1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,336 [Jughead] For years, Riverdale had prided itself 2 00:00:03,420 --> 00:00:05,171 as being the Town With Pep. 3 00:00:05,255 --> 00:00:07,757 Safe. Innocent. Utopian. 4 00:00:07,841 --> 00:00:09,843 -But after recent events... -[typewriter clicking] 5 00:00:09,926 --> 00:00:13,471 ...there was no denying the darkness that churned beneath Riverdale. 6 00:00:13,555 --> 00:00:17,183 The inequality, the prejudice, the fearmongering. 7 00:00:17,726 --> 00:00:23,273 It had been bubbling to the surface and very nearly exploded. 8 00:00:23,356 --> 00:00:26,234 Now a reshuffling was happening. 9 00:00:26,317 --> 00:00:28,153 [sinister music playing] 10 00:00:28,236 --> 00:00:31,865 Now some new way of thinking, of being, was required. 11 00:00:32,991 --> 00:00:36,786 Principal Featherhead was stepping down from his cherished post. 12 00:00:37,537 --> 00:00:41,458 The official story was... "for personal reasons." 13 00:00:42,417 --> 00:00:43,460 But word from the bird 14 00:00:43,543 --> 00:00:46,546 was that he'd been identified by an anonymous accuser 15 00:00:46,629 --> 00:00:50,592 as an accessory to Mayor Blossom's Soviet shenanigans. 16 00:00:52,719 --> 00:00:55,180 [Hal] With the sudden vacancy in the principal's office, 17 00:00:55,263 --> 00:00:59,517 the PTA is initiating a county-wide search for a replacement. 18 00:00:59,601 --> 00:01:03,062 -Mm. -Here's hoping this one makes the grade. 19 00:01:03,146 --> 00:01:03,980 Yes. 20 00:01:04,063 --> 00:01:06,900 [Jughead] In light of recent revelations and after much discussion, 21 00:01:06,983 --> 00:01:10,528 Mr. and Mrs. Cooper had decided to continue living on Elm Street 22 00:01:10,612 --> 00:01:11,988 as husband and wife. 23 00:01:12,072 --> 00:01:15,867 Though Mr. Cooper would be moving into the basement bedroom. 24 00:01:17,535 --> 00:01:21,289 A decision that... frankly, flummoxed Betty. 25 00:01:25,877 --> 00:01:27,545 [Alice] You know the truth now, Betty. 26 00:01:27,629 --> 00:01:30,048 Why didn't you leave Dad back then? 27 00:01:30,131 --> 00:01:32,926 When you first learned about his affair with Mrs. Muggs? 28 00:01:34,052 --> 00:01:38,181 I didn't wanna break up our family over his indiscretions. 29 00:01:39,224 --> 00:01:41,601 I didn't want you and Polly to grow up without a father. 30 00:01:41,684 --> 00:01:44,103 Well, why don't you divorce Dad now? 31 00:01:45,939 --> 00:01:50,318 What am I gonna do? My life is so intertwined with your father's. 32 00:01:50,401 --> 00:01:51,569 This is his house. 33 00:01:52,487 --> 00:01:56,032 I don't own the station. I can't even open a bank account of my own. 34 00:01:58,660 --> 00:01:59,661 And what a--? 35 00:02:00,453 --> 00:02:02,831 What about when you go off to college? 36 00:02:06,668 --> 00:02:08,211 I'm gonna be alone. 37 00:02:15,677 --> 00:02:17,303 You know that I have... 38 00:02:18,179 --> 00:02:20,181 never been alone a day in my life? 39 00:02:20,265 --> 00:02:25,854 I lived in my parents' house until the day that I married your father. 40 00:02:38,032 --> 00:02:41,077 [Nana] It's just the three of us now, children. 41 00:02:41,828 --> 00:02:47,167 May your idiot father and viper mother both rot in a Russian gulag 42 00:02:47,250 --> 00:02:49,752 for the rest of their miserable lives. 43 00:02:49,836 --> 00:02:52,338 From your lips to Moloch's ears, Nana. 44 00:02:52,422 --> 00:02:55,258 I always knew there was something squirrelly about Mom and Dad. 45 00:02:55,341 --> 00:02:58,261 In the meanwhile, it's up to us 46 00:02:58,344 --> 00:03:02,932 to ensure that the Blossoms rise from the ashes like phoenixes. 47 00:03:03,016 --> 00:03:04,767 I wholeheartedly concur. 48 00:03:04,851 --> 00:03:10,064 And, rest assured, I know exactly what my first order of business will be. 49 00:03:10,940 --> 00:03:12,275 [school bell rings] 50 00:03:12,358 --> 00:03:15,528 So, with Featherhead gone, who's gonna run the asylum now? 51 00:03:15,612 --> 00:03:19,699 Well, not to sound like Chicken Little, but... what if it's Dr. Werthers? 52 00:03:20,450 --> 00:03:22,410 There's gotta be better candidates out there. 53 00:03:22,493 --> 00:03:23,578 Like Captain Hook? 54 00:03:24,287 --> 00:03:25,288 Or Godzilla? 55 00:03:25,788 --> 00:03:28,291 Just so long as they don't ask my uncle to step up. 56 00:03:28,374 --> 00:03:29,876 I actually know the perfect candidate, 57 00:03:29,959 --> 00:03:32,462 but we would need support from the PTA to push it through. 58 00:03:32,545 --> 00:03:34,505 My mom's president of the PTA, of course. 59 00:03:34,589 --> 00:03:35,590 Well, that's a brick wall. 60 00:03:35,673 --> 00:03:38,593 The last time we appealed to your mom's better angels, she let us down. 61 00:03:38,676 --> 00:03:42,180 She did, but I think that we should give her another chance. 62 00:03:42,263 --> 00:03:44,140 A lot has changed for her since then. 63 00:03:45,058 --> 00:03:48,978 Well, in the meantime, I'm going to pay a house call on good old Dr. Moldy. 64 00:03:55,026 --> 00:03:57,779 Oh, I knew it. Featherhead is barely out the door 65 00:03:57,862 --> 00:03:59,572 and you're already trying to take his office? 66 00:03:59,656 --> 00:04:02,575 So, what's the plan? Are you going to study us like lab rats 67 00:04:02,659 --> 00:04:05,453 or experiment on us like some two-bit Dr. Moreau? 68 00:04:05,536 --> 00:04:10,208 Alas, Mr. Jones, I have no interest in being principal of this school. 69 00:04:10,291 --> 00:04:12,919 No, I'm off to do real work in Washington. 70 00:04:13,002 --> 00:04:14,963 I'll be serving on the president's subcommittee 71 00:04:15,046 --> 00:04:17,799 looking into the causes of juvenile delinquency. 72 00:04:17,882 --> 00:04:21,344 Specifically its links to comic books and other... 73 00:04:21,427 --> 00:04:24,013 subversive forms of popular culture. 74 00:04:24,097 --> 00:04:27,517 Well, golly. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. 75 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,102 Oh, fear not, though. 76 00:04:30,061 --> 00:04:33,773 My tribunal will still be doing the important work of regulating comic books. 77 00:04:33,856 --> 00:04:36,442 -Censoring them, you mean. -As a matter of fact, 78 00:04:36,526 --> 00:04:39,904 here is our response to your latest issue. 79 00:04:39,988 --> 00:04:42,991 Which we rejected, for the reasons outlined herein. 80 00:04:43,074 --> 00:04:46,995 Good luck to you and your colleagues at Pep Comics. 81 00:04:47,078 --> 00:04:48,997 While it still exists. 82 00:04:57,880 --> 00:04:59,924 Damn, Red. You still got it. 83 00:05:00,008 --> 00:05:00,967 I'm just buzzing, Reg. 84 00:05:01,050 --> 00:05:02,051 Buzzing. 85 00:05:02,135 --> 00:05:04,929 Earlier this week, Mrs. Grundy told us to read On the Road 86 00:05:05,013 --> 00:05:07,432 by king of the Beats, Jack Kerouac. 87 00:05:08,016 --> 00:05:09,934 Brought everything into focus for me. 88 00:05:13,980 --> 00:05:16,482 "I was surprised, as always, 89 00:05:17,025 --> 00:05:19,277 by how easy the act of leaving was. 90 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:20,570 And how good it felt. 91 00:05:21,112 --> 00:05:23,948 The world was suddenly rich with possibility." 92 00:05:26,993 --> 00:05:29,620 -You really got the bug, huh? -Yeah, I guess I do, Reg. 93 00:05:29,704 --> 00:05:33,624 So much so that this summer I'm gonna ride the rails. Hit the trails. 94 00:05:33,708 --> 00:05:35,209 I'm gonna be a vagabond writer. 95 00:05:35,293 --> 00:05:39,589 Hop trains, explore the country, sleep under the stars, 96 00:05:39,672 --> 00:05:42,884 and then write about my experiences, wherever they may take me. 97 00:05:42,967 --> 00:05:46,179 -And what's your mom gonna say about that? -My mom can't say diddly-squat, 98 00:05:46,262 --> 00:05:48,056 'cause I'm doing this during summer vacation. 99 00:05:48,723 --> 00:05:49,724 Well... 100 00:05:50,349 --> 00:05:53,686 jumping trains doesn't beat going to the best basketball camp in the world, 101 00:05:53,770 --> 00:05:57,607 but if it floats your boat, good on you, Arch. 102 00:06:02,278 --> 00:06:07,867 So, as a parting gift, Dr. Werthers rejected Zip Comics Number 42? 103 00:06:08,367 --> 00:06:10,078 And what was his rationale, may I ask? 104 00:06:10,161 --> 00:06:12,914 Well, it's gotta be because of the last story in that issue. 105 00:06:12,997 --> 00:06:14,332 -"The Comet." -What? 106 00:06:15,124 --> 00:06:17,627 -But that one's the cat's pajamas. -I know. 107 00:06:17,710 --> 00:06:20,171 It's based off a W.E.B. Du Bois story 108 00:06:20,254 --> 00:06:23,007 that Tabitha clued me into last time she was in town. 109 00:06:23,091 --> 00:06:24,926 It's so romantic and philosophical. 110 00:06:25,635 --> 00:06:28,179 After a comet hits and destroys New York City, 111 00:06:28,262 --> 00:06:30,932 a man and a woman come together and fall in love. 112 00:06:31,015 --> 00:06:34,102 Their problem is that it's a Black man and a white woman who find each other. 113 00:06:35,394 --> 00:06:39,023 I haven't even told Mr. Fieldstone yet. I think it's gonna crush him. 114 00:06:39,107 --> 00:06:40,108 I'm sure. 115 00:06:40,608 --> 00:06:43,486 That "Comet" story is a masterpiece. 116 00:06:43,569 --> 00:06:45,947 Honestly, my first thought when I read it was, 117 00:06:46,030 --> 00:06:48,282 "This would make for a fantabulous movie." 118 00:06:48,366 --> 00:06:49,283 Well... 119 00:06:50,159 --> 00:06:52,662 if anyone wants to get in touch with Du Bois' representatives, 120 00:06:52,745 --> 00:06:54,455 I have all their information. 121 00:06:54,539 --> 00:06:56,541 [lively, pensive music playing] 122 00:06:57,542 --> 00:06:58,751 Just saying. 123 00:07:04,257 --> 00:07:07,844 Mom. This is your chance to do the right thing. 124 00:07:07,927 --> 00:07:11,389 To make up for sitting on your hands when I asked you to report on Emmett Till. 125 00:07:11,472 --> 00:07:13,141 I know you regret that. 126 00:07:13,224 --> 00:07:14,142 Mrs. Cooper, 127 00:07:14,851 --> 00:07:16,978 when Riverdale High integrated, 128 00:07:17,061 --> 00:07:19,814 three of the Black schools in town shut down. 129 00:07:19,897 --> 00:07:23,276 And suddenly dozens of great teachers were kicked to the curb. 130 00:07:24,026 --> 00:07:28,322 There's this incredible educator who spent the last year driving a cab-- 131 00:07:28,406 --> 00:07:32,201 Girls, I would love to help, but the rest of the PTA-- 132 00:07:32,285 --> 00:07:33,453 Mom. 133 00:07:33,536 --> 00:07:35,204 Make them understand. 134 00:07:35,288 --> 00:07:39,459 Riverdale is at a turning point. Now is the time for a fresh start. 135 00:07:39,542 --> 00:07:41,460 [pensive music playing] 136 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,299 [crowd applauding, cheering] 137 00:07:47,884 --> 00:07:48,926 [Alice chuckles] 138 00:07:53,097 --> 00:07:55,141 [crowd whistling] 139 00:07:55,224 --> 00:07:56,350 Morning, students. 140 00:07:57,226 --> 00:07:59,187 I know you've all had a difficult year. 141 00:07:59,729 --> 00:08:01,772 I know your previous principal... 142 00:08:02,982 --> 00:08:07,904 wasn't exactly open to change, to new ideas, 143 00:08:08,488 --> 00:08:11,741 to addressing the needs of all his students. 144 00:08:11,824 --> 00:08:12,950 Well... 145 00:08:14,619 --> 00:08:16,704 let me make one thing clear. 146 00:08:18,915 --> 00:08:22,376 I'm here... for every student. 147 00:08:24,754 --> 00:08:25,713 That said... 148 00:08:27,381 --> 00:08:31,761 the challenges that face us are enormous and systemic, 149 00:08:31,844 --> 00:08:36,057 and if you're not part of the solution, then you're part of the problem. 150 00:08:37,391 --> 00:08:38,726 So I challenge you all: 151 00:08:40,937 --> 00:08:41,938 Be kind. 152 00:08:43,898 --> 00:08:44,941 Be decent. 153 00:08:46,776 --> 00:08:48,361 Be better. 154 00:08:51,197 --> 00:08:52,490 Now, let's get to work! 155 00:08:53,699 --> 00:08:55,743 [crowd cheering] 156 00:08:55,826 --> 00:08:57,828 [stirring music playing] 157 00:09:25,606 --> 00:09:27,441 -[Archie] Principal Weatherbee? -Yes. 158 00:09:28,276 --> 00:09:30,027 Hi. I'm Archie. Archie Andrews. 159 00:09:30,111 --> 00:09:31,279 Please, sit. 160 00:09:34,532 --> 00:09:36,284 What can I do for you, Mr. Andrews? 161 00:09:36,367 --> 00:09:40,454 Well, there used to be a teacher who worked here, a real top-notch teach. 162 00:09:41,247 --> 00:09:43,833 She was falsely accused of being a Communist, 163 00:09:43,916 --> 00:09:45,334 and she was fired for it. 164 00:09:45,835 --> 00:09:49,130 -Her name's Mrs. Thornton. -I know Edith Thornton very well. 165 00:09:49,213 --> 00:09:51,257 She is a wonderful educator. 166 00:09:51,340 --> 00:09:53,509 I know. Well, that's why I was hoping that-- 167 00:09:53,593 --> 00:09:55,970 Let me see if I can't right this wrong. 168 00:09:56,762 --> 00:09:57,972 Get Edith back here. 169 00:09:58,556 --> 00:10:00,391 Well, that would be swell, Principal Weatherbee. 170 00:10:00,474 --> 00:10:02,476 -Thank you. -You're welcome. 171 00:10:08,649 --> 00:10:10,651 [suave music playing] 172 00:10:13,571 --> 00:10:16,490 Hold on to your pom-poms, my beloved paper-shakers, 173 00:10:16,574 --> 00:10:18,242 because I'm back! 174 00:10:18,326 --> 00:10:20,620 Cheryl, this is a private practice for Vixens, 175 00:10:20,703 --> 00:10:23,247 not has-been daughters of Russian spies. 176 00:10:23,331 --> 00:10:27,043 Now that Principal Weatherbee is ushering in a new golden age at Riverdale High, 177 00:10:27,126 --> 00:10:30,630 I am launching a coup to take back control of my Vixens. 178 00:10:31,213 --> 00:10:35,384 Therefore, Evelyn, I am challenging you to a dance-off. 179 00:10:35,468 --> 00:10:36,636 Winner takes all. 180 00:10:36,719 --> 00:10:38,596 -I refuse your challenge. -[scoffs] 181 00:10:39,764 --> 00:10:41,849 ["Rockin' Robin" playing on stereo] 182 00:10:41,932 --> 00:10:44,935 ♪ The pretty little raven At the bird bandstand... ♪ 183 00:10:45,019 --> 00:10:46,854 That's not an option. 184 00:10:47,730 --> 00:10:50,316 ♪ They started going steady And bless my soul ♪ 185 00:10:50,399 --> 00:10:52,735 ♪ He out-bopped the buzzard And the oriole ♪ 186 00:10:52,818 --> 00:10:55,404 ♪ He rocks in the treetop all day long ♪ 187 00:10:55,488 --> 00:10:58,407 ♪ Hoppin' and a-boppin' And a-singin' his song ♪ 188 00:10:58,491 --> 00:11:01,452 ♪ All the little birds on Jaybird Street ♪ 189 00:11:01,535 --> 00:11:04,080 ♪ Love to hear the robin go "Tweet, tweet, tweet" ♪ 190 00:11:04,163 --> 00:11:06,957 -♪ Rockin' robin ♪ -♪ Tweet, tweet, tweet ♪ 191 00:11:07,041 --> 00:11:09,919 -♪ Rockin' robin ♪ -♪ Tweet, tweedle-lee-dee ♪ 192 00:11:10,002 --> 00:11:13,089 ♪ Blow, rockin' robin 'Cause we're really gonna rock tonight ♪ 193 00:11:13,172 --> 00:11:15,216 ♪ Tweet, tweedle-lee-dee ♪ 194 00:11:15,299 --> 00:11:18,219 ♪ Tweedle-lee deedle-dee-dee Tweedle-lee deedle-dee-dee ♪ 195 00:11:18,302 --> 00:11:21,180 ♪ Tweedle-lee deedle-dee-dee Tweedle-lee deedle-dee-dee ♪ 196 00:11:21,263 --> 00:11:23,432 ♪ Tweedle-lee deedle-dee-dee Tweedle-lee deedle-dee-dee ♪ 197 00:11:23,516 --> 00:11:25,142 ♪ Tweet, tweet ♪ 198 00:11:36,487 --> 00:11:39,156 [arch music playing] 199 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:40,282 Your turn. 200 00:11:47,081 --> 00:11:48,332 [screams] 201 00:11:50,709 --> 00:11:52,044 [door opens] 202 00:11:52,128 --> 00:11:55,464 Today marks the beginning of a new era for the Vixens. 203 00:11:56,590 --> 00:11:57,716 To that end... 204 00:11:59,093 --> 00:12:00,928 I have decided to live in the light. 205 00:12:02,346 --> 00:12:03,889 I'm going steady with Toni Topaz. 206 00:12:03,973 --> 00:12:05,683 And if anyone here has a problem with that, 207 00:12:05,766 --> 00:12:09,728 you are more than welcome to follow Evelyn out that door and into a dumpster. 208 00:12:12,398 --> 00:12:14,316 We're in full support of you, Cheryl. 209 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:16,402 And we also... 210 00:12:17,319 --> 00:12:18,863 Want to live in the light. 211 00:12:18,946 --> 00:12:20,281 [cheerleaders applauding] 212 00:12:26,495 --> 00:12:29,748 [Jughead] Mr. Fieldstone, I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner. 213 00:12:29,832 --> 00:12:31,709 I get it, kid. I get it. 214 00:12:33,502 --> 00:12:37,131 "Rejected for not promoting traditional American values." 215 00:12:38,466 --> 00:12:40,134 You know what that's code for? 216 00:12:40,217 --> 00:12:45,055 They didn't wanna see a Black man and a white woman end up together. 217 00:12:45,139 --> 00:12:47,349 -So, what do we do now? -What do you mean? 218 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:51,270 We publish without the damn seal. That's what we do. 219 00:12:51,896 --> 00:12:53,731 Send it out in the world and hope for the best. 220 00:12:53,814 --> 00:12:55,274 I was hoping you'd say that. 221 00:12:55,816 --> 00:12:58,569 And depending on the sales, I was thinking next time we could-- 222 00:12:58,652 --> 00:13:00,237 There's not gonna be a next time, kid. 223 00:13:01,447 --> 00:13:03,157 No, that's it for me. I'm done. 224 00:13:04,283 --> 00:13:08,245 I mean, this is the best comic I ever put together. 225 00:13:08,329 --> 00:13:10,331 [gentle, emotional music playing] 226 00:13:10,414 --> 00:13:11,624 It's a work of art. 227 00:13:11,707 --> 00:13:13,375 I mean, it actually says something. 228 00:13:13,959 --> 00:13:16,545 And that tribunal couldn't care less. 229 00:13:16,629 --> 00:13:18,005 So let the comic... 230 00:13:18,756 --> 00:13:20,216 be Pep's swan song. 231 00:13:21,383 --> 00:13:23,260 I can't imagine a better one. 232 00:13:24,678 --> 00:13:25,846 In the meantime... 233 00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:28,265 would you do me a favor, kid? 234 00:13:30,851 --> 00:13:33,562 Would you write the last editorial? 235 00:13:34,104 --> 00:13:36,357 Think of it as our eulogy. 236 00:13:37,816 --> 00:13:40,110 For the final issue of Pep Comics. 237 00:13:41,487 --> 00:13:43,072 It's been an honor, kid. 238 00:13:45,950 --> 00:13:47,159 It really has. 239 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:52,164 [Fieldstone sighs] 240 00:13:52,248 --> 00:13:53,874 Well... [chuckles] 241 00:13:55,251 --> 00:13:57,670 It was a beautiful dream while it lasted. 242 00:14:05,135 --> 00:14:07,137 [mysterious music playing] 243 00:14:12,851 --> 00:14:15,479 Oh, my gosh. I've been waiting for this. 244 00:14:15,563 --> 00:14:17,273 What did you get, hon? 245 00:14:21,110 --> 00:14:22,111 [Betty exhales] 246 00:14:22,194 --> 00:14:24,363 It's the first copy of my book. 247 00:14:24,446 --> 00:14:25,739 You wrote a book? 248 00:14:26,282 --> 00:14:28,576 Your mom and dad must be very proud of you. 249 00:14:34,206 --> 00:14:35,374 [knocking on door] 250 00:14:40,963 --> 00:14:42,464 Oh, hey, Kev. 251 00:14:42,548 --> 00:14:45,050 -What are you doing here? -Audrey said you weren't feeling great, 252 00:14:45,134 --> 00:14:47,720 so I thought I'd bring you some of Pop's chicken noodle. 253 00:14:47,803 --> 00:14:49,680 Oh. Well, I appreciate that. That's-- 254 00:14:51,682 --> 00:14:52,891 That's great. 255 00:14:54,476 --> 00:14:55,811 [Kevin] Coach Andrews? 256 00:14:56,645 --> 00:14:58,063 What's going on? 257 00:14:58,147 --> 00:15:01,233 Uh, I'm staying in the motel as well, and, uh... 258 00:15:02,234 --> 00:15:05,863 the shower in my room is on the fritz, so, you-- Your dad let me use his. 259 00:15:05,946 --> 00:15:06,780 Yeah. 260 00:15:07,489 --> 00:15:08,741 Right. 261 00:15:08,824 --> 00:15:10,534 You wanna come in, grab a flop? 262 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:13,746 Um, no. No, um... 263 00:15:14,747 --> 00:15:16,457 I should probably cut out. 264 00:15:30,638 --> 00:15:31,472 [Betty] Mom? 265 00:15:32,097 --> 00:15:34,725 I have something that I wanna show you. 266 00:15:34,808 --> 00:15:35,684 Oh. 267 00:15:36,685 --> 00:15:37,603 What is it, Betty? 268 00:15:43,817 --> 00:15:45,569 I wrote a book. 269 00:15:50,157 --> 00:15:51,492 Goodness. Yes. 270 00:15:52,826 --> 00:15:55,579 You-- You did. I see that you're on the cover. 271 00:15:56,205 --> 00:15:57,665 In undergarments. 272 00:15:59,959 --> 00:16:02,127 I really, really want you to read it. 273 00:16:02,211 --> 00:16:06,674 Mm. It says right there in the title it's for teenagers. 274 00:16:06,757 --> 00:16:08,050 I mean, why would I read it? 275 00:16:08,133 --> 00:16:09,760 Well, in an ideal world, 276 00:16:09,843 --> 00:16:12,972 I'd love for you to be proud of me for writing a book. 277 00:16:14,056 --> 00:16:19,353 But I'll settle for you reading it just... to get to know me better. 278 00:16:21,522 --> 00:16:25,984 And maybe by getting to know me better, you might get to know yourself better. 279 00:16:31,991 --> 00:16:33,075 [clears throat] 280 00:16:36,912 --> 00:16:39,456 [Archie] Oh, it is so great to have you back, Mrs. Thornton. 281 00:16:39,540 --> 00:16:42,626 Geraldine shared some of your recent poems with me. 282 00:16:42,710 --> 00:16:44,712 I do hope you plan to stick with your writing. 283 00:16:44,795 --> 00:16:45,921 Oh, I do. 284 00:16:46,005 --> 00:16:48,841 In fact, this summer, I'm gonna hit the rails. 285 00:16:48,924 --> 00:16:50,551 Like all the Beat writers do. 286 00:16:50,634 --> 00:16:52,761 I'm gonna see if I can get at least one... 287 00:16:52,845 --> 00:16:56,640 great big juicy Allen Ginsberg-like poem out of it. 288 00:16:56,724 --> 00:16:58,475 Oh, that's wonderful. 289 00:16:58,559 --> 00:17:02,104 You'll see what the world beyond Riverdale is like. 290 00:17:02,187 --> 00:17:03,856 It's exactly what you should be doing 291 00:17:03,939 --> 00:17:06,316 at this point in your development as a poet. 292 00:17:13,198 --> 00:17:14,032 Clay? 293 00:17:15,409 --> 00:17:16,326 Tell me, 294 00:17:16,410 --> 00:17:18,787 have you ever read the story "The Comet"? 295 00:17:19,371 --> 00:17:21,373 Of course. Multiple times, in fact. 296 00:17:22,416 --> 00:17:23,417 I figured you would have. 297 00:17:24,501 --> 00:17:25,794 In that case, 298 00:17:25,878 --> 00:17:30,758 how would you feel about writing and directing an adaptation of "The Comet" 299 00:17:30,841 --> 00:17:33,427 as a major motion picture? 300 00:17:34,511 --> 00:17:37,931 Is this a gag? I've actually been fiddling with a screenplay version 301 00:17:38,015 --> 00:17:39,391 of "The Comet" for years. 302 00:17:39,475 --> 00:17:41,351 Well, thanks to Jughead, 303 00:17:41,435 --> 00:17:43,812 I connected with Du Bois' agents, 304 00:17:43,896 --> 00:17:47,608 and it turns out the movie rights had been languishing for years. 305 00:17:47,691 --> 00:17:49,318 So I snapped them up. 306 00:17:49,401 --> 00:17:52,946 And I suspected you'd be passionate about this. 307 00:17:53,030 --> 00:17:55,157 Veronica, I can't believe what I'm hearing. 308 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:57,659 It's going to be an uphill battle. 309 00:17:57,743 --> 00:18:02,664 But there are things we can do, like get the right star attached. 310 00:18:03,248 --> 00:18:05,709 Someone like, say... 311 00:18:05,793 --> 00:18:07,628 [both] Sidney Poitier. 312 00:18:07,711 --> 00:18:09,797 -Precisely. -Can you get to him? 313 00:18:10,631 --> 00:18:14,760 I might not be able to get to him, but we both know someone who can. 314 00:18:14,843 --> 00:18:16,095 Josie McCoy. 315 00:18:16,678 --> 00:18:18,055 But, Clay... 316 00:18:18,138 --> 00:18:21,767 if we're going to attach a big star like Sidney, 317 00:18:21,850 --> 00:18:25,521 your adaptation needs to be undeniable. 318 00:18:25,604 --> 00:18:26,939 Don't worry. It will be. 319 00:18:27,022 --> 00:18:29,775 And who needs to wait for summer? I'll get going right away. 320 00:18:29,858 --> 00:18:30,859 Wonderful. 321 00:18:33,153 --> 00:18:35,948 In that case, I'm thinking a premiere at Cannes 322 00:18:36,031 --> 00:18:38,575 in the next four to five years. 323 00:18:38,659 --> 00:18:39,618 How does that sound? 324 00:18:47,334 --> 00:18:48,627 [Veronica squeals] 325 00:18:54,550 --> 00:18:55,425 Hey. 326 00:18:56,176 --> 00:18:58,220 -Why the long face? -[sniffles] 327 00:18:58,762 --> 00:19:01,598 I just got the information packet for Camp Evans. 328 00:19:03,183 --> 00:19:04,726 My basketball camp. 329 00:19:06,603 --> 00:19:07,437 Well... 330 00:19:08,147 --> 00:19:09,982 Well, that's great, isn't it? 331 00:19:10,065 --> 00:19:12,025 Turns out they flip-flopped the dates on me, 332 00:19:12,109 --> 00:19:14,069 and now it's smack-dab in the middle 333 00:19:14,153 --> 00:19:16,363 of our annual sweet-corn harvest back on the farm. 334 00:19:16,446 --> 00:19:18,574 Well, can't you skip the harvest this one time? 335 00:19:18,657 --> 00:19:20,576 The corn we harvest 336 00:19:21,159 --> 00:19:24,413 that single month supports our farm for the rest of the year. 337 00:19:25,455 --> 00:19:26,957 There's no way I can miss it. 338 00:19:28,125 --> 00:19:29,293 My parents need me. 339 00:19:30,085 --> 00:19:34,006 So I just-- I gotta forget about basketball camp. 340 00:19:35,841 --> 00:19:36,967 [sniffles] 341 00:19:37,676 --> 00:19:38,760 Well... [scoffs] 342 00:19:39,511 --> 00:19:40,679 ...the heck with that. 343 00:19:42,514 --> 00:19:43,390 No. 344 00:19:44,141 --> 00:19:47,227 Reg, don't sweat it. I'll take your place on the farm. 345 00:19:47,311 --> 00:19:49,354 Stop goofing, Andrews. 346 00:19:49,438 --> 00:19:50,647 You got other plans. 347 00:19:50,731 --> 00:19:52,482 Well, whatever I had planned, 348 00:19:52,566 --> 00:19:55,360 it's not as important as getting you set up for college. 349 00:19:56,111 --> 00:19:57,321 And going pro. 350 00:19:58,113 --> 00:20:00,949 Besides, working the land with my hands? 351 00:20:01,491 --> 00:20:02,868 Giving back to the earth? 352 00:20:03,827 --> 00:20:06,330 And then writing about it while leaned up against a haystack? 353 00:20:06,413 --> 00:20:10,834 I mean, that's exactly what a Beat writer should be doing. 354 00:20:10,918 --> 00:20:12,794 My parents won't be able to pay you, Archie. 355 00:20:13,420 --> 00:20:15,255 -And it's not easy work. -Reg. 356 00:20:16,173 --> 00:20:17,007 I got it. 357 00:20:18,842 --> 00:20:20,219 It's all part of the experience. 358 00:20:21,178 --> 00:20:22,888 You're going to Camp Evans. 359 00:20:22,971 --> 00:20:25,098 Let me take up the slack at Duck Creek. 360 00:20:26,767 --> 00:20:30,896 Sleep in your barn, learn the ukulele, break bread with your mom, your dad. 361 00:20:30,979 --> 00:20:32,981 [heartwarming music playing] 362 00:20:35,108 --> 00:20:35,943 Yeah. 363 00:20:36,443 --> 00:20:37,277 Okay. 364 00:20:38,695 --> 00:20:39,529 Sounds good. 365 00:20:43,408 --> 00:20:44,326 Thanks, Archie. 366 00:20:49,456 --> 00:20:50,457 I love you, Reg. 367 00:20:51,917 --> 00:20:53,168 I love you too, Archie. 368 00:21:03,762 --> 00:21:05,973 [crying quietly] 369 00:21:06,056 --> 00:21:07,057 [Betty] Mom? 370 00:21:09,851 --> 00:21:11,311 What is it? What's wrong? 371 00:21:12,312 --> 00:21:13,522 I, uh... 372 00:21:17,025 --> 00:21:18,819 I just finished your book. 373 00:21:21,655 --> 00:21:23,448 And I'm speechless. 374 00:21:25,325 --> 00:21:27,369 Well, I'm really glad that you read it. 375 00:21:28,662 --> 00:21:30,372 Betty, you wrote a book. 376 00:21:33,166 --> 00:21:34,876 A whole book. 377 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:36,962 [emotional music playing] 378 00:21:38,547 --> 00:21:39,840 And you're right. 379 00:21:42,134 --> 00:21:43,802 I did get to know you better. 380 00:21:46,388 --> 00:21:47,681 And all those... 381 00:21:49,308 --> 00:21:53,812 wonderful, intelligent, promising young women. 382 00:21:55,355 --> 00:22:00,652 So full of thoughts and fears and struggles. 383 00:22:02,946 --> 00:22:04,281 And dreams. 384 00:22:07,868 --> 00:22:09,703 They have aspirations. 385 00:22:10,287 --> 00:22:11,788 Yeah. That's true. 386 00:22:14,249 --> 00:22:15,709 And then I think of myself, 387 00:22:15,792 --> 00:22:19,546 and my biggest dream was being Miss Riverdale. 388 00:22:23,967 --> 00:22:26,845 Mom, you once told me that you dreamed about being a stewardess. 389 00:22:26,928 --> 00:22:27,929 Mm. 390 00:22:28,013 --> 00:22:31,391 You wanted to see the world and meet fascinating people 391 00:22:31,475 --> 00:22:33,643 and be a fascinating person. 392 00:22:34,811 --> 00:22:36,521 Yeah, well, that was a, uh... 393 00:22:37,939 --> 00:22:41,651 silly dream from a young girl a long time ago. 394 00:22:41,735 --> 00:22:42,778 No, Mom. 395 00:22:46,531 --> 00:22:48,325 No dream is silly. 396 00:22:50,535 --> 00:22:54,247 I know you think that it's too late for you, but it's not. 397 00:22:57,876 --> 00:22:59,544 You can be happy. 398 00:23:02,047 --> 00:23:03,590 Please, please... 399 00:23:04,508 --> 00:23:06,051 please believe that. 400 00:23:24,152 --> 00:23:28,156 [Jughead] Chances are, you won't ever see this issue on a newsstand. 401 00:23:28,740 --> 00:23:31,618 Despite that, Pep Comics has decided to release it. 402 00:23:32,327 --> 00:23:36,123 We are publishing this, our final issue, 403 00:23:36,206 --> 00:23:39,167 without the Comic Book Code Seal of Approval. 404 00:23:39,251 --> 00:23:43,797 Most likely, that means this issue will end up in either a landfill or a bonfire. 405 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:45,006 [fire roars] 406 00:23:45,090 --> 00:23:49,511 But we here at Pep Comics refuse to kneel to the un-American censorship 407 00:23:49,594 --> 00:23:53,640 that was specifically drafted to silence stories like "The Comet." 408 00:23:54,182 --> 00:23:57,477 We hope that this comic book will find its way into your hands. 409 00:23:57,561 --> 00:24:00,230 And, hopefully, the stories in it will make you think. 410 00:24:00,814 --> 00:24:02,732 And make you feel a little less alone. 411 00:24:03,900 --> 00:24:07,487 So we at Pep Comics leave you with this final message: 412 00:24:07,571 --> 00:24:10,657 It is easier to tear down than to build up. 413 00:24:11,241 --> 00:24:13,702 Try to be a builder, not a destroyer. 414 00:24:14,870 --> 00:24:18,081 With that in mind, enjoy this humble adaptation of "The Comet" 415 00:24:18,165 --> 00:24:20,750 by the great author W.E.B. Du Bois, 416 00:24:20,834 --> 00:24:23,545 a man who faced unthinkable adversity 417 00:24:23,628 --> 00:24:25,839 and still chose to believe that the end of the world 418 00:24:25,922 --> 00:24:28,675 was not a foregone conclusion. 419 00:24:29,301 --> 00:24:34,139 There is always a chance for a brighter, better, stronger future. 420 00:24:35,098 --> 00:24:38,351 From all of us at Pep Comics, this is adieu... 421 00:24:39,311 --> 00:24:40,478 but not farewell. 422 00:24:41,271 --> 00:24:42,522 We'll meet again. 423 00:24:43,398 --> 00:24:45,400 [gentle, stirring music playing] 424 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:49,237 Tabitha. 425 00:24:50,071 --> 00:24:52,991 -[door closes] -Hi. What are you doing here? 426 00:24:53,074 --> 00:24:55,243 -Hi, stranger. -Oh! 427 00:24:57,746 --> 00:24:59,372 Gee whiz. 428 00:24:59,456 --> 00:25:01,291 You're a sight for sore eyes. 429 00:25:03,168 --> 00:25:04,544 What happened to your glasses? 430 00:25:05,837 --> 00:25:07,756 And what's that television doing here? 431 00:25:09,382 --> 00:25:10,592 Jughead, 432 00:25:10,675 --> 00:25:16,431 I am not the Tabitha who's traveling across the country with the NAACP. 433 00:25:17,766 --> 00:25:19,726 I'm the Tabitha that you've... 434 00:25:20,310 --> 00:25:21,436 forgotten. 435 00:25:22,562 --> 00:25:23,647 Uh... 436 00:25:24,231 --> 00:25:25,982 What are you talking about? 437 00:25:26,066 --> 00:25:26,942 Sit down. 438 00:25:28,235 --> 00:25:29,569 Let me show you something. 439 00:25:35,075 --> 00:25:38,453 -[intriguing music playing on TV] -[Jughead on TV] Our story's about a town. 440 00:25:38,536 --> 00:25:41,248 -Wowee. Is this a color television? -[Jughead] A small town. 441 00:25:41,331 --> 00:25:43,375 And the people who live in the town. 442 00:25:44,084 --> 00:25:47,003 From a distance, it presents itself like so many other small towns... 443 00:25:47,087 --> 00:25:48,296 Is that my voice? 444 00:25:48,380 --> 00:25:51,216 -...all over the world. Safe. -Just absorb. 445 00:25:51,299 --> 00:25:52,467 Decent. Innocent. 446 00:25:52,550 --> 00:25:54,886 And then I will explain everything. 447 00:25:54,970 --> 00:25:59,015 [Jughead] Get closer, though, and you start seeing the shadows underneath. 448 00:25:59,099 --> 00:26:01,851 The name of our town is Riverdale. 449 00:26:02,852 --> 00:26:04,562 [singer on TV] ♪ Tell me... ♪ 450 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:09,234 [Angel Tabitha] Well? 451 00:26:13,905 --> 00:26:15,156 I remember. 452 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:16,992 [emotional music playing] 453 00:26:17,742 --> 00:26:19,286 I remember everything. 454 00:26:20,912 --> 00:26:24,582 That I sent you and everyone back to 1955 455 00:26:24,666 --> 00:26:27,669 to save Riverdale from Bailey's Comet? 456 00:26:27,752 --> 00:26:30,338 And that, while you and all of your friends worked 457 00:26:30,422 --> 00:26:33,967 to make this timeline less dark and nihilistic and hopeless, 458 00:26:34,050 --> 00:26:37,095 I was trying to untangle the various timelines 459 00:26:37,178 --> 00:26:38,847 that had gotten jumbled? 460 00:26:38,930 --> 00:26:41,182 Shore up the multiverse, in other words. 461 00:26:42,976 --> 00:26:44,352 We were successful? 462 00:26:45,353 --> 00:26:46,229 You were. 463 00:26:47,856 --> 00:26:49,107 You all did great. 464 00:26:49,190 --> 00:26:51,151 All of your collective innate decency, 465 00:26:51,234 --> 00:26:55,572 all of your struggles, have started to reshape this town, this world. 466 00:26:56,156 --> 00:26:59,576 And it will just keep getting better and better. 467 00:27:01,161 --> 00:27:02,579 Neat. [chuckling] 468 00:27:03,830 --> 00:27:04,664 Awesome. 469 00:27:06,374 --> 00:27:10,503 I assume that you were successful too? 470 00:27:11,379 --> 00:27:13,465 After much trial and error, 471 00:27:13,548 --> 00:27:17,135 I realized it would be impossible for me to untangle and-- 472 00:27:17,218 --> 00:27:19,429 And pull apart all of the various timelines, 473 00:27:19,512 --> 00:27:23,433 so, instead, I wove them all into a single timeline. 474 00:27:24,392 --> 00:27:25,435 This one. 475 00:27:25,518 --> 00:27:28,521 And I used all of the energy from all of the other timelines 476 00:27:28,605 --> 00:27:31,191 to stabilize it and fortify it. 477 00:27:32,567 --> 00:27:33,485 Great. 478 00:27:35,028 --> 00:27:35,945 It is. 479 00:27:36,905 --> 00:27:37,864 But, um... 480 00:27:39,407 --> 00:27:41,117 now that it's stable... 481 00:27:42,243 --> 00:27:43,244 I can't... 482 00:27:44,412 --> 00:27:46,206 move anyone through time. 483 00:27:48,166 --> 00:27:51,127 I can't send you all back to 2023. 484 00:27:54,881 --> 00:27:57,842 So the others... 485 00:27:59,010 --> 00:28:02,972 won't remember anything about everything that happened before? 486 00:28:03,056 --> 00:28:06,393 Well, I can't move them through time, as I've said, 487 00:28:06,476 --> 00:28:08,436 but I can show them. 488 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,230 I can show them what I showed you, 489 00:28:10,313 --> 00:28:11,815 and then they can decide 490 00:28:11,898 --> 00:28:14,567 whether or not they want to remember their other... 491 00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:16,486 adventures... 492 00:28:17,112 --> 00:28:18,113 let's call them. 493 00:28:19,739 --> 00:28:20,949 It's the least I can do. 494 00:28:22,617 --> 00:28:24,828 [Jughead] So I gathered my friends, again, 495 00:28:25,453 --> 00:28:27,330 and I told them about the future... 496 00:28:28,164 --> 00:28:30,792 and how we couldn't go back to our previous lives 497 00:28:30,875 --> 00:28:33,545 but they could remember them if they chose to do so 498 00:28:34,129 --> 00:28:37,424 and then decide if they wanted to keep those memories or forget them. 499 00:28:37,507 --> 00:28:41,678 Look, I know it's a lot to process, so I'll just leave the decision to you. 500 00:28:43,346 --> 00:28:45,306 If you're interested, you know where to find me. 501 00:28:51,354 --> 00:28:54,399 I wondered if any of them would take me up on Tabitha's offer. 502 00:28:54,482 --> 00:28:56,025 -[Archie] Jughead. -[knocking on door] 503 00:28:58,445 --> 00:28:59,696 I drew the short straw. 504 00:29:00,947 --> 00:29:03,950 If this is real, I figure I might get a good poem out of it. 505 00:29:04,033 --> 00:29:05,410 My own version of "Howl." 506 00:29:06,703 --> 00:29:07,537 Come on. 507 00:29:10,999 --> 00:29:13,001 [intriguing music playing] 508 00:29:13,793 --> 00:29:17,213 In the future, this is called "binge-watching." 509 00:29:17,839 --> 00:29:19,632 [Jughead on TV] Our story's about a town. 510 00:29:19,716 --> 00:29:23,052 A small town. And the people who live in the town. 511 00:29:23,136 --> 00:29:27,640 From a distance, it presents itself like so many other small towns 512 00:29:27,724 --> 00:29:28,641 all over the world. 513 00:29:32,729 --> 00:29:34,481 [doo-wop music playing on jukebox] 514 00:29:34,564 --> 00:29:35,690 I was a boxer. 515 00:29:37,192 --> 00:29:38,026 Prisoner. 516 00:29:39,652 --> 00:29:40,862 Football player. 517 00:29:41,696 --> 00:29:43,114 I was a soldier. 518 00:29:45,283 --> 00:29:46,326 Like my dad. 519 00:29:46,993 --> 00:29:48,077 [Archie scoffs] 520 00:29:48,912 --> 00:29:50,246 I was with my dad. 521 00:29:52,916 --> 00:29:54,542 [melancholy music playing] 522 00:29:57,003 --> 00:29:57,837 Then he-- 523 00:29:59,547 --> 00:30:00,673 Then he died again. 524 00:30:04,761 --> 00:30:05,595 Well... 525 00:30:07,972 --> 00:30:10,183 I promised the others I'd report back. 526 00:30:10,767 --> 00:30:12,018 What are you gonna tell them? 527 00:30:12,602 --> 00:30:13,561 I'm not sure. 528 00:30:18,733 --> 00:30:20,985 I didn't think I'd ever see my dad again. 529 00:30:21,069 --> 00:30:21,945 So I'm-- 530 00:30:22,862 --> 00:30:24,197 I'm glad about that. 531 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:26,533 [sighs] 532 00:30:27,826 --> 00:30:29,994 But I don't know if they'll wanna see what I saw. 533 00:30:33,706 --> 00:30:36,709 That said, if anyone does, they know where to find me. 534 00:30:39,045 --> 00:30:40,171 [sighs] 535 00:30:52,267 --> 00:30:54,686 -[door opens & bells jingle] -[Veronica] Hey, Jughead? 536 00:30:56,980 --> 00:30:58,815 Archie told us what you showed him. 537 00:31:00,483 --> 00:31:02,151 We'd like to see what Archie saw. 538 00:31:02,986 --> 00:31:03,820 Together. 539 00:31:03,903 --> 00:31:05,738 Classic Bee and Vee style. 540 00:31:08,324 --> 00:31:11,703 [Jughead on TV] Our story's about a town. A small town. 541 00:31:11,786 --> 00:31:13,830 Decent. Innocent. 542 00:31:14,747 --> 00:31:19,252 Get closer, though, and you start seeing the shadows underneath. 543 00:31:20,169 --> 00:31:22,797 The name of our town is Riverdale. 544 00:31:23,756 --> 00:31:24,924 [singer on TV] ♪ Tell me... ♪ 545 00:31:25,008 --> 00:31:28,219 You could have prepared us a little more for that, Jughead Jones. 546 00:31:28,303 --> 00:31:30,179 [pop ballad playing on jukebox] 547 00:31:30,263 --> 00:31:31,347 [Betty sniffles] 548 00:31:34,309 --> 00:31:35,393 There was... 549 00:31:35,476 --> 00:31:37,478 [melancholy music playing] 550 00:31:40,481 --> 00:31:42,400 ...so much darkness... 551 00:31:43,818 --> 00:31:45,153 in that world. 552 00:31:47,447 --> 00:31:48,948 And my family? 553 00:31:50,992 --> 00:31:53,244 My father was a killer. 554 00:31:55,747 --> 00:31:56,956 My sister... 555 00:31:58,249 --> 00:31:59,208 was murdered. 556 00:31:59,292 --> 00:32:00,168 And then... 557 00:32:00,877 --> 00:32:02,545 came back to life. 558 00:32:06,466 --> 00:32:07,759 You and I... 559 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:10,386 we were together. 560 00:32:10,470 --> 00:32:11,387 Yeah. 561 00:32:13,181 --> 00:32:14,307 Till we weren't. 562 00:32:18,311 --> 00:32:19,896 I was with Archie. 563 00:32:21,439 --> 00:32:22,398 And I... 564 00:32:22,940 --> 00:32:25,860 killed my husband, Chad. 565 00:32:27,987 --> 00:32:29,447 And my father. 566 00:32:30,823 --> 00:32:32,033 [door opens & bells jingle] 567 00:32:32,116 --> 00:32:35,495 What you're about to see is your past, but it's also your future. 568 00:32:35,578 --> 00:32:38,665 And some of it will be disturbing. 569 00:32:39,540 --> 00:32:40,875 We can handle it. 570 00:32:40,958 --> 00:32:43,294 At times, you might not even recognize yourselves. 571 00:32:47,048 --> 00:32:48,132 Where are Kevin and Julian? 572 00:32:48,216 --> 00:32:52,428 Uh... Kevin asked if Clay was in any of the stories on TV. 573 00:32:53,137 --> 00:32:55,765 When Betty told him he wasn't, he didn't wanna come. 574 00:32:56,808 --> 00:33:01,062 When Julian found out he was just a doll in the TV stories, 575 00:33:01,145 --> 00:33:02,397 he didn't wanna come either. 576 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:06,484 But the rest of us wanna see what our past was like. 577 00:33:07,068 --> 00:33:07,902 Sounds good. 578 00:33:08,903 --> 00:33:12,281 [Jughead on TV] Our story's about a town. A small town. 579 00:33:12,365 --> 00:33:14,617 Decent. Innocent. 580 00:33:15,368 --> 00:33:17,161 Get closer, though, 581 00:33:17,245 --> 00:33:19,497 and you start seeing the shadows underneath... 582 00:33:19,580 --> 00:33:21,416 [dramatic music playing] 583 00:33:24,544 --> 00:33:26,337 [Angel Tabitha] Now you know. 584 00:33:26,421 --> 00:33:29,215 Now you know what your lives were like before the comet. 585 00:33:29,298 --> 00:33:34,303 The adventures you had, the people you loved, the people you lost. 586 00:33:35,555 --> 00:33:36,389 The good. 587 00:33:37,098 --> 00:33:38,099 The bad. 588 00:33:39,642 --> 00:33:40,852 The bear. 589 00:33:40,935 --> 00:33:44,147 The question is, do you wanna carry this knowledge with you 590 00:33:44,230 --> 00:33:45,356 for the rest of your lives 591 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:49,193 or... would you rather forget? 592 00:33:50,069 --> 00:33:52,071 Because I can make that happen. 593 00:33:52,155 --> 00:33:53,656 Because she's an angel. 594 00:33:54,282 --> 00:33:56,784 Along those lines, Angel Tabitha-- 595 00:33:56,868 --> 00:33:59,203 Can I call you "Angel Tabitha"? 596 00:33:59,287 --> 00:34:01,205 This is something we've all been discussing, 597 00:34:01,289 --> 00:34:03,207 and we were wondering... 598 00:34:03,291 --> 00:34:06,836 could we, perhaps, just remember the good things? 599 00:34:06,919 --> 00:34:10,131 Forget all the serial killers and superpowers 600 00:34:10,214 --> 00:34:11,549 and Gargoyle Kings 601 00:34:11,632 --> 00:34:16,179 and just remember the happy times we had? 602 00:34:16,262 --> 00:34:17,889 It doesn't exactly work that way-- 603 00:34:17,972 --> 00:34:22,310 Actually, I can make that happen, yes. 604 00:34:22,393 --> 00:34:24,771 I can hit a reset button 605 00:34:24,854 --> 00:34:28,649 and only reshare the good memories. 606 00:34:29,567 --> 00:34:33,237 I think after everything you all have been through, 607 00:34:33,321 --> 00:34:36,240 you deserve that much, at least. 608 00:34:36,324 --> 00:34:37,325 ["Twilight Time" playing] 609 00:34:37,408 --> 00:34:40,161 ♪ Heavenly shades of night are falling ♪ 610 00:34:40,787 --> 00:34:43,247 ♪ It's twilight time ♪ 611 00:34:43,331 --> 00:34:46,667 ♪ Out of the mist your voice is calling ♪ 612 00:34:46,751 --> 00:34:48,836 ♪ 'Tis twilight time ♪ 613 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:50,087 [inaudible dialogue] 614 00:34:50,171 --> 00:34:55,301 ♪ When purple-colored curtains Mark the end of day ♪ 615 00:34:55,384 --> 00:34:59,639 ♪ I'll hear you, my dear At twilight time ♪ 616 00:34:59,722 --> 00:35:01,474 ♪ Doo-doo ♪ 617 00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:05,645 ♪ Deepening shadows gather splendor ♪ 618 00:35:05,728 --> 00:35:08,397 ♪ As day is done ♪ 619 00:35:08,481 --> 00:35:11,984 ♪ Fingers of night will soon surrender ♪ 620 00:35:12,068 --> 00:35:14,320 ♪ The setting sun ♪ 621 00:35:15,279 --> 00:35:20,368 ♪ I count the moments, darling Till you're here with me ♪ 622 00:35:20,451 --> 00:35:25,039 ♪ Together at last at twilight time ♪ 623 00:35:25,123 --> 00:35:27,375 ♪ Doo-doo ♪ 624 00:35:27,458 --> 00:35:33,172 ♪ Here in the afterglow of day ♪ 625 00:35:33,256 --> 00:35:38,970 ♪ We keep our rendezvous Beneath the blue ♪ 626 00:35:39,595 --> 00:35:45,434 ♪ Here in the sweet and same old way ♪ 627 00:35:45,518 --> 00:35:51,232 ♪ I fall in love again As I did then ♪ 628 00:35:52,233 --> 00:35:55,319 ♪ Deep in the dark Your kiss will thrill me ♪ 629 00:35:55,403 --> 00:35:57,905 ♪ Like days of old ♪ 630 00:35:57,989 --> 00:36:01,409 ♪ Lighting the spark Of love that fills me ♪ 631 00:36:01,492 --> 00:36:04,078 ♪ With dreams untold ♪ 632 00:36:05,037 --> 00:36:10,459 ♪ Each day I pray for evening Just to be with you ♪ 633 00:36:10,543 --> 00:36:14,881 ♪ Together at last at twilight time ♪ 634 00:36:14,964 --> 00:36:16,716 ♪ Doo-doo ♪ 635 00:36:16,799 --> 00:36:22,763 ♪ Here in the afterglow of day ♪ 636 00:36:22,847 --> 00:36:29,145 ♪ We keep our rendezvous Beneath the blue ♪ 637 00:36:29,228 --> 00:36:35,192 ♪ Here in the sweet and same old way ♪ 638 00:36:35,276 --> 00:36:40,740 ♪ I fall in love again As I did then ♪ 639 00:36:41,657 --> 00:36:45,161 ♪ Deep in the dark Your kiss will thrill me ♪ 640 00:36:45,244 --> 00:36:47,788 ♪ Like days of old ♪ 641 00:36:47,872 --> 00:36:51,584 ♪ Lighting the spark Of love that fills me ♪ 642 00:36:51,667 --> 00:36:54,045 ♪ With dreams untold... ♪ 643 00:36:55,171 --> 00:36:56,297 Hey! Hey. 644 00:36:58,382 --> 00:36:59,926 Is this the part where you ghost me? 645 00:37:01,344 --> 00:37:03,304 Don't you wanna see how the movie ends? 646 00:37:03,387 --> 00:37:06,641 I know how it ends, and so do you. 647 00:37:06,724 --> 00:37:08,684 [melancholy music playing] 648 00:37:08,768 --> 00:37:09,810 Stay. 649 00:37:10,394 --> 00:37:11,729 I can't. 650 00:37:12,313 --> 00:37:13,481 Why not? 651 00:37:14,065 --> 00:37:15,358 Well... 652 00:37:15,441 --> 00:37:20,488 there's already another Tabitha here, for one thing, in this universe. 653 00:37:20,571 --> 00:37:22,323 And what happens to her? 654 00:37:22,907 --> 00:37:25,743 She settles in Chicago. 655 00:37:25,826 --> 00:37:27,995 She goes to business school and then law school. 656 00:37:28,079 --> 00:37:32,333 She's a civil-rights advocate in every aspect of her life 657 00:37:32,416 --> 00:37:34,543 for the rest of her life. 658 00:37:34,627 --> 00:37:35,962 But we don't...? 659 00:37:37,255 --> 00:37:39,465 Then that's all the more reason that you should stay. 660 00:37:39,548 --> 00:37:40,967 We lived together. 661 00:37:41,509 --> 00:37:42,843 We had a life together. 662 00:37:43,636 --> 00:37:46,347 -Was any of that real? -Of course it was real. 663 00:37:46,430 --> 00:37:49,600 Just like this is real. It was all real. It all happened. 664 00:37:50,268 --> 00:37:51,477 [Angel Tabitha sighs] 665 00:37:52,061 --> 00:37:53,062 Hey. 666 00:37:56,899 --> 00:37:58,025 [Angel Tabitha sighs] 667 00:38:01,070 --> 00:38:03,239 Do you remember our epic date? 668 00:38:03,322 --> 00:38:04,991 Before the end of the world, when we... 669 00:38:06,033 --> 00:38:09,495 watched Titanic and then we ate at Pop's. 670 00:38:09,578 --> 00:38:10,746 And we had a family. 671 00:38:12,957 --> 00:38:16,794 -We grew old together. -That time bubble still exists. 672 00:38:17,378 --> 00:38:20,631 It's still protecting us, what we had, what we will always have. 673 00:38:22,258 --> 00:38:23,718 But from this point here? 674 00:38:25,011 --> 00:38:27,179 There is only one path forward now. 675 00:38:28,014 --> 00:38:31,517 And that is a good thing, Jughead, trust me. 676 00:38:47,450 --> 00:38:50,703 Wow, it really sucks that you had to die to make all this happen. 677 00:38:50,786 --> 00:38:52,371 Except I didn't. 678 00:38:52,997 --> 00:38:53,831 Not anymore. 679 00:38:53,914 --> 00:38:55,750 The comet, the end times, that doesn't-- 680 00:38:55,833 --> 00:38:59,045 That won't happen anymore. 681 00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:01,881 We all took care of that. 682 00:39:02,631 --> 00:39:03,591 Ah. 683 00:39:04,342 --> 00:39:06,302 Classic time paradox. 684 00:39:12,516 --> 00:39:14,352 Could I at least kiss you goodbye? 685 00:39:23,319 --> 00:39:25,404 Jughead Jones, you read my mind. 686 00:39:28,741 --> 00:39:30,951 [passionate music playing] 687 00:40:03,401 --> 00:40:04,860 [Jughead] And in the blink of an eye, 688 00:40:05,403 --> 00:40:07,071 Angel Tabitha was gone. 689 00:40:08,614 --> 00:40:11,117 But she had given us the greatest gift of all: 690 00:40:11,700 --> 00:40:12,743 our memories, 691 00:40:13,327 --> 00:40:15,329 edited for maximum joy. 692 00:40:16,205 --> 00:40:17,790 The good ones. 693 00:40:17,873 --> 00:40:19,667 The ones we would cherish forever. 694 00:40:20,376 --> 00:40:23,129 Though I chose to remember not only the happy times 695 00:40:23,212 --> 00:40:25,172 but the dark ones too. 696 00:40:25,256 --> 00:40:28,509 I figured, as the unofficial chronicler of our town, 697 00:40:28,592 --> 00:40:30,469 that was my responsibility. 698 00:40:30,553 --> 00:40:32,555 [melancholy music playing] 699 00:40:34,140 --> 00:40:35,975 But, as it happens, 700 00:40:36,058 --> 00:40:38,686 I wasn't the only one who decided to remember everything. 701 00:40:40,354 --> 00:40:41,522 Betty did too. 702 00:40:43,315 --> 00:40:44,150 More than most, 703 00:40:44,233 --> 00:40:48,070 Betty understood that we are made up of moments of both joy and pain, 704 00:40:48,154 --> 00:40:49,864 happiness and suffering, 705 00:40:49,947 --> 00:40:51,198 darkness and light, 706 00:40:51,282 --> 00:40:54,076 and all the scars we collect along the way. 707 00:41:01,959 --> 00:41:03,085 [sobs] 708 00:41:17,892 --> 00:41:18,893 [typewriter clicking] 709 00:41:18,976 --> 00:41:21,479 [Jughead] Another cosmic reshuffling had happened. 710 00:41:22,062 --> 00:41:23,606 Or was happening again. 711 00:41:24,648 --> 00:41:26,108 But the stage was set 712 00:41:26,192 --> 00:41:28,903 for the final chapter of our epic saga about the Town With Pep, 713 00:41:28,986 --> 00:41:31,405 one that could only be called... 714 00:41:32,615 --> 00:41:34,617 [wistful pop music playing] 715 00:41:36,577 --> 00:41:38,496 ♪ Tell me ♪ 716 00:41:39,371 --> 00:41:41,040 ♪ I'm your baby... ♪ 717 00:41:41,123 --> 00:41:42,583 [Jughead] ..."Goodbye, Riverdale." 718 00:41:43,083 --> 00:41:47,713 ♪ And you'll never leave me ♪ 719 00:41:49,298 --> 00:41:50,591 ♪ Tell me ♪ 720 00:41:51,967 --> 00:41:53,761 ♪ That you'll kiss me ♪ 721 00:41:55,554 --> 00:41:56,889 ♪ Forever ♪ 722 00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:01,602 [theme music playing] e ♪