1 00:00:04,371 --> 00:00:05,940 This is the story of two teenage boys 2 00:00:05,974 --> 00:00:08,308 living under the same roof. 3 00:00:08,342 --> 00:00:09,844 They go to the same school. 4 00:00:09,878 --> 00:00:10,979 They think about the same things, 5 00:00:11,011 --> 00:00:12,446 mostly cars and girls. 6 00:00:12,479 --> 00:00:14,481 But very different passions drive them. 7 00:00:15,984 --> 00:00:17,351 On a normal typical morning, 8 00:00:17,384 --> 00:00:18,953 the first thing these two boys do 9 00:00:18,987 --> 00:00:22,256 is go for a run through the still-asleep town. 10 00:00:22,289 --> 00:00:24,324 For Reggie, a run is a warm-up, 11 00:00:24,358 --> 00:00:27,027 before he turns to his true love, basketball. 12 00:00:28,897 --> 00:00:30,264 For Archie, 13 00:00:30,297 --> 00:00:31,733 it's a different kind of warm-up, 14 00:00:31,766 --> 00:00:34,201 before putting pencil to paper. 15 00:00:34,234 --> 00:00:38,071 Mind you, today isn't a normal, typical morning. 16 00:00:38,105 --> 00:00:39,807 It's the day after Halloween, 17 00:00:39,841 --> 00:00:41,341 when a car full of Bulldogs 18 00:00:41,375 --> 00:00:44,244 drove off a bridge and into Sweetwater River. 19 00:00:45,980 --> 00:00:48,816 Team captain Julian Blossom had been behind the wheel. 20 00:00:48,850 --> 00:00:52,386 All the Bulldogs most likely would have drowned if not for Reggie, 21 00:00:52,419 --> 00:00:55,055 who pulled them from the water one by one. 22 00:00:56,256 --> 00:00:58,358 But Julian Blossom was unconscious, 23 00:00:58,392 --> 00:01:01,495 hovering between life and death. 24 00:01:01,529 --> 00:01:03,363 Even as Frank Andrews was doing his best 25 00:01:03,397 --> 00:01:06,366 to calm down an enraged Clifford Blossom. 26 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,504 I knew bringing that punk in was a bad idea. 27 00:01:09,537 --> 00:01:11,238 It's his fault, it had to have been. 28 00:01:11,271 --> 00:01:13,273 And I want him off my team. 29 00:01:13,307 --> 00:01:14,876 Mayor Blossom, we're still 30 00:01:14,909 --> 00:01:16,109 piecing together what happened, 31 00:01:16,143 --> 00:01:17,311 but it's my understanding 32 00:01:17,344 --> 00:01:20,113 that it was Julian behind the wheel. 33 00:01:20,147 --> 00:01:21,716 You know what I do know? 34 00:01:21,749 --> 00:01:24,986 That that thug has been trouble since the day he got here 35 00:01:25,019 --> 00:01:27,154 and I want him gone. 36 00:01:27,187 --> 00:01:28,422 Mister Mayor, you shouldn't 37 00:01:28,455 --> 00:01:29,924 be thinking about the team right now. 38 00:01:29,958 --> 00:01:31,526 You should be focusing on your son. 39 00:01:31,559 --> 00:01:34,328 Everything else can be sorted out later. 40 00:01:34,361 --> 00:01:37,799 And the Bulldogs weren't the only Halloween tragedy that night. 41 00:01:37,832 --> 00:01:41,069 The milkman had tried to murder my bud, Ethel Muggs. 42 00:01:41,101 --> 00:01:45,472 It's the same milkman that I saw 43 00:01:45,506 --> 00:01:49,443 leaving my house after he killed my parents, Sheriff. 44 00:01:49,476 --> 00:01:53,347 But I wrestled the knife out of his hand 45 00:01:53,380 --> 00:01:58,418 -and then... -It was self-defense, Sheriff. 46 00:01:58,452 --> 00:02:01,022 In case you're getting any funny ideas. 47 00:02:01,055 --> 00:02:04,391 Well, at least all our questions have finally been answered. 48 00:02:05,192 --> 00:02:06,326 Are you joshing us? 49 00:02:07,494 --> 00:02:09,429 Now I have even more questions. 50 00:02:09,463 --> 00:02:12,834 Should I go to the station and make a statement? 51 00:02:12,867 --> 00:02:15,036 No, uh, that won't be necessary. 52 00:02:15,069 --> 00:02:18,072 It strikes me as a open-and-shut case. 53 00:02:18,106 --> 00:02:19,774 Open and shut? 54 00:02:19,807 --> 00:02:23,878 Sheriff, whoever this maniac is, killed Ethel's parents, 55 00:02:23,911 --> 00:02:27,048 killed Mr. Rayberry and tried to bump off Ethel. 56 00:02:27,081 --> 00:02:28,683 If you have all the answers, who is he? 57 00:02:30,585 --> 00:02:31,586 Huh? 58 00:02:31,619 --> 00:02:32,820 Who is the milkman? 59 00:02:32,854 --> 00:02:34,354 I will get to that. 60 00:02:34,388 --> 00:02:37,190 Maybe his fingerprints are on file at the office, 61 00:02:37,224 --> 00:02:38,526 but in the meantime, 62 00:02:38,559 --> 00:02:40,394 we need to get Ethel back to the Sisters. 63 00:02:40,427 --> 00:02:42,396 - No! - No, no, no. 64 00:02:42,429 --> 00:02:44,065 The Sisters were abusing Ethel. 65 00:02:44,098 --> 00:02:45,600 She'll come with me. 66 00:02:45,633 --> 00:02:47,835 She needs to be in the care of an adult, Jughead. 67 00:02:49,403 --> 00:02:52,840 Well, that may be so, but not the Sisters. 68 00:02:55,275 --> 00:02:57,210 Frank, Archie, do you have any news? 69 00:02:58,245 --> 00:03:00,682 Wait. Jughead, slow down. 70 00:03:00,715 --> 00:03:01,883 What is this about Ethel? 71 00:03:10,290 --> 00:03:12,426 Ethel, dear. 72 00:03:12,459 --> 00:03:14,729 Mary and I have been discussing everything, 73 00:03:14,762 --> 00:03:16,363 and we've made a decision. 74 00:03:16,396 --> 00:03:19,100 Given everything that's been going on, 75 00:03:19,133 --> 00:03:21,102 we both think that it might be best 76 00:03:21,135 --> 00:03:22,603 if you stay with the Coopers. 77 00:03:23,137 --> 00:03:24,572 What, again? 78 00:03:24,605 --> 00:03:27,374 No, the last time that I stayed with Mrs. Cooper, 79 00:03:27,407 --> 00:03:29,276 she sent me away to that horrible place. 80 00:03:29,309 --> 00:03:31,311 Oh. Honestly, Ethel, 81 00:03:31,344 --> 00:03:35,315 sending you to the Sisters was more Mr. Cooper's idea. 82 00:03:35,348 --> 00:03:37,885 So let's get you settled in my sewing room. 83 00:03:40,054 --> 00:03:41,221 Come along, dear. 84 00:03:51,331 --> 00:03:52,466 If you hadn't been there, 85 00:03:52,499 --> 00:03:54,434 those Bulldogs would've drowned. 86 00:03:56,571 --> 00:03:58,606 You saved their lives, Reg, even Julian. 87 00:03:58,639 --> 00:04:00,775 -You're a hero. -I'm no hero. 88 00:04:03,044 --> 00:04:05,079 When I realized I was the only one 89 00:04:05,113 --> 00:04:08,082 who'd gotten free from the car and kicked to the surface, 90 00:04:08,116 --> 00:04:12,252 I knew that I had to dive back down there 91 00:04:13,453 --> 00:04:15,489 and get everyone out. 92 00:04:15,523 --> 00:04:19,426 Even in that moment, I knew that if any of those guys died, 93 00:04:21,863 --> 00:04:26,299 especially Blossom, that I'd be blamed for it. 94 00:04:26,333 --> 00:04:28,503 They would have locked me up for the rest of my life. 95 00:04:28,536 --> 00:04:30,403 Or done worse than locked me up. 96 00:04:47,989 --> 00:04:50,124 Good morning. 97 00:04:50,158 --> 00:04:51,324 I'm heading to school now, Ethel, 98 00:04:51,358 --> 00:04:52,794 if you wanted to walk with me? 99 00:04:52,827 --> 00:04:55,596 -Sure. -Don't be ridiculous, Elizabeth. 100 00:04:55,630 --> 00:04:57,965 I'll be driving Ethel to school this morning. 101 00:05:07,508 --> 00:05:09,944 My mom is such a phony-baloney. 102 00:05:09,977 --> 00:05:12,479 She sent Ethel away to The Sisters of Quiet Mercy, 103 00:05:12,513 --> 00:05:13,815 and now she's playing nice with her 104 00:05:13,848 --> 00:05:18,619 and treating me like I'm some unwanted guest? 105 00:05:18,653 --> 00:05:21,622 Yeah, I tell you, Vee, I have half a mind to run away from home. 106 00:05:21,656 --> 00:05:25,092 You don't have to sell me on the pain of phony parents. 107 00:05:25,126 --> 00:05:28,361 And I'd invite you to stay with me at the Pembrooke, 108 00:05:28,395 --> 00:05:33,034 but, truth be told, I've been living at the Babylonium 109 00:05:33,067 --> 00:05:36,270 ever since my parents locked me out of our apartment. 110 00:05:36,304 --> 00:05:39,640 What? You're living at the movie theater? 111 00:05:39,674 --> 00:05:42,043 Veronica Lodge is nothing more 112 00:05:42,076 --> 00:05:43,511 than a common squatter. 113 00:05:43,544 --> 00:05:46,781 Let me ask you, have you tried breaking back in? 114 00:05:49,283 --> 00:05:52,419 I know that this is a difficult time, 115 00:05:52,452 --> 00:05:54,789 but I did want to share aloud 116 00:05:54,822 --> 00:05:57,658 a poem that one of you turned in last week. 117 00:06:00,161 --> 00:06:02,663 It's titled "Phantom." 118 00:06:07,301 --> 00:06:08,903 "They tell me I'm solid. 119 00:06:09,637 --> 00:06:11,806 They pat me on the back. 120 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:16,510 They see a son, student, a team player. 121 00:06:18,045 --> 00:06:19,780 They see a boy like any other. 122 00:06:21,115 --> 00:06:22,583 But I look in the mirror, 123 00:06:24,051 --> 00:06:26,187 and there's no one there. 124 00:06:26,220 --> 00:06:27,922 Just smoke and mirrors, 125 00:06:29,323 --> 00:06:31,659 and I do not know how to be solid." 126 00:06:36,230 --> 00:06:37,798 Any thoughts, class? 127 00:06:39,367 --> 00:06:40,433 It was beautiful. 128 00:06:41,335 --> 00:06:43,070 Yeah. 129 00:06:43,104 --> 00:06:44,404 That was incredible, Clay. 130 00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:48,509 I agree, but I didn't write it. 131 00:06:48,542 --> 00:06:52,079 No. It was not Mr. Walker's poem. 132 00:06:53,281 --> 00:06:54,615 It was Mr. Andrew's work. 133 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:01,656 I wish you'd speak up more in class, Archie. 134 00:07:01,689 --> 00:07:03,658 Based on this poem, it's clear. 135 00:07:03,691 --> 00:07:05,559 You have a lot to say. 136 00:07:07,762 --> 00:07:10,598 All right, fellas, listen up. 137 00:07:10,631 --> 00:07:11,999 Now, we're scheduled for our big game 138 00:07:12,033 --> 00:07:14,602 against Stonewall Prep this Friday night, 139 00:07:14,635 --> 00:07:17,638 but after recent events, 140 00:07:18,706 --> 00:07:20,374 we've decided to name a new captain 141 00:07:20,408 --> 00:07:22,977 while Julian, God willing, recovers. 142 00:07:23,644 --> 00:07:24,845 And that captain... 143 00:07:26,414 --> 00:07:27,581 will be Archie. 144 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:35,656 Now, let's all take a knee, 145 00:07:35,690 --> 00:07:38,159 say a prayer for our Bulldog brother in distress. 146 00:07:41,062 --> 00:07:44,231 We're so happy to have you back with us, Ethel. 147 00:07:44,265 --> 00:07:46,634 Yes, I admit, it's quite the reversal, 148 00:07:46,667 --> 00:07:49,637 but you proved your sanity 149 00:07:49,670 --> 00:07:54,175 by single handedly dispatching that, uh, drifter. 150 00:07:54,208 --> 00:07:57,778 A drifter? Who said that the milkman was a drifter? 151 00:07:57,812 --> 00:08:00,581 Sheriff Keller, if I'm not mistaken. 152 00:08:00,614 --> 00:08:02,783 It's obvious what happened, this drifter. 153 00:08:02,817 --> 00:08:06,954 His mind was poisoned by the dreck Pep Comics publishes, 154 00:08:06,988 --> 00:08:10,291 and he was inspired to go on a murderous rampage, 155 00:08:10,324 --> 00:08:13,794 much like the original comic book. 156 00:08:13,828 --> 00:08:15,463 And then he must have stolen 157 00:08:15,495 --> 00:08:18,265 a milkman's uniform and begun killing 158 00:08:18,299 --> 00:08:20,968 to satisfy some insane bloodlust. 159 00:08:23,571 --> 00:08:26,507 Well, that does make perfect sense. 160 00:08:27,875 --> 00:08:31,345 Except why would he kill Ethel's parents 161 00:08:31,379 --> 00:08:32,747 and then Brad Rayberry, 162 00:08:32,780 --> 00:08:36,584 and then tried to get Ethel herself? 163 00:08:36,617 --> 00:08:38,786 Do you really think that a drifter would do that? 164 00:08:38,819 --> 00:08:43,057 Yes. Don't drifters usually move on? 165 00:08:43,491 --> 00:08:44,558 Drift. 166 00:08:46,060 --> 00:08:49,997 Neither of you are in a position to theorize. 167 00:08:50,031 --> 00:08:52,533 We have told you exactly what happened. 168 00:08:54,335 --> 00:08:56,871 Now, I hope that you both 169 00:08:56,904 --> 00:09:00,808 finally see the very real danger 170 00:09:02,343 --> 00:09:04,945 in what comic books pose to society. 171 00:09:14,255 --> 00:09:16,957 -Uncle Frank? -Hey, Archie. 172 00:09:20,561 --> 00:09:23,664 I, uh... I'm honored 173 00:09:23,697 --> 00:09:25,800 to be named captain of this team, 174 00:09:25,833 --> 00:09:28,602 but shouldn't it be Reggie? 175 00:09:28,636 --> 00:09:31,639 He's our strongest player, by a mile. 176 00:09:31,672 --> 00:09:36,343 Well, that may be so, Archie, but this wasn't my call. 177 00:09:36,377 --> 00:09:38,279 Clifford Blossom wanted you to step up. 178 00:09:38,312 --> 00:09:40,614 And given the fact that he sponsors the Bulldogs, 179 00:09:40,648 --> 00:09:42,750 I thought it would be best to respect his wishes. 180 00:09:42,783 --> 00:09:45,052 Clifford Blossom's had it out for Reggie since day one. 181 00:09:45,086 --> 00:09:47,388 The Bulldogs are the mayor's pride and joy, Archie. 182 00:09:47,421 --> 00:09:51,625 My strong advice, leave this one alone. 183 00:09:54,695 --> 00:09:56,130 But I'm glad you came to see me. 184 00:09:57,532 --> 00:09:58,866 There's something I want to give you. 185 00:10:05,206 --> 00:10:07,741 -Is that... -Your dad's captain's patch. 186 00:10:09,544 --> 00:10:10,711 I know he'd want you wearing it 187 00:10:10,744 --> 00:10:12,346 for your first game as team captain. 188 00:10:18,185 --> 00:10:19,153 Okay, Uncle Frank. 189 00:10:25,059 --> 00:10:26,127 I'm leaving. 190 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:28,329 I'm going to stay with my friend, Veronica. 191 00:10:28,362 --> 00:10:29,663 It'll just be the two of us 192 00:10:29,697 --> 00:10:31,031 in her apartment doing whatever we want. 193 00:10:32,299 --> 00:10:34,168 When have you not, Elizabeth? 194 00:10:41,742 --> 00:10:43,677 Where did you learn how to do that? 195 00:10:43,711 --> 00:10:45,813 Pick a lock with a bobby pin. 196 00:10:45,846 --> 00:10:50,619 Don't laugh, but my Tracy True Teen Detective Handbook. 197 00:10:50,651 --> 00:10:51,986 Laugh? 198 00:10:52,019 --> 00:10:54,155 Betty, I love those books. 199 00:10:54,188 --> 00:10:55,756 Okay, question. 200 00:10:55,789 --> 00:10:59,360 How quiet do we have to be in here so as not to alert... 201 00:10:59,393 --> 00:11:00,595 His name is Smithers, 202 00:11:00,629 --> 00:11:02,696 and we can be as loud as we want 203 00:11:02,730 --> 00:11:04,365 when we're in the apartment. 204 00:11:04,398 --> 00:11:06,367 It's just when we're going up and down the back staircase 205 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:07,668 that we have to be mindful, 206 00:11:08,335 --> 00:11:09,803 I told the boys that too. 207 00:11:10,404 --> 00:11:12,306 What boys? 208 00:11:12,339 --> 00:11:14,141 -Archie and Reggie? -God, no. 209 00:11:14,175 --> 00:11:16,443 I actually want to have some fun. 210 00:11:16,477 --> 00:11:18,379 So I invited Kevin and Clay 211 00:11:18,412 --> 00:11:21,215 to come over after closing up at the Babylonium. 212 00:11:26,353 --> 00:11:27,589 Father. 213 00:11:27,622 --> 00:11:29,456 I just got back from the hospital. 214 00:11:29,490 --> 00:11:30,592 Please tell me the rumors 215 00:11:30,625 --> 00:11:31,992 about basketball season continuing 216 00:11:32,026 --> 00:11:34,795 whilst Julian languishes are just that, rumors. 217 00:11:36,096 --> 00:11:38,533 Your brother's always been a dunce. 218 00:11:38,567 --> 00:11:40,267 He made his bed, let him lay in it. 219 00:11:42,671 --> 00:11:44,038 As for the season, 220 00:11:44,071 --> 00:11:46,707 yes, Cheryl, it will continue as scheduled. 221 00:11:47,509 --> 00:11:48,475 It must. 222 00:11:48,510 --> 00:11:49,877 Are you truly so desperate 223 00:11:49,910 --> 00:11:52,012 to relive your glory days as a Bulldog 224 00:11:52,046 --> 00:11:54,081 that you would forsake your own son? 225 00:11:54,114 --> 00:11:55,684 Yes. 226 00:11:55,716 --> 00:11:56,984 I was a Bulldog... 227 00:11:59,486 --> 00:12:02,256 and I'd do anything to go back to those days again. 228 00:12:05,059 --> 00:12:07,494 When I first realized that a winning team 229 00:12:07,529 --> 00:12:08,862 can unite a town. 230 00:12:11,365 --> 00:12:13,234 You give the people that, they'll follow you anywhere. 231 00:12:13,267 --> 00:12:15,102 I certainly won't be shaking my pom-poms 232 00:12:15,135 --> 00:12:19,039 while my brother hovers between life and death. 233 00:12:19,073 --> 00:12:20,808 Oh, yes, you will. 234 00:12:25,680 --> 00:12:27,348 You will put on your little happy face 235 00:12:27,381 --> 00:12:29,984 and you will cheer your little heart out 236 00:12:30,017 --> 00:12:33,120 until your spoiled pink lungs bleed, 237 00:12:33,153 --> 00:12:35,756 or you'll suffer a fate worse than Julian's. 238 00:12:36,824 --> 00:12:40,160 - Do I make myself clear? 239 00:13:14,729 --> 00:13:16,497 Sing it, Betty. 240 00:14:22,329 --> 00:14:23,931 - Care for a top-off? - Yes, please. 241 00:14:23,964 --> 00:14:26,900 Thank you, Vee. This rum is so sweet and yummy. 242 00:14:26,934 --> 00:14:29,336 Isn't it? I'll say this about my parents, 243 00:14:29,370 --> 00:14:31,905 they keep their liquor cabinet well-stocked. 244 00:14:31,939 --> 00:14:34,041 Mm. Kev, this is so much more of a kick 245 00:14:34,074 --> 00:14:36,176 than when you and I were going steady. 246 00:14:36,210 --> 00:14:37,978 Oh, I agree. 247 00:14:38,011 --> 00:14:39,446 And speaking of dating, 248 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:41,783 how was your Halloween with Archie and Reggie? 249 00:14:41,816 --> 00:14:43,818 With everything that happened, I forgot to ask. 250 00:14:43,852 --> 00:14:45,319 Ah... 251 00:14:45,352 --> 00:14:49,390 It seemed like something was percolating with Archie 252 00:14:49,423 --> 00:14:51,659 and we did kiss, 253 00:14:51,693 --> 00:14:53,026 but then... 254 00:14:56,263 --> 00:14:59,801 I'll be honest. I thought you and Reggie might've 255 00:14:59,834 --> 00:15:01,536 made a love connection. 256 00:15:01,569 --> 00:15:03,203 Mm. 257 00:15:03,237 --> 00:15:06,574 Well, now that we're talking about both Archie and Reggie, 258 00:15:07,575 --> 00:15:09,744 Kevin, Clay, 259 00:15:09,778 --> 00:15:13,080 you fellas are always in the boys' locker room together. 260 00:15:13,113 --> 00:15:16,116 Tell us. Who's packing the most heat? 261 00:15:16,150 --> 00:15:18,820 Veronica! 262 00:15:18,853 --> 00:15:20,020 -Uh... -Hard to tell. 263 00:15:20,053 --> 00:15:22,557 Oh, come off it. We all know how it goes. 264 00:15:22,590 --> 00:15:24,425 It's after gym class. 265 00:15:24,458 --> 00:15:25,426 You're having a steam. 266 00:15:25,459 --> 00:15:27,494 You're snapping towels. 267 00:15:27,529 --> 00:15:29,864 Are you seriously telling us that neither of you 268 00:15:29,898 --> 00:15:32,433 has ever cast an eyeball their way? 269 00:15:32,466 --> 00:15:35,770 I will say that both Archie and Reggie 270 00:15:35,804 --> 00:15:37,104 both have a lot to be really proud of. 271 00:15:37,137 --> 00:15:38,640 I am not surprised. 272 00:15:38,673 --> 00:15:41,776 - I felt as much with Reggie. - -Okay, 273 00:15:41,810 --> 00:15:44,144 but, uh, the real story 274 00:15:44,178 --> 00:15:45,880 -coming out of the boys' locker room. -Oh. 275 00:15:45,914 --> 00:15:48,583 -Yes. Julian Blossom? -No. 276 00:15:48,616 --> 00:15:50,350 - Fangs Fogarty? - No. 277 00:15:51,820 --> 00:15:53,621 Dilton Doiley. 278 00:15:55,757 --> 00:15:57,191 No! 279 00:15:57,224 --> 00:15:58,959 It's always the little ones. 280 00:16:00,027 --> 00:16:02,029 Well, to Dilton Doiley 281 00:16:02,062 --> 00:16:04,064 and all the boys of Riverdale High. 282 00:16:04,097 --> 00:16:06,300 To all the boys. 283 00:16:36,798 --> 00:16:38,800 And now that you've met our starting lineup, 284 00:16:38,833 --> 00:16:40,367 please give a big Riverdale welcome 285 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:42,035 to the man who's going to lead us 286 00:16:42,069 --> 00:16:44,939 to certain victory against the Stonewall Stallions, 287 00:16:44,973 --> 00:16:47,174 and our new team captain... 288 00:16:49,577 --> 00:16:51,011 Archie Andrews! 289 00:17:00,955 --> 00:17:02,022 Are you okay, Cheryl? 290 00:17:02,824 --> 00:17:03,992 I'm fine. 291 00:17:04,024 --> 00:17:06,059 Just doing as is demanded of me. 292 00:17:06,961 --> 00:17:08,495 Captain Andrews, 293 00:17:08,530 --> 00:17:11,599 will you please say a few words to your loyal fans? 294 00:17:11,633 --> 00:17:14,368 - Yeah, take us to victory, Archie! - -All right! 295 00:17:15,703 --> 00:17:16,738 Um... 296 00:17:21,976 --> 00:17:26,179 Uh, the fact is, I'm not really great with words, 297 00:17:27,381 --> 00:17:30,317 but, uh... 298 00:17:38,258 --> 00:17:40,327 It was nice, what you said in the gym. 299 00:17:41,161 --> 00:17:42,429 Come on, Mrs. Thornton. 300 00:17:42,462 --> 00:17:43,765 I was awful. 301 00:17:43,798 --> 00:17:46,500 Well, it might not have been the Gettysburg Address, 302 00:17:46,534 --> 00:17:50,404 but it's hard to speak off the cuff like that. 303 00:17:50,437 --> 00:17:54,609 However, when you write, you do so with passion, 304 00:17:55,175 --> 00:17:56,711 clarity, heart. 305 00:17:56,744 --> 00:17:59,112 Well, that's swell of you to say, Mrs. Thornton, 306 00:18:00,147 --> 00:18:01,114 but we both know that I'm not-- 307 00:18:01,148 --> 00:18:03,383 No, no. Stop right there. 308 00:18:05,185 --> 00:18:09,991 I know putting pencil to paper is not as exciting 309 00:18:10,024 --> 00:18:13,628 as... as being captain of a sports team, 310 00:18:14,896 --> 00:18:16,698 but I assure you it can be. 311 00:18:17,799 --> 00:18:19,399 And I hope you'll think about 312 00:18:19,433 --> 00:18:22,135 putting as much energy into your writing 313 00:18:22,169 --> 00:18:24,572 as you do into basketball someday. 314 00:18:29,811 --> 00:18:32,080 Holy hell, freckles. 315 00:18:32,112 --> 00:18:35,083 Well, from what I've been hearing, you survived those crazy nuns, 316 00:18:35,115 --> 00:18:38,185 took out a killer and cleared your name. 317 00:18:38,218 --> 00:18:39,887 That's not bad for a teeny bopper. 318 00:18:39,921 --> 00:18:41,656 Not bad at all. 319 00:18:41,689 --> 00:18:43,156 Thank you, Mr. Fieldstone. 320 00:18:43,190 --> 00:18:45,492 I'm really just jazzed to be back. 321 00:18:45,526 --> 00:18:49,229 Well, let's get you drawing another story ASAP. Hmm? 322 00:18:49,262 --> 00:18:51,164 Jughead here will write a script for you. 323 00:18:51,198 --> 00:18:53,266 Oh, golly, we'd love that. 324 00:18:55,003 --> 00:18:57,237 I am looking at the dream team. 325 00:18:57,270 --> 00:18:59,841 So, pitch me. Sky's the limit. 326 00:18:59,874 --> 00:19:01,576 Name it. Anything you want to do. 327 00:19:01,609 --> 00:19:04,512 Well, in that case, I would love to do a sequel 328 00:19:04,545 --> 00:19:06,581 to the "Milkman Cometh" story. 329 00:19:06,614 --> 00:19:08,916 I think that we could really just make something-- 330 00:19:08,950 --> 00:19:10,384 Anything but that. 331 00:19:10,417 --> 00:19:12,486 Forget about the milkman. The milkman is dead. 332 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:14,656 I mean, literally, you killed him. 333 00:19:14,689 --> 00:19:18,458 -He's old news. -Well, Ethel and I were discussing that. 334 00:19:18,492 --> 00:19:20,260 Uh, "The Milkman Cometh" is still 335 00:19:20,293 --> 00:19:22,997 one of your best-selling issues of all time. 336 00:19:23,031 --> 00:19:24,498 With everything that's happened recently, 337 00:19:24,532 --> 00:19:26,067 why not capitalize upon it? 338 00:19:26,100 --> 00:19:28,636 Because the heat's on us right now. 339 00:19:28,670 --> 00:19:31,204 Everybody's talking about the latest editorial 340 00:19:31,238 --> 00:19:32,472 that quack Werthers wrote. 341 00:19:32,507 --> 00:19:34,207 Hell, even the AP picked it up. 342 00:19:35,109 --> 00:19:38,112 We gotta be circumspect. 343 00:19:38,146 --> 00:19:39,747 For a little while, at least. 344 00:19:39,781 --> 00:19:44,085 So give me a story about a zombie or a goblin. 345 00:19:44,118 --> 00:19:47,088 Anything but a milkman, capisce? 346 00:19:47,121 --> 00:19:50,925 From now on, consider me lactose intolerant. 347 00:19:55,997 --> 00:19:58,398 As Coco Chanel allegedly said, 348 00:19:58,432 --> 00:20:00,635 "The best cure for a hangover 349 00:20:00,668 --> 00:20:02,770 -is spending money on new clothes." -Hmm. 350 00:20:02,804 --> 00:20:07,108 It sounds better in French, but the point still stands. 351 00:20:07,141 --> 00:20:10,111 Are you girls finding everything all right? 352 00:20:10,144 --> 00:20:13,114 Mrs. Andrews, these pieces are stunning. 353 00:20:13,147 --> 00:20:15,049 Your taste is tres magnifique. 354 00:20:15,083 --> 00:20:16,551 Thank you. 355 00:20:16,584 --> 00:20:18,318 Could you please have these two dresses boxed up 356 00:20:18,351 --> 00:20:19,754 and sent over to the Pembrooke? 357 00:20:20,822 --> 00:20:22,657 Of course. 358 00:20:22,690 --> 00:20:25,225 -And yours too, Betty? -Yes, please. 359 00:20:26,561 --> 00:20:27,895 You're staying there as well? 360 00:20:28,930 --> 00:20:30,397 Yes, ma'am. 361 00:20:30,430 --> 00:20:32,667 But don't worry, my mother is copasetic with it. 362 00:20:37,672 --> 00:20:38,740 "Copasetic." 363 00:20:41,209 --> 00:20:42,810 What the hell? They've got Peppy! 364 00:20:42,844 --> 00:20:43,878 Give our mascot back. 365 00:20:43,911 --> 00:20:45,813 Hey, simmer down, Red. 366 00:20:45,847 --> 00:20:48,616 You'll get your chance to win him back on the court. 367 00:20:48,649 --> 00:20:50,752 Of course, Mantle there, he's a choker. 368 00:20:50,785 --> 00:20:52,954 Yeah, you put him under pressure and he cracks. 369 00:20:52,987 --> 00:20:56,057 That's how it was when he played for us at Stonewall. 370 00:20:56,090 --> 00:20:57,992 And dollars to donuts, 371 00:20:58,025 --> 00:21:00,293 he's gonna fold like a sheet again this weekend. 372 00:21:02,730 --> 00:21:04,699 Shut your mouth 373 00:21:04,732 --> 00:21:07,635 -before I give you a freaking knuckle sandwich-- -Save it for the game. 374 00:21:07,668 --> 00:21:09,771 You know, we're real sorry to hear about Julian. 375 00:21:09,804 --> 00:21:11,973 It was such a tragedy. 376 00:21:12,006 --> 00:21:13,574 But, hey, you know, we were, um, 377 00:21:13,608 --> 00:21:15,243 we're thinking of getting a wager going with you chumps 378 00:21:15,275 --> 00:21:19,547 but, uh, Stonewall doesn't play for food stamps. 379 00:21:27,255 --> 00:21:28,321 Come on. 380 00:21:31,358 --> 00:21:32,794 I know these turkeys. 381 00:21:32,827 --> 00:21:35,730 I played with them, so I know how to beat 'em. 382 00:21:35,763 --> 00:21:38,900 First up, Weston Wallis has legitimate skills 383 00:21:38,933 --> 00:21:41,669 but can't sink a shot from outside the key. 384 00:21:41,702 --> 00:21:44,371 Fangs, it's your job to keep him there. 385 00:21:44,404 --> 00:21:47,340 That way, he'll be tossing up air balls all night. 386 00:21:47,374 --> 00:21:50,410 Nothing I dig more than humiliating a rich boy. 387 00:21:50,443 --> 00:21:51,344 Consider it done. 388 00:21:51,378 --> 00:21:54,515 Good man. Next up, Tank. 389 00:21:54,549 --> 00:21:58,019 Looks like Boris Karloff, but panics when you crowd him. 390 00:21:58,052 --> 00:21:59,654 Archie, that's your target. 391 00:21:59,687 --> 00:22:01,656 Stay on him like the paint on the side of a barn. 392 00:22:03,891 --> 00:22:05,860 Andrews, you with us? 393 00:22:07,595 --> 00:22:09,597 He's a barn, I'm paint. Got it. 394 00:22:10,298 --> 00:22:11,464 Righteous. 395 00:22:14,535 --> 00:22:16,304 What's eating you? 396 00:22:16,336 --> 00:22:18,840 Is it because Peppy got dognapped? 397 00:22:18,873 --> 00:22:21,876 Don't worry. We'll get him back, guaranteed. 398 00:22:22,910 --> 00:22:23,778 It's not that. 399 00:22:24,645 --> 00:22:25,913 It's... 400 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:29,016 I feel like an imposter. 401 00:22:30,417 --> 00:22:32,653 I shouldn't be the captain of this team, Reg. 402 00:22:32,687 --> 00:22:33,821 You should be the captain. 403 00:22:35,289 --> 00:22:36,991 I mean, you're made for it. 404 00:22:37,024 --> 00:22:40,194 Heck, it's your dream. 405 00:22:40,228 --> 00:22:41,762 I don't think about that kind of stuff. 406 00:22:42,697 --> 00:22:44,866 As far as dreams, I don't have any. 407 00:22:44,899 --> 00:22:46,601 I have a plan. 408 00:22:46,634 --> 00:22:48,269 To win the game this Friday night 409 00:22:48,302 --> 00:22:49,804 and then the game after that, 410 00:22:49,837 --> 00:22:52,039 and to keep on winning until I go pro. 411 00:22:55,109 --> 00:22:57,477 You got your eyes on the prize 412 00:22:57,511 --> 00:22:58,846 and you know what to do to get it. 413 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:00,548 I wish I could say the same about myself. 414 00:23:02,449 --> 00:23:03,784 Can't you, Captain? 415 00:23:11,192 --> 00:23:13,426 I play basketball 416 00:23:13,460 --> 00:23:15,930 because it's a way for me to feel close to my dad. 417 00:23:17,765 --> 00:23:19,934 Not because it's my passion. 418 00:23:19,967 --> 00:23:20,935 So what's your passion? 419 00:23:21,836 --> 00:23:24,538 Cars? Girls? 420 00:23:26,607 --> 00:23:28,408 You wouldn't believe it if I told you. 421 00:23:46,426 --> 00:23:48,362 Hey, we talked about this. 422 00:23:48,396 --> 00:23:50,463 Didn't you hear what Mr. Fieldstone said? 423 00:23:50,497 --> 00:23:52,333 We got an ixnay on the ilkman-may. 424 00:23:52,366 --> 00:23:53,567 I can't. 425 00:23:55,369 --> 00:23:56,737 I can't, Jughead. 426 00:23:57,972 --> 00:23:59,006 Well, what gives? 427 00:24:00,641 --> 00:24:03,778 Is it really so important to do another milkman story? 428 00:24:03,811 --> 00:24:05,746 You know, since this whole thing started, 429 00:24:06,380 --> 00:24:07,480 no one but you 430 00:24:08,182 --> 00:24:09,617 has believed me. 431 00:24:09,650 --> 00:24:12,887 People were telling me that I was delusional 432 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:16,190 or that I flipped a lid or that I killed my parents, 433 00:24:16,223 --> 00:24:20,493 to the point where I... I I started to doubt my sanity. 434 00:24:20,528 --> 00:24:22,029 And now, the milkman is dead... 435 00:24:26,801 --> 00:24:30,237 and everybody is still trying to tell me 436 00:24:30,271 --> 00:24:32,640 what happened and how it happened. 437 00:24:33,307 --> 00:24:34,809 Why, I don't know. 438 00:24:37,812 --> 00:24:43,517 But I do know that I am so tired, 439 00:24:43,551 --> 00:24:46,721 of people telling me what I went through 440 00:24:46,754 --> 00:24:48,789 and what I experienced. 441 00:24:52,326 --> 00:24:54,161 I want to tell my story. 442 00:24:56,097 --> 00:24:57,965 Or at least a version of it. 443 00:25:01,702 --> 00:25:03,904 Even if it's just in a comic book. 444 00:25:05,006 --> 00:25:08,209 Well, hey, that makes a lot of sense. 445 00:25:09,643 --> 00:25:11,178 And you'll draw the heck out of it. 446 00:25:13,647 --> 00:25:15,016 We just have to figure out 447 00:25:15,049 --> 00:25:16,584 a creative way to have our cake and eat it. 448 00:25:17,885 --> 00:25:20,654 Without a glass of milk, of course. 449 00:25:24,291 --> 00:25:27,962 This particular shade of pink is Grace Kelly's favorite. 450 00:25:28,929 --> 00:25:30,731 It's from the most fantabulous 451 00:25:30,765 --> 00:25:33,834 makeup shop on Larchmont Boulevard. 452 00:25:33,868 --> 00:25:37,138 My mom used to take me and we'd do exactly this. 453 00:25:38,507 --> 00:25:40,541 She'd paint my nails right before bedtime. 454 00:25:41,510 --> 00:25:42,877 My mom stopped tucking me in 455 00:25:42,910 --> 00:25:47,181 after I got my "gift" from Mother Nature. 456 00:25:47,214 --> 00:25:51,218 She said that I was now a woman and didn't need to be coddled. 457 00:25:53,154 --> 00:25:54,321 It's funny. 458 00:25:54,355 --> 00:25:55,589 I practically ran away from home, 459 00:25:55,623 --> 00:26:01,028 and she... doesn't seem to care. 460 00:26:03,631 --> 00:26:05,132 Will you look at us? 461 00:26:06,100 --> 00:26:07,601 Sixteen years old, 462 00:26:07,635 --> 00:26:11,038 living without our mothers, effectively orphans. 463 00:26:12,773 --> 00:26:15,476 -Can I tell you something, Vee? -Of course, Bee. 464 00:26:15,510 --> 00:26:17,011 Anything. 465 00:26:17,044 --> 00:26:19,914 I feel so different from everyone else in my family. 466 00:26:19,947 --> 00:26:23,951 Sometimes I wonder if I was adopted. 467 00:26:23,984 --> 00:26:26,854 Is it just you and your parents? 468 00:26:26,887 --> 00:26:29,190 I have an older sister, Polly. 469 00:26:29,223 --> 00:26:32,059 But she left Riverdale as soon as she turned 18. 470 00:26:32,093 --> 00:26:34,595 Do you ever talk to her about how you feel? 471 00:26:35,429 --> 00:26:36,597 She's so busy. 472 00:26:37,698 --> 00:26:39,366 Well, if you were adopted, 473 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:41,936 your family is the luckiest on Earth 474 00:26:41,969 --> 00:26:45,139 because you, Betty Cooper, are aces. 475 00:26:46,974 --> 00:26:50,111 Not to mention, beautiful to boot. 476 00:26:50,144 --> 00:26:55,082 You know, if we're divulging our deepest, darkest secrets, 477 00:26:55,116 --> 00:26:58,319 I've always had this paralyzing fear that... 478 00:26:59,554 --> 00:27:01,021 That I was a mistake, 479 00:27:02,623 --> 00:27:05,793 unplanned, and that my mother and father 480 00:27:05,826 --> 00:27:08,597 never stopped resenting me for that. 481 00:27:08,629 --> 00:27:10,664 I mean, they were fine having me around 482 00:27:10,698 --> 00:27:12,066 when I was a little doll 483 00:27:12,099 --> 00:27:14,135 they could dress up however they wanted, 484 00:27:14,168 --> 00:27:16,270 but when I finally became old enough 485 00:27:16,303 --> 00:27:18,839 to have my own mind with my own thoughts... 486 00:27:20,774 --> 00:27:22,376 It was bye-bye, Veronica. 487 00:27:25,112 --> 00:27:26,080 Let's make a pact. 488 00:27:27,848 --> 00:27:31,318 To never grow up to be anything like our parents. 489 00:27:36,625 --> 00:27:37,825 You know who I do think 490 00:27:37,858 --> 00:27:39,393 are a happy and healthy couple? 491 00:27:40,661 --> 00:27:42,229 - Kevin and Clay. - Ah. 492 00:27:42,263 --> 00:27:44,331 Aren't they the dreamiest? 493 00:27:44,365 --> 00:27:47,301 I'm so happy for them. 494 00:27:47,334 --> 00:27:48,335 Me too. 495 00:27:50,605 --> 00:27:52,239 I'm also slightly jealous. 496 00:27:54,341 --> 00:27:55,976 On some level, 497 00:27:56,010 --> 00:28:01,415 it must be easier for two boys to date than a boy and a girl. 498 00:28:01,448 --> 00:28:05,252 None of that "battle of the sexes" stuff to navigate. 499 00:28:05,286 --> 00:28:06,621 Fun fact, 500 00:28:06,655 --> 00:28:08,455 I read in Dr. Kingsley's book 501 00:28:08,489 --> 00:28:10,858 that 81% of girls experiment 502 00:28:10,891 --> 00:28:13,427 with other girls before they turn 18. 503 00:28:14,929 --> 00:28:16,397 Isn't that shocking? 504 00:28:16,430 --> 00:28:18,032 Sounds about right to me. 505 00:28:18,065 --> 00:28:22,002 I mean, I've... I've kissed a girl before. 506 00:28:22,036 --> 00:28:26,073 I won't say who, but you would know her. 507 00:28:27,174 --> 00:28:29,343 Oh, my gosh. 508 00:28:29,376 --> 00:28:30,377 Have you ever? 509 00:28:34,315 --> 00:28:35,282 No, I haven't. 510 00:28:37,785 --> 00:28:39,253 But I've thought about it. 511 00:28:40,454 --> 00:28:41,388 It's only natural. 512 00:28:43,658 --> 00:28:44,792 With who? 513 00:28:45,660 --> 00:28:46,794 With you. 514 00:28:49,598 --> 00:28:51,633 Is it okay that I said that? 515 00:28:51,666 --> 00:28:53,167 I'm glad you did. 516 00:28:55,736 --> 00:28:57,004 Do you... 517 00:28:58,272 --> 00:28:59,273 Do you want to try it? 518 00:29:02,544 --> 00:29:03,444 Me too. 519 00:29:18,158 --> 00:29:19,226 Miss Veronica, we're coming in. 520 00:29:20,562 --> 00:29:22,062 Smithers. 521 00:29:22,096 --> 00:29:24,532 I stand corrected, Mrs. Andrews, 522 00:29:24,566 --> 00:29:26,934 You were right about the squatters. 523 00:29:26,967 --> 00:29:29,069 A mother's intuition always is. 524 00:29:30,404 --> 00:29:33,340 Okay, girls. You need to tell me everything. 525 00:29:37,044 --> 00:29:38,846 Julian. 526 00:29:38,879 --> 00:29:42,449 I know we don't always get along, but... 527 00:29:44,351 --> 00:29:45,252 I love you. 528 00:29:47,254 --> 00:29:50,090 Call me crazy, but I... 529 00:29:50,991 --> 00:29:53,427 I miss your grating voice, 530 00:29:53,460 --> 00:29:55,963 I miss your horsey laugh. 531 00:29:57,231 --> 00:29:58,098 Brother, dear... 532 00:29:59,266 --> 00:30:01,068 Please come back to me. 533 00:30:02,537 --> 00:30:04,371 If not for your own sake, 534 00:30:04,405 --> 00:30:07,074 then for mine. 535 00:30:08,909 --> 00:30:10,411 I beg of you. 536 00:30:10,444 --> 00:30:13,914 Oh, jeez. Would you stop it with the waterworks, sis? 537 00:30:13,947 --> 00:30:16,984 - You're embarrassing both of us. - Julian? 538 00:30:17,017 --> 00:30:20,120 Told a guy in a coma he has a horsey laugh. 539 00:30:21,422 --> 00:30:22,557 I'm gonna remember that. 540 00:30:26,628 --> 00:30:28,262 Alice told you what? 541 00:30:29,496 --> 00:30:31,031 "I'm not your mother anymore." 542 00:30:31,566 --> 00:30:33,267 Unspeakable. 543 00:30:33,300 --> 00:30:36,870 A mother disowning her own child. 544 00:30:36,904 --> 00:30:40,140 And Veronica, your parents evicted you? 545 00:30:41,241 --> 00:30:43,645 Via telegram, via Smithers. 546 00:30:43,678 --> 00:30:46,313 You poor things. 547 00:30:47,114 --> 00:30:48,516 I knew something was wrong. 548 00:30:49,584 --> 00:30:50,951 But don't worry. 549 00:30:50,984 --> 00:30:53,487 I'm going to fix everything. 550 00:30:53,521 --> 00:30:55,757 Are we worried that the Mantles may try 551 00:30:55,790 --> 00:30:56,957 to take legal action 552 00:30:56,990 --> 00:30:58,793 against us or the school board? 553 00:30:58,827 --> 00:31:00,829 Oh, don't be daffy, man. 554 00:31:00,861 --> 00:31:02,162 Oh, they'd never be able to find a lawyer 555 00:31:02,196 --> 00:31:04,231 to represent them in a case like that. 556 00:31:04,264 --> 00:31:06,066 And even if they did, they wouldn't be able to afford the fees. 557 00:31:06,100 --> 00:31:07,901 Of course you're right, Mr. Mayor. 558 00:31:07,935 --> 00:31:10,170 Yeah, well, in any case, uh, tell me a little bit more 559 00:31:10,204 --> 00:31:12,339 about the Mantle boy's replacement. 560 00:31:12,373 --> 00:31:14,975 Difficult keeping it all hush hush, Mr. Mayor, 561 00:31:15,008 --> 00:31:17,311 but we just finalized the papers. 562 00:31:17,344 --> 00:31:20,314 Your new ringer from Boston, KO Kelly, 563 00:31:20,347 --> 00:31:22,817 will transfer to Riverdale High as soon as next week. 564 00:31:22,851 --> 00:31:24,985 Once Mantle gets us that win against Stonewall, 565 00:31:25,018 --> 00:31:26,487 we'll just swap him out 566 00:31:26,521 --> 00:31:30,057 for a normal, red-blooded American lad, a real one. 567 00:31:30,090 --> 00:31:32,960 One that's just as good a player, but more like us. 568 00:31:32,993 --> 00:31:36,029 Then I will send that Mantle packing. 569 00:31:38,232 --> 00:31:41,803 Of all the no-good rotten things in this world. 570 00:31:41,836 --> 00:31:44,739 What kind of mother disowns their own child? 571 00:31:44,773 --> 00:31:46,073 When you have a child, 572 00:31:46,106 --> 00:31:48,108 do you know what your middle name becomes? 573 00:31:48,142 --> 00:31:50,110 Sacrifice. 574 00:31:50,144 --> 00:31:52,881 I mean, we mothers were put on this planet 575 00:31:52,913 --> 00:31:55,082 to nurture our children. 576 00:31:55,115 --> 00:31:57,752 And here I thought Penelope Blossom was bad. 577 00:31:57,786 --> 00:31:59,219 And you can bet your bottom dollar 578 00:31:59,253 --> 00:32:01,388 that I said the same thing to Hermione Lodge. 579 00:32:01,422 --> 00:32:04,024 That you should both do everything in your power 580 00:32:04,057 --> 00:32:05,860 to write these horrific wrongs 581 00:32:05,894 --> 00:32:08,061 and to regain your moral footing. 582 00:32:09,496 --> 00:32:11,098 And you had best pray 583 00:32:11,131 --> 00:32:13,267 that you can repair the damage that you've done. 584 00:32:14,903 --> 00:32:16,970 Here you go, sweetie. 585 00:32:17,004 --> 00:32:19,841 Oh, so am I your daughter again? 586 00:32:19,874 --> 00:32:21,609 Of course. 587 00:32:21,643 --> 00:32:22,943 You and Ethel are. 588 00:32:30,484 --> 00:32:31,519 Archie. 589 00:32:33,353 --> 00:32:34,689 Cheryl. 590 00:32:34,722 --> 00:32:36,791 I heard the good word from the bird about Julian. 591 00:32:36,825 --> 00:32:38,425 It is truly a miracle, 592 00:32:38,459 --> 00:32:40,795 but I need to talk to you about something else. 593 00:32:40,829 --> 00:32:45,432 Namely, Reggie, and my father's nefarious plans for him. 594 00:32:47,234 --> 00:32:48,636 They're planning what? 595 00:32:51,773 --> 00:32:53,173 After we play Stonewall, 596 00:32:53,207 --> 00:32:55,075 Clifford Blossom's gonna cut you from the team 597 00:32:55,108 --> 00:32:56,744 and bring in some goofball ringer 598 00:32:56,778 --> 00:32:58,278 from Boston named KO Kelly. 599 00:32:59,547 --> 00:33:00,915 How much you want to wager 600 00:33:00,949 --> 00:33:02,382 the new ringer is a few shades lighter than me? 601 00:33:05,954 --> 00:33:07,956 Look, I'm in knots about this, Reg. 602 00:33:08,021 --> 00:33:09,490 What do you want to do? 603 00:33:09,524 --> 00:33:11,325 I want to finish what I was brought here to do. 604 00:33:12,359 --> 00:33:13,895 I want to lead the Bulldogs 605 00:33:13,928 --> 00:33:15,563 to their first championship in a decade. 606 00:33:18,065 --> 00:33:19,801 And I want to do it as Captain. 607 00:33:19,834 --> 00:33:21,368 Well, that's what I want too. 608 00:33:21,401 --> 00:33:23,638 Same with all the guys on the team. 609 00:33:23,671 --> 00:33:26,073 So let's see if we can make it happen for you. 610 00:33:32,947 --> 00:33:34,348 What do you think, Mr. Fieldstone? 611 00:33:34,381 --> 00:33:36,718 It's not about a milkman. It's about a mailman. 612 00:33:36,751 --> 00:33:39,186 -In case that wasn't obvious enough. -Hmm. 613 00:33:39,854 --> 00:33:40,989 It's subversive. 614 00:33:42,524 --> 00:33:45,593 But, uh, it's kinda cheeky and I like that. 615 00:33:45,627 --> 00:33:47,662 Says something without being ham-fisted. 616 00:33:47,695 --> 00:33:49,597 It's... 617 00:33:49,631 --> 00:33:51,265 Well, kiddos, I don't know how to tell you this, 618 00:33:51,298 --> 00:33:55,369 but, uh, I think it's brilliant. 619 00:33:55,402 --> 00:33:57,839 Oh, gee, thanks, Mr. Fieldstone. 620 00:33:57,872 --> 00:33:59,339 We tried other things. 621 00:33:59,373 --> 00:34:01,208 We just kept circling back to, uh... 622 00:34:01,241 --> 00:34:02,610 The mailman. Yeah, I get it. 623 00:34:02,644 --> 00:34:05,479 That's a pretty neat workaround, I must admit. 624 00:34:05,513 --> 00:34:07,414 But Werthers and the powers that be 625 00:34:07,447 --> 00:34:10,083 will not be as tickled as I am. 626 00:34:10,117 --> 00:34:11,553 You know, if we publish this, it's... 627 00:34:11,586 --> 00:34:13,353 It's gonna thicken the storm that's coming, 628 00:34:13,387 --> 00:34:15,690 and believe me, a storm is coming. 629 00:34:15,723 --> 00:34:19,259 Like the wrath of God, a storm is coming. 630 00:34:19,293 --> 00:34:21,495 Well, the way I see it is we have two options. 631 00:34:21,529 --> 00:34:23,263 We either bury our heads in the sand 632 00:34:23,297 --> 00:34:25,633 and pray that the storm will pass over us. 633 00:34:25,667 --> 00:34:28,503 But, like you, I don't really see that happening. 634 00:34:28,536 --> 00:34:31,906 Or, we run headlong into the thunder 635 00:34:31,940 --> 00:34:33,473 and thumb our noses at it. 636 00:34:34,676 --> 00:34:39,112 Jughead, you are wise beyond your years, 637 00:34:39,146 --> 00:34:41,448 - you know that? - Shucks. 638 00:34:41,481 --> 00:34:42,750 Well, what do you think, girl genius? 639 00:34:44,084 --> 00:34:46,554 I vote we thicken this milkshake. 640 00:34:48,022 --> 00:34:49,691 Ah, to hell with it! 641 00:34:49,724 --> 00:34:52,259 I've always been a thumb my nose at the world kind of guy. 642 00:34:52,292 --> 00:34:54,361 Bernie, call the printers! 643 00:34:55,429 --> 00:34:57,732 We got a comic book to publish. 644 00:34:57,765 --> 00:35:00,535 Shouldn't you be resting up before the big game, boys? 645 00:35:01,201 --> 00:35:02,503 I want you at your best. 646 00:35:04,371 --> 00:35:06,874 We know what you have planned, sir. 647 00:35:06,908 --> 00:35:08,810 We're here to give it to you straight. 648 00:35:08,843 --> 00:35:11,546 We're not letting you replace Reggie with another player. 649 00:35:11,579 --> 00:35:14,082 In fact, I'm turning over my captainship to him. 650 00:35:14,114 --> 00:35:15,583 It's what he deserves. 651 00:35:15,617 --> 00:35:17,484 You don't have the authority to do that, Andrews. 652 00:35:17,518 --> 00:35:19,654 Not even your uncle does, only I do. 653 00:35:21,656 --> 00:35:22,890 Well, in that case, 654 00:35:22,924 --> 00:35:24,692 if you don't make Reggie captain 655 00:35:24,726 --> 00:35:27,394 for the rest of the season, then I walk. 656 00:35:27,427 --> 00:35:28,295 Me too. 657 00:35:28,328 --> 00:35:30,297 And if Archie and Reggie walk, 658 00:35:30,330 --> 00:35:32,900 we all walk. We're a team. 659 00:35:32,934 --> 00:35:33,901 We stand together. 660 00:35:37,270 --> 00:35:38,906 I'm guessing it'd be pretty embarrassing 661 00:35:38,940 --> 00:35:40,074 for the mayor of Riverdale 662 00:35:40,108 --> 00:35:42,110 to derail a championship season 663 00:35:42,142 --> 00:35:43,878 out of what, spite? 664 00:35:45,913 --> 00:35:49,316 Well, let me make one thing abundantly clear to you boys. 665 00:35:49,349 --> 00:35:55,288 I do not take kindly to threats. 666 00:35:55,322 --> 00:35:56,691 This isn't a threat, Mr. Mayor. 667 00:35:57,491 --> 00:35:59,694 Just laying out your options. 668 00:36:03,163 --> 00:36:04,832 So what will it be, sir? 669 00:36:22,784 --> 00:36:26,754 -Hello? -Phew, it's you. 670 00:36:26,788 --> 00:36:28,723 I was so worried your mom was going to pick up. 671 00:36:28,756 --> 00:36:30,357 Veronica. 672 00:36:30,390 --> 00:36:33,161 That is so strange, I was just about to call you. 673 00:36:33,193 --> 00:36:35,462 Well, I was only calling to say good night, 674 00:36:36,263 --> 00:36:40,134 and that I miss you. 675 00:36:40,168 --> 00:36:41,569 What were you calling about? 676 00:36:41,602 --> 00:36:42,469 Same. 677 00:36:43,738 --> 00:36:44,906 Great minds. 678 00:36:48,275 --> 00:36:49,510 I love you, Bee. 679 00:36:51,879 --> 00:36:53,413 I love you too, Vee. 680 00:36:57,785 --> 00:36:59,386 Say, 681 00:36:59,419 --> 00:37:01,823 were you gonna go to the big game tomorrow? 682 00:37:02,957 --> 00:37:04,125 Against Stonewall. 683 00:37:04,158 --> 00:37:06,894 I almost forgot, I guess I am. You? 684 00:37:07,895 --> 00:37:08,930 I suppose so. 685 00:37:09,964 --> 00:37:11,666 You want to sit together? 686 00:37:11,699 --> 00:37:14,535 That way, you can explain all the esoteric rules to me. 687 00:37:14,569 --> 00:37:17,304 The few I picked up as a River Vixen? 688 00:37:17,337 --> 00:37:18,840 Fab. 689 00:37:20,307 --> 00:37:22,242 What should we wear, do you think? 690 00:37:29,483 --> 00:37:30,651 Before we head out, 691 00:37:30,685 --> 00:37:32,820 is there anything you'd like to say, Captain? 692 00:37:41,696 --> 00:37:43,064 Just thank you. 693 00:37:43,097 --> 00:37:44,232 I know the only reason 694 00:37:44,264 --> 00:37:45,700 Mayor Blossom rubber-stamped me 695 00:37:45,733 --> 00:37:48,536 is 'cause of the way you fellas supported me. 696 00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:52,940 No one's ever done that for me before. 697 00:37:55,109 --> 00:37:57,277 Also, um... 698 00:37:59,379 --> 00:38:01,549 my folks made the trip from Duck Creek 699 00:38:03,483 --> 00:38:05,686 to watch my first game as captain. 700 00:38:09,257 --> 00:38:10,825 So... 701 00:38:12,359 --> 00:38:13,995 So let's win this for Reggie's folks. 702 00:38:15,295 --> 00:38:16,396 And for Peppy! 703 00:38:16,429 --> 00:38:17,632 For Peppy! 704 00:38:22,136 --> 00:38:23,004 Hey. 705 00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:26,974 Don't even give 'em a second to breathe. 706 00:38:27,008 --> 00:38:27,975 Count on that. 707 00:39:10,985 --> 00:39:12,553 From the opening tip-off, 708 00:39:12,587 --> 00:39:14,121 the Riverdale Bulldogs, 709 00:39:14,155 --> 00:39:15,690 led by team captain Reggie Mantle, 710 00:39:15,723 --> 00:39:17,625 dominated the Stonewall Stallions, 711 00:39:18,926 --> 00:39:20,261 who broke school records 712 00:39:20,294 --> 00:39:22,797 in points, rebounds and assists. 713 00:39:22,830 --> 00:39:26,000 Indeed, all the Bulldogs treated friends, 714 00:39:26,033 --> 00:39:27,301 family and neighbors 715 00:39:27,335 --> 00:39:29,402 to a night they won't soon forget. 716 00:39:29,436 --> 00:39:31,806 Playing bravely in honor of their teammate, 717 00:39:31,839 --> 00:39:35,710 Julian Blossom, who, as we understand it, is on the mend. 718 00:39:35,743 --> 00:39:38,546 While proving beyond any shadow of a doubt 719 00:39:38,579 --> 00:39:42,415 that this was the team, led by Mantle the Magnificent, 720 00:39:42,449 --> 00:39:43,851 that could take Riverdale 721 00:39:43,885 --> 00:39:46,587 all the way to the state championship. 722 00:39:46,621 --> 00:39:47,889 At the final buzzer, 723 00:39:47,922 --> 00:39:50,191 in a show of good sportsmanship, 724 00:39:50,224 --> 00:39:52,293 the defeated Stallions shook hands 725 00:39:52,326 --> 00:39:54,295 with their victors at center court 726 00:39:54,328 --> 00:39:56,163 before returning the statue 727 00:39:56,197 --> 00:39:59,066 of Riverdale's beloved mascot, Peppy. 728 00:40:00,234 --> 00:40:01,102 So how's it feel? 729 00:40:02,236 --> 00:40:04,572 MVP and record breaker? 730 00:40:04,605 --> 00:40:06,439 I'm not gonna lie. 731 00:40:06,473 --> 00:40:08,342 I'm happy my parents got to see me win tonight. 732 00:40:08,376 --> 00:40:09,977 Oh, they were so proud of you, Reg. 733 00:40:10,011 --> 00:40:11,012 They were on cloud nine. 734 00:40:12,146 --> 00:40:13,080 You earned it. 735 00:40:14,615 --> 00:40:17,952 Which is why I, uh, I wanted to give you something. 736 00:40:29,964 --> 00:40:31,666 Your dad's captain patch? 737 00:40:31,699 --> 00:40:34,201 Archie, I... I can't. 738 00:40:34,235 --> 00:40:35,937 I want you to, Reg. 739 00:40:35,970 --> 00:40:37,371 It'd mean a lot to me. 740 00:40:37,405 --> 00:40:38,739 And to him. 741 00:40:46,180 --> 00:40:47,715 I'll honor him, I promise. 742 00:40:48,649 --> 00:40:50,651 And then, I'll give it back to you 743 00:40:50,685 --> 00:40:51,886 at the end of the season. 744 00:40:56,991 --> 00:40:58,259 So are you, uh, 745 00:40:58,292 --> 00:41:00,127 sticking around on the team or what? 746 00:41:01,262 --> 00:41:02,964 Well, I guess. 747 00:41:02,997 --> 00:41:04,065 Maybe for a little while. 748 00:41:04,999 --> 00:41:06,600 I gotta watch your back. 749 00:41:07,335 --> 00:41:09,670 What about writing poems? 750 00:41:09,704 --> 00:41:11,772 That's what you love to do, right? 751 00:41:11,806 --> 00:41:14,709 That's your passion, isn't it? 752 00:41:14,742 --> 00:41:16,510 Maybe. 753 00:41:16,544 --> 00:41:18,245 I don't know. I'm not sure the world's ready 754 00:41:18,279 --> 00:41:21,682 for, uh, Archie Andrews, beatnik poet. 755 00:41:21,716 --> 00:41:23,217 Maybe. 756 00:41:25,286 --> 00:41:27,521 Ha, maybe not. 757 00:41:31,359 --> 00:41:32,660 For a brief moment, 758 00:41:32,693 --> 00:41:34,795 they were two teenage boys... 759 00:41:34,829 --> 00:41:36,697 friends, practically brothers, 760 00:41:36,731 --> 00:41:39,934 on the cusp of pursuing very different dreams. 761 00:41:39,967 --> 00:41:41,535 Unaware that a storm was coming, 762 00:41:41,569 --> 00:41:43,337 as Mr. Fieldstone said. 763 00:41:44,705 --> 00:41:47,675 Like the wrath of God, it was coming, 764 00:41:47,708 --> 00:41:50,044 and that all of us would be smashed to pieces by it.