1 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:09,265 How can I help, Sheriff? 2 00:00:09,291 --> 00:00:12,492 We're trying to get ahold of Rayberry's family, if he had one. 3 00:00:12,601 --> 00:00:14,840 Was there any next of kin that you know of? 4 00:00:15,039 --> 00:00:16,570 Shucks. I don't... 5 00:00:18,202 --> 00:00:21,327 Actually, he might've had a wife. 6 00:00:21,843 --> 00:00:23,950 Do you know her name? Or where she lived? 7 00:00:23,976 --> 00:00:26,450 No, no. He was pretty tight-lipped about his marriage. 8 00:00:26,476 --> 00:00:28,687 He only mentioned it in passing. 9 00:00:29,226 --> 00:00:32,804 But maybe he filled out some forms at Pep Comics. 10 00:00:33,265 --> 00:00:35,395 - I could check with them. - Well, I'd appreciate it. 11 00:00:35,421 --> 00:00:37,173 And let me know if anything turns up. 12 00:00:37,284 --> 00:00:41,234 It's important that we put this sorry mess behind us as soon as possible. 13 00:00:43,585 --> 00:00:45,351 You're dreamin', Reg. 14 00:00:45,554 --> 00:00:48,671 Uncle Frank, will you tell Reggie 15 00:00:48,750 --> 00:00:52,276 that Marilyn Monroe is much sexier than Elizabeth Taylor? 16 00:00:52,302 --> 00:00:55,570 That no one on the planet is sexier than Marilyn Monroe. 17 00:00:56,898 --> 00:00:59,638 Sophia Loren. Brigitte Bardot. Eartha Kitt. 18 00:00:59,664 --> 00:01:03,494 And yes, in my humble opinion, Elizabeth Taylor. 19 00:01:04,359 --> 00:01:05,640 Told you so. 20 00:01:05,950 --> 00:01:07,585 What the frig? 21 00:01:07,969 --> 00:01:10,145 You guys are itchin' for a switchin'. 22 00:01:10,182 --> 00:01:13,272 I got a call from Principal Featherhead last night, Archie. 23 00:01:13,315 --> 00:01:16,231 Tells me your grade point average is back up. B-plus. 24 00:01:16,275 --> 00:01:17,581 Like we agreed. 25 00:01:17,624 --> 00:01:19,703 Yeah? So does that mean I get back... 26 00:01:22,660 --> 00:01:24,428 She's waiting for you in the garage. 27 00:01:31,685 --> 00:01:33,116 It's all right. I'll clean up. 28 00:01:36,210 --> 00:01:38,558 That is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. 29 00:01:38,601 --> 00:01:40,140 I didn't know you had a hot rod. 30 00:01:41,044 --> 00:01:42,671 I didn't know you liked cars. 31 00:01:42,697 --> 00:01:45,492 I've always wanted one of my own. Just could never afford it. 32 00:01:48,074 --> 00:01:49,765 Well, neither could I. 33 00:01:50,503 --> 00:01:53,492 You shoulda seen this baby when we found her at the dump. 34 00:01:53,573 --> 00:01:55,554 She was a real junker. 35 00:01:56,010 --> 00:01:58,171 My dad and I rebuilt her together. 36 00:01:58,472 --> 00:02:00,914 - Must have taken months. - Try years. 37 00:02:01,031 --> 00:02:03,578 We finished it before he went off to the war. 38 00:02:06,726 --> 00:02:09,211 Sounds like you and your old man were real tight. 39 00:02:11,159 --> 00:02:12,851 We were best friends. 40 00:02:13,201 --> 00:02:15,116 Taught me everything I know about cars. 41 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:16,492 And girls, I bet. 42 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:20,695 Is this a straight six? 43 00:02:20,721 --> 00:02:23,835 V8 with headers. Louder and faster. 44 00:02:24,194 --> 00:02:25,369 What's the transmission? 45 00:02:25,395 --> 00:02:27,397 - Three-speed automatic. - Okay. 46 00:02:27,474 --> 00:02:29,210 Most important question. 47 00:02:30,452 --> 00:02:31,781 Can she lay rubber? 48 00:02:32,451 --> 00:02:35,617 Now that I got my grades up, why don't we play hooky and I'll show you? 49 00:02:37,194 --> 00:02:38,570 Dead, huh? 50 00:02:40,054 --> 00:02:42,156 Ain't that a kick in the teeth. 51 00:02:42,468 --> 00:02:46,734 You writers. You all have your secret demons, don't you? 52 00:02:46,971 --> 00:02:50,218 It's a shame. Talented guy. 53 00:02:51,130 --> 00:02:55,898 Say, you wouldn't happen to know anything about Mr. Rayberry having a wife, would you? 54 00:02:56,070 --> 00:02:59,609 No. Just that he wanted us to send half his salary 55 00:02:59,635 --> 00:03:01,953 to a small town in South Carolina. 56 00:03:03,210 --> 00:03:05,863 - Maybe she lives down there. - Do you have a name or an address? 57 00:03:05,906 --> 00:03:07,995 No, just a post office box. 58 00:03:08,039 --> 00:03:10,140 I'll have Bernie get it for you. 59 00:03:10,166 --> 00:03:12,406 - Thank you, Mr. Fieldstone. - You bet. 60 00:03:12,716 --> 00:03:13,859 Dead. 61 00:03:16,743 --> 00:03:19,117 The thing I love so much about what Ralph Ellison 62 00:03:19,142 --> 00:03:20,700 - did with Invisible Man - _ 63 00:03:20,726 --> 00:03:23,825 is that he took the broad idea of existentialism 64 00:03:23,851 --> 00:03:27,058 and applied it specifically to the Black American experience. 65 00:03:27,101 --> 00:03:29,364 Well, what struck me most was the novel's style. 66 00:03:29,390 --> 00:03:33,153 It was almost like jazz. Very improvisational. 67 00:03:33,179 --> 00:03:37,111 No shock there. Ellison was a jazz drummer before he became a writer. 68 00:03:37,155 --> 00:03:38,593 Clearly it influenced his work. 69 00:03:38,619 --> 00:03:43,442 That said, some of his literary criticisms rub me the wrong way. 70 00:03:43,468 --> 00:03:47,513 For instance, I love Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, 71 00:03:47,650 --> 00:03:50,827 but he called it a "blight of calculated burlesque." 72 00:03:50,882 --> 00:03:53,044 I can't help but think that's partly because it was written 73 00:03:53,070 --> 00:03:55,703 about a woman and by a woman. 74 00:03:55,739 --> 00:03:57,796 See, I liked Hurston's book, 75 00:03:58,093 --> 00:03:59,919 but I do see Ellison's concern, though. 76 00:03:59,945 --> 00:04:03,747 She's writing us as caricatures for a white audience. 77 00:04:03,790 --> 00:04:05,836 Parts of Invisible Man really spoke to me, 78 00:04:05,879 --> 00:04:08,622 but he was just so angry and tortured all the time. 79 00:04:08,648 --> 00:04:11,581 Ellison's speaking to the larger truth of our existence. 80 00:04:11,624 --> 00:04:13,408 It's not a book about day-to-day life. 81 00:04:13,452 --> 00:04:14,932 It's about what it feels like, 82 00:04:14,975 --> 00:04:17,063 in the scope of our human experience, 83 00:04:17,108 --> 00:04:19,460 to walk around in our skin. 84 00:04:26,117 --> 00:04:28,935 Well, I, for one, am really digging this conversation. 85 00:04:29,005 --> 00:04:31,130 So, to touch on what Tabitha said, 86 00:04:31,165 --> 00:04:34,122 what were our thoughts on Their Eyes Were Watching God? 87 00:05:09,767 --> 00:05:10,884 Hey. 88 00:05:11,519 --> 00:05:13,712 How's my baby and our baby? 89 00:05:14,687 --> 00:05:18,368 Better now that Riverdale's heppest budding rock star is here. 90 00:05:25,089 --> 00:05:26,830 I actually got some news. 91 00:05:28,466 --> 00:05:30,282 I booked a gig in Centerville. 92 00:05:30,904 --> 00:05:33,689 I'm not headlining. Ritchie Valens is. 93 00:05:33,892 --> 00:05:37,345 But I did find out that there's going to be some music producers there 94 00:05:37,552 --> 00:05:39,430 that are gonna be scouting for talent. 95 00:05:39,891 --> 00:05:41,996 Fangs, that's fantabulous! 96 00:05:42,062 --> 00:05:44,233 Where and when, so I can put it in my book? 97 00:05:44,266 --> 00:05:45,950 Oh, actually, Midge, 98 00:05:46,303 --> 00:05:47,743 you can't come. 99 00:05:48,110 --> 00:05:50,375 The show's in the rough part of Centerville. 100 00:05:50,418 --> 00:05:52,986 Heaven forbid something bad were to happen. 101 00:05:53,030 --> 00:05:55,478 Like a rumble breaks out and you get hurt. 102 00:05:55,597 --> 00:05:58,725 Plus, what if your parents find out that you're road tripping out to the boonies 103 00:05:58,751 --> 00:06:01,560 to see your deadbeat boyfriend play rock 'n' roll? 104 00:06:01,730 --> 00:06:05,299 I gotta be a rich and famous musician by the next time I see 'em, 105 00:06:05,325 --> 00:06:07,704 or they'll never jive with us getting circled. 106 00:06:09,786 --> 00:06:12,310 But they will, okay? 107 00:06:18,262 --> 00:06:19,649 Go get to class. 108 00:06:22,992 --> 00:06:24,540 Okay, so get this. 109 00:06:24,566 --> 00:06:27,847 According to Mr. Fieldstone, Mr. Rayberry had half of his paycheck 110 00:06:27,873 --> 00:06:30,832 sent to a PO box in South Carolina. 111 00:06:30,985 --> 00:06:35,114 That's not something a man who's planning to kill himself does. 112 00:06:35,159 --> 00:06:38,336 Exactly. Despite what Sheriff Keller seems to believe. 113 00:06:38,379 --> 00:06:39,642 Honest to gosh, Tabitha, 114 00:06:39,668 --> 00:06:42,501 I'm half-tempted to just sneak into Mr. Rayberry's apartment. 115 00:06:42,774 --> 00:06:45,048 Just to try and figure out who that PO box belongs to. 116 00:06:45,074 --> 00:06:49,604 His wife, hopefully, but also to see if I can find some evidence. 117 00:06:49,630 --> 00:06:52,993 - What kind of evidence? - That he didn't kill himself. 118 00:06:53,568 --> 00:06:55,743 That he was the victim of foul play. 119 00:06:57,284 --> 00:07:01,462 Would you maybe want some company for that? 120 00:07:03,230 --> 00:07:05,493 With all due respect to James Dean, 121 00:07:05,537 --> 00:07:10,672 what if you had to choose between, say, Marlon Brando or Paul Newman? 122 00:07:10,716 --> 00:07:12,126 To marry? Paul Newman. 123 00:07:12,152 --> 00:07:16,649 But if we're talking about just spending one wild, reckless night together? 124 00:07:17,384 --> 00:07:18,811 Marlon Brando. 125 00:07:18,855 --> 00:07:21,767 Betty Cooper, you naughty girl! 126 00:07:21,860 --> 00:07:24,061 By the way, I've been meaning to ask you. 127 00:07:24,077 --> 00:07:27,256 Are you using a new cold cream? Because you're positively glowing. 128 00:07:27,282 --> 00:07:29,334 No. Just plain ol' soap and water. 129 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:33,053 But my mom is making good on her threat to stay out of my life, 130 00:07:33,079 --> 00:07:36,611 and, honestly, it's like a weight's been lifted. 131 00:07:36,637 --> 00:07:38,135 Well, good for you. 132 00:07:38,178 --> 00:07:41,280 Look at us, a couple of independent young women, 133 00:07:41,306 --> 00:07:46,273 unconstrained by the expectations of society, our parents, and boys. 134 00:07:56,827 --> 00:07:59,399 Upon further reflection, Betty, 135 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:01,595 why deal in hypotheticals 136 00:08:01,621 --> 00:08:05,470 when we have our very own Marlon and Paul to play with here at school? 137 00:08:15,149 --> 00:08:18,539 www.subtitulamos.tv 138 00:08:27,311 --> 00:08:28,407 Reginald? 139 00:08:28,533 --> 00:08:29,720 Oh. Hey. 140 00:08:29,974 --> 00:08:32,758 I wanted to offer you a mea culpa. 141 00:08:32,999 --> 00:08:36,337 For not making our date after things got busy at the Babylonium. 142 00:08:36,584 --> 00:08:39,509 So I was hoping you'd give me another chance. 143 00:08:39,618 --> 00:08:41,633 - What's changed? - Circumstances. 144 00:08:41,676 --> 00:08:43,896 To paraphrase my friend Lauren Bacall, 145 00:08:43,922 --> 00:08:46,359 a girl can't be all work and no play. 146 00:08:46,420 --> 00:08:49,202 Here's the skinny. I'm not scared of the chase. 147 00:08:49,228 --> 00:08:52,946 But in my experience, some people don't really want to be caught. 148 00:08:53,424 --> 00:08:54,547 Is that you? 149 00:08:55,671 --> 00:08:57,493 Only one way to find out. 150 00:09:03,031 --> 00:09:06,110 Andrews, you doing anything tonight? 151 00:09:06,556 --> 00:09:07,751 Nah. No plans. 152 00:09:07,794 --> 00:09:09,647 Right on. In that case, can I borrow your car? 153 00:09:09,673 --> 00:09:11,462 I've got a date with Veronica. 154 00:09:12,345 --> 00:09:14,936 I thought you were done with her antics, Reg. 155 00:09:14,962 --> 00:09:17,034 Geez, do you even have a driver's license? 156 00:09:17,060 --> 00:09:20,585 'Course. I drove my dad's truck to the farmer's market every weekend. 157 00:09:20,915 --> 00:09:22,264 Don't gringle. 158 00:09:22,290 --> 00:09:25,040 I'll be real careful with her, I promise. 159 00:09:25,268 --> 00:09:26,993 What the heck. 160 00:09:28,393 --> 00:09:30,399 Sure, why not? 161 00:09:30,762 --> 00:09:32,677 Like we learned in Spanish class... 162 00:09:32,847 --> 00:09:35,937 Mi casa es tu casa. 163 00:09:36,587 --> 00:09:38,696 - No foolin'? - I got nothing better to do. 164 00:09:38,722 --> 00:09:41,149 Just look after her, okay? 165 00:09:43,651 --> 00:09:46,811 Black Athena is everything I hoped it would be, Cheryl. 166 00:09:46,837 --> 00:09:52,149 I finally feel like I'm doing something worthwhile and worthy, you know? 167 00:09:52,175 --> 00:09:53,329 Yeah. 168 00:09:53,879 --> 00:09:56,829 I happened to be walking by your last meeting. 169 00:09:57,547 --> 00:10:00,071 - It sounded tremendous. - It was. 170 00:10:00,385 --> 00:10:02,880 Although Clay tends to monopolize the whole conversation. 171 00:10:02,906 --> 00:10:06,475 It's very clear he has the hots for James Baldwin. 172 00:10:07,172 --> 00:10:11,288 - Who's that? - He's this real hep writer from Harlem. 173 00:10:11,331 --> 00:10:13,048 One of my favorites. 174 00:10:13,238 --> 00:10:16,946 Anyway, what's your tale, nightingale? 175 00:10:18,103 --> 00:10:21,733 To be honest, I'm really missing you. 176 00:10:21,776 --> 00:10:25,302 Between me and the Vixens and you and your new club, 177 00:10:26,552 --> 00:10:28,598 we barely get to see each other. 178 00:10:28,696 --> 00:10:31,540 And when we do, it's three feet apart. 179 00:10:35,631 --> 00:10:38,066 What do you say we catch a flick tonight? 180 00:10:38,109 --> 00:10:42,301 I wish I could, but I really need to finish reading Native Son. 181 00:10:42,327 --> 00:10:46,149 It's the next book that we're gonna be discussing at Black Athena. 182 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:47,717 Okay. 183 00:10:49,717 --> 00:10:54,006 Well, what if I came with you to your next meeting? 184 00:10:54,150 --> 00:10:57,544 I wouldn't say anything, of course. 185 00:10:57,570 --> 00:10:58,772 I would just listen. 186 00:10:58,798 --> 00:11:02,933 Tell you what, it's the first few days and we're just getting started. 187 00:11:03,818 --> 00:11:07,170 I just wanna make sure that everybody feels comfortable. 188 00:11:07,648 --> 00:11:10,521 Maybe towards the end of the semester 189 00:11:10,547 --> 00:11:14,147 when Black Athena is more established, all right? 190 00:11:14,220 --> 00:11:16,022 Whatever you think is best. 191 00:11:30,929 --> 00:11:33,497 Hi, Archie. How are you? 192 00:11:33,523 --> 00:11:34,580 Betty. 193 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:37,182 I'm terrific. 194 00:11:37,765 --> 00:11:39,811 My uncle let me have my car back. 195 00:11:39,854 --> 00:11:42,226 I saw. The whole school did. 196 00:11:42,252 --> 00:11:45,077 Assuming that means your uncle is finally easing up on you? 197 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:46,154 He is. 198 00:11:46,658 --> 00:11:48,962 Yeah. I'm out of the doghouse. 199 00:11:49,299 --> 00:11:50,960 Well, in that case, I was wondering 200 00:11:50,986 --> 00:11:53,564 if it might finally be time to go on our date? 201 00:11:53,607 --> 00:11:56,233 Wow. I'd love to go out with you, Betty. 202 00:11:56,259 --> 00:11:57,657 Swell! 203 00:11:57,904 --> 00:12:01,533 Do you want to pick me up tonight at, say, 7:00? 204 00:12:02,118 --> 00:12:04,580 Oh, crap. I... 205 00:12:05,353 --> 00:12:09,697 I lent my car to Reggie, so he could take Veronica out tonight. 206 00:12:10,218 --> 00:12:12,455 That's okay. We can take the bus. 207 00:12:15,092 --> 00:12:16,416 The bus? 208 00:12:16,659 --> 00:12:17,834 Or walk. 209 00:12:17,860 --> 00:12:19,041 Walk? 210 00:12:22,377 --> 00:12:24,116 Yeah. Yeah, sure. 211 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:26,431 Let's walk. That sounds romantic. 212 00:12:28,058 --> 00:12:29,103 Okay. 213 00:12:44,097 --> 00:12:46,700 Jughead, take a look at this. 214 00:12:50,984 --> 00:12:52,958 Well, whoever is in the photo, 215 00:12:53,667 --> 00:12:55,958 this was taken in June 1948. 216 00:12:55,984 --> 00:12:58,896 No, I think the woman's name is June. 217 00:12:59,135 --> 00:13:01,541 And I think these are love letters 218 00:13:01,567 --> 00:13:05,200 written to Mr. Rayberry from a woman named June Simpson. 219 00:13:05,331 --> 00:13:07,899 Writing to him from South Carolina. 220 00:13:07,925 --> 00:13:09,685 That's the same as the PO box. 221 00:13:10,510 --> 00:13:12,607 Wait. So this is... 222 00:13:12,904 --> 00:13:14,935 Brad Rayberry's wife. 223 00:13:15,695 --> 00:13:17,700 Secret or otherwise. 224 00:13:18,033 --> 00:13:19,052 Hold on. 225 00:13:21,589 --> 00:13:23,286 June Simpson. She's in here. 226 00:13:23,393 --> 00:13:26,265 - With an address and a phone number. - We have to call her, Jughead. 227 00:13:26,309 --> 00:13:27,919 And let her know what happened. 228 00:13:27,962 --> 00:13:29,755 She probably hasn't heard. 229 00:13:34,491 --> 00:13:35,708 Hello? 230 00:13:36,614 --> 00:13:39,095 Hi. Mrs. Simpson? 231 00:13:39,310 --> 00:13:40,755 Who's calling, please? 232 00:13:42,685 --> 00:13:45,838 You don't know me. My name is Jughead Jones. 233 00:13:46,054 --> 00:13:48,926 I'm terribly sorry to be the bearer of bad news, ma'am. 234 00:13:50,802 --> 00:13:54,060 Brad Rayberry has passed away. 235 00:13:54,404 --> 00:13:55,404 Who... 236 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:57,401 Who is this, exactly? 237 00:13:57,427 --> 00:14:00,517 I worked with Mr. Rayberry. I'm one of his friends. 238 00:14:01,909 --> 00:14:03,868 How did Bradley die? 239 00:14:05,558 --> 00:14:06,841 We're not sure. 240 00:14:08,466 --> 00:14:10,947 He was found in his apartment in Seaside. 241 00:14:11,092 --> 00:14:13,511 Did he suffer, do you know? 242 00:14:13,537 --> 00:14:14,756 I hope not. 243 00:14:15,984 --> 00:14:17,681 I'll come as quick as I can. 244 00:14:17,796 --> 00:14:19,972 This is the apartment on Magnolia Street? 245 00:14:20,101 --> 00:14:23,104 Yes. I can... I can be there when you arrive. 246 00:14:23,130 --> 00:14:25,755 In the meantime, I'll just be tidying up his things. 247 00:14:25,781 --> 00:14:28,357 Thank you. I appreciate that. Goodbye. 248 00:14:31,006 --> 00:14:33,487 Kevin, what happened? Are you okay? 249 00:14:33,593 --> 00:14:36,338 Oh, yeah, I'm just floating on a cloud, to be honest. 250 00:14:36,364 --> 00:14:38,990 And what, pray tell, brought on this state of bliss? 251 00:14:39,033 --> 00:14:43,229 I just heard Clay perform his latest poem, "Ode to Sidney." 252 00:14:43,255 --> 00:14:45,953 He's like a magician, but with his words. 253 00:14:45,979 --> 00:14:47,763 He is, indeed. 254 00:14:47,825 --> 00:14:51,220 And where did this performance take place, if I may ask? 255 00:14:51,263 --> 00:14:53,570 At a meeting of Black Athena. 256 00:14:53,613 --> 00:14:56,474 You went? You were allowed to go? 257 00:14:57,221 --> 00:14:58,754 Yeah, Clay invited me. 258 00:15:07,988 --> 00:15:11,718 I mean, it's freedom, Archie, plain and simple. 259 00:15:11,863 --> 00:15:15,191 The freedom of not feeling my mother's breath on my neck, 260 00:15:15,216 --> 00:15:16,809 watching my every move. 261 00:15:16,835 --> 00:15:20,031 It's like my life is suddenly this open road before me, 262 00:15:20,057 --> 00:15:22,056 and I've got both hands on the wheel. 263 00:15:22,082 --> 00:15:25,042 Wheel? What wheel? Who's got the wheel? 264 00:15:26,667 --> 00:15:27,745 Me. 265 00:15:31,247 --> 00:15:32,417 Right. 266 00:15:35,700 --> 00:15:37,401 Is everything okay? 267 00:15:38,378 --> 00:15:40,535 I'm peachy. Yeah. I'm just... 268 00:15:47,534 --> 00:15:50,301 - Archie, if you want to call it a night... - No, I don't. 269 00:15:50,428 --> 00:15:52,964 I don't. Not at all. 270 00:15:53,250 --> 00:15:56,469 But I'm just wondering where Reggie and Veronica are on their date. 271 00:15:56,495 --> 00:16:00,558 I mean, where else is there to go in Riverdale other than Pop's? 272 00:16:08,191 --> 00:16:10,923 So, I heard through the grapevine 273 00:16:10,949 --> 00:16:12,829 that Kevin attended a Black Athena meeting. 274 00:16:12,855 --> 00:16:16,769 Yeah. Well, Clay was presenting a poem 275 00:16:16,817 --> 00:16:19,066 and he wanted to have his boyfriend there. 276 00:16:20,367 --> 00:16:23,488 Yeah, Kevin says it was an amazing experience. 277 00:16:24,269 --> 00:16:26,558 Life-changing, even. 278 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:29,666 Okay, Cheryl, if you really wanna come. 279 00:16:29,709 --> 00:16:32,712 I do. I would love to. 280 00:16:32,777 --> 00:16:33,777 Okay. 281 00:16:33,847 --> 00:16:37,293 Well, we're gonna be discussing Native Son, as I mentioned. 282 00:16:37,319 --> 00:16:40,888 So, you can borrow my copy, I finished it. 283 00:16:42,089 --> 00:16:43,691 _ 284 00:16:44,005 --> 00:16:45,175 Thank you. 285 00:16:45,824 --> 00:16:48,581 I do not take this lightly. 286 00:16:50,145 --> 00:16:51,565 I can't wait. 287 00:17:01,284 --> 00:17:03,206 You had me worried sick. 288 00:17:09,096 --> 00:17:11,170 Do you have any idea what time it is? 289 00:17:12,839 --> 00:17:15,162 I thought you'd got into a wreck. 290 00:17:15,578 --> 00:17:18,819 I kept imagining you in a ditch somewhere, 291 00:17:18,845 --> 00:17:20,194 all mangled and bleeding. 292 00:17:20,237 --> 00:17:21,848 Archie, cool your jets. 293 00:17:21,891 --> 00:17:23,584 Where did you and Veronica even go tonight? 294 00:17:23,610 --> 00:17:25,952 Look, after I dropped her off, I didn't wanna come straight home, 295 00:17:25,978 --> 00:17:27,893 so I hit the freeway. 296 00:17:27,941 --> 00:17:29,987 - You did what? - I hit the freeway. 297 00:17:30,077 --> 00:17:32,045 I wanted to open her up a little. 298 00:17:32,139 --> 00:17:35,037 - See what she can do. - You took my car... 299 00:17:36,354 --> 00:17:38,030 out onto the highway? 300 00:17:38,056 --> 00:17:42,067 Reggie, that car is my favorite thing in the entire world. 301 00:17:42,093 --> 00:17:44,095 Anything could've happened out there. 302 00:17:45,106 --> 00:17:47,139 - Am I grounded? - No. 303 00:17:47,831 --> 00:17:51,592 But I sure hope you dug your little joyride, Mantle, 304 00:17:51,759 --> 00:17:54,334 because that is your last time in my car. 305 00:17:55,939 --> 00:17:57,185 Keys. 306 00:18:08,895 --> 00:18:11,463 I heard you two fellas going at it last night. 307 00:18:15,075 --> 00:18:18,037 What kind of guy does that to a supposed friend? 308 00:18:18,147 --> 00:18:19,889 I built that car, 309 00:18:20,024 --> 00:18:23,233 spark-plug by spark-plug, with my dad, Uncle Frank. 310 00:18:26,223 --> 00:18:29,584 Listen, your pops and I, 311 00:18:30,961 --> 00:18:32,615 we shared a car growing up 312 00:18:32,658 --> 00:18:34,921 and we fought more about that damn jalopy 313 00:18:34,947 --> 00:18:37,428 than Cain and Abel did about sheep. 314 00:18:38,459 --> 00:18:40,287 But come on, Archie. 315 00:18:40,313 --> 00:18:42,342 The kid's far from home. 316 00:18:42,825 --> 00:18:45,088 He's far from his family, everything he knows. 317 00:18:45,114 --> 00:18:46,827 He grew up scraping by. 318 00:18:46,853 --> 00:18:50,162 Working his ass off for things that guys like us take for granted. 319 00:18:51,765 --> 00:18:53,405 Can't you give him a break? 320 00:18:59,749 --> 00:19:02,882 Well, how was the date? Worth the wait? 321 00:19:03,563 --> 00:19:06,507 It was not stellar. 322 00:19:06,533 --> 00:19:09,866 Archie was distracted the whole time. 323 00:19:10,128 --> 00:19:12,225 How was it with you and Reggie? 324 00:19:12,788 --> 00:19:13,928 Mixed. 325 00:19:13,968 --> 00:19:16,108 Usually, boys want to go parking with me, 326 00:19:16,134 --> 00:19:18,663 not cruising around town. 327 00:19:18,965 --> 00:19:22,926 But, straight from the fridge, he too seemed preoccupied. 328 00:19:22,969 --> 00:19:26,843 Kept glancing at his watch like he had somewhere to go. 329 00:19:29,062 --> 00:19:32,501 Maybe we should switch dance partners and try again? 330 00:19:32,544 --> 00:19:34,983 Or maybe we try a double date? 331 00:19:35,116 --> 00:19:37,624 I know just the event. 332 00:19:37,934 --> 00:19:40,452 Have you heard about this big concert in Centerville? 333 00:19:40,733 --> 00:19:43,555 All the hipsters and hep cats will be there. 334 00:19:43,599 --> 00:19:46,471 What say we give our beaus a chance to redeem themselves 335 00:19:46,515 --> 00:19:49,686 for being such unlicked cubs? 336 00:19:50,004 --> 00:19:53,486 Their words are so beautiful, Jughead. 337 00:19:53,609 --> 00:19:55,567 Describing how their love endured 338 00:19:55,611 --> 00:19:57,395 despite everything they went through. 339 00:19:57,438 --> 00:19:59,968 - What happened to them? - Well, from what I could piece together, 340 00:19:59,994 --> 00:20:02,772 they got married in New York and then 341 00:20:02,798 --> 00:20:06,709 they moved to June's hometown in South Carolina to start a family. 342 00:20:06,752 --> 00:20:09,320 But there was an incident. 343 00:20:09,363 --> 00:20:11,585 Their lives were threatened. 344 00:20:12,624 --> 00:20:13,714 Geez. 345 00:20:13,740 --> 00:20:17,765 White thugs threw a brick through their window. 346 00:20:18,685 --> 00:20:20,774 Burned a cross in their yard. 347 00:20:20,833 --> 00:20:23,757 They went to the police, who threatened to arrest them. 348 00:20:23,813 --> 00:20:26,429 Not the thugs. Them. 349 00:20:28,521 --> 00:20:29,858 That's horrible. 350 00:20:29,884 --> 00:20:34,241 I saw things like that every single day I was on tour with Mrs. Till. 351 00:20:35,270 --> 00:20:38,622 In any case, the Rayberrys were terrified. 352 00:20:38,697 --> 00:20:42,092 Not just for themselves, but for the safety of June's family. 353 00:20:42,135 --> 00:20:44,186 That's why Mr. Rayberry left. 354 00:20:44,212 --> 00:20:46,040 And settled in Seaside, yes. 355 00:20:46,066 --> 00:20:48,751 I think the plan was that they were gonna save up enough money 356 00:20:48,777 --> 00:20:51,084 to get June's family somewhere safe. 357 00:20:51,120 --> 00:20:54,350 And then they were gonna go live in Paris as expats. 358 00:20:55,137 --> 00:20:57,538 But if they had such a clear plan, 359 00:20:58,325 --> 00:21:00,506 why would Mr. Rayberry take his own life? 360 00:21:00,532 --> 00:21:06,071 Unless, as you keep saying, he didn't. 361 00:21:11,502 --> 00:21:13,025 Reg, wait up. 362 00:21:13,092 --> 00:21:15,055 What, did you find a dent in your fender or something? 363 00:21:15,081 --> 00:21:16,850 Look, I'm sorry about last night. 364 00:21:17,717 --> 00:21:19,123 I lost my cool. 365 00:21:21,088 --> 00:21:24,396 In that case, I'm sorry for miscounting the trumps. 366 00:21:24,525 --> 00:21:28,084 What can I say? I'm car-crazy. It's a disease. 367 00:21:28,317 --> 00:21:29,615 Oh, fellas. 368 00:21:32,381 --> 00:21:34,818 Better clear your dance cards. 369 00:21:35,058 --> 00:21:38,627 Fangs is playing a concert in Centerville and we wanna go, 370 00:21:38,670 --> 00:21:40,629 so you're taking us on a double-date. 371 00:21:40,672 --> 00:21:42,420 First to dinner, then to the show. 372 00:21:42,446 --> 00:21:43,772 Any questions? 373 00:21:45,555 --> 00:21:49,217 For some of you, this was perhaps your first time reading Wright's 374 00:21:49,337 --> 00:21:51,775 harrowing and thought-provoking novel. 375 00:21:51,801 --> 00:21:53,561 Of course, it was my third. 376 00:21:54,022 --> 00:21:56,601 Now, I obviously have a lot of thoughts, 377 00:21:56,645 --> 00:21:58,326 but I wanna hear from all of y'all first. 378 00:21:59,686 --> 00:22:03,050 The book asks, "Where does responsibility lie?" 379 00:22:03,076 --> 00:22:07,480 While Bigger does kill Mary, the young white daughter of the rich Dalton family, 380 00:22:07,506 --> 00:22:12,008 the story, in my mind, remains a cautionary tale about, well... 381 00:22:12,051 --> 00:22:14,412 - The dangers of white ignorance. - Exactly. 382 00:22:14,622 --> 00:22:17,113 Wright doesn't give us any easy answers. 383 00:22:17,139 --> 00:22:19,406 That's what's so great about it, though. 384 00:22:19,450 --> 00:22:23,323 He looks at society as a whole and how it works to keep us oppressed. 385 00:22:23,367 --> 00:22:25,369 Bigger commits murder, 386 00:22:25,412 --> 00:22:28,402 but his true crime is stepping outside the box 387 00:22:28,428 --> 00:22:30,212 that white society built around him. 388 00:22:30,245 --> 00:22:32,856 I'll say it. I thought Bigger was a stereotype. 389 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,292 Wright doesn't give him enough agency to break the mold. 390 00:22:35,335 --> 00:22:36,902 James Baldwin would agree with you. 391 00:22:36,946 --> 00:22:39,959 And all roads lead to Baldwin, right, Clay? 392 00:22:41,023 --> 00:22:42,334 They do, Kev. 393 00:22:42,826 --> 00:22:45,779 Cheryl, do you have anything to add? 394 00:22:46,504 --> 00:22:48,158 Oh, no. 395 00:22:54,264 --> 00:22:55,818 Only that this 396 00:22:56,399 --> 00:22:59,631 was the most powerful novel I've ever read. 397 00:23:01,856 --> 00:23:05,123 And that the family in the book, the Daltons, 398 00:23:07,074 --> 00:23:09,341 reminded me a lot of my own family 399 00:23:10,778 --> 00:23:12,505 in some unpleasant ways. 400 00:23:13,850 --> 00:23:16,072 But I'm very glad to have read it, 401 00:23:16,115 --> 00:23:19,232 and to be learning more about it. 402 00:23:19,510 --> 00:23:22,426 Just out of curiosity, is Native Sonthe only novel 403 00:23:22,469 --> 00:23:24,725 by a Black author that you've ever read? 404 00:23:26,778 --> 00:23:27,823 Yes. 405 00:23:28,780 --> 00:23:30,434 But I can't wait to read more. 406 00:23:30,477 --> 00:23:32,503 You won't be shocked to hear, Cheryl, 407 00:23:32,529 --> 00:23:34,960 that I maintain an ever-evolving syllabus of Black authors 408 00:23:35,004 --> 00:23:38,951 I believe everyone, regardless of who they are or where they're from, 409 00:23:39,054 --> 00:23:40,420 should be reading. 410 00:23:40,746 --> 00:23:43,967 I gave it to Kevin. I'd be jazzed to share it with you. 411 00:23:43,993 --> 00:23:45,425 Thank you, Clay. 412 00:23:45,451 --> 00:23:46,451 Of course. 413 00:23:50,677 --> 00:23:51,834 Now. 414 00:23:52,472 --> 00:23:55,130 Moving on to Baldwin's essay. 415 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:57,553 Let me get this straight. 416 00:23:57,778 --> 00:24:02,304 In your expert opinion, Brad Rayberry didn't kill himself? 417 00:24:02,330 --> 00:24:03,434 No. 418 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:07,545 What happened to him, then? 419 00:24:08,795 --> 00:24:10,592 Well, to put a fine point on it, 420 00:24:10,618 --> 00:24:12,232 disguising murder as suicide 421 00:24:12,258 --> 00:24:14,334 has been a gimmick in detective fiction 422 00:24:14,360 --> 00:24:16,667 since the days of Arthur Conan Doyle. 423 00:24:16,693 --> 00:24:18,076 Let me ask you this. 424 00:24:18,102 --> 00:24:22,895 How well did you really know your so-called hero, Jughead? 425 00:24:22,921 --> 00:24:25,709 Well enough to know that he wouldn't take his own life. 426 00:24:26,864 --> 00:24:31,037 Did you also know that he was a card-carrying member of the Communist Party? 427 00:24:32,803 --> 00:24:35,816 How about the fact that he was a draft dodger 428 00:24:35,842 --> 00:24:38,850 who protested the Korean War? 429 00:24:38,876 --> 00:24:41,186 That he was a dope fiend. 430 00:24:41,374 --> 00:24:43,681 He spent a month as a mental patient 431 00:24:43,707 --> 00:24:45,797 at St. Vincent's in New York City. 432 00:24:53,060 --> 00:24:54,154 This... 433 00:24:54,795 --> 00:24:56,259 This is impossible. 434 00:24:56,302 --> 00:24:59,523 Now, I'm no head-shrinker, but if you ask me, 435 00:24:59,566 --> 00:25:03,366 someone who's got that many secrets? 436 00:25:04,315 --> 00:25:08,233 Well, it's a miracle he didn't take his own life sooner. 437 00:25:22,067 --> 00:25:25,168 I'm curious to hear how you thought the meeting went. 438 00:25:25,391 --> 00:25:28,371 Better than I thought it would, actually. 439 00:25:28,397 --> 00:25:29,856 I'm relieved. 440 00:25:30,597 --> 00:25:34,246 I was worried people would feel uncomfortable around you. 441 00:25:34,272 --> 00:25:38,113 Or that you would feel uncomfortable around my friends. 442 00:25:40,337 --> 00:25:43,418 They were, and I was. 443 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,345 Not so much uncomfortable as I was worried 444 00:25:46,371 --> 00:25:48,964 that I wasn't going to say the right thing at first. 445 00:25:49,007 --> 00:25:52,465 - But then... - But then, everyone settled in nicely. 446 00:25:52,871 --> 00:25:55,308 It was really nice to have you here. 447 00:25:55,368 --> 00:25:56,613 It was. 448 00:25:58,451 --> 00:26:01,585 But I think you were right to be so protective of Black Athena. 449 00:26:01,629 --> 00:26:04,154 It's your club, your space. 450 00:26:04,196 --> 00:26:06,986 I am so grateful that I got to experience it, 451 00:26:07,012 --> 00:26:10,189 and that I got to see first-hand what you're so passionate about. 452 00:26:10,215 --> 00:26:15,770 But I think in the future I will just attend the more public events. 453 00:26:16,687 --> 00:26:21,134 Well, we are hosting an open mic night at the Dark Room next month. 454 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:22,637 I will be there front row. 455 00:26:22,663 --> 00:26:26,152 And maybe you can read some more books off Clay's list. 456 00:26:26,178 --> 00:26:27,614 Absolutely. 457 00:26:27,872 --> 00:26:32,887 And maybe afterward we could discuss them together? 458 00:26:32,949 --> 00:26:35,371 Well, I can dig that plan. 459 00:26:41,769 --> 00:26:45,363 Also, what are you doing tonight? 460 00:26:45,637 --> 00:26:48,858 Midge mentioned that there was a concert in Centerville. 461 00:26:49,493 --> 00:26:50,895 Would you wanna go? 462 00:26:53,341 --> 00:26:57,184 I am certain I could make myself available. 463 00:27:05,314 --> 00:27:08,106 This is the last letter I received from Bradley. 464 00:27:08,901 --> 00:27:12,215 Given the date, he must have mailed it right before... 465 00:27:13,351 --> 00:27:14,574 his passing. 466 00:27:17,443 --> 00:27:21,621 In it, he wrote about finally wanting to have his novel published. 467 00:27:22,347 --> 00:27:24,699 He did? Really? 468 00:27:27,582 --> 00:27:30,935 "If a publisher takes it, we'll at last have the money we need 469 00:27:30,979 --> 00:27:34,902 to buy your parents a place in the city and move to Paris. 470 00:27:35,207 --> 00:27:37,036 After everything we've been through, 471 00:27:37,062 --> 00:27:40,543 I'm filled with such optimism about our future." 472 00:27:41,934 --> 00:27:44,770 Now, I'm not a detective like Miss Marple, 473 00:27:44,796 --> 00:27:47,755 but that doesn't sound like a man planning to take his life. 474 00:27:47,781 --> 00:27:50,175 No. It sure doesn't. 475 00:27:50,380 --> 00:27:54,465 Mrs. Simpson, Sheriff Keller told me some things about your husband. 476 00:27:55,356 --> 00:27:59,090 That he was a war protester and a communist. 477 00:28:00,376 --> 00:28:03,863 And that he'd been to an asylum. 478 00:28:07,377 --> 00:28:08,902 And that's true. 479 00:28:09,465 --> 00:28:13,142 But did he also tell you that Bradley served in World War II? 480 00:28:13,168 --> 00:28:17,191 And that he became addicted to opium because of a war injury? 481 00:28:17,714 --> 00:28:22,191 And that he checked himself into St. Vincent's voluntarily? 482 00:28:22,621 --> 00:28:26,425 And yes, he attended a couple of communist meetings 483 00:28:26,469 --> 00:28:30,793 when he was young and curious and suffering 484 00:28:30,819 --> 00:28:32,734 during the Great Depression. 485 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:34,309 That makes sense. 486 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:35,902 I'll tell you this. 487 00:28:35,928 --> 00:28:38,147 My husband was an optimist. 488 00:28:38,276 --> 00:28:40,800 Despite everything life threw at him. 489 00:28:40,898 --> 00:28:44,380 Even when he was working as a janitor at the maple factory, 490 00:28:44,406 --> 00:28:46,495 stuck on the graveyard shift, 491 00:28:46,619 --> 00:28:48,534 he never lost his sense of humor. 492 00:28:48,578 --> 00:28:53,452 He always believed something better was around the corner. 493 00:28:54,941 --> 00:28:57,152 If Mr. Rayberry didn't take his own life, 494 00:28:57,235 --> 00:28:59,324 means that someone else is responsible. 495 00:29:01,015 --> 00:29:02,574 Do you have any idea who? 496 00:29:03,113 --> 00:29:04,309 Or why? 497 00:29:04,377 --> 00:29:06,527 The world can be a brutal place. 498 00:29:06,639 --> 00:29:10,395 God knows who Bradley might have angered or upset. 499 00:29:10,651 --> 00:29:15,047 I've seen a lot of people do horrific things in my day. 500 00:29:17,509 --> 00:29:21,996 If you want to look into Brad's death, young man, I won't stop you. 501 00:29:25,535 --> 00:29:28,681 Take a gander. You won't believe the bitchin' rigs on this one. 502 00:29:28,707 --> 00:29:31,319 Serves us right for stopping at the newsstand. 503 00:29:31,345 --> 00:29:32,825 Classy chassis. 504 00:29:32,863 --> 00:29:35,332 Check out the flip-top box on page 13. 505 00:29:38,035 --> 00:29:39,371 Fat city. 506 00:29:39,397 --> 00:29:44,337 You know, Steve McQueen used to drive us around Hollywood in his '53 Hudson Hornet. 507 00:29:44,363 --> 00:29:47,550 And believe me, you've never heard anything purr quite like that. 508 00:29:47,593 --> 00:29:50,466 I've fixed up more than a few V8s in my day. 509 00:29:50,509 --> 00:29:53,434 My dad says I've never met an engine I couldn't repair. 510 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:56,441 Damn! The plating on these rims... 511 00:29:56,770 --> 00:29:57,876 Cherry. 512 00:29:57,902 --> 00:29:59,866 I'd agitate the gravel with those chromes. 513 00:29:59,910 --> 00:30:02,304 Boys! Aren't we going to be late? 514 00:30:03,770 --> 00:30:06,173 For the show? We're still going to the show, I hope? 515 00:30:06,199 --> 00:30:08,884 If we don't leave now, we'll never make it to Centerville on time. 516 00:30:08,910 --> 00:30:10,912 Yeah, you're right. We should boogie. 517 00:30:13,992 --> 00:30:15,277 What are you doing? 518 00:30:15,356 --> 00:30:17,790 I just thought, since we're late, it'd be better if I... 519 00:30:17,816 --> 00:30:20,278 Well, you drove on the way here. 520 00:30:20,304 --> 00:30:21,488 It's my car, I'll drive. 521 00:30:21,514 --> 00:30:23,740 Okay, yeah, just make sure you don't flood the engine 522 00:30:23,766 --> 00:30:25,988 - when you start 'up, 'cause sometimes... - I got it, Reg. 523 00:30:32,750 --> 00:30:34,871 So what's next for you, Mrs. Simpson? 524 00:30:35,785 --> 00:30:38,902 I'm going to bury my husband where we first met. 525 00:30:40,255 --> 00:30:43,832 And then I suppose I'm going to see about getting his novel published. 526 00:30:44,370 --> 00:30:46,633 Let us know if we can help in any way. 527 00:30:46,659 --> 00:30:48,004 I will, dear. 528 00:30:48,304 --> 00:30:51,535 You know, Bradley always loved comic books. Since I knew him. 529 00:30:51,561 --> 00:30:54,337 I'm sure he'd be happy for you to continue adapting his stories. 530 00:30:54,363 --> 00:30:56,418 I'd be honored. 531 00:30:56,824 --> 00:30:59,197 And I'll talk to Mr. Fieldstone about doing a tribute issue. 532 00:30:59,223 --> 00:31:01,371 With all the proceeds going to you and your family, of course. 533 00:31:01,406 --> 00:31:03,191 That would be much appreciated. 534 00:31:06,156 --> 00:31:09,246 Tell me, are you two going steady? 535 00:31:10,168 --> 00:31:11,837 - Who? Us? - Oh, no. No. 536 00:31:11,863 --> 00:31:14,767 - I mean... - We're classmates. 537 00:31:14,811 --> 00:31:18,895 - And friends, I would say. - Good friends. 538 00:31:18,921 --> 00:31:20,746 Yeah. Pals. 539 00:31:21,147 --> 00:31:25,270 Well, you two take care of each other. That's important. 540 00:31:52,355 --> 00:31:54,273 Arch, do you need a hand? 541 00:32:01,223 --> 00:32:03,053 Unfortunately, Betty, 542 00:32:03,512 --> 00:32:06,964 it seems as though someone goofed it and forgot to fill up the gas tank. 543 00:32:06,990 --> 00:32:11,381 Okay. So the problem is we need to get gas and we need to beat feet, fast. 544 00:32:11,490 --> 00:32:14,232 Well, considering the fact that I'm in stilettos 545 00:32:14,258 --> 00:32:16,695 and Pop's is five miles back that way, 546 00:32:16,721 --> 00:32:19,462 might I suggest you two cool it and start walking 547 00:32:19,495 --> 00:32:22,325 while we stay here and huddle for warmth? 548 00:33:00,404 --> 00:33:01,608 So I've been thinking... 549 00:33:01,634 --> 00:33:04,092 Why don't you see if Clifford Blossom can get you a car? 550 00:33:04,118 --> 00:33:05,717 - Get bent. - Why not? 551 00:33:05,743 --> 00:33:08,267 Clifford Blossom will do anything to keep you happy. 552 00:33:08,293 --> 00:33:10,053 Star players get perks all the time. 553 00:33:10,079 --> 00:33:11,951 No way. I don't want to be any deeper 554 00:33:11,977 --> 00:33:14,241 in that creep's pocket than I already am. 555 00:33:14,267 --> 00:33:18,162 It's bad enough he's paying someone to work on my dad's farm in my place. 556 00:33:18,335 --> 00:33:19,967 Is that how you see me? 557 00:33:20,424 --> 00:33:22,556 As a germ who's looking for handouts? 558 00:33:22,741 --> 00:33:25,724 Jeez, you don't have to be so touchy about it. 559 00:33:25,768 --> 00:33:28,727 What's the matter, Andrews? Am I too uppity for you? 560 00:33:29,333 --> 00:33:31,498 Borrowing your car instead of waxing it? 561 00:33:31,524 --> 00:33:33,743 Eating off of your mom's nice dinner plates? 562 00:33:33,769 --> 00:33:35,741 You're ringing up the wrong area code, Reg. 563 00:33:35,767 --> 00:33:36,858 Then what? 564 00:33:38,177 --> 00:33:39,744 Am I forgetting my place? 565 00:33:39,770 --> 00:33:42,643 You better knock that giant chip off your shoulder. 566 00:33:42,828 --> 00:33:46,108 Oh, yeah? Or maybe I oughta knock the one off yours. 567 00:33:58,953 --> 00:34:00,068 Wait. 568 00:34:09,859 --> 00:34:11,068 Submit. 569 00:34:12,066 --> 00:34:13,341 Submit. 570 00:34:20,220 --> 00:34:21,389 Hello. 571 00:34:23,599 --> 00:34:24,688 Cheryl? 572 00:34:24,714 --> 00:34:27,209 And Toni Topaz and Midge Klump. 573 00:34:27,384 --> 00:34:29,908 Are you ladies having car trouble? 574 00:34:29,934 --> 00:34:34,577 We were on our way to see Fangs perform, but we ran out of gas. 575 00:34:34,603 --> 00:34:36,858 Right on! That's where we're going. 576 00:34:38,188 --> 00:34:40,625 Well, hop on in. The more, the merrier. 577 00:34:40,669 --> 00:34:42,741 It'll be a blast and a half. 578 00:34:42,767 --> 00:34:44,421 What about the boys? 579 00:34:44,563 --> 00:34:47,393 With all due respect to those wet rags, 580 00:34:47,436 --> 00:34:49,405 who cares about the boys? 581 00:34:49,431 --> 00:34:51,172 What an incredible lady. 582 00:34:51,198 --> 00:34:52,765 Really makes you think. 583 00:34:52,791 --> 00:34:55,920 Yes. About a lot of things. 584 00:34:56,294 --> 00:34:57,342 Like? 585 00:34:57,932 --> 00:35:01,428 Like that I should go back on the road with my folks. 586 00:35:01,907 --> 00:35:05,128 As hard as the tour was... Is. 587 00:35:05,154 --> 00:35:07,022 Yeah, I was wondering. 588 00:35:07,574 --> 00:35:09,620 I was planning to take some time off. 589 00:35:09,687 --> 00:35:12,254 To rest. Reevaluate. 590 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:17,788 But meeting June, reading her letters to Mr. Rayberry. 591 00:35:18,242 --> 00:35:22,733 Not that I needed a reminder, but it was one. 592 00:35:25,557 --> 00:35:28,995 You're fighting for people to be free and live their lives. 593 00:35:29,085 --> 00:35:32,202 And to love who they wanna love. 594 00:35:34,008 --> 00:35:36,506 There's nothing more meaningful than that. 595 00:35:37,933 --> 00:35:41,719 Well, maybe this time you'll actually send me my homework. 596 00:35:41,817 --> 00:35:44,559 Yeah. Yes, yes, I will. 597 00:35:44,585 --> 00:35:46,709 Maybe I'll send you some letters too. 598 00:35:50,406 --> 00:35:53,538 So, you boys wanna tell me what happened? 599 00:35:54,533 --> 00:35:57,231 I was stupid enough to think that I was lending my car 600 00:35:57,257 --> 00:35:58,889 to someone that I could trust. 601 00:35:58,964 --> 00:36:00,923 Yep. And I was stupid enough 602 00:36:00,949 --> 00:36:03,142 to believe someone when they said we were Bulldog brothers. 603 00:36:03,186 --> 00:36:04,663 I don't know about all that, 604 00:36:04,689 --> 00:36:06,909 but if this is over some car, 605 00:36:06,935 --> 00:36:09,874 I've got an abandoned jalopy in my garage. 606 00:36:11,670 --> 00:36:13,749 Why don't you take it off my hands, Reggie? 607 00:36:13,805 --> 00:36:15,764 You'd actually be doing me a favor. 608 00:36:15,790 --> 00:36:17,705 That'd be incredible, Pop. 609 00:36:17,731 --> 00:36:21,053 Bet they'd let you keep it in the shop class at the high school too. 610 00:36:21,340 --> 00:36:22,907 How's that sound to you boys? 611 00:36:22,982 --> 00:36:26,131 - Great. - Swell. Well, thank you, Pop. 612 00:36:26,334 --> 00:36:28,777 - Thanks, Pop. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 613 00:36:28,820 --> 00:36:30,518 Great. Great. Go. 614 00:36:31,970 --> 00:36:33,654 I wanna come clean about something. 615 00:36:34,211 --> 00:36:36,344 The night I took Veronica out, 616 00:36:36,394 --> 00:36:38,483 I didn't go joyriding afterwards. 617 00:36:38,509 --> 00:36:40,319 That's not why I got back late. 618 00:36:41,362 --> 00:36:43,021 Hold the line. 619 00:36:43,782 --> 00:36:45,388 Where were you, then? 620 00:36:46,339 --> 00:36:48,993 I drove home to Duck Creek to see my folks. 621 00:36:49,084 --> 00:36:50,295 How come? 622 00:36:50,621 --> 00:36:52,139 I was feeling homesick. 623 00:36:53,375 --> 00:36:54,936 Why didn't you just tell me that? 624 00:36:55,361 --> 00:36:58,452 I can't go around telling people I miss my morn and dad. 625 00:37:01,038 --> 00:37:03,507 Well, I've never really thought about it like this. 626 00:37:03,551 --> 00:37:07,952 But I've always felt a little homesick ever since my dad left for Korea. 627 00:37:08,363 --> 00:37:10,374 That's the best way to describe it. 628 00:37:10,947 --> 00:37:12,075 Homesick. 629 00:37:13,779 --> 00:37:16,565 Like I said, he was my best friend. 630 00:37:16,601 --> 00:37:18,429 I've never really had one since. 631 00:37:18,465 --> 00:37:19,857 What about Betty? 632 00:37:19,883 --> 00:37:23,256 Or what's-his-name, Beef Soup? Soup Can? 633 00:37:25,205 --> 00:37:28,249 - You mean Jughead? - Yeah. Jughead. 634 00:37:29,969 --> 00:37:32,084 I guess you can't really talk V8s with him. 635 00:37:32,945 --> 00:37:34,599 No, not really. 636 00:37:35,415 --> 00:37:37,131 He's a good egg, though. 637 00:37:38,251 --> 00:37:41,014 And Betty. She's... 638 00:37:46,079 --> 00:37:48,473 Anyway, how's things back home with your folks? 639 00:37:48,499 --> 00:37:50,022 The same as always. 640 00:37:50,162 --> 00:37:52,447 They're working hard, missing me. 641 00:37:53,087 --> 00:37:55,455 But they're happy I ended up in a good home. 642 00:37:55,502 --> 00:37:57,040 With good people. 643 00:37:58,350 --> 00:38:00,064 You're good people, Archie. 644 00:38:01,283 --> 00:38:03,048 Yeah, you too, Reg. 645 00:38:03,681 --> 00:38:05,874 My dad would've got a kick out of you. 646 00:38:05,917 --> 00:38:07,619 - Yeah? - Oh, yeah. 647 00:38:07,789 --> 00:38:11,205 Hey, you think the girls are gonna go ape on us? 648 00:38:17,212 --> 00:38:18,983 Where are the girls? 649 00:39:00,833 --> 00:39:03,245 I can't believe you came to my gig. 650 00:39:03,271 --> 00:39:06,717 If you thought I was gonna miss the biggest show of your career, 651 00:39:06,761 --> 00:39:08,552 you've got a screw loose. 652 00:39:08,578 --> 00:39:10,416 Thank God you're so stubborn, Midge. 653 00:39:10,442 --> 00:39:14,247 'Cause it turns out, you were my lucky charm. 654 00:39:14,848 --> 00:39:16,325 What's this, hon? 655 00:39:16,474 --> 00:39:17,872 It's the business card 656 00:39:17,958 --> 00:39:21,544 of a music producer from Phantom Rock Records. 657 00:39:36,890 --> 00:39:38,587 Holy heck. 658 00:39:40,316 --> 00:39:42,775 That's in worse shape than mine when we found it. 659 00:39:42,801 --> 00:39:45,239 Careful. Watch what you say about Bella. 660 00:39:46,055 --> 00:39:47,689 - Bella? - Yeah. 661 00:39:47,715 --> 00:39:50,404 I always dreamed about having a car named Bella. 662 00:39:50,848 --> 00:39:52,303 Oh, Bella it is. 663 00:39:52,881 --> 00:39:55,070 I thought you could use a hand souping her up a little. 664 00:39:55,113 --> 00:39:57,568 I could. That's why I asked Betty. 665 00:40:00,928 --> 00:40:03,959 - Betty? - Hey, Arch. Are you helping out too? 666 00:40:06,774 --> 00:40:09,162 Yeah, I suppose. 667 00:40:09,310 --> 00:40:10,955 By the way, I was telling Reggie, 668 00:40:10,981 --> 00:40:13,644 you two missed an incredible show last night. 669 00:40:13,670 --> 00:40:15,351 Fangs for sure is the next big thing. 670 00:40:15,394 --> 00:40:17,865 He blew the roof off the Armory. 671 00:40:22,842 --> 00:40:23,920 Yeah. 672 00:40:23,946 --> 00:40:26,006 - Can I have that one? Thanks. - Yep. 673 00:40:26,162 --> 00:40:27,185 What? 674 00:40:27,828 --> 00:40:29,724 What? Oh. Nothing. 675 00:40:30,502 --> 00:40:31,607 Thanks. 676 00:40:56,144 --> 00:40:57,349 Oh, hello. 677 00:40:57,393 --> 00:40:59,743 You must be a friend of Mr. Rayberry's. 678 00:40:59,769 --> 00:41:02,964 Such a shame what happened to him, may he rest in peace. 679 00:41:03,007 --> 00:41:04,105 Thank you. 680 00:41:04,131 --> 00:41:07,008 Well, I hate to impose, I'm Mrs. Martin. 681 00:41:07,034 --> 00:41:10,159 I just live down the hall and I've run out of milk for my kitty. 682 00:41:10,185 --> 00:41:13,792 I was wondering if there might be any in Mr. Rayberry's refrigerator. 683 00:41:19,823 --> 00:41:21,307 How strange. 684 00:41:21,455 --> 00:41:23,925 I wonder what happened to the milk bottles. 685 00:41:23,965 --> 00:41:25,253 Milk bottles? 686 00:41:25,508 --> 00:41:27,829 A few nights ago, I heard the milkman making 687 00:41:27,855 --> 00:41:31,166 an unusually late delivery to this apartment. 688 00:41:31,192 --> 00:41:32,890 The milkman? You saw him? 689 00:41:32,916 --> 00:41:35,253 No. I was inside my apartment. 690 00:41:35,279 --> 00:41:36,730 But I heard him. 691 00:41:38,477 --> 00:41:39,886 How do you hear a milkman? 692 00:41:39,912 --> 00:41:43,659 The distinct rattle of the glass bottles, of course. 693 00:41:45,751 --> 00:41:47,535 My kitty heard it right away. 694 00:41:47,561 --> 00:41:50,738 Because it is just about her favorite sound in the whole world. 695 00:41:50,799 --> 00:41:52,714 Isn't that right, Miss Kitty? 696 00:41:55,433 --> 00:41:58,714 www.subtitulamos.tv