1 00:00:01,936 --> 00:00:04,272 - Sixty-seven years have gone by. 2 00:00:04,304 --> 00:00:06,406 It's the present day. 3 00:00:06,439 --> 00:00:10,577 Since our last chapter, teenagers have become adults, got married, 4 00:00:10,610 --> 00:00:12,180 raised children of their own. 5 00:00:12,213 --> 00:00:14,714 Many have taken their last breaths. 6 00:00:14,748 --> 00:00:19,253 This story tonight is about saying goodbye to a town that was once lost in time. 7 00:00:19,287 --> 00:00:22,689 But also, goodbye to the people who once lived in that town. 8 00:00:22,722 --> 00:00:27,394 It starts near the end, with a woman named Elizabeth Cooper. 9 00:00:27,427 --> 00:00:33,201 She's 86 years old now, resting in a small room in her granddaughter's house. 10 00:00:33,234 --> 00:00:35,502 She checks the obituaries every day. 11 00:00:35,535 --> 00:00:37,939 You knew him in high school, didn't you, Grandma Betty? 12 00:00:37,972 --> 00:00:40,274 Seems like he was an interesting person. 13 00:00:40,308 --> 00:00:42,009 He was. 14 00:00:43,244 --> 00:00:45,046 Well, we all were. 15 00:00:47,248 --> 00:00:51,384 We had such marvelous adventures. 16 00:00:51,418 --> 00:00:54,354 Oh, you wouldn't have believed it, Alice. 17 00:00:56,224 --> 00:00:58,425 Well, that's it. 18 00:01:00,493 --> 00:01:02,696 That means I'm the last of them. 19 00:01:07,500 --> 00:01:11,906 Alice, honey, I want to go back. 20 00:01:11,939 --> 00:01:16,043 To Riverdale, one last time before it's too late. 21 00:01:18,112 --> 00:01:22,083 I am forgetting more and more every day. 22 00:01:22,116 --> 00:01:27,255 And I want to go back before I forget everything. 23 00:01:27,288 --> 00:01:30,024 Well, let's see how you're doing tomorrow. 24 00:01:30,057 --> 00:01:34,061 If you're up for it, yes, we can take a drive to Riverdale. 25 00:01:34,095 --> 00:01:35,462 Thank you, dear. 26 00:01:58,019 --> 00:01:59,020 Hello? 27 00:02:01,421 --> 00:02:05,592 Ah. I must have fallen asleep. 28 00:02:05,625 --> 00:02:09,864 I was going through our... Our yearbook. 29 00:02:11,132 --> 00:02:13,067 Trying to remember. 30 00:02:13,100 --> 00:02:17,305 - Remember what? - Oh. Everything, I suppose. 31 00:02:17,338 --> 00:02:20,308 I'm going back to Riverdale tomorrow. 32 00:02:20,341 --> 00:02:23,543 My granddaughter is taking me. 33 00:02:23,576 --> 00:02:25,947 Oh, going through these pictures, 34 00:02:25,980 --> 00:02:30,151 I... I just wish I could go back to... 35 00:02:31,152 --> 00:02:32,485 How it was. 36 00:02:34,355 --> 00:02:35,856 How we were. 37 00:02:35,890 --> 00:02:36,958 You can, Betty. 38 00:02:38,392 --> 00:02:40,828 You could pick a day and I'll take you. 39 00:02:40,861 --> 00:02:42,462 Though, it might be painful for you. 40 00:02:42,495 --> 00:02:44,398 Why should it be painful? 41 00:02:44,432 --> 00:02:46,434 Because you won't just be living that day. 42 00:02:46,466 --> 00:02:48,169 You'll be seeing yourself live it. 43 00:02:48,202 --> 00:02:49,669 Still... 44 00:02:51,205 --> 00:02:53,074 If you say we can, then... 45 00:02:55,376 --> 00:02:58,179 I wanna go back to a day I missed. 46 00:02:58,212 --> 00:03:02,649 The day everyone got their yearbook, senior year. 47 00:03:02,682 --> 00:03:06,354 I... I had the mumps and I had to stay home, and... 48 00:03:08,322 --> 00:03:10,790 I never got my yearbook signed. 49 00:03:10,825 --> 00:03:13,461 I've always regretted that. 50 00:03:13,493 --> 00:03:14,561 Then we'll start in the morning. 51 00:03:15,795 --> 00:03:18,132 You just have to walk through that door, 52 00:03:18,165 --> 00:03:21,002 and you'll have your day. The day you missed. 53 00:03:28,442 --> 00:03:31,711 Oh, my goodness, it's my room. 54 00:03:31,745 --> 00:03:34,849 It's exactly like I remember it. 55 00:03:34,882 --> 00:03:36,083 Hello, room. 56 00:03:41,288 --> 00:03:42,123 Is that... 57 00:03:43,991 --> 00:03:45,725 Is that really what I looked like? 58 00:03:50,197 --> 00:03:53,700 There were so many things I wanted to change about myself, back then. 59 00:03:53,733 --> 00:03:55,668 Why? I was perfect. 60 00:03:56,437 --> 00:03:58,039 We were all perfect. 61 00:03:58,072 --> 00:04:01,876 My window. 62 00:04:03,543 --> 00:04:06,147 How many sunrises have I seen out this window? 63 00:04:07,448 --> 00:04:09,783 How many moons, how many times... 64 00:04:14,788 --> 00:04:18,426 How many times have I looked out this window into Archie's? 65 00:04:18,459 --> 00:04:21,295 In the thousands, at least. 66 00:04:22,897 --> 00:04:25,199 Archie is about to have a big talk with his mom 67 00:04:25,232 --> 00:04:27,567 about what he's going to do after graduation. 68 00:04:30,703 --> 00:04:31,738 Hey, sweetie. 69 00:04:32,705 --> 00:04:33,908 Breakfast is ready. 70 00:04:33,941 --> 00:04:34,942 Thanks, Mom. 71 00:04:36,477 --> 00:04:37,610 Hey, Mom. 72 00:04:40,747 --> 00:04:42,817 I don't wanna be a pest, 73 00:04:42,850 --> 00:04:45,920 but I got to let Vic know by tomorrow if I'll be joining his crew on Monday. 74 00:04:48,823 --> 00:04:51,225 It just doesn't make sense to me. 75 00:04:51,258 --> 00:04:55,563 Driving around the country with some dusty road crew? 76 00:04:55,595 --> 00:04:59,300 Pouring concrete, digging ditches. 77 00:04:59,333 --> 00:05:01,668 Well, it's like President Eisenhower said on the news. 78 00:05:01,701 --> 00:05:06,606 I'll be building the highways that help connect people and places. 79 00:05:06,639 --> 00:05:09,609 From coast to coast, all the way to California. 80 00:05:09,642 --> 00:05:11,378 It'll give me something to write about. 81 00:05:11,412 --> 00:05:14,415 But you've written so many wonderful poems in Riverdale. 82 00:05:14,448 --> 00:05:17,650 Mom, it's only gonna be three months. 83 00:05:18,486 --> 00:05:19,652 And then I'll be back. 84 00:05:20,653 --> 00:05:24,624 No, Archie. No. 85 00:05:24,657 --> 00:05:26,626 You'll get one look at the Pacific Ocean, 86 00:05:26,659 --> 00:05:29,296 and forget all about Riverdale. 87 00:05:30,064 --> 00:05:31,866 Forget Riverdale? 88 00:05:33,534 --> 00:05:35,569 Fat chance. 89 00:05:35,603 --> 00:05:38,139 This will always be my home. Our home. 90 00:05:42,309 --> 00:05:43,344 What? 91 00:05:44,512 --> 00:05:46,413 You're just like your father. 92 00:05:47,714 --> 00:05:49,950 He was full of wanderlust. 93 00:05:49,984 --> 00:05:52,752 He always dreamt about settling in the West. 94 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:55,389 He never did, but... 95 00:05:58,658 --> 00:05:59,726 Maybe you will. 96 00:06:01,629 --> 00:06:02,695 With my blessing. 97 00:06:04,697 --> 00:06:05,798 Thank you. 98 00:06:07,535 --> 00:06:08,435 I love you, Mom. 99 00:06:09,702 --> 00:06:10,838 I love you too, Archie. 100 00:06:13,607 --> 00:06:16,844 I don't remember what happened to Mrs. Andrews. 101 00:06:16,877 --> 00:06:18,445 She bought a dress shop. 102 00:06:18,479 --> 00:06:21,615 And then, one day, a woman named Brooke came in. 103 00:06:21,649 --> 00:06:23,651 They started a conversation, 104 00:06:23,683 --> 00:06:27,655 and a few weeks later she moved into the Andrews' house. 105 00:06:27,687 --> 00:06:29,990 They stayed together until the very end. 106 00:06:30,024 --> 00:06:32,560 Mrs. Andrews was always such a kind woman. 107 00:06:33,894 --> 00:06:37,364 She once gave my mother hell for disowning me. 108 00:06:38,999 --> 00:06:40,935 Stop. 109 00:06:43,703 --> 00:06:44,737 Is that... 110 00:06:48,375 --> 00:06:51,111 A baby shower outside in the middle of June. 111 00:06:51,145 --> 00:06:52,712 Oh, no. 112 00:06:52,745 --> 00:06:53,914 Please, stop being so dramatic, Polly. 113 00:06:53,948 --> 00:06:55,983 Look at those cute little paper fans. 114 00:06:57,418 --> 00:06:59,719 Mom. Polly. 115 00:07:01,388 --> 00:07:03,157 You're alive. 116 00:07:03,190 --> 00:07:06,827 And you're so young, and you're talking again. 117 00:07:06,860 --> 00:07:09,830 Elizabeth, what are you doing out of bed? 118 00:07:09,863 --> 00:07:11,665 You have the mumps, young lady. 119 00:07:11,699 --> 00:07:14,435 No, no, I feel fine. I'm going to school. 120 00:07:14,468 --> 00:07:16,537 Mom, you did it. 121 00:07:16,570 --> 00:07:20,708 You divorced Dad, you became a stewardess, just like you dreamed. 122 00:07:20,740 --> 00:07:23,510 Well, my dream was to see the world, 123 00:07:23,544 --> 00:07:26,779 not pass out peanuts on a puddle-jumper to Poughkeepsie, 124 00:07:26,814 --> 00:07:29,049 but life goes on. 125 00:07:29,083 --> 00:07:30,918 No, wait, don't rush off, Mom. 126 00:07:30,951 --> 00:07:35,189 Just... Can I... Just... Just look at me. Just... Look at me. 127 00:07:38,926 --> 00:07:42,229 For heaven's sake, I'm looking at you, Betty. 128 00:07:42,263 --> 00:07:45,132 And I'm seeing a girl who, if she doesn't have the mumps, 129 00:07:45,165 --> 00:07:47,501 better hurry up so she's not late for school. 130 00:07:47,534 --> 00:07:48,936 Right. Of course, school. 131 00:07:48,969 --> 00:07:50,871 First... 132 00:07:55,075 --> 00:07:56,210 I love you, Mom. 133 00:08:00,481 --> 00:08:01,315 Oh. 134 00:08:02,383 --> 00:08:03,450 I love you, Polly. 135 00:08:09,789 --> 00:08:12,359 I'm so, so happy to see both of you again. 136 00:08:18,299 --> 00:08:21,835 Was my mom a stewardess for very long? 137 00:08:22,303 --> 00:08:24,138 On the contrary. 138 00:08:24,171 --> 00:08:27,675 One night, her pilot had a steak, 139 00:08:27,708 --> 00:08:30,110 three martinis and a heart attack. 140 00:08:31,712 --> 00:08:33,147 And your mom took control of the plane 141 00:08:33,180 --> 00:08:35,949 and flew it from Riverdale to Poughkeepsie, 142 00:08:35,983 --> 00:08:37,985 landing it safely. 143 00:08:41,689 --> 00:08:44,158 That's right. 144 00:08:44,191 --> 00:08:48,095 And one of the passengers on the plane asked her to dinner 145 00:08:48,128 --> 00:08:51,799 out of gratitude for saving his life, 146 00:08:51,832 --> 00:08:54,168 and a few months later they got married. 147 00:08:54,201 --> 00:08:55,936 He offered to show her the world, 148 00:08:55,969 --> 00:08:59,473 and she wrote you postcards from everywhere they went. 149 00:08:59,506 --> 00:09:02,042 Until one day the postcards stopped coming. 150 00:09:06,447 --> 00:09:07,848 What about Polly? 151 00:09:07,881 --> 00:09:09,516 She had her twins, 152 00:09:09,550 --> 00:09:10,617 Juniper and Dagwood. 153 00:09:11,719 --> 00:09:13,320 She was very fulfilled. 154 00:09:13,354 --> 00:09:15,389 She led a happy life with her family, 155 00:09:15,422 --> 00:09:19,793 but she never got back to performing as Polly Amorous. 156 00:09:19,828 --> 00:09:22,262 I only ever saw Polly perform once 157 00:09:22,296 --> 00:09:23,664 at the Babylonium, 158 00:09:23,697 --> 00:09:25,065 but I can still picture her. 159 00:09:25,733 --> 00:09:28,202 She was such a star. 160 00:09:28,235 --> 00:09:29,470 Are you ready? 161 00:09:30,871 --> 00:09:32,239 To go back to school one last time? 162 00:09:39,747 --> 00:09:41,081 Is this real? 163 00:09:42,549 --> 00:09:44,017 Or a dream? 164 00:09:44,051 --> 00:09:46,387 It's more like something in between. 165 00:09:46,420 --> 00:09:50,157 But this is really what happened on that day, back in 1957. 166 00:09:50,190 --> 00:09:54,863 Everyone is so young and beautiful, and carefree. 167 00:09:54,895 --> 00:09:57,131 They have no idea, do they? 168 00:09:58,932 --> 00:10:00,501 How special this time is, 169 00:10:00,534 --> 00:10:03,604 how quickly it goes by, like the blink of an eye. 170 00:10:03,637 --> 00:10:04,471 Bee? 171 00:10:05,773 --> 00:10:08,409 You're not supposed to be here. 172 00:10:08,442 --> 00:10:10,845 Or did you have some kind of miracle recovery? 173 00:10:10,879 --> 00:10:13,781 Veronica. 174 00:10:13,815 --> 00:10:17,718 Oh, thank goodness. 175 00:10:17,751 --> 00:10:19,753 This is too wonderful for words. 176 00:10:19,787 --> 00:10:23,757 Well, there's an ego boost I didn't know I needed. 177 00:10:23,791 --> 00:10:25,426 You should get the mumps more often. 178 00:10:26,994 --> 00:10:29,229 Well, come on, then. 179 00:10:29,263 --> 00:10:31,465 The day has barely begun, and we're already behind. 180 00:10:31,498 --> 00:10:34,401 There are about a million things to do before the last bell rings. 181 00:10:34,435 --> 00:10:36,470 We're getting our yearbooks today. Don't forget. 182 00:10:45,546 --> 00:10:47,781 I can't believe it, Vee. 183 00:10:47,816 --> 00:10:50,885 This is the last time we'll be walking into Riverdale High 184 00:10:50,919 --> 00:10:53,253 ever in our lives. 185 00:10:53,287 --> 00:10:56,557 Betty, we haven't even graduated yet. 186 00:10:56,590 --> 00:10:59,326 It's too soon to be swamped with nostalgia. 187 00:10:59,359 --> 00:11:03,096 That said, I'm feeling a little verklempt myself. 188 00:11:03,130 --> 00:11:04,698 I'm gonna powder my nose. Catch you later? 189 00:11:04,731 --> 00:11:05,999 Yes, later. 190 00:11:19,881 --> 00:11:22,649 Attention, Riverdale High students. 191 00:11:22,683 --> 00:11:23,984 Toni. 192 00:11:24,017 --> 00:11:26,086 As your senior class president, 193 00:11:26,119 --> 00:11:31,358 I'm reminding all students to pick up their yearbooks in the varsity lounge today, 194 00:11:31,391 --> 00:11:33,494 one per student. 195 00:11:33,527 --> 00:11:37,431 Now... On a more personal note, 196 00:11:37,464 --> 00:11:40,634 as we seniors look forward to graduation, 197 00:11:40,667 --> 00:11:47,007 it's only fitting that I share one final poem with you. 198 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:51,011 It's entitled "Dreams", by Langston Hughes. 199 00:11:52,513 --> 00:11:54,114 "Hold fast to dreams 200 00:11:55,682 --> 00:11:57,117 For if dreams die 201 00:11:57,150 --> 00:11:59,586 Life is a broken-winged bird 202 00:11:59,620 --> 00:12:01,154 That cannot fly 203 00:12:01,188 --> 00:12:02,991 Hold fast to dreams 204 00:12:03,023 --> 00:12:04,859 For when dreams go 205 00:12:04,893 --> 00:12:06,360 Life is a barren field 206 00:12:06,895 --> 00:12:09,029 Frozen with snow" 207 00:12:09,062 --> 00:12:11,398 Students of Riverdale High, 208 00:12:11,431 --> 00:12:14,234 we dreamed of a better school for ourselves. 209 00:12:16,436 --> 00:12:18,138 And with Principal Weatherbee's help, 210 00:12:18,907 --> 00:12:21,041 we made it happen. 211 00:12:21,074 --> 00:12:22,709 As some of us head out into the world, 212 00:12:22,743 --> 00:12:26,713 please remember that we, each and every one of us, 213 00:12:26,747 --> 00:12:30,751 have the power to make real and lasting change. 214 00:12:33,053 --> 00:12:35,155 But we have to dream it first. 215 00:12:37,457 --> 00:12:39,126 I remember these. 216 00:12:40,427 --> 00:12:44,498 Articles about Rosa Parks and the bus boycott. 217 00:12:46,533 --> 00:12:50,270 Toni always made sure that Riverdale High was in dialogue 218 00:12:50,304 --> 00:12:53,041 with whatever greater issues were affecting the country. 219 00:12:53,073 --> 00:12:54,274 It's true. 220 00:12:55,375 --> 00:12:57,444 And that will continue, until... 221 00:12:57,477 --> 00:12:58,478 Don't... Don't... 222 00:12:59,646 --> 00:13:01,748 tell me what happened to Toni, please. 223 00:13:03,985 --> 00:13:05,118 I don't wanna know yet. 224 00:13:05,152 --> 00:13:06,486 All right. 225 00:13:07,989 --> 00:13:09,122 I won't. 226 00:13:14,062 --> 00:13:16,363 Ew, barf, what are you doing here? 227 00:13:16,396 --> 00:13:18,365 The word from the bird is that you had the mumps. 228 00:13:18,398 --> 00:13:20,300 Back off. I don't want your mumpy cooties. 229 00:13:20,334 --> 00:13:23,270 No, it's fine, Cheryl. That was a false alarm. 230 00:13:23,303 --> 00:13:25,772 Can I please get my yearbook, and will you sign it for me? 231 00:13:25,807 --> 00:13:28,542 Not right now, Betty. As you can see, I'm busy. Later. 232 00:13:28,575 --> 00:13:30,310 But what if I don't see you again? 233 00:13:30,344 --> 00:13:33,614 You most certainly will, as long as you're not germy. 234 00:13:33,647 --> 00:13:36,783 I expect you at my and Toni's art show opening at the Dark Room, tonight. 235 00:13:36,818 --> 00:13:39,486 And afterwards, we're hosting a little get-together at Thornhill. 236 00:13:39,519 --> 00:13:41,321 -I'll be at both. -Of course you will. 237 00:13:41,355 --> 00:13:43,457 Now move along, Betty. There's a line behind you. 238 00:13:43,490 --> 00:13:44,524 Toodles. 239 00:13:51,665 --> 00:13:53,133 Aw. Thanks, Fangs. 240 00:13:53,166 --> 00:13:54,267 No sweat, Bets. 241 00:13:54,301 --> 00:13:55,803 Fangs is used to giving out autographs 242 00:13:55,837 --> 00:13:57,738 now that he had a hit single on the charts. 243 00:13:57,771 --> 00:14:00,074 Baby, come on. "Pixie Girl" only made it to number eight. 244 00:14:00,108 --> 00:14:02,209 That's a huge accomplishment. 245 00:14:02,242 --> 00:14:06,279 And what finally got my parents to sing another tune about us getting married. 246 00:14:06,313 --> 00:14:08,016 And wait till you hear his next song, Betty. 247 00:14:08,049 --> 00:14:09,917 Speaking of, we gotta motor. 248 00:14:09,951 --> 00:14:12,285 I'm supposed to be at the recording studio in half an hour 249 00:14:12,319 --> 00:14:14,721 to lay down some tracks before going on my summer tour. 250 00:14:15,722 --> 00:14:16,790 Tour? 251 00:14:16,824 --> 00:14:20,028 Six weeks on the road with an all-star lineup. 252 00:14:20,061 --> 00:14:21,795 A different city every night. 253 00:14:21,829 --> 00:14:24,264 They booked us a super-boss tour bus and everything. 254 00:14:24,297 --> 00:14:25,666 Catch you later, Betty. 255 00:14:29,536 --> 00:14:30,437 Bye. 256 00:14:33,306 --> 00:14:35,575 It didn't work out like they had hoped, did it? 257 00:14:36,610 --> 00:14:38,645 No. 258 00:14:38,679 --> 00:14:42,050 Four weeks into his tour, Fangs' bus was heading over the Rocky Mountains 259 00:14:42,083 --> 00:14:43,918 when one of its tires blew. 260 00:14:43,951 --> 00:14:45,552 There were no survivors. 261 00:14:45,585 --> 00:14:46,586 Poor Fangs. 262 00:14:49,423 --> 00:14:53,293 He was the first one of us to... 263 00:14:56,229 --> 00:14:57,397 pass away. 264 00:14:58,632 --> 00:14:59,633 But, 265 00:15:01,535 --> 00:15:03,437 that's his gold record, over there. 266 00:15:05,006 --> 00:15:07,875 It'll hang in this room for as long as there's a Riverdale High. 267 00:15:10,978 --> 00:15:13,047 What about Midge? 268 00:15:13,081 --> 00:15:14,916 Well, thanks to Fangs' songs, 269 00:15:14,949 --> 00:15:18,285 Midge and their daughter were taken care of for the rest of their lives. 270 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:20,620 I remember. 271 00:15:24,125 --> 00:15:27,195 I'm remembering more and more. 272 00:15:27,227 --> 00:15:29,931 Hey, Betty, what are you doing for lunch? 273 00:15:29,964 --> 00:15:31,698 It's a beautiful day. 274 00:15:31,732 --> 00:15:33,567 Clay and I are gonna eat outside if you want to join us. 275 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:34,668 Kevin. 276 00:15:36,904 --> 00:15:40,674 It is a beautiful day. I would love to join you and Clay. 277 00:15:44,879 --> 00:15:47,547 Gosh, I can't believe this is the last time 278 00:15:47,581 --> 00:15:50,250 we'll ever have lunch together at school, Betty. Can you? 279 00:15:50,283 --> 00:15:52,385 I know. 280 00:15:52,419 --> 00:15:54,621 Everything's going so fast, Kev. 281 00:15:54,654 --> 00:15:58,391 And Clay, I feel as if I've barely got to know you. 282 00:15:58,425 --> 00:16:00,560 That'll change. 283 00:16:00,594 --> 00:16:02,462 Clay and I are gonna be roommates next year. 284 00:16:02,496 --> 00:16:03,563 Aw! 285 00:16:03,597 --> 00:16:05,398 With me going to Columbia to study literature 286 00:16:05,432 --> 00:16:08,702 and Kevin going to NYU to study musical theater writing, 287 00:16:08,735 --> 00:16:11,239 it just made sense for us to get an apartment together. 288 00:16:11,271 --> 00:16:13,174 -Mmm. -That's what we told our folks. 289 00:16:13,207 --> 00:16:17,812 Well, my mom and Clay's dad, they were swell about it. 290 00:16:17,845 --> 00:16:21,149 Just asked us to be careful like they always do. 291 00:16:21,182 --> 00:16:23,283 And we always are. 292 00:16:24,351 --> 00:16:25,652 What happens to them? 293 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:28,488 Nothing awful, I hope. 294 00:16:28,522 --> 00:16:29,891 No. 295 00:16:29,924 --> 00:16:33,293 They lived a very spirited life in the heart of Harlem. 296 00:16:33,326 --> 00:16:35,229 Yes, I remember visiting them. 297 00:16:35,263 --> 00:16:37,430 All they had to do was open a window, 298 00:16:37,464 --> 00:16:43,070 and an entire universe of music and art would pour in. 299 00:16:43,104 --> 00:16:47,208 Clay became a tenured professor at Columbia University. 300 00:16:47,241 --> 00:16:50,510 And Kevin started an off-Broadway theater company. 301 00:16:50,544 --> 00:16:54,115 They saw and survived so much from that apartment. 302 00:16:54,148 --> 00:16:58,152 Kevin was 82 when he went to sleep and never woke up. 303 00:16:58,186 --> 00:17:00,021 Clay passed away a few weeks later. 304 00:17:00,054 --> 00:17:02,656 He went out to enjoy some sun in Central Park, 305 00:17:02,689 --> 00:17:04,357 sat on a bench to feed some pigeons, 306 00:17:05,293 --> 00:17:06,493 and that was that. 307 00:17:09,163 --> 00:17:10,932 Hey, Betty, you okay? 308 00:17:14,334 --> 00:17:15,535 Yeah. 309 00:17:17,138 --> 00:17:20,407 Yeah, I was just thinking about you and Clay and how... 310 00:17:23,343 --> 00:17:25,112 You two are soulmates. 311 00:17:26,180 --> 00:17:28,216 Sorry. I know I'm being silly. 312 00:17:28,249 --> 00:17:30,517 Well, um, speaking about soulmates, 313 00:17:30,550 --> 00:17:32,253 what about you guys? 314 00:17:32,286 --> 00:17:34,387 Have the four of you figured out what you're gonna do yet? 315 00:17:36,356 --> 00:17:38,491 The four of us? What do you mean? 316 00:17:38,525 --> 00:17:42,096 Betty, it's us, Clay and I. We know the truth. 317 00:17:42,129 --> 00:17:45,132 But if you want, even though it's the last day of school, 318 00:17:45,166 --> 00:17:49,502 we're happy to keep up the ruse that you're only dating Archie and not the others. 319 00:17:50,204 --> 00:17:51,072 The others. 320 00:17:51,105 --> 00:17:52,572 What? 321 00:17:52,606 --> 00:17:55,375 Come on. Don't tell me you've suddenly forgotten 322 00:17:55,408 --> 00:17:56,911 that you, Archie, Veronica and Jughead 323 00:17:56,944 --> 00:17:59,579 have been in a quad this entire last year. 324 00:18:01,983 --> 00:18:02,950 A quad? 325 00:18:29,609 --> 00:18:32,246 What are you so happy about, little miss mumps? 326 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:35,349 Oh, I'm just remembering 327 00:18:35,383 --> 00:18:39,220 where I was a year ago. 328 00:18:39,253 --> 00:18:44,591 Feeling boxed in by my mother's expectations and society's rules. 329 00:18:44,624 --> 00:18:46,426 Fighting to have my voice heard. 330 00:18:46,459 --> 00:18:48,495 Yes, yes, we all read the Teenage Mystique. 331 00:18:49,096 --> 00:18:50,530 And now? 332 00:18:50,563 --> 00:18:53,500 And now I'm remembering, 333 00:18:55,669 --> 00:18:57,939 that it's been a really fun year. 334 00:18:59,307 --> 00:19:00,674 Ugh. 335 00:19:03,177 --> 00:19:06,446 - Thank you for signing my yearbook, Reggie. 336 00:19:06,479 --> 00:19:09,183 Anything for the gal who helped me fix up Bella. 337 00:19:09,216 --> 00:19:10,818 Got to say, though. You and me 338 00:19:10,851 --> 00:19:13,254 could have had one hell of a senior year 339 00:19:13,287 --> 00:19:15,056 taking Bella up to Lover's Lane. 340 00:19:15,089 --> 00:19:19,459 If only you'd chosen me over chowderhead Andrews. 341 00:19:19,492 --> 00:19:22,595 I didn't choose Archie over you, Reggie. 342 00:19:22,629 --> 00:19:25,066 Or over Jughead, for that matter. 343 00:19:27,335 --> 00:19:29,437 Can you keep a secret? 344 00:19:29,469 --> 00:19:31,238 One that only a handful of people know? 345 00:19:32,139 --> 00:19:33,341 Yeah? 346 00:19:33,374 --> 00:19:35,977 Turns out, after Angel Tabitha's last visit, 347 00:19:36,010 --> 00:19:40,448 I remembered what it was like being with Jughead 348 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:42,450 and being with Archie. 349 00:19:42,482 --> 00:19:43,683 And Archie and Veronica remembered 350 00:19:43,717 --> 00:19:45,152 what it was like being with each other. 351 00:19:45,186 --> 00:19:47,955 But Veronica and Jughead had just started a thing, 352 00:19:47,989 --> 00:19:51,025 and remembering all of that, sort of, just, 353 00:19:51,058 --> 00:19:54,694 took the pressure off of us having to make a single choice. 354 00:19:54,728 --> 00:19:56,596 So the four of us realized 355 00:19:56,629 --> 00:19:58,899 that we could, and maybe should, 356 00:19:58,933 --> 00:20:01,601 just be together, 357 00:20:02,502 --> 00:20:03,670 at the same time. 358 00:20:03,703 --> 00:20:06,706 Are you saying that for the past year, 359 00:20:06,740 --> 00:20:08,608 the four of you have been dating 360 00:20:10,177 --> 00:20:11,245 each other? 361 00:20:12,645 --> 00:20:14,181 It started innocently enough, 362 00:20:14,215 --> 00:20:16,317 with the four of us going on double dates, 363 00:20:16,350 --> 00:20:17,952 me and Archie, Jughead and Veronica. 364 00:20:17,985 --> 00:20:21,155 And then it kind of naturally evolved from there. 365 00:20:21,188 --> 00:20:24,557 Some nights, Archie would sneak into my bedroom 366 00:20:24,591 --> 00:20:28,362 and Veronica would go home with Jughead. 367 00:20:28,396 --> 00:20:32,166 Other nights, Archie would spend the night at the Pembrooke 368 00:20:32,199 --> 00:20:35,036 and I'd go over to Jughead's. 369 00:20:35,069 --> 00:20:36,804 And sometimes, 370 00:20:36,837 --> 00:20:38,705 more often than you'd imagine, 371 00:20:38,738 --> 00:20:41,976 I would find my way to Veronica's. 372 00:20:42,009 --> 00:20:45,379 Okay, but you guys never thought about 373 00:20:45,413 --> 00:20:46,914 bringing me into the mix? 374 00:20:46,947 --> 00:20:49,483 Veronica and I talked about it, of course, 375 00:20:49,517 --> 00:20:51,718 a flutter bum like you. 376 00:20:51,751 --> 00:20:53,287 But you were always so focused on basketball. 377 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:56,290 Trust me, I would have made the time, Goldilocks. 378 00:20:56,323 --> 00:20:58,059 But, speaking of that, 379 00:21:00,528 --> 00:21:01,929 I better get back to it. 380 00:21:04,098 --> 00:21:06,699 I'm so glad I got to know you, Reggie. 381 00:21:07,334 --> 00:21:09,569 This you. 382 00:21:09,602 --> 00:21:11,638 And I think you're destined for greatness. 383 00:21:15,509 --> 00:21:16,643 You too, Cooper. 384 00:21:27,488 --> 00:21:29,323 Did Reggie go professional? 385 00:21:29,356 --> 00:21:30,723 Yes. 386 00:21:30,757 --> 00:21:32,526 The following year he played for Kansas State. 387 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:34,694 And then he got drafted by the Lakers. 388 00:21:35,762 --> 00:21:37,031 During the off season, 389 00:21:37,064 --> 00:21:38,566 he would work at his family farm 390 00:21:38,598 --> 00:21:39,967 until his folks passed away. 391 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,403 Then he had to sell the land. 392 00:21:42,436 --> 00:21:45,638 At which point he started coaching here, at Riverdale High. 393 00:21:46,907 --> 00:21:49,577 He was buried in Duck Creek, 394 00:21:49,609 --> 00:21:51,678 next to his wife and his parents. 395 00:21:52,313 --> 00:21:54,115 He had two sons, 396 00:21:54,148 --> 00:21:56,683 who still run the used car dealership, Mantle Motors. 397 00:21:59,954 --> 00:22:01,822 We go to the Babylonium next. 398 00:22:05,159 --> 00:22:07,094 How's that absinthe, Betty? 399 00:22:07,128 --> 00:22:11,899 It's delicious. It's just a bit early in the day for me. 400 00:22:11,932 --> 00:22:16,570 Well, I want to prepare you because I have news, 401 00:22:16,604 --> 00:22:20,107 that I haven't yet shared with the boys. 402 00:22:20,141 --> 00:22:22,642 The final pieces fell into place yesterday, 403 00:22:22,675 --> 00:22:26,380 but I'm moving back to the City of Angels. 404 00:22:26,413 --> 00:22:27,647 Los Angeles? 405 00:22:29,183 --> 00:22:30,384 Why? How? 406 00:22:30,417 --> 00:22:33,888 Josie McCoy's words about taking over Hollywood 407 00:22:33,921 --> 00:22:38,125 have been ringing in my ears since her visit. 408 00:22:38,159 --> 00:22:40,461 So I finally called my good friend Peter Roth 409 00:22:40,494 --> 00:22:43,763 and asked about getting a job, working for him in La La Land. 410 00:22:43,796 --> 00:22:46,400 I've done the small town thing. 411 00:22:46,433 --> 00:22:47,868 I've done the theater owner thing, 412 00:22:47,902 --> 00:22:51,704 and I now know what I wanna do next. 413 00:22:51,738 --> 00:22:53,641 And what is that, Miss Lodge? 414 00:22:53,673 --> 00:22:55,342 I want to produce movies. 415 00:22:56,277 --> 00:22:57,677 And run a studio someday. 416 00:22:59,079 --> 00:22:59,947 Just like you. 417 00:23:02,349 --> 00:23:04,418 I can't tell you how excited I am 418 00:23:04,451 --> 00:23:06,587 to begin this next chapter, Betty. 419 00:23:06,620 --> 00:23:09,056 To get in on the ground floor, 420 00:23:09,089 --> 00:23:12,725 learn the ropes, work my way up to being a studio executive, 421 00:23:12,759 --> 00:23:14,094 one of the gatekeepers. 422 00:23:14,128 --> 00:23:15,362 Wow. 423 00:23:15,396 --> 00:23:20,234 It sounds like an opportunity of a lifetime. 424 00:23:20,267 --> 00:23:21,734 It is. 425 00:23:23,736 --> 00:23:25,940 But I'm detecting something, Betty. 426 00:23:27,041 --> 00:23:28,809 I'm so proud of you. 427 00:23:30,110 --> 00:23:31,579 Of all the things that you've done, 428 00:23:31,612 --> 00:23:34,682 of all the businesses that you've started. 429 00:23:36,283 --> 00:23:38,452 This move feels... 430 00:23:40,921 --> 00:23:42,456 The most right. 431 00:23:43,557 --> 00:23:44,391 I agree. 432 00:23:45,926 --> 00:23:48,362 Like it was my destiny. 433 00:23:48,395 --> 00:23:51,398 To be in the movies. 434 00:23:51,432 --> 00:23:55,836 The only thing is, California's so far away. 435 00:23:55,869 --> 00:23:57,171 Betty, 436 00:24:00,773 --> 00:24:02,843 it doesn't matter how far away we are. 437 00:24:04,712 --> 00:24:08,148 We will always be in each other's lives. 438 00:24:10,750 --> 00:24:11,852 I promise. 439 00:24:18,492 --> 00:24:19,860 I always loved this theater. 440 00:24:21,595 --> 00:24:22,496 It had a good run. 441 00:24:23,664 --> 00:24:25,432 Lots of kids made out here. 442 00:24:28,636 --> 00:24:30,437 Lots of gum under these seats. 443 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:34,642 And Veronica? 444 00:24:34,675 --> 00:24:36,410 The summer after graduation, 445 00:24:36,443 --> 00:24:39,380 Veronica started as an assistant at Silver Shield Studios. 446 00:24:39,413 --> 00:24:41,248 But within a few years, she was running the place. 447 00:24:41,282 --> 00:24:43,417 She became known for her impeccable taste 448 00:24:43,450 --> 00:24:46,287 and for taking risks on young, raw talent. 449 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,289 She won two Oscars, 450 00:24:48,322 --> 00:24:51,458 and produced some of the most iconic movies of our time. 451 00:24:51,492 --> 00:24:53,994 Vee was buried in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. 452 00:25:01,468 --> 00:25:03,304 I visited her grave once. 453 00:25:08,208 --> 00:25:11,412 We went to some of her premieres before that. 454 00:25:14,581 --> 00:25:16,350 She was such a force. 455 00:25:21,822 --> 00:25:23,023 I wish... 456 00:25:28,762 --> 00:25:31,432 I wish I had kept in better touch with her. 457 00:25:34,868 --> 00:25:38,539 With everyone, all of us. We were so close. 458 00:25:39,606 --> 00:25:41,041 Inseparable. 459 00:25:41,075 --> 00:25:42,609 And then we just... 460 00:25:45,579 --> 00:25:47,081 That's what today is all about. 461 00:25:49,249 --> 00:25:52,886 Remembering and getting one more chance. 462 00:25:55,856 --> 00:25:56,957 And no regrets. 463 00:26:05,733 --> 00:26:07,401 Thank you all for coming tonight. 464 00:26:07,434 --> 00:26:10,637 This is the culmination of a year-long collaboration 465 00:26:10,671 --> 00:26:14,843 between myself and my partner in all things, Toni Topaz. 466 00:26:14,875 --> 00:26:20,347 Our relationship is the most thrilling thing I could have ever imagined. 467 00:26:20,381 --> 00:26:22,082 We're always creating. 468 00:26:22,116 --> 00:26:27,054 There's no separation between our art and our love. 469 00:26:27,087 --> 00:26:31,191 So, please mingle, enjoy the work, 470 00:26:31,225 --> 00:26:35,429 - and feel free to buy a piece or two. 471 00:26:35,462 --> 00:26:38,265 Also, I'll be sitting at that table over there, 472 00:26:38,298 --> 00:26:42,770 selling a collected edition of the first six issues of Black Athena, 473 00:26:42,804 --> 00:26:46,206 Riverdale High's acclaimed literary magazine. 474 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:47,941 It's sure to be a collector's item. 475 00:26:47,975 --> 00:26:49,977 Thank you. 476 00:27:00,254 --> 00:27:02,389 These paintings are incredible. 477 00:27:02,423 --> 00:27:04,525 I should try to buy one. 478 00:27:04,558 --> 00:27:10,564 In case you were wondering, Cheryl had an incredible career as a painter. 479 00:27:10,597 --> 00:27:13,534 Her work was shown in galleries and museums across the country. 480 00:27:14,601 --> 00:27:16,003 Even a couple in Europe. 481 00:27:17,371 --> 00:27:18,873 What about Toni? 482 00:27:18,907 --> 00:27:20,274 Toni and Cheryl stayed together. 483 00:27:21,175 --> 00:27:23,076 Moved out west together. 484 00:27:23,110 --> 00:27:25,979 They settled in the Oakland hills in a Craftsman house, 485 00:27:26,013 --> 00:27:28,048 where they lived as artists and activists, 486 00:27:29,116 --> 00:27:32,252 and they had a son, Dale, 487 00:27:32,286 --> 00:27:34,354 named after Riverdale, of course. 488 00:27:37,090 --> 00:27:39,293 And how did they pass away? 489 00:27:39,326 --> 00:27:40,929 Peacefully. 490 00:27:40,961 --> 00:27:45,132 After living full, gorgeous, 491 00:27:45,165 --> 00:27:47,734 sexy lives. 492 00:27:51,004 --> 00:27:52,272 What about Julian? 493 00:27:52,306 --> 00:27:54,107 A bit of a lost soul. 494 00:27:54,141 --> 00:27:58,312 After graduation, he enlisted, served and died in Vietnam. 495 00:27:59,848 --> 00:28:01,715 He was 28. 496 00:28:01,748 --> 00:28:03,952 Nana Rose? 497 00:28:03,984 --> 00:28:06,987 Reincarnated multiple times. 498 00:28:09,990 --> 00:28:12,226 The Bee and Mrs. T got married. 499 00:28:14,995 --> 00:28:16,430 Oh, them. 500 00:28:16,463 --> 00:28:18,867 Frank Andrews and Tom Keller were murdered. 501 00:28:18,900 --> 00:28:20,501 By who? 502 00:28:20,534 --> 00:28:24,404 A hustler they picked up one rainy night, named Chic. 503 00:28:28,242 --> 00:28:31,144 What's happening over there? 504 00:28:31,178 --> 00:28:34,047 Veronica has just told us about her plans to go out west, 505 00:28:34,081 --> 00:28:36,216 and we are not taking it well. 506 00:28:36,250 --> 00:28:38,652 I wasn't there for that conversation? 507 00:28:38,685 --> 00:28:40,053 No. 508 00:28:40,787 --> 00:28:41,622 Well, you should be. 509 00:28:42,924 --> 00:28:44,124 Might help cushion the blow. 510 00:28:52,366 --> 00:28:56,303 What's the tale, nightingales? Why the long faces? 511 00:28:56,336 --> 00:28:59,373 Ronnie just dropped an atomic bomb on us. 512 00:28:59,406 --> 00:29:01,976 I told them my Los Angeles news. 513 00:29:02,010 --> 00:29:03,945 Ain't that just the pits? 514 00:29:03,978 --> 00:29:05,245 Come on, boys. 515 00:29:05,279 --> 00:29:07,347 I know we haven't been talking about it lately, 516 00:29:07,381 --> 00:29:10,919 but we all knew we'd be going our separate ways after graduation. 517 00:29:10,952 --> 00:29:12,954 Yeah, but now it just feels so real. 518 00:29:12,987 --> 00:29:15,756 And final. 519 00:29:15,789 --> 00:29:18,860 Hey, do we really want to spend what could be our last night together, 520 00:29:18,893 --> 00:29:21,695 acting like a bunch of wet blankets? 521 00:29:21,728 --> 00:29:24,598 Senior year was amazing and incredibly fulfilling. 522 00:29:24,631 --> 00:29:28,803 Not just physically, emotionally, too. 523 00:29:28,836 --> 00:29:32,539 Seriously, how lucky were we to have been brought together? 524 00:29:32,573 --> 00:29:35,877 Given the opportunity to know and love each other 525 00:29:35,910 --> 00:29:40,048 across, not one, but two lifetimes? 526 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:43,216 We should be celebrating that. Not mourning it. 527 00:29:43,250 --> 00:29:45,218 Not yet, at least. 528 00:29:45,252 --> 00:29:49,590 Betty's right. The future can wait. 529 00:29:49,623 --> 00:29:54,461 Tonight is about appreciating everything we've been through. 530 00:29:54,494 --> 00:29:58,933 And let me tell you, we have been through a hell of a lot. 531 00:29:58,967 --> 00:30:00,601 You know, I gotta say, 532 00:30:00,634 --> 00:30:03,370 if I had to live through high school twice, which we did, 533 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:08,642 I'm glad it was with you three yahoos. 534 00:30:09,877 --> 00:30:13,580 I love you all so much. 535 00:30:13,614 --> 00:30:19,219 Meeting you was the best thing that could have possibly happened to me, 536 00:30:20,153 --> 00:30:21,722 heartbreaks and all. 537 00:30:25,659 --> 00:30:29,162 And I'm so glad to be here to say that to you tonight. 538 00:30:33,835 --> 00:30:37,805 Hey, should we all take one last ride in my hotrod together 539 00:30:37,839 --> 00:30:39,439 to Cheryl's after party? 540 00:31:26,087 --> 00:31:27,354 Where are the others? 541 00:31:29,690 --> 00:31:31,224 Already inside. 542 00:31:31,258 --> 00:31:33,627 -Why aren't you there? -I can't. 543 00:31:35,096 --> 00:31:37,230 I can't go in. 544 00:31:37,264 --> 00:31:39,733 -How come? -Because I know and you know 545 00:31:39,766 --> 00:31:44,038 that this is the last time that all of us will be together, ever. 546 00:31:44,072 --> 00:31:45,305 Betty... 547 00:31:45,338 --> 00:31:47,207 I don't want to say goodbye. 548 00:31:48,208 --> 00:31:51,344 I just don't. 549 00:31:51,378 --> 00:31:56,316 It will be too painful, too much to bear, like you said. 550 00:31:56,349 --> 00:31:57,684 It was a mistake to come back here. 551 00:31:57,718 --> 00:31:59,219 I should be at home with the mumps. 552 00:31:59,252 --> 00:32:00,554 I should not be saying goodbye. 553 00:32:00,587 --> 00:32:03,423 -It's... It's... -That's life, Betty. 554 00:32:04,092 --> 00:32:06,160 You say hello. 555 00:32:06,194 --> 00:32:08,896 You walk alongside someone for a while, 556 00:32:10,230 --> 00:32:11,465 and then you say goodbye. 557 00:32:14,202 --> 00:32:15,903 That's the arc of a life. 558 00:32:16,938 --> 00:32:17,771 Isn't it? 559 00:32:23,477 --> 00:32:24,912 Every minute counts. 560 00:32:53,174 --> 00:32:55,209 Okay. 561 00:32:55,243 --> 00:32:59,147 As some of you may know, I'm kind of a big-time poet now. 562 00:32:59,180 --> 00:33:00,915 We know, Andrews. 563 00:33:00,948 --> 00:33:02,984 - You won't stop talking about it. 564 00:33:03,017 --> 00:33:05,619 In any case, I wrote something to commemorate our time together. 565 00:33:05,652 --> 00:33:08,388 Aw! Are you gonna make us get the weeps, Archie? 566 00:33:10,423 --> 00:33:12,260 This is an ode to my best friends 567 00:33:12,292 --> 00:33:14,294 and every good thing that must come to an end. 568 00:33:15,830 --> 00:33:18,598 "Tomorrow, we won't see each other in study hall 569 00:33:18,632 --> 00:33:20,935 So, here's a few memories for us to recall 570 00:33:20,968 --> 00:33:24,337 And no, I won't be mentioning the epic highs and lows of high school football" 571 00:33:26,174 --> 00:33:28,475 "I grew up next door to Betty Cooper 572 00:33:28,508 --> 00:33:31,846 Who everyone thinks is super duper 573 00:33:31,879 --> 00:33:33,513 Just don't mutter the word 'tangerine' 574 00:33:33,547 --> 00:33:35,415 'Cause it sets off her serial-killer gene" 575 00:33:37,551 --> 00:33:40,021 "Veronica Lodge, always in pearls, 576 00:33:40,054 --> 00:33:42,789 There isn't a business you haven't given a whirl 577 00:33:42,824 --> 00:33:45,126 Funny to think you were never prom queen 578 00:33:45,159 --> 00:33:49,297 Then again, you were, once upon a time, a human dialysis machine" 579 00:33:49,329 --> 00:33:52,967 I specifically asked Angel Tabitha not to let anyone remember that. 580 00:33:54,367 --> 00:33:56,971 "Cheryl Blossom, you're as rich as a Rockefeller 581 00:33:57,004 --> 00:34:00,007 You also kept your beloved Jason down in a cellar 582 00:34:01,876 --> 00:34:03,343 But I'm glad to see you and the serpent queen back together 583 00:34:03,376 --> 00:34:05,847 Only thing, Toni, 'Southside' is one word. 584 00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:08,249 So, whoever designed your jacket is a terrible speller 585 00:34:09,583 --> 00:34:11,718 Jughead Jones needs no intro 586 00:34:11,751 --> 00:34:13,287 He made his teacher jump out a window 587 00:34:14,554 --> 00:34:16,356 Thinks himself a private eye 588 00:34:16,389 --> 00:34:18,326 Chained himself to Southside High" 589 00:34:18,358 --> 00:34:20,027 Do me next. 590 00:34:21,561 --> 00:34:24,031 "Kevin's voice is so beautiful he belongs in a chorus 591 00:34:24,065 --> 00:34:26,666 But he spends most of his time cruising Fox Forest" 592 00:34:28,069 --> 00:34:32,039 "Fangs, look at you now 593 00:34:32,073 --> 00:34:33,975 You're a rockstar greaser 594 00:34:34,008 --> 00:34:36,878 A long way from a cult member who stole organs to put in a freezer" 595 00:34:38,712 --> 00:34:41,816 "Last but not least, Mantle the Magnificent 596 00:34:41,849 --> 00:34:44,018 Pound for pound you're my closest equivalent 597 00:34:44,051 --> 00:34:46,586 But there's that other Reggie so how do we know you're even legitimate? 598 00:34:46,620 --> 00:34:50,024 I'm gonna need to see some kind of birth certificate" 599 00:34:51,292 --> 00:34:52,425 Not cool, Andrews. 600 00:34:52,459 --> 00:34:54,461 You know I'm sensitive about that. 601 00:34:57,430 --> 00:34:59,566 "These are just some of our wild endeavors 602 00:35:01,168 --> 00:35:03,637 But now we've come to the end of our time together 603 00:35:05,106 --> 00:35:07,808 It's truly one of my life's greatest pleasures 604 00:35:10,278 --> 00:35:12,113 To call you all my best friends 605 00:35:13,314 --> 00:35:14,681 Forever and ever" 606 00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:41,474 You weren't planning on leaving without saying goodbye, were you? 607 00:35:43,476 --> 00:35:45,679 I'm afraid it's time for me to go. 608 00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:47,514 Oh... 609 00:35:49,150 --> 00:35:51,152 Okay, well... 610 00:35:54,621 --> 00:35:57,091 Tonight isn't goodbye anyway. 611 00:35:58,458 --> 00:35:59,961 I know we'll see each other again. 612 00:36:01,695 --> 00:36:02,696 Maybe... 613 00:36:03,697 --> 00:36:05,598 Maybe we'll even end up together. 614 00:36:08,069 --> 00:36:09,602 You know, I've always felt 615 00:36:11,172 --> 00:36:13,540 that it would be you and me at the end of the road. 616 00:36:15,775 --> 00:36:18,145 I mean, it started with us, didn't it? 617 00:36:20,448 --> 00:36:23,516 A boy and a girl next door to each other. 618 00:36:25,485 --> 00:36:28,521 That's a lovely sentiment, Archie. 619 00:36:28,555 --> 00:36:30,757 But that's not what happens in the future. 620 00:36:33,693 --> 00:36:34,527 No? 621 00:36:38,165 --> 00:36:39,000 No. 622 00:36:42,269 --> 00:36:44,105 Your mom was right. 623 00:36:46,506 --> 00:36:49,709 You make it to California and you don't look back. 624 00:36:52,279 --> 00:36:56,951 Then you meet a sweet, strong girl who makes you laugh. 625 00:36:59,387 --> 00:37:01,688 And you settle down in Modesto. 626 00:37:03,357 --> 00:37:05,860 And you have a beautiful family. 627 00:37:08,195 --> 00:37:12,266 You're a professional construction worker and an amateur writer. 628 00:37:13,566 --> 00:37:17,238 And you are so, so content 629 00:37:18,506 --> 00:37:19,739 and happy. 630 00:37:25,612 --> 00:37:27,714 And when you die, 631 00:37:30,550 --> 00:37:34,621 you ask to be buried here in Riverdale 632 00:37:37,425 --> 00:37:38,758 next to your father. 633 00:38:10,324 --> 00:38:11,158 Glad you went in? 634 00:38:12,493 --> 00:38:13,726 I am. 635 00:38:15,662 --> 00:38:18,899 But it reminded me... 636 00:38:18,933 --> 00:38:22,269 There's one last person I want to visit before we leave 637 00:38:22,735 --> 00:38:24,338 if we have time. 638 00:38:26,307 --> 00:38:27,341 We do. 639 00:38:29,609 --> 00:38:31,711 I just want to get some flowers first. 640 00:38:49,830 --> 00:38:53,868 It was right after the beginning of senior year that he... 641 00:38:54,869 --> 00:38:55,702 Yes. 642 00:38:56,837 --> 00:38:58,906 It was a terrible blow to the town. 643 00:39:03,844 --> 00:39:05,745 At least it happened in his sleep. 644 00:39:17,992 --> 00:39:20,327 What do you think happens to us 645 00:39:22,662 --> 00:39:23,864 when we die? 646 00:39:28,668 --> 00:39:30,304 Well, I can't speak for everyone. 647 00:39:30,337 --> 00:39:32,506 But for a man like Pop Tate, 648 00:39:32,540 --> 00:39:37,278 I have a feeling he's probably still doing what he loved best. 649 00:39:37,311 --> 00:39:40,848 Flipping burgers and mixing shakes, and making people smile. 650 00:39:42,983 --> 00:39:45,186 For the rest of eternity, I bet. 651 00:39:52,159 --> 00:39:55,362 It's strange to say, but I read your obituary 652 00:39:56,564 --> 00:39:58,232 in the paper. 653 00:39:59,300 --> 00:40:01,535 It was lovely, Jughead. 654 00:40:01,569 --> 00:40:04,672 Yours was a life well lived. 655 00:40:04,704 --> 00:40:06,941 Well, as we used to say back in the day, 656 00:40:07,875 --> 00:40:08,909 "It was swell." 657 00:40:10,044 --> 00:40:12,012 I put all my eggs in one basket. 658 00:40:12,046 --> 00:40:14,949 Jughead's Madhouse Magazine. 659 00:40:16,749 --> 00:40:19,320 It became an institution. 660 00:40:19,353 --> 00:40:22,923 It was juvenile satire at best. 661 00:40:22,957 --> 00:40:25,059 Just mocking all of the sacred cows. 662 00:40:26,227 --> 00:40:27,261 People loved it. 663 00:40:28,262 --> 00:40:32,199 And they still love it 70 years later. 664 00:40:32,233 --> 00:40:34,435 It's mostly teens and kids who read it, 665 00:40:34,468 --> 00:40:36,237 but I'm not gonna lie. 666 00:40:36,270 --> 00:40:40,874 As far as legacies go, I could have done a heck of a lot worse. 667 00:40:42,676 --> 00:40:44,912 Do you think about that a lot, legacy? 668 00:40:47,281 --> 00:40:48,716 No. 669 00:40:48,748 --> 00:40:51,919 -Not too much. -Well, you should. 670 00:40:51,952 --> 00:40:54,455 First, it was the Teenage Mystique, 671 00:40:54,488 --> 00:40:56,490 a self-published bestseller. 672 00:40:56,523 --> 00:40:57,757 Then there was your advice column, 673 00:40:57,790 --> 00:40:59,660 Betty's Diary. 674 00:40:59,693 --> 00:41:02,496 All I remember from those days were the never-ending deadlines. 675 00:41:02,529 --> 00:41:03,864 Then it was New York... 676 00:41:03,897 --> 00:41:05,866 Freelancing and protesting. 677 00:41:05,899 --> 00:41:08,702 There was so much to be angry about back then. 678 00:41:08,736 --> 00:41:11,105 Hmm. Still is. 679 00:41:11,138 --> 00:41:12,840 The same fights. 680 00:41:15,342 --> 00:41:17,111 But other people are fighting them now, 681 00:41:18,445 --> 00:41:19,813 the younger generation. 682 00:41:19,847 --> 00:41:23,317 Who grew up reading the magazine you started, 683 00:41:23,350 --> 00:41:25,452 She Says Magazine. 684 00:41:25,486 --> 00:41:29,723 The go-to source for feminists and progressive causes, 685 00:41:29,757 --> 00:41:32,059 exposing hard truths. 686 00:41:32,092 --> 00:41:34,561 Still being published today, I might add. 687 00:41:36,796 --> 00:41:40,301 As far as professional legacies go, 688 00:41:40,334 --> 00:41:42,903 I could have done a heck of a lot worse. 689 00:41:45,372 --> 00:41:47,908 Do you have any regrets about not getting married? 690 00:41:49,510 --> 00:41:50,511 None. 691 00:41:56,750 --> 00:41:59,820 But I'm so happy I adopted my daughter Carla. 692 00:42:01,055 --> 00:42:03,257 I loved being a mother. 693 00:42:05,426 --> 00:42:06,960 And a grandmother. 694 00:42:10,964 --> 00:42:12,833 That's my true legacy, 695 00:42:15,869 --> 00:42:16,837 my family. 696 00:42:20,140 --> 00:42:23,444 What about you? Any regrets about not getting circled? 697 00:42:24,712 --> 00:42:25,979 Sometimes. 698 00:42:35,824 --> 00:42:37,958 I know it's impossible, but... 699 00:42:41,995 --> 00:42:44,865 I wish that we could stay in Riverdale forever 700 00:42:48,902 --> 00:42:50,371 with all of our friends, 701 00:42:51,872 --> 00:42:52,873 as we were. 702 00:42:55,876 --> 00:42:58,545 Young and beautiful, 703 00:43:04,651 --> 00:43:05,986 full of hope. 704 00:43:10,224 --> 00:43:13,627 Bursting with love for each other. 705 00:43:14,661 --> 00:43:16,497 I know it's not possible. 706 00:43:17,765 --> 00:43:18,999 No. 707 00:43:20,567 --> 00:43:21,402 It's not. 708 00:43:27,941 --> 00:43:29,676 In fact, it's time to get you back. 709 00:43:35,182 --> 00:43:36,016 I know. 710 00:43:40,621 --> 00:43:41,455 I'm ready 711 00:43:44,792 --> 00:43:47,127 to face whatever comes next. 712 00:44:04,478 --> 00:44:07,347 Oh, Grandma, look. We're nearly there. 713 00:44:11,820 --> 00:44:14,588 Goodbye, town sign. 714 00:44:14,621 --> 00:44:19,126 Goodbye, Sweetwater River and all its mysteries. 715 00:44:19,159 --> 00:44:23,096 And Fox Forest and it's haunted trees. 716 00:44:23,130 --> 00:44:27,234 Goodbye, red door and the secrets behind it. 717 00:44:27,267 --> 00:44:32,139 Goodbye, room. Goodbye, window and Archie's room. 718 00:44:32,172 --> 00:44:38,111 Goodbye, Pembrooke, with your crackling fires and sexy sleepovers. 719 00:44:38,145 --> 00:44:41,615 Goodbye to cups of coffee and late nights of writing 720 00:44:41,648 --> 00:44:45,820 and to maple-syrup mornings and spin-the-bottle parties. 721 00:44:45,854 --> 00:44:51,425 Goodbye to buttered popcorn and double-features and double-dates. 722 00:44:51,458 --> 00:44:55,128 Goodbye to music and poetry and art. 723 00:44:56,029 --> 00:44:58,632 Goodbye, Riverdale High. 724 00:44:58,665 --> 00:45:03,838 Goodbye to basketball games and pep rallies and dances at the gym. 725 00:45:03,872 --> 00:45:05,506 Goodbye, lockers. 726 00:45:05,539 --> 00:45:07,307 Goodbye, Blue and Gold. 727 00:45:07,341 --> 00:45:10,010 Goodbye, chalk dust and bobby pins 728 00:45:10,043 --> 00:45:12,279 and whoopee caps and whoopee cushions. 729 00:45:12,312 --> 00:45:14,849 Goodbye to friends and feeling scared 730 00:45:14,883 --> 00:45:19,152 and Fourth of July camping trips and time capsules 731 00:45:19,686 --> 00:45:21,990 and time. 732 00:45:22,022 --> 00:45:25,058 I wish... I wish there were more of it. 733 00:45:25,994 --> 00:45:29,029 Goodbye, Riverdale. 734 00:45:29,062 --> 00:45:31,632 It was wonderful getting to grow up here. 735 00:45:34,801 --> 00:45:37,005 Grandma Betty, we're here. 736 00:45:37,037 --> 00:45:39,373 Look, honey. She's asleep. 737 00:45:42,042 --> 00:45:44,778 I don't think she's asleep, honey. 738 00:47:48,402 --> 00:47:49,770 Perfect timing, Betty. 739 00:47:51,039 --> 00:47:52,006 We got you a shake. 740 00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:53,808 Your favorite, strawberry. 741 00:47:53,841 --> 00:47:55,208 Thank you. 742 00:48:06,553 --> 00:48:08,288 We'll leave them here, I think. 743 00:48:11,224 --> 00:48:13,293 Where they're forever juniors. 744 00:48:14,528 --> 00:48:15,897 Forever 17. 745 00:48:18,066 --> 00:48:20,434 Always grabbing a burger or a shake. 746 00:48:22,235 --> 00:48:25,205 Always going to or coming from some dance, 747 00:48:25,238 --> 00:48:28,341 talking about school, the big game, 748 00:48:28,375 --> 00:48:30,277 who's dating who, 749 00:48:31,045 --> 00:48:33,213 homework, 750 00:48:33,246 --> 00:48:35,248 whatever movie was playing at the Babylonium, 751 00:48:35,282 --> 00:48:37,885 you know, the moments that make up a life. 752 00:48:37,919 --> 00:48:41,989 That's where they've... Where we've always been. 753 00:48:43,157 --> 00:48:43,991 In this diner, 754 00:48:44,791 --> 00:48:45,792 in this town, 755 00:48:47,128 --> 00:48:49,329 in the sweet hereafter. 756 00:48:49,362 --> 00:48:51,264 So, if you happen to see that neon sign, 757 00:48:51,298 --> 00:48:54,768 some lonely night at the end of that long journey, 758 00:48:54,801 --> 00:48:57,571 the journey that every one of us is on, 759 00:48:57,604 --> 00:49:01,341 pull over, come on in, take a seat. 760 00:49:01,374 --> 00:49:04,511 Know that you'll always be among friends, 761 00:49:04,544 --> 00:49:07,347 and that Riverdale will always be your home. 762 00:49:08,648 --> 00:49:09,783 Until then, 763 00:49:11,418 --> 00:49:13,187 have a good night.