1 00:00:01,014 --> 00:00:02,526 Previously on Riverdale... 2 00:00:02,528 --> 00:00:04,862 You know what I think, carrottop? 3 00:00:04,864 --> 00:00:07,382 I think you've got a hero complex. 4 00:00:07,384 --> 00:00:08,543 Who is Julian? 5 00:00:08,546 --> 00:00:10,960 Julian was to be your triplet. 6 00:00:10,962 --> 00:00:14,261 You had absorbed the third one. 7 00:00:14,264 --> 00:00:17,541 The spirit of Julian is haunting Thistlehouse? 8 00:00:17,543 --> 00:00:19,394 What other explanation could there possibly be? 9 00:00:19,396 --> 00:00:20,953 Now that the trials are over, 10 00:00:20,955 --> 00:00:23,443 I think it's time to let bygones be bygones. 11 00:00:23,446 --> 00:00:26,147 Veronica, I have invited your father back. 12 00:00:26,150 --> 00:00:27,533 I can't believe you. 13 00:00:27,536 --> 00:00:28,818 We were done with him. 14 00:00:28,821 --> 00:00:30,338 I wanted to ask you about Grandpa. 15 00:00:30,340 --> 00:00:31,447 Did you know he was a writer? 16 00:00:31,449 --> 00:00:33,548 My old man wasn't a writer. 17 00:00:33,551 --> 00:00:35,843 He was a mean... mean drunk. 18 00:00:35,845 --> 00:00:37,430 You two were trying to cover up something 19 00:00:37,432 --> 00:00:38,937 about Mr. Chipping's suicide. 20 00:00:38,940 --> 00:00:40,136 It wasn't murder. 21 00:00:40,139 --> 00:00:42,566 You were there, Jones, no one pushed him out that window. 22 00:00:42,569 --> 00:00:43,592 What is this? 23 00:00:43,594 --> 00:00:45,498 Six hours of our house. 24 00:00:45,501 --> 00:00:46,770 Why would somebody do that? 25 00:00:46,773 --> 00:00:49,330 Film it, and then leave the evidence on the front doorstep? 26 00:00:51,377 --> 00:00:55,079 After a brief hiatus, Riverdale's Watcher in the 'burbs 27 00:00:55,082 --> 00:00:58,107 had released his much-anticipated follow up. 28 00:00:58,109 --> 00:00:59,236 In the dead of night, 29 00:00:59,239 --> 00:01:01,239 a second round of voyeuristic videotapes 30 00:01:01,242 --> 00:01:03,551 had been left on doorsteps across town. 31 00:01:05,190 --> 00:01:09,525 Once again, VCRs were dusted off with dread. 32 00:01:09,528 --> 00:01:14,496 And once again, they played hours upon hours of footage 33 00:01:14,499 --> 00:01:15,900 of the viewers' home. 34 00:01:15,902 --> 00:01:20,388 Only this time, the camera was much, much closer. 35 00:01:20,390 --> 00:01:22,581 The implications were terrifying. 36 00:01:22,583 --> 00:01:26,293 What was next for the Watcher? Breaking and entering? 37 00:01:26,295 --> 00:01:28,599 And as if those deliveries weren't unsettling enough, 38 00:01:28,602 --> 00:01:29,956 colleges and universities 39 00:01:29,958 --> 00:01:32,567 had started sending out their first wave of envelopes. 40 00:01:32,569 --> 00:01:35,135 Some thin, some thick. 41 00:01:35,137 --> 00:01:37,813 All life-changing. 42 00:01:37,815 --> 00:01:40,381 Making it a particularly stressful time 43 00:01:40,384 --> 00:01:42,485 for Riverdale High seniors. 44 00:01:42,487 --> 00:01:45,321 Which is why Principal Honey asked the school's guidance counselor, 45 00:01:45,323 --> 00:01:49,325 Mrs. Burble, to offer extended office hours. 46 00:01:49,327 --> 00:01:51,419 So whatever anxiety the students were feeling, 47 00:01:51,421 --> 00:01:53,572 they'd have a licensed professional to go to 48 00:01:53,575 --> 00:01:57,332 for confidential comfort and/or advice. 49 00:01:57,335 --> 00:01:59,093 Something, it turned out, 50 00:01:59,095 --> 00:02:01,365 many of us were long overdue for. 51 00:02:01,368 --> 00:02:03,672 Hey, Mom. I'm gonna make some Highpoint. 52 00:02:03,674 --> 00:02:04,846 Do you want any? 53 00:02:09,964 --> 00:02:11,416 What's wrong? Is everything okay? 54 00:02:11,419 --> 00:02:15,801 You were so sweet when you were little, Elizabeth. 55 00:02:15,803 --> 00:02:18,428 So innocent. When did you become a liar? 56 00:02:18,430 --> 00:02:19,806 What are you talking about? 57 00:02:23,290 --> 00:02:24,932 "Dear, Ms. Elizabeth Cooper, 58 00:02:24,935 --> 00:02:28,322 after careful review of your Early Action application, 59 00:02:28,324 --> 00:02:30,399 the Admissions Committee regrets to inform you 60 00:02:30,401 --> 00:02:33,127 that we are unable to offer you a place 61 00:02:33,129 --> 00:02:35,129 at Yale University." 62 00:02:36,490 --> 00:02:37,548 I didn't get in? 63 00:02:38,468 --> 00:02:40,209 Wait. You opened my mail? 64 00:02:40,211 --> 00:02:41,569 I thought to myself, 65 00:02:41,571 --> 00:02:43,954 "How could my Betty get rejected from college? 66 00:02:43,956 --> 00:02:45,935 What has her so unfocused 67 00:02:45,938 --> 00:02:47,808 that it cost her her future?" 68 00:02:47,810 --> 00:02:49,626 - So, I searched your bedroom. - You did what? 69 00:02:49,628 --> 00:02:50,886 And do you know what I found 70 00:02:50,888 --> 00:02:52,974 hidden in the false bottom of your night stand? 71 00:02:54,685 --> 00:02:55,891 Oh, my God, Mom! 72 00:02:55,893 --> 00:02:57,342 You should be studying. 73 00:02:57,344 --> 00:02:58,966 You should be focused. 74 00:02:58,969 --> 00:03:00,593 Instead, you are out of control. 75 00:03:00,596 --> 00:03:02,738 Okay, that's it. This is the last straw. 76 00:03:02,741 --> 00:03:04,258 We are not discussing this. 77 00:03:04,260 --> 00:03:05,659 We are not discussing anything. 78 00:03:05,661 --> 00:03:07,536 You and I are not on speaking terms. 79 00:03:07,538 --> 00:03:10,431 You have been invading my privacy for years. 80 00:03:10,433 --> 00:03:11,599 And it's over. 81 00:03:15,170 --> 00:03:16,586 Mrs. Burble, do you have a minute? 82 00:03:16,588 --> 00:03:18,118 Mmm... Yes. 83 00:03:18,121 --> 00:03:20,274 Ms. Cooper, come on in, please. 84 00:03:21,110 --> 00:03:22,759 Mmm. Skit-Skat? 85 00:03:22,761 --> 00:03:24,278 Oh. No, thanks. 86 00:03:26,056 --> 00:03:28,515 Um... I have a sweet tooth. 87 00:03:28,517 --> 00:03:30,326 So, how can I be of help? 88 00:03:33,102 --> 00:03:34,543 Mom? 89 00:03:34,546 --> 00:03:37,031 Oh, we're in the middle of a session, Mrs. Cooper. 90 00:03:37,034 --> 00:03:38,066 It's Ms. Smith. 91 00:03:38,068 --> 00:03:39,530 So you're stalking me now, too? 92 00:03:39,533 --> 00:03:41,111 Shocking as it may seem, Betty, 93 00:03:41,113 --> 00:03:42,423 I didn't know that you would be here. 94 00:03:42,425 --> 00:03:44,707 I came down to talk to Mrs. Burble myself. 95 00:03:44,709 --> 00:03:47,301 To see if she could give me any insight on how to... 96 00:03:47,303 --> 00:03:48,377 talk to you. 97 00:03:48,379 --> 00:03:50,620 This. This is what's bothering me. 98 00:03:50,622 --> 00:03:53,849 Her control-complex. Her insane overreactions. 99 00:03:53,851 --> 00:03:54,960 This is my problem. 100 00:03:54,963 --> 00:03:56,090 No. What her problem is, 101 00:03:56,093 --> 00:03:57,812 is that she's been rejected from college, 102 00:03:57,814 --> 00:03:59,647 because she's too busy having sex. 103 00:03:59,649 --> 00:04:03,008 Is that what you associate with sexuality, Ms. Smith? 104 00:04:03,010 --> 00:04:05,010 - Shortcomings? - Excuse me, Ms. Burble, 105 00:04:05,012 --> 00:04:07,563 I must have missed your doctorate on the wall 106 00:04:07,565 --> 00:04:09,165 because I don't need a therapist. 107 00:04:09,168 --> 00:04:12,142 Licensed psychologist, actually. 108 00:04:12,144 --> 00:04:14,352 What Betty needs is an intervention 109 00:04:14,354 --> 00:04:18,332 for this irresponsible disregard for her future. 110 00:04:18,334 --> 00:04:19,426 Oh, that's interesting. 111 00:04:19,429 --> 00:04:21,075 I was gonna say that there were months, 112 00:04:21,078 --> 00:04:22,578 or actually years, 113 00:04:22,580 --> 00:04:25,197 worth of psychotic parenting to unpack. 114 00:04:25,199 --> 00:04:27,591 - Oh. - Clearly, there are a lot of feelings here. 115 00:04:28,678 --> 00:04:30,252 Betty, 116 00:04:30,254 --> 00:04:32,847 would it be okay with you if your mother joined us. 117 00:04:32,849 --> 00:04:35,259 Even if I said no, she would stay anyways. 118 00:04:38,772 --> 00:04:40,020 Betty. 119 00:04:41,932 --> 00:04:43,981 Do you hide things from your mother? 120 00:04:45,052 --> 00:04:47,177 Well, yeah. 121 00:04:47,179 --> 00:04:50,347 Of course. Everyone does, but... 122 00:04:50,349 --> 00:04:52,682 - I mean, I learned from the best. - Oh. 123 00:04:52,684 --> 00:04:54,958 So you feel she keeps secrets from you, too? 124 00:04:54,961 --> 00:04:57,050 Since, literally, the day I was born. 125 00:04:57,053 --> 00:04:59,022 Only when it's in her best interest. 126 00:04:59,024 --> 00:05:01,525 Oh, oh, so you joining a cult, 127 00:05:01,527 --> 00:05:03,701 that was in my best interest? 128 00:05:03,704 --> 00:05:04,823 Not mentioning to me 129 00:05:04,826 --> 00:05:06,881 that you weren't actually brainwashed the whole time, 130 00:05:06,883 --> 00:05:09,032 you were just undercover with the FBI, 131 00:05:09,034 --> 00:05:11,051 working with my long-lost half-brother 132 00:05:11,053 --> 00:05:14,131 who I thought was dead, that was in my best interest? 133 00:05:14,134 --> 00:05:16,056 You're a child. I was protecting you. 134 00:05:16,058 --> 00:05:17,374 Then explain how giving away 135 00:05:17,376 --> 00:05:19,231 my college fund to the Farm was part of that. 136 00:05:19,234 --> 00:05:21,419 That was before, when I was under the influence of Edgar. 137 00:05:21,421 --> 00:05:22,897 How about when you didn't tell me 138 00:05:22,899 --> 00:05:24,589 that I had the serial killer genes? 139 00:05:24,591 --> 00:05:25,757 Or when you had Polly 140 00:05:25,759 --> 00:05:27,568 committed to The Sisters of Quiet Mercy, 141 00:05:27,570 --> 00:05:29,904 and didn't tell me where she was? 142 00:05:29,906 --> 00:05:33,824 Or when you had me dragged off to that evil-nun-hell-hole? 143 00:05:33,826 --> 00:05:35,150 Because she did, Mrs. Burble, 144 00:05:35,152 --> 00:05:37,894 where they force-fed me drugs against my will. 145 00:05:37,896 --> 00:05:40,581 But, hey, but, hey. You know, at least they were Fizzle Rocks, 146 00:05:40,583 --> 00:05:43,608 - and not birth-control because God forbid! - Context is important here. 147 00:05:43,610 --> 00:05:44,919 - Context. - Did you ever realize that maybe 148 00:05:44,921 --> 00:05:46,328 I started taking birth-control 149 00:05:46,330 --> 00:05:48,664 because I didn't wanna have a baby at 16 like you? 150 00:05:48,666 --> 00:05:51,333 Or Polly? I didn't wanna be like the two of you, 151 00:05:51,335 --> 00:05:53,910 pregnant and married to a murderer, 152 00:05:53,912 --> 00:05:55,337 or a cult-leader, or both? 153 00:05:55,339 --> 00:05:57,789 I'd hoped I'd raised you to be smarter than us. 154 00:05:57,791 --> 00:06:00,100 And no offense, Mom, I am. 155 00:06:00,102 --> 00:06:02,374 Being proactive is being smart. 156 00:06:02,377 --> 00:06:03,962 And you're acting so naive, 157 00:06:03,964 --> 00:06:06,172 like you didn't think I was having sex. 158 00:06:06,174 --> 00:06:08,133 Jughead and I sleep in the same bed. 159 00:06:08,135 --> 00:06:09,968 She's too young to have sex. 160 00:06:09,970 --> 00:06:11,845 She doesn't know what's good for her. 161 00:06:11,847 --> 00:06:13,689 You are so hypocritical. 162 00:06:13,691 --> 00:06:16,116 I was fine taking care of myself 163 00:06:16,118 --> 00:06:18,786 when you abandoned me for the Farm. 164 00:06:18,788 --> 00:06:21,067 Yet you keep treating me like a child. 165 00:06:21,070 --> 00:06:22,606 Oh, so that's a crime now? 166 00:06:22,608 --> 00:06:24,458 A mother wanting to protect her child. 167 00:06:24,460 --> 00:06:26,693 You've said that several times now. 168 00:06:26,695 --> 00:06:29,630 Betty's young. Betty is a child. 169 00:06:29,632 --> 00:06:30,927 Why do you think that is? 170 00:06:30,930 --> 00:06:33,325 She is! Uh... 171 00:06:33,327 --> 00:06:34,969 Look, it's fine for me. 172 00:06:34,971 --> 00:06:36,828 I take her insults. 173 00:06:36,830 --> 00:06:38,973 That's my cross to bear as a parent. 174 00:06:38,975 --> 00:06:41,166 But the things that she's written in her diaries... 175 00:06:41,168 --> 00:06:42,584 You read her diaries? 176 00:06:42,586 --> 00:06:44,678 Yes, because she has no boundaries. 177 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:46,296 No emotional respect. None. 178 00:06:46,298 --> 00:06:47,839 How does that make you feel? 179 00:06:47,841 --> 00:06:50,842 Like I'm filled with gunpowder, 180 00:06:50,844 --> 00:06:54,321 and I'm one Elizabeth away from exploding. 181 00:06:54,323 --> 00:06:56,579 You need to stop invading my privacy, 182 00:06:56,582 --> 00:06:59,952 and accept the fact that I'm becoming an adult. 183 00:07:01,998 --> 00:07:04,248 You will always be my daughter, Elizabeth. 184 00:07:05,734 --> 00:07:08,451 And I am so, so worried about you. 185 00:07:08,454 --> 00:07:11,204 - But not for the right reasons, Mom. - Wha... 186 00:07:11,206 --> 00:07:14,491 Forget about college, sex, and the serial killer genes. 187 00:07:14,493 --> 00:07:18,045 Think about everything that you have done to me. 188 00:07:18,047 --> 00:07:21,432 That is what I'm going to be unpacking for the rest of my life. 189 00:07:22,876 --> 00:07:24,834 So you either... 190 00:07:24,836 --> 00:07:26,503 start treating me like I'm an adult, 191 00:07:26,505 --> 00:07:28,930 or I will not be in your life. 192 00:07:28,933 --> 00:07:31,675 Ms. Smith, Betty's education, 193 00:07:31,677 --> 00:07:34,427 her relationship, her behavior... 194 00:07:34,429 --> 00:07:37,272 I think those things make you afraid. 195 00:07:37,274 --> 00:07:39,942 Afraid that Betty is growing up. 196 00:07:39,944 --> 00:07:42,870 That may even be why you gave away her college money, 197 00:07:42,872 --> 00:07:45,063 because if you can control her, 198 00:07:45,065 --> 00:07:49,251 you can hold on to her childhood just a little bit longer. 199 00:07:49,254 --> 00:07:51,003 Does that sound right? 200 00:07:51,905 --> 00:07:53,130 It's just... 201 00:07:55,409 --> 00:07:57,468 I've already lost two children. 202 00:07:58,796 --> 00:08:00,586 First Charles. 203 00:08:01,206 --> 00:08:03,575 Then Polly. And Betty... 204 00:08:05,135 --> 00:08:08,303 growing up, leaving for college, 205 00:08:08,305 --> 00:08:10,230 moving out, moving on. 206 00:08:10,232 --> 00:08:12,026 It just feels like I'm losing you, too. 207 00:08:12,029 --> 00:08:14,217 Mom! 208 00:08:14,219 --> 00:08:15,694 That's what happens. 209 00:08:16,896 --> 00:08:19,164 Kids grow up and they leave. 210 00:08:20,743 --> 00:08:23,674 I can't be your only... hope. 211 00:08:25,772 --> 00:08:27,272 But I love you. 212 00:08:27,274 --> 00:08:30,417 I love you, too, but that is not an apology. 213 00:08:32,612 --> 00:08:33,979 That does not justify 214 00:08:33,981 --> 00:08:37,207 the horrible, unhealthy things that you have done. 215 00:08:37,209 --> 00:08:39,242 How you keep suffocating me. 216 00:08:39,244 --> 00:08:41,762 And why me? Why are you doing this to me? 217 00:08:41,764 --> 00:08:42,912 Because I love you. 218 00:08:42,914 --> 00:08:45,507 But you love Polly, too. 219 00:08:45,509 --> 00:08:48,418 She's in an asylum. She needs you. She needs help. 220 00:08:48,420 --> 00:08:50,198 So why can't you go do this to her? 221 00:08:50,201 --> 00:08:52,514 Because I love you more. 222 00:08:52,516 --> 00:08:54,033 I love you most. 223 00:09:10,209 --> 00:09:13,526 - Synced and corrected by VitoSilans - -- www.Addic7ed.com -- 224 00:09:16,496 --> 00:09:18,481 Newton's Laws of Motion... 225 00:09:18,484 --> 00:09:20,209 Now, who can tell me... 226 00:09:23,455 --> 00:09:24,513 Archie. 227 00:09:25,307 --> 00:09:26,735 Archie. 228 00:09:26,854 --> 00:09:27,975 Archie. 229 00:09:32,714 --> 00:09:34,222 I'm so sorry, Dr. Phylum. 230 00:09:34,224 --> 00:09:35,840 Save it for Mrs. Burble. 231 00:09:35,842 --> 00:09:38,060 I'm not interested in your explanations. 232 00:09:38,062 --> 00:09:41,638 I'm really sorry, Ms. Burble. I've been having... 233 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:43,139 trouble sleeping, lately. 234 00:09:43,141 --> 00:09:44,491 Maybe it's like insomnia. 235 00:09:44,493 --> 00:09:45,659 Oh, it's okay, Archie. 236 00:09:45,661 --> 00:09:47,995 I'm not here to reprimand you. 237 00:09:47,997 --> 00:09:49,738 I just wanna talk. 238 00:09:49,740 --> 00:09:51,080 Oh, okay. 239 00:09:51,082 --> 00:09:54,150 - What about? - Well, for starters, college. 240 00:09:54,152 --> 00:09:55,318 You haven't applied to any. 241 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,838 Yeah, I... I'm not really interested. 242 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,113 I'm needed here in Riverdale. 243 00:10:00,116 --> 00:10:01,991 To take over Andrews Construction? 244 00:10:01,993 --> 00:10:03,635 No. To clean up the town. 245 00:10:04,922 --> 00:10:06,329 Someone needs to step up. 246 00:10:06,331 --> 00:10:07,497 Like my dad would've. 247 00:10:07,499 --> 00:10:10,258 He spent his whole life helping people. 248 00:10:10,260 --> 00:10:11,905 Can we talk about him for a second? 249 00:10:13,839 --> 00:10:15,472 How are you managing? 250 00:10:15,474 --> 00:10:17,357 I try to carry on his legacy. 251 00:10:17,359 --> 00:10:19,101 You've already done so much good. 252 00:10:19,103 --> 00:10:23,271 You opened up a center for at-risk kids. 253 00:10:23,273 --> 00:10:25,532 - That's not enough. - Why would you think that? 254 00:10:25,534 --> 00:10:28,268 Ever since I started trying to help people, 255 00:10:28,270 --> 00:10:29,834 things have gotten complicated. 256 00:10:30,771 --> 00:10:33,039 I've messed things up and I have to fix it, 257 00:10:33,042 --> 00:10:34,818 - so no one else gets hurt. - Hurt? 258 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:37,265 Archie... 259 00:10:37,268 --> 00:10:38,962 I have to tell you. 260 00:10:39,882 --> 00:10:41,882 If you admit to a crime, 261 00:10:41,884 --> 00:10:45,410 or tell me that you're putting yourself or anyone else in danger, 262 00:10:45,412 --> 00:10:46,786 I'm required to report it. 263 00:10:46,788 --> 00:10:48,705 - I'm fine. - Are you? 264 00:10:48,707 --> 00:10:52,518 Because you've missed a lot of football, where you excelled. 265 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:56,611 And those cuts and bruises on your hands are not from sports. 266 00:10:59,968 --> 00:11:01,235 The truth is... 267 00:11:04,947 --> 00:11:06,131 I go out at night. 268 00:11:06,133 --> 00:11:07,891 You mean cruising in Fox Forest? 269 00:11:07,893 --> 00:11:10,226 What? No. I don't mean that. 270 00:11:10,228 --> 00:11:11,245 I... 271 00:11:12,322 --> 00:11:13,747 I put on a mask, 272 00:11:15,233 --> 00:11:17,417 and I try to... 273 00:11:19,087 --> 00:11:20,253 help people. 274 00:11:20,256 --> 00:11:21,571 I'm not sure I follow. 275 00:11:21,573 --> 00:11:24,457 I'm a big comic book fan. Mr. Justice, 276 00:11:24,459 --> 00:11:26,075 the Comet, the Red Circle... 277 00:11:26,077 --> 00:11:28,110 I really identify with them, you know? 278 00:11:28,113 --> 00:11:29,954 Are you saying... 279 00:11:29,956 --> 00:11:32,281 that you're having fantasies... 280 00:11:33,269 --> 00:11:35,435 about acting like these comic book heroes? 281 00:11:35,437 --> 00:11:38,605 Exactly. Like there's this dealer, Dodger, 282 00:11:38,607 --> 00:11:41,441 he uses kids to do his dirty work. 283 00:11:41,443 --> 00:11:43,635 Kids. And the police can't do anything. 284 00:11:43,637 --> 00:11:44,928 So someone else has to stop him. 285 00:11:44,930 --> 00:11:46,763 - Yes. - To protect the community. 286 00:11:46,765 --> 00:11:48,180 - Yes. - A vigilante. 287 00:11:49,285 --> 00:11:51,100 - No. - Who protects a vigilante? 288 00:11:51,102 --> 00:11:52,143 Who cares? 289 00:11:52,145 --> 00:11:53,603 I don't read a lot of comic books, 290 00:11:53,605 --> 00:11:56,456 but doesn't the hero usually suffer a great tragedy, 291 00:11:56,458 --> 00:11:59,626 and then create their persona out of rage? Is that right? 292 00:11:59,628 --> 00:12:00,686 I guess so. 293 00:12:00,688 --> 00:12:02,379 Doesn't that resonate with you? 294 00:12:02,381 --> 00:12:04,268 Because everything that you've told me 295 00:12:04,271 --> 00:12:08,043 feels like it could be fueled by grief-induced anger... 296 00:12:08,045 --> 00:12:10,504 Like I said, Ms. Burble, I just... I'm just trying to help. 297 00:12:10,507 --> 00:12:13,289 But to do it safely, we have to acknowledge 298 00:12:13,291 --> 00:12:16,143 - and work on the anger. - Why? 299 00:12:16,145 --> 00:12:19,295 I know I'm angry, Ms. Burble. I'm not an idiot. 300 00:12:19,297 --> 00:12:21,648 Look at all the crappy things that have happened to me, 301 00:12:21,650 --> 00:12:26,817 to my friends, to my dad. They make me angry. 302 00:12:26,820 --> 00:12:28,655 You... 303 00:12:28,657 --> 00:12:31,342 talking to me like I'm a moron, that makes me angry. 304 00:12:31,345 --> 00:12:33,478 - Understandably. - And it hurts. 305 00:12:34,997 --> 00:12:38,531 I hurt... all the time. 306 00:12:38,533 --> 00:12:41,316 And all I wanna do is make sure no one else does. 307 00:12:43,005 --> 00:12:46,030 But I've screwed it up. 308 00:12:46,032 --> 00:12:50,368 My mom almost got shot in the drive-by. 309 00:12:50,370 --> 00:12:52,803 She was held at gunpoint on Thanksgiving. 310 00:12:54,082 --> 00:12:55,515 How is a guy supposed to... 311 00:12:56,593 --> 00:12:58,016 to clean up the town, 312 00:12:58,019 --> 00:13:00,994 and protect his loved ones if he's putting them in the crosshairs? 313 00:13:03,934 --> 00:13:05,734 So what am I supposed to do? 314 00:13:08,030 --> 00:13:09,154 Huh? 315 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:12,449 "Theoretically"? 316 00:13:17,659 --> 00:13:19,801 The behavior you're discussing 317 00:13:19,804 --> 00:13:21,375 sounds like an addiction. 318 00:13:21,377 --> 00:13:22,784 No, it's not. 319 00:13:22,786 --> 00:13:24,286 Isn't it? 320 00:13:24,288 --> 00:13:26,663 You're aware of negative consequences, 321 00:13:26,665 --> 00:13:28,257 but you're compelled anyway. 322 00:13:29,409 --> 00:13:31,743 That's compulsive behavior. 323 00:13:33,121 --> 00:13:34,638 Forget me going out at night. 324 00:13:36,633 --> 00:13:38,633 Just running the center has made me a target. 325 00:13:38,635 --> 00:13:40,102 Yeah, but you keep at it. 326 00:13:41,378 --> 00:13:43,804 It's the appropriate and smarter way 327 00:13:43,807 --> 00:13:46,799 to channel your anger and help those in need. 328 00:13:46,801 --> 00:13:48,179 It feels like it's not enough. 329 00:13:48,182 --> 00:13:51,387 Then why not enlist more volunteers? 330 00:13:51,389 --> 00:13:54,766 Like me. Or you can start an anonymous tip line 331 00:13:54,768 --> 00:13:56,359 to give you farther reach, 332 00:13:56,361 --> 00:13:58,561 so those people who are scared to talk to the police 333 00:13:58,563 --> 00:14:00,688 can report things. 334 00:14:00,690 --> 00:14:03,566 But I can't stress this enough, Archie. 335 00:14:03,568 --> 00:14:05,335 Do not go out at night. 336 00:14:06,588 --> 00:14:08,130 You could get hurt. 337 00:14:08,132 --> 00:14:11,591 Your loved ones could get hurt. 338 00:14:11,593 --> 00:14:13,010 Mom, can we talk? 339 00:14:13,012 --> 00:14:14,653 Oh, boy. What's wrong? 340 00:14:18,142 --> 00:14:21,101 I don't wanna give up on my work at the community center. 341 00:14:21,103 --> 00:14:23,628 Yeah, I know. I've made my peace with that. 342 00:14:23,630 --> 00:14:26,089 Yeah. But I can't keep putting you in danger. 343 00:14:26,091 --> 00:14:27,941 Dodger and his family are still out there, 344 00:14:27,943 --> 00:14:29,759 and sooner or later they'll come after me. 345 00:14:29,761 --> 00:14:30,860 So... 346 00:14:32,522 --> 00:14:34,314 I'm moving out. 347 00:14:34,316 --> 00:14:35,782 - Archie, no. - Mom, 348 00:14:35,784 --> 00:14:37,451 you don't have a choice. 349 00:14:37,453 --> 00:14:39,936 I'm 18. I'm an adult. 350 00:14:39,938 --> 00:14:41,863 I'm gonna move into the center, 351 00:14:41,865 --> 00:14:44,366 just for a while until Sheriff Jones catches Dodger 352 00:14:44,368 --> 00:14:45,533 and things cool off for a bit. 353 00:14:45,535 --> 00:14:46,993 Archie, you don't have to do this. 354 00:14:46,995 --> 00:14:49,904 Yes, I do. Their war's with me, not with you. 355 00:14:52,867 --> 00:14:54,551 It's okay. I'll be okay. 356 00:15:19,811 --> 00:15:21,736 You've reached the Riverdale Hotline. 357 00:15:21,738 --> 00:15:24,998 If you wish to report a problem in your neighborhood, leave a message. 358 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,667 Anonymity's your choice. We're here to help. 359 00:15:27,669 --> 00:15:29,577 And remember... 360 00:15:29,579 --> 00:15:30,962 you're not alone. 361 00:16:09,453 --> 00:16:10,910 Cheryl Blossom, 362 00:16:10,912 --> 00:16:13,571 please report to Principal Honey's office. 363 00:16:13,573 --> 00:16:16,216 And the war of the red roses rages on. 364 00:16:16,218 --> 00:16:18,293 Good luck, babe. 365 00:16:18,295 --> 00:16:21,746 So, wherefore are we rattling sabers today, Principal Honey? 366 00:16:21,748 --> 00:16:24,916 Ms. Blossom, do you know how many absences you've had this semester? 367 00:16:24,918 --> 00:16:27,043 - Twenty-six. - Need I remind you 368 00:16:27,045 --> 00:16:28,970 and the sorry lot of yams you call educators, 369 00:16:28,972 --> 00:16:32,732 that I have suffered numerous family deaths. 370 00:16:32,734 --> 00:16:33,975 My mother disappeared, 371 00:16:33,977 --> 00:16:36,093 I am raising twin toddlers, 372 00:16:36,095 --> 00:16:38,054 and I am the sole caregiver for my Nana. 373 00:16:38,056 --> 00:16:40,765 Yeah, well, it is for those reasons that I have 374 00:16:40,767 --> 00:16:44,109 decided to put a certified adult in charge of the cheerleading squad. 375 00:16:44,112 --> 00:16:46,154 Pause. 376 00:16:46,156 --> 00:16:47,897 You're taking my Vixens away from me? 377 00:16:47,899 --> 00:16:50,412 Hmm. I'll tell you what. 378 00:16:51,661 --> 00:16:53,920 I will let Mrs. Burble interview you 379 00:16:53,922 --> 00:16:55,422 and make a recommendation. 380 00:16:55,424 --> 00:16:58,574 But if she deems you psychologically unfit, 381 00:16:58,576 --> 00:16:59,843 it's over. 382 00:17:06,676 --> 00:17:10,103 So, Cheryl, would you like a Three Buccaneers? 383 00:17:10,105 --> 00:17:12,180 I don't eat nougat, I don't take bribes, 384 00:17:12,182 --> 00:17:14,966 and I don't talk to trade-school flunkies about my feelings. 385 00:17:14,968 --> 00:17:17,944 You know, Cheryl, the only way you're gonna get what you want, 386 00:17:17,946 --> 00:17:20,868 your Vixens back, is if you talk to me... 387 00:17:20,871 --> 00:17:22,023 about you. 388 00:17:22,025 --> 00:17:23,617 Okay, then. 389 00:17:23,619 --> 00:17:25,309 I have a rapturous girlfriend, 390 00:17:25,311 --> 00:17:28,696 total independence, a 4.0, and amazing hair. 391 00:17:28,698 --> 00:17:30,454 - Are we done? - Not quite. 392 00:17:30,457 --> 00:17:32,433 Did you receive a videotape? 393 00:17:33,653 --> 00:17:34,944 How'd it make you feel? 394 00:17:34,946 --> 00:17:36,521 Please. 395 00:17:36,523 --> 00:17:39,132 I have felled multiple villains with my bow over the years. 396 00:17:39,134 --> 00:17:41,325 I'm not afraid of some sad AV pervert 397 00:17:41,327 --> 00:17:43,211 with a camcorder older than your blazer. 398 00:17:43,213 --> 00:17:46,664 Speaking of the last few years, have you ever spoken 399 00:17:46,666 --> 00:17:49,625 to a professional about everything you've been through? 400 00:17:49,627 --> 00:17:51,886 Your mother's abuse, your brother's murder, 401 00:17:51,888 --> 00:17:53,721 your father's suicide, 402 00:17:53,723 --> 00:17:56,299 your time in conversion therapy, 403 00:17:56,301 --> 00:17:59,424 and an organ harvesting cult, 404 00:17:59,427 --> 00:18:01,655 your near-death experience in Sweetwater River... 405 00:18:01,657 --> 00:18:02,966 That was an accident. 406 00:18:05,494 --> 00:18:07,717 It would be okay if you told me it wasn't. 407 00:18:09,146 --> 00:18:12,981 Cheryl, you've endured lifetimes of trauma. 408 00:18:12,984 --> 00:18:16,569 I can't imagine going through a single one, much less all. 409 00:18:16,571 --> 00:18:19,822 And as a teenager, unimaginable. 410 00:18:19,824 --> 00:18:22,342 You are remarkably resilient. 411 00:18:22,344 --> 00:18:24,346 It must be exhausting. 412 00:18:26,848 --> 00:18:28,271 How've you been coping? 413 00:18:36,525 --> 00:18:37,774 I talk to Jason. 414 00:18:39,483 --> 00:18:41,603 I talk to my dead brother. That's how I cope. 415 00:18:41,605 --> 00:18:42,995 Like prayer. 416 00:18:42,998 --> 00:18:45,579 That's a very healthy way of dealing with grief. 417 00:18:45,582 --> 00:18:46,782 No. 418 00:18:46,785 --> 00:18:47,973 I... 419 00:18:48,704 --> 00:18:50,203 go into the chapel... 420 00:18:51,540 --> 00:18:52,765 in my house... 421 00:18:53,783 --> 00:18:57,207 where my brother's body is, and... 422 00:18:57,210 --> 00:18:59,004 I talk to him. 423 00:19:02,384 --> 00:19:04,634 And I think he answers me back. 424 00:19:09,248 --> 00:19:10,801 I think... 425 00:19:10,804 --> 00:19:12,559 maybe... 426 00:19:14,045 --> 00:19:17,295 I've lost my mind, and I don't know when it happened. 427 00:19:17,298 --> 00:19:19,232 Was it when Jay-Jay died? 428 00:19:20,402 --> 00:19:23,010 Was it when I fell through the ice? 429 00:19:23,012 --> 00:19:25,030 Have I always been this way... 430 00:19:26,933 --> 00:19:28,099 Fractured? 431 00:19:30,111 --> 00:19:32,895 In the tomb, when you're speaking with Jason, 432 00:19:32,897 --> 00:19:34,271 how far away are you? 433 00:19:34,273 --> 00:19:36,557 I usually sit across the room. 434 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:37,784 What does it matter? 435 00:19:37,787 --> 00:19:39,734 Well, what's the difference between that 436 00:19:39,737 --> 00:19:43,331 and people visiting a gravesite to talk to their loved ones? 437 00:19:43,333 --> 00:19:46,408 Or people who have urns on their mantle? 438 00:19:46,411 --> 00:19:47,761 But that ash... 439 00:19:48,621 --> 00:19:50,597 those rotting bodies, 440 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:52,915 they don't talk back. 441 00:19:52,917 --> 00:19:54,934 I'm not sure Jason does either. 442 00:19:54,936 --> 00:19:56,752 I think you want him to. 443 00:19:56,754 --> 00:19:58,897 But you're not crazy, Cheryl. 444 00:20:00,091 --> 00:20:01,774 You miss your brother. 445 00:20:03,802 --> 00:20:05,502 But missing Jason doesn't explain 446 00:20:05,505 --> 00:20:08,690 the other goings-on in the phantasmagory that is Thistlehouse. 447 00:20:08,692 --> 00:20:10,641 What's happening in this Thistlehouse? 448 00:20:10,643 --> 00:20:13,102 I'm being haunted by a ghost. 449 00:20:13,104 --> 00:20:14,979 Ghosts don't exist. 450 00:20:14,981 --> 00:20:17,273 Your life may be defined by gothic tropes, 451 00:20:17,275 --> 00:20:19,483 but you're being haunted by grief, 452 00:20:19,485 --> 00:20:22,486 by guilt over your family's misfortune, 453 00:20:22,488 --> 00:20:25,029 - your brother's death... - Brothers. 454 00:20:25,032 --> 00:20:27,133 - Plural. - I'm confused. 455 00:20:27,135 --> 00:20:28,626 Is this a metaphorical brother? 456 00:20:28,628 --> 00:20:30,136 No, you mallard. 457 00:20:30,138 --> 00:20:31,829 I had a triplet. 458 00:20:31,831 --> 00:20:33,789 Julian, whom I absorbed in the womb, 459 00:20:33,791 --> 00:20:35,049 and has resurfaced as a doll 460 00:20:35,051 --> 00:20:37,071 that's moving around my house causing mischief. 461 00:20:37,074 --> 00:20:39,220 I've thrown him away, buried him, 462 00:20:39,222 --> 00:20:40,463 encircled him in salts, 463 00:20:40,465 --> 00:20:42,465 and he keeps coming back. 464 00:20:42,467 --> 00:20:45,509 Because he's angry. He's vengeful. 465 00:20:45,511 --> 00:20:46,936 Julian's driving you insane. 466 00:20:46,938 --> 00:20:48,988 Of course, he's a Blossom. 467 00:20:52,941 --> 00:20:54,285 So... 468 00:20:57,165 --> 00:20:59,815 Do you still maintain that I'm not mad as a hatter, 469 00:20:59,817 --> 00:21:02,335 even though I'm talking to taxidermy, 470 00:21:02,337 --> 00:21:04,170 and being tormented by a devil-doll. 471 00:21:04,172 --> 00:21:07,248 I don't think you're being haunted, Cheryl. 472 00:21:07,250 --> 00:21:09,492 And I don't think you've lost your mind. 473 00:21:09,494 --> 00:21:15,381 Then what's wrong with me? 474 00:21:15,383 --> 00:21:18,063 I think someone is trying to make you 475 00:21:18,066 --> 00:21:20,711 think that you've lost your mind. 476 00:21:20,713 --> 00:21:22,545 I think you're being gaslit. 477 00:21:22,548 --> 00:21:24,190 Like... 478 00:21:24,192 --> 00:21:26,943 - Ingrid Bergman? - In fact, yes. 479 00:21:26,945 --> 00:21:29,028 What sounds most logical to you? 480 00:21:29,030 --> 00:21:31,555 That the evil spirit of an absorbed fetus 481 00:21:31,557 --> 00:21:33,867 is inhabiting an anthropomorphic doll? 482 00:21:34,852 --> 00:21:37,278 Or that a human being 483 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:40,898 is moving that doll around your house when you're not there? 484 00:21:40,900 --> 00:21:42,792 But Julian... 485 00:21:42,794 --> 00:21:45,369 We can find out the truth about Julian's existence 486 00:21:45,371 --> 00:21:46,771 with a swab of your saliva. 487 00:21:46,773 --> 00:21:49,549 You can't have any of my bodily fluids, you succubus. 488 00:21:49,551 --> 00:21:52,159 It's for a chimerism lab. 489 00:21:52,161 --> 00:21:56,055 A test that shows whether a person absorbed a fetus in the womb 490 00:21:56,057 --> 00:21:59,559 by analyzing if they have 491 00:21:59,561 --> 00:22:01,919 one set of DNA or two. 492 00:22:01,921 --> 00:22:05,589 If I were to guess, you aren't going to test positive. 493 00:22:05,591 --> 00:22:08,759 You mean to tell me this test has existed this whole time? 494 00:22:08,761 --> 00:22:12,322 Mmm-hmm. I'm going to give you the number of a doctor I know 495 00:22:13,241 --> 00:22:14,799 who can perform the test. 496 00:22:14,801 --> 00:22:17,442 I'll give her a heads up that she might be expecting you. 497 00:22:17,445 --> 00:22:18,661 So... 498 00:22:19,564 --> 00:22:21,122 what about my precious Vixens? 499 00:22:22,250 --> 00:22:23,774 Can I keep them? 500 00:22:23,776 --> 00:22:26,419 As a counselor, I think you've done A-plus work. 501 00:22:27,446 --> 00:22:28,588 As an administrator, 502 00:22:29,448 --> 00:22:31,999 Cheryl, I'm sorry. 503 00:22:32,001 --> 00:22:35,313 I'm going to recommend to Principal Honey that he bring in a coach... 504 00:22:36,506 --> 00:22:38,956 to supervise the Vixens 505 00:22:38,958 --> 00:22:41,100 while you focus on you, 506 00:22:42,011 --> 00:22:43,102 for a little while. 507 00:23:25,313 --> 00:23:27,814 Mija, can you come here a minute? 508 00:23:36,349 --> 00:23:38,140 What do you want, Daddy? 509 00:23:38,142 --> 00:23:40,643 To tell me about another secret love-child? 510 00:23:40,645 --> 00:23:42,853 No, I need your keen eye. 511 00:23:42,855 --> 00:23:44,831 - Is this centered? - Mmm-hmm. 512 00:23:44,833 --> 00:23:47,834 Maravillosa, don't you think? 513 00:23:47,836 --> 00:23:49,234 Hmm. 514 00:23:49,236 --> 00:23:52,580 The first bottle of Lodge Rum I ever produced. 515 00:23:52,582 --> 00:23:54,657 And second to you 516 00:23:54,659 --> 00:23:57,635 and my diploma from Harvard University, 517 00:23:57,637 --> 00:23:58,929 my proudest achievement. 518 00:23:58,932 --> 00:24:00,211 I'm late for school. 519 00:24:00,214 --> 00:24:04,290 Oh, speaking of Cambridge, didn't you apply to Harvard Early Action? 520 00:24:04,293 --> 00:24:05,676 I should be hearing anon. 521 00:24:05,678 --> 00:24:07,127 - Hmm. - Now, if you'll excuse me, 522 00:24:07,129 --> 00:24:08,961 Microeconomics waits for no one. 523 00:24:13,552 --> 00:24:15,511 Game Theory's all about strategy. 524 00:24:15,513 --> 00:24:17,271 And, yeah, it's big in Econ, 525 00:24:17,273 --> 00:24:19,753 but it's also been applied to war... 526 00:24:21,547 --> 00:24:23,449 Oh, my God. I'm sorry. I have to take this. 527 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:31,543 Good afternoon, Dean Kingsley. To what do I owe the pleasure? 528 00:24:31,546 --> 00:24:33,713 Ms. Luna, I know it's unorthodox, 529 00:24:33,715 --> 00:24:35,251 but as Dean of Admissions, 530 00:24:35,254 --> 00:24:38,050 I wanted to give you a personal heads up. 531 00:24:38,053 --> 00:24:42,131 Congratulations on your acceptance to Harvard's class of 2024. 532 00:24:43,482 --> 00:24:44,557 Yes! 533 00:24:45,468 --> 00:24:46,834 Yes! 534 00:24:52,091 --> 00:24:54,233 Thank you so much, Dean Kingsley. 535 00:24:54,235 --> 00:24:55,960 August can't come soon enough. 536 00:24:55,962 --> 00:24:58,404 Indeed. Now, will you give my regards to your father, 537 00:24:58,406 --> 00:25:01,574 and please thank him for the rum he sent. Veritas. 538 00:25:03,582 --> 00:25:04,656 Son of a... 539 00:25:04,659 --> 00:25:05,952 Butter Flinger? 540 00:25:08,583 --> 00:25:10,607 I think I know why you're here. 541 00:25:10,609 --> 00:25:13,419 Are there any updates I need to make to your file? 542 00:25:13,421 --> 00:25:16,078 Regarding, say... Harvard? 543 00:25:17,241 --> 00:25:18,906 Oh. 544 00:25:18,909 --> 00:25:20,617 Uh, yes, actually. I got in. 545 00:25:20,619 --> 00:25:22,261 Congratulations, Veronica. 546 00:25:22,263 --> 00:25:24,507 If I'm not mistaken, that was your dream school. 547 00:25:24,510 --> 00:25:25,526 It was. 548 00:25:26,768 --> 00:25:28,125 Now it's my nightmare. 549 00:25:28,127 --> 00:25:30,419 Aren't you proud of this milestone achievement? 550 00:25:30,421 --> 00:25:32,296 No, I didn't achieve Harvard. 551 00:25:32,298 --> 00:25:34,631 Once again, my father meddled in my affairs, 552 00:25:34,633 --> 00:25:37,110 and apparently, bought my way into their ivy-covered walls, 553 00:25:37,112 --> 00:25:40,446 with rum, threats, money, charm, who knows. 554 00:25:40,448 --> 00:25:42,523 It's humiliating and infuriating. 555 00:25:42,525 --> 00:25:45,032 Infuriating because he didn't think you can do it on your own. 556 00:25:45,035 --> 00:25:46,511 No. 557 00:25:46,513 --> 00:25:48,788 Because now, I'll never know if I could do it on my own. 558 00:25:48,790 --> 00:25:52,149 Is it possible he was actually trying to just help? 559 00:25:52,151 --> 00:25:54,794 My father has a bank vault for a heart. 560 00:25:54,796 --> 00:25:56,370 He did this to prove he can 561 00:25:56,372 --> 00:25:58,189 and always will control me. 562 00:25:58,191 --> 00:26:02,376 And do you feel this control is him punishing you for something? 563 00:26:02,378 --> 00:26:05,546 Was King Lear's ego gossamer thin? Yes. 564 00:26:05,548 --> 00:26:06,830 This is what he does. 565 00:26:06,832 --> 00:26:08,549 He fake-sold me two businesses, 566 00:26:08,551 --> 00:26:11,218 and then conned me into running them. 567 00:26:11,220 --> 00:26:12,645 Successfully, might I add. 568 00:26:12,647 --> 00:26:14,372 Then charged me protection. 569 00:26:14,374 --> 00:26:17,007 He lured my boyfriend into crime, and then tried to kill him 570 00:26:17,009 --> 00:26:19,968 in front of a crowd at an illegal boxing match. 571 00:26:19,970 --> 00:26:22,655 He had my mother arrested, and the piece de resistance, 572 00:26:22,657 --> 00:26:24,827 he brought his secret illegitimate daughter 573 00:26:24,830 --> 00:26:26,646 back to Riverdale to try and make me jealous. 574 00:26:26,649 --> 00:26:28,685 Well, blow winds and crack your cheeks, 575 00:26:28,687 --> 00:26:31,581 because Veronica Luna is no one's Cordelia. 576 00:26:33,984 --> 00:26:35,650 Are you jealous... 577 00:26:35,653 --> 00:26:36,836 of your sister? 578 00:26:36,838 --> 00:26:38,654 Absolutely not. 579 00:26:38,656 --> 00:26:40,339 She can have him. They deserve each other. 580 00:26:40,341 --> 00:26:42,341 Yet I'm sensing animosity. 581 00:26:42,343 --> 00:26:44,585 "Sensing"? I despise that man. 582 00:26:44,587 --> 00:26:46,203 I want nothing to do with him. 583 00:26:46,205 --> 00:26:47,680 But you willingly live at home. 584 00:26:48,808 --> 00:26:49,998 Well, yes, but... 585 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,083 You obediently come when he calls you. 586 00:26:52,086 --> 00:26:54,545 Veronica, I don't think this is hate. 587 00:26:54,547 --> 00:26:56,388 It's obsession. 588 00:26:56,390 --> 00:26:58,841 You and your father are obsessed with each other. 589 00:26:58,843 --> 00:27:01,069 You're diagnosing me with Daddy issues? 590 00:27:01,771 --> 00:27:03,053 How very Intro-to-Psych. 591 00:27:03,055 --> 00:27:06,699 I'm saying, your connection... 592 00:27:06,701 --> 00:27:11,112 goes far beyond that of a typical father-daughter. 593 00:27:11,114 --> 00:27:13,522 It's primal. Cosmic. 594 00:27:13,524 --> 00:27:16,358 He sees you as an extension of himself, 595 00:27:16,360 --> 00:27:20,028 which is why he'll never fully let you go. 596 00:27:20,030 --> 00:27:24,116 And you see him as your ideal future self. 597 00:27:24,118 --> 00:27:26,052 No, that's baseless. 598 00:27:26,054 --> 00:27:28,412 I have no desire to become my father. 599 00:27:28,414 --> 00:27:29,746 You're a straight-A student, 600 00:27:29,748 --> 00:27:31,674 you run two flourishing businesses, 601 00:27:31,676 --> 00:27:33,801 you just got admitted into Harvard. 602 00:27:33,803 --> 00:27:35,878 I mean, maybe that's your base resentment. 603 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:38,922 He is an abjectly bad person. 604 00:27:38,924 --> 00:27:40,215 I have zero respect for him. 605 00:27:40,217 --> 00:27:43,051 And yet he has instilled in you a drive 606 00:27:43,053 --> 00:27:45,762 that is perhaps the reason why you are so successful. 607 00:27:45,764 --> 00:27:47,857 He's taken more than he's ever given. 608 00:27:47,859 --> 00:27:49,867 My old friend Dr. Freud 609 00:27:50,561 --> 00:27:52,653 has two diagnoses 610 00:27:52,655 --> 00:27:55,414 that seem pertinent to your situation. 611 00:27:55,416 --> 00:27:57,416 The Oedipus and Electra complexes. 612 00:27:57,418 --> 00:28:00,569 I've always seen the drama in my life as Shakespearean. 613 00:28:00,571 --> 00:28:02,088 Not the stuff of Greek tragedy. 614 00:28:02,090 --> 00:28:05,499 But please, enlighten me. 615 00:28:05,501 --> 00:28:09,745 You're locked in a constant battle for identity with your father. 616 00:28:09,747 --> 00:28:13,632 You're driven by compulsive forces like love, 617 00:28:13,634 --> 00:28:15,751 sexuality, obsession. 618 00:28:15,753 --> 00:28:18,045 I'm not stabbing my eyes out for any man. 619 00:28:18,047 --> 00:28:19,897 Acknowledging that the tether exists 620 00:28:19,899 --> 00:28:21,774 is the first step towards breaking it. 621 00:28:21,776 --> 00:28:24,944 Electra murdered Agamemnon. 622 00:28:24,946 --> 00:28:26,470 What are you saying, Mrs. Burble? 623 00:28:26,472 --> 00:28:28,781 Obviously, I'm not suggesting murder. 624 00:28:28,783 --> 00:28:31,826 But rather, to cut ties with him for good. 625 00:28:31,828 --> 00:28:33,986 He's trolling you. 626 00:28:33,988 --> 00:28:35,103 So why not ghost him? 627 00:28:35,105 --> 00:28:36,622 No offense, 628 00:28:36,624 --> 00:28:39,775 Mrs. Burble, but your "teen-speak" 629 00:28:39,777 --> 00:28:41,127 could use an update. 630 00:28:41,129 --> 00:28:42,795 As could your advice. 631 00:28:42,797 --> 00:28:44,279 I've tried that repeatedly. 632 00:28:44,281 --> 00:28:47,133 Well, it only works if you actually want to walk away. 633 00:28:48,203 --> 00:28:49,427 Do you? 634 00:28:51,472 --> 00:28:53,047 Yes. 635 00:28:53,049 --> 00:28:56,500 Well, obviously, I think you should say yes to Harvard. 636 00:28:56,502 --> 00:28:57,885 But moving forward, 637 00:28:57,887 --> 00:29:00,462 I recommend that no matter what, 638 00:29:00,464 --> 00:29:03,557 you do not engage with your father on his terms. 639 00:29:03,559 --> 00:29:05,133 You may be his hubris, 640 00:29:05,135 --> 00:29:08,562 but he can't be yours, or else he will be your downfall. 641 00:29:08,564 --> 00:29:12,574 I really, really wanna go to Harvard. 642 00:29:15,145 --> 00:29:18,664 You're locked in a dance of death with your father, Veronica. 643 00:29:20,484 --> 00:29:22,984 So my last question is this. 644 00:29:23,988 --> 00:29:25,545 Who's leading? 645 00:29:25,548 --> 00:29:27,924 Him or you? 646 00:29:37,852 --> 00:29:39,543 You're late. 647 00:29:39,545 --> 00:29:41,007 Apparently, I'm not the only one. 648 00:29:41,010 --> 00:29:42,355 Don't we have a seminar today? 649 00:29:42,357 --> 00:29:44,732 I dismissed the others to continue writing. 650 00:29:45,693 --> 00:29:47,426 You haven't even started. 651 00:29:47,428 --> 00:29:50,029 Yeah, okay. I know I was supposed to turn in pages this week. 652 00:29:50,031 --> 00:29:52,698 You were offered an opportunity here, Mr. Jones. 653 00:29:52,700 --> 00:29:54,775 Frankly, you have squandered it. 654 00:29:54,777 --> 00:29:57,370 I've been told you haven't even applied to any colleges yet. 655 00:29:57,372 --> 00:29:58,871 Okay, I'm sorry. 656 00:29:58,873 --> 00:30:01,040 My plate's been stacked. 657 00:30:01,042 --> 00:30:02,858 I can still apply for regular admission. 658 00:30:02,860 --> 00:30:04,860 And yet I can't imagine any teachers here 659 00:30:04,862 --> 00:30:06,570 writing a letter of recommendation 660 00:30:06,572 --> 00:30:08,739 for such an apathetic student. 661 00:30:08,741 --> 00:30:10,549 You might wanna beg the indulgences 662 00:30:10,551 --> 00:30:12,909 of your teachers at your public alma mater, 663 00:30:12,911 --> 00:30:15,388 vis-a-vis your future matriculations. 664 00:30:22,546 --> 00:30:24,855 How long does it usually take to get a transcript? 665 00:30:26,475 --> 00:30:29,435 I'm sure Ms. Bell is going as fast as she can. 666 00:30:29,437 --> 00:30:31,696 But while we wait, why don't we just have a little chat? 667 00:30:31,698 --> 00:30:33,614 Uh... no. 668 00:30:33,616 --> 00:30:36,909 I have a hard Holden-Caulfield stance on phony small-talk. Thanks. 669 00:30:36,911 --> 00:30:40,413 Do you often use fictional references to make sense of your situation? 670 00:30:40,415 --> 00:30:42,564 Yes. Yes, I do. 671 00:30:42,566 --> 00:30:45,418 I heard about your teacher, Mr. Chipping. 672 00:30:45,420 --> 00:30:48,570 Public suicide, that's, uh, tragic. 673 00:30:48,572 --> 00:30:52,758 He didn't kill himself. He was murdered, by suicide, I guess. 674 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:55,011 - Who knows what they're capable of? - Who? 675 00:30:55,013 --> 00:30:57,880 Uh, DuPont. And the students. They convinced him to jump. 676 00:30:57,882 --> 00:30:59,915 Because I'm on the cusp of bringing down their empire. 677 00:30:59,917 --> 00:31:02,059 - Which empire? - Baxter Brothers. 678 00:31:03,846 --> 00:31:05,271 My grandfather created them. 679 00:31:05,273 --> 00:31:07,440 As in inspired the characters? 680 00:31:07,442 --> 00:31:09,516 No. As in he wrote the first book. 681 00:31:09,518 --> 00:31:12,594 And then DuPont stole the franchise out from under him. 682 00:31:12,596 --> 00:31:15,281 Now, he's got us competing to ghostwrite the next one. 683 00:31:15,283 --> 00:31:17,143 But what's the point? It's rigged. 684 00:31:17,146 --> 00:31:18,531 He's a thief. And he has a grudge 685 00:31:18,534 --> 00:31:20,119 against anyone with the name Forsythe. 686 00:31:20,121 --> 00:31:21,843 Starting with my grandfather, the first. 687 00:31:23,458 --> 00:31:27,460 Or you have a persecution complex. 688 00:31:27,462 --> 00:31:30,612 Are you paranoid, chasing windmills? 689 00:31:30,614 --> 00:31:32,798 So you have a reasonable excuse 690 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:35,634 to neglect your real work, writing? 691 00:31:35,636 --> 00:31:38,188 Oh, is that your advice after everything I just said? 692 00:31:38,191 --> 00:31:40,547 - Just, "Do your homework, kid." - Well, I'm wondering 693 00:31:40,549 --> 00:31:42,624 if the real reason why you're so focused 694 00:31:42,626 --> 00:31:44,051 on proving that the Baxter Brothers 695 00:31:44,053 --> 00:31:45,669 belongs to your family 696 00:31:45,671 --> 00:31:47,129 is because you're afraid. 697 00:31:47,131 --> 00:31:49,798 Are you insecure about your own talent as a writer? 698 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:51,056 I'm not gonna be psychoanalyzed 699 00:31:51,059 --> 00:31:53,560 by someone who doesn't know the phrase "tilting at windmills." 700 00:31:53,562 --> 00:31:54,949 It's about recognition. 701 00:31:54,952 --> 00:31:58,490 It's about not letting some ascot steal my family's achievements. 702 00:31:58,493 --> 00:32:00,475 You know, my grandfather could've been Gatsby-rich. 703 00:32:00,477 --> 00:32:02,194 You know what he was instead? 704 00:32:02,196 --> 00:32:05,117 He was a mean drunk who beat my father in a trailer. 705 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:06,740 But from what you're describing, 706 00:32:06,742 --> 00:32:08,225 this investigation 707 00:32:08,227 --> 00:32:11,319 is trying to get those very things you claim to hate. 708 00:32:11,321 --> 00:32:14,286 An inheritance, status, prestige. 709 00:32:14,289 --> 00:32:15,949 I'm not trying to be like them. 710 00:32:15,951 --> 00:32:18,752 No, clearly. Better not to try at all. 711 00:32:18,754 --> 00:32:22,038 Fulfil their expectation that you're a bum, 712 00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:23,849 then claim that they didn't give you a chance. 713 00:32:23,851 --> 00:32:25,684 That is the easy path. 714 00:32:25,686 --> 00:32:28,687 Now, your father, on the other hand, 715 00:32:28,689 --> 00:32:30,255 he took a harder one. 716 00:32:30,257 --> 00:32:33,842 Good. The designated dad-part of this lecture. 717 00:32:33,844 --> 00:32:35,269 He's a Sheriff now. 718 00:32:35,271 --> 00:32:37,271 Came from a poor household 719 00:32:37,273 --> 00:32:41,942 with an abusive father, and did the work to transform himself. 720 00:32:41,944 --> 00:32:45,604 And sacrificed, so you could succeed. 721 00:32:45,606 --> 00:32:48,165 I bet he was very supportive of you going to Stonewall Prep. 722 00:32:49,693 --> 00:32:51,193 Yeah, practically dragged me there. 723 00:32:51,195 --> 00:32:53,904 And you repay him by going on this quest to prove 724 00:32:53,906 --> 00:32:56,031 that the man that caused him immeasurable pain 725 00:32:56,033 --> 00:32:57,958 is some kind of wronged hero. 726 00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:00,052 How do you think that makes him feel? 727 00:33:02,631 --> 00:33:05,599 Maybe instead of lionizing your grandfather, 728 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:11,173 you should try seeing him through your father's eyes. 729 00:33:14,902 --> 00:33:17,570 I won't think you less smart if... 730 00:33:17,572 --> 00:33:19,155 you admit that I'm right. 731 00:33:21,433 --> 00:33:22,491 You're right. 732 00:33:25,062 --> 00:33:26,245 My poor dad. 733 00:33:32,828 --> 00:33:34,086 I'm so selfish. 734 00:33:34,088 --> 00:33:35,862 No. 735 00:33:35,864 --> 00:33:38,215 You're just a high school senior from Riverdale. 736 00:33:39,743 --> 00:33:41,086 You're busy. 737 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:46,182 Maybe I should... 738 00:33:49,253 --> 00:33:51,672 put down the conspiracy theories and just do my homework. 739 00:33:54,424 --> 00:33:55,840 You're underpaid, aren't you? 740 00:33:55,843 --> 00:33:57,210 And overqualified. 741 00:33:58,492 --> 00:34:02,022 Which means I don't expect anyone to change habits overnight. 742 00:34:02,024 --> 00:34:03,908 If you're going to see this mystery 743 00:34:03,910 --> 00:34:06,935 about the Baxter Brothers' authorship through, 744 00:34:06,937 --> 00:34:10,605 then don't fall back on conjecture or righteous anger. 745 00:34:10,607 --> 00:34:12,458 Do the work. You know, 746 00:34:13,151 --> 00:34:14,126 investigate. 747 00:34:18,115 --> 00:34:21,616 Now let's see where those transcripts are. 748 00:34:21,618 --> 00:34:24,637 Oh, and just... take the rest of it. You're my last one today. 749 00:34:32,504 --> 00:34:35,814 Hey, boy. I've missed seeing you around the house, 750 00:34:35,816 --> 00:34:37,566 typing away on that thing... 751 00:34:39,895 --> 00:34:41,779 Whoa... what's all this? 752 00:34:44,158 --> 00:34:47,701 I love you. And I appreciate everything that you've done for me. I... 753 00:34:48,663 --> 00:34:50,173 I don't think I say that enough. 754 00:35:14,421 --> 00:35:16,671 Elizabeth, perfect timing. The boys are out back, 755 00:35:16,673 --> 00:35:18,974 and the casserole's almost ready. Set the table? 756 00:35:22,771 --> 00:35:25,406 Why are you looking at me like that? Come on. Chip chop. 757 00:36:02,570 --> 00:36:04,695 I love you most, too, Mom. 758 00:36:28,322 --> 00:36:30,605 Hi, um, my name is... I don't wanna say. 759 00:36:30,608 --> 00:36:34,098 But I live in the apartment building at the north end of Sketch Alley, 760 00:36:34,101 --> 00:36:37,794 and the man who lives down the hall, I think he hits my mom. 761 00:36:37,796 --> 00:36:39,796 I think she needs help. 762 00:36:39,798 --> 00:36:42,274 Please, I need help. 763 00:37:03,372 --> 00:37:05,798 T.T., I got my results. 764 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:08,588 From Highsmith College? I thought you were already accepted. 765 00:37:08,591 --> 00:37:11,340 No, silly lovebug. My chimerism test results. 766 00:37:11,343 --> 00:37:13,046 Promise me, no matter what the contents 767 00:37:13,049 --> 00:37:14,664 of this envelope, you're here for me. 768 00:37:14,666 --> 00:37:16,717 Cheryl, I have no idea what you're talking about, 769 00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:19,210 but I love you, and nothing would ever change that. 770 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:35,143 Negative. Negative! 771 00:37:35,145 --> 00:37:38,455 T.T., I'm 100% Cheryl Marjorie Blossom. 772 00:37:38,457 --> 00:37:41,500 Babe, I love seeing you this happy, but what does that mean? 773 00:37:41,502 --> 00:37:44,110 It means that Burble was right. 774 00:37:44,112 --> 00:37:46,988 Fact. I'm not crazy. I'm not haunted. 775 00:37:46,990 --> 00:37:49,657 Maybe there once was a Julian in my mother's mortal womb, 776 00:37:49,659 --> 00:37:51,510 but I didn't absorb him. 777 00:37:51,512 --> 00:37:53,161 That's amazing. 778 00:37:53,163 --> 00:37:56,623 But how do we explain the weirdness around Thistlehouse? 779 00:37:56,625 --> 00:37:58,875 Mrs. B enlightened me to the realization 780 00:37:58,877 --> 00:38:01,503 that most likely someone is trying to drive me mad. 781 00:38:01,505 --> 00:38:04,481 But once I find out who this depraved monster is, 782 00:38:04,483 --> 00:38:06,841 I will unleash a wrath upon them so wicked, 783 00:38:06,843 --> 00:38:09,695 they will wish they had been consumed in their mother's womb. 784 00:38:10,531 --> 00:38:11,822 Veronica! 785 00:38:15,261 --> 00:38:16,517 What's the matter, Daddy? 786 00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:18,686 Why did I get a call from Dean Kingsley 787 00:38:18,688 --> 00:38:22,357 informing me that you turned down your acceptance to Harvard? 788 00:38:22,359 --> 00:38:24,323 Please tell me he's sorely mistaken. 789 00:38:24,326 --> 00:38:25,551 There has been no mistake. 790 00:38:25,554 --> 00:38:27,177 I won't be a crimson come fall. 791 00:38:27,180 --> 00:38:29,960 Besides, I look better in Yale blue, anyway. 792 00:38:29,963 --> 00:38:32,463 Oh! Are you insane? 793 00:38:33,370 --> 00:38:36,246 No one rejects Harvard. 794 00:38:36,248 --> 00:38:38,331 - It was your dream. - One of my dreams. 795 00:38:38,333 --> 00:38:41,209 Yes. But then you ruined it for me. 796 00:38:41,211 --> 00:38:43,378 Walking through those ivory towers, 797 00:38:43,380 --> 00:38:47,048 I'd be letting you dictate the rest of my life. 798 00:38:47,050 --> 00:38:49,884 I'd graduate, get my MBA from Oxford, 799 00:38:49,886 --> 00:38:53,238 run a Fortune 500, make the cover of Fibes, obviously. 800 00:38:53,240 --> 00:38:57,075 The next 20 years would be mapped out by you. 801 00:38:57,077 --> 00:39:00,353 I'm finished living your version of my life. 802 00:39:00,355 --> 00:39:02,489 You don't get to own my future. 803 00:39:02,491 --> 00:39:05,250 So consider the ties that bind... cut. 804 00:39:07,237 --> 00:39:10,831 Really? And what do you think you'll do now, mija? 805 00:39:10,833 --> 00:39:13,258 Walk away from me? 806 00:39:13,260 --> 00:39:15,356 You've never been able to do that. 807 00:39:17,097 --> 00:39:19,673 You're right. It would appear we're locked 808 00:39:19,675 --> 00:39:22,125 in a twisted Greek tragedy. 809 00:39:22,127 --> 00:39:24,436 But my guidance counselor told me... 810 00:39:24,438 --> 00:39:26,522 that there is one way to end this. 811 00:39:29,092 --> 00:39:31,393 I have to kill you. 812 00:39:31,395 --> 00:39:35,972 Don't worry. I wouldn't stoop to your level to murder. No. 813 00:39:35,974 --> 00:39:40,021 I'm going to kill you on the battlefield you cherish above all others. 814 00:39:40,024 --> 00:39:41,678 Business. 815 00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:45,958 I'm going to take you on head-to-head, and destroy you. 816 00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:48,535 Just like Oedipus and Electra did to their daddies. 817 00:39:48,537 --> 00:39:50,295 And when I'm done, 818 00:39:50,297 --> 00:39:53,465 I will bury your battered and beaten carcass 819 00:39:53,467 --> 00:39:54,883 and be free of you... 820 00:39:55,803 --> 00:39:57,052 once and for all. 821 00:40:03,143 --> 00:40:05,126 This bottle I cracked open 822 00:40:05,128 --> 00:40:08,355 is a lot better than the swill you've been making recently, Daddy. 823 00:40:09,057 --> 00:40:10,816 But my rum... 824 00:40:10,818 --> 00:40:13,110 will be far superior. 825 00:40:37,702 --> 00:40:39,614 These are really great, Jug. 826 00:40:39,617 --> 00:40:42,310 You really captured the essence of the Baxter Brothers, 827 00:40:42,313 --> 00:40:43,987 but you made it your own. 828 00:40:43,990 --> 00:40:45,869 And I caught up on all my college applications. 829 00:40:45,872 --> 00:40:47,805 So wait, I wanna show you something. 830 00:40:49,214 --> 00:40:50,880 This... 831 00:40:50,882 --> 00:40:54,359 An article I found from 2002. 832 00:40:54,361 --> 00:40:57,529 "Novelist Theodore Weisel drowns in yachting accident." 833 00:40:57,531 --> 00:40:59,126 Why does that name sound familiar? 834 00:40:59,129 --> 00:41:01,803 He was in the Quill and Skull literary society with my grandfather. 835 00:41:01,806 --> 00:41:03,201 I tracked down all the original members. 836 00:41:03,203 --> 00:41:04,761 Yeah, of course, they could tell you something 837 00:41:04,763 --> 00:41:07,230 about what your grandad and DuPont were like back then. 838 00:41:07,232 --> 00:41:11,335 But guess what? Theodore's not the only one who suffers an accident. 839 00:41:11,337 --> 00:41:14,695 This one is from 1978. 840 00:41:14,698 --> 00:41:16,072 Drove off a bridge. 841 00:41:16,074 --> 00:41:19,626 This one's from 1994. Mechanical failure. 842 00:41:19,628 --> 00:41:21,869 In fact, DuPont and my MIA grandfather 843 00:41:21,871 --> 00:41:23,913 are the only ones of the society who are not dead. 844 00:41:23,915 --> 00:41:27,709 Which begs the question, are these all horrible, suspicious accidents... 845 00:41:27,711 --> 00:41:29,918 Or murders? 846 00:41:29,921 --> 00:41:33,256 Jug, if you're right, you need to transfer. 847 00:41:33,258 --> 00:41:35,717 I can't. We're so close to this. 848 00:41:35,719 --> 00:41:37,206 - I can feel it. - Yeah. 849 00:41:37,209 --> 00:41:38,985 That's what I'm afraid of. 850 00:41:43,466 --> 00:41:47,078 Are you sure these are the three suspects you saw that night? 851 00:41:47,081 --> 00:41:48,989 It's definitely them. 852 00:41:48,991 --> 00:41:51,388 Those are the kids we saw kill Jughead. 853 00:41:54,004 --> 00:41:57,370 - Synced and corrected by VitoSilans - -- www.Addic7ed.com --