1 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:09,705 How can I help, Sheriff? 2 00:00:09,748 --> 00:00:12,360 We're trying to get ahold of Rayberry's family, if he had one. 3 00:00:12,403 --> 00:00:14,840 Was there any next of kin that you know of? 4 00:00:14,884 --> 00:00:16,233 Shucks. I don't... 5 00:00:18,148 --> 00:00:21,543 Actually, he might've had a wife. 6 00:00:21,586 --> 00:00:23,545 Do you know her name? Or where she lived? 7 00:00:23,588 --> 00:00:26,113 No, no. He was pretty tight-lipped about his marriage. 8 00:00:26,156 --> 00:00:29,072 He only mentioned it in passing. 9 00:00:29,116 --> 00:00:31,944 -Mm... -But maybe he filled out some forms at Pep Comics. 10 00:00:31,988 --> 00:00:33,772 I could check with them. 11 00:00:33,816 --> 00:00:36,906 Well, I'd appreciate it. And let me know if anything turns up. 12 00:00:36,949 --> 00:00:40,736 It's important that we put this sorry mess behind us as soon as possible. 13 00:00:43,391 --> 00:00:45,219 You're dreamin', Reg. 14 00:00:45,262 --> 00:00:48,570 Uncle Frank, will you tell Reggie 15 00:00:48,613 --> 00:00:51,790 that Marilyn Monroe is much sexier than Elizabeth Taylor? 16 00:00:51,834 --> 00:00:55,229 That no one on the planet is sexier than Marilyn Monroe. 17 00:00:56,621 --> 00:00:59,276 Sophia Loren. Brigitte Bardot. Eartha Kitt. 18 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:03,150 And yes, in my humble opinion, Elizabeth Taylor. 19 00:01:04,281 --> 00:01:05,891 Told you so. 20 00:01:05,935 --> 00:01:07,589 What the frig? 21 00:01:07,632 --> 00:01:09,808 You guys are itchin' for a switchin'. 22 00:01:09,852 --> 00:01:12,942 I got a call from Principal Featherhead last night, Archie. 23 00:01:12,985 --> 00:01:15,901 Tells me your grade point average is back up. B-plus. 24 00:01:15,945 --> 00:01:17,251 Like we agreed. 25 00:01:17,294 --> 00:01:20,080 Yeah? So does that mean I get back-- 26 00:01:20,123 --> 00:01:22,343 ♪ She's my cruisin' Street machine ♪ 27 00:01:22,386 --> 00:01:23,866 She's waiting for you in the garage. 28 00:01:23,908 --> 00:01:26,347 ♪ Little cruisin' Street machine ♪ 29 00:01:26,390 --> 00:01:29,785 ♪ She's lookin' kinda mean ♪ 30 00:01:29,828 --> 00:01:31,352 ♪ Little cruisin' Street machine ♪ 31 00:01:31,395 --> 00:01:32,657 It's all right. I'll clean up. 32 00:01:34,746 --> 00:01:38,228 Wowza. That is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. 33 00:01:38,271 --> 00:01:39,751 I didn't know you had a hot rod. 34 00:01:40,926 --> 00:01:42,711 I didn't know you liked cars. 35 00:01:42,753 --> 00:01:45,148 I've always wanted one of my own. Just could never afford it. 36 00:01:47,933 --> 00:01:50,152 Well, neither could I. 37 00:01:50,197 --> 00:01:53,287 You shoulda seen this baby when we found her at the dump. 38 00:01:53,330 --> 00:01:55,637 She was a real junker. 39 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:58,161 My dad and I rebuilt her together. 40 00:01:58,205 --> 00:02:00,729 -Must have taken months. -Try years. 41 00:02:00,772 --> 00:02:03,166 We finished it before he went off to the war. 42 00:02:06,474 --> 00:02:08,650 Sounds like you and your old man were real tight. 43 00:02:10,955 --> 00:02:12,828 We were best friends. 44 00:02:12,871 --> 00:02:14,786 Taught me everything I know about cars. 45 00:02:14,830 --> 00:02:15,918 And girls, I bet. 46 00:02:19,269 --> 00:02:20,444 Is this a straight six? 47 00:02:20,488 --> 00:02:23,969 V8 with headers. Louder and faster. 48 00:02:24,013 --> 00:02:25,188 What's the transmission? 49 00:02:25,232 --> 00:02:27,234 -Three-speed automatic. -Okay. 50 00:02:27,277 --> 00:02:28,670 Most important question. 51 00:02:30,193 --> 00:02:32,195 Can she lay rubber? 52 00:02:32,239 --> 00:02:35,155 Now that I got my grades up, why don't we play hooky and I'll show you? 53 00:02:36,895 --> 00:02:39,680 [Fieldstone] Dead, huh? [scoffs] 54 00:02:39,724 --> 00:02:42,553 Ain't that a kick in the teeth. 55 00:02:42,597 --> 00:02:46,644 You writers. You all have your secret demons, don't you? 56 00:02:46,688 --> 00:02:49,691 It's a shame. Talented guy. 57 00:02:50,996 --> 00:02:52,911 Say, you wouldn't 58 00:02:52,954 --> 00:02:55,697 happen to know anything about Mr. Rayberry having a wife, would you? 59 00:02:55,740 --> 00:02:59,309 No. Just that he wanted us to send half his salary 60 00:02:59,353 --> 00:03:01,355 to a small town in South Carolina. 61 00:03:03,008 --> 00:03:04,184 Maybe she lives down there. 62 00:03:04,227 --> 00:03:05,533 Do you have a name or an address? 63 00:03:05,576 --> 00:03:07,665 No, just a post office box. 64 00:03:07,709 --> 00:03:09,885 I'll have Bernie get it for you. 65 00:03:09,928 --> 00:03:11,016 Thank you, Mr. Fieldstone. 66 00:03:11,060 --> 00:03:12,453 You bet. 67 00:03:12,496 --> 00:03:13,976 Dead. [scoffs] 68 00:03:16,413 --> 00:03:20,112 [Clay] The thing I love so much about what Ralph Ellison did with Invisible Man 69 00:03:20,156 --> 00:03:23,246 is that he took the broad idea of existentialism 70 00:03:23,290 --> 00:03:26,728 and applied it specifically to the Black American experience. 71 00:03:26,771 --> 00:03:28,904 Well, what struck me most was the novel's style. 72 00:03:28,947 --> 00:03:32,560 It was almost like jazz. Very improvisational. 73 00:03:32,603 --> 00:03:36,781 No shock there. Ellison was a jazz drummer before he became a writer. 74 00:03:36,825 --> 00:03:38,914 Clearly it influenced his work. 75 00:03:38,957 --> 00:03:43,005 That said, some of his literary criticisms rub me the wrong way. 76 00:03:43,048 --> 00:03:45,529 For instance, I love Zora Neale Hurston's 77 00:03:45,573 --> 00:03:47,183 Their Eyes Were Watching God, 78 00:03:47,227 --> 00:03:50,404 but he called it a "blight of calculated burlesque." 79 00:03:50,447 --> 00:03:51,970 I mean, I can't help but think that's partly 80 00:03:52,014 --> 00:03:55,365 because it was written about a woman and by a woman. 81 00:03:55,409 --> 00:03:56,758 See, I liked Hurston's book, 82 00:03:56,801 --> 00:03:59,326 but I do see Ellison's concern, though. 83 00:03:59,369 --> 00:04:03,417 She's writing us as caricatures for a white audience. 84 00:04:03,460 --> 00:04:05,506 Parts of Invisible Man really spoke to me, 85 00:04:05,549 --> 00:04:08,160 but he was just so angry and tortured all the time. 86 00:04:08,204 --> 00:04:11,251 Ellison's speaking to the larger truth of our existence. 87 00:04:11,294 --> 00:04:13,078 It's not a book about day-to-day life. 88 00:04:13,122 --> 00:04:14,602 It's about what it feels like, 89 00:04:14,645 --> 00:04:16,733 in the scope of our human experience, 90 00:04:16,778 --> 00:04:18,910 to walk around in our skin. 91 00:04:18,954 --> 00:04:20,303 [clears throat] 92 00:04:25,787 --> 00:04:28,703 Well, I, for one, am really digging this conversation. 93 00:04:28,746 --> 00:04:30,792 So, to touch on what Tabitha said, 94 00:04:30,835 --> 00:04:33,621 what were our thoughts on Their Eyes Were Watching God? 95 00:04:38,713 --> 00:04:41,324 ["You Can't Catch Me" playing] 96 00:04:42,933 --> 00:04:44,719 [Reggie whooping] 97 00:04:48,549 --> 00:04:50,377 [both laughing] 98 00:04:50,420 --> 00:04:53,293 ♪ Now you can't catch me ♪ 99 00:04:53,336 --> 00:04:54,990 ♪ Baby, you can't catch me ♪ 100 00:04:57,384 --> 00:04:59,386 ♪ 'Cause if you Get too close ♪ 101 00:04:59,429 --> 00:05:04,478 ♪ You know I'm gone Like a cool breeze ♪ 102 00:05:09,570 --> 00:05:11,311 [Fangs] Hey. 103 00:05:11,354 --> 00:05:14,314 How's my baby and our baby? 104 00:05:14,357 --> 00:05:17,707 Better now that Riverdale's heppest budding rock star is here. 105 00:05:17,752 --> 00:05:19,754 [school bell ringing] 106 00:05:24,759 --> 00:05:26,500 I actually got some news. 107 00:05:28,153 --> 00:05:29,503 I booked a gig in Centerville. 108 00:05:29,546 --> 00:05:30,852 [Midge gasps] 109 00:05:30,895 --> 00:05:33,420 I'm not headlining. Ritchie Valens is. 110 00:05:33,463 --> 00:05:36,423 But I did find out that there's going to be some music producers there 111 00:05:36,466 --> 00:05:38,773 that are gonna be scouting for talent. 112 00:05:39,687 --> 00:05:41,689 Fangs, that's fantabulous! 113 00:05:41,732 --> 00:05:43,778 Where and when, so I can put it in my book? 114 00:05:43,821 --> 00:05:47,129 Oh, actually, Midge, you can't come. 115 00:05:47,172 --> 00:05:48,565 Huh? 116 00:05:48,609 --> 00:05:50,045 The show's in the rough part of Centerville. 117 00:05:50,088 --> 00:05:52,656 Heaven forbid something bad were to happen. 118 00:05:52,700 --> 00:05:55,224 -Like a rumble breaks out and you get hurt. -Oh... 119 00:05:55,267 --> 00:05:57,661 Plus, what if your parents find out that you're road tripping out 120 00:05:57,705 --> 00:06:01,230 to the boonies to see your deadbeat boyfriend play rock 'n' roll? 121 00:06:01,273 --> 00:06:04,842 I gotta be a rich and famous musician by the next time I see 'em, 122 00:06:04,886 --> 00:06:07,105 or they'll never jive with us getting circled. 123 00:06:08,455 --> 00:06:09,412 [sighs] 124 00:06:09,456 --> 00:06:11,980 But they will, okay? 125 00:06:18,073 --> 00:06:19,030 Go get to class. 126 00:06:22,686 --> 00:06:24,514 Okay, so get this. 127 00:06:24,558 --> 00:06:27,517 According to Mr. Fieldstone, Mr. Rayberry had half of his paycheck 128 00:06:27,561 --> 00:06:30,520 sent to a PO box in South Carolina. 129 00:06:30,564 --> 00:06:34,784 That's not something a man who's planning to kill himself does. 130 00:06:34,829 --> 00:06:38,006 Exactly. Despite what Sheriff Keller seems to believe. 131 00:06:38,049 --> 00:06:39,659 Honest to gosh, Tabitha, 132 00:06:39,703 --> 00:06:42,271 I'm half-tempted to just sneak into Mr. Rayberry's apartment. 133 00:06:42,314 --> 00:06:44,447 Just to try and figure out who that PO box belongs to. 134 00:06:44,491 --> 00:06:49,365 His wife, hopefully, but also to see if I can find some evidence. 135 00:06:49,409 --> 00:06:50,758 What kind of evidence? 136 00:06:50,801 --> 00:06:53,195 That he didn't kill himself. 137 00:06:53,238 --> 00:06:55,110 That he was the victim of foul play. 138 00:06:57,025 --> 00:07:01,203 Would you maybe want some company for that? 139 00:07:02,900 --> 00:07:05,163 With all due respect to James Dean, 140 00:07:05,207 --> 00:07:10,342 what if you had to choose between, say, Marlon Brando or Paul Newman? 141 00:07:10,386 --> 00:07:12,388 To marry? Paul Newman. 142 00:07:12,432 --> 00:07:16,131 But if we're talking about just spending one wild, reckless night together? 143 00:07:17,132 --> 00:07:18,481 Marlon Brando. 144 00:07:18,525 --> 00:07:21,658 Betty Cooper, you naughty girl! 145 00:07:21,702 --> 00:07:23,704 By the way, I've been meaning to ask you. 146 00:07:23,747 --> 00:07:25,140 Are you using a new cold cream? 147 00:07:25,183 --> 00:07:26,794 Because you're positively glowing. 148 00:07:26,837 --> 00:07:28,752 No. Just plain ol' soap and water. 149 00:07:28,796 --> 00:07:32,669 But my mom is making good on her threat to stay out of my life, 150 00:07:32,713 --> 00:07:36,281 and, honestly, it's like a weight's been lifted. 151 00:07:36,325 --> 00:07:37,805 Well, good for you. 152 00:07:37,848 --> 00:07:40,677 Look at us, a couple of independent young women, 153 00:07:40,721 --> 00:07:45,943 unconstrained by the expectations of society, our parents, and boys. 154 00:07:45,987 --> 00:07:47,815 [upbeat rock music playing] 155 00:07:56,693 --> 00:07:59,391 Upon further reflection, Betty, 156 00:07:59,435 --> 00:08:01,350 why deal in hypotheticals 157 00:08:01,393 --> 00:08:05,006 when we have our very own Marlon and Paul to play with here at school? 158 00:08:08,705 --> 00:08:10,098 [girls giggling] 159 00:08:27,115 --> 00:08:28,159 Reginald? 160 00:08:28,203 --> 00:08:29,726 Oh. Hey. 161 00:08:29,770 --> 00:08:32,554 I wanted to offer you a mea culpa. 162 00:08:32,599 --> 00:08:36,211 For not making our date after things got busy at the Babylonium. 163 00:08:36,254 --> 00:08:39,388 So I was hoping you'd give me another chance. 164 00:08:39,431 --> 00:08:41,303 -What's changed? -Circumstances. 165 00:08:41,346 --> 00:08:43,566 To paraphrase my friend Lauren Bacall, 166 00:08:43,610 --> 00:08:46,047 a girl can't be all work and no play. 167 00:08:46,090 --> 00:08:48,571 Here's the skinny. I'm not scared of the chase. 168 00:08:48,615 --> 00:08:52,575 But in my experience, some people don't really want to be caught. 169 00:08:53,228 --> 00:08:54,098 Is that you? 170 00:08:55,404 --> 00:08:56,971 Only one way to find out. 171 00:09:02,803 --> 00:09:05,719 Andrews, uh, you doing anything tonight? 172 00:09:06,328 --> 00:09:07,764 Nah. No plans. 173 00:09:07,808 --> 00:09:09,070 Right on. In that case, can I borrow your car? 174 00:09:09,113 --> 00:09:12,029 I've got a date with Veronica. 175 00:09:12,073 --> 00:09:14,292 I thought you were done with her antics, Reg. 176 00:09:14,336 --> 00:09:16,468 -Eh. -Geez, do you even have a driver's license? 177 00:09:16,512 --> 00:09:20,037 'Course. I drove my dad's truck to the farmer's market every weekend. 178 00:09:20,734 --> 00:09:22,083 Don't gringle. 179 00:09:22,126 --> 00:09:25,129 I'll be real careful with her, I promise. 180 00:09:25,173 --> 00:09:26,696 Ah, what the heck. 181 00:09:28,306 --> 00:09:30,570 Sure, why not? 182 00:09:30,613 --> 00:09:32,528 Like we learned in Spanish class... 183 00:09:32,572 --> 00:09:35,662 [both] Mi casa es tu casa. 184 00:09:36,445 --> 00:09:37,402 No foolin'? 185 00:09:37,446 --> 00:09:38,490 I got nothing better to do. 186 00:09:38,534 --> 00:09:40,754 Just look after her, okay? 187 00:09:43,321 --> 00:09:46,368 Black Athena is everything I hoped it would be, Cheryl. 188 00:09:46,411 --> 00:09:51,982 I finally feel like I'm doing something worthwhile and worthy, you know? 189 00:09:52,026 --> 00:09:53,505 Yeah. 190 00:09:53,549 --> 00:09:55,899 I happened to be walking by your last meeting. 191 00:09:55,943 --> 00:09:58,554 It sounded tremendous. 192 00:09:58,598 --> 00:10:00,382 It was. 193 00:10:00,425 --> 00:10:02,471 Although Clay tends to monopolize the whole conversation. 194 00:10:02,514 --> 00:10:06,083 It's very clear he has the hots for James Baldwin. 195 00:10:06,867 --> 00:10:08,129 Who's that? 196 00:10:08,172 --> 00:10:10,958 He's this real hep writer from Harlem. 197 00:10:11,001 --> 00:10:12,960 One of my favorites. 198 00:10:13,003 --> 00:10:16,616 Anyway, what's your tale, nightingale? 199 00:10:17,878 --> 00:10:21,403 To be honest, I'm really missing you. 200 00:10:21,446 --> 00:10:24,972 Between me and the Vixens and you and your new club, 201 00:10:26,277 --> 00:10:28,323 we barely get to see each other. 202 00:10:28,366 --> 00:10:31,065 And when we do, it's three feet apart. 203 00:10:35,373 --> 00:10:37,462 What do you say we catch a flick tonight? 204 00:10:37,506 --> 00:10:41,728 I wish I could, but I really need to finish reading Native Son. 205 00:10:41,771 --> 00:10:45,819 It's the next book that we're gonna be discussing at Black Athena. 206 00:10:46,341 --> 00:10:47,342 Okay. 207 00:10:49,387 --> 00:10:53,870 Well, what if I came with you to your next meeting? 208 00:10:53,914 --> 00:10:57,308 I wouldn't say anything, of course. 209 00:10:57,352 --> 00:10:59,267 I would just listen. 210 00:10:59,310 --> 00:11:03,445 Tell you what, it's the first few days and we're just getting started. 211 00:11:03,488 --> 00:11:07,275 I just wanna make sure that everybody feels comfortable. 212 00:11:07,318 --> 00:11:10,191 Maybe towards the end of the semester 213 00:11:10,234 --> 00:11:13,847 when Black Athena is more established, all right? 214 00:11:13,890 --> 00:11:15,413 Whatever you think is best. 215 00:11:30,733 --> 00:11:33,301 Hi, Archie. How are you? 216 00:11:33,344 --> 00:11:37,392 Betty. I'm terrific. 217 00:11:37,435 --> 00:11:39,481 My uncle let me have my car back! 218 00:11:39,524 --> 00:11:41,744 I saw. The whole school did. 219 00:11:41,788 --> 00:11:44,747 Assuming that means your uncle is finally easing up on you? 220 00:11:44,790 --> 00:11:48,925 He is. Yeah. I'm out of the doghouse. 221 00:11:48,969 --> 00:11:50,535 Well, in that case, I was wondering 222 00:11:50,579 --> 00:11:53,234 if it might finally be time to go on our date? 223 00:11:53,277 --> 00:11:55,715 Wow. I'd love to go out with you, Betty. 224 00:11:55,758 --> 00:11:57,586 [chuckles] Swell! 225 00:11:57,629 --> 00:12:01,111 Do you want to pick me up tonight at, say, 7:00? 226 00:12:01,851 --> 00:12:05,246 Oh, crap. I... [chuckles] 227 00:12:05,289 --> 00:12:09,946 I lent my car to Reggie, so he could take Veronica out tonight. 228 00:12:09,990 --> 00:12:12,035 That's okay. We can take the bus. 229 00:12:12,079 --> 00:12:12,949 Oh. 230 00:12:14,864 --> 00:12:16,387 The bus? [chuckles] 231 00:12:16,431 --> 00:12:17,606 Or walk? 232 00:12:17,649 --> 00:12:18,520 Walk? 233 00:12:22,263 --> 00:12:23,786 Yeah. Yeah, sure. 234 00:12:23,830 --> 00:12:25,745 Let's walk. That sounds romantic. 235 00:12:25,788 --> 00:12:27,398 [both chuckle] 236 00:12:27,877 --> 00:12:28,922 Okay. 237 00:12:43,893 --> 00:12:46,287 Jughead, take a look at this. 238 00:12:50,639 --> 00:12:52,423 Well, whoever is in the photo, 239 00:12:53,337 --> 00:12:55,731 this was taken in June 1948. 240 00:12:55,775 --> 00:12:58,865 No, I think the woman's name is June. 241 00:12:58,908 --> 00:13:00,954 And I think these are love letters 242 00:13:00,997 --> 00:13:04,958 written to Mr. Rayberry from a woman named June Simpson. 243 00:13:05,001 --> 00:13:07,569 Writing to him from South Carolina. 244 00:13:07,612 --> 00:13:09,136 That's the same as the PO box. 245 00:13:10,180 --> 00:13:12,617 Wait. So this is... 246 00:13:12,661 --> 00:13:14,445 Brad Rayberry's wife. 247 00:13:15,577 --> 00:13:17,318 Secret or otherwise. 248 00:13:17,797 --> 00:13:18,798 Hold on. 249 00:13:21,322 --> 00:13:23,019 June Simpson. She's in here. 250 00:13:23,063 --> 00:13:24,281 With an address and a phone number. 251 00:13:24,325 --> 00:13:25,935 We have to call her, Jughead. 252 00:13:25,979 --> 00:13:27,589 And let her know what happened. 253 00:13:27,632 --> 00:13:29,330 She probably hasn't heard. 254 00:13:31,985 --> 00:13:33,464 [line ringing] 255 00:13:34,161 --> 00:13:35,162 [June] Hello? 256 00:13:36,511 --> 00:13:38,992 Hi. Mrs. Simpson? 257 00:13:39,035 --> 00:13:40,297 Who's calling, please? 258 00:13:42,082 --> 00:13:45,650 Um, you don't know me. My name is Jughead Jones. 259 00:13:45,694 --> 00:13:48,566 I'm terribly sorry to be the bearer of bad news, ma'am. 260 00:13:50,699 --> 00:13:54,181 Brad Rayberry has passed away. 261 00:13:54,224 --> 00:13:56,836 Who... Who is this, exactly? 262 00:13:56,879 --> 00:13:59,969 Uh, I worked with Mr. Rayberry. I'm one of his friends. 263 00:14:01,579 --> 00:14:03,538 How did Bradley die? 264 00:14:05,409 --> 00:14:06,367 We're not sure. 265 00:14:08,238 --> 00:14:10,719 He was found in his apartment in Seaside. 266 00:14:10,762 --> 00:14:12,852 Did he suffer, do you know? 267 00:14:12,895 --> 00:14:14,114 I hope not. 268 00:14:15,811 --> 00:14:17,508 I'll come as quick as I can. 269 00:14:17,552 --> 00:14:19,728 This is the apartment on Magnolia Street? 270 00:14:19,771 --> 00:14:22,600 Yes. Um, I can... I can be there when you arrive. 271 00:14:22,644 --> 00:14:25,299 In the meantime, I'll just be tidying up his things. 272 00:14:25,342 --> 00:14:27,649 Thank you. I appreciate that. Goodbye. 273 00:14:30,739 --> 00:14:33,220 [Cheryl] Kevin, what happened? Are you okay? 274 00:14:33,263 --> 00:14:35,787 Oh, yeah, I'm just floating on a cloud, to be honest. 275 00:14:35,831 --> 00:14:38,660 And what, pray tell, brought on this state of bliss? 276 00:14:38,703 --> 00:14:42,751 I just heard Clay perform his latest poem, "Ode to Sidney." 277 00:14:42,794 --> 00:14:45,623 He's like a magician, but with his words. 278 00:14:45,667 --> 00:14:47,451 He is, indeed. 279 00:14:47,495 --> 00:14:50,890 And where did this performance take place, if I may ask? 280 00:14:50,933 --> 00:14:53,240 At a meeting of Black Athena. 281 00:14:53,283 --> 00:14:55,764 You went? You were allowed to go? 282 00:14:55,807 --> 00:14:58,985 Mm-hmm. Yeah, Clay invited me. [chuckles] 283 00:15:07,819 --> 00:15:11,388 I mean, it's freedom, Archie, plain and simple. 284 00:15:11,432 --> 00:15:16,437 The freedom of not feeling my mother's breath on my neck, watching my every move. 285 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:19,701 It's like my life is suddenly this open road before me, 286 00:15:19,744 --> 00:15:21,616 and I've got both hands on the wheel. 287 00:15:21,659 --> 00:15:24,619 Wheel? What wheel? Who's got the wheel? 288 00:15:26,447 --> 00:15:27,361 Me. 289 00:15:29,972 --> 00:15:32,018 Oh. Right. 290 00:15:33,106 --> 00:15:34,237 [car engine roaring] 291 00:15:35,543 --> 00:15:37,023 Is everything okay? 292 00:15:38,111 --> 00:15:40,200 I'm peachy. Yeah. I'm just... 293 00:15:41,288 --> 00:15:42,985 [car engine sputtering] 294 00:15:47,337 --> 00:15:48,643 Archie, if you want to call it a night-- 295 00:15:48,686 --> 00:15:52,821 No, I don't. I don't. Not at all. 296 00:15:52,864 --> 00:15:55,955 But I'm just wondering where Reggie and Veronica are on their date. 297 00:15:55,998 --> 00:16:00,002 I mean, where else is there to go in Riverdale other than Pop's? 298 00:16:00,524 --> 00:16:01,395 [scoffing] 299 00:16:08,097 --> 00:16:10,491 So, I heard through the grapevine 300 00:16:10,534 --> 00:16:12,449 that Kevin attended a Black Athena meeting. 301 00:16:12,493 --> 00:16:15,757 Yeah. Well, Clay was presenting a poem 302 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,412 and he wanted to have his boyfriend there. 303 00:16:18,847 --> 00:16:20,283 Mm. 304 00:16:20,327 --> 00:16:23,156 Yeah, Kevin says it was an amazing experience. 305 00:16:24,026 --> 00:16:26,507 Life-changing, even. 306 00:16:26,550 --> 00:16:29,336 Okay, Cheryl, if you really wanna come. 307 00:16:29,379 --> 00:16:32,382 I do. I would love to. 308 00:16:32,426 --> 00:16:36,821 Okay. Well, we're gonna be discussing Native Son, as I mentioned. 309 00:16:36,865 --> 00:16:40,434 So, you can borrow my copy, I finished it. 310 00:16:43,785 --> 00:16:44,655 Thank you. 311 00:16:45,526 --> 00:16:48,181 I do not take this lightly. 312 00:16:49,878 --> 00:16:51,010 I can't wait. 313 00:17:01,237 --> 00:17:02,760 [Archie] You had me worried sick. 314 00:17:08,766 --> 00:17:10,724 Do you have any idea what time it is? 315 00:17:12,509 --> 00:17:15,251 I thought you'd got into a wreck. 316 00:17:15,295 --> 00:17:18,472 I kept imagining you in a ditch somewhere, 317 00:17:18,515 --> 00:17:19,864 all mangled and bleeding. 318 00:17:19,907 --> 00:17:21,518 Archie, cool your jets. 319 00:17:21,561 --> 00:17:23,433 Where did you and Veronica even go tonight? 320 00:17:23,477 --> 00:17:25,695 Look, after I dropped her off, I didn't wanna come straight home, 321 00:17:25,740 --> 00:17:27,655 so I hit the freeway. 322 00:17:27,698 --> 00:17:28,569 You did what? 323 00:17:28,612 --> 00:17:29,744 I hit the freeway. 324 00:17:29,787 --> 00:17:31,876 I wanted to open her up a little. 325 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:32,834 See what she can do. 326 00:17:32,877 --> 00:17:34,749 You... You took my car? 327 00:17:36,142 --> 00:17:37,926 Out onto the highway? 328 00:17:37,969 --> 00:17:41,625 Reggie, that car is my favorite thing in the entire world. 329 00:17:41,669 --> 00:17:43,671 Anything could've happened out there. 330 00:17:44,933 --> 00:17:47,544 -Am I grounded? -No. 331 00:17:47,588 --> 00:17:51,418 But I sure hope you dug your little joyride, Mantle, 332 00:17:51,461 --> 00:17:53,724 because that is your last time in my car. 333 00:17:55,813 --> 00:17:56,684 Keys? 334 00:18:08,565 --> 00:18:11,133 [Frank] I heard you two fellas going at it last night. 335 00:18:14,745 --> 00:18:17,792 What kind of guy does that to a supposed friend? 336 00:18:17,835 --> 00:18:22,623 I built that car, spark-plug by spark-plug, with my dad, Uncle Frank. 337 00:18:26,105 --> 00:18:29,238 Listen, your pops and I, 338 00:18:30,631 --> 00:18:32,285 we shared a car growing up 339 00:18:32,328 --> 00:18:34,591 and we fought more about that damn jalopy 340 00:18:34,635 --> 00:18:37,116 than Cain and Abel did about sheep. 341 00:18:38,247 --> 00:18:40,075 But come on, Archie. 342 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:42,469 The kid's far from home. 343 00:18:42,512 --> 00:18:44,775 He's far from his family, everything he knows. 344 00:18:44,819 --> 00:18:46,690 He grew up scraping by. 345 00:18:46,734 --> 00:18:49,563 Working his ass off for things that guys like us take for granted. 346 00:18:51,521 --> 00:18:52,827 Can't you give him a break? 347 00:18:59,529 --> 00:19:02,445 Well, how was the date? Worth the wait? 348 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:06,275 It was not stellar. 349 00:19:06,319 --> 00:19:09,974 Archie was distracted the whole time. 350 00:19:10,018 --> 00:19:12,455 How was it with you and Reggie? 351 00:19:12,499 --> 00:19:15,806 Mixed. Usually, boys want to go parking with me, 352 00:19:15,850 --> 00:19:18,592 not cruising around town. 353 00:19:18,635 --> 00:19:22,596 But, straight from the fridge, he too seemed preoccupied. 354 00:19:22,639 --> 00:19:26,165 Kept glancing at his watch like he had somewhere to go. 355 00:19:28,732 --> 00:19:32,171 Maybe we should switch dance partners and try again? 356 00:19:32,214 --> 00:19:34,260 Or maybe we try a double date? 357 00:19:34,303 --> 00:19:37,654 [gasps] I know just the event. 358 00:19:37,698 --> 00:19:39,743 Have you heard about this big concert in Centerville? 359 00:19:39,787 --> 00:19:41,049 Mm-mm. 360 00:19:41,092 --> 00:19:43,225 All the hipsters and hep cats will be there. 361 00:19:43,269 --> 00:19:46,141 What say we give our beaus a chance to redeem themselves 362 00:19:46,185 --> 00:19:49,710 for being such unlicked cubs? 363 00:19:49,753 --> 00:19:53,235 [Tabitha] Their words are so beautiful, Jughead. 364 00:19:53,279 --> 00:19:55,237 Describing how their love endured 365 00:19:55,281 --> 00:19:57,065 despite everything they went through. 366 00:19:57,108 --> 00:19:59,067 What happened to them? 367 00:19:59,110 --> 00:20:01,243 Well, from what I could piece together, they got married in New York 368 00:20:01,287 --> 00:20:04,333 and then they moved to June's hometown 369 00:20:04,377 --> 00:20:06,379 in South Carolina to start a family. 370 00:20:06,422 --> 00:20:08,990 But there was an incident. 371 00:20:09,033 --> 00:20:11,122 Their lives were threatened. 372 00:20:11,166 --> 00:20:13,124 Oh, geez. 373 00:20:13,168 --> 00:20:17,259 White thugs threw a brick through their window. 374 00:20:18,434 --> 00:20:20,523 Burned a cross in their yard. 375 00:20:20,567 --> 00:20:23,439 They went to the police, who threatened to arrest them. 376 00:20:23,483 --> 00:20:25,920 Not the thugs. Them. 377 00:20:28,270 --> 00:20:30,185 That's horrible. 378 00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:33,536 I saw things like that every single day I was on tour with Mrs. Till. 379 00:20:34,972 --> 00:20:38,324 In any case, the Rayberrys were terrified. 380 00:20:38,367 --> 00:20:41,762 Not just for themselves, but for the safety of June's family. 381 00:20:41,805 --> 00:20:43,981 That's why Mr. Rayberry left. 382 00:20:44,025 --> 00:20:45,853 And settled in Seaside, yes. 383 00:20:45,896 --> 00:20:48,421 I think the plan was that they were gonna save up enough money 384 00:20:48,464 --> 00:20:50,771 to get June's family somewhere safe. 385 00:20:50,814 --> 00:20:53,730 And then they were gonna go live in Paris as expats. 386 00:20:54,862 --> 00:20:57,952 But if they had such a clear plan, 387 00:20:57,995 --> 00:20:59,997 why would Mr. Rayberry take his own life? 388 00:21:00,041 --> 00:21:04,959 Unless, as you keep saying, he didn't. 389 00:21:11,313 --> 00:21:12,836 Reg, wait up. 390 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:14,708 What, did you find a dent in your fender or something? 391 00:21:14,751 --> 00:21:16,449 Look, I'm sorry about last night. 392 00:21:17,450 --> 00:21:18,625 I lost my cool. 393 00:21:20,844 --> 00:21:24,152 In that case, I'm sorry for miscounting the trumps. 394 00:21:24,195 --> 00:21:28,069 What can I say? I'm car-crazy. It's a disease. 395 00:21:28,112 --> 00:21:29,026 [Betty] Oh, fellas. 396 00:21:32,247 --> 00:21:34,684 Better clear your dance cards. 397 00:21:34,728 --> 00:21:38,297 Fangs is playing a concert in Centerville and we wanna go, 398 00:21:38,340 --> 00:21:40,299 so you're taking us on a double-date. 399 00:21:40,342 --> 00:21:42,213 First to dinner, then to the show. 400 00:21:42,257 --> 00:21:43,345 Any questions? 401 00:21:45,304 --> 00:21:49,003 For some of you, this was perhaps your first time reading Wright's 402 00:21:49,046 --> 00:21:51,484 harrowing and thought-provoking novel. 403 00:21:51,527 --> 00:21:53,747 Of course, it was my third. 404 00:21:53,790 --> 00:21:56,271 Now, I obviously have a lot of thoughts, 405 00:21:56,315 --> 00:21:57,794 but I wanna hear from all of y'all first. 406 00:21:59,579 --> 00:22:02,495 The book asks, "Where does responsibility lie?" 407 00:22:02,538 --> 00:22:07,021 While Bigger does kill Mary, the young white daughter of the rich Dalton family, 408 00:22:07,064 --> 00:22:11,678 the story, in my mind, remains a cautionary tale about, well-- 409 00:22:11,721 --> 00:22:13,157 The dangers of white ignorance. 410 00:22:13,201 --> 00:22:16,683 Exactly. Wright doesn't give us any easy answers. 411 00:22:16,726 --> 00:22:19,076 That's what's so great about it, though. 412 00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:22,993 He looks at society as a whole and how it works to keep us oppressed. 413 00:22:23,037 --> 00:22:25,039 Bigger commits murder, 414 00:22:25,082 --> 00:22:27,911 but his true crime is stepping outside the box 415 00:22:27,955 --> 00:22:29,739 that white society built around him. 416 00:22:29,783 --> 00:22:32,394 I'll say it. I thought Bigger was a stereotype. 417 00:22:32,438 --> 00:22:34,962 Wright doesn't give him enough agency to break the mold. 418 00:22:35,005 --> 00:22:36,572 James Baldwin would agree with you. 419 00:22:36,616 --> 00:22:38,792 And all roads lead to Baldwin, right, Clay? 420 00:22:38,835 --> 00:22:39,706 [chuckles] 421 00:22:40,881 --> 00:22:42,578 They do, Kev. 422 00:22:42,622 --> 00:22:45,407 Cheryl, do you have anything to add? 423 00:22:46,190 --> 00:22:47,844 Oh, no. [chuckles] 424 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:53,894 Um... 425 00:22:53,937 --> 00:22:59,116 Only that this was the most powerful novel I've ever read. 426 00:23:01,597 --> 00:23:04,687 And that the family in the book, the Daltons, 427 00:23:06,776 --> 00:23:08,778 reminded me a lot of my own family 428 00:23:10,519 --> 00:23:11,955 in some unpleasant ways. 429 00:23:13,609 --> 00:23:15,742 But I'm very glad to have read it, 430 00:23:15,785 --> 00:23:19,136 and to be learning more about it. 431 00:23:19,180 --> 00:23:22,096 Just out of curiosity, is Native Sonthe only novel 432 00:23:22,139 --> 00:23:24,098 by a Black author that you've ever read? 433 00:23:26,448 --> 00:23:27,493 Yes. 434 00:23:28,450 --> 00:23:30,104 But I can't wait to read more. 435 00:23:30,147 --> 00:23:31,932 You won't be shocked to hear, Cheryl, 436 00:23:31,975 --> 00:23:34,630 that I maintain an ever-evolving syllabus of Black authors 437 00:23:34,674 --> 00:23:38,939 I believe everyone, regardless of who they are or where they're from, 438 00:23:38,982 --> 00:23:40,593 should be reading. 439 00:23:40,636 --> 00:23:43,857 I gave it to Kevin. I'd be jazzed to share it with you. 440 00:23:43,900 --> 00:23:45,249 Thank you, Clay. 441 00:23:45,293 --> 00:23:46,120 Of course. 442 00:23:50,559 --> 00:23:55,695 Now. Moving on to Baldwin's essay. 443 00:23:55,738 --> 00:23:57,523 [Sheriff Keller] Let me get this straight. 444 00:23:57,566 --> 00:24:02,092 In your expert opinion, Brad Rayberry didn't kill himself? 445 00:24:02,136 --> 00:24:03,093 No. 446 00:24:05,618 --> 00:24:07,054 Well, what happened to him, then? 447 00:24:08,577 --> 00:24:10,449 Well, to put a fine point on it, 448 00:24:10,492 --> 00:24:11,885 disguising murder as suicide 449 00:24:11,928 --> 00:24:14,061 has been a gimmick in detective fiction 450 00:24:14,104 --> 00:24:16,411 since the days of Arthur Conan Doyle. 451 00:24:16,455 --> 00:24:18,108 Let me ask you this. 452 00:24:18,152 --> 00:24:22,548 How well did you really know your so-called hero, Jughead? 453 00:24:22,591 --> 00:24:24,854 Well enough to know that he wouldn't take his own life. 454 00:24:24,898 --> 00:24:26,943 Uh-huh. 455 00:24:26,987 --> 00:24:30,251 Did you also know that he was a card-carrying member of the Communist Party? 456 00:24:30,294 --> 00:24:31,165 [scoffs] 457 00:24:32,688 --> 00:24:35,648 How about the fact that he was a draft dodger 458 00:24:35,691 --> 00:24:38,520 who protested the Korean War? 459 00:24:38,564 --> 00:24:41,001 That he was a dope fiend. 460 00:24:41,044 --> 00:24:43,351 He spent a month as a mental patient 461 00:24:43,394 --> 00:24:45,484 at St. Vincent's in New York City. 462 00:24:52,926 --> 00:24:55,929 This... This is impossible. 463 00:24:55,972 --> 00:24:59,193 Now, I'm no head-shrinker, but if you ask me, 464 00:24:59,236 --> 00:25:04,067 someone who's got that many secrets? 465 00:25:04,111 --> 00:25:07,854 Well, it's a miracle he didn't take his own life sooner. 466 00:25:21,737 --> 00:25:25,088 I'm curious to hear how you thought the meeting went. 467 00:25:25,132 --> 00:25:28,265 Better than I thought it would, actually. 468 00:25:28,309 --> 00:25:30,224 I'm relieved. 469 00:25:30,267 --> 00:25:34,010 I was worried people would feel uncomfortable around you. 470 00:25:34,054 --> 00:25:37,579 Or that you would feel uncomfortable around my friends. 471 00:25:40,234 --> 00:25:43,106 They were, and I was. 472 00:25:43,150 --> 00:25:45,935 Not so much uncomfortable as I was worried 473 00:25:45,979 --> 00:25:48,634 that I wasn't going to say the right thing at first. 474 00:25:48,677 --> 00:25:49,896 But then-- 475 00:25:49,939 --> 00:25:52,725 But then, everyone settled in nicely. 476 00:25:52,768 --> 00:25:55,205 It was really nice to have you here. 477 00:25:55,249 --> 00:25:56,206 It was. 478 00:25:58,208 --> 00:26:01,342 But I think you were right to be so protective of Black Athena. 479 00:26:01,385 --> 00:26:03,910 It's your club, your space. 480 00:26:03,953 --> 00:26:06,477 I am so grateful that I got to experience it, 481 00:26:06,521 --> 00:26:09,742 and that I got to see first-hand what you're so passionate about. 482 00:26:09,785 --> 00:26:16,313 But I think in the future I will just attend the more public events. 483 00:26:16,357 --> 00:26:20,666 Well, we are hosting an open mic night at the Dark Room next month. 484 00:26:20,709 --> 00:26:22,363 I will be there front row. 485 00:26:22,406 --> 00:26:26,019 And maybe you can read some more books off Clay's list. 486 00:26:26,062 --> 00:26:27,498 Absolutely. 487 00:26:27,542 --> 00:26:32,678 And maybe afterward we could discuss them together? 488 00:26:32,721 --> 00:26:35,028 Well, I can dig that plan. 489 00:26:41,643 --> 00:26:45,342 Also, what are you doing tonight? 490 00:26:45,386 --> 00:26:48,607 Midge mentioned that there was a concert in Centerville. 491 00:26:49,390 --> 00:26:50,609 Would you wanna go? 492 00:26:53,176 --> 00:26:56,745 I am certain I could make myself available. 493 00:27:05,188 --> 00:27:08,583 [June] This is the last letter I received from Bradley. 494 00:27:08,627 --> 00:27:11,847 Given the date, he must have mailed it right before... 495 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:14,197 his passing. 496 00:27:17,113 --> 00:27:21,291 In it, he wrote about finally wanting to have his novel published. 497 00:27:22,205 --> 00:27:24,338 He did? Really? 498 00:27:27,341 --> 00:27:30,605 "If a publisher takes it, we'll at last have the money we need 499 00:27:30,649 --> 00:27:34,914 to buy your parents a place in the city and move to Paris. 500 00:27:34,957 --> 00:27:36,611 After everything we've been through, 501 00:27:36,655 --> 00:27:40,136 I'm filled with such optimism about our future." 502 00:27:41,834 --> 00:27:44,488 Now, I'm not a detective like Miss Marple, 503 00:27:44,532 --> 00:27:47,491 but that doesn't sound like a man planning to take his life. 504 00:27:47,535 --> 00:27:49,929 No. It sure doesn't. 505 00:27:49,972 --> 00:27:53,672 Mrs. Simpson, Sheriff Keller told me some things about your husband. 506 00:27:55,238 --> 00:27:58,851 That he was a war protester and a communist. 507 00:28:00,156 --> 00:28:03,420 And that he'd been to an asylum. 508 00:28:05,074 --> 00:28:05,945 Mm-hmm. 509 00:28:07,337 --> 00:28:09,209 And that's true. 510 00:28:09,252 --> 00:28:12,473 But did he also tell you that Bradley served in World War II? 511 00:28:12,516 --> 00:28:17,434 And that he became addicted to opium because of a war injury? 512 00:28:17,478 --> 00:28:22,352 And that he checked himself into St. Vincent's voluntarily? 513 00:28:22,396 --> 00:28:26,095 And yes, he attended a couple of communist meetings 514 00:28:26,139 --> 00:28:30,621 when he was young and curious and suffering 515 00:28:30,665 --> 00:28:32,580 during the Great Depression. 516 00:28:32,623 --> 00:28:34,364 That makes sense. 517 00:28:34,408 --> 00:28:35,757 I'll tell you this. 518 00:28:35,801 --> 00:28:38,020 My husband was an optimist. 519 00:28:38,064 --> 00:28:40,588 Despite everything life threw at him. 520 00:28:40,631 --> 00:28:44,113 Even when he was working as a janitor at the maple factory, 521 00:28:44,157 --> 00:28:46,246 stuck on the graveyard shift, 522 00:28:46,289 --> 00:28:48,204 he never lost his sense of humor. 523 00:28:48,248 --> 00:28:53,122 He always believed something better was around the corner. 524 00:28:54,907 --> 00:28:56,909 If Mr. Rayberry didn't take his own life, 525 00:28:56,952 --> 00:28:59,041 means that someone else is responsible. 526 00:29:00,826 --> 00:29:02,175 Do you have any idea who? 527 00:29:02,784 --> 00:29:04,090 Or why? 528 00:29:04,133 --> 00:29:06,266 The world can be a brutal place. 529 00:29:06,309 --> 00:29:10,357 God knows who Bradley might have angered or upset. 530 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:14,796 I've seen a lot of people do horrific things in my day. 531 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:21,542 If you want to look into Brad's death, young man, I won't stop you. 532 00:29:25,415 --> 00:29:28,375 Take a gander. You won't believe the bitchin' rigs on this one. 533 00:29:28,418 --> 00:29:31,030 Serves us right for stopping at the newsstand. 534 00:29:31,073 --> 00:29:32,553 Classy chassis. 535 00:29:32,596 --> 00:29:34,947 Check out the flip-top box on page 13. 536 00:29:36,296 --> 00:29:37,253 [whistles] 537 00:29:37,297 --> 00:29:39,429 Whoa. Fat city. 538 00:29:39,473 --> 00:29:43,825 You know, Steve McQueen used to drive us around Hollywood in his '53 Hudson Hornet. 539 00:29:43,869 --> 00:29:47,220 And believe me, you've never heard anything purr quite like that. 540 00:29:47,263 --> 00:29:50,136 I've fixed up more than a few V8s in my day. 541 00:29:50,179 --> 00:29:53,356 My dad says I've never met an engine I couldn't repair. 542 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,924 Damn! The plating on these rims... 543 00:29:55,968 --> 00:29:57,360 [Archie whistles] Cherry. 544 00:29:57,404 --> 00:29:59,536 I'd agitate the gravel with those chromes. 545 00:29:59,580 --> 00:30:01,974 Boys! Aren't we going to be late? 546 00:30:03,540 --> 00:30:05,716 For the show? We're still going to the show, I hope? 547 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:08,458 If we don't leave now, we'll never make it to Centerville on time. 548 00:30:08,502 --> 00:30:10,504 Yeah, you're right. We should boogie. 549 00:30:13,812 --> 00:30:15,552 What are you doing? 550 00:30:15,596 --> 00:30:17,337 Oh, I just thought, since we're late, it'd be better if I-- 551 00:30:17,380 --> 00:30:19,948 Well, you drove on the way here. 552 00:30:19,992 --> 00:30:21,732 It's my car, I'll drive. 553 00:30:21,776 --> 00:30:23,299 [Reggie] Okay, yeah, just make sure you don't flood the engine 554 00:30:23,343 --> 00:30:24,474 when you start 'er up, 'cause sometimes-- 555 00:30:24,518 --> 00:30:25,475 I got it, Reg. 556 00:30:32,569 --> 00:30:35,529 So what's next for you, Mrs. Simpson? 557 00:30:35,572 --> 00:30:39,881 I'm going to bury my husband where we first met. 558 00:30:39,925 --> 00:30:44,146 And then I suppose I'm going to see about getting his novel published. 559 00:30:44,190 --> 00:30:46,453 Let us know if we can help in any way. 560 00:30:46,496 --> 00:30:48,063 I will, dear. 561 00:30:48,107 --> 00:30:50,457 You know, Bradley always loved comic books. 562 00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:52,285 Since I knew him. 563 00:30:52,328 --> 00:30:53,895 I'm sure he'd be happy for you to continue adapting his stories. 564 00:30:53,939 --> 00:30:56,550 I'd be honored. 565 00:30:56,593 --> 00:30:58,769 And I'll talk to Mr. Fieldstone about doing a tribute issue. 566 00:30:58,813 --> 00:31:01,033 With all the proceeds going to you and your family, of course. 567 00:31:01,076 --> 00:31:02,861 That would be much appreciated. 568 00:31:06,038 --> 00:31:08,910 Tell me, are you two going steady? 569 00:31:09,998 --> 00:31:11,434 -Who? Us? [chuckles] -Oh, no. No. 570 00:31:11,478 --> 00:31:14,437 -I mean... -We're classmates. 571 00:31:14,481 --> 00:31:18,702 -And friends, I would say. -Good friends. 572 00:31:18,746 --> 00:31:20,922 -Yeah. -Pals. 573 00:31:20,966 --> 00:31:25,013 Well, you two take care of each other. That's important. 574 00:31:52,214 --> 00:31:53,912 Arch, do you need a hand? 575 00:32:01,136 --> 00:32:03,138 Unfortunately, Betty, 576 00:32:03,182 --> 00:32:06,446 it seems as though someone goofed it and forgot to fill up the gas tank. 577 00:32:06,489 --> 00:32:11,320 Okay. So the problem is we need to get gas and we need to beat feet, fast. 578 00:32:11,364 --> 00:32:13,932 Well, considering the fact that I'm in stilettos 579 00:32:13,975 --> 00:32:16,412 and Pop's is five miles back that way, 580 00:32:16,456 --> 00:32:19,154 might I suggest you two cool it and start walking 581 00:32:19,198 --> 00:32:21,722 while we stay here and huddle for warmth? 582 00:32:35,431 --> 00:32:36,432 [shudders] 583 00:32:51,186 --> 00:32:52,709 -Hey. -Hey. 584 00:32:52,753 --> 00:32:54,320 -Hey! -Hey! Hey! 585 00:33:00,282 --> 00:33:01,980 So I've been thinking-- 586 00:33:02,023 --> 00:33:03,807 Why don't you see if Clifford Blossom can get you a car? 587 00:33:03,851 --> 00:33:05,548 Get bent. 588 00:33:05,592 --> 00:33:08,116 Why not? Clifford Blossom will do anything to keep you happy. 589 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:09,770 Star players get perks all the time. 590 00:33:09,813 --> 00:33:11,685 No way. I don't want to be any deeper 591 00:33:11,728 --> 00:33:13,992 in that creep's pocket than I already am. 592 00:33:14,035 --> 00:33:18,126 It's bad enough he's paying someone to work on my dad's farm in my place. 593 00:33:18,170 --> 00:33:20,215 Is that how you see me? 594 00:33:20,259 --> 00:33:22,391 As a germ who's looking for handouts? 595 00:33:22,435 --> 00:33:25,394 Ah, jeez, you don't have to be so touchy about it. 596 00:33:25,438 --> 00:33:28,397 What's the matter, Andrews? Am I too uppity for you? 597 00:33:28,441 --> 00:33:31,226 Hmm? Borrowing your car instead of waxing it? 598 00:33:31,270 --> 00:33:33,489 Eating off of your mom's nice dinner plates? 599 00:33:33,533 --> 00:33:35,622 You're ringing up the wrong area code, Reg. 600 00:33:35,665 --> 00:33:36,536 Then what? 601 00:33:38,059 --> 00:33:39,626 Am I forgetting my place? 602 00:33:39,669 --> 00:33:42,542 You better knock that giant chip off your shoulder. 603 00:33:42,585 --> 00:33:45,675 Oh, yeah? Or maybe I oughta knock the one off yours. 604 00:33:48,678 --> 00:33:49,766 [both grunting] 605 00:33:57,687 --> 00:33:59,646 Wait. Wait. 606 00:34:05,608 --> 00:34:07,219 [both grunting] 607 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:10,831 Submit. 608 00:34:11,918 --> 00:34:12,789 Submit. 609 00:34:14,878 --> 00:34:15,748 [blows] 610 00:34:20,101 --> 00:34:21,101 Hello. 611 00:34:23,364 --> 00:34:24,453 [both] Cheryl? 612 00:34:24,496 --> 00:34:27,152 And Toni Topaz and Midge Klump. 613 00:34:27,195 --> 00:34:29,719 Are you ladies having car trouble? 614 00:34:29,763 --> 00:34:34,333 We were on our way to see Fangs perform, but we ran out of gas. 615 00:34:34,376 --> 00:34:36,378 Right on! That's where we're going. 616 00:34:37,858 --> 00:34:40,295 Well, hop on in. The more, the merrier. 617 00:34:40,339 --> 00:34:42,688 It'll be a blast and a half. 618 00:34:42,732 --> 00:34:44,386 What about the boys? 619 00:34:44,429 --> 00:34:47,259 With all due respect to those wet rags, 620 00:34:47,302 --> 00:34:49,174 who cares about the boys? 621 00:34:49,217 --> 00:34:50,958 [Jughead] What an incredible lady. 622 00:34:51,001 --> 00:34:52,568 Really makes you think. 623 00:34:52,612 --> 00:34:55,658 Yes. About a lot of things. 624 00:34:56,137 --> 00:34:57,660 Like? 625 00:34:57,704 --> 00:35:01,621 Like that I should go back on the road with my folks. 626 00:35:01,664 --> 00:35:04,885 As hard as the tour was... Is. 627 00:35:04,928 --> 00:35:07,366 Yeah, I was wondering. 628 00:35:07,409 --> 00:35:09,455 I was planning to take some time off. 629 00:35:09,498 --> 00:35:11,674 To rest. Reevaluate. 630 00:35:11,718 --> 00:35:18,072 But meeting June, reading her letters to Mr. Rayberry. 631 00:35:18,116 --> 00:35:22,163 Not that I needed a reminder, but it was one. 632 00:35:25,384 --> 00:35:28,822 You're fighting for people to be free and live their lives. 633 00:35:28,865 --> 00:35:31,825 And to love who they wanna love. 634 00:35:33,827 --> 00:35:37,700 There's nothing more meaningful than that. 635 00:35:37,744 --> 00:35:41,530 Well, maybe this time you'll actually send me my homework? 636 00:35:41,574 --> 00:35:44,316 Yeah. Yes, yes, I will. 637 00:35:44,359 --> 00:35:46,231 Maybe I'll send you some letters too. 638 00:35:50,452 --> 00:35:54,239 So, you boys wanna tell me what happened? 639 00:35:54,282 --> 00:35:56,980 I was stupid enough to think that I was lending my car 640 00:35:57,024 --> 00:35:58,678 to someone that I could trust. 641 00:35:58,721 --> 00:36:00,680 Yep. And I was stupid enough 642 00:36:00,723 --> 00:36:02,812 to believe someone when they said we were Bulldog brothers. 643 00:36:02,856 --> 00:36:04,423 [Pop] I don't know about all that, 644 00:36:04,466 --> 00:36:06,686 but if this is over some car, 645 00:36:06,729 --> 00:36:09,341 I've got an abandoned jalopy in my garage. 646 00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:13,432 Why don't you take it off my hands, Reggie? 647 00:36:13,475 --> 00:36:15,564 You'd actually be doing me a favor. 648 00:36:15,608 --> 00:36:17,523 That'd be incredible, Pop. 649 00:36:17,566 --> 00:36:21,179 Bet they'd let you keep it in the shop class at the high school too. 650 00:36:21,222 --> 00:36:22,789 How's that sound to you boys? 651 00:36:22,832 --> 00:36:26,140 -Great. -Swell. Well, thank you, Pop. 652 00:36:26,184 --> 00:36:28,447 -Thanks, Pop. -Yeah, yeah, yeah. 653 00:36:28,490 --> 00:36:30,188 Great. Great. Go. 654 00:36:31,711 --> 00:36:34,017 I wanna come clean about something. 655 00:36:34,061 --> 00:36:36,194 The night I took Veronica out, 656 00:36:36,237 --> 00:36:38,283 I didn't go joyriding afterwards. 657 00:36:38,326 --> 00:36:39,893 That's not why I got back late. 658 00:36:41,111 --> 00:36:44,854 Hold the line. Well, where were you, then? 659 00:36:46,291 --> 00:36:48,945 I drove home to Duck Creek to see my folks. 660 00:36:48,989 --> 00:36:50,382 How come? 661 00:36:50,425 --> 00:36:51,818 [Reggie] I was feeling homesick. 662 00:36:53,123 --> 00:36:55,082 [Archie] Why didn't you just tell me that? 663 00:36:55,125 --> 00:36:58,216 I can't go around telling people I miss my morn and dad. 664 00:37:00,827 --> 00:37:03,177 Well, I've never really thought about it like this. 665 00:37:03,221 --> 00:37:08,226 But I've always felt a little homesick ever since my dad left for Korea. 666 00:37:08,269 --> 00:37:09,923 That's the best way to describe it. 667 00:37:10,837 --> 00:37:11,707 Homesick. 668 00:37:13,622 --> 00:37:16,408 [sighs] Like I said, he was my best friend. 669 00:37:16,451 --> 00:37:18,279 I've never really had one since. 670 00:37:18,323 --> 00:37:19,715 What about Betty? 671 00:37:19,759 --> 00:37:22,892 Or what's-his-name, Beef Soup? Soup Can? 672 00:37:22,936 --> 00:37:25,199 [both laugh] 673 00:37:25,243 --> 00:37:26,200 You mean Jughead? 674 00:37:26,244 --> 00:37:27,810 [laughing] Yeah. Jughead. 675 00:37:29,812 --> 00:37:31,771 I guess you can't really talk V8s with him. 676 00:37:32,772 --> 00:37:34,426 No, not really. 677 00:37:35,296 --> 00:37:36,776 He's a good egg, though. 678 00:37:38,125 --> 00:37:40,606 And Betty. She's... [chuckles] 679 00:37:45,828 --> 00:37:48,222 Anyway, how's things back home with your folks? 680 00:37:48,266 --> 00:37:49,789 The same as always. 681 00:37:49,832 --> 00:37:51,486 They're working hard, missing me. 682 00:37:51,530 --> 00:37:55,403 But they're happy I ended up in a good home. 683 00:37:55,447 --> 00:37:56,578 With good people. 684 00:37:58,232 --> 00:37:59,625 You're good people, Archie. 685 00:38:01,235 --> 00:38:03,542 Yeah, you too, Reg. 686 00:38:03,585 --> 00:38:05,544 My dad would've got a kick out of you. 687 00:38:05,587 --> 00:38:07,415 -Yeah? -Oh, yeah. 688 00:38:07,459 --> 00:38:10,984 Hey, you think the girls are gonna go ape on us? [laughs] 689 00:38:13,726 --> 00:38:14,770 Uh... 690 00:38:17,164 --> 00:38:18,513 Where are the girls? 691 00:38:30,003 --> 00:38:31,831 [cheering] 692 00:38:35,791 --> 00:38:38,316 ♪ Tutti frutti, oh rootie ♪ 693 00:38:38,359 --> 00:38:40,883 ♪ Tutti frutti, oh rootie ♪ 694 00:38:40,927 --> 00:38:43,538 ♪ Tutti frutti, oh rootie ♪ 695 00:38:43,582 --> 00:38:46,236 ♪ A wop bop a loo bop A lop ba ba ♪ 696 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,587 ♪ I got a gal named Sue ♪ 697 00:38:48,630 --> 00:38:50,850 ♪ She knows just what to do ♪ 698 00:38:50,893 --> 00:38:53,809 ♪ I got a gal named Sue ♪ 699 00:38:53,853 --> 00:38:56,246 ♪ She knows just what to do ♪ 700 00:38:56,290 --> 00:38:59,424 ♪ She rock to the East She rock to the West... ♪ 701 00:38:59,467 --> 00:39:00,642 [sighs] 702 00:39:00,686 --> 00:39:02,601 I can't believe you came to my gig. 703 00:39:02,644 --> 00:39:06,387 If you thought I was gonna miss the biggest show of your career, 704 00:39:06,431 --> 00:39:08,346 you've got a screw loose. 705 00:39:08,389 --> 00:39:10,086 Thank God you're so stubborn, Midge. 706 00:39:10,130 --> 00:39:13,742 'Cause it turns out, you were my lucky charm. 707 00:39:14,613 --> 00:39:16,571 What's this, hon? 708 00:39:16,615 --> 00:39:21,271 It's the business card of a music producer from Phantom Rock Records. 709 00:39:21,315 --> 00:39:22,925 [squealing] 710 00:39:22,969 --> 00:39:25,014 ♪ Tutti frutti, oh rootie Ooh ♪ 711 00:39:25,058 --> 00:39:27,016 ♪ Tutti frutti, oh rootie ♪ 712 00:39:27,060 --> 00:39:28,278 [Fangs] Mm. 713 00:39:28,322 --> 00:39:29,932 ♪ Tutti frutti, oh rootie ♪ 714 00:39:29,976 --> 00:39:33,066 ♪ Tutti frutti, oh rootie ♪ 715 00:39:33,109 --> 00:39:36,330 ♪ A wop bop a loo bop A lop bam boom ♪ 716 00:39:36,374 --> 00:39:38,071 [laughing] Holy heck. 717 00:39:39,986 --> 00:39:42,249 That's in worse shape than mine when we found it. 718 00:39:42,292 --> 00:39:44,730 Careful. Watch what you say about Bella. 719 00:39:45,905 --> 00:39:47,341 Bella? 720 00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:49,865 Yeah. I always dreamed about having a car named Bella. 721 00:39:50,518 --> 00:39:52,738 Oh, Bella it is. 722 00:39:52,781 --> 00:39:54,740 I thought you could use a hand souping her up a little. 723 00:39:54,783 --> 00:39:57,003 I could. That's why I asked Betty. 724 00:40:00,833 --> 00:40:01,834 Betty? 725 00:40:01,877 --> 00:40:03,531 Hey, Arch. Are you helping out too? 726 00:40:06,578 --> 00:40:09,015 Uh, yeah, I suppose. 727 00:40:09,058 --> 00:40:10,625 By the way, I was telling Reggie, 728 00:40:10,669 --> 00:40:13,193 you two missed an incredible show last night. 729 00:40:13,236 --> 00:40:15,021 Fangs for sure is the next big thing. 730 00:40:15,064 --> 00:40:17,066 He blew the roof off the Armory! 731 00:40:17,110 --> 00:40:18,111 [chuckles softly] 732 00:40:21,810 --> 00:40:23,769 -Um... -Yeah. 733 00:40:23,812 --> 00:40:25,466 -Can I have that one? Thanks. -Yep. 734 00:40:26,075 --> 00:40:26,946 What? 735 00:40:27,686 --> 00:40:29,427 What? Oh. Nothing. 736 00:40:30,297 --> 00:40:31,167 Thanks. 737 00:40:40,568 --> 00:40:41,830 [knock on door] 738 00:40:55,888 --> 00:40:57,019 Oh, hello. 739 00:40:57,063 --> 00:40:59,239 You must be a friend of Mr. Rayberry's. 740 00:40:59,282 --> 00:41:02,634 Such a shame what happened to him, may he rest in peace. 741 00:41:02,677 --> 00:41:03,983 Thank you. 742 00:41:04,026 --> 00:41:06,507 Well, I hate to impose, I'm Mrs. Martin. 743 00:41:06,551 --> 00:41:09,336 I just live down the hall and I've run out of milk for my kitty. 744 00:41:09,379 --> 00:41:13,166 I was wondering if there might be any in Mr. Rayberry's refrigerator. 745 00:41:19,564 --> 00:41:21,348 How strange. 746 00:41:21,391 --> 00:41:23,655 I wonder what happened to the milk bottles. 747 00:41:23,698 --> 00:41:25,134 Milk bottles? 748 00:41:25,178 --> 00:41:27,267 A few nights ago, I heard the milkman making 749 00:41:27,310 --> 00:41:30,836 an unusually late delivery to this apartment. 750 00:41:30,879 --> 00:41:32,577 The milkman? You saw him? 751 00:41:32,620 --> 00:41:35,057 No. I was inside my apartment. 752 00:41:35,101 --> 00:41:36,015 But I heard him. 753 00:41:38,147 --> 00:41:40,410 [Jughead] How do you hear a milkman? 754 00:41:40,454 --> 00:41:43,239 [Mrs. Martin] The distinct rattle of the glass bottles, of course. 755 00:41:45,546 --> 00:41:47,330 My kitty heard it right away. 756 00:41:47,374 --> 00:41:50,551 Because it is just about her favorite sound in the whole world. 757 00:41:50,595 --> 00:41:52,510 Isn't that right, Miss Kitty? 758 00:41:52,553 --> 00:41:55,034 [cat yowling]