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This is the story
of two teenage boys
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living under the same roof.
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They go to the same school.
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They think about
the same things,
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mostly cars and girls.
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But very different
passions drive them.
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On a normal typical morning,
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the first thing
these two boys do
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is go for a run through
the still-asleep town.
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For Reggie,
a run is a warm-up,
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before he turns
to his true love, basketball.
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For Archie,
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it's a different kind
of warm-up,
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before putting
pencil to paper.
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Mind you, today isn't
a normal, typical morning.
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It's the day
after Halloween,
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when a car
full of Bulldogs
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drove off a bridge
and into Sweetwater River.
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Team captain Julian Blossom
had been behind the wheel.
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All the Bulldogs
most likely would have
drowned if not for Reggie,
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who pulled them
from the water one by one.
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But Julian Blossom
was unconscious,
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hovering between
life and death.
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Even as Frank Andrews
was doing his best
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to calm down
an enraged Clifford Blossom.
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I knew bringing that punk in
was a bad idea.
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It's his fault,
it had to have been.
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And I want him off my team.
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Mayor Blossom, we're still
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piecing together
what happened,
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but it's my understanding
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that it was Julian
behind the wheel.
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You know what I do know?
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That that thug has been trouble
since the day he got here
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and I want him gone.
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Mister Mayor, you shouldn't
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be thinking about
the team right now.
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You should be
focusing on your son.
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Everything else
can be sorted out later.
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And the Bulldogs
weren't the only Halloween
tragedy that night.
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The milkman had tried
to murder my bud, Ethel Muggs.
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It's the same milkman
that I saw
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leaving my house after
he killed my parents, Sheriff.
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But I wrestled the knife
out of his hand
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-and then...
-It was self-defense, Sheriff.
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In case you're getting
any funny ideas.
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Well, at least
all our questions have
finally been answered.
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Are you joshing us?
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Now I have
even more questions.
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Should I go to the station
and make a statement?
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No, uh, that won't
be necessary.
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It strikes me as
a open-and-shut case.
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Open and shut?
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Sheriff, whoever
this maniac is,
killed Ethel's parents,
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killed Mr. Rayberry
and tried to bump off Ethel.
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If you have all the answers,
who is he?
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Huh?
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Who is the milkman?
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I will get to that.
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Maybe his fingerprints
are on file at the office,
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but in the meantime,
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we need to get Ethel
back to the Sisters.
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- No!
- No, no, no.
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The Sisters were abusing Ethel.
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She'll come with me.
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She needs to be in the care
of an adult, Jughead.
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Well, that may be so,
but not the Sisters.
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Frank, Archie,
do you have any news?
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Wait. Jughead, slow down.
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What is this about Ethel?
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Ethel, dear.
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Mary and I have been
discussing everything,
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and we've made a decision.
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Given everything
that's been going on,
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we both think
that it might be best
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if you stay with the Coopers.
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What, again?
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No, the last time
that I stayed with Mrs. Cooper,
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she sent me away
to that horrible place.
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Oh. Honestly, Ethel,
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sending you to the Sisters
was more Mr. Cooper's idea.
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So let's get you settled
in my sewing room.
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Come along, dear.
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If you hadn't been there,
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those Bulldogs
would've drowned.
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You saved their lives,
Reg, even Julian.
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-You're a hero.
-I'm no hero.
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When I realized
I was the only one
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who'd gotten free from the car
and kicked to the surface,
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I knew that I had to dive
back down there
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and get everyone out.
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Even in that moment, I knew
that if any of those guys died,
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especially Blossom,
that I'd be blamed for it.
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They would have locked me up
for the rest of my life.
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Or done worse
than locked me up.
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Good morning.
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I'm heading
to school now, Ethel,
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if you wanted
to walk with me?
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-Sure.
-Don't be
ridiculous, Elizabeth.
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I'll be driving Ethel
to school this morning.
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My mom is such
a phony-baloney.
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She sent Ethel away
to The Sisters of Quiet Mercy,
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and now she's playing
nice with her
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and treating me like
I'm some unwanted guest?
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Yeah, I tell you, Vee,
I have half a mind
to run away from home.
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You don't have to sell me
on the pain of phony parents.
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And I'd invite you
to stay with me
at the Pembrooke,
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but, truth be told, I've been
living at the Babylonium
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ever since my parents
locked me out of our apartment.
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What? You're living
at the movie theater?
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Veronica Lodge
is nothing more
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than a common squatter.
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Let me ask you, have you
tried breaking back in?
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I know that
this is a difficult time,
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but I did want
to share aloud
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a poem that one of you
turned in last week.
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It's titled "Phantom."
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"They tell me I'm solid.
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They pat me on the back.
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They see a son,
student, a team player.
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They see a boy like any other.
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But I look in the mirror,
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and there's no one there.
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Just smoke and mirrors,
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and I do not know
how to be solid."
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Any thoughts, class?
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It was beautiful.
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Yeah.
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That was incredible, Clay.
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I agree,
but I didn't write it.
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No. It was not
Mr. Walker's poem.
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It was Mr. Andrew's work.
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I wish you'd speak up
more in class, Archie.
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Based on this poem,
it's clear.
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You have a lot to say.
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All right, fellas, listen up.
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Now, we're scheduled
for our big game
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against Stonewall Prep
this Friday night,
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but after recent events,
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we've decided
to name a new captain
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while Julian,
God willing, recovers.
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And that captain...
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will be Archie.
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Now, let's all take a knee,
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say a prayer for our
Bulldog brother in distress.
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We're so happy to have you
back with us, Ethel.
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Yes, I admit,
it's quite the reversal,
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but you proved your sanity
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by single handedly dispatching
that, uh, drifter.
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A drifter? Who said that
the milkman was a drifter?
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Sheriff Keller,
if I'm not mistaken.
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It's obvious what happened,
this drifter.
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His mind was poisoned by
the dreck Pep Comics publishes,
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and he was inspired to go
on a murderous rampage,
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much like
the original comic book.
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And then he must have stolen
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a milkman's uniform
and begun killing
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to satisfy
some insane bloodlust.
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Well, that does
make perfect sense.
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Except why would he
kill Ethel's parents
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and then Brad Rayberry,
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and then tried
to get Ethel herself?
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Do you really think
that a drifter would do that?
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Yes. Don't drifters
usually move on?
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Drift.
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Neither of you are
in a position to theorize.
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We have told you
exactly what happened.
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Now, I hope that you both
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finally see
the very real danger
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in what comic books
pose to society.
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-Uncle Frank?
-Hey, Archie.
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I, uh... I'm honored
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to be named
captain of this team,
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but shouldn't it be Reggie?
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He's our strongest player,
by a mile.
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Well, that may be so, Archie,
but this wasn't my call.
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Clifford Blossom
wanted you to step up.
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And given the fact that
he sponsors the Bulldogs,
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I thought it would be best
to respect his wishes.
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Clifford Blossom's had it out
for Reggie since day one.
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The Bulldogs are the mayor's
pride and joy, Archie.
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My strong advice,
leave this one alone.
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But I'm glad
you came to see me.
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There's something
I want to give you.
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-Is that...
-Your dad's
captain's patch.
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I know he'd
want you wearing it
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for your first game
as team captain.
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Okay, Uncle Frank.
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I'm leaving.
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I'm going to stay
with my friend, Veronica.
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It'll just be the two of us
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in her apartment
doing whatever we want.
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When have you not, Elizabeth?
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Where did you learn
how to do that?
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Pick a lock
with a bobby pin.
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Don't laugh, but my Tracy True
Teen Detective Handbook.
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Laugh?
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Betty, I love those books.
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Okay, question.
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How quiet do we have to be
in here so as not to alert...
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His name is Smithers,
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and we can be
as loud as we want
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when we're in the apartment.
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It's just when we're going up
and down the back staircase
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that we have to be mindful,
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I told the boys that too.
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What boys?
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-Archie and Reggie?
-God, no.
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I actually want
to have some fun.
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So I invited Kevin and Clay
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to come over after closing up
at the Babylonium.
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Father.
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I just got back
from the hospital.
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Please tell me the rumors
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about basketball
season continuing
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whilst Julian languishes
are just that, rumors.
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Your brother's
always been a dunce.
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He made his bed,
let him lay in it.
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As for the season,
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yes, Cheryl, it will
continue as scheduled.
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It must.
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Are you truly so desperate
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to relive your glory days
as a Bulldog
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that you would forsake
your own son?
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Yes.
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I was a Bulldog...
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and I'd do anything
to go back to those days again.
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When I first realized
that a winning team
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can unite a town.
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You give the people that,
they'll follow you anywhere.
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I certainly won't be
shaking my pom-poms
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while my brother hovers
between life and death.
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Oh, yes, you will.
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You will put on
your little happy face
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and you will cheer
your little heart out
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until your spoiled
pink lungs bleed,
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or you'll suffer a fate
worse than Julian's.
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- Do I make
myself clear?
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Sing it, Betty.
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- Care for a top-off?
- Yes, please.
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Thank you, Vee. This rum
is so sweet and yummy.
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Isn't it? I'll say this
about my parents,
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they keep their
liquor cabinet well-stocked.
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Mm. Kev, this is
so much more of a kick
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than when you and I
were going steady.
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Oh, I agree.
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And speaking of dating,
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how was your Halloween
with Archie and Reggie?
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With everything that happened,
I forgot to ask.
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Ah...
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00:14:45,352 --> 00:14:49,390
It seemed like something
was percolating with Archie
252
00:14:49,423 --> 00:14:51,659
and we did kiss,
253
00:14:51,693 --> 00:14:53,026
but then...
254
00:14:56,263 --> 00:14:59,801
I'll be honest. I thought
you and Reggie might've
255
00:14:59,834 --> 00:15:01,536
made a love connection.
256
00:15:01,569 --> 00:15:03,203
Mm.
257
00:15:03,237 --> 00:15:06,574
Well, now that we're talking
about both Archie and Reggie,
258
00:15:07,575 --> 00:15:09,744
Kevin, Clay,
259
00:15:09,778 --> 00:15:13,080
you fellas are always in
the boys' locker room together.
260
00:15:13,113 --> 00:15:16,116
Tell us. Who's packing
the most heat?
261
00:15:16,150 --> 00:15:18,820
Veronica!
262
00:15:18,853 --> 00:15:20,020
-Uh...
-Hard to tell.
263
00:15:20,053 --> 00:15:22,557
Oh, come off it.
We all know how it goes.
264
00:15:22,590 --> 00:15:24,425
It's after gym class.
265
00:15:24,458 --> 00:15:25,426
You're having a steam.
266
00:15:25,459 --> 00:15:27,494
You're snapping towels.
267
00:15:27,529 --> 00:15:29,864
Are you seriously telling us
that neither of you
268
00:15:29,898 --> 00:15:32,433
has ever cast
an eyeball their way?
269
00:15:32,466 --> 00:15:35,770
I will say that both
Archie and Reggie
270
00:15:35,804 --> 00:15:37,104
both have a lot
to be really proud of.
271
00:15:37,137 --> 00:15:38,640
I am not surprised.
272
00:15:38,673 --> 00:15:41,776
- I felt as much with Reggie.
- -Okay,
273
00:15:41,810 --> 00:15:44,144
but, uh, the real story
274
00:15:44,178 --> 00:15:45,880
-coming out of
the boys' locker room.
-Oh.
275
00:15:45,914 --> 00:15:48,583
-Yes. Julian Blossom?
-No.
276
00:15:48,616 --> 00:15:50,350
- Fangs Fogarty?
- No.
277
00:15:51,820 --> 00:15:53,621
Dilton Doiley.
278
00:15:55,757 --> 00:15:57,191
No!
279
00:15:57,224 --> 00:15:58,959
It's always the little ones.
280
00:16:00,027 --> 00:16:02,029
Well, to Dilton Doiley
281
00:16:02,062 --> 00:16:04,064
and all the boys
of Riverdale High.
282
00:16:04,097 --> 00:16:06,300
To all the boys.
283
00:16:36,798 --> 00:16:38,800
And now that you've met
our starting lineup,
284
00:16:38,833 --> 00:16:40,367
please give a big
Riverdale welcome
285
00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:42,035
to the man who's
going to lead us
286
00:16:42,069 --> 00:16:44,939
to certain victory against
the Stonewall Stallions,
287
00:16:44,973 --> 00:16:47,174
and our new team captain...
288
00:16:49,577 --> 00:16:51,011
Archie Andrews!
289
00:17:00,955 --> 00:17:02,022
Are you okay, Cheryl?
290
00:17:02,824 --> 00:17:03,992
I'm fine.
291
00:17:04,024 --> 00:17:06,059
Just doing as
is demanded of me.
292
00:17:06,961 --> 00:17:08,495
Captain Andrews,
293
00:17:08,530 --> 00:17:11,599
will you please say a few words
to your loyal fans?
294
00:17:11,633 --> 00:17:14,368
- Yeah, take us to victory, Archie!
- -All right!
295
00:17:15,703 --> 00:17:16,738
Um...
296
00:17:21,976 --> 00:17:26,179
Uh, the fact is, I'm not
really great with words,
297
00:17:27,381 --> 00:17:30,317
but, uh...
298
00:17:38,258 --> 00:17:40,327
It was nice,
what you said in the gym.
299
00:17:41,161 --> 00:17:42,429
Come on, Mrs. Thornton.
300
00:17:42,462 --> 00:17:43,765
I was awful.
301
00:17:43,798 --> 00:17:46,500
Well, it might not have been
the Gettysburg Address,
302
00:17:46,534 --> 00:17:50,404
but it's hard to speak
off the cuff like that.
303
00:17:50,437 --> 00:17:54,609
However, when you write,
you do so with passion,
304
00:17:55,175 --> 00:17:56,711
clarity, heart.
305
00:17:56,744 --> 00:17:59,112
Well, that's swell of you
to say, Mrs. Thornton,
306
00:18:00,147 --> 00:18:01,114
but we both know
that I'm not--
307
00:18:01,148 --> 00:18:03,383
No, no. Stop right there.
308
00:18:05,185 --> 00:18:09,991
I know putting pencil
to paper is not as exciting
309
00:18:10,024 --> 00:18:13,628
as... as being captain
of a sports team,
310
00:18:14,896 --> 00:18:16,698
but I assure you it can be.
311
00:18:17,799 --> 00:18:19,399
And I hope you'll think about
312
00:18:19,433 --> 00:18:22,135
putting as much energy
into your writing
313
00:18:22,169 --> 00:18:24,572
as you do into
basketball someday.
314
00:18:29,811 --> 00:18:32,080
Holy hell, freckles.
315
00:18:32,112 --> 00:18:35,083
Well, from what
I've been hearing,
you survived those crazy nuns,
316
00:18:35,115 --> 00:18:38,185
took out a killer
and cleared your name.
317
00:18:38,218 --> 00:18:39,887
That's not bad
for a teeny bopper.
318
00:18:39,921 --> 00:18:41,656
Not bad at all.
319
00:18:41,689 --> 00:18:43,156
Thank you, Mr. Fieldstone.
320
00:18:43,190 --> 00:18:45,492
I'm really just
jazzed to be back.
321
00:18:45,526 --> 00:18:49,229
Well, let's get you drawing
another story ASAP. Hmm?
322
00:18:49,262 --> 00:18:51,164
Jughead here will write
a script for you.
323
00:18:51,198 --> 00:18:53,266
Oh, golly, we'd love that.
324
00:18:55,003 --> 00:18:57,237
I am looking
at the dream team.
325
00:18:57,270 --> 00:18:59,841
So, pitch me.
Sky's the limit.
326
00:18:59,874 --> 00:19:01,576
Name it. Anything
you want to do.
327
00:19:01,609 --> 00:19:04,512
Well, in that case,
I would love to do a sequel
328
00:19:04,545 --> 00:19:06,581
to the "Milkman Cometh" story.
329
00:19:06,614 --> 00:19:08,916
I think that we could
really just make something--
330
00:19:08,950 --> 00:19:10,384
Anything but that.
331
00:19:10,417 --> 00:19:12,486
Forget about the milkman.
The milkman is dead.
332
00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:14,656
I mean, literally,
you killed him.
333
00:19:14,689 --> 00:19:18,458
-He's old news.
-Well, Ethel and I
were discussing that.
334
00:19:18,492 --> 00:19:20,260
Uh, "The Milkman Cometh"
is still
335
00:19:20,293 --> 00:19:22,997
one of your best-selling
issues of all time.
336
00:19:23,031 --> 00:19:24,498
With everything
that's happened recently,
337
00:19:24,532 --> 00:19:26,067
why not capitalize upon it?
338
00:19:26,100 --> 00:19:28,636
Because the heat's
on us right now.
339
00:19:28,670 --> 00:19:31,204
Everybody's talking about
the latest editorial
340
00:19:31,238 --> 00:19:32,472
that quack Werthers wrote.
341
00:19:32,507 --> 00:19:34,207
Hell, even the AP picked it up.
342
00:19:35,109 --> 00:19:38,112
We gotta
be circumspect.
343
00:19:38,146 --> 00:19:39,747
For a little while, at least.
344
00:19:39,781 --> 00:19:44,085
So give me a story
about a zombie or a goblin.
345
00:19:44,118 --> 00:19:47,088
Anything but a milkman,
capisce?
346
00:19:47,121 --> 00:19:50,925
From now on, consider me
lactose intolerant.
347
00:19:55,997 --> 00:19:58,398
As Coco Chanel allegedly said,
348
00:19:58,432 --> 00:20:00,635
"The best cure
for a hangover
349
00:20:00,668 --> 00:20:02,770
-is spending money
on new clothes."
-Hmm.
350
00:20:02,804 --> 00:20:07,108
It sounds better in French,
but the point still stands.
351
00:20:07,141 --> 00:20:10,111
Are you girls finding
everything all right?
352
00:20:10,144 --> 00:20:13,114
Mrs. Andrews,
these pieces are stunning.
353
00:20:13,147 --> 00:20:15,049
Your taste is tres magnifique.
354
00:20:15,083 --> 00:20:16,551
Thank you.
355
00:20:16,584 --> 00:20:18,318
Could you please have
these two dresses boxed up
356
00:20:18,351 --> 00:20:19,754
and sent over to the Pembrooke?
357
00:20:20,822 --> 00:20:22,657
Of course.
358
00:20:22,690 --> 00:20:25,225
-And yours too, Betty?
-Yes, please.
359
00:20:26,561 --> 00:20:27,895
You're staying there as well?
360
00:20:28,930 --> 00:20:30,397
Yes, ma'am.
361
00:20:30,430 --> 00:20:32,667
But don't worry, my mother
is copasetic with it.
362
00:20:37,672 --> 00:20:38,740
"Copasetic."
363
00:20:41,209 --> 00:20:42,810
What the hell?
They've got Peppy!
364
00:20:42,844 --> 00:20:43,878
Give our mascot back.
365
00:20:43,911 --> 00:20:45,813
Hey, simmer down, Red.
366
00:20:45,847 --> 00:20:48,616
You'll get your chance
to win him back on the court.
367
00:20:48,649 --> 00:20:50,752
Of course, Mantle there,
he's a choker.
368
00:20:50,785 --> 00:20:52,954
Yeah, you put him
under pressure and he cracks.
369
00:20:52,987 --> 00:20:56,057
That's how it was when
he played for us at Stonewall.
370
00:20:56,090 --> 00:20:57,992
And dollars to donuts,
371
00:20:58,025 --> 00:21:00,293
he's gonna fold like a sheet
again this weekend.
372
00:21:02,730 --> 00:21:04,699
Shut your mouth
373
00:21:04,732 --> 00:21:07,635
-before I give you a freaking
knuckle sandwich--
-Save it for the game.
374
00:21:07,668 --> 00:21:09,771
You know, we're real sorry
to hear about Julian.
375
00:21:09,804 --> 00:21:11,973
It was such a tragedy.
376
00:21:12,006 --> 00:21:13,574
But, hey, you know,
we were, um,
377
00:21:13,608 --> 00:21:15,243
we're thinking of getting
a wager going with you chumps
378
00:21:15,275 --> 00:21:19,547
but, uh, Stonewall doesn't
play for food stamps.
379
00:21:27,255 --> 00:21:28,321
Come on.
380
00:21:31,358 --> 00:21:32,794
I know these turkeys.
381
00:21:32,827 --> 00:21:35,730
I played with them,
so I know how to beat 'em.
382
00:21:35,763 --> 00:21:38,900
First up, Weston Wallis
has legitimate skills
383
00:21:38,933 --> 00:21:41,669
but can't sink a shot
from outside the key.
384
00:21:41,702 --> 00:21:44,371
Fangs, it's your job
to keep him there.
385
00:21:44,404 --> 00:21:47,340
That way, he'll be tossing up
air balls all night.
386
00:21:47,374 --> 00:21:50,410
Nothing I dig more
than humiliating a rich boy.
387
00:21:50,443 --> 00:21:51,344
Consider it done.
388
00:21:51,378 --> 00:21:54,515
Good man. Next up, Tank.
389
00:21:54,549 --> 00:21:58,019
Looks like Boris Karloff,
but panics when you crowd him.
390
00:21:58,052 --> 00:21:59,654
Archie, that's your target.
391
00:21:59,687 --> 00:22:01,656
Stay on him like the paint
on the side of a barn.
392
00:22:03,891 --> 00:22:05,860
Andrews, you with us?
393
00:22:07,595 --> 00:22:09,597
He's a barn, I'm paint.
Got it.
394
00:22:10,298 --> 00:22:11,464
Righteous.
395
00:22:14,535 --> 00:22:16,304
What's eating you?
396
00:22:16,336 --> 00:22:18,840
Is it because Peppy
got dognapped?
397
00:22:18,873 --> 00:22:21,876
Don't worry.
We'll get him back, guaranteed.
398
00:22:22,910 --> 00:22:23,778
It's not that.
399
00:22:24,645 --> 00:22:25,913
It's...
400
00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:29,016
I feel like an imposter.
401
00:22:30,417 --> 00:22:32,653
I shouldn't be the captain
of this team, Reg.
402
00:22:32,687 --> 00:22:33,821
You should be the captain.
403
00:22:35,289 --> 00:22:36,991
I mean, you're made for it.
404
00:22:37,024 --> 00:22:40,194
Heck, it's your dream.
405
00:22:40,228 --> 00:22:41,762
I don't think about
that kind of stuff.
406
00:22:42,697 --> 00:22:44,866
As far as dreams,
I don't have any.
407
00:22:44,899 --> 00:22:46,601
I have a plan.
408
00:22:46,634 --> 00:22:48,269
To win the game
this Friday night
409
00:22:48,302 --> 00:22:49,804
and then the game after that,
410
00:22:49,837 --> 00:22:52,039
and to keep on winning
until I go pro.
411
00:22:55,109 --> 00:22:57,477
You got your eyes on the prize
412
00:22:57,511 --> 00:22:58,846
and you know
what to do to get it.
413
00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:00,548
I wish I could say
the same about myself.
414
00:23:02,449 --> 00:23:03,784
Can't you, Captain?
415
00:23:11,192 --> 00:23:13,426
I play basketball
416
00:23:13,460 --> 00:23:15,930
because it's a way for me
to feel close to my dad.
417
00:23:17,765 --> 00:23:19,934
Not because it's my passion.
418
00:23:19,967 --> 00:23:20,935
So what's your passion?
419
00:23:21,836 --> 00:23:24,538
Cars? Girls?
420
00:23:26,607 --> 00:23:28,408
You wouldn't believe it
if I told you.
421
00:23:46,426 --> 00:23:48,362
Hey, we talked about this.
422
00:23:48,396 --> 00:23:50,463
Didn't you hear
what Mr. Fieldstone said?
423
00:23:50,497 --> 00:23:52,333
We got an ixnay
on the ilkman-may.
424
00:23:52,366 --> 00:23:53,567
I can't.
425
00:23:55,369 --> 00:23:56,737
I can't, Jughead.
426
00:23:57,972 --> 00:23:59,006
Well, what gives?
427
00:24:00,641 --> 00:24:03,778
Is it really so important
to do another milkman story?
428
00:24:03,811 --> 00:24:05,746
You know, since this
whole thing started,
429
00:24:06,380 --> 00:24:07,480
no one but you
430
00:24:08,182 --> 00:24:09,617
has believed me.
431
00:24:09,650 --> 00:24:12,887
People were telling me
that I was delusional
432
00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:16,190
or that I flipped a lid
or that I killed my parents,
433
00:24:16,223 --> 00:24:20,493
to the point where I...
I I started
to doubt my sanity.
434
00:24:20,528 --> 00:24:22,029
And now, the milkman is dead...
435
00:24:26,801 --> 00:24:30,237
and everybody is still
trying to tell me
436
00:24:30,271 --> 00:24:32,640
what happened
and how it happened.
437
00:24:33,307 --> 00:24:34,809
Why, I don't know.
438
00:24:37,812 --> 00:24:43,517
But I do know
that I am so tired,
439
00:24:43,551 --> 00:24:46,721
of people telling me
what I went through
440
00:24:46,754 --> 00:24:48,789
and what I experienced.
441
00:24:52,326 --> 00:24:54,161
I want to tell my story.
442
00:24:56,097 --> 00:24:57,965
Or at least a version of it.
443
00:25:01,702 --> 00:25:03,904
Even if it's just
in a comic book.
444
00:25:05,006 --> 00:25:08,209
Well, hey,
that makes a lot of sense.
445
00:25:09,643 --> 00:25:11,178
And you'll draw
the heck out of it.
446
00:25:13,647 --> 00:25:15,016
We just have to figure out
447
00:25:15,049 --> 00:25:16,584
a creative way
to have our cake and eat it.
448
00:25:17,885 --> 00:25:20,654
Without a glass of milk,
of course.
449
00:25:24,291 --> 00:25:27,962
This particular shade of pink
is Grace Kelly's favorite.
450
00:25:28,929 --> 00:25:30,731
It's from the most fantabulous
451
00:25:30,765 --> 00:25:33,834
makeup shop
on Larchmont Boulevard.
452
00:25:33,868 --> 00:25:37,138
My mom used to take me
and we'd do exactly this.
453
00:25:38,507 --> 00:25:40,541
She'd paint my nails
right before bedtime.
454
00:25:41,510 --> 00:25:42,877
My mom stopped tucking me in
455
00:25:42,910 --> 00:25:47,181
after I got my "gift"
from Mother Nature.
456
00:25:47,214 --> 00:25:51,218
She said that I was now a woman
and didn't need to be coddled.
457
00:25:53,154 --> 00:25:54,321
It's funny.
458
00:25:54,355 --> 00:25:55,589
I practically ran
away from home,
459
00:25:55,623 --> 00:26:01,028
and she...
doesn't seem to care.
460
00:26:03,631 --> 00:26:05,132
Will you look at us?
461
00:26:06,100 --> 00:26:07,601
Sixteen years old,
462
00:26:07,635 --> 00:26:11,038
living without our mothers,
effectively orphans.
463
00:26:12,773 --> 00:26:15,476
-Can I tell you
something, Vee?
-Of course, Bee.
464
00:26:15,510 --> 00:26:17,011
Anything.
465
00:26:17,044 --> 00:26:19,914
I feel so different from
everyone else in my family.
466
00:26:19,947 --> 00:26:23,951
Sometimes I wonder
if I was adopted.
467
00:26:23,984 --> 00:26:26,854
Is it just you
and your parents?
468
00:26:26,887 --> 00:26:29,190
I have an older sister, Polly.
469
00:26:29,223 --> 00:26:32,059
But she left Riverdale
as soon as she turned 18.
470
00:26:32,093 --> 00:26:34,595
Do you ever talk to her
about how you feel?
471
00:26:35,429 --> 00:26:36,597
She's so busy.
472
00:26:37,698 --> 00:26:39,366
Well, if you were adopted,
473
00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:41,936
your family
is the luckiest on Earth
474
00:26:41,969 --> 00:26:45,139
because you,
Betty Cooper, are aces.
475
00:26:46,974 --> 00:26:50,111
Not to mention,
beautiful to boot.
476
00:26:50,144 --> 00:26:55,082
You know, if we're divulging
our deepest, darkest secrets,
477
00:26:55,116 --> 00:26:58,319
I've always had this
paralyzing fear that...
478
00:26:59,554 --> 00:27:01,021
That I was a mistake,
479
00:27:02,623 --> 00:27:05,793
unplanned, and that
my mother and father
480
00:27:05,826 --> 00:27:08,597
never stopped
resenting me for that.
481
00:27:08,629 --> 00:27:10,664
I mean, they were fine
having me around
482
00:27:10,698 --> 00:27:12,066
when I was a little doll
483
00:27:12,099 --> 00:27:14,135
they could dress up
however they wanted,
484
00:27:14,168 --> 00:27:16,270
but when I finally
became old enough
485
00:27:16,303 --> 00:27:18,839
to have my own mind
with my own thoughts...
486
00:27:20,774 --> 00:27:22,376
It was bye-bye, Veronica.
487
00:27:25,112 --> 00:27:26,080
Let's make a pact.
488
00:27:27,848 --> 00:27:31,318
To never grow up to be
anything like our parents.
489
00:27:36,625 --> 00:27:37,825
You know who I do think
490
00:27:37,858 --> 00:27:39,393
are a happy
and healthy couple?
491
00:27:40,661 --> 00:27:42,229
- Kevin and Clay.
- Ah.
492
00:27:42,263 --> 00:27:44,331
Aren't they the dreamiest?
493
00:27:44,365 --> 00:27:47,301
I'm so happy for them.
494
00:27:47,334 --> 00:27:48,335
Me too.
495
00:27:50,605 --> 00:27:52,239
I'm also slightly jealous.
496
00:27:54,341 --> 00:27:55,976
On some level,
497
00:27:56,010 --> 00:28:01,415
it must be easier for two boys
to date than a boy and a girl.
498
00:28:01,448 --> 00:28:05,252
None of that
"battle of the sexes" stuff
to navigate.
499
00:28:05,286 --> 00:28:06,621
Fun fact,
500
00:28:06,655 --> 00:28:08,455
I read in Dr. Kingsley's book
501
00:28:08,489 --> 00:28:10,858
that 81% of girls experiment
502
00:28:10,891 --> 00:28:13,427
with other girls
before they turn 18.
503
00:28:14,929 --> 00:28:16,397
Isn't that shocking?
504
00:28:16,430 --> 00:28:18,032
Sounds about right to me.
505
00:28:18,065 --> 00:28:22,002
I mean, I've...
I've kissed a girl before.
506
00:28:22,036 --> 00:28:26,073
I won't say who,
but you would know her.
507
00:28:27,174 --> 00:28:29,343
Oh, my gosh.
508
00:28:29,376 --> 00:28:30,377
Have you ever?
509
00:28:34,315 --> 00:28:35,282
No, I haven't.
510
00:28:37,785 --> 00:28:39,253
But I've thought about it.
511
00:28:40,454 --> 00:28:41,388
It's only natural.
512
00:28:43,658 --> 00:28:44,792
With who?
513
00:28:45,660 --> 00:28:46,794
With you.
514
00:28:49,598 --> 00:28:51,633
Is it okay that I said that?
515
00:28:51,666 --> 00:28:53,167
I'm glad you did.
516
00:28:55,736 --> 00:28:57,004
Do you...
517
00:28:58,272 --> 00:28:59,273
Do you want to try it?
518
00:29:02,544 --> 00:29:03,444
Me too.
519
00:29:18,158 --> 00:29:19,226
Miss Veronica, we're coming in.
520
00:29:20,562 --> 00:29:22,062
Smithers.
521
00:29:22,096 --> 00:29:24,532
I stand corrected,
Mrs. Andrews,
522
00:29:24,566 --> 00:29:26,934
You were right
about the squatters.
523
00:29:26,967 --> 00:29:29,069
A mother's intuition always is.
524
00:29:30,404 --> 00:29:33,340
Okay, girls. You need
to tell me everything.
525
00:29:37,044 --> 00:29:38,846
Julian.
526
00:29:38,879 --> 00:29:42,449
I know we don't
always get along, but...
527
00:29:44,351 --> 00:29:45,252
I love you.
528
00:29:47,254 --> 00:29:50,090
Call me crazy, but I...
529
00:29:50,991 --> 00:29:53,427
I miss your grating voice,
530
00:29:53,460 --> 00:29:55,963
I miss your horsey laugh.
531
00:29:57,231 --> 00:29:58,098
Brother, dear...
532
00:29:59,266 --> 00:30:01,068
Please come back to me.
533
00:30:02,537 --> 00:30:04,371
If not for your own sake,
534
00:30:04,405 --> 00:30:07,074
then for mine.
535
00:30:08,909 --> 00:30:10,411
I beg of you.
536
00:30:10,444 --> 00:30:13,914
Oh, jeez. Would you stop it
with the waterworks, sis?
537
00:30:13,947 --> 00:30:16,984
- You're embarrassing
both of us.
- Julian?
538
00:30:17,017 --> 00:30:20,120
Told a guy in a coma
he has a horsey laugh.
539
00:30:21,422 --> 00:30:22,557
I'm gonna remember that.
540
00:30:26,628 --> 00:30:28,262
Alice told you what?
541
00:30:29,496 --> 00:30:31,031
"I'm not your mother anymore."
542
00:30:31,566 --> 00:30:33,267
Unspeakable.
543
00:30:33,300 --> 00:30:36,870
A mother disowning
her own child.
544
00:30:36,904 --> 00:30:40,140
And Veronica,
your parents evicted you?
545
00:30:41,241 --> 00:30:43,645
Via telegram,
via Smithers.
546
00:30:43,678 --> 00:30:46,313
You poor things.
547
00:30:47,114 --> 00:30:48,516
I knew something was wrong.
548
00:30:49,584 --> 00:30:50,951
But don't worry.
549
00:30:50,984 --> 00:30:53,487
I'm going to fix everything.
550
00:30:53,521 --> 00:30:55,757
Are we worried that
the Mantles may try
551
00:30:55,790 --> 00:30:56,957
to take legal action
552
00:30:56,990 --> 00:30:58,793
against us or the school board?
553
00:30:58,827 --> 00:31:00,829
Oh, don't be daffy, man.
554
00:31:00,861 --> 00:31:02,162
Oh, they'd never be able
to find a lawyer
555
00:31:02,196 --> 00:31:04,231
to represent them
in a case like that.
556
00:31:04,264 --> 00:31:06,066
And even if they did,
they wouldn't be able
to afford the fees.
557
00:31:06,100 --> 00:31:07,901
Of course you're right,
Mr. Mayor.
558
00:31:07,935 --> 00:31:10,170
Yeah, well, in any case,
uh, tell me a little bit more
559
00:31:10,204 --> 00:31:12,339
about the Mantle boy's
replacement.
560
00:31:12,373 --> 00:31:14,975
Difficult keeping it all
hush hush, Mr. Mayor,
561
00:31:15,008 --> 00:31:17,311
but we just
finalized the papers.
562
00:31:17,344 --> 00:31:20,314
Your new ringer
from Boston, KO Kelly,
563
00:31:20,347 --> 00:31:22,817
will transfer to Riverdale High
as soon as next week.
564
00:31:22,851 --> 00:31:24,985
Once Mantle gets us that win
against Stonewall,
565
00:31:25,018 --> 00:31:26,487
we'll just swap him out
566
00:31:26,521 --> 00:31:30,057
for a normal, red-blooded
American lad, a real one.
567
00:31:30,090 --> 00:31:32,960
One that's just as good
a player, but more like us.
568
00:31:32,993 --> 00:31:36,029
Then I will
send that Mantle packing.
569
00:31:38,232 --> 00:31:41,803
Of all the no-good
rotten things in this world.
570
00:31:41,836 --> 00:31:44,739
What kind of mother
disowns their own child?
571
00:31:44,773 --> 00:31:46,073
When you have a child,
572
00:31:46,106 --> 00:31:48,108
do you know what
your middle name becomes?
573
00:31:48,142 --> 00:31:50,110
Sacrifice.
574
00:31:50,144 --> 00:31:52,881
I mean, we mothers
were put on this planet
575
00:31:52,913 --> 00:31:55,082
to nurture our children.
576
00:31:55,115 --> 00:31:57,752
And here I thought
Penelope Blossom was bad.
577
00:31:57,786 --> 00:31:59,219
And you can bet
your bottom dollar
578
00:31:59,253 --> 00:32:01,388
that I said the same thing
to Hermione Lodge.
579
00:32:01,422 --> 00:32:04,024
That you should both do
everything in your power
580
00:32:04,057 --> 00:32:05,860
to write these
horrific wrongs
581
00:32:05,894 --> 00:32:08,061
and to regain
your moral footing.
582
00:32:09,496 --> 00:32:11,098
And you had best pray
583
00:32:11,131 --> 00:32:13,267
that you can repair
the damage that you've done.
584
00:32:14,903 --> 00:32:16,970
Here you go, sweetie.
585
00:32:17,004 --> 00:32:19,841
Oh, so am I
your daughter again?
586
00:32:19,874 --> 00:32:21,609
Of course.
587
00:32:21,643 --> 00:32:22,943
You and Ethel are.
588
00:32:30,484 --> 00:32:31,519
Archie.
589
00:32:33,353 --> 00:32:34,689
Cheryl.
590
00:32:34,722 --> 00:32:36,791
I heard the good word
from the bird about Julian.
591
00:32:36,825 --> 00:32:38,425
It is truly a miracle,
592
00:32:38,459 --> 00:32:40,795
but I need to talk to you
about something else.
593
00:32:40,829 --> 00:32:45,432
Namely, Reggie, and my father's
nefarious plans for him.
594
00:32:47,234 --> 00:32:48,636
They're planning what?
595
00:32:51,773 --> 00:32:53,173
After we play Stonewall,
596
00:32:53,207 --> 00:32:55,075
Clifford Blossom's
gonna cut you from the team
597
00:32:55,108 --> 00:32:56,744
and bring in
some goofball ringer
598
00:32:56,778 --> 00:32:58,278
from Boston
named KO Kelly.
599
00:32:59,547 --> 00:33:00,915
How much you want to wager
600
00:33:00,949 --> 00:33:02,382
the new ringer is a few shades
lighter than me?
601
00:33:05,954 --> 00:33:07,956
Look, I'm in knots
about this, Reg.
602
00:33:08,021 --> 00:33:09,490
What do you want to do?
603
00:33:09,524 --> 00:33:11,325
I want to finish
what I was brought here to do.
604
00:33:12,359 --> 00:33:13,895
I want to lead the Bulldogs
605
00:33:13,928 --> 00:33:15,563
to their first championship
in a decade.
606
00:33:18,065 --> 00:33:19,801
And I want
to do it as Captain.
607
00:33:19,834 --> 00:33:21,368
Well, that's what I want too.
608
00:33:21,401 --> 00:33:23,638
Same with all
the guys on the team.
609
00:33:23,671 --> 00:33:26,073
So let's see if we can
make it happen for you.
610
00:33:32,947 --> 00:33:34,348
What do you think,
Mr. Fieldstone?
611
00:33:34,381 --> 00:33:36,718
It's not about a milkman.
It's about a mailman.
612
00:33:36,751 --> 00:33:39,186
-In case that wasn't
obvious enough.
-Hmm.
613
00:33:39,854 --> 00:33:40,989
It's subversive.
614
00:33:42,524 --> 00:33:45,593
But, uh, it's kinda cheeky
and I like that.
615
00:33:45,627 --> 00:33:47,662
Says something
without being ham-fisted.
616
00:33:47,695 --> 00:33:49,597
It's...
617
00:33:49,631 --> 00:33:51,265
Well, kiddos, I don't know
how to tell you this,
618
00:33:51,298 --> 00:33:55,369
but, uh, I think
it's brilliant.
619
00:33:55,402 --> 00:33:57,839
Oh, gee, thanks,
Mr. Fieldstone.
620
00:33:57,872 --> 00:33:59,339
We tried other things.
621
00:33:59,373 --> 00:34:01,208
We just kept
circling back to, uh...
622
00:34:01,241 --> 00:34:02,610
The mailman.
Yeah, I get it.
623
00:34:02,644 --> 00:34:05,479
That's a pretty neat
workaround, I must admit.
624
00:34:05,513 --> 00:34:07,414
But Werthers
and the powers that be
625
00:34:07,447 --> 00:34:10,083
will not be
as tickled as I am.
626
00:34:10,117 --> 00:34:11,553
You know, if we publish this,
it's...
627
00:34:11,586 --> 00:34:13,353
It's gonna thicken
the storm that's coming,
628
00:34:13,387 --> 00:34:15,690
and believe me,
a storm is coming.
629
00:34:15,723 --> 00:34:19,259
Like the wrath of God,
a storm is coming.
630
00:34:19,293 --> 00:34:21,495
Well, the way I see it
is we have two options.
631
00:34:21,529 --> 00:34:23,263
We either bury
our heads in the sand
632
00:34:23,297 --> 00:34:25,633
and pray that the storm
will pass over us.
633
00:34:25,667 --> 00:34:28,503
But, like you, I don't
really see that happening.
634
00:34:28,536 --> 00:34:31,906
Or, we run headlong
into the thunder
635
00:34:31,940 --> 00:34:33,473
and thumb our noses at it.
636
00:34:34,676 --> 00:34:39,112
Jughead, you are wise
beyond your years,
637
00:34:39,146 --> 00:34:41,448
- you know that?
- Shucks.
638
00:34:41,481 --> 00:34:42,750
Well, what do you think,
girl genius?
639
00:34:44,084 --> 00:34:46,554
I vote we thicken
this milkshake.
640
00:34:48,022 --> 00:34:49,691
Ah, to hell with it!
641
00:34:49,724 --> 00:34:52,259
I've always been
a thumb my nose at the world
kind of guy.
642
00:34:52,292 --> 00:34:54,361
Bernie, call the printers!
643
00:34:55,429 --> 00:34:57,732
We got a comic book
to publish.
644
00:34:57,765 --> 00:35:00,535
Shouldn't you be resting up
before the big game, boys?
645
00:35:01,201 --> 00:35:02,503
I want you at your best.
646
00:35:04,371 --> 00:35:06,874
We know what you
have planned, sir.
647
00:35:06,908 --> 00:35:08,810
We're here to give it
to you straight.
648
00:35:08,843 --> 00:35:11,546
We're not letting you replace
Reggie with another player.
649
00:35:11,579 --> 00:35:14,082
In fact, I'm turning over
my captainship to him.
650
00:35:14,114 --> 00:35:15,583
It's what he deserves.
651
00:35:15,617 --> 00:35:17,484
You don't have the authority
to do that, Andrews.
652
00:35:17,518 --> 00:35:19,654
Not even your uncle does,
only I do.
653
00:35:21,656 --> 00:35:22,890
Well, in that case,
654
00:35:22,924 --> 00:35:24,692
if you don't make
Reggie captain
655
00:35:24,726 --> 00:35:27,394
for the rest of the season,
then I walk.
656
00:35:27,427 --> 00:35:28,295
Me too.
657
00:35:28,328 --> 00:35:30,297
And if Archie and Reggie walk,
658
00:35:30,330 --> 00:35:32,900
we all walk.
We're a team.
659
00:35:32,934 --> 00:35:33,901
We stand together.
660
00:35:37,270 --> 00:35:38,906
I'm guessing it'd be
pretty embarrassing
661
00:35:38,940 --> 00:35:40,074
for the mayor of Riverdale
662
00:35:40,108 --> 00:35:42,110
to derail
a championship season
663
00:35:42,142 --> 00:35:43,878
out of what, spite?
664
00:35:45,913 --> 00:35:49,316
Well, let me make one thing
abundantly clear to you boys.
665
00:35:49,349 --> 00:35:55,288
I do not take
kindly to threats.
666
00:35:55,322 --> 00:35:56,691
This isn't a threat,
Mr. Mayor.
667
00:35:57,491 --> 00:35:59,694
Just laying out your options.
668
00:36:03,163 --> 00:36:04,832
So what will it be, sir?
669
00:36:22,784 --> 00:36:26,754
-Hello?
-Phew, it's you.
670
00:36:26,788 --> 00:36:28,723
I was so worried your mom
was going to pick up.
671
00:36:28,756 --> 00:36:30,357
Veronica.
672
00:36:30,390 --> 00:36:33,161
That is so strange,
I was just about to call you.
673
00:36:33,193 --> 00:36:35,462
Well, I was only calling
to say good night,
674
00:36:36,263 --> 00:36:40,134
and that I miss you.
675
00:36:40,168 --> 00:36:41,569
What were you calling about?
676
00:36:41,602 --> 00:36:42,469
Same.
677
00:36:43,738 --> 00:36:44,906
Great minds.
678
00:36:48,275 --> 00:36:49,510
I love you, Bee.
679
00:36:51,879 --> 00:36:53,413
I love you too, Vee.
680
00:36:57,785 --> 00:36:59,386
Say,
681
00:36:59,419 --> 00:37:01,823
were you gonna go
to the big game tomorrow?
682
00:37:02,957 --> 00:37:04,125
Against Stonewall.
683
00:37:04,158 --> 00:37:06,894
I almost forgot,
I guess I am. You?
684
00:37:07,895 --> 00:37:08,930
I suppose so.
685
00:37:09,964 --> 00:37:11,666
You want to sit together?
686
00:37:11,699 --> 00:37:14,535
That way, you can explain
all the esoteric rules to me.
687
00:37:14,569 --> 00:37:17,304
The few I picked up
as a River Vixen?
688
00:37:17,337 --> 00:37:18,840
Fab.
689
00:37:20,307 --> 00:37:22,242
What should we wear,
do you think?
690
00:37:29,483 --> 00:37:30,651
Before we head out,
691
00:37:30,685 --> 00:37:32,820
is there anything
you'd like to say, Captain?
692
00:37:41,696 --> 00:37:43,064
Just thank you.
693
00:37:43,097 --> 00:37:44,232
I know the only reason
694
00:37:44,264 --> 00:37:45,700
Mayor Blossom
rubber-stamped me
695
00:37:45,733 --> 00:37:48,536
is 'cause of the way
you fellas supported me.
696
00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:52,940
No one's ever done
that for me before.
697
00:37:55,109 --> 00:37:57,277
Also, um...
698
00:37:59,379 --> 00:38:01,549
my folks made the trip
from Duck Creek
699
00:38:03,483 --> 00:38:05,686
to watch my first game
as captain.
700
00:38:09,257 --> 00:38:10,825
So...
701
00:38:12,359 --> 00:38:13,995
So let's win this
for Reggie's folks.
702
00:38:15,295 --> 00:38:16,396
And for Peppy!
703
00:38:16,429 --> 00:38:17,632
For Peppy!
704
00:38:22,136 --> 00:38:23,004
Hey.
705
00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:26,974
Don't even give 'em
a second to breathe.
706
00:38:27,008 --> 00:38:27,975
Count on that.
707
00:39:10,985 --> 00:39:12,553
From the opening tip-off,
708
00:39:12,587 --> 00:39:14,121
the Riverdale Bulldogs,
709
00:39:14,155 --> 00:39:15,690
led by team captain
Reggie Mantle,
710
00:39:15,723 --> 00:39:17,625
dominated
the Stonewall Stallions,
711
00:39:18,926 --> 00:39:20,261
who broke school records
712
00:39:20,294 --> 00:39:22,797
in points, rebounds
and assists.
713
00:39:22,830 --> 00:39:26,000
Indeed, all the Bulldogs
treated friends,
714
00:39:26,033 --> 00:39:27,301
family and neighbors
715
00:39:27,335 --> 00:39:29,402
to a night they
won't soon forget.
716
00:39:29,436 --> 00:39:31,806
Playing bravely in honor
of their teammate,
717
00:39:31,839 --> 00:39:35,710
Julian Blossom, who,
as we understand it,
is on the mend.
718
00:39:35,743 --> 00:39:38,546
While proving beyond
any shadow of a doubt
719
00:39:38,579 --> 00:39:42,415
that this was the team,
led by Mantle the Magnificent,
720
00:39:42,449 --> 00:39:43,851
that could take Riverdale
721
00:39:43,885 --> 00:39:46,587
all the way
to the state championship.
722
00:39:46,621 --> 00:39:47,889
At the final buzzer,
723
00:39:47,922 --> 00:39:50,191
in a show
of good sportsmanship,
724
00:39:50,224 --> 00:39:52,293
the defeated Stallions
shook hands
725
00:39:52,326 --> 00:39:54,295
with their victors
at center court
726
00:39:54,328 --> 00:39:56,163
before returning the statue
727
00:39:56,197 --> 00:39:59,066
of Riverdale's beloved
mascot, Peppy.
728
00:40:00,234 --> 00:40:01,102
So how's it feel?
729
00:40:02,236 --> 00:40:04,572
MVP and record breaker?
730
00:40:04,605 --> 00:40:06,439
I'm not gonna lie.
731
00:40:06,473 --> 00:40:08,342
I'm happy my parents
got to see me win tonight.
732
00:40:08,376 --> 00:40:09,977
Oh, they were
so proud of you, Reg.
733
00:40:10,011 --> 00:40:11,012
They were on cloud nine.
734
00:40:12,146 --> 00:40:13,080
You earned it.
735
00:40:14,615 --> 00:40:17,952
Which is why I, uh,
I wanted to give you something.
736
00:40:29,964 --> 00:40:31,666
Your dad's captain patch?
737
00:40:31,699 --> 00:40:34,201
Archie, I...
I can't.
738
00:40:34,235 --> 00:40:35,937
I want you to, Reg.
739
00:40:35,970 --> 00:40:37,371
It'd mean a lot to me.
740
00:40:37,405 --> 00:40:38,739
And to him.
741
00:40:46,180 --> 00:40:47,715
I'll honor him, I promise.
742
00:40:48,649 --> 00:40:50,651
And then,
I'll give it back to you
743
00:40:50,685 --> 00:40:51,886
at the end of the season.
744
00:40:56,991 --> 00:40:58,259
So are you, uh,
745
00:40:58,292 --> 00:41:00,127
sticking around
on the team or what?
746
00:41:01,262 --> 00:41:02,964
Well, I guess.
747
00:41:02,997 --> 00:41:04,065
Maybe for a little while.
748
00:41:04,999 --> 00:41:06,600
I gotta watch your back.
749
00:41:07,335 --> 00:41:09,670
What about writing poems?
750
00:41:09,704 --> 00:41:11,772
That's what you love
to do, right?
751
00:41:11,806 --> 00:41:14,709
That's your passion, isn't it?
752
00:41:14,742 --> 00:41:16,510
Maybe.
753
00:41:16,544 --> 00:41:18,245
I don't know. I'm not sure
the world's ready
754
00:41:18,279 --> 00:41:21,682
for, uh, Archie Andrews,
beatnik poet.
755
00:41:21,716 --> 00:41:23,217
Maybe.
756
00:41:25,286 --> 00:41:27,521
Ha, maybe not.
757
00:41:31,359 --> 00:41:32,660
For a brief moment,
758
00:41:32,693 --> 00:41:34,795
they were
two teenage boys...
759
00:41:34,829 --> 00:41:36,697
friends, practically brothers,
760
00:41:36,731 --> 00:41:39,934
on the cusp of pursuing
very different dreams.
761
00:41:39,967 --> 00:41:41,535
Unaware that a storm
was coming,
762
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as Mr. Fieldstone said.
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Like the wrath of God,
it was coming,
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and that all of us would be
smashed to pieces by it.