1 00:00:16,973 --> 00:00:18,018 [telephone ringing] 2 00:00:20,411 --> 00:00:21,412 I'll get it. 3 00:00:26,156 --> 00:00:27,157 Hello? 4 00:00:29,638 --> 00:00:30,639 This is she. 5 00:00:36,906 --> 00:00:37,994 I understand. 6 00:00:41,824 --> 00:00:42,868 Thank you. 7 00:00:45,132 --> 00:00:47,699 [Alice] Honey, what's wrong? 8 00:00:53,140 --> 00:00:54,271 What was that call about? 9 00:00:57,709 --> 00:00:58,754 It was... 10 00:00:59,798 --> 00:01:02,410 That was Yale. The admissions office. 11 00:01:03,150 --> 00:01:04,368 And what did they say? 12 00:01:08,155 --> 00:01:10,157 They were telling me about... 13 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:14,291 a spot that recently opened in their class of 2024. 14 00:01:14,335 --> 00:01:18,513 And after a second review of my application, they wanted me to fill it. 15 00:01:19,992 --> 00:01:21,777 The implication being... 16 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:23,953 that was Jughead's spot. 17 00:01:25,868 --> 00:01:27,087 Yeah. They didn't say that, but... 18 00:01:28,305 --> 00:01:29,524 And how did that make you feel? 19 00:01:31,178 --> 00:01:32,048 Mom, do we... 20 00:01:35,660 --> 00:01:37,445 It was a night like any other 21 00:01:37,488 --> 00:01:43,799 when Forsythe Pendleton Jones III, or "Jughead," affectionately, 22 00:01:43,842 --> 00:01:46,454 went to a school party in the woods. 23 00:01:46,497 --> 00:01:50,893 But unlike his peers, Jughead never came home. 24 00:01:50,936 --> 00:01:55,637 A few days later, his body was discovered at the bottom of a ravine. 25 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:58,988 The mysterious circumstances around his death 26 00:01:59,031 --> 00:02:01,121 are the subject of this documentary. 27 00:02:01,686 --> 00:02:03,253 I'm Alice Smith, 28 00:02:03,297 --> 00:02:07,214 and this is Murder in a Small Town. 29 00:02:07,257 --> 00:02:10,956 As the oldest resident of our town, tell us, Nana Rose, 30 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,395 when did the darkness begin to take hold of Riverdale? 31 00:02:14,438 --> 00:02:19,051 Riverdale was a town born in blood... 32 00:02:20,531 --> 00:02:23,969 and it has bathed in it ever since. 33 00:02:25,232 --> 00:02:26,189 Thank you. 34 00:02:26,885 --> 00:02:27,843 [Cheryl sighs] 35 00:02:29,105 --> 00:02:32,587 Sweet cousin, I am so, so sorry. 36 00:02:35,329 --> 00:02:38,810 It looks like the Blossom family curse has finally caught up to you. 37 00:02:38,854 --> 00:02:41,248 And that I now have a rival as teen queen of tragedy. 38 00:02:42,074 --> 00:02:43,119 Lucky me. 39 00:02:45,034 --> 00:02:46,514 Promise me you won't do it. 40 00:02:48,603 --> 00:02:50,257 Do what? 41 00:02:50,300 --> 00:02:52,824 Take your own life. 42 00:02:52,868 --> 00:02:56,698 We all know you and Jughead were Riverdale High's Hamlet and Ophelia. 43 00:02:56,741 --> 00:02:58,787 And I personally know what it's like to lose your other half. 44 00:03:00,789 --> 00:03:02,791 The despairing thoughts can flood without warning. 45 00:03:04,314 --> 00:03:06,142 Don't let them drown you. 46 00:03:06,186 --> 00:03:07,665 I promise I won't. 47 00:03:09,580 --> 00:03:11,016 Nevertheless... 48 00:03:11,060 --> 00:03:14,411 from now on, Betty Cooper, you're under suicide watch. 49 00:03:14,455 --> 00:03:15,804 Consider me your constant shadow. 50 00:03:16,718 --> 00:03:17,719 No. 51 00:03:18,459 --> 00:03:20,287 Please, no. 52 00:03:20,330 --> 00:03:23,768 Uh, no. My mom is already being clingy enough with her documentary. 53 00:03:23,812 --> 00:03:25,596 I really... 54 00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:28,991 I just can't have anyone else invading my personal space right now. 55 00:03:29,905 --> 00:03:31,211 What's first on today's agenda? 56 00:03:32,516 --> 00:03:34,692 Iwill be going to Stonewall Prep 57 00:03:34,736 --> 00:03:36,999 to gather the rest of Jughead's belongings. 58 00:03:37,042 --> 00:03:38,870 My convertible is right out front. 59 00:03:38,914 --> 00:03:39,741 I'll drive you. 60 00:03:41,133 --> 00:03:42,570 [Betty sighs] 61 00:03:42,613 --> 00:03:44,485 Fine, just... You're staying in the car. 62 00:03:54,190 --> 00:03:55,191 [sighs] 63 00:04:20,738 --> 00:04:21,739 Save your tears. 64 00:04:22,914 --> 00:04:24,002 No one's watching. 65 00:04:27,005 --> 00:04:28,311 Bret. 66 00:04:28,355 --> 00:04:29,530 You got your wish, Ponytail. 67 00:04:31,096 --> 00:04:33,360 Forsythe isn't going to Yale. 68 00:04:33,403 --> 00:04:36,276 So I guess it'll just be you and me in New Haven. 69 00:04:57,166 --> 00:04:58,167 [exhales] 70 00:05:14,270 --> 00:05:16,446 Ow, ow! Wait, Archie. You're on my hair. 71 00:05:16,490 --> 00:05:17,665 -You're on my hair. -I'm sorry. 72 00:05:19,406 --> 00:05:20,450 That's okay. 73 00:05:21,321 --> 00:05:22,322 [exhales] 74 00:05:23,148 --> 00:05:25,194 -I'm fine. -[exhales] 75 00:05:25,237 --> 00:05:26,978 Not trying to overanalyze this... 76 00:05:28,110 --> 00:05:30,242 rendezvous interruptus, but... 77 00:05:31,461 --> 00:05:33,202 Are you thinking about what I'm thinking about? 78 00:05:35,726 --> 00:05:39,774 You mean, Betty's whole kick-the-hornet's-nest plan against the Stonies? 79 00:05:40,775 --> 00:05:41,602 Yeah. 80 00:05:42,864 --> 00:05:45,214 Hermosa. Ever heard of knocking? 81 00:05:45,257 --> 00:05:47,521 You're gonna be late for school. 82 00:05:47,564 --> 00:05:52,352 Though I do understand how you can get lost in those abs. 83 00:05:54,266 --> 00:05:55,572 I don't think we've met. 84 00:05:55,616 --> 00:05:57,487 That's quite intentional. 85 00:05:57,531 --> 00:06:01,099 Hermosa, kindly tell me what you really want, or get out of my room. 86 00:06:01,143 --> 00:06:05,539 After you announced you were possibly deferring Barnard, 87 00:06:05,582 --> 00:06:06,583 I called them. 88 00:06:06,627 --> 00:06:09,064 Well, Hermione Lodge called them. 89 00:06:09,107 --> 00:06:12,415 You're under investigation. 90 00:06:12,459 --> 00:06:16,419 Hmm. God, I wonder what that's about. 91 00:06:16,463 --> 00:06:21,163 Oh, I cannot wait to find out and tell Papiall about it. 92 00:06:21,903 --> 00:06:23,687 Now, rise and shine. 93 00:06:24,514 --> 00:06:25,950 The espresso's getting cold. 94 00:06:27,474 --> 00:06:28,910 [Alice] Sheriff Jones, 95 00:06:28,953 --> 00:06:30,955 can you tell us where you are in the investigation? 96 00:06:32,348 --> 00:06:33,958 Uh, yeah. [clears throat] 97 00:06:35,438 --> 00:06:37,222 Uh... 98 00:06:37,266 --> 00:06:41,401 A couple of nights ago, a body was found in the woods in a ravine. 99 00:06:41,444 --> 00:06:43,707 It was positively ID'd as my son. 100 00:06:45,796 --> 00:06:49,931 Dr. Curdle Jr. completed his autopsy and declared the... 101 00:06:49,974 --> 00:06:52,150 The cause of death, as blunt force trauma to the head. 102 00:06:53,413 --> 00:06:55,371 We also got a call a couple of days ago 103 00:06:55,415 --> 00:06:58,156 from a hiker who found a bloody rock in the woods, 104 00:06:58,200 --> 00:06:59,810 near where Jughead was discovered. 105 00:07:01,290 --> 00:07:04,032 It was bagged for evidence, 106 00:07:04,075 --> 00:07:06,904 and sent to a lab for testing, so we'll know more soon. 107 00:07:08,166 --> 00:07:09,690 So, you suspect foul play? 108 00:07:10,647 --> 00:07:11,822 Nothing's off the table. 109 00:07:14,172 --> 00:07:16,784 And earlier, did I hear that you have a new lead? 110 00:07:16,827 --> 00:07:20,440 Yeah, just waiting on a warrant so I can act on it. 111 00:07:26,446 --> 00:07:27,490 Bret, what the hell? 112 00:07:27,534 --> 00:07:28,839 His dad is in your room. 113 00:07:34,410 --> 00:07:36,543 You can't be in here. 114 00:07:36,586 --> 00:07:39,284 Your headmaster and this warrant say otherwise. 115 00:07:45,116 --> 00:07:46,814 My office got an anonymous tip 116 00:07:46,857 --> 00:07:49,730 that you have something personal that belonged to my son. 117 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:55,649 Look, I assure you I have nothing that belonged to Jughead. 118 00:08:04,614 --> 00:08:05,963 What about this tie pin? 119 00:08:07,530 --> 00:08:08,488 It's his. 120 00:08:09,489 --> 00:08:10,315 Isn't it? 121 00:08:13,623 --> 00:08:18,846 When Forsythe was expelled, he threw his tie pin in our faces. 122 00:08:18,889 --> 00:08:20,891 -I guess I forgot I had it. -You guess? 123 00:08:22,197 --> 00:08:23,546 That's weak sauce, kid. 124 00:08:24,504 --> 00:08:26,244 -Look, I'm sorry. -Sorry? 125 00:08:26,810 --> 00:08:28,290 About what? 126 00:08:28,333 --> 00:08:31,685 Sorry we didn't come forward, but we... We were afraid. 127 00:08:31,728 --> 00:08:33,991 You're gonna have to be a lot more specific than that. 128 00:08:34,035 --> 00:08:35,993 We were afraid of her. 129 00:08:36,037 --> 00:08:38,605 We were afraid she'd do to us what she did to Forsythe. 130 00:08:38,648 --> 00:08:40,171 -Who? -Betty, of course. 131 00:08:41,477 --> 00:08:42,565 [breath trembling] 132 00:08:44,698 --> 00:08:45,699 [sniffles] 133 00:08:46,787 --> 00:08:48,658 The night of the party, 134 00:08:48,702 --> 00:08:53,097 Bret and I decided to sneak into the woods to do what teenagers do. 135 00:08:54,272 --> 00:08:57,667 Until we saw Betty... 136 00:08:57,711 --> 00:09:01,366 holding a rock, standing over Jughead. 137 00:09:01,410 --> 00:09:03,543 And then we saw that she wasn't alone. 138 00:09:03,586 --> 00:09:05,327 She was with those friends of hers. 139 00:09:06,067 --> 00:09:07,242 Veronica and... 140 00:09:08,417 --> 00:09:09,592 Archie, I think? 141 00:09:11,246 --> 00:09:13,291 Is there anyone who can back up this story? 142 00:09:14,249 --> 00:09:15,250 Bret can. 143 00:09:15,772 --> 00:09:17,382 He was with me. 144 00:09:17,426 --> 00:09:19,036 He was with me the whole time. 145 00:09:25,260 --> 00:09:28,437 Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, and Veronica Lodge, 146 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:32,310 you're under arrest for the cold-blooded murder of my son, Jughead Jones. 147 00:09:43,713 --> 00:09:45,889 This was their move, the Stonies. 148 00:09:45,933 --> 00:09:48,109 We knew that they would do this. 149 00:09:48,152 --> 00:09:50,328 I hope you're right, Betty. 150 00:09:50,372 --> 00:09:53,680 Everything's fine, okay? This is good. This is where they start tripping up, okay? 151 00:09:53,723 --> 00:09:55,464 This will work. It has to. 152 00:10:03,341 --> 00:10:05,648 Oh, my family's been serving up milkshakes 153 00:10:05,692 --> 00:10:08,564 to the residents of Riverdale for generations now. 154 00:10:08,608 --> 00:10:10,740 It's in my blood. I love this town. 155 00:10:10,784 --> 00:10:14,614 [Alice] Which must make it particularly hard when terrible things happen here, 156 00:10:14,657 --> 00:10:16,572 year after year. 157 00:10:16,616 --> 00:10:19,009 I'm not gonna lie. It's painful... 158 00:10:19,967 --> 00:10:22,970 to see this vibrant place, my home, 159 00:10:23,013 --> 00:10:25,712 suffer so much bloodshed and violence. 160 00:10:26,495 --> 00:10:27,931 [door buzzes, locks] 161 00:10:27,975 --> 00:10:29,150 [clangs] 162 00:10:29,193 --> 00:10:31,152 [FP] You three sit tight. 163 00:10:31,195 --> 00:10:33,545 I'll be bringing you in for questioning one at a time, 164 00:10:33,589 --> 00:10:36,070 and then we're finally gonna get to the bottom of what happened that night. 165 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:37,506 You understand me? 166 00:10:42,424 --> 00:10:44,121 The interrogations came next. 167 00:10:44,165 --> 00:10:46,994 And although I wasn't allowed inside the room with the suspects, 168 00:10:47,037 --> 00:10:48,386 a source in the Sheriff's office 169 00:10:48,430 --> 00:10:49,953 promised me exclusive access. 170 00:10:51,738 --> 00:10:53,348 [FP] When was the last time you saw him? 171 00:10:56,307 --> 00:10:58,658 I don't remember exactly. 172 00:10:58,701 --> 00:11:01,138 Stonewall students say you saw him laying on the ground, 173 00:11:01,182 --> 00:11:03,271 bleeding from the head. Does that jog your memory? 174 00:11:03,314 --> 00:11:04,881 That's enough, FP. 175 00:11:04,925 --> 00:11:07,579 My daughter had and has nothing to do with this mess. 176 00:11:07,623 --> 00:11:10,321 Did you speak to Jughead at all the night of the party? 177 00:11:10,365 --> 00:11:11,671 You don't have to answer that, Archie. 178 00:11:11,714 --> 00:11:12,933 [slams table] You've said the same thing 179 00:11:12,976 --> 00:11:15,326 to the last 20 questions I've asked, Mary. 180 00:11:15,370 --> 00:11:18,590 Now, I appreciate your need to protect your boy, but I need answers. 181 00:11:18,634 --> 00:11:20,157 He's gotta give me something. 182 00:11:20,201 --> 00:11:21,463 Legally, he does not. 183 00:11:21,506 --> 00:11:23,683 And as his lawyer, I am required to make sure 184 00:11:23,726 --> 00:11:25,641 that my client is aware of his rights. 185 00:11:25,685 --> 00:11:27,295 We don't have long. 186 00:11:27,338 --> 00:11:30,472 FP said he could only give me a few moments with you alone 187 00:11:30,515 --> 00:11:32,300 with the security cameras off. 188 00:11:33,301 --> 00:11:36,696 Betty, honey, I know you did it. 189 00:11:36,739 --> 00:11:38,001 What-- Mom, seriously? 190 00:11:38,045 --> 00:11:40,612 Well, not on purpose. Not premeditated. 191 00:11:41,048 --> 00:11:41,875 But... 192 00:11:42,614 --> 00:11:44,181 [sighs] 193 00:11:44,225 --> 00:11:48,272 I know what it's like to be driven by rage and desire, 194 00:11:48,316 --> 00:11:50,579 and sometimes things can just get out of hand. 195 00:11:50,622 --> 00:11:53,843 I told you, I didn't do it. It was the Stonies. 196 00:11:53,887 --> 00:11:55,758 Betty, FP has the proof. 197 00:11:56,193 --> 00:11:57,717 And... 198 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:00,676 To be honest, I was expecting something like this. 199 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:04,158 But I can't help you unless you tell me the truth. 200 00:12:04,201 --> 00:12:05,463 -[door opens] -[Betty] Mom... 201 00:12:05,507 --> 00:12:06,900 [Alice clears throat] 202 00:12:06,943 --> 00:12:08,815 Forensics on the rock came back. 203 00:12:08,858 --> 00:12:09,859 Oh, no. 204 00:12:11,078 --> 00:12:12,514 And? 205 00:12:12,557 --> 00:12:14,559 Turns out it wasn't blood. 206 00:12:14,603 --> 00:12:15,996 It's run-of-the-mill corn syrup. 207 00:12:16,039 --> 00:12:18,520 Theatrical stuff they use to make fake blood. 208 00:12:18,563 --> 00:12:19,739 Okay. So what does that mean? 209 00:12:20,348 --> 00:12:21,915 Betty, 210 00:12:21,958 --> 00:12:23,525 you and your friends are free to go. 211 00:12:30,488 --> 00:12:31,925 -Put down the controller. -[TV turns off] 212 00:12:31,968 --> 00:12:32,839 Hey! 213 00:12:32,882 --> 00:12:35,232 Bret, we've got a problem. 214 00:12:35,276 --> 00:12:37,495 Betty and her friends were released from jail, 215 00:12:37,539 --> 00:12:39,541 and the rock tested negative for blood. 216 00:12:39,584 --> 00:12:40,760 That's, um... 217 00:12:41,673 --> 00:12:43,545 That's unexpected. 218 00:12:43,588 --> 00:12:46,069 Considering we watched Jonathan smear Jughead's blood on said rock, 219 00:12:46,113 --> 00:12:47,375 I'd say it's impossible. 220 00:12:47,418 --> 00:12:50,291 Which means, either Betty somehow interfered 221 00:12:50,334 --> 00:12:52,772 and switched out the bloody rock with a fake one, 222 00:12:52,815 --> 00:12:56,166 or Jughead's Sheriff daddy is lying. 223 00:12:56,210 --> 00:12:58,821 -What's your instinct? -I don't know. I have to think. 224 00:13:02,259 --> 00:13:04,131 Something about all this... 225 00:13:07,569 --> 00:13:08,744 [cell phone ringing] 226 00:13:12,182 --> 00:13:13,793 Hello? 227 00:13:13,836 --> 00:13:15,533 [Donna] I figured it out, Betty. 228 00:13:17,753 --> 00:13:19,363 It's 3:00 a.m., Donna. 229 00:13:19,407 --> 00:13:20,538 What the hell do you want? 230 00:13:20,582 --> 00:13:23,498 You got too confident. 231 00:13:24,499 --> 00:13:26,327 Overplayed your hand. 232 00:13:26,370 --> 00:13:30,635 That rock found by that hiker wasn't smeared with synthetic blood. 233 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:32,724 It was real. 234 00:13:32,768 --> 00:13:35,336 Which must mean you're working with Jughead's dad, 235 00:13:35,379 --> 00:13:36,685 which made me wonder... 236 00:13:37,512 --> 00:13:39,035 why would a sheriff, 237 00:13:40,297 --> 00:13:42,082 a father, 238 00:13:42,125 --> 00:13:43,823 help the girl who killed his son? 239 00:13:44,345 --> 00:13:45,607 He wouldn't. 240 00:13:45,650 --> 00:13:48,740 Unless, of course, Jughead isn't dead at all. 241 00:13:48,784 --> 00:13:50,612 You saw his body, Donna. 242 00:13:50,655 --> 00:13:52,744 You and Bret burst into the morgue. 243 00:13:52,788 --> 00:13:54,703 I saw a body. 244 00:13:54,746 --> 00:13:58,272 I never looked into Forsythe's cold, dead eyes. 245 00:13:58,315 --> 00:14:00,187 I didn't even see his face. 246 00:14:00,230 --> 00:14:02,885 Are you seriously suggesting that I made Jughead pretend to be dead? 247 00:14:02,929 --> 00:14:04,844 It's what I would've done. 248 00:14:04,887 --> 00:14:08,586 In fact, I would've done everything to make the lie seem real, 249 00:14:08,630 --> 00:14:11,851 to buy myself more time, to outwit my enemies. 250 00:14:11,894 --> 00:14:13,896 So now you're keeping Jughead tucked away 251 00:14:13,940 --> 00:14:16,159 while you desperately search for proof 252 00:14:16,203 --> 00:14:19,467 that would tie us to attempted murder. You're vamping. 253 00:14:19,510 --> 00:14:20,990 You won't beat us, Betty. 254 00:14:21,034 --> 00:14:23,863 I'm going to implode your little scheme 255 00:14:23,906 --> 00:14:27,257 and lead this investigation right to your doorstep. 256 00:14:27,301 --> 00:14:29,433 There's no way out of this for you. 257 00:14:33,873 --> 00:14:35,309 -Morning, sweetheart. -Morning. 258 00:14:37,093 --> 00:14:39,008 -[sighs] -Mr. Jones, 259 00:14:39,052 --> 00:14:43,317 I know it might be weird, but I think the time is right to host a funeral. 260 00:14:44,318 --> 00:14:46,711 We could have a public wake. 261 00:14:46,755 --> 00:14:49,801 Here, in Jughead's home. 262 00:14:49,845 --> 00:14:51,629 It might help everyone who knew him, 263 00:14:51,673 --> 00:14:54,328 just to bring some semblance of closure. 264 00:14:54,371 --> 00:14:56,373 If you wanna organize something, Betty, 265 00:14:57,418 --> 00:14:58,810 that'd be all right with me. 266 00:15:00,943 --> 00:15:03,554 [Hermosa] Well, well, if it isn't the jailbird. 267 00:15:03,598 --> 00:15:07,123 I'm innocent of all charges, and was released within hours. 268 00:15:08,516 --> 00:15:10,300 I've never killed anyone, Hermosa. 269 00:15:10,344 --> 00:15:11,954 Maybe not. 270 00:15:11,998 --> 00:15:13,913 But sometimes it's better to be safe than sorry. 271 00:15:23,313 --> 00:15:24,271 Isn't that your alias? 272 00:15:25,141 --> 00:15:26,142 [scoffs] 273 00:15:27,448 --> 00:15:30,755 Oh, I bet you would love to run me out of town, 274 00:15:30,799 --> 00:15:32,888 get me out of the way so you can finally swoop in 275 00:15:32,932 --> 00:15:34,672 and take control of the family business. 276 00:15:36,674 --> 00:15:38,938 Well, tough... 277 00:15:39,808 --> 00:15:40,678 luck. 278 00:15:42,376 --> 00:15:45,118 Hey, guys, it's time for group training. Where is everyone? 279 00:15:46,032 --> 00:15:48,208 They're, um, not coming. 280 00:15:48,904 --> 00:15:50,166 Why? What's going on? 281 00:15:50,210 --> 00:15:52,081 Everyone's saying that you're a murderer. 282 00:15:52,125 --> 00:15:53,343 That you killed that Jones guy. 283 00:15:55,171 --> 00:15:59,175 Toby, I swear to you, I would never hurt my best friend. 284 00:16:00,611 --> 00:16:03,049 I did not kill Jughead. I didn't kill anyone, okay? 285 00:16:03,092 --> 00:16:04,311 I'm one of the good guys. 286 00:16:04,354 --> 00:16:05,355 If you say so. 287 00:16:08,750 --> 00:16:09,969 We'll see you later, Archie. 288 00:16:15,104 --> 00:16:18,934 [Alice] So, tell me about your friend, the late Jughead Jones. 289 00:16:18,978 --> 00:16:21,676 [chuckles] We were really similar in a lot of ways. 290 00:16:24,331 --> 00:16:26,550 We actually spent one night together. 291 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:28,161 And, um... 292 00:16:29,423 --> 00:16:32,208 it was a moment that cemented our friendship. 293 00:16:35,255 --> 00:16:36,865 What? 294 00:16:36,908 --> 00:16:39,607 I'm not threatened by what was surely one loveless tryst. 295 00:16:41,304 --> 00:16:43,872 [Alice] And, Cheryl, what are your feelings on the subject? 296 00:16:48,746 --> 00:16:51,140 I'm sorry I called Jughead a hobo that one time. 297 00:16:54,796 --> 00:16:55,971 [Alice] Is... Is that it? 298 00:16:59,801 --> 00:17:01,368 [Cheryl exhales] 299 00:17:01,411 --> 00:17:04,110 I'm really sorry I called Jughead a hobo that one time. 300 00:17:06,242 --> 00:17:08,201 [people speaking indistinctly] 301 00:17:13,815 --> 00:17:14,816 [door opens] 302 00:17:18,124 --> 00:17:19,864 You got a lot of nerve coming here. 303 00:17:19,908 --> 00:17:21,910 Sweet Pea, it's okay. 304 00:17:21,953 --> 00:17:23,520 Mr. Jones said that they could come in. 305 00:17:29,265 --> 00:17:30,527 [Donna] Closed casket. 306 00:17:31,615 --> 00:17:33,443 Call me a doubting Thomas, 307 00:17:33,487 --> 00:17:35,924 but that seems like a suspect choice with such a handsome cadaver. 308 00:17:35,967 --> 00:17:38,579 Classy as ever, Donna. 309 00:17:38,622 --> 00:17:40,972 The funeral home didn't even want us to have the casket here, 310 00:17:41,016 --> 00:17:42,583 but it's Serpent tradition. 311 00:17:43,932 --> 00:17:46,761 And if you make a scene, I will throw your ass out. 312 00:17:49,590 --> 00:17:51,592 I want to thank you for coming today. 313 00:17:51,635 --> 00:17:52,810 I know you all... 314 00:17:53,811 --> 00:17:54,899 loved my son. 315 00:17:57,163 --> 00:18:00,079 Things weren't always easy for us. 316 00:18:00,818 --> 00:18:02,037 But my boy was... 317 00:18:03,865 --> 00:18:06,085 always resilient... 318 00:18:07,477 --> 00:18:08,304 and loyal... 319 00:18:10,045 --> 00:18:11,264 and loving. 320 00:18:13,004 --> 00:18:14,136 And, uh... [breath trembles] 321 00:18:21,012 --> 00:18:22,449 [Betty exhales heavily] 322 00:18:22,492 --> 00:18:23,537 I'll go. 323 00:18:28,019 --> 00:18:29,020 [exhales] 324 00:18:31,806 --> 00:18:33,199 As many of you know, 325 00:18:34,330 --> 00:18:38,987 Jughead was a fan of crime fiction. 326 00:18:41,207 --> 00:18:42,643 Detective stories. 327 00:18:44,123 --> 00:18:47,126 So, to honor him, I'd like to read a passage 328 00:18:47,169 --> 00:18:50,564 from one of his favorite Sherlock Holmes short stories. 329 00:18:51,217 --> 00:18:52,783 The Final Problem. 330 00:18:54,133 --> 00:18:58,441 "An examination by experts leaves little doubt 331 00:18:58,485 --> 00:19:01,618 that a personal contest between Holmes and Moriarty 332 00:19:01,662 --> 00:19:03,664 ended in their reeling over, 333 00:19:04,752 --> 00:19:06,667 locked in each other's arms. 334 00:19:08,408 --> 00:19:12,412 Any attempt at recovering the bodies was absolutely hopeless. 335 00:19:12,455 --> 00:19:17,852 And there, deep down in that dreadful cauldron of swirling water 336 00:19:17,895 --> 00:19:19,549 and seething foam, 337 00:19:20,550 --> 00:19:21,725 will lie... 338 00:19:23,205 --> 00:19:26,643 Will lie, for all time, the most dangerous criminal 339 00:19:26,687 --> 00:19:29,080 and the foremost champion 340 00:19:29,124 --> 00:19:31,126 of the law of their generation." 341 00:19:42,790 --> 00:19:44,661 [clears throat] Mr. Mayor. 342 00:19:45,401 --> 00:19:46,402 FP. 343 00:19:48,404 --> 00:19:49,884 Look... 344 00:19:49,927 --> 00:19:51,973 this is a difficult time. 345 00:19:52,016 --> 00:19:53,627 And this case, it's just, uh... 346 00:19:53,670 --> 00:19:55,194 It's too personal for you. 347 00:19:55,237 --> 00:19:56,891 It's too painful. 348 00:19:56,934 --> 00:19:58,675 So why don't you take a leave of absence from being sheriff? 349 00:19:59,241 --> 00:20:00,199 [scoffs] 350 00:20:02,897 --> 00:20:04,812 You came to my son's funeral to fire me? 351 00:20:05,769 --> 00:20:06,770 Of course not. 352 00:20:11,601 --> 00:20:12,950 Go to hell, Hiram. 353 00:20:15,301 --> 00:20:16,258 I quit. 354 00:20:23,265 --> 00:20:24,658 You must really miss your brother. 355 00:20:26,355 --> 00:20:27,704 When was the last time you saw him? 356 00:20:29,489 --> 00:20:31,578 He isn't really dead, is he? 357 00:20:31,621 --> 00:20:33,536 Donna, are you serious? 358 00:20:33,580 --> 00:20:35,712 This is Jughead's little sister and you're accosting her? 359 00:20:35,756 --> 00:20:39,760 Oh, come on, Betty. You and I both know that this is all an act. 360 00:20:39,803 --> 00:20:41,675 Bitch, I'm done with you. Let's go. 361 00:20:43,198 --> 00:20:44,634 Do it. Bret, do it! 362 00:20:47,724 --> 00:20:48,856 What the hell do you think you're doing? 363 00:20:48,899 --> 00:20:50,031 She told me to. You heard her. 364 00:20:50,074 --> 00:20:51,424 You preppies don't know when to quit. 365 00:20:51,467 --> 00:20:53,774 Okay, calm down, guys. He's not worth it. 366 00:20:53,817 --> 00:20:55,341 He was leaving, anyways. 367 00:20:56,646 --> 00:20:59,170 Donna, control your little pet, okay? 368 00:20:59,214 --> 00:21:00,911 He seems to have lost his cool. 369 00:21:20,801 --> 00:21:26,110 I don't know what kind of second-rate detective this former Sheriff Jones is, 370 00:21:26,154 --> 00:21:30,289 but I took it upon myself to do a little investigating, 371 00:21:30,332 --> 00:21:31,855 and guess what I discovered. 372 00:21:32,682 --> 00:21:33,683 Please. 373 00:21:34,554 --> 00:21:36,599 Enlighten me. 374 00:21:36,643 --> 00:21:40,124 You, Betty, and Archie all told your parents 375 00:21:40,168 --> 00:21:44,564 drastically different versions of what happened the night of Jughead's death. 376 00:21:47,958 --> 00:21:50,265 How did you find out about that? 377 00:21:50,309 --> 00:21:54,138 I simply ingratiated myself to the right people, of course. 378 00:21:54,182 --> 00:21:57,446 Mrs. Andrews, I'm Veronica's sister, Hermosa. 379 00:21:57,490 --> 00:21:58,621 What can I do for you? 380 00:21:58,665 --> 00:22:00,536 I was hoping I could ask your legal help 381 00:22:00,580 --> 00:22:03,844 in drawing up some contracts for one of my clubs down in Miami. 382 00:22:04,584 --> 00:22:05,498 I could pay up front. 383 00:22:06,107 --> 00:22:07,021 Come on in. 384 00:22:08,414 --> 00:22:10,024 [Hermosa] Ms. Smith. 385 00:22:10,067 --> 00:22:12,592 I wanted to offer you and Mr. Jones my deepest condolences. 386 00:22:12,635 --> 00:22:13,723 Thank you. 387 00:22:13,767 --> 00:22:17,074 -Uh, may I come in? -Of course. 388 00:22:17,118 --> 00:22:19,425 I knew I was on to something. 389 00:22:21,252 --> 00:22:23,907 Now, I want the truth. 390 00:22:24,647 --> 00:22:28,042 Or what, my dear sister? 391 00:22:28,085 --> 00:22:32,089 Or I sit Papi, Mrs. Andrews, and Alice Smith 392 00:22:32,133 --> 00:22:34,527 down at the same table so they can compare notes. 393 00:22:38,835 --> 00:22:39,749 [knock at door] 394 00:22:40,533 --> 00:22:41,534 Hey. 395 00:22:45,102 --> 00:22:46,103 So, is it true? 396 00:22:47,061 --> 00:22:48,105 Is what true? 397 00:22:48,149 --> 00:22:50,847 That Jughead, you know, is alive. 398 00:22:50,891 --> 00:22:51,892 What? 399 00:22:53,197 --> 00:22:56,723 Kevin, that's insane, not to mention cruel. 400 00:22:56,766 --> 00:22:58,115 I'm sorry, it's just... 401 00:22:58,159 --> 00:22:59,203 It's what people are saying. 402 00:22:59,247 --> 00:23:00,857 Who? What people? 403 00:23:00,901 --> 00:23:03,686 Seriously, tell me, who is saying that Jughead is alive? 404 00:23:03,730 --> 00:23:05,732 Everyone. 405 00:23:05,775 --> 00:23:08,430 But I first heard it from that Stonewall Prep girl at the funeral. 406 00:23:08,474 --> 00:23:10,301 [sighs] Do you mean Donna Sweett? 407 00:23:10,345 --> 00:23:11,999 Yes, that was her name. 408 00:23:12,042 --> 00:23:15,219 She was talking about how it was all some elaborate ruse. 409 00:23:19,485 --> 00:23:21,965 [Alice] Why do you think these stories about Jughead faking his death 410 00:23:22,009 --> 00:23:24,359 are gaining so much traction? 411 00:23:24,403 --> 00:23:28,363 I think because we just wanna believe that it's true. 412 00:23:28,407 --> 00:23:31,105 You know, now that I think of it, I remember freshman year, 413 00:23:31,148 --> 00:23:34,282 we were assigned The Adventures of Tom Sawyer to read. 414 00:23:34,325 --> 00:23:39,635 I barely knew Jughead at the time, but he was obsessed with that book. 415 00:23:39,679 --> 00:23:42,725 Specifically, the chapter in which Tom fakes his own death 416 00:23:42,769 --> 00:23:46,381 to see how the people of his hometown would react to his passing. 417 00:23:46,425 --> 00:23:47,426 [inhales deeply] 418 00:23:48,775 --> 00:23:52,039 I remember him in class saying, "Imagine that. 419 00:23:52,082 --> 00:23:54,998 Imagine being able to attend your own funeral." 420 00:23:55,042 --> 00:23:56,913 [Alice] Reggie, what do you make of the rumors 421 00:23:56,957 --> 00:23:59,568 that Jughead Jones is somehow alive? 422 00:23:59,612 --> 00:24:02,049 I'm angered by them, Mrs. S. 423 00:24:03,529 --> 00:24:04,878 It pisses me off. 424 00:24:05,618 --> 00:24:07,315 Yeah, of course. 425 00:24:07,358 --> 00:24:09,143 Because you deeply miss your friend. 426 00:24:09,926 --> 00:24:10,797 What? 427 00:24:11,188 --> 00:24:12,276 No. 428 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,149 I'm mad because that weirdo beat me 429 00:24:15,192 --> 00:24:18,500 by pulling off the most epic senior prank of all time. 430 00:24:18,544 --> 00:24:20,328 Faking your own death? 431 00:24:22,069 --> 00:24:23,505 That's legendary. 432 00:24:23,549 --> 00:24:24,550 It'll never be forgotten. 433 00:24:27,553 --> 00:24:29,119 [footsteps approaching] 434 00:24:29,903 --> 00:24:31,252 -Hey. -[Betty] Hi. 435 00:24:31,295 --> 00:24:32,862 I got here as soon as I could. What's going on? 436 00:24:32,906 --> 00:24:35,909 [sniffles] I just don't think I can do this anymore, Arch. 437 00:24:35,952 --> 00:24:38,172 I keep waiting for Jug to come back, 438 00:24:38,215 --> 00:24:40,217 but he doesn't, and he won't. 439 00:24:42,045 --> 00:24:43,438 He won't ever come back. 440 00:24:45,658 --> 00:24:47,616 And I don't know how I'm supposed to keep going. 441 00:24:52,534 --> 00:24:54,101 Day by day, Betty. 442 00:24:54,144 --> 00:24:56,146 We'll get through this, together. 443 00:24:58,584 --> 00:25:02,413 God, I just don't know why everyone at school is saying that he's still alive. 444 00:25:02,457 --> 00:25:04,677 He isn't. 445 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:08,028 These crazy rumors are just making it so much more painful. 446 00:25:36,273 --> 00:25:37,884 -[sighs] -[Archie] Betty, you okay? 447 00:25:40,060 --> 00:25:41,191 You wanna talk about it? 448 00:25:43,672 --> 00:25:45,239 I can't do this, Arch. 449 00:25:46,414 --> 00:25:48,024 I feel so alone. 450 00:25:48,982 --> 00:25:50,679 You're not. 451 00:25:50,723 --> 00:25:52,551 Betty, I promise I know how hard this is. 452 00:25:53,726 --> 00:25:55,771 I just wanna feel... 453 00:25:55,815 --> 00:25:58,774 good, even for just a few moments. 454 00:26:01,951 --> 00:26:03,257 I'm here for you, Betty. 455 00:26:04,780 --> 00:26:05,999 I always have been. 456 00:26:08,828 --> 00:26:10,569 Yeah, you have, haven't you? 457 00:26:30,327 --> 00:26:35,202 Oh, grief, you wicked, heartless aphrodisiac. 458 00:26:35,245 --> 00:26:39,119 Destroyer of endgames and worlds. 459 00:26:39,162 --> 00:26:43,123 [exhales] Why, oh, why am I always the one to catch these two kissing cads? 460 00:26:43,166 --> 00:26:44,603 [multiple phones chiming] 461 00:26:53,002 --> 00:26:54,830 Andrews and Cooper. 462 00:26:55,439 --> 00:26:56,440 What? 463 00:27:06,189 --> 00:27:08,191 Cheryl. 464 00:27:08,235 --> 00:27:11,107 Is everything okay? Did something happen with Toni? 465 00:27:11,151 --> 00:27:12,935 Veronica, 466 00:27:12,979 --> 00:27:15,503 I had a text drafted and ready to send to you, 467 00:27:15,546 --> 00:27:17,461 but I couldn't bring myself to do it. 468 00:27:17,505 --> 00:27:18,985 You deserve to be told in person. 469 00:27:19,028 --> 00:27:20,160 What are you talking about? 470 00:27:21,335 --> 00:27:22,902 Take a moment. 471 00:27:22,945 --> 00:27:24,599 Prepare yourself for devastation. 472 00:27:24,643 --> 00:27:26,470 Cheryl, come on, we're Maple partners. 473 00:27:26,514 --> 00:27:27,733 Just please tell me what's going on. 474 00:27:35,741 --> 00:27:37,090 Son of a bi-- 475 00:27:39,527 --> 00:27:43,009 Betty? Really, Archie? Of all people, Betty? 476 00:27:44,053 --> 00:27:45,054 How could you do this to me? 477 00:27:45,098 --> 00:27:46,360 Ronnie, what? I don't-- 478 00:27:46,403 --> 00:27:48,623 Don't play innocent with me, Archie Andrews. 479 00:27:48,667 --> 00:27:50,886 Kissing my best friend in the music room, 480 00:27:50,930 --> 00:27:53,715 where you and I had our fun? 481 00:27:53,759 --> 00:27:56,718 Why should I be surprised? That's your special place, isn't it? 482 00:27:56,762 --> 00:27:58,241 That's where you take all your women. 483 00:27:58,285 --> 00:28:01,505 Me, Josie, Ms. Grundy, and now Betty. 484 00:28:02,376 --> 00:28:04,030 And shame on you 485 00:28:04,073 --> 00:28:07,511 for taking advantage of our friend when she is grieving... 486 00:28:07,555 --> 00:28:09,252 and at her most vulnerable. 487 00:28:09,296 --> 00:28:13,387 Bee, I need you to know, I do not blame you. 488 00:28:14,605 --> 00:28:18,784 It's my fault. I'm the one who started it. 489 00:28:18,827 --> 00:28:21,264 I kissed Archie. I'm so sorry. 490 00:28:21,874 --> 00:28:22,875 "Sorry"? 491 00:28:25,181 --> 00:28:26,182 You're sorry? 492 00:28:29,403 --> 00:28:33,799 You scheming, two-faced bitch, Betty Cooper. 493 00:28:35,583 --> 00:28:38,586 You know what? You two deserve each other. 494 00:28:39,543 --> 00:28:41,720 So burn in hell, the both of you. 495 00:28:43,678 --> 00:28:45,071 That's right. You tell 'em, girl. 496 00:28:52,905 --> 00:28:55,298 [Alice] So why do you think people are so ready to accept the fact 497 00:28:55,342 --> 00:28:56,952 that Archie and Betty are dating? 498 00:28:58,562 --> 00:29:02,349 I think there were a lot of closeted Barchie stans out there 499 00:29:02,392 --> 00:29:03,742 who have been waiting for this moment. 500 00:29:04,873 --> 00:29:07,789 We just hope that it's true. 501 00:29:07,833 --> 00:29:10,139 Sounds like you're one of these stans. 502 00:29:10,183 --> 00:29:11,880 Oh, no, don't get me wrong. 503 00:29:11,924 --> 00:29:14,143 I support Betty in whoever she likes. 504 00:29:14,187 --> 00:29:17,494 There's a lot of people who don't think Bughead should've happened. 505 00:29:19,148 --> 00:29:21,498 It was always supposed to be Betty and Archie. 506 00:29:21,542 --> 00:29:22,848 It was like it was their destiny. 507 00:29:23,979 --> 00:29:25,764 I see. 508 00:29:25,807 --> 00:29:28,244 And what about this rumor that Jughead is still alive? 509 00:29:32,379 --> 00:29:35,817 If Betty and Archie being together proves anything, 510 00:29:35,861 --> 00:29:38,559 it's that Jughead is definitely dead. 511 00:29:39,865 --> 00:29:42,171 I know your daughter pretty well. 512 00:29:42,215 --> 00:29:43,912 Not even she's crazy enough to date Archie 513 00:29:43,956 --> 00:29:45,087 if Jughead were still around. 514 00:29:48,264 --> 00:29:49,265 [zipper closing] 515 00:29:52,094 --> 00:29:52,921 Hi, Betty. 516 00:29:55,794 --> 00:29:56,751 Here all alone? 517 00:29:58,231 --> 00:29:59,406 Why? 518 00:29:59,449 --> 00:30:00,581 Are you here to kill me? 519 00:30:01,495 --> 00:30:03,540 Just so you know, 520 00:30:03,584 --> 00:30:09,590 you may have this town, your school, and all your friends fooled, but not me. 521 00:30:09,633 --> 00:30:12,723 You're either building a case against me and my classmates, 522 00:30:12,767 --> 00:30:15,422 or trying to exonerate yourself. 523 00:30:15,465 --> 00:30:19,643 And Jughead is alive and helping you behind the scenes. 524 00:30:19,687 --> 00:30:21,515 I just don't know where you're hiding him... 525 00:30:21,907 --> 00:30:23,038 yet. 526 00:30:23,082 --> 00:30:25,084 Donna. 527 00:30:25,127 --> 00:30:31,090 We can't keep having the same conversation over and over again, okay? 528 00:30:31,133 --> 00:30:33,744 You're obsessed. Seriously, it is not healthy. 529 00:30:35,703 --> 00:30:38,837 It's fine. I didn't expect you to just tell me. 530 00:30:39,838 --> 00:30:42,231 But I know he's close by. 531 00:30:42,275 --> 00:30:44,016 Somewhere you two can be alone. 532 00:30:45,495 --> 00:30:46,627 Know how I know? 533 00:30:48,629 --> 00:30:51,414 Because I saw that sex tape of yours, 534 00:30:51,458 --> 00:30:54,417 and, yowza! 535 00:30:54,461 --> 00:30:57,768 Based on the contents, you can't go two hours, let alone two days, without it. 536 00:30:59,292 --> 00:31:01,729 You are an actual monster. 537 00:31:01,772 --> 00:31:06,734 And you are a nymphomaniac who's going to trip up sooner rather than later. 538 00:31:08,388 --> 00:31:10,651 And I'll be there to watch you fall. 539 00:31:15,438 --> 00:31:18,746 [Alice] And that's when you believe Donna started following you? 540 00:31:18,789 --> 00:31:20,922 She had fixated on me. 541 00:31:20,966 --> 00:31:23,577 She was convinced that I was sneaking around. 542 00:31:25,753 --> 00:31:28,408 Which was true. I... 543 00:31:28,451 --> 00:31:30,845 had been visiting Dilton's bunker. 544 00:31:32,281 --> 00:31:34,544 It became a nightly ritual. 545 00:31:34,588 --> 00:31:36,503 First, stop at Pop's for dinner. 546 00:31:38,244 --> 00:31:40,333 Then I'd head to the woods alone. 547 00:32:36,606 --> 00:32:37,651 Gotcha! 548 00:32:37,694 --> 00:32:39,479 [Betty] What the hell? Oh, my God. 549 00:32:39,958 --> 00:32:40,959 Donna? 550 00:32:43,744 --> 00:32:45,311 Get out of here, you pervert. 551 00:32:48,053 --> 00:32:50,838 [Alice] And how long have you been meeting with Archie in the bunker? 552 00:32:54,189 --> 00:32:57,453 It kind of just started up after... 553 00:32:57,497 --> 00:33:00,848 It's nothing to be ashamed of, Elizabeth. 554 00:33:00,891 --> 00:33:03,111 I promise you'll feel better once you tell the truth. 555 00:33:07,681 --> 00:33:08,682 In that case... 556 00:33:10,249 --> 00:33:12,381 Before you hear it from someone else, Mom, 557 00:33:12,425 --> 00:33:13,817 I need to tell you something. 558 00:33:15,558 --> 00:33:16,864 Off the record. 559 00:33:18,909 --> 00:33:19,998 Okay, honey. 560 00:33:22,652 --> 00:33:24,872 Well, as it turns out, 561 00:33:24,915 --> 00:33:29,659 this is not simply a story about a murder in a small town. 562 00:33:30,225 --> 00:33:31,879 No. 563 00:33:31,922 --> 00:33:33,576 It's a story about friendship... 564 00:33:34,316 --> 00:33:36,275 and conspiracy. 565 00:33:36,318 --> 00:33:38,494 And what happens when those two things 566 00:33:38,538 --> 00:33:42,020 dovetail into a highly sophisticated cover-up. 567 00:33:45,588 --> 00:33:48,156 So, our little gambit worked. 568 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:51,072 Between the look I saw on Donna's face in the bunker 569 00:33:51,116 --> 00:33:53,074 and your performance in the student lounge... 570 00:33:53,118 --> 00:33:55,729 [chuckles] You can thank Helen Mirren's Masterclass for that. 571 00:33:58,819 --> 00:34:00,299 Though, I just have to ask. 572 00:34:03,302 --> 00:34:05,826 When you were pretending to be with Betty... 573 00:34:07,784 --> 00:34:11,788 you didn't feel anything, did you? 574 00:34:12,441 --> 00:34:13,442 Ronnie. 575 00:34:15,401 --> 00:34:16,706 When will you learn? 576 00:34:18,012 --> 00:34:19,057 You are, 577 00:34:19,927 --> 00:34:21,929 now and forever, 578 00:34:22,930 --> 00:34:23,931 the only girl for me. 579 00:34:35,682 --> 00:34:39,512 [Betty] Even by our standards, this was a pretty crazy week. 580 00:34:39,555 --> 00:34:43,255 Well, pretending to be dead is one thing, 581 00:34:43,298 --> 00:34:46,345 but hiding under a cot in this sex bunker of death 582 00:34:46,388 --> 00:34:47,911 while you make out with Archie 583 00:34:47,955 --> 00:34:51,567 just to convince a bunch of evil preppies that I did die... 584 00:34:51,611 --> 00:34:54,440 Yeah, definitely cracks the top ten craziest things. 585 00:34:55,354 --> 00:34:56,398 But it worked. 586 00:34:57,617 --> 00:35:01,142 And now Donna will start doubting herself. 587 00:35:01,186 --> 00:35:03,579 This whole thing is a game of confidence, 588 00:35:03,623 --> 00:35:05,668 and what happens when you don't have confidence? 589 00:35:06,930 --> 00:35:08,323 Mistakes are made. 590 00:35:08,367 --> 00:35:10,847 And bonus, you'll have all this uninterrupted time 591 00:35:10,891 --> 00:35:14,112 to figure out how the pieces of the mystery fit together. 592 00:35:14,155 --> 00:35:15,765 And an additional bonus 593 00:35:15,809 --> 00:35:18,246 is that they won't come to try and finish my botched braining. 594 00:35:18,290 --> 00:35:19,595 Mmm-hmm. 595 00:35:19,639 --> 00:35:21,597 Well, I never thought I'd say it, 596 00:35:21,641 --> 00:35:25,210 but God bless that beanie for cushioning the blow, even just a little bit. 597 00:35:30,258 --> 00:35:31,520 Speaking of that... 598 00:35:33,087 --> 00:35:34,436 Close your eyes and hold out your hand. 599 00:35:41,226 --> 00:35:42,227 Open. 600 00:35:46,709 --> 00:35:48,363 Betty, when did you have time to do this? 601 00:35:48,407 --> 00:35:51,540 [chuckles] We all manage our stress in different ways. 602 00:35:51,584 --> 00:35:53,238 My mom had her documentary... 603 00:35:54,456 --> 00:35:56,110 I taught myself how to knit. 604 00:36:00,245 --> 00:36:01,985 Are you sure telling your mom was a good idea? 605 00:36:03,248 --> 00:36:07,295 Well, considering Charles, your dad, Jellybean, 606 00:36:07,339 --> 00:36:10,951 Dr. Curdle Jr., and Mrs. Andrews are all in on it... 607 00:36:10,994 --> 00:36:13,388 Yeah, it felt like the prudent thing to do. 608 00:36:13,432 --> 00:36:14,607 Yeah, that's fair enough. 609 00:36:17,914 --> 00:36:20,439 When you kissed Archie, none of those old feelings came back, did they? 610 00:36:21,091 --> 00:36:22,180 Jughead. 611 00:36:23,485 --> 00:36:24,834 No. 612 00:36:24,878 --> 00:36:27,141 Of course not, okay? Don't be silly. 613 00:36:29,448 --> 00:36:32,233 You know you're the only man for me. 614 00:36:32,277 --> 00:36:35,584 And our scheming can take one night off, don't you think? 615 00:36:51,861 --> 00:36:54,516 [Alice] So I understand you made quite the public spectacle 616 00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:57,127 over the Archie and Betty romance. 617 00:36:57,171 --> 00:37:01,741 Um, I think you mean, I gave an amazing performance. 618 00:37:01,784 --> 00:37:05,571 But weren't you afraid that something might actually spark between them? 619 00:37:05,614 --> 00:37:06,833 I trust Archie. 620 00:37:07,660 --> 00:37:09,662 And I trust Betty. 621 00:37:09,705 --> 00:37:11,838 To be honest, the thought never even crossed my mind. 622 00:37:14,971 --> 00:37:16,016 [cell phone vibrating] 623 00:37:49,702 --> 00:37:50,790 [phone chimes] 624 00:38:12,028 --> 00:38:14,117 [Alice] The question still remains. 625 00:38:14,161 --> 00:38:17,686 Why did you go to such extraordinary lengths to convince the preppies 626 00:38:17,730 --> 00:38:20,559 and pretty much the whole town of Riverdale 627 00:38:20,602 --> 00:38:22,343 that Jughead was dead? 628 00:38:22,387 --> 00:38:24,911 Because they were trying to pin the murder on me. 629 00:38:27,261 --> 00:38:29,698 And because if they knew Jughead was still alive, 630 00:38:29,742 --> 00:38:34,486 they would circle the wagons and lock down tight. 631 00:38:34,529 --> 00:38:38,359 And we were and still are locked in a battle of psychological warfare 632 00:38:38,403 --> 00:38:40,579 with the Stonies. 633 00:38:40,622 --> 00:38:44,496 The only way that we would be able to pin the attempted murder of Jughead on them... 634 00:38:44,539 --> 00:38:46,846 is if we forced the Stonies to crack. 635 00:38:48,500 --> 00:38:50,328 [Alice] You seem quite confident that they will. 636 00:38:52,373 --> 00:38:54,244 No, I can't be certain, but... 637 00:38:56,116 --> 00:38:58,379 After the last few days, 638 00:38:58,423 --> 00:39:00,773 I have a feeling they'll be fracturing any minute now. 639 00:39:03,428 --> 00:39:04,994 Stop what you're doing, Bret. 640 00:39:06,344 --> 00:39:07,997 I have proof that Jughead's alive. 641 00:39:08,041 --> 00:39:10,565 Whoa, Donna. Slow down. How can you be so sure? 642 00:39:10,609 --> 00:39:13,133 I tailed Betty to an apocalyptic bunker, 643 00:39:13,176 --> 00:39:17,442 where she sloppily swapped saliva with that carrot-top Neanderthal. 644 00:39:17,485 --> 00:39:19,661 It was all a charade. 645 00:39:19,705 --> 00:39:23,230 They had takeout from Pop's, that little diner that Jones was obsessed with. 646 00:39:23,273 --> 00:39:25,232 And what, there was an extra burger? 647 00:39:25,275 --> 00:39:27,016 Archie's built like a superhero. 648 00:39:27,060 --> 00:39:28,888 I'm sure he could wolf half a dozen-- 649 00:39:28,931 --> 00:39:30,759 Forget about the burger! 650 00:39:31,586 --> 00:39:34,633 There was not one, not two, 651 00:39:34,676 --> 00:39:36,461 but three milkshakes in evidence. 652 00:39:39,855 --> 00:39:43,772 I am certain that Jones must have heard me sneaking down the ladder 653 00:39:43,816 --> 00:39:46,601 and he hid so as not to get caught. 654 00:39:47,123 --> 00:39:48,951 Donna, look. 655 00:39:49,822 --> 00:39:51,258 Maybe, um... 656 00:39:52,433 --> 00:39:54,870 you should let sleeping dogs lie. 657 00:39:56,263 --> 00:39:58,134 Take the win. 658 00:39:58,178 --> 00:40:00,180 Forsythe's dead. We killed him. 659 00:40:01,224 --> 00:40:04,184 Ponytail's obviously moved on. 660 00:40:05,620 --> 00:40:06,795 It's time you do the same. 661 00:40:11,104 --> 00:40:13,541 Don't you ever tell me what to do. 662 00:40:13,585 --> 00:40:17,284 In case you've forgotten, I'm the brains of this operation. 663 00:40:17,327 --> 00:40:18,938 We still have a job to finish, 664 00:40:18,981 --> 00:40:20,809 and a meddling girlfriend to pin it on. 665 00:40:21,941 --> 00:40:22,985 Yes, sir. 666 00:40:25,727 --> 00:40:30,471 And if you ever undermine me again, 667 00:40:30,515 --> 00:40:34,083 you will go the way of Jonathan, may he rest in peace. 668 00:40:34,127 --> 00:40:36,042 And that's a fact. 669 00:40:37,347 --> 00:40:38,348 [door opens] 670 00:40:40,829 --> 00:40:42,788 [Veronica] Well, well, well. 671 00:40:42,831 --> 00:40:45,225 If it isn't the girl who cried Papi. 672 00:40:45,268 --> 00:40:48,184 I did a little digging like you asked me to. 673 00:40:48,228 --> 00:40:50,143 And? 674 00:40:50,186 --> 00:40:52,928 You are lucky I am such a good PI, 675 00:40:52,972 --> 00:40:55,453 because you'll never believe what I found out. 676 00:40:59,631 --> 00:41:01,023 [speaking Spanish] 677 00:41:05,201 --> 00:41:08,814 [Veronica] As it turns out, my darling half-sister is actually good for something. 678 00:41:08,857 --> 00:41:10,424 At my behest, 679 00:41:10,468 --> 00:41:12,600 Hermosa put her private-eye skills to good use 680 00:41:12,644 --> 00:41:15,342 and did some digging on those Stonewall WASPs. 681 00:41:15,385 --> 00:41:18,737 And your gal pal Donna is not so sweet. 682 00:41:20,695 --> 00:41:23,393 Everybody, brace yourselves, 683 00:41:23,437 --> 00:41:26,222 because Donna Sweett is actually... 684 00:41:31,271 --> 00:41:32,446 Oh, my God. 685 00:41:32,490 --> 00:41:33,708 Of course. 686 00:41:35,231 --> 00:41:38,365 If this is true, this is our smoking gun. 687 00:41:38,408 --> 00:41:40,106 This is the final piece of the puzzle that we needed. 688 00:41:44,676 --> 00:41:47,069 I think I know how to take down these Stonies once and for all.