1 00:00:00,001 --> 00:00:01,234 Previously on Riverdale... 2 00:00:01,297 --> 00:00:02,870 I don't think I can go back to Riverdale. 3 00:00:02,942 --> 00:00:05,317 Hiram's gonna follow you, or us, wherever we go. 4 00:00:05,395 --> 00:00:06,671 Where is he? 5 00:00:06,749 --> 00:00:07,870 So, what's the plan? 6 00:00:07,947 --> 00:00:09,044 We'll go see my mom. 7 00:00:09,131 --> 00:00:11,342 Seizures aren't contagious. So what? 8 00:00:11,422 --> 00:00:13,932 The sisters protected me. They protected Polly. 9 00:00:14,012 --> 00:00:15,645 They'll watch over you now. 10 00:00:15,764 --> 00:00:17,133 They make drugs inside the prison, 11 00:00:17,210 --> 00:00:19,067 which all the kids take when they play G&G. 12 00:00:19,179 --> 00:00:20,419 All of it is connected, Archie. 13 00:00:20,501 --> 00:00:23,971 What kind of business does Hiram Lodge have with Sister Woodhouse, 14 00:00:24,049 --> 00:00:26,299 and how are the Blossoms connected to it? 15 00:00:26,377 --> 00:00:29,467 You've been a very bad girl, Betty. 16 00:00:29,547 --> 00:00:31,179 You haven't been taking your candy. 17 00:00:31,319 --> 00:00:33,172 Wonderful, wonderful work. 18 00:00:33,314 --> 00:00:35,402 My King, my savior. 19 00:00:38,502 --> 00:00:40,177 It was a day like any other. 20 00:00:42,229 --> 00:00:43,880 Everything seemed normal. 21 00:00:43,998 --> 00:00:45,628 Students went to class, 22 00:00:46,041 --> 00:00:48,422 the Vixens prepared for the annual prep rally. 23 00:00:49,989 --> 00:00:53,049 Couples had their stolen moments in quiet classrooms. 24 00:00:54,378 --> 00:00:55,701 You wanna take another hit? 25 00:00:55,795 --> 00:00:57,170 Less talking, 26 00:00:57,459 --> 00:00:59,249 more kissing. 27 00:00:59,449 --> 00:01:02,629 But in Riverdale, there's no such thing as normal, 28 00:01:02,709 --> 00:01:04,969 as Cheryl Blossom was about to discover. 29 00:01:13,979 --> 00:01:16,349 Help! Help us. Somebody help! 30 00:01:16,429 --> 00:01:17,734 Your group is stricken, 31 00:01:17,909 --> 00:01:19,769 infected with poison, 32 00:01:19,934 --> 00:01:21,167 compromised. 33 00:01:21,884 --> 00:01:24,359 And now, you're all alone. 34 00:01:24,861 --> 00:01:27,869 You hear the heavy, scraping footsteps 35 00:01:28,023 --> 00:01:30,421 of some horrific monstrosity. 36 00:01:30,557 --> 00:01:33,186 Girls. Time for your candy. 37 00:02:03,769 --> 00:02:05,199 Well, this is definitely the place. 38 00:02:05,531 --> 00:02:06,926 You guys lost? 39 00:02:07,109 --> 00:02:08,739 Or looking to pick up some merch? 40 00:02:08,994 --> 00:02:10,749 We're looking for Gladys Jones. 41 00:02:11,863 --> 00:02:12,913 I'm family. 42 00:02:12,991 --> 00:02:14,436 We need a place to stay. 43 00:02:15,779 --> 00:02:18,172 - Jughead? - Jellybean? 44 00:02:19,299 --> 00:02:21,524 Thought I smelled something rotten. 45 00:02:22,909 --> 00:02:26,438 You heard him. Open the damn gate. 46 00:02:40,899 --> 00:02:45,927 You, mon petit amour, are officially on bed rest. 47 00:02:46,019 --> 00:02:48,612 I've brewed you a pot of Vintage Narcissus tea, 48 00:02:48,824 --> 00:02:52,075 and our family physician, Dr. Caligari, is on call 49 00:02:52,239 --> 00:02:54,252 should you feel another spell coming along. 50 00:02:54,465 --> 00:02:56,626 I'm feeling much better, Cheryl. 51 00:02:57,449 --> 00:03:00,360 But what if what happened to me is contagious? 52 00:03:00,549 --> 00:03:02,497 Oh, T.T., 53 00:03:02,589 --> 00:03:05,274 Ship's Fever couldn't keep me away. 54 00:03:05,366 --> 00:03:08,697 My four-poster bed is your four-poster bed. 55 00:03:08,789 --> 00:03:11,054 You can stay here for as long as you like. 56 00:03:12,299 --> 00:03:15,837 Even... permanently? 57 00:03:15,959 --> 00:03:20,077 You mean, like, move in with you? 58 00:03:20,734 --> 00:03:23,448 I'm cuckoo bananas for you, obvi. 59 00:03:23,835 --> 00:03:25,444 Won't you move in? 60 00:03:26,279 --> 00:03:30,130 As long as I'm the big spoon. 61 00:03:45,299 --> 00:03:47,198 I believed you, Hiram. 62 00:03:47,276 --> 00:03:49,018 - It's under control. - No, I supported you, 63 00:03:49,095 --> 00:03:51,599 and you swore to me that this wouldn't happen. 64 00:03:51,677 --> 00:03:53,440 It was a miscalculation. 65 00:03:53,597 --> 00:03:55,237 Now, out of strife comes opportunity, 66 00:03:55,411 --> 00:03:56,812 and now the timing is perfect. 67 00:03:56,890 --> 00:03:58,528 What is going on? 68 00:03:58,942 --> 00:04:00,252 Why am I back here? 69 00:04:00,330 --> 00:04:01,887 Veronica, 70 00:04:02,086 --> 00:04:04,007 thank God you are awake. 71 00:04:04,099 --> 00:04:06,914 We brought you home as soon as Weatherbee called us. 72 00:04:07,006 --> 00:04:08,374 You had a seizure, mija. 73 00:04:08,514 --> 00:04:09,531 What? 74 00:04:09,609 --> 00:04:11,347 It's all the stress you've been under. 75 00:04:11,439 --> 00:04:13,594 Getting dropped by Archie, running two businesses. 76 00:04:13,686 --> 00:04:16,764 Which is why we've decided to send you to New York. 77 00:04:16,856 --> 00:04:18,647 You'll finally get some rest, 78 00:04:18,739 --> 00:04:20,189 and we'll get you in with the best doctors. 79 00:04:20,266 --> 00:04:22,577 Uh, I'm not leaving town. 80 00:04:22,669 --> 00:04:24,907 Sheriff Minetta's body turns up gangland style, 81 00:04:24,999 --> 00:04:26,104 without his hands or head, 82 00:04:26,196 --> 00:04:29,544 and you wanna ship me off to New York? Why? 83 00:04:30,879 --> 00:04:33,594 No answer? Fascinating. 84 00:04:35,179 --> 00:04:37,177 My parents are up to something, Reggie. 85 00:04:37,282 --> 00:04:38,893 I mean, they're always up to something, 86 00:04:38,988 --> 00:04:41,757 but they tried to banish me to New York, 87 00:04:41,849 --> 00:04:43,717 which is a new one for them. 88 00:04:43,795 --> 00:04:47,895 It's like they don't want me around for whatever's coming next. 89 00:04:54,966 --> 00:04:57,501 Has everyone lost their minds? 90 00:04:58,069 --> 00:05:00,647 Is Jingle-Jangle suddenly a thing again? 91 00:05:00,739 --> 00:05:02,227 That was so last year. 92 00:05:02,309 --> 00:05:04,245 I'm not sure it's the Jangle. 93 00:05:05,119 --> 00:05:06,817 Your dad's pulling it off the market 94 00:05:06,909 --> 00:05:08,841 and replacing it with some new candy. 95 00:05:08,938 --> 00:05:10,109 Fizzle Rocks. 96 00:05:10,187 --> 00:05:11,412 Dealt by the Ghoulies? 97 00:05:11,563 --> 00:05:13,697 No. A new gang. 98 00:05:13,789 --> 00:05:15,474 The Gargoyles. 99 00:05:17,089 --> 00:05:20,104 With ties, no doubt, to this godforsaken 100 00:05:20,196 --> 00:05:22,297 G&G everyone's playing. 101 00:05:22,389 --> 00:05:26,584 And what, pray tell, is my father's skin in that particular game, I wonder. 102 00:05:26,676 --> 00:05:30,427 Reggie, I need you to do some sussing for me 103 00:05:30,519 --> 00:05:34,318 and find out what you can about these Fizzle Rocks. 104 00:05:34,609 --> 00:05:35,977 On it. 105 00:05:36,069 --> 00:05:39,124 Last year, I helped my parents spin their criminal web 106 00:05:39,216 --> 00:05:42,778 and good people like Archie got hurt. 107 00:05:43,127 --> 00:05:46,054 This year, I'm going to be a fly in their ointment. 108 00:05:46,146 --> 00:05:49,914 Whatever they're up to, I will stop them. 109 00:05:50,259 --> 00:05:52,670 Jughead? 110 00:05:52,909 --> 00:05:54,124 Hi, Mom. 111 00:05:58,202 --> 00:05:59,955 Oh, Jug. 112 00:06:01,929 --> 00:06:03,682 Oh! 113 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:07,704 You feel like a... Like a bag of tire irons. 114 00:06:07,796 --> 00:06:10,007 Are you eating? 115 00:06:10,099 --> 00:06:12,784 Ugh, you're not a vegetarian now, are you? 116 00:06:12,876 --> 00:06:15,178 You wound me, Mother. 117 00:06:16,973 --> 00:06:18,261 Oh... 118 00:06:18,339 --> 00:06:21,043 I recognize that rooster top. 119 00:06:21,121 --> 00:06:22,942 Archie Andrews? 120 00:06:23,020 --> 00:06:25,459 Oh! 121 00:06:25,739 --> 00:06:28,551 Gosh, you sure grew up. 122 00:06:29,739 --> 00:06:33,101 Oh! So... 123 00:06:33,389 --> 00:06:35,939 You two finally got together, huh? 124 00:06:36,017 --> 00:06:38,632 I always knew there was something going on between you. 125 00:06:38,866 --> 00:06:41,787 Uh, no, we're not together together. 126 00:06:41,879 --> 00:06:43,679 - We're just on the road together. - Yeah. 127 00:06:43,756 --> 00:06:45,797 - Like a bromance. - Sure. 128 00:06:45,889 --> 00:06:47,824 I know you didn't come to Toledo for the weather. 129 00:06:47,916 --> 00:06:49,114 What's going on? 130 00:06:49,206 --> 00:06:52,759 Why didn't you call me, tell me you were coming? 131 00:06:53,333 --> 00:06:55,528 Last time I called, you told me I couldn't come. 132 00:06:55,676 --> 00:06:58,778 Well, that was a different time. 133 00:07:01,771 --> 00:07:04,889 Hey, I got my GED now. 134 00:07:05,109 --> 00:07:07,617 Hmm? I started this whole place up. 135 00:07:07,709 --> 00:07:09,907 I am a legit businesswoman now. 136 00:07:09,999 --> 00:07:13,844 Hey, Gladys, tailpipe just came in with these. Where do you want 'em? 137 00:07:13,936 --> 00:07:17,327 Yeah, not right now, Lugnut. 138 00:07:17,419 --> 00:07:20,287 Oh, hey, hold up. Get the crew together, huh? 139 00:07:20,379 --> 00:07:22,154 Tell 'em my son's come home. 140 00:07:22,292 --> 00:07:23,908 And his best pal, too. 141 00:07:23,996 --> 00:07:27,047 Tonight, we are going to feast. 142 00:07:27,194 --> 00:07:28,757 Whoa, yeah! 143 00:07:31,815 --> 00:07:33,480 Betty, you look terrible. 144 00:07:33,679 --> 00:07:35,547 Thank you, Mom. 145 00:07:35,639 --> 00:07:38,404 Did you come here just to tell me that? 146 00:07:39,359 --> 00:07:41,833 I thought you were staying at the Farm. 147 00:07:42,226 --> 00:07:44,947 I am, but the school board reached out. 148 00:07:45,039 --> 00:07:47,269 They're having an emergency meeting, and I want to be there. 149 00:07:47,346 --> 00:07:48,977 Meeting about what? 150 00:07:49,069 --> 00:07:52,237 Apparently, there was a mass seizure at school. 151 00:07:52,329 --> 00:07:54,327 Like the same one that you had. 152 00:07:54,419 --> 00:07:57,200 Whatever caused yours spread to the Vixens. 153 00:07:57,278 --> 00:07:59,798 All of them? Including Veronica? 154 00:07:59,876 --> 00:08:01,879 She's one of the fallen, yes. 155 00:08:01,957 --> 00:08:03,265 Oh, my God. 156 00:08:03,889 --> 00:08:05,207 Poor V. 157 00:08:05,299 --> 00:08:08,194 I'm just glad that you were here, honey. 158 00:08:08,286 --> 00:08:10,474 Safe with the sisters. 159 00:08:14,349 --> 00:08:16,594 We have a very special relationship. 160 00:08:16,686 --> 00:08:20,597 He tells me secrets, gives me personal quests. 161 00:08:20,771 --> 00:08:23,099 And I know people are scared of him because he's all-powerful, 162 00:08:23,176 --> 00:08:25,767 but he's honestly super-funny. 163 00:08:25,874 --> 00:08:27,149 Who's super-funny? 164 00:08:27,226 --> 00:08:28,437 Oh, hey, Ethel. 165 00:08:28,529 --> 00:08:30,184 I was just telling everyone about 166 00:08:30,276 --> 00:08:33,424 how the Gargoyle King and I have gotten really close. 167 00:08:33,516 --> 00:08:34,784 Very funny, Betty. 168 00:08:34,876 --> 00:08:37,497 It's true. After I met him, 169 00:08:37,589 --> 00:08:39,982 I couldn't get him out of my head, you know? 170 00:08:40,499 --> 00:08:41,884 He's amazing. 171 00:08:42,629 --> 00:08:44,844 Yesterday, he said... 172 00:08:47,869 --> 00:08:49,017 Nevermind. 173 00:08:49,100 --> 00:08:50,425 He said what? 174 00:08:52,491 --> 00:08:54,286 Yesterday, he said 175 00:08:55,099 --> 00:08:57,544 I was his new favorite. 176 00:08:57,636 --> 00:09:00,467 That... That's not possible. 177 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:03,128 You're not worthy enough for him. 178 00:09:03,239 --> 00:09:06,495 You're making all this up to make fun of me, aren't you? 179 00:09:06,590 --> 00:09:08,581 Of course not, Ethel. 180 00:09:09,789 --> 00:09:12,127 But if you don't believe me, 181 00:09:12,219 --> 00:09:14,577 you should go ask him yourself. 182 00:09:14,669 --> 00:09:18,538 Or you and I can go talk to the Gargoyle King together. 183 00:09:18,980 --> 00:09:21,945 You do have the keys to his chamber, don't you? 184 00:09:27,594 --> 00:09:28,622 What? 185 00:09:28,700 --> 00:09:30,665 Ethel, are you scared? 186 00:09:42,439 --> 00:09:43,609 What are you doing? Open the door! 187 00:09:43,686 --> 00:09:44,897 I can't, Ethel, 188 00:09:44,989 --> 00:09:47,977 and I'm sorry, but I need to fast-track my plans, 189 00:09:48,069 --> 00:09:49,862 and you're my best shot at converting someone. 190 00:09:49,939 --> 00:09:51,449 You're going to make him angry. You're disrespecting... 191 00:09:51,526 --> 00:09:53,384 The Gargoyle King isn't real, Ethel. 192 00:09:53,476 --> 00:09:54,737 He's a hallucination. 193 00:09:54,829 --> 00:09:57,194 The candy that the Sisters have been giving us? 194 00:09:57,286 --> 00:09:59,554 It's a drug, it's making you see things. 195 00:09:59,646 --> 00:10:01,367 Stop it! Stop lying! 196 00:10:01,459 --> 00:10:05,224 Once the drug wears off in a few hours, you'll see, okay? 197 00:10:05,316 --> 00:10:07,004 You'll see the truth. 198 00:10:22,575 --> 00:10:25,256 Ethel, I'm back. 199 00:10:27,083 --> 00:10:28,878 Are you okay? 200 00:10:30,478 --> 00:10:32,566 I don't understand. 201 00:10:35,635 --> 00:10:37,720 It's just a statue. 202 00:10:38,735 --> 00:10:40,640 But I saw him. 203 00:10:47,156 --> 00:10:48,653 We all did 204 00:10:48,872 --> 00:10:52,390 because we were high on Fizzle Rocks. 205 00:10:52,677 --> 00:10:55,425 The sisters feed us drugs 206 00:10:55,517 --> 00:10:58,912 that make us susceptible to visions that they suggest. 207 00:10:59,055 --> 00:11:01,142 They let us play the game, and then they use 208 00:11:01,234 --> 00:11:03,855 our delusions of the Gargoyle King 209 00:11:03,947 --> 00:11:06,022 to scare us into submission. 210 00:11:06,114 --> 00:11:08,607 - That can't be. - It is. 211 00:11:08,805 --> 00:11:13,035 The sisters are running some kind of scam with Hiram Lodge. 212 00:11:13,127 --> 00:11:16,526 I think he's paying them to test his drugs on the patients. 213 00:11:16,604 --> 00:11:19,472 But I've seen him, in real life. 214 00:11:19,670 --> 00:11:21,811 In my hospital room. 215 00:11:21,967 --> 00:11:23,552 The Gargoyle King, he... 216 00:11:24,797 --> 00:11:27,196 - He's out there. - I know. 217 00:11:27,567 --> 00:11:30,223 I saw the Gargoyle King in town, too, 218 00:11:30,477 --> 00:11:32,165 or someone dressed up as him. 219 00:11:32,257 --> 00:11:35,242 At any rate, it doesn't change the fact that in here, 220 00:11:35,334 --> 00:11:37,532 he's just a hunk of cement. 221 00:11:40,277 --> 00:11:41,512 I can't believe it. 222 00:11:41,604 --> 00:11:43,225 I need your help, Ethel. 223 00:11:43,317 --> 00:11:47,092 Sister Woodhouse must know more about G&G than she's letting on. 224 00:11:47,184 --> 00:11:50,205 This game is literally killing people. 225 00:11:50,947 --> 00:11:53,779 Think about Dilton and Ben. 226 00:11:54,167 --> 00:11:58,292 If we know more, then we can stop those things from happening again. 227 00:11:59,257 --> 00:12:02,585 We just need Sister Woodhouse to fess up 228 00:12:02,677 --> 00:12:06,325 before we can escape and shut this place down. 229 00:12:06,417 --> 00:12:08,112 How are we going to escape? 230 00:12:08,204 --> 00:12:09,932 First things first. 231 00:12:10,677 --> 00:12:12,342 Sister Woodhouse. 232 00:12:16,793 --> 00:12:18,629 Attention, students, we are hereby 233 00:12:18,681 --> 00:12:20,637 closing the student lounge. Please exit immediately... 234 00:12:20,714 --> 00:12:23,345 First, they cancel sports and extracurriculars, 235 00:12:23,437 --> 00:12:26,269 now they're shutting down the lounge? What is going on? 236 00:12:26,527 --> 00:12:30,536 As Student Body President, please tell me you've got some insider information to share. 237 00:12:30,933 --> 00:12:35,025 Though my powers as Dauphine of Riverdale High aren't absolute yet, 238 00:12:35,117 --> 00:12:37,395 I am CC'd on all School Board emails. 239 00:12:37,487 --> 00:12:39,434 And they're having a meeting tonight. 240 00:12:39,684 --> 00:12:42,275 I think to discuss shutting down the school. 241 00:12:42,367 --> 00:12:45,072 And, Veronica, your parents are leading the charge. 242 00:12:45,164 --> 00:12:46,490 Of course they are. 243 00:12:46,568 --> 00:12:49,023 That is exactly what my dad did with Southside High, 244 00:12:49,196 --> 00:12:51,574 and he definitely had ulterior motives then. 245 00:12:51,714 --> 00:12:53,029 Oh, my God. 246 00:12:54,967 --> 00:12:57,152 And now Riverdale High is officially a hot zone? 247 00:13:03,067 --> 00:13:05,482 - That's one of the infected. - Go, Veronica, run. 248 00:13:08,857 --> 00:13:10,745 Drugs, gargoyles, 249 00:13:10,837 --> 00:13:12,905 mystery men in hazmat suits, 250 00:13:12,997 --> 00:13:14,292 and secret School Board meetings? 251 00:13:14,384 --> 00:13:15,982 How does it all tie together? 252 00:13:16,074 --> 00:13:18,985 Not sure, but I got some suss for you. 253 00:13:19,077 --> 00:13:20,472 According to my sources, 254 00:13:20,564 --> 00:13:24,495 the Fizzle Rocks distributors, aka the Gargoyles, 255 00:13:24,587 --> 00:13:26,722 are giving their product out to people for free. 256 00:13:26,814 --> 00:13:29,854 I've seen enough episodes of Narcos" to know this scheme. 257 00:13:30,354 --> 00:13:31,775 Hook them with a first taste, 258 00:13:31,884 --> 00:13:34,005 then they're customers for life. 259 00:13:34,097 --> 00:13:36,202 And Daddy's always playing the long game. 260 00:13:36,294 --> 00:13:38,172 For sure, and here's the kicker. 261 00:13:38,264 --> 00:13:40,775 Fizzle Rocks are coming from the Southside, 262 00:13:40,867 --> 00:13:43,435 right out of the prison your dad's been building. 263 00:13:43,527 --> 00:13:45,802 That must be where he moved his candy factory to 264 00:13:45,894 --> 00:13:47,105 after Cheryl, Toni, and I 265 00:13:47,197 --> 00:13:49,132 - busted his lab at the Whyte Wyrm. - Hmm. 266 00:13:49,224 --> 00:13:51,112 And speaking of Cheryl... 267 00:13:53,927 --> 00:13:59,105 Cheryl? What time is that School Board meeting and where? 268 00:13:59,197 --> 00:14:01,955 No child should step foot through these doors 269 00:14:02,062 --> 00:14:06,390 until we have figured out what's going on in this toxic petri dish of contagion. 270 00:14:06,467 --> 00:14:09,012 We're taking as many precautions as we can, Mrs. Blossom. 271 00:14:09,104 --> 00:14:12,128 What we should be doing is tracking down patient zero 272 00:14:12,271 --> 00:14:14,545 and running every test in Western medicine on them. 273 00:14:14,637 --> 00:14:18,016 Okay, tonight's discussion is regarding the fate of Riverdale High. 274 00:14:18,094 --> 00:14:19,466 Can we please stay on topic? 275 00:14:19,567 --> 00:14:21,062 To Mrs. Blossom's point, 276 00:14:21,154 --> 00:14:24,082 my wife and I are in full agreement. Most parents are. 277 00:14:24,174 --> 00:14:28,332 I mean, five more kids experienced seizures just this afternoon. 278 00:14:28,424 --> 00:14:30,072 Isn't that right, Waldo? 279 00:14:30,983 --> 00:14:32,025 Yeah. 280 00:14:32,117 --> 00:14:34,685 Which is why tonight, as mayor, 281 00:14:34,777 --> 00:14:36,825 I am signing an executive order 282 00:14:36,917 --> 00:14:38,565 shutting down Riverdale High, 283 00:14:38,657 --> 00:14:40,022 at least until it's deemed safe. 284 00:14:40,114 --> 00:14:42,065 Stop it right there! 285 00:14:42,157 --> 00:14:45,426 The CDC hasn't set foot in Riverdale High. -Fact! 286 00:14:45,592 --> 00:14:48,880 And now my parents are bullying you all into closing it. 287 00:14:49,170 --> 00:14:51,883 Sounds exactly like what you did with Southside High, 288 00:14:52,082 --> 00:14:53,905 which you're now using as a drug factory. 289 00:14:53,997 --> 00:14:55,627 Wait a minute. I thought Southside High property 290 00:14:55,704 --> 00:14:57,612 was being developed into a prison. 291 00:14:57,704 --> 00:14:59,795 That's just his cover, Mrs. Cooper. 292 00:14:59,887 --> 00:15:01,882 Is that your plan here, too, Daddy? 293 00:15:01,974 --> 00:15:05,805 Trump up a way to get another huge parcel of land on the cheap, 294 00:15:05,897 --> 00:15:08,412 then expand your ever-growing drug empire, 295 00:15:08,504 --> 00:15:11,845 which now consists, almost exclusively, of Fizzle Rocks? 296 00:15:11,937 --> 00:15:14,412 Veronica, what are you even talking about? 297 00:15:14,504 --> 00:15:16,155 That's okay, mi amor. 298 00:15:16,367 --> 00:15:18,292 There's a reason for this meeting, right? 299 00:15:18,447 --> 00:15:20,002 To air out concerns. 300 00:15:20,094 --> 00:15:22,145 We called the CDC. 301 00:15:22,237 --> 00:15:25,985 They wouldn't send anyone to investigate such a low priority crisis. 302 00:15:26,077 --> 00:15:27,762 They think it's all psychological. 303 00:15:27,854 --> 00:15:29,785 So, we took some initiative. 304 00:15:29,877 --> 00:15:31,575 The men you saw in hazmat gear, 305 00:15:31,667 --> 00:15:34,982 they were hired from a private firm to run exhaustive tests. 306 00:15:35,074 --> 00:15:37,772 And Southside High is becoming a prison, 307 00:15:37,864 --> 00:15:39,705 not a drug factory. 308 00:15:39,797 --> 00:15:41,877 If you'd like the names of the guards we've recently hired, 309 00:15:41,954 --> 00:15:43,602 I'd happily provide a list. 310 00:15:45,757 --> 00:15:47,272 Have I left anything out? 311 00:15:50,331 --> 00:15:52,619 Yes, you have. 312 00:15:52,767 --> 00:15:55,172 The part about how you're producing Fizzle Rocks 313 00:15:55,264 --> 00:15:56,672 and giving it away for free 314 00:15:56,764 --> 00:15:59,322 to get every teenager in Riverdale hooked. 315 00:16:00,361 --> 00:16:02,584 And I suppose I'm also the Gargoyle King, 316 00:16:02,749 --> 00:16:05,334 as Jughead Jones accused me of being? 317 00:16:05,554 --> 00:16:07,735 Oh, poor deluded girl. 318 00:16:07,827 --> 00:16:11,022 I hear tell that these seizures cause hallucinations, 319 00:16:11,114 --> 00:16:14,362 and isn't this child one of the afflicted? 320 00:16:14,454 --> 00:16:17,774 On that note, where are the cheerleaders? 321 00:16:17,957 --> 00:16:20,032 I speak for the disappeared Vixens. 322 00:16:20,124 --> 00:16:21,265 What of them? 323 00:16:21,357 --> 00:16:22,717 Where were they taken? And by whom? 324 00:16:22,794 --> 00:16:25,545 Those girls went to Riverdale General 325 00:16:25,637 --> 00:16:27,943 where I'm sure they're receiving the best medical care possible. 326 00:16:28,020 --> 00:16:30,671 And being dissected like fetal pigs, no doubt! 327 00:16:30,777 --> 00:16:33,242 You messed with my squad, which means you messed with me. 328 00:16:33,334 --> 00:16:35,548 Now I demand real answers! 329 00:16:38,738 --> 00:16:40,236 What? 330 00:16:40,487 --> 00:16:41,592 What is it, you viper? 331 00:16:53,492 --> 00:16:55,205 Hiram Lodge, huh? 332 00:16:55,297 --> 00:16:57,702 That good-looking short stack was always trouble. 333 00:16:57,794 --> 00:16:59,542 But why go after Archie? 334 00:17:02,047 --> 00:17:04,452 Archie was the only one that stood up to him, defied him. 335 00:17:04,544 --> 00:17:06,602 Not to mention, I also date... 336 00:17:07,217 --> 00:17:08,532 Dated his daughter. 337 00:17:08,624 --> 00:17:09,725 Oh. 338 00:17:09,817 --> 00:17:12,295 "Dated"? As in, no longer dating? 339 00:17:12,387 --> 00:17:14,182 - As in, single? - Relax, Jellybean. 340 00:17:14,274 --> 00:17:16,162 It's JB now, Kid Kerouac. 341 00:17:16,254 --> 00:17:18,515 Archie. 342 00:17:18,607 --> 00:17:21,208 Have you spoken to your dad through any of this? 343 00:17:22,470 --> 00:17:26,475 I wish. I wish I could... see him, 344 00:17:27,237 --> 00:17:28,605 tell him how I'm doing. 345 00:17:28,697 --> 00:17:31,335 But it's too risky. He'd drag me home by the collar. 346 00:17:31,427 --> 00:17:33,162 Riverdale's not where I need to be. 347 00:17:35,344 --> 00:17:36,932 Pig's ready! 348 00:17:37,097 --> 00:17:38,577 All right. You heard the guy. 349 00:17:38,654 --> 00:17:40,942 Archie, go get yourself a hot meal. 350 00:17:41,034 --> 00:17:42,552 Cheek's the best part. 351 00:17:47,967 --> 00:17:50,215 All right, 352 00:17:50,307 --> 00:17:52,215 so tell me about this game thing. 353 00:17:52,307 --> 00:17:54,412 This thing that you and Archie are mixed up in. 354 00:17:54,504 --> 00:17:55,792 Gryphons and Gargoyles? 355 00:17:55,884 --> 00:17:57,675 How involved with this are you? 356 00:17:57,767 --> 00:17:59,212 Well, it's more than just a game. 357 00:17:59,304 --> 00:18:01,712 It's got larger implications for all of Riverdale. 358 00:18:01,804 --> 00:18:04,285 I'm just trying to crack it. Get underneath it. 359 00:18:04,377 --> 00:18:05,982 Figure out who's behind all this. 360 00:18:06,511 --> 00:18:08,989 Hiram, it sounds like. 361 00:18:09,757 --> 00:18:12,895 Is he the one who gave you that nasty scar on your arm? 362 00:18:12,987 --> 00:18:14,592 - You saw that, huh? - Yeah, it's bad. 363 00:18:14,691 --> 00:18:16,698 No, that was, uh... 364 00:18:17,179 --> 00:18:23,421 gift from informer... any pie by 365 00:18:23,546 --> 00:18:25,421 ..any the vench? 366 00:18:25,499 --> 00:18:27,655 So, she always had a beef about your father and I. 367 00:18:27,733 --> 00:18:29,874 And then she does this? She cuts up my son? 368 00:18:29,952 --> 00:18:32,413 You know, I never wanted this for you, kid. 369 00:18:32,491 --> 00:18:33,921 I mean, you're Serpent King. 370 00:18:33,999 --> 00:18:35,836 I never wanted you in the damn gang. 371 00:18:35,898 --> 00:18:40,835 Don't act all high and mighty. 372 00:18:41,046 --> 00:18:43,754 I saw that kid with the stereos earlier. 373 00:18:43,832 --> 00:18:46,195 You claimed to have left Riverdale to get away from Serpent life, 374 00:18:46,272 --> 00:18:49,041 and here you are, chopping cars and lifting their parts, 375 00:18:49,133 --> 00:18:51,774 - God knows what else. - Hey. 376 00:18:51,866 --> 00:18:55,336 So what? So if we jack a couple stereos here and there 377 00:18:55,414 --> 00:18:56,862 and we steal some hubcaps? 378 00:18:56,954 --> 00:18:59,279 I am feeding and taking care of all these kids 379 00:18:59,371 --> 00:19:00,832 who have nowhere else to go. 380 00:19:00,924 --> 00:19:03,702 What am I supposed to do? Just leave 'em high and dry? 381 00:19:03,794 --> 00:19:05,494 It's what you did to me, isn't it? 382 00:19:09,934 --> 00:19:11,869 Come on, let's get something to eat 383 00:19:11,961 --> 00:19:13,863 before there's something left. 384 00:19:27,365 --> 00:19:29,538 Surprised to see me, Red? 385 00:19:31,194 --> 00:19:32,629 There's a bounty on your hip, 386 00:19:32,721 --> 00:19:34,729 and you left more breadcrumbs coming here 387 00:19:34,821 --> 00:19:36,949 than a chubby kid in a fairytale. 388 00:19:37,061 --> 00:19:38,729 Red, keep quiet, 389 00:19:38,807 --> 00:19:41,132 I'll give you the luxury of an open casket. 390 00:19:41,462 --> 00:19:44,274 Not if I put you in one first. 391 00:19:48,684 --> 00:19:50,752 Drop the butter knife, bitch. 392 00:19:50,844 --> 00:19:53,681 Careful, kid, you might poke your eye out. 393 00:20:03,968 --> 00:20:07,346 You know, Penny, I'm not shocked that a bottom-feeder like you 394 00:20:07,441 --> 00:20:09,380 is working with Hiram Lodge. 395 00:20:09,472 --> 00:20:12,702 You always had unfixed allegiances. 396 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,958 That's rich, coming from Gladys Jones. 397 00:20:17,072 --> 00:20:18,285 Yeah, well... 398 00:20:18,363 --> 00:20:21,499 I am surprised that you're not ratting him out right now. 399 00:20:21,592 --> 00:20:24,982 He must have something real good on you, Penny-slot. 400 00:20:25,322 --> 00:20:26,790 I'm no snitch. 401 00:20:26,950 --> 00:20:28,635 But I will say this, 402 00:20:28,902 --> 00:20:30,880 Hiram won't stop. 403 00:20:31,694 --> 00:20:33,841 Not till he gets what he wants. 404 00:20:34,045 --> 00:20:35,953 And right now, that's Red. 405 00:20:36,045 --> 00:20:39,870 And there's nothing that you, or your little Lord of the Flies crew, 406 00:20:39,962 --> 00:20:42,310 or Jughead here can do. 407 00:20:42,925 --> 00:20:46,103 Hiram won't stop. 408 00:20:46,195 --> 00:20:48,634 Speaking of my Jug, 409 00:20:48,845 --> 00:20:51,510 I saw the work that you did on him. 410 00:20:51,602 --> 00:20:54,823 You carved him up like a Sunday roast. 411 00:20:54,915 --> 00:20:57,020 That was business between me and him. 412 00:20:57,112 --> 00:20:59,143 Yeah, well, I'm his mama. 413 00:20:59,235 --> 00:21:00,910 So it's between me and you now. 414 00:21:08,335 --> 00:21:12,913 All right, everyone, go inside, 415 00:21:13,005 --> 00:21:15,680 me and Penny here, we're gonna have us a little girl talk. 416 00:21:15,772 --> 00:21:17,170 Ask her about G&G, 417 00:21:18,315 --> 00:21:20,050 how Hiram fits into it all. 418 00:21:20,675 --> 00:21:22,010 Roger that. 419 00:21:27,711 --> 00:21:29,166 I wanted to commend you. 420 00:21:30,043 --> 00:21:32,698 The gusto you showed in that meeting, 421 00:21:33,355 --> 00:21:34,860 that was audacious. 422 00:21:35,605 --> 00:21:37,610 - Congratulations. - On what? 423 00:21:37,995 --> 00:21:39,593 On being right. 424 00:21:39,685 --> 00:21:42,943 About all of it. Or at least most of it. 425 00:21:43,035 --> 00:21:46,130 I mean, it's so much bigger than you're giving me credit for. 426 00:21:46,222 --> 00:21:48,380 This plan? What's coming next? 427 00:21:48,472 --> 00:21:50,960 It's practically biblical. 428 00:21:51,845 --> 00:21:53,233 Years in the making. 429 00:21:53,325 --> 00:21:54,800 What is it? 430 00:21:55,885 --> 00:21:57,480 What do you really want, Daddy? 431 00:21:57,572 --> 00:21:59,340 What every king wants. 432 00:22:00,055 --> 00:22:01,055 A kingdom. 433 00:22:02,255 --> 00:22:03,923 And a legacy. 434 00:22:04,015 --> 00:22:06,010 You know, once things are in place, 435 00:22:07,055 --> 00:22:09,213 I'm hoping you'll join me. 436 00:22:09,305 --> 00:22:10,833 Take a seat at my right hand 437 00:22:10,925 --> 00:22:12,770 and help me oversee the new order. 438 00:22:16,890 --> 00:22:19,288 You're deluded, Daddy. 439 00:22:19,860 --> 00:22:23,288 Also, you're not untouchable. 440 00:22:23,540 --> 00:22:25,978 Maybe in Riverdale you are, 441 00:22:26,070 --> 00:22:29,665 because your wife's mayor and there's no sheriff, 442 00:22:30,550 --> 00:22:33,835 but there's a whole wide world out there. 443 00:22:34,580 --> 00:22:36,608 They"ll see what you're doing. 444 00:22:37,897 --> 00:22:40,052 Yeah, I'm not too concerned about that. 445 00:22:41,804 --> 00:22:44,410 You know, it's been a while since I've seen you in pearls. 446 00:22:46,054 --> 00:22:47,939 Maybe you'll start wearing them again. 447 00:22:51,024 --> 00:22:52,652 Hey. 448 00:22:52,744 --> 00:22:55,062 - What happened with Penny? - Just 449 00:22:55,154 --> 00:22:56,759 give me a second, Jug, okay? 450 00:22:56,851 --> 00:22:59,199 Let me think. I just need to think. 451 00:23:00,494 --> 00:23:02,719 - She talk about the game? - Jug, come on. 452 00:23:02,811 --> 00:23:05,029 We know she was tracking Archie for Hiram. 453 00:23:05,134 --> 00:23:07,085 Was it a quest from her master? 454 00:23:07,163 --> 00:23:09,544 Is Hiram more than the Man in Black? Is he the Gargoyle King? 455 00:23:09,621 --> 00:23:12,119 You are so caught up in this damn game, 456 00:23:12,211 --> 00:23:15,319 you can't see three feet in front of you. 457 00:23:15,411 --> 00:23:18,219 The big prize isn't Archie's head, 458 00:23:18,604 --> 00:23:20,422 it is Riverdale. 459 00:23:20,514 --> 00:23:23,012 Jug, if you had your wits about you, 460 00:23:23,104 --> 00:23:26,012 you would realize that Hiram chased you out of town 461 00:23:26,104 --> 00:23:28,012 just to get you off of the chess board. 462 00:23:28,104 --> 00:23:31,279 So you were as far away from Riverdale when he made his big play. 463 00:23:32,584 --> 00:23:34,589 So it's not about ascending to the Kingdom? 464 00:23:35,944 --> 00:23:37,419 It's about claiming the Kingdom. 465 00:23:37,511 --> 00:23:39,732 And if Hiram is the Gargoyle King, 466 00:23:39,824 --> 00:23:42,942 then he is responsible for re-introducing G&G to Riverdale 467 00:23:43,034 --> 00:23:44,259 and the deaths of those kids. 468 00:23:44,351 --> 00:23:46,022 Mrs. J, what do we do? 469 00:23:46,114 --> 00:23:48,199 I'm still trying to figure that out, sweetie. 470 00:23:49,844 --> 00:23:51,509 Are we okay here? 471 00:23:52,884 --> 00:23:54,069 I mean, is Archie even safe? 472 00:23:54,161 --> 00:23:57,179 Yeah, of course he is. 473 00:24:06,814 --> 00:24:08,762 - Hello? - V? 474 00:24:08,854 --> 00:24:11,009 It's Betty. It's so good to hear your voice. 475 00:24:11,101 --> 00:24:13,472 - Girl, where are you? - It's a long story, 476 00:24:13,564 --> 00:24:15,972 but I'm at The Sisters of Quiet Mercy. -What? 477 00:24:16,064 --> 00:24:17,669 We all thought you were at the Farm. 478 00:24:17,761 --> 00:24:19,929 Veronica, there's not much time. 479 00:24:20,021 --> 00:24:22,782 You need to listen to me very carefully. 480 00:24:22,874 --> 00:24:24,284 Your text said you had news. 481 00:24:24,361 --> 00:24:27,629 Betty called. She's at The Sisters of Quiet Mercy. 482 00:24:28,134 --> 00:24:30,212 What? 483 00:24:30,304 --> 00:24:32,124 That place is the Hellmouth of Riverdale. We have to break her out of there. 484 00:24:32,201 --> 00:24:33,752 Betty said she's working on that, 485 00:24:33,844 --> 00:24:34,964 but you and I have another mission. 486 00:24:35,041 --> 00:24:36,622 According to B, 487 00:24:36,714 --> 00:24:38,202 my father's testing Fizzle Rocks 488 00:24:38,294 --> 00:24:40,209 on the patients at The Sisters of Quiet Mercy. 489 00:24:40,301 --> 00:24:43,292 Moreover, she saw your Uncle Claudius with him, 490 00:24:43,384 --> 00:24:46,382 using Blossom Maple trucks to deliver the drugs. 491 00:24:46,474 --> 00:24:48,102 Shades of the Legion of Doom. 492 00:24:48,194 --> 00:24:50,129 They're planning something big, Cheryl. 493 00:24:50,221 --> 00:24:52,129 My father likened it to the apocalypse. 494 00:24:52,221 --> 00:24:53,662 For all we know, 495 00:24:53,754 --> 00:24:56,269 my father may somehow be responsible for the seizures, 496 00:24:56,361 --> 00:24:59,032 but he wouldn't be any more specific than that. 497 00:24:59,124 --> 00:25:01,309 So I was thinking maybe we could ask your mom, 498 00:25:01,401 --> 00:25:02,939 since she's in cahoots with him? 499 00:25:03,784 --> 00:25:05,612 With pleasure, Veronica. 500 00:25:05,704 --> 00:25:08,452 My Vixens have fallen. My T.T. has fallen. 501 00:25:08,544 --> 00:25:12,279 If my gorgon-like mother has any knowledge of how or why that's happening, 502 00:25:12,371 --> 00:25:13,669 we'll get it out of her. 503 00:25:21,724 --> 00:25:22,892 Hi, Sister. Sorry. 504 00:25:22,984 --> 00:25:24,789 I was wondering if I could get some... 505 00:25:29,634 --> 00:25:31,909 Don't scream, Sister. 506 00:25:32,001 --> 00:25:33,142 Oh, sorry. 507 00:25:33,234 --> 00:25:35,279 You're coming with me. 508 00:25:36,354 --> 00:25:39,199 It's time we pay a little visit to your King. 509 00:25:56,046 --> 00:25:58,499 It's just me. Get up. 510 00:25:59,769 --> 00:26:02,474 I didn't want to talk in front of Archie and the others. 511 00:26:03,439 --> 00:26:05,177 As it turns out, 512 00:26:05,269 --> 00:26:07,544 Peabody had a lot to say. 513 00:26:07,636 --> 00:26:12,357 The bounty on your pal Archie, it's not just on him. 514 00:26:12,449 --> 00:26:16,357 It's on anyone who's with him or is helping him. 515 00:26:16,449 --> 00:26:20,147 Which means there is a target on your back now, too, Jughead. 516 00:26:20,239 --> 00:26:22,134 It's the same if he goes back to Riverdale. 517 00:26:22,226 --> 00:26:24,214 Archie's dad, Archie's friends, 518 00:26:24,306 --> 00:26:25,987 everyone is at risk, 519 00:26:26,079 --> 00:26:27,564 which is why you got to cut him loose. 520 00:26:27,656 --> 00:26:29,904 I'm not just gonna ditch Archie, Mom. 521 00:26:29,996 --> 00:26:31,447 He's my best friend. 522 00:26:31,539 --> 00:26:33,134 Your mom's right, Jug. 523 00:26:36,139 --> 00:26:38,177 You got me this far. 524 00:26:38,269 --> 00:26:39,849 That's more than anyone else would've done. 525 00:26:39,926 --> 00:26:41,167 You can go home. 526 00:26:41,259 --> 00:26:42,667 What are you talking about? 527 00:26:42,759 --> 00:26:44,044 You can't go out there alone. 528 00:26:44,136 --> 00:26:46,347 Jug, Hiram almost killed us back at that farm, 529 00:26:46,439 --> 00:26:48,084 Penny tracked us here to your mom's. 530 00:26:48,176 --> 00:26:49,557 I've put her in danger. 531 00:26:49,649 --> 00:26:52,483 I've put Jellybean in danger. I can't keep doing that. 532 00:26:53,019 --> 00:26:56,449 Wherever I go next, it's got to be alone. 533 00:26:56,527 --> 00:26:57,955 - Archie. - Jug. 534 00:27:06,259 --> 00:27:07,584 All right. 535 00:27:08,789 --> 00:27:10,507 So, it's decided. 536 00:27:10,599 --> 00:27:11,879 Arch, we'll get you a ride to the border. 537 00:27:11,956 --> 00:27:13,239 I know a guy up there who can help. 538 00:27:13,316 --> 00:27:16,174 Jughead, you can stay here as long as you want. 539 00:27:19,349 --> 00:27:20,844 No, I think I need to go home. 540 00:27:22,679 --> 00:27:24,842 Hiram Lodge needs to get taken down. 541 00:27:25,609 --> 00:27:27,454 It's only gonna happen from the inside. 542 00:27:30,529 --> 00:27:32,274 You sinful girls. 543 00:27:32,366 --> 00:27:36,574 I will strap you to your beds and electroshock the sin out of you. 544 00:27:37,699 --> 00:27:42,227 Sister, monsters don't scare me, and neither do you. 545 00:27:42,319 --> 00:27:45,064 I've seen real darkness. I've stared it right in the face. 546 00:27:45,156 --> 00:27:47,027 That's why you couldn't break me. 547 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:48,814 I know the scam that you're running. 548 00:27:48,906 --> 00:27:50,404 I saw you with Hiram Lodge. 549 00:27:50,496 --> 00:27:53,554 You're testing his drugs out on patients. 550 00:27:53,646 --> 00:27:54,957 Why? 551 00:27:55,049 --> 00:27:57,867 Mr. Lodge is a generous donor. 552 00:27:57,959 --> 00:28:00,037 - Oh? - A believer in our mission. 553 00:28:00,129 --> 00:28:01,604 And by "mission", you mean 554 00:28:01,696 --> 00:28:05,911 using the game and the Gargoyle King to scare girls? 555 00:28:05,989 --> 00:28:07,767 To torture children? 556 00:28:07,859 --> 00:28:11,087 The children who come through our doors are broken. 557 00:28:11,179 --> 00:28:13,284 It's our sacred mission to fix them, 558 00:28:13,376 --> 00:28:15,717 using whatever tools necessary. 559 00:28:15,809 --> 00:28:20,092 Does that mean that the sisters created Gryphons and Gargoyles 560 00:28:20,529 --> 00:28:22,092 as a tool? 561 00:28:24,669 --> 00:28:27,924 Misbehaving children have been brought down to this room 562 00:28:28,016 --> 00:28:30,197 since the asylum opened. 563 00:28:30,289 --> 00:28:33,327 That statue scared them into submission. 564 00:28:33,419 --> 00:28:36,024 Some of them, the more disturbed ones, 565 00:28:36,116 --> 00:28:37,784 created a fantasy realm, 566 00:28:37,876 --> 00:28:39,427 a game 567 00:28:39,519 --> 00:28:42,054 to cope with the fear of the one they'd named 568 00:28:42,929 --> 00:28:44,474 the Gargoyle King. 569 00:28:45,899 --> 00:28:48,882 We embraced it as a therapeutic tool. 570 00:28:49,009 --> 00:28:50,347 And it worked 571 00:28:50,439 --> 00:28:53,784 because it embeds itself in the minds of the players. 572 00:28:53,876 --> 00:28:56,670 It makes them complacent. Focuses them. 573 00:28:56,771 --> 00:29:00,241 If that's true, then how did the game get out into the world? 574 00:29:00,319 --> 00:29:01,757 Did you give it to Hiram? 575 00:29:01,849 --> 00:29:04,303 It was never meant to leave these walls. 576 00:29:04,374 --> 00:29:05,992 It's too powerful. 577 00:29:06,084 --> 00:29:08,135 A game born of madness. 578 00:29:08,227 --> 00:29:10,577 A madness you helped nurture. 579 00:29:10,725 --> 00:29:13,009 And now people like Ben and Dilton are dead. 580 00:29:13,094 --> 00:29:16,315 You're going to pay for everything that you've done, Sister. 581 00:29:16,407 --> 00:29:18,322 And you're going to tell the authorities 582 00:29:18,414 --> 00:29:20,663 what you've told us about the game. 583 00:29:21,014 --> 00:29:23,733 And about Hiram's donations. 584 00:29:24,842 --> 00:29:28,795 I only answer to one authority, Betty. 585 00:29:29,297 --> 00:29:31,812 Come on, Ethel. We have her keys. 586 00:29:31,904 --> 00:29:33,327 We're leaving. 587 00:29:33,444 --> 00:29:35,995 We're taking your children with us, Sister. 588 00:29:36,087 --> 00:29:37,553 They won't want to leave. 589 00:29:38,237 --> 00:29:39,932 We'll see about that. 590 00:29:44,131 --> 00:29:45,332 Help! 591 00:29:45,424 --> 00:29:46,655 Help! 592 00:29:46,747 --> 00:29:49,112 I'm in the basement. 593 00:29:49,827 --> 00:29:51,100 Help! 594 00:29:53,186 --> 00:29:55,311 Let's do this again. 595 00:29:55,854 --> 00:29:58,772 What does my father have planned for Riverdale? 596 00:29:58,850 --> 00:30:01,209 Speak! Or it gets the syrup again. 597 00:30:02,608 --> 00:30:06,899 Why do you want to know your father's plans? 598 00:30:06,977 --> 00:30:11,332 He's finally going to turn this backwater into something worthwhile. 599 00:30:11,524 --> 00:30:14,255 A place where we can all pursue 600 00:30:14,347 --> 00:30:18,685 - our various enterprises unmolested. - What does that mean? 601 00:30:18,777 --> 00:30:21,850 She's talking about drug dealing and prostitution. 602 00:30:22,014 --> 00:30:24,475 Aren't you, you ghoulunatic? 603 00:30:31,372 --> 00:30:33,280 We need specifics. 604 00:30:34,163 --> 00:30:38,514 How exactly is my father planning on turning Riverdale 605 00:30:38,659 --> 00:30:40,241 into Vice City? 606 00:30:40,428 --> 00:30:43,115 Well, he's in bed with the mayor, isn't he? 607 00:30:43,207 --> 00:30:45,592 And as for law enforcement, well, 608 00:30:45,684 --> 00:30:47,955 the last time I checked, 609 00:30:48,047 --> 00:30:50,413 Riverdale didn't have much of a sheriff. 610 00:30:52,147 --> 00:30:54,865 Details. Or so help me God, 611 00:30:54,957 --> 00:30:57,245 I will drown you in this cheap crap. 612 00:30:57,337 --> 00:30:59,602 And open the garden doors to let the ants in. 613 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:03,913 All right, I'll tell you. 614 00:31:04,363 --> 00:31:07,008 Wait. What do you mean, you don't want to escape? 615 00:31:07,264 --> 00:31:08,502 We feel safe here. 616 00:31:08,594 --> 00:31:09,885 We play G&G. 617 00:31:09,963 --> 00:31:13,217 The sisters give us candy, keep us warm and clean. 618 00:31:13,295 --> 00:31:14,890 Why would we wanna leave? 619 00:31:19,064 --> 00:31:20,469 Sister Woodhouse was right. 620 00:31:20,694 --> 00:31:22,772 They're all brainwashed, just like I was. 621 00:31:22,864 --> 00:31:24,995 Well, we can't just leave them behind. 622 00:31:25,087 --> 00:31:28,262 Not to mention all those kids in the gay conversion wing where Cheryl was. 623 00:31:28,354 --> 00:31:31,212 There has to be something we can do. 624 00:31:32,325 --> 00:31:34,563 Wait, the game. 625 00:31:34,757 --> 00:31:38,125 The game is how they cope with terror, right? 626 00:31:38,217 --> 00:31:42,061 So, let's convince them to escape by turning it into a quest. 627 00:31:42,186 --> 00:31:44,952 The Gargoyle King inspires fear, 628 00:31:45,102 --> 00:31:47,203 so let's give them hope. 629 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:50,176 Let's give them the opposite of the Gargoyle King, which is... 630 00:31:50,254 --> 00:31:51,552 The Gryphon Queen. 631 00:31:58,218 --> 00:31:59,836 All right. 632 00:31:59,928 --> 00:32:03,178 Now, I packed you guys some lunches for the road. 633 00:32:04,488 --> 00:32:07,475 Hey, Jug, you mind getting that? It's probably Archie's ride. 634 00:32:16,118 --> 00:32:17,168 Dad! 635 00:32:19,028 --> 00:32:20,967 I've missed you so much, Dad. 636 00:32:21,198 --> 00:32:22,916 Me too, son. 637 00:32:34,518 --> 00:32:36,436 So you finally made it, huh? 638 00:32:36,621 --> 00:32:39,421 Jughead's getting his bag. He'll be out in a minute. 639 00:32:40,098 --> 00:32:41,741 Hey, Jellybelly. 640 00:32:42,448 --> 00:32:44,350 You've gotten so big. 641 00:32:46,028 --> 00:32:47,436 Can I get a hug? 642 00:32:47,618 --> 00:32:48,803 Can I get a dad? 643 00:32:48,881 --> 00:32:50,272 Hey, JB! 644 00:32:50,618 --> 00:32:51,877 Come on now. 645 00:32:51,955 --> 00:32:53,913 Let her be. I deserve that. 646 00:32:54,538 --> 00:32:56,146 She misses you. 647 00:32:56,452 --> 00:32:58,897 She'd just rather fight than admit it. 648 00:32:58,975 --> 00:33:00,643 Yeah, like mother like daughter. 649 00:33:00,721 --> 00:33:02,053 Dad. 650 00:33:02,378 --> 00:33:04,194 I see Mom called you. 651 00:33:05,548 --> 00:33:07,631 Thought you might be missing this. 652 00:33:11,808 --> 00:33:14,433 I heard Penny was here causing trouble. 653 00:33:14,525 --> 00:33:16,546 No problem at all. 654 00:33:16,638 --> 00:33:19,702 I don't think we have to worry much about Penny anymore. 655 00:33:23,728 --> 00:33:25,143 Come here, kid. 656 00:33:26,518 --> 00:33:28,147 I'm gonna miss you. 657 00:33:31,568 --> 00:33:34,443 Go warm up the bikes, will you, Jug? 658 00:33:37,038 --> 00:33:38,993 Thank you, Gladys, for the call. 659 00:33:39,748 --> 00:33:41,702 I'll make sure he gets home safe. 660 00:33:50,588 --> 00:33:52,043 Get out of here. 661 00:33:57,598 --> 00:33:59,483 Kevin, cadets! 662 00:34:01,268 --> 00:34:03,006 This meal's on the house. 663 00:34:03,098 --> 00:34:04,743 But you brutes are helping us out. 664 00:34:04,835 --> 00:34:07,031 We need backup right the hell now. 665 00:34:07,109 --> 00:34:08,506 What's going on? 666 00:34:10,558 --> 00:34:12,193 On your feet, soldier boys! 667 00:34:12,578 --> 00:34:14,236 We're going to war. 668 00:34:14,438 --> 00:34:16,569 Paladins and Hellcasters, 669 00:34:17,028 --> 00:34:18,545 Healers and Deadeyes, 670 00:34:18,631 --> 00:34:21,139 your Game Master has a new adventure for you. 671 00:34:21,435 --> 00:34:24,264 Your goal is to escape 672 00:34:24,738 --> 00:34:27,170 from the Gargoyle King's fortress. 673 00:34:28,628 --> 00:34:31,563 But we can't. If he catches us, we'll be punished. 674 00:34:31,803 --> 00:34:33,946 Yes. Severely. 675 00:34:34,038 --> 00:34:35,374 But there is hope. 676 00:34:35,467 --> 00:34:37,819 A Queen to lead you into the light. 677 00:34:37,897 --> 00:34:40,100 Hark, there she be! 678 00:34:50,658 --> 00:34:54,608 Follow me, your Gryphon Queen, 679 00:34:54,988 --> 00:34:58,764 away from this fortress, and back to the kingdom of Eldervair! 680 00:34:58,862 --> 00:35:00,600 But what about the King? 681 00:35:04,818 --> 00:35:07,243 The King is dead. 682 00:35:07,572 --> 00:35:09,319 You're all free. 683 00:35:13,668 --> 00:35:15,813 We can't wake the King's Demon Soldiers. 684 00:35:15,905 --> 00:35:17,413 I have the enchanted keys. 685 00:35:17,505 --> 00:35:19,827 Meet me at the doors to freedom. 686 00:36:02,335 --> 00:36:03,967 Here you go. 687 00:36:04,108 --> 00:36:06,763 It's the last stop before the border. 688 00:36:06,855 --> 00:36:08,266 Yeah. 689 00:36:08,358 --> 00:36:11,022 You know, I was thinking. I could go with you. 690 00:36:11,100 --> 00:36:12,436 We could do this together. 691 00:36:12,514 --> 00:36:13,842 Find a cabin in the woods? 692 00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:16,915 Yeah. Teach you carpentry, like my old man did me. 693 00:36:16,993 --> 00:36:18,301 Imagine that. 694 00:36:18,418 --> 00:36:20,176 Us. 695 00:36:20,335 --> 00:36:22,523 Living off the land, father and son. 696 00:36:22,601 --> 00:36:24,532 Hunting, fishing. 697 00:36:24,616 --> 00:36:26,184 It would be great. 698 00:36:26,276 --> 00:36:27,791 Yeah, it would be. 699 00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:32,905 But, uh, you know we can't do that. 700 00:36:33,339 --> 00:36:34,874 Right, Dad? 701 00:36:37,055 --> 00:36:38,600 I can't change your mind, 702 00:36:39,027 --> 00:36:41,194 get you to come back home? 703 00:36:45,776 --> 00:36:47,531 But you can give me your blessing. 704 00:36:51,647 --> 00:36:53,411 I was your age when my father passed away. 705 00:36:53,565 --> 00:36:56,463 - I never got to say goodbye... - This isn't goodbye, Dad. 706 00:36:58,468 --> 00:37:00,435 You're damn right, it's not. 707 00:37:04,869 --> 00:37:06,374 See you soon? 708 00:37:06,498 --> 00:37:08,484 Yeah, you will. 709 00:37:09,636 --> 00:37:12,085 Oh, one more thing. 710 00:37:18,491 --> 00:37:20,077 Vegas! 711 00:37:48,073 --> 00:37:51,093 - Mom, stop! - You heard the woman! Halt! 712 00:37:53,268 --> 00:37:54,806 Veronica, what is this? 713 00:37:54,884 --> 00:37:56,125 Consider it a coup d'moi. 714 00:37:56,203 --> 00:37:57,824 We know your end game. 715 00:37:57,916 --> 00:38:00,254 You are hereby relieved of your mayoral duties. 716 00:38:00,346 --> 00:38:02,031 Those plans you and your husband had 717 00:38:02,123 --> 00:38:03,451 with my dollymop mother 718 00:38:03,543 --> 00:38:05,704 are now canceled. 719 00:38:05,796 --> 00:38:08,104 Now, step away from the phone 720 00:38:08,196 --> 00:38:11,431 before you make the biggest mistake of your life. 721 00:38:12,766 --> 00:38:14,191 Veronica... 722 00:38:15,276 --> 00:38:17,561 You can't just walk in here and depose me. 723 00:38:17,781 --> 00:38:19,416 I'm an elected official. 724 00:38:21,768 --> 00:38:25,163 Besides, you're too late. 725 00:38:26,504 --> 00:38:28,782 The order went out ten minutes ago. 726 00:38:28,976 --> 00:38:30,881 I was about to call and tell you. 727 00:38:41,296 --> 00:38:42,742 It's starting. 728 00:38:47,733 --> 00:38:50,048 Betty, what are we going to do with all these kids? 729 00:38:50,233 --> 00:38:51,664 They have nowhere to go. 730 00:38:51,976 --> 00:38:54,101 We'll help them, Ethel, all of them. 731 00:38:56,913 --> 00:38:58,796 - Mom? - Betty. 732 00:39:00,249 --> 00:39:02,804 Why are you wearing that outfit? What's going on? 733 00:39:02,896 --> 00:39:04,999 - What are you doing here? - Hell is breaking loose. 734 00:39:05,077 --> 00:39:07,069 I came to get you out of the sisters'. 735 00:39:07,596 --> 00:39:11,867 Well, you're just in time, but it's not just gonna be me. 736 00:39:15,653 --> 00:39:18,941 And just like that, in a few frantic moments, 737 00:39:19,019 --> 00:39:20,534 the town we'd known all our lives 738 00:39:20,612 --> 00:39:22,860 was once again changed, 739 00:39:23,113 --> 00:39:26,109 but this time, irrevocably. 740 00:39:26,228 --> 00:39:30,077 It was time for us to brace for a terrible impact. 741 00:39:30,808 --> 00:39:34,503 And while Archie Andrews headed away from the doomed town of Riverdale, 742 00:39:34,581 --> 00:39:36,632 we raced towards it. 743 00:39:36,856 --> 00:39:39,051 For that night was the fruition of a game 744 00:39:39,143 --> 00:39:41,291 that had been planned for and played 745 00:39:41,383 --> 00:39:43,441 across the years. 746 00:39:51,285 --> 00:39:52,423 The hell is this? 747 00:39:52,501 --> 00:39:54,326 Town's under quarantine. Governor's orders. 748 00:39:54,417 --> 00:39:56,343 No one in or out. Turn around and go. 749 00:39:56,493 --> 00:39:57,718 No. No, we live here. 750 00:39:57,796 --> 00:40:00,554 Not anymore. Turn around, now! 751 00:40:04,580 --> 00:40:07,015 Well, Hiram, you got what you wanted. 752 00:40:07,093 --> 00:40:08,644 The town's quarantined. 753 00:40:08,892 --> 00:40:11,417 I'll do what I can to keep the outside world at bay. 754 00:40:11,563 --> 00:40:13,784 Riverdale thanks you, Governor Dooley. 755 00:40:13,890 --> 00:40:15,091 You did the right thing. 756 00:40:15,183 --> 00:40:16,648 I pray that's true. 757 00:40:16,726 --> 00:40:19,231 And may God have mercy on our souls. 758 00:40:19,876 --> 00:40:21,491 Not God, Governor... 759 00:40:21,654 --> 00:40:23,203 The King.