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[Jughead] From the start,
this story has been about a town.

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And the people who lived in that town.

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And the darkness that lived
in some of those people.

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Clifford Blossom.

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The Black Hood.

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The Gargoyle King.

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The Stonies.

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Add to their ranks my sister, Jellybean,

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who had been the voyeur-slash-auteur

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making the videotapes that had been
disturbing our town for months.

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This isn't your fault, Jug.

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[Jughead sighs]

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Just feels like it.

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I was the one that convinced her
to move out here,

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away from everything she ever knew.
Then I ignored her.

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You were in the fight of your life
at Stonewall Prep.

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[dramatic music playing]

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JB's tough.

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She'll get through this.

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Hey. How is she?

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I don't know. I really don't know.

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Don't know if you're gonna like this.
I've been looking into child therapists.

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I found one that has excellent references.

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Well, I hope they're in Ohio
because that's where I'm taking Jellybean.

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-Back to Toledo.
-Maybe you're right.

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-She might need her mother.
-And her father.

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What does that mean?

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Alice...

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she's my little girl.

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If this isn't a cry for help,
I don't know what is.

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Can we at least have a conversation
about this?

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Yeah. Yeah, we will.

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But first things first.

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Jellybean finally told me where her
accomplices are hiding out most nights.

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[knocking on door]

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Jug? Mr. Jones? What's going on?

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-We need you to open up your gym.
-Right now?

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After we make a couple stops.

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[knock on door]

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Gentlemen.
To what do I owe this late-night call?

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You need to reinstate Tom Keller
as sheriff. Right now.

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[dramatic music playing]

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[Jughead] Asleep,
they almost looked innocent.

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It's just messed up.

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We survived the death of Jason,
the Black Hood and the Gargoyle King,

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but I didn't even consider
how the fallout of all that

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would affect the generation
coming up behind us,

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[thunder rumbling]

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including Jellybean.

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Unless a meteorite strikes this town
in two days,

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we'll have survived graduation.

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But will they?

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Are we just doomed to be haunted
by this town for the rest of our lives?

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[thunder crashes]

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[Archie] Dad. Dad.

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What gives? Take the picture.

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-The ceremony starts in ten minutes.
-What's taking so long?

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I-- I just can't believe we're here.

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Archie, you're graduating.

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Didn't think I'd live to see this day.

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-[thunder crashes]
-[dramatic music playing]

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-It's not even graduation yet.
-No, but it is your last day.

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-Well, we don't know that yet.
-I do. I have a really good feeling.

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You've been applying yourself
so much lately.

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-Yeah, we'll see. Love you, Mom.
-Love you.

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As honorary chairperson and
de-facto queen of tonight's semi-formal,

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this one's for you, Jay-Jay.

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[tender music playing]

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[Veronica] Presents? For moi?

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It's been a while since
you've worn any pearls from me,

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so maybe you'll wear them
for the last day of school.

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Is it true what they say about your dad?

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That he's the devil incarnate?
I stand by my father.

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-[Alice crying]
-[Betty] Please stop crying.

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I was already picturing
Thanksgiving break.

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You were gonna come home
on the train from Yale

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and everyone would be here.

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[tender music playing]

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FP, Jughead, Jellybean.

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You, Charles, Polly and the twins.

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Yeah, that would have been nice.

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-[sighs] Now it's just gonna be me, alone.
-Hey.

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Even if it's just you and me
having turkey meatloaf at Pop's,

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I will be here for Thanksgiving, okay?

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And Christmas. And whenever you need me.

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I love you so much, Elizabeth.

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I love you too, Mom.

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[school bell rings]

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Seventy-five years ago,
the first senior class of Riverdale High

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buried a time capsule
just before they graduated.

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Now, as our seniors prepare for their
own graduation, it's time to open it.

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-Ladies.
-[students applaud]

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A copy of The Riverdale Register
from June 12th, 1945.

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A copy of The Blue and Gold,
also from that same year.

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This one's for Jughead. A Pop's menu

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from when hamburgers only cost 15 cents.

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A baseball card
of Ambrose "The Rocket" Pipps,

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Riverdale's hometown hero.

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Ew. A Red Circle comic book.

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And lastly, a photo of four seniors,

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and it's written here that this was taken
days before the boys headed off to war.

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These will be on display for
closer inspection during graduation week.

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And, fellow seniors,
enjoy your last day of high school!

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[pop music playing]

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Guys, doesn't this feel so weird?

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Like, this is the last time
we'll all be hanging out together.

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-Except for reunions.
-Yeah, and homecoming, Kev.

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-It won't be the same.
-What exactly are we waiting for again?

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Hot off the presses, chums.

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-[Sweet Pea] Whoa, yearbooks.
-Oh.

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-But Honey banned those, didn't he?
-Yes, but Honey is gone.

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[Cheryl] Brava.

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Well done, ladies. This is amazing.

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There's even an entire page
dedicated to the Serpents.

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-And a shout-out to the Pretty Poisons.
-And the musicals.

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Despite the fact that--

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[Bell over PA] Archie Andrews and
Jughead Jones to the principal's office.

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Archie Andrews and Jughead Jones
to the principal's office.

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Dead teens walking.

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[suspenseful music playing]

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-Guess who's graduating.
-Holy crap. You're a legend.

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-Whew.
-What about summer school?

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No more pencils, no more books,
no more teachers' dirty looks.

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-I'm happy for you, Jug.
-[Bell] Archie.

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He's ready for you.

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It's gonna be all right.

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-All right?
-Yeah.

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[Weatherbee sighs]

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I get no pleasure in telling you this,
Mr. Andrews,

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but despite your efforts, you will not be
graduating with your classmates.

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So, it's summer school for me.

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Unfortunately,
that's not going to be enough.

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You'll have to repeat your senior year.

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I understand this is a shock.

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But no one is going to hold this year
against you.

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Yeah, I appreciate you saying that, sir.

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Uh...

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-Can I still--?
-Walk with your classmates?

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Of course you can.

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In fact, though it's last-minute...

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I was hoping you might record
the graduation song for us.

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Yeah, I'd be happy to, sir.

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What's the verdict?
Summer school? Yea, nay?

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Summer school, as expected.

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But Weatherbee's letting me walk
with you guys.

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-I'll have my diploma by the end of June.
-That's a relief.

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-You can enjoy the last day of school.
-Yeah. Definitely.

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[clock ticking]

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[dramatic music playing]

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-[school bell rings]
-[all cheering]

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[indistinct chatter]

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-Working on your speech?
-[Betty] Mm-hm.

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Well, don't keep me in suspense.
What's it about?

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Considering I haven't written any of it,
I guess you'll just have to wait and see.

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Well, I'm sure you'll crack it.
You always do.

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[knocking on door]

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Ronnie. What's, uh--? What's going on?

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I was cleaning out my room,
and I came across some choice items

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that you've left
over the past three years.

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And I wanted to give it back to you.

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Oh.

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Also, despite everything
that's happened between us...

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I wanted to be with you tonight.

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If only for one last time.

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-Is that crazy?
-No.

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Not at all.

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In fact, I can't think of anything
I want more in this moment.

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[dramatic music playing]

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[tender music playing]

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At school yesterday...

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I spied you looking at that picture
from the time capsule.

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What gives?

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I was just wondering what--

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What must have been going
through their minds.

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Most of their classmates were heading
to college or in their family businesses.

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These guys were going out to fight a war.

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You're not getting any crazy ideas,
are you?

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Not unless you consider
summer school crazy.

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Hey, I was thinking, uh,
after graduation, I--

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-I'd go to Toledo with you and Jellybean.
-No. Uh-uh.

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Well, you said it yourself,
family is what's most important right now.

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You're the first Jones man
to get into college. You're going.

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And you're old enough to be on your own.
You understand?

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Right, boy?

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[scoffs]

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And this, Nana, has been my locker
since the end of sophomore year.

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Hmm. It's a lot nicer than the one you had
at Southside High.

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But all your things are still in it.

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I know.
I'll clean it out over the weekend.

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A lot of special memories
with a lot of special people.

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Including my girlfriend.

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[dramatic music playing]

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We're so incredibly proud of you, Toni.
The whole family is.

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You've honored the Topaz name.

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[inaudible dialogue]

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-You okay?
-Yeah, I'm okay, Mom.

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I'm just missing Dad.

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I wish he was here.

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He's here, honey. He's here.

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Ladies and gentlemen,
it imbues me with such pride and joy

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to invite to the stage
the senior class's valedictorian,

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Miss Elizabeth Cooper.

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[audience cheering and applauding]

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Hi.

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I admit, I've been struggling
with what I wanted to say today.

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High school is supposed to be
this amazing, safe time.

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[dramatic music playing]

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But our years were co-opted
with heartache and drama.

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And even death.

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It's not fair that so many
of our classmates aren't here

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to walk with us today.

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It's not right
that some of our parents aren't here

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to watch those of us who are.

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Those younger than us
have known no Riverdale

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other than the one steeped in violence.

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Our class is lucky enough to remember
a time before the era of tragedy.

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When this was just a small...

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sleepy, slightly boring town.

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That's the Riverdale I wish upon
the generation coming up behind us.

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And the one I want us, our class,
to remember as we head into the future.

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So, please...

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stay young...

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for as long as you can.

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Stay innocent for as long as possible.

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Even if it's only for one more moment.

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Thank you.

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[crowd cheering]

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["Good Riddance" playing]

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♪ Another turning point
A fork stuck in the road ♪

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♪ Time grabs you by the wrist
Directs you where to go ♪

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♪ So make the best of this test
And don't ask why ♪

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♪ It's not a question
But a lesson learned in time ♪

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♪ It's something unpredictable
But in the end it's right ♪

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♪ I hope you had the time of your life ♪

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♪ So take the photographs
And still frames in your mind ♪

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♪ Hang it on a shelf
In good health and good time ♪

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♪ Tattoos of memories
And dead skin on trial ♪

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♪ For what it's worth
It was worth all the while ♪

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♪ It's something unpredictable
But in the end it's right ♪

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♪ I hope you had the time of your life ♪

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[inaudible]

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♪ It's something unpredictable
But in the end it's right ♪

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♪ I hope you had the time of your life ♪

244
00:19:01,140 --> 00:19:02,933
[camera shutter clicking]

245
00:19:03,016 --> 00:19:08,313
♪ It's something unpredictable
But in the end it's right ♪

246
00:19:08,397 --> 00:19:11,108
♪ I hope you had the time of your life ♪

247
00:19:11,191 --> 00:19:12,943
[feedback squeals over speakers]

248
00:19:19,533 --> 00:19:21,451
[audience applauding]

249
00:19:37,176 --> 00:19:38,177
[indistinct chatter]

250
00:19:38,260 --> 00:19:39,678
[motorcycle revving]

251
00:19:41,930 --> 00:19:44,308
-[Penelope] Cheryl. Cheryl.
-Mother?

252
00:19:46,518 --> 00:19:47,603
What's going on?

253
00:19:47,686 --> 00:19:50,564
Well, I wasn't about to miss
my only child's graduation,

254
00:19:50,647 --> 00:19:52,566
so I snuck in the back at the last minute.

255
00:19:53,192 --> 00:19:56,612
Also, I wanted to tell you
about a decision that I've made.

256
00:19:57,487 --> 00:20:01,950
With you being a grown woman now, I'm
gonna turn myself over to the authorities.

257
00:20:02,034 --> 00:20:05,204
To pay for--
Well, some of the crimes I've committed.

258
00:20:05,287 --> 00:20:06,121
What?

259
00:20:06,622 --> 00:20:10,959
-But, Mumzie, you're a hothouse flower.
-I've spoken to Hiram Lodge.

260
00:20:11,043 --> 00:20:14,213
He's promised to take proper care of me
in his private jail.

261
00:20:14,296 --> 00:20:16,298
And with good behavior,

262
00:20:16,381 --> 00:20:20,010
I may even be out in time to see you
graduate from Highsmith College.

263
00:20:20,093 --> 00:20:22,095
Oh, Mumzie. If that's even happening.

264
00:20:23,472 --> 00:20:25,599
Nightmare child, what do you mean?

265
00:20:26,767 --> 00:20:29,061
[FP] Gotta hit the road
if we wanna make it by sundown.

266
00:20:30,062 --> 00:20:30,938
Dad.

267
00:20:32,814 --> 00:20:34,816
[tender music playing]

268
00:20:36,401 --> 00:20:39,029
Boy, I know you would've given up Iowa
for Jellybean,

269
00:20:39,112 --> 00:20:41,531
and I promise you,
she's gonna know it too, but...

270
00:20:43,533 --> 00:20:47,621
But you going to college,
being a success...

271
00:20:48,747 --> 00:20:50,749
that's good for us Joneses.

272
00:20:56,088 --> 00:20:57,297
I love you.

273
00:20:58,715 --> 00:21:00,092
I love you too, Jug.

274
00:21:09,017 --> 00:21:10,560
[exhales sharply]

275
00:21:11,186 --> 00:21:12,521
[Alice] So is this it?

276
00:21:14,481 --> 00:21:15,857
The end of our story?

277
00:21:17,818 --> 00:21:19,111
God, I hope not.

278
00:21:21,405 --> 00:21:23,282
But you know, for now, I--

279
00:21:23,365 --> 00:21:24,199
I know.

280
00:21:25,617 --> 00:21:29,454
I know what you have to do.
And I love you for it.

281
00:21:32,249 --> 00:21:34,251
[dramatic music playing]

282
00:22:00,902 --> 00:22:02,738
[engine starts]

283
00:22:28,346 --> 00:22:31,016
-It's not too late, is it?
-No, it's not too late.

284
00:22:31,516 --> 00:22:33,351
We're happy to discuss options with you,

285
00:22:33,435 --> 00:22:35,812
but this isn't a decision
to be taken lightly.

286
00:22:35,896 --> 00:22:39,232
I understand.
I'd love to hear what you have to say.

287
00:22:41,985 --> 00:22:43,987
[dramatic music playing]

288
00:22:45,739 --> 00:22:48,909
-[door bells jingle]
-[pop music playing over speakers]

289
00:22:48,992 --> 00:22:50,285
Hey, Pop.

290
00:22:50,368 --> 00:22:53,955
Can I grab a clean menu?
It's for something Betty has planned.

291
00:22:55,373 --> 00:22:57,834
I've been doing this a long time.

292
00:22:58,335 --> 00:23:01,004
It's never easy watching you kids
head off to college.

293
00:23:02,089 --> 00:23:03,548
Which reminds me, Pop,

294
00:23:04,382 --> 00:23:07,094
the paperwork's coming your way,
but the gist of it is...

295
00:23:08,303 --> 00:23:11,640
I'm signing over full ownership
of Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe diner to you.

296
00:23:12,349 --> 00:23:13,433
[tender music playing]

297
00:23:13,517 --> 00:23:14,684
Veronica.

298
00:23:15,811 --> 00:23:17,479
I don't know what to say,

299
00:23:17,562 --> 00:23:20,440
except... thank you.

300
00:23:22,818 --> 00:23:24,069
You know, it's funny.

301
00:23:24,653 --> 00:23:26,363
When I first came to Riverdale...

302
00:23:27,989 --> 00:23:30,992
I never imagined I would call it home.

303
00:23:31,535 --> 00:23:32,452
Ever.

304
00:23:34,454 --> 00:23:35,789
And then I came here,

305
00:23:36,748 --> 00:23:37,707
to Pop's.

306
00:23:39,459 --> 00:23:41,336
And that's exactly what it felt like.

307
00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:45,715
Home.

308
00:23:48,135 --> 00:23:49,761
Did everyone bring an item?

309
00:23:51,429 --> 00:23:54,975
I am putting in today's copy
of The Riverdale Register

310
00:23:55,058 --> 00:23:56,643
and The Blue and Gold.

311
00:23:56,726 --> 00:23:59,855
My last edition as editor-in-chief.

312
00:24:00,856 --> 00:24:03,775
And a bobby pin, in case anyone needs it.

313
00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:07,612
I'm putting in a football
signed by all of the Bulldogs.

314
00:24:08,196 --> 00:24:09,197
Long may they roar.

315
00:24:09,281 --> 00:24:12,826
I am putting in a Pop's menu
and a La Bonne Nuit matchbook.

316
00:24:12,909 --> 00:24:15,370
I am putting in the programs
from my musicals,

317
00:24:15,453 --> 00:24:18,832
as well as a pair of Josie's cat ears.

318
00:24:18,915 --> 00:24:20,333
I wish she was here with us.

319
00:24:20,417 --> 00:24:24,337
Oh, HBIC shirt,
I found no one deserving of you.

320
00:24:24,838 --> 00:24:26,715
Therefore, toodles!

321
00:24:26,798 --> 00:24:31,469
The Pretty Poisons were fun,
but, uh, I'm gonna keep my Serpent jacket.

322
00:24:32,012 --> 00:24:33,847
'Cause I'll always be one at heart.

323
00:24:35,682 --> 00:24:37,851
Well, it's getting pretty full
in there, but...

324
00:24:45,358 --> 00:24:46,401
Finally.

325
00:24:46,484 --> 00:24:50,405
I'm putting in a guitar pick
and a hammer from my dad's toolbox.

326
00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:08,298
[Archie] You guys are the best friends
anyone could ask for.

327
00:25:09,424 --> 00:25:11,885
Uh-oh.
Sounds like another vow is coming on.

328
00:25:11,968 --> 00:25:14,346
So let's make a vow. Really.

329
00:25:14,971 --> 00:25:16,640
The four of us right now.

330
00:25:16,723 --> 00:25:17,849
That in one year,

331
00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,770
no matter what's going on in our lives,
we'll meet back at Pop's.

332
00:25:21,853 --> 00:25:23,230
One year from today.

333
00:25:23,313 --> 00:25:25,607
And every year after that. Deal?

334
00:25:26,566 --> 00:25:27,442
[all] Deal.

335
00:25:32,197 --> 00:25:33,073
Good.

336
00:25:34,074 --> 00:25:35,617
-Okay.
-[Veronica chuckles]

337
00:25:36,618 --> 00:25:39,454
There's-- There's something else.

338
00:25:39,537 --> 00:25:41,665
You're very dramatique
this evening, Archie.

339
00:25:44,751 --> 00:25:46,002
I'm joining the Army.

340
00:25:46,544 --> 00:25:48,421
[dramatic music playing]

341
00:25:49,047 --> 00:25:50,548
I know it's sudden.

342
00:25:51,925 --> 00:25:55,720
But I enlisted and I leave
for basic training in the morning.

343
00:25:58,098 --> 00:26:00,850
It's kind of the same plan I had
going to the Naval Academy.

344
00:26:00,934 --> 00:26:04,771
Hardly. In fact,
it's nothing like the Naval Academy.

345
00:26:05,397 --> 00:26:09,651
I can get my degree without repeating
senior year, which I was gonna have to do.

346
00:26:09,734 --> 00:26:11,278
I'd be set up for college.

347
00:26:12,070 --> 00:26:12,904
Look, guys.

348
00:26:13,613 --> 00:26:15,740
For the first time in a long time...

349
00:26:17,659 --> 00:26:20,996
I don't feel scared or uncertain
about my future.

350
00:26:23,206 --> 00:26:27,669
Well, if that's what you feel is
the right thing for you, Arch, then--

351
00:26:27,752 --> 00:26:30,213
Sorry, but no.
I won't sit here and support this.

352
00:26:30,297 --> 00:26:32,924
Wait. Ronnie, wait, wait. Ronnie.

353
00:26:33,008 --> 00:26:36,636
-You know there's a war going on, right?
-Of course.

354
00:26:39,055 --> 00:26:43,018
You don't have a plan.
And I get that. That's scary. But this?

355
00:26:44,060 --> 00:26:48,148
This is just straight-up lunacy, Archie.
And I won't indulge it.

356
00:26:50,150 --> 00:26:51,192
Ronnie.

357
00:26:56,031 --> 00:26:56,865
[Cheryl] Toni.

358
00:26:56,948 --> 00:27:00,160
I have something to tell you,
and it's not going to be easy.

359
00:27:01,244 --> 00:27:02,871
I'm not going to Highsmith College.

360
00:27:03,663 --> 00:27:07,083
I'm confused.
Because it doesn't have cheerleading?

361
00:27:07,584 --> 00:27:10,045
That and...

362
00:27:12,088 --> 00:27:15,467
-it just doesn't feel right anymore.
-If you don't go, I'm not going.

363
00:27:15,550 --> 00:27:17,677
No. You must.

364
00:27:18,303 --> 00:27:19,846
You will thrive there.

365
00:27:20,847 --> 00:27:24,309
But I have to fix things here.

366
00:27:24,392 --> 00:27:26,978
What are you talking about? What things?

367
00:27:27,062 --> 00:27:31,900
The Blossom family name conjures
a horror show in this town,

368
00:27:31,983 --> 00:27:33,818
and rightfully so.

369
00:27:34,361 --> 00:27:37,322
But now that I have control
of the maple factory and groves,

370
00:27:37,405 --> 00:27:41,701
I have a chance to lift up this town
and rehabilitate our family legacy.

371
00:27:41,785 --> 00:27:43,661
But I need to be here...

372
00:27:44,788 --> 00:27:46,331
where the damage was done.

373
00:27:46,414 --> 00:27:50,460
If this is about my nana,
you need to get that out of your mind.

374
00:27:50,543 --> 00:27:52,837
She's starting to come around.

375
00:27:52,921 --> 00:27:55,715
She asked me if we were gonna
be living in the same dorm room

376
00:27:55,799 --> 00:27:58,343
so she could send us care packages.

377
00:27:59,344 --> 00:28:00,970
That's progress, right?

378
00:28:01,888 --> 00:28:02,847
Toni.

379
00:28:03,390 --> 00:28:05,225
[tender music playing]

380
00:28:05,892 --> 00:28:08,812
You know I love you
with every ounce of my soul.

381
00:28:10,814 --> 00:28:15,819
But I don't want you to have to choose
between your family and me.

382
00:28:17,195 --> 00:28:19,823
Perhaps if I'm successful,
you won't have to.

383
00:28:20,407 --> 00:28:23,201
And we can be together
with their full blessing.

384
00:28:24,786 --> 00:28:25,912
But...

385
00:28:28,081 --> 00:28:29,082
in the meantime--

386
00:28:29,165 --> 00:28:30,083
Don't say it.

387
00:28:32,001 --> 00:28:33,795
I don't wanna hear you say it.

388
00:28:37,340 --> 00:28:38,758
Then you never shall.

389
00:28:44,097 --> 00:28:45,306
[Jughead] How's Veronica doing?

390
00:28:46,349 --> 00:28:47,600
Confused,

391
00:28:47,684 --> 00:28:49,018
angry, worried.

392
00:28:49,602 --> 00:28:51,479
Yeah. That makes sense.

393
00:28:54,190 --> 00:28:58,278
Don't you think it's crazy that she had
no idea what Archie was planning to do?

394
00:28:59,154 --> 00:29:03,825
Maybe it's me, but it seems like the two
of them have been squirrely since prom.

395
00:29:05,285 --> 00:29:08,663
Did you notice that? I just don't know
what the problem could be.

396
00:29:09,497 --> 00:29:11,166
What could have got them derailed?

397
00:29:11,249 --> 00:29:13,251
[dramatic music playing]

398
00:29:14,127 --> 00:29:16,379
I think I may know what happened, Jug.

399
00:29:24,637 --> 00:29:27,724
-I have to tell you something.
-Oh, no.

400
00:29:29,017 --> 00:29:31,102
During Hedwig...

401
00:29:32,145 --> 00:29:34,397
Archie and I kissed.

402
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:37,776
Once. Only once, I swear.

403
00:29:39,194 --> 00:29:43,573
I'm guessing Archie told Veronica,
that's why they've been acting so weird.

404
00:29:45,533 --> 00:29:48,495
[voice breaking]
I didn't tell you, Jug, and I'm so sorry.

405
00:29:50,079 --> 00:29:53,208
I should have told you
when it happened. I'm sorry.

406
00:29:53,792 --> 00:29:55,418
I'm so sorry.

407
00:29:56,544 --> 00:29:57,879
I'm so sorry.

408
00:30:32,330 --> 00:30:35,625
All right. I better get going
if I'm gonna get Archie to the bus stop.

409
00:30:37,043 --> 00:30:39,921
Yeah, I should go see
and be with Veronica.

410
00:30:42,048 --> 00:30:43,883
Hey, when I get back, can we...

411
00:30:45,343 --> 00:30:46,261
talk about us?

412
00:30:48,513 --> 00:30:50,223
Yeah. Of course.

413
00:30:52,475 --> 00:30:53,643
I love you, Jug.

414
00:30:54,727 --> 00:30:56,062
I love you too, Betty.

415
00:30:59,691 --> 00:31:01,067
[knock on door]

416
00:31:01,150 --> 00:31:02,652
-Ready to go?
-Yeah, just about.

417
00:31:03,361 --> 00:31:04,279
Hey, come here.

418
00:31:05,530 --> 00:31:07,031
You be a good boy, okay?

419
00:31:07,115 --> 00:31:08,199
Look after Mom.

420
00:31:08,908 --> 00:31:09,993
I love you, buddy.

421
00:31:10,702 --> 00:31:12,704
[tender music playing]

422
00:31:15,456 --> 00:31:17,876
-I love you, Mom.
-I love you.

423
00:31:20,128 --> 00:31:21,629
Thank you for everything.

424
00:31:37,937 --> 00:31:39,230
[knock on door]

425
00:31:43,902 --> 00:31:44,986
Vee.

426
00:31:47,780 --> 00:31:50,283
I have to apologize to you
about something.

427
00:31:50,909 --> 00:31:51,993
I know, Bee.

428
00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:55,705
And I'm not mad at you.

429
00:31:56,497 --> 00:31:58,458
I can't be. Not today.

430
00:32:00,835 --> 00:32:01,961
I'm too upset.

431
00:32:02,670 --> 00:32:03,713
I'm sorry.

432
00:32:14,265 --> 00:32:15,308
Listen, Jug.

433
00:32:20,063 --> 00:32:22,732
Before I leave,
I have to tell you something.

434
00:32:23,900 --> 00:32:25,068
Archie, I know.

435
00:32:26,444 --> 00:32:28,404
About you and Betty? She told me.

436
00:32:30,239 --> 00:32:31,282
It's okay.

437
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,248
-Seriously?
-Yeah, seriously.

438
00:32:42,210 --> 00:32:45,213
I know neither of you did it
to hurt me or Veronica.

439
00:32:46,089 --> 00:32:49,509
And maybe a little normal
high-school angst is good for us.

440
00:32:52,971 --> 00:32:55,431
So, yeah. We're okay.

441
00:32:56,849 --> 00:32:57,725
Seriously.

442
00:32:59,143 --> 00:33:00,269
We always will be.

443
00:33:02,772 --> 00:33:06,275
I feel so responsible for what's
happening between you and Archie.

444
00:33:06,359 --> 00:33:09,278
It's not that, Betty. It's not.

445
00:33:12,073 --> 00:33:13,574
It's how it's all ending.

446
00:33:15,618 --> 00:33:18,454
So sudden and unresolved.

447
00:33:22,375 --> 00:33:24,335
I wish I had said goodbye to him.

448
00:33:25,878 --> 00:33:26,713
You know?

449
00:33:29,132 --> 00:33:30,800
More than anything, I wish--

450
00:33:33,428 --> 00:33:36,055
I wish I had hugged him one more time.

451
00:33:36,139 --> 00:33:38,683
Let's do that. His bus may not have left.

452
00:33:38,766 --> 00:33:40,893
I know how we're gonna get there.

453
00:33:40,977 --> 00:33:42,979
[vehicle approaching]

454
00:33:46,399 --> 00:33:48,401
-Guys.
-Jughead, where's Archie?

455
00:33:49,027 --> 00:33:53,156
-The bus left a minute ago. He's gone.
-Well, not yet he's not. Get in.

456
00:33:55,116 --> 00:33:57,118
[dramatic music playing]

457
00:34:04,542 --> 00:34:05,710
[singer vocalizing]

458
00:34:23,227 --> 00:34:28,983
♪ Will you follow me into the dark? ♪

459
00:34:30,693 --> 00:34:36,574
♪ Will you follow me into the dark? ♪

460
00:34:38,159 --> 00:34:41,120
♪ If you lose it all ♪

461
00:34:41,204 --> 00:34:43,581
No. Just I love you, Ronnie.

462
00:34:44,415 --> 00:34:46,000
[horn honks]

463
00:34:48,086 --> 00:34:50,088
[horn honking]

464
00:35:11,234 --> 00:35:12,819
I love you, Archie!

465
00:35:13,945 --> 00:35:15,321
I love you too, Ronnie.

466
00:35:19,283 --> 00:35:22,120
Sir, can you pull the bus over? Please.

467
00:35:22,662 --> 00:35:24,497
It's my girl and my friends.

468
00:35:30,586 --> 00:35:34,173
You stay safe, Archie Andrews. I mean it.

469
00:35:34,882 --> 00:35:35,716
I will.

470
00:35:38,302 --> 00:35:39,428
I love you.

471
00:35:40,012 --> 00:35:41,013
I love you.

472
00:35:50,022 --> 00:35:51,399
Later, bro.

473
00:35:52,817 --> 00:35:53,985
Don't "bro" me.

474
00:36:04,328 --> 00:36:07,331
-See you in a year, Arch.
-See you in a year, Betty.

475
00:36:36,110 --> 00:36:38,446
♪ Will you follow me? ♪

476
00:36:42,366 --> 00:36:44,285
♪ Follow me, follow me ♪

477
00:36:47,872 --> 00:36:50,082
♪ Follow me, follow me ♪

478
00:37:19,695 --> 00:37:22,031
We'll rebuild here, Nana.

479
00:37:22,990 --> 00:37:25,034
And not just our ancestral mansion,
Thornhill,

480
00:37:25,117 --> 00:37:30,957
which I burned down in my youth,
but the Blossom name and legacy.

481
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:33,209
[dramatic music playing]

482
00:37:39,590 --> 00:37:41,467
[Jughead] Once Archie had left,

483
00:37:41,550 --> 00:37:45,263
it was as if the glue that held our group
together had begun to dissolve.

484
00:37:45,346 --> 00:37:47,139
First to go was Veronica.

485
00:37:48,140 --> 00:37:51,102
Guys, I'm gonna take a little time off
before school starts.

486
00:37:52,728 --> 00:37:55,439
Spend the summer with my mom
and Andy Cohen in the Hamptons.

487
00:37:55,523 --> 00:37:57,441
Your mom will love that.

488
00:37:59,777 --> 00:38:01,487
[Jughead] She was gone within a week.

489
00:38:02,113 --> 00:38:04,323
As for Betty and me, things had changed.

490
00:38:04,824 --> 00:38:07,076
We never talked about her and Archie,

491
00:38:07,159 --> 00:38:09,662
about the growing distance between us.

492
00:38:10,371 --> 00:38:11,914
Not even when she announced...

493
00:38:12,415 --> 00:38:14,125
I'm going to New Haven early.

494
00:38:18,087 --> 00:38:21,048
My mom and I are taking a road trip
before she drops me off.

495
00:38:27,013 --> 00:38:28,848
You guys deserve the R & R.

496
00:38:31,267 --> 00:38:32,852
What's gonna happen to us?

497
00:38:35,563 --> 00:38:36,689
I still love you.

498
00:38:38,274 --> 00:38:39,525
I'll always love you.

499
00:38:43,821 --> 00:38:45,489
I'll always love you too.

500
00:38:52,246 --> 00:38:55,374
But for now, you should focus on Yale.

501
00:38:56,834 --> 00:38:58,294
And I'll focus on Iowa.

502
00:39:12,433 --> 00:39:14,352
[Jughead]
After Betty left, it didn't feel right

503
00:39:14,435 --> 00:39:16,062
to keep living at the Cooper's anymore.

504
00:39:20,608 --> 00:39:22,443
So I moved into Archie's house,

505
00:39:22,526 --> 00:39:25,738
which was empty for the time being,
waiting to be sold.

506
00:39:28,324 --> 00:39:30,117
Then they cut the electricity.

507
00:39:35,039 --> 00:39:39,418
Which was fine, but then the gas was
shut down and with it the hot water.

508
00:39:40,294 --> 00:39:43,339
So I sought refuge in a place
I knew all too well.

509
00:39:45,716 --> 00:39:48,302
Honey? I'm home!

510
00:39:50,846 --> 00:39:52,598
I stayed there until August,

511
00:39:52,681 --> 00:39:57,603
when it was finally time to go where
no Jones man had gone before, college.

512
00:39:59,730 --> 00:40:01,982
But I couldn't leave town
without one last burger.

513
00:40:05,152 --> 00:40:08,155
I'm gonna miss seeing you
in here every day.

514
00:40:09,156 --> 00:40:10,741
I'm gonna miss you too, Pop.

515
00:40:10,825 --> 00:40:12,827
[tender music playing]

516
00:40:25,256 --> 00:40:28,008
As I paid the check and headed
towards my future, I wondered,

517
00:40:28,551 --> 00:40:30,636
would we keep the vow that we made?

518
00:40:31,137 --> 00:40:33,848
To return to our booth at Pop's
one year later?

519
00:40:33,931 --> 00:40:35,182
Only time would tell.

520
00:40:37,977 --> 00:40:39,311
[door bells jingle]

521
00:40:40,688 --> 00:40:43,691
["Love Me Now And Forever"
playing over speakers]

522
00:40:48,654 --> 00:40:54,577
♪ I can't blame myself for loving you... ♪

523
00:40:54,660 --> 00:40:55,870
Another refill, Jug?

524
00:40:57,413 --> 00:41:00,416
Uh... No, I'm good.
I think it's time I take off.

525
00:41:00,499 --> 00:41:03,961
I'm sorry they didn't make it.
They're probably just busy.

526
00:41:05,129 --> 00:41:06,297
Yeah, probably.

527
00:41:07,173 --> 00:41:12,178
♪ You're nonchalant and kind of wild ♪

528
00:41:12,678 --> 00:41:13,971
-[door opens]
-[door bells jingle]

529
00:41:15,306 --> 00:41:17,850
♪ I can't blame myself ♪

530
00:41:17,933 --> 00:41:22,605
♪ For falling in love with you ♪

531
00:41:22,688 --> 00:41:26,692
♪ So love me now and forever... ♪

532
00:41:26,775 --> 00:41:29,236
[Jughead] It would be six years
before I saw my friends again.

533
00:41:30,362 --> 00:41:32,823
We'd be different people, each of us.

534
00:41:33,699 --> 00:41:38,078
Brought together by, of course,
a new crisis and mystery.

535
00:41:40,498 --> 00:41:42,875
But that's another story

536
00:41:43,584 --> 00:41:44,585
for another day.

537
00:41:44,793 --> 00:41:46,462
-[door opens]
-[door bells jingle]

538
00:41:54,136 --> 00:41:56,138
[theme music playing]