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Previously, on
"Riverdale"...
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You know what
I think, carrottop?
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I think you've got
a hero complex.
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Who is Julian?
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Julian was to be your triplet.
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You had absorbed
the third one.
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The spirit of Julian
is haunting Thistlehouse?
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What other explanation
could there possibly be?
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Now that
the trials are over,
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I think it's time to let
bygones be bygones.
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Veronica, I have invited
your father back.
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I can't believe you.
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We were done with him.
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I wanted to ask you
about Grandpa.
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Did you know
he was a writer?
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My old man wasn't a writer.
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He was a mean... mean drunk.
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You two were trying
to cover up
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something about
Mr. Chipping's suicide.
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It wasn't murder.
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You were there, Jones,
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no one pushed him
out that window.
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What is this?
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Six hours of our house.
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Why would somebody do that?
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Film it, and then leave the
evidence on the front doorstep?
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After a brief hiatus,
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Riverdale's Watcher
in the 'burbs
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had released his
much-anticipated follow up.
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In the dead of night,
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a second round
of voyeuristic videotapes
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had been left
on doorsteps across town.
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Once again, VCRs
were dusted off with dread.
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And once again,
they played
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hours upon hours
of footage
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of the viewers' home.
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Only this time, the camera
was much, much closer.
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The implications
were terrifying.
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What was next for the Watcher?
Breaking and entering?
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And as if those deliveries
weren't unsettling enough,
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colleges and universities
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had started sending out their
first wave of envelopes.
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Some thin, some thick.
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All life-changing.
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Making it a particularly
stressful time
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for Riverdale High seniors.
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Which is why Principal Honey asked
the school's guidance counselor,
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Mrs. Burble, to offer
extended office hours.
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So whatever anxiety
the students were feeling,
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they'd have a licensed
professional to go to
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for confidential comfort
and/or advice.
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Something, it turned out,
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many of us
were long overdue for.
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Hey, Mom. I'm gonna
make some Highpoint.
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Do you want any?
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What's wrong?
Is everything okay?
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You were so sweet when
you were little, Elizabeth.
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So innocent.
When did you become a liar?
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What are you talking about?
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"Dear, Ms. Elizabeth Cooper,
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after careful review of your
Early Action application,
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the Admissions Committee
regrets to inform you
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that we are unable
to offer you a place
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at Yale University."
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I didn't get in?
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Wait. You opened my mail?
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I thought to myself,
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"How could my Betty
get rejected from college?
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What has her so unfocused
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that it cost her her future?"
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- So, I searched your bedroom.
- You did what?
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And do you know what I found
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hidden in the false bottom
of your night stand?
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Oh, my God, Mom!
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You should be studying.
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You should be focused.
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Instead, you are
out of control.
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Okay, that's it.
This is the last straw.
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We are not discussing this.
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We are not discussing anything.
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You and I
are not on speaking terms.
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You have been invading
my privacy for years.
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And it's over.
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Mrs. Burble,
do you have a minute?
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Mmm... Yes.
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Ms. Cooper,
come on in, please.
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Mmm. Skit-Skat?
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Oh. No, thanks.
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Um... I have a sweet tooth.
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So, how can I be of help?
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Mom?
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Oh, we're in the middle
of a session, Mrs. Cooper.
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It's Ms. Smith.
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So you're
stalking me now, too?
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Shocking as it
may seem, Betty,
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I didn't know
that you would be here.
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I came down
to talk to Mrs. Burble myself.
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To see if she could give me
any insight on how to...
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talk to you.
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This. This is what's
bothering me.
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Her control-complex.
Her insane overreactions.
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This is my problem.
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No. What her problem is,
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is that she's been
rejected from college,
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because she's too busy
having sex.
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Is that what you associate
with sexuality, Ms. Smith?
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- Shortcomings?
- Excuse me, Ms. Burble,
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I must have missed
your doctorate on the wall
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because I don't need
a therapist.
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Licensed psychologist,
actually.
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What Betty needs
is an intervention
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for this irresponsible
disregard for her future.
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Oh, that's interesting.
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I was gonna say that
there were months,
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or actually years,
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worth of psychotic
parenting to unpack.
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Oh. - Clearly,
there are a lot of feelings here.
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Betty,
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would it be okay with you
if your mother joined us.
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Even if I said no,
she would stay anyways.
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Betty.
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Do you hide things
from your mother?
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Well, yeah.
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Of course.
Everyone does, but...
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- I mean, I learned from the best.
- Oh.
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So you feel she keeps
secrets from you, too?
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Since, literally,
the day I was born.
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Only when it's
in her best interest.
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Oh, oh,
so you joining a cult,
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that was in my best interest?
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Not mentioning to me
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that you weren't actually
brainwashed the whole time,
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you were just
undercover with the FBI,
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working with my
long-lost half-brother
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who I thought was dead,
that was in my best interest?
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You're a child.
I was protecting you.
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Then explain how giving away
my college fund
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to the Farm
was part of that.
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That was before, when I was
under the influence of Edgar.
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How about
when you didn't tell me
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that I had
the serial killer genes?
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Or when you had Polly
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committed to
The Sisters of Quiet Mercy,
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and didn't tell me
where she was?
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Or when you had me dragged off
to that evil-nun-hell-hole?
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Because she did, Mrs. Burble,
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where they force-fed me
drugs against my will.
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But, hey, but, hey.
You know, at least they were Fizzle Rocks,
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- and not birth-control because God forbid!
- Context is important here.
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- Context.
- Did you ever realize that maybe
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I started taking birth-control
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because I didn't wanna
have a baby at 16 like you?
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Or Polly? I didn't wanna be
like the two of you,
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pregnant and married
to a murderer,
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or a cult-leader, or both?
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I'd hoped I'd raised you
to be smarter than us.
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And no offense, Mom,
I am.
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Being proactive
is being smart.
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And you're acting so naive,
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like you didn't think
I was having sex.
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Jughead and I sleep
in the same bed.
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She's too young
to have sex.
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She doesn't know
what's good for her.
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You are so hypocritical.
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I was fine
taking care of myself
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when you abandoned me
for the Farm.
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Yet you keep
treating me like a child.
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Oh, so that's a crime now?
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A mother wanting
to protect her child.
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You've said that
several times now.
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Betty's young.
Betty is a child.
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Why do you think that is?
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She is! Uh...
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Look, it's fine for me.
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I take her insults.
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That's my cross to bear
as a parent.
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But the things that
she's written in her diaries...
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You read her diaries?
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Yes, because she has
no boundaries.
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No emotional respect. None.
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How does that make you feel?
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Like I'm filled
with gunpowder,
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and I'm one Elizabeth away
from exploding.
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You need to stop
invading my privacy,
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and accept the fact
that I'm becoming an adult.
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You will always be
my daughter, Elizabeth.
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And I am so,
so worried about you.
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- But not for the right reasons, Mom.
- Wha...
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Forget about college, sex,
and the serial killer genes.
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Think about everything
that you have done to me.
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That is what I'm going to be
unpacking for the rest of my life.
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So you either...
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start treating me
like I'm an adult,
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or I will not be in your life.
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Ms. Smith, Betty's education,
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her relationship,
her behavior...
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I think those things
make you afraid.
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Afraid that Betty
is growing up.
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That may even be why you
gave away her college money,
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because if you can control her,
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you can hold on to her childhood
just a little bit longer.
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Does that sound right?
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It's just...
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I've already lost two children.
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First Charles.
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Then Polly. And Betty...
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growing up,
leaving for college,
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moving out, moving on.
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It just feels like
I'm losing you, too.
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Mom!
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That's what happens.
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Kids grow up and they leave.
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I can't be your only... hope.
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But I love you.
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I love you, too,
but that is not an apology.
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That does not justify
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the horrible, unhealthy things
that you have done.
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How you keep suffocating me.
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And why me? Why are you
doing this to me?
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Because I love you.
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But you love Polly, too.
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She's in an asylum.
She needs you. She needs help.
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So why can't you
go do this to her?
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Because I love you more.
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I love you most.
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*RIVERDALE (US)*
Season 04 Episode 08
Title : "Chapter Sixty-Five: In Treatment"
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Newton's Laws of Motion...
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Now, who can tell me...
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Archie.
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Archie.
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Archie.
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I'm so sorry, Dr. Phylum.
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Save it for Mrs. Burble.
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I'm not interested
in your explanations.
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I'm really sorry, Ms. Burble.
I've been having...
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trouble sleeping, lately.
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Maybe it's like insomnia.
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Oh, it's okay, Archie.
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I'm not here
to reprimand you.
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I just wanna talk.
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Oh, okay.
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- What about?
- Well, for starters, college.
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You haven't applied to any.
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Yeah, I... I'm not
really interested.
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I'm needed here in Riverdale.
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To take over
Andrews Construction?
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No. To clean up the town.
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Someone needs to step up.
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Like my dad would've.
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He spent his whole life
helping people.
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Can we talk about him
for a second?
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How are you managing?
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I try to carry on his legacy.
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You've already done
so much good.
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You opened up
a center for at-risk kids.
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- That's not enough.
- Why would you think that?
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00:10:23,343 --> 00:10:25,710
Ever since I started
trying to help people,
258
00:10:26,036 --> 00:10:27,637
things have gotten complicated.
259
00:10:28,481 --> 00:10:30,823
I-I've messed things up
and I have to fix it,
260
00:10:30,911 --> 00:10:32,637
- so no one else gets hurt.
- Hurt?
261
00:10:33,585 --> 00:10:34,778
Archie...
262
00:10:35,251 --> 00:10:36,912
I have to tell you.
263
00:10:37,487 --> 00:10:39,333
If you admit to a crime,
264
00:10:39,614 --> 00:10:43,049
or tell me that you're putting
yourself or anyone else in danger,
265
00:10:43,137 --> 00:10:44,456
I'm required to report it.
266
00:10:44,544 --> 00:10:45,992
- I'm fine.
- Are you?
267
00:10:46,341 --> 00:10:49,786
Because you've missed a lot of
football, where you excelled.
268
00:10:50,119 --> 00:10:54,489
And those cuts and bruises on
your hands are not from sports.
269
00:10:57,601 --> 00:10:59,137
The truth is...
270
00:11:02,755 --> 00:11:03,909
I go out at night.
271
00:11:03,997 --> 00:11:05,526
You mean cruising
in Fox Forest?
272
00:11:05,614 --> 00:11:07,817
- What? No.
- I don't mean that.
273
00:11:08,022 --> 00:11:09,110
I...
274
00:11:09,981 --> 00:11:11,468
I put on a mask,
275
00:11:12,871 --> 00:11:15,492
and I try to...
276
00:11:16,843 --> 00:11:17,818
help people.
277
00:11:17,906 --> 00:11:19,033
I'm not sure I follow.
278
00:11:19,121 --> 00:11:22,094
I'm a big comic book fan.
Mr. Justice,
279
00:11:22,182 --> 00:11:23,663
the Comet, the Red Circle...
280
00:11:23,751 --> 00:11:25,732
I really identify
with them, you know?
281
00:11:25,820 --> 00:11:27,187
Are you saying...
282
00:11:27,589 --> 00:11:30,156
that you're having fantasies...
283
00:11:30,969 --> 00:11:33,151
about acting like these
comic book heroes?
284
00:11:33,239 --> 00:11:36,265
Exactly. Like there's
this dealer, Dodger,
285
00:11:36,453 --> 00:11:39,100
he uses kids to do
his dirty work.
286
00:11:39,245 --> 00:11:41,221
Kids. And the police
can't do anything.
287
00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:42,576
So someone else
has to stop him.
288
00:11:42,664 --> 00:11:44,249
- Yes.
- To protect the community.
289
00:11:44,446 --> 00:11:45,933
- Yes.
- A vigilante.
290
00:11:47,122 --> 00:11:48,822
- No.
- Who protects a vigilante?
291
00:11:48,910 --> 00:11:49,851
Who cares?
292
00:11:49,939 --> 00:11:51,227
I don't read
a lot of comic books,
293
00:11:51,314 --> 00:11:54,197
but doesn't the hero
usually suffer a great tragedy,
294
00:11:54,285 --> 00:11:57,299
and then create their persona
out of rage? Is that right?
295
00:11:57,387 --> 00:11:58,188
I guess so.
296
00:11:58,276 --> 00:11:59,861
Doesn't that
resonate with you?
297
00:12:00,148 --> 00:12:01,930
Because everything
that you've told me
298
00:12:02,018 --> 00:12:05,636
feels like it could be fueled
by grief-induced anger...
299
00:12:05,724 --> 00:12:08,186
Like I said, Ms.
Burble, I just... I'm just trying to help.
300
00:12:08,274 --> 00:12:10,902
But to do it safely,
we have to acknowledge
301
00:12:11,016 --> 00:12:13,197
- and work on the anger.
- Why?
302
00:12:13,850 --> 00:12:16,783
I know I'm angry, Ms. Burble.
I'm not an idiot.
303
00:12:17,007 --> 00:12:19,240
Look at all the crappy things
that have happened to me,
304
00:12:19,328 --> 00:12:24,299
to my friends, to my dad.
They make me angry.
305
00:12:24,907 --> 00:12:26,300
You...
306
00:12:26,411 --> 00:12:29,080
talking to me like I'm a moron,
that makes me angry.
307
00:12:29,182 --> 00:12:31,353
- Understandably.
- And it hurts.
308
00:12:32,695 --> 00:12:35,338
I hurt... all the time.
309
00:12:36,256 --> 00:12:39,205
And all I wanna do
is make sure no one else does.
310
00:12:40,651 --> 00:12:42,424
But I've screwed it up.
311
00:12:43,612 --> 00:12:47,830
My mom almost got shot
in the drive-by.
312
00:12:48,058 --> 00:12:50,533
She was held at gunpoint
on Thanksgiving.
313
00:12:51,831 --> 00:12:53,666
How is a guy supposed to...
314
00:12:54,384 --> 00:12:55,643
to clean up the town,
315
00:12:55,731 --> 00:12:58,924
and protect his loved ones if he's
putting them in the crosshairs?
316
00:13:01,551 --> 00:13:03,560
So what am I supposed to do?
317
00:13:05,698 --> 00:13:06,829
Huh?
318
00:13:08,922 --> 00:13:10,453
"Theoretically"?
319
00:13:15,135 --> 00:13:17,508
The behavior
you're discussing
320
00:13:17,596 --> 00:13:18,932
sounds like an addiction.
321
00:13:19,020 --> 00:13:20,393
No, it's not.
322
00:13:20,562 --> 00:13:21,689
Isn't it?
323
00:13:21,936 --> 00:13:24,205
You're aware
of negative consequences,
324
00:13:24,393 --> 00:13:26,049
but you're compelled anyway.
325
00:13:26,997 --> 00:13:29,416
That's compulsive behavior.
326
00:13:30,616 --> 00:13:32,321
Forget me going out at night.
327
00:13:34,368 --> 00:13:36,170
Just running the center
has made me a target.
328
00:13:36,258 --> 00:13:38,136
Yeah, but you keep at it.
329
00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:41,508
It's the appropriate
and smarter way
330
00:13:41,596 --> 00:13:44,161
to channel your anger
and help those in need.
331
00:13:44,544 --> 00:13:45,848
It feels like it's not enough.
332
00:13:45,936 --> 00:13:48,221
Then why not enlist
more volunteers?
333
00:13:49,046 --> 00:13:52,492
Like me. Or you can start
an anonymous tip line
334
00:13:52,580 --> 00:13:54,017
to give you farther reach,
335
00:13:54,105 --> 00:13:56,172
so those people who are
scared to talk to the police
336
00:13:56,260 --> 00:13:57,975
can report things.
337
00:13:58,338 --> 00:14:01,149
But I can't
stress this enough, Archie.
338
00:14:01,335 --> 00:14:03,344
Do not go out at night.
339
00:14:04,281 --> 00:14:05,821
You could get hurt.
340
00:14:05,909 --> 00:14:08,963
Your loved ones could get hurt.
341
00:14:09,274 --> 00:14:10,597
Mom, can we talk?
342
00:14:10,820 --> 00:14:12,655
Oh, boy. What's wrong?
343
00:14:15,796 --> 00:14:18,593
I don't wanna give up on my
work at the community center.
344
00:14:18,790 --> 00:14:21,158
Yeah, I know. I've made
my peace with that.
345
00:14:21,312 --> 00:14:23,462
Yeah. But I can't keep
putting you in danger.
346
00:14:23,693 --> 00:14:25,561
Dodger and his family
are still out there,
347
00:14:25,649 --> 00:14:27,382
and sooner or later
they'll come after me.
348
00:14:27,543 --> 00:14:28,588
So...
349
00:14:30,249 --> 00:14:31,834
I'm moving out.
350
00:14:31,963 --> 00:14:33,374
- Archie, no.
- Mom,
351
00:14:33,462 --> 00:14:35,134
you don't have a choice.
352
00:14:35,222 --> 00:14:37,285
I'm 18. I'm an adult.
353
00:14:37,490 --> 00:14:39,248
I'm gonna move into the center,
354
00:14:39,487 --> 00:14:42,162
just for a while until
Sheriff Jones catches Dodger
355
00:14:42,250 --> 00:14:43,333
and things cool off
for a bit.
356
00:14:43,421 --> 00:14:44,631
Archie, you don't
have to do this.
357
00:14:44,718 --> 00:14:47,702
Yes, I do.
Their war's with me, not with you.
358
00:14:50,697 --> 00:14:52,576
It's okay. I'll be okay.
359
00:15:17,469 --> 00:15:19,228
You've reached
the Riverdale Hotline.
360
00:15:19,381 --> 00:15:22,575
If you wish to report a problem in
your neighborhood, leave a message.
361
00:15:22,798 --> 00:15:25,327
Anonymity's your choice.
We're here to help.
362
00:15:25,415 --> 00:15:26,866
And remember...
363
00:15:27,323 --> 00:15:28,810
you're not alone.
364
00:16:05,382 --> 00:16:06,705
Cheryl Blossom,
365
00:16:06,928 --> 00:16:09,296
please report
to Principal Honey's office.
366
00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:11,960
And the war of the
red roses rages on.
367
00:16:12,311 --> 00:16:13,973
Good luck, babe.
368
00:16:14,546 --> 00:16:17,755
So, wherefore are we rattling sabers
today, Principal Honey?
369
00:16:17,843 --> 00:16:20,676
Ms. Blossom, do you know how many
absences you've had this semester?
370
00:16:20,876 --> 00:16:22,958
- Twenty-six.
- Need I remind you
371
00:16:23,046 --> 00:16:25,051
and the sorry lot of yams
you call educators,
372
00:16:25,139 --> 00:16:28,622
that I have suffered
numerous family deaths.
373
00:16:28,710 --> 00:16:29,965
My mother disappeared,
374
00:16:30,053 --> 00:16:31,903
I am raising twin toddlers,
375
00:16:31,991 --> 00:16:34,128
and I am the sole
caregiver for my Nana.
376
00:16:34,270 --> 00:16:36,572
Yeah, well, it is for
those reasons that I have
377
00:16:36,809 --> 00:16:40,057
decided to put a certified adult in
charge of the cheerleading squad.
378
00:16:40,145 --> 00:16:41,897
Pause.
379
00:16:42,216 --> 00:16:43,942
You're taking my Vixens
away from me?
380
00:16:44,088 --> 00:16:46,653
Hmm. I'll tell you what.
381
00:16:47,642 --> 00:16:49,748
I will let Mrs. Burble
interview you
382
00:16:49,948 --> 00:16:51,184
and make a recommendation.
383
00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:54,417
But if she deems you
psychologically unfit,
384
00:16:54,505 --> 00:16:55,898
it's over.
385
00:17:02,744 --> 00:17:06,135
So, Cheryl, would you
like a Three Buccaneers?
386
00:17:06,223 --> 00:17:08,237
I don't eat nougat,
I don't take bribes,
387
00:17:08,325 --> 00:17:11,005
and I don't talk to trade-school
flunkies about my feelings.
388
00:17:11,098 --> 00:17:13,968
You know, Cheryl, the only way
you're gonna get what you want,
389
00:17:14,056 --> 00:17:16,727
your Vixens back,
is if you talk to me...
390
00:17:17,006 --> 00:17:18,149
about you.
391
00:17:18,259 --> 00:17:19,586
Okay, then.
392
00:17:19,674 --> 00:17:21,296
I have a rapturous girlfriend,
393
00:17:21,384 --> 00:17:24,384
total independence, a 4.0,
and amazing hair.
394
00:17:24,766 --> 00:17:26,296
- Are we done?
- Not quite.
395
00:17:27,006 --> 00:17:28,642
Did you receive a videotape?
396
00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:31,142
How'd it make you feel?
397
00:17:31,431 --> 00:17:32,438
Please.
398
00:17:32,526 --> 00:17:35,179
I have felled multiple villains
with my bow over the years.
399
00:17:35,267 --> 00:17:37,392
I'm not afraid
of some sad AV pervert
400
00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:39,234
with a camcorder
older than your blazer.
401
00:17:39,322 --> 00:17:42,572
Speaking of the last few years,
have you ever spoken
402
00:17:42,660 --> 00:17:45,118
to a professional about
everything you've been through?
403
00:17:45,612 --> 00:17:47,984
Your mother's abuse,
your brother's murder,
404
00:17:48,072 --> 00:17:49,658
your father's suicide,
405
00:17:49,791 --> 00:17:52,374
your time
in conversion therapy,
406
00:17:52,462 --> 00:17:54,978
and an organ harvesting cult,
407
00:17:55,797 --> 00:17:57,773
your near-death experience
in Sweetwater River...
408
00:17:57,861 --> 00:17:59,478
That was an accident.
409
00:18:01,553 --> 00:18:03,993
It would be okay
if you told me it wasn't.
410
00:18:05,067 --> 00:18:08,653
Cheryl, you've endured
lifetimes of trauma.
411
00:18:08,970 --> 00:18:12,551
I can't imagine going through
a single one, much less all.
412
00:18:12,639 --> 00:18:15,658
And as a teenager,
unimaginable.
413
00:18:15,904 --> 00:18:18,340
You are remarkably resilient.
414
00:18:18,428 --> 00:18:20,634
It must be exhausting.
415
00:18:22,892 --> 00:18:24,540
How've you been coping?
416
00:18:32,616 --> 00:18:34,147
I talk to Jason.
417
00:18:35,738 --> 00:18:37,620
I talk to my dead brother.
That's how I cope.
418
00:18:37,708 --> 00:18:39,197
Like prayer.
419
00:18:39,681 --> 00:18:40,829
That's a very healthy way
420
00:18:40,917 --> 00:18:42,386
- of dealing with grief.
- No.
421
00:18:42,931 --> 00:18:44,040
I...
422
00:18:44,775 --> 00:18:46,349
go into the chapel...
423
00:18:47,631 --> 00:18:49,075
in my house...
424
00:18:49,894 --> 00:18:53,095
where my brother's
body is, and...
425
00:18:53,959 --> 00:18:55,534
I talk to him.
426
00:18:58,511 --> 00:19:01,043
And I think he answers me back.
427
00:19:05,257 --> 00:19:06,389
I think...
428
00:19:07,422 --> 00:19:08,814
maybe...
429
00:19:10,219 --> 00:19:12,658
I've lost my mind,
and I don't know when it happened.
430
00:19:13,309 --> 00:19:15,579
Was it when Jay-Jay died?
431
00:19:16,529 --> 00:19:18,767
Was it when
I fell through the ice?
432
00:19:19,259 --> 00:19:21,486
Have I always been this way...
433
00:19:23,101 --> 00:19:24,400
Fractured?
434
00:19:26,148 --> 00:19:28,864
In the tomb, when you're
speaking with Jason,
435
00:19:28,952 --> 00:19:30,194
how far away are you?
436
00:19:30,282 --> 00:19:32,335
I usually sit across the room.
437
00:19:32,723 --> 00:19:33,741
What does it matter?
438
00:19:33,829 --> 00:19:35,712
Well, what's the difference
between that
439
00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:39,125
and people visiting a gravesite
to talk to their loved ones?
440
00:19:39,422 --> 00:19:42,268
Or people who have
urns on their mantle?
441
00:19:42,468 --> 00:19:44,048
But that ash...
442
00:19:44,590 --> 00:19:46,861
those rotting bodies,
443
00:19:47,661 --> 00:19:48,993
they don't talk back.
444
00:19:49,084 --> 00:19:50,712
I'm not sure
Jason does either.
445
00:19:50,919 --> 00:19:52,721
I think you want him to.
446
00:19:52,922 --> 00:19:55,105
But you're not crazy,
Cheryl.
447
00:19:56,047 --> 00:19:57,876
You miss your brother.
448
00:19:59,921 --> 00:20:01,585
But missing Jason
doesn't explain
449
00:20:01,673 --> 00:20:04,650
the other goings-on in the
phantasmagory that is Thistlehouse.
450
00:20:04,738 --> 00:20:06,665
What's happening
in this Thistlehouse?
451
00:20:06,829 --> 00:20:09,009
I'm being haunted by a ghost.
452
00:20:09,266 --> 00:20:10,956
Ghosts don't exist.
453
00:20:11,094 --> 00:20:13,027
Your life may be
defined by gothic tropes,
454
00:20:13,282 --> 00:20:15,457
but you're being
haunted by grief,
455
00:20:15,545 --> 00:20:18,413
by guilt over
your family's misfortune,
456
00:20:18,501 --> 00:20:20,630
- your brother's death...
- Brothers.
457
00:20:20,942 --> 00:20:23,234
- Plural.
- I'm confused.
458
00:20:23,322 --> 00:20:24,571
Is this a metaphorical brother?
459
00:20:24,659 --> 00:20:26,103
No, you mallard.
460
00:20:26,345 --> 00:20:27,749
I had a triplet.
461
00:20:27,949 --> 00:20:29,879
Julian, whom I absorbed
in the womb,
462
00:20:29,967 --> 00:20:31,116
and has resurfaced as a doll
463
00:20:31,204 --> 00:20:33,163
that's moving around my house
causing mischief.
464
00:20:33,251 --> 00:20:35,296
I've thrown him away,
buried him,
465
00:20:35,384 --> 00:20:36,434
encircled him in salts,
466
00:20:36,522 --> 00:20:38,324
and he keeps coming back.
467
00:20:38,524 --> 00:20:41,371
Because he's angry.
He's vengeful.
468
00:20:41,571 --> 00:20:42,938
Julian's driving you insane.
469
00:20:43,083 --> 00:20:45,136
Of course, he's a Blossom.
470
00:20:49,187 --> 00:20:50,362
So...
471
00:20:53,303 --> 00:20:55,889
Do you still maintain
that I'm not mad as a hatter,
472
00:20:55,984 --> 00:20:58,548
even though I'm
talking to taxidermy,
473
00:20:58,636 --> 00:21:00,197
and being
tormented by a devil-doll.
474
00:21:00,285 --> 00:21:02,642
I don't think you're
being haunted, Cheryl.
475
00:21:03,265 --> 00:21:05,079
And I don't think
you've lost your mind.
476
00:21:05,167 --> 00:21:10,236
Then what's wrong
with me?
477
00:21:11,311 --> 00:21:14,507
I think someone
is trying to make you think
478
00:21:14,595 --> 00:21:16,197
that you've
lost your mind.
479
00:21:16,676 --> 00:21:18,423
I think you're being gaslit.
480
00:21:18,511 --> 00:21:20,078
Like...
481
00:21:20,349 --> 00:21:22,634
- Ingrid Bergman?
- In fact, yes.
482
00:21:23,004 --> 00:21:24,936
What sounds
most logical to you?
483
00:21:25,136 --> 00:21:27,504
That the evil spirit
of an absorbed fetus
484
00:21:27,592 --> 00:21:30,165
is inhabiting
an anthropomorphic doll?
485
00:21:30,765 --> 00:21:33,317
Or that a human being
486
00:21:33,405 --> 00:21:36,905
is moving that doll around your
house when you're not there?
487
00:21:37,011 --> 00:21:38,618
But Julian...
488
00:21:38,907 --> 00:21:41,337
We can find out the truth
about Julian's existence
489
00:21:41,425 --> 00:21:42,662
with a swab of your saliva.
490
00:21:42,750 --> 00:21:45,540
You can't have any of my
bodily fluids, you succubus.
491
00:21:45,678 --> 00:21:47,681
It's for a chimerism lab.
492
00:21:48,203 --> 00:21:52,155
A test that shows whether a person
absorbed a fetus in the womb
493
00:21:52,243 --> 00:21:55,575
by analyzing if they have
494
00:21:55,663 --> 00:21:57,814
one set of DNA or two.
495
00:21:58,126 --> 00:22:01,111
If I were to guess,
you aren't going to test positive.
496
00:22:01,567 --> 00:22:04,822
You mean to tell me this test
has existed this whole time?
497
00:22:04,910 --> 00:22:08,660
Mmm-hmm. I'm going to give you
the number of a doctor I know
498
00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:10,769
who can perform the test.
499
00:22:10,884 --> 00:22:13,349
I'll give her a heads up that
she might be expecting you.
500
00:22:13,725 --> 00:22:14,726
So...
501
00:22:15,639 --> 00:22:17,388
what about my precious Vixens?
502
00:22:18,470 --> 00:22:19,751
Can I keep them?
503
00:22:19,839 --> 00:22:22,970
As a counselor, I think
you've done A-plus work.
504
00:22:23,472 --> 00:22:24,959
As an administrator,
505
00:22:25,420 --> 00:22:27,001
Cheryl, I'm sorry.
506
00:22:28,112 --> 00:22:31,572
I'm going to recommend to Principal
Honey that he bring in a coach...
507
00:22:32,487 --> 00:22:34,768
to supervise the Vixens
508
00:22:34,961 --> 00:22:36,908
while you focus on you,
509
00:22:37,989 --> 00:22:39,346
for a little while.
510
00:23:19,762 --> 00:23:22,641
Mija, can you
come here a minute?
511
00:23:30,689 --> 00:23:32,491
What do you want, Daddy?
512
00:23:32,691 --> 00:23:34,884
To tell me about
another secret love-child?
513
00:23:35,084 --> 00:23:37,147
No, I need your keen eye.
514
00:23:37,347 --> 00:23:39,193
- Is this centered?
- Mmm-hmm.
515
00:23:39,393 --> 00:23:42,196
Maravillosa, don't you think?
516
00:23:42,431 --> 00:23:43,618
Hmm.
517
00:23:43,785 --> 00:23:46,954
The first bottle of Lodge Rum
I ever produced.
518
00:23:47,053 --> 00:23:48,898
And second to you
519
00:23:49,098 --> 00:23:51,945
and my diploma
from Harvard University,
520
00:23:52,145 --> 00:23:53,288
my proudest achievement.
521
00:23:53,376 --> 00:23:54,462
I'm late for school.
522
00:23:54,550 --> 00:23:58,220
Oh, speaking of Cambridge,
didn't you apply to Harvard Early Action?
523
00:23:58,592 --> 00:24:00,056
I should be hearing anon.
524
00:24:00,144 --> 00:24:01,440
- Hmm.
- Now, if you'll excuse me,
525
00:24:01,527 --> 00:24:03,478
Microeconomics
waits for no one.
526
00:24:08,030 --> 00:24:09,901
Game Theory's
all about strategy.
527
00:24:09,989 --> 00:24:11,710
And, yeah, it's big in Econ,
528
00:24:11,798 --> 00:24:13,767
but it's also been applied to
war... -
529
00:24:15,945 --> 00:24:17,900
Oh, my God. I'm sorry.
I have to take this.
530
00:24:21,711 --> 00:24:25,759
Good afternoon, Dean Kingsley.
To what do I owe the pleasure?
531
00:24:25,847 --> 00:24:27,978
Ms. Luna, I know
it's unorthodox,
532
00:24:28,066 --> 00:24:29,337
but as Dean of Admissions,
533
00:24:29,425 --> 00:24:31,880
I wanted to give you
a personal heads up.
534
00:24:32,368 --> 00:24:36,665
Congratulations on your acceptance
to Harvard's class of 2024.
535
00:24:38,015 --> 00:24:39,016
Yes!
536
00:24:39,975 --> 00:24:41,158
Yes!
537
00:24:46,205 --> 00:24:48,268
Thank you so much,
Dean Kingsley.
538
00:24:48,702 --> 00:24:50,111
August can't come soon enough.
539
00:24:50,199 --> 00:24:52,813
Indeed. Now, will you give
my regards to your father,
540
00:24:52,901 --> 00:24:56,033
and please thank him
for the rum he sent.Veritas.
541
00:24:58,002 --> 00:24:59,048
Son of a...
542
00:24:59,136 --> 00:25:00,734
Butter Flinger?
543
00:25:02,911 --> 00:25:04,669
I think I know why you're here.
544
00:25:04,822 --> 00:25:07,759
Are there any updates
I need to make to your file?
545
00:25:07,929 --> 00:25:10,678
Regarding, say... Harvard?
546
00:25:11,557 --> 00:25:12,558
Oh.
547
00:25:13,402 --> 00:25:14,876
Uh, yes, actually. I got in.
548
00:25:14,988 --> 00:25:16,517
Congratulations, Veronica.
549
00:25:16,748 --> 00:25:18,680
If I'm not mistaken,
that was your dream school.
550
00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:20,150
It was.
551
00:25:21,214 --> 00:25:22,392
Now it's my nightmare.
552
00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:24,790
Aren't you proud of this
milestone achievement?
553
00:25:24,893 --> 00:25:26,634
No, I didn't achieve Harvard.
554
00:25:26,722 --> 00:25:28,931
Once again, my father
meddled in my affairs,
555
00:25:29,019 --> 00:25:31,518
and apparently, bought my way
into their ivy-covered walls,
556
00:25:31,606 --> 00:25:34,801
with rum, threats,
money, charm, who knows.
557
00:25:34,889 --> 00:25:36,778
It's humiliating
and infuriating.
558
00:25:36,866 --> 00:25:39,279
Infuriating because he didn't
think you can do it on your own.
559
00:25:39,366 --> 00:25:40,611
No.
560
00:25:40,706 --> 00:25:43,095
Because now, I'll never know
if I could do it on my own.
561
00:25:43,183 --> 00:25:46,619
Is it possible he was
actually trying to just help?
562
00:25:46,707 --> 00:25:49,161
My father has
a bank vault for a heart.
563
00:25:49,249 --> 00:25:50,689
He did this to prove he can
564
00:25:50,777 --> 00:25:52,492
and always will control me.
565
00:25:52,580 --> 00:25:56,558
And do you feel this control is
him punishing you for something?
566
00:25:56,657 --> 00:25:59,822
Was King Lear's ego
gossamer thin? Yes.
567
00:26:00,018 --> 00:26:01,124
This is what he does.
568
00:26:01,212 --> 00:26:02,941
He fake-sold me
two businesses,
569
00:26:03,029 --> 00:26:05,595
and then conned me
into running them.
570
00:26:05,683 --> 00:26:07,091
Successfully, might I add.
571
00:26:07,179 --> 00:26:08,439
Then charged me protection.
572
00:26:08,532 --> 00:26:11,267
He lured my boyfriend into
crime, and then tried to kill him
573
00:26:11,355 --> 00:26:14,281
in front of a crowd
at an illegal boxing match.
574
00:26:14,369 --> 00:26:16,867
He had my mother arrested,
and the piece de resistance,
575
00:26:17,092 --> 00:26:19,119
he brought his
secret illegitimate daughter
576
00:26:19,207 --> 00:26:20,967
back to Riverdale
to try and make me jealous.
577
00:26:21,076 --> 00:26:22,994
Well, blow winds
and crack your cheeks,
578
00:26:23,082 --> 00:26:26,267
because Veronica Luna
is no one's Cordelia.
579
00:26:28,251 --> 00:26:29,618
Are you jealous...
580
00:26:30,005 --> 00:26:31,110
of your sister?
581
00:26:31,269 --> 00:26:32,767
Absolutely not.
582
00:26:33,025 --> 00:26:34,767
She can have him.
They deserve each other.
583
00:26:34,858 --> 00:26:36,455
Yet I'm sensing animosity.
584
00:26:36,740 --> 00:26:39,064
"Sensing"? I despise that man.
585
00:26:39,152 --> 00:26:40,603
I want nothing to do with him.
586
00:26:40,691 --> 00:26:42,423
But you willingly live at home.
587
00:26:43,249 --> 00:26:44,301
Well, yes, but...
588
00:26:44,389 --> 00:26:46,455
You obediently come
when he calls you.
589
00:26:46,577 --> 00:26:48,815
Veronica, I don't think
this is hate.
590
00:26:48,937 --> 00:26:50,439
It's obsession.
591
00:26:50,773 --> 00:26:53,140
You and your father
are obsessed with each other.
592
00:26:53,228 --> 00:26:55,658
You're diagnosing me
with Daddy issues?
593
00:26:56,174 --> 00:26:57,431
How very Intro-to-Psych.
594
00:26:57,519 --> 00:27:00,955
I'm saying, your connection...
595
00:27:01,097 --> 00:27:05,212
goes far beyond that
of a typical father-daughter.
596
00:27:05,491 --> 00:27:07,728
It's primal. Cosmic.
597
00:27:07,928 --> 00:27:10,642
He sees you
as an extension of himself,
598
00:27:10,762 --> 00:27:14,142
which is why he'll
never fully let you go.
599
00:27:14,230 --> 00:27:18,121
And you see him
as your ideal future self.
600
00:27:18,444 --> 00:27:20,423
No, that's baseless.
601
00:27:20,511 --> 00:27:22,736
I have no desire
to become my father.
602
00:27:22,832 --> 00:27:24,068
You're a straight-A student,
603
00:27:24,156 --> 00:27:26,056
you run two
flourishing businesses,
604
00:27:26,144 --> 00:27:28,120
you just got admitted
into Harvard.
605
00:27:28,278 --> 00:27:30,345
I mean, maybe
that's your base resentment.
606
00:27:30,433 --> 00:27:33,017
He is an abjectly bad person.
607
00:27:33,183 --> 00:27:34,767
I have zero respect for him.
608
00:27:34,855 --> 00:27:37,423
And yet he has
instilled in you a drive
609
00:27:37,511 --> 00:27:39,922
that is perhaps the reason
why you are so successful.
610
00:27:40,010 --> 00:27:42,240
He's taken more
than he's ever given.
611
00:27:42,328 --> 00:27:44,599
My old friend Dr. Freud
612
00:27:44,911 --> 00:27:46,887
has two diagnoses
613
00:27:47,071 --> 00:27:49,570
that seem pertinent
to your situation.
614
00:27:49,786 --> 00:27:51,588
The Oedipus
and Electra complexes.
615
00:27:51,795 --> 00:27:54,728
I've always seen the drama
in my life as Shakespearean.
616
00:27:54,909 --> 00:27:56,537
Not the stuff of Greek tragedy.
617
00:27:56,625 --> 00:27:59,646
But please, enlighten me.
618
00:27:59,947 --> 00:28:04,012
You're locked in a constant battle
for identity with your father.
619
00:28:04,100 --> 00:28:07,817
You're driven by
compulsive forces like love,
620
00:28:07,918 --> 00:28:10,105
sexuality, obsession.
621
00:28:10,201 --> 00:28:12,395
I'm not stabbing
my eyes out for any man.
622
00:28:12,499 --> 00:28:14,170
Acknowledging that
the tether exists
623
00:28:14,258 --> 00:28:15,929
is the first step
towards breaking it.
624
00:28:16,111 --> 00:28:19,089
Electra murdered Agamemnon.
625
00:28:19,398 --> 00:28:20,808
What are you saying,
Mrs. Burble?
626
00:28:20,896 --> 00:28:23,035
Obviously, I'm
not suggesting murder.
627
00:28:23,309 --> 00:28:26,199
But rather, to cut ties
with him for good.
628
00:28:26,287 --> 00:28:28,263
He's trolling you.
629
00:28:28,351 --> 00:28:29,472
So why not ghost him?
630
00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:30,883
No offense,
631
00:28:31,111 --> 00:28:34,001
Mrs. Burble,
but your "teen-speak"
632
00:28:34,195 --> 00:28:35,518
could use an update.
633
00:28:35,606 --> 00:28:36,973
As could your advice.
634
00:28:37,097 --> 00:28:38,607
I've tried that repeatedly.
635
00:28:38,695 --> 00:28:41,879
Well, it only works if you
actually want to walk away.
636
00:28:42,761 --> 00:28:43,761
Do you?
637
00:28:45,858 --> 00:28:47,222
Yes.
638
00:28:47,310 --> 00:28:50,738
Well, obviously, I think
you should say yes to Harvard.
639
00:28:50,859 --> 00:28:52,226
But moving forward,
640
00:28:52,314 --> 00:28:54,508
I recommend
that no matter what,
641
00:28:54,898 --> 00:28:57,840
you do not engage
with your father on his terms.
642
00:28:57,928 --> 00:28:59,382
You may be his hubris,
643
00:28:59,511 --> 00:29:02,574
but he can't be yours,
or else he will be your downfall.
644
00:29:02,916 --> 00:29:06,933
I really, really
wanna go to Harvard.
645
00:29:09,511 --> 00:29:13,332
You're locked in a dance of
death with your father, Veronica.
646
00:29:14,779 --> 00:29:17,504
So my last question is this.
647
00:29:18,457 --> 00:29:19,682
Who's leading?
648
00:29:19,903 --> 00:29:22,465
Him or you?
649
00:29:30,838 --> 00:29:32,379
You're late.
650
00:29:32,533 --> 00:29:33,957
Apparently,
I'm not the only one.
651
00:29:34,045 --> 00:29:35,238
Don't we have
a seminar today?
652
00:29:35,326 --> 00:29:37,770
I dismissed the others
to continue writing.
653
00:29:38,468 --> 00:29:40,140
You haven't even started.
654
00:29:40,228 --> 00:29:42,996
Yeah, okay. I know I was supposed
to turn in pages this week.
655
00:29:43,084 --> 00:29:45,644
You were offered
an opportunity here, Mr. Jones.
656
00:29:45,732 --> 00:29:47,621
Frankly, you have
squandered it.
657
00:29:47,709 --> 00:29:50,295
I've been told you haven't even
applied to any colleges yet.
658
00:29:50,383 --> 00:29:51,621
Okay, I'm sorry.
659
00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:53,886
My plate's been stacked.
660
00:29:54,005 --> 00:29:55,743
I can still apply
for regular admission.
661
00:29:55,831 --> 00:29:57,699
And yet I can't imagine
any teachers here
662
00:29:57,818 --> 00:29:59,489
writing a letter
of recommendation
663
00:29:59,584 --> 00:30:01,343
for such an apathetic student.
664
00:30:01,648 --> 00:30:03,649
You might wanna
beg the indulgences
665
00:30:03,737 --> 00:30:05,781
of your teachers
at your public alma mater,
666
00:30:05,869 --> 00:30:08,465
vis-a-vis your
future matriculations.
667
00:30:15,427 --> 00:30:17,582
How long does it usually
take to get a transcript?
668
00:30:19,293 --> 00:30:22,053
I'm sure Ms. Bell is
going as fast as she can.
669
00:30:22,464 --> 00:30:24,584
But while we wait, why don't we
just have a little chat?
670
00:30:24,671 --> 00:30:25,980
Uh... no.
671
00:30:26,539 --> 00:30:29,690
I have a hard Holden-Caulfield
stance on phony small-talk. Thanks.
672
00:30:29,850 --> 00:30:33,306
Do you often use fictional references
to make sense of your situation?
673
00:30:33,394 --> 00:30:34,582
Yes. Yes, I do.
674
00:30:35,446 --> 00:30:37,418
I heard about
your teacher, Mr. Chipping.
675
00:30:38,268 --> 00:30:41,449
Public suicide,
that's, uh, tragic.
676
00:30:41,562 --> 00:30:45,129
He didn't kill himself.
He was murdered, by suicide, I guess.
677
00:30:45,735 --> 00:30:47,885
- Who knows what they're capable of?
- Who?
678
00:30:48,085 --> 00:30:50,714
Uh, DuPont. And the students.
They convinced him to jump.
679
00:30:50,802 --> 00:30:52,821
Because I'm on the cusp
of bringing down their empire.
680
00:30:52,909 --> 00:30:55,448
- Which empire?
- Baxter Brothers.
681
00:30:56,794 --> 00:30:58,205
My grandfather created them.
682
00:30:58,293 --> 00:31:00,269
As in
inspired the characters?
683
00:31:00,357 --> 00:31:02,488
No. As in he wrote
the first book.
684
00:31:02,576 --> 00:31:05,527
And then DuPont stole the
franchise out from under him.
685
00:31:05,615 --> 00:31:08,113
Now, he's got us competing
to ghostwrite the next one.
686
00:31:08,201 --> 00:31:09,959
But what's the point?
It's rigged.
687
00:31:10,118 --> 00:31:12,982
He's a thief. And he has a grudge
against anyone with the name Forsythe.
688
00:31:13,069 --> 00:31:14,854
Starting with my grandfather,
the first.
689
00:31:16,412 --> 00:31:20,152
Or you have
a persecution complex.
690
00:31:20,445 --> 00:31:23,335
Are you paranoid,
chasing windmills?
691
00:31:23,423 --> 00:31:25,774
So you have a reasonable excuse
692
00:31:25,862 --> 00:31:28,402
to neglect your
real work, writing?
693
00:31:28,514 --> 00:31:31,019
Oh, is that your advice
after everything I just said?
694
00:31:31,416 --> 00:31:33,695
- Just, "Do your homework, kid."
- Well, I'm wondering
695
00:31:33,783 --> 00:31:35,492
if the real reason
why you're so focused
696
00:31:35,580 --> 00:31:36,979
on proving that
the Baxter Brothers
697
00:31:37,066 --> 00:31:38,563
belongs to your family
698
00:31:38,651 --> 00:31:40,223
is because you're afraid.
699
00:31:40,311 --> 00:31:42,592
Are you insecure about
your own talent as a writer?
700
00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:44,576
I'm not gonna be psychoanalyzed
701
00:31:44,664 --> 00:31:46,364
by someone who doesn't know the
phrase "tilting at windmills."
702
00:31:46,451 --> 00:31:47,715
It's about recognition.
703
00:31:47,810 --> 00:31:51,449
It's about not letting some ascot
steal my family's achievements.
704
00:31:51,537 --> 00:31:53,297
You know, my grandfather
could've been Gatsby-rich.
705
00:31:53,384 --> 00:31:54,881
You know what he was instead?
706
00:31:55,134 --> 00:31:58,067
He was a mean drunk who
beat my father in a trailer.
707
00:31:58,155 --> 00:31:59,798
But from what
you're describing,
708
00:31:59,886 --> 00:32:01,132
this investigation
709
00:32:01,332 --> 00:32:04,074
is trying to get those
very things you claim to hate.
710
00:32:04,162 --> 00:32:07,433
An inheritance,
status, prestige.
711
00:32:07,554 --> 00:32:08,841
I'm not trying to be like them.
712
00:32:08,929 --> 00:32:11,746
No, clearly.
Better not to try at all.
713
00:32:11,865 --> 00:32:14,793
Fulfil their expectation
that you're a bum,
714
00:32:14,882 --> 00:32:16,822
then claim that they
didn't give you a chance.
715
00:32:16,910 --> 00:32:18,660
That is the easy path.
716
00:32:18,785 --> 00:32:21,605
Now, your father,
on the other hand,
717
00:32:21,693 --> 00:32:22,965
he took a harder one.
718
00:32:23,053 --> 00:32:26,488
Good. The designated
dad-part of this lecture.
719
00:32:26,576 --> 00:32:27,986
He's a Sheriff now.
720
00:32:28,095 --> 00:32:29,897
Came from a poor household
721
00:32:30,230 --> 00:32:34,600
with an abusive father,
and did the work to transform himself.
722
00:32:34,769 --> 00:32:37,699
And sacrificed,
so you could succeed.
723
00:32:38,418 --> 00:32:41,308
I bet he was very supportive
of you going to Stonewall Prep.
724
00:32:42,635 --> 00:32:44,088
Yeah, practically
dragged me there.
725
00:32:44,176 --> 00:32:46,814
And you repay him by
going on this quest to prove
726
00:32:46,902 --> 00:32:48,996
that the man that caused him
immeasurable pain
727
00:32:49,084 --> 00:32:50,842
is some kind of wronged hero.
728
00:32:50,930 --> 00:32:53,288
How do you think
that makes him feel?
729
00:32:55,379 --> 00:32:58,607
Maybe instead
of lionizing your grandfather,
730
00:33:00,705 --> 00:33:04,355
you should try seeing him
through your father's eyes.
731
00:33:08,020 --> 00:33:10,247
I won't think
you less smart if...
732
00:33:10,374 --> 00:33:12,339
you admit that I'm right.
733
00:33:14,300 --> 00:33:15,656
You're right.
734
00:33:17,824 --> 00:33:19,472
My poor dad.
735
00:33:25,673 --> 00:33:26,972
I'm so selfish.
736
00:33:27,124 --> 00:33:28,527
No.
737
00:33:28,645 --> 00:33:31,394
You're just a high school
senior from Riverdale.
738
00:33:32,686 --> 00:33:34,004
You're busy.
739
00:33:37,654 --> 00:33:39,358
Maybe I should...
740
00:33:42,168 --> 00:33:44,633
put down the conspiracy theories
and just do my homework.
741
00:33:47,312 --> 00:33:48,683
You're underpaid, aren't you?
742
00:33:48,771 --> 00:33:50,168
And overqualified.
743
00:33:51,279 --> 00:33:54,636
Which means I don't expect anyone
to change habits overnight.
744
00:33:54,928 --> 00:33:56,996
If you're going
to see this mystery
745
00:33:57,084 --> 00:33:59,277
about the Baxter Brothers'
authorship through,
746
00:33:59,783 --> 00:34:03,413
then don't fall back on
conjecture or righteous anger.
747
00:34:03,501 --> 00:34:05,722
Do the work.
You know,
748
00:34:05,979 --> 00:34:07,316
investigate.
749
00:34:10,981 --> 00:34:13,808
Now let's see
where those transcripts are.
750
00:34:14,459 --> 00:34:17,972
Oh, and just... take the rest of it.
You're my last one today.
751
00:34:25,308 --> 00:34:28,511
Hey, boy. I've missed
seeing you around the house,
752
00:34:28,611 --> 00:34:30,636
typing away on that thing...
753
00:34:32,941 --> 00:34:35,276
Whoa... what's all this?
754
00:34:37,015 --> 00:34:41,035
I love you. And I appreciate everything
that you've done for me. I...
755
00:34:41,552 --> 00:34:43,277
I don't think
I say that enough.
756
00:35:05,848 --> 00:35:07,955
Elizabeth, perfect timing.
The boys are out back,
757
00:35:08,043 --> 00:35:10,400
and the casserole's
almost ready. Set the table?
758
00:35:14,103 --> 00:35:16,939
Why are you looking at me like that?
Come on. Chip chop.
759
00:35:54,070 --> 00:35:56,222
I love you most, too, Mom.
760
00:36:19,570 --> 00:36:21,877
Hi, um, my name is...
I don't wanna say.
761
00:36:21,965 --> 00:36:25,254
But I live in the apartment building
at the north end of Sketch Alley,
762
00:36:25,433 --> 00:36:28,728
and the man who lives down the
hall, I think he hits my mom.
763
00:36:28,816 --> 00:36:29,868
And I...
764
00:36:29,956 --> 00:36:31,480
I think she needs help.
765
00:36:31,621 --> 00:36:33,371
Please, I need help.
766
00:36:55,141 --> 00:36:57,138
T.T., I got my results.
767
00:36:57,226 --> 00:36:59,873
From Highsmith College?
I thought you were already accepted.
768
00:36:59,961 --> 00:37:02,902
No, silly lovebug.
My chimerism test results.
769
00:37:03,243 --> 00:37:06,078
Promise me, no matter what the contents
of this envelope, you're here for me.
770
00:37:06,165 --> 00:37:07,908
Cheryl, I have no idea
what you're talking about,
771
00:37:07,995 --> 00:37:10,594
but I love you,
and nothing would ever change that.
772
00:37:24,502 --> 00:37:26,483
Negative. Negative!
773
00:37:26,571 --> 00:37:29,500
T.T., I'm 100%
Cheryl Marjorie Blossom.
774
00:37:29,961 --> 00:37:32,826
Babe, I love seeing you this
happy, but what does that mean?
775
00:37:32,914 --> 00:37:35,250
It means that Burble was right.
776
00:37:35,422 --> 00:37:38,334
Fact. I'm not crazy.
I'm not haunted.
777
00:37:38,422 --> 00:37:40,937
Maybe there once was a Julian
in my mother's mortal womb,
778
00:37:41,025 --> 00:37:42,792
but I didn't absorb him.
779
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:44,334
That's amazing.
780
00:37:44,422 --> 00:37:47,884
But how do we explain the
weirdness around Thistlehouse?
781
00:37:47,972 --> 00:37:50,140
Mrs. B enlightened me
to the realization
782
00:37:50,228 --> 00:37:53,030
that most likely someone
is trying to drive me mad.
783
00:37:53,118 --> 00:37:55,849
But once I find out
who this depraved monster is,
784
00:37:55,937 --> 00:37:58,199
I will unleash a wrath
upon them so wicked,
785
00:37:58,287 --> 00:38:01,385
they will wish they had been
consumed in their mother's womb.
786
00:38:01,740 --> 00:38:03,141
Veronica!
787
00:38:06,620 --> 00:38:07,817
What's the matter, Daddy?
788
00:38:07,905 --> 00:38:10,044
Why did I get a call
from Dean Kingsley
789
00:38:10,132 --> 00:38:13,438
informing me that you turned
down your acceptance to Harvard?
790
00:38:13,585 --> 00:38:15,616
Please tell me
he's sorely mistaken.
791
00:38:15,704 --> 00:38:16,873
There has been no mistake.
792
00:38:16,961 --> 00:38:18,498
I won't be a crimson come fall.
793
00:38:18,586 --> 00:38:21,475
Besides, I look better
in Yale blue, anyway.
794
00:38:21,563 --> 00:38:24,059
Oh! Are you insane?
795
00:38:24,705 --> 00:38:26,829
No one rejects Harvard.
796
00:38:27,627 --> 00:38:29,559
- It was your dream.
- One of my dreams.
797
00:38:29,666 --> 00:38:32,522
Yes. But then you
ruined it for me.
798
00:38:32,610 --> 00:38:34,515
Walking through
those ivory towers,
799
00:38:34,715 --> 00:38:38,280
I'd be letting you dictate
the rest of my life.
800
00:38:38,368 --> 00:38:41,130
I'd graduate,
get my MBA from Oxford,
801
00:38:41,218 --> 00:38:44,547
run a Fortune 500,
make the cover of Fibes, obviously.
802
00:38:44,638 --> 00:38:48,224
The next 20 years
would be mapped out by you.
803
00:38:48,524 --> 00:38:51,662
I'm finished living
your version of my life.
804
00:38:51,750 --> 00:38:53,829
You don't get to own my future.
805
00:38:53,917 --> 00:38:56,884
So consider
the ties that bind... cut.
806
00:38:58,483 --> 00:39:02,070
Really? And what do you think
you'll do now, mija?
807
00:39:02,199 --> 00:39:04,024
Walk away from me?
808
00:39:04,701 --> 00:39:06,961
You've never
been able to do that.
809
00:39:08,488 --> 00:39:11,030
You're right.
It would appear we're locked
810
00:39:11,152 --> 00:39:13,459
in a twisted Greek tragedy.
811
00:39:13,547 --> 00:39:15,773
But my guidance counselor
told me...
812
00:39:15,887 --> 00:39:18,201
that there is
one way to end this.
813
00:39:20,413 --> 00:39:22,008
I have to kill you.
814
00:39:22,733 --> 00:39:26,766
Don't worry. I wouldn't stoop
to your level to murder. No.
815
00:39:27,246 --> 00:39:31,083
I'm going to kill you on the battlefield
you cherish above all others.
816
00:39:31,633 --> 00:39:32,915
Business.
817
00:39:33,004 --> 00:39:37,026
I'm going to take you on
head-to-head, and destroy you.
818
00:39:37,288 --> 00:39:39,786
Just like Oedipus and Electra
did to their daddies.
819
00:39:39,916 --> 00:39:41,413
And when I'm done,
820
00:39:41,597 --> 00:39:44,618
I will bury your battered
and beaten carcass
821
00:39:44,865 --> 00:39:46,352
and be free of you...
822
00:39:47,111 --> 00:39:48,586
once and for all.
823
00:39:54,507 --> 00:39:56,179
This bottle I cracked open
824
00:39:56,449 --> 00:40:00,068
is a lot better than the swill
you've been making recently, Daddy.
825
00:40:00,385 --> 00:40:01,883
But my rum...
826
00:40:02,224 --> 00:40:04,743
will be far superior.
827
00:40:28,997 --> 00:40:30,973
These are really great, Jug.
828
00:40:31,061 --> 00:40:33,702
You really captured the essence
of the Baxter Brothers,
829
00:40:33,790 --> 00:40:35,288
but you made it your own.
830
00:40:35,384 --> 00:40:37,057
And I caught up on
all my college applications.
831
00:40:37,144 --> 00:40:39,524
So wait, I wanna
show you something.
832
00:40:40,536 --> 00:40:41,821
This...
833
00:40:42,122 --> 00:40:44,977
An article I found from 2002.
834
00:40:45,689 --> 00:40:48,666
"Novelist Theodore Weisel
drowns in yachting accident."
835
00:40:48,874 --> 00:40:50,375
Why does that name
sound familiar?
836
00:40:50,463 --> 00:40:53,116
He was in the Quill and Skull
literary society with my grandfather.
837
00:40:53,204 --> 00:40:54,632
I tracked down
all the original members.
838
00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:56,049
Yeah, of course,
they could tell you something
839
00:40:56,136 --> 00:40:58,482
about what your grandad
and DuPont were like back then.
840
00:40:58,570 --> 00:41:02,258
But guess what? Theodore's not the
only one who suffers an accident.
841
00:41:02,652 --> 00:41:05,847
This one is from 1978.
842
00:41:05,953 --> 00:41:07,235
Drove off a bridge.
843
00:41:07,609 --> 00:41:10,610
This one's from 1994.
Mechanical failure.
844
00:41:10,836 --> 00:41:13,226
In fact, DuPont
and my MIA grandfather
845
00:41:13,314 --> 00:41:15,343
are the only ones of the
society who are not dead.
846
00:41:15,431 --> 00:41:19,183
Which begs the question, are these
all horrible, suspicious accidents...
847
00:41:19,271 --> 00:41:20,714
Or murders?
848
00:41:21,215 --> 00:41:24,533
Jug, if you're right,
you need to transfer.
849
00:41:24,667 --> 00:41:27,017
I can't.
We're so close to this.
850
00:41:27,105 --> 00:41:28,428
- I can feel it.
- Yeah.
851
00:41:28,802 --> 00:41:30,637
That's what I'm afraid of.
852
00:41:34,780 --> 00:41:37,774
Are you sure these are the three
suspects you saw that night?
853
00:41:38,587 --> 00:41:39,830
It's definitely them.
854
00:41:40,361 --> 00:41:42,822
Those are the kids
we saw kill Jughead.
855
00:41:45,486 --> 00:41:48,519
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