1 00:00:01,218 --> 00:00:02,001 [coin clinking] 2 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,015 ♪ One, two, three o'clock Four o'clock, rock ♪ 3 00:00:15,058 --> 00:00:17,626 ♪ Five, six, seven o'clock Eight o'clock, rock ♪ 4 00:00:17,669 --> 00:00:19,932 ♪ Nine, ten, eleven o'clock Twelve o'clock, rock ♪ 5 00:00:19,976 --> 00:00:22,674 ♪ We're gonna rock around the clock tonight ♪ 6 00:00:22,718 --> 00:00:25,329 ♪ Put your glad rags on And join me, hon ♪ 7 00:00:25,373 --> 00:00:28,071 ♪ We'll have some fun When the clock strikes one ♪ 8 00:00:28,115 --> 00:00:30,595 ♪ We're gonna rock Around the clock tonight ♪ 9 00:00:30,639 --> 00:00:33,207 ♪ We're gonna rock, rock, rock Till broad daylight ♪ 10 00:00:33,250 --> 00:00:38,125 ♪ We're gonna rock, gonna rock Around the clock tonight ♪ 11 00:00:38,168 --> 00:00:39,996 ♪ When the clock strikes two Three and four ♪ 12 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:43,130 [Jughead] The year is 1955. 13 00:00:43,173 --> 00:00:46,350 Number one on the Billboard charts is "Rock Around The Clock," 14 00:00:46,394 --> 00:00:48,048 an earworm if I've ever heard one. 15 00:00:49,614 --> 00:00:51,312 Now, some random fun facts. 16 00:00:51,355 --> 00:00:53,792 In 1955, a hamburger with a side of fries 17 00:00:53,836 --> 00:00:55,751 set you back 30 cents. 18 00:00:55,794 --> 00:00:59,755 A comic book, a dime. A pulp novel, a quarter. 19 00:00:59,798 --> 00:01:02,062 [typewriter keys clacking] 20 00:01:02,105 --> 00:01:04,194 It's been two days since Bailey's Comet almost decimated us, 21 00:01:04,238 --> 00:01:07,502 and we were somehow zapped back to the 1950s. 22 00:01:07,545 --> 00:01:09,678 I'm not sure how that happened exactly. 23 00:01:09,721 --> 00:01:11,636 I'm not sure if we're merely in the past, 24 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:13,508 or in the past of an alternate universe. 25 00:01:13,551 --> 00:01:16,771 But things are different here in Riverdale. 26 00:01:16,815 --> 00:01:20,297 For starters, I live in an abandoned train car with Hot Dog, 27 00:01:20,341 --> 00:01:23,387 which actually tracks. 28 00:01:23,431 --> 00:01:26,347 And at Riverdale High, we're all juniors again. 29 00:01:26,390 --> 00:01:28,175 Betty and Kevin aren't merely friends, 30 00:01:28,218 --> 00:01:29,914 they're dating. 31 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,962 Cheryl's twin brother is alive, but he's not Jason. 32 00:01:33,005 --> 00:01:33,919 He's Julian. 33 00:01:35,225 --> 00:01:37,662 No sign of a Reggie yet. 34 00:01:37,706 --> 00:01:42,753 But Archie exists, and he's still pretty much a teen Charles Atlas. 35 00:01:42,798 --> 00:01:44,321 None of them remember our lives 36 00:01:44,365 --> 00:01:45,975 from before we became teenagers again, 37 00:01:46,018 --> 00:01:48,108 and I haven't tried to remind them yet. 38 00:01:48,151 --> 00:01:50,458 I've been waiting to reconnect with the one person 39 00:01:50,501 --> 00:01:52,241 who might be able to shed light on our predicament, 40 00:01:52,286 --> 00:01:54,114 because she was both chronokinetic 41 00:01:54,157 --> 00:01:57,465 and the town's guardian angel, my girlfriend, Tabitha Tate. 42 00:01:57,508 --> 00:01:59,380 Bus from Mississippi's pulling in. 43 00:02:01,077 --> 00:02:03,340 Wonder if it was as bad down there 44 00:02:03,384 --> 00:02:05,212 as they're saying on the radio. 45 00:02:05,255 --> 00:02:07,823 [Jughead] I already knew what Pop would soon find out. 46 00:02:07,866 --> 00:02:10,173 It was much, much worse. 47 00:02:10,217 --> 00:02:13,742 Tabitha, Toni and some of Riverdale High's other students of color 48 00:02:13,785 --> 00:02:15,700 were in Mississippi for the trial 49 00:02:15,744 --> 00:02:18,616 of the two men who murdered Black teenager Emmett Till, 50 00:02:18,660 --> 00:02:21,880 for supposedly whistling at a white woman. 51 00:02:21,924 --> 00:02:24,144 The jury deliberated for all of 67 minutes 52 00:02:24,187 --> 00:02:26,276 and then acquitted the killers. 53 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,103 It was one of the single most shameful 54 00:02:28,148 --> 00:02:31,281 and appalling events of this or any era. 55 00:02:37,722 --> 00:02:38,767 Uh, Tabitha? 56 00:02:42,684 --> 00:02:44,293 Uh, they 57 00:02:44,338 --> 00:02:46,296 announced the verdict on... on the radio. 58 00:02:46,340 --> 00:02:49,081 It made me sick in my stomach. 59 00:02:49,125 --> 00:02:53,781 -If you need anything... -That's what we're trying to figure out now, 60 00:02:53,825 --> 00:02:58,308 what our next move should be... but I appreciate the offer. 61 00:03:00,571 --> 00:03:03,226 It's Jughead, right? 62 00:03:03,270 --> 00:03:04,532 Uh, yeah. Yes. 63 00:03:06,708 --> 00:03:07,752 I'll let you know. 64 00:03:13,105 --> 00:03:14,237 [Jughead] It's overwhelming. 65 00:03:15,325 --> 00:03:17,458 Heartbreaking. 66 00:03:17,501 --> 00:03:19,242 Whichever genius said that the '50s 67 00:03:19,286 --> 00:03:20,896 were the greatest decade of all time 68 00:03:20,939 --> 00:03:22,637 should seriously have their head examined. 69 00:03:24,291 --> 00:03:26,815 [Mary] Archie? Can I speak to you for a minute? 70 00:03:34,562 --> 00:03:36,390 -What's wrong, Mom? -[sighs] 71 00:03:36,433 --> 00:03:40,002 They printed more pictures from James Dean's car accident. 72 00:03:40,045 --> 00:03:41,308 Oh, I can't even show them to you. 73 00:03:41,351 --> 00:03:42,787 You shouldn't look at that stuff, Mom, 74 00:03:42,831 --> 00:03:44,659 -it upsets you. -No, what upsets me 75 00:03:44,702 --> 00:03:47,792 -is the idea of you on the road being reckless. -Oh. 76 00:03:47,836 --> 00:03:49,838 And that's why I... 77 00:03:49,881 --> 00:03:52,144 I'm going to need your keys, Archie. 78 00:03:52,188 --> 00:03:54,190 You're not going to drive that hot rod anymore. 79 00:03:54,234 --> 00:03:56,975 Mom. Whoa! Now, Mom, I'm a safe driver. 80 00:03:57,019 --> 00:03:58,325 It's not a hot rod. 81 00:03:58,368 --> 00:03:59,761 It's barely a cut above a jalopy-- 82 00:03:59,804 --> 00:04:02,024 It's got fire painted on its doors. 83 00:04:02,067 --> 00:04:04,374 -Mom. -Keys. Now. 84 00:04:09,814 --> 00:04:11,468 ["That's Alright Mama" playing] 85 00:04:15,255 --> 00:04:17,822 ♪ Well, that's All right, Mama ♪ 86 00:04:17,866 --> 00:04:20,129 ♪ That's all right for you ♪ 87 00:04:20,172 --> 00:04:24,046 ♪ That's all right, mama Just anyway you do ♪ 88 00:04:24,089 --> 00:04:27,397 ♪ That's all right That's all right ♪ 89 00:04:27,441 --> 00:04:29,181 [honking] 90 00:04:29,225 --> 00:04:34,491 ♪ That's all right now, Mama Anyway you do ♪ 91 00:04:36,058 --> 00:04:38,539 ♪ Well, Mama she done told me ♪ 92 00:04:38,582 --> 00:04:40,889 ♪ Papa done told me too ♪ 93 00:04:40,932 --> 00:04:43,152 ♪ Son, that gal Your foolin' with ♪ 94 00:04:43,195 --> 00:04:44,849 ♪ She ain't no good for you ♪ 95 00:04:44,893 --> 00:04:48,462 ♪ But that's all right That's all right ♪ 96 00:04:48,505 --> 00:04:50,246 [school bell ringing] 97 00:04:52,204 --> 00:04:53,771 [Toni] What do you think, Betty? 98 00:04:53,815 --> 00:04:57,079 Toni, your writing is remarkable. 99 00:04:57,122 --> 00:05:02,258 This is the most important piece of reporting that I've read in my two years 100 00:05:02,302 --> 00:05:03,912 as editor-in-chief at the Blue and Gold. 101 00:05:03,955 --> 00:05:06,784 But we've tried covering Emmett Till before. 102 00:05:06,828 --> 00:05:11,049 Both times Principal Featherhead has vetoed the stories. 103 00:05:11,093 --> 00:05:16,054 Betty, I heard Mamie Till give the most incredible, inspiring speech 104 00:05:16,098 --> 00:05:18,753 after the verdict was delivered. 105 00:05:18,796 --> 00:05:20,276 And I got a chance to interview people 106 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:22,191 that knew Emmett personally, 107 00:05:22,234 --> 00:05:25,934 his friends, his neighbors. 108 00:05:25,977 --> 00:05:28,153 And I made them a promise I would help tell his story. 109 00:05:29,894 --> 00:05:31,896 I agree wholeheartedly. 110 00:05:34,116 --> 00:05:35,987 I'll make an appointment for us with Featherhead. 111 00:05:37,598 --> 00:05:40,034 [man on film] This is a squirrel mill. 112 00:05:40,078 --> 00:05:42,777 A mill is a hot rod or souped-up jalopy which was once just a car. 113 00:05:44,605 --> 00:05:46,215 Well, it should happen to all... 114 00:05:46,258 --> 00:05:48,739 Mrs. Thornton, I'm sorry to interrupt your class, 115 00:05:48,783 --> 00:05:53,875 but I did want to personally introduce a new student to our Riverdale High family. 116 00:05:53,918 --> 00:05:56,573 She's just moved here from sunny Los Angeles. 117 00:06:11,196 --> 00:06:12,676 [Jughead] Damn. 118 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:14,635 Even in 1955, Veronica Lodge knew 119 00:06:14,678 --> 00:06:16,158 how to make an entrance. 120 00:06:16,201 --> 00:06:18,421 Enchante,I'm sure. 121 00:06:18,465 --> 00:06:20,423 Thank you, Principal Featherhead. 122 00:06:20,467 --> 00:06:22,033 Now, before you ask, 123 00:06:22,077 --> 00:06:24,775 yes, I am that Veronica Lodge, 124 00:06:24,819 --> 00:06:27,648 the daughter of Hiram and Hermione Lodge, 125 00:06:27,691 --> 00:06:32,261 the married stars of America's number-one rated television program, Oh Mija! 126 00:06:32,304 --> 00:06:33,828 For the foreseeable future, 127 00:06:33,871 --> 00:06:35,960 I will be staying with my auntie and uncle 128 00:06:36,004 --> 00:06:37,745 at the Pembrooke in downtown Riverdale. 129 00:06:38,485 --> 00:06:40,748 Why? Well, 130 00:06:40,791 --> 00:06:44,926 you may have heard about MGM's upcoming film adaptation of Our Town. 131 00:06:44,969 --> 00:06:49,757 Though I can't confirm that the lead role of innocent ingenue Emily Webb 132 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:51,498 has already been cast 133 00:06:51,541 --> 00:06:54,326 with a certain raven-haired starlet, namely moi, 134 00:06:54,370 --> 00:06:57,112 I did feel it was an opportune time 135 00:06:57,155 --> 00:06:59,027 to take a sabbatical from Hollywood 136 00:06:59,070 --> 00:07:03,423 and get a feel for small-town life. 137 00:07:03,466 --> 00:07:05,816 But please, I beg of you treat me as one of your own, 138 00:07:05,860 --> 00:07:08,819 not as a scion of Tinseltown royalty. 139 00:07:11,169 --> 00:07:12,649 Thank you. 140 00:07:36,368 --> 00:07:38,370 Mind if I join you? 141 00:07:38,414 --> 00:07:39,763 -Actually-- -Yeah, sure. 142 00:07:42,113 --> 00:07:43,637 I believe I caught on your names 143 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:45,682 in Mrs. Thornton's class. 144 00:07:45,726 --> 00:07:47,945 Archie. Betty. 145 00:07:47,989 --> 00:07:49,947 Kevin. Julian. 146 00:07:52,602 --> 00:07:54,256 Hmm. 147 00:07:54,299 --> 00:07:55,344 Remind me, what's yours again? 148 00:07:56,563 --> 00:07:58,303 -Cheryl. -That's right, Cheryl. 149 00:07:59,435 --> 00:08:01,742 So, what are we dishing about? 150 00:08:01,785 --> 00:08:05,049 -Clue me in. -James Dean's untimely passing, of course. 151 00:08:05,093 --> 00:08:07,443 I am the president of his fan club here at Riverdale High. 152 00:08:07,487 --> 00:08:09,793 Your parents' show is hilarious. 153 00:08:09,837 --> 00:08:11,403 We tune in every week. 154 00:08:11,447 --> 00:08:12,709 You and everyone else, 155 00:08:12,753 --> 00:08:14,581 if Mr. Nielsen is to be believed. 156 00:08:14,624 --> 00:08:16,191 Where in Los Angeles did you live? 157 00:08:16,234 --> 00:08:17,801 Bel Air. 158 00:08:17,845 --> 00:08:20,195 In a ghastly old mansion Vincent Price used to own. 159 00:08:20,238 --> 00:08:22,327 Is that close to where James Dean lived? 160 00:08:22,371 --> 00:08:24,286 Wait, you didn't know James Dean, did you? 161 00:08:24,329 --> 00:08:25,766 [Cheryl] Kevin, don't be so provincial. 162 00:08:25,809 --> 00:08:27,594 James Dean was a movie star. 163 00:08:27,637 --> 00:08:29,987 He was friends with Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson. 164 00:08:30,031 --> 00:08:32,250 Actually, Jimmy and I were quite friendly. 165 00:08:32,294 --> 00:08:34,470 We went skinny-dipping in the pool at the Chateau Marmaduke. 166 00:08:34,514 --> 00:08:35,818 [spluttering] 167 00:08:37,952 --> 00:08:40,171 -You went skinny-dipping? -With James Dean? 168 00:08:40,215 --> 00:08:41,869 Once or was it a regular thing? 169 00:08:41,912 --> 00:08:44,567 I suppose next you'll be saying you and Jimmy dated. 170 00:08:44,611 --> 00:08:48,266 No, but he did enjoy playing both sides of the net. 171 00:08:48,310 --> 00:08:50,660 Girls and boys. 172 00:08:50,704 --> 00:08:55,143 Wait. Hang on! Are you suggesting that James Dean was-- 173 00:08:55,186 --> 00:08:56,665 What? I mean, he seemed like 174 00:08:56,710 --> 00:08:59,103 such a regular guy. Like a cowboy, almost. 175 00:08:59,147 --> 00:09:01,584 How dare you besmirch his memory like that? 176 00:09:01,628 --> 00:09:03,499 Don't you be so provincial. 177 00:09:03,543 --> 00:09:05,849 I don't know why I'm so surprised to hear such filthy lies 178 00:09:05,893 --> 00:09:07,982 coming out of the mouth of some wild child 179 00:09:08,025 --> 00:09:09,331 who grew up surrounded by perverts 180 00:09:09,374 --> 00:09:12,290 going to sex parties and orgies! 181 00:09:12,334 --> 00:09:14,989 Now, if you'll excuse me, I have lost my appetite. 182 00:09:19,341 --> 00:09:20,342 What about Sal Mineo? 183 00:09:22,213 --> 00:09:24,041 [school bell ringing] 184 00:09:24,085 --> 00:09:25,695 Remember, the astronomy club is meeting after school today. 185 00:09:25,739 --> 00:09:27,044 We will be bringing something ideas to fundraise 186 00:09:27,088 --> 00:09:28,306 so we can purchase new telescope 187 00:09:28,350 --> 00:09:29,307 before Bailey's Comet arrives. 188 00:09:30,961 --> 00:09:32,572 B-Bailey's Comet is coming again? 189 00:09:34,008 --> 00:09:35,400 Guys! 190 00:09:35,444 --> 00:09:36,750 When? 191 00:09:36,793 --> 00:09:38,273 Oh, not for two years, Mr. Jones. 192 00:09:38,316 --> 00:09:39,883 But it's an extremely expensive telescope, 193 00:09:39,927 --> 00:09:41,537 and this will be the only opportunity 194 00:09:41,581 --> 00:09:43,713 we'll have to see the comet in our lifetime. 195 00:09:43,757 --> 00:09:44,627 We mustn't miss it. 196 00:09:47,021 --> 00:09:49,501 Hey, Veronica, can I walk you home? 197 00:09:49,545 --> 00:09:51,808 [scoffs] Walk? 198 00:09:51,852 --> 00:09:53,810 Do I look like the kind of girl who walks home? 199 00:09:53,854 --> 00:09:54,898 Ready, Ronnie? 200 00:09:54,942 --> 00:09:56,900 Thanks for the offer, Archie, 201 00:09:56,944 --> 00:09:58,728 but as you can see, I've already secured an escort home. 202 00:10:00,077 --> 00:10:02,384 Um, excuse me. 203 00:10:02,427 --> 00:10:04,734 And how do you expect me to get home, dear brother? 204 00:10:04,778 --> 00:10:05,648 You got two feet, don't you? 205 00:10:07,041 --> 00:10:07,911 Use them or lose them. 206 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:21,229 I'm sorry. 207 00:10:21,272 --> 00:10:24,624 Miss Topaz, Miss Cooper, 208 00:10:24,667 --> 00:10:26,887 but I gave your article to Dr. Werthers for review, 209 00:10:26,930 --> 00:10:28,845 and we both agree, 210 00:10:28,889 --> 00:10:31,674 it's not suitable for publication. 211 00:10:31,718 --> 00:10:37,767 Toni's reporting is, it's thorough, insightful, balanced. 212 00:10:37,811 --> 00:10:42,076 Be that as it may, as a child psychologist, 213 00:10:42,119 --> 00:10:45,427 it's my expert opinion that the details of the Emmett Till case 214 00:10:45,470 --> 00:10:48,038 are far too violent and disturbing 215 00:10:48,082 --> 00:10:50,737 for young, impressionable minds. 216 00:10:50,780 --> 00:10:54,262 People, your students, need to understand 217 00:10:54,305 --> 00:10:56,525 the gravity of what happens so it doesn't happen again... 218 00:10:57,221 --> 00:10:58,919 here. 219 00:10:58,962 --> 00:11:01,791 These sorts of things don't happen in Riverdale. 220 00:11:03,358 --> 00:11:05,142 And may I remind you that we were 221 00:11:05,186 --> 00:11:07,579 one of the first high schools in the country to integrate. 222 00:11:08,755 --> 00:11:11,235 -Isn't that enough? -Hardly. 223 00:11:11,279 --> 00:11:13,455 We don't have any Black teachers. 224 00:11:13,498 --> 00:11:16,153 We don't study or learn about Black authors. 225 00:11:16,197 --> 00:11:19,548 Change doesn't happen overnight, Miss Topaz. 226 00:11:19,591 --> 00:11:22,769 Your article's very well-written. 227 00:11:22,812 --> 00:11:24,771 Surely you can find some satisfaction in that. 228 00:11:29,993 --> 00:11:33,344 Mom, Dad, you haven't said anything. 229 00:11:33,388 --> 00:11:35,477 Did you read the article my friend Toni wrote? 230 00:11:37,697 --> 00:11:39,089 Yes, we did, honey. 231 00:11:43,790 --> 00:11:44,616 And? 232 00:11:46,053 --> 00:11:49,534 And it was very well-written. 233 00:11:49,578 --> 00:11:51,536 -Extremely well-written. -Mm-hmm. 234 00:11:51,580 --> 00:11:52,886 So you'll read it on the air, Dad? 235 00:11:55,105 --> 00:11:59,588 Jeez, hon, we only get 15 minutes of airtime a night. 236 00:11:59,631 --> 00:12:05,159 Do we really need to spend one minute on a story that... 237 00:12:05,202 --> 00:12:07,814 well, has nothing to do with us? 238 00:12:07,857 --> 00:12:10,773 Dad, everyone watches your nightly broadcast. 239 00:12:10,817 --> 00:12:12,993 Imagine the impact it would have 240 00:12:13,036 --> 00:12:16,431 if you, the face of RIVW, talked about Emmett Till. 241 00:12:16,474 --> 00:12:20,304 [chuckles nervously] Elizabeth, it's not that simple, honey. 242 00:12:20,348 --> 00:12:22,567 I mean, you know very well that we have to run 243 00:12:22,611 --> 00:12:24,134 every single one of our stories 244 00:12:24,178 --> 00:12:26,267 past our sponsors for approval. 245 00:12:26,310 --> 00:12:29,574 And I'm sorry, this is just not in their bailiwick. 246 00:12:29,618 --> 00:12:30,880 Your sponsors, you're talking about 247 00:12:30,924 --> 00:12:33,143 The Blossoms, Blossom Maple Syrup. 248 00:12:33,187 --> 00:12:34,797 But if we lose their support, 249 00:12:34,841 --> 00:12:38,801 RIVW won't be able to expand its programming. 250 00:12:38,845 --> 00:12:42,631 Hmm. You won't be able to give yourself a raise, you mean. 251 00:12:42,674 --> 00:12:46,940 Betty. Darling, why is this so important to you? 252 00:12:46,983 --> 00:12:51,596 Because what happened to Emmett Till was a complete injustice. 253 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:53,555 A crime emblematic of everything 254 00:12:53,598 --> 00:12:55,862 that's wrong with this country. 255 00:12:55,905 --> 00:12:57,515 And nobody except my friend Toni 256 00:12:57,559 --> 00:12:59,169 and her friends seem to care about it. 257 00:13:03,565 --> 00:13:05,523 [Archie] You know, this might sound crazy, Jug. 258 00:13:05,567 --> 00:13:08,004 The first time that I saw her, 259 00:13:08,048 --> 00:13:10,702 I felt like I was hit by a thunderbolt or something. 260 00:13:10,746 --> 00:13:13,227 Shazam! 261 00:13:13,270 --> 00:13:15,359 But how is a guy like me going to get anywhere 262 00:13:15,403 --> 00:13:17,448 with a girl like Veronica Lodge if I'm riding a damn bicycle? 263 00:13:17,492 --> 00:13:19,886 [Archie grunts] 264 00:13:19,929 --> 00:13:22,149 That's why I'm sneaking this baby out tonight. 265 00:13:22,192 --> 00:13:24,368 [Jughead] I admit, while Archie poured his heart out to me, 266 00:13:24,412 --> 00:13:26,283 I was racking my brains. 267 00:13:26,327 --> 00:13:28,590 If Bailey's Comet was what sent us all to the past, 268 00:13:28,633 --> 00:13:30,984 Bailey's Comet might be able to send us back to the future. 269 00:13:31,027 --> 00:13:32,681 But I needed help. 270 00:13:32,724 --> 00:13:34,422 But with my friends unaware of their former lives, 271 00:13:34,465 --> 00:13:36,990 how can I make them remember? 272 00:13:37,033 --> 00:13:39,383 It would take some kind of tangible proof to jolt them awake, but what? 273 00:13:39,427 --> 00:13:42,299 Jug, have you seen my dad's hammer? I need to smack this dent out. 274 00:13:42,343 --> 00:13:43,953 Your dad's hammer? 275 00:13:43,997 --> 00:13:45,912 Did everyone bring an item? 276 00:13:45,955 --> 00:13:49,611 Putting in a guitar pick and a hammer from my dad's toolbox. 277 00:13:51,352 --> 00:13:52,701 [Jughead] It was a long shot. 278 00:13:52,744 --> 00:13:54,268 But could that time capsule we buried 279 00:13:54,311 --> 00:13:56,096 graduation weekend, possibly have survived 280 00:13:56,139 --> 00:13:58,881 whatever cosmic event sent us back to 1955? 281 00:13:58,925 --> 00:14:01,710 The items in that capsule might trigger their memories. 282 00:14:01,753 --> 00:14:03,016 Do you have a shovel that I could borrow? 283 00:14:05,845 --> 00:14:06,671 [grunts] 284 00:14:08,064 --> 00:14:08,978 [clangs] 285 00:14:22,949 --> 00:14:24,037 [grunting] 286 00:14:28,345 --> 00:14:30,130 [gasping] 287 00:14:30,782 --> 00:14:31,696 Thank God! 288 00:14:52,543 --> 00:14:54,197 [Veronica] Well, well, well. 289 00:14:54,241 --> 00:14:55,938 Color me curious. 290 00:14:55,982 --> 00:14:58,332 The all-American boy is secretly a hot-rodder. 291 00:14:58,375 --> 00:15:00,464 I was hoping I could maybe give you a ride home today. 292 00:15:02,118 --> 00:15:03,250 Consider it a date. 293 00:15:03,293 --> 00:15:05,208 [Jughead] Archie. Veronica. 294 00:15:05,252 --> 00:15:06,906 I'm holding an emergency meeting in the music room. Hurry! 295 00:15:09,082 --> 00:15:10,300 Who is that person again? 296 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:19,353 [Betty] What is all this junk, Jughead? 297 00:15:19,396 --> 00:15:22,008 These headlines are like Dr. Seuss. 298 00:15:22,051 --> 00:15:23,792 Just take a moment. Look at what you're holding. 299 00:15:26,447 --> 00:15:30,059 Do you remember anything? Do you... Do you feel anything? 300 00:15:30,103 --> 00:15:33,671 I mean, I like the jacket, but I've never seen this before in my life. 301 00:15:33,715 --> 00:15:35,673 I've been to a lot of movie sets, 302 00:15:35,717 --> 00:15:39,590 so I know a good prop when I see one, and these are okay. 303 00:15:39,634 --> 00:15:41,941 -They're not props. -Hedwig and the Angry Inch. 304 00:15:41,984 --> 00:15:43,377 I don't get it. An "inch" of what? 305 00:15:43,420 --> 00:15:44,682 When did you even get a chance 306 00:15:44,726 --> 00:15:46,554 to bury my dad's hammer in a cooler? 307 00:15:46,597 --> 00:15:48,338 I didn't. You did. 308 00:15:48,382 --> 00:15:51,776 We all buried something of emotional significance 309 00:15:51,820 --> 00:15:55,693 in that time capsule 67 years ago. 310 00:15:55,737 --> 00:15:58,000 -But in the future. -The future? 311 00:15:58,044 --> 00:16:00,437 Yeah. Yes. 312 00:16:00,481 --> 00:16:01,917 This is gonna sound nuts, okay? 313 00:16:01,961 --> 00:16:03,353 Just hear me out. 314 00:16:03,397 --> 00:16:05,312 Thanks to a cataclysmic event, 315 00:16:05,355 --> 00:16:08,402 all of us, we were all sent back in time... 316 00:16:10,056 --> 00:16:12,493 to maybe an alternate parallel universe. 317 00:16:16,062 --> 00:16:20,153 And we need to get back to our future. 318 00:16:20,196 --> 00:16:22,764 Our present. I... I was hoping that by showing 319 00:16:22,807 --> 00:16:25,549 you guys these objects, it would help jog your memory. 320 00:16:25,593 --> 00:16:27,421 Okay. What's your object? What did you bury? 321 00:16:27,464 --> 00:16:29,118 It was a yarn beanie. 322 00:16:29,162 --> 00:16:31,338 But for whatever reason, it wasn't in the time capsule. 323 00:16:31,381 --> 00:16:32,339 Oh. 324 00:16:33,949 --> 00:16:35,429 All right. I'll play along. 325 00:16:35,472 --> 00:16:37,126 Yeah. Okay. 326 00:16:37,170 --> 00:16:39,476 In the future, who's more famous? 327 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:40,825 Me or Elizabeth Taylor? 328 00:16:40,869 --> 00:16:42,175 Never mind her. She just got here. 329 00:16:42,218 --> 00:16:43,785 Bird's-eye view. What's the future like? 330 00:16:44,742 --> 00:16:45,613 Um... 331 00:16:46,657 --> 00:16:47,963 Where do I start? Uh... 332 00:16:49,486 --> 00:16:50,879 Okay. 333 00:16:50,922 --> 00:16:52,968 We don't use regular phones anymore. 334 00:16:53,012 --> 00:16:54,622 We use something called smartphones, 335 00:16:54,665 --> 00:16:56,928 which we can carry around everywhere with us. 336 00:16:56,972 --> 00:16:59,627 And, ironically, we don't even call people on them. 337 00:16:59,670 --> 00:17:03,109 We just send texts, which are like messages 338 00:17:03,152 --> 00:17:05,241 and listen to music on Spotify 339 00:17:05,285 --> 00:17:06,851 and, oh, the Internet. 340 00:17:06,895 --> 00:17:08,679 The Internet is like, um, 341 00:17:08,723 --> 00:17:10,855 having an entire encyclopedia at your fingertips. 342 00:17:10,898 --> 00:17:12,161 Well, maybe tell us about us. 343 00:17:12,204 --> 00:17:13,815 What were we like in the future? 344 00:17:13,858 --> 00:17:16,470 Okay. Archie joins the Army and fought in a war. 345 00:17:16,512 --> 00:17:18,646 Betty, you were in the FBI 346 00:17:18,689 --> 00:17:20,909 and you were hunting down serial killers, 347 00:17:20,952 --> 00:17:23,520 which I guess is a term that doesn't exist yet. 348 00:17:23,564 --> 00:17:25,566 Veronica, you owned a casino. 349 00:17:25,608 --> 00:17:27,089 But before that, a speakeasy, 350 00:17:27,133 --> 00:17:29,570 which Toni bought and turned into a biker bar. 351 00:17:29,613 --> 00:17:35,184 Kevin, you directed, uh, some musicals, 352 00:17:35,228 --> 00:17:39,101 and were in an organ-harvesting cult. 353 00:17:39,145 --> 00:17:40,798 Huh! Oh! 354 00:17:40,842 --> 00:17:42,887 Okay. What about me? 355 00:17:42,931 --> 00:17:47,457 Uh, you were possessed by your ancestor and... and became a witch. 356 00:17:48,676 --> 00:17:50,199 Oh. 357 00:17:50,243 --> 00:17:52,593 If that's what we were doing in the future, 358 00:17:52,636 --> 00:17:54,682 why would we want to go back? We sound miserable. 359 00:17:54,725 --> 00:17:56,858 Yeah, and how would that even happen? 360 00:17:56,901 --> 00:17:58,294 Okay, I... I have an idea. 361 00:17:58,338 --> 00:18:00,166 Now, it's a crazy one, but it might work. 362 00:18:00,209 --> 00:18:02,777 So, short of waiting for Bailey's Comet to return, 363 00:18:02,820 --> 00:18:06,737 the other way that we could break through the space-time barrier 364 00:18:06,781 --> 00:18:09,088 is by getting Archie and Betty 365 00:18:09,131 --> 00:18:13,309 to make out on top of Archie's bed, 366 00:18:13,353 --> 00:18:16,269 and then we blow up a bomb underneath them. 367 00:18:16,312 --> 00:18:18,358 [Betty scoffs] 368 00:18:18,401 --> 00:18:20,447 All right, Jug. That's enough, man. 369 00:18:20,490 --> 00:18:22,144 -Let's go for a walk. -You're not going to beat me up, are you? 370 00:18:22,188 --> 00:18:23,667 Because you're really violent in the future. 371 00:18:23,711 --> 00:18:25,365 What? No, we're gonna talk. 372 00:18:25,408 --> 00:18:27,758 -Come on. -[Jughead] Just... Just look at that. 373 00:18:27,802 --> 00:18:30,848 -You don't understand! -No, Jug, you don't understand. 374 00:18:30,892 --> 00:18:32,589 We are not from the future. 375 00:18:32,633 --> 00:18:35,462 Jughead, it's 1955. 376 00:18:35,505 --> 00:18:36,941 And things are hard enough to figure out 377 00:18:36,985 --> 00:18:38,900 without your crazy stories 378 00:18:38,943 --> 00:18:40,771 about time traveling 379 00:18:40,815 --> 00:18:44,558 and other universes. And setting off bombs? 380 00:18:44,601 --> 00:18:47,430 I mean, for Pete's sake, Jughead. If you're not careful, 381 00:18:47,474 --> 00:18:50,346 people might start thinking you belong in the loony bin with the other nutjobs. 382 00:18:51,217 --> 00:18:52,087 You think I'm crazy? 383 00:18:52,783 --> 00:18:55,482 No, I, uh... 384 00:18:55,525 --> 00:18:58,746 I just, I think you have an overactive imagination, is all. 385 00:19:00,356 --> 00:19:01,792 And look, you should keep writing 386 00:19:01,836 --> 00:19:03,054 your comic books and your stories 387 00:19:03,098 --> 00:19:04,752 instead of trying to convince us 388 00:19:04,795 --> 00:19:06,101 that we're trapped in some kind of 389 00:19:06,145 --> 00:19:08,147 science-fiction picture show. 390 00:19:08,190 --> 00:19:10,410 Jug, life's good. 391 00:19:10,453 --> 00:19:14,109 It's not perfect, but... but what is? 392 00:19:14,153 --> 00:19:16,720 Well, just trust me on this one, will you, bud, please? 393 00:19:16,764 --> 00:19:17,939 Yeah. 394 00:19:19,506 --> 00:19:20,811 -Yeah, no... -Yeah? 395 00:19:22,335 --> 00:19:23,162 Attaboy. 396 00:19:28,863 --> 00:19:30,343 I feel like all I'm doing lately 397 00:19:30,386 --> 00:19:32,649 is apologizing to you, Toni. 398 00:19:32,693 --> 00:19:35,435 But... my parents say they wouldn't be able 399 00:19:35,478 --> 00:19:37,480 to get your story past The Blossoms, 400 00:19:37,524 --> 00:19:40,179 and they sponsor the nightly news, so... 401 00:19:40,222 --> 00:19:42,572 Well, I'm not surprised. 402 00:19:42,616 --> 00:19:45,140 When Emmett was murdered, nobody wanted to talk about it 403 00:19:45,184 --> 00:19:47,577 and nobody wanted to hear about it. 404 00:19:47,621 --> 00:19:51,538 It took Mrs. Till publishing her son's funeral pictures 405 00:19:51,581 --> 00:19:54,018 for people to finally wake up. 406 00:19:54,062 --> 00:19:55,846 I don't think I know about that. 407 00:19:55,890 --> 00:19:57,283 Before Emmett was buried, 408 00:19:57,326 --> 00:19:59,328 his mother asked for an open casket 409 00:19:59,372 --> 00:20:01,635 so people could see what was done to her son. 410 00:20:03,158 --> 00:20:07,641 How he'd been beaten, tortured and disfigured. 411 00:20:11,079 --> 00:20:15,605 Toni, do you have copies of those pictures? 412 00:20:16,519 --> 00:20:18,217 At home. 413 00:20:18,260 --> 00:20:19,740 From when they were in a newsletter. 414 00:20:21,742 --> 00:20:23,134 Are you sure you want to see them? 415 00:20:27,748 --> 00:20:29,489 [French song playing faintly] 416 00:20:32,056 --> 00:20:34,102 [sighs] 417 00:20:34,145 --> 00:20:37,540 Why on God's earth are you two in such sullen, sulking moods? 418 00:20:37,584 --> 00:20:39,412 It's not like you're poor. 419 00:20:39,455 --> 00:20:41,675 Julian's mad because that fake stuck-up Veronica Lodge 420 00:20:41,718 --> 00:20:43,894 -ditched him for a date with Archie Andrews. -[Julian] Mm. 421 00:20:43,938 --> 00:20:46,593 Cheryl's mad because suddenly she's not the most beautiful, 422 00:20:46,636 --> 00:20:49,030 most interesting girl at Riverdale High anymore. 423 00:20:49,073 --> 00:20:51,075 -As if she ever was. -[scoffs] 424 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:54,905 Anyway, these inane movie magazines came in the mail for you. 425 00:20:54,949 --> 00:20:56,385 Perhaps they'll cheer you up. 426 00:20:57,952 --> 00:20:59,258 [footsteps receding] 427 00:21:01,956 --> 00:21:02,826 [Cheryl chuckles] 428 00:21:06,743 --> 00:21:07,614 [chuckles softly] 429 00:21:09,703 --> 00:21:11,487 ♪ Well, I saw my baby walking ♪ 430 00:21:12,793 --> 00:21:14,925 ♪ With another man today... ♪ 431 00:21:14,969 --> 00:21:17,493 -They're good, right? -Delicious. 432 00:21:17,537 --> 00:21:19,756 Honestly, I think these onion rings might be 433 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:21,367 better than the ones at the Brown Derby. 434 00:21:22,585 --> 00:21:25,109 Wow. What's the Brown Derby? 435 00:21:25,153 --> 00:21:28,939 It's a chain of restaurants that Gloria Swanson's husband started in Los Angeles. 436 00:21:30,027 --> 00:21:31,290 Who's Gloria Swanson? 437 00:21:33,292 --> 00:21:35,511 You know what? Let's skip it. 438 00:21:35,555 --> 00:21:38,819 Enough Hollywood talk. I want to hear about you. 439 00:21:38,862 --> 00:21:41,300 Tell me everything there is to know about Archie Andrews. 440 00:21:41,343 --> 00:21:44,172 The hot-rodder next door. What do you do for fun? 441 00:21:44,215 --> 00:21:46,217 Well, I work on my car. 442 00:21:46,261 --> 00:21:47,784 I like sports. 443 00:21:47,828 --> 00:21:51,135 Um... I come here to Pop's. 444 00:21:51,179 --> 00:21:53,355 And I hang out at Sweetwater River. 445 00:21:53,399 --> 00:21:54,225 Yeah. 446 00:21:55,270 --> 00:21:56,402 To skinny dip, I hope. 447 00:21:56,445 --> 00:21:57,881 [both chuckle] 448 00:21:57,925 --> 00:21:59,753 Mostly to fish. 449 00:21:59,796 --> 00:22:01,798 My dad and I used to go there together. 450 00:22:01,842 --> 00:22:03,713 You used to? 451 00:22:03,757 --> 00:22:05,715 Yeah, he's not around anymore. 452 00:22:05,759 --> 00:22:08,718 He served in the Korean War and he didn't make it back. 453 00:22:08,762 --> 00:22:11,634 -Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean-- -No, it's okay. 454 00:22:11,678 --> 00:22:12,809 It's okay. You didn't know. 455 00:22:12,853 --> 00:22:14,637 [chuckles softly] 456 00:22:14,681 --> 00:22:16,378 Anyway, it's just me and my mom now. 457 00:22:16,422 --> 00:22:19,250 And she works part-time at the dress shop downtown. 458 00:22:19,294 --> 00:22:22,210 Oh. Well, I will have to pay her a visit. 459 00:22:22,253 --> 00:22:23,472 I'll make sure she gives you a discount. 460 00:22:27,389 --> 00:22:28,477 What about girls? 461 00:22:29,826 --> 00:22:31,785 I mean, as handsome as you are, 462 00:22:31,828 --> 00:22:33,700 I assume you're beating them off with a stick. 463 00:22:34,701 --> 00:22:36,833 Uh... 464 00:22:36,877 --> 00:22:40,707 Well, I'm probably digging myself into a hole here, but, uh... 465 00:22:40,750 --> 00:22:44,101 You know, I've never had a serious girlfriend before. 466 00:22:45,451 --> 00:22:46,277 Really? 467 00:22:46,930 --> 00:22:48,932 Why's that? 468 00:22:48,976 --> 00:22:50,238 I don't know. Maybe I just haven't met the right girl yet. 469 00:22:53,110 --> 00:22:54,155 Until now. 470 00:22:59,769 --> 00:23:00,944 [door opens, bell chimes] 471 00:23:02,642 --> 00:23:04,034 J'accuse! 472 00:23:04,078 --> 00:23:05,079 Excuse me? 473 00:23:06,689 --> 00:23:08,212 Cheryl, what is your problem? 474 00:23:08,256 --> 00:23:09,823 She is my problem, Archie. 475 00:23:09,866 --> 00:23:12,042 Veronica Lodge is nothing but a liar and a fraud. 476 00:23:12,086 --> 00:23:15,785 And I'm going to make sure the entire world knows it. 477 00:23:15,829 --> 00:23:17,613 You're not starring in Our Town. 478 00:23:17,657 --> 00:23:20,137 Natalie Wood is. It says so right there. 479 00:23:20,181 --> 00:23:22,096 You've been lying to us ever since you got here. 480 00:23:22,139 --> 00:23:25,404 Which makes me wonder, why are you actually in Riverdale? 481 00:23:25,447 --> 00:23:27,362 Was it really your choice or 482 00:23:27,406 --> 00:23:29,451 did your parents banish you because they were fed up 483 00:23:29,495 --> 00:23:32,236 with their lying liar of a spoiled brat daughter? 484 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:33,586 [all gasping] 485 00:23:39,679 --> 00:23:41,637 Hey, it's... It's okay. 486 00:23:41,681 --> 00:23:44,118 -That's just... It's sort of what Cheryl's like. -[sobs] 487 00:23:44,161 --> 00:23:45,859 But don't worry, no one takes her seriously. 488 00:23:45,902 --> 00:23:47,600 In this case, she's right, though. 489 00:23:49,384 --> 00:23:53,649 I haven't been entirely honest with you guys. 490 00:23:53,693 --> 00:23:57,436 The truth is, my parents did banish me. 491 00:23:58,393 --> 00:23:59,873 Why would they do that? 492 00:23:59,916 --> 00:24:02,963 Because I am a problem, 493 00:24:03,006 --> 00:24:05,792 and when problems interfere with their lives, 494 00:24:05,835 --> 00:24:08,142 they make them go away. 495 00:24:08,185 --> 00:24:11,145 In a way, it feels like they've been 496 00:24:11,188 --> 00:24:14,583 making me go away since I was born. 497 00:24:14,627 --> 00:24:16,803 Ignoring me and sidelining me 498 00:24:16,846 --> 00:24:21,634 since they... started that damn show of theirs. 499 00:24:21,677 --> 00:24:25,072 [sighs] So I began acting out 500 00:24:25,115 --> 00:24:28,423 like some spoiled little rich girl to get their attention. 501 00:24:28,467 --> 00:24:31,644 And the straw that finally broke the camel's back 502 00:24:31,687 --> 00:24:36,257 and made my parents ship me across the country was... 503 00:24:37,998 --> 00:24:39,303 the accident. 504 00:24:39,347 --> 00:24:41,828 With James Dean? You were in the car? 505 00:24:41,871 --> 00:24:47,181 No, I was part of a convoy of some other good-time girls. [chuckles] 506 00:24:47,224 --> 00:24:51,185 We were going to cheer Jimmy on at a race in Salinas. 507 00:24:51,228 --> 00:24:53,753 Anyway, to keep my name out of the papers, 508 00:24:53,796 --> 00:24:57,060 my parents spirited me away 509 00:24:57,104 --> 00:24:59,236 and put me on a private plane to Riverdale. 510 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:01,369 -To live with your aunt and uncle. -[chuckles] 511 00:25:01,412 --> 00:25:03,632 They don't exist, Archie. 512 00:25:03,676 --> 00:25:06,766 This is my parent's place. 513 00:25:06,809 --> 00:25:11,814 I can't... believe they would do that. 514 00:25:11,858 --> 00:25:15,165 I mean, exile you to live alone. 515 00:25:15,209 --> 00:25:17,167 Like a fairy tale princess, I guess. 516 00:25:17,211 --> 00:25:19,474 [both chuckle] 517 00:25:19,518 --> 00:25:22,521 The show is their real baby, Archie. Not me. 518 00:25:26,307 --> 00:25:27,569 [door creaking] 519 00:25:33,096 --> 00:25:34,010 Archie. 520 00:25:35,925 --> 00:25:36,796 Mom. 521 00:25:37,753 --> 00:25:39,146 [pants] 522 00:25:39,189 --> 00:25:41,844 -What are you doing up? -Waiting for you. 523 00:25:41,888 --> 00:25:44,934 I went into the garage to get a screwdriver, 524 00:25:44,978 --> 00:25:47,328 and I saw that you'd taken your car out. 525 00:25:47,371 --> 00:25:49,896 -Mom, I can explain. -You're grounded, Archie. 526 00:25:51,898 --> 00:25:55,118 Because I took my car out without your permission? 527 00:25:55,162 --> 00:25:58,034 [scoffs] Why is that all of a sudden a criminal offense? 528 00:25:58,078 --> 00:26:00,210 The pictures of James Dean's car crash. 529 00:26:01,777 --> 00:26:03,213 [Mary breathing heavily] 530 00:26:03,257 --> 00:26:07,130 I can't lose you... like I lost your father. 531 00:26:09,393 --> 00:26:11,744 [Mary breathing heavily] 532 00:26:11,787 --> 00:26:14,181 And I can't get a call in the middle of the night 533 00:26:14,224 --> 00:26:17,837 telling me that you wrapped your car around some telephone pole. 534 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:19,752 Come on, Mom. You won't. 535 00:26:19,795 --> 00:26:21,841 -[sighs] -You won't. 536 00:26:21,884 --> 00:26:23,756 And I promise I won't speed. 537 00:26:23,799 --> 00:26:26,193 I won't go drag racing. 538 00:26:26,236 --> 00:26:29,283 In fact, I'll ask Betty to un-soup my car 539 00:26:29,326 --> 00:26:33,504 so that it doesn't go faster than... than... 540 00:26:33,548 --> 00:26:35,245 -Twenty-five miles an hour. -Fifteen. 541 00:26:35,289 --> 00:26:36,682 Twenty. 542 00:26:36,725 --> 00:26:40,033 -Deal. -Deal. 543 00:26:40,076 --> 00:26:41,817 -Twenty. Sounds great. -Yeah. Okay. 544 00:26:42,992 --> 00:26:44,559 [Archie chuckles, kisses] 545 00:26:48,650 --> 00:26:50,913 [upbeat music playing on TV] 546 00:26:50,957 --> 00:26:55,483 [man on TV] Oh Mija! Starring Hiram Lodge, Hermione Lodge 547 00:26:55,526 --> 00:26:57,920 and Tillie Temple as Little Ronnie. 548 00:26:57,964 --> 00:26:59,313 Bitch. 549 00:26:59,356 --> 00:27:01,054 [phone ringing] 550 00:27:06,407 --> 00:27:08,148 Hello? 551 00:27:08,191 --> 00:27:09,540 [Hermione] Veronica? Veronica, can you hear me? 552 00:27:09,584 --> 00:27:10,759 Mom? 553 00:27:10,803 --> 00:27:13,109 Yes. Yes, I can. How are you? 554 00:27:13,153 --> 00:27:15,721 -Where are you? -Listen, darling, I only have a minute. 555 00:27:15,764 --> 00:27:19,202 But, um, what's this I'm hearing about a boy at the apartment? 556 00:27:19,246 --> 00:27:22,205 You know we didn't send you to Riverdale to get into more trouble, Veronica. 557 00:27:22,249 --> 00:27:24,599 Mom, please. It was nothing. 558 00:27:24,643 --> 00:27:26,514 He's just a friend from school. 559 00:27:26,557 --> 00:27:30,083 Good, good. That's music to my ears. 560 00:27:30,126 --> 00:27:32,651 Mom, have you decided on Thanksgiving yet? 561 00:27:32,694 --> 00:27:35,175 -I can fly back. -Oh, honey, I'm sorry. I have to go. 562 00:27:35,218 --> 00:27:38,613 Your Uncle Orson just arrived. But please, mija, fly right, 563 00:27:38,657 --> 00:27:41,311 no boys, and we'll see about the holidays. 564 00:27:41,355 --> 00:27:43,836 Talk soon. Kisses. [kisses] 565 00:27:43,879 --> 00:27:44,750 [line disconnects] 566 00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:47,840 [crowd laughing on TV] 567 00:27:48,579 --> 00:27:49,406 [sighs] 568 00:27:52,758 --> 00:27:54,324 [soft piano music playing] 569 00:28:05,596 --> 00:28:08,556 [Betty] Thank you for letting me borrow the newsletter, Toni. 570 00:28:12,081 --> 00:28:13,213 I had no idea. 571 00:28:16,172 --> 00:28:19,915 [Toni] The pictures make it so much more real, don't they? 572 00:28:19,959 --> 00:28:21,917 Can you imagine the strength and courage 573 00:28:21,961 --> 00:28:24,354 it took Mrs. Till to let them be published? 574 00:28:25,791 --> 00:28:26,879 I truly can't. 575 00:28:29,490 --> 00:28:31,840 But it did help me decide that 576 00:28:31,884 --> 00:28:35,235 I'm going to publish your article in the next edition of The Blue and Gold. 577 00:28:35,278 --> 00:28:37,106 Consequences be damned. 578 00:28:37,150 --> 00:28:39,413 I may have a different idea. 579 00:28:39,456 --> 00:28:40,719 Nobody wanted to see these pictures 580 00:28:40,762 --> 00:28:43,112 and Featherhead and The Blossoms 581 00:28:43,156 --> 00:28:46,202 don't want anybody to read my article, fine. 582 00:28:46,246 --> 00:28:48,770 But what about a poem about Emmett Till 583 00:28:48,814 --> 00:28:50,729 read during the morning announcements? 584 00:28:50,772 --> 00:28:54,123 -But Cheryl does the morning announcements. -Exactly. Look, 585 00:28:54,167 --> 00:28:58,780 I don't know her well, but she's going to make up for her parents' cowardice. 586 00:28:58,824 --> 00:29:00,477 You want to help me with an ambush? 587 00:29:05,352 --> 00:29:07,310 Hey, Jughead. 588 00:29:08,050 --> 00:29:10,966 Tabitha. Hi. 589 00:29:11,010 --> 00:29:13,534 You remember that offer you made me before 590 00:29:13,577 --> 00:29:15,928 to help out in any way that you can? 591 00:29:15,971 --> 00:29:18,539 Oh, yeah. Yes, uh, of course. 592 00:29:18,582 --> 00:29:23,152 Well, the NAACP asked Emmett Till's mother to travel around the country 593 00:29:23,196 --> 00:29:25,894 to speak about what happened to her son, 594 00:29:25,938 --> 00:29:29,419 and my folks are joining the tour to pitch in. 595 00:29:31,465 --> 00:29:35,164 I've decided that I want to go with them. 596 00:29:36,862 --> 00:29:39,429 After I help Toni with a little something. 597 00:29:39,473 --> 00:29:42,084 Wow. That's incredible. 598 00:29:42,128 --> 00:29:44,957 -They're going to let you drop out of school? -No. 599 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,960 But I got special permission from Featherhead. 600 00:29:48,003 --> 00:29:49,439 I'll have my books with me, 601 00:29:49,483 --> 00:29:51,920 but I would love to have a friend help me 602 00:29:51,964 --> 00:29:53,443 stay on top of everything. 603 00:29:53,487 --> 00:29:55,881 Okay. Yeah, I'll do it. 604 00:29:55,924 --> 00:29:58,100 [chuckles] Thank you. 605 00:29:58,144 --> 00:29:59,972 I so appreciate it. 606 00:30:00,015 --> 00:30:02,235 -I'll be in touch, okay? -Awesome. 607 00:30:02,278 --> 00:30:04,628 I mean, um, swell. 608 00:30:11,592 --> 00:30:13,724 Hey, Cheryl. 609 00:30:13,768 --> 00:30:15,857 Can we talk to you for a second? 610 00:30:15,901 --> 00:30:20,775 What can I do for you... Toni, is it? And Betty. 611 00:30:20,819 --> 00:30:24,866 Your family controls our RIVW, which means they control 612 00:30:24,910 --> 00:30:27,042 what Riverdale watches, 613 00:30:27,086 --> 00:30:29,175 and Principal Featherhead 614 00:30:29,218 --> 00:30:31,133 decides what I can and cannot publish in the Blue and Gold. 615 00:30:31,177 --> 00:30:33,396 The powers that be have silenced my article 616 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:37,661 on Emmett Till's murder trial, but you can fix this. 617 00:30:37,705 --> 00:30:40,708 During the morning announcements. 618 00:30:40,751 --> 00:30:43,711 As junior class president, I can't read an article 619 00:30:43,754 --> 00:30:45,626 that Principal Featherhead has already rejected. 620 00:30:45,669 --> 00:30:48,324 Not an article. Something else. 621 00:30:48,368 --> 00:30:50,239 He'd pull the plug. He's done it before. 622 00:30:50,283 --> 00:30:52,459 We'll take care of Featherhead. 623 00:30:52,502 --> 00:30:54,896 All you have to do is let us borrow your soapbox for a few minutes. 624 00:30:57,856 --> 00:30:59,205 What would I be reading? 625 00:31:06,516 --> 00:31:08,170 Good morning, Miss Bell. 626 00:31:08,214 --> 00:31:10,042 Are you ready for the morning announcements? 627 00:31:10,085 --> 00:31:12,305 Apparently, one of your classmates, Tabatha Tate, 628 00:31:12,348 --> 00:31:14,176 has passed out on the football field. 629 00:31:14,220 --> 00:31:16,613 Principal Featherhead is tending to her now. 630 00:31:16,657 --> 00:31:19,442 I'm to bring both him and her some smelling salts. 631 00:31:19,486 --> 00:31:21,140 Ugh, you don't say. 632 00:31:21,183 --> 00:31:22,793 You know how to use a microphone, don't you? 633 00:31:22,837 --> 00:31:24,360 -Indeed, I do. -[sighs in relief] 634 00:31:24,404 --> 00:31:26,101 -Don't worry, Miss Bell. All will be well. -[sighs] 635 00:31:26,928 --> 00:31:27,842 Toodles. 636 00:31:34,849 --> 00:31:36,372 [microphone feedback] 637 00:31:36,416 --> 00:31:38,461 [Cheryl over PA] Good morning, Riverdaleans. 638 00:31:38,505 --> 00:31:42,465 In lieu of our usual morning announcements, I, Cheryl Blossom, 639 00:31:42,509 --> 00:31:44,424 will be turning over my microphone 640 00:31:44,467 --> 00:31:47,775 to one of our classmates, Toni Topaz. 641 00:31:47,818 --> 00:31:50,473 Please give her your undivided attention. 642 00:31:50,517 --> 00:31:51,300 [microphone feedback] 643 00:31:54,738 --> 00:31:58,873 Some of you may have heard what's happening in Mississippi right now. 644 00:31:58,917 --> 00:32:01,745 How a 14-year-old boy, Emmett Till, 645 00:32:01,789 --> 00:32:05,314 was murdered for maybe whistling at a white woman 646 00:32:05,358 --> 00:32:07,838 and how his killers were just acquitted. 647 00:32:07,882 --> 00:32:10,189 I wrote an article about the trial, 648 00:32:10,232 --> 00:32:14,541 and nobody wants you to read it because it is "too upsetting." 649 00:32:14,584 --> 00:32:18,414 So, instead, I'm going to read you a poem that the great American writer 650 00:32:18,458 --> 00:32:22,201 Langston Hughes wrote about Emmett Till. 651 00:32:22,244 --> 00:32:25,073 It's titled Mississippi-1955. 652 00:32:25,117 --> 00:32:31,645 And I hope you hear his words and reflect on them 653 00:32:31,688 --> 00:32:33,386 and talk to each other about them. 654 00:32:38,869 --> 00:32:41,829 "Oh, what sorrow! oh, what pity! 655 00:32:42,612 --> 00:32:44,614 Oh, what pain! 656 00:32:44,658 --> 00:32:48,096 That tears and blood Should mix like rain 657 00:32:48,140 --> 00:32:50,403 And terror come again To Mississippi. 658 00:32:51,317 --> 00:32:52,971 Come again? 659 00:32:53,014 --> 00:32:54,276 Where has terror been? 660 00:32:55,321 --> 00:32:58,063 On vacation? Up North? 661 00:32:58,106 --> 00:33:01,022 In some other section Of the nation, 662 00:33:01,066 --> 00:33:04,199 Lying low, unpublicized? 663 00:33:04,243 --> 00:33:06,723 Masked-with only Jaundiced eyes 664 00:33:06,767 --> 00:33:08,334 Showing through the mask? 665 00:33:09,988 --> 00:33:13,643 Oh, what sorrow, Pity, pain, 666 00:33:13,687 --> 00:33:17,038 That tears and blood Should mix like rain 667 00:33:17,082 --> 00:33:18,997 In Mississippi! 668 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:21,521 And terror, fetid hot, 669 00:33:21,564 --> 00:33:24,176 Yet clammy cold remain." 670 00:33:25,438 --> 00:33:26,743 [students murmuring] 671 00:33:29,355 --> 00:33:31,444 [Jughead] I don't think any of the students at Riverdale High 672 00:33:31,487 --> 00:33:34,099 had ever heard a poem like that. 673 00:33:34,142 --> 00:33:38,016 Hopefully, it was worth whatever blowback the girls were certain to get. 674 00:33:38,059 --> 00:33:42,281 The lies, the insubordination, the trickery. 675 00:33:42,324 --> 00:33:44,718 I did feel sick. 676 00:33:44,761 --> 00:33:47,242 Then I felt better. 677 00:33:47,286 --> 00:33:49,505 Surely you aren't saying that we can't read poems 678 00:33:49,549 --> 00:33:51,420 during the morning announcements. 679 00:33:51,464 --> 00:33:53,640 A poem written by one of our greatest living authors. 680 00:33:53,683 --> 00:33:57,557 All poems read during morning announcements must be approved by me. 681 00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:59,472 This is the first I've heard of any such rule, 682 00:33:59,515 --> 00:34:01,778 but I assure you, moving forward, 683 00:34:01,822 --> 00:34:04,129 all poems will be submitted for your approval. 684 00:34:04,172 --> 00:34:05,434 Cross my heart and hope to die. 685 00:34:08,742 --> 00:34:13,051 I'm not sure what you ladies think you've accomplished. 686 00:34:13,094 --> 00:34:14,965 [Jughead] But something had been accomplished. 687 00:34:15,009 --> 00:34:18,969 Given recent events, it might be fruitful for us to discuss 688 00:34:19,013 --> 00:34:22,277 the poem Langston Hughes wrote about Emmett Till. 689 00:34:27,848 --> 00:34:29,371 How did it make you feel? 690 00:34:36,074 --> 00:34:37,031 Angry. 691 00:34:37,074 --> 00:34:38,424 [indistinct whispering] 692 00:34:40,426 --> 00:34:41,514 Upset. 693 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:43,081 Hopeless. 694 00:34:46,344 --> 00:34:48,347 Was he really just 14 years old? 695 00:34:49,087 --> 00:34:51,350 He was. 696 00:34:51,393 --> 00:34:54,918 He was younger than all of us in this room. 697 00:34:54,962 --> 00:34:57,269 Taken out of his home in the middle of the night, 698 00:34:58,531 --> 00:35:01,621 beaten, tortured. 699 00:35:01,664 --> 00:35:04,145 His body thrown into the river. 700 00:35:04,189 --> 00:35:05,320 [student whispering] That's just wrong. 701 00:35:07,061 --> 00:35:09,629 Miss Topaz, Miss Tate, Mr. Walker, 702 00:35:09,672 --> 00:35:12,806 I understand that you were in Mississippi for the trial. 703 00:35:12,849 --> 00:35:16,026 If you're comfortable sharing your experience, 704 00:35:16,070 --> 00:35:19,247 I believe it would be valuable for the rest of us 705 00:35:19,291 --> 00:35:21,815 to hear about what you saw. 706 00:35:21,858 --> 00:35:22,946 Miss Topaz. 707 00:35:24,122 --> 00:35:25,253 Would you like to start? 708 00:35:30,998 --> 00:35:33,914 [Jughead] Fitfully, but also necessarily, 709 00:35:33,957 --> 00:35:37,091 a conversation that might not have happened for decades 710 00:35:37,135 --> 00:35:39,398 began at Riverdale High that afternoon. 711 00:35:44,054 --> 00:35:44,794 ["Baby Please" playing] 712 00:35:44,838 --> 00:35:47,710 ♪ Please ♪ 713 00:35:47,754 --> 00:35:49,799 ♪ Don't leave me ♪ 714 00:35:51,888 --> 00:35:53,803 ♪ Don't leave me all... ♪ 715 00:35:53,847 --> 00:35:54,935 Hey, doll face. 716 00:35:55,718 --> 00:35:57,111 What do you say? 717 00:35:57,155 --> 00:35:58,547 You want a ride to Pop's, Ronnie? 718 00:36:01,463 --> 00:36:03,117 [sighs] Hmm. 719 00:36:03,161 --> 00:36:05,598 I see two paths before me. 720 00:36:05,641 --> 00:36:09,297 Light and dark, fast and slow, 721 00:36:10,385 --> 00:36:12,213 shallow and earnest. 722 00:36:14,128 --> 00:36:15,477 But today... 723 00:36:16,783 --> 00:36:18,698 I believe I'll walk home, fellas. 724 00:36:25,226 --> 00:36:29,099 ♪ 'Cause you know Know... ♪ 725 00:36:29,143 --> 00:36:30,188 [Jughead] Had it finally happened? 726 00:36:31,276 --> 00:36:33,452 Had I lost my mind? 727 00:36:33,495 --> 00:36:36,150 Maybe 1955 wasn't the dream. Maybe... Maybe the future, 728 00:36:36,194 --> 00:36:37,586 maybe that was the dream, 729 00:36:37,630 --> 00:36:39,109 -and I finally woke up. -[bell chimes] 730 00:36:40,372 --> 00:36:42,069 Hi, stranger. 731 00:36:42,112 --> 00:36:43,288 Mind if I join you? 732 00:36:44,463 --> 00:36:45,899 Yeah. 733 00:36:45,942 --> 00:36:47,117 I thought... I thought you were leaving. 734 00:36:48,336 --> 00:36:52,949 I'm not the Tabitha from 1955. 735 00:36:52,993 --> 00:36:56,344 She's with her parents heading to Memphis. 736 00:36:56,388 --> 00:36:58,955 -I'm... -Riverdale's guardian angel. 737 00:36:58,999 --> 00:37:01,349 The Tabitha who remembers and loves you. 738 00:37:02,176 --> 00:37:04,047 Oh, my God! 739 00:37:04,091 --> 00:37:05,571 You need to use your chronokinesis 740 00:37:05,614 --> 00:37:07,703 -and get us the hell out of 1955. -[sighs] 741 00:37:07,747 --> 00:37:11,229 Archie is trying to get me committed to The Sisters of Quiet Mercy. 742 00:37:11,272 --> 00:37:14,667 God, it's so... I'm so happy to see you. 743 00:37:14,710 --> 00:37:17,322 I am happy to see you too. 744 00:37:17,365 --> 00:37:19,802 But I can't take us home. 745 00:37:21,064 --> 00:37:21,935 Not yet. 746 00:37:23,153 --> 00:37:24,677 Why? Well, why not? 747 00:37:24,720 --> 00:37:27,636 Our last-minute gambit to stop Bailey's Comet 748 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:30,596 from destroying Riverdale didn't work. 749 00:37:31,771 --> 00:37:34,252 So the comet hit? 750 00:37:34,295 --> 00:37:37,211 And it triggered an extinction level event. 751 00:37:39,953 --> 00:37:42,303 Are... Are we all dead? 752 00:37:42,347 --> 00:37:45,001 Is that... Is that what this is? 753 00:37:45,045 --> 00:37:48,440 -The sweet hereafter? -No, we are alive. 754 00:37:48,483 --> 00:37:52,313 In the past, I had a plan B. 755 00:37:52,357 --> 00:37:56,012 At the moment of impact, I used what was left of my life-force 756 00:37:56,056 --> 00:37:58,363 to send everyone back to the past 757 00:37:58,406 --> 00:38:01,235 to a point far enough back that might give us the necessary runway 758 00:38:01,279 --> 00:38:03,150 to make it back to the present, a present in which 759 00:38:03,193 --> 00:38:05,718 Riverdale isn't destroyed. by Bailey's Comet. 760 00:38:05,761 --> 00:38:07,720 Is that even possible? 761 00:38:07,763 --> 00:38:08,938 Hopefully. 762 00:38:10,331 --> 00:38:12,855 But if it is, I have to do it alone. 763 00:38:12,899 --> 00:38:15,423 By exploring and untangling the various timelines 764 00:38:15,467 --> 00:38:18,208 that became knotted and entwined when the comet struck. 765 00:38:18,252 --> 00:38:21,342 Well, what about the rest of us? 766 00:38:21,386 --> 00:38:24,214 You all have to make a go of it here in the '50s 767 00:38:24,258 --> 00:38:25,955 by doing what you can to ensure, 768 00:38:25,999 --> 00:38:28,523 to paraphrase one of my heroes, 769 00:38:28,567 --> 00:38:33,049 that the moral arc of this universe bends towards justice. 770 00:38:33,093 --> 00:38:36,401 That way, when I finally do untangle the various timelines, 771 00:38:36,444 --> 00:38:38,968 we can make it back to a Riverdale that 772 00:38:39,012 --> 00:38:42,276 isn't on the verge of moral and societal collapse. 773 00:38:44,365 --> 00:38:46,324 But fair warning. 774 00:38:46,367 --> 00:38:48,978 Given the near infinite number of timelines and universes, 775 00:38:49,022 --> 00:38:53,461 it could take a while, so you better get comfortable. 776 00:38:54,027 --> 00:38:55,507 Oh. 777 00:38:55,550 --> 00:38:57,030 I mean, how... How can I? 778 00:38:57,073 --> 00:38:59,598 I remember everything about our old lives? 779 00:38:59,641 --> 00:39:02,296 You asking questions, creating ripples... 780 00:39:02,340 --> 00:39:04,298 [grunts] 781 00:39:04,342 --> 00:39:06,518 ...that's what drew me here. 782 00:39:07,910 --> 00:39:09,172 Jughead. 783 00:39:09,216 --> 00:39:11,958 You remembering is an anomaly, 784 00:39:12,001 --> 00:39:14,613 a dangerous one that I'm here to fix 785 00:39:14,656 --> 00:39:17,180 by making you forget. 786 00:39:17,224 --> 00:39:19,531 Otherwise, your knowledge could drive you insane, 787 00:39:19,574 --> 00:39:22,882 or it could drive you to do something that further corrupts this timeline. 788 00:39:27,147 --> 00:39:28,844 Will I... I'll forget everything? 789 00:39:30,063 --> 00:39:32,108 Yes. 790 00:39:32,152 --> 00:39:35,634 You'd be just like everyone else, able to live in the present. 791 00:39:36,678 --> 00:39:37,723 In the moment. 792 00:39:41,596 --> 00:39:44,860 I don't... I mean, I don't want to forget about you or about us. 793 00:39:45,774 --> 00:39:46,732 I know. 794 00:39:48,342 --> 00:39:49,430 But you have to. 795 00:39:50,823 --> 00:39:52,085 It's for the best. 796 00:39:56,698 --> 00:39:57,525 [sighs] 797 00:40:00,223 --> 00:40:01,050 [coin clinking] 798 00:40:04,010 --> 00:40:04,837 [needle drops] 799 00:40:08,144 --> 00:40:09,668 [electronic music playing] 800 00:40:50,578 --> 00:40:53,146 [Jughead] In those first few seconds after Angel Tabitha disappeared, 801 00:40:53,189 --> 00:40:55,931 I could feel the effects of her kiss taking hold. 802 00:40:55,975 --> 00:40:58,238 But for the moment, I still remembered. 803 00:40:58,281 --> 00:41:00,370 I needed to write down everything, our stories, 804 00:41:00,414 --> 00:41:02,198 our lives, before it was too late. 805 00:41:05,724 --> 00:41:06,986 [panting] 806 00:41:13,296 --> 00:41:17,170 But then, like mist evaporating in the sun, 807 00:41:17,213 --> 00:41:18,867 it was all gone. 808 00:41:18,911 --> 00:41:21,130 I had only managed to get down three words. 809 00:41:21,174 --> 00:41:23,829 Bend. Towards. Justice. 810 00:41:23,872 --> 00:41:25,918 Meaning what, exactly? 811 00:41:25,961 --> 00:41:28,007 And that wasn't even the weirdest thing. 812 00:41:28,050 --> 00:41:30,226 That would be the sudden, inexplicable appearance 813 00:41:30,270 --> 00:41:32,968 of something I've never seen before.