00:18:12,591 --> 00:18:17,221 The Dark Room's a coffee house for bikers, beatniks, and bad-asses. 305 00:18:17,304 --> 00:18:20,307 Which begs the question, what are you doing here, preppy? 306 00:18:20,390 --> 00:18:23,060 A better question, why are you ruining my sock hop 307 00:18:23,143 --> 00:18:26,897 the same way your slimy Serpent pal tried to ruin my virtuous Vixen? 308 00:18:26,980 --> 00:18:30,776 Okay, Cheryl, you want people at your dance, I dig it. 309 00:18:30,859 --> 00:18:32,277 So I'll pitch it again, 310 00:18:32,361 --> 00:18:36,532 let my boy Fangs blow the roof off the gym and we'll pack the place. 311 00:18:36,615 --> 00:18:38,117 For the bazillionth time, 312 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,369 I have already booked Kevin and the Crooners. 313 00:18:40,452 --> 00:18:42,704 Yeah, the Crooners are doneskis. 314 00:18:42,788 --> 00:18:44,873 Look, Fangs is about to play, 315 00:18:44,957 --> 00:18:47,084 so why don't you order yourself a cappuccino, 316 00:18:47,167 --> 00:18:49,253 take a load off, and hear him play. 317 00:18:49,336 --> 00:18:53,757 Maybe you'll change your mind, and you and I can get better acquainted. 318 00:18:55,926 --> 00:18:57,219 [elevator bell dings] 319 00:19:05,060 --> 00:19:06,103 [knocking on door] 320 00:19:10,691 --> 00:19:12,776 Archie, you made it. 321 00:19:12,860 --> 00:19:15,487 -Am I late? -Oh, not at all, loverboy. 322 00:19:15,571 --> 00:19:19,283 We were discussing President Eisenhower's decision to run for a second term. 323 00:19:19,366 --> 00:19:22,452 And let me warn you, the others are very divided. 324 00:19:23,078 --> 00:19:24,163 I'm sorry, "others"? 325 00:19:24,246 --> 00:19:27,624 Come. Come on in. We're having aperitifs in the parlor. 326 00:19:44,349 --> 00:19:46,894 [Betty] Mom, can I ask your advice about something? 327 00:19:46,977 --> 00:19:48,812 [Alice] Of course, honey. What is it? 328 00:19:50,188 --> 00:19:53,817 I think I'm having weird feelings about Archie. 329 00:19:56,028 --> 00:19:57,279 Oh. 330 00:19:57,362 --> 00:19:58,739 What sort of feelings? 331 00:19:58,822 --> 00:20:02,242 Like... stirrings? 332 00:20:03,744 --> 00:20:05,746 When we were dancing, I felt... 333 00:20:06,955 --> 00:20:09,625 a flutter in my stomach. 334 00:20:12,085 --> 00:20:14,713 Is it possible that this fluttering 335 00:20:14,796 --> 00:20:19,301 is a reaction to feeling underappreciated by Kevin? 336 00:20:20,802 --> 00:20:23,096 I hadn't thought of it that way. 337 00:20:23,180 --> 00:20:25,557 Which is why it's a good thing that you came to me. 338 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:34,900 Holy hell, Ethel. 339 00:20:35,484 --> 00:20:38,779 There is no way that Mr. Fieldstone doesn't hire you after he sees these. 340 00:20:38,862 --> 00:20:40,781 -You really think so? -Yeah. 341 00:20:40,864 --> 00:20:43,951 -Even though I'm a girl? -If he doesn't, I'll eat my own crown. 342 00:20:45,786 --> 00:20:50,290 So, uh, Jughead, the sock hop's tomorrow night. 343 00:20:50,374 --> 00:20:52,876 -It is? -What if we went together? 344 00:20:53,460 --> 00:20:54,962 Like, for kicks? 345 00:20:56,546 --> 00:20:59,007 Yeah. Yeah, just for kicks. 346 00:20:59,758 --> 00:21:02,052 It might be fun. Could have a decent spread. 347 00:21:02,135 --> 00:21:03,595 -Cookies and whatnot. -[knock on door] 348 00:21:08,725 --> 00:21:10,769 Since when are boys allowed in your room? 349 00:21:10,852 --> 00:21:12,145 We're just studying, Mom. 350 00:21:12,229 --> 00:21:15,649 You're lucky your father's working nights at the factory this week. 351 00:21:16,566 --> 00:21:18,485 I was actually just leaving. 352 00:21:19,152 --> 00:21:21,071 I'll see you at school tomorrow. 353 00:21:21,154 --> 00:21:22,531 Excuse me. Sorry. 354 00:21:35,836 --> 00:21:40,549 So then I said, "Sorry, Mr. Sinatra, but I think Elvis sang it better." 355 00:21:44,928 --> 00:21:48,265 Archie, are you all right? You've been quiet all night. 356 00:21:48,348 --> 00:21:49,224 Yeah. 357 00:21:49,850 --> 00:21:51,059 I'm good. I just... 358 00:21:51,601 --> 00:21:53,979 Just taking it all in. Soaking it up. 359 00:21:54,062 --> 00:21:55,731 Like the sponge that you are. 360 00:22:02,696 --> 00:22:04,322 I see you're admiring the painting. 361 00:22:05,574 --> 00:22:07,784 -It's a-- -It's a Monet, am I right? 362 00:22:08,994 --> 00:22:09,911 Indeed. 363 00:22:10,829 --> 00:22:13,081 You have a connoisseur's eyes, Julian. 364 00:22:13,165 --> 00:22:15,167 I appreciate beautiful things. 365 00:22:16,835 --> 00:22:19,588 Every summer, my family goes on an art-buying tour in Europe. 366 00:22:19,671 --> 00:22:21,965 Archie, what do you think of the painting? 367 00:22:25,927 --> 00:22:26,928 Um... 368 00:22:28,138 --> 00:22:29,848 It's beautiful and all. Uh... 369 00:22:30,432 --> 00:22:34,895 I guess I just prefer an artist like Norman Rockwell. 370 00:22:36,563 --> 00:22:39,441 Then again, I'm not an art-tour-through-Europe kind of guy. 371 00:22:39,524 --> 00:22:43,528 That's obvious from what you're wearing. Where'd you get that suit? 372 00:22:43,612 --> 00:22:45,822 Some thrift store? 373 00:22:46,823 --> 00:22:48,158 It's my father's suit. 374 00:22:48,784 --> 00:22:50,786 And you better shut your trap, Blossom. 375 00:22:50,869 --> 00:22:52,370 Wasn't he buried in his suit? 376 00:22:53,121 --> 00:22:54,498 Or did he have more than one? 377 00:22:54,581 --> 00:22:56,083 He was buried in his uniform. 378 00:22:57,501 --> 00:23:01,546 Well, I, for one, think you look very striking, Archie. 379 00:23:01,630 --> 00:23:05,133 And I like a bit of variety in my men's attire. 380 00:23:05,217 --> 00:23:06,551 As well as in my men. 381 00:23:07,302 --> 00:23:09,679 So who's up for charades? 382 00:23:11,890 --> 00:23:14,893 You know, Veronica, it's been a real swell night, but, uh... 383 00:23:15,894 --> 00:23:17,521 I'm just gonna blow out of here. 384 00:23:17,604 --> 00:23:20,232 If I stay, I might be liable to spill someone's blue blood 385 00:23:20,315 --> 00:23:22,609 all over your nice, expensive things. 386 00:23:24,569 --> 00:23:26,738 [door opens, then slams] 387 00:23:49,219 --> 00:23:50,846 Good morning, Mrs. Andrews. 388 00:23:50,929 --> 00:23:53,140 As you may know, I'm Veronica Lodge. 389 00:23:53,223 --> 00:23:54,808 Is Archie home, by any chance? 390 00:23:54,891 --> 00:23:56,476 He's at the grocery store. 391 00:23:57,060 --> 00:23:58,895 Shopping? This early? 392 00:23:58,979 --> 00:24:01,398 Archie told me everything that happened last night. 393 00:24:02,899 --> 00:24:06,695 Well, that's actually why I'm here. I feel terrible about it. 394 00:24:06,778 --> 00:24:09,447 I didn't mean for things to happen the way they did. 395 00:24:09,531 --> 00:24:12,742 My Archie is not some Hollywood playboy. 396 00:24:13,618 --> 00:24:15,245 He's a simple boy. 397 00:24:15,328 --> 00:24:18,582 So simple that he's mad at Julian Blossom and himself 398 00:24:18,665 --> 00:24:20,333 for what happened at your soirée, 399 00:24:20,417 --> 00:24:23,211 when you and I both know who the real villainess was. 400 00:24:23,795 --> 00:24:28,592 [scoffs] I mean, what kind of person auditions boys to go to a sock hop? 401 00:24:29,176 --> 00:24:31,720 Well, when your parents are actors... 402 00:24:34,222 --> 00:24:36,683 Sorry, that's not an excuse. 403 00:24:36,766 --> 00:24:38,935 Listen, if you hurt my boy, 404 00:24:39,019 --> 00:24:41,271 you and I are going to have some serious trouble, 405 00:24:41,354 --> 00:24:43,773 Little Miss Femme Fatale. 406 00:24:50,197 --> 00:24:52,324 [Alice] Thanks for stopping by, Kevin. 407 00:24:54,117 --> 00:24:55,035 High Point? 408 00:24:56,411 --> 00:24:57,495 Okay. 409 00:24:57,579 --> 00:25:03,043 So Betty tells me that the two of you have had some troubles as of late. 410 00:25:03,126 --> 00:25:04,169 Would you agree? 411 00:25:04,252 --> 00:25:08,089 I feel awful, Mrs. Cooper. It's like, um... 412 00:25:08,965 --> 00:25:13,011 Betty wants these things from me, but I'm not sure I can give them to her. 413 00:25:13,094 --> 00:25:17,265 It's perfectly normal for girls Betty's age to have certain... 414 00:25:17,349 --> 00:25:21,269 expectations of what their boyfriends are willing to do. 415 00:25:23,021 --> 00:25:24,606 May I make a suggestion? 416 00:25:27,192 --> 00:25:28,860 I'm gonna give you this. 417 00:25:31,571 --> 00:25:34,741 You see, Betty just wants to be pinned. 418 00:25:35,492 --> 00:25:38,453 She wants to feel appreciated. 419 00:25:38,536 --> 00:25:42,457 And then all of those feelings will settle. 420 00:25:42,540 --> 00:25:45,126 Won't a pin mean she'll expect more from me? 421 00:25:45,210 --> 00:25:48,755 Oh, no. A pin takes off the pressure. 422 00:25:49,506 --> 00:25:53,343 You see, it's a symbol for what every girl craves. 423 00:25:53,426 --> 00:25:57,555 They just want a fella that's gonna carry their books home from school, 424 00:25:57,639 --> 00:26:00,141 or take them to the movies Saturday night, 425 00:26:00,225 --> 00:26:02,352 or call them on the telephone before supper. 426 00:26:02,435 --> 00:26:03,561 Is that all? 427 00:26:04,938 --> 00:26:07,774 A pin is a promise, Kevin. 428 00:26:07,857 --> 00:26:09,484 Don't tell anyone, 429 00:26:09,567 --> 00:26:11,820 but this is the actual pin 430 00:26:11,903 --> 00:26:14,447 that Mr. Cooper gave me back in high school. 431 00:26:14,531 --> 00:26:20,036 See, this pin somehow answered a desire... 432 00:26:20,954 --> 00:26:22,580 that we both were feeling. 433 00:26:22,664 --> 00:26:26,376 And then things were fine and pure from that point forward. 434 00:26:27,085 --> 00:26:28,920 You're a good boy, Kevin. 435 00:26:29,004 --> 00:26:31,172 And Betty is a good girl. 436 00:26:32,007 --> 00:26:34,467 And I believe that this pin... 437 00:26:35,635 --> 00:26:38,054 will take care of everything. 438 00:26:44,477 --> 00:26:45,312 Tickets. 439 00:26:45,395 --> 00:26:47,856 Get your tickets for tonight's sock hop. 440 00:26:47,939 --> 00:26:49,482 -Hurry up. -You, four eyes. 441 00:26:49,566 --> 00:26:51,818 -Get your tickets to the sock hop yet? -Uh... 442 00:26:51,901 --> 00:26:53,236 No. 443 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:54,946 Well, pony up, Poindexter. 444 00:26:55,030 --> 00:26:57,324 My pal Fangs Fogarty is performing, 445 00:26:57,407 --> 00:27:00,118 and trust me, you'll be kicking yourself if you miss it. 446 00:27:00,201 --> 00:27:01,661 I'll take one. 447 00:27:03,413 --> 00:27:05,415 Five. Five. I'll take five. 448 00:27:10,962 --> 00:27:14,090 By the way, did you break the bad news to Kevin yet? 449 00:27:14,174 --> 00:27:15,675 [Cheryl] No. But I will. 450 00:27:16,343 --> 00:27:17,344 Can you dig it? 451 00:27:20,263 --> 00:27:22,724 -[school bell ringing] -Putting aside the fact 452 00:27:22,807 --> 00:27:26,269 that you were drawing while Dr. Doiley was lecturing, 453 00:27:26,353 --> 00:27:30,523 in and of itself a flagrant violation of school etiquette, 454 00:27:30,607 --> 00:27:35,320 Dr. Werthers and I are also deeply concerned 455 00:27:35,403 --> 00:27:37,280 about what you were drawing. 456 00:27:37,364 --> 00:27:39,491 Where did the vision for this come from, Ethel? 457 00:27:41,076 --> 00:27:43,453 Your subconscious? A nightmare? 458 00:27:43,536 --> 00:27:44,371 The movies? 459 00:27:45,163 --> 00:27:46,206 They're for a story. 460 00:27:47,248 --> 00:27:48,666 What kind of story? 461 00:27:48,750 --> 00:27:51,920 A comic book that I'm on deadline to finish. 462 00:27:52,003 --> 00:27:54,839 That's why I was drawing in Dr. Doiley's class. 463 00:27:54,923 --> 00:27:57,926 I'm trying to get a job at Pep Comics. 464 00:27:59,010 --> 00:28:00,512 They're based here in town. 465 00:28:00,595 --> 00:28:01,930 I'm sorry, Ethel, 466 00:28:02,013 --> 00:28:06,226 but your budding career as an illustrator of lurid comic books 467 00:28:06,309 --> 00:28:09,354 doesn't remotely justify this behavior. 468 00:28:09,437 --> 00:28:12,732 You have a week's detention, starting today. 469 00:28:16,986 --> 00:28:17,946 [Archie] Veronica. 470 00:28:18,988 --> 00:28:20,782 Archie, hi. 471 00:28:21,699 --> 00:28:22,992 Look, about last night-- 472 00:28:23,076 --> 00:28:25,703 I'm sorry I rushed out of there like that. 473 00:28:26,329 --> 00:28:27,455 I, uh... 474 00:28:29,541 --> 00:28:34,421 I sincerely was going to rip Julian Blossom's head off. 475 00:28:35,422 --> 00:28:37,298 Well, he would've deserved it. 476 00:28:37,882 --> 00:28:40,427 And I'm mortified about what he said to you. 477 00:28:41,344 --> 00:28:45,140 I truly had a good time getting to know you better. 478 00:28:47,100 --> 00:28:48,184 Well, um... 479 00:28:50,019 --> 00:28:51,062 in that case... 480 00:28:52,355 --> 00:28:54,107 if you haven't made your decision yet, 481 00:28:54,190 --> 00:28:56,276 I'm still keen on taking you to the sock hop. 482 00:28:59,154 --> 00:29:01,948 I would love that, Archie. 483 00:29:03,742 --> 00:29:05,827 But I've already made my selection. 484 00:29:06,369 --> 00:29:09,164 And I'm not going with anyone. 485 00:29:11,166 --> 00:29:12,584 -What? Why? -[Veronica sighs] 486 00:29:12,667 --> 00:29:14,294 With so many excellent options, 487 00:29:14,377 --> 00:29:17,297 it's simply impossible for an "it girl" to choose. 488 00:29:18,506 --> 00:29:20,175 Options like Julian Blossom? 489 00:29:22,385 --> 00:29:24,179 I don't get you, Veronica. 490 00:29:25,388 --> 00:29:28,141 What was last night's dog-and-pony show all about, then? 491 00:29:29,476 --> 00:29:31,644 Forget last night. This entire week? 492 00:29:31,728 --> 00:29:34,355 Making us-- Making me jump through hoops like that? 493 00:29:36,733 --> 00:29:39,194 It was a game, Archie. 494 00:29:39,277 --> 00:29:41,654 The queen of the hive gets all her worker bees a-buzz 495 00:29:41,738 --> 00:29:43,698 and then flies away before... 496 00:29:44,949 --> 00:29:47,911 Before anyone's stung too badly. 497 00:29:54,834 --> 00:29:57,128 [Betty] So have you made your pick yet? 498 00:29:58,004 --> 00:30:00,882 Here's a late-breaking scoop for Hedda Hopper: 499 00:30:00,965 --> 00:30:04,928 "Socialite Veronica Lodge has decided to go stag to the sock hop." 500 00:30:06,679 --> 00:30:08,765 What happened? What about Archie? 501 00:30:08,848 --> 00:30:12,268 I'm in the midst of a rude awakening, Betty. 502 00:30:12,936 --> 00:30:16,147 Turns out I've been careless and thoughtless 503 00:30:16,231 --> 00:30:19,859 with a lot of the boys at Riverdale High. 504 00:30:19,943 --> 00:30:21,528 Archie, most especially, 505 00:30:21,611 --> 00:30:24,197 and most undeservingly. 506 00:30:24,781 --> 00:30:26,699 Did you not like his poem? 507 00:30:27,742 --> 00:30:28,701 What poem? 508 00:30:31,287 --> 00:30:34,874 Archie wrote you a poem. Did he not give it to you? 509 00:30:34,958 --> 00:30:37,001 Not that I know of. 510 00:30:37,544 --> 00:30:39,295 Not that I deserve, in any case. 511 00:30:39,379 --> 00:30:42,715 Wait a minute. So who's Archie going to the sock hop with? 512 00:30:42,799 --> 00:30:44,592 No one, as far as I know. 513 00:30:45,301 --> 00:30:46,553 I'll tell you one thing, though. 514 00:30:46,636 --> 00:30:50,890 Whoever does end up going with Archie, she is one lucky girl. 515 00:31:14,747 --> 00:31:16,249 [ethereal synth music playing] 516 00:31:34,517 --> 00:31:36,644 Hey, Betty. Can I talk to you for a second? 517 00:31:37,812 --> 00:31:39,147 It's important. 518 00:31:42,483 --> 00:31:44,110 Sure. Let's talk. 519 00:31:51,576 --> 00:31:54,203 Cheryl bumped me and the Crooners. 520 00:31:54,287 --> 00:31:57,624 Fangs Fogarty's performing. Apparently he's God's gift or something. 521 00:31:57,707 --> 00:31:59,208 I heard. Kev, I'm sorry. 522 00:31:59,292 --> 00:32:00,501 No, um... 523 00:32:01,753 --> 00:32:05,798 I'm sorry, Betty. I'm really, really sorry. 524 00:32:06,925 --> 00:32:09,344 I was a dope, and... 525 00:32:10,136 --> 00:32:14,098 You are the most wonderful, most ginchiest girl in the world, 526 00:32:14,182 --> 00:32:15,516 and I took that for granted. 527 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:17,435 That won't happen again. Um... 528 00:32:20,313 --> 00:32:22,774 Betty Cooper, will you go steady with me? 529 00:32:26,361 --> 00:32:27,195 Kevin... 530 00:32:27,987 --> 00:32:31,115 Things will be different this time, I promise. I... 531 00:32:32,575 --> 00:32:34,994 I love you, Betty. I do. 532 00:32:35,078 --> 00:32:37,246 And you make my heart feel full. 533 00:32:38,289 --> 00:32:39,999 So will you be my girl? 534 00:32:41,459 --> 00:32:43,836 Will you go to the sock hop with me? 535 00:32:46,047 --> 00:32:48,091 Yeah. Of course. 536 00:32:48,174 --> 00:32:49,967 -Yeah? -Yeah. 537 00:32:51,928 --> 00:32:52,887 All right. 538 00:32:57,350 --> 00:32:58,184 Uh... 539 00:33:01,396 --> 00:33:02,855 [chuckles] How do I--? 540 00:33:02,939 --> 00:33:04,065 I'll-- I'll do it. 541 00:33:04,148 --> 00:33:04,983 Okay. 542 00:33:05,566 --> 00:33:06,567 All right. 543 00:33:13,658 --> 00:33:14,575 [knock on door] 544 00:33:15,910 --> 00:33:18,538 Guess who didn't show up for her assigned detention. 545 00:33:19,205 --> 00:33:20,748 The Muggs girl? 546 00:33:20,832 --> 00:33:22,125 I'm concerned, Felix. 547 00:33:22,208 --> 00:33:24,877 I think we should speak to Ethel's parents. 548 00:33:27,046 --> 00:33:29,257 God knows what's troubling that girl. 549 00:33:31,092 --> 00:33:34,387 You want me to believe that a girl, this girl, 550 00:33:35,013 --> 00:33:36,431 generated these pages? 551 00:33:36,514 --> 00:33:37,390 Yes. 552 00:33:38,015 --> 00:33:40,476 And she's currently skipping detention 553 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:43,229 because of how badly she wants to draw comic books for you, 554 00:33:43,980 --> 00:33:45,023 Mr. Fieldstone. 555 00:33:46,691 --> 00:33:50,695 Well, young lady, let me congratulate you. 556 00:33:51,404 --> 00:33:54,699 These are the most putrid pages I've seen in a long time. 557 00:33:54,782 --> 00:33:57,577 And that's the highest compliment I can give any artist. 558 00:33:57,660 --> 00:33:59,829 Freckles, you have some real talent. 559 00:33:59,912 --> 00:34:02,123 -What's your name? -Ethel. 560 00:34:02,206 --> 00:34:03,666 Thank you, Mr. Fieldstone. 561 00:34:03,750 --> 00:34:07,295 Well, Freckles, you and Boy Wonder here make a terrific team. 562 00:34:07,378 --> 00:34:10,173 So, what are you, boyfriend-girlfriend? 563 00:34:10,256 --> 00:34:13,676 Uh, no, we are just creative partners. 564 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:15,720 But we are going to the sock hop together. 565 00:34:15,803 --> 00:34:16,929 Ah. 566 00:34:17,513 --> 00:34:18,473 [knock on door] 567 00:34:21,017 --> 00:34:23,811 Smithers, I'm about to put my face on. 568 00:34:23,895 --> 00:34:27,148 My apologies, Miss Veronica, but I was emptying the bins 569 00:34:27,231 --> 00:34:30,568 and came across something that I believe belongs to you. 570 00:34:32,028 --> 00:34:33,362 What's this? 571 00:34:33,446 --> 00:34:36,324 It seems to be a poem, miss. 572 00:34:50,463 --> 00:34:53,549 -Mom, Dad, is everything all right? -We got called down to your school. 573 00:34:53,633 --> 00:34:55,885 They said you're acting like some delinquent, 574 00:34:55,968 --> 00:34:57,386 drawing dirty pictures. 575 00:34:57,470 --> 00:34:59,597 [Mrs. Muggs] On top of staying up at all hours, 576 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:03,935 inviting boys into your bedroom, and now missing detention? 577 00:35:04,018 --> 00:35:06,062 We did not raise you this way, Ethel. 578 00:35:06,145 --> 00:35:08,397 Maybe if you didn't drink so much, Mom. 579 00:35:08,481 --> 00:35:10,858 And maybe if you weren't so miserable all the time, Dad. 580 00:35:10,942 --> 00:35:13,611 -What the hell did you just say to me? -Never mind. 581 00:35:13,694 --> 00:35:15,363 [Mr. Muggs] Where do you think you're going? 582 00:35:15,446 --> 00:35:17,615 I'm going to the sock hop with Jughead. 583 00:35:17,698 --> 00:35:19,492 Over my dead body you are. 584 00:35:19,575 --> 00:35:20,827 [door slams] 585 00:35:23,037 --> 00:35:24,997 ["Strange Love" playing over speakers] 586 00:35:33,131 --> 00:35:36,050 ♪ Well, I don't what it could be ♪ 587 00:35:36,634 --> 00:35:39,136 ♪ Something about you That really threw me ♪ 588 00:35:39,220 --> 00:35:43,432 ♪ Could it be the way that you walk Or the way that you talk ♪ 589 00:35:44,433 --> 00:35:49,689 ♪ Well, it's something I can't explain An up and down like falling rain ♪ 590 00:35:49,772 --> 00:35:52,024 ♪ Ooh, baby, you thrill me so ♪ 591 00:35:52,108 --> 00:35:54,652 ♪ I'll never let it go ♪ 592 00:35:55,361 --> 00:35:59,782 ♪ All through my life I have looked for a girl like you... ♪ 593 00:36:00,992 --> 00:36:03,202 If it isn't Kevin of Kevin and the Crooners fame. 594 00:36:03,286 --> 00:36:06,205 Yeah, hardly. Just plain old Kevin Keller tonight. 595 00:36:06,289 --> 00:36:09,250 I was sorry to hear that tonight's lineup had been changed. 596 00:36:09,333 --> 00:36:12,003 Oh, easy come, easy go. 597 00:36:12,086 --> 00:36:15,006 Supposedly Fangs is an out of-this-world singer. 598 00:36:15,089 --> 00:36:17,258 Yeah, and he sure is easy on the eyes. 599 00:36:18,843 --> 00:36:20,303 But I can say the same about you. 600 00:36:21,179 --> 00:36:25,266 Anyway, I was really looking forward to seeing you perform tonight. 601 00:36:25,349 --> 00:36:28,311 Maybe you can give me a private concert one of these days? 602 00:36:29,187 --> 00:36:30,146 Yeah. 603 00:36:31,230 --> 00:36:33,399 Um, look, Clay, Betty's waiting for her punch. 604 00:36:33,482 --> 00:36:35,735 -So if you'll excuse me? -Of course. 605 00:36:36,277 --> 00:36:37,445 Have fun tonight. 606 00:36:47,538 --> 00:36:48,998 Good evening, Riverdale High. 607 00:36:50,458 --> 00:36:52,043 Who's ready to rock and roll? 608 00:36:52,126 --> 00:36:53,502 [crowd cheering] 609 00:36:54,170 --> 00:36:57,965 In that case, find somebody to hold onto, 610 00:36:58,716 --> 00:37:00,635 'cause we're about to shake things up. 611 00:37:03,596 --> 00:37:05,681 -[scatting] -[girls screaming] 612 00:37:05,765 --> 00:37:08,351 ♪ Tutti Frutti, oh Rudy ♪ 613 00:37:08,434 --> 00:37:11,145 ♪ Tutti Frutti, oh Rudy ♪ 614 00:37:11,229 --> 00:37:13,689 ♪ Tutti Frutti, oh Rudy ♪ 615 00:37:13,773 --> 00:37:15,942 ♪ Tutti Frutti, oh Rudy ♪ 616 00:37:16,025 --> 00:37:18,402 ♪ Tutti Frutti, oh Rudy ♪ 617 00:37:19,111 --> 00:37:20,279 [scatting] 618 00:37:21,572 --> 00:37:23,866 ♪ Got a gal named Sue ♪ 619 00:37:23,950 --> 00:37:26,035 ♪ She knows just what to do ♪ 620 00:37:26,118 --> 00:37:28,663 ♪ I got a gal named Sue ♪ 621 00:37:29,413 --> 00:37:31,123 ♪ She knows just what to do ♪ 622 00:37:32,041 --> 00:37:34,585 ♪ She rock to the east She rock to the west ♪ 623 00:37:34,669 --> 00:37:36,921 ♪ She's the girl that I love best ♪ 624 00:37:37,004 --> 00:37:39,257 ♪ Tutti Frutti, oh Rudy ♪ 625 00:37:39,340 --> 00:37:42,218 ♪ Tutti Frutti, oh Rudy ♪ 626 00:37:42,301 --> 00:37:44,428 ♪ Tutti Frutti, oh Rudy ♪ 627 00:37:44,512 --> 00:37:45,513 ♪ Tutti Frutti... ♪ 628 00:37:45,596 --> 00:37:47,390 Told you Fangs was the next Chuck Berry. 629 00:37:48,516 --> 00:37:49,934 I wouldn't go that far. 630 00:37:50,017 --> 00:37:51,852 Come on, let's see your moves. 631 00:37:52,353 --> 00:37:55,106 I'm fine supervising from right here, thank you very much. 632 00:37:55,189 --> 00:37:56,649 One boogie-woogie, 633 00:37:56,732 --> 00:37:59,735 and I'll stop hassling you, if that's what you really want. 634 00:37:59,819 --> 00:38:02,655 Fine. Just one dance. 635 00:38:02,738 --> 00:38:05,783 ♪ She knows how to love me, yes, indeed ♪ 636 00:38:05,866 --> 00:38:08,119 ♪ Boy, don't know what she do to me? ♪ 637 00:38:08,202 --> 00:38:10,121 ♪ Tutti Frutti, oh Rudy ♪ 638 00:38:10,705 --> 00:38:13,207 ♪ Tutti Frutti, oh Rudy ♪ 639 00:38:13,290 --> 00:38:15,835 ♪ Tutti Frutti, oh Rudy ♪ 640 00:38:15,918 --> 00:38:18,379 ♪ Tutti Frutti, oh Rudy ♪ 641 00:38:18,462 --> 00:38:20,423 ♪ Tutti Frutti, oh Rudy ♪ 642 00:38:21,340 --> 00:38:22,591 [Fangs scatting] 643 00:38:31,225 --> 00:38:36,647 ♪ Only you ♪ 644 00:38:36,731 --> 00:38:43,070 ♪ Can make all this world seem right ♪ 645 00:38:44,030 --> 00:38:47,992 ♪ Only you... ♪ 646 00:38:48,576 --> 00:38:51,037 I got the poem you wrote for me. 647 00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:52,580 Or, at least, I think you did. 648 00:38:53,330 --> 00:38:55,541 A stolen look across the hall 649 00:38:55,624 --> 00:38:58,085 I hope she hears my silent call 650 00:38:58,711 --> 00:39:01,005 Dreams of walks through moonlit nights 651 00:39:01,088 --> 00:39:04,383 With the girl more beautiful Than all the cosmic sights 652 00:39:05,217 --> 00:39:06,635 It's beautiful, Archie. 653 00:39:07,386 --> 00:39:09,805 Um, it barely rhymes. 654 00:39:10,389 --> 00:39:12,183 How do you feel about a do-over? 655 00:39:12,266 --> 00:39:14,060 Or, to put it in other words... 656 00:39:14,769 --> 00:39:17,980 Archie Andrews, may I have this dance? 657 00:39:22,651 --> 00:39:24,403 I'm sorry, Veronica. 658 00:39:24,487 --> 00:39:26,447 Maybe next time. Will you excuse me? 659 00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:28,157 Of course. 660 00:39:35,873 --> 00:39:37,375 Veronica Lodge. 661 00:39:39,251 --> 00:39:40,669 Julian Blossom. 662 00:39:41,545 --> 00:39:43,255 Where have you been keeping yourself? 663 00:39:43,339 --> 00:39:46,258 Oh, I've been around. Waiting for my moment. 664 00:39:49,720 --> 00:39:51,472 You could do a lot worse, you know. 665 00:39:55,518 --> 00:39:56,477 [Veronica] Why not? 666 00:40:01,065 --> 00:40:05,486 ♪ And fill my heart with love ♪ 667 00:40:05,569 --> 00:40:10,866 ♪ For only you ♪ 668 00:40:12,118 --> 00:40:15,955 ♪ Only you ♪ 669 00:40:17,873 --> 00:40:23,546 ♪ Can make all this change in me ♪ 670 00:40:25,047 --> 00:40:30,594 ♪ For it's true ♪ 671 00:40:30,678 --> 00:40:36,892 ♪ You are my destiny ♪ 672 00:40:46,569 --> 00:40:49,280 Boys and girls dancing in chaste harmony, 673 00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:51,991 just as God intended. 674 00:40:53,492 --> 00:40:55,828 Wouldn't you agree, Ms. Blossom? 675 00:40:56,704 --> 00:40:57,538 Yes. 676 00:40:58,414 --> 00:41:00,458 Everything is as it's meant to be. 677 00:41:04,295 --> 00:41:09,800 ♪ Only you ♪ 678 00:41:09,884 --> 00:41:15,431 ♪ Can make all this world seem right ♪ 679 00:41:17,141 --> 00:41:21,604 ♪ Only you ♪ 680 00:41:23,147 --> 00:41:27,943 ♪ Can make the darkness bright... ♪ 681 00:41:28,027 --> 00:41:29,111 Ethel? 682 00:41:31,197 --> 00:41:32,031 Ethel?! 683 00:41:34,533 --> 00:41:35,367 Ethel. 684 00:41:36,619 --> 00:41:37,995 Oh, my God. 685 00:41:38,078 --> 00:41:39,455 Is this blood? 686 00:41:40,539 --> 00:41:41,749 [sobbing] Jughead. 687 00:41:43,417 --> 00:41:45,753 Something terrible has happened. 688 00:41:48,506 --> 00:41:53,469 ♪ For only you ♪ 689 00:41:55,221 --> 00:41:58,807 ♪ Only you ♪ 690 00:42:00,976 --> 00:42:06,941 ♪ Can make all this change in me ♪ 691 00:42:08,234 --> 00:42:13,030 ♪ For it's true ♪ 692 00:42:13,739 --> 00:42:20,454 ♪ You are my destiny... ♪ n me ♪