1 00:00:02,785 --> 00:00:04,352 [Jughead] Every town has that one special place 2 00:00:04,395 --> 00:00:06,789 where its community comes together. 3 00:00:06,832 --> 00:00:10,967 In Riverdale, that place is Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe, a home away from home. 4 00:00:11,011 --> 00:00:13,230 But the diner has had a secret history as well. 5 00:00:13,274 --> 00:00:15,537 Across the decades, it has been a battleground. 6 00:00:15,580 --> 00:00:19,236 Wars fought at Pop's have shaped the town's identity. 7 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:21,978 And, lo and behold, another battle was brewing. 8 00:00:22,022 --> 00:00:23,588 [Alice on TV] It is my great pleasure 9 00:00:23,632 --> 00:00:26,809 to introduce a dedicated council member, 10 00:00:26,852 --> 00:00:32,249 selfless philanthropist, and successful businessman, Percival Pickens. 11 00:00:32,293 --> 00:00:33,903 Welcome, Percival. 12 00:00:33,946 --> 00:00:35,252 Thank you, Alice. Delighted to be here. 13 00:00:35,296 --> 00:00:37,689 [Alice chuckles] 14 00:00:37,733 --> 00:00:40,170 So it's my understanding that you have a game-changing announcement 15 00:00:40,214 --> 00:00:41,911 for the future of our fair town. 16 00:00:41,954 --> 00:00:43,695 That's right, Alice. 17 00:00:43,739 --> 00:00:45,219 I've been putting together a project that I hope 18 00:00:45,262 --> 00:00:47,569 will galvanize and revitalize Riverdale. 19 00:00:47,612 --> 00:00:50,224 A new privately-owned railway 20 00:00:50,267 --> 00:00:52,922 that will drive right through the heart of Riverdale, 21 00:00:52,965 --> 00:00:56,621 bringing with it much-needed jobs, tourism, and revenue. 22 00:00:56,665 --> 00:00:59,189 What does he mean by "through the heart of Riverdale?" 23 00:00:59,233 --> 00:01:02,366 [Alice] So, would this rail line have an official stop here in Riverdale? 24 00:01:02,410 --> 00:01:04,064 [Percival] Oh, absolutely, Alice. 25 00:01:04,107 --> 00:01:06,544 Are you familiar with Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe? 26 00:01:06,588 --> 00:01:08,720 [Alice] Mm. 27 00:01:08,764 --> 00:01:11,158 Well, that would be the most ideal central location for a station. 28 00:01:11,201 --> 00:01:15,510 It would mean bidding adieu to Pop's, but progress demands it. 29 00:01:17,686 --> 00:01:20,776 I will never sell the diner to you, ever. 30 00:01:20,819 --> 00:01:22,995 Well, that is disappointing. 31 00:01:23,039 --> 00:01:25,041 I had hoped that as a council member, 32 00:01:25,085 --> 00:01:27,522 you'd be able to put Riverdale's best interests 33 00:01:27,565 --> 00:01:30,655 above your own personal, craven ones. 34 00:01:30,699 --> 00:01:34,920 Are you honestly going to deny the economic, social, 35 00:01:34,964 --> 00:01:38,968 not to mention labor benefits, this project would bring to our town? 36 00:01:39,011 --> 00:01:41,623 To favor a diner that... 37 00:01:41,666 --> 00:01:43,973 let's be honest, is well past it's heyday. 38 00:01:44,016 --> 00:01:47,498 I don't know what your angle is with this sham train project, 39 00:01:47,542 --> 00:01:50,327 but the only person it will benefit is you. 40 00:01:50,371 --> 00:01:53,287 Hmm. Well, your neighbors may feel differently. 41 00:01:53,330 --> 00:01:56,899 They, in fact, may want you to do what's best for the town... 42 00:01:58,292 --> 00:02:01,033 [distorting] and sell me that land. 43 00:02:01,077 --> 00:02:03,645 Hmm. Again, never. 44 00:02:04,907 --> 00:02:06,996 [Percival] Hmm. 45 00:02:07,039 --> 00:02:09,390 Archie, we can't let Percival do this. 46 00:02:09,433 --> 00:02:11,566 Pop's is my family's legacy. 47 00:02:11,609 --> 00:02:13,872 The first Black-owned business in Riverdale. We have to fight him. 48 00:02:13,916 --> 00:02:16,919 Tabitha, I can't go up against Percival right now. 49 00:02:16,962 --> 00:02:19,313 All right? He pummeled my ass. 50 00:02:19,356 --> 00:02:22,751 He knows my weakness. So I'm sorry. 51 00:02:22,794 --> 00:02:25,057 Until I come up with a workaround, I gotta lay low. 52 00:02:26,058 --> 00:02:28,060 [sighs] 53 00:02:28,104 --> 00:02:29,366 [Betty] You need to keep away from Percival. 54 00:02:29,410 --> 00:02:31,194 We all do. He's dangerous. 55 00:02:31,238 --> 00:02:34,763 He can get inside your head. Get you to do things for him. 56 00:02:34,806 --> 00:02:39,289 And no matter what, never ever be alone in a room with him. 57 00:02:44,990 --> 00:02:47,210 You heard what Percival said on TV, Toni. 58 00:02:47,254 --> 00:02:49,560 He's coming for Pop's now. And if he's coming for Pop's, 59 00:02:49,604 --> 00:02:51,214 then he's coming for the Whyte Wyrm too. 60 00:02:51,258 --> 00:02:53,260 Not exactly. 61 00:02:53,303 --> 00:02:55,566 He's claiming that his new station wouldn't affect the Whyte Wyrm. 62 00:02:55,610 --> 00:02:57,699 He's building above us, where Pop's is, 63 00:02:57,742 --> 00:03:00,528 but supposedly we wouldn't need to shut down for a day. 64 00:03:02,051 --> 00:03:03,270 Not that I believe him. 65 00:03:04,140 --> 00:03:05,185 [sighs] 66 00:03:08,405 --> 00:03:12,844 I'll support you in whatever way you need, Tabitha, but devil's advocate? 67 00:03:12,888 --> 00:03:17,458 Your satellite Pop's is doing gangbusters business for us. 68 00:03:17,501 --> 00:03:19,721 Why not take the money Percival's offering you 69 00:03:19,764 --> 00:03:23,899 and re-open a new and improved diner in a much better, safer location? 70 00:03:25,248 --> 00:03:27,207 [Cheryl] Dearest Tab-Tab... 71 00:03:27,250 --> 00:03:29,600 though I've missed most of Percival's antics to date, 72 00:03:29,644 --> 00:03:32,951 I do agree he is a scourge on this town, as all Pickens men are. 73 00:03:32,995 --> 00:03:34,692 I will help you destroy him. 74 00:03:34,736 --> 00:03:36,912 Great. 75 00:03:36,955 --> 00:03:41,482 Just as soon as I learn to control certain skills I've been developing. 76 00:03:41,525 --> 00:03:46,008 I'm rather a work-in-progress, as they say, but I am getting there. 77 00:03:47,531 --> 00:03:48,706 [exhales] 78 00:03:50,099 --> 00:03:51,100 [sighs] 79 00:03:55,496 --> 00:03:57,106 Ah. 80 00:03:57,149 --> 00:03:58,629 Kevin. 81 00:03:58,673 --> 00:04:00,501 What news? 82 00:04:00,544 --> 00:04:02,285 Just as you predicted, 83 00:04:02,329 --> 00:04:04,548 Tabitha is trying to rally support for the Chock'lit Shoppe. 84 00:04:04,592 --> 00:04:06,463 Not getting much traction, I'm hearing. 85 00:04:06,507 --> 00:04:09,466 Well, not yet, but she's tenacious. 86 00:04:09,510 --> 00:04:13,165 Ultimately, she won't be able to stop me, but she might slow me down. 87 00:04:14,254 --> 00:04:15,951 That would be annoying. 88 00:04:15,994 --> 00:04:17,344 -Totally. -Mm. 89 00:04:18,736 --> 00:04:19,563 Oh, well... 90 00:04:20,521 --> 00:04:22,784 I gave her a fair chance. 91 00:04:22,827 --> 00:04:24,960 [Tabitha] Percival's painted me into a corner. 92 00:04:25,003 --> 00:04:26,918 To the point where there's a part of me that's started to wonder 93 00:04:26,962 --> 00:04:30,966 is it possible his proposal is actually what's best for the town? 94 00:04:31,009 --> 00:04:32,533 [Jughead] No. No way. 95 00:04:33,664 --> 00:04:36,450 Pop's has endured for a reason. 96 00:04:36,493 --> 00:04:38,103 It's Riverdale's anchor. 97 00:04:38,147 --> 00:04:40,192 People may have forgotten about that, but it's true. 98 00:04:40,236 --> 00:04:42,064 Yes, but if you ask those same people 99 00:04:42,107 --> 00:04:44,545 what would benefit the town more, Pop's staying open, 100 00:04:44,588 --> 00:04:48,462 or a bright, shiny new railroad, it's hard to argue. 101 00:04:48,505 --> 00:04:50,072 Not to mention, how can I fight him 102 00:04:50,115 --> 00:04:51,900 if I don't have anyone's support? 103 00:04:51,943 --> 00:04:53,249 [dishes clinking] 104 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:54,816 You do have support. I support you. 105 00:04:54,859 --> 00:04:56,296 [suspenseful music] 106 00:04:58,994 --> 00:05:00,125 How did you know I was thinking that? 107 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:03,172 I didn't say anything. 108 00:05:04,173 --> 00:05:05,827 Uh... 109 00:05:05,870 --> 00:05:08,786 You answered a direct question that I was only thinking. 110 00:05:10,614 --> 00:05:13,008 Jughead, what's going on? 111 00:05:13,051 --> 00:05:16,316 And don't say "nothing" because weird stuff has been happening for a while now. 112 00:05:16,359 --> 00:05:17,317 Yeah. 113 00:05:19,319 --> 00:05:20,320 All right. Yeah. 114 00:05:26,282 --> 00:05:27,588 I have something to tell you. 115 00:05:27,631 --> 00:05:28,632 [intense music] 116 00:05:31,287 --> 00:05:32,636 Okay, so you can read thoughts. 117 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:34,812 Betty can see threatening auras. 118 00:05:34,856 --> 00:05:37,467 Archie is invulnerable unless he comes into contact with palladium. 119 00:05:37,511 --> 00:05:40,992 Cheryl is a fire starter, and Percival can control people's minds? 120 00:05:41,036 --> 00:05:41,906 [Jughead] Yes. 121 00:05:43,343 --> 00:05:44,953 But he didn't manipulate you... 122 00:05:46,781 --> 00:05:48,696 which is interesting. 123 00:05:48,739 --> 00:05:50,828 This all makes a twisted kind of sense, and not just with you, 124 00:05:50,872 --> 00:05:53,527 but just given all of the interactions I've been having lately. 125 00:05:53,570 --> 00:05:55,398 But... 126 00:05:55,442 --> 00:05:58,575 Look, I have an idea for how to make the diner bulletproof. 127 00:05:58,619 --> 00:06:01,926 I tried it back in the day when they were trying to tear down the drive-in. 128 00:06:01,970 --> 00:06:05,756 We declare Pop's a historical landmark, right? 129 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:07,105 Then they can't bulldoze it. 130 00:06:07,149 --> 00:06:08,324 I mean, wouldn't... wouldn't Percival 131 00:06:08,368 --> 00:06:10,108 and the council just block that? 132 00:06:10,152 --> 00:06:11,936 No, you apply for landmark status at a state level, 133 00:06:11,980 --> 00:06:14,199 so it has nothing to do with him. 134 00:06:14,243 --> 00:06:17,681 All we have to do is prove that Pop's has some historical significance. 135 00:06:19,291 --> 00:06:20,684 [Pop] This should get you started. 136 00:06:20,728 --> 00:06:23,208 It's a box of keepsakes and memorabilia 137 00:06:23,252 --> 00:06:26,168 that document the diner's history over the decades. 138 00:06:26,211 --> 00:06:27,952 If there's an argument to be made 139 00:06:27,996 --> 00:06:29,737 that Pop's is a historic landmark worth saving, 140 00:06:29,780 --> 00:06:31,521 it's in that box. 141 00:06:31,565 --> 00:06:33,697 -This is incredible. Thank you, Pop. -[Pop] Yeah. 142 00:06:36,570 --> 00:06:38,093 Oh, my gosh. 143 00:06:38,136 --> 00:06:40,312 [chuckles] This is a copy of The Green Book. 144 00:06:42,663 --> 00:06:45,056 Once a safe haven, always a safe haven. 145 00:06:51,236 --> 00:06:55,458 Hey. While we work, how about a grilled cheese and tomato soup for dinner? 146 00:06:55,502 --> 00:06:57,329 Yeah, that's great. 147 00:06:57,373 --> 00:07:00,550 Tabitha, this box that Pop gave us is like a time machine. 148 00:07:00,594 --> 00:07:04,554 Every significant event in Riverdale happened here at Pop's. 149 00:07:04,598 --> 00:07:06,687 Moral crises, national tragedies, 150 00:07:06,730 --> 00:07:08,993 they all took place inside these booths. 151 00:07:09,037 --> 00:07:12,170 The Rockland County historical society is not going to deny our application. 152 00:07:12,214 --> 00:07:13,345 That's great news. 153 00:07:13,389 --> 00:07:14,434 [diner bell jangles] 154 00:07:15,130 --> 00:07:16,740 [sinister music] 155 00:07:19,830 --> 00:07:20,962 [gun fires] 156 00:07:28,578 --> 00:07:30,841 ["Jingle Bells" by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra playing] 157 00:07:40,155 --> 00:07:41,417 [Titus] Hey, Teresa. 158 00:07:42,331 --> 00:07:43,985 We got 'em. [chuckles] 159 00:07:44,028 --> 00:07:46,117 Why did you just call me Teresa? 160 00:07:46,161 --> 00:07:49,730 Oh, I still can't believe that Pop's made it into The Green Book. 161 00:07:49,773 --> 00:07:50,731 -[taps] -[Tabitha] Oh. 162 00:07:51,732 --> 00:07:53,429 [Titus chuckles] 163 00:07:53,473 --> 00:07:55,300 [dramatic music] 164 00:07:57,999 --> 00:07:59,348 Hey, you mind setting these out? 165 00:08:01,655 --> 00:08:02,656 Huh. 166 00:08:12,579 --> 00:08:13,405 Jughead! 167 00:08:14,711 --> 00:08:16,626 What the hell is going on? 168 00:08:16,670 --> 00:08:17,627 Where are we? 169 00:08:17,671 --> 00:08:18,585 When are we? 170 00:08:18,628 --> 00:08:20,064 Is it really 1944? 171 00:08:20,108 --> 00:08:24,329 Yes, Tabitha. It's 1944. 172 00:08:24,373 --> 00:08:28,116 The world is at war, and Titus Tate... is your great grandfather. 173 00:08:29,117 --> 00:08:30,553 Why did he call me Teresa? 174 00:08:30,597 --> 00:08:32,555 Why is he acting like he knows me? 175 00:08:32,599 --> 00:08:34,731 It's how his mind is comprehending your sudden appearance. 176 00:08:34,775 --> 00:08:37,821 And also, I'm not Jughead. I'm an angel. 177 00:08:37,865 --> 00:08:39,475 I'm your guardian angel. 178 00:08:39,519 --> 00:08:43,348 An angel who just happens to look like my boyfriend? 179 00:08:43,392 --> 00:08:45,176 Well, I've assumed this form because it's someone 180 00:08:45,220 --> 00:08:47,483 that you're comfortable with, and someone you trust. 181 00:08:47,527 --> 00:08:51,226 If you saw my real form in all its glory, you'd lose your mind and go insane. 182 00:08:52,836 --> 00:08:54,055 I'm one of the good guys. 183 00:08:55,404 --> 00:08:57,232 My name is Raphael. 184 00:08:57,275 --> 00:08:58,668 Wait, is your name... 185 00:08:58,712 --> 00:08:59,887 is your name Raphael? 186 00:08:59,930 --> 00:09:01,889 It is. 187 00:09:01,932 --> 00:09:04,674 The real Jughead is back in your time, 188 00:09:04,718 --> 00:09:06,546 by your bedside in the hospital. 189 00:09:10,637 --> 00:09:13,640 I... I remember Jughead and I were here, 190 00:09:13,683 --> 00:09:17,818 researching the diner when some stranger came in... 191 00:09:17,861 --> 00:09:18,993 with a gun. He shot me. 192 00:09:19,036 --> 00:09:20,647 Jughead raced you to the hospital. 193 00:09:20,690 --> 00:09:22,736 You're now on life support. 194 00:09:22,779 --> 00:09:26,783 If you are my guardian angel, where have you been all my life? 195 00:09:26,827 --> 00:09:28,959 Near you. 196 00:09:29,003 --> 00:09:31,614 We're only allowed to show ourselves in times of cataclysmic events 197 00:09:31,658 --> 00:09:34,225 or extreme cosmic significance. 198 00:09:35,270 --> 00:09:36,924 This qualifies. 199 00:09:36,967 --> 00:09:41,015 So, how or why did getting shot catapult me to 1944? 200 00:09:41,058 --> 00:09:43,583 And how do I get back to the present? My present? 201 00:09:43,626 --> 00:09:45,802 I don't have all the answers. 202 00:09:45,846 --> 00:09:47,238 Only the Almighty does. 203 00:09:49,545 --> 00:09:51,025 Why don't you read this? 204 00:10:06,518 --> 00:10:09,130 Okay. So, according to this book, 205 00:10:09,173 --> 00:10:12,089 I might be something called "chrono-kinetic." 206 00:10:12,133 --> 00:10:13,874 Meaning you're a time traveler. 207 00:10:13,917 --> 00:10:15,963 Before I came here, Jughead told me 208 00:10:16,006 --> 00:10:18,356 that the explosion under Archie's bed, 209 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:25,407 the shock of it had unlocked certain abilities in him, and Betty, and Archie. 210 00:10:25,450 --> 00:10:31,065 So, what if the trauma of getting shot unlocked my gift too? 211 00:10:31,108 --> 00:10:33,110 Sounds like a very plausible theory. 212 00:10:33,154 --> 00:10:35,286 Except I didn't do it consciously. 213 00:10:35,330 --> 00:10:37,114 It was like a reflex. 214 00:10:37,158 --> 00:10:40,074 The bullet hit me, and it... and it triggered a time jump. 215 00:10:40,117 --> 00:10:42,424 But... why to 1944? 216 00:10:44,644 --> 00:10:46,036 Maybe you're needed here. 217 00:10:46,863 --> 00:10:47,777 For a mission. 218 00:10:49,692 --> 00:10:52,652 Well, the book didn't say anything about a mission, 219 00:10:52,695 --> 00:10:55,306 but it did say I need a totem, 220 00:10:55,350 --> 00:11:00,050 a talisman, an object that I can focus on in order to hone my power to control it. 221 00:11:00,094 --> 00:11:04,751 And if I can do that, I might be able to will myself to return to my own time. 222 00:11:04,794 --> 00:11:06,100 So what's your totem? 223 00:11:06,143 --> 00:11:08,450 I have no clue. 224 00:11:08,493 --> 00:11:12,106 But it would have to be an object of symbolic, mythic, or religious power, 225 00:11:12,149 --> 00:11:14,325 to me or the world. 226 00:11:14,369 --> 00:11:16,980 Sounds like you could be searching for years for a needle in a haystack. 227 00:11:18,068 --> 00:11:19,156 Why don't you focus? 228 00:11:20,244 --> 00:11:21,681 On why you're here. 229 00:11:21,724 --> 00:11:23,726 My mission. 230 00:11:23,770 --> 00:11:26,381 Though you can't or won't tell me what it is. 231 00:11:27,599 --> 00:11:29,645 Teresa, are you coming with me? 232 00:11:29,689 --> 00:11:31,081 Uh, where? 233 00:11:31,125 --> 00:11:33,083 To the community meeting at the high school. 234 00:11:33,127 --> 00:11:37,131 To determine if Riverdale should become a sundown town or not. 235 00:11:37,174 --> 00:11:38,915 Come on. This will decide our future. 236 00:11:43,528 --> 00:11:45,400 Titus didn't see you? 237 00:11:45,443 --> 00:11:46,967 No one can see me except you. 238 00:11:47,010 --> 00:11:49,839 And this... meeting... 239 00:11:49,883 --> 00:11:52,233 this is probably my mission, right? 240 00:11:52,276 --> 00:11:54,626 Sounds a lot like it to me. Yeah. 241 00:11:57,151 --> 00:12:00,241 Thank you all for coming this close to the holiday. 242 00:12:00,284 --> 00:12:02,634 I know that this is a contentious issue, 243 00:12:02,678 --> 00:12:06,377 and I wanted to give people the chance to be able to be heard 244 00:12:06,421 --> 00:12:08,075 before I make my decision. 245 00:12:08,118 --> 00:12:10,991 So I'd like to begin with Sheriff Perkins. 246 00:12:11,034 --> 00:12:15,822 Now, you believe that if Riverdale was to become a sundown town, 247 00:12:15,865 --> 00:12:18,085 that this would cut down on crime? 248 00:12:18,128 --> 00:12:19,826 Yes, Mayor Keller, I do. 249 00:12:19,869 --> 00:12:25,135 I mean, just look at Greendale, Centerville, Seaside. 250 00:12:25,179 --> 00:12:29,009 Their crime rates plummeted 50% once they became sundown towns. 251 00:12:29,052 --> 00:12:35,798 Sheriff Perkins, I think we'd all appreciate knowing exactly what these sundown laws entail. 252 00:12:35,842 --> 00:12:38,235 Well, it's quite simple, Principal Cooper. 253 00:12:38,279 --> 00:12:41,238 All black people, citizens or otherwise, 254 00:12:41,282 --> 00:12:44,372 must be outside the town limits by sundown. 255 00:12:44,415 --> 00:12:47,201 If they aren't, then they'll be treated as trespassers. 256 00:12:47,244 --> 00:12:49,159 You can't possibly be considering this. 257 00:12:52,423 --> 00:12:56,645 Besides the fact that you're making the completely racist assumption 258 00:12:56,688 --> 00:12:58,952 that only Black people commit crimes. 259 00:12:58,995 --> 00:13:01,084 What about all the Black families in town? 260 00:13:01,128 --> 00:13:03,608 The Black-owned businesses? What are they supposed to do? 261 00:13:03,652 --> 00:13:05,610 How are they going to survive? 262 00:13:05,654 --> 00:13:08,700 Well, I don't believe we've had the pleasure, miss... 263 00:13:08,744 --> 00:13:14,228 but if certain groups of people can't abide by this fairly straightforward law 264 00:13:17,057 --> 00:13:19,189 maybe those people ought to move to a different town. 265 00:13:19,233 --> 00:13:21,452 Like hell. 266 00:13:21,496 --> 00:13:23,846 I did not fight in a war to defend this country, 267 00:13:23,890 --> 00:13:26,849 to come back to a town where people, any people, 268 00:13:26,893 --> 00:13:29,547 are not free and welcome to come and go as their God-given right. 269 00:13:29,591 --> 00:13:30,853 Thank you, Archie. 270 00:13:31,680 --> 00:13:32,942 It's Artie, miss. 271 00:13:34,726 --> 00:13:36,554 And not to mention 272 00:13:36,598 --> 00:13:39,035 five of the men in my fire department are Black. 273 00:13:39,079 --> 00:13:40,732 Now, they're friends of mine. 274 00:13:40,776 --> 00:13:42,952 They've saved countless of our lives. 275 00:13:42,996 --> 00:13:44,954 [Mayor Keller] Fire Chief Andrews and Sheriff Perkins, I'll tell you what. 276 00:13:44,998 --> 00:13:47,435 Clearly I have a lot to think about from this evening. 277 00:13:47,478 --> 00:13:51,656 So, if I suggest, you know, take a step back, 278 00:13:51,700 --> 00:13:55,617 reconvene in the New Year, and we'll settle this 279 00:13:55,660 --> 00:13:58,402 difficult matter once and for all. 280 00:13:58,446 --> 00:13:59,839 How does that sound? 281 00:14:01,449 --> 00:14:03,843 Something is seriously messed up here. 282 00:14:06,454 --> 00:14:08,848 To my knowledge, Riverdale was never a sundown town. 283 00:14:08,891 --> 00:14:12,808 It's almost like someone is trying to rewrite its history. 284 00:14:15,463 --> 00:14:17,030 And I think I know who. 285 00:14:17,073 --> 00:14:18,727 Sheriff Perkins. 286 00:14:18,770 --> 00:14:20,772 He has a counterpart in my time, Percival Pickens. 287 00:14:20,816 --> 00:14:22,992 And he is evil. 288 00:14:23,036 --> 00:14:27,170 What if I'm meant to stop him? To derail his plans. 289 00:14:27,214 --> 00:14:29,564 Maybe that's why you were sent here. 290 00:14:29,607 --> 00:14:31,305 To this specific moment in time. 291 00:14:31,348 --> 00:14:32,741 [frantic knocking on door] 292 00:14:32,784 --> 00:14:34,917 We need help. We need help. 293 00:14:34,961 --> 00:14:37,354 Please, they're coming for us. We need help. We have a child. 294 00:14:37,398 --> 00:14:38,747 [baby crying] 295 00:14:39,443 --> 00:14:40,618 Thank you. 296 00:14:48,626 --> 00:14:49,801 Oh, thank you. 297 00:14:49,845 --> 00:14:51,934 [baby fusses] 298 00:14:51,978 --> 00:14:54,502 Our car ran out of gas while we were driving through Centerville, 299 00:14:54,545 --> 00:14:56,721 just as it was starting to get dark. 300 00:14:56,765 --> 00:14:59,028 Centreville's a sundown town. 301 00:14:59,072 --> 00:15:02,118 We almost got caught by the police, but we escaped into the woods. 302 00:15:02,162 --> 00:15:04,729 And then we remembered this diner. 303 00:15:04,773 --> 00:15:06,340 We'd read about it in The Green Book. 304 00:15:07,254 --> 00:15:08,951 So we walked here, 305 00:15:08,995 --> 00:15:10,997 avoiding the roads. 306 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:13,477 Do you think we can maybe stay here a while? 307 00:15:13,521 --> 00:15:15,436 Just 'til the morning. 308 00:15:15,479 --> 00:15:18,700 And then we'll go back to our car, if it's even still there. 309 00:15:21,659 --> 00:15:25,489 It's Christmas Eve. Of course you can stay. 310 00:15:26,838 --> 00:15:27,927 Thank you. 311 00:15:30,886 --> 00:15:32,844 [sirens continue blaring] 312 00:15:33,802 --> 00:15:34,890 Oh, my God. 313 00:15:34,934 --> 00:15:37,023 [police sirens blaring] 314 00:15:38,111 --> 00:15:40,156 It's okay. 315 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:43,159 Stay calm. I will go deal with them. 316 00:15:51,820 --> 00:15:53,996 Sorry, gentlemen, but we're closed. 317 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:56,085 [Sheriff Perkins] We're not here for milkshakes, Miss. 318 00:15:56,129 --> 00:15:59,784 We understand you may be harboring criminals in this establishment. 319 00:15:59,828 --> 00:16:02,874 Our colleagues in Centerville identified some trespassers 320 00:16:02,918 --> 00:16:05,877 in their town after dark, gave pursuit. 321 00:16:05,921 --> 00:16:10,317 Last they saw, the criminals were headed this way. 322 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:12,449 Well, we don t have any criminals here. 323 00:16:12,493 --> 00:16:15,409 Though we do have a young family. 324 00:16:15,452 --> 00:16:18,890 But the last time I checked, Riverdale was not yet a sundown town. 325 00:16:18,934 --> 00:16:21,545 True, but Centerville is, and they broke the law there, 326 00:16:21,589 --> 00:16:25,419 so those trespassers are coming with us. 327 00:16:25,462 --> 00:16:27,769 And we'd be happy to come in and get 'em. 328 00:16:27,812 --> 00:16:29,075 Do you have a warrant? 329 00:16:30,206 --> 00:16:32,034 No, I do not. 330 00:16:32,078 --> 00:16:36,125 Well, then, you're not stepping foot inside this diner. 331 00:16:36,169 --> 00:16:40,434 Because I know what happens when people are arrested for violating sundown laws. 332 00:16:40,477 --> 00:16:43,567 They vanish, and worse. 333 00:16:43,611 --> 00:16:45,700 Well, I think I'd like to speak to your boss. 334 00:16:47,310 --> 00:16:48,529 I'm right here. 335 00:16:49,312 --> 00:16:51,619 [rifle cocks] 336 00:16:51,662 --> 00:16:55,536 And let me just reiterate, no one is coming into my diner without a warrant. 337 00:16:55,579 --> 00:16:57,407 Well, in that case, if you don't mind, 338 00:16:57,451 --> 00:16:59,670 we'll just wait here while I radio Centerville, 339 00:16:59,714 --> 00:17:01,324 have them draw up that arrest warrant. 340 00:17:01,368 --> 00:17:03,500 It should be here first thing in the morning, 341 00:17:03,544 --> 00:17:07,461 and we'll conclude our business, and justice will be done. 342 00:17:07,504 --> 00:17:10,420 Radio Centerville, Deputy, and, uh, settle in. 343 00:17:12,074 --> 00:17:13,510 It's gonna be a long night. 344 00:17:16,644 --> 00:17:20,039 We bought ourselves a few hours, but the second that warrant arrives, 345 00:17:20,082 --> 00:17:22,606 there's no stopping those lawmen from forcing their way in here 346 00:17:22,650 --> 00:17:24,652 and taking you all away. 347 00:17:24,695 --> 00:17:27,002 What if we just snuck out the back and made a dash through the woods? 348 00:17:27,046 --> 00:17:28,569 I don't think we can do that, Flynn. 349 00:17:28,612 --> 00:17:30,484 Baby Annie's asthmatic. 350 00:17:30,527 --> 00:17:32,877 -What if she has an attack? -[sighs] 351 00:17:32,921 --> 00:17:35,532 We don't have her medicine. We left it in the car. 352 00:17:35,576 --> 00:17:37,491 Damn. What we need is a Christmas miracle. 353 00:17:40,407 --> 00:17:41,495 Yes. 354 00:17:45,629 --> 00:17:49,851 That's exactly what we need. 355 00:17:49,894 --> 00:17:52,114 I can't interfere directly. It's one of the rules. 356 00:17:52,158 --> 00:17:54,856 It's Christmas Eve. You're an angel. 357 00:17:54,899 --> 00:17:58,294 Isn't this the one night of the year you can and should get involved? 358 00:17:58,338 --> 00:17:59,643 What would you have me do? 359 00:17:59,687 --> 00:18:01,341 Something you said earlier. 360 00:18:01,384 --> 00:18:05,519 That if I saw your real form, it would drive me insane. 361 00:18:05,562 --> 00:18:06,998 Did you mean that literally? 362 00:18:07,042 --> 00:18:09,131 Yes. 363 00:18:09,175 --> 00:18:11,394 Your eyes would start to bleed, and your mind would snap in two. 364 00:18:11,438 --> 00:18:15,572 Does that mean the sheriff's mind would snap in two as well? 365 00:18:16,921 --> 00:18:18,184 All right, I'll see what I can do. 366 00:18:18,227 --> 00:18:20,664 Oh, thank you, Raphael. Thank you. 367 00:18:20,708 --> 00:18:22,971 But just... give me a second. 368 00:18:23,014 --> 00:18:25,843 I want to call Chief Andrews, and then I will bring everybody back here. 369 00:18:28,063 --> 00:18:29,717 [Tabitha sighs] 370 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:31,588 Hey, I told them to hang back away from the doors. 371 00:18:31,632 --> 00:18:32,981 You can't see this either. 372 00:18:33,024 --> 00:18:34,069 I won't. 373 00:18:34,113 --> 00:18:36,115 And thank you, Raphael. 374 00:18:44,819 --> 00:18:46,125 [doorbell jangles] 375 00:18:51,782 --> 00:18:53,044 [men screaming] 376 00:18:56,744 --> 00:18:58,963 Fire Chief Andrews is gonna meet us and help get you home. 377 00:18:59,007 --> 00:19:01,444 But we have to make a detour first. 378 00:19:01,488 --> 00:19:02,576 What happened to them? 379 00:19:07,363 --> 00:19:08,712 Come on, let's keep moving. 380 00:19:08,756 --> 00:19:12,760 Titus will call and have them picked up. 381 00:19:12,803 --> 00:19:16,067 [Tabitha] I thought you'd be here burning the midnight oil, Mr. Mayor. 382 00:19:16,111 --> 00:19:19,288 It has been a restless Christmas Eve for me. 383 00:19:19,332 --> 00:19:25,207 I didn't get a chance to fully explain myself at that meeting before. 384 00:19:25,251 --> 00:19:29,080 So I thought I'd introduce you to some friends. 385 00:19:29,124 --> 00:19:34,216 This is Tracy, Flynn, and their daughter, Annie. 386 00:19:36,087 --> 00:19:38,829 Tonight, they were hunted down like criminals, 387 00:19:38,873 --> 00:19:41,049 for being caught in Centerville after dark. 388 00:19:42,485 --> 00:19:45,096 They are why you can't let Sheriff Perkins 389 00:19:45,140 --> 00:19:48,187 turn Riverdale into a sundown town. 390 00:19:48,230 --> 00:19:52,191 It would cost Riverdale its soul, Mr. Mayor. 391 00:19:55,629 --> 00:19:56,804 [swing music] 392 00:19:59,850 --> 00:20:01,591 That was Tracy. 393 00:20:01,635 --> 00:20:05,247 She and Flynn and baby Annie made it home safe and sound. 394 00:20:05,291 --> 00:20:07,467 So I guess all's well that ends well. 395 00:20:07,510 --> 00:20:09,817 But I have to tell you something. 396 00:20:11,601 --> 00:20:15,301 My name's not actually Teresa. It's Tabitha. 397 00:20:16,127 --> 00:20:18,304 And you... 398 00:20:19,914 --> 00:20:21,394 You're actually my... 399 00:20:21,437 --> 00:20:22,699 [door opens] 400 00:20:26,486 --> 00:20:29,880 You won't beat me, so stop trying! 401 00:20:31,578 --> 00:20:32,535 [gunshot] 402 00:20:34,755 --> 00:20:37,148 [Martin Luther King, Jr.] [on radio] And you know, if I were standing... 403 00:20:39,629 --> 00:20:45,896 at the beginning of time with the possibility of taking... 404 00:20:45,940 --> 00:20:52,990 a kind of general and panoramic view of the whole of human history up to now... 405 00:20:53,034 --> 00:20:56,298 That's Dr. King. His "Mountaintop" speech. 406 00:20:56,342 --> 00:20:58,561 ...and the Almighty said to me... 407 00:20:58,605 --> 00:21:04,437 Which means today is April 3rd, 1968, and tomorrow Dr. King's gonna be-- 408 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:06,700 Going to be what, Tina? 409 00:21:06,743 --> 00:21:08,615 I... I need to borrow some money for the bus, Pop. 410 00:21:08,658 --> 00:21:10,878 I need to stop something from happening. 411 00:21:11,574 --> 00:21:12,575 [hissing] 412 00:21:15,230 --> 00:21:17,363 Nothing from the mechanic yet? 413 00:21:17,406 --> 00:21:21,845 Nope. And this is gonna take him two, three hours to fix it. Which means... 414 00:21:21,889 --> 00:21:24,631 Well, we're not getting to Memphis anytime soon. 415 00:21:24,674 --> 00:21:26,328 Is there another bus I can take? 416 00:21:26,372 --> 00:21:29,157 To Memphis? No, ma'am, this is it. 417 00:21:32,203 --> 00:21:33,814 -[sighs] -[ringing] 418 00:21:33,857 --> 00:21:35,424 I know what you're trying to do. 419 00:21:36,556 --> 00:21:39,733 Save Dr. King's life. 420 00:21:39,776 --> 00:21:43,650 But as painful as it is, Tabitha, there's nothing you can do about it. 421 00:21:43,693 --> 00:21:46,130 I don't accept that, Raphael. 422 00:21:46,174 --> 00:21:49,830 Betty once told me that the FBI office in the Riverdale opened up in the 1950s. 423 00:21:49,873 --> 00:21:50,874 Maybe they can help. 424 00:21:53,877 --> 00:21:55,618 [telephone ringing] 425 00:22:00,884 --> 00:22:02,538 Can we help you with something, ma'am? 426 00:22:08,196 --> 00:22:10,459 [Tabitha] And if I tried to call the Lorraine Motel? 427 00:22:10,503 --> 00:22:13,680 Where I know Dr. King is staying tonight? 428 00:22:13,723 --> 00:22:18,598 The clerk wouldn't believe you, or the line would cut out. Or both. 429 00:22:18,641 --> 00:22:20,077 This isn't right. 430 00:22:20,121 --> 00:22:22,428 -Or just. -I know. 431 00:22:22,471 --> 00:22:26,954 But some events are fixed points in time. In history. 432 00:22:26,997 --> 00:22:30,914 And sadly, this is one of them. 433 00:22:30,958 --> 00:22:36,137 Certain incidents from the past affected the fabric of the world so enormously 434 00:22:36,180 --> 00:22:38,922 that the universe won't let them be altered. 435 00:22:39,749 --> 00:22:42,230 So what do I do? 436 00:22:42,273 --> 00:22:44,885 Is my mission Percival-related again? 437 00:22:44,928 --> 00:22:47,191 You could try and find your talisman. 438 00:22:47,235 --> 00:22:48,845 That's still out there. 439 00:22:48,889 --> 00:22:52,109 I can't imagine that I'll be able to focus on anything 440 00:22:52,153 --> 00:22:55,983 other than what's gonna happen tomorrow night. 441 00:22:56,026 --> 00:22:57,506 I'll wait with you, then. 442 00:23:02,859 --> 00:23:05,253 ["I Wish It Would Rain" by The Temptations playing] 443 00:23:05,296 --> 00:23:07,734 [news broadcaster] Good evening. We interrupt this broadcast with a message 444 00:23:07,777 --> 00:23:12,695 from Senator Robert Kennedy, who is speaking to us from Indianapolis. 445 00:23:12,739 --> 00:23:16,133 [Kennedy] I have some very sad news for all of you, 446 00:23:16,177 --> 00:23:21,095 and I think, uh, sad news for all of our fellow citizens 447 00:23:21,138 --> 00:23:25,055 and people who love peace all over the world, 448 00:23:25,099 --> 00:23:29,451 and that is that Martin Luther King was shot and was killed tonight 449 00:23:29,495 --> 00:23:31,279 -in Memphis, Tennessee. -[people screaming in shock] 450 00:23:31,322 --> 00:23:32,498 [plates shattering] 451 00:23:34,238 --> 00:23:35,501 Grandpa. 452 00:23:36,763 --> 00:23:39,418 [Kennedy] Martin Luther King... 453 00:23:39,461 --> 00:23:44,945 -dedicated his life to love and... -[Tabitha sobbing] 454 00:23:44,988 --> 00:23:47,034 [news broadcaster] Dr. King, accompanied by fellow activists 455 00:23:47,077 --> 00:23:48,731 in support of the sanitation workers... 456 00:23:48,775 --> 00:23:50,429 What do we now? 457 00:23:50,472 --> 00:23:52,474 Should we shut down the diner out of respect? 458 00:23:52,518 --> 00:23:56,086 I think that we should stay open. 459 00:23:56,130 --> 00:24:00,700 I think people need to feel like they're not alone right now. 460 00:24:00,743 --> 00:24:03,267 Like they're part of a community. 461 00:24:10,231 --> 00:24:12,320 [Tabitha sighs] 462 00:24:12,363 --> 00:24:14,627 [Tabitha] And maybe things will be better tomorrow. 463 00:24:22,199 --> 00:24:23,810 Can I help you with something? 464 00:24:23,853 --> 00:24:26,465 Morning. How are you all holding up? 465 00:24:26,508 --> 00:24:27,509 We're just fine. 466 00:24:27,553 --> 00:24:29,163 Good. Good. 467 00:24:29,206 --> 00:24:30,817 See you've got a full house in there. 468 00:24:30,860 --> 00:24:34,908 Well, uh, there was terrible rioting in Greendale, 469 00:24:34,951 --> 00:24:37,084 Centerville and Seaside last night, 470 00:24:37,127 --> 00:24:40,740 so effective immediately, the mayor is declaring a state of emergency, 471 00:24:40,783 --> 00:24:45,484 banning all public gatherings in Riverdale until further notice. 472 00:24:45,527 --> 00:24:48,269 I need you to get all the people out of this diner by 6:00 pm. 473 00:24:48,312 --> 00:24:50,401 Nobody's rioting here. 474 00:24:50,445 --> 00:24:54,971 People just wanna be together right now to grieve and pray. 475 00:24:55,015 --> 00:24:58,105 And since when does the mayor give the FBI orders? 476 00:24:58,148 --> 00:25:00,977 Mayor asked for our boss's help. We were happy to oblige. 477 00:25:01,021 --> 00:25:02,805 We'll be back at 6:00 pm. 478 00:25:02,849 --> 00:25:04,938 You just have everyone out of that diner by then. 479 00:25:04,981 --> 00:25:06,374 Or? 480 00:25:06,417 --> 00:25:08,985 Or we're gonna start arresting people. 481 00:25:12,075 --> 00:25:13,207 Can I ask you something? 482 00:25:16,819 --> 00:25:19,605 What the hell is your problem? 483 00:25:19,648 --> 00:25:22,999 Someone who meant everything to us was shot down in cold blood, 484 00:25:23,043 --> 00:25:28,396 and all we're doing is listening to the radio and talking peacefully. 485 00:25:28,439 --> 00:25:30,746 What difference does it make to you? 486 00:25:30,790 --> 00:25:35,969 We understand you and your friends are very emotional right now. 487 00:25:36,012 --> 00:25:40,408 We just wanna make sure those emotions don't spill over into unrest. 488 00:25:41,496 --> 00:25:43,977 Violence, bloodshed. 489 00:25:45,761 --> 00:25:47,415 You're like a powder keg in there. 490 00:25:48,503 --> 00:25:49,678 Hate for it to blow. 491 00:25:58,687 --> 00:25:59,775 What'd that piggy want? 492 00:26:00,994 --> 00:26:01,951 To... 493 00:26:02,865 --> 00:26:04,171 keep us from gathering. 494 00:26:05,041 --> 00:26:07,087 By enacting a curfew. 495 00:26:07,130 --> 00:26:10,220 We need to clear out by 6:00 pm tonight, or we'll all be arrested. 496 00:26:10,264 --> 00:26:12,745 I heard a protester was beat up by police at Seaside last night. 497 00:26:13,702 --> 00:26:15,486 We need to do something. 498 00:26:15,530 --> 00:26:18,315 Yeah. Like hit the streets and raise some hell-- 499 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:20,709 What right do they have to tell us if we can gather or not? 500 00:26:20,753 --> 00:26:21,841 They don't. 501 00:26:23,364 --> 00:26:25,845 But we are not going to play into their hands. 502 00:26:25,888 --> 00:26:29,022 Because believe me, they are looking for reasons to come at us. 503 00:26:29,065 --> 00:26:30,632 What do you suggest we do, then? 504 00:26:30,676 --> 00:26:32,591 Look, I know that agent. 505 00:26:32,634 --> 00:26:36,856 He wants violence. He wants bloodshed. Our blood. 506 00:26:36,899 --> 00:26:38,727 He doesn't want us to gather peacefully 507 00:26:38,771 --> 00:26:41,687 because he wants us scattered and... and agitated, 508 00:26:41,730 --> 00:26:44,428 and out on her own, looking for trouble 509 00:26:44,472 --> 00:26:47,344 so that we are easy targets for him and his thugs. 510 00:26:48,868 --> 00:26:52,001 But we are not going to fall into his trap. 511 00:26:52,045 --> 00:26:55,614 At sundown, we are going to be right here at Pop's. 512 00:26:56,615 --> 00:26:58,529 Together. 513 00:26:58,573 --> 00:27:02,446 Singing, and praying, and having community. 514 00:27:02,490 --> 00:27:04,274 You just said we'd all be arrested. 515 00:27:04,318 --> 00:27:08,191 No, that's what he said. 516 00:27:08,235 --> 00:27:11,238 I may have an idea to keep that from happening. 517 00:27:11,281 --> 00:27:15,024 One that agent Pierce, gave me himself. 518 00:27:17,026 --> 00:27:19,986 This is Miss Tate, still holding for director Hoover. 519 00:27:21,944 --> 00:27:24,033 And I'm just confirming you told Mr. Hoover 520 00:27:24,077 --> 00:27:26,732 that I know all about his secret files. 521 00:27:26,775 --> 00:27:28,559 -[receptionist] Please hold. -[sighs] 522 00:27:28,603 --> 00:27:30,300 J. Edgar Hoover. 523 00:27:30,344 --> 00:27:34,000 Director of the FBI? How did you get his number? 524 00:27:34,043 --> 00:27:37,481 I called the main switchboard, and I've been transferred like ten times. 525 00:27:37,525 --> 00:27:39,788 [dialing] 526 00:27:39,832 --> 00:27:42,356 [Hoover] This is Hoover. With whom am I speaking? 527 00:27:42,399 --> 00:27:43,879 Director Hoover. 528 00:27:43,923 --> 00:27:47,448 You don t know me, but I know you very well. 529 00:27:47,491 --> 00:27:50,016 For instance, I know that you keep secret illegal files 530 00:27:50,059 --> 00:27:52,322 on so called threats to the American public. 531 00:27:52,366 --> 00:27:54,760 Young lady, you are gravely mistaken. 532 00:27:54,803 --> 00:27:56,762 Like the ones about the Kennedy-Monroe affair. 533 00:27:56,805 --> 00:27:58,198 This is absurd. 534 00:27:58,241 --> 00:27:59,939 And, of course, the especially juicy file 535 00:27:59,982 --> 00:28:03,420 all about your boss, President Lyndon Johnson. 536 00:28:03,464 --> 00:28:06,380 Question. He doesn't know about your secret files, does he? 537 00:28:06,423 --> 00:28:09,949 Be a shame if he found out. He'd probably be upset with you. 538 00:28:09,992 --> 00:28:12,081 You'd never get to the President. 539 00:28:12,125 --> 00:28:13,256 I got to you, didn't I? 540 00:28:14,170 --> 00:28:15,345 What do you want? 541 00:28:15,389 --> 00:28:17,478 Not much at all. 542 00:28:17,521 --> 00:28:21,090 I just need you to muzzle a very problematic agent of yours In Riverdale. 543 00:28:21,134 --> 00:28:23,397 Agent Perry Pierce. 544 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,748 [telephone ringing] 545 00:28:26,792 --> 00:28:28,228 Yeah, this is Agent Pierce. 546 00:28:29,185 --> 00:28:30,012 Director Hoover. 547 00:28:31,884 --> 00:28:34,277 Uh, yes, sir. 548 00:28:34,321 --> 00:28:37,019 We were just about to go and break up an illegal gathering of violent indivi... 549 00:28:40,806 --> 00:28:43,286 Are you sure, sir? 550 00:28:43,330 --> 00:28:44,505 Yes, sir, I understand. 551 00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:50,206 What did Director Hoover want? 552 00:28:52,818 --> 00:28:54,863 He called it off. 553 00:28:54,907 --> 00:28:57,910 Operation Turkey Shoot has been cancelled. 554 00:28:59,433 --> 00:29:00,913 Also, he fired me. 555 00:29:01,827 --> 00:29:02,958 He fired you? 556 00:29:03,872 --> 00:29:05,744 Why? 557 00:29:05,787 --> 00:29:07,441 Someone must have gotten to him, 558 00:29:09,878 --> 00:29:14,665 That agitator from the diner. 559 00:29:14,709 --> 00:29:17,799 ["Take My Hand, Precious Lord" by Mahalia Jackson playing] 560 00:29:17,843 --> 00:29:24,763 ♪ Take my hand 561 00:29:26,155 --> 00:29:33,075 ♪ Lead me on ♪ 562 00:29:36,775 --> 00:29:42,084 ♪ Let me stand ♪ 563 00:29:43,085 --> 00:29:50,049 ♪ I am tired... ♪ 564 00:29:50,092 --> 00:29:54,009 Keep going. Keep going. 565 00:29:55,358 --> 00:29:57,012 Keep going. 566 00:29:57,970 --> 00:29:59,319 Keep going. 567 00:29:59,362 --> 00:30:06,282 ♪ I am worn 568 00:30:08,545 --> 00:30:11,461 Was that my test? My mission? 569 00:30:11,505 --> 00:30:14,987 Banishing Percival? Keeping the diner open? 570 00:30:15,030 --> 00:30:16,815 It seems like it to me. 571 00:30:16,858 --> 00:30:19,861 Something awful might have happened in Riverdale tonight. 572 00:30:19,905 --> 00:30:21,776 And you stopped it. 573 00:30:21,820 --> 00:30:23,256 I wish I could do more. 574 00:30:23,299 --> 00:30:26,041 Well, maybe your mission is ongoing. 575 00:30:26,085 --> 00:30:28,217 Tina, we're running low on ketchup. 576 00:30:28,261 --> 00:30:30,045 Would you mind refreshing a couple of bottles? 577 00:30:30,089 --> 00:30:30,916 On it. 578 00:30:37,357 --> 00:30:39,707 [clicking, whining, timer ticking] 579 00:30:45,713 --> 00:30:47,497 -[intense music playing] -Percival. 580 00:30:54,069 --> 00:30:55,418 [explosion] 581 00:30:58,857 --> 00:31:01,903 Oh, there you are, Tessa. Hurry, I need your help. 582 00:31:01,947 --> 00:31:03,644 Why? What happened? 583 00:31:03,687 --> 00:31:06,038 Someone spray-painted something awful on the diner. 584 00:31:08,692 --> 00:31:10,564 [Tabitha] I don't understand. 585 00:31:10,607 --> 00:31:13,959 -What's 88? -Symbols of hate. 586 00:31:14,002 --> 00:31:17,658 88 is a code used by white supremacists. 587 00:31:17,701 --> 00:31:19,878 But why would anyone paint that on our... 588 00:31:19,921 --> 00:31:21,401 On your diner? 589 00:31:21,444 --> 00:31:23,229 Shoot, I caught him in the act. 590 00:31:23,272 --> 00:31:25,666 He's inside with Sheriff Keller right now. 591 00:31:41,073 --> 00:31:43,510 Unfortunately, we've been fielding phone calls non-stop, 592 00:31:43,553 --> 00:31:46,774 but a wave of vandalism went through town last night. 593 00:31:46,817 --> 00:31:48,950 New millennium, same hate, I guess. 594 00:31:52,127 --> 00:31:53,781 Was it all kids? 595 00:31:53,824 --> 00:31:55,957 Yeah. They all responded the same way 596 00:31:56,001 --> 00:31:59,134 that Brian Talbot here did when you caught him, Pop. 597 00:31:59,178 --> 00:32:01,571 Which was how? 598 00:32:01,615 --> 00:32:04,835 When I confronted him, he seemed to be in a daze. 599 00:32:04,879 --> 00:32:07,838 He says he didn't even remember spray-painting the diner. 600 00:32:07,882 --> 00:32:09,623 Like he was hypnotized. 601 00:32:12,060 --> 00:32:14,758 How about I take him home and talk to his folks 602 00:32:14,802 --> 00:32:16,804 and see if they give us any insight? 603 00:32:16,847 --> 00:32:18,240 We can discuss pressing charges tomorrow. 604 00:32:18,937 --> 00:32:20,503 Sounds good. 605 00:32:20,547 --> 00:32:22,766 But do you mind if I talk to him for a sec? 606 00:32:22,810 --> 00:32:23,942 Sure. 607 00:32:27,467 --> 00:32:28,947 It's Brian, right? 608 00:32:28,990 --> 00:32:31,210 Yeah. 609 00:32:31,253 --> 00:32:34,387 I... I'm really sorry about what I did to your diner. 610 00:32:35,649 --> 00:32:37,085 I don't even remember doing it. 611 00:32:38,478 --> 00:32:39,870 So you said. 612 00:32:44,005 --> 00:32:47,443 I found this outside. Thought it might belong to you. 613 00:32:47,487 --> 00:32:48,444 [gasps] 614 00:32:48,488 --> 00:32:50,969 It... it does. 615 00:32:51,012 --> 00:32:54,711 Ambrose, "The Rocket" Pipps is like the Holy Grail of baseball cards. 616 00:32:54,755 --> 00:32:57,453 He's Riverdale's only Major League ballplayer. 617 00:32:57,497 --> 00:33:00,021 I... I just got it. 618 00:33:00,065 --> 00:33:02,981 Where did you just get it? 619 00:33:03,024 --> 00:33:06,985 Uh, from the Curiosity Shop that just opened up on the outskirts of town. 620 00:33:07,028 --> 00:33:08,638 The guy who runs it gave me a sweet deal. 621 00:33:08,682 --> 00:33:10,553 All I had to do in exchange for it was... 622 00:33:15,776 --> 00:33:16,820 Brian? 623 00:33:18,735 --> 00:33:19,780 I can't remember now. 624 00:33:20,737 --> 00:33:23,262 Uh-huh. 625 00:33:23,305 --> 00:33:26,265 And what was the name of the shop's owner? 626 00:33:26,308 --> 00:33:27,222 Do you remember that? 627 00:33:29,964 --> 00:33:31,487 Paul something. 628 00:33:33,098 --> 00:33:35,709 Paul Prince, maybe. 629 00:33:39,408 --> 00:33:41,454 And where did you say his shop was again? 630 00:33:50,724 --> 00:33:51,594 Sorry I'm late. 631 00:33:51,638 --> 00:33:53,118 [chuckles] 632 00:33:53,161 --> 00:33:55,120 I was wondering when you'd turn up, Raphael. 633 00:33:55,163 --> 00:33:59,211 You're getting better at this whole time traveling thing. 634 00:33:59,254 --> 00:34:00,951 You "jumped" again. 635 00:34:00,995 --> 00:34:03,650 Almost an entire second before the explosion. 636 00:34:06,218 --> 00:34:09,264 But I am still playing catch-up to Percival. 637 00:34:13,616 --> 00:34:14,617 [Angel Betty] Hmm! 638 00:34:17,707 --> 00:34:19,535 You go. I'll keep lookout. 639 00:34:51,872 --> 00:34:53,395 [intense music playing] 640 00:34:56,833 --> 00:34:58,183 [exhales] 641 00:34:58,226 --> 00:34:59,662 [camera whirs, clicks] 642 00:35:22,468 --> 00:35:25,862 Why does Percival keep popping up at moments of crisis? 643 00:35:25,906 --> 00:35:29,127 In the '40s, he tried to turn Riverdale into a sundown town. 644 00:35:29,170 --> 00:35:32,086 In 1968, he wanted the town to erupt into violence. 645 00:35:32,130 --> 00:35:36,395 And now, in 1999, he's trying to poison the town with pure hatred. 646 00:35:36,438 --> 00:35:38,179 There are some men whose hearts are so cold, 647 00:35:38,223 --> 00:35:40,834 they burn down villages just for the warmth. 648 00:35:40,877 --> 00:35:43,402 Yeah, but how is he doing this? 649 00:35:43,445 --> 00:35:47,362 Is he being reincarnated? Is he an immortal time traveler? A demon? 650 00:35:52,237 --> 00:35:53,890 Wait. 651 00:35:53,934 --> 00:35:56,719 This is the Spear of Longinus, said to have pierced 652 00:35:56,763 --> 00:35:59,809 the side of Jesus at his crucifixion. 653 00:35:59,853 --> 00:36:02,421 It's one of the most powerful objects in history. 654 00:36:04,162 --> 00:36:05,641 And this is the Holy Grail. 655 00:36:05,685 --> 00:36:09,906 The chalice used at the Last Supper. 656 00:36:09,950 --> 00:36:12,561 Tabitha, this could be your needle in a haystack. 657 00:36:12,605 --> 00:36:14,868 This may be your Holy Grail. 658 00:36:14,911 --> 00:36:18,654 What you use to focus and return to your timeline before you get shot. 659 00:36:18,698 --> 00:36:22,136 And what about Paul Prince, aka Percival? 660 00:36:22,180 --> 00:36:24,704 Go get the Grail, and then we'll deal with him. 661 00:36:34,235 --> 00:36:35,541 [wood creaking] 662 00:36:35,584 --> 00:36:40,546 We meet again, and again, and again. 663 00:36:41,677 --> 00:36:43,810 But nevermore after tonight. 664 00:36:46,116 --> 00:36:47,030 [grunts] 665 00:36:50,295 --> 00:36:52,210 Who are you, really? 666 00:36:53,123 --> 00:36:55,256 My names are legion. 667 00:36:55,300 --> 00:36:59,173 Blow out the candle, and I am the dark. 668 00:36:59,217 --> 00:37:00,696 [eerie music] 669 00:37:00,740 --> 00:37:02,089 [both grunting] 670 00:37:07,137 --> 00:37:10,097 -One thing a lot of people don't know about me... -[yells] 671 00:37:10,140 --> 00:37:13,187 in college, I was on the varsity fencing team. 672 00:37:13,231 --> 00:37:14,406 And the debate team. 673 00:37:16,103 --> 00:37:18,105 My favorite philosophical argument was, 674 00:37:18,148 --> 00:37:20,673 "If you could go back in time and kill Hitler, would you?" 675 00:37:22,414 --> 00:37:24,242 I always said, "Yes." 676 00:37:27,636 --> 00:37:30,465 [Angel Betty] After Percival vanished, what did you do? 677 00:37:30,509 --> 00:37:35,731 I burned the entire shop down. Except for the Grail. 678 00:37:35,775 --> 00:37:38,038 Percival's tried to get a foothold in this town 679 00:37:38,081 --> 00:37:42,651 over and over again, but you stopped him. 680 00:37:42,695 --> 00:37:46,612 Though I think, Tabitha, it's time to focus on getting back home. 681 00:37:46,655 --> 00:37:47,526 Your real home. 682 00:37:49,354 --> 00:37:52,270 I feel ridiculous even saying this, but what if... 683 00:37:52,313 --> 00:37:54,663 the Grail isn't my talisman? Then what? 684 00:37:54,707 --> 00:37:56,535 If it isn't, then you keep looking. 685 00:37:57,840 --> 00:37:58,928 You keep fighting. 686 00:38:00,452 --> 00:38:01,540 But I'm hopeful. 687 00:38:06,066 --> 00:38:06,980 Drink up. 688 00:38:10,418 --> 00:38:11,332 To the future. 689 00:38:19,993 --> 00:38:21,037 [intense music playing] 690 00:38:33,354 --> 00:38:34,268 [grunts] 691 00:38:36,662 --> 00:38:38,620 What the hell? 692 00:38:38,664 --> 00:38:41,014 He's one of Percival's goons. 693 00:38:41,057 --> 00:38:43,451 Though he may not remember that when he regains consciousness. 694 00:38:43,495 --> 00:38:45,801 But he came here to kill us. 695 00:38:45,845 --> 00:38:48,543 Well, me, at least. 696 00:38:49,762 --> 00:38:51,285 Well, what am I missing? 697 00:38:51,329 --> 00:38:53,200 A lot. [breathing heavily] 698 00:38:53,243 --> 00:38:55,637 I think it's my turn to do the explaining. 699 00:38:57,639 --> 00:38:59,598 After we tie him up and stick him in the freezer. 700 00:39:03,079 --> 00:39:04,429 You're a time traveler? 701 00:39:04,472 --> 00:39:06,387 I'm chrono-kinetic. 702 00:39:06,431 --> 00:39:11,958 -Yes. -With the help of an angel? 703 00:39:12,001 --> 00:39:16,092 Why didn't I get an angel, or Betty, or Archie, or Cheryl? 704 00:39:16,136 --> 00:39:19,966 I think I was being trained, Jug. 705 00:39:20,009 --> 00:39:23,012 For a war that has been brewing for decades, if not centuries. 706 00:39:23,056 --> 00:39:25,450 And its major battles are still ahead of us. 707 00:39:25,493 --> 00:39:27,408 War? 708 00:39:27,452 --> 00:39:30,324 -As in-- -There was the same villain in every time period, 709 00:39:30,368 --> 00:39:32,413 who was always hellbent on destroying everything 710 00:39:32,457 --> 00:39:35,111 that was good, and fair, and decent in Riverdale. 711 00:39:35,155 --> 00:39:36,678 Percival. 712 00:39:36,722 --> 00:39:40,073 He kept turning up like the ultimate bad penny. 713 00:39:40,116 --> 00:39:44,556 Look, I'm not sure what he is, but I do not think he is human. 714 00:39:44,599 --> 00:39:47,472 He's like the personification of evil, and it's gonna take all of us, 715 00:39:47,515 --> 00:39:51,824 all of us with powers, working together to stop him. 716 00:39:54,783 --> 00:39:56,698 [Cheryl] I'm confused. 717 00:39:56,742 --> 00:39:59,135 If, in the past, pesky Percival has wanted to destroy Riverdale, 718 00:39:59,179 --> 00:40:01,877 then why is he bringing a railroad to the town now? 719 00:40:01,921 --> 00:40:03,836 Well, we don't think that's his ultimate goal. 720 00:40:03,879 --> 00:40:05,838 [Archie] Though he's making it happen. 721 00:40:05,881 --> 00:40:07,492 I overheard my Uncle Frank talking to someone on the phone. 722 00:40:07,535 --> 00:40:09,581 Maybe your mom, Betty. 723 00:40:09,624 --> 00:40:12,801 Percival's trying to get Governor Dooley on board with this train plan, 724 00:40:12,845 --> 00:40:14,803 blocking any attempt to landmark Pop's. 725 00:40:14,847 --> 00:40:17,197 Because Pop's is where the resistance will gather. 726 00:40:17,240 --> 00:40:19,504 Where the forces of good will marshal, 727 00:40:19,547 --> 00:40:22,158 where the final battle will be fought, and he wants to wipe it off the map. 728 00:40:22,202 --> 00:40:24,291 Tabitha, how do you know all of this? 729 00:40:24,334 --> 00:40:28,426 Well, once I finally figured out what my time-talisman really was, 730 00:40:28,469 --> 00:40:29,992 I got better at time-jumping. 731 00:40:30,036 --> 00:40:33,126 Wait. Your talisman wasn't the Grail? 732 00:40:33,169 --> 00:40:36,390 No. Pop's was my talisman all along. 733 00:40:36,434 --> 00:40:38,566 It was like Dorothy and the ruby slippers. 734 00:40:38,610 --> 00:40:41,700 This diner is my personal, limited-functioning time needle. 735 00:40:41,743 --> 00:40:43,876 Makes sense. 736 00:40:43,919 --> 00:40:45,878 All of us have our tethers that allow us some semblance of control. 737 00:40:45,921 --> 00:40:47,749 Pop's would be yours. 738 00:40:47,793 --> 00:40:50,665 Okay, but... but wait. Tabitha back up. 739 00:40:50,709 --> 00:40:53,407 Right. So, it took me a minute to get the hang of time-jumping. 740 00:40:53,451 --> 00:40:58,804 But once I did, I tried moving forward into the future instead of backwards. 741 00:40:58,847 --> 00:41:02,155 [Tabitha] In the future, the diner was an empty shell. 742 00:41:02,198 --> 00:41:05,593 Even worse, outside, the sky was full of ash. 743 00:41:05,637 --> 00:41:09,858 And as far as the eye could see, Riverdale was just gone. 744 00:41:09,902 --> 00:41:11,207 A wasteland. 745 00:41:13,253 --> 00:41:15,342 Is this future definitely going to happen? 746 00:41:15,385 --> 00:41:17,344 Or is it something we can change or stop? 747 00:41:18,650 --> 00:41:21,130 I don't know. 748 00:41:21,174 --> 00:41:23,002 Certain events are fixed points in time, 749 00:41:23,045 --> 00:41:26,222 and the future I saw might be one of them. 750 00:41:26,266 --> 00:41:30,531 But make no mistake, it is the apocalypse we're talking about. 751 00:41:30,575 --> 00:41:34,274 In Riverdale. And we are sitting at ground zero.