1 00:00:04,178 --> 00:00:08,269 [Jughead] On the eve of war, we gathered in Archie's house. 2 00:00:08,312 --> 00:00:10,749 Percival didn't know that we were back from the dead, 3 00:00:10,793 --> 00:00:12,795 and that gave us a slight advantage. 4 00:00:12,838 --> 00:00:16,059 Though he remained the ultimate man of mystery. 5 00:00:16,103 --> 00:00:18,322 What do we know about Percival after all this time? 6 00:00:18,366 --> 00:00:21,891 Well, we know he's a magical sorcerer and his powers are getting stronger 7 00:00:21,934 --> 00:00:23,762 the closer Bailey's Comet gets to us. 8 00:00:23,806 --> 00:00:26,026 We know that he's building a ghost train 9 00:00:26,069 --> 00:00:28,550 which will grant him power over the souls of the dead, 10 00:00:28,593 --> 00:00:31,248 though we don't know how or why he's planning to use them. 11 00:00:31,292 --> 00:00:35,122 And we know that he sees Baby Anthony as a major threat to his future. 12 00:00:35,165 --> 00:00:38,473 We know that the Pickens family has a long-standing history with Riverdale. 13 00:00:38,516 --> 00:00:41,432 For instance, that horrid General Augustus Pickens 14 00:00:41,476 --> 00:00:43,173 slaughtered the Uktena tribe back in the day. 15 00:00:43,217 --> 00:00:46,872 But there is no record of a Percival in the Pickens family, 16 00:00:46,916 --> 00:00:48,570 at least not in the Blossom archives. 17 00:00:48,613 --> 00:00:51,181 Before Heraldo died, he looked into Percival for me, 18 00:00:51,225 --> 00:00:55,098 and he said it's like he didn't even exist before showing up in Riverdale. 19 00:00:55,142 --> 00:00:57,187 So where the hell did he come from then? 20 00:00:57,231 --> 00:00:59,842 Drilling down, what does Percival want? 21 00:00:59,885 --> 00:01:01,713 What does he actually want? The apocalypse? 22 00:01:01,757 --> 00:01:05,152 No, I think that's only if he doesn't get what he wants. 23 00:01:05,195 --> 00:01:06,936 What about our powers? 24 00:01:06,979 --> 00:01:09,025 They all appeared at the same time that Percival showed up. 25 00:01:09,069 --> 00:01:10,418 Is that a coincidence 26 00:01:10,461 --> 00:01:12,333 -or a connection? -Do you have any theories, Jug? 27 00:01:12,376 --> 00:01:15,727 I mean, I have one that I'm working on, but it's too early to discuss. 28 00:01:15,771 --> 00:01:18,426 Okay. We need to be smart about our next move. 29 00:01:18,469 --> 00:01:20,036 We need a plan. 30 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:21,385 Strategize. 31 00:01:21,429 --> 00:01:23,039 In the meantime, we should make Percival believe 32 00:01:23,083 --> 00:01:25,346 that it's business as usual in Riverdale. 33 00:01:25,389 --> 00:01:28,914 In that case, I should head over to the casino. 34 00:01:28,958 --> 00:01:30,829 Percival's staying in one of my champagne suites. 35 00:01:30,873 --> 00:01:32,353 And Reggie is still working with him, 36 00:01:32,396 --> 00:01:34,224 so maybe I can try to suss him out. 37 00:01:34,268 --> 00:01:36,226 Okay. Be careful, Ronnie. 38 00:01:36,270 --> 00:01:37,488 Always am, Archie. 39 00:01:44,278 --> 00:01:45,627 Sweet cousin, 40 00:01:45,670 --> 00:01:46,889 you need to pay a visit to Thornhill 41 00:01:46,932 --> 00:01:48,499 posthaste. 42 00:01:48,543 --> 00:01:51,589 Someone very near and dear to your heart wants to see you. 43 00:01:51,633 --> 00:01:54,070 What are you talking about? Who does? 44 00:01:54,114 --> 00:01:56,594 Look, I'll tell you, but you can't lose your mind. 45 00:01:56,638 --> 00:01:59,902 And you mustn't breathe a word about this to anyone. 46 00:02:00,642 --> 00:02:02,034 Okay? 47 00:02:02,078 --> 00:02:07,301 Okay, so what is this theory of yours? 48 00:02:07,344 --> 00:02:12,001 [Jughead] So I told Tabitha about the other Jughead, 49 00:02:12,044 --> 00:02:16,092 the mysterious plate of Pop's food that materialized out of nowhere. 50 00:02:16,136 --> 00:02:18,138 My other strange visitors. 51 00:02:18,181 --> 00:02:22,794 Okay, so you think that you opened up a portal? 52 00:02:22,838 --> 00:02:25,188 Yes. One there and one there. 53 00:02:25,232 --> 00:02:26,407 How? 54 00:02:26,450 --> 00:02:29,061 Well, I've been doing some research. Here. 55 00:02:29,105 --> 00:02:32,152 Read, starting at this yellow sticky. 56 00:02:34,458 --> 00:02:36,199 There's a theory that some mind readers 57 00:02:36,243 --> 00:02:39,333 aren't really reading minds, but opening portals 58 00:02:39,376 --> 00:02:43,250 into people's psychic landscapes and stepping through them. 59 00:02:43,293 --> 00:02:45,643 Which is what it feels like I've been doing. 60 00:02:47,341 --> 00:02:51,562 Okay. So you think that you're not just a mind reader, 61 00:02:51,606 --> 00:02:55,000 but also a portal opener? 62 00:02:55,044 --> 00:02:56,698 Yeah, in the same way that you thought 63 00:02:56,741 --> 00:02:59,135 you were a time traveler, but you're actually an angel. 64 00:02:59,179 --> 00:03:01,268 And, and, and when your powers were going crazy, 65 00:03:01,311 --> 00:03:05,446 you think that you unconsciously opened up portals down here. 66 00:03:05,489 --> 00:03:06,447 Hmm. 67 00:03:06,490 --> 00:03:08,231 But to where? 68 00:03:08,275 --> 00:03:12,017 I'm not sure, but it's someplace 69 00:03:12,061 --> 00:03:15,456 where there is someone that looks exactly like me. 70 00:03:15,499 --> 00:03:16,500 Like another Jughead. 71 00:03:16,544 --> 00:03:18,372 And there's another Pop's, too. 72 00:03:18,415 --> 00:03:22,506 And I was hearing voices and they sounded a lot like our friends' voices. 73 00:03:22,550 --> 00:03:25,074 And there's a typewriter typing too. 74 00:03:25,117 --> 00:03:28,208 Are you talking about another dimension? 75 00:03:29,774 --> 00:03:33,517 Yeah. I didn't want to say that word, but yes, 76 00:03:33,561 --> 00:03:35,345 and I think we should explore it. 77 00:03:35,389 --> 00:03:39,001 But, Jughead, we're getting ready for a war in this dimension. 78 00:03:39,044 --> 00:03:42,787 I know I know that, Tabitha, but our powers started manifesting 79 00:03:42,831 --> 00:03:46,138 after that big explosion at Archie's, right? 80 00:03:46,182 --> 00:03:48,184 That was the epicenter. 81 00:03:48,228 --> 00:03:52,623 And then the first time that any of us saw Percival was Archie at his house. 82 00:03:53,842 --> 00:03:55,583 Percival has these supernatural powers. 83 00:03:55,626 --> 00:03:57,280 Now, a lot of us do, too. 84 00:03:57,324 --> 00:04:01,415 I think there's a connection between the explosion, 85 00:04:01,458 --> 00:04:04,287 our powers and Percival's arrival. 86 00:04:04,331 --> 00:04:07,072 I just... I'm not sure... 87 00:04:07,116 --> 00:04:09,510 that we'll find them here in Riverdale. 88 00:04:10,337 --> 00:04:11,903 [scoffs] 89 00:04:11,947 --> 00:04:14,123 Do you want to go dimension hopping with me? 90 00:04:14,166 --> 00:04:17,126 [Percival] Alice, thank you so much for seeing me. 91 00:04:17,169 --> 00:04:21,391 Of course. What can I do for you, Mr. Mayor? 92 00:04:21,435 --> 00:04:25,003 Well, my inevitable victory is almost upon us. 93 00:04:25,047 --> 00:04:28,137 And I wanted to document my history for posterity. 94 00:04:28,180 --> 00:04:30,661 By granting me an exclusive sit-down interview, 95 00:04:30,705 --> 00:04:32,141 Barbara Walters style? 96 00:04:32,184 --> 00:04:33,751 Exactly. 97 00:04:33,795 --> 00:04:37,364 And afterwards, RIVW can broadcast the live execution 98 00:04:37,407 --> 00:04:38,800 of three traitors to our cause. 99 00:04:38,843 --> 00:04:40,845 Reggie and Marty Mantle and Kevin Keller. 100 00:04:40,889 --> 00:04:41,846 Come again? 101 00:04:43,500 --> 00:04:44,501 Alice. 102 00:04:44,545 --> 00:04:46,895 We are on the verge of war. 103 00:04:46,938 --> 00:04:50,986 We must now instill terror and exert absolute control. 104 00:04:52,422 --> 00:04:55,686 Besides, [echoing] think of the ratings. 105 00:05:00,125 --> 00:05:01,039 Sugar? 106 00:05:09,309 --> 00:05:10,571 What is going on here? 107 00:05:12,137 --> 00:05:13,661 Are those guillotines? 108 00:05:14,444 --> 00:05:15,967 You need to leave, Miss Lodge. 109 00:05:16,011 --> 00:05:17,404 You've been barred from the premises. 110 00:05:17,447 --> 00:05:19,362 Excuse me. This is my casino. 111 00:05:19,406 --> 00:05:21,321 Not anymore. 112 00:05:21,364 --> 00:05:23,366 In your absence, the board of directors had a no confidence vote 113 00:05:23,410 --> 00:05:26,326 and you were relieved of your duties, effective immediately. 114 00:05:26,369 --> 00:05:27,718 [chuckles softly] 115 00:05:27,762 --> 00:05:31,896 The scheme reeks of Reggie. Where is he? 116 00:05:31,940 --> 00:05:34,116 Unfortunately, he's currently indisposed. 117 00:05:34,159 --> 00:05:35,857 All right, then. Let me talk to Percival. 118 00:05:35,900 --> 00:05:38,555 Mayor Pickens is very busy with an important interview, 119 00:05:38,599 --> 00:05:41,776 but he did authorize us to remove you from the casino 120 00:05:41,819 --> 00:05:42,994 should you show up. 121 00:05:43,821 --> 00:05:45,345 By any means necessary. 122 00:05:47,259 --> 00:05:48,522 Fine. 123 00:05:48,565 --> 00:05:49,479 I'm leaving. 124 00:06:05,408 --> 00:06:07,932 -Betty! -Polly. 125 00:06:15,853 --> 00:06:17,115 [Jughead] It's like opening a door. 126 00:06:18,290 --> 00:06:19,379 [breathing heavily] 127 00:06:21,250 --> 00:06:22,251 It's like opening a door. 128 00:06:32,261 --> 00:06:33,393 Like opening a door... 129 00:06:45,709 --> 00:06:48,103 Hello, darkness, my old friend. 130 00:06:50,584 --> 00:06:54,283 Well... you first. 131 00:07:02,639 --> 00:07:06,513 Whoa, whoa! What the hell are you doing here? 132 00:07:06,556 --> 00:07:09,080 -You can't be in this universe. -Okay. 133 00:07:09,559 --> 00:07:10,604 Hi. 134 00:07:10,647 --> 00:07:12,649 Are you the person that's been going 135 00:07:12,693 --> 00:07:15,086 through my portals and stealing my stories? 136 00:07:15,130 --> 00:07:16,000 I'm sorry. 137 00:07:16,610 --> 00:07:17,915 Steal your stories? 138 00:07:19,569 --> 00:07:21,658 Everything you've been writing, you have clearly stolen 139 00:07:21,702 --> 00:07:24,705 from what you've overheard happening here in Rivervale. 140 00:07:24,748 --> 00:07:27,447 Wait, did you just say Rivervale? 141 00:07:28,535 --> 00:07:29,971 Is that where we are? 142 00:07:30,014 --> 00:07:32,626 Some alternate, parallel universe? 143 00:07:32,669 --> 00:07:36,847 Yes, Rivervale, as opposed to your Riverdale. 144 00:07:36,891 --> 00:07:39,807 I think you'd better start talking. 145 00:07:39,850 --> 00:07:43,550 [Jughead] So this other "Bunker" Jughead told us about Riverdale 146 00:07:43,593 --> 00:07:47,292 and Rivervale being conjoined parallel universes. 147 00:07:47,336 --> 00:07:49,469 And how they started to bleed into each other 148 00:07:49,512 --> 00:07:51,732 and how both would have self-destructed if the explosion 149 00:07:51,775 --> 00:07:54,648 in Archie's bedroom hadn't separated the two. 150 00:07:54,691 --> 00:07:56,214 One catch. 151 00:07:56,258 --> 00:07:58,565 See, Rivervale was feeding off of Riverdale. 152 00:07:58,608 --> 00:08:03,526 Anything that was happening in Riverdale was also happening here in Rivervale. 153 00:08:03,570 --> 00:08:04,658 But it was darker. 154 00:08:04,701 --> 00:08:06,529 It was even more twisted and messed up. 155 00:08:06,573 --> 00:08:11,403 People were dying, the universes were unstable, and then they split. 156 00:08:11,447 --> 00:08:16,496 Riverdale was saved, but I had to stay down here 157 00:08:16,539 --> 00:08:19,847 and keep writing in order to keep Rivervale going. 158 00:08:21,196 --> 00:08:22,589 Okay, so... 159 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:26,636 you're like a living battery 160 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:30,118 -whose imagination fuels this universe? -Yeah. 161 00:08:31,554 --> 00:08:32,729 That sucks. 162 00:08:32,773 --> 00:08:34,296 Yeah. 163 00:08:34,339 --> 00:08:36,777 And then the portals opened to Riverdale, 164 00:08:36,820 --> 00:08:38,343 and I heard you typing away. 165 00:08:38,387 --> 00:08:39,649 So, I thought, 166 00:08:39,693 --> 00:08:41,738 oh, I would go and borrow some of your stories 167 00:08:41,782 --> 00:08:43,348 for inspiration. 168 00:08:43,392 --> 00:08:46,177 But they were all just recycled stories from Rivervale. 169 00:08:46,221 --> 00:08:48,397 And anyhow, the portal's closed. 170 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,966 The portal's closed because someone named Percival Pickens killed me. 171 00:08:52,009 --> 00:08:53,707 That's why we're here. 172 00:08:53,750 --> 00:08:56,274 Percival is trying to take over or destroy Riverdale. 173 00:08:56,318 --> 00:08:58,712 And we're looking for information for how to stop him. 174 00:08:58,755 --> 00:09:00,714 I mean, is it possible that there's another version 175 00:09:00,757 --> 00:09:04,587 of Percival Pickens here in Rivervale? 176 00:09:04,631 --> 00:09:06,676 Well, not that I know of. 177 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:08,896 But it's possible. I don't leave the bunker much. 178 00:09:08,939 --> 00:09:10,724 Like, ever, actually. 179 00:09:10,767 --> 00:09:13,030 There's no paper trail for Percival in Riverdale. 180 00:09:13,074 --> 00:09:14,771 But maybe there's one here. 181 00:09:14,815 --> 00:09:15,642 We were thinking about checking out 182 00:09:15,685 --> 00:09:17,600 the Blossom archives. 183 00:09:17,644 --> 00:09:19,167 Maybe they're different here. 184 00:09:19,210 --> 00:09:20,690 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 185 00:09:20,734 --> 00:09:23,084 No. Uh-uh. You can't go up there. 186 00:09:23,127 --> 00:09:25,565 Not since the "Great Forgetting." 187 00:09:25,608 --> 00:09:28,219 Everything in Rivervale is in a very delicate balance. 188 00:09:28,263 --> 00:09:30,482 Everything is holding on just so, 189 00:09:30,526 --> 00:09:32,615 and it started to get nice and quiet. 190 00:09:32,659 --> 00:09:35,183 Well, the opposite is happening in Riverdale. 191 00:09:35,226 --> 00:09:38,490 Things are getting crazier, more supernatural. 192 00:09:38,534 --> 00:09:41,798 What if Rivervale is now bleeding into 193 00:09:41,842 --> 00:09:43,887 and wreaking havoc in Riverdale? 194 00:09:43,931 --> 00:09:48,849 Be that as it may, if someone sees you interacting with your counterparts, 195 00:09:48,892 --> 00:09:51,678 it could precipitate another crisis. 196 00:09:51,721 --> 00:09:54,550 Well, aren't you my counterpart? 197 00:09:54,594 --> 00:09:55,725 Uh, technically, no. 198 00:09:55,769 --> 00:09:57,684 There are two Jugheads in this universe. 199 00:09:57,727 --> 00:09:58,815 Me and another one. 200 00:09:58,859 --> 00:10:00,730 And he's up topside, 201 00:10:00,774 --> 00:10:01,818 he's living his best life 202 00:10:01,862 --> 00:10:04,734 and I have to toil away down here. 203 00:10:04,778 --> 00:10:06,736 We will be careful. 204 00:10:06,780 --> 00:10:09,217 I'm assuming that Nana and Cheryl live at Thornhill still. 205 00:10:09,913 --> 00:10:12,960 So, Nana Blossom, 206 00:10:13,003 --> 00:10:16,485 her consciousness went into Cheryl's body. 207 00:10:16,528 --> 00:10:20,054 Which is actually Abigail's immortal body. 208 00:10:20,097 --> 00:10:21,882 -We'll figure it out. -Yeah. 209 00:10:21,925 --> 00:10:23,318 No, no, no. 210 00:10:23,361 --> 00:10:26,408 That could lead to a string of cataclysmic events. 211 00:10:26,451 --> 00:10:28,366 That is what we're facing back in Riverdale. 212 00:10:28,845 --> 00:10:30,281 But do not worry. 213 00:10:30,325 --> 00:10:33,720 We will do our best to avoid ourselves. 214 00:10:43,643 --> 00:10:46,994 Well, Mr. Mayor. Where would you like to start? 215 00:10:47,037 --> 00:10:49,387 The year was 1580. 216 00:10:49,431 --> 00:10:53,348 And a ship named the Ruby Pearl arrived on these fair shores 217 00:10:53,391 --> 00:10:56,264 carrying a motley assortment of passengers. 218 00:10:56,307 --> 00:10:59,702 Passengers who'd left the Old World for a myriad of reasons. 219 00:10:59,746 --> 00:11:01,443 In any case, 220 00:11:01,486 --> 00:11:04,098 these hardy settlers founded the first colonies of the New World 221 00:11:04,141 --> 00:11:08,755 on fertile land by a river as sweet as it was restorative. 222 00:11:08,798 --> 00:11:11,279 And are you referring to Sweetwater River? 223 00:11:11,322 --> 00:11:12,584 Mmm. 224 00:11:13,803 --> 00:11:15,892 I was among those early settlers. 225 00:11:16,763 --> 00:11:18,242 How is that possible? 226 00:11:18,286 --> 00:11:21,115 Patience, Alice. All will be revealed in time. 227 00:11:21,158 --> 00:11:23,726 Making the journey with me, were the ancestors of many 228 00:11:23,770 --> 00:11:25,423 who still reside here today. 229 00:11:25,467 --> 00:11:26,990 Asher Andrews, 230 00:11:27,034 --> 00:11:29,253 Blessing Cooper, 231 00:11:29,297 --> 00:11:31,168 James Jones, 232 00:11:31,212 --> 00:11:32,517 Charity Blossom. 233 00:11:32,561 --> 00:11:34,084 They began building up 234 00:11:34,128 --> 00:11:37,174 Sweetwater Village like good little workers. 235 00:11:37,218 --> 00:11:40,525 While I, on the other hand, pursued less wholesome interests. 236 00:11:40,569 --> 00:11:42,353 Witchcraft and sorcery. 237 00:11:42,397 --> 00:11:44,747 Every night, while my neighbors slept, 238 00:11:44,791 --> 00:11:48,446 I disappeared into the Sweetwater woods to perform arcane rituals. 239 00:11:48,490 --> 00:11:50,927 And it was on one such night that my activities 240 00:11:50,971 --> 00:11:52,842 involving a girl from our settlement 241 00:11:52,886 --> 00:11:56,150 were interrupted by the untimely arrival 242 00:11:56,193 --> 00:11:58,848 of Asher Andrews. 243 00:11:58,892 --> 00:12:01,938 I was brought before Sweetwater Village's Council. 244 00:12:01,982 --> 00:12:05,028 Their judgment, swift and cruel. 245 00:12:05,072 --> 00:12:08,162 I was to be executed for my crimes. 246 00:12:08,205 --> 00:12:15,778 Left in the woods to die a slow, agonizing death from starvation and exposure. 247 00:12:15,822 --> 00:12:19,042 And what exactly were your crimes, Mr. Mayor? 248 00:12:19,086 --> 00:12:21,088 I was trying to conjure the devil, Alice. 249 00:12:21,131 --> 00:12:24,308 And while my ritual wasn't completed, 250 00:12:24,352 --> 00:12:26,310 I had succeeded in getting his attention. 251 00:12:29,444 --> 00:12:30,967 I'll never forget that night. 252 00:12:35,232 --> 00:12:37,539 He told me he'd been attracted by my spell, 253 00:12:37,582 --> 00:12:39,280 then enticed by my fate. 254 00:12:43,197 --> 00:12:46,896 He offered my freedom at the price of my soul. 255 00:12:52,423 --> 00:12:53,773 [Polly] Hey, there. 256 00:12:54,338 --> 00:12:55,949 Feeling better? 257 00:12:57,428 --> 00:12:58,299 Yeah... 258 00:12:59,909 --> 00:13:01,389 Polly, is it really you? 259 00:13:01,432 --> 00:13:02,607 It is. 260 00:13:02,651 --> 00:13:03,783 It's really me. 261 00:13:07,177 --> 00:13:08,483 Oh, my God. 262 00:13:08,526 --> 00:13:09,832 [sobbing] 263 00:13:13,096 --> 00:13:14,184 I'm so sorry. 264 00:13:15,969 --> 00:13:18,319 I'm so sorry for everything. 265 00:13:18,362 --> 00:13:20,974 I'm so sorry for the fight that we had, 266 00:13:21,017 --> 00:13:22,845 that I wasn't a better sister to you, 267 00:13:22,889 --> 00:13:26,544 that I wasn't able to protect you or save you. 268 00:13:26,588 --> 00:13:27,850 Betty. 269 00:13:27,894 --> 00:13:30,070 None of that matters now. 270 00:13:30,113 --> 00:13:33,638 All of that pain, all that suffering, it just... 271 00:13:33,682 --> 00:13:35,205 fell away. 272 00:13:35,249 --> 00:13:38,034 And I don't need you to explain or apologize for anything. 273 00:13:38,078 --> 00:13:40,471 You never did anything to hurt me. 274 00:13:40,515 --> 00:13:41,821 I'm the reason that you died. 275 00:13:44,475 --> 00:13:45,476 And if we hadn't fought-- 276 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:47,043 No, Betty. 277 00:13:47,870 --> 00:13:49,741 I forgive you. 278 00:13:49,785 --> 00:13:52,614 There's nothing to forgive you for. But I forgive you. 279 00:13:52,657 --> 00:13:53,745 But you don't understand. 280 00:13:53,789 --> 00:13:55,443 They're telling me-- 281 00:13:55,486 --> 00:13:57,967 They're telling me that I'm the Harlot of Babylon, Polly, 282 00:13:58,011 --> 00:14:00,056 and that I won't be able to get into heaven. 283 00:14:00,709 --> 00:14:01,579 Who? 284 00:14:01,623 --> 00:14:03,103 Who told you that? 285 00:14:03,146 --> 00:14:06,671 It doesn't matter because it's how I feel about myself. 286 00:14:06,715 --> 00:14:09,152 I've felt that way before, too. 287 00:14:09,196 --> 00:14:14,941 But I am here to tell you that you are worth so much more than that. 288 00:14:14,984 --> 00:14:18,422 So please just sit with that fact and then let it all go. 289 00:14:19,597 --> 00:14:20,598 I don't think I can't. 290 00:14:20,642 --> 00:14:21,861 There's too much... 291 00:14:23,863 --> 00:14:26,343 darkness churning inside me, Polly. 292 00:14:26,387 --> 00:14:28,302 Just be still. 293 00:14:28,345 --> 00:14:32,262 Be a vessel and let grace wash over you. 294 00:14:32,306 --> 00:14:33,742 Fill you. 295 00:14:33,785 --> 00:14:36,919 Think about being a good person because you are one. 296 00:14:42,794 --> 00:14:44,144 As if I wouldn't be able to access 297 00:14:44,187 --> 00:14:49,062 the Babylonium security cameras remotely. Idiots. 298 00:14:49,105 --> 00:14:53,283 Okay. Let's see exactly what's going on in my casino. 299 00:14:58,027 --> 00:14:59,159 [groaning] 300 00:15:00,029 --> 00:15:01,639 Dad! Dad! 301 00:15:01,683 --> 00:15:03,119 -What the hell? -Dad! 302 00:15:03,163 --> 00:15:05,078 Hey! Help! Help! We need a medic! Help! 303 00:15:05,121 --> 00:15:06,906 -Come on! -[gasps] 304 00:15:07,950 --> 00:15:09,169 What happened? 305 00:15:09,212 --> 00:15:10,561 My dad just had a heart attack. 306 00:15:10,605 --> 00:15:11,954 We gotta get him to the hospital. 307 00:15:23,531 --> 00:15:25,968 Let us out of the vault or your boy here dies. 308 00:15:26,012 --> 00:15:27,013 [Frank] You won't do it. 309 00:15:27,056 --> 00:15:28,014 You're a clown, not a killer. 310 00:15:28,057 --> 00:15:29,885 You're all right with this? 311 00:15:29,929 --> 00:15:32,670 I'm not pointing the gun at you, Reggie. 312 00:15:32,714 --> 00:15:34,150 I'm trained on Tom. 313 00:15:34,194 --> 00:15:36,109 And he knows that I'm prepared to pull the trigger 314 00:15:36,152 --> 00:15:38,024 because Tom and I are soldiers. 315 00:15:38,067 --> 00:15:39,503 We know what we're fighting for. 316 00:15:39,547 --> 00:15:41,418 We're prepared to kill for it. 317 00:15:41,462 --> 00:15:42,942 And die for it. 318 00:15:42,985 --> 00:15:47,163 So, if you don't let Tom go by the count of three, 319 00:15:47,207 --> 00:15:49,296 you're gonna have his blood on your hands. 320 00:15:49,339 --> 00:15:50,819 One... 321 00:15:52,081 --> 00:15:53,126 Two... 322 00:16:00,089 --> 00:16:02,396 Don't ever do anything like that again, 323 00:16:02,439 --> 00:16:04,789 because next time I'm just gonna shoot. 324 00:16:04,833 --> 00:16:06,878 Come on, Dad. This isn't you. 325 00:16:06,922 --> 00:16:08,576 This is Percival controlling you. 326 00:16:08,619 --> 00:16:10,056 You need to fight him. 327 00:16:10,099 --> 00:16:11,492 [Sheriff Keller] Look at the bright side, son. 328 00:16:11,535 --> 00:16:13,668 With this execution, Percival is going to make you 329 00:16:13,711 --> 00:16:16,714 more famous than you ever would have gotten on your own. 330 00:16:16,758 --> 00:16:18,020 [sighs] 331 00:16:25,723 --> 00:16:26,942 Oh, my gosh. Jughead! Hi. 332 00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:28,030 Hi. 333 00:16:28,074 --> 00:16:29,510 What's up? 334 00:16:29,553 --> 00:16:32,948 We were hoping to take a look at the Blossom archives. 335 00:16:32,992 --> 00:16:36,038 -We're doing some research for-- -A new comic book project? 336 00:16:36,082 --> 00:16:37,692 That's so exciting! 337 00:16:37,735 --> 00:16:40,347 But unfortunately, the Blossom archives got transferred 338 00:16:40,390 --> 00:16:42,131 to Highsmith College two years ago. 339 00:16:42,175 --> 00:16:44,394 Oh-kay. 340 00:16:44,438 --> 00:16:46,918 Well, in that case, can we talk to Nana Blossom? 341 00:16:46,962 --> 00:16:49,008 And ask her a few questions. 342 00:16:49,965 --> 00:16:51,662 [Jughead] What happened to her? 343 00:16:51,706 --> 00:16:55,101 When Nana's consciousness was transferred into Abigail's body, 344 00:16:55,144 --> 00:16:57,755 her old ailments transferred as well. 345 00:16:57,799 --> 00:17:02,456 So while her body's young, her brains succumbed to Nana's dementia. 346 00:17:02,499 --> 00:17:04,153 [Tabitha] Could you still go into her mind 347 00:17:04,197 --> 00:17:06,112 and look for anything she might know about Percival? 348 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,118 Britta, we're going to sit with Nana for bit. 349 00:17:12,161 --> 00:17:13,945 Do you think you could brew us some tea? 350 00:17:20,474 --> 00:17:22,041 [breathing heavily] 351 00:17:25,131 --> 00:17:26,219 [cat meowing] 352 00:17:44,541 --> 00:17:45,412 [Tabitha] Anything? 353 00:17:50,025 --> 00:17:52,158 No, it's a lost cause. 354 00:17:52,201 --> 00:17:53,811 And there goes our best shot to find out 355 00:17:53,855 --> 00:17:56,031 if Nana or any of the Blossoms knew anything about Percival. 356 00:17:56,075 --> 00:17:57,728 Um, the tea's brewing. 357 00:17:57,772 --> 00:17:59,991 But in the meantime, would you mind signing these for me? 358 00:18:03,343 --> 00:18:04,518 The Superteens? 359 00:18:04,561 --> 00:18:06,128 I'm a huge fan. 360 00:18:06,172 --> 00:18:07,303 I mean, who isn't? 361 00:18:07,347 --> 00:18:09,262 I have multiple copies of every issue. 362 00:18:09,610 --> 00:18:11,438 Whoa! 363 00:18:11,481 --> 00:18:14,136 [Tabitha] These must be written by Rivervale's Jughead. 364 00:18:14,180 --> 00:18:15,746 Not the one in the bunker. 365 00:18:15,790 --> 00:18:18,227 The other one. 366 00:18:18,271 --> 00:18:20,316 Do these characters look familiar to you? 367 00:18:20,360 --> 00:18:25,104 Yeah, and it looks like their powers correspond to ours back home. 368 00:18:25,147 --> 00:18:26,453 That can't be a coincidence. 369 00:18:26,496 --> 00:18:28,977 It's not. Jughead, look. 370 00:18:29,673 --> 00:18:32,154 Who is this again? 371 00:18:32,198 --> 00:18:33,242 [Rivervale Britta] You're joking, right? 372 00:18:33,286 --> 00:18:36,115 That's the Superteens' archnemesis. 373 00:18:36,158 --> 00:18:37,986 The mad wizard, Percy the Perverse. 374 00:18:40,554 --> 00:18:41,729 Weird question. 375 00:18:41,772 --> 00:18:43,861 Do I still do all of my writing at Pop's? 376 00:18:43,905 --> 00:18:46,734 Yeah, in your booth. 377 00:18:46,777 --> 00:18:48,301 It's kind of your thing. 378 00:18:50,041 --> 00:18:51,173 Thanks. 379 00:19:01,923 --> 00:19:06,319 Jay-Jay, it is sublime to be together again in companionable silence. 380 00:19:07,537 --> 00:19:11,150 But tell me, are you happy to be back? 381 00:19:11,193 --> 00:19:13,239 I am. 382 00:19:13,282 --> 00:19:15,502 I'm so glad that I don't have to fight in that war. 383 00:19:17,417 --> 00:19:18,722 What war? 384 00:19:18,766 --> 00:19:21,160 [knock at door] 385 00:19:21,203 --> 00:19:22,726 I know why Percival's building the ghost train. 386 00:19:26,077 --> 00:19:28,254 Jay-Jay spilled the tea whilst I was painting his portrait. 387 00:19:28,297 --> 00:19:31,344 Turns out Percival's long-dead relation General Augustus Pickens 388 00:19:31,387 --> 00:19:34,216 is going around the Sweet Hereafter, drafting dead strapping souls 389 00:19:34,260 --> 00:19:37,219 like my dear brother to fight a war against the living here in Riverdale. 390 00:19:37,263 --> 00:19:39,221 And Percival's using the ghost train 391 00:19:39,265 --> 00:19:41,223 to ship them to Riverdale so he can invade us. 392 00:19:41,267 --> 00:19:42,616 When does Jason think this is going to happen? 393 00:19:42,659 --> 00:19:44,357 In advance of Bailey's Comet's arrival. 394 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:46,228 So then there's still time. 395 00:19:46,272 --> 00:19:48,578 -To do what? -To build a bomb. 396 00:19:48,622 --> 00:19:51,407 So we can blow up the train tracks and stop Percival. 397 00:19:51,451 --> 00:19:52,930 [cell phone vibrating] 398 00:19:52,974 --> 00:19:54,323 It's Veronica. 399 00:19:54,367 --> 00:19:56,804 She may have dug up some intel from the Babylonium. 400 00:19:56,847 --> 00:20:00,851 So Reggie, Kevin and Mr. Mantle are all prisoners of war? 401 00:20:00,895 --> 00:20:05,247 Exactly. And given the three guillotines I spied on the Babylonium stage, 402 00:20:05,291 --> 00:20:07,336 I suspect they're going to be executed. 403 00:20:07,380 --> 00:20:08,946 Sooner rather than later 404 00:20:08,990 --> 00:20:11,471 if you blow up Percival's precious train tracks. 405 00:20:11,514 --> 00:20:13,299 [sighs] 406 00:20:13,342 --> 00:20:15,431 Okay. So we need to get them out first and then blow up the tracks. 407 00:20:15,475 --> 00:20:18,434 [Veronica] I just don't think that's going to be possible, Archie. 408 00:20:25,093 --> 00:20:26,442 [creaking] 409 00:20:37,453 --> 00:20:39,107 -Hey. -God! 410 00:20:39,150 --> 00:20:42,153 Are you okay? How are you feeling? 411 00:20:42,197 --> 00:20:44,243 Definitely not filled with grace. 412 00:20:45,679 --> 00:20:48,159 Betty, taking stock of your life, 413 00:20:48,203 --> 00:20:49,335 what exactly do you think you did 414 00:20:49,378 --> 00:20:51,206 that's so unforgivable? 415 00:20:53,904 --> 00:20:55,384 Okay. Where do I start? 416 00:20:55,428 --> 00:20:58,996 I killed our family cat with a rock, Polly. 417 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:00,520 You were eight. 418 00:21:00,563 --> 00:21:01,825 Caramel was suffering. 419 00:21:01,869 --> 00:21:03,914 Dad was influencing you. 420 00:21:03,958 --> 00:21:05,307 That doesn't make you a bad person. 421 00:21:06,308 --> 00:21:07,440 So what else? 422 00:21:09,877 --> 00:21:14,360 I know it may sound stupid, but I still feel awful 423 00:21:14,403 --> 00:21:16,492 about kissing Archie in high school. 424 00:21:18,146 --> 00:21:19,974 I betrayed Jughead. 425 00:21:20,017 --> 00:21:21,454 I betrayed Veronica. 426 00:21:21,497 --> 00:21:24,544 I broke apart our friend group right before graduation. 427 00:21:24,587 --> 00:21:28,504 That's definite Harlot of Riverdale behavior, if you ask me. 428 00:21:28,548 --> 00:21:30,941 Betty, that kiss doesn't make you a harlot. 429 00:21:30,985 --> 00:21:34,205 Sorry. So liberate yourself from that, too, 430 00:21:34,249 --> 00:21:40,211 But also forgive yourself for falling out of love with Jughead. 431 00:21:40,255 --> 00:21:44,215 That happens, and it doesn't make you a bad person, either. 432 00:21:44,259 --> 00:21:46,479 So what else? 433 00:21:47,828 --> 00:21:49,264 Hmm? 434 00:21:49,308 --> 00:21:50,483 What aren't you telling me? 435 00:21:51,222 --> 00:21:52,876 [sighs] 436 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:56,576 When Percival was coming at us with those plagues, 437 00:21:56,619 --> 00:22:00,014 I gave myself a crash course in all things biblical, 438 00:22:00,057 --> 00:22:03,713 including the Harlot of Babylon, but also Cain 439 00:22:05,454 --> 00:22:08,457 who was forever marked by his sin. 440 00:22:09,458 --> 00:22:10,981 The mark of Cain. 441 00:22:11,025 --> 00:22:12,853 I am marked, Polly. 442 00:22:14,507 --> 00:22:17,423 I have been marked since birth. 443 00:22:18,554 --> 00:22:21,296 The MAOA gene. 444 00:22:21,340 --> 00:22:23,342 I wondered if we'd circle back to that. 445 00:22:24,430 --> 00:22:26,432 I'm evil, Polly. 446 00:22:28,956 --> 00:22:30,653 It's written in my DNA. 447 00:22:33,439 --> 00:22:35,528 You may not think so, but other people do. 448 00:22:36,790 --> 00:22:39,227 They've told me as much. 449 00:22:39,270 --> 00:22:40,141 You're the evil! 450 00:22:40,184 --> 00:22:41,534 You're the threat! 451 00:22:41,577 --> 00:22:44,406 You're a cold, fake, duplicitous bitch. 452 00:22:44,450 --> 00:22:45,755 [man] You're one of us. 453 00:22:45,799 --> 00:22:47,540 An American psycho. 454 00:22:49,019 --> 00:22:52,458 Betty, I think I know something that may help. 455 00:22:57,071 --> 00:23:01,249 Remember what Bunker Jughead said would happen if we confronted ourselves? 456 00:23:01,292 --> 00:23:04,426 Well, yeah, it would be a catastrophe if someone saw us together. 457 00:23:04,470 --> 00:23:07,081 Besides, what would I even say? 458 00:23:07,124 --> 00:23:10,084 "Hey, me. Why do all my friends have the same superpowers 459 00:23:10,127 --> 00:23:11,955 as the people you write in your comic books? 460 00:23:11,999 --> 00:23:13,653 What are you, a wizard? 461 00:23:13,696 --> 00:23:15,524 Is everyone in this universal wizard?" 462 00:23:15,568 --> 00:23:19,398 Okay. I have a crazy idea for how we can get the other Jughead alone. 463 00:23:19,441 --> 00:23:22,836 But we just need to wait for Tabitha... Rivervale Tabitha to take out the trash 464 00:23:22,879 --> 00:23:25,404 so that I can put her in a time loop. 465 00:23:26,100 --> 00:23:27,667 Okay. 466 00:23:27,710 --> 00:23:30,365 Okay. You head to our apartment. Their apartment. 467 00:23:30,409 --> 00:23:32,628 I will get the other Jughead, and we will meet you there. 468 00:23:34,543 --> 00:23:38,286 So tell me, did you take the devil's deal? 469 00:23:38,329 --> 00:23:39,461 I did. 470 00:23:39,505 --> 00:23:41,550 After a little negotiation. 471 00:23:41,594 --> 00:23:46,337 You see, I managed to procure from him my immortality as well as my freedom. 472 00:23:46,381 --> 00:23:48,514 Ah, very clever. 473 00:23:48,557 --> 00:23:51,691 How can the devil claim your soul if you never die? 474 00:23:51,734 --> 00:23:53,170 Exactly. 475 00:23:53,214 --> 00:23:55,608 I left Sweetwater Village and spent the next 400 years 476 00:23:55,651 --> 00:23:59,133 going from town to town, acquiring forbidden knowledge. 477 00:23:59,176 --> 00:24:01,657 Knowledge that I would use to conquer or destroy 478 00:24:01,701 --> 00:24:04,094 the town of Rivervale when I returned. 479 00:24:04,138 --> 00:24:05,574 Wait... 480 00:24:05,618 --> 00:24:07,707 Did you say Rivervale? 481 00:24:07,750 --> 00:24:09,186 But did you mean Riverdale? 482 00:24:09,230 --> 00:24:10,840 No, Alice. I meant Rivervale. 483 00:24:11,928 --> 00:24:13,495 Let me explain. 484 00:24:13,539 --> 00:24:15,932 So I was headed back to where Sweetwater Village was founded 485 00:24:15,976 --> 00:24:18,544 to take my revenge on the place some 400 years later. 486 00:24:18,587 --> 00:24:20,328 And a curious thing happened. 487 00:24:22,591 --> 00:24:26,377 As I neared the town limits, I heard the sound of an explosion. 488 00:24:26,421 --> 00:24:28,423 [distant explosion] 489 00:24:28,467 --> 00:24:31,426 And then I noticed the town sign, whereas before it had said 490 00:24:31,470 --> 00:24:32,993 Rivervale plain as day, 491 00:24:33,036 --> 00:24:35,561 now I was being welcomed to Riverdale. 492 00:24:37,563 --> 00:24:39,652 Something had happened, Alice. 493 00:24:39,695 --> 00:24:42,742 I found myself in a new universe. 494 00:24:42,785 --> 00:24:46,267 It seems that on my way back to conquer Rivervale, 495 00:24:46,310 --> 00:24:49,662 I must have stepped through a rift that had opened up. 496 00:24:49,705 --> 00:24:51,620 And so I found myself in a different universe. 497 00:24:51,664 --> 00:24:56,320 This one where Rivervale was called Riverdale. 498 00:24:56,364 --> 00:24:57,757 I am with you so far. 499 00:24:57,800 --> 00:24:59,672 Now, Riverdale was very similar to my home universe, 500 00:24:59,715 --> 00:25:02,675 only seemingly devoid of the supernatural. 501 00:25:02,718 --> 00:25:04,546 But I soon saw an opportunity. 502 00:25:04,590 --> 00:25:05,895 You see, I realized 503 00:25:05,939 --> 00:25:09,203 I was the most powerful being in this new place. 504 00:25:09,246 --> 00:25:10,683 I had magic and immortality. 505 00:25:10,726 --> 00:25:12,554 No one else did. 506 00:25:12,598 --> 00:25:14,774 I also realized that the descendants 507 00:25:14,817 --> 00:25:17,211 of my enemies were still living here, or at least versions of them. 508 00:25:17,254 --> 00:25:20,083 And they were caught up in their petty squabbles, 509 00:25:20,127 --> 00:25:22,172 dramas, romances. 510 00:25:22,216 --> 00:25:25,045 -So your plan for revenge... -Could still happen. 511 00:25:26,525 --> 00:25:27,917 And so I decided to stay. 512 00:25:27,961 --> 00:25:29,049 When no one knew me 513 00:25:29,092 --> 00:25:30,441 or what I was capable of. 514 00:25:30,485 --> 00:25:32,182 I tried to buy Archie Andrews' house. 515 00:25:32,226 --> 00:25:35,969 I became a deputy, joined the council, 516 00:25:36,012 --> 00:25:37,536 opened my shop. 517 00:25:37,579 --> 00:25:39,581 You wove yourself into the fabric of Riverdale. 518 00:25:39,625 --> 00:25:44,673 And as I slowly took it over, I began to sideline my enemies. 519 00:25:44,717 --> 00:25:48,416 But then, another twist of fate. 520 00:25:48,459 --> 00:25:53,595 The descendants of my enemies began developing gifts, abilities, powers 521 00:25:58,513 --> 00:26:02,778 and while this didn't dissuade me, it did complicate matters. 522 00:26:02,822 --> 00:26:06,086 In any case, I focused on building my ghost train 523 00:26:06,129 --> 00:26:09,480 in preparation for the final battle for Riverdale's soul. 524 00:26:10,786 --> 00:26:12,614 A battle I plan on winning. 525 00:26:13,267 --> 00:26:14,964 And why do you think 526 00:26:15,008 --> 00:26:17,706 that some people in Riverdale have started to develop these powers? 527 00:26:17,750 --> 00:26:22,711 Oh, gosh, I can only surmise that as I slipped out of Rivervale, 528 00:26:22,755 --> 00:26:25,105 some of its arcane energies must have escaped 529 00:26:25,148 --> 00:26:27,716 through the fissures between worlds with me. 530 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,066 And these energies seeped into Riverdale, 531 00:26:30,110 --> 00:26:33,635 infecting the townspeople, changing some of them. 532 00:26:33,679 --> 00:26:35,724 You know, water finds its level, Alice. 533 00:26:35,768 --> 00:26:37,639 Perhaps the universe wanted... 534 00:26:37,683 --> 00:26:39,641 Well, if not a fair fight, 535 00:26:39,685 --> 00:26:41,730 at least a more equal one. 536 00:26:41,774 --> 00:26:42,992 It doesn't matter, though, 537 00:26:43,036 --> 00:26:44,864 I've had my powers for centuries. 538 00:26:44,907 --> 00:26:46,909 They've had theirs for weeks and months. 539 00:26:46,953 --> 00:26:50,565 Plus, with Bailey's Comet arriving, I shall be at my most potent. 540 00:27:01,489 --> 00:27:02,795 [Betty] Put your feet in. 541 00:27:03,752 --> 00:27:05,624 -Polly. -Betty. 542 00:27:07,147 --> 00:27:08,061 Please. 543 00:27:26,340 --> 00:27:28,081 There. 544 00:27:28,124 --> 00:27:32,259 The MAOA gene isn't there anymore. 545 00:27:32,302 --> 00:27:34,043 Your original sin is gone. 546 00:27:34,783 --> 00:27:36,263 Washed clean. 547 00:27:36,306 --> 00:27:38,221 -That's impossible. You can't just-- -I did. 548 00:27:39,179 --> 00:27:40,484 It's gone. 549 00:27:40,528 --> 00:27:41,747 That marked part of you. 550 00:27:42,530 --> 00:27:44,271 It isn't there anymore. 551 00:27:44,314 --> 00:27:48,928 You're not the Harlot of Babylon or Riverdale or anywhere else. 552 00:27:53,454 --> 00:27:56,805 Polly, all you did was wash my feet. 553 00:27:56,849 --> 00:27:58,633 As someone did for me 554 00:27:58,677 --> 00:28:00,853 before I walked into the Sweet Hereafter. 555 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:03,029 Now you can enter it, too. 556 00:28:11,907 --> 00:28:14,083 [Tabitha] Hey, can you help me, please? 557 00:28:14,954 --> 00:28:15,868 Hello? 558 00:28:19,306 --> 00:28:20,699 Is someone there? 559 00:28:20,742 --> 00:28:22,048 [Tabitha] Yes. I just need a second. 560 00:28:30,012 --> 00:28:32,275 [Tabitha] Hey. Can you help me, please? 561 00:28:33,363 --> 00:28:34,277 Hello? 562 00:28:36,366 --> 00:28:37,716 Is someone there? 563 00:28:37,759 --> 00:28:38,717 [Tabitha] Yes. I just need a second. 564 00:28:46,986 --> 00:28:50,293 Hey, can you take a break? 565 00:28:50,337 --> 00:28:52,731 Yeah. Where's your uniform? 566 00:28:53,906 --> 00:28:54,820 I'll explain everything. 567 00:28:56,343 --> 00:28:58,562 In private. At home. 568 00:28:58,606 --> 00:29:00,651 [Rivervale Jughead] What's this all about? You're kind of freaking me out. 569 00:29:00,695 --> 00:29:03,785 [Tabitha] Well, be prepared to be even more freaked out. 570 00:29:03,829 --> 00:29:04,743 What are you talking about? 571 00:29:07,354 --> 00:29:08,659 Hey. 572 00:29:08,703 --> 00:29:10,792 Oh, my God. 573 00:29:10,836 --> 00:29:12,489 So, given everything, 574 00:29:12,533 --> 00:29:16,798 we believe that your comics are directly or indirectly 575 00:29:16,842 --> 00:29:19,714 influencing actual events in our world. 576 00:29:19,758 --> 00:29:21,455 Riverdale, where we are from. 577 00:29:21,498 --> 00:29:23,022 Me and my friends have even... 578 00:29:23,065 --> 00:29:25,546 Well, we have superpowers, like in your comics. 579 00:29:25,589 --> 00:29:27,417 I believe you. 580 00:29:27,461 --> 00:29:29,028 I believe in the multiverse. 581 00:29:29,071 --> 00:29:31,291 I believed in multiverses since before it was cool. 582 00:29:31,334 --> 00:29:34,598 Can we ask where you got your inspiration for your comics? 583 00:29:34,642 --> 00:29:37,123 And for these specific powers? 584 00:29:37,166 --> 00:29:40,430 I felt like these powers were good fits for their characters. 585 00:29:40,474 --> 00:29:43,782 Like extensions of their particular personalities. 586 00:29:43,825 --> 00:29:45,696 What about your villain? 587 00:29:45,740 --> 00:29:46,828 Percy the Perverse. 588 00:29:46,872 --> 00:29:47,786 Where did he come from? 589 00:29:49,048 --> 00:29:51,137 A recurring nightmare. 590 00:29:51,180 --> 00:29:54,009 Okay. How do the Superteens defeat him? 591 00:29:55,315 --> 00:29:58,622 Well, as a matter of fact, check this. 592 00:29:58,666 --> 00:30:03,062 -These are some rough pages from my latest issue. -[Tabitha] Oh. 593 00:30:03,105 --> 00:30:07,414 I call it "Death of the Superteens." 594 00:30:07,457 --> 00:30:11,679 In the end, after this epic battle, Percy kills them all. 595 00:30:11,984 --> 00:30:13,420 Why? 596 00:30:13,463 --> 00:30:16,075 Why would you write something so bleak and nihilistic? 597 00:30:16,118 --> 00:30:21,602 Well, honestly, it was kind of a deal I made. 598 00:30:21,645 --> 00:30:24,431 I wanted to be the greatest comic book writer in the world. 599 00:30:24,474 --> 00:30:27,956 Bigger than Alan Moore even, and it worked. 600 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,046 But in exchange, and I was kind of tricked, 601 00:30:31,090 --> 00:30:35,921 but I agreed to only write stories of a certain type. 602 00:30:35,964 --> 00:30:37,357 Grim ones. 603 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:39,228 Ones that would ultimately... 604 00:30:39,272 --> 00:30:40,447 [clears throat] 605 00:30:40,490 --> 00:30:41,927 darken the world. 606 00:30:41,970 --> 00:30:46,888 What kind of person would offer you a deal like this? 607 00:30:47,584 --> 00:30:49,717 A guy named Mr. Cypher. 608 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:51,893 He's the devil, right? 609 00:30:52,763 --> 00:30:53,895 Uh... 610 00:30:53,939 --> 00:30:55,288 Yeah, basically. 611 00:30:55,331 --> 00:30:57,594 Jughead, my friend in the Sweet Hereafter 612 00:30:57,638 --> 00:30:59,379 warned me about someone named... 613 00:31:00,771 --> 00:31:01,685 Cypher. 614 00:31:01,729 --> 00:31:04,210 Where is Cypher now? 615 00:31:04,253 --> 00:31:09,389 I think he has a suite at the Babylonium. 616 00:31:09,432 --> 00:31:12,740 Yeah, no, he's playing in a chess tournament tonight. 617 00:31:12,783 --> 00:31:16,004 It's been called the Ultimate Battle of Good and Evil. 618 00:31:45,991 --> 00:31:48,210 [Jughead] Is that him? Is that Mr. Cypher? 619 00:31:48,950 --> 00:31:51,170 I believe so. 620 00:31:51,213 --> 00:31:53,041 And I know the man playing against him. 621 00:31:53,085 --> 00:31:54,390 That's my guardian angel. 622 00:31:54,434 --> 00:31:56,088 [Jughead] The personification of good 623 00:31:56,131 --> 00:31:58,177 versus the personification of evil. 624 00:31:58,220 --> 00:31:59,743 Well, I guess, depending on who wins-- 625 00:31:59,787 --> 00:32:00,962 [Mr. Cypher] Check. 626 00:32:01,571 --> 00:32:02,746 And mate. 627 00:32:02,790 --> 00:32:05,097 And we have a winner! 628 00:32:05,140 --> 00:32:07,926 Mr. Cypher is the winner! 629 00:32:07,969 --> 00:32:10,102 [all applauding] 630 00:32:10,145 --> 00:32:13,409 That is definitely not a good sign. 631 00:32:13,453 --> 00:32:14,323 Uh-uh. 632 00:32:17,544 --> 00:32:20,373 The Superteens being defeated by Percy the Perverse, 633 00:32:20,416 --> 00:32:23,071 my guardian angel losing to Mr. Cypher. 634 00:32:23,115 --> 00:32:24,986 They're bad omens. I agree. 635 00:32:25,030 --> 00:32:28,163 Good is losing the battle against evil over and over again. 636 00:32:28,207 --> 00:32:30,296 In the pages of a comic book, in a chess game. 637 00:32:30,339 --> 00:32:32,994 But that doesn't mean the same thing is going to happen to us. 638 00:32:33,038 --> 00:32:34,430 Doesn't it? 639 00:32:34,474 --> 00:32:38,086 Events from Rivervale are spilling into Riverdale. 640 00:32:38,130 --> 00:32:40,306 What's symbolic and fictional here 641 00:32:40,349 --> 00:32:42,830 is becoming literal and real back home. 642 00:32:42,873 --> 00:32:44,179 [door opens] 643 00:32:48,227 --> 00:32:49,315 You again. 644 00:32:49,358 --> 00:32:51,708 Look, we're not trying to fight you. 645 00:32:51,752 --> 00:32:56,061 We are just here to ask some questions, and then we'll leave. 646 00:32:56,844 --> 00:32:57,976 Fine. 647 00:32:59,455 --> 00:33:01,501 Make it quick. 648 00:33:01,544 --> 00:33:05,200 Do you know someone named Percival Pickens? 649 00:33:05,244 --> 00:33:08,029 And if so, are you in cahoots with him? 650 00:33:09,770 --> 00:33:12,991 Percival was one of Rivervale's founding fathers. 651 00:33:14,079 --> 00:33:16,081 Sold his soul to me centuries ago. 652 00:33:16,124 --> 00:33:18,779 Well, he's wreaking havoc in Riverdale. 653 00:33:18,822 --> 00:33:20,824 Riverdale? 654 00:33:20,868 --> 00:33:22,957 Is that where he's got to? 655 00:33:23,001 --> 00:33:25,220 Well, I lost track of him a while back. 656 00:33:25,264 --> 00:33:29,007 He was wandering the country becoming a great sorcerer. 657 00:33:29,050 --> 00:33:30,704 Slippery fellow, that one. 658 00:33:30,747 --> 00:33:33,011 Percival isn't the first person who's tried to use the loophole 659 00:33:33,054 --> 00:33:37,406 of immortality to cheat his way out of giving up his soul. 660 00:33:37,450 --> 00:33:39,887 Which always backfires, by the way. 661 00:33:41,715 --> 00:33:44,196 But he is the first to hide in another dimension. 662 00:33:45,893 --> 00:33:47,068 Which is irritating. 663 00:33:47,112 --> 00:33:51,203 Sorry. I can't get more directly involved. 664 00:33:51,246 --> 00:33:53,118 Those are the cosmic rules. 665 00:33:53,161 --> 00:33:55,207 I do wish you luck. 666 00:33:55,250 --> 00:33:56,730 Though you're probably going to lose. 667 00:33:56,773 --> 00:33:59,167 Oh, you're wrong. We will find a way to beat Percival. 668 00:33:59,211 --> 00:34:01,865 We already stymied his attempt to destroy Pop's. 669 00:34:01,909 --> 00:34:05,217 We moved it, so that the final battle can still happen. 670 00:34:05,260 --> 00:34:07,306 [Mr. Cypher] Silly mortal. 671 00:34:07,349 --> 00:34:09,395 If only you knew the truth. 672 00:34:09,438 --> 00:34:10,396 Wait, what truth? 673 00:34:11,527 --> 00:34:13,007 Or I can keep reading your mind. 674 00:34:14,226 --> 00:34:17,838 It's not the diner that's important to Percival. 675 00:34:17,881 --> 00:34:19,405 It's the land. 676 00:34:20,362 --> 00:34:22,321 Why is that? 677 00:34:22,364 --> 00:34:24,714 That's where he was left to die by those early settlers centuries ago. 678 00:34:24,758 --> 00:34:27,195 It's where I came upon him when we made our deal. 679 00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:31,330 It is also, in all realities, 680 00:34:31,373 --> 00:34:32,548 Rivervale, Riverdale, 681 00:34:32,592 --> 00:34:35,203 the sight of a hellmouth. 682 00:34:35,247 --> 00:34:38,380 In the old days, churches used to be built over hellmouths 683 00:34:38,424 --> 00:34:42,080 to contain the dark forces roiling beneath. 684 00:34:42,645 --> 00:34:44,169 Stifle them. 685 00:34:44,604 --> 00:34:45,866 Cap them. 686 00:34:45,909 --> 00:34:48,782 And that was... Pop's. 687 00:34:48,825 --> 00:34:53,134 And it sounds like you've played right into Percival's hands. 688 00:34:53,178 --> 00:34:56,137 And uncorked it when you moved the diner. 689 00:34:56,181 --> 00:35:00,098 And like Bailey's Comet, that's also adding to his power. 690 00:35:00,141 --> 00:35:03,013 Please don't let me keep you any longer. 691 00:35:03,362 --> 00:35:04,232 Come on. 692 00:35:08,889 --> 00:35:11,413 [Alice] Only a few more questions, Mr. Mayor. 693 00:35:11,457 --> 00:35:15,809 Once this epic battle of good versus evil is over, 694 00:35:15,852 --> 00:35:19,987 assuming that you win, what does your Riverdale look like? 695 00:35:20,030 --> 00:35:24,165 You know, when we were coming over from the old country, 696 00:35:24,209 --> 00:35:27,821 the men and women aboard the Pearlwere talking about hopes and dreams 697 00:35:27,864 --> 00:35:30,998 and a new beginning in a land of freedom and opportunity, 698 00:35:31,041 --> 00:35:36,177 with workers' rights and equal rights and good, wholesome family values. 699 00:35:36,221 --> 00:35:40,007 Now, I kept quiet during these discussions because I knew 700 00:35:40,050 --> 00:35:41,791 those things are lies. 701 00:35:41,835 --> 00:35:43,228 You see, given enough time, 702 00:35:43,271 --> 00:35:46,448 society always curdles, rots, corrupts. 703 00:35:46,492 --> 00:35:49,016 I want a land that I rule as I see fit. 704 00:35:49,059 --> 00:35:50,974 Where my enemies are at my mercy. 705 00:35:51,018 --> 00:35:53,542 I want a land controlled by the dark arts, 706 00:35:53,586 --> 00:35:57,111 free from the laws that stifle the rest of this country. 707 00:35:57,155 --> 00:35:59,157 The Sovereign State of Percival. 708 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:00,941 That's what I want Riverdale to be. 709 00:36:00,984 --> 00:36:05,075 A wild, untamed land where I control it all, every last bit. 710 00:36:05,119 --> 00:36:06,251 Even the dead. 711 00:36:08,209 --> 00:36:09,341 [chuckles] 712 00:36:10,255 --> 00:36:12,344 I'm sorry... it just... 713 00:36:13,258 --> 00:36:15,347 sounds so twisted, but... 714 00:36:16,696 --> 00:36:18,263 at least it's honest, eh? 715 00:36:18,306 --> 00:36:21,266 Speaking of which, we have an execution to get to. 716 00:36:25,008 --> 00:36:27,402 [Rivervale Jughead] Look! I told you they'd come back! 717 00:36:27,446 --> 00:36:29,970 You shouldn't have let them out into the world in the first place. 718 00:36:30,013 --> 00:36:31,363 Ethel? 719 00:36:31,406 --> 00:36:32,668 You know about this, too? 720 00:36:32,712 --> 00:36:34,104 Yes. 721 00:36:34,148 --> 00:36:36,368 And thank goodness someone with sense does. 722 00:36:36,411 --> 00:36:38,283 When Riverdale and Rivervale split, 723 00:36:38,326 --> 00:36:43,418 it was supposed to be a clean break between the universes. 724 00:36:43,462 --> 00:36:46,116 But clearly, there's been a bleed. 725 00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:47,596 A lot of bleed. 726 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:49,381 And how? Why? 727 00:36:49,424 --> 00:36:53,298 There has to be something that's fouled things up, that corrupted it. 728 00:36:53,341 --> 00:36:56,214 You were on the other side. 729 00:36:56,257 --> 00:36:58,651 Were you near the explosion when it happened? 730 00:36:58,694 --> 00:37:00,000 Yeah, actually. 731 00:37:00,043 --> 00:37:01,958 I... Not as close as Betty and Archie. 732 00:37:02,002 --> 00:37:03,221 Did they say anything? 733 00:37:04,526 --> 00:37:06,659 About anything beyond the explosion? 734 00:37:06,702 --> 00:37:07,616 No, it was all... 735 00:37:10,663 --> 00:37:12,491 Actually, yeah. Betty... 736 00:37:12,534 --> 00:37:14,841 Betty said that she received a phone call, 737 00:37:14,884 --> 00:37:17,104 like a warning to get out of the bedroom. 738 00:37:17,713 --> 00:37:19,280 Hello? 739 00:37:19,324 --> 00:37:20,325 [distorted voice] Get out of that house, Betty. 740 00:37:21,674 --> 00:37:23,197 Who is this? 741 00:37:23,241 --> 00:37:25,112 Listen to me. There's a bomb underneath the bed. 742 00:37:25,155 --> 00:37:26,156 You need to go now. 743 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:27,332 Right now! 744 00:37:29,159 --> 00:37:30,770 [Rivervale Ethel] I knew it! 745 00:37:30,813 --> 00:37:32,380 Oh! 746 00:37:32,424 --> 00:37:34,991 I knew you called her! 747 00:37:35,035 --> 00:37:37,080 You warned her, didn't you? 748 00:37:37,124 --> 00:37:38,343 Damn it, Jughead! 749 00:37:38,386 --> 00:37:40,475 That's why there wasn't a clean break! 750 00:37:40,519 --> 00:37:42,477 You called your ex-girlfriend! 751 00:37:42,521 --> 00:37:44,436 That's why there are fissures! 752 00:37:44,479 --> 00:37:46,829 Rifts! Seepage between universes! 753 00:37:46,873 --> 00:37:48,527 That's why we have supernatural powers. 754 00:37:48,570 --> 00:37:50,485 And it's why Percival crossed over from Rivervale. 755 00:37:50,529 --> 00:37:53,793 That phone call compromised everything. 756 00:37:53,836 --> 00:37:58,014 And now the parallel universes are influencing each other again! 757 00:37:58,058 --> 00:38:01,409 God, you are so weak, Jughead. 758 00:38:01,453 --> 00:38:05,413 And even now, even still, you love Betty, right? 759 00:38:05,457 --> 00:38:06,936 And that's why you called her. 760 00:38:06,980 --> 00:38:10,244 Even though it's over! It's over, Jughead! 761 00:38:10,288 --> 00:38:11,593 I was trying to save her life! 762 00:38:12,594 --> 00:38:14,509 Her and Archie! 763 00:38:14,553 --> 00:38:15,641 Ethel, they're still my best friends! 764 00:38:15,684 --> 00:38:17,425 Even if they're in another universe. 765 00:38:17,469 --> 00:38:20,298 -We're just going to go. -Yeah, you go, you go! 766 00:38:20,341 --> 00:38:21,690 And you. [scoffs] 767 00:38:21,734 --> 00:38:24,606 Now it's my job to clean everybody's mess. 768 00:38:24,650 --> 00:38:28,175 -Story of my life! I swear... -[portal whooshing] 769 00:38:32,222 --> 00:38:34,050 -That was... -Chilling. 770 00:38:34,094 --> 00:38:36,575 But we know a lot more than we did before we went there. 771 00:38:38,446 --> 00:38:39,491 We should update everyone else. 772 00:38:42,537 --> 00:38:46,236 What about a spell, Cheryl, or some incantation? 773 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,413 Heather is looking through all her grimoires right now, 774 00:38:48,456 --> 00:38:51,416 but so far she hasn't found anything strong enough to touch Percival. 775 00:38:51,459 --> 00:38:52,721 [door opens] 776 00:38:52,765 --> 00:38:54,506 We have intel. About Percival. 777 00:38:54,549 --> 00:38:56,029 We know where he comes from. 778 00:38:56,072 --> 00:38:57,291 We know how he got his powers. 779 00:38:57,335 --> 00:38:58,684 We know how we got our powers. 780 00:39:01,121 --> 00:39:02,644 What's going on here? 781 00:39:02,688 --> 00:39:05,212 What happened? What did we miss? 782 00:39:05,255 --> 00:39:09,695 Kevin, Reggie and Mr. Mantle are being held hostage at the Babylonium. 783 00:39:10,957 --> 00:39:12,350 They're going to be executed. 784 00:39:14,090 --> 00:39:15,483 I think I can help with that. 785 00:39:23,448 --> 00:39:24,797 [crackling] 786 00:39:29,932 --> 00:39:31,238 Jughead, what the hell? 787 00:39:31,281 --> 00:39:32,413 I heard you guys were in trouble. 788 00:39:32,892 --> 00:39:34,372 Came to save you. 789 00:39:34,415 --> 00:39:35,547 Come on, let's go. 790 00:39:45,121 --> 00:39:47,341 [Veronica] Archie, the prisoners are out. 791 00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:49,430 We're in the clear. We are good to blow the train tracks. 792 00:39:52,694 --> 00:39:53,565 [beeping] 793 00:39:55,262 --> 00:39:57,395 [explosion] 794 00:40:05,403 --> 00:40:06,491 [cell phone chimes] 795 00:40:08,754 --> 00:40:09,668 I don't understand. 796 00:40:10,886 --> 00:40:12,845 This is impossible. Where did they go? 797 00:40:14,542 --> 00:40:16,414 Boss, we have another problem. 798 00:40:18,590 --> 00:40:20,505 Someone blew up the train tracks. 799 00:40:24,204 --> 00:40:26,641 My only regret is that we didn't get to see his face 800 00:40:26,685 --> 00:40:29,514 when he opened the vault and saw we weren't there. 801 00:40:29,557 --> 00:40:31,777 Damn. Saved by Donnie Darko. 802 00:40:31,820 --> 00:40:33,909 -Thanks, bro. -Yeah, of course. 803 00:40:33,953 --> 00:40:37,391 The prisoners are freed, the tracks for the ghost train are decimated. 804 00:40:37,435 --> 00:40:39,045 I mean, today was an excellent day. 805 00:40:39,088 --> 00:40:41,177 For sure, but those were only skirmishes. 806 00:40:41,221 --> 00:40:42,701 The real war hasn't even started yet. 807 00:40:42,744 --> 00:40:45,878 And we still don't know what that's even gonna look like. 808 00:40:45,921 --> 00:40:47,619 But thanks to you and Jug, 809 00:40:47,662 --> 00:40:50,012 we know a lot more than we did ten hours ago. 810 00:40:50,056 --> 00:40:52,493 And we have a better idea of what to get done before Bailey's Comet-- 811 00:40:52,537 --> 00:40:53,668 [cell phones chiming] 812 00:40:57,237 --> 00:40:58,630 What's this? 813 00:40:58,673 --> 00:41:00,632 A group text. And it's not from moi? 814 00:41:03,548 --> 00:41:04,679 What are we looking at here? 815 00:41:08,030 --> 00:41:10,859 Those are the guillotines I saw at the Babylonium. 816 00:41:10,903 --> 00:41:13,645 -Wait. But who are-- -That's my mom. 817 00:41:14,776 --> 00:41:16,778 -And Uncle Frank. -And my dad. 818 00:41:19,738 --> 00:41:21,609 [cell phones chiming] 819 00:41:21,653 --> 00:41:23,263 "Let it be known that at midnight tonight, 820 00:41:23,306 --> 00:41:25,308 the political dissidents Alice Cooper, Thomas Keller 821 00:41:25,352 --> 00:41:29,530 and Frank Andrews were executed for their treasonous crimes 822 00:41:29,574 --> 00:41:31,706 against the township of Riverdale." 823 00:41:31,750 --> 00:41:34,143 No, no, no, no. He's... he's lying. 824 00:41:34,187 --> 00:41:36,537 That's It's a trick. 825 00:41:36,581 --> 00:41:38,713 It's a mind game. Okay, that can't be real. 826 00:41:38,757 --> 00:41:42,021 [Jughead] But it was. Archie was wrong. 827 00:41:42,064 --> 00:41:44,763 The war had, in fact, already started. 828 00:41:44,806 --> 00:41:47,505 And Percival had drawn first blood.