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The weirdest thing about
pretending to be dead
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is that after a while,
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you actually start
feeling like you're dead.
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As in, "dead as a doornail" dead.
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For starters, I was
underground, as if in a tomb.
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Granted, I was hiding out
in Dilton's doomsday bunker
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and not in a coffin, but still.
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Two weeks, no sunlight,
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with no sense of time or its passing?
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It's gotta be what
limbo feels like, right?
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Other similarities to being dead.
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Not one, but two
obituaries about me ran.
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A rather perfunctory one
in The Riverdale Register.
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A second, more irreverent
one in the Blue and Gold.
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I liked that one.
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I had a funeral. Well, a wake.
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I watched it on my laptop.
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Live-streamed from a camera Betty
had set up in the living room.
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Betty and I suspected that
the Stonies would show up,
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and, sure enough, they did.
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We wanted to study them
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to see if anything they
did was suspicious.
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Not that there was any doubt
in our mind about their guilt.
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The Preppies had stone-cold murdered me
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and were trying to pin it on Betty.
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We just couldn't prove it.
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Not yet.
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Meanwhile...
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The hardest part of playing dead
was letting everyone believe
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I was in the semi-sweet hereafter.
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Our family, our friends.
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The lies we had to tell.
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The things we had to do
to sell that illusion.
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Like pretending that my bereft
girlfriend had found comfort
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in the strong, steely
arms of my best bud.
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Which turned out to be the
greatest misdirect of them all.
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Of course, we needed to let
some people know the truth.
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Except in one case.
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My kid sister Jellybean?
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Didn't have to be told.
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Oh, you found the fake
blood. Thanks, Jellybean.
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Do you need it for Jughead?
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What? What do you... What do you mean?
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Do you need it to help my brother?
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Jellybean, do you know where Jughead is?
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I heard you whispering on the
phone to Charles last night.
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The walls are super thin.
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You don't have to tell me where he is,
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just that he's okay.
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Is he? Okay?
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Can you keep a secret?
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We brought my dad
into it pretty quick too.
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Betty.
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I, uh...
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I gave that bloody rock to Charles,
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he said the FBI is gonna have it tested.
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And when they do, they will
tell you that it's covered
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in fake blood that you
can buy at a drugstore.
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The hell are you talking about?
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I don't want you to worry anymore.
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Mr. Jones, I'm really sorry
that you've been worrying.
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Jughead's fine.
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He's... Okay, he's not
fine, but he's okay.
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Hold on, you know where Jughead is?
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Yes.
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I will tell you everything, okay?
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But we really, really
need your help, please.
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I'm afraid to ask,
but what kind of help?
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For starters,
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a search party.
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Archie went rogue and told his mom too.
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Mom, I have to confess something to you.
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And then there was
Veronica's sister, Hermosa,
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who was sniffing around,
looking for bones.
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All right. What do you wanna know?
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Let me ask you straight up, hermanita.
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Did you help Betty kill her boyfriend?
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What? No, why would I do that?
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Because that's the kind of
thing that secret girlfriends do.
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They kill each other's boyfriends
so they can be together.
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Okay, I don't know
what kind of crypto-lesbian
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pulp fiction you're conjuring, Hermosa,
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but Betty and I are just friends.
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Well, then, what did happen
to that dead Torombolo?
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Either you can tell me
or I'll just keep digging.
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- Don't forget, I'm a licensed...
- Private investigator, right.
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Not sure why I didn't
think of this before...
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but maybe you could
help us with something.
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Me, Betty, and Archie.
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How much do you charge, Hermosa?
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And is there a discount
for family members?
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In the months that
followed, people will ask us,
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"Did we need to do it?"
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Go to such extreme lengths?
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Maybe, maybe not.
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But this I did know...
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If I was going to recover without
the Preppies trying to kill me again
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and figure out how to
solve my own murder,
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I needed the illusion to be
perfect to buy myself time.
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So while above me, a
world without Jughead
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continued spinning forward,
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I pored over every scrap
of evidence we'd gathered,
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went over every detail of
my time at Stonewall Prep,
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looking for hidden
patterns, hints and clues.
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But this was a different kind of mystery
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than the ones we'd tackled before.
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This wasn't a "whodunnit."
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This was a "whydunnit."
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More psychological.
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I needed to get under my suspects'
skin, inside their heads.
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I had to let my intuition take over
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to draw these disparate
strands together.
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The missing Stonewall Four.
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The "accidental deaths"
of DuPont's classmates.
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My attempted murder. How
were they all connected?
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A key piece of information
came from Hermosa.
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Which was that Donna...
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Jug?
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Jug?
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Are you okay?
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Yeah, sorry, I was just going
over everything one more time.
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- What's up, did they find him?
- Yeah, yes. We did.
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- Well, I mean, Charles and FP did.
- And did he agree?
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Completely.
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He's showering as we speak.
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- So are we doing this or what?
- Oh, yeah.
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We are gonna blow Stonewall
Prep out of the water.
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Crime and Punishment.
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A novel of murder and
its psychological toll.
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The floor is open.
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Any thoughts regarding
Dostoevsky's take on morality?
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Hey, guys.
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Well, what, did you even miss me?
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You gotta be kidding me.
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Mr. Jones.
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I... I don't understand.
We all thought...
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That I was dead? Well...
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Yeah, actually for a
minute there, I did too.
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Yeah.
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Hey, what's that
oft-used Mark Twain quote?
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"Rumors of my death have
been greatly exaggerated."
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What is happening right now?
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It is called "getting
your comeuppance", Joan.
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You guys are reading Crime
and Punishment, huh?
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How apropos.
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You know, the one kind
of crime story that
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we never really touched
upon in this seminar
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was the time-tested genre
of a locked room mystery.
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Where all the suspects
are sequestered in a room.
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One or more of them could be the killer,
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but the door is not unlocked
until the identity is revealed.
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Betty, could you do the honor?
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The next bell doesn't
ring for half an hour.
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So for the next 30 minutes,
your asses belong to us.
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I knew you weren't really dead.
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Good job, Donna.
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And yet since you failed
to prove it or find Jughead,
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we had time to figure out
all the twists and turns
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of this murder-mystery
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that we've all been living
for the past few months.
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I have no idea what
you're talking about.
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Don't worry 'cause
I'm gonna take you through it,
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- step by step.
- No, this is ridiculous.
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Mr. DuPont, I'm calling security.
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Shut the hell up, Bret. Like I
said, for the next 30 minutes,
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we're in charge. So,
give me your cellphones.
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- Why the hell...
- Joan, just do what she says.
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We have nothing to hide.
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I'd get comfortable if I were you guys
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'cause I'm going to take you
through it from the very beginning.
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Starting with that very curious fact
that both Moose Mason and myself
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were invited to Stonewall
Prep during our senior year.
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Jughead?
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Moose!
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What the hell?
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It's good to see you.
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Was it like that when you met my
grandfather, Forsythe the First?
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He was asked to study at Stonewall too.
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You were roommates with
him, weren't you, Mr. DuPont?
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Yes.
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And you're very much
like him, Mr. Jones.
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Your grandfather was
an arrogant fool too.
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Why do you say that, huh?
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Because he had the gall
to consider himself worthy
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of your little inner circle?
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The first iteration of
Stonewall's Literary Society.
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What exactly is this proving, Mr. Jones?
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That this is not a story about a murder.
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This is a story about grandparents
and their grandchildren.
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Of the sins from one generation
being passed on to the next.
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Cycles of violence.
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Which brings me neatly to my next point.
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Halloween.
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When I was drugged by you psychos.
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I think I...
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I think I need some air.
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No.
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You need to lie down.
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Say hello to the Stonewall Four for us.
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Only to wake up in a coffin
and be let out a day later.
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To return to my dorm.
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Moose, you are not going
to believe what Bret...
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And find that Moose had vanished.
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So naturally, I assumed he
went out the same way
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as the Stonewall Four,
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that group of students
that mysteriously vanished
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while attending Stonewall
Prep over a few decades.
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Oh, here we go again.
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Now, Moose's fate was more
banal. He joined the Army.
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But there's a twist!
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Mr. Chipping was the one who
encouraged Moose to enlist.
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But it was more like forced him to.
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He was encouraging me to leave.
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Until Halloween night, when it
became more than a suggestion.
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I mean, he practically
shoved me out the door.
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So, what was the connection
between Moose and Chipping
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that would make him take his advice?
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He recruited me. To play football.
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Wait. Mr. Chipping's the reason
why you went to Stonewall Prep?
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Chipping had recruited Moose
the same way he had Jughead
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and then ran him out of Stonewall Prep.
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Meaning what, exactly?
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Meaning Chipping knew Moose
was going to get murdered
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and was trying to save his life.
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And I would remember that next
point. It's gonna be on the qu...
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- Oh, Mr. J...
- Shut up!
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Mr. DuPont, as they say
in Lord of the Flies,
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I have the conch.
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Now, after Halloween is when
things got really interesting.
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See, that's when you announced
the writing competition.
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Chipping has written the last
four Baxter Brothers books.
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It's time he pass on the torch.
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And someone in this very room
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is going to be anointed
the next ghostwriter.
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You had already taken a
shine to me, Mr. DuPont.
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You were asking about my
father and my grandfather.
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Your grandfather was
an excellent writer.
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Tell me, how's he doing?
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Does he still write?
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So imagine my surprise...
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when I found out that my
good-for-nothing drop-out grandfather
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had actually written the
original Baxter Brothers novel.
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Which a young Francis DuPont
would then steal from him.
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It was a 100% legal transaction. A sale.
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It's highway robbery.
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A measly five grand for an idea
that generated millions of dollars.
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You exploited Forsythe, Mr. DuPont.
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You took advantage of a kid from
the wrong side of the tracks.
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And if that secret ever came out,
251
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can you imagine the damage that would do
252
00:12:15,161 --> 00:12:17,894
to the very valuable
Baxter Brothers brand?
253
00:12:17,896 --> 00:12:20,597
Hell.
254
00:12:20,599 --> 00:12:23,834
Someone might kill to keep that secret.
255
00:12:23,836 --> 00:12:27,137
Which is exactly what we thought
happened with Mr. Chipping.
256
00:12:27,139 --> 00:12:29,539
I told Chipping about my gramps.
257
00:12:29,541 --> 00:12:31,308
And then he talked to you, Mr. DuPont.
258
00:12:31,310 --> 00:12:33,344
And the next day, well...
259
00:12:36,015 --> 00:12:39,386
I think we all remember
his dive out the window.
260
00:12:40,985 --> 00:12:42,540
I thought you had urged him to do it.
261
00:12:42,542 --> 00:12:44,342
I thought you had some
leverage over Chipping.
262
00:12:44,344 --> 00:12:46,260
I mean, you guys were all part
of the same secret society,
263
00:12:46,262 --> 00:12:47,328
Quill and Skull.
264
00:12:48,323 --> 00:12:49,689
But it was actually you guys.
265
00:12:50,917 --> 00:12:53,751
It was your blank expressions
266
00:12:53,753 --> 00:12:55,253
as you watched him jump.
267
00:12:55,255 --> 00:12:56,954
Call an ambulance!
268
00:13:00,527 --> 00:13:01,859
I just couldn't shake it.
269
00:13:04,097 --> 00:13:06,604
That's when I knew there
was a deeper game afoot.
270
00:13:06,606 --> 00:13:09,834
No, Chipping suicided 'cause he
was messing around with Donna,
271
00:13:09,836 --> 00:13:11,734
she ended it, and he short-circuited.
272
00:13:11,736 --> 00:13:13,271
Except...
273
00:13:13,273 --> 00:13:17,374
they never really had
a physical relationship.
274
00:13:17,376 --> 00:13:19,210
Isn't that right, Donna?
275
00:13:19,212 --> 00:13:21,345
We had an affair and it got out of hand.
276
00:13:21,347 --> 00:13:22,747
Mmm-hmm.
277
00:13:22,749 --> 00:13:25,582
Yes, an affair that went down exactly
278
00:13:25,584 --> 00:13:29,528
like the affair that
you had with Mr. Kotter.
279
00:13:29,530 --> 00:13:32,564
- Uh...
- Except, I looked into it and...
280
00:13:33,425 --> 00:13:36,160
turns out there is no Mr. Kotter.
281
00:13:36,162 --> 00:13:39,163
- Rupert, Rupert had demons.
- Oh, he did.
282
00:13:39,165 --> 00:13:41,966
Mrs. Chipping filled
us in on all of those.
283
00:13:43,369 --> 00:13:47,504
Yeah, she said that he
had been drinking more.
284
00:13:47,506 --> 00:13:48,773
And having trouble sleeping.
285
00:13:48,775 --> 00:13:51,475
... complaining about the
Baxter Brothers books.
286
00:13:51,477 --> 00:13:53,877
Wishing he'd never gotten the contract.
287
00:13:54,780 --> 00:13:56,313
So then, we started to ask ourselves,
288
00:13:56,315 --> 00:13:58,948
what would turn the
opportunity of a lifetime,
289
00:13:58,950 --> 00:14:02,319
winning the Baxter Brothers
contract, into a burden?
290
00:14:02,321 --> 00:14:04,521
An albatross? Any ideas?
291
00:14:06,358 --> 00:14:10,960
Your ghostwriter challenge was
to devise the perfect murder.
292
00:14:10,962 --> 00:14:12,696
What if the real challenge,
293
00:14:12,698 --> 00:14:15,128
the real price that someone had to pay
294
00:14:15,130 --> 00:14:17,567
was to commit the perfect murder?
295
00:14:17,569 --> 00:14:20,203
In order to prove that you could
write it, first you had to do it.
296
00:14:21,540 --> 00:14:25,529
I mean, it kind of makes a
twisted, pathological sense, no?
297
00:14:25,531 --> 00:14:28,845
And that's what was
tormenting Mr. Chipping.
298
00:14:28,847 --> 00:14:30,413
The guilt of what he had done,
299
00:14:30,415 --> 00:14:34,217
the blood that he had shed,
in order to win the contract.
300
00:14:34,219 --> 00:14:37,320
Mr. Chipping invited Moose to
Stonewall Prep to be the next victim.
301
00:14:37,322 --> 00:14:40,556
To be killed by the next
ghostwriter. One of you.
302
00:14:40,558 --> 00:14:43,793
And Moose was the perfect candidate.
303
00:14:43,795 --> 00:14:46,029
I mean, he was a messed-up
kid, he had no family,
304
00:14:46,031 --> 00:14:47,730
he couldn't handle the stresses of life.
305
00:14:47,732 --> 00:14:52,435
After my dad was arrested for
impersonating the Gargoyle King,
306
00:14:52,437 --> 00:14:57,173
it, uh, kinda blew up my
life, my family, everything.
307
00:14:57,175 --> 00:15:00,109
I even ended up in a facility
for a couple of months.
308
00:15:00,111 --> 00:15:02,312
Chipping ran Moose out of town.
309
00:15:03,081 --> 00:15:04,780
You said it yourself.
310
00:15:04,782 --> 00:15:06,048
Good, you remember.
311
00:15:06,050 --> 00:15:08,217
Okay, we think Chipping
couldn't go through with it.
312
00:15:08,219 --> 00:15:12,555
And-or, maybe he just wanted
to atone for what he had done.
313
00:15:12,557 --> 00:15:14,056
I mean, whatever the reason.
314
00:15:14,058 --> 00:15:16,392
He ran Moose the hell
away from Stonewall Prep
315
00:15:16,394 --> 00:15:18,994
and then killed himself,
it was his only escape.
316
00:15:19,864 --> 00:15:22,814
Pure demented conjecture.
317
00:15:22,816 --> 00:15:26,579
Well, yes and no. Chipping's
behavior is hypothesis, but if proven,
318
00:15:26,581 --> 00:15:28,262
it shows a pattern
319
00:15:28,264 --> 00:15:30,606
of how the previous
ghostwriters won their contract.
320
00:15:30,608 --> 00:15:34,309
Same year, same month as
Chipping was awarded his contract,
321
00:15:34,311 --> 00:15:35,911
a Stonewall student disappeared.
322
00:15:35,913 --> 00:15:37,980
One of the so-called Stonewall Four.
323
00:15:40,851 --> 00:15:44,419
We believe this student was
murdered by Mr. Chipping.
324
00:15:49,459 --> 00:15:51,896
Ryan Allan, the previous ghostwriter,
325
00:15:51,898 --> 00:15:53,728
who took up the mantle the same month
326
00:15:53,730 --> 00:15:55,797
another one of the
Stonewall Four disappeared.
327
00:15:57,166 --> 00:16:00,101
The sequence holds true for every
ghostwriter who preceded them.
328
00:16:00,103 --> 00:16:02,883
It's... It's actually incredibly simple.
329
00:16:02,885 --> 00:16:04,221
Which brings us
330
00:16:04,223 --> 00:16:07,341
to a couple months ago,
when I was awarded the contract.
331
00:16:07,343 --> 00:16:08,543
But why?
332
00:16:09,446 --> 00:16:11,645
To put a target on my back.
333
00:16:11,647 --> 00:16:14,148
Probably because I was
already circling the truth,
334
00:16:14,150 --> 00:16:16,918
so he gave you guys a new challenge.
335
00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:19,686
To commit the perfect
murder, against me,
336
00:16:20,623 --> 00:16:23,690
and be awarded the contract.
337
00:16:23,692 --> 00:16:26,693
So, the million dollar question is...
338
00:16:27,696 --> 00:16:31,865
who was going to kill Jughead? And how?
339
00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:40,080
So, which one of you
heartless bastards killed me?
340
00:16:41,718 --> 00:16:45,018
It was actually Mr.
DuPont that gave me a clue.
341
00:16:45,020 --> 00:16:47,677
When I asked who had re-written
my Baxter Brothers novel,
342
00:16:47,679 --> 00:16:49,344
you told me they all had a crack at it.
343
00:16:49,346 --> 00:16:52,434
Well, actually,
344
00:16:52,436 --> 00:16:55,212
all of your classmates
collaborated on it.
345
00:16:55,214 --> 00:16:56,654
And that suggested to me
346
00:16:56,656 --> 00:16:58,392
that each one of you
had a hand in my murder.
347
00:16:58,394 --> 00:17:01,384
- Oh, this should be good.
- Donna, you kept Betty busy.
348
00:17:04,345 --> 00:17:05,878
Oh, good, you made it.
349
00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:08,114
Bret, you led me deeper into the woods,
350
00:17:08,116 --> 00:17:11,250
where I took off the bunny mask I
was wearing and put on my beanie.
351
00:17:13,754 --> 00:17:15,530
And was it that beanie
352
00:17:15,532 --> 00:17:18,053
that kept my head from being
completely cracked open
353
00:17:18,055 --> 00:17:20,125
when Joan crept up behind me...
354
00:17:20,127 --> 00:17:22,261
and hit me with a baseball-sized rock?
355
00:17:22,263 --> 00:17:24,293
What? How do you know it was me?
356
00:17:24,295 --> 00:17:25,381
Why couldn't it have been Jonathan?
357
00:17:25,383 --> 00:17:28,467
Well, I don't recall Jonathan
wearing your perfume.
358
00:17:28,469 --> 00:17:31,035
Yeah, where... Where is Jonathan again?
359
00:17:31,037 --> 00:17:33,972
Or did you kill him because he
started to develop a conscience?
360
00:17:33,974 --> 00:17:36,841
He had food poisoning, he
still has food poisoning.
361
00:17:36,843 --> 00:17:38,910
Okay, Jonathan aside,
362
00:17:38,912 --> 00:17:42,593
you had a fool-proof
plan, air-tight alibis.
363
00:17:42,595 --> 00:17:46,029
It all should have worked
so perfectly, but it didn't.
364
00:17:47,953 --> 00:17:49,687
- Why?
- Because in all your plotting,
365
00:17:49,689 --> 00:17:52,122
all of your lurid conspiring
and your brilliance,
366
00:17:52,124 --> 00:17:53,857
you didn't kill me.
367
00:17:53,859 --> 00:17:55,793
I mean, whose job was
it to check my pulse?
368
00:17:55,795 --> 00:17:56,795
Jonathan!
369
00:18:01,609 --> 00:18:03,332
Oh, you Einsteins.
370
00:18:03,334 --> 00:18:05,456
All you had to do was hit
me in the back of the head
371
00:18:05,458 --> 00:18:07,405
hard enough with a rock.
372
00:18:07,407 --> 00:18:08,939
You failed spectacularly.
373
00:18:08,941 --> 00:18:11,642
Yeah, meanwhile, Donna was
blowing Devil's Breath in my face
374
00:18:11,644 --> 00:18:14,077
to set me up as the ultimate fall-girl.
375
00:18:16,916 --> 00:18:18,516
Devil's Breath? Really?
376
00:18:18,518 --> 00:18:20,732
Yeah, the technical
term being scopolamine,
377
00:18:20,734 --> 00:18:23,613
which leaves a person highly
suggestive and in a drunken state.
378
00:18:23,615 --> 00:18:27,026
Which is why I don't remember when
Donna led me into the clearing
379
00:18:27,028 --> 00:18:30,330
where Jughead's body was and
placed the bloody rock in my hand,
380
00:18:30,332 --> 00:18:34,231
leaving me literally red-handed
with the murder weapon.
381
00:18:34,233 --> 00:18:37,701
After which, the four of
you returned to the party
382
00:18:37,703 --> 00:18:40,570
and ran into Archie and Veronica.
383
00:18:40,572 --> 00:18:43,841
Hey, have you guys
seen Betty and Jughead?
384
00:18:44,676 --> 00:18:46,343
I think they went that way,
385
00:18:46,345 --> 00:18:48,312
into the clearing behind those trees.
386
00:18:52,251 --> 00:18:53,383
Thanks.
387
00:18:58,890 --> 00:19:01,491
And pointed them to where
you knew they would find me.
388
00:19:02,627 --> 00:19:04,394
Standing over Jughead's corpse.
389
00:19:04,396 --> 00:19:06,363
Oh, my God, Betty, what happened?
390
00:19:06,365 --> 00:19:08,598
Jug! Is he breathing?
391
00:19:14,339 --> 00:19:15,572
He's dead.
392
00:19:16,808 --> 00:19:21,077
At which point, one of two
scenarios could've played out.
393
00:19:21,079 --> 00:19:26,383
One, Archie and Veronica
could turn me in.
394
00:19:26,385 --> 00:19:28,622
Two,
395
00:19:28,624 --> 00:19:33,121
they could help me cover up the
"murder" that I had just committed.
396
00:19:33,123 --> 00:19:35,357
Either way, I'm damned if
I do and damned if I don't.
397
00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:38,627
But honestly, you guys could've
gotten away with it too.
398
00:19:38,629 --> 00:19:41,930
Yeah, except, again...
399
00:19:41,932 --> 00:19:43,331
You guys didn't kill me.
400
00:19:43,333 --> 00:19:47,436
- Archie...
- Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
401
00:19:47,438 --> 00:19:48,771
Betty, what happened?
402
00:19:54,211 --> 00:19:57,345
All right, start pounding on
his chest. Right now, okay?
403
00:19:57,347 --> 00:19:59,383
Vee, use the beanie
to stop the bleeding.
404
00:19:59,385 --> 00:20:02,887
Go, one, two, three, four, five.
405
00:20:05,855 --> 00:20:08,255
- Come on, Jug.
- ... four, five...
406
00:20:08,257 --> 00:20:10,591
Come on, come on, Jug! Come on!
407
00:20:11,761 --> 00:20:13,961
- Betty, he's...
- Come back to me, Jug.
408
00:20:16,866 --> 00:20:19,434
Jug, hey, hey, hey.
409
00:20:19,436 --> 00:20:21,736
Hey, we're gonna get
you to a hospital, okay?
410
00:20:21,738 --> 00:20:23,471
No... No hospital.
411
00:20:25,014 --> 00:20:27,476
Hey, stay awake,
stay with me, please, Jug.
412
00:20:27,478 --> 00:20:29,440
Hey. Stay awake, okay?
413
00:20:30,513 --> 00:20:33,815
Though I didn't regain
consciousness for another 36 hours.
414
00:20:33,817 --> 00:20:36,517
The worst 36 hours of my life.
415
00:20:40,021 --> 00:20:41,822
Why would you say that, Jones?
416
00:20:41,824 --> 00:20:45,992
"No hospital." Why would a
man on death's door say that?
417
00:20:47,062 --> 00:20:49,796
I honestly don't know.
418
00:20:49,798 --> 00:20:51,735
Maybe I had some small feeling
419
00:20:51,737 --> 00:20:54,100
that you were going to
try and frame Betty.
420
00:20:54,102 --> 00:20:56,336
And I wanted her to
have a fighting chance.
421
00:21:00,075 --> 00:21:03,164
I'm... I'm calling Charles,
I'm calling Charles.
422
00:21:03,166 --> 00:21:06,312
- What? Why?
- We can trust him. He'll help us, okay?
423
00:21:06,314 --> 00:21:07,347
Hey, Jug.
424
00:21:10,519 --> 00:21:14,052
Charles, I'm in the woods
with Archie and Veronica.
425
00:21:14,054 --> 00:21:17,155
Jughead, he's hurt really
badly, we need help.
426
00:21:17,157 --> 00:21:19,658
We need your help, please!
427
00:21:19,660 --> 00:21:23,208
We carried Jug through the
woods to the old postal road,
428
00:21:23,210 --> 00:21:27,746
where my brother Charles was
waiting for us with an FBI med-van.
429
00:21:31,606 --> 00:21:34,272
- What happened to him, Betty?
- A head wound.
430
00:21:34,274 --> 00:21:37,409
We slowed the bleeding, we
did chest compressions and CPR.
431
00:21:37,411 --> 00:21:38,511
You think he's gonna make it?
432
00:21:38,513 --> 00:21:39,612
We're gonna do everything that we can.
433
00:21:39,614 --> 00:21:40,846
What about us? What do we do?
434
00:21:40,848 --> 00:21:42,915
Go back to where you
found him. Clean the scene.
435
00:21:42,917 --> 00:21:44,386
Make absolutely certain
436
00:21:44,388 --> 00:21:45,751
that you don't leave
anything behind, all right?
437
00:21:45,753 --> 00:21:47,485
Also, your clothes
are covered with blood.
438
00:21:47,487 --> 00:21:49,687
You need to get rid of those
and get washed up, okay?
439
00:21:49,689 --> 00:21:50,955
Okay.
440
00:21:58,565 --> 00:22:00,732
And then we did what Charles asked.
441
00:22:00,734 --> 00:22:03,200
We went back to the clearing.
442
00:22:03,202 --> 00:22:05,803
Threw the bloody rock
in the swimming hole.
443
00:22:06,873 --> 00:22:09,707
Took off our clothes
and started a bonfire.
444
00:22:09,709 --> 00:22:11,308
What happens if he doesn't make it?
445
00:22:11,310 --> 00:22:12,544
He'll make it.
446
00:22:13,780 --> 00:22:15,246
But what if he doesn't?
447
00:22:16,315 --> 00:22:17,448
He will.
448
00:22:20,285 --> 00:22:23,420
But if he doesn't, then...
449
00:22:25,223 --> 00:22:28,659
Archie... Archie?
450
00:22:29,929 --> 00:22:33,396
- Archie! You listening to me?
- Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
451
00:22:35,500 --> 00:22:39,502
We have to burn all of our
clothes including Jughead's beanie.
452
00:22:41,740 --> 00:22:44,140
We'll rinse off the blood
in the swimming hole.
453
00:22:46,411 --> 00:22:48,946
After tonight, we never
speak of this. Ever.
454
00:22:48,948 --> 00:22:52,182
Not to each other, not
to our parents. No one.
455
00:22:53,117 --> 00:22:56,385
We'll finish our senior year, graduate,
456
00:22:56,387 --> 00:22:57,720
and we'll go our separate ways.
457
00:22:57,722 --> 00:23:00,422
That is the only way
that we won't get caught.
458
00:23:04,528 --> 00:23:05,661
Do it.
459
00:23:12,604 --> 00:23:16,005
That is how it'll have to
be if Jug doesn't make it.
460
00:23:16,007 --> 00:23:18,774
But it won't come to
that. He will pull through.
461
00:23:18,776 --> 00:23:20,175
He has to.
462
00:23:21,178 --> 00:23:23,946
And then, we went home.
463
00:23:26,617 --> 00:23:29,884
And what happened next
was a waking nightmare.
464
00:23:29,886 --> 00:23:33,855
Not knowing if or when
Jughead was going to wake up,
465
00:23:33,857 --> 00:23:37,258
and wondering if I had
actually been responsible.
466
00:23:37,260 --> 00:23:40,194
Wait, but we saw Jughead's
corpse at the coroner's office.
467
00:23:40,196 --> 00:23:41,429
Was he in on it?
468
00:23:41,431 --> 00:23:43,364
Who? Dr. Curdle Jr.?
469
00:23:44,334 --> 00:23:48,503
Yeah, mmm-hmm, yeah. We go way back.
470
00:23:48,505 --> 00:23:52,107
You see, Bret, in a town like Riverdale,
471
00:23:52,109 --> 00:23:54,375
everybody's got a price.
472
00:23:54,377 --> 00:23:57,646
And that includes our friendly
neighborhood doctor of death.
473
00:23:59,950 --> 00:24:01,318
And while Betty
474
00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:03,887
was keeping you guys busy
with a game of cat-and-mouse,
475
00:24:03,889 --> 00:24:05,219
I was in the underground bunker
476
00:24:05,221 --> 00:24:07,788
untangling this Gordian knot of a year.
477
00:24:07,790 --> 00:24:11,458
And it is crazy how much
untangling you can get done
478
00:24:11,460 --> 00:24:12,993
when everyone thinks you're dead.
479
00:24:12,995 --> 00:24:16,130
Which brings us, basically, to today.
480
00:24:16,132 --> 00:24:18,331
So, Mr. DuPont,
481
00:24:19,735 --> 00:24:22,235
the floor is open. What do you think?
482
00:24:23,773 --> 00:24:25,873
Oh, Mr. Jones...
483
00:24:27,743 --> 00:24:29,442
"A" for effort.
484
00:24:29,444 --> 00:24:30,577
If nothing else,
485
00:24:30,579 --> 00:24:33,300
this fiction is significantly
more entertaining
486
00:24:33,302 --> 00:24:35,949
than anything you ever
produced for my class.
487
00:24:35,951 --> 00:24:37,517
Oh, did I forget to mention
488
00:24:37,519 --> 00:24:40,620
that Betty and I went and saw
the Baxter Brothers ghostwriters?
489
00:24:40,622 --> 00:24:45,325
And when we told them our theory,
they all asked for their lawyers.
490
00:24:45,327 --> 00:24:47,561
What if you did track them down?
491
00:24:47,563 --> 00:24:49,947
And even if you found
one who corroborated
492
00:24:49,949 --> 00:24:52,424
your wild theories in some vague way,
493
00:24:52,426 --> 00:24:56,336
then you will know that I
never explicitly directed
494
00:24:56,338 --> 00:24:59,172
my students or mentees
to do anything criminal.
495
00:24:59,174 --> 00:25:00,707
Oh.
496
00:25:00,709 --> 00:25:04,177
What a canny serial
killer you are, Mr. DuPont.
497
00:25:04,179 --> 00:25:06,446
But we haven't even
gotten to the best part.
498
00:25:06,448 --> 00:25:11,950
Specifically, the three members of
your original literary society...
499
00:25:11,952 --> 00:25:13,485
who you murdered.
500
00:25:15,022 --> 00:25:19,391
Jane Dallas Brown, Charles W.
Chickens, Theodore Weisel...
501
00:25:21,629 --> 00:25:23,020
There it is.
502
00:25:23,022 --> 00:25:25,415
Let's loop back to the
original sin, shall we?
503
00:25:25,417 --> 00:25:27,733
When Mr. DuPont stole,
and I do mean stole,
504
00:25:27,735 --> 00:25:29,954
my grandfather's original
Baxter Brothers novel.
505
00:25:29,956 --> 00:25:31,746
A fact known to you, Mr. DuPont,
506
00:25:31,748 --> 00:25:33,171
and of course, Jughead's grandfather
507
00:25:33,173 --> 00:25:37,075
but also to your inner
circle, your classmates.
508
00:25:38,546 --> 00:25:41,388
The corrupt secret at
the heart of an empire.
509
00:25:41,390 --> 00:25:43,215
Although it wasn't an empire just yet.
510
00:25:43,217 --> 00:25:46,517
It was a house of cards that
you built over many decades.
511
00:25:46,519 --> 00:25:48,120
And the bigger it got,
512
00:25:48,122 --> 00:25:50,956
the more worried you became that
one little slip of the tongue
513
00:25:50,958 --> 00:25:53,058
would send the whole
thing tumbling down.
514
00:25:53,060 --> 00:25:56,061
Your life's work would
be revealed as a lie,
515
00:25:56,063 --> 00:25:58,363
and you as a fraud.
516
00:25:58,365 --> 00:26:00,232
And a thief.
517
00:26:00,234 --> 00:26:01,566
A man of dishonor.
518
00:26:01,568 --> 00:26:03,935
So, you started going after
people who knew the truth
519
00:26:03,937 --> 00:26:08,473
and started staging
their accidental deaths.
520
00:26:08,475 --> 00:26:13,845
You cut brakes. You
tampered with fuselages.
521
00:26:13,847 --> 00:26:16,281
You compromised oxygen tanks.
522
00:26:16,283 --> 00:26:18,283
Until there was only one living member
523
00:26:18,285 --> 00:26:20,951
of your literary society left.
524
00:26:20,953 --> 00:26:24,522
Betty, I think it's time
we let in our guests.
525
00:26:25,325 --> 00:26:26,658
With pleasure.
526
00:26:46,212 --> 00:26:48,913
- Forsythe.
- Live and in the flesh.
527
00:26:50,149 --> 00:26:51,816
Hello, Francis.
528
00:26:51,818 --> 00:26:54,018
Why don't you tell him
what you told us, Grandpa?
529
00:26:54,020 --> 00:26:57,354
Weisel came to see me before he died.
530
00:26:58,724 --> 00:27:00,224
He hadn't slept for days.
531
00:27:01,660 --> 00:27:07,097
He told me that you
killed Charles and Jane
532
00:27:07,099 --> 00:27:09,900
'cause they were gonna spill the truth
533
00:27:09,902 --> 00:27:11,802
about the damn Baxter Brothers.
534
00:27:13,505 --> 00:27:16,453
He said we knew too much and
you were gonna off us, too.
535
00:27:16,455 --> 00:27:20,277
You and I both know Theodore
was a paranoid drunk.
536
00:27:20,279 --> 00:27:22,947
But two days later,
537
00:27:22,949 --> 00:27:27,617
the expert diver
drowned in shallow water.
538
00:27:29,154 --> 00:27:32,488
So he was right, and I was next.
539
00:27:34,860 --> 00:27:37,493
So, I went out for a
pack of cigarettes...
540
00:27:39,764 --> 00:27:42,098
and never came back.
541
00:27:42,100 --> 00:27:45,235
What were you doing
off-grid since 2002, exactly?
542
00:27:45,237 --> 00:27:48,437
Collecting evidence
that linked Francis here
543
00:27:48,439 --> 00:27:52,180
with the murders of Charles
and Jane and Theodore.
544
00:27:52,182 --> 00:27:57,280
I started by calling hotels and
motels near the accident sites.
545
00:27:57,282 --> 00:27:59,015
You know what the one
thing I couldn't figure out
546
00:27:59,017 --> 00:28:00,816
at first was, Mr. DuPont?
547
00:28:00,818 --> 00:28:04,186
That if Moose was invited to
Stonewall Prep to be the next victim,
548
00:28:04,188 --> 00:28:05,821
then why was I also invited?
549
00:28:07,759 --> 00:28:09,759
I was bait
550
00:28:09,761 --> 00:28:11,727
to lure my grandfather out of hiding
551
00:28:11,729 --> 00:28:13,962
so you could finish the
job that you started.
552
00:28:13,964 --> 00:28:17,299
Took off like a coward
after Jughead found me.
553
00:28:17,301 --> 00:28:18,815
But, to my old man's credit,
554
00:28:18,817 --> 00:28:20,770
when Charles and I found
him the second time,
555
00:28:20,772 --> 00:28:23,372
and he heard what
happened to his grandson,
556
00:28:23,374 --> 00:28:26,018
he figured it was finally
time to take your ass down.
557
00:28:26,020 --> 00:28:28,310
While you were in
here playing Agatha Christie,
558
00:28:28,312 --> 00:28:31,113
my team was combing through
DuPont's house for the last hour.
559
00:28:31,115 --> 00:28:33,062
Now, given the trophies of your victims
560
00:28:33,064 --> 00:28:34,983
that we found in your hollowed out OED,
561
00:28:34,985 --> 00:28:38,120
and your ghostwriters lawyering up,
562
00:28:38,122 --> 00:28:40,855
not to mention Forsythe's
detective work...
563
00:28:40,857 --> 00:28:43,825
Well, why don't you tell him?
564
00:28:45,996 --> 00:28:47,329
It's over, Francis.
565
00:28:51,635 --> 00:28:56,538
You... call me a thief and a coward.
566
00:28:57,874 --> 00:28:59,774
I'm not.
567
00:28:59,776 --> 00:29:01,410
I'm a builder.
568
00:29:01,412 --> 00:29:03,478
I built the Baxter Brothers franchise
569
00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:06,548
and with that money, I
helped build this school.
570
00:29:06,550 --> 00:29:08,650
Without me, neither would exist.
571
00:29:08,652 --> 00:29:10,452
Francis DuPont, you have
the right to remain silent.
572
00:29:10,454 --> 00:29:13,254
Anything you say can and will be
used against you in a court of law.
573
00:29:13,256 --> 00:29:17,826
Never. A writer's power is in his words.
574
00:29:17,828 --> 00:29:21,028
Only the meek and the
timid choose silence.
575
00:29:21,030 --> 00:29:24,532
Oh, I am a man of honor.
576
00:29:29,238 --> 00:29:30,438
To the end.
577
00:29:48,697 --> 00:29:53,633
After that, it was a matter
of dotting I's and crossing T's.
578
00:29:53,635 --> 00:29:56,769
We obtained these text exchanges
between you and Donna.
579
00:29:57,606 --> 00:30:00,684
Donna was manipulating you, Joan.
580
00:30:00,686 --> 00:30:02,408
She tricked you into
doing her dirty work
581
00:30:02,410 --> 00:30:05,011
so her hands would remain clean.
582
00:30:05,013 --> 00:30:06,479
Don't protect her.
583
00:30:06,481 --> 00:30:08,637
I'll see to it that you
get a reduced sentence.
584
00:30:08,639 --> 00:30:11,907
Agent Smith, you have
nothing to offer me.
585
00:30:15,387 --> 00:30:18,277
Reminder, my father is an ambassador
586
00:30:18,279 --> 00:30:20,140
and I have diplomatic immunity.
587
00:30:20,142 --> 00:30:21,975
If you leave the country now,
588
00:30:21,977 --> 00:30:23,543
you won't ever be able to return.
589
00:30:23,545 --> 00:30:26,180
And your friends,
they'll take all the heat.
590
00:30:27,183 --> 00:30:28,615
They're not my friends.
591
00:30:37,559 --> 00:30:40,493
Hey, why did you lie to Jughead?
592
00:30:40,495 --> 00:30:43,130
You told him Bret had diplomatic
immunity, but it was Joan.
593
00:30:44,466 --> 00:30:46,366
I... I lied to Jughead
594
00:30:46,368 --> 00:30:50,036
because I was trying to keep
him from antagonizing Bret.
595
00:30:51,606 --> 00:30:54,441
You know it was Bret's
idea to kill Jughead.
596
00:30:54,443 --> 00:30:57,444
Uh-huh. How did you get
Mr. Chipping's tie pin?
597
00:30:57,446 --> 00:31:00,580
And don't tell me that
you were having an affair.
598
00:31:00,582 --> 00:31:02,114
No one's buying that story anymore.
599
00:31:03,218 --> 00:31:04,951
Mr. DuPont gave it to me.
600
00:31:06,421 --> 00:31:09,449
Said I had to lie to the headmaster,
601
00:31:09,451 --> 00:31:11,908
so that Mr. Chipping's death
would be ruled a suicide
602
00:31:11,910 --> 00:31:13,470
and people would stop asking questions.
603
00:31:15,464 --> 00:31:20,165
But I'm just glad that the
real monster behind all of this,
604
00:31:20,167 --> 00:31:22,401
Mr. DuPont, has paid for his crimes.
605
00:31:25,606 --> 00:31:27,873
You have a known history
of antagonizing Jughead.
606
00:31:27,875 --> 00:31:30,401
Witnesses saw you walking
with him into the woods
607
00:31:30,403 --> 00:31:31,547
the night he was attacked.
608
00:31:31,549 --> 00:31:33,649
Have I actually been
charged with a crime?
609
00:31:34,954 --> 00:31:37,421
You're facing hard time
for both attempted murder
610
00:31:37,423 --> 00:31:40,658
and the creation and possession
of illegally recorded sex tapes
611
00:31:40,660 --> 00:31:42,727
featuring fellow students.
612
00:31:42,729 --> 00:31:45,295
Including Jughead and Betty.
613
00:31:45,297 --> 00:31:50,567
Now, I'm willing to reduce your
charge to only attempted murder
614
00:31:50,569 --> 00:31:53,004
if you turn over your
collection of videotapes.
615
00:31:53,006 --> 00:31:55,105
Here's my counter-offer,
616
00:31:55,107 --> 00:31:57,907
reduce my charge to
conspiracy after the fact,
617
00:31:57,909 --> 00:32:00,977
which my lawyer will plead
down to community service,
618
00:32:00,979 --> 00:32:03,780
or Betty and Jughead's puerile sex tape
619
00:32:03,782 --> 00:32:06,486
will be released to the world wide web.
620
00:32:06,488 --> 00:32:08,755
Hmm. Let me think it over.
621
00:32:20,127 --> 00:32:21,494
That was quick.
622
00:32:29,808 --> 00:32:31,040
What the hell is this?
623
00:32:32,346 --> 00:32:33,812
The counter to your counter.
624
00:32:39,119 --> 00:32:43,088
I understand you've decided to
co-operate with our investigation
625
00:32:43,090 --> 00:32:45,290
and reveal the location
of your illicit videotapes.
626
00:32:46,293 --> 00:32:47,425
Is that correct?
627
00:32:49,897 --> 00:32:53,665
Hidden in a secret compartment
behind Stonewall's crest
628
00:32:53,667 --> 00:32:57,135
was a treasure trove of dark secrets.
629
00:32:57,137 --> 00:32:59,304
Illegally recorded videotapes,
630
00:32:59,306 --> 00:33:03,208
more fuel to add to the firestorm
of controversy that is consuming
631
00:33:03,210 --> 00:33:06,611
one of the country's oldest and
more prestigious prep schools.
632
00:33:06,613 --> 00:33:09,046
For now, Stonewall
Prep's doors remain open,
633
00:33:09,048 --> 00:33:12,750
but its secret society Quill
and Skull has been disbanded.
634
00:33:12,752 --> 00:33:16,921
For RIVW news, this is Alice Smith.
635
00:33:16,923 --> 00:33:19,423
It's good to be back, Riverdale.
636
00:33:21,460 --> 00:33:22,860
Thank you. Thank you very much.
637
00:33:22,862 --> 00:33:24,795
Your report came out really good, Mom.
638
00:33:24,797 --> 00:33:27,632
Oh, thanks, honey. I had a lot
of help from an inside source.
639
00:33:27,634 --> 00:33:29,466
- Mmm-hmm.
- Mmm-hmm?
640
00:33:30,603 --> 00:33:32,770
- I'm gonna head out.
- Yeah.
641
00:33:32,772 --> 00:33:34,812
Wait. Where are you going?
We're about to have cake.
642
00:33:37,208 --> 00:33:39,609
Um, I will be back soon, okay?
643
00:33:39,611 --> 00:33:42,846
I just have one last T to cross.
644
00:33:48,887 --> 00:33:50,353
Hello, Donna.
645
00:33:51,389 --> 00:33:52,622
Going somewhere?
646
00:33:52,624 --> 00:33:55,992
If you must know, I'm
transferring to a new school.
647
00:33:55,994 --> 00:33:57,694
Well, I'm glad I caught you then.
648
00:33:57,696 --> 00:33:59,888
I wanted to congratulate you personally.
649
00:33:59,890 --> 00:34:02,632
Jughead and I heard that you're
taking over the Baxter Brothers.
650
00:34:02,634 --> 00:34:04,601
The brand is relaunching.
651
00:34:05,604 --> 00:34:07,037
As Tracy True.
652
00:34:08,907 --> 00:34:10,073
Jealous?
653
00:34:11,309 --> 00:34:13,003
Your plan worked, Donna.
654
00:34:13,005 --> 00:34:17,280
You managed to get everyone
else to do the actual dirty work.
655
00:34:17,282 --> 00:34:18,681
Hell, even DuPont's dead.
656
00:34:18,683 --> 00:34:23,252
You covered your tracks extremely well.
657
00:34:23,254 --> 00:34:24,787
Betty...
658
00:34:26,724 --> 00:34:29,792
Are you really so delusional
659
00:34:29,794 --> 00:34:33,026
you would believe I
would mastermind some
660
00:34:33,028 --> 00:34:34,564
elaborate conspiracy
661
00:34:34,566 --> 00:34:37,182
that caused the deaths
of multiple people
662
00:34:37,184 --> 00:34:39,884
just to win a YA book contract?
663
00:34:42,507 --> 00:34:43,639
No.
664
00:34:44,609 --> 00:34:46,775
But you would do it for revenge.
665
00:34:46,777 --> 00:34:49,277
Oh, really?
666
00:34:49,279 --> 00:34:52,114
- Revenge for what?
- The murder of your grandmother.
667
00:34:53,882 --> 00:34:55,548
Jane Dallas Brown.
668
00:34:55,550 --> 00:34:57,416
One of the classmates DuPont killed
669
00:34:57,418 --> 00:35:00,753
to cover up the ugly truth that he
didn't create the Baxter Brothers.
670
00:35:01,744 --> 00:35:02,966
She was your grandmother.
671
00:35:02,968 --> 00:35:04,690
How could you possibly know that?
672
00:35:04,692 --> 00:35:06,692
A friend of a friend told me.
673
00:35:06,694 --> 00:35:09,328
You dedicated yourself to
getting into Stonewall Prep
674
00:35:09,330 --> 00:35:10,997
and getting into Chipping's class
675
00:35:10,999 --> 00:35:15,134
and each step brought you ever
closer to your grandmother's killer.
676
00:35:16,103 --> 00:35:18,571
You wanted revenge.
677
00:35:18,573 --> 00:35:21,173
So what was the original plan, Donna?
678
00:35:21,175 --> 00:35:24,943
Win the contract no matter
how many people had to die?
679
00:35:24,945 --> 00:35:28,180
And then stage an accident
that would take care of DuPont
680
00:35:28,182 --> 00:35:31,616
so you could tear down
the house that he built?
681
00:35:31,618 --> 00:35:33,318
Fascinating theory, Betty.
682
00:35:34,388 --> 00:35:36,288
You've left out one minor detail.
683
00:35:36,290 --> 00:35:40,025
DuPont didn't merely
kill my grandmother.
684
00:35:40,027 --> 00:35:41,860
He stole from her.
685
00:35:41,862 --> 00:35:43,828
The same way he did from Forsythe.
686
00:35:46,167 --> 00:35:47,799
Tracy True.
687
00:35:47,801 --> 00:35:49,469
The female teen detective
688
00:35:49,471 --> 00:35:51,527
who was introduced in the
Baxter Brothers' books.
689
00:35:52,806 --> 00:35:55,674
She was your grandmother's invention.
690
00:35:55,676 --> 00:36:00,211
Now I've taken Tracy back and
DuPont is rotting in a grave.
691
00:36:00,213 --> 00:36:01,880
Huh.
692
00:36:01,882 --> 00:36:04,683
How did you really find
out about my grandmother?
693
00:36:04,685 --> 00:36:06,184
A private investigator.
694
00:36:06,186 --> 00:36:09,520
At my behest, Hermosa put her
private eye skills to good use
695
00:36:09,522 --> 00:36:12,256
and did some digging on
those Stonewall WASPs.
696
00:36:12,258 --> 00:36:15,760
And your gal pal Donna is not so sweet.
697
00:36:16,797 --> 00:36:18,897
... who supplied us
with the medical files
698
00:36:18,899 --> 00:36:23,534
that confirmed that you are the
granddaughter of Jane Dallas Brown.
699
00:36:23,536 --> 00:36:25,603
Which gives the police a motive
700
00:36:25,605 --> 00:36:32,577
and links this entire
web of death back to you.
701
00:36:32,579 --> 00:36:34,512
It's circumstantial at best.
702
00:36:36,116 --> 00:36:37,848
But I'll play one last round.
703
00:36:39,185 --> 00:36:40,318
What do you want, Betty?
704
00:36:42,589 --> 00:36:46,357
I want you to walk away
from the Tracy True contract.
705
00:36:46,359 --> 00:36:48,226
Why in God's name would I do that?
706
00:36:48,228 --> 00:36:50,528
Fictional though she may be,
707
00:36:50,530 --> 00:36:52,830
Tracy deserves better,
708
00:36:52,832 --> 00:36:55,166
as does the memory of your grandmother.
709
00:36:55,168 --> 00:36:58,135
And you certainly
don't deserve to profit
710
00:36:58,137 --> 00:37:01,037
off the near-death of my boyfriend.
711
00:37:03,108 --> 00:37:04,241
Or...
712
00:37:05,277 --> 00:37:08,745
don't walk away. That's fine.
713
00:37:08,747 --> 00:37:11,615
But I will make sure every
newspaper of every major city
714
00:37:11,617 --> 00:37:13,517
gets a copy of that medical file.
715
00:37:19,158 --> 00:37:21,724
You play nice from now on, Donna.
716
00:37:24,029 --> 00:37:25,828
I'll be keeping an eye on you.
717
00:37:44,950 --> 00:37:49,120
Months at Stonewall Prep away
from you guys, what a waste.
718
00:37:49,122 --> 00:37:54,456
Jug, okay. We put a stop to
DuPont, we solved eight murders,
719
00:37:54,458 --> 00:37:57,592
and we gave closure to every
family of every missing child.
720
00:37:57,594 --> 00:37:59,526
I would not call that a waste of time.
721
00:37:59,528 --> 00:38:01,262
I know. It's just...
722
00:38:02,950 --> 00:38:05,985
- I feel...
- Cheated?
723
00:38:07,345 --> 00:38:08,411
I know.
724
00:38:10,391 --> 00:38:11,624
I know.
725
00:38:11,626 --> 00:38:16,195
You'll find a meaning to
all of this at some point.
726
00:38:16,197 --> 00:38:17,263
Okay?
727
00:38:22,303 --> 00:38:25,065
So, Jughead Jones back from the dead.
728
00:38:25,067 --> 00:38:26,589
Color me completely not surprised.
729
00:38:26,591 --> 00:38:29,292
You're not?
730
00:38:29,294 --> 00:38:31,761
No one ever really dies
in Riverdale, do they?
731
00:38:32,864 --> 00:38:36,432
But what about you and
Archie canoodling then?
732
00:38:37,235 --> 00:38:38,668
Yeah, that was just pretend.
733
00:38:39,871 --> 00:38:42,238
I don't know, cousin. That
looked pretty real to me.
734
00:38:42,240 --> 00:38:43,773
Yeah, that was the point.
735
00:38:46,778 --> 00:38:48,110
Right.
736
00:38:48,112 --> 00:38:52,451
All I'm saying is, your
secret's safe with me.
737
00:38:52,453 --> 00:38:53,619
Toodles.
738
00:38:57,022 --> 00:38:59,181
What did Cheryl want?
739
00:38:59,183 --> 00:39:01,206
Nothing. What did Mr. Honey say?
740
00:39:01,208 --> 00:39:02,731
Well, I don't think
he's too happy about it,
741
00:39:02,733 --> 00:39:04,499
but he legally has to let
me back to Riverdale High.
742
00:39:04,501 --> 00:39:06,874
- That's great!
- Yeah, I just really hope
743
00:39:06,876 --> 00:39:08,336
my credits transfer.
744
00:39:08,338 --> 00:39:11,406
On the bright side, no one's gonna
try to kill me while I'm here.
745
00:39:11,408 --> 00:39:12,807
Don't jinx yourself.
746
00:39:17,142 --> 00:39:18,931
Hey, boy. Betty.
747
00:39:18,933 --> 00:39:20,032
Hey.
748
00:39:21,474 --> 00:39:22,940
Um, I'll be right down.
749
00:39:22,942 --> 00:39:25,309
Grandpa, I thought you left.
750
00:39:25,311 --> 00:39:27,645
Oh, not yet.
751
00:39:27,647 --> 00:39:29,380
Joining us for dinner?
752
00:39:29,382 --> 00:39:31,331
Ah, Betty and I are actually going
753
00:39:31,333 --> 00:39:33,584
to meet Archie and
Veronica at Pop's. So...
754
00:39:33,586 --> 00:39:36,187
- Unless you want me to stay.
- No, go have fun.
755
00:39:36,189 --> 00:39:37,388
Yeah.
756
00:39:38,458 --> 00:39:40,991
Should I say goodbye?
757
00:39:40,993 --> 00:39:42,903
Oh, no.
758
00:39:42,905 --> 00:39:47,107
I expect your father and I will
still be talking when you get back.
759
00:39:51,103 --> 00:39:52,335
Hey, hold on.
760
00:39:56,375 --> 00:39:59,109
I don't know what's gonna
happen with him and me.
761
00:39:59,111 --> 00:40:01,844
But, uh, we're talking,
so that's something.
762
00:40:03,348 --> 00:40:07,016
So, thank you. You made all this happen.
763
00:40:10,122 --> 00:40:12,255
- Have fun.
- Yeah.
764
00:40:12,257 --> 00:40:13,790
Betty?
765
00:40:13,792 --> 00:40:16,792
Maybe something good did come
out of this whole Stonewall mess.
766
00:40:16,794 --> 00:40:18,760
My dad and my grandfather talking again
767
00:40:18,762 --> 00:40:20,729
for the first time in 30 years!
768
00:40:20,731 --> 00:40:22,331
Who would've thought of that?
769
00:40:22,333 --> 00:40:24,000
You think your dad will forgive him?
770
00:40:24,002 --> 00:40:26,101
Oh, I don't know. I mean,
they have a lot of bad history
771
00:40:26,103 --> 00:40:28,036
between each other, but...
772
00:40:28,038 --> 00:40:29,105
I hope so.
773
00:40:30,345 --> 00:40:32,308
All right, guys.
774
00:40:32,310 --> 00:40:33,342
Let's make a vow.
775
00:40:33,344 --> 00:40:36,011
I know.
776
00:40:36,013 --> 00:40:37,346
I know.
777
00:40:37,348 --> 00:40:39,647
The last time we made a vow
to have a normal senior year,
778
00:40:39,649 --> 00:40:41,383
everything went to hell pretty quick.
779
00:40:41,385 --> 00:40:45,721
But we only have two, three months left.
780
00:40:45,723 --> 00:40:47,089
Let's end it on a high note.
781
00:40:48,759 --> 00:40:50,325
Are we just gonna ignore the fact
782
00:40:50,327 --> 00:40:52,527
that Archie and I will probably
not be graduating with you guys?
783
00:40:52,529 --> 00:40:53,618
Jug, okay.
784
00:40:53,620 --> 00:40:55,949
Do you really think Vee and
I are going to sit idly by
785
00:40:55,951 --> 00:40:57,718
and not help our boyfriends graduate?
786
00:40:57,720 --> 00:41:02,923
Archie Andrews and Jughead
Jones, you will graduate.
787
00:41:02,925 --> 00:41:05,092
Even if it takes a thousand tutors,
788
00:41:05,094 --> 00:41:06,860
you will set aside everything.
789
00:41:06,862 --> 00:41:08,562
No more mysteries.
790
00:41:08,564 --> 00:41:12,432
And make graduating your
sole purpose in life.
791
00:41:13,368 --> 00:41:14,868
Why does that sound like a threat?
792
00:41:14,870 --> 00:41:16,170
Because it is.
793
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:20,640
To going out on top together.
794
00:41:20,642 --> 00:41:22,642
- Cheers.
- Cheers to that.
795
00:41:24,413 --> 00:41:26,423
Guys, guys, just a reminder.
796
00:41:26,425 --> 00:41:28,807
I'm posting the sign-up sheet
for the variety show tomorrow,
797
00:41:28,809 --> 00:41:31,518
you all have to perform.
798
00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:33,320
Even you, Jughead.
799
00:41:33,322 --> 00:41:35,822
- Count us in, Kev.
- Oh, no.
800
00:41:36,668 --> 00:41:37,757
Yeah.
801
00:41:37,759 --> 00:41:41,160
Check out this list of local names.
802
00:41:48,191 --> 00:41:51,191
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