1 00:00:07,709 --> 00:00:09,309 How can I help, Sheriff? 2 00:00:09,343 --> 00:00:12,045 We're trying to get ahold of Rayberry's family, if he had one. 3 00:00:12,079 --> 00:00:14,649 Was there any next of kin that you know of? 4 00:00:14,682 --> 00:00:16,183 Shucks. I don't... 5 00:00:17,886 --> 00:00:21,188 Actually, he might've had a wife. 6 00:00:21,221 --> 00:00:23,190 Do you know her name? Or where she lived? 7 00:00:23,223 --> 00:00:25,860 No, no. He was pretty tight-lipped about his marriage. 8 00:00:25,894 --> 00:00:28,596 He only mentioned it in passing. 9 00:00:28,630 --> 00:00:31,733 -Mm... -But maybe he filled out some forms at Pep Comics. 10 00:00:31,766 --> 00:00:33,367 I could check with them. 11 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,470 Well, I'd appreciate it. And let me know if anything turns up. 12 00:00:36,504 --> 00:00:40,575 It's important that we put this sorry mess behind us as soon as possible. 13 00:00:43,076 --> 00:00:44,946 You're dreamin', Reg. 14 00:00:44,979 --> 00:00:47,982 Uncle Frank, will you tell Reggie 15 00:00:48,016 --> 00:00:51,418 that Marilyn Monroe is much sexier than Elizabeth Taylor? 16 00:00:51,451 --> 00:00:55,188 That no one on the planet is sexier than Marilyn Monroe. 17 00:00:56,256 --> 00:00:58,760 Sophia Loren. Brigitte Bardot. Eartha Kitt. 18 00:00:58,793 --> 00:01:03,130 And yes, in my humble opinion, Elizabeth Taylor. 19 00:01:03,998 --> 00:01:05,700 Told you so. 20 00:01:05,733 --> 00:01:07,234 What the frig? 21 00:01:07,267 --> 00:01:09,403 You guys are itchin' for a switchin'. 22 00:01:09,436 --> 00:01:12,507 I got a call from Principal Featherhead last night, Archie. 23 00:01:12,540 --> 00:01:15,710 Tells me your grade point average is back up. B-plus. 24 00:01:15,743 --> 00:01:16,978 Like we agreed. 25 00:01:17,011 --> 00:01:19,614 Yeah? So does that mean I get back-- 26 00:01:22,082 --> 00:01:23,450 She's waiting for you in the garage. 27 00:01:31,091 --> 00:01:32,527 It's all right. I'll clean up. 28 00:01:34,361 --> 00:01:37,966 Wowza. That is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. 29 00:01:37,999 --> 00:01:39,601 I didn't know you had a hot rod. 30 00:01:40,501 --> 00:01:42,336 I didn't know you liked cars. 31 00:01:42,369 --> 00:01:45,138 I've always wanted one of my own. Just could never afford it. 32 00:01:47,742 --> 00:01:49,677 Well, neither could I. 33 00:01:49,711 --> 00:01:53,014 You shoulda seen this baby when we found her at the dump. 34 00:01:53,047 --> 00:01:55,282 She was a real junker. 35 00:01:55,315 --> 00:01:57,919 My dad and I rebuilt her together. 36 00:01:57,952 --> 00:02:00,354 -Must have taken months. -Try years. 37 00:02:00,387 --> 00:02:03,156 We finished it before he went off to the war. 38 00:02:06,159 --> 00:02:08,529 Sounds like you and your old man were real tight. 39 00:02:10,765 --> 00:02:12,432 We were best friends. 40 00:02:12,466 --> 00:02:14,636 Taught me everything I know about cars. 41 00:02:14,669 --> 00:02:15,737 And girls, I bet. 42 00:02:19,007 --> 00:02:20,140 Is this a straight six? 43 00:02:20,173 --> 00:02:23,778 V8 with headers. Louder and faster. 44 00:02:23,811 --> 00:02:24,946 What's the transmission? 45 00:02:24,979 --> 00:02:26,981 -Three-speed automatic. -Okay. 46 00:02:27,015 --> 00:02:28,549 Most important question. 47 00:02:29,951 --> 00:02:31,753 Can she lay rubber? 48 00:02:31,786 --> 00:02:35,155 Now that I got my grades up, why don't we play hooky and I'll show you? 49 00:02:36,490 --> 00:02:39,326 Dead, huh? 50 00:02:39,359 --> 00:02:41,996 Ain't that a kick in the teeth. 51 00:02:42,030 --> 00:02:46,299 You writers. You all have your secret demons, don't you? 52 00:02:46,333 --> 00:02:49,570 It's a shame. Talented guy. 53 00:02:50,805 --> 00:02:52,272 Say, you wouldn't 54 00:02:52,305 --> 00:02:55,342 happen to know anything about Mr. Rayberry having a wife, would you? 55 00:02:55,375 --> 00:02:59,047 No. Just that he wanted us to send half his salary 56 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:01,314 to a small town in South Carolina. 57 00:03:02,817 --> 00:03:03,951 Maybe she lives down there. 58 00:03:03,985 --> 00:03:05,218 Do you have a name or an address? 59 00:03:05,252 --> 00:03:07,320 No, just a post office box. 60 00:03:07,354 --> 00:03:09,489 I'll have Bernie get it for you. 61 00:03:09,524 --> 00:03:10,825 Thank you, Mr. Fieldstone. 62 00:03:10,858 --> 00:03:12,160 You bet. 63 00:03:12,192 --> 00:03:13,795 Dead. 64 00:03:15,897 --> 00:03:19,667 The thing I love so much about what Ralph Ellison did with Invisible Man 65 00:03:19,701 --> 00:03:22,770 is that he took the broad idea of existentialism 66 00:03:22,804 --> 00:03:26,373 and applied it specifically to the Black American experience. 67 00:03:26,406 --> 00:03:28,509 Well, what struck me most was the novel's style. 68 00:03:28,543 --> 00:03:32,013 It was almost like jazz. Very improvisational. 69 00:03:32,046 --> 00:03:36,416 No shock there. Ellison was a jazz drummer before he became a writer. 70 00:03:36,450 --> 00:03:38,519 Clearly it influenced his work. 71 00:03:38,553 --> 00:03:42,590 That said, some of his literary criticisms rub me the wrong way. 72 00:03:42,623 --> 00:03:45,225 For instance, I love Zora Neale Hurston's 73 00:03:45,258 --> 00:03:46,728 Their Eyes Were Watching God, 74 00:03:46,761 --> 00:03:50,131 but he called it a "blight of calculated burlesque." 75 00:03:50,164 --> 00:03:51,566 I mean, I can't help but think that's partly 76 00:03:51,599 --> 00:03:55,103 because it was written about a woman and by a woman. 77 00:03:55,136 --> 00:03:56,403 See, I liked Hurston's book, 78 00:03:56,436 --> 00:03:58,840 but I do see Ellison's concern, though. 79 00:03:58,873 --> 00:04:03,144 She's writing us as caricatures for a white audience. 80 00:04:03,177 --> 00:04:05,213 Parts of Invisible Man really spoke to me, 81 00:04:05,245 --> 00:04:07,715 but he was just so angry and tortured all the time. 82 00:04:07,749 --> 00:04:11,018 Ellison's speaking to the larger truth of our existence. 83 00:04:11,052 --> 00:04:12,887 It's not a book about day-to-day life. 84 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:14,287 It's about what it feels like, 85 00:04:14,321 --> 00:04:16,389 in the scope of our human experience, 86 00:04:16,423 --> 00:04:18,760 to walk around in our skin. 87 00:04:25,432 --> 00:04:28,368 Well, I, for one, am really digging this conversation. 88 00:04:28,401 --> 00:04:30,204 So, to touch on what Tabitha said, 89 00:04:30,238 --> 00:04:33,541 what were our thoughts on Their Eyes Were Watching God? 90 00:05:09,277 --> 00:05:11,078 Hey. 91 00:05:11,112 --> 00:05:13,848 How's my baby and our baby? 92 00:05:13,881 --> 00:05:17,417 Better now that Riverdale's heppest budding rock star is here. 93 00:05:24,424 --> 00:05:26,459 I actually got some news. 94 00:05:27,962 --> 00:05:29,230 I booked a gig in Centerville. 95 00:05:30,531 --> 00:05:32,934 I'm not headlining. Ritchie Valens is. 96 00:05:32,967 --> 00:05:36,170 But I did find out that there's going to be some music producers there 97 00:05:36,204 --> 00:05:38,673 that are gonna be scouting for talent. 98 00:05:39,372 --> 00:05:41,374 Fangs, that's fantabulous! 99 00:05:41,408 --> 00:05:43,443 Where and when, so I can put it in my book? 100 00:05:43,476 --> 00:05:46,948 Oh, actually, Midge, you can't come. 101 00:05:46,981 --> 00:05:48,282 Huh? 102 00:05:48,316 --> 00:05:49,650 The show's in the rough part of Centerville. 103 00:05:49,684 --> 00:05:52,153 Heaven forbid something bad were to happen. 104 00:05:52,186 --> 00:05:54,789 -Like a rumble breaks out and you get hurt. -Oh... 105 00:05:54,822 --> 00:05:57,124 Plus, what if your parents find out that you're road tripping out 106 00:05:57,158 --> 00:06:00,795 to the boonies to see your deadbeat boyfriend play rock 'n' roll? 107 00:06:00,828 --> 00:06:04,497 I gotta be a rich and famous musician by the next time I see 'em, 108 00:06:04,532 --> 00:06:06,934 or they'll never jive with us getting circled. 109 00:06:09,203 --> 00:06:11,839 But they will, okay? 110 00:06:17,912 --> 00:06:18,880 Go get to class. 111 00:06:22,382 --> 00:06:24,018 Okay, so get this. 112 00:06:24,051 --> 00:06:27,255 According to Mr. Fieldstone, Mr. Rayberry had half of his paycheck 113 00:06:27,288 --> 00:06:30,024 sent to a PO box in South Carolina. 114 00:06:30,057 --> 00:06:34,228 That's not something a man who's planning to kill himself does. 115 00:06:34,262 --> 00:06:37,865 Exactly. Despite what Sheriff Keller seems to believe. 116 00:06:37,899 --> 00:06:39,133 Honest to gosh, Tabitha, 117 00:06:39,166 --> 00:06:41,836 I'm half-tempted to just sneak into Mr. Rayberry's apartment. 118 00:06:41,869 --> 00:06:43,971 Just to try and figure out who that PO box belongs to. 119 00:06:44,005 --> 00:06:49,143 His wife, hopefully, but also to see if I can find some evidence. 120 00:06:49,176 --> 00:06:50,443 What kind of evidence? 121 00:06:50,477 --> 00:06:52,780 That he didn't kill himself. 122 00:06:52,813 --> 00:06:54,949 That he was the victim of foul play. 123 00:06:56,651 --> 00:07:01,022 Would you maybe want some company for that? 124 00:07:02,556 --> 00:07:04,525 With all due respect to James Dean, 125 00:07:04,558 --> 00:07:10,131 what if you had to choose between, say, Marlon Brando or Paul Newman? 126 00:07:10,164 --> 00:07:11,933 To marry? Paul Newman. 127 00:07:11,966 --> 00:07:15,970 But if we're talking about just spending one wild, reckless night together? 128 00:07:16,971 --> 00:07:18,239 Marlon Brando. 129 00:07:18,272 --> 00:07:21,375 Betty Cooper, you naughty girl! 130 00:07:21,409 --> 00:07:23,411 By the way, I've been meaning to ask you. 131 00:07:23,443 --> 00:07:24,745 Are you using a new cold cream? 132 00:07:24,779 --> 00:07:26,479 Because you're positively glowing. 133 00:07:26,514 --> 00:07:28,215 No. Just plain ol' soap and water. 134 00:07:28,249 --> 00:07:32,386 But my mom is making good on her threat to stay out of my life, 135 00:07:32,420 --> 00:07:36,090 and, honestly, it's like a weight's been lifted. 136 00:07:36,123 --> 00:07:37,490 Well, good for you. 137 00:07:37,525 --> 00:07:40,161 Look at us, a couple of independent young women, 138 00:07:40,194 --> 00:07:45,599 unconstrained by the expectations of society, our parents, and boys. 139 00:07:56,410 --> 00:07:59,180 Upon further reflection, Betty, 140 00:07:59,213 --> 00:08:00,915 why deal in hypotheticals 141 00:08:00,948 --> 00:08:04,885 when we have our very own Marlon and Paul to play with here at school? 142 00:08:26,974 --> 00:08:28,009 Reginald? 143 00:08:28,042 --> 00:08:29,443 Oh. Hey. 144 00:08:29,477 --> 00:08:32,079 I wanted to offer you a mea culpa. 145 00:08:32,113 --> 00:08:35,816 For not making our date after things got busy at the Babylonium. 146 00:08:35,850 --> 00:08:38,986 So I was hoping you'd give me another chance. 147 00:08:39,020 --> 00:08:40,888 -What's changed? -Circumstances. 148 00:08:40,921 --> 00:08:43,324 To paraphrase my friend Lauren Bacall, 149 00:08:43,357 --> 00:08:45,693 a girl can't be all work and no play. 150 00:08:45,726 --> 00:08:48,095 Here's the skinny. I'm not scared of the chase. 151 00:08:48,129 --> 00:08:52,566 But in my experience, some people don't really want to be caught. 152 00:08:53,067 --> 00:08:53,968 Is that you? 153 00:08:55,202 --> 00:08:56,871 Only one way to find out. 154 00:09:02,511 --> 00:09:05,679 Andrews, uh, you doing anything tonight? 155 00:09:06,147 --> 00:09:07,481 Nah. No plans. 156 00:09:07,516 --> 00:09:08,716 Right on. In that case, can I borrow your car? 157 00:09:08,749 --> 00:09:11,719 I've got a date with Veronica. 158 00:09:11,752 --> 00:09:13,888 I thought you were done with her antics, Reg. 159 00:09:13,921 --> 00:09:16,023 -Eh. -Geez, do you even have a driver's license? 160 00:09:16,057 --> 00:09:19,927 'Course. I drove my dad's truck to the farmer's market every weekend. 161 00:09:20,461 --> 00:09:21,729 Don't gringle. 162 00:09:21,762 --> 00:09:24,999 I'll be real careful with her, I promise. 163 00:09:25,032 --> 00:09:26,667 Ah, what the heck. 164 00:09:28,135 --> 00:09:30,337 Sure, why not? 165 00:09:30,371 --> 00:09:32,306 Like we learned in Spanish class... 166 00:09:32,339 --> 00:09:35,643 Mi casa es tu casa. 167 00:09:36,243 --> 00:09:37,211 No foolin'? 168 00:09:37,244 --> 00:09:38,279 I got nothing better to do. 169 00:09:38,312 --> 00:09:40,714 Just look after her, okay? 170 00:09:42,917 --> 00:09:45,753 Black Athena is everything I hoped it would be, Cheryl. 171 00:09:45,786 --> 00:09:51,892 I finally feel like I'm doing something worthwhile and worthy, you know? 172 00:09:51,926 --> 00:09:53,060 Yeah. 173 00:09:53,094 --> 00:09:55,596 I happened to be walking by your last meeting. 174 00:09:55,629 --> 00:09:58,332 It sounded tremendous. 175 00:09:58,365 --> 00:09:59,967 It was. 176 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,036 Although Clay tends to monopolize the whole conversation. 177 00:10:02,069 --> 00:10:05,973 It's very clear he has the hots for James Baldwin. 178 00:10:06,575 --> 00:10:07,775 Who's that? 179 00:10:07,808 --> 00:10:10,644 He's this real hep writer from Harlem. 180 00:10:10,678 --> 00:10:12,646 One of my favorites. 181 00:10:12,680 --> 00:10:16,617 Anyway, what's your tale, nightingale? 182 00:10:17,586 --> 00:10:20,988 To be honest, I'm really missing you. 183 00:10:21,021 --> 00:10:24,892 Between me and the Vixens and you and your new club, 184 00:10:25,893 --> 00:10:27,928 we barely get to see each other. 185 00:10:27,962 --> 00:10:30,965 And when we do, it's three feet apart. 186 00:10:34,969 --> 00:10:37,037 What do you say we catch a flick tonight? 187 00:10:37,071 --> 00:10:41,242 I wish I could, but I really need to finish reading Native Son. 188 00:10:41,275 --> 00:10:45,779 It's the next book that we're gonna be discussing at Black Athena. 189 00:10:46,180 --> 00:10:47,181 Okay. 190 00:10:48,983 --> 00:10:53,588 Well, what if I came with you to your next meeting? 191 00:10:53,622 --> 00:10:57,158 I wouldn't say anything, of course. 192 00:10:57,191 --> 00:10:58,659 I would just listen. 193 00:10:58,692 --> 00:11:03,030 Tell you what, it's the first few days and we're just getting started. 194 00:11:03,063 --> 00:11:06,901 I just wanna make sure that everybody feels comfortable. 195 00:11:06,934 --> 00:11:09,837 Maybe towards the end of the semester 196 00:11:09,870 --> 00:11:13,575 when Black Athena is more established, all right? 197 00:11:13,608 --> 00:11:15,242 Whatever you think is best. 198 00:11:30,491 --> 00:11:33,160 Hi, Archie. How are you? 199 00:11:33,194 --> 00:11:36,997 Betty. I'm terrific. 200 00:11:37,031 --> 00:11:39,300 My uncle let me have my car back! 201 00:11:39,333 --> 00:11:41,268 I saw. The whole school did. 202 00:11:41,302 --> 00:11:44,506 Assuming that means your uncle is finally easing up on you? 203 00:11:44,539 --> 00:11:48,643 He is. Yeah. I'm out of the doghouse. 204 00:11:48,677 --> 00:11:50,110 Well, in that case, I was wondering 205 00:11:50,144 --> 00:11:52,880 if it might finally be time to go on our date? 206 00:11:52,913 --> 00:11:55,482 Wow. I'd love to go out with you, Betty. 207 00:11:55,517 --> 00:11:57,151 Swell! 208 00:11:57,184 --> 00:12:01,021 Do you want to pick me up tonight at, say, 7:00? 209 00:12:01,590 --> 00:12:04,659 Oh, crap. I... 210 00:12:04,693 --> 00:12:09,664 I lent my car to Reggie, so he could take Veronica out tonight. 211 00:12:09,698 --> 00:12:11,966 That's okay. We can take the bus. 212 00:12:11,999 --> 00:12:12,900 Oh. 213 00:12:14,603 --> 00:12:16,237 The bus? 214 00:12:16,270 --> 00:12:17,404 Or walk? 215 00:12:17,438 --> 00:12:18,339 Walk? 216 00:12:22,142 --> 00:12:23,545 Yeah. Yeah, sure. 217 00:12:23,578 --> 00:12:25,513 Let's walk. That sounds romantic. 218 00:12:27,616 --> 00:12:28,882 Okay. 219 00:12:43,632 --> 00:12:46,166 Jughead, take a look at this. 220 00:12:50,437 --> 00:12:52,273 Well, whoever is in the photo, 221 00:12:52,973 --> 00:12:55,510 this was taken in June 1948. 222 00:12:55,543 --> 00:12:58,613 No, I think the woman's name is June. 223 00:12:58,647 --> 00:13:00,447 And I think these are love letters 224 00:13:00,481 --> 00:13:04,686 written to Mr. Rayberry from a woman named June Simpson. 225 00:13:04,719 --> 00:13:07,388 Writing to him from South Carolina. 226 00:13:07,421 --> 00:13:09,056 That's the same as the PO box. 227 00:13:09,857 --> 00:13:12,426 Wait. So this is... 228 00:13:12,459 --> 00:13:14,295 Brad Rayberry's wife. 229 00:13:15,396 --> 00:13:17,197 Secret or otherwise. 230 00:13:17,565 --> 00:13:18,799 Hold on. 231 00:13:20,968 --> 00:13:22,737 June Simpson. She's in here. 232 00:13:22,771 --> 00:13:23,937 With an address and a phone number. 233 00:13:23,971 --> 00:13:25,674 We have to call her, Jughead. 234 00:13:25,707 --> 00:13:27,408 And let her know what happened. 235 00:13:27,441 --> 00:13:29,209 She probably hasn't heard. 236 00:13:33,847 --> 00:13:35,082 Hello? 237 00:13:36,350 --> 00:13:38,720 Hi. Mrs. Simpson? 238 00:13:38,753 --> 00:13:40,187 Who's calling, please? 239 00:13:41,556 --> 00:13:45,225 Um, you don't know me. My name is Jughead Jones. 240 00:13:45,259 --> 00:13:48,395 I'm terribly sorry to be the bearer of bad news, ma'am. 241 00:13:50,497 --> 00:13:53,867 Brad Rayberry has passed away. 242 00:13:53,901 --> 00:13:56,370 Who... Who is this, exactly? 243 00:13:56,403 --> 00:13:59,940 Uh, I worked with Mr. Rayberry. I'm one of his friends. 244 00:14:01,408 --> 00:14:03,377 How did Bradley die? 245 00:14:05,279 --> 00:14:06,246 We're not sure. 246 00:14:07,915 --> 00:14:10,518 He was found in his apartment in Seaside. 247 00:14:10,552 --> 00:14:12,620 Did he suffer, do you know? 248 00:14:12,654 --> 00:14:14,054 I hope not. 249 00:14:15,590 --> 00:14:17,124 I'll come as quick as I can. 250 00:14:17,157 --> 00:14:19,293 This is the apartment on Magnolia Street? 251 00:14:19,326 --> 00:14:22,196 Yes. Um, I can... I can be there when you arrive. 252 00:14:22,229 --> 00:14:24,965 In the meantime, I'll just be tidying up his things. 253 00:14:24,998 --> 00:14:27,468 Thank you. I appreciate that. Goodbye. 254 00:14:30,304 --> 00:14:32,906 Kevin, what happened? Are you okay? 255 00:14:32,940 --> 00:14:35,342 Oh, yeah, I'm just floating on a cloud, to be honest. 256 00:14:35,376 --> 00:14:38,245 And what, pray tell, brought on this state of bliss? 257 00:14:38,278 --> 00:14:42,316 I just heard Clay perform his latest poem, "Ode to Sidney." 258 00:14:42,349 --> 00:14:45,452 He's like a magician, but with his words. 259 00:14:45,486 --> 00:14:47,087 He is, indeed. 260 00:14:47,121 --> 00:14:50,658 And where did this performance take place, if I may ask? 261 00:14:50,692 --> 00:14:52,926 At a meeting of Black Athena. 262 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,329 You went? You were allowed to go? 263 00:14:55,362 --> 00:14:58,966 Mm-hmm. Yeah, Clay invited me. 264 00:15:07,374 --> 00:15:10,812 I mean, it's freedom, Archie, plain and simple. 265 00:15:10,845 --> 00:15:16,083 The freedom of not feeling my mother's breath on my neck, watching my every move. 266 00:15:16,116 --> 00:15:19,319 It's like my life is suddenly this open road before me, 267 00:15:19,353 --> 00:15:21,221 and I've got both hands on the wheel. 268 00:15:21,255 --> 00:15:24,458 Wheel? What wheel? Who's got the wheel? 269 00:15:26,326 --> 00:15:27,261 Me. 270 00:15:29,731 --> 00:15:31,999 Oh. Right. 271 00:15:35,402 --> 00:15:37,004 Is everything okay? 272 00:15:37,839 --> 00:15:40,140 I'm peachy. Yeah. I'm just... 273 00:15:47,014 --> 00:15:48,248 Archie, if you want to call it a night-- 274 00:15:48,282 --> 00:15:52,419 No, I don't. I don't. Not at all. 275 00:15:52,453 --> 00:15:55,489 But I'm just wondering where Reggie and Veronica are on their date. 276 00:15:55,523 --> 00:15:59,993 I mean, where else is there to go in Riverdale other than Pop's? 277 00:16:07,836 --> 00:16:10,137 So, I heard through the grapevine 278 00:16:10,170 --> 00:16:12,105 that Kevin attended a Black Athena meeting. 279 00:16:12,139 --> 00:16:15,342 Yeah. Well, Clay was presenting a poem 280 00:16:15,375 --> 00:16:18,312 and he wanted to have his boyfriend there. 281 00:16:18,646 --> 00:16:19,980 Mm. 282 00:16:20,013 --> 00:16:23,116 Yeah, Kevin says it was an amazing experience. 283 00:16:23,785 --> 00:16:26,186 Life-changing, even. 284 00:16:26,220 --> 00:16:29,022 Okay, Cheryl, if you really wanna come. 285 00:16:29,056 --> 00:16:31,826 I do. I would love to. 286 00:16:31,860 --> 00:16:36,396 Okay. Well, we're gonna be discussing Native Son, as I mentioned. 287 00:16:36,430 --> 00:16:40,334 So, you can borrow my copy, I finished it. 288 00:16:43,605 --> 00:16:44,506 Thank you. 289 00:16:45,172 --> 00:16:48,141 I do not take this lightly. 290 00:16:49,677 --> 00:16:51,011 I can't wait. 291 00:17:00,955 --> 00:17:02,590 You had me worried sick. 292 00:17:08,362 --> 00:17:10,565 Do you have any idea what time it is? 293 00:17:12,165 --> 00:17:14,969 I thought you'd got into a wreck. 294 00:17:15,003 --> 00:17:18,138 I kept imagining you in a ditch somewhere, 295 00:17:18,171 --> 00:17:19,674 all mangled and bleeding. 296 00:17:19,707 --> 00:17:21,174 Archie, cool your jets. 297 00:17:21,208 --> 00:17:22,877 Where did you and Veronica even go tonight? 298 00:17:22,911 --> 00:17:25,547 Look, after I dropped her off, I didn't wanna come straight home, 299 00:17:25,580 --> 00:17:27,515 so I hit the freeway. 300 00:17:27,549 --> 00:17:28,448 You did what? 301 00:17:28,482 --> 00:17:29,349 I hit the freeway. 302 00:17:29,383 --> 00:17:31,686 I wanted to open her up a little. 303 00:17:31,719 --> 00:17:32,654 See what she can do. 304 00:17:32,687 --> 00:17:34,589 You... You took my car? 305 00:17:35,890 --> 00:17:37,491 Out onto the highway? 306 00:17:37,525 --> 00:17:41,261 Reggie, that car is my favorite thing in the entire world. 307 00:17:41,295 --> 00:17:43,531 Anything could've happened out there. 308 00:17:44,732 --> 00:17:47,200 -Am I grounded? -No. 309 00:17:47,234 --> 00:17:51,104 But I sure hope you dug your little joyride, Mantle, 310 00:17:51,138 --> 00:17:53,575 because that is your last time in my car. 311 00:17:55,643 --> 00:17:56,544 Keys? 312 00:18:08,221 --> 00:18:11,124 I heard you two fellas going at it last night. 313 00:18:14,361 --> 00:18:17,164 What kind of guy does that to a supposed friend? 314 00:18:17,197 --> 00:18:22,503 I built that car, spark-plug by spark-plug, with my dad, Uncle Frank. 315 00:18:25,873 --> 00:18:29,209 Listen, your pops and I, 316 00:18:30,277 --> 00:18:32,013 we shared a car growing up 317 00:18:32,046 --> 00:18:34,247 and we fought more about that damn jalopy 318 00:18:34,281 --> 00:18:37,117 than Cain and Abel did about sheep. 319 00:18:37,986 --> 00:18:39,854 But come on, Archie. 320 00:18:39,887 --> 00:18:42,155 The kid's far from home. 321 00:18:42,189 --> 00:18:44,626 He's far from his family, everything he knows. 322 00:18:44,659 --> 00:18:46,094 He grew up scraping by. 323 00:18:46,126 --> 00:18:49,463 Working his ass off for things that guys like us take for granted. 324 00:18:51,198 --> 00:18:52,667 Can't you give him a break? 325 00:18:59,206 --> 00:19:02,376 Well, how was the date? Worth the wait? 326 00:19:03,077 --> 00:19:06,014 It was not stellar. 327 00:19:06,047 --> 00:19:09,784 Archie was distracted the whole time. 328 00:19:09,817 --> 00:19:12,152 How was it with you and Reggie? 329 00:19:12,185 --> 00:19:15,657 Mixed. Usually, boys want to go parking with me, 330 00:19:15,690 --> 00:19:18,026 not cruising around town. 331 00:19:18,059 --> 00:19:22,262 But, straight from the fridge, he too seemed preoccupied. 332 00:19:22,295 --> 00:19:26,166 Kept glancing at his watch like he had somewhere to go. 333 00:19:28,368 --> 00:19:31,939 Maybe we should switch dance partners and try again? 334 00:19:31,973 --> 00:19:34,008 Or maybe we try a double date? 335 00:19:34,042 --> 00:19:37,310 I know just the event. 336 00:19:37,344 --> 00:19:39,614 Have you heard about this big concert in Centerville? 337 00:19:39,647 --> 00:19:40,615 Mm-mm. 338 00:19:40,648 --> 00:19:42,750 All the hipsters and hep cats will be there. 339 00:19:42,784 --> 00:19:45,920 What say we give our beaus a chance to redeem themselves 340 00:19:45,953 --> 00:19:49,356 for being such unlicked cubs? 341 00:19:49,389 --> 00:19:52,994 Their words are so beautiful, Jughead. 342 00:19:53,027 --> 00:19:54,996 Describing how their love endured 343 00:19:55,029 --> 00:19:56,864 despite everything they went through. 344 00:19:56,898 --> 00:19:58,633 What happened to them? 345 00:19:58,666 --> 00:20:00,768 Well, from what I could piece together, they got married in New York 346 00:20:00,802 --> 00:20:04,072 and then they moved to June's hometown 347 00:20:04,105 --> 00:20:06,107 in South Carolina to start a family. 348 00:20:06,140 --> 00:20:08,810 But there was an incident. 349 00:20:08,843 --> 00:20:10,912 Their lives were threatened. 350 00:20:10,945 --> 00:20:12,680 Oh, geez. 351 00:20:12,714 --> 00:20:17,250 White thugs threw a brick through their window. 352 00:20:18,152 --> 00:20:20,021 Burned a cross in their yard. 353 00:20:20,054 --> 00:20:23,157 They went to the police, who threatened to arrest them. 354 00:20:23,191 --> 00:20:25,760 Not the thugs. Them. 355 00:20:28,029 --> 00:20:29,731 That's horrible. 356 00:20:29,764 --> 00:20:33,467 I saw things like that every single day I was on tour with Mrs. Till. 357 00:20:34,569 --> 00:20:37,839 In any case, the Rayberrys were terrified. 358 00:20:37,872 --> 00:20:41,408 Not just for themselves, but for the safety of June's family. 359 00:20:41,441 --> 00:20:43,811 That's why Mr. Rayberry left. 360 00:20:43,845 --> 00:20:45,479 And settled in Seaside, yes. 361 00:20:45,513 --> 00:20:48,149 I think the plan was that they were gonna save up enough money 362 00:20:48,182 --> 00:20:50,417 to get June's family somewhere safe. 363 00:20:50,450 --> 00:20:53,621 And then they were gonna go live in Paris as expats. 364 00:20:54,488 --> 00:20:57,558 But if they had such a clear plan, 365 00:20:57,592 --> 00:20:59,594 why would Mr. Rayberry take his own life? 366 00:20:59,627 --> 00:21:04,799 Unless, as you keep saying, he didn't. 367 00:21:11,072 --> 00:21:12,472 Reg, wait up. 368 00:21:12,507 --> 00:21:14,374 What, did you find a dent in your fender or something? 369 00:21:14,407 --> 00:21:16,409 Look, I'm sorry about last night. 370 00:21:17,178 --> 00:21:18,546 I lost my cool. 371 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:23,718 In that case, I'm sorry for miscounting the trumps. 372 00:21:23,751 --> 00:21:27,889 What can I say? I'm car-crazy. It's a disease. 373 00:21:27,922 --> 00:21:28,856 Oh, fellas. 374 00:21:32,026 --> 00:21:34,128 Better clear your dance cards. 375 00:21:34,162 --> 00:21:37,832 Fangs is playing a concert in Centerville and we wanna go, 376 00:21:37,865 --> 00:21:40,067 so you're taking us on a double-date. 377 00:21:40,101 --> 00:21:42,003 First to dinner, then to the show. 378 00:21:42,036 --> 00:21:43,336 Any questions? 379 00:21:44,839 --> 00:21:48,609 For some of you, this was perhaps your first time reading Wright's 380 00:21:48,643 --> 00:21:51,212 harrowing and thought-provoking novel. 381 00:21:51,245 --> 00:21:53,413 Of course, it was my third. 382 00:21:53,446 --> 00:21:55,817 Now, I obviously have a lot of thoughts, 383 00:21:55,850 --> 00:21:57,685 but I wanna hear from all of y'all first. 384 00:21:59,053 --> 00:22:01,989 The book asks, "Where does responsibility lie?" 385 00:22:02,023 --> 00:22:06,627 While Bigger does kill Mary, the young white daughter of the rich Dalton family, 386 00:22:06,661 --> 00:22:11,364 the story, in my mind, remains a cautionary tale about, well-- 387 00:22:11,398 --> 00:22:12,733 The dangers of white ignorance. 388 00:22:12,767 --> 00:22:16,369 Exactly. Wright doesn't give us any easy answers. 389 00:22:16,403 --> 00:22:18,673 That's what's so great about it, though. 390 00:22:18,706 --> 00:22:22,844 He looks at society as a whole and how it works to keep us oppressed. 391 00:22:22,877 --> 00:22:24,645 Bigger commits murder, 392 00:22:24,679 --> 00:22:27,548 but his true crime is stepping outside the box 393 00:22:27,582 --> 00:22:29,416 that white society built around him. 394 00:22:29,449 --> 00:22:31,919 I'll say it. I thought Bigger was a stereotype. 395 00:22:31,953 --> 00:22:34,589 Wright doesn't give him enough agency to break the mold. 396 00:22:34,622 --> 00:22:36,290 James Baldwin would agree with you. 397 00:22:36,324 --> 00:22:38,693 And all roads lead to Baldwin, right, Clay? 398 00:22:40,761 --> 00:22:42,296 They do, Kev. 399 00:22:42,330 --> 00:22:45,398 Cheryl, do you have anything to add? 400 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:47,735 Oh, no. 401 00:22:52,039 --> 00:22:53,541 Um... 402 00:22:53,574 --> 00:22:58,946 Only that this was the most powerful novel I've ever read. 403 00:23:01,315 --> 00:23:04,619 And that the family in the book, the Daltons, 404 00:23:06,486 --> 00:23:08,689 reminded me a lot of my own family 405 00:23:10,258 --> 00:23:11,826 in some unpleasant ways. 406 00:23:13,327 --> 00:23:15,428 But I'm very glad to have read it, 407 00:23:15,462 --> 00:23:18,733 and to be learning more about it. 408 00:23:18,766 --> 00:23:21,702 Just out of curiosity, is Native Son the only novel 409 00:23:21,736 --> 00:23:23,938 by a Black author that you've ever read? 410 00:23:26,207 --> 00:23:27,474 Yes. 411 00:23:28,209 --> 00:23:29,710 But I can't wait to read more. 412 00:23:29,744 --> 00:23:31,579 You won't be shocked to hear, Cheryl, 413 00:23:31,612 --> 00:23:34,115 that I maintain an ever-evolving syllabus of Black authors 414 00:23:34,148 --> 00:23:38,819 I believe everyone, regardless of who they are or where they're from, 415 00:23:38,853 --> 00:23:40,087 should be reading. 416 00:23:40,121 --> 00:23:43,758 I gave it to Kevin. I'd be jazzed to share it with you. 417 00:23:43,791 --> 00:23:45,059 Thank you, Clay. 418 00:23:45,092 --> 00:23:45,960 Of course. 419 00:23:50,298 --> 00:23:55,403 Now. Moving on to Baldwin's essay. 420 00:23:55,435 --> 00:23:57,038 Let me get this straight. 421 00:23:57,071 --> 00:24:01,943 In your expert opinion, Brad Rayberry didn't kill himself? 422 00:24:01,976 --> 00:24:02,944 No. 423 00:24:05,346 --> 00:24:06,914 Well, what happened to him, then? 424 00:24:08,316 --> 00:24:10,217 Well, to put a fine point on it, 425 00:24:10,251 --> 00:24:11,552 disguising murder as suicide 426 00:24:11,585 --> 00:24:13,721 has been a gimmick in detective fiction 427 00:24:13,754 --> 00:24:16,190 since the days of Arthur Conan Doyle. 428 00:24:16,223 --> 00:24:17,725 Let me ask you this. 429 00:24:17,758 --> 00:24:22,063 How well did you really know your so-called hero, Jughead? 430 00:24:22,096 --> 00:24:24,765 Well enough to know that he wouldn't take his own life. 431 00:24:24,799 --> 00:24:26,367 Uh-huh. 432 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:30,071 Did you also know that he was a card-carrying member of the Communist Party? 433 00:24:32,406 --> 00:24:35,376 How about the fact that he was a draft dodger 434 00:24:35,409 --> 00:24:38,279 who protested the Korean War? 435 00:24:38,312 --> 00:24:40,648 That he was a dope fiend. 436 00:24:40,681 --> 00:24:43,150 He spent a month as a mental patient 437 00:24:43,184 --> 00:24:45,485 at St. Vincent's in New York City. 438 00:24:52,593 --> 00:24:55,596 This... This is impossible. 439 00:24:55,629 --> 00:24:58,799 Now, I'm no head-shrinker, but if you ask me, 440 00:24:58,833 --> 00:25:03,704 someone who's got that many secrets? 441 00:25:03,738 --> 00:25:07,775 Well, it's a miracle he didn't take his own life sooner. 442 00:25:21,255 --> 00:25:24,725 I'm curious to hear how you thought the meeting went. 443 00:25:24,759 --> 00:25:28,095 Better than I thought it would, actually. 444 00:25:28,129 --> 00:25:29,830 I'm relieved. 445 00:25:29,864 --> 00:25:33,667 I was worried people would feel uncomfortable around you. 446 00:25:33,701 --> 00:25:37,571 Or that you would feel uncomfortable around my friends. 447 00:25:40,074 --> 00:25:42,743 They were, and I was. 448 00:25:42,777 --> 00:25:45,613 Not so much uncomfortable as I was worried 449 00:25:45,646 --> 00:25:48,382 that I wasn't going to say the right thing at first. 450 00:25:48,416 --> 00:25:49,583 But then-- 451 00:25:49,617 --> 00:25:52,453 But then, everyone settled in nicely. 452 00:25:52,486 --> 00:25:55,056 It was really nice to have you here. 453 00:25:55,089 --> 00:25:56,057 It was. 454 00:25:57,825 --> 00:26:01,162 But I think you were right to be so protective of Black Athena. 455 00:26:01,195 --> 00:26:03,597 It's your club, your space. 456 00:26:03,631 --> 00:26:06,033 I am so grateful that I got to experience it, 457 00:26:06,067 --> 00:26:09,236 and that I got to see first-hand what you're so passionate about. 458 00:26:09,270 --> 00:26:15,910 But I think in the future I will just attend the more public events. 459 00:26:15,943 --> 00:26:20,414 Well, we are hosting an open mic night at the Dark Room next month. 460 00:26:20,448 --> 00:26:21,949 I will be there front row. 461 00:26:21,982 --> 00:26:25,920 And maybe you can read some more books off Clay's list. 462 00:26:25,953 --> 00:26:27,088 Absolutely. 463 00:26:27,121 --> 00:26:32,426 And maybe afterward we could discuss them together? 464 00:26:32,460 --> 00:26:34,929 Well, I can dig that plan. 465 00:26:41,402 --> 00:26:44,939 Also, what are you doing tonight? 466 00:26:44,972 --> 00:26:48,609 Midge mentioned that there was a concert in Centerville. 467 00:26:49,210 --> 00:26:50,611 Would you wanna go? 468 00:26:52,813 --> 00:26:56,717 I am certain I could make myself available. 469 00:27:04,825 --> 00:27:08,129 This is the last letter I received from Bradley. 470 00:27:08,162 --> 00:27:11,799 Given the date, he must have mailed it right before... 471 00:27:13,100 --> 00:27:14,068 his passing. 472 00:27:16,538 --> 00:27:21,142 In it, he wrote about finally wanting to have his novel published. 473 00:27:22,076 --> 00:27:24,178 He did? Really? 474 00:27:26,947 --> 00:27:30,151 "If a publisher takes it, we'll at last have the money we need 475 00:27:30,184 --> 00:27:34,623 to buy your parents a place in the city and move to Paris. 476 00:27:34,655 --> 00:27:36,157 After everything we've been through, 477 00:27:36,190 --> 00:27:40,027 I'm filled with such optimism about our future." 478 00:27:41,563 --> 00:27:44,064 Now, I'm not a detective like Miss Marple, 479 00:27:44,098 --> 00:27:47,301 but that doesn't sound like a man planning to take his life. 480 00:27:47,334 --> 00:27:49,403 No. It sure doesn't. 481 00:27:49,436 --> 00:27:53,674 Mrs. Simpson, Sheriff Keller told me some things about your husband. 482 00:27:54,875 --> 00:27:58,812 That he was a war protester and a communist. 483 00:27:59,813 --> 00:28:03,250 And that he'd been to an asylum. 484 00:28:04,985 --> 00:28:05,886 Mm-hmm. 485 00:28:07,188 --> 00:28:08,657 And that's true. 486 00:28:08,689 --> 00:28:12,059 But did he also tell you that Bradley served in World War II? 487 00:28:12,092 --> 00:28:17,031 And that he became addicted to opium because of a war injury? 488 00:28:17,064 --> 00:28:21,969 And that he checked himself into St. Vincent's voluntarily? 489 00:28:22,002 --> 00:28:25,773 And yes, he attended a couple of communist meetings 490 00:28:25,806 --> 00:28:30,411 when he was young and curious and suffering 491 00:28:30,444 --> 00:28:32,379 during the Great Depression. 492 00:28:32,413 --> 00:28:34,215 That makes sense. 493 00:28:34,248 --> 00:28:35,517 I'll tell you this. 494 00:28:35,550 --> 00:28:37,718 My husband was an optimist. 495 00:28:37,751 --> 00:28:40,154 Despite everything life threw at him. 496 00:28:40,187 --> 00:28:43,791 Even when he was working as a janitor at the maple factory, 497 00:28:43,824 --> 00:28:45,893 stuck on the graveyard shift, 498 00:28:45,926 --> 00:28:47,629 he never lost his sense of humor. 499 00:28:47,662 --> 00:28:53,033 He always believed something better was around the corner. 500 00:28:54,401 --> 00:28:56,638 If Mr. Rayberry didn't take his own life, 501 00:28:56,671 --> 00:28:58,973 means that someone else is responsible. 502 00:29:00,575 --> 00:29:02,076 Do you have any idea who? 503 00:29:02,544 --> 00:29:03,777 Or why? 504 00:29:03,811 --> 00:29:05,913 The world can be a brutal place. 505 00:29:05,946 --> 00:29:09,984 God knows who Bradley might have angered or upset. 506 00:29:10,017 --> 00:29:14,788 I've seen a lot of people do horrific things in my day. 507 00:29:16,725 --> 00:29:21,362 If you want to look into Brad's death, young man, I won't stop you. 508 00:29:24,798 --> 00:29:28,002 Take a gander. You won't believe the bitchin' rigs on this one. 509 00:29:28,035 --> 00:29:30,739 Serves us right for stopping at the newsstand. 510 00:29:30,771 --> 00:29:32,139 Classy chassis. 511 00:29:32,172 --> 00:29:34,908 Check out the flip-top box on page 13. 512 00:29:37,177 --> 00:29:38,812 Whoa. Fat city. 513 00:29:38,846 --> 00:29:43,350 You know, Steve McQueen used to drive us around Hollywood in his '53 Hudson Hornet. 514 00:29:43,384 --> 00:29:46,887 And believe me, you've never heard anything purr quite like that. 515 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:49,591 I've fixed up more than a few V8s in my day. 516 00:29:49,624 --> 00:29:52,993 My dad says I've never met an engine I couldn't repair. 517 00:29:53,027 --> 00:29:55,664 Damn! The plating on these rims... 518 00:29:55,697 --> 00:29:56,997 Cherry. 519 00:29:57,031 --> 00:29:59,133 I'd agitate the gravel with those chromes. 520 00:29:59,166 --> 00:30:01,935 Boys! Aren't we going to be late? 521 00:30:03,137 --> 00:30:05,272 For the show? We're still going to the show, I hope? 522 00:30:05,306 --> 00:30:08,075 If we don't leave now, we'll never make it to Centerville on time. 523 00:30:08,108 --> 00:30:10,344 Yeah, you're right. We should boogie. 524 00:30:13,581 --> 00:30:15,149 What are you doing? 525 00:30:15,182 --> 00:30:16,984 Oh, I just thought, since we're late, it'd be better if I-- 526 00:30:17,017 --> 00:30:19,688 Well, you drove on the way here. 527 00:30:19,721 --> 00:30:21,322 It's my car, I'll drive. 528 00:30:21,355 --> 00:30:22,956 Okay, yeah, just make sure you don't flood the engine 529 00:30:22,990 --> 00:30:24,325 when you start 'er up, 'cause sometimes-- 530 00:30:24,358 --> 00:30:25,326 I got it, Reg. 531 00:30:32,166 --> 00:30:35,135 So what's next for you, Mrs. Simpson? 532 00:30:35,169 --> 00:30:39,406 I'm going to bury my husband where we first met. 533 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:43,844 And then I suppose I'm going to see about getting his novel published. 534 00:30:43,877 --> 00:30:46,313 Let us know if we can help in any way. 535 00:30:46,347 --> 00:30:47,782 I will, dear. 536 00:30:47,816 --> 00:30:50,317 You know, Bradley always loved comic books. 537 00:30:50,351 --> 00:30:51,720 Since I knew him. 538 00:30:51,753 --> 00:30:53,655 I'm sure he'd be happy for you to continue adapting his stories. 539 00:30:53,688 --> 00:30:56,156 I'd be honored. 540 00:30:56,190 --> 00:30:58,325 And I'll talk to Mr. Fieldstone about doing a tribute issue. 541 00:30:58,359 --> 00:31:00,762 With all the proceeds going to you and your family, of course. 542 00:31:00,795 --> 00:31:02,863 That would be much appreciated. 543 00:31:05,767 --> 00:31:08,902 Tell me, are you two going steady? 544 00:31:09,738 --> 00:31:11,071 - Who? Us? - Oh, no. No. 545 00:31:11,105 --> 00:31:14,074 -I mean... -We're classmates. 546 00:31:14,108 --> 00:31:18,513 -And friends, I would say. -Good friends. 547 00:31:18,546 --> 00:31:20,447 -Yeah. -Pals. 548 00:31:20,481 --> 00:31:24,985 Well, you two take care of each other. That's important. 549 00:31:51,912 --> 00:31:53,914 Arch, do you need a hand? 550 00:32:00,855 --> 00:32:02,624 Unfortunately, Betty, 551 00:32:02,657 --> 00:32:05,860 it seems as though someone goofed it and forgot to fill up the gas tank. 552 00:32:05,894 --> 00:32:10,998 Okay. So the problem is we need to get gas and we need to beat feet, fast. 553 00:32:11,031 --> 00:32:13,701 Well, considering the fact that I'm in stilettos 554 00:32:13,735 --> 00:32:16,069 and Pop's is five miles back that way, 555 00:32:16,103 --> 00:32:18,873 might I suggest you two cool it and start walking 556 00:32:18,907 --> 00:32:21,543 while we stay here and huddle for warmth? 557 00:32:50,905 --> 00:32:52,540 -Hey. -Hey. 558 00:32:52,574 --> 00:32:54,241 -Hey! -Hey! Hey! 559 00:32:59,980 --> 00:33:01,516 So I've been thinking-- 560 00:33:01,549 --> 00:33:03,618 Why don't you see if Clifford Blossom can get you a car? 561 00:33:03,651 --> 00:33:05,185 Get bent. 562 00:33:05,219 --> 00:33:07,856 Why not? Clifford Blossom will do anything to keep you happy. 563 00:33:07,889 --> 00:33:09,356 Star players get perks all the time. 564 00:33:09,389 --> 00:33:11,291 No way. I don't want to be any deeper 565 00:33:11,325 --> 00:33:13,528 in that creep's pocket than I already am. 566 00:33:13,561 --> 00:33:17,866 It's bad enough he's paying someone to work on my dad's farm in my place. 567 00:33:17,899 --> 00:33:19,934 Is that how you see me? 568 00:33:19,968 --> 00:33:22,069 As a germ who's looking for handouts? 569 00:33:22,102 --> 00:33:25,072 Ah, jeez, you don't have to be so touchy about it. 570 00:33:25,105 --> 00:33:28,075 What's the matter, Andrews? Am I too uppity for you? 571 00:33:28,108 --> 00:33:30,945 Hmm? Borrowing your car instead of waxing it? 572 00:33:30,979 --> 00:33:33,146 Eating off of your mom's nice dinner plates? 573 00:33:33,180 --> 00:33:35,482 You're ringing up the wrong area code, Reg. 574 00:33:35,517 --> 00:33:36,416 Then what? 575 00:33:37,819 --> 00:33:39,253 Am I forgetting my place? 576 00:33:39,286 --> 00:33:42,189 You better knock that giant chip off your shoulder. 577 00:33:42,222 --> 00:33:45,527 Oh, yeah? Or maybe I oughta knock the one off yours. 578 00:33:57,539 --> 00:33:59,507 Wait. Wait. 579 00:34:09,751 --> 00:34:10,652 Submit. 580 00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:12,620 Submit. 581 00:34:19,861 --> 00:34:21,094 Hello. 582 00:34:23,063 --> 00:34:24,131 Cheryl? 583 00:34:24,164 --> 00:34:26,901 And Toni Topaz and Midge Klump. 584 00:34:26,935 --> 00:34:29,336 Are you ladies having car trouble? 585 00:34:29,369 --> 00:34:34,042 We were on our way to see Fangs perform, but we ran out of gas. 586 00:34:34,074 --> 00:34:36,310 Right on! That's where we're going. 587 00:34:37,444 --> 00:34:40,014 Well, hop on in. The more, the merrier. 588 00:34:40,048 --> 00:34:42,550 It'll be a blast and a half. 589 00:34:42,584 --> 00:34:44,084 What about the boys? 590 00:34:44,117 --> 00:34:46,988 With all due respect to those wet rags, 591 00:34:47,021 --> 00:34:48,923 who cares about the boys? 592 00:34:48,957 --> 00:34:50,758 What an incredible lady. 593 00:34:50,792 --> 00:34:52,225 Really makes you think. 594 00:34:52,259 --> 00:34:55,530 Yes. About a lot of things. 595 00:34:55,897 --> 00:34:57,297 Like? 596 00:34:57,331 --> 00:35:01,268 Like that I should go back on the road with my folks. 597 00:35:01,301 --> 00:35:04,706 As hard as the tour was... Is. 598 00:35:04,739 --> 00:35:07,075 Yeah, I was wondering. 599 00:35:07,107 --> 00:35:09,142 I was planning to take some time off. 600 00:35:09,176 --> 00:35:11,311 To rest. Reevaluate. 601 00:35:11,345 --> 00:35:17,619 But meeting June, reading her letters to Mr. Rayberry. 602 00:35:17,652 --> 00:35:22,155 Not that I needed a reminder, but it was one. 603 00:35:24,859 --> 00:35:28,428 You're fighting for people to be free and live their lives. 604 00:35:28,462 --> 00:35:31,666 And to love who they wanna love. 605 00:35:33,433 --> 00:35:37,105 There's nothing more meaningful than that. 606 00:35:37,137 --> 00:35:41,208 Well, maybe this time you'll actually send me my homework? 607 00:35:41,241 --> 00:35:44,045 Yeah. Yes, yes, I will. 608 00:35:44,078 --> 00:35:46,213 Maybe I'll send you some letters too. 609 00:35:50,150 --> 00:35:53,755 So, you boys wanna tell me what happened? 610 00:35:53,788 --> 00:35:56,791 I was stupid enough to think that I was lending my car 611 00:35:56,824 --> 00:35:58,325 to someone that I could trust. 612 00:35:58,358 --> 00:36:00,094 Yep. And I was stupid enough 613 00:36:00,128 --> 00:36:02,429 to believe someone when they said we were Bulldog brothers. 614 00:36:02,462 --> 00:36:04,132 I don't know about all that, 615 00:36:04,164 --> 00:36:06,333 but if this is over some car, 616 00:36:06,366 --> 00:36:09,302 I've got an abandoned jalopy in my garage. 617 00:36:11,238 --> 00:36:13,141 Why don't you take it off my hands, Reggie? 618 00:36:13,173 --> 00:36:15,242 You'd actually be doing me a favor. 619 00:36:15,275 --> 00:36:16,978 That'd be incredible, Pop. 620 00:36:17,011 --> 00:36:20,948 Bet they'd let you keep it in the shop class at the high school too. 621 00:36:20,982 --> 00:36:22,416 How's that sound to you boys? 622 00:36:22,449 --> 00:36:25,920 -Great. -Swell. Well, thank you, Pop. 623 00:36:25,953 --> 00:36:28,156 -Thanks, Pop. -Yeah, yeah, yeah. 624 00:36:28,221 --> 00:36:30,190 Great. Great. Go. 625 00:36:31,358 --> 00:36:33,828 I wanna come clean about something. 626 00:36:33,861 --> 00:36:35,963 The night I took Veronica out, 627 00:36:35,997 --> 00:36:38,032 I didn't go joyriding afterwards. 628 00:36:38,066 --> 00:36:39,734 That's not why I got back late. 629 00:36:40,668 --> 00:36:44,706 Hold the line. Well, where were you, then? 630 00:36:45,807 --> 00:36:48,776 I drove home to Duck Creek to see my folks. 631 00:36:48,810 --> 00:36:50,111 How come? 632 00:36:50,144 --> 00:36:51,679 I was feeling homesick. 633 00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:54,649 Why didn't you just tell me that? 634 00:36:54,682 --> 00:36:58,218 I can't go around telling people I miss my morn and dad. 635 00:37:00,454 --> 00:37:02,724 Well, I've never really thought about it like this. 636 00:37:02,757 --> 00:37:07,995 But I've always felt a little homesick ever since my dad left for Korea. 637 00:37:08,029 --> 00:37:09,764 That's the best way to describe it. 638 00:37:10,698 --> 00:37:11,599 Homesick. 639 00:37:13,300 --> 00:37:16,137 Like I said, he was my best friend. 640 00:37:16,170 --> 00:37:18,039 I've never really had one since. 641 00:37:18,072 --> 00:37:19,372 What about Betty? 642 00:37:19,406 --> 00:37:22,744 Or what's-his-name, Beef Soup? Soup Can? 643 00:37:25,012 --> 00:37:25,980 You mean Jughead? 644 00:37:26,013 --> 00:37:27,682 Yeah. Jughead. 645 00:37:29,449 --> 00:37:31,652 I guess you can't really talk V8s with him. 646 00:37:32,653 --> 00:37:34,387 No, not really. 647 00:37:35,056 --> 00:37:36,657 He's a good egg, though. 648 00:37:37,925 --> 00:37:40,528 And Betty. She's... 649 00:37:45,465 --> 00:37:48,002 Anyway, how's things back home with your folks? 650 00:37:48,035 --> 00:37:49,436 The same as always. 651 00:37:49,469 --> 00:37:51,205 They're working hard, missing me. 652 00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:55,143 But they're happy I ended up in a good home. 653 00:37:55,176 --> 00:37:56,511 With good people. 654 00:37:58,012 --> 00:37:59,547 You're good people, Archie. 655 00:38:01,015 --> 00:38:03,251 Yeah, you too, Reg. 656 00:38:03,283 --> 00:38:05,253 My dad would've got a kick out of you. 657 00:38:05,285 --> 00:38:06,921 -Yeah? -Oh, yeah. 658 00:38:06,954 --> 00:38:10,825 Hey, you think the girls are gonna go ape on us? 659 00:38:13,628 --> 00:38:14,662 Uh... 660 00:38:16,964 --> 00:38:18,465 Where are the girls? 661 00:39:00,373 --> 00:39:02,076 I can't believe you came to my gig. 662 00:39:02,109 --> 00:39:06,147 If you thought I was gonna miss the biggest show of your career, 663 00:39:06,180 --> 00:39:08,115 you've got a screw loose. 664 00:39:08,149 --> 00:39:09,684 Thank God you're so stubborn, Midge. 665 00:39:09,717 --> 00:39:13,654 'Cause it turns out, you were my lucky charm. 666 00:39:14,322 --> 00:39:16,090 What's this, hon? 667 00:39:16,123 --> 00:39:21,062 It's the business card of a music producer from Phantom Rock Records. 668 00:39:26,901 --> 00:39:27,835 Mm. 669 00:39:36,143 --> 00:39:37,912 Holy heck. 670 00:39:39,614 --> 00:39:41,816 That's in worse shape than mine when we found it. 671 00:39:41,849 --> 00:39:44,652 Careful. Watch what you say about Bella. 672 00:39:45,786 --> 00:39:46,888 Bella? 673 00:39:46,921 --> 00:39:49,757 Yeah. I always dreamed about having a car named Bella. 674 00:39:50,258 --> 00:39:52,425 Oh, Bella it is. 675 00:39:52,459 --> 00:39:54,427 I thought you could use a hand souping her up a little. 676 00:39:54,461 --> 00:39:56,864 I could. That's why I asked Betty. 677 00:40:00,735 --> 00:40:01,501 Betty? 678 00:40:01,535 --> 00:40:03,504 Hey, Arch. Are you helping out too? 679 00:40:06,307 --> 00:40:08,643 Uh, yeah, I suppose. 680 00:40:08,676 --> 00:40:10,344 By the way, I was telling Reggie, 681 00:40:10,378 --> 00:40:12,780 you two missed an incredible show last night. 682 00:40:12,813 --> 00:40:14,649 Fangs for sure is the next big thing. 683 00:40:14,682 --> 00:40:16,918 He blew the roof off the Armory! 684 00:40:21,488 --> 00:40:23,456 -Um... -Yeah. 685 00:40:23,490 --> 00:40:25,458 -Can I have that one? Thanks. -Yep. 686 00:40:25,927 --> 00:40:26,827 What? 687 00:40:27,395 --> 00:40:29,429 What? Oh. Nothing. 688 00:40:30,097 --> 00:40:30,998 Thanks. 689 00:40:55,790 --> 00:40:56,657 Oh, hello. 690 00:40:56,691 --> 00:40:58,826 You must be a friend of Mr. Rayberry's. 691 00:40:58,859 --> 00:41:02,363 Such a shame what happened to him, may he rest in peace. 692 00:41:02,396 --> 00:41:03,631 Thank you. 693 00:41:03,664 --> 00:41:06,033 Well, I hate to impose, I'm Mrs. Martin. 694 00:41:06,067 --> 00:41:08,903 I just live down the hall and I've run out of milk for my kitty. 695 00:41:08,936 --> 00:41:13,007 I was wondering if there might be any in Mr. Rayberry's refrigerator. 696 00:41:19,313 --> 00:41:20,915 How strange. 697 00:41:20,948 --> 00:41:23,384 I wonder what happened to the milk bottles. 698 00:41:23,417 --> 00:41:24,752 Milk bottles? 699 00:41:24,785 --> 00:41:26,854 A few nights ago, I heard the milkman making 700 00:41:26,887 --> 00:41:30,524 an unusually late delivery to this apartment. 701 00:41:30,558 --> 00:41:32,326 The milkman? You saw him? 702 00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,929 No. I was inside my apartment. 703 00:41:34,962 --> 00:41:35,896 But I heard him. 704 00:41:37,765 --> 00:41:39,967 How do you hear a milkman? 705 00:41:40,001 --> 00:41:43,070 The distinct rattle of the glass bottles, of course. 706 00:41:45,306 --> 00:41:46,907 My kitty heard it right away. 707 00:41:46,941 --> 00:41:50,311 Because it is just about her favorite sound in the whole world. 708 00:41:50,344 --> 00:41:52,279 Isn't that right, Miss Kitty?