1 00:00:04,352 --> 00:00:06,310 [Jughead] Well, it's not every day you learn that you're at ground zero 2 00:00:06,354 --> 00:00:07,877 of an extinction-level event. 3 00:00:08,486 --> 00:00:10,271 In less than 18 hours, 4 00:00:10,314 --> 00:00:13,187 Bailey's Comet was going to obliterate Riverdale, 5 00:00:13,230 --> 00:00:17,104 one last twist of the knife, courtesy of Percival Pickens. 6 00:00:17,147 --> 00:00:19,454 And there was nothing we could do to stop it 7 00:00:19,497 --> 00:00:21,456 or apparently escape. 8 00:00:21,499 --> 00:00:22,761 What did you find out? 9 00:00:22,805 --> 00:00:24,589 I've had the Serpents out all night, 10 00:00:24,633 --> 00:00:27,462 on every road and every highway. 11 00:00:27,505 --> 00:00:29,072 And all along the town's limits, 12 00:00:29,116 --> 00:00:31,074 there's some sort of invisible barrier 13 00:00:31,118 --> 00:00:33,076 completely surrounding Riverdale, 14 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:34,512 and it's keeping us from leaving it. 15 00:00:34,556 --> 00:00:36,688 Yeah, it gets crazier, though. 16 00:00:36,732 --> 00:00:40,431 When we were out there on the highway, a car drove into town. 17 00:00:40,475 --> 00:00:43,130 Like there was no barrier. 18 00:00:43,173 --> 00:00:46,524 So it's basically, like, we're trapped in a roach motel. 19 00:00:46,568 --> 00:00:48,135 You can get in, but you can't get out. 20 00:00:48,178 --> 00:00:50,180 Jughead, what about opening up a portal? 21 00:00:50,224 --> 00:00:52,182 I mean, I'll take any dimension over this one at the moment. 22 00:00:52,226 --> 00:00:56,230 I tried. I can only open portals within town limits. 23 00:00:56,273 --> 00:00:57,492 No other dimension. 24 00:00:57,535 --> 00:00:58,580 [Archie] Tabitha, what about you? 25 00:00:58,623 --> 00:01:00,103 Have you tried to time travel? 26 00:01:00,147 --> 00:01:02,453 Every time line I've gone to, past and future, 27 00:01:02,497 --> 00:01:06,457 there's always a comet that's about to destroy Riverdale imminently. 28 00:01:06,501 --> 00:01:08,546 - How the hell is this happening? - It's Percival. 29 00:01:08,590 --> 00:01:10,026 But was he really powerful enough 30 00:01:10,070 --> 00:01:12,028 to get Bailey's Comet to change course? 31 00:01:12,072 --> 00:01:14,291 - I mean, it's a comet. - He is 32 00:01:14,335 --> 00:01:16,467 and powerful enough to weave the binding spell 33 00:01:16,511 --> 00:01:18,730 that's keeping us all trapped here. 34 00:01:18,774 --> 00:01:20,732 Shouldn't, like, the government try to shoot the comet out of the sky or something? 35 00:01:20,776 --> 00:01:21,820 Why isn't this all over the Internet? 36 00:01:21,864 --> 00:01:23,257 It's a facet of the spell. 37 00:01:23,300 --> 00:01:25,259 Percival doesn't want anyone to help us, 38 00:01:25,302 --> 00:01:28,175 so as far as the world is concerned, Bailey's Comet is passing 39 00:01:28,218 --> 00:01:31,700 over Riverdale tonight, as it has every 65 years. 40 00:01:31,743 --> 00:01:33,136 Great. So that's it then. 41 00:01:33,180 --> 00:01:34,616 We're all going to die. 42 00:01:34,659 --> 00:01:35,965 I'm so happy I moved here sophomore year. 43 00:01:36,008 --> 00:01:37,880 Well, not everyone's going to die. 44 00:01:37,923 --> 00:01:39,229 Archie's invulnerable. 45 00:01:39,273 --> 00:01:41,275 What about Big Anthony? 46 00:01:41,318 --> 00:01:42,885 - He's immortal. - Archie and I have already talked about that. 47 00:01:42,928 --> 00:01:45,235 They might be the only ones that survive this, 48 00:01:45,279 --> 00:01:47,977 especially if they're in the bunker when the comet hits. 49 00:01:48,020 --> 00:01:49,326 Uh, let's not go there yet. 50 00:01:49,370 --> 00:01:51,763 We have enough time to make sure we all survive. 51 00:01:51,807 --> 00:01:53,852 Percival was a sorcerer 52 00:01:53,896 --> 00:01:57,204 and pulling down the comet and making this barrier are all spells he cast. 53 00:01:57,247 --> 00:01:59,293 They are spells, Archie, 54 00:01:59,336 --> 00:02:05,255 incredibly elaborate ones rooted in dark, arcane magics honed over centuries. 55 00:02:05,299 --> 00:02:07,736 - Far beyond my knowledge. - And mine. 56 00:02:07,779 --> 00:02:10,260 But there might be someone we can consult 57 00:02:10,304 --> 00:02:12,175 with ancient knowledge that rivals Percival's. 58 00:02:12,219 --> 00:02:14,308 Okay, great. In the meantime, Frank and I 59 00:02:14,351 --> 00:02:16,658 and anyone else who wants to help, we're going to go into the mines. 60 00:02:16,701 --> 00:02:20,183 If we dig deep enough, maybe we'll find a tunnel that passes under the barrier. 61 00:02:20,227 --> 00:02:21,184 [scoffs] 62 00:02:21,228 --> 00:02:22,838 [Alice] Whatever happens, 63 00:02:22,881 --> 00:02:26,189 I'm just so grateful that we can face it together 64 00:02:26,233 --> 00:02:27,364 as a family. 65 00:02:27,408 --> 00:02:28,800 But I am so sorry 66 00:02:28,844 --> 00:02:31,455 that I can't protect you girls from what's coming. 67 00:02:31,499 --> 00:02:33,240 It's a comet, Mom. 68 00:02:33,283 --> 00:02:34,937 And I am so sorry 69 00:02:34,980 --> 00:02:36,504 that I wasn't a better mother. 70 00:02:36,547 --> 00:02:38,680 - I was awful. - No. 71 00:02:38,723 --> 00:02:41,770 - Mom, we're okay. - [crying] 72 00:02:41,813 --> 00:02:45,165 We know that you would do anything for us. 73 00:02:46,427 --> 00:02:47,645 And we love you. 74 00:02:49,473 --> 00:02:51,345 So, so, so much. 75 00:02:51,388 --> 00:02:53,085 [sobbing] I love you, too. 76 00:02:57,394 --> 00:02:59,353 How does it feel to be back? 77 00:02:59,396 --> 00:03:03,270 Unsettling, but I'm still hoping for an eleventh-hour save. 78 00:03:03,313 --> 00:03:05,054 Speaking of, I have something for you. 79 00:03:07,187 --> 00:03:11,278 I saved it from Percival's shop before we burned it down. 80 00:03:11,321 --> 00:03:13,541 I really can't seem to get rid of this thing, can I? 81 00:03:14,455 --> 00:03:15,412 [sighs] 82 00:03:16,979 --> 00:03:18,198 Thank you, Reggie. 83 00:03:20,025 --> 00:03:22,114 [Jughead] You know, all things considered, 84 00:03:22,158 --> 00:03:23,812 there are definitely more banal ways to go out 85 00:03:23,855 --> 00:03:27,424 than being obliterated by a giant magic comet. 86 00:03:27,468 --> 00:03:29,992 And I've actually completed almost everything on my bucket list. 87 00:03:35,519 --> 00:03:37,260 Alexandra Cabot? 88 00:03:37,304 --> 00:03:38,653 Tabitha Tate? 89 00:03:39,828 --> 00:03:41,438 What are you doing here? 90 00:03:41,482 --> 00:03:44,920 Well, I am here to make all your dreams come true. 91 00:03:47,444 --> 00:03:48,793 [slurping] Mmm. 92 00:03:50,404 --> 00:03:51,361 Every time. 93 00:03:51,405 --> 00:03:52,797 Okay, so... 94 00:03:52,841 --> 00:03:54,582 You've heard of Tommy Comet's, right? 95 00:03:54,625 --> 00:03:56,323 The diner chain that went belly up. 96 00:03:56,366 --> 00:03:58,107 Yeah, well, 97 00:03:58,150 --> 00:04:02,242 I have just closed a deal to buy all of their facilities, 98 00:04:02,285 --> 00:04:04,200 which means 99 00:04:04,244 --> 00:04:09,031 that we can take them over and open up Pop's diners across the country ASAP. 100 00:04:10,337 --> 00:04:11,903 Instant franchising. 101 00:04:11,947 --> 00:04:14,254 Investors are lined up and we're good on the financials. 102 00:04:14,297 --> 00:04:20,303 So all I need from you, Tabitha, is an immediate yes. 103 00:04:21,348 --> 00:04:24,394 Alexandra, this is amazing news. 104 00:04:24,438 --> 00:04:27,005 But what? Just say yes. 105 00:04:27,049 --> 00:04:28,964 The thing is, your timing... 106 00:04:29,007 --> 00:04:31,662 I just think it's a lot to take in right now. 107 00:04:31,706 --> 00:04:33,316 [phone ringing] 108 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:35,884 Okay. And this is one of my investors right now. 109 00:04:35,927 --> 00:04:39,104 Um, I'm staying at the Five Seasons. 110 00:04:39,148 --> 00:04:41,542 Think on it. But you have ten hours to decide. 111 00:04:41,585 --> 00:04:45,372 And I promise you this is truly the opportunity of a lifetime. 112 00:04:48,679 --> 00:04:50,246 Hi, this is Alexandra. 113 00:04:58,907 --> 00:05:00,038 There you go. 114 00:05:01,562 --> 00:05:02,432 All done. 115 00:05:04,260 --> 00:05:06,262 So does this mean I'm a real Serpent now? 116 00:05:06,306 --> 00:05:07,307 [sighs] 117 00:05:08,438 --> 00:05:10,222 Not just the Serpent. 118 00:05:11,528 --> 00:05:12,790 Serpent King. 119 00:05:12,834 --> 00:05:15,184 Anthony, you're our son. 120 00:05:15,227 --> 00:05:18,274 And you've got the best shot of surviving whatever's coming. 121 00:05:18,318 --> 00:05:20,537 And it's up to you to make sure the Serpents don't die out, 122 00:05:20,581 --> 00:05:22,931 and being king is your birthright, 123 00:05:22,974 --> 00:05:30,155 and that's why it's up to you to make sure that that legacy, our legacy, continues, okay? 124 00:05:30,199 --> 00:05:31,113 Yes, Mom. 125 00:05:33,463 --> 00:05:35,900 [both] Return to us, Spirit from beyond. 126 00:05:35,944 --> 00:05:38,207 Abigail Blossom, we asked to correspond. 127 00:05:38,250 --> 00:05:41,428 We seek your wisdom, help an insight appear before us, 128 00:05:41,471 --> 00:05:43,560 sister of the night. 129 00:05:43,604 --> 00:05:45,388 Pray tell, why have I been conjured? 130 00:05:45,910 --> 00:05:47,999 Abigail, hi. 131 00:05:48,609 --> 00:05:50,219 We need your help. 132 00:05:50,262 --> 00:05:52,352 An evil sorcerer has called a comet down upon us 133 00:05:52,395 --> 00:05:55,746 - and bound us to this town so that no one can leave it. - Good. 134 00:05:55,790 --> 00:05:57,574 Why for should I help you? 135 00:05:57,618 --> 00:06:00,055 Listen, I think we may have gotten off on the wrong foot. 136 00:06:00,098 --> 00:06:03,928 So, yes, I'm asking you to show a little mercy. 137 00:06:06,453 --> 00:06:09,978 Also I'll free you from that ceramic hell doll. 138 00:06:10,021 --> 00:06:13,460 A long, long time ago, when I was still alive, 139 00:06:13,503 --> 00:06:17,986 I spent the most sublime evening with my beloved Thomasina. 140 00:06:18,029 --> 00:06:21,555 She was an astronomer and a scientist as well as a witch. 141 00:06:22,991 --> 00:06:24,949 It's called Bailey's Comet. 142 00:06:28,866 --> 00:06:32,566 [sighs] It's... beautiful. 143 00:06:34,437 --> 00:06:35,482 Just like you. 144 00:06:36,961 --> 00:06:38,049 What's it made of? 145 00:06:38,093 --> 00:06:39,921 Ice, my love. 146 00:06:40,704 --> 00:06:43,925 Comets are made of ice. 147 00:06:43,968 --> 00:06:45,622 I hear what goes on in this house. 148 00:06:45,666 --> 00:06:48,712 You possess the power of the Phoenix, don't you? 149 00:06:48,756 --> 00:06:52,455 As soon as the comet gets close enough to Earth, project your power at it. 150 00:06:52,499 --> 00:06:54,239 And melt it? 151 00:06:55,632 --> 00:06:58,635 That's kind of basic, but also kind of genius. 152 00:06:58,679 --> 00:07:03,553 But if it is to work, it will require all of your Phoenix power. 153 00:07:03,597 --> 00:07:05,207 And such an effort will come at a cost. 154 00:07:05,250 --> 00:07:07,296 What about Percival's trap? 155 00:07:07,339 --> 00:07:09,472 Can you help us undo his binding spell? 156 00:07:09,516 --> 00:07:12,257 Mayhap, though that will take a greater effort to undo. 157 00:07:12,301 --> 00:07:15,217 Therefore, in exchange, I will require 158 00:07:15,260 --> 00:07:18,568 something more than an appeal and my freedom. 159 00:07:18,612 --> 00:07:19,917 Okay, we're listening. 160 00:07:21,223 --> 00:07:22,703 [Cheryl] All my underworlders! 161 00:07:22,746 --> 00:07:26,271 Any luck finding a safe passageway out? 162 00:07:26,576 --> 00:07:28,491 Not yet. 163 00:07:28,535 --> 00:07:30,275 Every time we follow a tunnel that leads us 164 00:07:30,319 --> 00:07:32,582 to what should be the edge of town, we hit the barrier. 165 00:07:32,626 --> 00:07:36,586 Luckily, I may have divined a pathway through our little conundrum. 166 00:07:36,630 --> 00:07:38,849 Come, come. Everyone's gathered at Thornhill. 167 00:07:41,156 --> 00:07:42,679 Listen up, Riverdalians. 168 00:07:42,723 --> 00:07:45,508 Thanks to some ancestral advice, 169 00:07:45,552 --> 00:07:47,118 I believe I might, 170 00:07:47,162 --> 00:07:49,904 might be able to melt the comet with my Phoenix powers. 171 00:07:49,947 --> 00:07:51,688 Whoa, that's incredible news. 172 00:07:51,732 --> 00:07:54,474 And there may also be a way to undo Percival's binding spells 173 00:07:54,517 --> 00:07:56,432 so that we can evacuate the town. 174 00:07:56,476 --> 00:08:00,567 But, Toni, you and I need to speak about that privately. 175 00:08:01,350 --> 00:08:02,743 Okay. 176 00:08:02,786 --> 00:08:05,354 Hold on. Is it really as easy as melting the comet? 177 00:08:05,876 --> 00:08:07,182 No, Veronica. 178 00:08:07,225 --> 00:08:11,273 There is one huge catch. 179 00:08:11,316 --> 00:08:16,191 It will take all of my Phoenix energies to extinguish Bailey's Comet, 180 00:08:16,234 --> 00:08:19,934 which means if I successfully melt the comet, 181 00:08:19,977 --> 00:08:24,286 one or more of the dead I've resurrected will surely perish. 182 00:08:25,156 --> 00:08:26,984 What? Wait. Why? 183 00:08:27,028 --> 00:08:31,554 Because it is my powers that are keeping the resurrected dead alive. 184 00:08:31,598 --> 00:08:32,599 Who knew? 185 00:08:32,642 --> 00:08:34,383 So, who is on the chopping block 186 00:08:34,426 --> 00:08:35,384 exactly? 187 00:08:35,776 --> 00:08:36,951 Archie. 188 00:08:36,994 --> 00:08:38,387 Jughead. 189 00:08:38,430 --> 00:08:39,649 Polly. 190 00:08:39,693 --> 00:08:40,520 My Nana. 191 00:08:40,824 --> 00:08:41,912 Dagwood. 192 00:08:42,478 --> 00:08:43,740 Alice. 193 00:08:43,784 --> 00:08:45,568 Frank, Sheriff Keller, 194 00:08:45,612 --> 00:08:48,702 Fangs and Toni, 195 00:08:48,745 --> 00:08:53,663 if Riverdale is to live, one or many of you 196 00:08:53,707 --> 00:08:57,537 or your loved ones, must die. 197 00:09:05,327 --> 00:09:07,372 [Toni] What can I do to help, Cheryl? 198 00:09:07,416 --> 00:09:10,419 My ancestor, the witch, Abigail Blossom, 199 00:09:10,462 --> 00:09:13,553 is going to help us figure out a way to break Percival's spell 200 00:09:13,596 --> 00:09:16,599 and escape Riverdale's borders. 201 00:09:16,643 --> 00:09:20,777 But first, she wants to spend one final evening 202 00:09:20,821 --> 00:09:26,435 with her beloved in carnal form, 203 00:09:26,478 --> 00:09:28,959 and we need two vessels to make that happen. 204 00:09:30,091 --> 00:09:32,223 I would be Abigail's 205 00:09:32,267 --> 00:09:36,532 and you, pending your agreement, 206 00:09:37,402 --> 00:09:38,795 would be her beloved 207 00:09:38,839 --> 00:09:42,625 Thomasina Topaz, your ancestor who was also a witch. 208 00:09:42,669 --> 00:09:45,715 Okay, but what about Fangs and Heather? 209 00:09:45,759 --> 00:09:47,456 Well, Heather's a witch. 210 00:09:47,499 --> 00:09:52,983 So she's kind of fine with whatevs. As for Fangs... 211 00:09:53,897 --> 00:09:56,073 it isn't technically cheating. 212 00:09:56,117 --> 00:09:57,640 I mean, our souls will be elsewhere. 213 00:09:57,684 --> 00:09:59,816 Okay. And where would our souls be, exactly? 214 00:09:59,860 --> 00:10:01,862 Not to worry. 215 00:10:01,905 --> 00:10:03,646 Heather will keep our spirits in a jar until the lovemaking ends. 216 00:10:05,169 --> 00:10:06,257 [door thuds] 217 00:10:09,870 --> 00:10:11,872 There you are. 218 00:10:11,915 --> 00:10:15,397 Mom, you, you shouldn't be here. 219 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:16,703 What are you talking about? 220 00:10:18,356 --> 00:10:19,488 Why are you covered in dirt? 221 00:10:20,620 --> 00:10:21,446 I'm on a job. 222 00:10:22,796 --> 00:10:23,666 Let me get cleaned up. 223 00:10:29,716 --> 00:10:30,804 Archie, 224 00:10:30,847 --> 00:10:33,720 one of the reasons why I came back was 225 00:10:33,763 --> 00:10:36,766 I want to tell you that Brooke and I are getting a divorce. 226 00:10:36,810 --> 00:10:39,029 What? What happened? 227 00:10:39,073 --> 00:10:40,204 I thought you two got along great. 228 00:10:40,248 --> 00:10:41,945 Oh, we do get along. 229 00:10:41,989 --> 00:10:46,210 Just we also both realize that we don't want to spend 230 00:10:46,254 --> 00:10:48,691 the rest of our lives together, and it's okay. 231 00:10:48,735 --> 00:10:49,779 You know, it happens. 232 00:10:49,823 --> 00:10:53,653 But life... life is precious. 233 00:10:55,132 --> 00:10:56,873 And you don't want to waste a single minute. 234 00:10:56,917 --> 00:10:58,048 You know? 235 00:11:02,923 --> 00:11:05,055 Cheers, Daddy. 236 00:11:05,099 --> 00:11:08,145 And hopefully, whatever happens, 237 00:11:08,189 --> 00:11:10,278 we don't cross paths in the afterlife. 238 00:11:39,786 --> 00:11:41,135 [sighs] 239 00:11:42,049 --> 00:11:43,485 [knock at door] 240 00:11:44,051 --> 00:11:45,356 What's going on? 241 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:46,793 Good news about the comet, I hope? 242 00:11:46,836 --> 00:11:48,272 No, um... 243 00:11:49,534 --> 00:11:50,753 personal news actually. 244 00:11:52,189 --> 00:11:53,756 I'm going to ask Betty to marry me. 245 00:11:56,019 --> 00:11:58,021 - What? - Yeah. 246 00:11:58,065 --> 00:12:00,589 - Today? - I was going to use a ring my dad gave me, 247 00:12:00,632 --> 00:12:03,853 but I lost it, probably in the explosion. 248 00:12:03,897 --> 00:12:05,637 So since I don't have a lot of time, 249 00:12:05,681 --> 00:12:09,293 I was wondering if you might still have some rings 250 00:12:09,337 --> 00:12:11,687 from the jewelry shop you used to run. 251 00:12:11,731 --> 00:12:13,428 - Uh... - I'm sorry if that's a weird thing to ask. 252 00:12:13,471 --> 00:12:14,864 No, no, not at all. 253 00:12:14,908 --> 00:12:16,779 Um, actually... 254 00:12:17,867 --> 00:12:18,955 Yeah. 255 00:12:18,999 --> 00:12:21,088 You're in luck, Archie. 256 00:12:21,131 --> 00:12:23,612 I have an amazing diamond ring in my personal stash that Betty would flip for. 257 00:12:31,576 --> 00:12:33,535 But franchising Pop's has been your dream. 258 00:12:33,578 --> 00:12:35,711 You've been protecting the diner all year. 259 00:12:35,755 --> 00:12:37,887 This is the best way to ensure its longevity. 260 00:12:37,931 --> 00:12:41,717 Honestly, as long as there's a giant hunk of ice hurtling towards us, 261 00:12:41,761 --> 00:12:43,806 I'm not committing to anything, 262 00:12:43,850 --> 00:12:46,809 though, I do appreciate you willing to be the Jack to my Rose. 263 00:12:46,853 --> 00:12:48,289 Who? 264 00:12:48,332 --> 00:12:49,812 Jack and Rose, 265 00:12:49,856 --> 00:12:52,032 from Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet. 266 00:12:52,075 --> 00:12:55,122 - Oh. - Jack dies so that Rose can fulfill all of her dreams 267 00:12:55,165 --> 00:12:58,081 like flying solo around the world. 268 00:12:58,125 --> 00:12:59,169 Never seen the Titanic. 269 00:12:59,213 --> 00:13:00,823 - What? - I know, I know. 270 00:13:00,867 --> 00:13:02,956 I'm more partial to, like, early James Cameron. 271 00:13:02,999 --> 00:13:04,914 Jughead, you've gotta be kidding. 272 00:13:04,958 --> 00:13:07,177 The Titanic is one of my favorite movies of, like, all time. 273 00:13:07,221 --> 00:13:08,483 We have to watch it. 274 00:13:08,526 --> 00:13:10,877 - We have to watch it. - Yes. 275 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:12,530 Isn't that, like, four hours long? 276 00:13:12,574 --> 00:13:15,055 Three hours and 14 minutes. 277 00:13:15,098 --> 00:13:17,535 Look, I know the clock is ticking. 278 00:13:17,579 --> 00:13:20,364 But trust me, we need to do this. 279 00:13:32,637 --> 00:13:33,856 If you're ready, let's begin. 280 00:13:41,037 --> 00:13:42,865 Hear ye, hear ye, great above. 281 00:13:42,909 --> 00:13:44,954 Send two spirits deep in love. 282 00:13:44,998 --> 00:13:48,001 Take these vessels for the night and earthly realm to reunite. 283 00:13:48,044 --> 00:13:49,002 Switch the souls, 284 00:13:49,045 --> 00:13:51,004 let flesh remain, shake thy broom, 285 00:13:51,047 --> 00:13:51,918 that love of flame. 286 00:13:58,011 --> 00:14:01,928 Abigail, can this truly be happening? 287 00:14:01,971 --> 00:14:03,016 Yes. 288 00:14:03,059 --> 00:14:05,322 Yes, my love. This is real. 289 00:14:05,366 --> 00:14:07,716 Come. We have oh so much to catch up on. 290 00:14:12,329 --> 00:14:13,853 ♪ I don't know 291 00:14:13,896 --> 00:14:15,811 ♪ I just wanna Beg for your love ♪ 292 00:14:19,815 --> 00:14:21,338 ♪ Tearing through the pines 293 00:14:21,382 --> 00:14:23,558 ♪ Just to feel somethin' more 294 00:14:27,127 --> 00:14:30,521 ♪ Baby, I know What it's like to feel alone ♪ 295 00:14:34,874 --> 00:14:38,660 ♪ Waiting for a spark Just to light up the cold ♪ 296 00:14:41,881 --> 00:14:43,360 ♪ Wait on the edge Of the dark ♪ 297 00:14:43,404 --> 00:14:44,622 ♪ Can't get enough 298 00:14:44,666 --> 00:14:46,059 ♪ Sittin' here watchin' you ♪ 299 00:14:48,888 --> 00:14:50,367 ♪ Wait on the edge Of the dark ♪ 300 00:14:50,411 --> 00:14:51,629 ♪ Thinkin' 'bout us ♪ 301 00:14:51,673 --> 00:14:53,718 ♪ Sittin' here watching you ♪ 302 00:14:57,548 --> 00:14:59,028 [Archie] And my mom's here. 303 00:14:59,072 --> 00:15:00,508 She's in Riverdale. 304 00:15:00,551 --> 00:15:03,206 Oh, my God, Did you tell her about the comet? 305 00:15:03,250 --> 00:15:05,469 I didn't. I mean, where would I even start? 306 00:15:05,513 --> 00:15:06,993 Arch, you got to tell her. 307 00:15:07,994 --> 00:15:08,908 Yeah, maybe. 308 00:15:10,387 --> 00:15:11,649 But first... 309 00:15:14,087 --> 00:15:15,262 What are you doing? 310 00:15:21,224 --> 00:15:22,834 We may not have much time, 311 00:15:24,227 --> 00:15:25,794 but I know what I want to do with it. 312 00:15:28,753 --> 00:15:29,624 Marry me. 313 00:15:31,104 --> 00:15:32,801 There's a comet coming. 314 00:15:32,844 --> 00:15:35,978 - And I want to be with you for it. - Then be with me. 315 00:15:39,982 --> 00:15:40,852 Arch, 316 00:15:42,637 --> 00:15:44,334 I love you so much. 317 00:15:44,378 --> 00:15:47,163 That's not part of my hesitation, okay? 318 00:15:47,207 --> 00:15:49,861 But can we talk about what's going on with you right now? 319 00:15:53,126 --> 00:15:57,086 You put so much pressure on yourself to be a hero, 320 00:15:57,130 --> 00:15:59,393 when you already are one. 321 00:15:59,436 --> 00:16:02,483 Sometimes you can't save everyone. 322 00:16:02,526 --> 00:16:04,920 Sometimes you can just be scared. 323 00:16:06,052 --> 00:16:07,314 And that's okay. 324 00:16:08,968 --> 00:16:09,881 It's human. 325 00:16:17,759 --> 00:16:19,891 Do you remember when we were kids 326 00:16:19,935 --> 00:16:21,632 and you asked me to marry you? 327 00:16:23,112 --> 00:16:26,681 And I told you to ask me again when we turned 18. 328 00:16:26,724 --> 00:16:28,204 So how about this? 329 00:16:29,510 --> 00:16:30,902 Ask me again 330 00:16:31,816 --> 00:16:34,254 after Cheryl melts that comet 331 00:16:34,297 --> 00:16:35,603 and you and me 332 00:16:35,646 --> 00:16:39,041 and everyone else survives. 333 00:16:39,085 --> 00:16:41,348 Or we find another way out of Riverdale. 334 00:16:44,133 --> 00:16:45,221 Deal? 335 00:16:53,316 --> 00:16:54,622 I'm gonna do that for us. 336 00:16:57,146 --> 00:16:59,105 Where are you going? 337 00:16:59,148 --> 00:17:01,933 [sighs] I'm gonna break through that barrier 338 00:17:02,673 --> 00:17:04,066 so I can marry you, 339 00:17:04,110 --> 00:17:05,024 Betty Cooper. 340 00:17:07,330 --> 00:17:08,070 [sighs] 341 00:17:23,825 --> 00:17:28,090 - Cheryl? - Yes, Toni. 342 00:17:28,134 --> 00:17:32,486 - [speaking French] - [in English] Do you remember anything? 343 00:17:33,356 --> 00:17:34,270 No. 344 00:17:36,185 --> 00:17:37,360 - You? - No. 345 00:17:37,404 --> 00:17:40,015 No, um... Neither do I. 346 00:17:44,324 --> 00:17:45,281 Toni? 347 00:17:51,679 --> 00:17:53,594 - Thank you. - Of course. 348 00:17:54,943 --> 00:17:57,076 Anything to possibly save the town. 349 00:18:08,174 --> 00:18:13,222 So tell me, dearest ancestor, how was your tryst with Thomasina? 350 00:18:13,266 --> 00:18:16,573 Beyond my wildest imaginings. 351 00:18:16,617 --> 00:18:18,488 - Thank you, Cheryl. - Of course. 352 00:18:18,532 --> 00:18:22,144 But now tell me, how do we undo Percival's binding spell? 353 00:18:22,188 --> 00:18:23,798 Look there on the altar. 354 00:18:25,713 --> 00:18:27,715 What is that? 355 00:18:27,758 --> 00:18:29,673 The knots represent the various mystical barriers surrounding the town. 356 00:18:29,717 --> 00:18:31,719 Once the rope is untied completely, 357 00:18:31,762 --> 00:18:33,851 you and the others should be able to leave Riverdale. 358 00:18:36,898 --> 00:18:38,508 Agent Cooper, it's been a minute. 359 00:18:38,552 --> 00:18:41,032 Drake, hi. 360 00:18:41,076 --> 00:18:44,558 Yeah. Things have only gotten more insane since TBK. 361 00:18:44,601 --> 00:18:48,301 If you can believe that. What's up? 362 00:18:48,344 --> 00:18:52,392 Director Wilcox wants us to head up the FBI serial killer division. 363 00:18:52,435 --> 00:18:53,480 Oh, my God. 364 00:18:55,351 --> 00:18:57,179 That's quite the promotion. 365 00:18:57,223 --> 00:19:00,226 The thing is, there's a lot going on 366 00:19:00,269 --> 00:19:01,618 in my life right now. 367 00:19:01,662 --> 00:19:05,056 I'm, sort of, in a transitional period. 368 00:19:05,100 --> 00:19:06,841 You know, weighing my options 369 00:19:07,755 --> 00:19:09,365 for the future. 370 00:19:09,409 --> 00:19:11,498 But, Betty, there's no better hunter of hunters than you are. 371 00:19:11,541 --> 00:19:13,935 I think that chapter of my life is over. 372 00:19:13,978 --> 00:19:16,590 Being a hunter of hunters, 373 00:19:18,331 --> 00:19:20,420 I mean, I don't want that carved on my gravestone. 374 00:19:20,463 --> 00:19:26,295 [chuckles] I hate asking, but is this because of Archie 375 00:19:26,339 --> 00:19:30,169 or because TBK messed with your head? 376 00:19:30,212 --> 00:19:31,213 No. 377 00:19:32,954 --> 00:19:35,086 This has nothing to do with TBK or Archie. 378 00:19:35,130 --> 00:19:39,308 This is all... This is me. 379 00:19:39,352 --> 00:19:42,529 It's my decision about how I want to spend the rest of my life, 380 00:19:42,572 --> 00:19:45,619 - for however long that might be. - Doing what? 381 00:19:45,662 --> 00:19:47,316 I'm moving towards the light. 382 00:19:50,754 --> 00:19:51,799 Take care, Drake. 383 00:19:51,842 --> 00:19:53,540 And don't be a stranger. 384 00:19:53,583 --> 00:19:55,194 - Bye. - [call closing chime] 385 00:19:58,762 --> 00:20:01,330 So, Ronnie, if we survive, 386 00:20:01,374 --> 00:20:03,811 - what's the first thing you're gonna do, you think? - Hmm. 387 00:20:05,682 --> 00:20:09,860 - Maybe a shopping spree in Paris with Katie. - Oh. 388 00:20:09,904 --> 00:20:11,949 - You? - Get a dog. 389 00:20:11,993 --> 00:20:14,169 - Aw. - I always wanted one. 390 00:20:14,213 --> 00:20:17,259 - [chuckles] - Name him... Vader. 391 00:20:18,826 --> 00:20:21,045 - Yeah. - That's sweet. 392 00:20:24,397 --> 00:20:28,227 Reggie, the reason I asked you over, 393 00:20:28,270 --> 00:20:31,360 should we still be here this time tomorrow, 394 00:20:31,404 --> 00:20:34,407 I want you to have the Babylonium. Sole ownership. 395 00:20:34,450 --> 00:20:36,017 - Wait. Really? - Mmm-hmm. 396 00:20:36,060 --> 00:20:39,412 - How come? - The casino was your idea. 397 00:20:39,455 --> 00:20:41,414 Your baby. 398 00:20:41,457 --> 00:20:45,418 The only thing that's really mine is my absinthe. 399 00:20:45,461 --> 00:20:47,333 Maybe I'll focus on that. 400 00:20:47,376 --> 00:20:49,509 And should the sun rise tomorrow, 401 00:20:49,552 --> 00:20:53,208 and we find ourselves no longer business partners, 402 00:20:53,252 --> 00:20:55,428 any chance you and I get back together? 403 00:20:55,471 --> 00:20:59,301 Tempting, but no. 404 00:20:59,345 --> 00:21:02,565 I think it's good we're off that carousel ride, don't you? 405 00:21:02,609 --> 00:21:04,915 Mmm-hmm. 406 00:21:04,959 --> 00:21:09,268 And besides, if there is another chapter for me still, 407 00:21:10,573 --> 00:21:12,445 I think it's time for a hard reboot. 408 00:21:13,402 --> 00:21:15,099 On all fronts. 409 00:21:15,143 --> 00:21:17,319 Instead of being so relationship focused, 410 00:21:17,363 --> 00:21:21,497 I'll be single and fabulous and date a lot, 411 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:25,458 work on my friendship skills. 412 00:21:26,763 --> 00:21:28,025 Starting with, 413 00:21:28,069 --> 00:21:31,246 if you're amenable, you, Reggie. 414 00:21:31,290 --> 00:21:34,293 Yeah, I'm down to be friend zoned by you, Ronnie. 415 00:21:35,250 --> 00:21:36,077 Good. 416 00:21:38,471 --> 00:21:39,298 Cheers to that, Reggie. 417 00:21:41,474 --> 00:21:45,826 And if you want, when it's comet time, you can come over 418 00:21:45,869 --> 00:21:47,741 and we can watch the fireworks together. 419 00:21:47,784 --> 00:21:48,959 Sounds good. 420 00:21:50,396 --> 00:21:52,093 - As... - Yes, Reggie, as friends. 421 00:21:52,136 --> 00:21:53,660 Okay. Just checking. 422 00:22:01,015 --> 00:22:03,322 I had no idea. 423 00:22:03,365 --> 00:22:06,673 Right! It's amazing, isn't it? 424 00:22:09,850 --> 00:22:11,460 You know, you know how it's going to end. 425 00:22:11,504 --> 00:22:15,986 But... it's still a gut punch. 426 00:22:16,030 --> 00:22:19,381 Couldn't they have both held on to the drift wood of the end, though? 427 00:22:19,425 --> 00:22:23,037 No, because it wouldn't have supported them both. 428 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:26,649 Jack knew that they would have sunk, so... 429 00:22:26,693 --> 00:22:30,827 he let go so that Rose could live. 430 00:22:30,871 --> 00:22:33,830 I mean, the resonances are startling. 431 00:22:33,874 --> 00:22:36,398 Only you're a lot cuter than Leo. 432 00:22:36,442 --> 00:22:37,268 In my opinion. 433 00:22:39,749 --> 00:22:41,447 Can you just make me a promise? 434 00:22:41,490 --> 00:22:44,363 No matter what happens, if Cheryl stops this comet 435 00:22:44,406 --> 00:22:47,801 or if I live or I die, that you take Alexandra up on her offer. 436 00:22:47,844 --> 00:22:49,759 Take Pop's national. 437 00:22:49,803 --> 00:22:51,892 - Jughead. - I won't be able to die 438 00:22:51,935 --> 00:22:59,639 or live peacefully. If you don't swear to me, and you're an angel. 439 00:22:59,682 --> 00:23:01,902 So I'm pretty sure that means you can't lie. 440 00:23:01,945 --> 00:23:06,863 - Can you just swear, no matter what happens... - Okay, I swear. 441 00:23:06,907 --> 00:23:10,171 But in exchange, I just want you to agree 442 00:23:10,214 --> 00:23:17,570 to go on one last epic date with me. 443 00:23:17,613 --> 00:23:22,531 Okay, but define epic because we're trapped in Riverdale 444 00:23:22,575 --> 00:23:26,317 and time is now appallingly finite. 445 00:23:26,361 --> 00:23:28,363 Not for me. 446 00:23:28,407 --> 00:23:33,803 I'm chronokinetic, remember? All I need is one minute. 447 00:23:36,197 --> 00:23:38,417 - One minute? - That's all we'll need. 448 00:23:46,076 --> 00:23:48,035 [soft music playing] 449 00:24:35,299 --> 00:24:37,867 Archie, why didn't you pick up? 450 00:24:37,911 --> 00:24:39,956 I've been calling you. 451 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,655 Mom, you shouldn't be here. 452 00:24:42,698 --> 00:24:46,572 - You don't understand. - I do. Betty told me everything. 453 00:24:46,615 --> 00:24:51,968 About Percival, about you dying and Cheryl bringing you back to life. 454 00:24:52,752 --> 00:24:54,362 I mean, my God, Archie. 455 00:24:54,405 --> 00:24:56,190 - Did she also tell you-- - About the comet? 456 00:24:56,233 --> 00:24:58,714 Yes, Yes, she did. 457 00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:05,460 And about how now, I'm... I'm trapped, too. 458 00:25:16,732 --> 00:25:18,386 I'm sorry, Mom. 459 00:25:18,429 --> 00:25:21,781 I'm sorry you got caught up in all this insanity. 460 00:25:21,824 --> 00:25:24,566 Archie, none of what is happening is your fault. 461 00:25:24,610 --> 00:25:30,441 Mom, if you... If anyone dies because of me, I couldn't live with myself. 462 00:25:30,485 --> 00:25:32,705 Archie, shouldering this guilt, 463 00:25:32,748 --> 00:25:34,750 this responsibility, 464 00:25:34,794 --> 00:25:40,887 it's crazy. Like Betty said, it's okay to be scared. 465 00:25:40,930 --> 00:25:45,544 But it's not okay to be out here hiding from the world. 466 00:25:48,677 --> 00:25:50,418 No one loved this town more than Dad. 467 00:25:53,813 --> 00:25:56,337 He built so much of it with his own two hands. 468 00:25:58,818 --> 00:26:02,256 What do you think he'd be doing right now if he were me? 469 00:26:06,869 --> 00:26:10,656 Probably exactly what you're doing, fighting till the end. 470 00:26:11,831 --> 00:26:15,661 But your dad also knew when to put down his tools 471 00:26:15,704 --> 00:26:19,621 and come home to the people he loved and who loved him. 472 00:26:21,188 --> 00:26:23,364 We should all be together for whatever's coming. 473 00:26:34,767 --> 00:26:38,466 Well, Daddykins, it's just you and me. 474 00:26:41,469 --> 00:26:45,865 Figures, it's been a hell of a year. 475 00:26:45,908 --> 00:26:49,825 Your entire body is basically one giant bio-dialysis machine. 476 00:26:55,309 --> 00:26:57,441 There's a reason you stayed in Riverdale. 477 00:27:00,749 --> 00:27:01,663 Oh, my God. 478 00:27:07,016 --> 00:27:11,586 Oh, my God. Sorry, Daddy, but I just figured out a way to save my friends. 479 00:27:17,940 --> 00:27:19,463 Amazing. 480 00:27:19,507 --> 00:27:22,728 Well, I can't wait to start working together. 481 00:27:22,771 --> 00:27:26,383 - Which would be when exactly? - Tomorrow. 482 00:27:26,427 --> 00:27:28,777 Bright and early, I thought we could take out 483 00:27:28,821 --> 00:27:31,475 the food truck and post updates on social. 484 00:27:31,519 --> 00:27:34,174 That sounds like a great idea. 485 00:27:38,265 --> 00:27:41,050 Then why the long faces? What? What am I missing? 486 00:27:41,921 --> 00:27:44,010 [cell phones chime] 487 00:27:53,106 --> 00:27:57,937 Cheryl, in the event that you melt the comet, 488 00:27:57,980 --> 00:28:02,855 I believe I should head back to Greendale, resume my life there. 489 00:28:04,595 --> 00:28:05,814 Why for would you do that? 490 00:28:05,858 --> 00:28:08,599 Because I saw something. 491 00:28:08,643 --> 00:28:12,560 When we were doing the ritual. I adore you, Cheryl. 492 00:28:12,603 --> 00:28:15,128 But you and Toni are forever soulmates. 493 00:28:15,171 --> 00:28:16,825 How could you possibly know that? 494 00:28:18,914 --> 00:28:21,090 I'm a witch, silly. 495 00:28:21,134 --> 00:28:22,875 I know these things. 496 00:28:22,918 --> 00:28:23,832 Heather... 497 00:28:25,225 --> 00:28:27,096 you opened my heart again. 498 00:28:28,228 --> 00:28:29,838 Toni's with Fangs anyway. 499 00:28:29,882 --> 00:28:34,800 For now, but you and Toni, 500 00:28:34,843 --> 00:28:37,367 your fate is written in the stars. 501 00:28:38,934 --> 00:28:39,935 It transcends time. 502 00:28:39,979 --> 00:28:41,545 [cell phone vibrating] 503 00:28:44,810 --> 00:28:47,247 [Archie] Thanks for sending my mom to me. 504 00:28:47,290 --> 00:28:50,859 Yeah, it kind of seemed like a mom-tervention was necessary. 505 00:28:52,426 --> 00:28:55,603 Yeah, my mom thinks I have a hero complex. 506 00:28:57,910 --> 00:28:59,999 She's probably right. 507 00:29:00,042 --> 00:29:03,611 I think it comes from me feeling like I'll never be able to live up to my dad. 508 00:29:03,654 --> 00:29:07,049 Your dad would be so beyond proud of you. 509 00:29:07,093 --> 00:29:11,532 You've been such a rock for everyone this year, especially for me. 510 00:29:11,575 --> 00:29:15,014 You supported me. You comforted me. 511 00:29:15,057 --> 00:29:17,146 You loved me unconditionally. 512 00:29:17,190 --> 00:29:18,408 So thank you for that. 513 00:29:21,063 --> 00:29:25,764 I'm sorry for proposing to you in the middle of all this insanity. 514 00:29:26,895 --> 00:29:28,505 So end of the world or not, 515 00:29:28,549 --> 00:29:32,771 we're on your timeline. No pressure ever again. 516 00:29:35,861 --> 00:29:37,166 Well, about that, Archie. 517 00:29:39,952 --> 00:29:41,997 Been thinking about my life. 518 00:29:42,998 --> 00:29:44,957 My future, if I have one... 519 00:29:46,262 --> 00:29:47,524 and what I want. 520 00:29:54,053 --> 00:29:56,795 - And? - And I know I said I wanted to wait... 521 00:29:59,101 --> 00:30:00,624 but will you marry me? 522 00:30:02,975 --> 00:30:04,628 Are you serious? 523 00:30:04,672 --> 00:30:07,153 As serious as a comet hurtling towards Riverdale, 524 00:30:07,196 --> 00:30:08,371 - yeah. - Yes! 525 00:30:09,372 --> 00:30:12,811 Yes, I'll marry you. 526 00:30:16,423 --> 00:30:17,511 [cell phone chimes] 527 00:30:19,469 --> 00:30:20,644 [cell phone chimes] 528 00:30:24,170 --> 00:30:26,563 Okay, this is a crazy Hail Mary, 529 00:30:26,607 --> 00:30:28,914 but I may have an idea for how to bolster Cheryl's power 530 00:30:28,957 --> 00:30:32,831 to, one, improve our chances of taking down that comet 531 00:30:32,874 --> 00:30:35,572 and, two, augment her Phoenix energies 532 00:30:35,616 --> 00:30:37,966 so that when she uses them up, no one has to die. 533 00:30:38,010 --> 00:30:41,274 I am so happy you uttered that sentence and not me. 534 00:30:41,317 --> 00:30:43,232 I'm a human dialysis machine, right? 535 00:30:43,276 --> 00:30:47,497 I pulled the sepsis from Charles' blood and leached the chemical thujone 536 00:30:47,541 --> 00:30:50,239 out of wormwood to distil my poison free absinthe. 537 00:30:50,283 --> 00:30:53,677 - Randomly, yes. - No, not randomly, Bee. 538 00:30:53,721 --> 00:30:56,593 Everything has happened for a reason. 539 00:30:56,637 --> 00:31:00,467 What if I can use my gift to absorb all of our abilities, 540 00:31:00,510 --> 00:31:05,994 our strengths and give them to Cheryl to augment her Phoenix power. 541 00:31:06,038 --> 00:31:09,476 Again, the stronger she is, the less chance her powers will be used up. 542 00:31:09,519 --> 00:31:12,174 And the less chance one or more of us will die. 543 00:31:12,218 --> 00:31:17,136 But, V, our powers aren't poison or sepsis that need to be removed. 544 00:31:17,179 --> 00:31:19,051 It's semantics. 545 00:31:19,094 --> 00:31:21,749 Poison, strength, superpowers. Whatever you want to call them. 546 00:31:21,792 --> 00:31:23,055 It's what you said, Tabitha. 547 00:31:23,098 --> 00:31:24,926 This is why I stayed in Riverdale, 548 00:31:24,970 --> 00:31:28,147 so that I can do this right now at this exact moment 549 00:31:28,190 --> 00:31:32,586 and maybe maybe the multiverse gave each of us our specific powers 550 00:31:32,629 --> 00:31:37,156 so that they could come together, combine and save us. 551 00:31:37,199 --> 00:31:39,114 How would you absorb them? 552 00:31:39,158 --> 00:31:41,900 I would need access to where your powers are most potent and present, 553 00:31:43,205 --> 00:31:44,772 your blood. 554 00:31:44,815 --> 00:31:46,948 Remember when we all went to see It at the Bijou? 555 00:31:46,992 --> 00:31:51,779 How the losers club cut their palms and all held hands in a circle? 556 00:31:53,215 --> 00:31:54,956 We need to do the same. 557 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,828 Wound to wound, blood to blood. 558 00:31:57,872 --> 00:32:01,006 And I will take in our collective life force. 559 00:32:01,049 --> 00:32:03,225 I can't cut my hand. 560 00:32:03,269 --> 00:32:08,970 I present to you, one dagger of Megiddo. 561 00:32:09,014 --> 00:32:12,539 Fine, but no one is cutting into my alabaster flesh. 562 00:32:12,582 --> 00:32:14,584 Sorry, there are limits. 563 00:32:14,628 --> 00:32:20,677 Don't worry, Cheryl, I will be transferring our powers to you via a kiss. 564 00:32:22,027 --> 00:32:26,814 A, that's queer baiting and B, won't your poison kiss kill me? 565 00:32:26,857 --> 00:32:28,990 A, it's not queer baiting, 566 00:32:29,034 --> 00:32:32,863 it's saving the world and B, pretty sure your Phoenix power trumps my poison power. 567 00:32:36,128 --> 00:32:37,999 ["Play" playing] 568 00:32:40,915 --> 00:32:42,482 [Jughead] I don't say what I'm thinking 569 00:32:42,525 --> 00:32:45,006 that for all we know, giving Cheryl our powers 570 00:32:45,050 --> 00:32:49,880 and her trying to use them all at the same time may actually make things worse 571 00:32:49,924 --> 00:32:52,361 or have unintended, devastating consequences. 572 00:32:53,188 --> 00:32:54,581 We simply don't know. 573 00:32:54,624 --> 00:32:55,669 ♪ Rrraaa 574 00:32:55,712 --> 00:32:56,670 ♪ She know me know me 575 00:32:56,713 --> 00:32:57,758 ♪ Kraaa 576 00:32:57,801 --> 00:32:59,194 ♪ She hold me hold me 577 00:32:59,238 --> 00:33:00,108 ♪ Kraaaa 578 00:33:00,152 --> 00:33:01,327 ♪ She show me show me 579 00:33:02,676 --> 00:33:05,026 ♪ Just rock and then sway 580 00:33:05,070 --> 00:33:10,814 ♪ Look her eyes 581 00:33:28,223 --> 00:33:29,050 [Veronica] Mmm. 582 00:33:30,921 --> 00:33:31,922 [sighs] 583 00:33:35,970 --> 00:33:37,058 Did it work? 584 00:33:37,102 --> 00:33:38,451 Only one way to find out. 585 00:33:40,409 --> 00:33:42,194 - Whoa! - Whoa, V. 586 00:33:42,237 --> 00:33:44,109 Interesting. 587 00:33:44,152 --> 00:33:46,633 You're threatening me, Veronica, and I can see an aura around you. 588 00:33:47,721 --> 00:33:50,245 - And I can't. - Let's go two for two. 589 00:33:58,645 --> 00:34:03,867 The bullet didn't penetrate. I'm invulnerable. 590 00:34:03,911 --> 00:34:06,000 [Archie] I guess that means I'm not. 591 00:34:06,044 --> 00:34:08,046 [Jughead] Veronica is nuts! What if that hadn't worked? 592 00:34:08,089 --> 00:34:09,830 [Tabitha] I should have stayed in Chicago. 593 00:34:10,613 --> 00:34:12,311 I can hear your thoughts. 594 00:34:12,354 --> 00:34:14,965 I think your dialysis worked, Veronica. 595 00:34:15,009 --> 00:34:18,795 In that case, you're as ready as you'll ever be, Cheryl. 596 00:34:20,101 --> 00:34:23,104 For all our sakes, I pray you're right. 597 00:34:29,197 --> 00:34:30,720 [portal warbling] 598 00:34:34,159 --> 00:34:35,073 Toodles. 599 00:34:58,270 --> 00:35:00,098 Mom, Dad. 600 00:35:02,317 --> 00:35:03,666 - I'm scared. - Hey. 601 00:35:06,278 --> 00:35:09,107 ♪ Breathe the air again 602 00:35:10,630 --> 00:35:13,589 ♪ It's a beautiful day 603 00:35:14,982 --> 00:35:17,419 ♪ I wish this moment Would stay ♪ 604 00:35:17,463 --> 00:35:19,291 ♪ With the earth ♪ 605 00:35:19,334 --> 00:35:23,556 -♪ Some primal paradise - ♪ Paradise 606 00:35:23,599 --> 00:35:26,298 ♪ But there you go again 607 00:35:27,690 --> 00:35:32,086 ♪ Saying everything ends 608 00:35:32,130 --> 00:35:36,743 ♪ Saying you can't depend On anything ♪ 609 00:35:36,786 --> 00:35:39,746 ♪ Or anyone ♪ 610 00:35:39,789 --> 00:35:45,317 ♪ If the end of the world Was near ♪ 611 00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:49,147 ♪ Where would you Choose to be? ♪ 612 00:35:49,190 --> 00:35:53,151 ♪ If there was Five more minutes ♪ 613 00:35:53,890 --> 00:35:55,501 ♪ Of air 614 00:35:55,544 --> 00:35:57,981 ♪ Would you panic and hide? 615 00:35:58,025 --> 00:36:00,375 ♪ Or run for your life? ♪ 616 00:36:00,419 --> 00:36:04,162 ♪ Or stand here And spend it with me? ♪ 617 00:36:04,205 --> 00:36:09,254 ♪ If we had five more minutes 618 00:36:09,297 --> 00:36:15,173 ♪ Would I, could I Make you happy? ♪ 619 00:36:19,220 --> 00:36:22,180 ♪ And we would live again 620 00:36:23,442 --> 00:36:27,707 ♪ In the simplest of ways 621 00:36:27,750 --> 00:36:31,537 ♪ Living day after day like 622 00:36:31,580 --> 00:36:36,411 -♪ Like some primal animals - ♪ Animals 623 00:36:36,455 --> 00:36:38,935 ♪ We will love again 624 00:36:40,763 --> 00:36:44,593 ♪ Under glorious suns 625 00:36:44,637 --> 00:36:48,771 ♪ With the freedom That comes with the truth ♪ 626 00:36:52,949 --> 00:36:58,216 ♪ If the end of the world Was near ♪ 627 00:36:58,259 --> 00:37:02,220 ♪ Where would you Choose to be? ♪ 628 00:37:02,263 --> 00:37:06,702 ♪ If there was Five more minutes ♪ 629 00:37:06,746 --> 00:37:08,574 ♪ Of air 630 00:37:08,617 --> 00:37:10,924 ♪ Would you panic and hide? 631 00:37:10,967 --> 00:37:13,143 ♪ Or run for your life? ♪ 632 00:37:13,187 --> 00:37:16,886 ♪ Or stand here And spend it with me? ♪ 633 00:37:16,930 --> 00:37:21,935 ♪ If we had five more minutes 634 00:37:21,978 --> 00:37:27,984 ♪ Would I, could I Make you happy? ♪ 635 00:37:31,945 --> 00:37:36,471 ♪ So it finally came to pass 636 00:37:36,515 --> 00:37:39,474 ♪ I saw the end of the world 637 00:37:41,041 --> 00:37:44,305 ♪ Saw the madness unfold 638 00:37:44,349 --> 00:37:49,789 ♪ Like some primal burial 639 00:37:49,832 --> 00:37:53,793 ♪ And I looked back upon 640 00:37:55,490 --> 00:37:58,754 ♪ Armageddon 641 00:37:58,798 --> 00:38:05,674 ♪ And the moment of truth Between you and me ♪ 642 00:38:05,718 --> 00:38:10,636 ♪ If we had five more minutes 643 00:38:10,679 --> 00:38:14,944 ♪ Of air to breathe 644 00:38:14,988 --> 00:38:19,209 ♪ And we cried all through it 645 00:38:19,253 --> 00:38:22,996 ♪ But you spend them with me 646 00:38:23,039 --> 00:38:28,001 ♪ On our last few drags 647 00:38:28,044 --> 00:38:32,962 ♪ Of air we agree ♪ 648 00:38:33,006 --> 00:38:39,708 ♪ I was, and you were, happy 649 00:38:51,416 --> 00:38:55,289 Let the fire within me blaze in glory 650 00:38:55,333 --> 00:38:58,161 and project upon what's come before me, 651 00:38:58,205 --> 00:39:01,077 combined with the gifts from each of my allies, 652 00:39:01,121 --> 00:39:04,864 keep this comet from falling out of the skies. 653 00:39:04,907 --> 00:39:08,258 Let the fire within me blaze in glory 654 00:39:08,302 --> 00:39:10,478 and project upon what's come before me, 655 00:39:10,522 --> 00:39:13,481 combined with the gifts from each of my allies, 656 00:39:13,525 --> 00:39:16,919 keep this comet from falling out of the skies. 657 00:39:16,963 --> 00:39:21,489 Let the fire within me blaze in glory, 658 00:39:21,533 --> 00:39:26,407 and project upon what's come before me, 659 00:39:26,451 --> 00:39:32,587 combined with the gifts from each of my allies, 660 00:39:32,631 --> 00:39:38,854 keep this comet from falling from the skies. 661 00:39:38,898 --> 00:39:44,425 Let the fire within me blaze in glory, 662 00:39:44,469 --> 00:39:51,214 keep this comet from falling out of the skies. 663 00:39:58,483 --> 00:40:00,528 [Jughead] So what happened next? 664 00:40:00,572 --> 00:40:05,054 Did Cheryl, with our combined strengths, melt the comet? 665 00:40:05,098 --> 00:40:08,406 And did Veronica's last-minute plan to augment Cheryl's Phoenix powers 666 00:40:08,449 --> 00:40:09,885 save our loved ones' lives? 667 00:40:10,582 --> 00:40:12,148 [alarm clock ringing] 668 00:40:16,065 --> 00:40:18,111 The answer is yes. 669 00:40:21,810 --> 00:40:23,682 - [turns on radio] - ["Only You" playing] 670 00:40:23,725 --> 00:40:26,032 ♪ Only you 671 00:40:26,075 --> 00:40:29,209 [Jughead] But I suspect that the milkshake-like combination of all of our gifts 672 00:40:29,252 --> 00:40:32,647 arcane magic, time-traveling, opening portals into other dimensions 673 00:40:32,691 --> 00:40:35,694 did something wholly unexpected 674 00:40:35,737 --> 00:40:40,829 and yet also utterly inevitable. 675 00:40:40,873 --> 00:40:44,485 Riverdale and its citizens survived the ultimate battle between good and evil 676 00:40:44,529 --> 00:40:46,487 and it was still our Riverdale. 677 00:40:48,097 --> 00:40:51,492 But somehow, we were in a different time. 678 00:40:53,146 --> 00:40:54,626 Maybe to survive 679 00:40:54,669 --> 00:40:57,019 we had to go back to a simpler time. 680 00:40:57,063 --> 00:41:02,634 Before Jason Blossom's murder before the Black Hood, back to a truly innocent time. 681 00:41:04,505 --> 00:41:08,378 Mom, what's wrong, what's going on? 682 00:41:08,422 --> 00:41:10,119 I just heard the news on the radio. 683 00:41:11,599 --> 00:41:15,995 And it's in the morning paper. It's so awful, Archie. 684 00:41:16,778 --> 00:41:18,127 He died. 685 00:41:19,128 --> 00:41:22,871 He was so talented and so young. 686 00:41:22,915 --> 00:41:24,264 Who's dead? 687 00:41:24,307 --> 00:41:25,134 Who died? 688 00:41:26,484 --> 00:41:27,397 James Dean. 689 00:41:30,749 --> 00:41:32,751 [Jughead] It was true. 690 00:41:32,794 --> 00:41:35,623 The night before, the actor and teen idol James Dean 691 00:41:35,667 --> 00:41:38,670 had died in a car crash in California. 692 00:41:38,713 --> 00:41:43,675 Somehow the year is 1955, and somehow Archie Andrews 693 00:41:43,718 --> 00:41:47,766 and all of his friends, me included, are teenagers again 694 00:41:47,809 --> 00:41:52,292 and I'm the only one who remembers what our lives were like BC. 695 00:41:53,206 --> 00:41:54,512 Before the comet.