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Previously on Riverdale:

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This is the Black Hood.

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- I want to cleanse
Riverdale of sinners. - No.

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Mr. Svenson, you scared me.

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I mean, really, Mom.

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You talk trash about the Serpents,
when you yourself were one.

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- FP had a little accident.
- What can we do?

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Pick up a crate on the Southside,
deliver it to an address in Greendale.

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You don't wanna be in bed
with the Snake Charmer.

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And if Penny Peabody reaches out,
don't respond.

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No. You said that this was gonna
be a one-and-done.

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And I am just getting started with you.

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You think the Riverdale Reaper
is the Black Hood?

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I wouldn't be surprised
if it was the same man.

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There was a family living out
near Fox Forest.

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Someone broke in, shot them all dead.

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Some say he never left Riverdale.

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Like the Red Death showing up
in an Edgar Allan Poe story,

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the Black Hood had come to Riverdale.

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With that grimmest of reapers
looming over us, how did we cope?

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In the case of Archie and Veronica...

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it was through carnal defiance.

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Ugh. Get a room, Xenomorphs.

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With every kiss and embrace,
they seemed to be saying:

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"You have no power over me, Death."

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In fact, Varchie became
the opposite of death.

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In Archie's bedroom.

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In his garage.

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Even in The Pembrooke.

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After all, if our young lovers dared
to defy the Black Hood,

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why not risk Hiram Lodge's wrath as well?

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- Hey.
- Hmm?

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Are you sure your parents aren't gonna
come back any time soon?

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What if they catch us like this?

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The tasting menu at Pourquoi
is 13 courses, Archie.

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We have hours yet.

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What? You've always wanted
to make it in front of a roaring fire?

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No, just... I love you, Ronnie.

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- Do you wanna watch Netflix?
- I wonder what's on HBO.

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Maybe I should go, on the chance
your parents come back.

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Yeah, or at the minimum,
we should get dressed.

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I'm gonna go. I have to do this thing.

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I'll text you.

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Archie.

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This was, as always, amazing.

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Sorry, there's no service
in the bowels of city hall.

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What did you find? Any truth
to what that creepy truck driver said

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about that murdered family?

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Yes. Shockingly,
Freddy Krueger didn't lie to me.

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A family of four was murdered

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by someone that the press called the
Riverdale Reaper.

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The victims were Jim
and Mary Ellen Conway and their kids.

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Tommy was 10 and Sue was 9.

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The Reaper was never caught or identified,
so he could be our Black Hood.

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But I'm dubious.
He would be in his 60s by now.

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Why did he do it? Kill them?

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The reporter of the article talked
to a sheriff at the time,

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who thought the killer chose at random
or because their house was isolated.

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Where was it?

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Edge of Fox Forest
down a service road.

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There's a picture of it.

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Oh, my God.

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Jughead, I've been to this house.

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The Black Hood sent me to it
as part of his game.

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Well, then, there's definitely a link
between the Hood and the Reaper.

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We should talk to Keller,
pull files from the murders.

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At least get a list of all the players.

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No, Jughead, I can't go
to Sheriff Keller.

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Not after I accused him
of being the Black Hood.

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Right. Yeah, that would be awkward.

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- We could go to the house.
- I can't go back there, Jug.

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He made me look in a mirror,

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and what I saw staring back at me,
I don't wanna do that again.

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Hey.

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Then you don't have to, okay?

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Hello?

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Yeah, I'll accept the charges.

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So, the reason
we called you guys in here...

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My dad is getting out of jail.

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- Jug, that's great.
- Yeah.

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What heralded this miracle?

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Overcrowding at the jail. I guess
the judge reviewed my dad's case,

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and after Cheryl's testimony,
it was a perfect storm.

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- What do you need from us, Jug?
- Both of us.

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We have a new lead on the Black Hood case.

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And Jughead and I were wondering
if you guys would follow up on it for us.

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We can give you all of the details,
the articles.

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It's just that I have to be there for
my dad, to help with his re-entry, so...

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Uh, yeah, and I'm just taking a break
from the Black Hood.

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Wait, so, you want us to be... you guys?

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Essentially, yes.

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What, is there a problem with that?

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Oh, my God. Josie, your back.
It's like a sailor's rope.

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- What?
- All those tension knots.

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Luckily, I just picked up a new bottle
of lavender essential oil. Turn around.

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Uh, okay.

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Girls, I'm so sorry.
I didn't know anyone was still in here.

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No, it's okay, Mr. Svenson.

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Oh, my God, Josie,
it's so not okay.

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Take your male gaze and male privilege
and get out of the women's locker room.

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Of course, my apologies.
I should have knocked.

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Can you believe that?
He should be fired

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and investigated,
the Peeping Tom.

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- Sheriff Keller.
- Veronica.

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What was he doing here?

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The shadow of the Black Hood
has finally landed on our home.

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We received a letter.

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What? What did it say?

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The usual. That we'll be targeted
and punished for our sinful ways.

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Well, don't let it ruin your day.

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According to Keller,
apparently dozens of households

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received the exact same letter.

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Well, I don't know about those other
people, but we're actually sinners.

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The Pembrooke is a fortress.
And Andre is trained in the martial arts.

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What about when I go to school,
or shopping?

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He'll drive you. If he's not available,
we'll hire a car service.

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Also, your father and I have talked,

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and we wouldn't mind
seeing more of Archie.

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He's brawny and devoted to you.

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Wait, uh, Mom. Before you leave,
I wanted to ask

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if I could borrow
the station wagon tomorrow.

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- Why?
- FP's getting released from jail.

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So, Jughead and I were gonna
pick him up and treat him to Pop's.

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They're letting FP out?

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And you're gonna hear it eventually,
so it might as well be from me.

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Don't freak out.

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Jughead is a Serpent now.

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- Officially.
- Betty.

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I wish I could say I was surprised.

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Jughead is important to me.
FP is important to Jughead.

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So, I'm asking, Mom, will you try
to give him the benefit of the doubt?

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For me?

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I have an announcement to make.
My dad's getting out.

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Yeah.

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When he does, I'll bring him up to speed
about our plans with Mayor McCoy.

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That's brilliant.

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- You have a problem with that, Tall Boy?
- Your old man?

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No.

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I got no problem with him.

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But you want us to sit down
with the mayor.

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I do. He's right.

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I think we can bring
the Southside back.

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But it's gonna take work.

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And it's going to take compromise.

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We can bring the Southside back.

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You've been here all five minutes.

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Tall Boy, I am sick of you acting
like a little bitch,

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whispering behind my
back that I'm half a Serpent

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or that I don't belong here.

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Why don't we put it to a vote?

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If you guys think
what I'm doing is wrong, I'll step aside.

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All those who stand with Jughead and think
Tall Boy should shut the hell up?

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- My parents are in their room.
- Good.

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That thing Betty and
Jughead asked us to do,

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investigate the murder house?

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- I wanna do it.
- Yeah, me, too.

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My parents got a threatening letter.

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- What? From the Black Hood?
- Maybe.

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Or maybe it was somebody
pretending to be the Black Hood.

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Ronnie.

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Are we good?

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Don't stop, Archie.

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I don't want to.

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Can we talk about what I said?

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Archie, I wanna be with you,
and you wanna be with me.

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Can't that be enough for right now?

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While we focus on the case?

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CREDITS

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What's wrong, Archie?
Something you wanna get off your chest?

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Yeah, actually.

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Me and Ronnie are in
kind of a weird place.

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Things have been pretty intense lately.

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Something weird happened with Archie.

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Well, to be honest, I'm not sure
if it even really happened, but...

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he may or may not have
said the L-word to me.

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I said "I love you" to her, Dad.

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And she didn't say it back.
And yes, she heard me.

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Which, if he did,
I think it's... too soon.

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Don't you guys agree?

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I wouldn't get too in your head
about that, son.

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I mean, those three words, people
are often on different schedules.

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- It doesn't matter what Archie said.
- Or didn't say. That's my preference.

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It's about whether or not
you're ready to hear it.

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- Hey, Betty.
- Hi, Mr. Jones.

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- Alice?
- Is it true what they say about men

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who have just been released
from prison, FP?

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- What do they say?
- They're incredibly sexually frustrated.

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- Mom. What?
- Wow.

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Seatbelt, Betty.

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The Black Hood is targeting sinners,
so I'd watch my back if I were you, FP.

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Especially once you rejoin
that gang of hoodlums.

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Serpents aren't hoodlums.

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I'm not going back to
the Serpents, Alice.

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I thought a lot about this
while I was in Shankshaw,

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and I'm done with Serpent life.

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It's gonna be one last ride
for my boy and I,

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but it's too much
of a slippery slope for me.

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- The Serpents need you, Dad.
- Jughead needs you, Mr. Jones.

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And what, pray tell, will you be doing
with all of your extra time, FP?

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Working, Warden Cooper.
I saw a "help wanted" sign in the window.

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Thought I'd talk to Pop
about picking up some shifts.

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Let's hope your plans
don't come crashing down

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once you start
drinking again.

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Actually, I'm in AA.

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Started in jail, and I
don't plan on stopping.

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Sheriff.

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We wanted to talk to you
about a cold case.

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About a family murdered
in Fox Forest 40 years ago.

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Your receptionist said
the files were missing.

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Is it possible they were stolen
as part of a cover-up?

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Now, now, hold on.
Sometimes with cold cases,

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the lead officer will take the files home
so they can keep working on them.

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Who would have been
the lead officer on this case?

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Back then? Multiple homicide?
My guess would be Sheriff Howard.

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- Do you know where he is?
- Sheriff Howard died two years ago now.

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But his daughter still lives
in town here. Margaret.

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I've got her contact information.
Maybe she can help you.

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My name is Veronica Lodge.

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I'm calling about one
of your father's cases.

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The Conway murders.

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Here we go again. What about them?

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My colleague and I are writing
a retrospective on the murders,

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and we were wondering...

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My dad was obsessed with the killings.

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He called the house
where they happened the devil's house.

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He'd go to that place day and night,
for hours, trying to put pieces together.

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If you ask me,
my father lost his mind in that house.

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Now, I'm done talking about this, okay?
Don't call me again.

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- Ronnie.
- Don't say it, Archie.

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- We have to go to that house.
- The devil's house?

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What if he's home?

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Things got ugly when you were away.

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I asked myself every day
what you would do if you were here.

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Has Penny bothered you?

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I figured she's the one who
greased my wheels.

238
00:14:25,941 --> 00:14:27,234
I did a job for her.

239
00:14:27,318 --> 00:14:28,569
What kind of job?

240
00:14:28,652 --> 00:14:30,425
It was a one-time thing.

241
00:14:30,792 --> 00:14:33,099
I figured it best not to ask
too many questions.

242
00:14:34,533 --> 00:14:36,660
We're squared away, for good.

243
00:14:38,537 --> 00:14:43,125
You know, when I was 16, my old man
kicked me out and told me to go to hell.

244
00:14:43,417 --> 00:14:48,506
Instead, I joined the Serpents.
And then the Army, and then back again.

245
00:14:50,299 --> 00:14:52,134
I don't want that life for you, Jug.

246
00:14:52,885 --> 00:14:56,263
I want you to go to college,
get out of this godforsaken town.

247
00:14:56,430 --> 00:14:57,751
I ran the gauntlet.

248
00:14:58,516 --> 00:15:02,563
I fought with the Serpents, and for them.
I have to stay.

249
00:15:05,105 --> 00:15:06,023
I wanna stay.

250
00:15:07,441 --> 00:15:08,818
But I need your blessing.

251
00:15:12,655 --> 00:15:15,774
- Just promise me you'll keep writing.
- I will.

252
00:15:16,951 --> 00:15:18,321
I do every day.

253
00:15:37,216 --> 00:15:39,427
- You all finished?
- Yeah. Thanks, Dad.

254
00:15:41,137 --> 00:15:42,471
- Thank you.
- Thank you.

255
00:15:43,389 --> 00:15:44,640
- Josie.
- Yeah.

256
00:15:44,723 --> 00:15:46,799
Playing a car dealership opening

257
00:15:46,846 --> 00:15:48,536
is barely a step
above amateur porn.

258
00:15:48,594 --> 00:15:54,253
Reggie is texting me that his dad
is gonna pay me $5000 for five songs.

259
00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:56,490
As long as he gets to escort me.

260
00:16:05,277 --> 00:16:08,655
Clean that up, plebe.
The way you did my brother's blood.

261
00:16:10,741 --> 00:16:12,205
Jug, don't.

262
00:16:16,372 --> 00:16:19,791
I'll get you another milkshake
right away. On the house.

263
00:16:29,718 --> 00:16:32,429
My dad used to be a king, a leader of men.

264
00:16:32,513 --> 00:16:34,681
Now he's being demeaned
by the likes of Cheryl Blossom?

265
00:16:35,974 --> 00:16:38,394
He deserves to be honored,
not humiliated.

266
00:16:39,228 --> 00:16:41,397
So, why don't we do just that?

267
00:16:41,980 --> 00:16:44,370
Seriously? Why not
throw your dad

268
00:16:44,397 --> 00:16:46,927
a retirement party,
fit for a king?

269
00:16:47,194 --> 00:16:49,154
Don't worry, I'll take care of everything.

270
00:16:52,366 --> 00:16:56,441
You have a stage. Would you be open to me
bringing in a karaoke machine?

271
00:16:56,468 --> 00:16:57,928
For FP's retirement?

272
00:16:58,414 --> 00:16:59,706
Sure, why not.

273
00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:02,609
Also, Toni, one of the reasons
I wanted to talk to you,

274
00:17:02,636 --> 00:17:04,605
beyond the party planning is...

275
00:17:05,295 --> 00:17:09,305
I've been walking the razor's edge
since Jughead joined the Serpents.

276
00:17:09,332 --> 00:17:13,846
And all I've been thinking is as soon as
FP gets home, everything will get better,

277
00:17:13,929 --> 00:17:17,890
because he'll be there to protect Jughead
and make sure he doesn't get hurt.

278
00:17:17,917 --> 00:17:20,394
Yeah, I'm following you.
I mean, with FP out of the picture...

279
00:17:20,477 --> 00:17:23,472
That's my whole point. I do worry.

280
00:17:24,606 --> 00:17:29,420
So, I wanna keep an eye on Jughead myself.

281
00:17:30,362 --> 00:17:34,283
Make sure that as deep into these
snake-infested waters as he goes,

282
00:17:34,783 --> 00:17:38,454
he doesn't do something that,
you know, puts him in danger.

283
00:17:38,537 --> 00:17:41,665
So, what, you wanna be a Serpent?

284
00:17:43,459 --> 00:17:46,184
Let's say Serpent-adjacent.

285
00:17:46,426 --> 00:17:50,488
But yeah, a part of his world, this world.

286
00:17:52,801 --> 00:17:54,303
Shut it, Byrdie.

287
00:17:54,887 --> 00:17:56,763
Sorry, Sweet Valley High.

288
00:17:56,847 --> 00:18:01,477
If you wanna join the club, you gotta do
the dance. The Serpent Dance.

289
00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:03,571
Excuse me, Serpent Dance?

290
00:18:03,598 --> 00:18:06,106
It's some outdated,
sexist Serpent tradition.

291
00:18:06,190 --> 00:18:09,473
I tried to get it outlawed,
but misogyny dies hard.

292
00:18:10,775 --> 00:18:12,401
You don't wanna know.

293
00:18:12,907 --> 00:18:15,152
Yeah, I do.

294
00:18:16,617 --> 00:18:18,426
I wanna know everything.

295
00:18:25,879 --> 00:18:28,545
A party? No. No, no, no.

296
00:18:28,629 --> 00:18:32,466
The problem is, I'm trying to keep the
Serpents in my rearview mirror, remember?

297
00:18:32,549 --> 00:18:33,967
It's one night.

298
00:18:34,051 --> 00:18:38,055
Not even. It's like, three hours.
You've done right by the Serpents.

299
00:18:38,138 --> 00:18:40,641
More than right. Let them do right by you.

300
00:18:42,392 --> 00:18:44,311
Come on, it's the end of an era.

301
00:18:46,605 --> 00:18:47,439
Okay.

302
00:18:48,065 --> 00:18:49,902
- Okay, let's do it.
- Great.

303
00:18:52,105 --> 00:18:55,824
It's Archie. Don't bogart the egg rolls.

304
00:18:57,324 --> 00:19:00,327
- The hell do you want, Penny?
- We have business.

305
00:19:00,410 --> 00:19:01,745
How fast can you get to Pop's?

306
00:19:01,828 --> 00:19:04,782
No. No, I told you I'm out, that I'm done.

307
00:19:04,809 --> 00:19:07,960
Don't keep me waiting long, little doggie,
or I'll have your father back behind bars

308
00:19:08,043 --> 00:19:10,004
before I finish my cup of burnt coffee.

309
00:19:12,756 --> 00:19:16,000
I won't be held hostage by you.
I did my one favor. I'm out.

310
00:19:16,027 --> 00:19:19,137
No, no. You have debts to pay.

311
00:19:19,221 --> 00:19:21,515
And ours is an ongoing arrangement.

312
00:19:21,598 --> 00:19:26,071
You know what, Penny? I'm about to have
a sit-down with Mayor McCoy.

313
00:19:26,098 --> 00:19:28,355
She's not really so big
on the whole drug-dealing thing.

314
00:19:28,382 --> 00:19:30,071
And I'm sure that she
would love to know

315
00:19:30,098 --> 00:19:31,910
who took over Clifford
Blossom's operation.

316
00:19:31,937 --> 00:19:35,394
But you'd need proof
to make an accusation like that stick.

317
00:19:36,105 --> 00:19:38,907
Like the video I have of you and your
pal making that delivery for me.

318
00:19:38,991 --> 00:19:40,181
What do you think of that?

319
00:19:40,208 --> 00:19:43,245
I think that an attack against me,
or my father,

320
00:19:43,829 --> 00:19:46,533
is an attack against all of the Serpents.

321
00:19:46,832 --> 00:19:50,627
And not even some fuzzy surveillance
footage of me delivering a crate

322
00:19:50,711 --> 00:19:52,713
is going to stop us from coming for you.

323
00:19:54,756 --> 00:19:55,841
Your girlfriend.

324
00:19:57,217 --> 00:20:00,119
Betty Cooper, I believe?

325
00:20:01,805 --> 00:20:03,056
She's quite fetching.

326
00:20:07,102 --> 00:20:08,228
What did you say?

327
00:20:08,312 --> 00:20:11,025
All snakes have a soft underbelly.

328
00:20:12,615 --> 00:20:15,032
She's yours. Am I right?

329
00:20:23,285 --> 00:20:26,413
Now I'm regretting throwing your gun
in Sweetwater River.

330
00:20:26,580 --> 00:20:29,356
If Sheriff Howard kept
coming back here year after year,

331
00:20:29,383 --> 00:20:30,943
there must be a reason why.

332
00:20:31,001 --> 00:20:33,337
Something that didn't, or doesn't, add up.

333
00:20:34,921 --> 00:20:37,257
So, what does the article say happened?

334
00:20:37,341 --> 00:20:41,887
The Reaper came at night, when the rest
of the town was getting ready for bed.

335
00:20:53,732 --> 00:20:57,798
He killed the mother,
Mary Ellen Conway, first.

336
00:21:00,197 --> 00:21:01,494
Maybe over there.

337
00:21:20,092 --> 00:21:22,931
He killed the father, Jim Conway,
in the kitchen.

338
00:21:26,515 --> 00:21:28,517
He was rushing to save his wife.

339
00:21:33,438 --> 00:21:35,649
He was shot point-blank in the chest.

340
00:21:35,816 --> 00:21:37,818
The kids were still in their bedrooms.

341
00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:39,194
Hiding.

342
00:21:40,487 --> 00:21:41,954
My God, Archie.

343
00:21:52,332 --> 00:21:54,189
They were hiding under the bed.

344
00:22:18,608 --> 00:22:22,279
Archie? It was a family of four
that was killed, right?

345
00:22:22,362 --> 00:22:23,363
Yeah, why?

346
00:22:23,447 --> 00:22:26,491
There's something weird here.
Three sets of initials.

347
00:22:40,088 --> 00:22:43,049
These are Sheriff Howard's files.
His notes.

348
00:22:43,133 --> 00:22:45,343
He kept them here so he could keep
working on the case.

349
00:22:46,428 --> 00:22:51,099
Does it say anything about a third child?
With the letters J and C?

350
00:22:52,684 --> 00:22:54,236
Wait, wait, wait, turn that back.

351
00:22:56,995 --> 00:22:58,767
Oh, my God, Archie. There.

352
00:23:00,066 --> 00:23:02,759
The Conways were a family of five.

353
00:23:09,256 --> 00:23:12,630
Why so sad?
It's great news about your dad.

354
00:23:14,136 --> 00:23:16,955
I guess that means
the Snake Charmer came through.

355
00:23:18,553 --> 00:23:21,890
What? She hasn't called you for
any more favors again, has she?

356
00:23:21,973 --> 00:23:26,186
That deal was a favor. My one favor.
Technically, I don't owe her anything.

357
00:23:26,269 --> 00:23:29,422
Oh, Jones. Let's hope you're right.

358
00:23:30,774 --> 00:23:33,276
It's no problem, we can pick the trays up.

359
00:23:33,902 --> 00:23:36,238
Thanks, Pop. Sorry for the short notice.

360
00:23:36,696 --> 00:23:38,986
- Bye.
- Trays for what?

361
00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:43,328
Juggy is throwing a retirement party
for FP at the Whyte Wyrm.

362
00:23:43,411 --> 00:23:45,121
And I'm helping him organize.

363
00:23:45,205 --> 00:23:50,424
Before you object, Mom,
¿need I remind you, you were a Serpent?

364
00:23:51,586 --> 00:23:54,172
- Betty won't listen to reason,
so I'm telling you, FP... - Alice...

365
00:23:54,256 --> 00:23:56,216
if she thinks about putting on
a Serpent jacket,

366
00:23:56,299 --> 00:23:57,634
- I'll have your head.
- I'm working.

367
00:23:57,717 --> 00:23:59,608
I won't have our kids
make mistakes we did.

368
00:23:59,635 --> 00:24:00,850
They weren't all mistakes.

369
00:24:00,877 --> 00:24:02,998
If you're that worried, come
to the party. Chaperone her.

370
00:24:03,025 --> 00:24:05,517
- Are you high on fumes? I can't.
- Yes, you can.

371
00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,463
Stop by. Say hi to some old friends.

372
00:24:09,604 --> 00:24:11,603
- Hal would never come.
- Well, then, leave him.

373
00:24:13,692 --> 00:24:14,526
At home.

374
00:24:19,698 --> 00:24:22,058
So, the real story
was in the sheriff's notebook.

375
00:24:22,085 --> 00:24:25,988
There was a third child, Joseph Conway,
who survived the massacre.

376
00:24:26,015 --> 00:24:29,777
They hid his identity, changed his name,
so he could lead a normal life.

377
00:24:29,804 --> 00:24:31,668
- Yeah.
- According to Howard's notes,

378
00:24:31,695 --> 00:24:33,988
he was adopted by another family
in Riverdale,

379
00:24:34,015 --> 00:24:36,923
and presumably
enrolled at a local high school.

380
00:24:37,007 --> 00:24:38,476
We got a picture of the kid.

381
00:24:39,438 --> 00:24:42,691
If we match that boy to one
of the students at Riverdale High

382
00:24:42,718 --> 00:24:44,046
during the years he would've attended...

383
00:24:44,073 --> 00:24:46,016
Then he might be able
to tell us how the Conway murders

384
00:24:46,043 --> 00:24:47,418
are connected to the Black Hood.

385
00:24:47,475 --> 00:24:48,893
Or he is the Black Hood.

386
00:24:50,405 --> 00:24:51,864
Just go with me here.

387
00:24:52,314 --> 00:24:55,167
Let's say that our mystery kid
did end up surviving the slaughter,

388
00:24:55,194 --> 00:24:57,680
maybe he even saw it.
It would've messed him up for life.

389
00:24:57,707 --> 00:24:59,024
Yeah, and somehow, for some reason,

390
00:24:59,051 --> 00:25:01,140
he could be blaming the town
for what happened.

391
00:25:01,197 --> 00:25:02,993
And now is punishing us for it.

392
00:25:03,020 --> 00:25:06,157
So, basically we just have to go through
all these yearbooks,

393
00:25:06,184 --> 00:25:07,864
page by page, and see
if we find a match,

394
00:25:07,898 --> 00:25:10,020
so not quite a needle in a haystack.

395
00:25:11,124 --> 00:25:12,167
What?

396
00:25:12,758 --> 00:25:14,825
We just have to get ready
for a party that we're hosting.

397
00:25:14,852 --> 00:25:16,880
It's my dad's retirement party, so...

398
00:25:17,547 --> 00:25:18,548
Oh.

399
00:25:18,631 --> 00:25:20,550
- No, you guys should come.
- I... I...

400
00:25:20,633 --> 00:25:23,662
- If you don't want to, you really don't
have to. - I'm renting a karaoke machine.

401
00:25:23,689 --> 00:25:24,898
It's not a big deal.

402
00:25:25,388 --> 00:25:27,779
- You should come. You guys should come.
- If you want.

403
00:25:35,315 --> 00:25:38,360
- Ronnie, can we take a break
and talk about...? - Oh, my God.

404
00:25:38,735 --> 00:25:39,983
Is that him?

405
00:25:42,621 --> 00:25:43,622
Could be, yeah.

406
00:25:55,085 --> 00:25:56,294
Mr. Svenson.

407
00:25:56,378 --> 00:25:57,212
Yes?

408
00:25:58,463 --> 00:26:01,279
We know who you are, Joseph Conway.

409
00:26:02,801 --> 00:26:03,635
Hey!

410
00:26:04,177 --> 00:26:05,011
Hey.

411
00:26:08,765 --> 00:26:10,558
Why did you run, Mr. Svenson?

412
00:26:11,267 --> 00:26:15,283
I got scared. No one's called me
Joe Conway in decades.

413
00:26:15,310 --> 00:26:16,565
We read about your family.

414
00:26:16,592 --> 00:26:18,092
We know you're the only
one that survived.

415
00:26:18,149 --> 00:26:21,444
- If you've been tempted to find justice...
- I found justice.

416
00:26:21,528 --> 00:26:24,178
- What do you mean?
- The night it happened.

417
00:26:25,573 --> 00:26:27,329
I heard gunshots,

418
00:26:28,251 --> 00:26:30,273
and I escaped out of
my bedroom window.

419
00:26:30,907 --> 00:26:33,451
I could've run into the woods,
but I didn't.

420
00:26:34,290 --> 00:26:36,876
I wanted to see him leave my house.

421
00:26:37,710 --> 00:26:40,665
I saw him covered in my family's blood.

422
00:26:41,297 --> 00:26:42,571
I saw his face.

423
00:26:43,716 --> 00:26:45,802
You know who killed your family?

424
00:26:45,885 --> 00:26:49,352
A con man.
A preacher passing through town.

425
00:26:49,722 --> 00:26:53,643
Next day, a group of men took me
to the motel where he was staying.

426
00:26:54,394 --> 00:26:55,805
I pointed him out.

427
00:26:57,605 --> 00:26:59,311
They took him away...

428
00:26:59,946 --> 00:27:01,173
and they killed him.

429
00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:02,360
I'm not sure how.

430
00:27:02,696 --> 00:27:05,673
- What happened to the men who did that?
- Nothing.

431
00:27:06,489 --> 00:27:07,907
Justice had been served.

432
00:27:08,867 --> 00:27:11,442
It was never reported,
never investigated.

433
00:27:11,469 --> 00:27:13,564
The town demanded
blood for blood.

434
00:27:13,621 --> 00:27:16,666
You're sounding an awful lot
like the Black Hood right now.

435
00:27:20,503 --> 00:27:23,131
Where were you the morning
Fred Andrews was shot?

436
00:27:23,214 --> 00:27:25,608
- Ronnie.
- And the night Miss Grundy was killed?

437
00:27:25,635 --> 00:27:28,591
- And Moose and Midge, and the Sugarman?
- Ronnie. Ronnie, that's enough.

438
00:27:31,806 --> 00:27:34,142
I've looked into the Black Hood's eyes.

439
00:27:36,060 --> 00:27:37,193
We were wrong.

440
00:27:38,271 --> 00:27:39,272
It's not him.

441
00:28:13,746 --> 00:28:16,249
Andre's got the car
waiting for you, but...

442
00:28:16,324 --> 00:28:18,655
I wanted to ask how things
are with you and Archie.

443
00:28:18,780 --> 00:28:21,491
We've been working on this side project

444
00:28:21,754 --> 00:28:26,558
and I'm realizing that one of the reasons
I threw myself into it

445
00:28:26,585 --> 00:28:30,710
was to avoid talking about the love
that dares not speak its name.

446
00:28:31,848 --> 00:28:33,683
Why can't I say it, Mom?

447
00:28:34,225 --> 00:28:36,167
And why does it have
to be such a big deal?

448
00:28:36,194 --> 00:28:37,781
I mean, you and
daddy never say it.

449
00:28:37,808 --> 00:28:39,810
I mean, I don't think
I've ever heard you say it...

450
00:28:41,107 --> 00:28:42,225
once.

451
00:28:45,570 --> 00:28:46,863
Oh.

452
00:28:48,739 --> 00:28:50,324
Hey, bud. Picking up Veronica?

453
00:28:50,408 --> 00:28:52,869
- No, I'm just gonna meet her there.
- Oh.

454
00:28:54,745 --> 00:28:59,459
So, I take it things didn't go so well
on the other side of the four-letter word.

455
00:29:00,126 --> 00:29:01,335
When I'm with Veronica,

456
00:29:01,419 --> 00:29:04,422
as dark as things get,
and they've been getting pretty dark...

457
00:29:05,173 --> 00:29:08,677
she makes me feel
like everything's gonna be fine.

458
00:29:08,704 --> 00:29:10,164
She makes things fun.

459
00:29:10,678 --> 00:29:13,264
- I don't wanna lose that.
- You won't.

460
00:29:13,806 --> 00:29:16,934
You just gotta give her a little time.
A little space.

461
00:29:17,894 --> 00:29:19,687
You're a great kid, Arch.

462
00:29:19,770 --> 00:29:22,122
Really. Get out there.
Have a good time.

463
00:29:22,149 --> 00:29:23,485
Take the pressure off.

464
00:29:35,870 --> 00:29:37,371
Archie. Hey.

465
00:29:37,455 --> 00:29:39,832
- Hey.
- Just did a sweep of the perimeter.

466
00:29:41,083 --> 00:29:43,454
- You good?
- Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

467
00:29:43,628 --> 00:29:44,879
Ronnie's almost here.

468
00:29:45,421 --> 00:29:48,563
We're gonna clear the air.
It's gonna be a good night.

469
00:29:50,134 --> 00:29:51,501
Here's hoping.

470
00:29:52,303 --> 00:29:54,305
- I'm gonna catch you later, okay?
- Yeah, yeah.

471
00:30:05,191 --> 00:30:07,813
Jones. You look nervous.

472
00:30:08,277 --> 00:30:09,612
You want a drink?

473
00:30:10,571 --> 00:30:13,115
No, I'm good.
I'm just getting a lay of the land.

474
00:30:30,591 --> 00:30:31,717
Wow.

475
00:30:31,801 --> 00:30:34,845
Betty. Mrs. Cooper, you look incredible.

476
00:30:34,929 --> 00:30:35,930
Tell me about it.

477
00:30:36,013 --> 00:30:38,933
Unfortunately, I couldn't convince
this one to dress appropriately.

478
00:30:39,559 --> 00:30:40,393
Hog Eye.

479
00:30:40,476 --> 00:30:43,603
- Get me...
- Tequila, straight up.

480
00:30:43,980 --> 00:30:45,356
Hold the worm.

481
00:30:46,983 --> 00:30:48,693
I was talking to you.

482
00:30:49,026 --> 00:30:51,798
I have a surprise for you. Later.

483
00:30:52,989 --> 00:30:54,198
Mm.

484
00:30:54,532 --> 00:30:57,868
Hit me, Hog Eye. Honey, what do you want?
Shirley Temple?

485
00:30:59,412 --> 00:31:01,080
- Just give me two.
- Two.

486
00:31:06,252 --> 00:31:07,753
- Hey.
- Oh, hey.

487
00:31:10,172 --> 00:31:11,382
Can we talk?

488
00:31:11,465 --> 00:31:14,677
Not about Svenson,
not about the Black Hood,

489
00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:17,471
not about some murder house.
About us, Ronnie?

490
00:31:17,555 --> 00:31:18,389
Archie.

491
00:31:19,095 --> 00:31:20,533
This is a party.

492
00:31:20,751 --> 00:31:22,899
Must we discuss serious
things tonight?

493
00:31:22,926 --> 00:31:24,469
I just want you to know.

494
00:31:25,271 --> 00:31:26,230
What I said?

495
00:31:27,565 --> 00:31:30,443
That was about me, and what I was feeling
in that specific moment,

496
00:31:30,526 --> 00:31:32,820
and you shouldn't feel any pressure
to say it back to me.

497
00:31:33,404 --> 00:31:34,447
Oh, Archie.

498
00:31:37,241 --> 00:31:39,236
Thank you for understanding.

499
00:31:44,853 --> 00:31:46,408
Yeah. You're welcome.

500
00:31:47,501 --> 00:31:50,884
Yeah. I, uh... I signed us up for a duet.

501
00:31:51,172 --> 00:31:53,090
That Donnie Darko song you love.

502
00:31:54,091 --> 00:31:56,415
Or hopefully, strongly like, at least.

503
00:31:57,303 --> 00:31:59,618
- Archie.
- Or can you not do that either?

504
00:32:06,395 --> 00:32:07,813
No, I can sing with you.

505
00:33:33,607 --> 00:33:34,483
Veronica.

506
00:33:38,696 --> 00:33:39,739
Boo.

507
00:33:43,159 --> 00:33:46,036
- Boo.
- Boo!

508
00:34:57,650 --> 00:34:58,692
Oh, my God.

509
00:35:18,963 --> 00:35:20,005
There he is.

510
00:35:22,466 --> 00:35:24,060
Quite the show.

511
00:35:24,426 --> 00:35:25,631
Thanks, Betty.

512
00:35:25,928 --> 00:35:26,887
Here you go.

513
00:35:30,391 --> 00:35:32,142
Let's give her a round of applause.

514
00:35:33,521 --> 00:35:35,611
- What were you doing?
- Let's show here some

515
00:35:35,646 --> 00:35:38,198
of that Serpent hospitality
we're known for.

516
00:35:41,986 --> 00:35:47,116
You know what? I've been in and out of the
Serpents since I was younger than my son.

517
00:35:47,908 --> 00:35:49,285
And it's been a...

518
00:35:49,869 --> 00:35:51,161
A wild ride.

519
00:35:51,745 --> 00:35:54,665
Good times, bad times.

520
00:35:55,249 --> 00:35:59,628
But through it all,
the Serpents stuck by my side

521
00:35:59,712 --> 00:36:02,506
while most other people
turned their backs on me.

522
00:36:02,754 --> 00:36:04,422
My own family included.

523
00:36:05,668 --> 00:36:08,252
Now, the letter of the law

524
00:36:08,322 --> 00:36:11,366
says that I can't be here
in the Serpent den,

525
00:36:11,432 --> 00:36:16,270
that I can't associate with my friends,
my real family.

526
00:36:16,353 --> 00:36:17,730
- Speak to it.
- Yeah.

527
00:36:17,813 --> 00:36:18,731
My blood.

528
00:36:18,814 --> 00:36:20,774
- Yup. Yup.
- You're the man.

529
00:36:20,858 --> 00:36:22,860
But I've been thinking about that.

530
00:36:24,361 --> 00:36:26,947
And it'll be a cold day in hell

531
00:36:27,448 --> 00:36:30,985
before a snake
lets a pig tell him what to do.

532
00:36:33,746 --> 00:36:36,708
- Yeah.
- All right, Coyote Ugly. Let's go.

533
00:36:36,735 --> 00:36:38,500
- No, I'm staying. For Jughead...
- No, Elizabeth.

534
00:36:38,584 --> 00:36:41,253
- You're coming with me now.
- No. I'm staying.

535
00:36:42,546 --> 00:36:43,930
Well, I can't.

536
00:36:45,090 --> 00:36:47,718
Northside wants me out of this gang?

537
00:36:48,196 --> 00:36:53,474
Well, they better bring a coffin,
'cause FP Jones isn't retiring.

538
00:36:53,883 --> 00:36:57,353
I am not going gently into the night!

539
00:36:57,436 --> 00:36:59,021
I'm here to stay!

540
00:36:59,104 --> 00:37:00,856
So, bring the fire!

541
00:37:00,940 --> 00:37:03,192
- Bring the fire!
- Yeah!

542
00:37:20,990 --> 00:37:22,533
What happened to retiring?

543
00:37:27,079 --> 00:37:29,043
I know about the Snake Charmer.

544
00:37:29,582 --> 00:37:32,543
And the delivery you did,
and the debt you owe her.

545
00:37:33,210 --> 00:37:35,238
It was the one thing, son.

546
00:37:35,463 --> 00:37:38,004
The one thing I asked you not to do.

547
00:37:39,967 --> 00:37:44,889
- I can fix this. Let me just talk to her.
- No. No. I'm in, you're out.

548
00:37:45,723 --> 00:37:47,730
Penny's my problem now.

549
00:37:52,980 --> 00:37:54,648
You broke my heart, Jughead.

550
00:37:56,275 --> 00:37:58,652
Shots! Let's line them up!

551
00:38:02,031 --> 00:38:03,282
Yeah.

552
00:38:03,366 --> 00:38:05,951
- Hail to the king.
- Hail to the king!

553
00:38:08,788 --> 00:38:09,778
Yeah.

554
00:38:17,755 --> 00:38:21,884
Ronnie, what I said, it doesn't matter
if you don't wanna say it back to me.

555
00:38:21,967 --> 00:38:24,553
But it does. And it should.

556
00:38:25,471 --> 00:38:26,305
And...

557
00:38:27,348 --> 00:38:29,734
for whatever messed-up
reason, Archie,

558
00:38:29,761 --> 00:38:31,962
whatever deep-seated
issues I have,

559
00:38:32,019 --> 00:38:34,271
I can't let myself go there with you.

560
00:38:38,734 --> 00:38:40,065
I'm sorry.

561
00:38:43,030 --> 00:38:44,156
I'm so sorry.

562
00:38:58,240 --> 00:38:59,577
Home, Andre.

563
00:39:00,047 --> 00:39:01,632
Yes, Miss Veronica.

564
00:39:19,373 --> 00:39:20,624
Hey.

565
00:39:21,735 --> 00:39:24,265
What's wrong? Was it the dance?

566
00:39:25,281 --> 00:39:26,240
It's everything.

567
00:39:28,031 --> 00:39:31,328
And yeah. Why would you do that?

568
00:39:32,538 --> 00:39:34,623
I wanted to be a part of this.

569
00:39:35,207 --> 00:39:37,042
The Serpents, your world.

570
00:39:37,126 --> 00:39:38,002
Why?

571
00:39:39,295 --> 00:39:41,015
Archie knew to cut bait.

572
00:39:41,964 --> 00:39:45,551
Now I'm dragging you down.
I'm dragging my dad down.

573
00:39:45,634 --> 00:39:48,910
Jug, he's still figuring it out.
And it's gonna be okay.

574
00:39:48,937 --> 00:39:50,599
We'll figure out
what we have to do together.

575
00:39:50,626 --> 00:39:52,002
No, Betty. Mm-mm.

576
00:39:52,975 --> 00:39:53,809
Not together.

577
00:39:55,311 --> 00:39:59,231
Betty, if you stay, I don't know
if I can protect you anymore.

578
00:39:59,315 --> 00:40:02,109
You might get...
You probably will get hurt.

579
00:40:02,854 --> 00:40:04,690
I can't let that happen to you.

580
00:40:05,362 --> 00:40:07,820
- That's not your decision to make.
- Actually...

581
00:40:09,325 --> 00:40:10,515
yeah, it is.

582
00:40:12,745 --> 00:40:14,330
How many times, Jug?

583
00:40:15,663 --> 00:40:18,533
How many time are we gonna push
each other away?

584
00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:19,936
Until it sticks.

585
00:40:21,795 --> 00:40:25,216
That was my dad's one chance
at going straight, and I wrecked it.

586
00:40:25,299 --> 00:40:28,844
- I'm not going to destroy you, too.
- Just tell me what happened, Jug.

587
00:40:28,928 --> 00:40:31,664
Jug. Tell me what...?

588
00:40:32,333 --> 00:40:33,167
Please.

589
00:40:35,979 --> 00:40:37,188
Go home.

590
00:40:44,568 --> 00:40:46,028
That night, I realized,

591
00:40:46,111 --> 00:40:49,657
it was like we'd been playing
a game of Snakes and Ladders.

592
00:40:49,740 --> 00:40:53,369
Me, Betty, Archie, Veronica.

593
00:40:54,250 --> 00:40:57,926
And in one fell swoop,
we all slid off the board

594
00:40:57,968 --> 00:40:59,424
and into freefall.

595
00:41:00,334 --> 00:41:01,627
And not just us.

596
00:41:01,710 --> 00:41:04,296
Other people, maybe innocent, maybe not,

597
00:41:04,380 --> 00:41:06,242
had been dragged into our game,

598
00:41:06,269 --> 00:41:08,401
as old wounds reopened.

599
00:41:10,594 --> 00:41:15,727
And as feelings
that had long been buried shook loose.

600
00:41:24,595 --> 00:41:28,445
And a boy looked out his window
at the girl next door.

601
00:41:38,497 --> 00:41:42,531
As if for the very first time.

602
00:41:46,328 --> 00:41:49,399
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