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[Jughead] For years,
Riverdale had prided itself

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as being the Town with Pep.
Safe, innocent, utopian.

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-But after recent events...
-[typewriter keys clacking]

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[Jughead]
...there was no denying

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the darkness that churned
beneath Riverdale.

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The inequality,
the prejudice,
the fearmongering.

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It had been bubbling
to the surface,

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and very nearly exploded.

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Now, a re-shuffling
was happening.

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Now, some new way
of thinking, of being

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was required.

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Principal Featherhead
was stepping down
from his cherished post.

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The official story was
"for personal reasons".

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But word from the bird
was that he'd been identified
by an anonymous accuser

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as an accessory
to Mayor Blossom's
Soviet shenanigans.

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With a sudden vacancy
in the Principal's office,

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the PTA is initiating
a county-wide search
for a replacement.

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-Mmm.
-Here's hoping this one
makes the grade.

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[softly] Yes.

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[Jughead] In light
of recent revelations,
and after much discussion,

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Mr. and Mrs. Cooper
had decided

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to continue
living on Elm Street
as husband and wife,

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though Mr. Cooper
would be moving into
the basement bedroom,

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a decision that frankly
flummoxed Betty.

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[Alice] You know
the truth now, Betty.

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Why didn't you
leave Dad back then?

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When you first learned about
his affair with Mrs. Muggs?

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I didn't want to
break up our family
over his indiscretions.

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I didn't want you and Polly
to grow up without a father.

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Well, why don't you
divorce Dad now?

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[Alice] What am I gonna do?

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My life is so intertwined
with your father's.

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This is his house.

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I don't own this station.
I can't even open
a bank account on my own.

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And what, uh...

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What about
when you go off to college?

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I'm gonna be alone.

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[inhales deeply]

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You know that I have
never been alone
a day in my life?

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I lived in
my parents' house

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until the day
that I married
your father.

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[Nana Rose] It's just
the three of us now,
children.

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May your idiot father
and viper mother

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both rot in
a Russian gulag

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for the rest of their
miserable lives.

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From your lips
to Moloch's ears, Nana.

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I always knew
there was something squirrelly
about Mom and Dad.

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In the meanwhile,

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it's up to us to ensure
that the Blossoms
rise from the ashes,

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like phoenixes.

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I wholeheartedly concur.

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And rest assured,

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I know exactly
what my first order
of business will be.

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[bell ringing]

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[Veronica] So,
with Featherhead gone,
who's gonna run the asylum now?

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[Jughead] Well, not to sound
like Chicken Little,

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but what if
it's Dr. Werthers?

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There's got to be
better candidates
out there.

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Like Captain Hook
or Godzilla?

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Just so long as they don't
ask my uncle to step up.

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Well, I actually know
the perfect candidate,

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but we would need
support from the PTA
to push it through.

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My mom's president
of the PTA, of course.

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Well, that's a brick wall.

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The last time we appealed to
your mom's better angels,
she let us down.

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She did, but I think
that we should give her
another chance.

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A lot has changed for her
since then.

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Well, in the meantime,
I'm going to pay
a house call

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on good old
Dr. Moldy.

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Oh, I knew it.

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Featherhead is barely
out the door,

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and you're already trying
to take his office?
So what's the plan?

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Are you going to
study us like lab rats

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or experiment on us
like some two-bit Dr. Moreau?

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Alas, Mr. Jones,

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I have no interest
in being principal
of this school.

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No, I'm off
to do real work,
in Washington.

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I'll be serving on
the President's subcommittee,

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looking into the causes
of juvenile delinquency.

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Specifically, its links
to comic books

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and other subversive forms
of popular culture.

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Well, golly!

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Don't let the door
hit you on the way out.

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Oh, fear not, though.

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My tribunal will still be
doing the important work
of regulating comic books.

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Censoring them,
you mean.

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As a matter of fact,

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here is our response
to your latest issue,

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which we rejected
for the reasons
outlined herein.

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Good luck to you
and your colleagues
at Pep Comics,

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while it still exists.

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Damn, Red,
you still got it.

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I'm just buzzing,
Reg. Buzzing.

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Earlier this week,
Ms. Grundy told us
to read On the Road

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by king of the Beats,
Jack Kerouac.

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Brought everything
into focus for me.

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[sighs]

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"I was surprised,
as always,

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by how easy
the act of leaving was,
and how good it felt.

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The world was suddenly
rich with possibility."

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[exhales]

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You really got
the bug, huh?

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Yeah, I guess
I do, Reg.

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So much so,
that this summer,
I'm gonna ride the rails,

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hit the trails,

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I'm gonna be
a vagabond writer.

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Hop trains,

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explore the country,

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sleep under the stars,

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and then write about
my experiences,

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wherever they may
take me.

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And what's your mom
gonna say about that?

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Mom can't say
diddly-squat,

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because I'm doing this
during summer vacation.

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Well,

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jumping trains doesn't
beat going to the best
basketball camp in the world,

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but if it floats your boat,

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good on you, Arch.

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So as a parting gift,
Dr. Werthers rejected
Zip Comics number 42?

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And what was his rationale,
may I ask?

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Well, it's got to be
because of the last story
in that issue.

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The Comet.

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What?

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But that one's
the cat's pajamas.

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I know. It's based off
a W.E.B. Du Bois story

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that Tabitha clued me into
last time she was in town.

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It's so romantic
and philosophical.

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"After a comet hits
and destroys
New York City,

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a man and a woman
come together
and fall in love."

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Their problem is that

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it's a Black man
and a white woman
who find each other.

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I haven't even told
Mr. Fieldstone yet.

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I think it's gonna
crush him.

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I'm sure. That Cometstory
is a masterpiece.

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Honestly, my first thought
when I read it was,

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"This would make for
a fantabulous movie."

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Well, if anyone wants
to get in touch with
Du Bois' representatives,

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I have
all their information.

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Just saying.

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Mom, this is your chance
to do the right thing,

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to make up for
sitting on your hands

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when I asked you
to report on Emmett Till.

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I know you regret that.

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Mrs. Cooper.

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When Riverdale High
integrated,

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three of the Black schools
in town shut down.

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And suddenly,
dozens of great teachers
were kicked to the curb.

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There's this
incredible educator

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who spent the last year
driving a cab.

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Girls, I would
love to help.

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-But the rest
of the PTA--
-Mom.

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Make them understand.

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Riverdale is at
a turning point.

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Now is the time
for a fresh start.

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[crowd applauding]

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[crowd whistling]

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Good morning, students.

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I know you've all had
a difficult year.

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I know your
previous principal

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wasn't exactly
open to change.

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To new ideas.

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To addressing the needs
of all his students.

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Well,

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let me make
one thing clear.

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I'm here
for every student.

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That said,

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the challenges that face us
are enormous and systemic,

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and if you're not
part of the solution,

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then you're part
of the problem.

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So I challenge you all.

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Be kind.

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Be decent.

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Be better.

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Now let's get to work.

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[all applauding]

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[crowd cheering]

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Whoo!

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[bell chimes]

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Principal Weatherbee?

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-Yes.
-Hi.

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I'm Archie,
Archie Andrews.

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Please, sit.

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What can I do for you,
Mr. Andrews?

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Well, there used to be
a teacher who worked here,

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a real top-notch teach.

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She was falsely accused
of being a communist,

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and she was fired for it.

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Her name's Mrs. Thornton.

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I know Edith Thornton
very well.

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She is a wonderful
educator.

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I know. Well, that's why
I was hoping that--

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Let me see if
I can't right this wrong.

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Get Edith back here.

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Well, that would be swell,
Principal Weatherbee.
Thank you.

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You're welcome.

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Hold on to your pom-poms,
my beloved paper-shakers
because...

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♪ I'm back ♪

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Cheryl, this
is a private practice
for Vixens,

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not has-been daughters
of Russian spies.

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Now that Principal Weatherbee
is ushering in a new golden age
at Riverdale High,

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I am launching a coup
to take back control
of my Vixens.

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Therefore, Evelyn,
I am challenging you
to a dance-off.

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Winner takes all.

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-I refuse your challenge.
-[Cheryl scoffs]

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-[button clicks]
-["Rockin' Robin" playing]

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[sighs]

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That's not an option.

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♪ They started going steady
And bless my soul♪

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♪ He out-bopped
The buzzard and the oriole♪

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♪ He rocks in the treetop
All day long♪

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♪ Hoppin' and a-boppin'
And singing his song ♪

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♪ All the little birds
On Jaybird Street♪

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♪ Love to hear the robin go
Tweet-tweet-tweet♪

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-♪ Rockin' robin ♪
-♪ Tweet-tweet-tweet ♪

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-♪ Rock-rock-rockin' robin♪
-♪ Tweet-tweedilly-tweet♪

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♪ Blow, rockin' robin
'Cause we're really
Gonna rock tonight♪

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♪ Tweet-tweedilly-tweet ♪

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♪ Tweedilly-tweedilly-deet
Tweedilly-tweedilly-deet♪

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♪ Tweedilly-tweedilly-deet
Tweedilly-tweedilly-deet♪

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♪ Tweedilly-tweedilly-deet
Tweedilly-tweedilly-deet♪

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♪ Tweet-tweet♪

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[applauding]

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Your turn.

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[screams]

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[door closes]

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Today marks
the beginning of a new era
for the Vixens.

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To that end,

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I have decided
to live in the light.

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I'm going steady
with Toni Topaz.

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And if anyone here
has a problem with that,

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you are more than welcome
to follow Evelyn out that door

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and into a dumpster.

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We're in full support
of you, Cheryl.

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And

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-we also...
-Want to live in the light.

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[all applauding]

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Mr. Fieldstone, I'm sorry
I didn't tell you sooner.

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Hey, I get it, kid.
I get it.

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"Rejected for not promoting
traditional American values."

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[scoffs] You know
what that's code for?

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They didn't want to see
a Black man and a white woman
end up together.

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-So what do we do now?
-What do you mean?

243
00:12:47,331 --> 00:12:49,159
[chuckles]

244
00:12:49,203 --> 00:12:51,858
We publish without
the damn seal.
That's what we do.

245
00:12:51,901 --> 00:12:53,685
Send it out in the world
and hope for the best.

246
00:12:53,729 --> 00:12:55,731
I was hoping
you'd say that.

247
00:12:55,775 --> 00:12:57,167
And depending
on the sales,

248
00:12:57,211 --> 00:12:58,516
I was thinking,
next time, we could--

249
00:12:58,560 --> 00:12:59,996
There's not gonna be
a next time, kid.

250
00:13:01,389 --> 00:13:04,261
No, that's it for me.
I'm done.

251
00:13:04,305 --> 00:13:08,004
I mean, this is the best comic
I ever put together.

252
00:13:08,048 --> 00:13:08,875
[sighs]

253
00:13:10,354 --> 00:13:11,747
It's a work of art.

254
00:13:11,791 --> 00:13:13,836
I mean, it actually
says something.

255
00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:16,534
That tribunal
couldn't care less.

256
00:13:16,578 --> 00:13:19,886
So let The Comet
be Pep's swan song.

257
00:13:21,322 --> 00:13:23,193
I can't imagine
a better one.

258
00:13:24,673 --> 00:13:26,588
In the meantime,

259
00:13:26,631 --> 00:13:28,198
would you do me
a favor, kid?

260
00:13:30,810 --> 00:13:32,812
Would you write
the last editorial?

261
00:13:33,987 --> 00:13:36,119
Think of it
as our eulogy.

262
00:13:37,817 --> 00:13:39,819
For the final issue
of Pep Comics.

263
00:13:41,516 --> 00:13:42,996
It's been an honor, kid.

264
00:13:44,345 --> 00:13:45,650
[clicks tongue]

265
00:13:45,694 --> 00:13:46,695
It really has.

266
00:13:51,004 --> 00:13:52,135
[exhales deeply]

267
00:13:52,179 --> 00:13:53,876
Well... [chuckles]

268
00:13:55,312 --> 00:13:57,358
It was a beautiful dream
while it lasted.

269
00:14:12,808 --> 00:14:15,463
Oh, my gosh,
I've been waiting for this.

270
00:14:15,506 --> 00:14:17,204
What did you get, hun?

271
00:14:21,121 --> 00:14:22,383
[Betty exhales deeply]

272
00:14:22,426 --> 00:14:24,385
It's the first copy
of my book.

273
00:14:24,428 --> 00:14:27,867
You wrote a book?
Your mom and dad
must be very proud of you.

274
00:14:32,001 --> 00:14:32,872
[chuckles softly]

275
00:14:33,873 --> 00:14:34,743
[knocking on door]

276
00:14:40,967 --> 00:14:43,186
Oh, hey, Kev.
What are you doing here?

277
00:14:43,230 --> 00:14:45,058
Hey, Dad. Audrey said
you weren't feeling great,

278
00:14:45,101 --> 00:14:47,060
so I thought I'd bring you
some of Pop's chicken noodle.

279
00:14:47,103 --> 00:14:49,540
Oh, boy, I...
I appreciate that, that's...

280
00:14:51,368 --> 00:14:52,195
That's great.

281
00:14:54,502 --> 00:14:55,764
[Kevin] Coach Andrews?

282
00:14:55,807 --> 00:14:58,027
[hesitantly]
What's going on?

283
00:14:58,071 --> 00:15:00,421
Uh, I'm staying in
the motel as well,

284
00:15:00,464 --> 00:15:02,075
and, uh,

285
00:15:02,118 --> 00:15:04,120
the shower in my room
is on the fritz.

286
00:15:04,164 --> 00:15:05,817
So your...
Your dad let me use his.

287
00:15:05,861 --> 00:15:06,731
Ah.

288
00:15:07,297 --> 00:15:08,864
Right.

289
00:15:08,908 --> 00:15:10,474
You... You want
to come in and grab a flop?

290
00:15:10,997 --> 00:15:12,128
Um...

291
00:15:12,172 --> 00:15:14,696
No, no, um,

292
00:15:14,739 --> 00:15:16,393
I should...
I should probably cut out.

293
00:15:30,103 --> 00:15:30,973
Mom,

294
00:15:32,322 --> 00:15:34,585
I have something
that I want to show you.

295
00:15:34,629 --> 00:15:35,499
Oh.

296
00:15:36,587 --> 00:15:37,458
What is it, Betty?

297
00:15:43,725 --> 00:15:45,205
I wrote a book.

298
00:15:50,079 --> 00:15:52,647
Goodness, yes.

299
00:15:52,690 --> 00:15:55,345
You... You did.
I see that you're
on the cover

300
00:15:56,129 --> 00:15:57,521
in undergarments.

301
00:15:57,565 --> 00:15:59,871
[inhaling deeply]

302
00:15:59,915 --> 00:16:02,004
I really, really want
you to read it.

303
00:16:02,048 --> 00:16:03,963
Hmm.

304
00:16:04,006 --> 00:16:06,530
It says right there
in the title that
it's for teenagers.

305
00:16:06,574 --> 00:16:07,923
I mean, why would I read it?

306
00:16:07,967 --> 00:16:09,707
Well, in an ideal world,

307
00:16:09,751 --> 00:16:12,232
I'd love for you
to be proud of me
for writing a book.

308
00:16:14,016 --> 00:16:16,497
But I'll settle
for you reading it,

309
00:16:16,540 --> 00:16:20,544
just to get to know
me better.

310
00:16:20,588 --> 00:16:23,721
[exhales] And maybe
by getting to know me better,

311
00:16:23,765 --> 00:16:25,201
you might get to know
yourself better.

312
00:16:31,773 --> 00:16:32,948
[clears throat]

313
00:16:36,691 --> 00:16:39,346
[Archie] Oh, it is so great
to have you back,
Mrs. Thornton.

314
00:16:39,389 --> 00:16:42,523
Geraldine shared
some of your
recent poems with me.

315
00:16:42,566 --> 00:16:44,568
I do hope you
plan to stick with
your writing.

316
00:16:44,612 --> 00:16:46,135
Oh, I do.

317
00:16:46,179 --> 00:16:48,790
In fact, this summer,
I'm gonna hit the rails.

318
00:16:48,833 --> 00:16:50,444
Like all the Beat writers do.
[chuckles softly]

319
00:16:50,487 --> 00:16:52,489
I'm gonna see
if I can get

320
00:16:52,533 --> 00:16:56,537
at least one great, big,
juicy Allen Ginsberg-like
poem out of it.

321
00:16:56,580 --> 00:16:58,495
[chuckling]
Oh, that's wonderful.

322
00:16:58,539 --> 00:17:02,021
You'll see what the world
beyond Riverdale is like.

323
00:17:02,064 --> 00:17:04,284
It's exactly what
you should be doing
at this point

324
00:17:04,327 --> 00:17:06,199
in your development
as a poet.

325
00:17:12,988 --> 00:17:15,338
Clay.

326
00:17:15,382 --> 00:17:19,167
Tell me, have you ever read
the story, The Comet?

327
00:17:19,212 --> 00:17:21,214
Of course.
Multiple times, in fact.

328
00:17:22,301 --> 00:17:23,259
I figured you would've.

329
00:17:24,347 --> 00:17:25,914
In that case,

330
00:17:25,957 --> 00:17:28,351
how would you feel
about writing and directing

331
00:17:28,395 --> 00:17:33,313
an adaptation of The Comet
as a major motion picture?

332
00:17:33,356 --> 00:17:35,619
[laughs softly]
Is this a gag?

333
00:17:35,663 --> 00:17:37,273
I've actually been
fiddling with

334
00:17:37,317 --> 00:17:38,709
a screenplay version
of The Cometfor years.

335
00:17:38,753 --> 00:17:41,364
Well, thanks to Jughead,

336
00:17:41,408 --> 00:17:43,758
I connected
with Du Bois' agents.

337
00:17:43,801 --> 00:17:47,631
And it turns out
the movie rights had been
languishing for years.

338
00:17:47,675 --> 00:17:49,416
So I snapped them up,

339
00:17:49,459 --> 00:17:52,854
and I suspected
you'd be passionate
about this.

340
00:17:52,897 --> 00:17:54,943
Veronica, I can't believe
what I'm hearing.

341
00:17:54,986 --> 00:17:57,511
It's going to be
an uphill battle,

342
00:17:57,554 --> 00:17:59,295
but there are things
we can do,

343
00:17:59,339 --> 00:18:01,558
like get the right star
attached.

344
00:18:03,125 --> 00:18:05,606
Someone like, say...

345
00:18:05,649 --> 00:18:07,260
[both] Sidney Poitier.

346
00:18:07,303 --> 00:18:08,739
Precisely.

347
00:18:08,783 --> 00:18:10,393
Can you get to him?

348
00:18:10,437 --> 00:18:12,830
I might not
be able to get to him.

349
00:18:12,874 --> 00:18:15,050
But we both know
someone who can.

350
00:18:15,094 --> 00:18:15,964
Josie McCoy.

351
00:18:16,007 --> 00:18:17,966
But, Clay,

352
00:18:18,009 --> 00:18:21,839
if we're going
to attach a big star
like Sidney,

353
00:18:21,883 --> 00:18:25,408
your adaptation
needs to be undeniable.

354
00:18:25,452 --> 00:18:27,410
Don't worry, it will be.

355
00:18:27,454 --> 00:18:29,456
And who needs to wait
for summer? I'll get
going right away.

356
00:18:29,499 --> 00:18:30,457
Wonderful.

357
00:18:32,894 --> 00:18:35,070
In that case,

358
00:18:35,114 --> 00:18:38,508
I'm thinking a premiere
at Cannes in the next
four to five years.

359
00:18:38,552 --> 00:18:39,466
How does that sound?

360
00:18:43,252 --> 00:18:44,210
[laughs]

361
00:18:47,387 --> 00:18:48,475
[Veronica] Yay!

362
00:18:54,350 --> 00:18:55,177
Hey.

363
00:18:56,004 --> 00:18:57,527
Why the long face?

364
00:18:57,571 --> 00:18:59,399
[sniffles]

365
00:18:59,442 --> 00:19:00,835
I just got
the information packet
for Camp Evans.

366
00:19:03,098 --> 00:19:04,578
My basketball camp.

367
00:19:06,319 --> 00:19:07,972
Well...

368
00:19:08,016 --> 00:19:09,887
Well, that's great,
isn't it?

369
00:19:09,931 --> 00:19:11,672
Turns out they flip-flopped
the dates on me,

370
00:19:11,715 --> 00:19:13,891
and now it's smack-dab
in the middle

371
00:19:13,935 --> 00:19:16,285
of our annual
sweet corn harvest
back on the farm.

372
00:19:16,329 --> 00:19:18,809
Well, can't you
skip the harvest
this one time?

373
00:19:18,853 --> 00:19:22,073
The corn we harvest
that single month

374
00:19:22,117 --> 00:19:24,032
supports our farm
for the rest of the year.

375
00:19:25,381 --> 00:19:26,469
There's no way
I can miss it.

376
00:19:28,079 --> 00:19:29,037
My parents need me.

377
00:19:29,907 --> 00:19:31,996
So I just... I gotta

378
00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:33,172
forget about basketball camp.

379
00:19:35,652 --> 00:19:36,523
[sniffles]

380
00:19:37,567 --> 00:19:38,525
Well... [scoffs]

381
00:19:39,395 --> 00:19:40,440
Well, heck with that.

382
00:19:42,442 --> 00:19:44,487
No.

383
00:19:44,531 --> 00:19:47,273
Reg, don't sweat it.
I mean, I'll take your
place on the farm.

384
00:19:47,316 --> 00:19:49,231
Stop goofing, Andrews.

385
00:19:49,275 --> 00:19:50,537
You got other plans.

386
00:19:50,580 --> 00:19:52,582
Well, whatever
I had planned

387
00:19:52,626 --> 00:19:54,715
is not as important
as getting you
set up for college

388
00:19:56,020 --> 00:19:57,979
and going pro.

389
00:19:58,022 --> 00:20:00,503
Besides, working the land
with my hands,

390
00:20:01,374 --> 00:20:03,724
giving back to the earth,

391
00:20:03,767 --> 00:20:06,205
and then writing about it
while leaned up against
a haystack...

392
00:20:06,248 --> 00:20:08,468
[chuckles]
I mean, that's...

393
00:20:08,511 --> 00:20:10,731
exactly what a Beat writer
should be doing.

394
00:20:10,774 --> 00:20:13,299
My parents won't be able
to pay you, Archie.

395
00:20:13,342 --> 00:20:14,213
And it's not easy work.

396
00:20:14,256 --> 00:20:15,126
Reg.

397
00:20:15,997 --> 00:20:16,867
I got it.

398
00:20:18,391 --> 00:20:19,827
It's all part of
the experience.

399
00:20:21,089 --> 00:20:22,917
You're going to Camp Evans.

400
00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:24,745
Let me take up
the slack at Duck Creek.

401
00:20:26,747 --> 00:20:28,575
Sleep in your barn,

402
00:20:28,618 --> 00:20:30,098
learn the ukulele,
break bread with
your mom, your dad.

403
00:20:34,972 --> 00:20:37,148
Yeah. Okay.

404
00:20:38,628 --> 00:20:39,934
Sounds good.

405
00:20:43,329 --> 00:20:44,199
Thanks, Archie.

406
00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:50,249
I love you, Reg.

407
00:20:51,815 --> 00:20:53,034
[softly] I love you,
too, Archie.

408
00:20:56,516 --> 00:20:57,343
[Reggie sniffles]

409
00:21:03,914 --> 00:21:04,785
[Alice sniffling]

410
00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:06,917
Mom?

411
00:21:09,703 --> 00:21:11,182
What is it? What's wrong?

412
00:21:12,053 --> 00:21:13,272
I, uh...

413
00:21:17,014 --> 00:21:18,668
I just finished your book.

414
00:21:21,497 --> 00:21:23,282
And I'm speechless.

415
00:21:24,848 --> 00:21:26,981
Well, I'm really glad
that you read it.

416
00:21:28,287 --> 00:21:30,245
Betty, you wrote a book,

417
00:21:32,987 --> 00:21:34,728
a whole book.

418
00:21:35,337 --> 00:21:36,425
[sighs]

419
00:21:38,340 --> 00:21:39,776
[sniffles] And you're right.

420
00:21:41,865 --> 00:21:43,650
I did get to know you better.

421
00:21:46,392 --> 00:21:49,046
And all those...
[inhales deeply]

422
00:21:49,090 --> 00:21:52,006
wonderful, intelligent,

423
00:21:52,049 --> 00:21:53,660
promising young women.

424
00:21:55,314 --> 00:22:00,275
So full of thoughts
and fears and struggles

425
00:22:02,756 --> 00:22:03,974
and dreams.

426
00:22:07,891 --> 00:22:09,893
They have aspirations.

427
00:22:09,937 --> 00:22:11,417
Yeah, that's true.

428
00:22:14,202 --> 00:22:16,552
And then I think
of myself and [sighs]

429
00:22:16,596 --> 00:22:19,381
my biggest dream
was being Miss Riverdale.

430
00:22:21,296 --> 00:22:23,951
[sighs]

431
00:22:23,994 --> 00:22:26,736
Mom, you once told me
that you dreamed about
being a stewardess.

432
00:22:26,780 --> 00:22:28,564
[chuckles softly]

433
00:22:28,608 --> 00:22:31,219
You wanted to see the world
and meet fascinating people

434
00:22:31,262 --> 00:22:33,482
and be a fascinating person.

435
00:22:34,657 --> 00:22:36,355
Yeah, well, that was a, uh,

436
00:22:37,921 --> 00:22:41,534
silly dream from a young girl
a long time ago.

437
00:22:41,577 --> 00:22:42,535
No, Mom.

438
00:22:46,495 --> 00:22:48,192
No dream is silly.

439
00:22:50,369 --> 00:22:54,111
I know you think
that it's too late for you,
but it's not.

440
00:22:57,811 --> 00:22:59,943
You can be happy.
[chuckles softly]

441
00:23:01,902 --> 00:23:05,906
Please, please,
please, believe that.

442
00:23:09,997 --> 00:23:10,867
[Alice crying]

443
00:23:24,098 --> 00:23:26,492
[typewriter clacking]

444
00:23:26,535 --> 00:23:28,450
[Jughead] Chances are
you won't ever see this issue
on a newsstand.

445
00:23:28,494 --> 00:23:32,367
Despite that, Pep Comics
has decided to release it.

446
00:23:32,411 --> 00:23:35,936
We are publishing this,
our final issue,

447
00:23:35,979 --> 00:23:38,982
without the Comic Book Code's
seal of approval.

448
00:23:39,026 --> 00:23:41,115
Most likely, that means

449
00:23:41,158 --> 00:23:44,858
this issue will end up
in either a landfill
or a bonfire.

450
00:23:44,901 --> 00:23:49,340
But we here at Pep Comics
refuse to kneel to the
un-American censorship

451
00:23:49,384 --> 00:23:53,910
that was specifically drafted
to silence stories
likeThe Comet.

452
00:23:53,954 --> 00:23:57,348
We hope that this comic book
will find its way
into your hands.

453
00:23:57,392 --> 00:24:00,482
And hopefully,
the stories in it
will make you think,

454
00:24:00,526 --> 00:24:03,659
and make you feel
a little less alone.

455
00:24:03,703 --> 00:24:07,315
So, we at Pep Comics leave you
with this final message.

456
00:24:07,358 --> 00:24:11,014
It is easier to tear down
than to build up.

457
00:24:11,058 --> 00:24:14,453
Try to be a builder,
not a destroyer.

458
00:24:14,496 --> 00:24:17,847
With that in mind,
enjoy this humble adaptation
ofThe Comet

459
00:24:17,891 --> 00:24:20,589
by the great author,
W.E.B. Du Bois,

460
00:24:20,633 --> 00:24:24,506
a man who faced
unthinkable adversity
and still chose to believe

461
00:24:24,550 --> 00:24:29,076
that the end of the world
was not a foregone conclusion.

462
00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:34,995
There is always a chance
for a brighter, better,
stronger future.

463
00:24:35,038 --> 00:24:40,087
From all of us at Pep Comics,
this isadieu,
but not farewell.

464
00:24:41,001 --> 00:24:42,306
We'll meet again.

465
00:24:48,138 --> 00:24:49,575
Tabitha.

466
00:24:49,618 --> 00:24:50,489
[door closes]

467
00:24:50,532 --> 00:24:51,881
Hi.

468
00:24:51,925 --> 00:24:53,361
What are you doing here?

469
00:24:53,404 --> 00:24:55,015
-Hi, stranger.
[chuckles softly]
-Ah.

470
00:24:57,539 --> 00:24:59,149
Gee whiz.

471
00:24:59,193 --> 00:25:01,238
-You're a sight for sore eyes.
-[chuckles softly]

472
00:25:02,979 --> 00:25:05,591
What happened to your glasses?

473
00:25:05,634 --> 00:25:07,506
[chuckling] And
what's that television
doing here?

474
00:25:09,116 --> 00:25:11,031
Jughead,

475
00:25:11,074 --> 00:25:14,034
I am not the Tabitha
who's traveling
across the country

476
00:25:14,077 --> 00:25:17,516
with the NAACP.
[inhales deeply]

477
00:25:17,559 --> 00:25:20,693
I am the Tabitha
that you've forgotten.

478
00:25:22,303 --> 00:25:24,000
[chuckles softly] Uh,

479
00:25:24,044 --> 00:25:25,045
what are you talking about?

480
00:25:25,872 --> 00:25:28,048
Sit down.

481
00:25:28,091 --> 00:25:30,050
-Let me show you something.
-[chuckles softly]

482
00:25:30,093 --> 00:25:30,920
[sighs softly] Oh.

483
00:25:33,314 --> 00:25:34,794
[exhales deeply]

484
00:25:34,837 --> 00:25:36,883
[gripping music playing]

485
00:25:36,926 --> 00:25:38,624
-[male voice] Our story
is about a town...
-Wow!

486
00:25:38,667 --> 00:25:41,061
Wait! Is this
a color television?

487
00:25:41,104 --> 00:25:43,716
[male voice]
...and the people
who live in the town.

488
00:25:43,759 --> 00:25:46,240
From a distance,

489
00:25:46,283 --> 00:25:48,155
-it presents itself like so
many other small towns...
-Is that my voice?

490
00:25:48,198 --> 00:25:51,332
-...all over the world.
Safe, decent.
-Just absorb.

491
00:25:51,375 --> 00:25:53,334
Innocent.

492
00:25:53,377 --> 00:25:55,379
-And then
I will explain everything.
-Get closer, though,

493
00:25:55,423 --> 00:25:59,035
and you start seeing
the shadows underneath.

494
00:25:59,079 --> 00:26:02,561
The name of our town
is Riverdale.

495
00:26:02,604 --> 00:26:04,563
[female singer]
♪ Tell me ♪

496
00:26:08,305 --> 00:26:09,219
[Tabitha] Well?

497
00:26:13,572 --> 00:26:14,921
I remember.

498
00:26:17,576 --> 00:26:18,925
I remember everything.

499
00:26:20,753 --> 00:26:24,408
That I sent you and everyone
back to 1955

500
00:26:24,452 --> 00:26:27,498
to save Riverdale
from Bailey's Comet.

501
00:26:27,542 --> 00:26:29,631
And that while you
and all of your friends

502
00:26:29,675 --> 00:26:33,766
worked to make this timeline
less dark and nihilistic
and hopeless,

503
00:26:33,809 --> 00:26:38,640
I was trying to untangle
the various timelines
that had gotten jumbled,

504
00:26:38,684 --> 00:26:39,946
shore up the multiverse,

505
00:26:39,989 --> 00:26:41,121
in other words.

506
00:26:42,731 --> 00:26:44,124
We were successful?

507
00:26:45,212 --> 00:26:47,083
You were.
[chuckles softly]

508
00:26:47,127 --> 00:26:48,911
You all did great.

509
00:26:48,955 --> 00:26:51,044
All of your collective,
innate decency,

510
00:26:51,087 --> 00:26:54,264
all of your struggles
have started
to reshape this town,

511
00:26:54,308 --> 00:26:55,918
this world.

512
00:26:55,962 --> 00:27:00,270
And it will just keep getting
better and better.

513
00:27:00,314 --> 00:27:02,359
-[chuckling softly] Neat.
-Hmm.

514
00:27:03,578 --> 00:27:04,448
Awesome.

515
00:27:06,189 --> 00:27:11,238
I assume that
you were successful, too.

516
00:27:11,281 --> 00:27:15,459
After much trial and error,
I realized it would be
impossible for me

517
00:27:15,503 --> 00:27:19,681
to untangle and...
and... and pull apart
all of the various timelines.

518
00:27:19,725 --> 00:27:23,163
So, instead, I wove them all
into a single timeline.

519
00:27:24,207 --> 00:27:25,992
This one.

520
00:27:26,035 --> 00:27:28,342
And I used all the energy
from all of the other timelines

521
00:27:28,385 --> 00:27:30,953
to stabilize it
and fortify it.

522
00:27:32,346 --> 00:27:33,913
Great.
[chuckles softly]

523
00:27:34,740 --> 00:27:36,132
It is. [sighs]

524
00:27:36,742 --> 00:27:37,743
But, um,

525
00:27:39,266 --> 00:27:41,964
now that it's stable,

526
00:27:42,008 --> 00:27:45,968
I can't move anyone
through time.

527
00:27:48,014 --> 00:27:50,886
I can't send you all back
to 2023.

528
00:27:55,195 --> 00:28:00,504
So, the others
won't remember anything

529
00:28:00,548 --> 00:28:02,985
about everything
that happened before?

530
00:28:03,029 --> 00:28:08,338
Well, I can't move them
through time, as I've said,
but I can show them.

531
00:28:08,382 --> 00:28:09,992
I can show them
what I showed you,

532
00:28:10,036 --> 00:28:11,820
and then they can decide

533
00:28:11,864 --> 00:28:13,953
whether or not
they want to remember
their other

534
00:28:15,128 --> 00:28:17,826
adventures, let's call them.

535
00:28:19,698 --> 00:28:20,699
It's the least I can do.

536
00:28:22,439 --> 00:28:25,312
[Jughead] So,
I gathered my friends again.

537
00:28:25,355 --> 00:28:27,923
And I told them
about the future.

538
00:28:27,967 --> 00:28:30,056
And how we couldn't go back
to our previous lives.

539
00:28:30,099 --> 00:28:33,973
But they could remember them
if they chose to do so,

540
00:28:34,016 --> 00:28:37,237
and then decide if they wanted
to keep those memories
or forget them.

541
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,805
Look, I know
it's a lot to process.

542
00:28:39,848 --> 00:28:41,328
So, I'll just
leave the decision to you.

543
00:28:43,243 --> 00:28:44,897
If you're interested,
you know where to find me.

544
00:28:51,164 --> 00:28:54,167
I wondered if any of them
would take me up
on Tabitha's offer.

545
00:28:54,210 --> 00:28:55,777
-[Archie] Jughead?
-[knocking on door]

546
00:28:58,388 --> 00:29:00,651
I drew the short straw.

547
00:29:00,695 --> 00:29:03,785
If this is real,
I figure I might get
a good poem out of it.

548
00:29:03,829 --> 00:29:05,613
My own version of Howl.
[chuckles softly]

549
00:29:06,396 --> 00:29:07,310
Come on.

550
00:29:13,534 --> 00:29:15,231
In the future,

551
00:29:15,275 --> 00:29:17,668
this is called
binge-watching.

552
00:29:17,712 --> 00:29:19,670
[male voice] Our story
is about a town,

553
00:29:19,714 --> 00:29:23,022
a small town,
and the people who live
in the town.

554
00:29:23,065 --> 00:29:25,372
From a distance,
it presents itself

555
00:29:25,415 --> 00:29:28,418
like so many other small towns
all over the world.

556
00:29:34,294 --> 00:29:35,295
I was a boxer,

557
00:29:36,992 --> 00:29:40,387
prisoner, football player.

558
00:29:41,344 --> 00:29:42,519
I was a soldier,

559
00:29:44,913 --> 00:29:46,001
like my dad.

560
00:29:46,610 --> 00:29:47,481
[sighs]

561
00:29:48,569 --> 00:29:49,657
I was with my dad.

562
00:29:55,271 --> 00:29:56,142
[sniffles]

563
00:29:56,838 --> 00:29:57,839
And then he...

564
00:29:59,188 --> 00:30:00,146
Then he died again.

565
00:30:01,103 --> 00:30:02,191
[scoffs]

566
00:30:04,498 --> 00:30:05,542
Well,

567
00:30:07,631 --> 00:30:09,895
I promised the others
I'd report back.

568
00:30:09,938 --> 00:30:11,722
What are you gonna tell them?

569
00:30:11,766 --> 00:30:12,985
[scoffs] I'm not sure.

570
00:30:18,512 --> 00:30:20,688
I didn't think
I'd ever see my dad again.

571
00:30:20,731 --> 00:30:22,559
So, I'm...
[chuckles softly]

572
00:30:22,603 --> 00:30:23,865
I'm glad about that.

573
00:30:25,388 --> 00:30:27,608
[sighs]

574
00:30:27,651 --> 00:30:29,697
But I don't know
if they'll wanna
see what I saw.

575
00:30:33,527 --> 00:30:36,138
That said, if anyone does,
they know where to find me.

576
00:30:38,662 --> 00:30:39,881
[exhales deeply]

577
00:30:52,067 --> 00:30:53,155
[diner bell chimes]

578
00:30:53,199 --> 00:30:54,374
[Veronica] Hey, Jughead.

579
00:30:56,767 --> 00:30:58,508
Archie told us
what you showed him.

580
00:31:00,162 --> 00:31:01,511
We'd like to see
what Archie saw.

581
00:31:02,948 --> 00:31:05,167
-Together.
-Classic Bee and Vee style.

582
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:14,568
[male voice] Our story
is about a town, a small town,
decent, innocent.

583
00:31:14,611 --> 00:31:19,921
Get closer, though,
and you start seeing
the shadows underneath.

584
00:31:19,965 --> 00:31:23,664
The name of our town
is Riverdale.

585
00:31:23,707 --> 00:31:25,796
[female singer]
♪ Tell me ♪

586
00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:27,581
You could have prepared us
a little more for that,
Jughead Jones.

587
00:31:30,062 --> 00:31:30,889
[Betty sniffles]

588
00:31:33,979 --> 00:31:34,893
There was...

589
00:31:40,289 --> 00:31:41,725
so much darkness

590
00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:46,034
in that world. [sniffles]

591
00:31:47,035 --> 00:31:48,645
And my family...

592
00:31:50,647 --> 00:31:52,519
My father was a killer.

593
00:31:55,522 --> 00:31:58,873
My sister was murdered

594
00:31:58,917 --> 00:32:03,617
and then came back
to life. [crying]

595
00:32:05,227 --> 00:32:06,881
[sighs] You and I,

596
00:32:08,448 --> 00:32:10,058
we were together.

597
00:32:10,102 --> 00:32:10,929
[chuckles softly] Yeah.

598
00:32:12,887 --> 00:32:13,975
Until we weren't.

599
00:32:17,979 --> 00:32:19,502
I was with Archie.

600
00:32:20,982 --> 00:32:25,595
And I killed
my husband, Chad,

601
00:32:27,771 --> 00:32:28,947
and my father.

602
00:32:30,687 --> 00:32:31,993
[diner bell chimes]

603
00:32:32,037 --> 00:32:33,560
What you're about to see
is your past,

604
00:32:33,603 --> 00:32:35,214
but it's also your future.

605
00:32:35,257 --> 00:32:38,347
And some of it
will be disturbing.

606
00:32:39,218 --> 00:32:40,959
We can handle it.

607
00:32:41,002 --> 00:32:42,308
At times,
you might not even
recognize yourselves.

608
00:32:46,877 --> 00:32:47,835
Where are Kevin and Julian?

609
00:32:47,878 --> 00:32:49,663
[Cheryl] Uh...

610
00:32:49,706 --> 00:32:52,709
Kevin asked if Clay
was in any of the stories
on TV.

611
00:32:52,753 --> 00:32:56,496
When Betty told him he wasn't,
he didn't want to come.

612
00:32:56,539 --> 00:33:00,848
When Julian found out
he was just a doll
in the TV stories,

613
00:33:00,891 --> 00:33:02,589
he didn't want to come either.

614
00:33:02,632 --> 00:33:05,722
But the rest of us wanna see
what our past was like.

615
00:33:06,506 --> 00:33:08,856
Sounds good.

616
00:33:08,899 --> 00:33:14,035
[male voice] Our story
is about a town, a small town,
decent, innocent.

617
00:33:15,254 --> 00:33:16,907
Get closer, though,

618
00:33:16,951 --> 00:33:19,345
and you start seeing
the shadows underneath.

619
00:33:25,133 --> 00:33:27,048
[Tabitha] Now you know.

620
00:33:27,092 --> 00:33:28,745
Now you know
what your lives were
like before the comet.

621
00:33:28,789 --> 00:33:32,532
The adventures you had,
the people you loved,

622
00:33:32,575 --> 00:33:33,794
the people you lost.

623
00:33:35,274 --> 00:33:37,711
The good, the bad.

624
00:33:38,973 --> 00:33:40,931
The bear.

625
00:33:40,975 --> 00:33:43,760
The question is, do you want
to carry this knowledge
with you

626
00:33:43,804 --> 00:33:45,066
for the rest of your lives,

627
00:33:45,110 --> 00:33:49,897
or would you rather forget?

628
00:33:49,940 --> 00:33:51,768
Because I can
make that happen.

629
00:33:51,812 --> 00:33:52,726
Because she's an angel.

630
00:33:53,988 --> 00:33:56,556
Along those lines,
Angel Tabitha...

631
00:33:56,599 --> 00:33:59,037
Can I call you Angel Tabitha?

632
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:00,908
This is something
we've all been discussing,

633
00:34:00,951 --> 00:34:03,128
and we were wondering,

634
00:34:03,171 --> 00:34:06,740
could we perhaps
just remember the good things?

635
00:34:06,783 --> 00:34:11,136
Forget all the serial killers
and superpowers
and gargoyle kings

636
00:34:11,179 --> 00:34:15,922
and just remember
the happy times we had?

637
00:34:15,966 --> 00:34:17,620
It doesn't exactly
work that way.

638
00:34:17,664 --> 00:34:20,971
Actually, I... I can
make that happen.

639
00:34:21,014 --> 00:34:24,453
Yes. I... I can hit
a reset button

640
00:34:24,496 --> 00:34:29,328
and only re-share
the good memories.

641
00:34:29,371 --> 00:34:32,896
I think after everything
you all have been through,

642
00:34:32,940 --> 00:34:37,074
you deserve
that much at least.

643
00:34:37,118 --> 00:34:39,860
♪ Heavenly shades
Of night are falling ♪

644
00:34:39,902 --> 00:34:42,775
♪ It's twilight time ♪

645
00:34:42,819 --> 00:34:46,301
♪ Out of the mist
Your voice is calling ♪

646
00:34:46,344 --> 00:34:49,652
♪ 'Tis twilight time ♪

647
00:34:49,696 --> 00:34:55,005
♪ When purple-colored curtains
Mark the end of day ♪

648
00:34:55,049 --> 00:34:59,793
♪ I'll hear you
My dear, at twilight time ♪

649
00:35:01,838 --> 00:35:05,320
♪ Deepening shadows
Gather splendor ♪

650
00:35:05,364 --> 00:35:08,149
♪ As day is done ♪

651
00:35:08,193 --> 00:35:11,674
♪ Fingers of night
Will soon surrender ♪

652
00:35:11,718 --> 00:35:14,721
♪ The setting sun ♪

653
00:35:14,764 --> 00:35:20,118
♪ I count the moments, darling
Till you're here with me ♪

654
00:35:20,161 --> 00:35:25,210
♪ Together at last
At twilight time ♪

655
00:35:27,168 --> 00:35:32,782
♪ Here in the afterglow
Of day ♪

656
00:35:32,826 --> 00:35:39,311
♪ We keep our rendezvous
Beneath the blue ♪

657
00:35:39,354 --> 00:35:45,143
♪ Here in the sweet
And same old way ♪

658
00:35:45,186 --> 00:35:51,584
♪ I fall in love again
As I did then ♪

659
00:35:51,627 --> 00:35:55,065
♪ Deep in the dark
Your kiss will thrill me ♪

660
00:35:55,109 --> 00:35:57,633
♪ Like days of old ♪

661
00:35:57,677 --> 00:36:01,115
♪ Lighting the spark of love
That fills me ♪

662
00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:04,684
♪ With dreams untold ♪

663
00:36:04,727 --> 00:36:10,080
♪ Each day, I pray for evening
Just to be with you ♪

664
00:36:10,124 --> 00:36:15,085
♪ Together at last
At twilight time ♪

665
00:36:16,913 --> 00:36:22,571
♪ Here in the afterglow
Of day ♪

666
00:36:22,615 --> 00:36:28,882
♪ We keep our rendezvous
Beneath the blue ♪

667
00:36:28,925 --> 00:36:34,801
♪ Here in the sweet
And same old way ♪

668
00:36:34,844 --> 00:36:41,329
♪ I fall in love again
As I did then ♪

669
00:36:41,373 --> 00:36:44,898
♪ Deep in the dark
Your kiss will thrill me ♪

670
00:36:44,941 --> 00:36:47,509
♪ Like days of old ♪

671
00:36:47,553 --> 00:36:51,165
♪ Lighting the spark of love
That fills me ♪

672
00:36:51,209 --> 00:36:53,776
♪ With dreams untold ♪

673
00:36:53,820 --> 00:36:55,909
-[door opens and closes]
-Hey, hey.

674
00:36:58,128 --> 00:36:59,608
Is this the part
where you ghost me?

675
00:37:01,044 --> 00:37:03,133
Don't you wanna see
how the movie ends?

676
00:37:03,177 --> 00:37:05,048
I know how it ends.

677
00:37:05,092 --> 00:37:06,311
And so do you.

678
00:37:08,487 --> 00:37:09,488
Stay.

679
00:37:10,097 --> 00:37:11,403
I can't.

680
00:37:12,012 --> 00:37:13,492
Why not?

681
00:37:13,535 --> 00:37:15,407
Well... [chuckles softly]

682
00:37:15,450 --> 00:37:18,627
there's already
another Tabitha here,
for one thing,

683
00:37:18,671 --> 00:37:20,281
in this universe.

684
00:37:20,325 --> 00:37:22,544
And what happens to her?

685
00:37:22,588 --> 00:37:25,504
She settles in Chicago.

686
00:37:25,547 --> 00:37:27,723
She goes to business school
and then law school.

687
00:37:27,767 --> 00:37:32,162
She's a civil rights advocate
in every aspect of her life

688
00:37:32,206 --> 00:37:36,906
-for the rest of her life.
-But we don't...

689
00:37:36,950 --> 00:37:39,169
Well, then that's
all the more reason
that you should stay.

690
00:37:39,213 --> 00:37:41,302
We lived together.

691
00:37:41,346 --> 00:37:42,347
We had a life together.

692
00:37:43,261 --> 00:37:44,174
Was any of that real?

693
00:37:44,218 --> 00:37:46,176
Of course, it was real.

694
00:37:46,220 --> 00:37:47,308
Just like this is real.

695
00:37:47,352 --> 00:37:49,049
It was all real.
It all happened.

696
00:37:49,832 --> 00:37:50,703
[sighs]

697
00:37:51,704 --> 00:37:52,748
Hey.

698
00:37:54,184 --> 00:37:55,447
[sighs]

699
00:37:56,491 --> 00:37:57,318
[exhales deeply]

700
00:38:00,669 --> 00:38:02,976
Do you remember
our epic date

701
00:38:03,019 --> 00:38:06,936
before the end of the world,
when we watched Titanic,

702
00:38:06,980 --> 00:38:09,199
and then
we ate at Pop's?

703
00:38:09,243 --> 00:38:10,418
And we had a family.

704
00:38:12,638 --> 00:38:13,682
We grew old together.

705
00:38:13,726 --> 00:38:16,163
That time bubble still exists.

706
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:18,426
It's still protecting us.

707
00:38:18,470 --> 00:38:20,341
What we had,
what we will always have.

708
00:38:20,385 --> 00:38:21,908
[sighs]

709
00:38:21,951 --> 00:38:24,650
But from this point here,

710
00:38:24,693 --> 00:38:27,609
there is only
one path forward now.

711
00:38:27,653 --> 00:38:31,134
And that is a good thing,
Jughead. Trust me.

712
00:38:47,281 --> 00:38:50,415
Well, it really sucks
that you had to die
to make all this happen.

713
00:38:50,458 --> 00:38:52,634
Except I didn't.

714
00:38:52,678 --> 00:38:53,548
Not anymore.

715
00:38:53,592 --> 00:38:54,636
The comet,

716
00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:55,637
the end times, that doesn't...

717
00:38:55,681 --> 00:38:58,597
That won't happen anymore.

718
00:38:59,685 --> 00:39:02,122
We all took care of that.

719
00:39:02,165 --> 00:39:03,036
[clicks tongue] Ah.

720
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:05,995
Classic time paradox.

721
00:39:12,306 --> 00:39:13,916
Can I at least
kiss you goodbye?

722
00:39:15,744 --> 00:39:16,571
[chuckles softly]

723
00:39:17,659 --> 00:39:18,486
[inhales deeply]

724
00:39:23,099 --> 00:39:25,101
Jughead Jones,
you read my mind.

725
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:27,190
[chuckles softly]

726
00:40:03,183 --> 00:40:06,447
[Jughead] And in
the blink of an eye,
Angel Tabitha was gone.

727
00:40:08,406 --> 00:40:10,190
But she had given us
the greatest gift of all,

728
00:40:11,365 --> 00:40:12,235
our memories.

729
00:40:13,106 --> 00:40:15,021
Edited for maximum joy.

730
00:40:15,978 --> 00:40:17,676
The good ones.

731
00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:20,374
The ones
we would cherish forever.

732
00:40:20,418 --> 00:40:24,987
Though I chose to remember
not only the happy times,
but the dark times, too.

733
00:40:25,031 --> 00:40:28,251
I figured,
as the unofficial
chronicler of our town,

734
00:40:28,295 --> 00:40:30,166
that was my responsibility.

735
00:40:33,866 --> 00:40:36,085
But as it happens,

736
00:40:36,129 --> 00:40:38,392
I wasn't the only
one who decided to
remember everything.

737
00:40:40,133 --> 00:40:41,177
Betty did, too.

738
00:40:43,136 --> 00:40:44,790
More than most,
Betty understood

739
00:40:44,833 --> 00:40:47,836
that we are made up of moments
of both joy and pain,

740
00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:49,577
happiness and suffering,

741
00:40:49,621 --> 00:40:51,318
darkness and light,

742
00:40:51,361 --> 00:40:53,102
and all the scars
we collect along the way.

743
00:41:01,807 --> 00:41:02,677
[sobbing]

744
00:41:18,693 --> 00:41:21,696
[Jughead] Another cosmic
reshuffling had happened,

745
00:41:21,740 --> 00:41:24,307
or was happening again.

746
00:41:24,351 --> 00:41:26,396
But the stage was set
for the final chapter

747
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:28,616
of our epic saga about
the Town with Pep,

748
00:41:28,660 --> 00:41:31,184
one that could
only be called...

749
00:41:32,315 --> 00:41:34,361
[somber music playing]

750
00:41:36,319 --> 00:41:40,236
♪ Tell me I'm your baby... ♪

751
00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:42,630
[Jughead] "Goodbye, Riverdale."

752
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♪ And you'll never leave me ♪

753
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♪ Tell me that you'll kiss me ♪

754
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-[bell chimes]
-♪ Forever ♪