1 00:00:00,030 --> 00:00:01,120 Previously on Riverdale... 2 00:00:01,121 --> 00:00:03,420 Tall Boy, we know you're working for Hiram. 3 00:00:03,420 --> 00:00:05,290 Why would he want the town quarantined? 4 00:00:05,370 --> 00:00:06,890 Apparently, there was a mass seizure. 5 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:08,750 Seizures aren't contagious. 6 00:00:08,830 --> 00:00:09,910 So, what? 7 00:00:09,910 --> 00:00:11,220 There's nowhere he won't follow me. 8 00:00:11,300 --> 00:00:12,570 It's over, isn't it? 9 00:00:12,580 --> 00:00:16,510 You will stoop to any level to get me back in your clutches. 10 00:00:16,590 --> 00:00:18,720 I just wanted some father-daughter time. 11 00:00:18,730 --> 00:00:20,095 Claudius Blossom... 12 00:00:20,096 --> 00:00:22,600 You may not be the Man in Black, but his stink is on you. 13 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:25,190 Sheriff Minetta's body was found in the marsh last night. 14 00:00:25,260 --> 00:00:26,525 It was decapitated. 15 00:00:26,527 --> 00:00:28,450 Tall Boy was just trying to escape 16 00:00:28,451 --> 00:00:30,004 and I don't know... It was an accident. 17 00:00:30,060 --> 00:00:32,040 As far as anyone knows, Tall Boy has been exiled. 18 00:00:38,130 --> 00:00:42,040 Riverdale. Once a safe, decent, innocent place, 19 00:00:42,110 --> 00:00:43,590 had become noir town, 20 00:00:43,670 --> 00:00:45,670 like the setting of a Raymond Chandler story 21 00:00:45,740 --> 00:00:47,500 filled with dames to kill for, 22 00:00:47,580 --> 00:00:49,650 postmen who like to ring twice 23 00:00:49,660 --> 00:00:54,130 and more mobsters than a Scorsese retrospective at the Bijou. 24 00:00:54,210 --> 00:00:55,840 We were a town of lost souls, 25 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:57,770 each of us wrestling with demons, 26 00:00:57,850 --> 00:01:00,270 each of us with secrets we were trying to keep. 27 00:01:00,350 --> 00:01:03,110 Mine was on the large side, 28 00:01:03,190 --> 00:01:04,940 6'5" to be exact. 29 00:01:05,020 --> 00:01:06,280 Explain it to me one more time. 30 00:01:06,350 --> 00:01:08,610 We drove him to the bus station at gunpoint 31 00:01:08,690 --> 00:01:09,780 and got him on a bus out of town. 32 00:01:09,860 --> 00:01:11,510 He murdered Joaquin! 33 00:01:11,510 --> 00:01:13,620 And you thought putting him on a bus was enough punishment? 34 00:01:13,700 --> 00:01:14,690 I don't buy it. 35 00:01:14,710 --> 00:01:16,270 Look, I made a decision. 36 00:01:16,350 --> 00:01:17,710 I'm sorry that you don't agree with that, but he's gone. 37 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,950 I'm gonna pretend like I believe you idiots for now. 38 00:01:22,960 --> 00:01:25,880 I've got my hands full finding Hiram's would-be assassin. 39 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:30,340 Next time you see me, have a better story. 40 00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:34,470 I was covering up the death of a wicked man. 41 00:01:34,550 --> 00:01:38,130 But Tall Boy Petite wasn't the only fresh corpse in noir town. 42 00:01:38,150 --> 00:01:40,470 Claudius Blossom had taken the big sleep, 43 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:43,320 and my girlfriend Betty Cooper had murder on the brain. 44 00:01:43,390 --> 00:01:45,230 And murderers, in Betty's world, 45 00:01:45,300 --> 00:01:47,060 needed to be brought to justice. 46 00:01:47,140 --> 00:01:49,000 It's infuriating, Dad. 47 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:52,490 The Lodge Ledger is calling Claudius Blossom's death a suicide, 48 00:01:52,570 --> 00:01:53,990 but I think he was murdered. 49 00:01:54,070 --> 00:01:56,070 But if he ingested cyanide... 50 00:01:56,150 --> 00:01:58,320 But how did it get in his prison cell? 51 00:01:58,330 --> 00:02:01,670 A gift from his former partner-in-crime Penelope, I'm guessing? 52 00:02:01,740 --> 00:02:03,500 Poison does suit her. 53 00:02:03,580 --> 00:02:05,500 Subtle, elegant. 54 00:02:05,510 --> 00:02:09,290 But if nobody else is asking questions about Claudius' death, 55 00:02:09,370 --> 00:02:10,510 why are you? 56 00:02:10,590 --> 00:02:14,680 Because it's black and white and wrong, Dad. 57 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:17,180 Penelope's been killing people for years, 58 00:02:17,260 --> 00:02:19,350 and she's literally getting away with murder. 59 00:02:19,430 --> 00:02:21,470 Daryl Doiley was poisoned with oleander, 60 00:02:21,550 --> 00:02:24,020 which is something only the Blossoms grow. 61 00:02:24,100 --> 00:02:27,520 Featherhead, poisoned. The nuns, poisoned. 62 00:02:27,530 --> 00:02:28,770 And now, Claudius. 63 00:02:28,850 --> 00:02:30,600 I just can't prove any of it. 64 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,650 It's like she's committed the perfect murders. 65 00:02:33,730 --> 00:02:35,480 You've already found the pattern, 66 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:38,440 murders disguised as suicides. 67 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,040 Who else died by suicide near Penelope? 68 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:42,490 Think, now. 69 00:02:42,570 --> 00:02:43,880 Clifford. 70 00:02:43,950 --> 00:02:45,700 But he hung himself. 71 00:02:45,710 --> 00:02:49,510 Perhaps. I wonder, though, if that's the whole story. 72 00:02:50,630 --> 00:02:51,840 Who was there that night? 73 00:02:53,460 --> 00:02:58,060 Penelope... And Cheryl. 74 00:02:58,130 --> 00:03:01,980 If there's a witness, it's not a perfect murder. 75 00:03:04,060 --> 00:03:08,900 Meanwhile, Archie Andrews no longer felt hunted by Hiram Lodge. 76 00:03:08,980 --> 00:03:10,600 But he was still haunted. 77 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,060 Trapped in that in-between place, 78 00:03:13,070 --> 00:03:15,910 avoiding his destined face-to-face with the Man in Black, 79 00:03:15,980 --> 00:03:19,030 Archie struggled, searching for a sense of purpose. 80 00:03:19,100 --> 00:03:20,320 What's going on, son? 81 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,070 Is it your break-up with Veronica? 82 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:23,790 No, Dad, it's not... 83 00:03:26,610 --> 00:03:27,880 I've been thinking. 84 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,080 Maybe college isn't for me. 85 00:03:32,090 --> 00:03:33,590 Maybe I can try working with you 86 00:03:33,670 --> 00:03:35,090 in the construction company again. 87 00:03:35,170 --> 00:03:37,500 Well, there's no shame in hard work, son, 88 00:03:37,580 --> 00:03:39,710 but where's this coming from? 89 00:03:39,790 --> 00:03:42,100 After the crap I've seen these last few months, 90 00:03:42,180 --> 00:03:44,100 I just wanna get out of my head. 91 00:03:44,180 --> 00:03:46,100 Work with my hands. 92 00:03:46,180 --> 00:03:47,970 Try to make peace with things. 93 00:03:48,050 --> 00:03:51,430 Well, if you're serious about it, you better get your butt in gear. 94 00:03:51,450 --> 00:03:52,740 Shift starts in about an hour. 95 00:03:54,310 --> 00:03:56,400 The only thing Archie knew for sure, 96 00:03:56,470 --> 00:03:58,020 was he was angry. 97 00:03:58,100 --> 00:03:59,780 And hitting things made it better. 98 00:04:04,650 --> 00:04:05,580 Meal break, boys! 99 00:04:08,450 --> 00:04:09,950 Andrews! 100 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:12,120 This is a union crew. 101 00:04:12,130 --> 00:04:14,420 You need to take your mandatory break. 102 00:04:14,490 --> 00:04:15,430 Stop working. 103 00:04:20,770 --> 00:04:23,300 When I say stop, you stop. 104 00:04:23,310 --> 00:04:25,090 Back off! I don't need a break. 105 00:04:25,170 --> 00:04:26,650 You don't want to do this, kid. 106 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:28,520 I got you by about 100 pounds. 107 00:04:34,930 --> 00:04:37,270 That's it! I don't care if you are Fred's kid, 108 00:04:37,350 --> 00:04:38,490 you're off my crew! 109 00:04:38,570 --> 00:04:40,610 The hell I am! 110 00:04:40,690 --> 00:04:42,400 With Hiram laid up in the hospital, clinging to life, 111 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:44,100 there was blood in the water. 112 00:04:44,180 --> 00:04:46,410 And sharks were closing in on the mobster's daughter, 113 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:48,000 Veronica Lodge. 114 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:50,500 From my family to yours. 115 00:04:50,580 --> 00:04:53,670 While I love a grand gesture, Elio, 116 00:04:53,750 --> 00:04:55,920 diamonds are a girl's best friend. 117 00:04:55,990 --> 00:04:57,070 These are for your father. 118 00:04:57,070 --> 00:04:58,330 I heard he was still in the hospital 119 00:04:58,410 --> 00:05:00,500 and wanted to come here, personally, 120 00:05:00,580 --> 00:05:01,960 to let you know I'm praying he pulls through. 121 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:05,010 To paraphrase Samuel Clemens, 122 00:05:05,020 --> 00:05:08,180 reports of his death have been greatly exaggerated. 123 00:05:08,190 --> 00:05:10,470 The vultures are circling, Veronica. 124 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:12,520 They're eager to swoop in on your father's territory. 125 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:13,980 Are you talking about yourself? 126 00:05:14,050 --> 00:05:16,390 I'm offering some friendly advice. 127 00:05:16,470 --> 00:05:18,520 Jobs like the hit on your father? 128 00:05:18,530 --> 00:05:19,910 It's very rare they go unfinished. 129 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:23,540 Yes, we all had our problems. 130 00:05:23,610 --> 00:05:25,040 The town was drowning in 'em. 131 00:05:25,110 --> 00:05:26,350 And a hell of a good-looking one 132 00:05:26,430 --> 00:05:27,750 was about to walk through my door. 133 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:33,840 Nice hat, Bacall. 134 00:05:36,790 --> 00:05:38,430 I've got a job for you, Jones. 135 00:05:39,630 --> 00:05:43,930 I want you to find out who shot my father. 136 00:05:46,470 --> 00:05:48,630 You'll get the other half when you give me their name. 137 00:05:50,250 --> 00:05:51,600 That is a big job. 138 00:05:53,310 --> 00:05:54,880 I think half the people in this town 139 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:58,020 wanna see your old man kick the maple barrel, no offense. 140 00:05:58,100 --> 00:05:59,070 None taken. 141 00:05:59,150 --> 00:06:01,780 I'll give you your first suspect. 142 00:06:03,490 --> 00:06:04,930 My mother. 143 00:06:04,930 --> 00:06:07,360 A few weeks ago, I overheard my parents arguing. 144 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:10,360 It was right before the quarantine, after I had my seizure. 145 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:13,530 No, I supported you! You swore to me 146 00:06:13,610 --> 00:06:15,420 - that this wouldn't happen. - What is going on? 147 00:06:15,500 --> 00:06:17,370 My mother was berating my father. 148 00:06:17,450 --> 00:06:19,260 Something about breaking a promise. 149 00:06:22,290 --> 00:06:23,670 What if you don't like what I find? 150 00:06:23,750 --> 00:06:26,220 I'm a big girl, I can take it. 151 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:29,100 Well, then, 152 00:06:29,180 --> 00:06:31,970 consider me your Philip Marlowe. 153 00:06:31,980 --> 00:06:33,850 I didn't mind playing detective, 154 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:35,960 especially for this price, 155 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:39,440 but if I'd known then and there where this investigation would lead me, 156 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:41,150 I never would've taken the money. 157 00:06:42,620 --> 00:06:45,780 Synced & corrected by MaxPayne == https://subscene.com == 158 00:06:48,235 --> 00:06:49,825 To what do I owe the pleasure? 159 00:06:49,835 --> 00:06:50,915 I'll just get right to it, Madam Mayor. 160 00:06:52,485 --> 00:06:53,705 Did you shoot your husband? 161 00:06:53,715 --> 00:06:55,245 Excuse me? 162 00:06:55,325 --> 00:06:56,505 I love my husband. 163 00:06:56,585 --> 00:06:58,175 Uh-huh, but did you shoot him? 164 00:06:58,245 --> 00:07:00,175 From what I hear, not all is not well over at the Pembrooke. 165 00:07:00,255 --> 00:07:02,255 As records and witnesses will attest, 166 00:07:02,325 --> 00:07:04,345 I was on the phone with Hiram when he was shot, 167 00:07:04,425 --> 00:07:07,015 picking up lunch at Pop's. 168 00:07:07,095 --> 00:07:08,635 What were you and Hiram arguing about 169 00:07:08,705 --> 00:07:09,845 when Veronica had her seizure? 170 00:07:09,855 --> 00:07:12,685 Well, Mr. Jones, if you must know, 171 00:07:12,765 --> 00:07:15,595 we were fighting because I caught Hiram having an affair. 172 00:07:15,605 --> 00:07:17,855 I had been suspicious for a while, 173 00:07:17,935 --> 00:07:20,515 so I had Sheriff Minetta follow him. 174 00:07:20,535 --> 00:07:22,785 This was before he got butchered, of course. 175 00:07:24,185 --> 00:07:27,825 And he gave me these. 176 00:07:32,065 --> 00:07:34,285 Now, I don't know who she is, 177 00:07:34,355 --> 00:07:36,535 but he was meeting her regularly at the Five Seasons. 178 00:07:36,545 --> 00:07:38,995 Hiram having another woman is pretty good motive to shoot him. 179 00:07:39,075 --> 00:07:40,785 No, it isn't. 180 00:07:40,865 --> 00:07:43,125 I simply asked him to end it, and he did. 181 00:07:43,205 --> 00:07:44,215 Now, I'm telling you this 182 00:07:44,295 --> 00:07:45,925 because I have nothing to hide. 183 00:07:47,395 --> 00:07:48,555 Keep those. 184 00:07:48,635 --> 00:07:49,675 I mean, who knows? 185 00:07:49,755 --> 00:07:51,505 Maybe Hiram's mistress was angry 186 00:07:51,585 --> 00:07:52,705 when he called it quits. 187 00:07:52,785 --> 00:07:54,645 You do know how volatile blondes can be. 188 00:07:58,175 --> 00:07:59,405 Oh, no, no. 189 00:07:59,475 --> 00:08:01,015 You're not going to the jobsite today, 190 00:08:01,095 --> 00:08:03,855 not after you picked a fight yesterday. 191 00:08:03,935 --> 00:08:06,565 I was only trying to do my job, it wasn't my fault, and then Vic... 192 00:08:06,575 --> 00:08:09,945 Vic? Vic who has worked for me for a very long time? 193 00:08:10,025 --> 00:08:12,915 - Who knows what he is doing. - Fine, whatever. 194 00:08:12,995 --> 00:08:14,865 Oh, no, no, we're not done here, young man. 195 00:08:14,945 --> 00:08:18,255 You want to explain to me how I found this in your bedroom? 196 00:08:18,325 --> 00:08:19,785 What, you think you're the first kid 197 00:08:19,865 --> 00:08:21,795 that's ever taken a drink in high school? No. 198 00:08:21,875 --> 00:08:23,255 This does not solve your problems. 199 00:08:23,335 --> 00:08:24,425 I'm outta here. 200 00:08:24,505 --> 00:08:26,665 Fine, take a walk, Archie. Clear your head. 201 00:08:26,745 --> 00:08:28,095 While you're out there, 202 00:08:28,175 --> 00:08:29,845 think about how you need to shape up! 203 00:08:32,675 --> 00:08:34,555 We are gathered, today, 204 00:08:34,625 --> 00:08:37,775 to mourn the passing of one of our own. 205 00:08:40,105 --> 00:08:41,435 Betty! 206 00:08:41,445 --> 00:08:42,935 Sweet, darling Betty. 207 00:08:42,945 --> 00:08:45,115 You've come to pay your respects. 208 00:08:45,185 --> 00:08:48,895 Well, Uncle Claudius was family, so... 209 00:08:48,975 --> 00:08:50,495 Mourn with us, cousin. 210 00:08:54,485 --> 00:08:57,035 Tragically, this ungrateful town 211 00:08:57,105 --> 00:09:00,365 never welcomed Claudius to its bosom. 212 00:09:00,445 --> 00:09:01,665 I believe that is why 213 00:09:01,735 --> 00:09:04,755 he committed the most cardinal of sins, 214 00:09:05,705 --> 00:09:08,015 taking his own life. 215 00:09:08,875 --> 00:09:11,015 Crocodile tears. 216 00:09:16,965 --> 00:09:19,485 While I appreciate the company, 217 00:09:19,555 --> 00:09:21,975 tell me, what are you really doing here, Betty? 218 00:09:22,055 --> 00:09:23,485 At our uncle's funeral? 219 00:09:23,565 --> 00:09:25,565 I came to talk to you. 220 00:09:25,635 --> 00:09:27,865 Cheryl, people connected to your mother 221 00:09:27,945 --> 00:09:30,655 keep dying by poisoning 222 00:09:30,735 --> 00:09:32,995 or by strange suicides, 223 00:09:33,075 --> 00:09:35,525 including your father. 224 00:09:35,605 --> 00:09:41,115 My father hung himself in a barn, Betty. 225 00:09:41,195 --> 00:09:43,125 He slipped a rope around his neck 226 00:09:43,195 --> 00:09:45,135 and kicked a maple barrel out from under him. 227 00:09:46,655 --> 00:09:48,415 End of story. 228 00:09:48,495 --> 00:09:50,165 Is everything okay? 229 00:09:50,245 --> 00:09:52,715 Betty was being a gnat as usual, T.T. 230 00:09:52,785 --> 00:09:54,675 And I'm afraid I don't have any patience for it. 231 00:09:54,685 --> 00:09:57,935 Back off, Betty. It's been a rough day. 232 00:10:00,595 --> 00:10:02,685 Sweet Pea, Fangs, why'd you guys bring me down here? 233 00:10:02,695 --> 00:10:03,735 You know I'm on a case. 234 00:10:03,805 --> 00:10:05,855 I heard the Gargoyle Gang is riled up. 235 00:10:05,865 --> 00:10:07,025 They're looking for Tall Boy. 236 00:10:07,105 --> 00:10:09,195 And as long as his body's down here, 237 00:10:09,275 --> 00:10:10,555 it's a ticking time bomb! 238 00:10:10,555 --> 00:10:12,525 Yeah, well, it's too hot to move him right now. 239 00:10:12,535 --> 00:10:13,615 Hey! 240 00:10:15,355 --> 00:10:17,985 Let's not lose our heads, okay? 241 00:10:18,065 --> 00:10:19,875 Fangs, I need you to stay here with Tall Boy, 242 00:10:19,955 --> 00:10:21,325 and I need you to lock this place up. 243 00:10:21,405 --> 00:10:22,705 I'm serious. 244 00:10:22,715 --> 00:10:25,425 Sweet Pea, you need to tail someone for me. 245 00:10:30,125 --> 00:10:31,545 Nico, Leo... 246 00:10:31,555 --> 00:10:33,175 We're in a crisis. 247 00:10:33,245 --> 00:10:35,385 The mob underworld smells blood in the water, 248 00:10:35,465 --> 00:10:37,095 and we need to change the narrative, 249 00:10:37,165 --> 00:10:39,565 obscure the fact that my father is down for the count 250 00:10:39,635 --> 00:10:42,055 and present a strong front. 251 00:10:42,065 --> 00:10:43,225 It's too late for that. 252 00:10:43,235 --> 00:10:44,445 People are talking. 253 00:10:44,525 --> 00:10:46,145 No one's seen the Man in Black recently 254 00:10:46,155 --> 00:10:47,855 - and no one's collecting the vig. - What? 255 00:10:47,865 --> 00:10:49,735 Why the hell not? We should get out there 256 00:10:49,815 --> 00:10:51,605 and start collecting, immediately. 257 00:10:51,685 --> 00:10:53,895 Nico and I have been discussing options. 258 00:10:53,915 --> 00:10:55,735 It might be in your family's best interest 259 00:10:55,745 --> 00:10:57,365 to align with the Grandes. 260 00:10:57,435 --> 00:10:59,235 You mean Elio's family? 261 00:10:59,315 --> 00:11:00,825 Not gonna happen. 262 00:11:00,895 --> 00:11:03,245 Your father took a bullet two inches from his heart. 263 00:11:03,255 --> 00:11:04,415 If we're not careful, 264 00:11:04,495 --> 00:11:05,705 our next play could be our last. 265 00:11:05,775 --> 00:11:08,085 I don't need you to mobsplain 266 00:11:08,165 --> 00:11:09,665 what's best for my family. 267 00:11:09,745 --> 00:11:12,795 Due respect, you're not being realistic. 268 00:11:12,805 --> 00:11:15,475 Due respect, you're fired. 269 00:11:16,455 --> 00:11:17,435 Both of you. 270 00:11:17,505 --> 00:11:18,915 Seriously? 271 00:11:18,995 --> 00:11:20,765 You're getting rid of the only capos you have left? 272 00:11:20,845 --> 00:11:22,045 You mean the same two clowns 273 00:11:22,045 --> 00:11:24,225 who didn't protect my dad from getting shot? 274 00:11:24,295 --> 00:11:25,485 Yeah, no, we're good. 275 00:11:31,305 --> 00:11:33,115 I consider you both inner circle. 276 00:11:33,195 --> 00:11:35,615 Smithers, as my former doorman 277 00:11:35,695 --> 00:11:39,615 and, Reggie, as my jacked jack-of-all-trades, 278 00:11:39,625 --> 00:11:42,445 I asked you here because I need people I can trust. 279 00:11:42,525 --> 00:11:44,745 Our enemies are sensing weakness 280 00:11:44,815 --> 00:11:46,575 and we need to show strength. 281 00:11:46,655 --> 00:11:47,915 Okay, if I may. 282 00:11:47,925 --> 00:11:50,205 There was a moment, back in the trenches, 283 00:11:50,215 --> 00:11:53,085 when our numbers were greatly diminished. 284 00:11:53,165 --> 00:11:56,925 We knew the enemy would storm the barricade at any moment. 285 00:11:56,995 --> 00:11:58,635 I collected the helmets from our dead 286 00:11:58,715 --> 00:12:00,595 and propped them atop our bayonets, 287 00:12:00,665 --> 00:12:02,145 high enough so that they would be visible 288 00:12:02,215 --> 00:12:05,345 to our enemies and give them pause. 289 00:12:05,355 --> 00:12:08,845 Sometimes, it's not what things are, 290 00:12:08,925 --> 00:12:10,565 it's what they appear to be. 291 00:12:12,975 --> 00:12:15,485 You've just given me an idea, Smithers. 292 00:12:15,565 --> 00:12:17,865 But we're going to need your bus driver's cap. 293 00:12:22,315 --> 00:12:25,325 So, who's this blonde bombshell that you're tracking? 294 00:12:25,335 --> 00:12:26,835 Hiram's mistress. 295 00:12:26,915 --> 00:12:29,165 He broke things off with her, so she may want revenge. 296 00:12:29,245 --> 00:12:31,495 The concierge tipped me off about this floor 297 00:12:31,505 --> 00:12:34,085 but I wish they'd given me a room number. 298 00:12:34,155 --> 00:12:36,845 Well, maybe there was no room number to give. 299 00:12:40,705 --> 00:12:41,845 Thanks for the coming with me, by the way. 300 00:12:41,925 --> 00:12:43,595 My pleasure. 301 00:12:43,665 --> 00:12:47,095 My investigation's on hold until I hear back from Dr. Curdle Jr. 302 00:12:47,175 --> 00:12:50,695 Turns out there was no autopsy on Claudius. 303 00:12:50,765 --> 00:12:54,025 Penelope had him cremated before be could perform one. 304 00:12:54,105 --> 00:12:55,195 But I'm hoping that there's something 305 00:12:55,275 --> 00:12:57,575 in Clifford Blossom's autopsy report. 306 00:12:58,605 --> 00:13:01,025 No one's home. Let's move on. 307 00:13:01,035 --> 00:13:02,865 Would Bogart move on? 308 00:13:02,875 --> 00:13:04,125 Let's just give it a try. 309 00:13:06,025 --> 00:13:07,995 What kind of hotel room is unlocked? 310 00:13:18,465 --> 00:13:23,885 And now, apparently, there's a not-so-secret sex club in Riverdale. 311 00:13:33,265 --> 00:13:34,365 Excuse me. 312 00:13:38,555 --> 00:13:40,115 What is this place? 313 00:13:41,155 --> 00:13:42,745 It's the Maple Club. 314 00:13:42,825 --> 00:13:45,955 A safe place, as long as you know the safe word. 315 00:13:48,485 --> 00:13:50,285 Have you seen this woman? She ever come in here? 316 00:13:50,295 --> 00:13:52,965 You just scared off one of my clients. 317 00:14:04,465 --> 00:14:07,145 She doesn't work here, but I see her around. 318 00:14:08,305 --> 00:14:10,275 Try room 311. 319 00:14:10,345 --> 00:14:13,065 Laura, why did Mr. Arklight leave in such a rush? 320 00:14:15,015 --> 00:14:16,975 What are you two doing here? 321 00:14:16,985 --> 00:14:19,275 You know this is a private club. Get out. 322 00:14:19,355 --> 00:14:21,445 You mean a brothel? 323 00:14:21,455 --> 00:14:23,115 By the way, does the new Sheriff know 324 00:14:23,195 --> 00:14:25,495 that there's a red light district in Riverdale? 325 00:14:27,865 --> 00:14:31,795 My time is costly, children, so what do you want? 326 00:14:31,865 --> 00:14:34,295 I knew you were an escort, Auntie, 327 00:14:34,375 --> 00:14:36,625 but now you're exploiting other women? 328 00:14:38,325 --> 00:14:41,625 These women aren't victims, Betty. 329 00:14:41,635 --> 00:14:45,475 At the Maple Club, it is the men who suffer. 330 00:14:45,545 --> 00:14:47,765 We specialize in domination. 331 00:14:47,845 --> 00:14:50,095 These ladies are making enough to start new lives. 332 00:14:50,175 --> 00:14:52,805 Oh, please, you are only helping yourself. 333 00:14:52,815 --> 00:14:54,105 And why shouldn't I? 334 00:14:55,135 --> 00:14:56,645 No one else ever has. 335 00:14:56,655 --> 00:14:58,805 When I was eight years old, 336 00:14:58,875 --> 00:15:01,485 I was plucked from the Sisters of Quiet Mercy by the Blossom family. 337 00:15:01,565 --> 00:15:03,105 Is that why you poisoned the Sisters, 338 00:15:03,185 --> 00:15:04,495 because they sold you to the Blossoms? 339 00:15:04,565 --> 00:15:07,445 I didn't kill those nuns, and anyway, 340 00:15:07,525 --> 00:15:10,995 it was the so-called Monsignor who sold me, not the Sisters. 341 00:15:11,075 --> 00:15:13,665 Fine, you didn't kill the fake nuns. 342 00:15:13,745 --> 00:15:14,995 Did you kill Claudius? 343 00:15:15,005 --> 00:15:17,675 He committed suicide, so I was told. 344 00:15:17,745 --> 00:15:19,245 It's pretty convenient, don't you think? 345 00:15:19,325 --> 00:15:22,925 Either way, I was right here when the poor man died. 346 00:15:23,585 --> 00:15:26,175 Ask any of my girls. 347 00:15:26,185 --> 00:15:27,465 Fun fact of the day, 348 00:15:27,545 --> 00:15:29,505 Penelope's the Madam of a kink club. 349 00:15:29,515 --> 00:15:31,305 Yeah, her sob story doesn't change the fact 350 00:15:31,375 --> 00:15:33,975 that she's a stone-cold murderer. 351 00:15:34,045 --> 00:15:35,805 Do you wanna check out room 311? 352 00:15:35,885 --> 00:15:37,855 I could use one of your bobby pins. 353 00:15:38,935 --> 00:15:40,365 It's Curdle. 354 00:15:40,435 --> 00:15:43,105 Maybe he tracked down Clifford's autopsy report? 355 00:15:43,185 --> 00:15:46,025 And just like that you're back on the case. 356 00:15:46,035 --> 00:15:48,705 - No rest for the wicked. - Not in a wicked town. 357 00:15:50,535 --> 00:15:51,955 See you later. 358 00:16:17,015 --> 00:16:18,315 Reggie. 359 00:16:22,655 --> 00:16:24,895 I think you've had enough, bud. 360 00:16:24,905 --> 00:16:26,435 Lemme get you a cab. 361 00:16:26,515 --> 00:16:28,745 I'm a paying customer, Reggie. 362 00:16:28,815 --> 00:16:29,945 I'll leave when I'm ready to leave. 363 00:16:30,025 --> 00:16:32,865 Dude, Veronica's dealing with enough crap. 364 00:16:32,935 --> 00:16:35,655 She doesn't need you making a scene. 365 00:16:35,735 --> 00:16:37,955 Can I get another bartender in here, please? 366 00:16:37,965 --> 00:16:39,515 Another bartender! Don't touch me. 367 00:16:41,535 --> 00:16:43,415 Toby, Toby! 368 00:16:43,425 --> 00:16:44,965 It's okay, I know him. 369 00:16:45,955 --> 00:16:46,925 He's our friend. 370 00:16:47,005 --> 00:16:49,425 It's okay, I'll go. 371 00:16:50,675 --> 00:16:51,645 I'll go. 372 00:16:51,715 --> 00:16:54,105 I got him. I got him. It's fine. 373 00:16:58,965 --> 00:17:00,645 Josie... 374 00:17:00,715 --> 00:17:04,475 You can't tell Veronica about this. 375 00:17:04,485 --> 00:17:07,115 Listen up, Andrews. 376 00:17:07,195 --> 00:17:10,275 You're in free fall, and I am not having it. 377 00:17:10,355 --> 00:17:14,155 It's time for a literal and metaphoric cold shower. 378 00:17:14,165 --> 00:17:16,545 Wait... Wait, Josie! Don't... 379 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:22,750 At the docks, it was a classic con. 380 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:24,340 Smoke and mirrors with a pretty girl. 381 00:17:24,420 --> 00:17:26,010 Collecting for Lodge. 382 00:17:28,010 --> 00:17:30,180 - Where are Nico and Leo? - No longer in our employ. 383 00:17:30,830 --> 00:17:32,420 I'm Veronica. 384 00:17:32,500 --> 00:17:35,230 I'm sure you know my father, Hiram Lodge? 385 00:17:39,020 --> 00:17:41,180 He doesn't like to be kept waiting, 386 00:17:41,190 --> 00:17:42,570 and neither do I. 387 00:17:47,270 --> 00:17:48,740 See you next week. 388 00:17:53,710 --> 00:17:55,660 Well played, Miss Veronica. 389 00:17:55,730 --> 00:17:57,700 Thank you, Smithers. 390 00:17:57,710 --> 00:18:00,540 And you, too, Man in Black. 391 00:18:00,620 --> 00:18:03,160 Apologies for the delay, Miss Cooper, 392 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:05,550 but this one took some digging. 393 00:18:05,630 --> 00:18:09,090 Clifford Blossom's wife requested that there be no autopsy. 394 00:18:09,170 --> 00:18:11,960 But my father was nothing if not a curious man. 395 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:15,100 So, let me guess, he performed one anyways? 396 00:18:15,730 --> 00:18:17,010 What does it say? 397 00:18:17,090 --> 00:18:19,390 That he died of asphyxiation by hanging? 398 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:21,680 There was bruising around the esophagus, 399 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:24,480 consistent with that of a hanging victim. 400 00:18:24,550 --> 00:18:27,020 However, there was also 401 00:18:27,100 --> 00:18:30,400 tetrodotoxin in his bloodstream, pufferfish venom. 402 00:18:30,410 --> 00:18:31,980 In Clifford's case, 403 00:18:32,060 --> 00:18:34,240 the dose was almost certainly fatal. 404 00:18:34,250 --> 00:18:38,320 So, you're saying Clifford may not have died from hanging, 405 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:40,080 but from being poisoned? 406 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:41,760 I'm saying that 407 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:45,710 Clifford Blossom was already dead when he hung himself. 408 00:18:45,780 --> 00:18:48,720 And Betty Cooper thought, "Gotcha!" 409 00:18:53,170 --> 00:18:54,340 What's this? 410 00:18:54,420 --> 00:18:56,390 Um, lemon, ginger and cayenne. 411 00:19:02,020 --> 00:19:03,440 Where is your dad? 412 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:05,470 He's at work. 413 00:19:05,550 --> 00:19:07,100 I got canned on my first day. 414 00:19:07,110 --> 00:19:09,150 So, I went to drown my sorrows. 415 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,070 Look, Archie, 416 00:19:13,140 --> 00:19:15,290 I know we didn't talk much last year, 417 00:19:15,360 --> 00:19:19,570 and I can't even attempt to guess at the hell that you've been through. 418 00:19:19,650 --> 00:19:21,740 And maybe all you can do now 419 00:19:21,820 --> 00:19:24,620 is wallow in booze and pick fights. 420 00:19:24,630 --> 00:19:26,370 But personally? 421 00:19:26,450 --> 00:19:29,800 I think you need to channel your anger into something constructive. 422 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:32,640 Like music, maybe. 423 00:19:32,710 --> 00:19:34,300 Josie... 424 00:19:34,380 --> 00:19:37,930 Or, if you're in the mood to hit things, 425 00:19:39,290 --> 00:19:41,930 Kevin's dad boxes at the gym. 426 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:45,360 Either way, you've got to deal with your demons head-on. 427 00:19:47,990 --> 00:19:49,270 I thought I did. 428 00:19:49,350 --> 00:19:50,650 In the cabin, 429 00:19:50,730 --> 00:19:52,810 I thought I faced my demons, 430 00:19:52,820 --> 00:19:53,990 And killed them. 431 00:19:58,150 --> 00:19:59,400 And myself. 432 00:19:59,410 --> 00:20:01,490 Uh, you're losing me. 433 00:20:01,500 --> 00:20:02,710 You're right, Josie, 434 00:20:03,580 --> 00:20:04,710 I gotta face this head-on. 435 00:20:06,750 --> 00:20:08,950 And there's one person I still haven't seen 436 00:20:09,030 --> 00:20:10,720 since I've been back in Riverdale. 437 00:20:10,790 --> 00:20:12,260 Archie, where are you going? 438 00:20:12,870 --> 00:20:14,590 Going to face, 439 00:20:14,660 --> 00:20:16,470 and kill, one last demon. 440 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:21,590 That's one thing about being a crime boss, 441 00:20:21,670 --> 00:20:24,510 you learn to never leave a paper trail. 442 00:20:24,590 --> 00:20:27,900 But Hermione Lodge, it seems, was out of practice. 443 00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:30,980 What the hell is this, Mom? 444 00:20:31,050 --> 00:20:32,440 I was entering today's take 445 00:20:32,510 --> 00:20:34,020 into Daddy's ledger when I noticed 446 00:20:34,030 --> 00:20:36,770 a shady collection of invoices and receipts. 447 00:20:36,850 --> 00:20:38,910 So, I dug a little deeper, 448 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:42,500 and Daddy's Fizzle Rocks empire? 449 00:20:43,950 --> 00:20:45,420 You're a part of it, Mom. 450 00:20:46,360 --> 00:20:47,880 No. 451 00:20:47,950 --> 00:20:49,340 You ordered the quarantine, 452 00:20:49,410 --> 00:20:50,960 you paid these invoices. 453 00:20:51,030 --> 00:20:54,920 - It's your name in blood-red ink. - No, Veronica. 454 00:20:54,930 --> 00:20:57,720 I found out that your father and Claudius 455 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:00,060 were making drugs in the new prison 456 00:21:00,130 --> 00:21:02,170 and at the Blossom Maple factory. 457 00:21:02,250 --> 00:21:04,640 So, I told him to shut it down. 458 00:21:04,710 --> 00:21:07,600 I even helped him create a distraction 459 00:21:07,610 --> 00:21:09,570 so that he could do it quickly and cleanly. 460 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:13,110 The quarantine... It was a smoke screen. 461 00:21:13,190 --> 00:21:15,690 But then, typical of your father, he lied to me. 462 00:21:15,770 --> 00:21:17,410 And instead of shutting it down, 463 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:19,320 he consolidated everything into the prison. 464 00:21:19,390 --> 00:21:22,790 Believe me, Veronica, I want no part of this. 465 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:26,700 We're in agreement, then. 466 00:21:26,780 --> 00:21:28,580 Let's end this nightmare. 467 00:21:28,590 --> 00:21:31,090 Destroy the drugs and the means of production. 468 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:32,330 Burn it to the ground, 469 00:21:32,410 --> 00:21:34,080 while Daddy can't lift a finger to stop us. 470 00:21:34,090 --> 00:21:37,180 Now, that is one option, yes. 471 00:21:37,250 --> 00:21:40,050 Or, we could sell it. 472 00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:43,220 I already have a buyer lined up, all-cash offer. 473 00:21:43,290 --> 00:21:46,350 He's willing to take the drugs, the lab, everything. 474 00:21:48,300 --> 00:21:50,440 I mean, why shouldn't we get something in return 475 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:51,900 for all the pain he has caused us? 476 00:21:54,110 --> 00:21:56,600 It's over, Auntie Blossom. 477 00:21:56,610 --> 00:21:58,190 I know what you did. 478 00:21:58,270 --> 00:22:00,190 I know what happened in the barn. 479 00:22:00,270 --> 00:22:03,440 How you faked Clifford's hanging and lied to the police. 480 00:22:03,460 --> 00:22:07,960 And who is your witness? Cheryl? 481 00:22:08,030 --> 00:22:11,410 Proof that you poisoned Clifford with pufferfish venom. 482 00:22:11,490 --> 00:22:12,950 You'll go to jail for this. 483 00:22:13,020 --> 00:22:14,960 It won't be justice for everyone that you've killed, 484 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:16,920 but it's a good start. 485 00:22:18,710 --> 00:22:21,210 You think you know what I've done, 486 00:22:21,290 --> 00:22:23,850 but have you paused to consider why? 487 00:22:25,500 --> 00:22:27,480 Because you're a serial killer, 488 00:22:27,550 --> 00:22:28,810 a Black Widow. 489 00:22:28,890 --> 00:22:31,560 The Red Dahlia, let's call you. 490 00:22:31,630 --> 00:22:33,190 You poison people. 491 00:22:34,150 --> 00:22:35,610 Not people, Betty... 492 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:38,900 Men. 493 00:22:38,970 --> 00:22:42,610 I'm not admitting anything, but they are the true poison. 494 00:22:42,690 --> 00:22:44,490 Clifford killed my son. 495 00:22:44,500 --> 00:22:46,350 Daryl was a Judas 496 00:22:46,360 --> 00:22:50,450 and Claudius... Well, I'm surprised you're not thanking me for that. 497 00:22:50,530 --> 00:22:52,080 Why would I thank you? 498 00:22:52,150 --> 00:22:53,840 Because he caused your seizure. 499 00:22:53,910 --> 00:22:56,460 He caused everyone's seizures. 500 00:22:56,530 --> 00:22:59,750 Claudius was running a Fizzle Rocks operation 501 00:22:59,830 --> 00:23:02,460 in our once-distinguished maple factory, 502 00:23:02,540 --> 00:23:05,510 and dumping the runoff into Sweetwater River. 503 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:08,180 Fizzle Rocks caused the seizures? 504 00:23:08,260 --> 00:23:11,690 No, Betty. The runoff from the manufacturing of the drug, 505 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:12,860 not the drug itself. 506 00:23:12,930 --> 00:23:15,020 Why did it only affect girls? 507 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:20,360 I'm an herbalist, Betty, not a medical doctor. 508 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:25,280 Tests on Sweetwater Reservoir were ordered and faked. 509 00:23:25,350 --> 00:23:27,860 But Claudius had every intention 510 00:23:27,870 --> 00:23:31,240 of continuing to poison the town with drugs. 511 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:34,870 So, it was fitting that poison be his end. 512 00:23:34,950 --> 00:23:37,000 Just because someone is a horrible person 513 00:23:37,070 --> 00:23:39,830 doesn't give you the right to kill them. 514 00:23:39,910 --> 00:23:41,610 Doesn't it? 515 00:23:41,610 --> 00:23:44,550 Isn't that what you did with the poison that infected your home, 516 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:45,810 the imposter Chic? 517 00:23:47,170 --> 00:23:49,050 Hal tells me things, too. 518 00:23:49,060 --> 00:23:51,680 When you delivered Chic to the Black Hood, 519 00:23:51,750 --> 00:23:53,970 you sent him to his death. 520 00:23:54,050 --> 00:23:56,070 You're not so innocent, Betty. 521 00:23:56,140 --> 00:23:59,570 And if you insist on turning me in, 522 00:23:59,650 --> 00:24:01,860 I will gladly do the same to you. 523 00:24:03,410 --> 00:24:06,080 And that's when Betty realized, 524 00:24:06,150 --> 00:24:08,120 no one's innocent in crime town. 525 00:24:09,460 --> 00:24:12,370 Certainly not Hiram Lodge's mystery mistress. 526 00:24:24,500 --> 00:24:26,850 - - What are you doing in my room? 527 00:24:28,120 --> 00:24:29,680 That's a good question. 528 00:24:30,790 --> 00:24:32,720 Here's another one. 529 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:34,720 Why's a water inspector carrying a gun? 530 00:24:35,820 --> 00:24:37,390 I only want to talk, Ms. Mulwray. 531 00:24:37,470 --> 00:24:39,730 Who the hell are you and how do you know my name? 532 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:41,650 It's a Glamerge egg, right? 533 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:44,160 If you shoot me, I'll drop it. 534 00:24:47,790 --> 00:24:49,950 You know, I've seen one of these before. 535 00:24:50,030 --> 00:24:51,650 Hiram Lodge likes to give them out as gifts, 536 00:24:51,730 --> 00:24:52,990 or maybe, in your case, payment? 537 00:24:53,070 --> 00:24:55,740 And it costs more than you'll make in a lifetime. 538 00:24:55,820 --> 00:24:59,330 So, put it down before you break it. 539 00:24:59,340 --> 00:25:01,080 Based on the things I've found in your room, 540 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,120 here's what I know about you. 541 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:04,930 You're a Health and Sanitation Inspector. 542 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:08,050 That must pay quite a bit if you can afford a place at the Five Seasons. 543 00:25:09,420 --> 00:25:10,550 Unless Hiram put you up. 544 00:25:10,620 --> 00:25:12,550 But I'm no kept woman. 545 00:25:12,630 --> 00:25:15,430 I do a job, I get paid for it. 546 00:25:15,500 --> 00:25:18,650 The report says that you were sent to investigate Riverdale's water supply, 547 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:22,480 specifically Sweetwater River and the reservoir. Why? 548 00:25:22,490 --> 00:25:25,440 Young women in town were having seizures. 549 00:25:25,510 --> 00:25:26,770 I was sent in to help. 550 00:25:26,850 --> 00:25:28,490 Brought in by Hiram Lodge. 551 00:25:28,570 --> 00:25:31,110 He also make you write that letter to Governor Dooley, 552 00:25:31,190 --> 00:25:33,860 advising him to support a town-wide quarantine? 553 00:25:33,940 --> 00:25:35,260 You see, I'm confused. 554 00:25:35,270 --> 00:25:37,170 Because the letter says that the water is dirty 555 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:38,870 but the report says the water is clean. 556 00:25:38,940 --> 00:25:40,160 So, you either lied to the Governor 557 00:25:40,170 --> 00:25:41,880 or you faked that report... 558 00:25:43,490 --> 00:25:44,510 Or both. 559 00:25:44,580 --> 00:25:46,510 You know what? 560 00:25:46,590 --> 00:25:49,920 Break the egg if you want, I don't care. 561 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,970 Just get out of my room before I call hotel security. 562 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:01,430 Why was Hiram faking water test reports? 563 00:26:01,510 --> 00:26:04,440 What was he hiding? And what did any of this have to do with who shot him? 564 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:08,030 Yeah? 565 00:26:08,110 --> 00:26:10,110 I followed Hermione Lodge like you asked. 566 00:26:10,180 --> 00:26:11,410 You better get out here. 567 00:26:12,850 --> 00:26:15,250 Stay down and keep quiet. 568 00:26:21,450 --> 00:26:22,750 Is that... 569 00:26:23,460 --> 00:26:24,420 That can't be... 570 00:26:26,550 --> 00:26:28,710 Sheriff Minetta's alive? 571 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:30,390 - I thought he was decapitated. - No. 572 00:26:30,460 --> 00:26:31,720 From the sounds of it, 573 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:33,220 he and Hermione Lodge 574 00:26:33,300 --> 00:26:34,720 - have been having an affair for months. - Wait, listen! 575 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:38,050 There's too many people asking questions, 576 00:26:38,060 --> 00:26:40,970 which means our little outstanding problem, 577 00:26:41,050 --> 00:26:43,520 you need to take care of tonight. 578 00:26:43,590 --> 00:26:45,280 I've cleared the decks. 579 00:26:46,980 --> 00:26:48,450 And use your old Sheriff's gun. 580 00:26:49,570 --> 00:26:51,730 Then all signs will point to FP. 581 00:26:51,740 --> 00:26:54,900 - They're talking about framing my dad. - For what? 582 00:26:54,910 --> 00:26:56,870 I'll have to figure it out and warn him. 583 00:27:19,420 --> 00:27:22,100 Back at an eerily deserted Riverdale General, 584 00:27:22,180 --> 00:27:24,770 Archie Andrews was a man on a mission, 585 00:27:24,780 --> 00:27:27,320 on a collision course with his dark destiny. 586 00:27:31,470 --> 00:27:34,870 After months of torment at the hands of the Man in Black, 587 00:27:37,530 --> 00:27:40,830 he was trying to bring a sorry chapter in his life to a close 588 00:27:41,780 --> 00:27:43,330 the only way he knew how. 589 00:27:52,285 --> 00:27:53,425 Dad, I need to talk to you. 590 00:27:53,435 --> 00:27:54,795 There's something at the hospital. 591 00:27:54,805 --> 00:27:56,295 No, you can't go there. 592 00:27:56,375 --> 00:27:57,425 It's a set-up. 593 00:27:58,625 --> 00:28:01,175 Hermione and Minetta... Dad, he's alive. 594 00:28:01,255 --> 00:28:03,435 The two of them plotted together to kill Hiram Lodge. 595 00:28:03,515 --> 00:28:05,095 - What? - Yes. 596 00:28:05,165 --> 00:28:07,055 They're going to finish the job tonight and pin it on you. 597 00:28:07,135 --> 00:28:08,265 Minetta's alive? 598 00:28:08,335 --> 00:28:09,605 Dad, there's a lot that you need to know. 599 00:28:09,615 --> 00:28:11,445 I just got back from the coroner's office. 600 00:28:13,565 --> 00:28:17,315 A week ago, the torso of a Michael Minetta was found, without its head and hands. 601 00:28:17,395 --> 00:28:20,235 Except it wasn't Sheriff Minetta, because I just saw him. 602 00:28:20,315 --> 00:28:21,445 He's very much alive. 603 00:28:21,455 --> 00:28:22,625 Oh, my. 604 00:28:22,705 --> 00:28:24,785 Someone must've made a grave mistake. 605 00:28:24,795 --> 00:28:25,835 Save it, Junior. 606 00:28:25,915 --> 00:28:28,005 Who asked you to fake Minetta's death? 607 00:28:30,115 --> 00:28:31,855 Hermione Lodge. 608 00:28:31,865 --> 00:28:35,475 I saw Minetta with Hermione up at some secret love shack up north. 609 00:28:35,545 --> 00:28:38,645 I heard them talking about setting you up. 610 00:28:38,715 --> 00:28:41,175 She's going to try and put Hiram's shooting on you. 611 00:28:41,185 --> 00:28:42,635 You need to arrest them. 612 00:28:42,645 --> 00:28:44,815 I can't do that. 613 00:28:44,895 --> 00:28:47,515 Yeah, you can, you're the Sheriff. 614 00:28:47,595 --> 00:28:49,815 They've clearly been trying to murder Hiram Lodge. 615 00:28:49,825 --> 00:28:51,275 No... 616 00:28:52,235 --> 00:28:53,485 No, they didn't. 617 00:28:55,565 --> 00:28:57,025 I shot Hiram. 618 00:28:57,105 --> 00:28:58,115 What? 619 00:28:58,125 --> 00:28:59,165 Hermione came to me. 620 00:28:59,235 --> 00:29:01,085 She wanted it done, and I... 621 00:29:02,745 --> 00:29:04,065 I wanted revenge. 622 00:29:04,065 --> 00:29:07,005 Do you really think I forgot about Riot Night, 623 00:29:07,075 --> 00:29:08,785 when that son of a bitch came this close 624 00:29:08,865 --> 00:29:09,875 to getting you killed? 625 00:29:09,885 --> 00:29:11,295 I've been biding my time, 626 00:29:11,365 --> 00:29:14,675 waiting for the perfect opportunity. 627 00:29:14,755 --> 00:29:16,845 But if you and Hermione tried to kill Hiram, 628 00:29:16,925 --> 00:29:19,295 why would she appoint you Sheriff? 629 00:29:19,375 --> 00:29:21,355 Payment. It was my payment. 630 00:29:21,425 --> 00:29:22,855 And I was naive enough to think 631 00:29:22,925 --> 00:29:24,525 the office of the sheriff would protect me 632 00:29:24,595 --> 00:29:26,895 in case Hermione got an itch to double-cross me. 633 00:29:26,975 --> 00:29:28,535 Guess I was wrong. 634 00:29:30,195 --> 00:29:32,615 Well, I guess it's lucky that you have me in your corner. 635 00:29:34,695 --> 00:29:36,405 I have a confession to make 636 00:29:37,305 --> 00:29:39,095 about Tall Boy. 637 00:29:39,095 --> 00:29:42,785 Maybe there's a way that I can solve both of our problems. 638 00:29:42,855 --> 00:29:44,585 But we'll need Miss Cooper's help. 639 00:29:46,615 --> 00:29:49,045 I came here to end our story. 640 00:29:49,125 --> 00:29:51,665 When we first met and I was a scared kid, 641 00:29:51,745 --> 00:29:54,665 afraid that I could lose everything, 642 00:29:54,745 --> 00:29:56,415 you took me under your wing, 643 00:29:56,495 --> 00:29:58,555 taught me to use fear as a weapon. 644 00:29:58,635 --> 00:30:01,055 And for a while, it worked. 645 00:30:01,135 --> 00:30:03,215 But it also hurt people. 646 00:30:03,225 --> 00:30:05,465 Of all the horrible things that you've done, 647 00:30:05,545 --> 00:30:07,765 you know what enrages me the most? 648 00:30:07,845 --> 00:30:10,895 That after my father was shot by the Black Hood 649 00:30:10,905 --> 00:30:13,065 and almost died in my arms, 650 00:30:13,075 --> 00:30:15,855 you hired some stooge 651 00:30:15,935 --> 00:30:18,535 To take another shot at him, in our house. 652 00:30:22,565 --> 00:30:24,995 Maybe it's time I balance the scales. 653 00:30:33,715 --> 00:30:35,005 A shot for a shot. 654 00:31:15,005 --> 00:31:16,005 FP... 655 00:31:16,745 --> 00:31:18,215 - Alice. - Hermione. 656 00:31:18,295 --> 00:31:19,755 What's going on here? 657 00:31:19,835 --> 00:31:21,585 Perfect timing. We were about to start the interview. 658 00:31:21,665 --> 00:31:23,795 All right, FP, let's check the levels. 659 00:31:23,875 --> 00:31:25,755 - You wanna just, uh, start talking? - Yeah. 660 00:31:25,775 --> 00:31:28,675 Well, Madam Mayor, I'm pleased to announce 661 00:31:28,755 --> 00:31:30,565 that we caught the man who shot your husband. 662 00:31:33,715 --> 00:31:34,655 You did? 663 00:31:35,075 --> 00:31:36,565 Mmm-hmm. 664 00:31:36,635 --> 00:31:38,905 - Who was it? - Gerald Petite. 665 00:31:38,985 --> 00:31:41,605 But you might know him as Tall Boy. 666 00:31:41,685 --> 00:31:43,365 It seems that Hiram kept him alive 667 00:31:43,435 --> 00:31:44,915 in a secret cabin in the north 668 00:31:44,985 --> 00:31:47,915 to carry out odd jobs for him. 669 00:31:50,695 --> 00:31:51,915 Can you imagine that? 670 00:31:53,085 --> 00:31:54,425 Tall Boy resisted arrest, 671 00:31:54,495 --> 00:31:56,545 got violent and, unfortunately, 672 00:31:56,615 --> 00:31:59,545 I was forced to discharge my sidearm. 673 00:31:59,625 --> 00:32:02,175 He died on the way to the hospital. 674 00:32:03,875 --> 00:32:06,215 Well, thank goodness it's over. 675 00:32:07,665 --> 00:32:09,975 And so neatly, too. 676 00:32:10,045 --> 00:32:12,635 You know, I would love to interview you next, Hermione. 677 00:32:12,715 --> 00:32:17,565 Get your perspective as Mayor and wife of the victim, of course. 678 00:32:17,635 --> 00:32:19,525 That's a great idea, Alice. 679 00:32:19,595 --> 00:32:21,025 It's important that both the Mayor and I 680 00:32:21,095 --> 00:32:22,905 go on the record about what happened. 681 00:32:22,975 --> 00:32:24,815 Present a united front. 682 00:32:24,895 --> 00:32:26,775 Don't you agree, Madam Mayor? 683 00:32:26,855 --> 00:32:28,785 That we should be on the same page? 684 00:32:28,865 --> 00:32:30,045 Yes. 685 00:32:31,815 --> 00:32:33,705 I think we are. 686 00:32:33,775 --> 00:32:34,955 I think my mom 687 00:32:34,965 --> 00:32:36,795 may have hired someone to shoot my father 688 00:32:36,875 --> 00:32:40,415 so that she could make a profit from the sale of his drug operation. 689 00:32:40,495 --> 00:32:41,965 - Damn. - I know. 690 00:32:42,045 --> 00:32:43,625 So, we need to act fast. 691 00:32:43,635 --> 00:32:45,975 Tonight, we're going to break into the prison, 692 00:32:46,055 --> 00:32:47,215 find the drugs 693 00:32:47,225 --> 00:32:49,145 and destroy them, and the equipment, 694 00:32:49,225 --> 00:32:50,925 before my mom sells everything. 695 00:32:51,005 --> 00:32:53,355 Sounds a lot like the plot of Bad Boys II. 696 00:32:54,855 --> 00:32:56,515 I'm in, Ronnie. 697 00:32:56,595 --> 00:32:58,485 But why? If she's selling it... 698 00:32:58,565 --> 00:33:01,685 I'll be damned if my mom gets a payout for her crimes. 699 00:33:06,975 --> 00:33:08,875 Archie? What happened? 700 00:33:13,665 --> 00:33:15,075 I gotta go. 701 00:33:15,155 --> 00:33:17,675 - To meet Archie? - It's not what you think. 702 00:33:17,745 --> 00:33:20,995 But can you handle our heist on your own, Bad Boy? 703 00:33:21,015 --> 00:33:22,005 Yeah. 704 00:33:38,865 --> 00:33:40,025 How is he? 705 00:33:40,105 --> 00:33:42,525 Alive. Thanks to you. 706 00:33:42,535 --> 00:33:44,615 But, Archie, what were you doing here? 707 00:33:46,365 --> 00:33:49,625 I... came looking for you. 708 00:33:52,445 --> 00:33:55,205 Reggie may have told you what happened at the speakeasy, 709 00:33:55,285 --> 00:33:57,165 how I was acting like an ass. 710 00:33:57,235 --> 00:33:59,755 I wanted to apologize. I wasn't myself. 711 00:34:00,955 --> 00:34:02,385 I haven't been for a while. 712 00:34:02,455 --> 00:34:04,875 I'm sorry, too. 713 00:34:04,885 --> 00:34:07,885 That I ever thought for a second that you shot him. 714 00:34:07,965 --> 00:34:12,055 Yeah, at some point, maybe I could have. 715 00:34:12,135 --> 00:34:14,685 But I don't hate him anymore, Veronica. 716 00:34:18,565 --> 00:34:20,735 He's awake, 717 00:34:20,815 --> 00:34:21,905 and he wants to see you. 718 00:34:26,395 --> 00:34:27,955 And Archie, 719 00:34:29,075 --> 00:34:31,165 if you ever need a friend to talk to... 720 00:34:45,205 --> 00:34:46,595 Archie Andrews... 721 00:34:48,595 --> 00:34:50,385 Veronica told me what happened. 722 00:34:51,845 --> 00:34:54,185 How I have you to thank for being alive. 723 00:35:03,135 --> 00:35:06,105 We've been locked in battle for some time now, huh? 724 00:35:06,115 --> 00:35:08,695 I never set out to be your enemy, Mr. Lodge. 725 00:35:10,185 --> 00:35:13,035 All I want is to live in Riverdale, in peace. 726 00:35:14,315 --> 00:35:15,785 Well, 727 00:35:15,865 --> 00:35:18,795 I see no reason for us to keep fighting. 728 00:35:18,865 --> 00:35:21,755 So, starting tonight, 729 00:35:22,615 --> 00:35:24,665 I propose a truce. 730 00:35:24,745 --> 00:35:26,835 You don't make a move against me, 731 00:35:26,845 --> 00:35:28,665 and I won't make a move against you. 732 00:35:28,745 --> 00:35:30,425 A life for a life. 733 00:35:45,225 --> 00:35:47,435 What are you going to tell your mom and dad? 734 00:35:47,515 --> 00:35:49,105 I don't know. 735 00:35:49,185 --> 00:35:50,695 Maybe the truth... 736 00:35:52,645 --> 00:35:54,375 But probably not. 737 00:36:03,995 --> 00:36:05,985 Meanwhile, in case you'd forgotten, 738 00:36:06,055 --> 00:36:08,265 Betty's encounter with Penelope had shaken her worldview, 739 00:36:08,335 --> 00:36:10,715 and there was only one person she could talk to about it. 740 00:36:10,785 --> 00:36:14,435 Penelope's guilty. I found proof that she poisoned Clifford. 741 00:36:14,505 --> 00:36:16,765 My clever daughter. 742 00:36:16,835 --> 00:36:18,385 So, what do you plan to do next? 743 00:36:18,465 --> 00:36:19,895 I'm not sure. 744 00:36:21,595 --> 00:36:23,775 I thought if I caught her, I would turn her in. 745 00:36:23,855 --> 00:36:25,525 But hearing her talk, 746 00:36:25,605 --> 00:36:28,285 seeing how she's living her life, 747 00:36:28,355 --> 00:36:30,105 how she's been twisted... 748 00:36:30,115 --> 00:36:32,285 I dunno, I almost feel... 749 00:36:32,365 --> 00:36:34,195 Pity for her? 750 00:36:34,275 --> 00:36:36,985 Penelope and I, we're products of our environment, 751 00:36:36,995 --> 00:36:40,905 raised by those who taught us a twisted sense of right from wrong. 752 00:36:40,985 --> 00:36:44,795 Do you still believe that she's a monster who deserves to be in here? 753 00:36:44,875 --> 00:36:48,625 Maybe not every murderer is guilty 754 00:36:48,635 --> 00:36:51,295 and maybe not every victim is innocent. 755 00:36:51,305 --> 00:36:53,255 Maybe it's not all black and white. 756 00:36:53,335 --> 00:36:58,385 I wonder, Betty, if, one day, you'll ever be able to see me 757 00:36:58,395 --> 00:37:01,275 in that same compassionate light. 758 00:37:05,895 --> 00:37:07,155 Mmm. 759 00:37:08,135 --> 00:37:10,325 Well, how you feeling, Red? 760 00:37:10,395 --> 00:37:11,685 Better. 761 00:37:11,765 --> 00:37:12,735 Good. 762 00:37:12,805 --> 00:37:15,495 Thank you, for taking care of me 763 00:37:15,575 --> 00:37:17,735 and setting me straight. 764 00:37:17,815 --> 00:37:19,875 Sometimes we all need a little tough love. 765 00:37:21,485 --> 00:37:23,285 I was thinking about your advice 766 00:37:23,365 --> 00:37:25,625 to doing something constructive. 767 00:37:25,705 --> 00:37:27,755 Do you think Mr. Keller would talk to me about boxing? 768 00:37:27,835 --> 00:37:29,705 For sure he will. 769 00:37:29,785 --> 00:37:31,345 And, uh, I was thinking, 770 00:37:31,415 --> 00:37:34,975 maybe we could... I dunno, if you wanted to jam sometime? 771 00:37:36,425 --> 00:37:37,795 Like the old days? 772 00:37:37,875 --> 00:37:39,265 Yeah. 773 00:37:41,855 --> 00:37:43,265 Yeah, sure. 774 00:37:43,335 --> 00:37:44,345 Let's do it. 775 00:37:44,355 --> 00:37:46,275 But you're singing backup. 776 00:37:47,265 --> 00:37:48,765 - Okay. - Okay. 777 00:37:50,305 --> 00:37:52,535 Que hicistes, Mija? 778 00:37:52,605 --> 00:37:54,195 What the hell did you do? 779 00:37:54,205 --> 00:37:57,035 I assume you're talking about the drugs. 780 00:37:57,115 --> 00:38:00,115 Reggie and I burned them last night, along with the equipment. 781 00:38:00,185 --> 00:38:03,495 But I told you, I had a buyer lined up. They paid in advance. 782 00:38:03,565 --> 00:38:06,545 So I saved you from being a drug dealer, Mom. 783 00:38:06,625 --> 00:38:08,215 Might I suggest you offer them a refund? 784 00:38:08,295 --> 00:38:10,205 I can't, Veronica. 785 00:38:10,215 --> 00:38:13,005 I used the cash from the sale to pay off Governor Dooley 786 00:38:13,015 --> 00:38:14,385 to keep our names clean. 787 00:38:14,465 --> 00:38:15,725 And now my buyer is coming, Veronica, 788 00:38:15,795 --> 00:38:17,595 and they are going to want blood. 789 00:38:18,755 --> 00:38:20,225 You have no idea what you've just done. 790 00:38:20,305 --> 00:38:22,845 I know exactly what I did, 791 00:38:22,925 --> 00:38:25,185 and I know what you did, Mom. 792 00:38:25,265 --> 00:38:27,395 And I'm not the only one on your case. 793 00:38:31,425 --> 00:38:34,565 You think you're really smart, don't you? 794 00:38:34,575 --> 00:38:36,245 You have all the answers. 795 00:38:36,315 --> 00:38:39,195 I know Hiram's mistress works for the Sanitation Department 796 00:38:39,275 --> 00:38:41,915 and doctored false water reports for your husband. 797 00:38:41,995 --> 00:38:43,295 I see. 798 00:38:44,165 --> 00:38:45,505 Is that all? 799 00:38:45,575 --> 00:38:46,715 No. 800 00:38:47,945 --> 00:38:49,825 Not in the slightest. 801 00:38:49,905 --> 00:38:51,755 Betty told me about the runoff with the Fizzle Rocks 802 00:38:51,835 --> 00:38:54,375 manufactured in the Blossom Maple factory. 803 00:38:54,455 --> 00:38:58,265 How it poisoned Sweetwater River, gave everyone seizures. 804 00:38:58,345 --> 00:39:00,595 That's why Hiram had to doctor those reports, 805 00:39:00,605 --> 00:39:01,935 to cover his ass. 806 00:39:02,015 --> 00:39:05,055 It's also why he moved his drug lab to the prison, 807 00:39:05,125 --> 00:39:06,515 away from the water supply. 808 00:39:06,525 --> 00:39:09,395 Now, my guess is that you were pissed 809 00:39:09,465 --> 00:39:10,775 about his drug lab 810 00:39:10,855 --> 00:39:13,775 and what it was doing to all the girls in the town. 811 00:39:13,845 --> 00:39:16,685 Soon after, you hired my father 812 00:39:16,765 --> 00:39:18,285 to shoot Hiram Lodge. 813 00:39:18,365 --> 00:39:19,645 And when that didn't work, 814 00:39:19,645 --> 00:39:21,315 you tried to finish the job in the hospital, 815 00:39:21,335 --> 00:39:23,625 with Minetta and a Sheriff-issued pistol, 816 00:39:23,695 --> 00:39:26,575 so that you could pin it all on my dad. 817 00:39:26,655 --> 00:39:29,045 Oh, and I also know why you did it. 818 00:39:29,705 --> 00:39:31,125 Veronica... 819 00:39:31,205 --> 00:39:33,795 You knew that Hiram was responsible for her seizure. 820 00:39:33,875 --> 00:39:36,305 Very good, Mr. Jones. 821 00:39:36,375 --> 00:39:37,715 Except you're forgetting one thing. 822 00:39:39,385 --> 00:39:40,805 Last year, 823 00:39:40,885 --> 00:39:43,185 Hiram hired Tall Boy to take shots at me 824 00:39:43,255 --> 00:39:46,265 during the mayoral debate, nearly killing me. 825 00:39:46,335 --> 00:39:49,485 So, that's what this is about? Revenge? 826 00:39:49,555 --> 00:39:52,265 So that you could run off with Minetta 827 00:39:52,345 --> 00:39:54,315 and live a happy little life together? 828 00:39:54,395 --> 00:39:57,105 You can't tell anyone about this. 829 00:39:57,185 --> 00:39:58,995 Not Veronica, no one. 830 00:39:59,065 --> 00:40:00,825 Because if I go down, 831 00:40:01,685 --> 00:40:03,365 your father goes down. 832 00:40:03,435 --> 00:40:04,495 And that's a promise. 833 00:40:04,575 --> 00:40:06,335 So, I think 834 00:40:07,945 --> 00:40:09,545 we should agree 835 00:40:10,415 --> 00:40:11,965 to keep each other's secrets, 836 00:40:13,345 --> 00:40:14,385 don't you think? 837 00:40:19,535 --> 00:40:21,845 So, Hermione and I were deadlocked. 838 00:40:21,925 --> 00:40:23,545 In a stalemate. 839 00:40:23,625 --> 00:40:25,635 Much like Hiram and Archie. 840 00:40:25,715 --> 00:40:27,265 And Betty and Penelope. 841 00:40:28,265 --> 00:40:30,185 As for Minetta, 842 00:40:30,265 --> 00:40:32,685 I didn't imagine there was much to worry about there. 843 00:40:32,695 --> 00:40:34,105 Grab me a cigarette, will you? 844 00:40:35,345 --> 00:40:36,775 Of course, Michael. 845 00:40:38,775 --> 00:40:42,275 We gotta talk about what to do with FP and his kid. 846 00:40:42,355 --> 00:40:45,285 Your husband always had a simple way of tying up loose ends. 847 00:40:47,545 --> 00:40:48,705 He did, didn't he? 848 00:40:56,045 --> 00:40:57,535 Perhaps in Riverdale, 849 00:40:57,605 --> 00:40:58,835 the best you could hope for wasn't to win, 850 00:40:58,915 --> 00:41:02,375 but to draw and pray not to lose. 851 00:41:02,385 --> 00:41:03,975 Working late, I see. 852 00:41:07,135 --> 00:41:09,345 I assume you're here to find out whodunit? 853 00:41:09,425 --> 00:41:10,895 After my father woke up, 854 00:41:10,975 --> 00:41:13,685 it was the first thing he asked me. 855 00:41:13,695 --> 00:41:15,015 I told him it was Tall Boy. 856 00:41:15,095 --> 00:41:16,195 Did he believe you? 857 00:41:16,265 --> 00:41:17,565 I think so. 858 00:41:19,225 --> 00:41:20,905 If it's good enough for my father, 859 00:41:20,985 --> 00:41:22,445 it's good enough for me. 860 00:41:24,745 --> 00:41:26,455 Second half of your payment. 861 00:41:33,045 --> 00:41:34,915 You don't want to know who really did it? 862 00:41:39,835 --> 00:41:41,675 Forget it, Jughead. 863 00:41:43,415 --> 00:41:44,925 It's Riverdale. 864 00:41:46,630 --> 00:41:49,630 Synced & corrected by MaxPayne == https://subscene.com ==