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[Veronica] Dear Girl Next Door,

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I'm not usually one to gripe,

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or seek advice from strangers.

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But I'm sick
of living in a world

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that doesn't take me seriously
as a young businesswoman.

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Did you know I can't even
open a checking account?

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[Toni] Dear Girl Next Door,

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I know and love who I am.

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I'm Black.
I'm bold. I'm beautiful.

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But it's frustrating
to live in a world
that doesn't celebrate me

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for being those things...

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[Cheryl] Dear Girl Next Door,

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with every breath I take,
I'm living a lie.

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Forever worried
that I'll reveal my true self

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to an intolerant world

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that won't let me love
who I want to love.

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[Midge] Dear Girl Next Door,

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I feel like I'm sitting
on a ticking time-bomb,

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and it's only a matter of time
before the world stigmatizes me

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for being
"a woman of loose morals."

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[Evelyn] Dear Girl Next Door,

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or should I say,
Little Miss Busybody?

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What makes you think

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you have all the answers,
any-who?

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[Ethel] Dear Girl Next Door,

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I know I should be grateful
for the things I have,

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but it's hard when everything
around me is beautiful

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and the world's
constantly reminding me

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I'm not one of those things.

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Gosh, Ethel,
that's a beautiful sketch.

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Is that for art class?

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No, she's finishing up
the sign-up sheet

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for the town's
annual Miss Riverdale
Teen Queen Pageant.

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Your mom asked me
to be her assistant.

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Ugh, is it really time for that
embarrassing cattle call again?

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Yes, it is.

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But this year,
for the first time ever,

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we're going
to be broadcast live
on national television,

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right out of the RIVW Studios.

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Whoop-dee-doo.

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I hope you don't
expect me to compete.

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Oh, no, of course not.

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Why would you wanna
participate in anything

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so glorious and wholesome
and all-American

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as Miss Riverdale Teen Queen,

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when you're already
holding the crown

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for Miss Grumpy Pants USA?

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And I'm sure
you're not interested

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in any of our
wonderful prizes this year...

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like, say, a new car.

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I don't even
have a driver's license.

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A Hollywood screen test.

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Not interested
in the slightest.

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Or a scholarship to whatever
college accepts you.

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The pageant's giving away
scholarships? Since when?

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Since we're gonna
be broadcast live
on national television.

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But I understand.
You're not interested.

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Ethel, she is beautiful,

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but why don't we change her
from a blonde to a brunette?

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I think she'd be
much more likable that way.

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[bell ringing]

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What do the rules say
about outside designers?

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Because Edith Head
has been dying

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to design
a bathing suit for me,

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and Miss Riverdale Teen Queen

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would be
a divine showcase for it.

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Oh, Vee, please tell me

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you're not honestly
signing up for that.

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I already did, Betty.

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Imagine the publicity

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it would bring to
the Babylonium if I won.

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It's a business decision.

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Okay, but it objectifies girls.

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I mean, wearing a swimsuit
and heels at the same time.

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What about that
little peep show
you did with Archie?

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Was that objectifying?

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Yes. Well, that was
between me and Archie,

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and he was
in his underwear, too.

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What I wouldn't give...

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How about flashing your panties
on live television?

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That was my decision,
on my terms.

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[Veronica] Look,
beauty pageants

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can certainly be seen
as objectifying women,

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if you choose to look at them
solely through that one lens.

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What other lens is there?

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What's that saying?

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"Beauty's in the eye
of the beholder."

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Speaking for myself,
I love being beautiful.

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And not for
the drooling approval

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of some fuddy-duddy judges.

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I refuse to give them
any power over me.

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I decide
if I'm beautiful or not.

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And I am, as are we all.

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But doesn't it bother you

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that beauty pageants
pit girls against girls?

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Oh, there's a way around that.

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We gals just need
to make a pact.

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No matter who wins, we all win.

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And no cat-fighting
or back-biting.

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Except against Evelyn Evernever

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who, of course, was the first
to sign-up, annoyingly.

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Wait, wait, Toni,

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you're doing it, too?

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Trust me, Betty.

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I feel the same way you do.

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But this is the first year

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that Miss Riverdale Teen Queen
is integrated.

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And even though there's not
a snowball's chance in hell

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that those stuffed-shirt judges
will give me the title,

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I'm gonna make damn sure
that I show the country

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at least one Black woman
competing for the crown.

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And if I do win, don't worry.

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I'm gonna call out
the Miss America pageant

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for the fact
that all its contestants

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must be of "good health
and the white race."

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My parents sponsor
Miss Riverdale Teen queen,
of course,

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so it would definitely
raise a few eyebrows

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if I didn't compete.

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Though, if I do win the title
again this year,

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I would use
my platform differently,

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advocating for the more...

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disenfranchised teens
in this town.

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[Fogarty] Are you sure
you should be
competing, Midge?

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You know,
in your delicate condition?

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I mean, won't you be wearing
high-heels for hours on end?

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What if you trip?

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You're the sweetest
for worrying about me, Fangs.

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But...

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this might be the last time
I get to do anything like this.

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Just...

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dress up
and be a 16-year-old girl.

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Compete for some silly tiara

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like it's the only thing
in the world that matters.

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What I said before?

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Ice it.

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You go compete your heart out
on that stage, baby.

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If those judges got eyes
in their head,

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they won't even look
at those other wannabes

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because you're
the hottest mama,

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with the classiest chassis,

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in the whole town, by a mile.

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[chuckles]

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All right,
now that it's just us,

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selfishly, of course,

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I think it would be a gas

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if we were all part
of Miss Riverdale Teen Queen.

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So I'm gonna
go out on a limb here--

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I think I know
what you're going to say.

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Let me ask you this, Betty.

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If your mom
wasn't hosting the pageant,

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wouldn't you be competing
for those ginchy prizes?

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I mean, imagine if you got
that scholarship.

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It could be
your ticket to freedom.

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You could go to whatever school
accepted you,

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on your own terms,

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not at your parents' whims.

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Some place like--

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Sarah Florence.

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Or Smith College.

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Mmm-hmm.

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So you have thought about it.

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I knew it.

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[man] ♪ There she is ♪

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♪ Miss America ♪

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♪ There she is, your ideal ♪

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♪ The dream
Of a million girls ♪

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♪ Who are more than pretty... ♪

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[Alice] Well, well, well.

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If it isn't the latest
and greatest

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aspiring Miss Riverdale
Teen Queen.

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Yes, Mother, I signed up.
Are you overjoyed?

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No, actually,
I'm not, Elizabeth.

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I would like to know
what your nefarious plan is.

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Do you plan on
winning the crown

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and then pulling
the entire temple

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down around you?

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Make some kind of
feminist statement?

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No, I do not wanna pull
the temple down around me.

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To be honest, it would be nice
to win that scholarship money.

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Oh, please, Elizabeth.

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You get straight A's.

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If you so choose
to go to college,

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which I'm not recommending,

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I would much rather
you go to finishing school.

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You're gonna be able to get
an academic scholarship.

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So don't try and bamboozle me

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into thinking that you care
about the scholarship.

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What would you like me
to say then, Mother?

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I would like you to say
that you actually want

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to be Miss Riverdale Teen Queen

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for the joy
and satisfaction of it.

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You know, I was
Miss Riverdale Teen queen
back in my day.

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I know. Everyone knows.

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The night that I was crowned,

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it was the greatest night
of my life.

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I thought I could do anything,
be anything.

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You know--

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Well, it's silly,
but I thought that I...

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might grow up
to be a stewardess

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and travel the world,
see glamorous places.

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Wait, you wanted
to be a stewardess?

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[Alice] Hmm.

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-That I did not know.
-Mmm.

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What happened?
Why didn't you do it?

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Well, I married your father,
of course.

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And then I had your sister,

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and then I had you,

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and I gave up my silly dreams
of becoming a stewardess.

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-Can you imagine?
-Yeah. I can.

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How fab that
would have been for you,

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traveling to all those places,
meeting glamorous people.

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Yeah.

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Well, anyway, Betty,

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whatever your reasons are,

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I think this is gonna be
wonderful for you.

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[gasps] Imagine if you won.

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That would be the greatest
accomplishment of my life.

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This is so exciting.

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I can't wait
to rehearse with you girls.

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Wait. We have to rehearse?

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Yes, of course.

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I have to guide you girls
through this entire process.

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And mind you,

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this is not
just glitz and glam.

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This is rigorous hard work,

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like going into battle.

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So I want you to get
a good night's sleep
tonight, dear.

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I don't wanna see
any shadowy bags

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under those eyes
in the morning.

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[bell chimes]

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A Miss Riverdale Teen Queen
does not walk, she glides.

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That's what
I wanna see from you.

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Gliding, gliding, gliding...

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Focus.

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We wanna block out everything
and only concentrate

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on being the most poised,
the most refined,

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and the most elegant we can be.

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Appearance, posture,
carriage, character,

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all these elements

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go into the making
of a Miss Riverdale Teen Queen.

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We must carry ourselves

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with the dignity
of English royalty.

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Our categories
are evening gowns,

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vim and vigor,

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bathing suits, point of view,

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and the ever-most important
talent competition.

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It's all about showing
how well-rounded

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Miss Riverdale Teen Queen is.

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Well, that's all
fine and dandy,

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but I don't need
some creepy old men

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telling me how well-rounded
my backside is.

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I know how shapely I am.

253
00:10:07,171 --> 00:10:08,782
-Toni!
-Greaser garbage.

254
00:10:08,825 --> 00:10:09,826
Preppy troll.

255
00:10:09,870 --> 00:10:11,088
[Alice] Miss Topaz, really!

256
00:10:11,132 --> 00:10:12,873
As Miss Blossom will tell you,

257
00:10:12,916 --> 00:10:15,005
being Miss Riverdale
Teen Queen,

258
00:10:15,049 --> 00:10:17,965
you serve as
an ambassadrix for Riverdale

259
00:10:18,008 --> 00:10:20,707
for the entire year
of your appointment.

260
00:10:20,750 --> 00:10:23,710
Why, you must be
the female embodiment

261
00:10:23,753 --> 00:10:26,930
of all things good and decent

262
00:10:26,974 --> 00:10:28,628
in our little town with pep.

263
00:10:28,671 --> 00:10:32,022
In fact, "pep" should be
your middle name.

264
00:10:32,066 --> 00:10:34,285
All right, one more hour
of posture work,

265
00:10:34,329 --> 00:10:36,766
and then we will go down
to Mrs. Andrews' dress shop

266
00:10:36,810 --> 00:10:39,900
and have you fitted for gowns.

267
00:10:39,943 --> 00:10:43,904
[audience applauding
and cheering]

268
00:10:43,947 --> 00:10:46,776
Ethel Muggs,
as the winner of this year's

269
00:10:46,820 --> 00:10:49,823
Miss Riverdale
Teen Queen pageant,

270
00:10:49,866 --> 00:10:51,302
can you tell us
what you're feeling

271
00:10:51,346 --> 00:10:53,914
at this exact moment?

272
00:10:53,957 --> 00:10:55,524
Gosh, Mrs. Cooper,

273
00:10:55,567 --> 00:10:57,004
I guess I'm really just wishing

274
00:10:57,047 --> 00:10:59,180
that my parents
were alive to see this.

275
00:10:59,223 --> 00:11:02,009
Oh, but, Ethel, they are.

276
00:11:02,052 --> 00:11:03,967
[audience applauding]

277
00:11:04,011 --> 00:11:04,968
[Ethel] Mom?

278
00:11:05,012 --> 00:11:07,536
Dad?

279
00:11:07,579 --> 00:11:11,322
Ethel, as our newly-minted
Miss Riverdale Teen Queen,

280
00:11:11,366 --> 00:11:14,935
are there any other dreams
that you're looking to fulfill?

281
00:11:14,978 --> 00:11:17,067
Well, now that you mention it,

282
00:11:17,111 --> 00:11:19,026
a lot of people
don't know that I paint

283
00:11:19,069 --> 00:11:20,767
as well as draw comic books.

284
00:11:20,810 --> 00:11:23,857
And I would be so jazzed
to have an original Ethel Muggs

285
00:11:23,900 --> 00:11:26,207
hanging in a real gallery
or museum.

286
00:11:26,250 --> 00:11:29,601
Ethel, I have got
some great news for you then.

287
00:11:29,645 --> 00:11:31,603
Your beautiful self-portrait

288
00:11:31,647 --> 00:11:35,695
is going to be on display
at the Guggenheim Museum.

289
00:11:35,738 --> 00:11:37,479
Oh, my gosh, the Guggenheim?

290
00:11:37,522 --> 00:11:39,350
-[Alice] Yes.
-[chuckles]

291
00:11:39,394 --> 00:11:42,484
Ethel, this is your night,
and your night alone.

292
00:11:42,527 --> 00:11:43,877
Is there anything else

293
00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:45,748
that would make it
even more special?

294
00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:48,838
Well...

295
00:11:48,882 --> 00:11:51,275
I think it would just be
the ginchiest thing ever

296
00:11:51,319 --> 00:11:53,321
if Jughead Jones
were my boyfriend.

297
00:11:53,364 --> 00:11:55,366
[chuckling] Oh, Ethel.

298
00:11:55,410 --> 00:11:58,543
Miss Riverdale Teen Queen
has the pick of the litter,

299
00:11:58,587 --> 00:12:01,024
but if it's Jughead Jones
you want,

300
00:12:01,068 --> 00:12:03,766
then Jughead is yours.

301
00:12:03,810 --> 00:12:05,768
-[Ethel] Jughead?
-[audience cheering]

302
00:12:05,812 --> 00:12:07,030
Are you really my boyfriend?

303
00:12:07,074 --> 00:12:08,423
Of course I am.

304
00:12:09,554 --> 00:12:10,947
You've always been my best gal.

305
00:12:15,517 --> 00:12:17,171
-[audience cheering]
-Beautiful.

306
00:12:17,214 --> 00:12:18,085
[Ethel laughs]

307
00:12:19,260 --> 00:12:20,043
[Alice] Ethel?

308
00:12:20,870 --> 00:12:21,915
Ethel?

309
00:12:21,958 --> 00:12:23,090
[record scratches]

310
00:12:23,133 --> 00:12:24,134
Ethel!

311
00:12:25,832 --> 00:12:27,572
Sorry, what was that,
Mrs. Cooper?

312
00:12:27,616 --> 00:12:29,574
You did make an appointment
at the dress shop, I hope?

313
00:12:31,533 --> 00:12:33,448
Mmm-hmm.

314
00:12:33,491 --> 00:12:35,537
[Mary] Look at
all these gorgeous girls.

315
00:12:36,712 --> 00:12:39,193
[sighs] You know,
back in the day,

316
00:12:39,236 --> 00:12:42,196
I competed to be
Miss Riverdale Teen Queen,

317
00:12:42,239 --> 00:12:43,893
all through high school.

318
00:12:43,937 --> 00:12:45,939
Against you, Alice,
if I'm not mistaken.

319
00:12:45,982 --> 00:12:47,984
Well, you always gave me
a run for my money, Mary.

320
00:12:48,028 --> 00:12:50,508
-And you always won.
-[chuckles]

321
00:12:50,552 --> 00:12:52,293
[Mary] You know, it's funny.

322
00:12:52,336 --> 00:12:55,165
I really thought that
being Miss Riverdale Teen Queen

323
00:12:55,209 --> 00:12:56,688
would be a stepping-stone

324
00:12:56,732 --> 00:12:58,690
to doing something
important with my life.

325
00:12:58,734 --> 00:13:00,301
Like, I don't know,

326
00:13:00,344 --> 00:13:01,781
being the first lady
or something.

327
00:13:01,824 --> 00:13:03,304
Well, there's
nothing more important

328
00:13:03,347 --> 00:13:05,219
than being a wife
and mother, Mary.

329
00:13:05,262 --> 00:13:07,090
Maybe for our
generation, Alice.

330
00:13:07,134 --> 00:13:08,657
But I feel like these girls

331
00:13:08,700 --> 00:13:10,398
could do anything they want,

332
00:13:10,441 --> 00:13:11,791
be anything that they want.

333
00:13:11,834 --> 00:13:13,575
No disrespect
to Mamie Eisenhower,

334
00:13:13,618 --> 00:13:15,446
she's an icon,

335
00:13:15,490 --> 00:13:17,318
but do you girls ever think
we'll have a female president?

336
00:13:17,361 --> 00:13:18,667
I wouldn't vote for a woman.

337
00:13:18,710 --> 00:13:21,104
Or a Black president,
for that matter?

338
00:13:21,148 --> 00:13:22,758
Man or a woman.

339
00:13:22,802 --> 00:13:24,020
Think about how much change
would have to occur

340
00:13:24,064 --> 00:13:25,456
in the world
for that to happen.

341
00:13:25,500 --> 00:13:27,023
It'll happen.
In our lifetime, I bet.

342
00:13:27,067 --> 00:13:28,764
Now, now.

343
00:13:28,808 --> 00:13:31,071
I think it's important
to manage one's expectations.

344
00:13:31,114 --> 00:13:31,898
Don't you think, Mary?

345
00:13:32,899 --> 00:13:34,683
Of course.

346
00:13:34,726 --> 00:13:37,512
Oh, Ethel, can you make sure
that you pin Betty's dress

347
00:13:37,555 --> 00:13:39,644
all the way around the hem?

348
00:13:39,688 --> 00:13:43,170
Okay, Midge,
let's look at this fit on you.

349
00:13:43,953 --> 00:13:45,825
[Ethel sniffling]

350
00:13:49,089 --> 00:13:51,265
Ethel, are you crying?

351
00:13:53,180 --> 00:13:54,746
Sorry.

352
00:13:54,790 --> 00:13:56,574
I won't get any tears
on your dress, I promise.

353
00:13:56,618 --> 00:13:58,446
No, no, what's the matter?

354
00:13:59,969 --> 00:14:00,796
Nothing.

355
00:14:02,276 --> 00:14:03,712
You're just
so beautiful, Betty.

356
00:14:05,627 --> 00:14:08,673
You and all the other girls,
you're just so beautiful.

357
00:14:10,806 --> 00:14:13,374
I think we might need to
let this out just a tiny bit.

358
00:14:14,941 --> 00:14:16,551
[Evelyn] Gosh, Midge,

359
00:14:16,594 --> 00:14:18,118
you better start cutting back
on those desserts.

360
00:14:18,161 --> 00:14:19,641
Otherwise, that cute
serpent boyfriend of yours

361
00:14:19,684 --> 00:14:20,990
might decide that you're
too much woman to handle.

362
00:14:21,034 --> 00:14:22,339
Evelyn, why don't you
do us all a favor

363
00:14:22,383 --> 00:14:23,819
and take a long walk
off a short pier?

364
00:14:25,473 --> 00:14:26,691
Just gonna go
get my measuring tape.

365
00:14:30,652 --> 00:14:32,132
Midge, dear,

366
00:14:32,175 --> 00:14:34,177
why don't you and I
have a little chat later?

367
00:14:34,221 --> 00:14:35,309
Huh? Just between us?

368
00:14:38,486 --> 00:14:40,357
[Betty] Ethel, what were
those waterworks

369
00:14:40,401 --> 00:14:41,793
at the dress shop about?

370
00:14:41,837 --> 00:14:43,056
Did something happen?

371
00:14:44,361 --> 00:14:45,623
No.

372
00:14:45,667 --> 00:14:46,537
Nothing.

373
00:14:46,581 --> 00:14:48,409
I guess I just wish

374
00:14:48,452 --> 00:14:50,280
that I could be competing
with you all.

375
00:14:50,324 --> 00:14:52,674
Ethel, you're so beautiful.
Why aren't you competing?

376
00:14:52,717 --> 00:14:53,980
I couldn't.

377
00:14:54,023 --> 00:14:55,677
You heard what your mom said

378
00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,245
about being
Miss Riverdale Teen Queen.

379
00:14:58,288 --> 00:15:00,987
She's supposed to embody
the best of the town,

380
00:15:01,030 --> 00:15:02,902
be Riverdale's ideal girl.

381
00:15:06,688 --> 00:15:08,472
That's not me, Betty.

382
00:15:08,516 --> 00:15:12,433
I'm the girl
whose parents were murdered.

383
00:15:12,476 --> 00:15:15,827
The girl who's quiet
and likes comic books

384
00:15:15,871 --> 00:15:17,699
and draws creepy pictures.

385
00:15:19,353 --> 00:15:20,702
No one in their right mind
would crown me

386
00:15:20,745 --> 00:15:23,226
Miss Riverdale Teen Queen.

387
00:15:23,270 --> 00:15:25,054
I know what
my mom's been saying, Ethel,

388
00:15:25,098 --> 00:15:27,187
but straight
from the fridge, you...

389
00:15:28,579 --> 00:15:31,452
You're such a wonderful,
beautiful person.

390
00:15:31,495 --> 00:15:34,324
You've overcome
so much adversity in your life,

391
00:15:34,368 --> 00:15:36,457
more than
any other girl in Riverdale,

392
00:15:36,500 --> 00:15:38,938
and that is inspiring.

393
00:15:38,981 --> 00:15:40,940
You are inspiring.

394
00:15:40,983 --> 00:15:42,854
You have more pep
in your little finger

395
00:15:42,898 --> 00:15:45,727
than the rest of us do
in our whole bodies combined.

396
00:15:45,770 --> 00:15:47,468
And you have every right

397
00:15:47,511 --> 00:15:49,992
to be up there competing
just as much as the rest of us.

398
00:15:50,036 --> 00:15:51,385
No.

399
00:15:51,428 --> 00:15:52,647
I couldn't.

400
00:15:52,690 --> 00:15:54,301
Really, I'm sorry.

401
00:15:54,344 --> 00:15:55,998
I shouldn't have said anything.

402
00:16:00,872 --> 00:16:03,092
[muffled music playing]

403
00:16:09,969 --> 00:16:11,579
So, Midge,

404
00:16:11,622 --> 00:16:13,450
how far along are you?

405
00:16:13,494 --> 00:16:15,670
And no fibbing, please.

406
00:16:15,713 --> 00:16:17,237
I recognize that glow.

407
00:16:22,807 --> 00:16:25,636
Girls, I appreciate
you gathering

408
00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:28,378
for an emergency meeting
before school.

409
00:16:28,422 --> 00:16:30,076
Now, some of you may know

410
00:16:30,119 --> 00:16:31,991
Midge Klump
is no longer with us.

411
00:16:32,034 --> 00:16:33,165
What? What happened?

412
00:16:33,209 --> 00:16:35,081
Did Midge die?

413
00:16:35,124 --> 00:16:37,909
Oh, no, no, she's still alive.
But regrettably,

414
00:16:37,953 --> 00:16:39,433
she is no longer eligible

415
00:16:39,476 --> 00:16:42,610
to compete for
Miss Riverdale Teen Queen.

416
00:16:42,653 --> 00:16:44,481
And, moreover,
she will no longer

417
00:16:44,525 --> 00:16:47,832
be a student here
at Riverdale High.

418
00:16:47,876 --> 00:16:50,748
She will continue her studies
at the Sisters of Quiet Mercy.

419
00:16:50,792 --> 00:16:52,489
[gasps] But Mrs. Cooper--

420
00:16:52,533 --> 00:16:55,579
And I assure you
she is doing just fine.

421
00:16:55,623 --> 00:16:57,973
Really, girls,
this is the best thing for her.

422
00:16:58,017 --> 00:17:00,976
And when you see her again
in six or seven months,

423
00:17:01,020 --> 00:17:03,587
you will see that
she is right as rain.

424
00:17:03,631 --> 00:17:06,199
Six or seven months?
What? Is Midge--

425
00:17:06,242 --> 00:17:09,244
Also, this is a good time
to remind you

426
00:17:09,289 --> 00:17:13,205
that we must treat
our bodies as temples,

427
00:17:13,249 --> 00:17:17,775
temples that must be protected
against any kind of defilement.

428
00:17:17,819 --> 00:17:19,473
On that note,

429
00:17:19,516 --> 00:17:21,779
we will see you back here
for some good clean fun

430
00:17:21,823 --> 00:17:23,912
later this afternoon, okay?

431
00:17:23,954 --> 00:17:24,781
Very good.

432
00:17:31,093 --> 00:17:34,096
I just don't understand.
Why would Midge
be sent away like that?

433
00:17:34,140 --> 00:17:35,880
[Evelyn] I thought
you were supposed to be smart.

434
00:17:35,924 --> 00:17:37,665
It's because Midge has a bun
in the oven, of course.

435
00:17:37,708 --> 00:17:39,101
Evelyn, shut your
pie hole right now.

436
00:17:39,145 --> 00:17:40,711
It's the worst-kept
secret in town.

437
00:17:40,755 --> 00:17:42,191
Second worst, after you two.

438
00:17:42,235 --> 00:17:44,019
[Veronica] This wouldn't be
the first time

439
00:17:44,063 --> 00:17:46,195
a girl's been sent away
to hide her shame.

440
00:17:46,239 --> 00:17:48,850
I mean, sadly, this is
standard practice in Hollywood.

441
00:17:48,893 --> 00:17:51,200
-Which is nothing
to be ashamed of.
-[Evelyn] Says you.

442
00:17:51,244 --> 00:17:53,463
She let a greaser
paw at her like a dirty rag.

443
00:17:53,507 --> 00:17:55,465
You're cruising for a bruising,
you snot-nosed square.

444
00:17:55,509 --> 00:17:56,727
[Betty] Okay, wait.

445
00:17:56,771 --> 00:17:58,773
So Midge and Fangs
have actually...

446
00:17:58,816 --> 00:18:00,209
Yes, Betty.

447
00:18:00,253 --> 00:18:02,733
Just once or multiple times?

448
00:18:02,777 --> 00:18:05,084
From the way those two
would look at each other,

449
00:18:05,127 --> 00:18:07,303
I'm guessing they were
doing the deed on the reg.

450
00:18:07,347 --> 00:18:08,696
[Toni] If you must know,

451
00:18:08,739 --> 00:18:10,828
Midge loves Fangs
and Fangs loves Midge.

452
00:18:10,872 --> 00:18:13,004
And if it wasn't for her
classist racist parents,

453
00:18:13,048 --> 00:18:14,441
they would be
together right now.

454
00:18:14,484 --> 00:18:16,312
Quite the cautionary tale,
if you ask me.

455
00:18:16,356 --> 00:18:18,532
Funnily enough, no one is,
you goon from Saskatoon.

456
00:18:18,575 --> 00:18:20,011
[Betty] I'm just, I'm wondering

457
00:18:20,055 --> 00:18:22,318
how Midge could have
ended up getting...

458
00:18:25,930 --> 00:18:27,628
Uh...

459
00:18:27,671 --> 00:18:30,326
No, no, of course,
I understand how it happened.

460
00:18:30,370 --> 00:18:31,849
I'm just wondering
if they were using...

461
00:18:31,893 --> 00:18:34,330
If they were using protection?

462
00:18:34,374 --> 00:18:36,289
-Good question.
-Midge said they were.

463
00:18:36,332 --> 00:18:38,117
But once it slipped.

464
00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:39,466
That's what Fangs told me, too.

465
00:18:39,509 --> 00:18:41,685
See, this is why
they ought to invent,

466
00:18:41,729 --> 00:18:43,818
I don't know,
a pill or something.

467
00:18:43,861 --> 00:18:44,862
A what?

468
00:18:44,906 --> 00:18:46,473
A pill, like a monthly pill,

469
00:18:46,516 --> 00:18:47,996
that girls can take,

470
00:18:48,039 --> 00:18:50,477
that protects them from...

471
00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:52,740
accidents, even happy ones.

472
00:18:52,783 --> 00:18:54,524
Because, let's face it, ladies,

473
00:18:54,568 --> 00:18:56,831
we're the ones who have to live
with the consequences.

474
00:18:56,874 --> 00:18:58,485
Not the boys.

475
00:18:58,528 --> 00:19:01,009
They get claps on the back
while we bear the burden,

476
00:19:01,052 --> 00:19:02,489
while we're stigmatized.

477
00:19:02,532 --> 00:19:04,578
Poor Midge.
Now her whole life is just--

478
00:19:04,621 --> 00:19:05,840
[Cheryl] Her life
is not ruined.

479
00:19:05,883 --> 00:19:07,058
Midge is one of my Vixens.

480
00:19:07,102 --> 00:19:09,017
I will not let
this destroy her.

481
00:19:09,060 --> 00:19:10,758
Except you're
no longer a Vixen,
and neither is Midge.

482
00:19:10,801 --> 00:19:12,238
Really, who did
let you sit with us?

483
00:19:12,281 --> 00:19:14,153
Wonder if Fangs
even knows about this?

484
00:19:14,196 --> 00:19:16,503
Well, if he doesn't now,
he will soon.

485
00:19:16,546 --> 00:19:17,504
The whole school will.

486
00:19:17,547 --> 00:19:19,375
Then I should find him.

487
00:19:19,419 --> 00:19:20,898
-Talk to him.
-I'll come with you.

488
00:19:22,900 --> 00:19:26,295
Betty, what are you
thinking about?

489
00:19:26,339 --> 00:19:30,256
Just how quickly
your entire life can change.

490
00:19:30,299 --> 00:19:32,649
How one night can decide
everything for you.

491
00:19:39,134 --> 00:19:40,962
You were quiet
in the lounge, Ethel.

492
00:19:43,704 --> 00:19:46,402
I keep thinking about Midge
at the Sisters of Quiet Mercy.

493
00:19:46,446 --> 00:19:48,665
It's awful
what's happening to Midge,

494
00:19:48,709 --> 00:19:50,798
and we will figure out
a way to help her.

495
00:19:50,841 --> 00:19:54,105
But in the meantime...

496
00:19:54,149 --> 00:19:56,630
I also think
this presents an opportunity.

497
00:19:56,673 --> 00:19:57,935
What do you mean?

498
00:19:57,979 --> 00:19:59,415
Well, there's an open spot now

499
00:19:59,459 --> 00:20:01,156
to replace Midge
in the pageant,

500
00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:06,466
and what better girl to do it
than you?

501
00:20:06,509 --> 00:20:07,510
Do you really
think that, Betty?

502
00:20:07,554 --> 00:20:09,208
I do.

503
00:20:09,251 --> 00:20:11,297
It almost feels like
your destiny now,

504
00:20:11,340 --> 00:20:14,169
but only if you want to, Ethel.

505
00:20:14,213 --> 00:20:16,171
[exhales] I... I do.

506
00:20:16,215 --> 00:20:17,955
But what about your mom?

507
00:20:17,999 --> 00:20:19,392
I mean, there's still so much
that needs to get done,

508
00:20:19,435 --> 00:20:20,697
and she still
needs an assistant.

509
00:20:20,741 --> 00:20:23,352
I have someone
in mind for that.

510
00:20:24,745 --> 00:20:26,399
They took Midge?

511
00:20:26,442 --> 00:20:28,227
I'm gonna go up there
to that convent,

512
00:20:28,270 --> 00:20:29,837
I'm gonna bust
Midge out of there.

513
00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:31,317
She doesn't
belong in that place.

514
00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:32,840
They do experiments
on those kids,

515
00:20:32,883 --> 00:20:34,711
give them all
psychedelic drugs and stuff.

516
00:20:34,755 --> 00:20:36,539
Oh, pump
the brakes there, Fangs.

517
00:20:36,583 --> 00:20:38,411
The last thing anyone needs
is you going in half-cocked.

518
00:20:38,454 --> 00:20:40,369
Kidnapping Midge
after she's already
been kidnapped once

519
00:20:40,413 --> 00:20:42,023
will only make things worse.

520
00:20:42,066 --> 00:20:44,330
We need more information
before anyone does anything.

521
00:20:44,373 --> 00:20:45,853
Midge's parents
know she's pregnant

522
00:20:45,896 --> 00:20:47,463
because Mrs. Cooper
forced it out of her,

523
00:20:47,507 --> 00:20:49,291
but they may not know
that you're the father.

524
00:20:49,335 --> 00:20:50,901
[Cheryl] We should endeavor
to keep it that way

525
00:20:50,945 --> 00:20:52,163
so that you're not arrested.

526
00:20:52,207 --> 00:20:53,556
Or worse.

527
00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:55,166
Okay, what am I
supposed to do, huh?

528
00:20:55,210 --> 00:20:56,385
Bupkis?

529
00:20:56,429 --> 00:20:58,474
We stick
with the original plan.

530
00:20:58,518 --> 00:20:59,954
You write a hit song,
you get a gold record
under your belt

531
00:20:59,997 --> 00:21:02,391
and you become undeniable
to Midge's parents.

532
00:21:02,435 --> 00:21:04,088
You just need to focus

533
00:21:04,132 --> 00:21:06,003
on getting ready for when
you and Midge get reunited.

534
00:21:06,047 --> 00:21:07,744
[Cheryl] Look,
my parents have made

535
00:21:07,788 --> 00:21:09,529
many a charitable donation
to the Sisters.

536
00:21:09,572 --> 00:21:11,661
So I will work on setting up

537
00:21:11,705 --> 00:21:14,751
at least a phone call
between you and dear Midge.

538
00:21:14,795 --> 00:21:16,231
But you have to listen to Toni.

539
00:21:16,275 --> 00:21:19,843
And, Fangs, remain calm.

540
00:21:19,887 --> 00:21:21,497
Calm. [sighs] Okay.
[snaps fingers]

541
00:21:25,196 --> 00:21:27,198
-Beautiful.
-[chuckles]

542
00:21:30,201 --> 00:21:31,899
What's going on in here?

543
00:21:31,942 --> 00:21:33,509
I'm just getting
Ethel all caught up.

544
00:21:33,553 --> 00:21:36,033
But she has
perfect poise, honestly.

545
00:21:36,077 --> 00:21:37,731
And doesn't she look to die for
in her dress?

546
00:21:37,774 --> 00:21:39,994
Getting caught up on...
what exactly?

547
00:21:40,037 --> 00:21:41,474
Oh, didn't you hear?

548
00:21:41,517 --> 00:21:43,563
Ethel's replacing Midge
in the pageant,

549
00:21:43,606 --> 00:21:45,129
and luckily, she already
knows all the routines.

550
00:21:45,173 --> 00:21:48,698
[stammers] That is wonderful.

551
00:21:48,742 --> 00:21:51,092
Um, but who's
gonna be my assistant?

552
00:21:51,135 --> 00:21:52,963
Here's your java, Mrs. Cooper.

553
00:21:53,007 --> 00:21:54,748
Just the way
Betty said you liked it.

554
00:21:54,791 --> 00:21:57,403
Three sugar, extra cream.

555
00:21:57,446 --> 00:22:00,014
-Elizabeth, can I speak to you
in the hallway for a moment?
-Sure, Mom.

556
00:22:02,146 --> 00:22:03,409
Just a few more laps,

557
00:22:03,452 --> 00:22:04,714
and then we'll brainstorm
some ideas

558
00:22:04,758 --> 00:22:06,020
for the talent
competition, yeah?

559
00:22:10,764 --> 00:22:12,418
[Alice] I knew it.

560
00:22:12,461 --> 00:22:13,636
I knew you were gonna
try to undermine me somehow.

561
00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:15,290
How am I trying
to undermine you?

562
00:22:15,334 --> 00:22:16,813
Midge dropped out,

563
00:22:16,857 --> 00:22:19,250
or more likely,
was forced out by you.

564
00:22:19,294 --> 00:22:20,774
[scoffs] Oh.

565
00:22:20,817 --> 00:22:21,601
So now what's wrong
with Ethel competing?

566
00:22:21,644 --> 00:22:23,342
What's wrong?

567
00:22:23,385 --> 00:22:25,431
What's wrong is Ethel
does not represent the ideals

568
00:22:25,474 --> 00:22:28,347
of Miss Riverdale Teen Queen,
not by a country mile.

569
00:22:28,390 --> 00:22:29,391
Why, she's not pregnant.

570
00:22:29,435 --> 00:22:30,827
No, no, she's not.

571
00:22:30,871 --> 00:22:32,742
But she...
She has an unsavory history.

572
00:22:32,786 --> 00:22:35,136
Are you talking about
what happened with her parents?

573
00:22:35,179 --> 00:22:36,006
Or something else?

574
00:22:37,007 --> 00:22:38,661
[sighs in exasperation]

575
00:22:38,705 --> 00:22:40,620
Ooh. You are awful,
you know that?

576
00:22:40,663 --> 00:22:42,361
I am here

577
00:22:42,404 --> 00:22:44,014
to protect the office
of Miss Riverdale Teen Queen.

578
00:22:44,058 --> 00:22:46,016
I'm not gonna let you
turn this competition

579
00:22:46,060 --> 00:22:47,540
into one of your crusades.

580
00:22:47,583 --> 00:22:49,280
-[scoffs]
-And whether you
believe me or not,

581
00:22:49,324 --> 00:22:51,239
I am also and especially

582
00:22:51,282 --> 00:22:53,763
trying to protect Ethel
from the scrutiny

583
00:22:53,807 --> 00:22:56,331
that Miss Riverdale
Teen Queen demands.

584
00:22:56,375 --> 00:22:58,072
I'm sorry,
but over my dead body

585
00:22:58,115 --> 00:22:59,639
is she going to
compete in this pageant--

586
00:22:59,682 --> 00:23:03,773
Mom, Ethel should be
Miss Riverdale Teen Queen.

587
00:23:03,817 --> 00:23:07,037
She needs and deserves it
more than the rest of us.

588
00:23:07,081 --> 00:23:09,388
Think about it
for one second, okay?

589
00:23:09,431 --> 00:23:11,346
Ethel is an orphan.

590
00:23:11,390 --> 00:23:13,348
This scholarship may be
her only chance
to go to college.

591
00:23:13,392 --> 00:23:14,871
-No!
-Mom.

592
00:23:14,915 --> 00:23:16,525
And that is final.
Ethel is a lovely girl.

593
00:23:16,569 --> 00:23:19,006
But this is not a charity,
it's a competition.

594
00:23:19,049 --> 00:23:20,790
And since you made this mess,

595
00:23:20,834 --> 00:23:22,139
you're the one
that's gonna tell her

596
00:23:22,183 --> 00:23:23,924
that she has to withdraw
from the pageant.

597
00:23:23,967 --> 00:23:25,012
Not me!

598
00:23:28,058 --> 00:23:29,538
-[stomps]
-[Toni] What's
the trouble now, Betty?

599
00:23:29,582 --> 00:23:32,628
Well, I got Ethel
to sign up for the pageant,

600
00:23:32,672 --> 00:23:34,978
and no surprise,
my mom blew a gasket.

601
00:23:35,022 --> 00:23:37,590
She's not letting Ethel compete
in Miss Riverdale Teen Queen,

602
00:23:37,633 --> 00:23:39,113
-even though
there's an empty slot.
-[Toni] What?

603
00:23:39,156 --> 00:23:40,201
-[Veronica] Oh, dear.
-Golly.

604
00:23:40,244 --> 00:23:41,768
And why doesn't she want Ethel

605
00:23:41,811 --> 00:23:43,378
to drop a nickel in
and participate?

606
00:23:43,422 --> 00:23:44,858
It's more of the same.

607
00:23:44,901 --> 00:23:47,251
Ethel doesn't
represent the ideal,

608
00:23:47,295 --> 00:23:48,862
blah, blah, blah.

609
00:23:48,905 --> 00:23:50,559
My mom is nuttier
than a Christmas fruitcake,

610
00:23:50,603 --> 00:23:52,518
but I'm in it now

611
00:23:52,561 --> 00:23:55,259
and I don't wanna
be the one to tell Ethel
that she doesn't...

612
00:23:55,303 --> 00:23:58,045
represent the very best
of Riverdale.

613
00:23:58,088 --> 00:24:00,439
Imagine what winning
this crown would do for her.

614
00:24:00,482 --> 00:24:03,093
Imagine the doors
that it would open,

615
00:24:03,137 --> 00:24:05,226
not just in high school,
but for the rest of her life.

616
00:24:05,269 --> 00:24:07,881
Honestly, Ethel's got
as much chance
of winning as I do,

617
00:24:07,924 --> 00:24:10,274
but we're with you, Betty.

618
00:24:10,318 --> 00:24:12,233
What should we do?

619
00:24:12,276 --> 00:24:14,931
Uh, I'm open to ideas, ladies.

620
00:24:14,975 --> 00:24:17,151
Well, I vote we stand together,

621
00:24:17,194 --> 00:24:19,501
link arms and demand
Ethel gets chance to compete

622
00:24:19,545 --> 00:24:20,807
or we all withdraw.

623
00:24:20,850 --> 00:24:23,244
Quote it. I'm in, sisters.

624
00:24:23,287 --> 00:24:25,725
This pageant's nowheresville
without us teen contestants.

625
00:24:25,768 --> 00:24:26,639
Okay.

626
00:24:27,857 --> 00:24:29,119
I'll go talk to my mom.

627
00:24:29,163 --> 00:24:30,381
[Veronica]
Hold the line, Betty.

628
00:24:30,425 --> 00:24:31,818
Thinking it through,

629
00:24:31,861 --> 00:24:33,472
maybe this is
one of those times

630
00:24:33,515 --> 00:24:36,083
you go around your mom.

631
00:24:36,126 --> 00:24:37,780
To someone who might
be more inclined

632
00:24:37,824 --> 00:24:38,781
to listen to reason...

633
00:24:39,782 --> 00:24:40,740
or threats.

634
00:24:42,393 --> 00:24:44,961
Someone like... my dad?

635
00:24:45,005 --> 00:24:46,572
Exactly.

636
00:24:46,615 --> 00:24:48,878
And maybe you shouldn't
go in alone, either.

637
00:24:48,922 --> 00:24:52,926
Maybe you go with
a more seasoned negotiator,

638
00:24:52,969 --> 00:24:54,275
who won't get bogged down

639
00:24:54,318 --> 00:24:56,495
in messy, sticky
family dynamics.

640
00:24:58,671 --> 00:24:59,498
Like moi.

641
00:25:05,025 --> 00:25:06,505
[Betty sighs] Okay.

642
00:25:08,855 --> 00:25:10,160
-Mr. Cooper.
-Hi, Dad.

643
00:25:10,204 --> 00:25:11,945
Hey, ladies.
What's the good word?

644
00:25:11,988 --> 00:25:14,861
May we bend your ear
about a few,

645
00:25:14,904 --> 00:25:17,341
let's call them
competition parameters,

646
00:25:17,385 --> 00:25:19,953
that we and our
fellow pageant contestants
have been discussing.

647
00:25:19,996 --> 00:25:21,737
And what would
those parameters be?

648
00:25:21,781 --> 00:25:24,435
The first being,
Ethel Muggs must be allowed

649
00:25:24,479 --> 00:25:25,915
to participate
in the competition.

650
00:25:25,959 --> 00:25:28,439
Okay, let me just
stop you girls right there.

651
00:25:28,483 --> 00:25:31,660
I've already gotten an earful
about this from Mrs. Cooper,

652
00:25:31,704 --> 00:25:35,534
and I'm afraid that
there is just no wiggle-room.

653
00:25:35,577 --> 00:25:37,623
-But Mr. Cooper--
-I'm sorry, girls, truly.

654
00:25:37,666 --> 00:25:39,712
But there is a lot
riding on this pageant.

655
00:25:39,755 --> 00:25:42,628
And how we present
ourselves to the world

656
00:25:42,671 --> 00:25:44,586
is of the utmost
importance, Veronica.

657
00:25:44,630 --> 00:25:45,848
It's funny, Mr. Cooper,

658
00:25:45,892 --> 00:25:47,110
I've been doing
a little research

659
00:25:47,154 --> 00:25:49,635
on TV ad spending
just for kicks,

660
00:25:49,678 --> 00:25:51,419
including how much money

661
00:25:51,462 --> 00:25:53,160
a live television event
can bring in.

662
00:25:53,203 --> 00:25:56,337
Miss Riverdale Teen Queen
is going to be huge for RIVW.

663
00:25:56,380 --> 00:25:59,035
We all know that.
We all want that.

664
00:25:59,079 --> 00:26:01,560
Also, we're guessing
you've already sold

665
00:26:01,603 --> 00:26:03,736
all your commercial spots,
am I right?

666
00:26:03,779 --> 00:26:05,433
Which means you're on the hook.

667
00:26:05,476 --> 00:26:07,304
And you can't cash
those wonderful checks

668
00:26:07,348 --> 00:26:09,306
unless Miss Riverdale
Teen Queen

669
00:26:09,350 --> 00:26:10,830
airs without a hitch.

670
00:26:10,873 --> 00:26:12,962
Okay, what exactly
are you two driving at?

671
00:26:13,006 --> 00:26:14,573
Only that

672
00:26:14,616 --> 00:26:17,532
you might find yourself
in a precarious position

673
00:26:17,576 --> 00:26:20,491
if all your
teen contestants suddenly...

674
00:26:20,535 --> 00:26:21,971
decided to
pull out of the pageant.

675
00:26:22,015 --> 00:26:23,756
[Betty] Which we will, Dad,

676
00:26:23,799 --> 00:26:25,671
if you don't fix it with Mom
so that Ethel can compete.

677
00:26:25,714 --> 00:26:26,672
Betty, I--

678
00:26:28,630 --> 00:26:30,632
[sighs]

679
00:26:30,676 --> 00:26:32,721
Okay, fine.
I'll see what I can do.

680
00:26:32,765 --> 00:26:34,767
Thank you, Mr. Cooper.
That's fantabulous.

681
00:26:35,811 --> 00:26:37,683
And one more thing.

682
00:26:37,726 --> 00:26:39,380
We want the swimsuit promenade
cut entirely from the pageant.

683
00:26:39,423 --> 00:26:41,121
What? Why?

684
00:26:41,164 --> 00:26:43,079
That is the judges'
favorite segment.

685
00:26:43,123 --> 00:26:44,820
I'm sure,

686
00:26:44,864 --> 00:26:47,606
but frankly, there's just
no justifying that outdated

687
00:26:47,649 --> 00:26:50,739
and plainly sexist aspect
of the competition.

688
00:26:50,783 --> 00:26:53,524
Especially considering
all our judges are men,

689
00:26:53,568 --> 00:26:56,571
and two of them
are faculty members
at our school.

690
00:26:56,615 --> 00:26:58,747
Don't you concur, Mr. Cooper?

691
00:26:58,791 --> 00:27:00,140
[sighs]

692
00:27:03,012 --> 00:27:06,537
Why do you constantly
undermine me, Harold?

693
00:27:06,581 --> 00:27:08,278
And especially
on the day of the pageant!

694
00:27:08,322 --> 00:27:10,324
-I... I... I don't--
-Put a sock in it!

695
00:27:10,367 --> 00:27:12,413
You always undercut me. Always.

696
00:27:12,456 --> 00:27:13,980
Which is especially galling

697
00:27:14,023 --> 00:27:16,939
because I have spent
the best years of my life

698
00:27:16,983 --> 00:27:18,680
cleaning up after your messes.

699
00:27:18,724 --> 00:27:20,813
Alice, I'm not trying
to undermine you.

700
00:27:20,856 --> 00:27:22,597
So what if Ethel wins?

701
00:27:22,641 --> 00:27:25,121
And some nosy Brenda Starr

702
00:27:25,165 --> 00:27:27,428
takes it upon herself
to look into her past?

703
00:27:27,471 --> 00:27:29,473
What happens then, Hal?

704
00:27:29,517 --> 00:27:31,998
To us? To our family?

705
00:27:32,041 --> 00:27:33,869
Sweetheart, please,
just calm down.

706
00:27:33,913 --> 00:27:35,697
Oh, do not
tell me to calm down.

707
00:27:35,741 --> 00:27:39,832
It... It... It doesn't matter
if Ethel competes or not.

708
00:27:39,875 --> 00:27:41,572
I mean, you know
who the judges are.

709
00:27:41,616 --> 00:27:43,531
There is no way that Ethel

710
00:27:43,574 --> 00:27:46,403
is going to be
Miss Riverdale Teen Queen.

711
00:27:46,447 --> 00:27:48,101
Come on, you're just making

712
00:27:48,144 --> 00:27:49,319
a mountain
out of this molehill.

713
00:27:49,363 --> 00:27:51,452
Oh, you made it
a mountain, Hal.

714
00:27:51,495 --> 00:27:53,193
Now come help me
with my necklace!

715
00:27:53,236 --> 00:27:55,064
[Alice continues indistinctly]

716
00:27:59,199 --> 00:28:00,679
They're not fighting
about me, are they?

717
00:28:02,855 --> 00:28:04,813
Oh, no. Not at all.

718
00:28:04,857 --> 00:28:06,206
They're just nervous

719
00:28:06,249 --> 00:28:08,251
about the pageant
being live this year.

720
00:28:08,295 --> 00:28:10,558
That's all.
Last minute jitters.

721
00:28:10,601 --> 00:28:13,256
Trust me, once the cameras
start rolling, they'll be fine.

722
00:28:13,300 --> 00:28:15,171
Now clue me in.

723
00:28:15,215 --> 00:28:17,391
Have you decided on a song
for the talent competition yet?

724
00:28:21,743 --> 00:28:23,702
[orchestral music playing]

725
00:28:30,665 --> 00:28:31,666
[people applauding on TV]

726
00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:33,189
Archie, lay a patch.

727
00:28:33,233 --> 00:28:34,800
It's time for
the evening gown promenade!

728
00:28:34,843 --> 00:28:36,453
All right, all right,
I'm coming, I'm coming.

729
00:28:36,497 --> 00:28:39,065
Oh, this reminds me
of the county fairs back home.

730
00:28:39,108 --> 00:28:41,632
We used to have
Miss Duck Creek pageants
every spring,

731
00:28:41,676 --> 00:28:43,373
complete with
butter-carving competitions.

732
00:28:43,417 --> 00:28:45,811
I can't believe they cut
the bathing suit strut.

733
00:28:45,854 --> 00:28:47,247
You really want
to see your sister

734
00:28:47,290 --> 00:28:49,292
prancing around
like a bathing beauty?

735
00:28:49,336 --> 00:28:50,337
-It's kind of pervy, no?
-[both laugh]

736
00:28:50,380 --> 00:28:52,252
Okay, drop dead, Jones.

737
00:28:52,295 --> 00:28:53,688
Don't you have
another comic book
to write or something?

738
00:28:53,732 --> 00:28:54,950
As a matter of fact,
I don't right now.

739
00:28:54,994 --> 00:28:56,038
Pop, can you
turn it up a little?

740
00:28:56,082 --> 00:28:58,214
Kevin's about to sing.

741
00:28:58,258 --> 00:29:01,522
-Welcome back to Miss Riverdale
Teen Queen 1955...
-Thanks, Pop.

742
00:29:01,565 --> 00:29:05,004
...live from the RIVW stages.

743
00:29:05,047 --> 00:29:08,747
And now, would you please
welcome Mr. Kevin Keller,

744
00:29:08,790 --> 00:29:10,705
who will serenade us

745
00:29:10,749 --> 00:29:13,577
during our
evening gown promenade.

746
00:29:13,621 --> 00:29:16,363
[audience applauding]

747
00:29:16,406 --> 00:29:18,104
["Some Enchanted
Evening" plays]

748
00:29:20,671 --> 00:29:23,805
♪ Some enchanted evening ♪

749
00:29:26,503 --> 00:29:28,767
♪ You may see a stranger... ♪

750
00:29:28,810 --> 00:29:33,467
[Hal] First up, our reigning
Miss Riverdale Teen Queen,

751
00:29:33,510 --> 00:29:35,817
I give you,
Miss Cheryl Blossom.

752
00:29:35,861 --> 00:29:37,253
-[audience applauding]
-[Kevin] ♪ Across

753
00:29:37,297 --> 00:29:41,257
A crowded room ♪

754
00:29:41,301 --> 00:29:43,738
♪ And somehow you know... ♪

755
00:29:43,782 --> 00:29:45,653
Miss Betty Cooper.

756
00:29:45,696 --> 00:29:46,959
[audience applauding]

757
00:29:47,002 --> 00:29:50,310
♪ You know even then ♪

758
00:29:51,137 --> 00:29:52,703
[exhales]

759
00:29:52,747 --> 00:29:55,619
♪ That somehow
You'll see her... ♪

760
00:29:55,663 --> 00:29:57,056
[imperceptible]

761
00:29:57,099 --> 00:30:01,669
♪ Again and again... ♪

762
00:30:01,712 --> 00:30:03,932
[Hal] Miss Evelyn Evernever,

763
00:30:03,976 --> 00:30:05,499
and Miss Ethel Muggs.

764
00:30:05,542 --> 00:30:07,893
♪ Some enchanted evening ♪

765
00:30:11,070 --> 00:30:16,510
♪ When you find
Your true love ♪

766
00:30:16,553 --> 00:30:18,991
♪ When you
Hear her call you... ♪

767
00:30:19,034 --> 00:30:21,384
Miss Veronica Lodge.

768
00:30:21,428 --> 00:30:24,518
[Kevin] ♪ Across
A crowded room ♪

769
00:30:25,954 --> 00:30:30,350
♪ Then fly to her side ♪

770
00:30:31,307 --> 00:30:32,569
[whistles]

771
00:30:32,613 --> 00:30:33,614
♪ And make her your own... ♪

772
00:30:33,657 --> 00:30:36,878
And finally, Miss Toni Topaz.

773
00:30:36,922 --> 00:30:40,839
[Kevin] ♪ Or all through
Your life ♪

774
00:30:40,882 --> 00:30:46,845
♪ You may dream all alone ♪

775
00:30:50,022 --> 00:30:55,462
♪ Once you have found her
Never let her go ♪

776
00:30:55,505 --> 00:30:59,727
♪ Once you have found her ♪

777
00:30:59,770 --> 00:31:01,598
♪ Never ♪

778
00:31:01,642 --> 00:31:09,519
♪ Let her go ♪

779
00:31:09,563 --> 00:31:12,000
[Hal] Let's hear it
for Mr. Kevin Keller,

780
00:31:12,044 --> 00:31:15,221
but most especially,
our lovely ladies.

781
00:31:15,264 --> 00:31:17,310
Don't they look just swell?

782
00:31:17,353 --> 00:31:18,659
[audience cheering]

783
00:31:20,617 --> 00:31:21,836
Gorgeous.

784
00:31:28,495 --> 00:31:31,715
[Hal] And that was
Miss Veronica Lodge
on the tightrope.

785
00:31:31,759 --> 00:31:34,457
Wasn't she the loveliest
of lady daredevils?

786
00:31:34,501 --> 00:31:35,589
-Whoa.
-Wow.

787
00:31:35,632 --> 00:31:37,330
-Wow.
-[boys chuckle]

788
00:31:37,373 --> 00:31:40,420
And now performing
the original song,

789
00:31:40,463 --> 00:31:42,378
"Who Will Love Me as I Am,"

790
00:31:42,422 --> 00:31:45,033
to end our talent competition,

791
00:31:45,077 --> 00:31:48,907
here is Miss Ethel Muggs.

792
00:31:48,950 --> 00:31:50,821
[audience applauding]

793
00:32:07,534 --> 00:32:11,494
♪ Like a fish
Plucked from the ocean ♪

794
00:32:11,538 --> 00:32:15,542
♪ Tossed into
A foreign stream ♪

795
00:32:15,585 --> 00:32:19,589
♪ Always knew
That I was different ♪

796
00:32:19,633 --> 00:32:22,941
♪ Often fled into a dream... ♪

797
00:32:23,724 --> 00:32:25,813
Come on.

798
00:32:25,856 --> 00:32:29,904
♪ I ignored
The raging currents ♪

799
00:32:29,948 --> 00:32:33,690
♪ Right against
The tide I swam ♪

800
00:32:33,734 --> 00:32:37,781
♪ But I floated
With the question ♪

801
00:32:37,825 --> 00:32:43,439
♪ Who will love me as I am? ♪

802
00:32:43,483 --> 00:32:45,702
Hot diggity.

803
00:32:45,746 --> 00:32:47,313
Ethel's got a set of pipes.

804
00:32:47,356 --> 00:32:49,968
More than that,
she's got star quality.

805
00:32:50,011 --> 00:32:52,579
Oh, sheesh. Is there
anything this girl can't do?

806
00:32:52,622 --> 00:32:54,189
I think I'm in love.

807
00:32:54,233 --> 00:32:59,151
♪ Could we bend
The laws of nature? ♪

808
00:32:59,194 --> 00:33:03,372
♪ Could a lion love a lamb? ♪

809
00:33:03,416 --> 00:33:07,420
♪ Who could see
Beyond this surface? ♪

810
00:33:07,463 --> 00:33:11,293
♪ Who will love me as I am? ♪

811
00:33:11,337 --> 00:33:15,167
♪ Like a clown
Whose tears cause laughter ♪

812
00:33:15,210 --> 00:33:19,084
♪ Trapped inside
The center ring ♪

813
00:33:19,127 --> 00:33:23,436
♪ Even seeing smiling faces ♪

814
00:33:23,479 --> 00:33:26,526
♪ I am lonely pondering ♪

815
00:33:26,569 --> 00:33:32,010
♪ Who would want
To join this madness? ♪

816
00:33:32,053 --> 00:33:35,796
♪ Who would change
My monogram? ♪

817
00:33:35,839 --> 00:33:39,974
♪ Who will be
Part of my circus? ♪

818
00:33:40,018 --> 00:33:46,589
♪ Who will love me as I am? ♪

819
00:33:46,633 --> 00:33:52,247
♪ Who will ever call
To say, "I love you"? ♪

820
00:33:52,291 --> 00:33:56,295
♪ Send me flowers
Or a telegram? ♪

821
00:33:56,338 --> 00:33:59,950
♪ Who could proudly
Stand beside me? ♪

822
00:33:59,994 --> 00:34:02,866
♪ Who will love me ♪

823
00:34:02,910 --> 00:34:09,699
♪ As I am? ♪

824
00:34:09,743 --> 00:34:11,179
[audience cheering]

825
00:34:15,096 --> 00:34:16,967
[all exclaiming]

826
00:34:17,011 --> 00:34:18,752
Wow!

827
00:34:18,795 --> 00:34:19,882
[boys continue exclaiming]

828
00:34:19,927 --> 00:34:21,755
Whoo!

829
00:34:21,797 --> 00:34:23,364
[applause continues]

830
00:34:29,980 --> 00:34:32,853
[Hal] Well, it has been
a spectacular evening

831
00:34:32,896 --> 00:34:35,768
and everyone is a winner.

832
00:34:35,812 --> 00:34:37,639
But now it is time
for our judges

833
00:34:37,684 --> 00:34:39,815
to decide who will be the next

834
00:34:39,860 --> 00:34:42,428
Miss Riverdale Teen Queen.

835
00:34:43,864 --> 00:34:45,648
Fifty cents says it's Veronica.

836
00:34:45,692 --> 00:34:46,996
Who knew she was an acrobat?

837
00:34:47,041 --> 00:34:48,956
Well, I don't know.

838
00:34:48,998 --> 00:34:50,697
Betty's delivery
of the Gettysburg Address
was stirring stuff.

839
00:34:50,739 --> 00:34:52,742
I'll take anyone
as long as it's not my sister.

840
00:34:52,786 --> 00:34:55,397
If there's justice
in this world, it'll be Ethel.

841
00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:57,269
I knew we should have made
the musical about her.

842
00:34:57,312 --> 00:34:59,836
Looks like our judges
have made their decision.

843
00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:02,752
And, as you can see,
my lovely wife, Alice,

844
00:35:02,796 --> 00:35:06,016
a former Miss Riverdale
Teen Queen herself,

845
00:35:06,060 --> 00:35:08,236
has joined me for the verdict.

846
00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:10,934
I must say, you look
absolutely wonderful.

847
00:35:10,978 --> 00:35:12,458
Doesn't she look
wonderful, folks?

848
00:35:12,501 --> 00:35:15,591
-Oh, stop it. Stop it.
-[audience applauding]

849
00:35:16,636 --> 00:35:18,028
Thank you, dear.

850
00:35:18,072 --> 00:35:21,162
This is my favorite night
of the year,

851
00:35:21,206 --> 00:35:22,946
even more than Christmas,

852
00:35:22,990 --> 00:35:24,078
because tonight,

853
00:35:24,122 --> 00:35:26,385
one of these lucky girls' lives

854
00:35:26,428 --> 00:35:28,430
is about to change forever.

855
00:35:31,781 --> 00:35:34,697
[Hal] And the winner
of a brand new car,

856
00:35:34,741 --> 00:35:38,788
a Hollywood screen test,
a college scholarship,

857
00:35:38,832 --> 00:35:40,225
and the title

858
00:35:40,268 --> 00:35:43,924
of Miss Riverdale
Teen Queen, 1955, is...

859
00:35:43,967 --> 00:35:45,621
[drumroll playing]

860
00:35:52,411 --> 00:35:54,152
[gasps softly]

861
00:35:54,195 --> 00:35:55,283
-[Alice sighs]
-[Hal clears throat]

862
00:35:55,327 --> 00:35:58,025
Ethel Muggs, everyone.

863
00:35:58,068 --> 00:36:02,160
-[other contestants whooping]
-[audience applauding]

864
00:36:02,203 --> 00:36:07,643
[Alice] Ethel Muggs
is Miss Riverdale
Teen Queen, 1955!

865
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:13,519
Smile, dear,
the world is watching.

866
00:36:17,784 --> 00:36:19,089
-Hi, sweetheart.
-[laughs]

867
00:36:19,133 --> 00:36:21,570
-Congratulations.
-Thank you.

868
00:36:25,226 --> 00:36:27,141
[audience continues
applauding and cheering]

869
00:36:30,753 --> 00:36:32,755
Thank you.

870
00:36:32,799 --> 00:36:34,844
Thank you so much. Thank you.

871
00:36:46,726 --> 00:36:48,945
[all clamoring]

872
00:36:57,737 --> 00:36:59,086
[rings]

873
00:36:59,129 --> 00:37:00,914
Hey, Pop!

874
00:37:00,957 --> 00:37:03,090
Uh, Cheryl said I should be
expecting a call any minute.

875
00:37:03,133 --> 00:37:04,483
[telephone ringing]

876
00:37:04,526 --> 00:37:05,832
You go right ahead, young man.

877
00:37:09,836 --> 00:37:10,706
Hello? Midge?

878
00:37:10,750 --> 00:37:12,404
Fangs. Honeybun.

879
00:37:12,447 --> 00:37:14,275
It's so good
to hear your voice.

880
00:37:14,319 --> 00:37:15,363
I know, baby.

881
00:37:16,190 --> 00:37:17,104
I miss you.

882
00:37:17,147 --> 00:37:19,062
Me, too.

883
00:37:19,106 --> 00:37:21,717
It happened
so fast, Fangs. I... I...

884
00:37:21,761 --> 00:37:23,545
I still can't believe it.

885
00:37:23,589 --> 00:37:25,591
Mrs. Cooper talked to my mom,
and the next thing I knew,

886
00:37:25,634 --> 00:37:27,723
I was in the car
being driven to the convent.

887
00:37:30,422 --> 00:37:31,988
What are we gonna do?

888
00:37:32,032 --> 00:37:33,860
The same thing
that we talked about, Midge.

889
00:37:33,903 --> 00:37:35,557
You just...

890
00:37:35,601 --> 00:37:37,211
You just have to stay strong
while you're in there.

891
00:37:37,255 --> 00:37:39,605
I will. You know I will.

892
00:37:39,648 --> 00:37:40,910
And trust me when I say,

893
00:37:40,954 --> 00:37:42,651
we're gonna
get through this, Midge,

894
00:37:43,739 --> 00:37:45,306
and we're gonna be a family,

895
00:37:45,350 --> 00:37:46,525
and we're gonna get married,

896
00:37:46,568 --> 00:37:47,830
come hell or high water.

897
00:37:49,310 --> 00:37:50,833
You believe me, don't you?

898
00:37:50,877 --> 00:37:52,835
Of course I do.

899
00:37:52,879 --> 00:37:54,881
With all my heart and soul.

900
00:37:54,924 --> 00:37:56,361
That's my girl.

901
00:37:56,404 --> 00:37:57,797
Oh, Fangs, I...

902
00:37:58,580 --> 00:37:59,625
I love you.

903
00:37:59,668 --> 00:38:00,756
I love you, too.

904
00:38:09,417 --> 00:38:10,288
Mom...

905
00:38:12,420 --> 00:38:13,943
I was just going
to get some milk.

906
00:38:16,206 --> 00:38:17,251
Is everything okay?

907
00:38:20,646 --> 00:38:23,431
Is this sour grapes
because Ethel won and I lost?

908
00:38:25,433 --> 00:38:26,956
[clicks tongue]

909
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:28,871
You think you know everything,
don't you, Betty?

910
00:38:29,611 --> 00:38:30,438
Open it.

911
00:38:45,105 --> 00:38:46,846
Wait, Ethel didn't win?

912
00:38:46,889 --> 00:38:47,890
That's right.

913
00:38:49,457 --> 00:38:52,242
Your father and the judges
were furious

914
00:38:52,286 --> 00:38:54,767
when I read her name
instead of yours.

915
00:38:54,810 --> 00:38:55,811
But what could they do?

916
00:38:55,855 --> 00:38:57,247
They couldn't contradict me.

917
00:38:57,291 --> 00:38:58,771
It would have been
an embarrassment to them

918
00:38:58,814 --> 00:39:01,077
and the station.

919
00:39:01,121 --> 00:39:02,992
Such are the hazards
of live television.

920
00:39:05,038 --> 00:39:06,561
[exhales] I don't understand.

921
00:39:06,605 --> 00:39:08,084
You...

922
00:39:08,128 --> 00:39:10,609
You wanted
Ethel to win after all?

923
00:39:11,827 --> 00:39:12,785
Maybe...

924
00:39:13,742 --> 00:39:15,265
Maybe I truly believe

925
00:39:15,309 --> 00:39:19,618
that Miss Riverdale Teen Queen
can change lives,

926
00:39:19,661 --> 00:39:22,360
even a life as broken
and hopeless as Ethel's.

927
00:39:24,187 --> 00:39:26,407
Or maybe I just
didn't want you to win.

928
00:39:26,451 --> 00:39:27,452
I guess you'll never know.

929
00:39:28,409 --> 00:39:29,802
But know this, Elizabeth,

930
00:39:31,804 --> 00:39:34,154
even with all your do-gooding
and grandstanding,

931
00:39:34,197 --> 00:39:36,809
Ethel would have lost.

932
00:39:36,852 --> 00:39:39,246
Her life is gonna be better
because of me.

933
00:39:40,813 --> 00:39:41,727
You remember that.

934
00:39:43,424 --> 00:39:44,556
No matter what happens next.

935
00:39:47,689 --> 00:39:50,039
You can say whatever
you want to me, Mom.

936
00:39:54,522 --> 00:39:55,349
Downplay,

937
00:39:56,959 --> 00:39:57,830
equivocate.

938
00:40:00,702 --> 00:40:04,140
But you did
a decent thing for once.

939
00:40:04,184 --> 00:40:06,491
And I may not understand
the reason why,

940
00:40:06,534 --> 00:40:08,841
but I'm choosing to believe
that deep down,

941
00:40:09,929 --> 00:40:11,321
you are a kind,

942
00:40:12,758 --> 00:40:13,628
caring,

943
00:40:15,064 --> 00:40:16,326
good person.

944
00:40:17,197 --> 00:40:18,677
You think so, do you?

945
00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:19,591
I do.

946
00:40:21,941 --> 00:40:22,898
And I love you.

947
00:40:32,865 --> 00:40:33,953
[sobs softly]

948
00:40:33,996 --> 00:40:35,824
♪ The hands of time ♪

949
00:40:35,868 --> 00:40:38,131
♪ Keep turning round ♪

950
00:40:38,174 --> 00:40:40,089
♪ Around and round... ♪

951
00:40:44,267 --> 00:40:46,052
[Betty] Dear Monica Posh...

952
00:40:46,095 --> 00:40:48,054
Dear Sandy Sapphire...

953
00:40:48,097 --> 00:40:50,360
Dear Coral Peasebottom...

954
00:40:50,404 --> 00:40:52,667
Dear Bitsy Block...

955
00:40:52,711 --> 00:40:54,539
Dear Carrie Carryon...

956
00:40:54,582 --> 00:40:55,757
Dear Edith Cupps...

957
00:40:57,846 --> 00:40:59,674
First, let me begin by saying

958
00:40:59,718 --> 00:41:02,285
you are not alone
in this world.

959
00:41:02,329 --> 00:41:04,070
And though
it may not feel like it today,

960
00:41:06,899 --> 00:41:09,467
there is hope
for a better tomorrow.

961
00:41:09,510 --> 00:41:12,731
In fact,
we girls are that hope.

962
00:41:16,952 --> 00:41:18,432
[bell chimes]