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How can I help, Sheriff?
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We're trying to get ahold
of Rayberry's family,
if he had one.
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Was there any next of kin
that you know of?
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Shucks. I don't...
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Actually,
he might've had a wife.
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Do you know her name?
Or where she lived?
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No, no.
He was pretty tight-lipped
about his marriage.
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He only mentioned it
in passing.
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-Mm...
-But maybe he filled out
some forms at Pep Comics.
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I could check with them.
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Well, I'd appreciate it.
And let me know
if anything turns up.
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It's important that we put
this sorry mess behind us
as soon as possible.
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You're dreamin', Reg.
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Uncle Frank,
will you tell Reggie
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that Marilyn Monroe
is much sexier than
Elizabeth Taylor?
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That no one on the planet
is sexier than Marilyn Monroe.
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Sophia Loren. Brigitte Bardot.
Eartha Kitt.
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And yes, in my humble opinion,
Elizabeth Taylor.
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Told you so.
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What the frig?
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You guys are itchin'
for a switchin'.
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I got a call from
Principal Featherhead
last night, Archie.
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Tells me
your grade point average
is back up. B-plus.
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Like we agreed.
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Yeah? So does that mean
I get back--
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She's waiting for you
in the garage.
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It's all right. I'll clean up.
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Wowza. That is the most
beautiful thing I've ever seen.
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I didn't know you had
a hot rod.
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I didn't know you liked cars.
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I've always wanted one
of my own.
Just could never afford it.
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Well, neither could I.
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You shoulda seen this baby
when we found her at the dump.
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She was a real junker.
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My dad and I
rebuilt her together.
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-Must have taken months.
-Try years.
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We finished it
before he went off to the war.
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Sounds like you
and your old man
were real tight.
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We were best friends.
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Taught me everything I know
about cars.
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And girls, I bet.
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Is this a straight six?
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V8 with headers.
Louder and faster.
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What's the transmission?
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-Three-speed automatic.
-Okay.
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Most important question.
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Can she lay rubber?
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Now that I got my grades up,
why don't we play hooky
and I'll show you?
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Dead, huh?
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Ain't that a kick in the teeth.
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You writers. You all have
your secret demons, don't you?
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It's a shame. Talented guy.
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Say, you wouldn't
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happen to know anything
about Mr. Rayberry
having a wife, would you?
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No. Just that he wanted us
to send half his salary
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to a small town
in South Carolina.
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Maybe she lives down there.
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Do you have a name
or an address?
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No, just a post office box.
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I'll have Bernie get it
for you.
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Thank you, Mr. Fieldstone.
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You bet.
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Dead.
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The thing I love so much
about what Ralph Ellison did
with Invisible Man
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is that he took the broad idea
of existentialism
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and applied it specifically
to the Black American
experience.
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Well, what struck me most
was the novel's style.
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It was almost like jazz.
Very improvisational.
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No shock there.
Ellison was a jazz drummer
before he became a writer.
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Clearly it influenced his work.
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That said,
some of his literary criticisms
rub me the wrong way.
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For instance,
I love Zora Neale Hurston's
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Their Eyes
Were Watching God,
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but he called it a "blight
of calculated burlesque."
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I mean, I can't help
but think that's partly
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because it was written
about a woman and by a woman.
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See, I liked Hurston's book,
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but I do see
Ellison's concern, though.
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She's writing us as caricatures
for a white audience.
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Parts of Invisible Man
really spoke to me,
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but he was just so angry
and tortured all the time.
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Ellison's speaking
to the larger truth
of our existence.
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It's not a book about
day-to-day life.
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It's about what it feels like,
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in the scope
of our human experience,
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to walk around in our skin.
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Well, I, for one, am really
digging this conversation.
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So, to touch
on what Tabitha said,
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what were our thoughts on
Their Eyes Were
Watching God?
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Hey.
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How's my baby and our baby?
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Better now that Riverdale's
heppest budding rock star
is here.
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I actually got some news.
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I booked a gig in Centerville.
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I'm not headlining.
Ritchie Valens is.
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But I did find out
that there's going to be some
music producers there
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that are gonna be
scouting for talent.
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Fangs, that's fantabulous!
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Where and when,
so I can put it in my book?
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Oh, actually, Midge,
you can't come.
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Huh?
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The show's in the rough part
of Centerville.
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Heaven forbid something bad
were to happen.
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-Like a rumble breaks out
and you get hurt.
-Oh...
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Plus, what if
your parents find out
that you're road tripping out
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to the boonies to see
your deadbeat boyfriend
play rock 'n' roll?
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I gotta be a rich
and famous musician
by the next time I see 'em,
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or they'll never jive
with us getting circled.
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But they will, okay?
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Go get to class.
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Okay, so get this.
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According to Mr. Fieldstone,
Mr. Rayberry had
half of his paycheck
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sent to a PO box
in South Carolina.
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That's not something a man
who's planning
to kill himself does.
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Exactly.
Despite what Sheriff Keller
seems to believe.
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Honest to gosh, Tabitha,
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I'm half-tempted to just
sneak into
Mr. Rayberry's apartment.
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Just to try and figure out
who that PO box belongs to.
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His wife, hopefully,
but also to see if I can find
some evidence.
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What kind of evidence?
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That he didn't kill himself.
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That he was the victim
of foul play.
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Would you maybe want
some company for that?
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With all due respect
to James Dean,
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what if you had to choose
between, say, Marlon Brando
or Paul Newman?
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To marry? Paul Newman.
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But if we're talking about
just spending one wild,
reckless night together?
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Marlon Brando.
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Betty Cooper, you naughty girl!
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By the way,
I've been meaning to ask you.
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Are you using a new cold cream?
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Because you're
positively glowing.
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No. Just plain ol' soap
and water.
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But my mom is making good
on her threat
to stay out of my life,
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and, honestly, it's like
a weight's been lifted.
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Well, good for you.
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Look at us, a couple of
independent young women,
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unconstrained
by the expectations of society,
our parents, and boys.
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Upon further reflection, Betty,
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why deal in hypotheticals
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when we have our very own
Marlon and Paul
to play with here at school?
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Reginald?
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Oh. Hey.
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I wanted to offer you
a mea culpa.
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For not making our date
after things got busy
at the Babylonium.
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So I was hoping
you'd give me another chance.
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-What's changed?
-Circumstances.
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To paraphrase my friend
Lauren Bacall,
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a girl can't be all work
and no play.
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Here's the skinny.
I'm not scared of the chase.
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But in my experience,
some people don't really
want to be caught.
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Is that you?
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Only one way to find out.
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Andrews, uh, you doing
anything tonight?
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Nah. No plans.
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Right on. In that case,
can I borrow your car?
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I've got a date with Veronica.
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I thought you were done
with her antics, Reg.
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-Eh.
-Geez, do you even have
a driver's license?
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'Course. I drove my dad's truck
to the farmer's market
every weekend.
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Don't gringle.
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I'll be real careful with her,
I promise.
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Ah, what the heck.
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Sure, why not?
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Like we learned
in Spanish class...
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Mi casa es tu casa.
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No foolin'?
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I got nothing better to do.
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Just look after her, okay?
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Black Athena is everything
I hoped it would be, Cheryl.
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I finally feel like I'm doing
something worthwhile
and worthy, you know?
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Yeah.
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I happened to be walking by
your last meeting.
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It sounded tremendous.
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It was.
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Although Clay tends
to monopolize
the whole conversation.
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It's very clear he has the hots
for James Baldwin.
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Who's that?
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He's this real hep writer
from Harlem.
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One of my favorites.
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Anyway, what's your tale,
nightingale?
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To be honest,
I'm really missing you.
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Between me and the Vixens
and you and your new club,
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we barely get to see
each other.
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And when we do,
it's three feet apart.
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What do you say
we catch a flick tonight?
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I wish I could,
but I really need to
finish reading Native Son.
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It's the next book
that we're gonna be discussing
at Black Athena.
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Okay.
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Well, what if I came with you
to your next meeting?
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I wouldn't say anything,
of course.
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I would just listen.
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Tell you what,
it's the first few days
and we're just getting started.
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I just wanna make sure
that everybody
feels comfortable.
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00:11:06,934 --> 00:11:09,837
Maybe towards the end
of the semester
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when Black Athena
is more established, all right?
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Whatever you think is best.
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00:11:30,491 --> 00:11:33,160
Hi, Archie. How are you?
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Betty. I'm terrific.
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My uncle let me have
my car back!
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I saw. The whole school did.
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00:11:41,302 --> 00:11:44,506
Assuming that means your uncle
is finally easing up on you?
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00:11:44,539 --> 00:11:48,643
He is. Yeah.
I'm out of the doghouse.
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00:11:48,677 --> 00:11:50,110
Well, in that case,
I was wondering
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if it might finally be time
to go on our date?
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00:11:52,913 --> 00:11:55,482
Wow. I'd love to go out
with you, Betty.
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Swell!
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Do you want to pick me up
tonight at, say, 7:00?
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00:12:01,590 --> 00:12:04,659
Oh, crap. I...
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00:12:04,693 --> 00:12:09,664
I lent my car to Reggie,
so he could take
Veronica out tonight.
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00:12:09,698 --> 00:12:11,966
That's okay.
We can take the bus.
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Oh.
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00:12:14,603 --> 00:12:16,237
The bus?
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00:12:16,270 --> 00:12:17,404
Or walk?
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Walk?
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00:12:22,142 --> 00:12:23,545
Yeah. Yeah, sure.
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Let's walk.
That sounds romantic.
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Okay.
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00:12:43,632 --> 00:12:46,166
Jughead, take a look at this.
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Well, whoever is in the photo,
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this was taken in June 1948.
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No, I think the woman's name
is June.
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And I think
these are love letters
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written to Mr. Rayberry
from a woman named
June Simpson.
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Writing to him
from South Carolina.
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That's the same as the PO box.
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00:13:09,857 --> 00:13:12,426
Wait. So this is...
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Brad Rayberry's wife.
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Secret or otherwise.
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Hold on.
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00:13:20,968 --> 00:13:22,737
June Simpson. She's in here.
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With an address
and a phone number.
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We have to call her, Jughead.
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And let her know what happened.
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She probably hasn't heard.
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00:13:33,847 --> 00:13:35,082
Hello?
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00:13:36,350 --> 00:13:38,720
Hi. Mrs. Simpson?
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00:13:38,753 --> 00:13:40,187
Who's calling, please?
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00:13:41,556 --> 00:13:45,225
Um, you don't know me.
My name is Jughead Jones.
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00:13:45,259 --> 00:13:48,395
I'm terribly sorry to be
the bearer of bad news, ma'am.
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00:13:50,497 --> 00:13:53,867
Brad Rayberry has passed away.
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00:13:53,901 --> 00:13:56,370
Who... Who is this, exactly?
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Uh, I worked with Mr. Rayberry.
I'm one of his friends.
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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?