1 00:00:01,918 --> 00:00:03,128 [creature growling on-screen] 2 00:00:03,211 --> 00:00:04,587 [woman screams on-screen] 3 00:00:05,422 --> 00:00:08,174 [Jughead] One distinct advantage of dating an owner of a movie theater 4 00:00:08,258 --> 00:00:10,927 is getting to see flicks with my pals for free, 5 00:00:11,010 --> 00:00:13,012 which is why every Tuesday night 6 00:00:13,096 --> 00:00:17,350 we would gather to watch whatever latest Atomic Age fright-fest was playing, 7 00:00:17,434 --> 00:00:19,352 little imagining that we would soon be walking 8 00:00:19,436 --> 00:00:24,232 into our very own real-life science-fiction-tinged B-movie. 9 00:00:24,315 --> 00:00:26,317 [ominous music playing] 10 00:00:27,694 --> 00:00:31,406 There, suddenly, was a melting man coming towards us, 11 00:00:31,489 --> 00:00:34,993 looking like a wax statue that had been left out in the sun too long. 12 00:00:36,244 --> 00:00:38,371 At which point the cavalry suddenly arrived. 13 00:00:38,955 --> 00:00:41,124 [gunfire] 14 00:00:46,337 --> 00:00:49,424 Sheriff Keller would soon be claiming the man was a vagrant, 15 00:00:49,507 --> 00:00:54,012 suffering from a rare case of... Wait for it. ...leprosy. 16 00:00:54,095 --> 00:00:57,390 But that didn't jibe with what I overheard Ethel say to Ben Button. 17 00:00:57,474 --> 00:01:00,977 He's wearing the same uniform my dad did when he worked at the maple factory. 18 00:01:01,478 --> 00:01:04,898 [Jughead] Once again, there was something rotten in the town of Riverdale. 19 00:01:04,981 --> 00:01:07,192 And if I was going to get real answers this time, 20 00:01:07,275 --> 00:01:09,152 I'd have to hunt them down myself. 21 00:01:10,153 --> 00:01:13,698 Luckily, I knew for a fact that the town coroner, Dr. Curdle, 22 00:01:13,782 --> 00:01:17,577 was a fan of Pep's horror comics, which were hard to come by now 23 00:01:17,660 --> 00:01:19,621 unless you had an inside connection like me. 24 00:01:19,704 --> 00:01:23,458 Oh, yes. These are quite marvelous, Mr. Jones. 25 00:01:25,168 --> 00:01:27,545 Worthy of a quid pro quo. 26 00:01:27,629 --> 00:01:31,966 Keen-o. So clue me in on what you know about that mysterious melting man. 27 00:01:32,050 --> 00:01:33,802 How did he end up looking that way? 28 00:01:35,595 --> 00:01:38,431 He was suffering from acute radiation poisoning. 29 00:01:39,474 --> 00:01:40,767 [whistles] 30 00:01:40,850 --> 00:01:43,853 Jeepers. Nuclear or atomic? 31 00:01:44,687 --> 00:01:46,606 And where would he get radiation poisoning? 32 00:01:47,190 --> 00:01:51,194 I couldn't say. Unfortunately, I didn't have much time with the body 33 00:01:51,277 --> 00:01:53,905 before Mayor Blossom claimed it and whisked it away. 34 00:01:53,988 --> 00:01:56,825 The melting man, as you call him, 35 00:01:57,450 --> 00:02:00,203 was an employee of the mayor's maple factory, 36 00:02:00,286 --> 00:02:02,038 is my understanding. 37 00:02:02,789 --> 00:02:04,624 That stinks like a rotten fish. 38 00:02:09,379 --> 00:02:11,714 Ethel, are you ready to walk to school? 39 00:02:12,340 --> 00:02:15,802 Betty, are you sure you don't want your mom to drive you and Ethel to school? 40 00:02:16,636 --> 00:02:19,347 Under no circumstances. Ethel, come on. We're gonna be late. 41 00:02:19,430 --> 00:02:20,431 [Alice] Don't worry, Hal. 42 00:02:21,141 --> 00:02:22,976 One day, it'll be raining cats and dogs, 43 00:02:23,059 --> 00:02:25,562 and she'll finally let me give her a ride. 44 00:02:25,645 --> 00:02:26,813 Mm, no, I won't. 45 00:02:26,896 --> 00:02:30,483 Ethel, Veronica, and I signed up for driver's education at school, 46 00:02:30,567 --> 00:02:32,819 so pretty soon I'll be driving myself wherever I want. 47 00:02:32,902 --> 00:02:34,904 [intriguing music playing] 48 00:02:41,619 --> 00:02:44,873 Great news from Coach Parsley over at Camp Evans. 49 00:02:45,540 --> 00:02:47,417 You are in, Reggie. 50 00:02:48,668 --> 00:02:50,670 -No fooling, coach? -In where? 51 00:02:50,753 --> 00:02:55,216 Only the best summer basketball camp for high schoolers in the country. 52 00:02:56,050 --> 00:02:58,761 That's wonderful news. Congratulations, Reggie. 53 00:02:58,845 --> 00:03:02,015 What about you, Bill Shakespeare? What are your plans? 54 00:03:03,308 --> 00:03:05,602 No summer camp for poetry, is there? 55 00:03:05,685 --> 00:03:08,313 [tense music playing] 56 00:03:09,772 --> 00:03:12,984 There will be plenty for Archie to do in town, Frank. 57 00:03:13,067 --> 00:03:16,529 He can pick up his old job at Pop's or help me down at the dress shop. 58 00:03:16,613 --> 00:03:17,530 Ah. 59 00:03:18,114 --> 00:03:21,826 You hear that? You can work at your mom's dress shop. 60 00:03:21,910 --> 00:03:22,952 [Frank chuckles] 61 00:03:23,036 --> 00:03:25,371 I'll bet you wish you didn't quit the team now. 62 00:03:29,375 --> 00:03:32,545 Let's motor, sis. Train's leaving with or without you. 63 00:03:32,629 --> 00:03:34,422 [military beat playing] 64 00:03:41,971 --> 00:03:44,515 And who, pray tell, was that? 65 00:03:44,599 --> 00:03:48,186 -You enlisting, Dad? -Don't be asinine, the both of you. 66 00:03:48,269 --> 00:03:50,146 That was General Taylor from Washington. 67 00:03:50,230 --> 00:03:51,856 He was delivering unto me, uh-- 68 00:03:52,899 --> 00:03:54,859 Well, a gift. 69 00:03:54,943 --> 00:03:56,236 Come into my study. 70 00:03:56,819 --> 00:03:58,071 I want you to see it. 71 00:03:58,154 --> 00:04:00,239 [mysterious music playing] 72 00:04:07,872 --> 00:04:10,750 What godforsaken creature is that? 73 00:04:10,833 --> 00:04:12,210 This is Moloch, Cheryl. 74 00:04:12,794 --> 00:04:14,295 An ancient pagan deity 75 00:04:14,379 --> 00:04:17,674 who can only be appeased through child sacrifice. 76 00:04:19,133 --> 00:04:21,052 You should keep Moloch in mind, 77 00:04:21,135 --> 00:04:23,471 should you be inclined to give me any more grief. 78 00:04:31,729 --> 00:04:33,147 [school bell rings] 79 00:04:33,690 --> 00:04:34,524 [Jughead] Ethel. 80 00:04:36,901 --> 00:04:39,028 I don't mean to open old wounds, 81 00:04:39,112 --> 00:04:42,115 but that melting man outside the Babylonium... 82 00:04:42,198 --> 00:04:43,157 What about him? 83 00:04:43,241 --> 00:04:46,494 You told Ben that he was wearing the same uniform that your father did 84 00:04:46,577 --> 00:04:47,912 at the Blossom maple factory. 85 00:04:47,996 --> 00:04:50,873 I was just wondering what your father did there. 86 00:04:50,957 --> 00:04:53,293 He was a janitor. Why? 87 00:04:53,376 --> 00:04:55,128 Did he ever get sick? 88 00:04:55,211 --> 00:04:57,505 My mom sometimes said that he started drinking 89 00:04:57,588 --> 00:05:01,843 to help deal with the chronic pain he felt in his stomach and his joints. 90 00:05:01,926 --> 00:05:04,304 And also because he was losing his hair. 91 00:05:05,179 --> 00:05:06,014 Golly. 92 00:05:06,556 --> 00:05:08,766 But why are you asking me about this? 93 00:05:12,020 --> 00:05:15,148 I can't say for certain, but the fact that your father 94 00:05:15,231 --> 00:05:16,691 and the melting man, 95 00:05:16,774 --> 00:05:18,735 and Mr. Rayberry, now that I think about it, 96 00:05:18,818 --> 00:05:20,653 all worked at the Blossom maple factory 97 00:05:20,737 --> 00:05:25,033 and all bit the linoleum in, shall we say, bizarre circumstances... 98 00:05:26,284 --> 00:05:28,411 I don't think that's a coincidence. 99 00:05:28,494 --> 00:05:30,496 The Blossoms are hiding something, 100 00:05:30,580 --> 00:05:34,917 and I'm going to find out what, so I can get us, you, me, Mrs. Rayberry... 101 00:05:35,626 --> 00:05:36,461 some closure. 102 00:05:37,754 --> 00:05:38,588 What? 103 00:05:40,131 --> 00:05:40,965 What is it? 104 00:05:41,466 --> 00:05:46,387 Jughead, I appreciate what you're doing, but I'm trying to move on with my life. 105 00:05:47,346 --> 00:05:49,557 I'm applying for my driver's license. 106 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:52,727 I got my car that I won as Miss Riverdale Teen Queen. 107 00:05:53,561 --> 00:05:55,646 I'm going steady with Ben. Hi. 108 00:05:59,192 --> 00:06:01,903 You're going steady with our Ben? Ben Button? 109 00:06:02,528 --> 00:06:06,491 In any case, I'm trying to put the past where it belongs. Behind me. 110 00:06:06,574 --> 00:06:08,493 Class, finish taking your seats. 111 00:06:11,954 --> 00:06:13,748 Mayor Blossom and Principal Featherhead 112 00:06:13,831 --> 00:06:15,833 asked me to show you this informational film 113 00:06:15,917 --> 00:06:19,587 about what to do in the event of an atomic bomb detonating in Riverdale. 114 00:06:22,465 --> 00:06:25,885 [narrator on-screen] Now we must be ready for a new danger, 115 00:06:25,968 --> 00:06:27,136 the atomic bomb. 116 00:06:27,887 --> 00:06:31,015 You will know when it comes. There is a bright flash. 117 00:06:31,099 --> 00:06:32,433 Brighter than the sun. 118 00:06:32,517 --> 00:06:36,395 If you are not ready, it could hurt you in different ways. 119 00:06:36,479 --> 00:06:40,525 It could knock you down hard or throw you against a tree or a wall. 120 00:06:41,025 --> 00:06:42,652 It is such a big explosion 121 00:06:42,735 --> 00:06:45,905 it can smash in buildings and knock signboards over 122 00:06:45,988 --> 00:06:47,907 and break windows all over town. 123 00:06:47,990 --> 00:06:52,203 [Archie] Jeepers, that atomic-bomb movie really gave me the zorros. 124 00:06:52,286 --> 00:06:55,873 It should have. That dumb movie was telling us to duck and cover, 125 00:06:55,957 --> 00:06:58,876 as if flying glass is going to be the biggest of our worries. 126 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:02,964 In truth, most of us wouldn't likely survive an atomic explosion. 127 00:07:03,047 --> 00:07:05,091 What are you playing at, Jug? 128 00:07:05,174 --> 00:07:07,844 Have any of you seen the newsreels from Japan? 129 00:07:08,553 --> 00:07:11,013 If a bomb drops on or near Riverdale, 130 00:07:11,097 --> 00:07:14,016 all of us are vaporized in less than a nanosecond. 131 00:07:14,100 --> 00:07:16,436 Not to mention the radiation we'd all be exposed to 132 00:07:16,519 --> 00:07:18,855 even if we manage to survive the initial detonation. 133 00:07:18,938 --> 00:07:22,233 Well, I know what I'd do if a bomb were heading our way. 134 00:07:22,316 --> 00:07:25,653 I'd sequester myself in The Pembrooke's sub-sub-basement. 135 00:07:26,195 --> 00:07:28,990 It's like a little underground city down there. 136 00:07:29,073 --> 00:07:31,033 You'd be invited, Juggykins. 137 00:07:31,117 --> 00:07:32,034 [groans] 138 00:07:33,161 --> 00:07:35,830 I would seek shelter in the abandoned Blossom mines. 139 00:07:35,913 --> 00:07:38,791 They've stood strong since before the Revolutionary War. 140 00:07:38,875 --> 00:07:41,586 Isn't it dark and cold down in those mines? 141 00:07:41,669 --> 00:07:44,547 Hmm. Why, yes, Tony, it is. 142 00:07:45,256 --> 00:07:48,259 I would have to find some way to stay cozy and warm. 143 00:07:49,594 --> 00:07:50,970 [Reggie] I'd head to Duck Creek. 144 00:07:51,053 --> 00:07:53,848 We've got a well so deep no bomb or radiation could reach it. 145 00:07:53,931 --> 00:07:55,641 Well, why stop at Duck Creek? 146 00:07:56,309 --> 00:07:58,603 If we hear these sirens, I'm hopping in my hot rod, 147 00:07:58,686 --> 00:08:00,688 I'm grabbing my mom, and I'm heading out West. 148 00:08:01,355 --> 00:08:04,442 There's no way these radiation clouds are going to cross the Rockies. 149 00:08:05,067 --> 00:08:06,402 Out West sounds nice. 150 00:08:07,111 --> 00:08:08,029 Sure does. 151 00:08:08,112 --> 00:08:10,823 You can't outrun an atomic bomb, Archie. 152 00:08:10,907 --> 00:08:12,992 No matter how fast your hot rod is. 153 00:08:13,075 --> 00:08:17,580 Guys, I read somewhere that if you are inside of a refrigerator 154 00:08:17,663 --> 00:08:19,957 when the big one hits, you're safe. 155 00:08:20,041 --> 00:08:21,792 But then you're inside a refrigerator. 156 00:08:21,876 --> 00:08:24,629 Yeah. What would you do about food and water? 157 00:08:25,630 --> 00:08:27,173 I'd be in a refrigerator. 158 00:08:27,256 --> 00:08:28,466 [all chuckle] 159 00:08:28,549 --> 00:08:30,176 I'm not holing up anywhere. 160 00:08:30,259 --> 00:08:33,179 Come on, guys, we can't let this bomb get us down. 161 00:08:34,096 --> 00:08:36,807 In Nevada, where the U.S. does most of its atomic testing, 162 00:08:36,891 --> 00:08:39,352 people have bomb shelters in case something goes wrong. 163 00:08:39,435 --> 00:08:41,229 That's what it'd take to be truly safe. 164 00:08:42,146 --> 00:08:44,065 A lead-lined underground bunker. 165 00:08:44,148 --> 00:08:46,192 [Betty] If Russia wanted to bomb us, 166 00:08:46,275 --> 00:08:50,738 wouldn't they target larger cities like Los Angeles or New York? 167 00:08:50,821 --> 00:08:52,615 People who live in the sticks, like us, 168 00:08:52,698 --> 00:08:57,536 we don't actually have to worry about nuclear attacks, do we? 169 00:08:57,620 --> 00:08:59,914 Mm. I wouldn't bet the farm on it. 170 00:09:00,748 --> 00:09:04,877 An atomic bomb could drop anywhere, even here in Riverdale. 171 00:09:04,961 --> 00:09:07,505 [dramatic music playing] 172 00:09:14,095 --> 00:09:17,056 It says, "Make rope and wrap around the rope." 173 00:09:17,723 --> 00:09:18,641 Whatever that means. 174 00:09:19,392 --> 00:09:20,935 [Archie] Say, what are you fellas up to? 175 00:09:21,018 --> 00:09:24,313 Trying to tie a sailor's knot and failing miserably. 176 00:09:24,397 --> 00:09:26,524 A sailor's knot? I can show you how. 177 00:09:27,108 --> 00:09:29,360 Don't you remember your Adventure Scouts training? 178 00:09:30,736 --> 00:09:34,198 The rabbit goes out the hole, around the tree, 179 00:09:36,033 --> 00:09:39,287 back through the hole again. You should get a nice loop. 180 00:09:40,246 --> 00:09:42,290 What are you practicing this for? 181 00:09:42,373 --> 00:09:44,000 You do realize, if the bomb hits, 182 00:09:44,083 --> 00:09:46,252 there's not much a sailor's knot can do for you. 183 00:09:47,962 --> 00:09:50,965 Kevin and I are considering joining the Merchant Marines. 184 00:09:51,549 --> 00:09:52,550 Merchant Marines? 185 00:09:52,633 --> 00:09:55,636 Wow, what is that, part of the Navy or something? 186 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:57,138 No, it's a civilian job. 187 00:09:57,221 --> 00:10:00,558 They pay you to work on a cargo ship and travel around the world. 188 00:10:01,642 --> 00:10:05,605 Archie, you might be keen on this. A lot of great writers were Merchant Marines. 189 00:10:05,688 --> 00:10:07,231 A lot of beats served too. 190 00:10:07,315 --> 00:10:10,526 Ginsberg and Kerouac both did time on the Seven Seas. 191 00:10:11,402 --> 00:10:13,821 "Adventure awaits you on the open water." 192 00:10:15,281 --> 00:10:17,908 I wouldn't hate getting away from my uncle. 193 00:10:17,992 --> 00:10:21,537 And seeing the world, having adventures? That would enrich my writing. 194 00:10:21,621 --> 00:10:23,414 That sounds super swell to me. 195 00:10:24,874 --> 00:10:27,793 -And I do love tying knots. -There's a recruiter coming tomorrow. 196 00:10:27,877 --> 00:10:31,005 You can ask him questions and hear what he has to say. 197 00:10:31,839 --> 00:10:35,635 Ladies, you are the drivers of tomorrow. 198 00:10:36,802 --> 00:10:39,221 As such, it is important to learn 199 00:10:39,305 --> 00:10:45,478 to be alert, confident, conscientious motor-vehicle operators. 200 00:10:45,561 --> 00:10:48,356 -Stop sign. -[student gasps] 201 00:10:48,439 --> 00:10:52,443 Driving is not a right, as many young men believe. 202 00:10:53,069 --> 00:10:55,988 It is a privilege and a responsibility. 203 00:10:56,530 --> 00:10:58,324 Upcoming left turn. 204 00:11:00,576 --> 00:11:03,704 That's wonderful. Let's bring our cars into "park." 205 00:11:05,206 --> 00:11:06,415 And shake it out. 206 00:11:06,499 --> 00:11:08,376 Very good. Excellent. 207 00:11:08,459 --> 00:11:12,171 Now, your homework for tonight is to rest. 208 00:11:12,254 --> 00:11:15,633 Because tomorrow your true test of skills begins. 209 00:11:16,509 --> 00:11:20,012 We will be getting into a real working automobile... 210 00:11:21,430 --> 00:11:23,474 to practice parallel parking. 211 00:11:23,557 --> 00:11:25,226 [students murmuring] 212 00:11:25,768 --> 00:11:26,894 [girl] That's too bad. 213 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:30,439 How was school today? Anything interesting happen? 214 00:11:30,523 --> 00:11:31,357 We watched a movie 215 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,318 that taught us what to do if the Russians drop a bomb on us. 216 00:11:35,194 --> 00:11:37,113 I'm thinking of joining the Merchant Marines. 217 00:11:37,196 --> 00:11:39,907 Well, as long as you finish high school first. 218 00:11:39,990 --> 00:11:42,785 When that day comes, I hope you'll still consider college. 219 00:11:43,786 --> 00:11:45,121 Wait a minute, Mary. 220 00:11:45,204 --> 00:11:48,249 Merchant Marines sounds like a solid, sensible idea. 221 00:11:48,749 --> 00:11:52,086 Much better than going to some college to pursue poetry. 222 00:11:54,505 --> 00:11:58,384 The Merchant Marines would be a way for me to pursue my poetry. 223 00:11:58,467 --> 00:12:01,804 A lot of beats would join to learn more about themselves or the world, 224 00:12:01,887 --> 00:12:02,930 then to write about it. 225 00:12:03,556 --> 00:12:05,724 You'd know that if you ever cracked open a book. 226 00:12:05,808 --> 00:12:08,644 -What was that? -No one is joining anything tonight. 227 00:12:08,727 --> 00:12:11,730 So can we please just finish our supper in peace? 228 00:12:13,357 --> 00:12:15,526 [Jughead] Well, Dilton, what's the occasion? 229 00:12:15,609 --> 00:12:16,444 [Dilton] I... 230 00:12:17,611 --> 00:12:19,113 I just came by because... 231 00:12:20,114 --> 00:12:22,825 after the melting man and that movie my dad showed in class, 232 00:12:22,908 --> 00:12:24,743 I know you're unsettled. 233 00:12:24,827 --> 00:12:27,705 Sue me. I don't want to die in an atomic attack. 234 00:12:27,788 --> 00:12:28,622 Yeah. 235 00:12:28,706 --> 00:12:31,876 Except you don't have to worry, Jughead. 236 00:12:31,959 --> 00:12:34,920 You're one of my best pals, my comic-book buddy. 237 00:12:35,004 --> 00:12:40,134 If anything bad were to actually happen, I'd take care of you. You'd be safe. 238 00:12:40,217 --> 00:12:44,889 Well, that's swell of you to say, Dilton. But how would I be safe? 239 00:12:46,390 --> 00:12:50,436 It's-- It would probably be easier if I just showed you. 240 00:12:50,519 --> 00:12:52,521 [metal groaning] 241 00:12:55,191 --> 00:12:58,527 Holy crap-ola, Dilton. 242 00:13:00,613 --> 00:13:03,032 How does your family have a bunker? 243 00:13:03,532 --> 00:13:04,825 My dad built it. 244 00:13:04,909 --> 00:13:07,745 He says we're deep enough to survive an atomic blast. 245 00:13:07,828 --> 00:13:09,955 And any radiation after the blast. 246 00:13:10,664 --> 00:13:12,208 Am I missing something? 247 00:13:13,167 --> 00:13:15,586 Does your dad think that Riverdale could be a target? 248 00:13:19,173 --> 00:13:20,049 Dilton? 249 00:13:21,091 --> 00:13:22,927 [dramatic music playing] 250 00:13:23,010 --> 00:13:24,845 What does your dad know that we don't? 251 00:13:26,305 --> 00:13:27,598 Nothing for certain. 252 00:13:28,807 --> 00:13:31,727 But about a year before Ethel's folks were killed, 253 00:13:32,561 --> 00:13:34,396 her dad showed up to our house. 254 00:13:35,981 --> 00:13:37,399 With this. 255 00:13:41,237 --> 00:13:43,781 Mr. Muggs wanted to see if it was worth anything. 256 00:13:44,448 --> 00:13:47,368 He figured since my dad was a science teacher, he'd know. 257 00:13:48,536 --> 00:13:50,579 -What is it? -Palladium. 258 00:13:52,206 --> 00:13:54,667 Mr. Muggs said he swiped it from work. 259 00:13:55,376 --> 00:13:57,878 -The maple factory? -I guess so. 260 00:13:57,962 --> 00:14:01,048 He said Clifford Blossom was sitting on a pile of it, 261 00:14:01,131 --> 00:14:03,050 and doing something with it. 262 00:14:04,301 --> 00:14:06,470 That's when my dad started building this bunker. 263 00:14:07,763 --> 00:14:12,351 Because Clifford Blossom was or is doing something with palladium? 264 00:14:13,686 --> 00:14:14,812 A secret something? 265 00:14:15,688 --> 00:14:16,772 Worth killing for? 266 00:14:16,855 --> 00:14:20,401 In its inert state, palladium is basically harmless. 267 00:14:21,110 --> 00:14:25,197 But in its purest state, concentrated and compressed, 268 00:14:26,115 --> 00:14:30,160 some scientists speculate it could be more volatile than plutonium 269 00:14:30,244 --> 00:14:35,374 and, if detonated, more destructive than a hydrogen bomb. 270 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:39,753 This is starting to ring a bell for me. 271 00:14:39,837 --> 00:14:42,715 [Jughead] Not just a bell, in fact, a four-alarm siren. 272 00:14:42,798 --> 00:14:44,967 I'd recently had my nose in a story 273 00:14:45,050 --> 00:14:47,344 about a palladium bomb destroying a small town 274 00:14:47,428 --> 00:14:50,139 by my former deceased mentor, Brad Rayberry, 275 00:14:50,222 --> 00:14:53,017 who, at one point, worked at the Blossom factory. 276 00:14:53,100 --> 00:14:55,394 Had he seen or heard something there about palladium 277 00:14:55,477 --> 00:14:57,146 that had inspired his story? 278 00:14:57,229 --> 00:14:59,523 [siren wailing] 279 00:14:59,607 --> 00:15:02,484 That's the emergency siren! As we were warned! 280 00:15:02,568 --> 00:15:05,321 This is it! This is the big one! 281 00:15:05,404 --> 00:15:07,239 [students screaming] 282 00:15:12,453 --> 00:15:16,624 Jughead, duck and cover! Jughead! Jughead, what are you doing? 283 00:15:16,707 --> 00:15:21,378 Get under your desk! No! Jughead! Get away from the-- 284 00:15:21,462 --> 00:15:23,464 [screaming] 285 00:15:30,679 --> 00:15:31,764 [gasps] 286 00:15:36,393 --> 00:15:39,104 Damn you and your fearmongering, Jughead Jones. 287 00:15:46,820 --> 00:15:48,530 [Clifford in Russian] Everything is in readiness. 288 00:15:48,614 --> 00:15:50,616 Project Moloch is almost complete. 289 00:15:50,866 --> 00:15:52,826 [Penelope in Russian] It's unfortunate what happened to that man 290 00:15:52,910 --> 00:15:54,495 who escaped from the infirmary. 291 00:15:54,662 --> 00:15:58,916 [Clifford] Yes, but we knew there might be casualties. Sacrifices. 292 00:15:58,999 --> 00:16:03,420 And his family will be taken care of... 293 00:16:03,504 --> 00:16:08,676 [Penelope] Think of how it will be when we return to the Motherland. 294 00:16:08,759 --> 00:16:11,553 Triumphant. As heroes. 295 00:16:11,887 --> 00:16:13,847 Our leaders will be pleased. 296 00:16:13,931 --> 00:16:18,185 They promised me an appointment in your government, don't forget... 297 00:16:19,436 --> 00:16:21,271 [floor creaks] 298 00:16:21,355 --> 00:16:22,356 [gasps] 299 00:16:22,439 --> 00:16:25,150 [suspenseful music playing] 300 00:16:30,614 --> 00:16:32,825 As a Merchant Marine, you'll travel the globe 301 00:16:32,908 --> 00:16:35,661 on the world's most technologically advanced ships. 302 00:16:35,744 --> 00:16:39,373 You'll work and train alongside this country's best and brightest young men, 303 00:16:39,456 --> 00:16:41,583 all eager to experience life to the fullest. 304 00:16:42,793 --> 00:16:43,627 Yes, son? 305 00:16:44,294 --> 00:16:46,714 Would we have time to explore places we'd be visiting? 306 00:16:46,797 --> 00:16:48,465 Really get to soak them up? 307 00:16:48,549 --> 00:16:50,217 This isn't a pleasure cruise. 308 00:16:50,300 --> 00:16:53,887 Something you should all know, no one is guaranteed a spot. 309 00:16:57,057 --> 00:16:59,268 Cheryl. Hi-ho. 310 00:17:01,603 --> 00:17:03,856 Has anything strange been happening at your house? 311 00:17:03,939 --> 00:17:06,734 Mayhaps. Why do you care? 312 00:17:06,817 --> 00:17:09,153 I heard you mention those abandoned mines. 313 00:17:09,236 --> 00:17:11,822 I wonder if they're close to your family's maple factory. 314 00:17:11,905 --> 00:17:14,992 The factory is practically right on top of them, yes. 315 00:17:15,075 --> 00:17:18,871 Okay. Look, Cheryl, this is going to sound like gobbledygook, 316 00:17:19,747 --> 00:17:21,707 but I believe your father is up to no good. 317 00:17:21,790 --> 00:17:24,460 I think he is involved in the Milkman murders, 318 00:17:24,543 --> 00:17:25,919 not to mention the melting man. 319 00:17:26,003 --> 00:17:29,631 And I think that those mines are actually palladium mines 320 00:17:29,715 --> 00:17:31,300 and they're not abandoned. 321 00:17:31,383 --> 00:17:34,011 There's no love lost between my father and I. 322 00:17:34,094 --> 00:17:36,096 I'm certain if he had the chance, 323 00:17:36,180 --> 00:17:38,682 he would sacrifice me to a pagan god named Moloch. 324 00:17:38,766 --> 00:17:41,393 But to your point, he has been meeting 325 00:17:41,477 --> 00:17:43,979 with an Army general in his study recently, 326 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,316 and I did overhear him and my mother last night 327 00:17:47,399 --> 00:17:49,693 speaking what I believe was Russian. 328 00:17:49,777 --> 00:17:55,365 Holy moly. Do you think you can get in there and play gumshoe? 329 00:17:55,449 --> 00:17:58,118 Just poke around, snoop, see if you find anything incriminating? 330 00:17:58,202 --> 00:17:59,620 [engine starts] 331 00:18:00,162 --> 00:18:02,164 [suspenseful music playing] 332 00:18:09,004 --> 00:18:09,838 [tires screech] 333 00:18:20,557 --> 00:18:22,893 [students cheering] 334 00:18:25,062 --> 00:18:26,146 [girl] Great job! 335 00:18:26,730 --> 00:18:31,110 I'm very pleased to announce that since all of you passed both the written 336 00:18:31,193 --> 00:18:34,404 and practical portions of your driver's education exam, 337 00:18:34,488 --> 00:18:39,034 we'll all be taking a field trip to the Riverdale Department of Motor Vehicles 338 00:18:39,118 --> 00:18:40,494 at the end of the week. 339 00:18:41,954 --> 00:18:44,498 But, girls, this is very important. 340 00:18:45,249 --> 00:18:49,837 To obtain your legal license, you must bring a copy of your birth certificate. 341 00:18:50,629 --> 00:18:53,966 The DMV needs to make sure none of you are Russian spies. 342 00:18:54,049 --> 00:18:55,801 [students chuckle] 343 00:19:04,476 --> 00:19:06,478 I was wondering why the light was on. 344 00:19:07,646 --> 00:19:10,774 Let me guess. This is for the Merchant Marines. 345 00:19:11,483 --> 00:19:14,319 The recruiter said everyone rows at least an hour a day 346 00:19:14,403 --> 00:19:16,780 when they're out at sea to stay in shape. 347 00:19:16,864 --> 00:19:19,491 So I'm just getting a head start. 348 00:19:21,076 --> 00:19:22,244 Listen, about that. 349 00:19:23,078 --> 00:19:25,664 Can we talk man to man for a minute? 350 00:19:28,709 --> 00:19:30,335 I know I'm not your father, 351 00:19:31,378 --> 00:19:32,629 but just so you know, 352 00:19:33,672 --> 00:19:36,300 I want what's best for you, just as he would. 353 00:19:42,014 --> 00:19:43,140 What is that? 354 00:19:44,183 --> 00:19:47,352 Your old man's dog tags. He'd want you to have them. 355 00:19:47,436 --> 00:19:50,898 Like he'd want you to quit this Merchant Marines business. 356 00:19:51,815 --> 00:19:55,360 Join the Army. Enlist. Just like he did. 357 00:19:57,905 --> 00:19:58,864 You didn't know? 358 00:20:01,158 --> 00:20:04,494 Your father wasn't drafted. He volunteered for the Army. 359 00:20:05,287 --> 00:20:08,749 He knew what being a real man and a good American meant. 360 00:20:09,708 --> 00:20:12,794 He believed there was no greater duty than serving this country 361 00:20:12,878 --> 00:20:15,214 and fighting for democracy and freedom. 362 00:20:16,089 --> 00:20:17,966 You wanna be like your father, don't you? 363 00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:20,052 [emotional music playing] 364 00:20:20,886 --> 00:20:24,014 Yeah. I try to be like him every day. 365 00:20:24,097 --> 00:20:27,309 Well, then drop this poetry nonsense and join the Army. 366 00:20:27,392 --> 00:20:29,770 Become the kind of man he'd be proud of. 367 00:20:29,853 --> 00:20:33,565 The man I know is inside you, fighting to get out. 368 00:20:35,609 --> 00:20:41,156 And the best part about joining the Army? You don't have to wait until graduation. 369 00:20:54,503 --> 00:20:56,505 [foreboding music playing] 370 00:21:07,891 --> 00:21:10,060 Let's see what you're hiding, Daddy. 371 00:21:46,847 --> 00:21:48,098 A draft? 372 00:22:26,178 --> 00:22:27,721 [pensive music playing] 373 00:22:41,234 --> 00:22:43,779 Good morning, honey. One waffle or two? 374 00:22:44,571 --> 00:22:45,405 Uh... 375 00:22:46,615 --> 00:22:48,325 Are those your dad's...? 376 00:22:48,408 --> 00:22:50,285 Dog tags? Yeah. 377 00:22:51,411 --> 00:22:55,040 -Uncle Frank gave them to me. -Why would he have done that? 378 00:22:57,584 --> 00:23:02,547 Well, I think I know, but maybe you should sit down so we can talk about it. 379 00:23:11,681 --> 00:23:14,142 Betty, can we talk for a second? 380 00:23:14,226 --> 00:23:15,143 Sure. 381 00:23:16,853 --> 00:23:18,480 Are things not hunky dory? 382 00:23:19,147 --> 00:23:21,191 No, there's a problem. 383 00:23:21,274 --> 00:23:24,444 Um, I don't have my birth certificate. 384 00:23:25,153 --> 00:23:26,154 It's at my house. 385 00:23:27,906 --> 00:23:31,201 -Where my parents... -Don't worry. I'll grab it for you. 386 00:23:31,952 --> 00:23:34,037 -Really, Betty? -Sure. Yeah. 387 00:23:34,121 --> 00:23:36,706 I'll book it there before we go to the DMV. 388 00:23:36,790 --> 00:23:40,043 You have any idea where your birth certificate would be? 389 00:23:40,127 --> 00:23:43,588 My mom had a crafting desk where she kept important papers. 390 00:23:44,256 --> 00:23:45,757 I bet you it's in there. 391 00:23:46,424 --> 00:23:48,093 [school bell rings] 392 00:23:57,269 --> 00:23:59,563 -Did you find something? -Did I ever. 393 00:23:59,646 --> 00:24:01,606 -You were right. -About what part? 394 00:24:01,690 --> 00:24:04,317 Everything. Snooping through Daddy's study, 395 00:24:04,401 --> 00:24:07,821 I stumbled upon a secret panel and found a bunch of these. 396 00:24:07,904 --> 00:24:09,906 [intriguing music playing] 397 00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:15,078 -And matching uniforms to boot. -Holy Toledo. 398 00:24:16,997 --> 00:24:20,125 The Milkman must have been working for your father, 399 00:24:20,208 --> 00:24:21,793 doing his bidding. 400 00:24:22,794 --> 00:24:25,130 -Are you in danger? -No more than usual. 401 00:24:25,797 --> 00:24:28,383 I also went to the mines. You were right about those too. 402 00:24:28,466 --> 00:24:29,968 They are palladium mines. 403 00:24:30,927 --> 00:24:32,387 Very much not abandoned. 404 00:24:33,889 --> 00:24:36,892 Meet me on the Thornhill grounds tonight and bring your camera, 405 00:24:36,975 --> 00:24:39,769 and pray an atomic disaster doesn't befall us all before then. 406 00:25:40,247 --> 00:25:41,164 What--? What--? 407 00:25:46,461 --> 00:25:48,713 What was my dad paying the Muggses for? 408 00:26:02,978 --> 00:26:07,482 So, Frank, Archie told me about your little talk in the garage last night. 409 00:26:09,192 --> 00:26:10,485 [Frank] Did he, now? 410 00:26:11,069 --> 00:26:12,112 What did he say? 411 00:26:12,195 --> 00:26:15,782 A few things, but it sounded to me like you used his father, 412 00:26:15,865 --> 00:26:19,786 your brother, to try to manipulate my son into joining the Army. 413 00:26:20,662 --> 00:26:24,040 How dare you? Especially when you yourself never served. 414 00:26:26,334 --> 00:26:30,255 The Army is the best place for him, Mary. It'll set him straight. 415 00:26:30,338 --> 00:26:33,925 Let's not mince words. We all know what this is really about. 416 00:26:34,009 --> 00:26:36,761 It's you not wanting Archie to write poetry. 417 00:26:36,845 --> 00:26:39,306 He's on the road to ruin. He's-- 418 00:26:40,598 --> 00:26:42,976 -Well, he's lost. -[Mary] He's not lost. 419 00:26:43,059 --> 00:26:45,854 He's 17. He's got his whole life ahead of him. 420 00:26:45,937 --> 00:26:49,232 Whether that's joining the Merchant Marines or the Army 421 00:26:49,316 --> 00:26:54,029 or going to college to study literature and poetry after he finishes high school. 422 00:26:54,612 --> 00:26:58,491 But he'll be the one who decides his path, not his bullying uncle. 423 00:26:59,117 --> 00:27:00,201 [Mary sighs] 424 00:27:00,285 --> 00:27:03,955 I can't have you here anymore. It's time for you to move out. 425 00:27:05,582 --> 00:27:09,586 -You called me here to help. -Now she's telling you to hit the road. 426 00:27:09,669 --> 00:27:11,921 Who's gonna be the man of the house? 427 00:27:12,005 --> 00:27:15,342 -I am. -Not that I need one. 428 00:27:15,425 --> 00:27:17,802 I am the woman of this house, after all. 429 00:27:17,886 --> 00:27:19,888 I'm the one who pays the mortgage. 430 00:27:21,097 --> 00:27:23,600 I suppose I could shack up with Tom Keller. 431 00:27:24,726 --> 00:27:27,854 I hear he's been handed marching orders recently. 432 00:27:27,937 --> 00:27:30,273 Wonderful. That works out for everyone. 433 00:27:41,368 --> 00:27:43,370 Betty. How you doing, kiddo? 434 00:27:43,453 --> 00:27:46,539 Why were you two writing checks once a month, 435 00:27:47,248 --> 00:27:49,334 year after year, to the Muggses? 436 00:27:49,417 --> 00:27:51,419 [tense music playing] 437 00:27:53,338 --> 00:27:57,550 Because, Betty, Mrs. Muggs was our housekeeper. 438 00:27:57,634 --> 00:28:01,304 Those must have been payments for, you know, services. 439 00:28:01,388 --> 00:28:03,264 That doesn't make any sense. 440 00:28:03,348 --> 00:28:05,433 Some checks are from two years ago. 441 00:28:05,517 --> 00:28:07,977 If Mrs. Muggs were ever our housekeeper, 442 00:28:08,061 --> 00:28:10,397 she hadn't been for as long as I can remember. 443 00:28:11,773 --> 00:28:14,442 Oh, and what's the story behind this photo? 444 00:28:16,444 --> 00:28:17,487 Who's that baby? 445 00:28:18,238 --> 00:28:20,615 Because it's not me. And it's not Polly. 446 00:28:21,324 --> 00:28:22,492 That's Ethel. 447 00:28:23,326 --> 00:28:28,665 Why did the Muggses have a photo of you holding Ethel as a baby? 448 00:28:30,125 --> 00:28:34,754 Because the Muggses asked if I would be Ethel's godfather, 449 00:28:35,505 --> 00:28:36,756 and I agreed. 450 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:40,051 So why I haven't heard about this? Why hasn't anyone? 451 00:28:40,135 --> 00:28:41,136 [splutters] 452 00:28:41,219 --> 00:28:43,555 -I don't know. I-- -[Alice] Stop, Hal. 453 00:28:45,432 --> 00:28:46,725 Just stop. 454 00:28:48,435 --> 00:28:51,604 It's over. Can't you see that? 455 00:28:55,567 --> 00:28:58,361 You're Ethel's father, aren't you? 456 00:28:59,821 --> 00:29:02,031 Why don't you go for a walk, dear? Hmm? 457 00:29:03,700 --> 00:29:06,369 So that Betty and I can have a little chat. 458 00:29:13,501 --> 00:29:18,590 Mildred Muggs did clean our house before you were born. That part is true. 459 00:29:20,175 --> 00:29:24,095 And at some point, she and your father started having an affair. 460 00:29:25,138 --> 00:29:27,515 And I suspected it for a long time, 461 00:29:27,599 --> 00:29:29,267 but it was confirmed when-- 462 00:29:29,350 --> 00:29:30,894 Mrs. Muggs got pregnant. 463 00:29:31,561 --> 00:29:34,397 Your father admitted everything. 464 00:29:34,481 --> 00:29:38,943 He was crying, apologizing. He didn't know what to do. 465 00:29:39,027 --> 00:29:42,530 I mean, if any whiff of the scandal got out, 466 00:29:43,323 --> 00:29:46,326 the consequences for the station, 467 00:29:46,409 --> 00:29:49,329 for us, for our family... 468 00:29:49,996 --> 00:29:51,206 So you stayed with him. 469 00:29:51,289 --> 00:29:52,916 I had no other choice. 470 00:29:53,458 --> 00:29:56,461 Yes, I stayed, but I handled it. 471 00:29:57,504 --> 00:29:59,005 I made a deal with the Muggses 472 00:29:59,088 --> 00:30:03,092 that if they raise the baby as their own and keep our secret, 473 00:30:03,176 --> 00:30:08,139 that we would financially support the child until she turned 16. 474 00:30:08,223 --> 00:30:09,182 Support... 475 00:30:10,725 --> 00:30:12,936 Ethel, my sister. 476 00:30:13,019 --> 00:30:14,020 Your half sister. 477 00:30:15,939 --> 00:30:19,901 This is why you adopted Ethel. 478 00:30:19,984 --> 00:30:22,445 [emotional music playing] 479 00:30:22,529 --> 00:30:27,700 This is why you've been the way that you've been with me... 480 00:30:30,495 --> 00:30:32,705 wanting Kevin to pin me over Archie. 481 00:30:34,874 --> 00:30:37,627 Why you were scared of me reading Dr. Kingsley's book. 482 00:30:39,838 --> 00:30:44,050 You were afraid of something like what happened to you happening to me. 483 00:30:45,426 --> 00:30:51,516 I just wanted to give you a good, happy life. 484 00:30:51,599 --> 00:30:53,017 Unburdened. 485 00:30:53,851 --> 00:30:55,728 Safe, free of shame. 486 00:30:56,729 --> 00:31:02,110 You've been obsessed with presenting as the perfect family, 487 00:31:02,193 --> 00:31:03,486 when all along... 488 00:31:06,281 --> 00:31:08,408 this is what's been wrong, this... 489 00:31:10,618 --> 00:31:13,454 secret, this shame. 490 00:31:13,538 --> 00:31:15,540 Not what I've been doing. 491 00:31:16,666 --> 00:31:17,959 Or what Polly did. 492 00:31:20,461 --> 00:31:21,796 It was Dad's affair... 493 00:31:24,424 --> 00:31:28,928 and your decision to stay with him and pretend that everything was fine. 494 00:31:29,762 --> 00:31:31,514 And for all my efforts... 495 00:31:33,308 --> 00:31:34,851 I failed you. 496 00:31:35,643 --> 00:31:37,896 [Alice weeping] 497 00:31:37,979 --> 00:31:42,984 As a mother, I failed you, and I'm sorry. 498 00:31:47,947 --> 00:31:48,948 You didn't. 499 00:31:51,701 --> 00:31:53,620 You did the best that you could. 500 00:31:56,664 --> 00:31:59,000 You did what you thought was right. 501 00:32:02,170 --> 00:32:03,004 But now... 502 00:32:06,007 --> 00:32:07,842 we need to get Dad back here... 503 00:32:09,594 --> 00:32:13,014 and we need to tell Ethel everything. 504 00:32:23,816 --> 00:32:25,818 [suspenseful music playing] 505 00:32:35,536 --> 00:32:38,122 [TV announcer] Oh, Mija! Starring Hiram Lodge... 506 00:32:51,010 --> 00:32:53,680 If what you say is here is really here-- 507 00:32:53,763 --> 00:32:55,723 It is. You will see for yourself. 508 00:32:55,807 --> 00:32:57,183 Wouldn't there be more guards? 509 00:32:57,266 --> 00:33:00,728 I imagine my father is trying to avoid undue attention. 510 00:33:00,812 --> 00:33:02,021 That's a good point. 511 00:33:02,772 --> 00:33:04,565 [Jughead] And as Cheryl and I were on the cusp 512 00:33:04,649 --> 00:33:06,067 of uncovering one explosive truth, 513 00:33:06,150 --> 00:33:08,695 Ethel was experiencing emotional shock waves 514 00:33:08,778 --> 00:33:11,155 after learning the truth about her life. 515 00:33:11,239 --> 00:33:12,407 It explains things. 516 00:33:12,490 --> 00:33:14,450 [emotional music playing] 517 00:33:14,534 --> 00:33:18,496 Why my parents were so sad, why they fought all the time... 518 00:33:21,124 --> 00:33:22,417 why I always felt... 519 00:33:24,168 --> 00:33:25,878 like it was somehow my fault. 520 00:33:26,629 --> 00:33:29,006 Oh. It was never your fault, Ethel. 521 00:33:30,174 --> 00:33:31,050 Ethel... 522 00:33:33,052 --> 00:33:35,722 Mrs. Cooper and I were discussing, and... 523 00:33:37,724 --> 00:33:39,225 well, we'd like to-- 524 00:33:39,308 --> 00:33:43,521 We'd like to make things right and formally adopt you, 525 00:33:44,731 --> 00:33:47,442 show you that we could be a true family. 526 00:33:52,739 --> 00:33:56,367 I appreciate that, Mr. and Mrs. Cooper. 527 00:33:57,285 --> 00:33:58,828 It's kind of you to offer. 528 00:34:01,205 --> 00:34:03,166 I don't think that's what I want. 529 00:34:04,959 --> 00:34:06,085 What do you want? 530 00:34:07,587 --> 00:34:08,463 To be happy. 531 00:34:11,674 --> 00:34:13,092 To move on with my life. 532 00:34:15,261 --> 00:34:16,137 To start over. 533 00:34:23,770 --> 00:34:27,106 You enjoy my room and don't get into too much trouble. 534 00:34:27,190 --> 00:34:30,526 I won't. And I'll see you at practice, coach. 535 00:34:33,821 --> 00:34:38,326 Mary. I don't know how I'm gonna survive without your chicken pot pie. 536 00:34:38,409 --> 00:34:39,869 Oh, come on, Frank. 537 00:34:39,952 --> 00:34:42,747 You know you'll always be welcome at Sunday dinner. 538 00:34:44,957 --> 00:34:46,250 [emotional music playing] 539 00:34:46,334 --> 00:34:48,795 Well, in that case, I will see you Sunday. 540 00:34:50,963 --> 00:34:55,676 You. So you're the man of the house now. I hope you're up for the task. 541 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:59,597 And, uh... I hope you don't hold anything against me. 542 00:35:01,599 --> 00:35:03,226 Of course not, Uncle Frank. 543 00:35:04,727 --> 00:35:09,065 But just to be clear, writing poetry doesn't make you any less of a man. 544 00:35:10,024 --> 00:35:13,694 Some of the most beautiful poems were written by soldiers in trenches 545 00:35:13,778 --> 00:35:15,905 covered in mud and the blood of their brothers. 546 00:35:17,240 --> 00:35:18,991 Well, maybe that's my path. 547 00:35:21,744 --> 00:35:25,081 Well, maybe not. I guess we'll have to wait and see. 548 00:35:26,165 --> 00:35:27,375 Mm-hm. 549 00:35:43,599 --> 00:35:46,018 We have to show these photos to Sheriff Keller. 550 00:35:46,102 --> 00:35:46,936 Maybe. 551 00:35:47,603 --> 00:35:50,523 Maybe not. For all we know, Sheriff Keller is in on it. 552 00:35:50,606 --> 00:35:52,400 Kevin's father? No. 553 00:35:52,483 --> 00:35:55,403 He's just a dimwitted small-town sheriff that's in over his head. 554 00:35:55,486 --> 00:35:58,239 Still, now that we have proof, it's better to be careful. 555 00:35:58,322 --> 00:36:01,242 Veronica has FBI contacts from when they investigated her father. 556 00:36:01,325 --> 00:36:04,453 I'll see if she can give me the names of those agents. 557 00:36:04,537 --> 00:36:06,330 Good thinking, Sherlock Jones. 558 00:36:06,414 --> 00:36:10,334 By the way, are you and Veronica officially an item now? 559 00:36:12,753 --> 00:36:15,756 -Shucks, I don't know. -Talk about being in over your crown. 560 00:36:16,674 --> 00:36:18,217 I'm holding my own. 561 00:36:18,301 --> 00:36:19,260 Mm-hm. 562 00:36:19,969 --> 00:36:21,971 [intriguing music playing] 563 00:36:29,228 --> 00:36:30,563 [banging on door] 564 00:36:30,646 --> 00:36:31,772 I'll get it. 565 00:36:34,609 --> 00:36:36,569 Gentlemen. You're right on time. 566 00:36:36,652 --> 00:36:38,404 They're having breakfast in Grand Hall. 567 00:36:38,487 --> 00:36:40,489 [dramatic music playing] 568 00:36:43,242 --> 00:36:46,746 Clifford Marion Blossom, Penelope Pavlina Novikov Blossom, 569 00:36:47,330 --> 00:36:49,916 you're under arrest for treason, conspiracy, 570 00:36:49,999 --> 00:36:53,044 and advocating for the violent overthrow of the American government. 571 00:36:53,502 --> 00:36:56,130 The FBI is shutting down your Project Moloch. 572 00:36:57,965 --> 00:36:59,133 [handcuffs click] 573 00:37:02,094 --> 00:37:03,721 You did a bad thing, Daddy. 574 00:37:03,804 --> 00:37:07,308 [Jughead] Over the coming days, the world would learn about the American capitalist 575 00:37:07,391 --> 00:37:09,685 seduced by the Soviet sleeper agent. 576 00:37:12,980 --> 00:37:14,899 Operation: Project Moloch 577 00:37:14,982 --> 00:37:17,318 was to have been the next leg of the arms race. 578 00:37:18,110 --> 00:37:20,988 From the A-bomb to the H-bomb to the P-bomb, 579 00:37:21,072 --> 00:37:22,281 the palladium bomb. 580 00:37:23,491 --> 00:37:26,160 The U.S. believed Clifford Blossom was developing it for them, 581 00:37:26,243 --> 00:37:29,747 when, in fact, his plan had been to develop the P-bomb in Riverdale, 582 00:37:29,830 --> 00:37:31,749 then deliver it to Mother Russia. 583 00:37:31,832 --> 00:37:35,544 The FBI and the U.S. Army were credited with foiling the plot against America, 584 00:37:35,628 --> 00:37:39,715 which was fine by me, as I was busy putting the rest of the pieces together. 585 00:37:40,466 --> 00:37:42,843 Mr. Rayberry must have glimpsed just enough 586 00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:46,055 during his job at the Blossom factory to grow concerned. 587 00:37:46,138 --> 00:37:50,434 He warned us, as he always did, with his brilliant, terrifying stories. 588 00:37:50,518 --> 00:37:52,353 He might have continued flying under the radar, 589 00:37:52,436 --> 00:37:54,730 but then he started agitating at Riverdale High, 590 00:37:54,814 --> 00:37:58,234 invoking the Supreme Court, spooking the powers that be, 591 00:37:58,317 --> 00:38:00,945 prompting Mayor Blossom to have his hitman, 592 00:38:01,028 --> 00:38:03,030 aka the Milkman, kill him. 593 00:38:04,490 --> 00:38:06,826 Ethel's folks also paid the ultimate price. 594 00:38:07,743 --> 00:38:12,039 Mr. Muggs had discovered that the Blossoms were sitting on a stockpile of palladium. 595 00:38:12,123 --> 00:38:13,749 That made him a threat, 596 00:38:13,833 --> 00:38:15,584 one that needed to be eliminated. 597 00:38:16,168 --> 00:38:18,421 Ethel didn't care so much about the details, 598 00:38:18,504 --> 00:38:22,383 but now that she knew the complete truth of her life, she was ready, she said, 599 00:38:23,551 --> 00:38:26,804 to finally start to hope again for a better tomorrow. 600 00:38:27,763 --> 00:38:30,182 Hey, Lovebug, you ready to peel out? 601 00:38:30,266 --> 00:38:32,351 ["Walkin' You Home" playing on jukebox] 602 00:38:32,435 --> 00:38:37,148 ♪ The clock is smilin' Like a long-lost friend ♪ 603 00:38:38,274 --> 00:38:40,693 ♪ Another minute and... ♪ 604 00:38:40,776 --> 00:38:42,236 [door opens, bell jingles] 605 00:38:43,029 --> 00:38:44,989 [engine idling] 606 00:38:45,072 --> 00:38:46,866 [Alice] Are you sure about this, Ethel? 607 00:38:48,367 --> 00:38:49,910 Moving to Hollywood? 608 00:38:49,994 --> 00:38:51,787 Don't you worry, Mrs. Cooper. 609 00:38:51,871 --> 00:38:54,206 I called ahead to my friend Peter Roth. 610 00:38:54,290 --> 00:38:58,419 He saw some of Ethel's artwork and got her a job as a storyboard artist. 611 00:38:58,502 --> 00:39:01,422 And I've arranged for Ethel to live with one of my girlfriends 612 00:39:01,505 --> 00:39:04,425 at the most glamorous of buildings, the El Royale. 613 00:39:04,508 --> 00:39:05,885 Thanks again, Veronica. 614 00:39:05,968 --> 00:39:07,219 My pleasure. 615 00:39:08,804 --> 00:39:10,181 Give them hell, Ethel. 616 00:39:10,264 --> 00:39:12,266 [sentimental music playing] 617 00:39:13,559 --> 00:39:17,188 Don't forget to send us your address so I can come visit you. 618 00:39:17,271 --> 00:39:18,439 [Ethel] I won't forget. 619 00:39:21,150 --> 00:39:22,610 Thank you for everything, Betty. 620 00:39:23,819 --> 00:39:24,862 Of course. 621 00:39:37,375 --> 00:39:41,420 I'll miss you. You always were the best partner in crime. 622 00:39:42,380 --> 00:39:43,339 Thanks, Jughead. 623 00:39:45,591 --> 00:39:46,592 Don't be too sad. 624 00:39:48,010 --> 00:39:51,222 -We'll always have Pep Comics. -Hopefully. We'll see. 625 00:39:55,518 --> 00:39:57,812 You are going to be just fine. 626 00:39:58,562 --> 00:39:59,980 I truly feel that. 627 00:40:00,981 --> 00:40:02,608 I hope so, Mrs. Cooper. 628 00:40:16,497 --> 00:40:17,623 [car door closes] 629 00:40:18,749 --> 00:40:20,251 [engine starts] 630 00:40:22,002 --> 00:40:23,629 [Jughead] Ethel was the first of us to go. 631 00:40:24,338 --> 00:40:25,923 To leave Riverdale behind. 632 00:40:26,882 --> 00:40:28,342 There would be others soon. 633 00:40:29,426 --> 00:40:31,679 All of the pieces were falling into place. 634 00:40:32,596 --> 00:40:34,932 Project Moloch had failed, 635 00:40:35,015 --> 00:40:38,269 but it was just about time to find out if our town would be avoiding 636 00:40:38,352 --> 00:40:40,062 an even greater cataclysm. 637 00:40:40,146 --> 00:40:41,897 ["Nothing Can Stop Me Now!" playing on stereo] 638 00:40:41,981 --> 00:40:43,190 [volume increases] 639 00:40:43,274 --> 00:40:48,779 ♪ Nothing can stop me ♪ 640 00:40:48,863 --> 00:40:54,952 ♪ Now! ♪ 641 00:40:57,997 --> 00:40:59,290 [chalk scratching] 642 00:40:59,373 --> 00:41:00,541 [bell jingles] ng]