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One distinct
advantage of dating
the owner of a movie theater
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is getting to see flicks
with my pals for free.
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Which is why
every Tuesday night,
we would gather to watch
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whatever latest atomic age
fright-fest was playing,
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little imagining
that we would soon
be walking into our very own
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real-life,
science-fiction-tinged B movie.
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There, suddenly,
was a melting man,
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coming towards us
looking like a wax statue
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that had been left out
in the sun for too long.
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At which point the cavalry
suddenly arrived.
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Sheriff Keller would
soon be claiming
that the man was a vagrant,
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suffering from a rare case
of... wait for it... leprosy.
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But that didn't jibe
with what I overheard
Ethel say to Ben Button.
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He's wearing the same uniform
my dad did when he worked
at the maple factory.
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Once again,
there was something rotten
in the town of Riverdale,
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and if I was going to get
real answers this time,
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I'd have to
hunt them down myself.
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Luckily, I knew for a fact
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that the town coroner,
Dr. Curdle,
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was a fan
of Pep's horror comics,
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which were hard
to come by these days.
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Unless you had an inside
connection like me.
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Oh, yes.
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These are quite
marvelous, Mr. Jones.
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Worthy of a quid pro quo.
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Keen-o. So, clue me in
on what you know about
that mysterious melting man.
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How'd he end up
looking that way?
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I believe he was suffering
from acute radiation poisoning.
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Jeepers!
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Nuclear or atomic?
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And where would he get
radiation poisoning?
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I couldn't say.
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Unfortunately, I didn't have
much time with the body
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before Mayor Blossom claimed it
and whisked it away.
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The melting man,
as you call him,
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was an employee
of the mayor's maple factory
is my understanding.
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That stinks like a rotten fish.
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Ethel, are you ready
to walk to school?
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Betty, are you sure
you don't want your mom
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to drive you
and Ethel to school?
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Under no circumstances.
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Ethel, come on.
We're gonna be late.
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Don't worry, Hal.
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One day it'll be
raining cats and dogs,
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and she will finally
let me give her a ride.
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-You'll see.
-Mm, no, I won't.
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Ethel, Veronica and I signed up
for driver's education
at school.
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So, pretty soon
I'll be driving myself
wherever I want.
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Great news from Coach Parsley
over at Camp Evans.
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You are in, Reggie.
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-No foolin', Coach?
-In where?
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Only the best
summer basketball camp
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for high-schoolers
in the country.
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That's wonderful news.
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Congratulations, Reggie.
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And what about you,
Bill Shakespeare?
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What are your plans?
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Guess there's no summer camp
for poetry, is there?
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Well, there'll be plenty
for Archie to do
in town, Frank.
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He can pick up
his old job at Pop's,
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or he can help me down
at the dress shop.
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Oh, you hear that?
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You can work
in your mom's dress shop.
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I bet you wish
you didn't quit the team now.
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Let's motor, sis.
Train's leaving
with or without you.
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And who,
pray tell, was that?
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You enlisting, Dad?
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Oh, don't be asinine,
the both of you.
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That was General Taylor
from Washington.
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He was delivering
unto me, uh...
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Well, a gift.
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Come into my study,
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I want you to see it.
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What godforsaken creature
is that?
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This is Moloch, Cheryl.
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Ancient pagan deity.
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It can only be appeased
through child sacrifice.
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You should both
keep Moloch in mind,
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should you ever be inclined
to give me any more grief.
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Ethel?
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Look, I don't mean
to open old wounds,
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but that melting man
outside the Babylonium...
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-What about him?
-You told Ben
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that he was wearing
the same uniform
that your father did
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at the Blossom maple factory.
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I... I was just wondering
what your father
actually did there.
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He was a janitor.
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Why?
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Did he ever get sick?
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My mom sometimes said
that he started drinking
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to help deal
with the chronic pain he felt
in his stomach and his joints.
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And also because
he was losing his hair.
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Golly.
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But, Jughead, why are you
asking me about this?
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Look, I can't say
for certain yet,
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but the fact that your father
and the melting man,
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and Mr. Rayberry,
now that I think about it,
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all worked at
the Blossom maple factory
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and all bit the linoleum
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in, shall we say,
bizarre circumstances, I--
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Well, I just don't think
that's a coincidence.
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I think the Blossoms
are hiding something.
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And I'm going to find out what.
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So I can get us, you, me,
Mrs. Rayberry...
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some closure.
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What?
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What is it?
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Jughead, I appreciate
what you're doing.
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But I'm trying
to move on with my life.
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I'm applying
for my driver's license.
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I just got my car that I won
as Miss Riverdale Teen Queen,
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I'm going steady with Ben.
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Hi.
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You're going steady
with our Ben? Ben Button?
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In any case,
I'm trying to put the past
where it belongs, behind me.
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All right, class,
please finish
taking your seats.
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Mayor Blossom
and Principal Featherhead
have asked me to show you
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this informational film
about what to do in the event
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of an atomic bomb
detonating in Riverdale.
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Now,
we must be ready
for a new danger...
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the atomic bomb.
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You will know when it comes.
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There is a bright flash
brighter than the sun.
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If you are not ready,
it could hurt you
in different ways.
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It could knock you down hard
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or throw you against
a tree or a wall.
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It is such a big explosion,
it can smash in buildings,
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and knock signboards over,
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and break windows
all over town.
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Jeepers,
that atomic bomb movie
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really gave me the zorros.
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It should have.
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That dumb movie
was telling us
to "duck and cover,"
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as if flying glass
is going to be
the biggest of our worries.
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In truth, most of us
wouldn't even likely
survive an atomic explosion.
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What... What are you
playing at, Jug?
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Have any of you seen
the newsreels from Japan?
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If a bomb drops on
or near Riverdale,
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all of us are vaporized
in less than a nanosecond.
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Not to mention the radiation
we would all be exposed to,
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even if we managed to survive
the initial detonation.
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Well, I know what I'd do
if a bomb were heading our way,
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I'd sequester myself
in the Pembrooke
sub-sub-basement.
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It's like a little
underground city down there.
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You'd be invited,
of course, Juggiekins.
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Ugh.
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I would seek shelter
in the abandoned Blossom mines.
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They have stood strong
since before
the Revolutionary War.
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Isn't it dark and cold
down in those mines?
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Hmm, why, yes, Toni, it is.
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I would have to find some way
to stay cozy and warm.
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I'd head back to Duck Creek.
We've got a well so deep
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no bomb or radiation
could reach it.
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Well, why stop at Duck Creek?
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I mean,
if we hear these sirens,
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I'm hopping in my hot rod,
I'm grabbin' my mom
and I'm heading out West.
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There is no way
these radiation clouds
are gonna cross the Rockies.
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Out West sounds nice.
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Sure does.
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You can't outrun
an atomic bomb, Archie.
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No matter how screamin' fast
your hot rod is.
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Guys, I read somewhere
that if you are inside
a refrigerator,
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when the big one hits,
you're safe.
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But then you're
inside a refrigerator.
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Yeah, Kev, what would you do
about food and water?
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I mean, I'd be
inside of a refrigerator.
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I'm not holing up anywhere.
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Come on, guys.
We can't let this bomb
get us down.
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In places like Nevada,
where the US
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does most of
its atomic testing,
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people have bomb shelters
in case something goes wrong.
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That's what it would take
to be truly safe,
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a lead-lined
underground bunker.
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If Russia
wanted to bomb us,
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wouldn't they target
larger cities
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like Los Angeles or New York?
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People who live
in the sticks like us,
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we don't actually
have to worry about
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nuclear attacks, do we?
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Mm. I wouldn't bet
the farm on it.
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An atomic bomb
could drop anywhere.
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Even here, in Riverdale.
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It says, "Make rope end
wrap around the rope."
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Whatever that means.
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Hey,
what are you fellas up to?
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We're trying
to tie a sailor's knot
and failing miserably.
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A sailor's knot?
I can show you how.
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Don't you remember
your Adventure Scouts training?
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"The rabbit goes out the hole,
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around the tree,
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back through the hole again."
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You should get a nice loop.
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What are you guys
practicing this for anyways?
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You do realize
if the bomb hits,
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there's not much
a sailor's knot
can do for you.
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Kevin and I are considering
joining the Merchant Marines.
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Merchant Marines? Wow.
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What is that?
Part of the Navy
or something?
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No, it's a civilian job.
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They pay you
to work on a cargo ship
and travel around the world.
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You know, Archie,
you might be keen on this too.
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A lot of great writers
were Merchant Marines.
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A lot of the Beats
have served too.
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Ginsberg and Kerouac
both did their time
on the seven seas.
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"Adventure awaits you
on the open water."
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I'll say this much,
I wouldn't hate
getting away from my uncle.
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Seeing the world,
having adventures,
it would enrich my writing.
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I mean, that sounds
super swell to me.
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And I do love tying knots.
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If you're serious,
there's a recruiter
coming tomorrow.
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You can ask him questions
and hear what he has to say.
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Ladies, you are the drivers
of tomorrow.
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As such, it is important
to learn to be alert,
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confident, conscientious
motor vehicle operators.
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Stop sign.
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Driving is not a right,
as many young men believe.
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It is a privilege...
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and a responsibility.
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Upcoming left turn.
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That's wonderful, girls.
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Now, let's bring
our cars into park.
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And shake it out.
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Very good.
Excellent.
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Now, your homework
for tonight is to rest,
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because tomorrow,
your true test
of skills begins.
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We will be getting into
a real, working automobile
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to practice parallel parking.
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How was school today, boys?
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Anything interesting happen?
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We watched a movie
that taught us what to do
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if the Russians
drop a bomb on us.
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I'm thinking of joining
the Merchant Marines.
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Well, as long as you finish
high school first,
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and when that day comes,
I hope you'll still
consider going to college.
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Well, now, wait a minute, Mary.
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Merchant Marines sounds
like a solid, sensible idea.
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Much better than going to
some college to pursue poetry.
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Actually, the Merchant Marines
would be a way
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for me to pursue
my poetry, Uncle Frank.
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A lot of Beats would join
the Merchant Marines
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to learn more about themselves
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00:12:00,710 --> 00:12:03,212
and the world
and then to write about it.
243
00:12:03,245 --> 00:12:04,948
You'd know that if you ever
cracked open a book.
244
00:12:04,982 --> 00:12:06,083
What was that?
245
00:12:06,115 --> 00:12:08,250
Well, no one is joining
anything tonight.
246
00:12:08,284 --> 00:12:11,554
So can we please just
finish our supper in peace?
247
00:12:13,122 --> 00:12:15,092
Well, Dilton,
what's the occasion?
248
00:12:15,124 --> 00:12:19,462
I... I just came by because...
249
00:12:19,495 --> 00:12:22,698
after the melting man
and that movie
my dad showed in class,
250
00:12:22,732 --> 00:12:24,367
I know you're unsettled.
251
00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:27,336
Sue me. I don't wanna die
in an atomic attack.
252
00:12:27,370 --> 00:12:31,407
Yeah, except,
you don't have to worry,
Jughead.
253
00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:33,142
You, you're one of
my best pals.
254
00:12:33,175 --> 00:12:34,410
You're my comic book buddy.
255
00:12:34,443 --> 00:12:37,047
If anything bad
were to actually happen,
256
00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,715
I'd take care of you.
You'd be safe.
257
00:12:39,749 --> 00:12:44,620
Well, that's swell
of you to say, Dilton,
but how would I be safe?
258
00:12:45,956 --> 00:12:47,256
It's...
259
00:12:47,289 --> 00:12:50,027
It would probably be easier
if I just showed you.
260
00:12:55,164 --> 00:12:58,434
Ho-ho-holy crapola, Dilton.
261
00:13:00,202 --> 00:13:03,040
How does your family
have a bunker?
262
00:13:03,073 --> 00:13:04,473
My dad built it.
263
00:13:04,507 --> 00:13:07,243
He says we're deep enough
to survive an atomic blast
264
00:13:07,276 --> 00:13:10,147
and any radiation
after the blast.
265
00:13:10,179 --> 00:13:12,581
Am I missing something?
266
00:13:12,615 --> 00:13:15,384
Does your dad
think that Riverdale
could be a target?
267
00:13:18,922 --> 00:13:19,956
Dilton?
268
00:13:22,525 --> 00:13:24,460
What does your dad know
that we don't?
269
00:13:26,129 --> 00:13:28,230
Nothing for certain.
270
00:13:28,264 --> 00:13:30,934
But about a year before
Ethel's folks were killed,
271
00:13:32,069 --> 00:13:33,937
her dad showed up
to our house...
272
00:13:35,771 --> 00:13:37,306
with this.
273
00:13:40,643 --> 00:13:43,779
Mr. Muggs wanted to see
if it was worth anything.
274
00:13:43,813 --> 00:13:47,216
He figured since my dad
was a science teacher,
he'd know.
275
00:13:47,984 --> 00:13:49,218
What is it?
276
00:13:49,585 --> 00:13:50,553
Palladium.
277
00:13:51,454 --> 00:13:54,991
Mr. Muggs said
he swiped it from work.
278
00:13:55,025 --> 00:13:56,559
The maple factory?
279
00:13:56,592 --> 00:13:57,660
I guess so.
280
00:13:57,693 --> 00:14:00,830
He said Clifford Blossom
was sitting on a pile of it
281
00:14:00,863 --> 00:14:03,666
and doing something with it.
282
00:14:03,699 --> 00:14:06,402
That's when my dad started
building this bunker.
283
00:14:07,204 --> 00:14:09,338
Because Clifford Blossom was,
284
00:14:09,371 --> 00:14:12,308
or is, doing something
with palladium?
285
00:14:13,210 --> 00:14:16,312
A secret something?
Worth killing for?
286
00:14:16,345 --> 00:14:20,483
In its inert state, palladium
is basically harmless.
287
00:14:20,516 --> 00:14:24,955
But in its purest state,
concentrated and compressed,
288
00:14:25,922 --> 00:14:27,090
some scientists speculate
289
00:14:27,124 --> 00:14:30,127
it could be more
volatile than plutonium,
290
00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:32,229
and if detonated,
291
00:14:32,261 --> 00:14:35,364
more destructive
than a hydrogen bomb.
292
00:14:37,399 --> 00:14:39,301
This is starting
to ring a bell for me.
293
00:14:39,335 --> 00:14:42,338
Not just a bell, in fact,
a four-alarm siren.
294
00:14:42,371 --> 00:14:44,540
Sure enough, I'd recently
had my nose in a story
295
00:14:44,573 --> 00:14:47,210
about a palladium bomb
destroying a small town
296
00:14:47,244 --> 00:14:50,279
by my former,
deceased mentor Brad Rayberry,
297
00:14:50,312 --> 00:14:53,116
who, at one point,
worked at the Blossom factory.
298
00:14:53,150 --> 00:14:54,617
Had he seen
or heard something there
299
00:14:54,650 --> 00:14:57,853
about palladium
that had inspired his story?
300
00:14:59,321 --> 00:15:00,790
That's the emergency siren!
301
00:15:00,823 --> 00:15:02,159
As we were warned!
302
00:15:02,192 --> 00:15:05,095
This is it!
This is the big one!
303
00:15:12,102 --> 00:15:14,370
Jughead! Duck and cover!
304
00:15:14,403 --> 00:15:16,206
Jughead? Jughead?
What are you doing?
305
00:15:16,239 --> 00:15:17,908
Get under your desk!
306
00:15:17,941 --> 00:15:19,242
No! Jughead!
307
00:15:19,276 --> 00:15:22,311
Get away from the--
308
00:15:35,791 --> 00:15:39,095
Damn you
and your fearmongering,
Jughead Jones.
309
00:16:30,113 --> 00:16:31,982
As a Merchant Marine,
you'll be traveling the globe
310
00:16:32,015 --> 00:16:35,218
on the world's most
technologically advanced ships.
311
00:16:35,252 --> 00:16:36,619
You will work
and train alongside
312
00:16:36,652 --> 00:16:38,621
this country's best
and brightest young men,
313
00:16:38,654 --> 00:16:42,458
all eager to experience life
to the fullest.
314
00:16:42,491 --> 00:16:44,995
-Yes, son.
-Would we have
time to explore,
315
00:16:45,028 --> 00:16:48,298
places we'd be visiting,
you know, really get
to soak them up?
316
00:16:48,331 --> 00:16:49,632
This isn't a pleasure cruise.
317
00:16:49,665 --> 00:16:51,368
It's something you should
all know right now,
318
00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:53,736
no one here
is guaranteed a spot.
319
00:16:57,173 --> 00:16:59,042
Cheryl, hi-ho.
320
00:17:01,044 --> 00:17:03,412
Has anything strange been
happening at your house lately?
321
00:17:03,445 --> 00:17:06,116
Mayhaps. Why do you care?
322
00:17:06,149 --> 00:17:08,517
Well, I heard you mention those
abandoned mines yesterday.
323
00:17:08,550 --> 00:17:11,520
And I was just wondering
if they're close
to your family's maple factory.
324
00:17:11,553 --> 00:17:14,057
The factory is practically
right on top of them, yes.
325
00:17:14,790 --> 00:17:16,092
Okay...
326
00:17:16,126 --> 00:17:18,929
Look, Cheryl, this is gonna
sound like gobbledygook.
327
00:17:18,962 --> 00:17:21,064
But I have reason
to believe that your father
is up to no good.
328
00:17:21,097 --> 00:17:24,301
I think he is involved
in the milkman murders,
329
00:17:24,334 --> 00:17:25,434
not to mention the melting man,
330
00:17:25,467 --> 00:17:27,337
and I think that those mines
331
00:17:27,370 --> 00:17:28,939
are actually palladium mines,
332
00:17:28,972 --> 00:17:30,773
and that they're not
as abandoned as you think.
333
00:17:30,806 --> 00:17:33,509
Jughead, there's no love lost
between my father and I.
334
00:17:33,542 --> 00:17:35,378
In fact, I'm fairly certain
if he had the chance,
335
00:17:35,412 --> 00:17:38,348
he would sacrifice me
to a pagan god
he worships named Moloch.
336
00:17:38,381 --> 00:17:42,152
But to your point,
he has been meeting
with an Army general
337
00:17:42,185 --> 00:17:43,619
in his study recently,
338
00:17:43,652 --> 00:17:47,223
and I did overhear him
and my mother last night
339
00:17:47,257 --> 00:17:49,858
speaking what I believe
was Russian.
340
00:17:49,893 --> 00:17:52,661
Holy moly!
341
00:17:52,695 --> 00:17:54,730
Do you think
you can get in there
and play gumshoe?
342
00:17:54,763 --> 00:17:56,299
Just poke around,
snoop a little,
343
00:17:56,333 --> 00:17:58,034
see if you find
anything incriminating?
344
00:18:26,029 --> 00:18:30,300
I am very pleased to announce
that since all of you passed
345
00:18:30,333 --> 00:18:31,734
both the written
and practical portions
346
00:18:31,767 --> 00:18:34,270
of your driver's
education exam,
347
00:18:34,304 --> 00:18:35,704
we will all be
taking a field trip
348
00:18:35,738 --> 00:18:38,574
to the Riverdale
Department of Motor Vehicles
349
00:18:38,607 --> 00:18:40,377
at the end of the week.
350
00:18:41,444 --> 00:18:44,580
But girls,
this is very important.
351
00:18:44,613 --> 00:18:46,749
In order to obtain
your legal license,
352
00:18:46,782 --> 00:18:50,253
you must bring a copy of your
birth certificate with you.
353
00:18:50,286 --> 00:18:51,421
The DMV needs to make sure
354
00:18:51,454 --> 00:18:53,490
that none of you
are Russian spies.
355
00:19:03,967 --> 00:19:06,535
I was wondering
why the light was on out here.
356
00:19:07,303 --> 00:19:08,704
Let me guess,
357
00:19:08,737 --> 00:19:10,507
this is for
the Merchant Marines.
358
00:19:10,539 --> 00:19:12,108
Well, the recruiter said
359
00:19:12,142 --> 00:19:15,611
everyone rows
at least an hour a day
when they're out at sea
360
00:19:15,644 --> 00:19:19,315
to stay in shape, so...
I'm just getting a head start.
361
00:19:20,483 --> 00:19:22,052
Listen, about that...
362
00:19:22,919 --> 00:19:24,387
Can we talk?
363
00:19:24,421 --> 00:19:25,687
Man-to-man for a minute.
364
00:19:28,491 --> 00:19:29,825
I know I'm not your father.
365
00:19:31,194 --> 00:19:32,328
But just so you know,
366
00:19:33,396 --> 00:19:34,531
I want what's
best for you, Archie,
367
00:19:34,563 --> 00:19:36,166
just the same as he would want.
368
00:19:41,404 --> 00:19:42,604
What is that?
369
00:19:43,639 --> 00:19:45,375
Your old man's dog tags.
370
00:19:45,408 --> 00:19:47,143
I know he'd want
you to have them,
371
00:19:47,177 --> 00:19:50,579
just like I'll bet
he'd want you to quit
this Merchant Marines business,
372
00:19:51,580 --> 00:19:55,218
join the Army,
enlist, just like he did.
373
00:19:57,554 --> 00:19:58,754
Oh, you didn't know?
374
00:20:00,457 --> 00:20:02,591
Your father
wasn't drafted, Archie.
375
00:20:02,624 --> 00:20:04,260
He volunteered for the Army
376
00:20:04,294 --> 00:20:08,998
because he knew
what being a real man
and a good American meant.
377
00:20:09,032 --> 00:20:12,601
He believed
there was no greater duty
than serving this country
378
00:20:12,634 --> 00:20:15,572
and fighting for
democracy and freedom.
379
00:20:15,604 --> 00:20:17,773
And you wanna be like
your father, don't you?
380
00:20:20,642 --> 00:20:21,710
Well, yeah, I...
381
00:20:21,743 --> 00:20:23,446
try to be like him every day.
382
00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:26,815
Well, then drop
this poetry nonsense
and join the Army.
383
00:20:26,849 --> 00:20:29,486
Become the kind of man
he'd be proud of.
384
00:20:29,519 --> 00:20:31,720
The man I know is inside you,
385
00:20:32,222 --> 00:20:33,356
fighting to get out.
386
00:20:34,924 --> 00:20:37,160
And the best part
about joining the Army...
387
00:20:38,895 --> 00:20:40,964
you don't have to wait
until graduation.
388
00:21:07,590 --> 00:21:09,858
Let's see what
you're hiding, Daddy.
389
00:21:46,963 --> 00:21:47,964
A draft?
390
00:22:40,650 --> 00:22:42,418
Good morning, honey.
391
00:22:42,452 --> 00:22:43,819
One waffle or two?
392
00:22:44,120 --> 00:22:45,054
Uh...
393
00:22:46,289 --> 00:22:47,423
Are those your dad's...
394
00:22:48,358 --> 00:22:50,226
Dog tags. Yeah.
395
00:22:50,927 --> 00:22:52,895
Uncle Frank gave 'em to me.
396
00:22:52,929 --> 00:22:54,830
Well, why would
he have done that?
397
00:22:57,300 --> 00:22:58,334
Oh, I think I know.
398
00:22:59,502 --> 00:23:02,171
But maybe you should sit down
so we can talk about it.
399
00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:13,849
Betty, can we
talk for a second?
400
00:23:14,350 --> 00:23:15,251
Sure.
401
00:23:16,519 --> 00:23:18,688
Are things not hunky-dory?
402
00:23:18,721 --> 00:23:21,857
No, there is a problem, um...
403
00:23:21,891 --> 00:23:24,193
I don't have my
birth certificate.
404
00:23:24,661 --> 00:23:26,062
It's at my house.
405
00:23:27,463 --> 00:23:29,098
Where my parents...
406
00:23:29,132 --> 00:23:31,301
Don't worry about it.
I'll grab it for you.
407
00:23:31,334 --> 00:23:32,735
Really, Betty?
408
00:23:32,769 --> 00:23:34,704
Sure. Yeah.
I'll book it there after school
409
00:23:34,737 --> 00:23:36,572
before we go to the DMV.
410
00:23:36,606 --> 00:23:37,839
Do you have any idea
411
00:23:37,873 --> 00:23:39,642
where your birth certificate
would be?
412
00:23:39,676 --> 00:23:41,044
My mom had a crafting desk
413
00:23:41,077 --> 00:23:43,812
where she kept
important papers and things.
414
00:23:43,845 --> 00:23:45,114
I bet you it's in there.
415
00:23:56,793 --> 00:23:58,161
Did you find something?
416
00:23:58,194 --> 00:24:00,763
Did I ever?
You were right
on the beam, Jughead.
417
00:24:00,797 --> 00:24:02,198
-About what part?
-Everything.
418
00:24:02,231 --> 00:24:03,865
Last night whilst snooping
through Daddy's study,
419
00:24:03,900 --> 00:24:05,501
I stumbled upon a secret panel
420
00:24:05,535 --> 00:24:07,070
and found a bunch of these...
421
00:24:10,973 --> 00:24:12,675
and matching uniforms to boot!
422
00:24:12,709 --> 00:24:15,144
Holy Toledo!
423
00:24:16,179 --> 00:24:19,182
That milkman must've been
working for your father.
424
00:24:19,716 --> 00:24:21,883
Doing his bidding?
425
00:24:21,918 --> 00:24:23,653
Cheryl, are you in danger?
426
00:24:23,686 --> 00:24:25,054
No more than usual.
427
00:24:25,088 --> 00:24:26,689
I also went
to the mines last night
428
00:24:26,723 --> 00:24:27,824
and you were right
about those too.
429
00:24:27,856 --> 00:24:29,625
They are palladium mines...
430
00:24:30,526 --> 00:24:33,296
Very much not abandoned.
431
00:24:33,329 --> 00:24:35,864
Meet me
on the Thornhill grounds
tonight after dark
432
00:24:35,898 --> 00:24:38,034
and bring your camera,
and pray an atomic disaster
433
00:24:38,067 --> 00:24:39,602
doesn't befall us all
before then.
434
00:25:39,829 --> 00:25:41,330
What? Wha--
435
00:25:45,903 --> 00:25:48,538
What was my dad paying
the Muggs' for?
436
00:26:02,718 --> 00:26:04,220
So Frank, Archie told me
437
00:26:04,253 --> 00:26:06,989
about your little talk
in the garage last night.
438
00:26:08,858 --> 00:26:10,359
Did he now?
439
00:26:10,393 --> 00:26:12,795
- And what did he say?
- A few things.
440
00:26:12,829 --> 00:26:13,897
But it sounded to me
441
00:26:13,931 --> 00:26:16,365
like you used his father,
your brother,
442
00:26:16,399 --> 00:26:19,669
to try to manipulate my son
into joining the Army.
443
00:26:20,470 --> 00:26:21,404
How dare you, Frank?
444
00:26:21,437 --> 00:26:24,073
Especially when you
yourself never served.
445
00:26:25,875 --> 00:26:28,912
The Army is the best place
for him, Mary.
446
00:26:28,946 --> 00:26:29,812
It'll set him straight.
447
00:26:29,846 --> 00:26:31,314
Let's not mince words, Frank.
448
00:26:31,347 --> 00:26:33,316
We all know
what this is really about.
449
00:26:33,349 --> 00:26:36,652
It's about you not wanting
Archie to write poetry.
450
00:26:36,686 --> 00:26:38,688
He's on the road to ruin.
451
00:26:38,721 --> 00:26:40,958
He's... Well, he's lost.
452
00:26:40,990 --> 00:26:43,961
He's not lost.
He's 17.
453
00:26:43,993 --> 00:26:45,595
He's got his whole life
ahead of him.
454
00:26:45,628 --> 00:26:48,631
Whether that's joining
the Merchant Marines,
or the Army,
455
00:26:48,664 --> 00:26:52,001
or going to college
to study literature and poetry,
456
00:26:52,034 --> 00:26:53,669
after he finishes high school.
457
00:26:53,703 --> 00:26:57,673
But he'll be the one
who decides his path,
not his bullying uncle.
458
00:26:59,943 --> 00:27:02,612
I can't have you
here anymore, Frank.
459
00:27:02,645 --> 00:27:04,046
It's time for you to move out.
460
00:27:05,047 --> 00:27:07,250
Mary, you called me
here to help.
461
00:27:07,283 --> 00:27:08,885
And now she's telling you
to hit the road.
462
00:27:08,919 --> 00:27:11,821
And who's gonna be
the man of the house
when I'm gone?
463
00:27:11,854 --> 00:27:14,958
- I am.
- Not that I need one.
464
00:27:14,992 --> 00:27:17,426
I am the woman
of this house, after all.
465
00:27:17,460 --> 00:27:20,263
I'm the one who pays
the mortgage around here.
466
00:27:20,296 --> 00:27:23,934
Well, I suppose
I could shack up
with my old pal Tom Keller.
467
00:27:23,967 --> 00:27:27,670
I hear he's been
handed a similar set
of marching orders recently.
468
00:27:27,703 --> 00:27:28,804
Wonderful.
469
00:27:28,838 --> 00:27:30,740
That works out
for everyone then.
470
00:27:41,083 --> 00:27:42,752
Betty. How you doing, kiddo?
471
00:27:42,785 --> 00:27:46,924
Why were you two writing checks
once a month,
472
00:27:46,957 --> 00:27:49,292
year after year, to the Muggs'?
473
00:27:53,129 --> 00:27:57,133
Because, Betty, Mrs. Muggs
was our housekeeper.
474
00:27:57,166 --> 00:28:00,904
Those must have been payments
for those services.
475
00:28:00,938 --> 00:28:02,705
That doesn't make any sense.
476
00:28:02,738 --> 00:28:05,008
Some of these checks
are from two years ago.
477
00:28:05,042 --> 00:28:07,443
If Mrs. Muggs were ever
our housekeeper,
478
00:28:07,476 --> 00:28:10,846
she hadn't been
for as long as I can remember.
479
00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:14,317
Oh, and... and what's
the story behind this photo?
480
00:28:16,118 --> 00:28:17,988
Who's that baby?
481
00:28:18,021 --> 00:28:20,523
Because it's not me
and it's not Polly.
482
00:28:21,123 --> 00:28:22,658
That's Ethel.
483
00:28:22,692 --> 00:28:28,464
Why did the Muggs' have a photo
of you holding Ethel as a baby?
484
00:28:29,900 --> 00:28:32,035
Because the Muggs' asked
485
00:28:32,069 --> 00:28:34,570
if I would be
Ethel's godfather.
486
00:28:35,005 --> 00:28:36,272
And I agreed.
487
00:28:36,305 --> 00:28:38,274
So why haven't
I heard about this?
488
00:28:38,909 --> 00:28:39,910
Why hasn't anyone?
489
00:28:39,943 --> 00:28:41,544
I don't know...
490
00:28:42,045 --> 00:28:43,646
Stop, Hal.
491
00:28:44,982 --> 00:28:46,515
Just stop.
492
00:28:48,018 --> 00:28:49,251
It's over.
493
00:28:50,087 --> 00:28:51,387
Can't you see that?
494
00:28:54,958 --> 00:28:58,227
You're Ethel's father,
aren't you?
495
00:28:59,261 --> 00:29:02,198
Why don't you
go for a walk, dear? Hmm?
496
00:29:03,165 --> 00:29:05,701
So that Betty and I
can have a little chat.
497
00:29:13,175 --> 00:29:16,113
Mildred Muggs
did clean our house
498
00:29:16,145 --> 00:29:19,548
before you were born.
That part is true.
499
00:29:19,582 --> 00:29:23,486
And at some point,
she and your father
started having an affair.
500
00:29:24,887 --> 00:29:27,024
And I suspected it
for a long time,
501
00:29:27,057 --> 00:29:29,092
but it was finally
confirmed when...
502
00:29:29,126 --> 00:29:31,028
Mrs. Muggs got pregnant.
503
00:29:31,061 --> 00:29:34,031
Your father
admitted everything.
504
00:29:34,064 --> 00:29:36,198
He was crying,
505
00:29:36,232 --> 00:29:39,069
apologizing.
He didn't know what to do.
506
00:29:39,102 --> 00:29:42,438
I mean, if any whiff
of the scandal got out,
507
00:29:42,939 --> 00:29:44,840
the consequences,
508
00:29:44,874 --> 00:29:49,245
for the station, for...
for us, for our family...
509
00:29:49,278 --> 00:29:51,180
So you stayed with him?
510
00:29:51,213 --> 00:29:53,083
I had no other choice.
511
00:29:53,116 --> 00:29:54,850
Yes, I stayed.
512
00:29:54,884 --> 00:29:56,318
But I... I handled it.
513
00:29:57,186 --> 00:29:58,454
I made a deal with the Muggs'
514
00:29:58,487 --> 00:30:01,892
that if they agreed
to raise the baby as their own
515
00:30:01,925 --> 00:30:03,093
and keep our secret
516
00:30:03,126 --> 00:30:06,163
that we would
financially support the child
517
00:30:06,195 --> 00:30:08,165
until she turned 16.
518
00:30:08,197 --> 00:30:12,835
Support... Ethel, my sister?
519
00:30:12,868 --> 00:30:13,904
Your half-sister.
520
00:30:15,237 --> 00:30:19,475
This is why
you "adopted" Ethel.
521
00:30:21,912 --> 00:30:25,548
This is why you've been
the way that you've been...
522
00:30:26,615 --> 00:30:27,650
with me.
523
00:30:30,219 --> 00:30:32,621
Wanting Kevin
to pin me over Archie.
524
00:30:33,990 --> 00:30:37,326
Why you were scared of me
reading Dr. Kingsley's book.
525
00:30:39,595 --> 00:30:43,599
You were afraid of something
like what happened to you
happening to me?
526
00:30:45,102 --> 00:30:47,403
I just wanted to give you
527
00:30:48,071 --> 00:30:50,840
a good, happy life.
528
00:30:51,741 --> 00:30:52,742
Unburdened.
529
00:30:53,809 --> 00:30:55,878
Safe, free of shame.
530
00:30:55,912 --> 00:31:01,918
You've been obsessed
with presenting
as the perfect family
531
00:31:01,952 --> 00:31:03,285
when all along...
532
00:31:05,922 --> 00:31:07,656
this is what's been wrong.
533
00:31:07,690 --> 00:31:11,027
This... secret.
534
00:31:11,061 --> 00:31:13,262
This... shame,
535
00:31:13,295 --> 00:31:15,331
not what I've been doing.
536
00:31:16,233 --> 00:31:17,833
Or what Polly did.
537
00:31:20,137 --> 00:31:21,637
It was Dad's affair...
538
00:31:24,174 --> 00:31:26,076
and your decision
to stay with him
539
00:31:26,109 --> 00:31:28,410
and pretend
that everything was fine.
540
00:31:29,146 --> 00:31:31,347
And for all my efforts,
541
00:31:33,049 --> 00:31:34,450
I failed you.
542
00:31:37,353 --> 00:31:39,522
As a mother...
543
00:31:40,356 --> 00:31:42,825
I failed you,
and I'm sorry.
544
00:31:47,696 --> 00:31:48,697
You didn't.
545
00:31:51,201 --> 00:31:53,069
You did the best
that you could.
546
00:31:56,305 --> 00:31:58,474
You did what
you thought was right.
547
00:32:01,945 --> 00:32:02,946
But now...
548
00:32:05,514 --> 00:32:07,616
we need to get Dad back here,
549
00:32:09,351 --> 00:32:12,888
and we need to tell
Ethel everything.
550
00:32:50,526 --> 00:32:53,230
What you say is here
is really here?
551
00:32:53,263 --> 00:32:54,830
It is. You will
see for yourself.
552
00:32:54,864 --> 00:32:56,599
Well, wouldn't
there be more guards?
553
00:32:56,632 --> 00:33:00,237
I imagine my father is trying
to avoid undue attention.
554
00:33:00,270 --> 00:33:02,538
That's a good point.
555
00:33:02,571 --> 00:33:04,341
And as Cheryl and I
were on the cusp
556
00:33:04,373 --> 00:33:06,343
of uncovering
one explosive truth,
557
00:33:06,375 --> 00:33:08,510
Ethel was experiencing
emotional shock waves
558
00:33:08,544 --> 00:33:11,014
after learning the truth
about her life.
559
00:33:11,047 --> 00:33:12,381
It explains things.
560
00:33:14,416 --> 00:33:16,452
Why my parents were so sad,
561
00:33:16,485 --> 00:33:18,121
why they fought all the time.
562
00:33:20,957 --> 00:33:22,025
Why I always felt...
563
00:33:23,525 --> 00:33:26,395
I don't know,
like it was somehow my fault.
564
00:33:26,428 --> 00:33:28,597
Oh, it was never
your fault, Ethel.
565
00:33:29,933 --> 00:33:30,934
Ethel...
566
00:33:32,269 --> 00:33:36,172
Mrs. Cooper and I,
were discussing and...
567
00:33:37,307 --> 00:33:39,042
Well, we'd like to...
568
00:33:39,075 --> 00:33:40,643
We'd like to make things right.
569
00:33:42,012 --> 00:33:44,413
And formally adopt you.
570
00:33:44,446 --> 00:33:47,483
Show you that
we could be a... a true family.
571
00:33:52,389 --> 00:33:54,690
I appreciate that.
572
00:33:54,723 --> 00:33:58,794
Mr. and Mrs. Cooper,
it's kind of you to offer.
573
00:34:00,763 --> 00:34:02,933
But I don't think
that's what I want.
574
00:34:04,901 --> 00:34:05,902
What do you want?
575
00:34:07,404 --> 00:34:08,604
To be happy.
576
00:34:11,308 --> 00:34:12,976
To move on with my life.
577
00:34:15,111 --> 00:34:16,112
To start over.
578
00:34:23,386 --> 00:34:25,454
Well, you enjoy my room.
579
00:34:25,487 --> 00:34:27,090
Don't get into
too much trouble.
580
00:34:27,123 --> 00:34:28,325
I won't.
581
00:34:28,358 --> 00:34:30,659
And, uh, I'll see you
at practice, Coach.
582
00:34:33,229 --> 00:34:38,234
Mary, I don't know
how I'm going to survive
without your chicken pot pie.
583
00:34:38,268 --> 00:34:39,635
Oh, come on, Frank.
584
00:34:39,668 --> 00:34:42,038
You know you'll always
be welcome at Sunday dinner.
585
00:34:47,277 --> 00:34:48,777
In that case,
I will see you Sunday.
586
00:34:50,914 --> 00:34:51,680
You...
587
00:34:51,714 --> 00:34:52,983
So you're the man
of the house now.
588
00:34:53,016 --> 00:34:55,484
I hope you're up for the task
589
00:34:55,517 --> 00:34:59,488
and, uh, I hope you don't
hold anything against me.
590
00:35:01,424 --> 00:35:02,926
Of course not, Uncle Frank.
591
00:35:04,526 --> 00:35:06,495
But just to be clear,
592
00:35:06,528 --> 00:35:09,598
writing poetry
doesn't make you
any less of a man.
593
00:35:09,631 --> 00:35:11,401
Some of the most beautiful
poems I've ever read
594
00:35:11,434 --> 00:35:13,203
were written by soldiers
in trenches,
595
00:35:13,236 --> 00:35:15,939
covered in mud and the blood
of their brothers.
596
00:35:17,374 --> 00:35:18,908
Well, maybe that's my path.
597
00:35:21,478 --> 00:35:23,480
Well, maybe not.
598
00:35:23,512 --> 00:35:25,048
Guess we'll have to
wait and see.
599
00:35:43,500 --> 00:35:46,036
We have to show these photos
to Sheriff Keller.
600
00:35:46,069 --> 00:35:48,604
Maybe, maybe not.
601
00:35:48,637 --> 00:35:50,440
For all we know,
Sheriff Keller is in on it.
602
00:35:50,473 --> 00:35:52,075
Kevin's father?
603
00:35:52,108 --> 00:35:54,676
No, he's just
a dimwitted small-town sheriff
that's in over his head.
604
00:35:54,710 --> 00:35:58,314
Well, still, now that
we have hard proof,
it's better to be careful.
605
00:35:58,348 --> 00:35:59,648
Veronica has some
contacts in the FBI
606
00:35:59,681 --> 00:36:01,051
from when they
investigated her father.
607
00:36:01,084 --> 00:36:02,618
I'll reach out to her
and see if she can get me
608
00:36:02,651 --> 00:36:03,685
the names of
some of those agents.
609
00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:05,788
Good thinking, Sherlock Jones.
610
00:36:05,821 --> 00:36:10,160
By the way,
are you and Veronica
officially an item now?
611
00:36:12,529 --> 00:36:13,530
Shucks, I don't know.
612
00:36:13,562 --> 00:36:16,366
Talk about being
in over your crown.
613
00:36:16,399 --> 00:36:18,968
-Oh, I'm holding my own.
-Mm-hmm.
614
00:36:28,811 --> 00:36:31,147
I'll get it.
615
00:36:34,451 --> 00:36:36,553
Gentlemen,
you're right on time.
616
00:36:36,585 --> 00:36:38,154
They're having breakfast
in the grand hall.
617
00:36:42,791 --> 00:36:46,829
Clifford Marion Blossom,
Penelope Pavlina
Novikov Blossom,
618
00:36:46,862 --> 00:36:48,331
you're under arrest
for treason,
619
00:36:48,364 --> 00:36:51,334
conspiracy and advocating
for the violent overthrow
620
00:36:51,367 --> 00:36:52,936
of the American government.
621
00:36:52,969 --> 00:36:56,139
The FBI is shutting down
your so-called Project Moloch.
622
00:37:01,743 --> 00:37:03,513
You did a bad thing, Daddy.
623
00:37:03,546 --> 00:37:05,647
Over the coming days,
the world would learn
624
00:37:05,681 --> 00:37:07,484
about the American capitalist
625
00:37:07,517 --> 00:37:09,718
seduced by
the Soviet sleeper agent.
626
00:37:12,621 --> 00:37:14,690
Operation Project Moloch
627
00:37:14,723 --> 00:37:17,293
was to have been
the next leg of the arms race,
628
00:37:17,327 --> 00:37:21,164
from the A-bomb
to the H-bomb to the P-bomb,
629
00:37:21,197 --> 00:37:22,966
the palladium bomb.
630
00:37:22,999 --> 00:37:25,902
The US believed
Clifford Blossom
was developing it for them,
631
00:37:25,935 --> 00:37:27,669
when, in fact,
his plan had been
632
00:37:27,703 --> 00:37:29,506
to develop the P-bomb
in Riverdale
633
00:37:29,539 --> 00:37:31,640
and deliver it
to Mother Russia.
634
00:37:31,673 --> 00:37:33,543
The FBI and the US Army
were credited
635
00:37:33,576 --> 00:37:35,545
with foiling the plot
against America,
636
00:37:35,578 --> 00:37:37,679
which is fine by me,
because I was busy
637
00:37:37,713 --> 00:37:39,648
putting the rest
of the pieces together.
638
00:37:39,681 --> 00:37:42,919
Mr. Rayberry
must have glimpsed
just enough during his job
639
00:37:42,952 --> 00:37:45,787
at the Blossom factory
to grow concerned.
640
00:37:45,821 --> 00:37:47,756
He warned us,
as he always did,
641
00:37:47,789 --> 00:37:49,993
with his brilliant,
terrifying stories.
642
00:37:50,026 --> 00:37:52,028
He might have continued
flying under the radar,
643
00:37:52,061 --> 00:37:54,364
but then he started
agitating at Riverdale High
644
00:37:54,397 --> 00:37:57,799
invoking the Supreme Court,
spooking the powers that be,
645
00:37:57,833 --> 00:38:00,570
prompting Mayor Blossom
to have his hit man,
646
00:38:00,603 --> 00:38:02,704
aka the milkman, kill him.
647
00:38:04,073 --> 00:38:07,277
Ethel's folks also paid
the ultimate price.
648
00:38:07,310 --> 00:38:09,579
Mr. Muggs had discovered
that the Blossoms were sitting
649
00:38:09,612 --> 00:38:11,581
on a stockpile of palladium.
650
00:38:11,614 --> 00:38:13,249
That made him a threat.
651
00:38:13,283 --> 00:38:15,952
One that, for whatever reason,
needed to be eliminated.
652
00:38:15,985 --> 00:38:18,121
Ethel didn't care so much
about the details.
653
00:38:18,154 --> 00:38:20,590
But now that she knew
the complete truth of her life,
654
00:38:20,623 --> 00:38:22,325
she was ready, she said,
655
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:25,395
to finally start to hope again
656
00:38:25,428 --> 00:38:26,462
for a better tomorrow.
657
00:38:27,729 --> 00:38:30,200
Hey, love bug,
you ready to peel out?
658
00:38:34,370 --> 00:38:38,074
♪ The clock is smiling
Like a long-lost prayer ♪
659
00:38:38,107 --> 00:38:42,711
♪ Another minute
And the class will end... ♪
660
00:38:44,780 --> 00:38:46,983
Are you
sure about this, Ethel?
661
00:38:48,551 --> 00:38:49,818
Moving to Hollywood?
662
00:38:49,851 --> 00:38:51,688
Don't you worry, Mrs. Cooper.
663
00:38:51,720 --> 00:38:53,822
I called ahead
to my friend Peter Roth.
664
00:38:53,855 --> 00:38:56,526
He saw some of Ethel's artwork
and got her a job
665
00:38:56,559 --> 00:38:58,428
as a storyboard artist
on the lot.
666
00:38:58,461 --> 00:38:59,662
And I've already
arranged for Ethel
667
00:38:59,696 --> 00:39:00,997
to live with
one of my girlfriends
668
00:39:01,030 --> 00:39:03,466
at the most
glamorous of buildings,
669
00:39:03,499 --> 00:39:04,601
the El Royale.
670
00:39:04,634 --> 00:39:05,867
Thanks again, Veronica.
671
00:39:06,369 --> 00:39:07,370
My pleasure.
672
00:39:08,705 --> 00:39:09,939
Give 'em hell, Ethel.
673
00:39:13,076 --> 00:39:15,578
Don't forget
to send us your address
once you're settled,
674
00:39:15,612 --> 00:39:17,180
so I can come visit you
this summer.
675
00:39:17,213 --> 00:39:18,214
I won't forget.
676
00:39:20,816 --> 00:39:22,352
Thank you
for everything, Betty.
677
00:39:23,620 --> 00:39:25,021
Of course.
678
00:39:37,300 --> 00:39:38,767
I'll miss you.
679
00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:41,304
You always were
the best partner in crime.
680
00:39:42,305 --> 00:39:43,406
Thanks, Jughead.
681
00:39:45,408 --> 00:39:46,409
Don't be too sad.
682
00:39:47,644 --> 00:39:49,445
We'll always have Pep Comics.
683
00:39:49,479 --> 00:39:51,147
Well, hopefully. We'll see.
684
00:39:55,451 --> 00:39:57,886
You're going to be just fine.
685
00:39:58,488 --> 00:40:00,690
I truly feel that.
686
00:40:00,723 --> 00:40:02,125
I hope so, Mrs. Cooper.
687
00:40:21,477 --> 00:40:24,414
Ethel was
the first of us to go,
688
00:40:24,447 --> 00:40:25,814
to leave Riverdale behind.
689
00:40:26,716 --> 00:40:28,284
There would be others soon.
690
00:40:29,185 --> 00:40:31,587
All the pieces
were falling into place.
691
00:40:32,722 --> 00:40:34,691
Project Moloch had failed,
692
00:40:34,724 --> 00:40:36,225
and it was just about time
to find out
693
00:40:36,259 --> 00:40:38,428
if our little town
would be avoiding
694
00:40:38,461 --> 00:40:40,330
an even greater cataclysm.
695
00:40:42,665 --> 00:40:47,236
♪ Nothing can stop me ♪
696
00:40:48,705 --> 00:40:52,241
♪ Now ♪