1 00:00:01,543 --> 00:00:03,378 [Jughead] Sixty-seven years have gone by. 2 00:00:04,254 --> 00:00:05,505 It's the present day. 3 00:00:06,381 --> 00:00:09,467 Since our last chapter, teenagers have become adults, 4 00:00:09,551 --> 00:00:12,387 gotten married, raised children of their own. 5 00:00:12,470 --> 00:00:14,723 Many have taken their last breaths. 6 00:00:14,806 --> 00:00:19,477 This story tonight is about saying goodbye to a town that was once lost in time. 7 00:00:19,561 --> 00:00:22,939 But also goodbye to the people who once lived in that town. 8 00:00:23,022 --> 00:00:24,399 It starts near the end. 9 00:00:25,150 --> 00:00:27,277 With a woman named Elizabeth Cooper. 10 00:00:27,819 --> 00:00:29,821 She's 86 years old now, 11 00:00:29,904 --> 00:00:33,283 resting in a small room in her granddaughter's house. 12 00:00:33,366 --> 00:00:35,577 She checks the obituaries every day. 13 00:00:35,660 --> 00:00:38,121 You knew him in high school, didn't you, Grandma Betty? 14 00:00:38,204 --> 00:00:40,457 Seems like he was an interesting person. 15 00:00:40,540 --> 00:00:42,000 He was. 16 00:00:43,418 --> 00:00:45,128 We all were. 17 00:00:47,422 --> 00:00:50,759 We had such marvelous adventures. 18 00:00:51,676 --> 00:00:54,387 Oh. You wouldn't have believed it, Alice. 19 00:00:56,431 --> 00:00:58,516 Well, that's it. 20 00:01:00,810 --> 00:01:02,937 That means I'm the last of them. 21 00:01:07,650 --> 00:01:08,943 Alice, honey. 22 00:01:10,361 --> 00:01:12,030 I want to go back. 23 00:01:12,113 --> 00:01:14,616 To Riverdale. One last time. 24 00:01:14,699 --> 00:01:16,242 Before it's too late. 25 00:01:19,037 --> 00:01:22,290 I'm forgetting more and more every day, 26 00:01:22,373 --> 00:01:27,253 and I want to go back before I forget everything. 27 00:01:27,337 --> 00:01:30,048 Well, let's see how you're doing tomorrow. 28 00:01:30,131 --> 00:01:34,052 If you're up for it, yes, we can take a drive to Riverdale. 29 00:01:34,135 --> 00:01:35,553 Thank you, dear. 30 00:01:42,977 --> 00:01:44,062 [sighs] 31 00:01:55,323 --> 00:01:56,616 [bell jingling] 32 00:01:58,034 --> 00:01:58,952 Hello? 33 00:02:01,621 --> 00:02:02,872 [Betty groans] 34 00:02:02,956 --> 00:02:05,166 I must have fallen asleep. 35 00:02:05,834 --> 00:02:10,547 I was going through our yearbook. 36 00:02:11,089 --> 00:02:13,299 Trying to remember... [chuckles] 37 00:02:13,383 --> 00:02:14,634 -Remember what? -Oh. 38 00:02:15,135 --> 00:02:16,469 Everything, I suppose. 39 00:02:17,595 --> 00:02:19,639 I'm going back to Riverdale tomorrow. 40 00:02:20,515 --> 00:02:22,892 My granddaughter's taking me. 41 00:02:23,726 --> 00:02:26,146 Though going through these pictures, 42 00:02:26,729 --> 00:02:32,360 I just wish I could go back to how it was. 43 00:02:34,279 --> 00:02:35,321 How we were. 44 00:02:35,905 --> 00:02:36,990 You can, Betty. 45 00:02:38,449 --> 00:02:40,910 You could pick a day, and I'll take you. 46 00:02:40,994 --> 00:02:44,164 -Though it might be painful for you. -Why should it be painful? 47 00:02:44,747 --> 00:02:48,418 Because you won't just be living that day, you'll be seeing yourself live it. 48 00:02:48,501 --> 00:02:49,586 Still... 49 00:02:51,212 --> 00:02:53,131 If you say we can, then... 50 00:02:55,383 --> 00:02:58,469 I wanna go back to a day I missed. 51 00:02:58,553 --> 00:03:01,723 The day everyone got their yearbooks, senior year. 52 00:03:02,849 --> 00:03:06,853 I had the mumps, and I had to stay home... 53 00:03:08,313 --> 00:03:10,982 and I never got my yearbook signed. 54 00:03:11,065 --> 00:03:13,359 I've always regretted that. 55 00:03:13,443 --> 00:03:15,361 Then we'll start in the morning. 56 00:03:16,029 --> 00:03:19,866 You just have to walk through that door, and you'll have your day. 57 00:03:19,949 --> 00:03:21,117 The day you missed. 58 00:03:28,458 --> 00:03:31,753 Oh, my goodness, it's my room. 59 00:03:31,836 --> 00:03:34,672 It's exactly like I remembered. 60 00:03:34,756 --> 00:03:36,049 Hello, room. 61 00:03:41,262 --> 00:03:42,430 Is that...? 62 00:03:44,057 --> 00:03:46,351 Is that really what I looked like? 63 00:03:50,605 --> 00:03:53,816 There were so many things I wanted to change about myself back then. 64 00:03:53,900 --> 00:03:55,735 Why? I was perfect. 65 00:03:56,486 --> 00:03:57,820 We were all perfect. 66 00:03:58,905 --> 00:04:00,990 My window. [chuckles] 67 00:04:03,451 --> 00:04:06,204 How many sunrises have I seen out this window? 68 00:04:07,747 --> 00:04:09,999 How many moons? How many times...? 69 00:04:15,004 --> 00:04:18,424 How many times have I looked out this window into Archie's? 70 00:04:19,008 --> 00:04:21,344 In the thousands, at least. 71 00:04:23,137 --> 00:04:25,640 Archie's about to have a big talk with his mom. 72 00:04:25,723 --> 00:04:27,684 About what he's gonna do after graduation. 73 00:04:31,104 --> 00:04:32,105 [Mary] Hey, sweetie. 74 00:04:32,939 --> 00:04:34,899 -Breakfast is ready. -Thanks, Mom. 75 00:04:36,442 --> 00:04:37,360 Hey, Mom. 76 00:04:40,905 --> 00:04:42,490 I don't want to be a pest, 77 00:04:42,573 --> 00:04:45,952 but I gotta let Vic know by tomorrow if I'll be joining his crew on Monday. 78 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,165 It just doesn't make sense to me. 79 00:04:51,749 --> 00:04:55,044 Driving around the country with some dusty road crew, 80 00:04:55,628 --> 00:04:58,089 pouring concrete, digging ditches... 81 00:04:59,507 --> 00:05:02,051 Well, it's like President Eisenhower said on the news. 82 00:05:02,135 --> 00:05:05,972 I'll be building the highways that help connect people and places 83 00:05:06,597 --> 00:05:08,808 from coast to coast, all the way to California. 84 00:05:09,726 --> 00:05:11,561 It'll give me something to write about. 85 00:05:11,644 --> 00:05:14,397 But you've written so many wonderful poems in Riverdale. 86 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:15,398 Mom. 87 00:05:16,024 --> 00:05:19,485 It's only gonna be three months, and then I'll be back. 88 00:05:20,862 --> 00:05:22,196 No, Archie. 89 00:05:23,072 --> 00:05:23,990 No. 90 00:05:24,824 --> 00:05:29,329 You'll get one look at the Pacific Ocean and forget all about Riverdale. 91 00:05:30,121 --> 00:05:31,998 Forget Riverdale? 92 00:05:33,708 --> 00:05:35,084 Fat chance. 93 00:05:35,752 --> 00:05:38,171 This will always be my home. Our home. 94 00:05:42,300 --> 00:05:43,176 What? 95 00:05:44,719 --> 00:05:46,471 You're just like your father. 96 00:05:47,930 --> 00:05:50,141 He was full of wanderlust. 97 00:05:50,224 --> 00:05:53,019 He always dreamt about settling in the West. 98 00:05:53,895 --> 00:05:55,438 He never did, but... 99 00:05:58,608 --> 00:05:59,776 maybe you will. 100 00:06:01,819 --> 00:06:02,904 With my blessing. 101 00:06:04,614 --> 00:06:05,573 Thank you. 102 00:06:07,450 --> 00:06:08,534 I love you, Mom. 103 00:06:09,702 --> 00:06:11,162 I love you too, Archie. 104 00:06:13,581 --> 00:06:16,417 I don't remember. What happened to Mrs. Andrews? 105 00:06:16,876 --> 00:06:18,544 [Angel Jughead] She bought her dress shop. 106 00:06:18,628 --> 00:06:21,506 And then one day, a woman named Brooke came in. 107 00:06:21,589 --> 00:06:23,216 They started a conversation, 108 00:06:24,092 --> 00:06:26,469 and a few weeks later, she moved into the Andrews house. 109 00:06:27,637 --> 00:06:29,514 They stayed together until the very end. 110 00:06:30,264 --> 00:06:32,767 Mrs. Andrews was always such a kind woman. 111 00:06:33,976 --> 00:06:37,480 She once gave my mother hell for disowning me. 112 00:06:38,940 --> 00:06:40,983 [Polly laughing] Oh, stop. 113 00:06:41,651 --> 00:06:42,819 [Alice & Polly laughing] 114 00:06:43,945 --> 00:06:44,779 Is that--? 115 00:06:47,615 --> 00:06:51,119 [Polly] We can't have the baby shower outside in the middle of June. 116 00:06:51,202 --> 00:06:54,122 -I'll melt! -[Alice] Please, stop being so dramatic. 117 00:06:54,205 --> 00:06:56,624 We'll get those cute little paper fans. 118 00:06:57,416 --> 00:06:58,334 Mom! 119 00:06:58,876 --> 00:06:59,877 Polly! 120 00:07:01,462 --> 00:07:02,964 You're alive! 121 00:07:03,464 --> 00:07:04,799 And you're so young! 122 00:07:04,882 --> 00:07:07,009 And you're talking again. 123 00:07:07,093 --> 00:07:11,764 Elizabeth, what are you doing out of bed? You have the mumps, young lady. 124 00:07:11,848 --> 00:07:14,517 No. No, I feel fine, I'm going to school. 125 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:15,518 Mom... 126 00:07:16,185 --> 00:07:19,438 You did it. You divorced Dad. You became a stewardess. 127 00:07:19,522 --> 00:07:20,898 Just like you dreamed. 128 00:07:20,982 --> 00:07:23,734 Well, my dream was to see the world. 129 00:07:23,818 --> 00:07:27,071 Not pass out peanuts on a puddle-jumper to Poughkeepsie. 130 00:07:27,155 --> 00:07:28,239 But life goes on. 131 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:30,616 No, wait, don't rush off, Mom. 132 00:07:30,700 --> 00:07:33,369 Just-- Can I--? Just look at me. Just... 133 00:07:34,662 --> 00:07:35,538 Look at me. 134 00:07:39,083 --> 00:07:41,711 For heaven's sake, I'm looking at you, Betty. 135 00:07:42,420 --> 00:07:45,298 And I'm seeing a girl who, if she doesn't have the mumps, 136 00:07:45,381 --> 00:07:47,508 better hurry up so she's not late for school. 137 00:07:47,592 --> 00:07:49,844 -Right. Of course. School. -[Alice chuckles] 138 00:07:49,927 --> 00:07:50,761 First... 139 00:07:55,266 --> 00:07:56,350 I love you, Mom. 140 00:08:00,521 --> 00:08:01,439 Oh. 141 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:03,608 I love you, Polly. 142 00:08:09,947 --> 00:08:12,450 [sobbing] I'm so, so happy to see both of you again. 143 00:08:17,288 --> 00:08:18,456 What in...? 144 00:08:18,539 --> 00:08:21,667 Was my mom a stewardess for very long? 145 00:08:22,251 --> 00:08:23,336 On the contrary. 146 00:08:24,420 --> 00:08:30,176 One night, her pilot had a steak, three martinis, and a heart attack. 147 00:08:31,219 --> 00:08:34,263 And your mom took control of the plane and flew it 148 00:08:34,347 --> 00:08:36,182 from Riverdale to Poughkeepsie, 149 00:08:36,265 --> 00:08:37,516 landing it safely. 150 00:08:41,854 --> 00:08:42,897 That's right. 151 00:08:44,482 --> 00:08:47,026 And one of the passengers on the plane 152 00:08:47,109 --> 00:08:51,113 asked her to dinner out of gratitude for saving his life. 153 00:08:51,781 --> 00:08:54,367 And a few months later, they got married. 154 00:08:54,450 --> 00:08:55,952 He offered to show her the world, 155 00:08:56,035 --> 00:08:58,996 and she wrote you postcards from everywhere they went. 156 00:08:59,705 --> 00:09:02,333 Until one day, the postcards stopped coming. 157 00:09:06,504 --> 00:09:07,588 What about Polly? 158 00:09:08,130 --> 00:09:10,841 She had her twins, Juniper and Dagwood. 159 00:09:11,717 --> 00:09:13,135 She was very fulfilled. 160 00:09:13,219 --> 00:09:15,429 She led a happy life with her family, 161 00:09:15,513 --> 00:09:19,267 but she never got back to performing as Polly Amorous. 162 00:09:19,976 --> 00:09:23,145 I only ever saw Polly perform once. At the Babylonium. 163 00:09:23,229 --> 00:09:25,189 But I can still picture her. 164 00:09:25,940 --> 00:09:27,608 She was such a star. 165 00:09:28,276 --> 00:09:29,527 Are you ready? 166 00:09:31,112 --> 00:09:32,863 To go back to school one last time? 167 00:09:36,993 --> 00:09:38,160 [students chattering] 168 00:09:39,829 --> 00:09:41,205 Is this real? 169 00:09:42,456 --> 00:09:43,583 Or a dream? 170 00:09:44,292 --> 00:09:46,168 It's more like something in between. 171 00:09:46,752 --> 00:09:50,339 But this is really what happened on that day back in 1957. 172 00:09:50,423 --> 00:09:55,219 Everyone is so young and beautiful and carefree. 173 00:09:55,303 --> 00:09:57,179 And they have no idea, do they? 174 00:09:59,181 --> 00:10:02,268 How special this time is, how quickly it goes by, 175 00:10:02,351 --> 00:10:03,561 like the blink of an eye. 176 00:10:03,644 --> 00:10:04,520 [Veronica] Bee? 177 00:10:06,439 --> 00:10:07,898 You're not supposed to be here. 178 00:10:08,608 --> 00:10:11,027 Or did you have some kind of miracle recovery? 179 00:10:11,110 --> 00:10:12,236 Veronica! 180 00:10:13,821 --> 00:10:14,864 [Betty chuckles] 181 00:10:14,947 --> 00:10:16,115 Thank goodness! 182 00:10:17,742 --> 00:10:19,910 This is too wonderful for words. 183 00:10:20,494 --> 00:10:23,122 There's an ego boost I didn't know I needed. 184 00:10:23,748 --> 00:10:25,416 You should get the mumps more often. 185 00:10:25,499 --> 00:10:27,126 [school bell ringing] 186 00:10:27,209 --> 00:10:28,878 Well, come on then. 187 00:10:29,462 --> 00:10:31,714 The day has barely begun and we're already behind. 188 00:10:31,797 --> 00:10:34,759 There are about a million things to do before the last bell rings. 189 00:10:34,842 --> 00:10:37,011 We're getting our yearbooks today, don't forget. 190 00:10:45,394 --> 00:10:46,979 I can't believe it, Vee. 191 00:10:48,147 --> 00:10:52,818 This is the last time we'll be walking into Riverdale High ever in our lives. 192 00:10:53,402 --> 00:10:56,697 Betty, we haven't even graduated yet. 193 00:10:56,781 --> 00:10:58,991 It's too soon to be swamped with nostalgia. 194 00:10:59,659 --> 00:11:03,079 That said, I'm feeling a little verklempt myself. 195 00:11:03,162 --> 00:11:05,748 -I'll powder my nose. Catch you later? -Yes. Later. 196 00:11:18,594 --> 00:11:19,887 [intercom chiming] 197 00:11:19,970 --> 00:11:22,640 [Toni on intercom] Attention, Riverdale High students. 198 00:11:23,224 --> 00:11:25,935 -Toni. -As your Senior Class President, 199 00:11:26,018 --> 00:11:29,271 I'm reminding all students to pick up their yearbooks 200 00:11:29,355 --> 00:11:31,315 in the Varsity Lounge today. 201 00:11:31,399 --> 00:11:32,775 One per student. 202 00:11:33,734 --> 00:11:35,152 Now... 203 00:11:35,236 --> 00:11:37,029 on a more personal note, 204 00:11:37,613 --> 00:11:40,157 as we seniors look forward to graduation, 205 00:11:40,783 --> 00:11:45,746 it's only fitting that I share one final poem with you. 206 00:11:47,081 --> 00:11:48,958 It's entitled "Dreams," 207 00:11:49,667 --> 00:11:51,127 by Langston Hughes. 208 00:11:52,545 --> 00:11:54,588 Hold fast to dreams 209 00:11:55,631 --> 00:11:57,216 For if dreams die 210 00:11:57,299 --> 00:11:59,427 Life is a broken-winged bird 211 00:11:59,510 --> 00:12:01,303 That cannot fly 212 00:12:01,387 --> 00:12:02,930 Hold fast to dreams 213 00:12:03,013 --> 00:12:04,849 For when dreams go 214 00:12:04,932 --> 00:12:06,517 Life is a barren field 215 00:12:07,017 --> 00:12:08,352 Frozen with snow 216 00:12:09,103 --> 00:12:11,480 Students of Riverdale High, 217 00:12:11,564 --> 00:12:14,442 we dreamed of a better school for ourselves. 218 00:12:16,569 --> 00:12:18,988 And with Principal Weatherbee's help, 219 00:12:19,071 --> 00:12:20,406 we made it happen. 220 00:12:21,115 --> 00:12:25,035 As some of us head out into the world, please remember that we, 221 00:12:25,119 --> 00:12:27,121 each and every one of us, 222 00:12:27,204 --> 00:12:31,041 have the power to make real and lasting change. 223 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:35,004 But we have to dream it first. 224 00:12:37,506 --> 00:12:39,550 I remember these. 225 00:12:40,551 --> 00:12:44,555 Articles about Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott. 226 00:12:46,724 --> 00:12:50,186 Toni always made sure that Riverdale High was in dialogue 227 00:12:50,269 --> 00:12:53,230 with whatever greater issues were affecting the country. 228 00:12:53,314 --> 00:12:57,443 It's true. And that would continue until-- 229 00:12:57,526 --> 00:13:01,238 Don't. Don't tell me what happened to Toni. 230 00:13:01,322 --> 00:13:02,156 Please. 231 00:13:04,158 --> 00:13:05,326 I don't want to know yet. 232 00:13:05,910 --> 00:13:06,785 All right. 233 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:08,996 I won't 234 00:13:09,079 --> 00:13:11,373 ["You're Gone But Still in my Heart" playing] 235 00:13:14,793 --> 00:13:16,337 Ew. Barf. What are you doing here? 236 00:13:16,420 --> 00:13:18,589 The word from the bird is you have the mumps. 237 00:13:18,672 --> 00:13:20,633 Back off, I don't want your lumpy cooties. 238 00:13:20,716 --> 00:13:23,385 No. It's fine, Cheryl, that was a false alarm. 239 00:13:23,469 --> 00:13:26,055 Can I please get my yearbook? And will you sign it for me? 240 00:13:26,138 --> 00:13:28,724 Not right now, Betty. As you can see, I'm busy. Later. 241 00:13:29,308 --> 00:13:32,061 -But what if I don't see you again? -You most certainly will. 242 00:13:32,144 --> 00:13:33,437 As long as you're not germy. 243 00:13:33,521 --> 00:13:36,899 I expect you at my and Toni's art show opening at the Dark Room tonight. 244 00:13:36,982 --> 00:13:39,652 And afterwards, we're hosting a get-together at Thornhill. 245 00:13:39,735 --> 00:13:41,529 -I'll be at both. -Of course you will. 246 00:13:41,612 --> 00:13:44,573 Now move along, Betty. There's a line behind you. Toodles. 247 00:13:51,705 --> 00:13:54,124 -Aw. Thanks, Fangs. -No sweat, Betts. 248 00:13:54,208 --> 00:13:55,960 Fangs is used to giving out autographs 249 00:13:56,043 --> 00:13:57,962 now that he had a hit single on the charts. 250 00:13:58,045 --> 00:13:58,879 Baby, come on. 251 00:13:58,963 --> 00:14:02,132 -"Pixie Girl" only made it to Number 8. -That's a huge accomplishment. 252 00:14:02,216 --> 00:14:06,428 And what finally got my parents to sing another tune about us getting married. 253 00:14:06,512 --> 00:14:10,224 -And wait till you hear his next song. -Speaking of, we gotta motor. 254 00:14:10,307 --> 00:14:12,560 I'm supposed to be at the studio in half an hour 255 00:14:12,643 --> 00:14:15,354 to lay down some tracks before going on my summer tour. 256 00:14:15,980 --> 00:14:17,231 Tour? 257 00:14:17,314 --> 00:14:20,025 Six weeks on the road with an all-star lineup. 258 00:14:20,109 --> 00:14:21,902 A different city every night. 259 00:14:21,986 --> 00:14:24,446 They've booked us a super boss tour bus and everything. 260 00:14:24,530 --> 00:14:25,906 Catch you later, Betty. 261 00:14:29,493 --> 00:14:30,327 Bye. 262 00:14:33,455 --> 00:14:35,624 It didn't work out like they'd hoped, did it? 263 00:14:36,542 --> 00:14:37,376 No. 264 00:14:38,544 --> 00:14:39,878 Four weeks into his tour, 265 00:14:39,962 --> 00:14:42,089 Fangs' bus was heading over the Rocky Mountains 266 00:14:42,172 --> 00:14:43,882 when one of its tires blew. 267 00:14:43,966 --> 00:14:45,467 There were no survivors. 268 00:14:45,551 --> 00:14:47,011 Poor Fangs. 269 00:14:49,513 --> 00:14:52,766 He was the first one of us to... 270 00:14:56,145 --> 00:14:57,438 pass away. 271 00:14:58,689 --> 00:14:59,690 But... 272 00:15:01,734 --> 00:15:03,319 that's his gold record over there. 273 00:15:05,195 --> 00:15:07,906 It'll hang in this room for as long as there's a Riverdale High. 274 00:15:10,993 --> 00:15:12,244 What about Midge? 275 00:15:12,995 --> 00:15:14,914 Well, thanks to Fangs' songs, 276 00:15:14,997 --> 00:15:18,334 Midge and their daughter were taken care of for the rest of their lives. 277 00:15:19,668 --> 00:15:20,836 I remember. 278 00:15:24,256 --> 00:15:26,300 I'm remembering more and more. 279 00:15:27,551 --> 00:15:29,929 Hey, Betty, what are you doing for lunch? 280 00:15:30,012 --> 00:15:32,514 It's a beautiful day. Clay and I are gonna eat outside, 281 00:15:32,598 --> 00:15:34,475 -if you wanna join us. -Kevin. 282 00:15:37,019 --> 00:15:40,731 It is a beautiful day. I would love to join you and Clay. 283 00:15:45,152 --> 00:15:47,696 Gosh. I can't believe this is the last time 284 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:50,574 we'll ever have lunch together at school, Betty. Can you? 285 00:15:50,658 --> 00:15:51,700 I know. 286 00:15:52,618 --> 00:15:54,828 Everything is going so fast, Kev. 287 00:15:54,912 --> 00:15:58,582 And, Clay, I feel as if I barely got to know you. 288 00:15:58,666 --> 00:16:02,252 That'll change. Clay and I are gonna be roommates next year. 289 00:16:02,336 --> 00:16:03,379 Oh. 290 00:16:03,462 --> 00:16:05,547 With me going to Columbia to study literature 291 00:16:05,631 --> 00:16:08,884 and Kevin going to NYU to study musical theater writing, 292 00:16:08,968 --> 00:16:11,887 it just made sense for us to get an apartment together. 293 00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:13,555 That's what we told our folks. 294 00:16:13,639 --> 00:16:15,724 Well, my mom and Clay's dad, 295 00:16:15,808 --> 00:16:18,018 they were swell about it. 296 00:16:18,102 --> 00:16:21,355 Just asked us to be careful, like they always do. 297 00:16:21,438 --> 00:16:23,357 And we always are. 298 00:16:24,483 --> 00:16:25,818 What happens to them? 299 00:16:26,694 --> 00:16:28,278 Nothing awful, I hope. 300 00:16:28,362 --> 00:16:29,196 No. 301 00:16:29,988 --> 00:16:33,200 They lived a very spirited life in the heart of Harlem. 302 00:16:33,283 --> 00:16:35,285 [Betty] Yes. I remember visiting them. 303 00:16:35,369 --> 00:16:38,205 All they had to do was open a window, 304 00:16:38,288 --> 00:16:42,334 and an entire universe of music and art would pour in. 305 00:16:43,127 --> 00:16:46,547 [Angel Jughead] Clay became a tenured professor at Columbia University, 306 00:16:47,673 --> 00:16:50,592 and Kevin started an off-Broadway theater company. 307 00:16:50,676 --> 00:16:53,012 They saw and survived so much from that apartment. 308 00:16:54,304 --> 00:16:57,391 Kevin was 82 when he went to sleep and never woke up. 309 00:16:58,100 --> 00:17:00,185 Clay passed away a few weeks later. 310 00:17:00,269 --> 00:17:02,730 He went out to enjoy some sun in Central Park, 311 00:17:02,813 --> 00:17:06,525 sat on a bench to feed some pigeons, and that was that. 312 00:17:09,445 --> 00:17:11,071 Hey, Betty? Are you okay? 313 00:17:14,408 --> 00:17:15,409 Yeah. 314 00:17:17,286 --> 00:17:20,539 Yeah. I was just thinking about you and Clay, and how... 315 00:17:23,292 --> 00:17:25,169 you two are soul mates. 316 00:17:26,211 --> 00:17:28,297 Sorry. I know I'm being silly. 317 00:17:28,380 --> 00:17:30,716 Well, um, speaking about soul mates, 318 00:17:30,799 --> 00:17:32,051 what about you guys? 319 00:17:32,134 --> 00:17:34,803 Have the four of you figured out what you're gonna do yet? 320 00:17:36,555 --> 00:17:38,098 The four of us? What do you mean? 321 00:17:38,599 --> 00:17:41,852 Betty. It's us. Clay and I, we know the truth. 322 00:17:42,478 --> 00:17:45,147 But if you want, even though it's the last day of school, 323 00:17:45,230 --> 00:17:48,400 we're happy to keep up the ruse that you're only dating Archie 324 00:17:48,484 --> 00:17:49,943 and not the others. 325 00:17:50,444 --> 00:17:51,612 The others? 326 00:17:52,696 --> 00:17:54,865 Come on. Don't tell me you've suddenly forgotten 327 00:17:54,948 --> 00:17:59,620 you, Archie, Veronica, and Jughead have been in a quad this entire last year. 328 00:18:01,914 --> 00:18:02,998 A quad? 329 00:18:29,900 --> 00:18:32,236 What are you so happy about, Little Miss Mumps? 330 00:18:32,319 --> 00:18:34,029 Oh. I'm just... 331 00:18:34,780 --> 00:18:38,659 remembering where I was a year ago. 332 00:18:39,660 --> 00:18:44,540 Feeling boxed in by my mother's expectations and society's rules. 333 00:18:44,623 --> 00:18:46,083 Fighting to have my voice heard. 334 00:18:46,166 --> 00:18:48,669 Yes, yes, we all read The Teenage Mystique. 335 00:18:49,169 --> 00:18:50,671 And now? 336 00:18:50,754 --> 00:18:53,215 And now, I'm remembering... 337 00:18:55,801 --> 00:18:57,970 It's been a really fun year. 338 00:18:59,429 --> 00:19:00,639 [scoffs] 339 00:19:03,809 --> 00:19:05,978 Thank you for signing my yearbook, Reggie. 340 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,314 Anything for the gal who helped me fix up Bella. 341 00:19:09,398 --> 00:19:10,232 Gotta say though, 342 00:19:10,315 --> 00:19:13,402 you and me could've had one hell of a senior year 343 00:19:13,485 --> 00:19:15,320 taking Bella up to Lovers Lane, 344 00:19:15,404 --> 00:19:18,532 if only you'd chosen me over Chowderhead Andrews. 345 00:19:19,366 --> 00:19:22,077 I didn't choose Archie over you, Reggie. 346 00:19:22,786 --> 00:19:25,664 Or over Jughead, for that matter. 347 00:19:27,541 --> 00:19:31,295 Can you keep a secret? One that only a handful of people know? 348 00:19:32,588 --> 00:19:33,589 Yeah. 349 00:19:33,672 --> 00:19:36,216 Turns out, after Angel Tabitha's last visit, 350 00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:40,262 I remembered what it was like being with Jughead. 351 00:19:40,345 --> 00:19:41,722 And being with Archie. 352 00:19:42,389 --> 00:19:45,726 And Archie and Veronica remembered what it was like being with each other. 353 00:19:45,809 --> 00:19:48,145 But Veronica and Jughead had just starting a thing. 354 00:19:48,228 --> 00:19:50,188 And remembering all of that 355 00:19:50,272 --> 00:19:54,902 sort of just took the pressure off of us having to make a single choice. 356 00:19:54,985 --> 00:20:00,115 So the four of us realized that we could, and maybe should, just be... 357 00:20:01,116 --> 00:20:01,950 together. 358 00:20:02,534 --> 00:20:03,869 At the same time. 359 00:20:03,952 --> 00:20:06,205 Are you saying that for the past year, 360 00:20:06,997 --> 00:20:08,957 the four of you have been dating? 361 00:20:10,250 --> 00:20:11,293 Each other? 362 00:20:12,794 --> 00:20:16,215 It started innocently enough with the four of us going on double dates, 363 00:20:16,298 --> 00:20:18,008 me and Archie, Jughead and Veronica. 364 00:20:18,091 --> 00:20:21,553 And then it kind of naturally evolved from there. 365 00:20:21,637 --> 00:20:24,765 Some nights, Archie would sneak into my bedroom, 366 00:20:24,848 --> 00:20:27,976 and Veronica would go home with Jughead. 367 00:20:28,769 --> 00:20:31,980 Other nights, Archie would spend the night at The Pembrooke, 368 00:20:32,064 --> 00:20:35,067 and I'd go over to Jughead's. 369 00:20:35,150 --> 00:20:38,904 And sometimes, more often than you'd imagine, 370 00:20:38,987 --> 00:20:41,323 I would find my way to Veronica's. 371 00:20:42,282 --> 00:20:47,120 Okay. But you guys never thought about bringing me into the mix? 372 00:20:47,204 --> 00:20:49,706 Veronica and I talked about it, of course. 373 00:20:49,790 --> 00:20:53,669 A flutter bum like you? But you were always so focused on basketball. 374 00:20:53,752 --> 00:20:56,296 Trust me, I would've made the time, Goldilocks. 375 00:20:56,380 --> 00:20:58,090 But speaking of that... 376 00:21:00,634 --> 00:21:02,177 I'd better get back to it. 377 00:21:04,263 --> 00:21:06,723 I'm so glad I got to know you, Reggie. 378 00:21:07,265 --> 00:21:08,350 This you. 379 00:21:09,476 --> 00:21:11,853 And I think you're destined for greatness. 380 00:21:15,482 --> 00:21:16,566 You too, Cooper. 381 00:21:27,452 --> 00:21:29,329 Did Reggie go professional? 382 00:21:29,413 --> 00:21:32,708 Yes. The following year, he played for Kansas State. 383 00:21:32,791 --> 00:21:34,793 Then he got drafted by the Lakers. 384 00:21:36,003 --> 00:21:38,505 During the off-season, he would work at his family farm 385 00:21:38,588 --> 00:21:41,425 until his folks passed away, then he had to sell the land. 386 00:21:42,050 --> 00:21:45,887 [Betty] At which point, he started coaching here at Riverdale High. 387 00:21:47,139 --> 00:21:48,807 He was buried in Duck Creek, 388 00:21:49,516 --> 00:21:51,518 next to his wife and his parents. 389 00:21:52,269 --> 00:21:53,729 He had two sons, 390 00:21:53,812 --> 00:21:56,440 who still run the used-car dealership, Mantle Motors. 391 00:22:00,152 --> 00:22:01,862 We go to the Babylonium next. 392 00:22:05,407 --> 00:22:08,327 -[Veronica] How's that absinthe, Betty? -It's delicious. 393 00:22:08,410 --> 00:22:11,079 It's just a bit early in the day for me. 394 00:22:12,039 --> 00:22:16,752 Well, I want to prepare you, because I have news. 395 00:22:16,835 --> 00:22:19,212 That I haven't yet shared with the boys. 396 00:22:20,255 --> 00:22:22,758 The final pieces fell into place yesterday, 397 00:22:22,841 --> 00:22:26,386 but I'm moving back to the City of Angels. 398 00:22:26,470 --> 00:22:27,846 Los Angeles? 399 00:22:29,139 --> 00:22:30,098 Why? How? 400 00:22:30,182 --> 00:22:34,019 Josie McCoy's words about taking over Hollywood 401 00:22:34,102 --> 00:22:37,355 have been ringing in my ears since her visit. 402 00:22:38,231 --> 00:22:40,942 So I finally called my good friend Peter Roth, 403 00:22:41,026 --> 00:22:43,945 and asked about getting a job working for him in La La Land. 404 00:22:44,029 --> 00:22:46,198 I've done the small-town thing. 405 00:22:46,281 --> 00:22:48,075 I've done the theater-owner thing. 406 00:22:48,158 --> 00:22:51,912 And I now know what I wanna do next. 407 00:22:51,995 --> 00:22:55,415 -And what is that, Miss Lodge? -I wanna produce movies. 408 00:22:56,249 --> 00:23:00,003 And run a studio someday, just like you. 409 00:23:02,339 --> 00:23:06,384 I can't tell you how excited I am to begin this next chapter, Betty. 410 00:23:06,468 --> 00:23:08,470 To get in on the ground floor, 411 00:23:09,221 --> 00:23:10,722 learn the ropes, 412 00:23:10,806 --> 00:23:12,891 work my way up to being a studio executive. 413 00:23:12,974 --> 00:23:14,101 One of the gatekeepers. 414 00:23:14,184 --> 00:23:15,143 Wow. 415 00:23:15,685 --> 00:23:19,815 Sounds like an opportunity of a lifetime. 416 00:23:20,398 --> 00:23:21,274 It is. 417 00:23:23,985 --> 00:23:25,987 But I'm detecting something, Betty. 418 00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:28,657 I'm so proud of you. 419 00:23:30,367 --> 00:23:34,663 Of all the things you've done, of all the businesses that you've started, 420 00:23:36,289 --> 00:23:38,792 this move feels... 421 00:23:41,002 --> 00:23:42,504 the most right. 422 00:23:43,463 --> 00:23:44,422 I agree. 423 00:23:46,091 --> 00:23:47,634 Like it was my destiny. 424 00:23:48,343 --> 00:23:49,719 To be in the movies. 425 00:23:52,389 --> 00:23:56,017 The only thing is, California's so far away. 426 00:23:56,101 --> 00:23:57,352 Betty... 427 00:24:01,022 --> 00:24:03,400 It doesn't matter how far away we are... 428 00:24:04,860 --> 00:24:08,196 we will always be in each other's lives. 429 00:24:10,740 --> 00:24:11,700 I promise. 430 00:24:18,331 --> 00:24:20,000 I always loved this theater. 431 00:24:21,543 --> 00:24:22,669 It had a good run. 432 00:24:23,795 --> 00:24:25,714 Lots of kids made out here. 433 00:24:28,675 --> 00:24:30,468 Lots of gum under these seats. 434 00:24:33,263 --> 00:24:34,598 And Veronica? 435 00:24:34,681 --> 00:24:36,349 [Angel Jughead] The summer after graduation, 436 00:24:36,433 --> 00:24:39,477 Veronica started as an assistant at Silver Shield Studios. 437 00:24:39,561 --> 00:24:42,022 But within a few years, she was running the place. 438 00:24:42,105 --> 00:24:46,276 She became known for her impeccable taste and for taking risks on young, raw talent. 439 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:51,072 She won two Oscars and produced some of the most iconic movies of our time. 440 00:24:51,740 --> 00:24:54,576 Vee was buried in the Hollywood Forever cemetery. 441 00:24:59,289 --> 00:25:00,457 [sobbing] 442 00:25:01,374 --> 00:25:03,376 I visited her grave once. 443 00:25:08,506 --> 00:25:11,468 And went to some of her premieres before that. 444 00:25:14,554 --> 00:25:16,514 She was such a force. 445 00:25:21,978 --> 00:25:22,896 I wish... 446 00:25:28,735 --> 00:25:31,238 I wish I had kept in better touch with her. 447 00:25:34,866 --> 00:25:35,742 With everyone. 448 00:25:35,825 --> 00:25:38,578 All of us. We were so close. 449 00:25:39,579 --> 00:25:40,747 Inseparable. 450 00:25:41,331 --> 00:25:42,707 And then we just... 451 00:25:45,460 --> 00:25:47,295 That's what today is all about. 452 00:25:49,381 --> 00:25:50,382 Remembering. 453 00:25:51,466 --> 00:25:52,926 And getting one more chance. 454 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:56,930 And no regrets. 455 00:26:04,688 --> 00:26:07,274 -[chattering] -[Cheryl] Thank you for coming tonight. 456 00:26:07,357 --> 00:26:10,819 This is the culmination of a year-long collaboration 457 00:26:10,902 --> 00:26:13,863 between myself and my partner in all things, 458 00:26:13,947 --> 00:26:15,240 Toni Topaz. 459 00:26:15,323 --> 00:26:20,328 Our relationship is the most thrilling thing I could've ever imagined. 460 00:26:20,412 --> 00:26:22,289 We're always creating. 461 00:26:22,372 --> 00:26:27,210 There's no separation between our art and our love. 462 00:26:27,294 --> 00:26:28,670 So please, 463 00:26:28,753 --> 00:26:30,046 mingle, 464 00:26:30,130 --> 00:26:31,423 enjoy the work, 465 00:26:31,506 --> 00:26:34,759 and feel free to buy a piece, or two. 466 00:26:35,593 --> 00:26:38,471 Also, I'll be sitting at that table over there 467 00:26:38,555 --> 00:26:42,767 selling a collected edition of the first six issues of Black Athena, 468 00:26:42,851 --> 00:26:45,895 Riverdale High's acclaimed literary magazine. 469 00:26:46,521 --> 00:26:50,025 It's sure to be a collector's item. Thank you. 470 00:26:50,108 --> 00:26:51,359 [cheering] 471 00:26:52,235 --> 00:26:53,528 [jazz music playing] 472 00:27:00,243 --> 00:27:03,663 These paintings are incredible. I should try to buy one. 473 00:27:03,747 --> 00:27:05,540 In case you were wondering, 474 00:27:05,623 --> 00:27:09,377 Cheryl had an incredible career as a painter. 475 00:27:10,837 --> 00:27:14,174 Her work was shown in galleries and museums across the country. 476 00:27:14,674 --> 00:27:16,092 Even a couple in Europe. 477 00:27:17,385 --> 00:27:18,511 What about Toni? 478 00:27:19,095 --> 00:27:22,515 Toni and Cheryl stayed together. Moved out West together. 479 00:27:23,058 --> 00:27:26,019 They settled in the Oakland hills, in a Craftsman house, 480 00:27:26,102 --> 00:27:28,605 where they lived as artists and activists, 481 00:27:29,272 --> 00:27:30,398 and they had a son, 482 00:27:30,899 --> 00:27:34,152 Dale, named after Riverdale, of course. 483 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:39,282 And how did they pass away? 484 00:27:39,366 --> 00:27:40,492 Peacefully. 485 00:27:41,034 --> 00:27:47,248 After living full, gorgeous, sexy lives. 486 00:27:47,332 --> 00:27:48,208 [Betty chuckles] 487 00:27:51,252 --> 00:27:52,462 What about Julian? 488 00:27:52,545 --> 00:27:54,047 [Angel Jughead] Bit of a lost soul. 489 00:27:54,130 --> 00:27:58,468 After graduation, he enlisted, served, and died in Vietnam. 490 00:27:59,969 --> 00:28:01,262 He was 28. 491 00:28:02,138 --> 00:28:03,390 Nana Rose? 492 00:28:04,099 --> 00:28:07,102 [Angel Jughead] Reincarnated. Multiple times. 493 00:28:10,021 --> 00:28:12,440 The Bee and Mrs. T got married. 494 00:28:15,026 --> 00:28:15,985 Oh, them. 495 00:28:16,653 --> 00:28:19,155 Frank Andrews and Tom Keller were murdered. 496 00:28:19,239 --> 00:28:20,156 [Betty] By who? 497 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:22,700 A hustler they picked up one rainy night 498 00:28:23,284 --> 00:28:24,702 named Chic. 499 00:28:28,373 --> 00:28:30,041 What's happening over there? 500 00:28:31,334 --> 00:28:34,254 [Angel Jughead] Veronica has just told us about her plans to go out West. 501 00:28:34,337 --> 00:28:35,755 And we are not taking it well. 502 00:28:36,381 --> 00:28:38,633 I wasn't there for that conversation. 503 00:28:38,716 --> 00:28:39,676 No. 504 00:28:40,718 --> 00:28:41,678 Well, you should be. 505 00:28:42,971 --> 00:28:44,180 Might help cushion the blow. 506 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:55,400 What's the tale, Nightingales? Why the long faces? 507 00:28:56,568 --> 00:28:58,987 Ronnie just dropped an atomic bomb on us. 508 00:28:59,571 --> 00:29:01,406 I told them my Los Angeles news. 509 00:29:02,115 --> 00:29:03,950 Ain't that just the pits? 510 00:29:04,033 --> 00:29:05,410 [Veronica] Come on, boys. 511 00:29:05,493 --> 00:29:07,579 I know we haven't been talking about it lately, 512 00:29:07,662 --> 00:29:11,124 but we all knew we'd be going our separate ways after graduation. 513 00:29:11,207 --> 00:29:12,959 Yeah, but now it just feels so real. 514 00:29:13,042 --> 00:29:15,962 And... final. 515 00:29:16,045 --> 00:29:19,090 Hey. Do we really wanna spend what could be our last night together 516 00:29:19,174 --> 00:29:21,760 acting like a bunch of wet blankets? 517 00:29:21,843 --> 00:29:23,344 Senior year was amazing. 518 00:29:23,428 --> 00:29:24,804 And incredibly fulfilling. 519 00:29:24,888 --> 00:29:28,349 Not just physically, emotionally too. 520 00:29:29,184 --> 00:29:32,187 Seriously, how lucky were we to have been brought together? 521 00:29:32,812 --> 00:29:35,857 Given the opportunity to know and love each other 522 00:29:35,940 --> 00:29:39,652 across not one, but two lifetimes? 523 00:29:40,236 --> 00:29:45,408 We should be celebrating that, not mourning it. Not yet, at least. 524 00:29:45,492 --> 00:29:46,534 Betty's right. 525 00:29:47,785 --> 00:29:49,037 The future can wait. 526 00:29:49,746 --> 00:29:53,416 Tonight is about appreciating everything we've been through. 527 00:29:54,751 --> 00:29:57,879 And let me tell you, we have been through a hell of a lot. 528 00:29:58,963 --> 00:30:02,050 You know, I gotta say, if I had to live through high school twice, 529 00:30:02,133 --> 00:30:03,843 which we did... 530 00:30:06,513 --> 00:30:08,890 I'm glad it was with you three yahoos. 531 00:30:09,974 --> 00:30:12,435 I love you all so much. 532 00:30:13,728 --> 00:30:18,942 Meeting you was the best thing that could've possibly happened to me. 533 00:30:20,443 --> 00:30:21,778 Heartbreaks and all. 534 00:30:25,907 --> 00:30:28,993 And I'm so glad to be here to say that to you tonight. 535 00:30:34,082 --> 00:30:34,958 Hey. 536 00:30:35,583 --> 00:30:38,086 Should we all take one last ride in my hot rod together, 537 00:30:38,169 --> 00:30:39,629 to Cheryl's after-party? 538 00:30:39,712 --> 00:30:41,339 [dramatic orchestral music playing] 539 00:31:26,050 --> 00:31:27,385 Where are the others? 540 00:31:27,468 --> 00:31:29,554 [rock music playing in distance] 541 00:31:29,637 --> 00:31:30,805 Already inside. 542 00:31:32,015 --> 00:31:33,850 -Why aren't you there? -I can't. 543 00:31:35,393 --> 00:31:36,352 I can't go in. 544 00:31:37,437 --> 00:31:38,980 -How come? -Because I know, 545 00:31:39,063 --> 00:31:40,023 and you know, 546 00:31:40,106 --> 00:31:44,235 [sobbing] that this is the last time that all of us will be together, ever. 547 00:31:44,986 --> 00:31:47,196 -Betty-- -I don't want to say goodbye. 548 00:31:48,656 --> 00:31:51,117 I just don't. 549 00:31:51,618 --> 00:31:56,664 It will be too painful, too much to bear, like you said. 550 00:31:56,748 --> 00:31:59,250 It was a mistake to come back here. I should be at home. 551 00:31:59,334 --> 00:32:02,003 I should not be saying goodbye. It's... 552 00:32:02,086 --> 00:32:03,546 That's life, Betty. 553 00:32:04,255 --> 00:32:05,256 You say hello. 554 00:32:06,299 --> 00:32:08,635 You walk alongside someone for a while. 555 00:32:10,553 --> 00:32:12,055 And then you say goodbye. 556 00:32:14,349 --> 00:32:17,810 That's the arc of a life, isn't it? 557 00:32:23,650 --> 00:32:24,984 Every minute counts. 558 00:32:25,068 --> 00:32:26,986 [dramatic orchestral music playing] 559 00:32:47,757 --> 00:32:49,884 [rock music playing on record player] 560 00:32:49,967 --> 00:32:51,344 [music stops] 561 00:32:53,262 --> 00:32:54,222 [Archie] Okay. 562 00:32:55,723 --> 00:32:57,517 As some of you may know, 563 00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:59,310 I'm kind of a big-time poet now. 564 00:32:59,394 --> 00:33:02,063 We know, Andrews. You won't stop talking about it. 565 00:33:02,146 --> 00:33:05,817 In any case, I wrote something to commemorate our time together. 566 00:33:05,900 --> 00:33:08,444 Aw. Are you gonna make us get the weeps, Archie? 567 00:33:10,655 --> 00:33:12,240 This is an ode to my best friends 568 00:33:12,824 --> 00:33:14,993 And every good thing That must come to an end 569 00:33:15,952 --> 00:33:18,204 Tomorrow we won't see each other In study hall 570 00:33:18,830 --> 00:33:20,707 So here's a few memories for us to recall 571 00:33:20,790 --> 00:33:22,125 And no, I won't be mentioning 572 00:33:22,208 --> 00:33:24,544 The epic highs and lows Of high school football 573 00:33:24,627 --> 00:33:26,379 [audience laughing] 574 00:33:26,462 --> 00:33:28,589 I grew up next door to Betty Cooper 575 00:33:28,673 --> 00:33:31,050 Who everyone thinks is super-duper 576 00:33:31,134 --> 00:33:32,051 [audience chuckles] 577 00:33:32,135 --> 00:33:33,886 Just don't mutter the word "Tangerine" 578 00:33:33,970 --> 00:33:36,305 'Cause it sets off her serial killer gene. 579 00:33:36,389 --> 00:33:37,640 [audience laughing] 580 00:33:37,724 --> 00:33:40,226 Veronica Lodge, always in pearls 581 00:33:40,309 --> 00:33:42,895 There isn't a business You haven't given a whirl 582 00:33:42,979 --> 00:33:45,356 Funny to think you were never Prom Queen 583 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:48,192 Then again, you were once-upon-a-time A human dialysis machine 584 00:33:49,485 --> 00:33:52,947 I specifically asked Angel Tabitha not to let anyone remember that. 585 00:33:54,365 --> 00:33:57,368 Cheryl Blossom You're as rich as a Rockefeller 586 00:33:57,452 --> 00:33:59,954 You also kept your beloved Jason Down in a cellar 587 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:03,541 But I'm glad to see You and the Serpent Queen back together 588 00:34:03,624 --> 00:34:05,877 Only thing, Toni, Southside's one word 589 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:08,838 So whoever designed your jacket Is a terrible speller 590 00:34:09,589 --> 00:34:11,758 Jughead Jones needs no intro 591 00:34:11,841 --> 00:34:14,719 -He made his teacher jump out a window -[all] Oh! 592 00:34:14,802 --> 00:34:16,345 He thinks himself a private eye 593 00:34:16,429 --> 00:34:18,514 Chained himself to Southside High 594 00:34:19,307 --> 00:34:20,641 Do me next. 595 00:34:21,726 --> 00:34:24,312 Kevin's voice is so beautiful He belongs in a chorus 596 00:34:24,395 --> 00:34:26,647 But he spends most of his time Cruising Fox Forest 597 00:34:26,731 --> 00:34:28,024 [crowd laughing] 598 00:34:28,107 --> 00:34:31,486 Fangs, look at you now 599 00:34:32,069 --> 00:34:34,030 You're a rockstar greaser 600 00:34:34,113 --> 00:34:37,658 A long way from a cult member Who stole organs to put in a freezer 601 00:34:37,742 --> 00:34:38,785 [Kevin] Yeah. 602 00:34:38,868 --> 00:34:41,370 Last but not least, Mantle the Magnificent 603 00:34:41,954 --> 00:34:43,915 Pound for pound You're my closest equivalent 604 00:34:43,998 --> 00:34:46,793 But there's that other Reggie So how do we know you're even legitimate? 605 00:34:47,418 --> 00:34:50,004 I'm gonna need to see Some kind of birth certificate 606 00:34:50,087 --> 00:34:51,380 [audience laughing] 607 00:34:51,464 --> 00:34:54,300 Not cool, Andrews. You know I'm sensitive about that. 608 00:34:57,386 --> 00:34:59,806 These are just some of our wild endeavors 609 00:35:01,474 --> 00:35:04,143 But now we've come To the end of our time together 610 00:35:05,561 --> 00:35:07,814 It's truly one of My life's greatest pleasures 611 00:35:10,316 --> 00:35:12,777 To call you all my best friends 612 00:35:14,112 --> 00:35:15,321 Forever and ever 613 00:35:17,406 --> 00:35:19,283 [wistful music playing] 614 00:35:38,469 --> 00:35:41,389 You weren't planning on leaving without saying goodbye, were you? 615 00:35:43,766 --> 00:35:46,227 I'm afraid it's time for me to go. 616 00:35:46,310 --> 00:35:47,436 Oh. 617 00:35:49,021 --> 00:35:49,897 Okay. 618 00:35:50,606 --> 00:35:51,440 Well... 619 00:35:54,777 --> 00:35:57,154 Tonight isn't goodbye, anyway. 620 00:35:58,531 --> 00:36:00,074 I know we'll see each other again. 621 00:36:01,617 --> 00:36:02,535 Maybe... 622 00:36:03,911 --> 00:36:05,454 Maybe we'll even end up together. 623 00:36:08,082 --> 00:36:09,458 I've always felt... 624 00:36:11,669 --> 00:36:14,172 that it would be you and me at the end of the road. 625 00:36:16,549 --> 00:36:18,342 I mean, it started with us, didn't it? 626 00:36:20,595 --> 00:36:23,347 A boy and a girl next door to each other. 627 00:36:25,725 --> 00:36:28,144 That's a lovely sentiment, Archie. 628 00:36:28,728 --> 00:36:31,230 But that's not what happens in the future. 629 00:36:33,399 --> 00:36:34,233 No? 630 00:36:38,196 --> 00:36:39,071 No. 631 00:36:42,325 --> 00:36:44,118 Your mom was right. 632 00:36:46,704 --> 00:36:49,790 You make it to California and you don't look back. 633 00:36:52,543 --> 00:36:57,214 Then you meet a sweet, strong girl who makes you laugh. 634 00:36:59,342 --> 00:37:01,844 And you settle down in Modesto. 635 00:37:03,387 --> 00:37:05,932 Then you have a beautiful family. 636 00:37:08,517 --> 00:37:12,313 You're a professional construction worker and an amateur writer, 637 00:37:13,522 --> 00:37:17,360 and you are so, so content 638 00:37:18,653 --> 00:37:19,862 and happy. 639 00:37:25,910 --> 00:37:27,328 And when you die... 640 00:37:30,623 --> 00:37:34,669 you ask to be buried here in Riverdale... 641 00:37:35,711 --> 00:37:36,671 [sniffles] 642 00:37:37,380 --> 00:37:38,714 next to your father. 643 00:38:10,329 --> 00:38:11,205 Glad you went in? 644 00:38:12,665 --> 00:38:13,666 I am. 645 00:38:15,876 --> 00:38:17,211 But it reminded me... 646 00:38:19,171 --> 00:38:22,425 there's one last person I want to visit before we leave. 647 00:38:22,967 --> 00:38:24,385 If we have time. 648 00:38:26,637 --> 00:38:27,763 We do. 649 00:38:29,473 --> 00:38:31,684 I just wanna get some flowers first. 650 00:38:40,151 --> 00:38:41,402 [melancholy music playing] 651 00:38:50,244 --> 00:38:53,914 It was right after the beginning of senior year that he... 652 00:38:54,582 --> 00:38:55,499 Yes. 653 00:38:56,876 --> 00:38:58,961 It was a terrible blow to the town. 654 00:39:04,050 --> 00:39:05,593 At least it happened in his sleep. 655 00:39:18,105 --> 00:39:20,399 What do you think happens to us... 656 00:39:22,777 --> 00:39:23,819 when we die? 657 00:39:28,824 --> 00:39:32,828 Well, I can't speak for everyone, but for a man like Pop Tate, 658 00:39:32,912 --> 00:39:36,749 I have a feeling he's probably still doing what he loved best, 659 00:39:37,375 --> 00:39:40,878 flipping burgers and mixing shakes, and making people smile. 660 00:39:43,047 --> 00:39:45,049 For the rest of eternity, I bet. 661 00:39:52,390 --> 00:39:55,226 Strange to say, but I read your obituary. 662 00:39:56,519 --> 00:39:57,353 In the paper. 663 00:39:59,397 --> 00:40:01,190 It was lovely, Jughead. 664 00:40:01,774 --> 00:40:03,984 Yours was a life well-lived. 665 00:40:04,819 --> 00:40:06,987 As we used to say back in the day... 666 00:40:08,072 --> 00:40:08,948 it was swell. 667 00:40:10,282 --> 00:40:12,201 I put all my eggs in one basket. 668 00:40:12,284 --> 00:40:14,954 Jughead's Madhouse magazine. 669 00:40:16,747 --> 00:40:18,707 It became an institution. 670 00:40:19,500 --> 00:40:22,878 [Angel Jughead] It was juvenile satire at best. 671 00:40:22,962 --> 00:40:25,131 Just mocking all of the Sacred Cows. 672 00:40:26,257 --> 00:40:27,258 People loved it. 673 00:40:28,509 --> 00:40:31,804 And they still love it 70 years later. 674 00:40:32,471 --> 00:40:35,015 It's mostly teens and kids who read it, 675 00:40:35,099 --> 00:40:36,308 but I'm not gonna lie, 676 00:40:36,392 --> 00:40:40,729 as far as legacies go, I could've done a heck of a lot worse. 677 00:40:42,648 --> 00:40:44,942 Do you think about that a lot? Legacy? 678 00:40:47,194 --> 00:40:48,195 No. 679 00:40:48,904 --> 00:40:50,156 Not too much. 680 00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:51,073 Well, you should. 681 00:40:52,158 --> 00:40:54,034 First it was The Teenage Mystique. 682 00:40:54,118 --> 00:40:56,495 A self-published best-seller. 683 00:40:56,579 --> 00:40:59,039 Then it was your advice column, "Betty's Diary." 684 00:40:59,123 --> 00:41:02,501 All I remember from those days were the never-ending deadlines. 685 00:41:02,585 --> 00:41:03,919 Then it was New York. 686 00:41:04,003 --> 00:41:06,046 Freelancing and protesting. 687 00:41:06,130 --> 00:41:08,883 There was so much to be angry about back then. 688 00:41:08,966 --> 00:41:11,093 Hmm. Still is. 689 00:41:11,177 --> 00:41:12,761 The same fights. 690 00:41:15,473 --> 00:41:17,808 But other people are fighting them now. 691 00:41:18,476 --> 00:41:20,019 The younger generation. 692 00:41:20,603 --> 00:41:23,314 Who grew up reading the magazine you started. 693 00:41:23,397 --> 00:41:24,690 She Says magazine. 694 00:41:25,691 --> 00:41:29,820 The go-to source for feminist and progressive causes, 695 00:41:29,904 --> 00:41:32,114 exposing hard truths. 696 00:41:32,198 --> 00:41:34,783 Still being published today, I might add. 697 00:41:36,911 --> 00:41:39,371 As far as professional legacies go, 698 00:41:40,498 --> 00:41:42,750 I could've done a heck of a lot worse. 699 00:41:45,586 --> 00:41:47,755 Do you have any regrets about not getting married? 700 00:41:49,465 --> 00:41:50,424 None. 701 00:41:56,764 --> 00:41:59,850 But I'm so happy I adopted my daughter, Carla. 702 00:42:01,352 --> 00:42:03,187 I loved being a mother. 703 00:42:05,439 --> 00:42:06,815 And a grandmother. 704 00:42:11,111 --> 00:42:13,030 That's my true legacy. 705 00:42:15,783 --> 00:42:16,867 My family. 706 00:42:20,412 --> 00:42:23,540 What about you? Any regrets about not getting circled? 707 00:42:24,833 --> 00:42:25,834 Sometimes. 708 00:42:35,970 --> 00:42:37,805 I know it's impossible, but... 709 00:42:42,101 --> 00:42:45,396 I wish that we could stay in Riverdale forever. 710 00:42:48,857 --> 00:42:50,567 With all of our friends. 711 00:42:51,902 --> 00:42:53,070 As we were. 712 00:42:55,781 --> 00:42:58,409 Young and beautiful. 713 00:43:04,665 --> 00:43:05,916 Full of hope. 714 00:43:10,462 --> 00:43:13,591 Bursting with love for each other. 715 00:43:14,717 --> 00:43:16,635 I know it's not possible. 716 00:43:17,970 --> 00:43:18,887 No. 717 00:43:20,806 --> 00:43:22,016 It's not. 718 00:43:27,896 --> 00:43:29,982 In fact, it's time to get you back. 719 00:43:35,154 --> 00:43:36,113 I know. 720 00:43:40,618 --> 00:43:41,660 I'm ready. 721 00:43:44,872 --> 00:43:47,166 To face whatever comes next. 722 00:44:04,683 --> 00:44:07,394 Oh, Grandma, look. We're nearly there. 723 00:44:11,815 --> 00:44:13,651 Goodbye, town sign. 724 00:44:15,235 --> 00:44:19,323 Goodbye, Sweetwater River and all its mysteries... 725 00:44:19,406 --> 00:44:22,743 [Young Betty] And Fox Forest and its haunted trees. 726 00:44:23,327 --> 00:44:26,580 Goodbye, Red Door, and the secrets behind it. 727 00:44:27,414 --> 00:44:30,334 Goodbye, room. Goodbye, window, 728 00:44:31,043 --> 00:44:32,544 and Archie's room. 729 00:44:32,628 --> 00:44:34,213 Goodbye, Pembrooke, 730 00:44:34,296 --> 00:44:37,716 with your crackling fires and sexy sleepovers. 731 00:44:38,300 --> 00:44:41,804 Goodbye to cups of coffee and late nights of writing, 732 00:44:41,887 --> 00:44:46,225 and to maple syrup mornings and spin-the-bottle parties. 733 00:44:46,308 --> 00:44:51,230 Goodbye to buttered popcorn, and double-features, and double-dates. 734 00:44:51,313 --> 00:44:55,442 Goodbye to music and poetry and art. 735 00:44:55,526 --> 00:44:58,320 Goodbye, Riverdale High. 736 00:44:58,404 --> 00:45:04,034 Goodbye to basketball games and pep rallies and dances at the gym. 737 00:45:04,118 --> 00:45:07,496 Goodbye, lockers. Goodbye, Blue & Gold. 738 00:45:07,579 --> 00:45:12,459 Goodbye, chalk dust, and bobby-pins, and whoopee caps, and whoopee cushions. 739 00:45:12,543 --> 00:45:15,254 Goodbye to friends, and feeling scared, 740 00:45:15,337 --> 00:45:17,589 and Fourth of July camping trips, 741 00:45:17,673 --> 00:45:19,633 and time capsules, 742 00:45:19,716 --> 00:45:21,051 and time. 743 00:45:21,969 --> 00:45:25,097 I wish... I wish there were more of it. 744 00:45:26,306 --> 00:45:27,808 Goodbye, Riverdale. 745 00:45:29,309 --> 00:45:31,895 It was wonderful getting to grow up here. 746 00:45:34,857 --> 00:45:36,400 Grandma Betty, we're here. 747 00:45:37,067 --> 00:45:39,403 Look, honey, she's asleep. 748 00:45:42,406 --> 00:45:44,700 [Robert] I don't think she's asleep, honey. 749 00:45:52,291 --> 00:45:53,500 [bell jingling] 750 00:45:55,586 --> 00:45:57,504 [pensive ambient music playing] 751 00:46:16,315 --> 00:46:18,275 ["We Belong Together" playing] 752 00:46:18,358 --> 00:46:20,611 ♪ You're mine ♪ 753 00:46:21,820 --> 00:46:26,033 ♪ And we belong together ♪ 754 00:46:28,285 --> 00:46:32,664 ♪ Yes, we belong together ♪ 755 00:46:34,958 --> 00:46:39,546 ♪ For eternity ♪ 756 00:46:43,759 --> 00:46:47,763 ♪ You're mine ♪ 757 00:46:48,472 --> 00:46:52,476 ♪ Your lips belong to me ♪ 758 00:46:55,145 --> 00:46:59,733 ♪ Yes, they belong to only me ♪ 759 00:47:01,735 --> 00:47:06,365 ♪ For eternity ♪ 760 00:47:10,702 --> 00:47:16,708 ♪ You're my, my baby ♪ 761 00:47:17,834 --> 00:47:22,673 ♪ And you'll always be ♪ 762 00:47:24,466 --> 00:47:30,138 ♪ I swear by everything I own ♪ 763 00:47:31,515 --> 00:47:37,396 ♪ You'll always, always be mine ♪ 764 00:47:37,980 --> 00:47:41,525 ♪ You're mine ♪ 765 00:47:42,901 --> 00:47:47,155 ♪ And we belong together... ♪ 766 00:47:48,574 --> 00:47:49,908 Perfect timing, Betty. 767 00:47:50,909 --> 00:47:53,787 We got you a shake. Your favorite, strawberry. 768 00:47:54,371 --> 00:47:55,622 Thank you. 769 00:47:56,039 --> 00:48:01,503 ♪ For eternity ♪ 770 00:48:06,633 --> 00:48:08,468 We'll leave them here, I think. 771 00:48:11,388 --> 00:48:13,307 Where they're forever juniors... 772 00:48:14,474 --> 00:48:15,851 forever 17. 773 00:48:18,353 --> 00:48:20,480 Always grabbing a burger or a shake. 774 00:48:22,316 --> 00:48:25,110 Always going to or coming from some dance. 775 00:48:25,193 --> 00:48:27,946 Talking about school, the big game, 776 00:48:28,488 --> 00:48:30,073 who's dating who, 777 00:48:31,074 --> 00:48:31,992 homework, 778 00:48:33,368 --> 00:48:35,537 whatever movie is playing at the Babylonium. 779 00:48:35,621 --> 00:48:38,332 You know, the moments that make up a life. 780 00:48:38,415 --> 00:48:42,169 That's where they've-- Where we've always been. 781 00:48:43,170 --> 00:48:45,797 In this diner, in this town... 782 00:48:47,132 --> 00:48:49,176 in the Sweet Hereafter. 783 00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:53,096 So if you happen to see that neon sign some lonely night, 784 00:48:53,180 --> 00:48:54,640 at the end of that long journey, 785 00:48:54,723 --> 00:48:57,059 the journey that every one of us is on, 786 00:48:57,893 --> 00:49:00,812 pull over, come on in, take a seat, 787 00:49:01,605 --> 00:49:03,940 and know that you'll always be among friends. 788 00:49:04,733 --> 00:49:07,361 And that Riverdale will always be your home. 789 00:49:08,612 --> 00:49:09,613 Until then... 790 00:49:11,657 --> 00:49:12,741 Have a good night. 791 00:49:13,450 --> 00:49:15,035 [typewriter clacking] l always be your home.