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Previously on Riverdale...
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- My dad, he's...
- A mobster.
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Archie, it's not just what he is,
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it's what he's planning
to do. In Riverdale.
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I don't need to know.
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Smithers, would you describe
my father as a good man?
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I'd rather not say, miss.
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Oh, my God! What happened to the twins?
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- I had them, Betty.
- You didn't call us. Mom will be crushed.
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He has to go, Alice.
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Chic, he's kinda creepy.
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I just remembered
where I knew Chic from.
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He's a video gigolo, a web cam boy.
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My parents, they know about
the affair with Sheriff Keller.
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- I have decided...
- Mayor McCoy's resigning.
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Hiram Lodge. He just bought
Sunnyside Trailer Park
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and he said we can all stay.
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He's gobbling up the
Southside piece by piece.
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I was running out of time.
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And maybe, so was Riverdale.
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Hiram Lodge had been making moves.
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Big moves. But with no
proof of criminal behavior,
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all I could do was speculate.
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What was Hiram's master
plan for Riverdale?
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And why did it feel
so close to fruition?
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Hey.
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What's all this?
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Hopefully, this is the article that
saves the town from Hiram Lodge.
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- Jughead...
- If I can fit the pieces together.
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Boy, you need to drop
this. He rescued us.
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He bought the trailer
park, forgave our debts.
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What? He's the reason we
almost lost the trailer park.
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Hiram's slicker than a bottle of
snake oil, no doubt, but this is...
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Dad, please!
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Hiram Lodge just bought
The Riverdale Register.
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He's trying to silence dissenting
voices before he makes his big play.
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He's afraid. He's
afraid of this exposure.
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If you remember
correctly, the only house
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in Riverdale with a
pool was Thornhill...
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There we were, two drunk, dumb
teenagers looking to cool off...
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Why didn't you just go to the
quarry? Or Sweetwater River?
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Oh, what I remember is
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someone borrowing the school van
for a joy ride, you and Mary...
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No, that was Alice, not us.
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Oh, my God, this sounds like
an episode of Saved by the Bell.
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Hey, Fred, before you
head off, why don't
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you join Hermione and me in the study?
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I have this 30-year-old
rum. I think you'll love it.
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Well, I can't say no to that.
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- Veronica, stay with Archie?
- Mmm-hmm.
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Betty, I can't keep doing this anymore.
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He's your brother and it is weird.
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Kevin, every time I try asking
Chic questions about himself,
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he gets defensive or literally
starts to cry as a diversion.
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- You're catfishing him?
- If it's the only way to get Chic to open up.
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I...
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So, do you ever P and P?
You know, Party and Play?
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You keep asking me that
and I keep telling you no.
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You know...
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This is our third time cam-ing
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and you haven't really told
me anything about yourself.
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Yeah, well, you haven't taken
your shirt off yet. So we're even.
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I'm shy.
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Okay. What do you wanna know?
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What are they talking about
in there, do you reckon?
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So, between us, the deputy mayor
who took over for Josie's mom
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is on the verge of stepping down.
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There's gonna be a special election
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and my parents think your dad
would make an ideal candidate.
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They want my dad to run for mayor?
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It's business and politics, Archie.
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They go hand in hand.
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Dad, is this something
you're seriously considering?
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Being mayor is something I dreamed about
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ever since I was a little kid,
son, in the back of my mind.
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And I know Riverdale's
had a lot of downs lately
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but maybe, I can help get
it back up on an upswing.
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And you don't think it's weird
that Mr. Lodge is asking you to run?
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He's not dumb, son. He spends
a lot of money in Riverdale.
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It makes sense he wants a
friend in the mayor's office.
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Will he pay for your campaign?
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He offered to make a donation
to help me get going, but...
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But to be clear, Archie,
if I decide to run,
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it won't be for him,
it'll be for Riverdale.
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For me.
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For you.
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Mother. Strange man I've never met.
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Cheryl, this is Mr.
Lazenby, our estate attorney.
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Your father, as it turns
out, left a secret will.
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Of course he did.
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But Daddy died months ago.
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And Mr. Blossom's instructions were
to reveal the existence of his will
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only after the authorities had concluded
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their investigation
into his side business.
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You mean drug dealing?
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Does this mean we're
gonna be rich again?
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Oh, Cheryl, don't be so gauche.
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Per Clifford's instructions, he
requested I withhold all information,
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including the names of his numerous
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beneficiaries, until
a public will-reading.
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That's tomorrow afternoon.
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It's been a long time coming, Alice,
but I'm out. I'm done fighting.
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I want a divorce.
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- Are you still seeing Penelope Blossom?
- No.
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And this isn't about that.
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This is about how I worshiped
you like a goddess for 20 years.
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We raised a family together,
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and then the first chance that you get,
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you side with a stranger over me?
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And you too, Betty. I can't believe
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that you would choose Chic's
side over your own father.
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Dad, if this is truly about
Chic, then I'm with you, okay?
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Let's ask him to move out.
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You sold The Register to
that scumbag Hiram Lodge.
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I should be the one divorcing you!
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Hiram offered me a fairer price, Alice.
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Half of which I will give to you,
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if you agree to set me free...
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Immediately.
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I'm listening.
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I put the odds of Fred
saying yes at about 50-50.
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As always, mija, anything you
can whisper in Archie's ear?
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Mom, he's my boyfriend,
not a constituent.
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Ah, you influence Archie and Archie
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influences Fred, and
we need Fred right now.
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When we announce our bigger plans...
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It'd sound better coming out of his
well-respected, well-liked mouth.
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Fine. I'll do my best.
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Are you still going after Hiram Lodge?
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Well, that depends.
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Who's asking? You?
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Veronica? The archfiend himself?
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Jug, there's gonna be a special
election to replace Josie's mom.
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- Hiram Lodge wants my dad to run.
- What? Why?
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Who freaking knows? Jughead, I'm with
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Veronica, so that means
I'm with the Lodges.
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But my dad,
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I can't let him get in
any deeper with them.
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So tell him he shouldn't run.
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Veronica would kill me if
I did. And ditto the Lodges.
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Maybe I could give you something.
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Maybe you could write about it and
that might make my dad hit pause.
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Okay.
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You remember when Hiram
Lodge gave Pop Tate
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that charitable donation
to keep that diner open?
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Yeah, we were all there.
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Except Hiram Lodge didn't
give Pop's a donation.
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- He bought the diner.
- What?
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And for some reason, he doesn't
want anyone to know about it.
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Can you do something with that fact?
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At least enough to make my dad think
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twice about this stupid mayor idea.
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- He bought the diner?
- Yes!
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God! Hiram is like Dracula.
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Snapping up properties from all over
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Riverdale to expand his empire and feed.
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If what you're telling me is true,
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everyone is in danger.
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I figured out Hiram's methodology.
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He acquires devalued land at a deep,
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some might say criminal discount.
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Twilight Drive-In,
Sunnyside Trailer Park,
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Southside High, and now
Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe.
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- Wait, Pop's?
- Hiram bought Pop's?
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Yeah. And while most people didn't
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care about Hiram's other acquisitions,
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probably because they
were on the Southside...
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Pop's is the heart of Riverdale.
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Right. People will care about this one.
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So, when are you talking to Pop?
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I was doing some
research and apparently,
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your dad needs 1,200 signatures
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- before he can even run for mayor.
- Uh-huh.
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So I was thinking, if
you're not doing anything,
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maybe we can collect them together.
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You know what?
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I actually have some homework
I have to catch up on.
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- I'll talk to you later.
- Wait, Archie...
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Polly, what are you doing home again?
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She just walked through the
door with these perfect babies.
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I thought it would be
nice to surprise Mom.
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And I was surprised to meet our brother.
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You have to hold one.
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I'd love to.
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Here.
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Oh, hello.
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Hey, where's Dad, by the way?
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Are we all gonna go to
the will-reading together?
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- What will-reading?
- What?
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You... You mean Dad hasn't told you?
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Cheryl, I agreed to come to this
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will-reading but I didn't
agree to a makeover.
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Unless it involves that blouse.
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Nice, right?
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For the record, j'adore
your flannel mesh aesthetic.
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I'm merely augmenting
it for the occasion.
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What is going on in here, Cheryl?
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Mrs. Blossom, hi, I'm Toni Topaz.
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I'm a friend of Cheryl's from school
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and she's lending me an
outfit for the will-reading.
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And why on Earth would you be there?
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I invited her to be
my emotional support.
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Just make sure you're downstairs
before the guests start to arrive.
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We need to present a united
front against those scavengers.
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Ugh. She's a nightmare.
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Isn't she though?
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Hey, Arch, check this out!
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When I applied to college
to be an urban planner...
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This is before Grandpa already got sick,
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this was a presentation that I made
for some program I never got into.
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Riverdale 2020. Small
town with a big future.
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- Sounds corny, huh?
- No, Dad, this is awesome.
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Hello?
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Archie! Mr. Andrews?
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Oh, goody! You're both here.
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So I fully realize I'm putting
the cart before the horse,
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but I was spitballing some design ideas,
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and I think I may have come up
with a few potential campaign logos.
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Veronica, those are terrific,
I gotta say, but... Oh!
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- Now, that one, that's my favorite. Hmm.
- Mine too.
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Great. So I'll have some buttons
and T-shirts printed ASAP.
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Why are you pushing this on him?
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I'm not. I just think your
dad would make a great mayor.
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Why are you resisting this so much?
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Because, Ronnie, my dad is not
cut out for what your parents want.
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Which is what, in your mind?
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A dog on a leash who
does what it's told.
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And if not, they'll push him
out like they did Mayor McCoy.
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Archie, Mayor McCoy had an
affair with Sheriff Keller.
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That's why she stepped down.
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My parents had nothing to do with it,
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which I would swear to you on the Bible.
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I feel like you're
steering me, Ronnie, like
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you're steering my
dad, and it's not cool.
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So ease off him.
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Okay.
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"I, Clifford Cochrane Blossom,
being of sound mind and body,
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do here inscribe the terms
of my last will and testament.
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Firstly...
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Ownership of Thistlehouse
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will stay with our beloved
matriarch, Roseanne Blossom.
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To my wife and partner, Penelope,
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I leave ownership of
our greatest treasure,
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Thornhill, the exquisite
mansion she made a home."
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The charred husk of an empty house.
247
00:12:28,759 --> 00:12:30,627
That sounds about right, Mother.
248
00:12:30,629 --> 00:12:34,197
Now, the reason I contacted you
and you all traveled to be here.
249
00:12:35,767 --> 00:12:40,475
"Any and all remaining assets of
my fortune will be divided in half.
250
00:12:40,478 --> 00:12:44,507
The first half will be distributed
equally to anyone in Riverdale
251
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who can prove with
medical authentication
252
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that even one drop of Blossom
blood flows through their veins."
253
00:12:51,924 --> 00:12:53,787
I knew it!
254
00:12:53,790 --> 00:12:57,554
- Alice, what the hell are you doing here?
- Accusing you publicly.
255
00:12:57,556 --> 00:12:59,823
You only wanted a divorce
so that you could cheat me
256
00:12:59,825 --> 00:13:02,459
out of your big, fancy Blossom payday.
257
00:13:02,461 --> 00:13:05,829
It's not just my payday, the
girls share Blossom blood too.
258
00:13:05,831 --> 00:13:08,264
My lawyer is gonna rip you apart.
259
00:13:08,266 --> 00:13:09,799
Isn't that right, Attorney McCoy?
260
00:13:09,801 --> 00:13:13,069
I will be taking half of
whatever blood money you get
261
00:13:13,071 --> 00:13:15,772
from this inbred cesspool of a family.
262
00:13:15,774 --> 00:13:18,007
Yeah, that's right. I said inbred.
263
00:13:18,009 --> 00:13:19,309
Would you please just leave?
264
00:13:19,311 --> 00:13:22,779
Shut your face, you
half-melted ten cent trollop!
265
00:13:22,781 --> 00:13:25,248
Oh, this is riveting, I can't breathe.
266
00:13:26,785 --> 00:13:29,419
- Usual, Jughead?
- Not today, Pop.
267
00:13:29,421 --> 00:13:31,988
I actually have a question for you.
268
00:13:33,225 --> 00:13:35,892
Did Hiram Lodge buy this diner from you?
269
00:13:45,504 --> 00:13:47,437
Jughead...
270
00:13:48,087 --> 00:13:51,407
The Tates have owned this
diner for over 80 years.
271
00:13:52,177 --> 00:13:54,744
When my ma gave me the keys,
272
00:13:54,746 --> 00:13:57,912
she made me promise that no matter what,
273
00:13:57,915 --> 00:14:01,785
I'd always keep this shop in our family.
274
00:14:01,787 --> 00:14:06,322
Now, I did what I
needed to with Mr. Lodge
275
00:14:06,325 --> 00:14:09,108
but my mother's still
with us, God bless.
276
00:14:10,195 --> 00:14:15,045
It would kill her to hear
I went against her wishes.
277
00:14:15,048 --> 00:14:20,370
Please, Jug, can you keep this to
yourself while I still have my mom?
278
00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:26,509
And then you can tell whoever you want.
279
00:14:29,648 --> 00:14:33,783
Now that the interloper has
been escorted from the premises,
280
00:14:33,785 --> 00:14:36,754
we can finish our
business. As I was saying...
281
00:14:36,757 --> 00:14:39,823
"The other half of my fortune
will go to my true heirs,
282
00:14:39,825 --> 00:14:41,658
Jason and Cheryl."
283
00:14:56,074 --> 00:14:58,644
As the one true Blossom heir,
284
00:14:58,647 --> 00:15:01,244
I feel it is my sacred
duty to say a few words.
285
00:15:02,113 --> 00:15:03,680
The Blossoms have been bathing in blood
286
00:15:03,682 --> 00:15:05,748
since Great-Grandpappy
Blossom killed his brother.
287
00:15:06,685 --> 00:15:08,985
The original sin of Riverdale.
288
00:15:10,188 --> 00:15:13,957
Well, I stand before
you to say, no more.
289
00:15:15,527 --> 00:15:17,327
No more blood.
290
00:15:18,689 --> 00:15:20,088
No more madness.
291
00:15:21,499 --> 00:15:24,441
No more horror.
292
00:15:24,444 --> 00:15:26,336
Here, here.
293
00:15:28,306 --> 00:15:30,296
Oh!
294
00:15:30,299 --> 00:15:31,960
Couldn't have said it better myself.
295
00:15:31,963 --> 00:15:33,630
Oh!
296
00:15:45,140 --> 00:15:47,274
Ugh!
297
00:15:49,378 --> 00:15:53,090
Oh, Mumsy, I had the
most frightful daymare.
298
00:15:53,093 --> 00:15:54,893
Daddy was back.
299
00:15:58,620 --> 00:16:01,154
Calm down, it's not what you think.
300
00:16:01,156 --> 00:16:02,489
Hello, Cheryl.
301
00:16:03,559 --> 00:16:05,258
I'm your Uncle Claudius.
302
00:16:05,261 --> 00:16:07,694
- Twin to your father.
- Twin? But...
303
00:16:07,697 --> 00:16:10,230
Daddy never said anything
about having a brother.
304
00:16:10,232 --> 00:16:11,831
Well, allow me to explain.
305
00:16:17,028 --> 00:16:20,056
When Clifford and I were boys,
306
00:16:20,059 --> 00:16:23,468
we were inseparable,
modern-day Romulus and Remus.
307
00:16:23,471 --> 00:16:25,645
And it became apparent that I was being
308
00:16:25,648 --> 00:16:28,383
primed to inherit the Blossom empire.
309
00:16:30,919 --> 00:16:32,719
Till our 14th birthday.
310
00:16:32,721 --> 00:16:36,289
Clifford and I were down by
Sweetwater River and he, uh...
311
00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:40,327
He pointed a rifle at me
312
00:16:40,330 --> 00:16:43,930
and with eyes void of humanity,
he told me about the Blossom curse.
313
00:16:43,932 --> 00:16:46,325
How one of the twins
always meets a violent
314
00:16:46,328 --> 00:16:49,204
end and often at the hands of the other.
315
00:16:50,706 --> 00:16:52,539
Well, he spared me.
316
00:16:53,774 --> 00:16:56,809
But that very night, I ran
away from home without a trace.
317
00:16:56,812 --> 00:16:59,705
It broke my heart.
318
00:16:59,708 --> 00:17:02,582
I couldn't bear to speak your name.
319
00:17:02,584 --> 00:17:04,918
I joined the Merchant Marines.
320
00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:08,688
I sailed the seas desperate
to outrun the Blossom curse.
321
00:17:09,856 --> 00:17:12,559
How soon do you think we could
get those blood tests done?
322
00:17:12,561 --> 00:17:14,294
Do you think Dr. Patel
works on weekends?
323
00:17:14,296 --> 00:17:17,397
- I'll call and check.
- Polly, what's the rush?
324
00:17:17,399 --> 00:17:19,833
I just wanna know how much
money we're inheriting.
325
00:17:19,835 --> 00:17:22,068
Between you, me, Chic and the babies,
326
00:17:22,070 --> 00:17:24,337
we could start our own
version of the farm.
327
00:17:24,340 --> 00:17:26,773
Uh, I'm not getting my blood tested.
328
00:17:26,775 --> 00:17:29,314
Really, Chic, how come?
329
00:17:29,317 --> 00:17:32,130
- Uh, I don't know these people.
- They're your cousins.
330
00:17:32,133 --> 00:17:33,999
We're all Blossoms, like it or not.
331
00:17:34,002 --> 00:17:35,648
I'm not, thank the Lord.
332
00:17:35,651 --> 00:17:37,050
I don't want their blood money.
333
00:17:37,052 --> 00:17:39,686
- Don't be stupid.
- I said, I don't want their money.
334
00:17:40,922 --> 00:17:43,456
Besides, needles trigger me.
335
00:17:43,459 --> 00:17:45,392
Polly, Betty, leave your brother alone.
336
00:17:45,394 --> 00:17:47,160
He can decide for himself.
337
00:17:48,830 --> 00:17:51,831
Mom, I decided something.
338
00:17:53,268 --> 00:17:56,236
I'm happy to do the
family's bidding at school,
339
00:17:56,239 --> 00:17:58,838
but Archie is off the table.
340
00:18:00,342 --> 00:18:02,575
- You're losing your nerve?
- No!
341
00:18:02,577 --> 00:18:06,012
Not even close, but I am
afraid of losing Archie.
342
00:18:06,014 --> 00:18:07,968
He's become a pawn on our chessboard
343
00:18:07,971 --> 00:18:09,684
and it's hurting our relationship.
344
00:18:09,687 --> 00:18:14,220
Veronica, in this business of ours,
345
00:18:14,223 --> 00:18:16,856
the women always walk the razor's edge.
346
00:18:16,858 --> 00:18:19,059
The men are the gangsters, but us,
347
00:18:19,061 --> 00:18:23,072
the molls, we use our wiles,
348
00:18:23,075 --> 00:18:26,866
our cunning, a hand on an elbow,
349
00:18:26,868 --> 00:18:29,337
a whisper in an ear,
350
00:18:29,340 --> 00:18:32,105
to manage things from behind the scenes.
351
00:18:32,107 --> 00:18:35,642
Maybe, but not me. Not with Archie.
352
00:18:37,412 --> 00:18:39,112
You're right.
353
00:18:40,716 --> 00:18:44,084
You're right to protect your
relationship with Archie.
354
00:18:47,255 --> 00:18:49,022
We gotta get aggressive, Kev.
355
00:18:49,024 --> 00:18:50,664
Chic's turning down a lot of money
356
00:18:50,667 --> 00:18:52,726
because he's refusing
to take a blood test.
357
00:18:52,728 --> 00:18:54,461
And we need to find out why.
358
00:18:54,463 --> 00:18:56,196
What exactly is hishiding?
359
00:18:56,198 --> 00:18:59,165
What am I supposed to do? Just ask him?
360
00:19:00,669 --> 00:19:02,202
I have a plan.
361
00:19:02,205 --> 00:19:04,107
It's slightly insane.
362
00:19:06,808 --> 00:19:08,775
Hey, stranger.
363
00:19:08,778 --> 00:19:10,577
Been missing your cute face.
364
00:19:11,413 --> 00:19:12,545
Where'd you go?
365
00:19:12,547 --> 00:19:17,217
Uh, yeah, sorry. I
went MIA. I actually...
366
00:19:18,220 --> 00:19:22,182
Just got tested for
the first time and...
367
00:19:22,185 --> 00:19:25,290
I'm negative but it's
been pretty intense.
368
00:19:25,293 --> 00:19:27,627
Your first test? Congrats, cowboy.
369
00:19:27,629 --> 00:19:30,166
- That's a milestone.
- Hmm.
370
00:19:30,169 --> 00:19:32,832
Uh, do you get tested?
371
00:19:32,834 --> 00:19:34,729
Yeah, I used to go every week.
372
00:19:34,732 --> 00:19:36,970
Man, I had the worse scare once!
373
00:19:38,173 --> 00:19:39,906
Oh, yeah? What happened?
374
00:19:39,908 --> 00:19:42,575
Yeah, it's a long story but, uh...
375
00:19:42,578 --> 00:19:45,452
I was living with a
rougher crew than I am now.
376
00:19:50,152 --> 00:19:52,852
Wait, are you talking to somebody else?
377
00:19:55,590 --> 00:19:57,357
Uh...
378
00:19:57,359 --> 00:19:58,858
That's it, that's it. I'm out!
379
00:19:58,860 --> 00:20:00,591
No! What do you mean, Kev?
380
00:20:00,594 --> 00:20:03,463
Sorry, Betty, but your brother
actually seems like a really good guy
381
00:20:03,465 --> 00:20:05,565
and this is starting to make
me feel like a really bad person
382
00:20:05,567 --> 00:20:07,167
so sorry, but I'm done.
383
00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:12,739
Well?
384
00:20:12,742 --> 00:20:14,774
Did Pops confirm Mr.
Lodge bought the diner?
385
00:20:14,776 --> 00:20:16,810
Yeah, he did.
386
00:20:16,813 --> 00:20:19,482
But I'm sorry, I can't
publish that article, Archie.
387
00:20:19,485 --> 00:20:21,141
It would break Pop's heart.
388
00:20:22,350 --> 00:20:24,651
Jug, we can't give up. I
think my dad's gonna run.
389
00:20:24,653 --> 00:20:27,587
Archie, I have talked
to every possible suspect
390
00:20:27,590 --> 00:20:29,647
connected to the
Lodges, even Mayor McCoy.
391
00:20:29,650 --> 00:20:31,147
They're all on lockdown.
392
00:20:31,150 --> 00:20:33,482
Maybe you've been talking
to the wrong McCoy.
393
00:20:33,485 --> 00:20:36,364
I'm brunching, Archie. What do you want?
394
00:20:37,263 --> 00:20:40,567
My dad is seconds away from running
for mayor with the Lodges' support.
395
00:20:40,569 --> 00:20:42,902
And I don't him to go
through what your mom did.
396
00:20:42,905 --> 00:20:46,208
So I was thinking maybe you
could get your mom to talk to him.
397
00:20:46,211 --> 00:20:47,419
Even secretly.
398
00:20:47,422 --> 00:20:50,232
Archie, my mom barely made it
out of the mayor's office alive.
399
00:20:51,479 --> 00:20:53,544
If she lets slip even a whisper
400
00:20:53,547 --> 00:20:55,915
of what went down between
her and the Lodges,
401
00:20:55,917 --> 00:20:57,417
there'd be hell to pay.
402
00:20:57,419 --> 00:21:00,286
She'd implicate herself
in about a million ways.
403
00:21:00,288 --> 00:21:01,513
Yeah, I figured.
404
00:21:01,516 --> 00:21:04,424
But isn't there plenty of stuff
your mom could say to my dad
405
00:21:04,426 --> 00:21:07,427
that would kill his buzz without
getting into the shady stuff?
406
00:21:09,138 --> 00:21:13,685
It's not all ribbon ceremonies
and catered affairs, Fred.
407
00:21:13,688 --> 00:21:17,737
It's filling potholes, collecting trash,
408
00:21:18,599 --> 00:21:20,940
and if you think you can run this town
409
00:21:20,943 --> 00:21:24,143
plus Andrews Construction
at the same time, forget it.
410
00:21:24,145 --> 00:21:26,279
I've got a pretty good
team working for me.
411
00:21:26,281 --> 00:21:29,900
And then there are the
uglier aspects of the job.
412
00:21:29,903 --> 00:21:33,586
Crime, poverty, threats...
413
00:21:33,588 --> 00:21:35,463
Like the Black Hood?
414
00:21:35,466 --> 00:21:39,729
Right now, you might be the
people's shining hope of Riverdale,
415
00:21:39,732 --> 00:21:42,128
but say you do win, Fred.
416
00:21:42,130 --> 00:21:43,732
They'll turn their back on you,
417
00:21:43,735 --> 00:21:46,239
and all your friends
418
00:21:46,242 --> 00:21:49,580
will be standing in line
to stab you in the back.
419
00:21:49,583 --> 00:21:51,771
I appreciate the real talk, Sierra.
420
00:21:51,774 --> 00:21:53,950
I haven't even gotten to
the real talk yet, Fred.
421
00:21:53,953 --> 00:21:57,221
Let's chat about the pittance
that is the mayor's salary.
422
00:22:01,816 --> 00:22:04,817
I know.
423
00:22:07,966 --> 00:22:10,757
Oh. Hello.
424
00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:13,326
Mom! I'm late for
work, can you drive me?
425
00:22:13,328 --> 00:22:16,496
Not right now, Chic, I'm with
the twins. Take the bus or walk.
426
00:22:16,499 --> 00:22:18,935
Oh, hi.
427
00:22:27,599 --> 00:22:30,400
Pop Tate, to what do I owe this honor?
428
00:22:30,403 --> 00:22:33,379
Sorry to bother you at home, Mr. Lodge.
429
00:22:34,316 --> 00:22:35,915
Come on in.
430
00:22:38,553 --> 00:22:41,554
Apparently, Jughead Jones
431
00:22:41,557 --> 00:22:44,430
is asking questions about the
ownership of the Chock'lit Shoppe.
432
00:22:44,433 --> 00:22:47,093
- Jughead Jones!
- Daddy!
433
00:22:47,095 --> 00:22:48,995
Did Pop Tate keep his mouth shut?
434
00:22:48,997 --> 00:22:51,130
- More or less.
- Then Jughead has nothing.
435
00:22:51,132 --> 00:22:55,068
No, what he has is someone from our
inner circle feeding him information.
436
00:22:55,077 --> 00:22:58,912
Now, the only people that know that
we own Pop's are the three of us.
437
00:23:00,308 --> 00:23:02,172
And Archie Andrews.
438
00:23:02,175 --> 00:23:05,044
And yes, he's proven his
loyalty to us, but what's to say
439
00:23:05,046 --> 00:23:07,146
he isn't feeding information
to his best pal, Jug.
440
00:23:07,148 --> 00:23:08,481
It was me.
441
00:23:10,118 --> 00:23:11,812
I told Jughead about Pop's.
442
00:23:11,815 --> 00:23:12,914
- What?
- Why?
443
00:23:12,917 --> 00:23:14,520
When we were all at Shadow Lake,
444
00:23:14,522 --> 00:23:17,123
Jughead was grilling
me about the Southside,
445
00:23:17,125 --> 00:23:20,126
asking incessant questions about SoDale,
446
00:23:20,128 --> 00:23:23,447
the trailer park, Southside High.
I had to get him off the scent,
447
00:23:23,450 --> 00:23:26,411
so I distracted him with the
smallest truth I could, the diner.
448
00:23:26,414 --> 00:23:29,068
Veronica, so help me, that is a...
449
00:23:29,070 --> 00:23:32,205
- That was quick thinking, mija.
- What?
450
00:23:33,208 --> 00:23:35,308
You can't possibly think
that was a prudent choice.
451
00:23:35,310 --> 00:23:36,643
I do.
452
00:23:36,646 --> 00:23:40,213
Veronica wisely threw the dog a
little, relatively harmless bone
453
00:23:40,215 --> 00:23:43,549
to keep him from digging up a much
bigger, more controversial one.
454
00:23:43,551 --> 00:23:45,218
Yes, exactly.
455
00:23:45,220 --> 00:23:49,288
Her gambit bought us the time we need
for some preemptive damage control.
456
00:23:49,991 --> 00:23:52,825
Ojala, you two are right.
457
00:23:54,195 --> 00:23:56,029
Hiram's gonna beat the clock.
458
00:23:56,031 --> 00:23:59,932
Feels like every step I make,
he's two or ten steps ahead of me.
459
00:23:59,935 --> 00:24:01,622
He's lapping me!
460
00:24:01,625 --> 00:24:04,270
He's been winning at this game a
lot longer than you've been alive.
461
00:24:04,272 --> 00:24:06,005
Yeah, because he's been rigging the game
462
00:24:06,014 --> 00:24:09,015
and everyone's too afraid to
come out and speak against him.
463
00:24:11,046 --> 00:24:13,146
You know, uh...
464
00:24:13,148 --> 00:24:15,448
There's one person you haven't asked
465
00:24:15,450 --> 00:24:17,517
to go on the record yet.
466
00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:18,719
Who?
467
00:24:20,488 --> 00:24:21,888
Me.
468
00:24:23,658 --> 00:24:26,192
You know, back in the day,
Hiram asked me and the Serpents
469
00:24:26,194 --> 00:24:29,762
to trash the drive-in so he could
buy it for rock-bottom price.
470
00:24:30,564 --> 00:24:32,698
We complied.
471
00:24:35,836 --> 00:24:37,535
On purpose?
472
00:24:37,538 --> 00:24:39,605
You worked for Hiram Lodge?
473
00:24:39,608 --> 00:24:41,317
I'll own up to that.
474
00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:43,476
On the record, if it'll
help you bring him down.
475
00:24:48,950 --> 00:24:51,150
- Hello?
- Jughead Jones?
476
00:24:51,152 --> 00:24:54,053
I have information about
Hiram Lodge's plans.
477
00:24:54,055 --> 00:24:56,880
Riverdale bus terminal. 20 minutes.
478
00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:00,869
Who was that?
479
00:25:00,872 --> 00:25:02,595
I have no idea.
480
00:25:04,332 --> 00:25:06,532
But you may not have to
go on the record just yet.
481
00:25:24,116 --> 00:25:25,548
I'm gonna kill you.
482
00:25:25,551 --> 00:25:28,293
You're leaking private
information about my family.
483
00:25:28,295 --> 00:25:30,228
Information that my
father trusted you with.
484
00:25:30,230 --> 00:25:32,463
- Look, if this is about Pop's...
- Damn right it is!
485
00:25:32,465 --> 00:25:34,165
And lucky for you, I fell on the sword
486
00:25:34,167 --> 00:25:36,100
and saved you from
his apocalyptic wrath.
487
00:25:36,102 --> 00:25:38,202
- You didn't have to that.
- Yes, I did.
488
00:25:38,205 --> 00:25:41,439
If my dad ever found out you snitched,
489
00:25:41,441 --> 00:25:43,141
do you know what he would do to you?
490
00:25:43,143 --> 00:25:46,411
Veronica, I'm not gonna apologize
to you for trying to protect my dad!
491
00:25:46,413 --> 00:25:48,079
From my parents?
492
00:25:48,082 --> 00:25:50,912
Archie, this isn't The
Manchurian Candidate.
493
00:25:50,915 --> 00:25:53,451
And your father is an untouchable.
494
00:25:53,453 --> 00:25:56,092
He'll never be hurt or corrupted.
495
00:25:56,095 --> 00:25:58,303
What happened to your loyalty?
496
00:25:58,306 --> 00:26:01,592
We brought you into this because
you said you were fine with it.
497
00:26:01,594 --> 00:26:03,394
- You made a promise!
- Veronica, you wanted
498
00:26:03,396 --> 00:26:05,897
my eyes wide open before
I committed to your family.
499
00:26:05,899 --> 00:26:07,398
You insisted upon it, in fact.
500
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,901
And if my dad is gonna run
for mayor with your parents,
501
00:26:09,903 --> 00:26:12,103
he deserves to know the
whole truth and so do I.
502
00:26:12,105 --> 00:26:13,237
What whole truth?
503
00:26:13,239 --> 00:26:15,440
His big secret plan for the Southside.
504
00:26:15,442 --> 00:26:18,676
You were almost gonna tell me at
your confirmation but I stopped you.
505
00:26:18,679 --> 00:26:21,245
Well, now, I wanna know.
506
00:26:21,248 --> 00:26:23,347
For myself and for my dad.
507
00:26:23,357 --> 00:26:27,525
That's... That's something you'll
have to talk to my dad about.
508
00:26:27,528 --> 00:26:28,728
Oh, hey, there you are.
509
00:26:28,731 --> 00:26:30,955
- Hey, Veronica.
- Hi, Mr. Andrews.
510
00:26:30,957 --> 00:26:33,491
Perfect timing. Uh, I have
an announcement to make.
511
00:26:33,493 --> 00:26:38,029
You two are looking at the next
candidate for mayor of Riverdale.
512
00:26:39,833 --> 00:26:41,966
Guess you better talk to my dad fast.
513
00:27:15,769 --> 00:27:18,136
Wasn't better when it
was just me, you and Mom?
514
00:27:18,138 --> 00:27:21,139
Uh... You... You don't like Polly?
515
00:27:21,141 --> 00:27:22,840
Love is finite.
516
00:27:23,676 --> 00:27:25,943
People run out of it eventually.
517
00:27:27,147 --> 00:27:29,981
They stop loving you or they
start loving someone else.
518
00:27:29,984 --> 00:27:32,250
One day, the sun is shining down on you,
519
00:27:32,252 --> 00:27:34,585
and the next, you're alone.
520
00:27:34,588 --> 00:27:36,354
And it's cold.
521
00:27:37,090 --> 00:27:38,423
And dark.
522
00:27:39,592 --> 00:27:41,059
Chic...
523
00:27:42,629 --> 00:27:44,893
Are you okay?
524
00:27:44,896 --> 00:27:48,066
Don't use my bathroom again, Betty.
525
00:28:26,339 --> 00:28:27,872
I haven't much time.
526
00:28:27,875 --> 00:28:29,537
Are you Deep Throat?
527
00:28:29,540 --> 00:28:31,763
You've been calling everyone in town for
528
00:28:31,766 --> 00:28:34,042
information about
Hiram Lodge but not me.
529
00:28:35,215 --> 00:28:36,881
That's why I called you.
530
00:28:38,959 --> 00:28:40,739
No offense, but how does a bus driver
531
00:28:40,742 --> 00:28:43,514
have insider information on Hiram Lodge?
532
00:28:45,191 --> 00:28:48,956
I used to be someone else,
533
00:28:48,959 --> 00:28:53,518
someone who was privy to
Hiram Lodge's personal affairs.
534
00:28:53,521 --> 00:28:57,435
Someone who suffered at his whims.
535
00:28:57,438 --> 00:28:59,925
What kind of personal affairs?
536
00:28:59,928 --> 00:29:02,737
I coordinated
transportation for Mr. Lodge,
537
00:29:02,740 --> 00:29:05,217
sometimes out to Shankshaw Prison.
538
00:29:06,779 --> 00:29:10,181
He also received mail
from the warden there.
539
00:29:10,183 --> 00:29:12,084
Shankshaw?
540
00:29:12,087 --> 00:29:14,352
That's not where Hiram
Lodge served time.
541
00:29:14,354 --> 00:29:15,820
I'm afraid that's all I have for you.
542
00:29:15,822 --> 00:29:17,904
That's it?
543
00:29:17,907 --> 00:29:20,758
And one more thing. A question.
544
00:29:20,761 --> 00:29:24,829
Miss Veronica, how's she
faring through all this?
545
00:29:28,388 --> 00:29:30,807
So, Mr. Blossom, how does it feel being
546
00:29:30,810 --> 00:29:33,287
back in Riverdale after all these years?
547
00:29:33,290 --> 00:29:35,773
Ignore that person, Claudius.
548
00:29:35,776 --> 00:29:38,276
I'd assumed tonight
would be family only.
549
00:29:38,278 --> 00:29:40,645
It's all right. I enjoy
meeting new people.
550
00:29:40,647 --> 00:29:42,813
Do you know, during my
journeys as a sailor,
551
00:29:42,815 --> 00:29:46,384
I came upon the most wonderful island...
552
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:50,521
- Lesbos.
- Oh, my God.
553
00:29:50,523 --> 00:29:54,859
It is the most beautiful
natural place on Earth.
554
00:29:54,861 --> 00:30:00,164
Oh, you're not going back on
the boat, dear boy, are you?
555
00:30:00,166 --> 00:30:02,633
You're staying here with us.
556
00:30:02,635 --> 00:30:05,169
Whatever I can do to make
sure that you and this house
557
00:30:05,171 --> 00:30:07,171
are well cared for, Mother.
558
00:30:07,174 --> 00:30:10,741
That is, of course,
as long as I'm welcome.
559
00:30:18,218 --> 00:30:20,751
There's a room over the garage.
560
00:30:20,754 --> 00:30:23,861
It's freezing in winter
and boiling in summer but...
561
00:30:23,864 --> 00:30:25,263
It's there.
562
00:30:27,757 --> 00:30:30,245
So, Hiram Lodge's
master plan has something
563
00:30:30,248 --> 00:30:32,962
to do with your old
stomping ground, Shankshaw.
564
00:30:34,110 --> 00:30:37,101
I tried calling the warden a dozen
times but he hasn't called me back.
565
00:30:37,103 --> 00:30:38,536
That corrupt son of a bitch.
566
00:30:38,538 --> 00:30:41,098
Do you have any contacts on the
inside that might know something?
567
00:30:42,383 --> 00:30:44,175
Yeah, War Baby.
568
00:30:44,177 --> 00:30:46,008
He knows everybody's business.
569
00:30:46,011 --> 00:30:47,410
Can I get in to see him?
570
00:30:50,850 --> 00:30:55,453
Can I just say, between
us, that Chic is creepy?
571
00:30:55,456 --> 00:30:58,829
I don't think he likes me and I
don't think that he likes the twins.
572
00:30:58,832 --> 00:31:01,025
A couple of times I've just
caught him, like, staring at us.
573
00:31:01,027 --> 00:31:02,526
Yeah, tell me about it.
574
00:31:02,528 --> 00:31:04,595
It's part of the reason
why I submitted a sample
575
00:31:04,597 --> 00:31:07,431
of Chic's blood to the lab
that the Blossoms set up.
576
00:31:07,433 --> 00:31:09,433
- CSI Nancy Drew!
- Yeah.
577
00:31:09,435 --> 00:31:11,402
How did you get a sample of his blood?
578
00:31:12,639 --> 00:31:14,005
Don't worry about it.
579
00:31:14,007 --> 00:31:16,474
But Polly, I think that Dad may be right
580
00:31:16,476 --> 00:31:20,845
that Chic's dangerous,
possibly not even our brother.
581
00:31:20,848 --> 00:31:22,680
Well, what do we do if he's not?
582
00:31:22,682 --> 00:31:25,316
Well, it'll crush Mom but
we'll have to tell her.
583
00:31:26,085 --> 00:31:29,353
In a way, it may kind of be a relief.
584
00:31:33,946 --> 00:31:35,693
Hey, you're home.
585
00:31:35,695 --> 00:31:39,697
Yeah, Polly just spent her Blossom
inheritance on silk headbands.
586
00:31:40,933 --> 00:31:42,219
Betty, keep your voice down.
587
00:31:42,222 --> 00:31:44,008
However Mom got Juniper
and Dagwood to sleep,
588
00:31:44,037 --> 00:31:45,503
I do not want them waking up.
589
00:31:45,505 --> 00:31:47,786
- Oh, no, the twins, they're not home.
- What do you mean?
590
00:31:47,789 --> 00:31:50,308
- Where are they?
- They're with Chic.
591
00:31:52,745 --> 00:31:54,555
He wanted to take his niece and nephew
592
00:31:54,558 --> 00:31:56,182
for a walk along Sweetwater River.
593
00:31:57,583 --> 00:31:58,983
Why? Is there something wrong?
594
00:31:58,985 --> 00:32:00,618
Mom, are you serious?
595
00:32:00,620 --> 00:32:03,954
How could you let a complete
stranger take my babies?
596
00:32:03,956 --> 00:32:05,756
He's not a stranger. He's your brother
597
00:32:05,758 --> 00:32:07,545
and he's doing something nice for you.
598
00:32:07,548 --> 00:32:09,610
Yeah, the hell he is!
599
00:32:11,898 --> 00:32:13,597
What did you do to my babies?
600
00:32:13,599 --> 00:32:17,068
Nothing, Polly. They're fine.
601
00:32:25,848 --> 00:32:29,446
What's up, Jonesy? You want me to
knock some heads in here for ya?
602
00:32:29,449 --> 00:32:32,063
No, War Baby, we need intel.
603
00:32:32,066 --> 00:32:35,252
You heard about anything major
going on behind the scenes?
604
00:32:35,255 --> 00:32:37,455
Maybe to do with a guy named Hiram?
605
00:32:37,458 --> 00:32:39,390
Hiram Lodge?
606
00:32:39,393 --> 00:32:41,258
You're like Dracula.
607
00:32:42,061 --> 00:32:43,527
He bought property all over London
608
00:32:43,529 --> 00:32:46,630
so he could move his vampire
kingdom over from Transylvania.
609
00:32:46,633 --> 00:32:49,500
Except you're bringing
organized crime to Riverdale.
610
00:32:49,502 --> 00:32:53,504
And you want my dad to be mayor
so he can be your patsy, except...
611
00:32:53,507 --> 00:32:56,207
What if you and him don't
see eye to eye on something?
612
00:32:56,209 --> 00:32:58,409
What an imagination you have.
613
00:32:59,579 --> 00:33:02,279
- What do you have there?
- This is my journal.
614
00:33:02,282 --> 00:33:05,282
When Mrs. Lodge sent that
fake FBI agent to test me,
615
00:33:05,284 --> 00:33:07,612
I started taking detailed
notes of everything
616
00:33:07,615 --> 00:33:09,687
I saw while I was apprenticing with you.
617
00:33:09,697 --> 00:33:12,664
- Is that a threat?
- I'm looking out for my family.
618
00:33:13,359 --> 00:33:15,326
Archie...
619
00:33:18,243 --> 00:33:21,024
I believe your father and
I will make a great team.
620
00:33:21,027 --> 00:33:23,266
Moreover, in 18 months,
621
00:33:23,269 --> 00:33:26,270
Lodge Industries will
be 100 percent legitimate
622
00:33:26,272 --> 00:33:28,806
and Riverdale will be
virtually crime-free.
623
00:33:28,809 --> 00:33:31,575
The safest small town in America.
624
00:33:31,577 --> 00:33:33,511
How are you gonna do that?
625
00:33:33,513 --> 00:33:35,479
Or am I not inner circle enough to know?
626
00:33:35,481 --> 00:33:37,681
Everything will become clear very soon.
627
00:33:37,683 --> 00:33:39,417
I'm just asking for you to trust me.
628
00:33:39,419 --> 00:33:42,153
Forget about me. This is my dad
we're talking about, Mr. Lodge.
629
00:33:42,155 --> 00:33:45,623
We will all benefit from
this, Archie. I promise.
630
00:33:52,279 --> 00:33:53,978
I'll hold you to that.
631
00:33:55,067 --> 00:33:57,368
And in the meantime,
I'll keep this very close.
632
00:34:11,129 --> 00:34:12,963
- Where's Betty?
- With Jughead.
633
00:34:12,965 --> 00:34:15,432
- Why do you ask, Polly?
- I...
634
00:34:16,535 --> 00:34:19,569
I... I'm going, Mom.
635
00:34:21,793 --> 00:34:23,413
Chic said it would only be a matter of
636
00:34:23,416 --> 00:34:25,241
time before you left
us for the farm again.
637
00:34:25,243 --> 00:34:26,977
I'm not going to the farm, Mom.
638
00:34:26,980 --> 00:34:29,512
I'm driving west, San Francisco, maybe.
639
00:34:29,514 --> 00:34:32,297
It's a nice city,
Polly. I've been there.
640
00:34:32,300 --> 00:34:34,517
It's safe too. Safe for the kids.
641
00:34:37,055 --> 00:34:39,723
Will you at least let me say
goodbye to my grand-twins?
642
00:34:39,725 --> 00:34:41,358
Of course.
643
00:34:43,829 --> 00:34:46,863
Drop us a note with your new
address when you get there.
644
00:34:46,866 --> 00:34:48,132
Okay?
645
00:35:03,441 --> 00:35:04,681
Hey.
646
00:35:07,819 --> 00:35:09,527
What's wrong?
647
00:35:09,530 --> 00:35:11,379
We just got a call from our good friend
648
00:35:11,382 --> 00:35:13,089
Warden Jeffries at Shankshaw Prison.
649
00:35:13,091 --> 00:35:16,626
Seems that Jughead and FP Jones
paid a visit to one of FP's cronies.
650
00:35:16,628 --> 00:35:19,863
A well-informed, loose-lipped crony.
651
00:35:19,865 --> 00:35:22,432
We think they know, Daddy.
Think they know everything.
652
00:35:22,434 --> 00:35:23,967
Which means it's just a matter of time
653
00:35:23,969 --> 00:35:27,070
before Jughead splashes it on
the front page of a newspaper.
654
00:35:27,073 --> 00:35:28,829
One we do not own.
655
00:35:28,832 --> 00:35:31,241
Get Fred and Archie over here now.
656
00:35:33,211 --> 00:35:35,612
Hiram Lodge is diabolically insane.
657
00:35:35,621 --> 00:35:39,723
Agreed. We need to show
Riverdale just how insane he is.
658
00:35:41,952 --> 00:35:45,352
This is the best thing
you've ever written, Jug.
659
00:35:45,355 --> 00:35:48,892
Principal Weatherbee needs to
publish this right the hell now.
660
00:35:48,894 --> 00:35:50,227
Let's go.
661
00:35:50,230 --> 00:35:53,696
Jughead Jones may be
about to break a story.
662
00:35:54,866 --> 00:35:56,933
A story about my plans for Riverdale.
663
00:35:56,935 --> 00:35:59,035
And rather than hear it from him,
664
00:35:59,037 --> 00:36:01,004
I think it's only right
that you hear it from me.
665
00:36:01,007 --> 00:36:03,136
This is quite a story, Mr. Jones.
666
00:36:03,139 --> 00:36:04,425
Thank you, Principal Weatherbee.
667
00:36:04,428 --> 00:36:07,316
Unfortunately, it's not one
that the Blue and Gold can print.
668
00:36:07,319 --> 00:36:08,585
Why the heck not?
669
00:36:08,588 --> 00:36:10,913
A malicious take-down of
one of our students' parents
670
00:36:10,916 --> 00:36:13,750
is not the appropriate subject
matter for a school paper.
671
00:36:13,753 --> 00:36:15,785
Now, if you'll both excuse me.
672
00:36:18,623 --> 00:36:23,093
You're serious? Southside
High is gonna be turned into...
673
00:36:23,095 --> 00:36:25,795
A private, for-profit prison.
674
00:36:25,798 --> 00:36:29,165
Yeah, built on the
bones of a high school.
675
00:36:29,168 --> 00:36:31,000
What the hell have we
been building in SoDale?
676
00:36:31,002 --> 00:36:33,347
What we've said all along. Housing.
677
00:36:33,350 --> 00:36:35,638
For all the people who
will work at the prison.
678
00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:38,241
And you expect me to
support this as mayor?
679
00:36:38,243 --> 00:36:40,243
We're hoping you'd be open to it.
680
00:36:40,246 --> 00:36:41,478
Yes.
681
00:36:42,276 --> 00:36:45,314
- Can't do it. I'm outta here.
- Look, Fred...
682
00:36:45,317 --> 00:36:47,617
We've been in business for how
long? And you didn't tell me.
683
00:36:47,619 --> 00:36:48,985
And the only reason
you're telling me now
684
00:36:48,987 --> 00:36:50,553
is because it's getting
ready to become public.
685
00:36:50,555 --> 00:36:52,113
I'll admit, it's not ideal.
686
00:36:52,116 --> 00:36:53,556
"Not ideal," Hiram?
687
00:36:53,558 --> 00:36:55,758
You wanna turn the town
that I love, my home,
688
00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:58,962
my son's home, into a prison.
689
00:37:00,932 --> 00:37:03,600
Fred, please let me tell you why and how
690
00:37:03,602 --> 00:37:06,102
this is the right move,
for us, for Riverdale.
691
00:37:06,104 --> 00:37:08,972
You just save that for whoever it
is that you find to run for mayor
692
00:37:08,974 --> 00:37:11,975
because we are leaving
and we are leaving now.
693
00:37:11,978 --> 00:37:13,657
Come on, Archie.
694
00:37:13,660 --> 00:37:15,377
Dad, I'm gonna stay.
695
00:37:17,916 --> 00:37:19,282
Excuse me?
696
00:37:19,284 --> 00:37:21,684
I wanna stay. I wanna hear
what Mr. Lodge has to say.
697
00:37:23,922 --> 00:37:26,789
Then I will see you at home then.
698
00:37:47,569 --> 00:37:49,302
Thank you all for coming.
699
00:37:50,936 --> 00:37:54,043
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you
700
00:37:54,046 --> 00:37:56,573
your next mayor of Riverdale,
701
00:37:58,009 --> 00:37:59,909
my mother, Hermoine Lodge.
702
00:38:06,651 --> 00:38:09,769
Thank you, Veronica, and
thank you all very much.
703
00:38:09,772 --> 00:38:13,323
Like many of you, I grew up in this town
704
00:38:13,326 --> 00:38:15,658
dreaming of a better tomorrow.
705
00:38:15,660 --> 00:38:19,362
For myself, for my
family and for my friends.
706
00:38:20,498 --> 00:38:22,691
And now,
707
00:38:22,694 --> 00:38:26,402
for the future that you all so deserve.
708
00:38:28,106 --> 00:38:32,475
Riverdale is one of the most
dynamic, resilient communities...
709
00:38:32,477 --> 00:38:37,180
The Lodges. How often have I dreamt
of getting my revenge on them.
710
00:38:37,182 --> 00:38:40,884
Now, now, Claudius. First things first.
711
00:38:42,754 --> 00:38:45,321
Nana... Then Cheryl.
712
00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:47,190
Of course, Penelope.
713
00:38:47,193 --> 00:38:49,325
Our house must be put in order.
714
00:38:49,327 --> 00:38:53,062
Riverdale cannot succeed
unless all of us succeed
715
00:38:53,064 --> 00:38:56,225
and that will require
certain sacrifices.
716
00:38:59,704 --> 00:39:02,113
What... What is this?
717
00:39:02,116 --> 00:39:05,208
When you wouldn't
submit to the DNA test,
718
00:39:05,210 --> 00:39:08,177
I found some of your dental
floss and sent it to the lab.
719
00:39:08,675 --> 00:39:10,441
Those are the results.
720
00:39:12,651 --> 00:39:15,660
You're not who you say you are, Chic.
721
00:39:15,663 --> 00:39:18,621
So, who are you?
722
00:39:18,624 --> 00:39:20,900
We will also need your support.
723
00:39:20,903 --> 00:39:24,608
We will need your trust.
We will need your loyalty.
724
00:39:24,611 --> 00:39:27,210
I knew a prison would
be a difficult sell.
725
00:39:29,267 --> 00:39:30,967
Especially with Fred.
726
00:39:31,770 --> 00:39:33,836
I was gonna ease him into the idea.
727
00:39:35,048 --> 00:39:37,581
And clearly, I should
have told you both sooner.
728
00:39:38,339 --> 00:39:39,771
I regret that.
729
00:39:39,774 --> 00:39:41,964
To be honest, Mr. Lodge,
730
00:39:41,967 --> 00:39:45,014
before Jason, before the Black Hood,
731
00:39:46,217 --> 00:39:47,850
before my dad was shot,
732
00:39:49,354 --> 00:39:51,554
I might not have understood
your point of view.
733
00:39:52,891 --> 00:39:56,993
But I've changed and I think
Riverdale needs a change too.
734
00:40:00,566 --> 00:40:03,069
This tradition has
735
00:40:03,072 --> 00:40:07,342
been in my family,
going back generations.
736
00:40:07,345 --> 00:40:08,777
It's a...
737
00:40:09,975 --> 00:40:11,874
sign of loyalty.
738
00:40:11,877 --> 00:40:14,085
Once you do this,
739
00:40:14,088 --> 00:40:15,835
there's no undoing it.
740
00:40:16,748 --> 00:40:18,448
No changing your mind.
741
00:40:20,752 --> 00:40:22,151
So are you certain?
742
00:40:23,521 --> 00:40:24,787
I think...
743
00:40:27,892 --> 00:40:29,425
I am.
744
00:40:58,156 --> 00:41:00,056
You know what you need to do.
745
00:41:15,373 --> 00:41:16,706
Now, Archie...
746
00:41:19,611 --> 00:41:20,843
We come first.
747
00:41:22,914 --> 00:41:27,545
This town has endured so
much these past few years.
748
00:41:27,548 --> 00:41:30,100
After so much adversity,
749
00:41:30,103 --> 00:41:35,024
aren't we all ready for
a taste of prosperity?
750
00:41:39,567 --> 00:41:43,028
And there it was. The Lodges had won.
751
00:41:43,031 --> 00:41:46,002
Time had run out for Riverdale.
752
00:41:46,671 --> 00:41:50,675
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