1 00:00:00,875 --> 00:00:04,170 -[Jughead] Sixty-seven years have gone by. -[typewriter clacks] 2 00:00:04,212 --> 00:00:06,256 It's the present day. 3 00:00:06,297 --> 00:00:10,635 Since our last chapter, teenagers have become adults, got married, 4 00:00:10,677 --> 00:00:12,262 raised children of their own. 5 00:00:12,303 --> 00:00:14,597 Many have taken their last breaths. 6 00:00:14,639 --> 00:00:19,519 This story tonight is about saying goodbye to a town that was once lost in time. 7 00:00:19,561 --> 00:00:22,772 But also, goodbye to the people who once lived in that town. 8 00:00:22,814 --> 00:00:27,652 It starts near the end, with a woman named Elizabeth Cooper. 9 00:00:27,694 --> 00:00:33,283 She's 86 years old now, resting in a small room in her granddaughter's house. 10 00:00:33,324 --> 00:00:35,577 She checks the obituaries every day. 11 00:00:35,618 --> 00:00:37,996 You knew him in high school, didn't you, Grandma Betty? 12 00:00:38,038 --> 00:00:40,331 Seems like he was an interesting person. 13 00:00:40,373 --> 00:00:41,916 He was. 14 00:00:43,334 --> 00:00:44,961 Well, we all were. 15 00:00:47,338 --> 00:00:51,426 We had such marvelous adventures. 16 00:00:51,468 --> 00:00:54,262 Oh, you wouldn't have believed it, Alice. 17 00:00:56,306 --> 00:00:58,349 Well, that's it. 18 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:02,604 That means I'm the last of them. 19 00:01:04,814 --> 00:01:05,690 [sighs] 20 00:01:07,567 --> 00:01:11,988 Alice, honey, I want to go back. 21 00:01:12,030 --> 00:01:15,950 To Riverdale, one last time before it's too late. 22 00:01:18,203 --> 00:01:22,165 [sighs] I am forgetting more and more every day. 23 00:01:22,207 --> 00:01:27,128 And I want to go back before I forget everything. 24 00:01:27,170 --> 00:01:30,090 Well, let's see how you're doing tomorrow. 25 00:01:30,131 --> 00:01:33,927 If you're up for it, yes, we can take a drive to Riverdale. 26 00:01:33,968 --> 00:01:35,178 Thank you, dear. 27 00:01:42,727 --> 00:01:43,728 [sighs] 28 00:01:49,901 --> 00:01:50,777 [crickets chirping] 29 00:01:55,073 --> 00:01:56,491 [bells chiming] 30 00:01:57,909 --> 00:01:58,952 Hello? 31 00:02:01,496 --> 00:02:05,667 Ah. I must have fallen asleep. 32 00:02:05,708 --> 00:02:09,796 I was going through our... Our yearbook. 33 00:02:11,005 --> 00:02:13,133 Trying to remember. [chuckles] 34 00:02:13,174 --> 00:02:17,387 -Remember what? -Oh. [sighs] Everything, I suppose. 35 00:02:17,428 --> 00:02:20,390 I'm going back to Riverdale tomorrow. 36 00:02:20,431 --> 00:02:23,601 My granddaughter is taking me. 37 00:02:23,643 --> 00:02:26,020 Oh, going through these pictures, 38 00:02:26,062 --> 00:02:30,066 I... I just wish I could go back to... 39 00:02:31,025 --> 00:02:32,193 How it was. 40 00:02:34,237 --> 00:02:35,738 How we were. 41 00:02:35,780 --> 00:02:36,865 You can, Betty. 42 00:02:38,283 --> 00:02:40,910 You could pick a day and I'll take you. 43 00:02:40,952 --> 00:02:42,328 Though, it might be painful for you. 44 00:02:42,370 --> 00:02:44,455 Why should it be painful? 45 00:02:44,497 --> 00:02:46,291 Because you won't just be living that day. 46 00:02:46,332 --> 00:02:48,042 You'll be seeing yourself live it. 47 00:02:48,084 --> 00:02:49,586 Still... [sighs] 48 00:02:51,087 --> 00:02:53,006 If you say we can, then... 49 00:02:55,258 --> 00:02:58,261 I wanna go back to a day I missed. 50 00:02:58,303 --> 00:03:02,724 The day everyone got their yearbook, senior year. 51 00:03:02,765 --> 00:03:06,436 I... I had the mumps and I had to stay home, and... 52 00:03:06,477 --> 00:03:08,146 [sighs deeply] 53 00:03:08,188 --> 00:03:10,857 I never got my yearbook signed. 54 00:03:10,899 --> 00:03:13,318 I've always regretted that. 55 00:03:13,359 --> 00:03:14,485 Then we'll start in the morning. 56 00:03:15,862 --> 00:03:18,406 You just have to walk through that door, 57 00:03:18,448 --> 00:03:20,909 and you'll have your day. The day you missed. 58 00:03:28,333 --> 00:03:31,794 Oh, my goodness, it's my room. 59 00:03:31,836 --> 00:03:34,714 It's exactly like I remember it. [gasps] 60 00:03:34,756 --> 00:03:36,007 Hello, room. 61 00:03:41,179 --> 00:03:42,055 Is that... 62 00:03:44,057 --> 00:03:45,642 Is that really what I looked like? 63 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:53,775 There were so many things I wanted to change about myself, back then. 64 00:03:53,816 --> 00:03:55,401 Why? I was perfect. 65 00:03:56,319 --> 00:03:58,112 We were all perfect. 66 00:03:58,154 --> 00:04:01,783 [gasps softly] My window. [laughs] 67 00:04:03,409 --> 00:04:06,079 How many sunrises have I seen out this window? 68 00:04:07,538 --> 00:04:09,707 How many moons, how many times... 69 00:04:14,879 --> 00:04:18,299 How many times have I looked out this window into Archie's? 70 00:04:18,341 --> 00:04:21,219 In the thousands, at least. 71 00:04:22,971 --> 00:04:25,473 Archie is about to have a big talk with his mom 72 00:04:25,515 --> 00:04:27,475 about what he's going to do after graduation. 73 00:04:30,770 --> 00:04:31,646 [Mary] Hey, sweetie. 74 00:04:32,772 --> 00:04:33,773 Breakfast is ready. 75 00:04:33,815 --> 00:04:34,857 Thanks, Mom. 76 00:04:36,359 --> 00:04:37,318 Hey, Mom. 77 00:04:40,822 --> 00:04:43,074 I don't wanna be a pest, 78 00:04:43,116 --> 00:04:45,827 but I got to let Vic know by tomorrow if I'll be joining his crew on Monday. 79 00:04:48,913 --> 00:04:51,499 It just doesn't make sense to me. 80 00:04:51,541 --> 00:04:55,420 Driving around the country with some dusty road crew? 81 00:04:55,461 --> 00:04:59,382 Pouring concrete, digging ditches. 82 00:04:59,424 --> 00:05:01,926 Well, it's like President Eisenhower said on the news. 83 00:05:01,968 --> 00:05:06,472 I'll be building the highways that help connect people and places. 84 00:05:06,514 --> 00:05:09,475 From coast to coast, all the way to California. 85 00:05:09,517 --> 00:05:11,436 It'll give me something to write about. 86 00:05:11,477 --> 00:05:14,272 But you've written so many wonderful poems in Riverdale. 87 00:05:14,314 --> 00:05:17,358 Mom, it's only gonna be three months. 88 00:05:18,359 --> 00:05:19,360 And then I'll be back. 89 00:05:20,737 --> 00:05:24,699 No, Archie. No. 90 00:05:24,741 --> 00:05:26,701 You'll get one look at the Pacific Ocean, 91 00:05:26,743 --> 00:05:29,203 and forget all about Riverdale. 92 00:05:29,954 --> 00:05:31,789 Forget Riverdale? 93 00:05:33,624 --> 00:05:35,626 Fat chance. 94 00:05:35,668 --> 00:05:38,046 This will always be my home. Our home. 95 00:05:39,589 --> 00:05:40,798 [chuckles] 96 00:05:42,175 --> 00:05:43,259 What? 97 00:05:44,594 --> 00:05:46,346 You're just like your father. 98 00:05:47,805 --> 00:05:50,016 He was full of wanderlust. 99 00:05:50,058 --> 00:05:52,685 He always dreamt about settling in the West. 100 00:05:53,811 --> 00:05:55,313 He never did, but... 101 00:05:58,524 --> 00:05:59,650 Maybe you will. 102 00:06:01,694 --> 00:06:02,779 With my blessing. 103 00:06:02,820 --> 00:06:04,530 [chuckles softly] 104 00:06:04,572 --> 00:06:05,531 Thank you. 105 00:06:07,408 --> 00:06:08,368 I love you, Mom. 106 00:06:09,577 --> 00:06:10,745 I love you too, Archie. 107 00:06:13,498 --> 00:06:16,918 I don't remember what happened to Mrs. Andrews. 108 00:06:16,959 --> 00:06:18,711 [Jughead] She bought a dress shop. 109 00:06:18,753 --> 00:06:21,672 And then, one day, a woman named Brooke came in. 110 00:06:21,714 --> 00:06:23,925 They started a conversation, 111 00:06:23,966 --> 00:06:27,512 and a few weeks later she moved into the Andrews' house. 112 00:06:27,553 --> 00:06:30,056 They stayed together until the very end. 113 00:06:30,098 --> 00:06:32,433 Mrs. Andrews was always such a kind woman. 114 00:06:32,475 --> 00:06:33,935 [sighs] 115 00:06:33,976 --> 00:06:37,230 She once gave my mother hell for disowning me. 116 00:06:37,271 --> 00:06:39,023 [chuckles] 117 00:06:39,065 --> 00:06:40,858 [Alice laughing playfully] Stop. 118 00:06:43,778 --> 00:06:44,654 Is that... 119 00:06:46,948 --> 00:06:48,616 [laughter continues] 120 00:06:48,658 --> 00:06:50,993 [Polly] A baby shower outside in the middle of June. 121 00:06:51,035 --> 00:06:52,578 Oh, no. 122 00:06:52,620 --> 00:06:53,996 [Alice] Please, stop being so dramatic, Polly. 123 00:06:54,038 --> 00:06:55,915 Look at those cute little paper fans. 124 00:06:57,291 --> 00:06:59,627 Mom. Polly. 125 00:07:01,254 --> 00:07:03,214 You're alive. 126 00:07:03,256 --> 00:07:06,884 And you're so young, and you're talking again. 127 00:07:06,926 --> 00:07:09,887 Elizabeth, what are you doing out of bed? 128 00:07:09,929 --> 00:07:11,722 You have the mumps, young lady. 129 00:07:11,764 --> 00:07:14,308 No, no, I feel fine. I'm going to school. 130 00:07:14,350 --> 00:07:16,602 Mom, you did it. 131 00:07:16,644 --> 00:07:20,773 You divorced Dad, you became a stewardess, just like you dreamed. 132 00:07:20,815 --> 00:07:23,568 Well, my dream was to see the world, 133 00:07:23,609 --> 00:07:26,863 not pass out peanuts on a puddle-jumper to Poughkeepsie, 134 00:07:26,904 --> 00:07:29,115 but life goes on. 135 00:07:29,157 --> 00:07:30,992 No, wait, don't rush off, Mom. 136 00:07:31,033 --> 00:07:35,121 Just... Can I... Just... Just look at me. Just... Look at me. 137 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,295 For heaven's sake, I'm looking at you, Betty. 138 00:07:42,336 --> 00:07:45,214 And I'm seeing a girl who, if she doesn't have the mumps, 139 00:07:45,256 --> 00:07:47,383 better hurry up so she's not late for school. 140 00:07:47,425 --> 00:07:49,010 Right. Of course, school. 141 00:07:49,051 --> 00:07:50,595 -[chuckles] -First... 142 00:07:55,141 --> 00:07:56,142 [softly] I love you, Mom. 143 00:08:00,354 --> 00:08:01,230 Oh. 144 00:08:02,273 --> 00:08:03,357 I love you, Polly. 145 00:08:06,986 --> 00:08:07,862 [sighs] 146 00:08:07,904 --> 00:08:09,822 [sniffles] 147 00:08:09,864 --> 00:08:12,241 I'm so, so happy to see both of you again. 148 00:08:12,283 --> 00:08:13,910 [sniffles] 149 00:08:18,372 --> 00:08:21,542 Was my mom a stewardess for very long? 150 00:08:22,168 --> 00:08:24,212 On the contrary. 151 00:08:24,253 --> 00:08:27,757 One night, her pilot had a steak, 152 00:08:27,798 --> 00:08:29,967 three martinis and a heart attack. 153 00:08:30,009 --> 00:08:31,552 [beeping] 154 00:08:31,594 --> 00:08:33,221 And your mom took control of the plane 155 00:08:33,262 --> 00:08:36,015 and flew it from Riverdale to Poughkeepsie, 156 00:08:36,057 --> 00:08:37,892 landing it safely. 157 00:08:39,685 --> 00:08:40,561 [chuckles] 158 00:08:41,771 --> 00:08:44,232 That's right. 159 00:08:44,273 --> 00:08:48,152 And one of the passengers on the plane asked her to dinner 160 00:08:48,194 --> 00:08:51,656 out of gratitude for saving his life, 161 00:08:51,697 --> 00:08:54,242 and a few months later they got married. 162 00:08:54,283 --> 00:08:55,993 He offered to show her the world, 163 00:08:56,035 --> 00:08:59,539 and she wrote you postcards from everywhere they went. 164 00:08:59,580 --> 00:09:01,958 Until one day the postcards stopped coming. 165 00:09:06,337 --> 00:09:07,922 What about Polly? 166 00:09:07,964 --> 00:09:09,382 She had her twins, 167 00:09:09,423 --> 00:09:10,550 Juniper and Dagwood. 168 00:09:11,592 --> 00:09:13,386 She was very fulfilled. 169 00:09:13,427 --> 00:09:15,471 She led a happy life with her family, 170 00:09:15,513 --> 00:09:19,850 but she never got back to performing as Polly Amorous. 171 00:09:19,892 --> 00:09:22,144 I only ever saw Polly perform once 172 00:09:22,186 --> 00:09:23,521 at the Babylonium, 173 00:09:23,563 --> 00:09:24,981 but I can still picture her. 174 00:09:25,815 --> 00:09:28,067 She was such a star. 175 00:09:28,109 --> 00:09:29,402 Are you ready? 176 00:09:30,945 --> 00:09:32,154 To go back to school one last time? 177 00:09:36,909 --> 00:09:38,536 [students chattering indistinctly] 178 00:09:39,829 --> 00:09:40,997 Is this real? 179 00:09:42,415 --> 00:09:44,083 Or a dream? 180 00:09:44,125 --> 00:09:46,460 It's more like something in between. 181 00:09:46,502 --> 00:09:50,214 But this is really what happened on that day, back in 1957. 182 00:09:50,256 --> 00:09:54,927 Everyone is so young and beautiful, and carefree. 183 00:09:54,969 --> 00:09:57,054 They have no idea, do they? 184 00:09:59,015 --> 00:10:00,558 How special this time is, 185 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:03,477 how quickly it goes by, like the blink of an eye. 186 00:10:03,519 --> 00:10:04,395 [Veronica] Bee? 187 00:10:05,855 --> 00:10:08,482 You're not supposed to be here. 188 00:10:08,524 --> 00:10:10,901 Or did you have some kind of miracle recovery? 189 00:10:10,943 --> 00:10:13,654 Veronica. [gasps] 190 00:10:13,696 --> 00:10:17,575 [exclaims] Oh, thank goodness. [gasps] 191 00:10:17,617 --> 00:10:19,785 This is too wonderful for words. 192 00:10:19,827 --> 00:10:23,623 [chuckles] Well, there's an ego boost I didn't know I needed. 193 00:10:23,664 --> 00:10:25,291 You should get the mumps more often. 194 00:10:25,333 --> 00:10:27,043 [bell rings] 195 00:10:27,084 --> 00:10:29,295 Well, come on, then. 196 00:10:29,337 --> 00:10:31,547 The day has barely begun, and we're already behind. 197 00:10:31,589 --> 00:10:34,467 There are about a million things to do before the last bell rings. 198 00:10:34,508 --> 00:10:36,385 We're getting our yearbooks today. Don't forget. 199 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:39,972 [bell chimes] 200 00:10:45,436 --> 00:10:48,064 I can't believe it, Vee. 201 00:10:48,105 --> 00:10:50,941 This is the last time we'll be walking into Riverdale High 202 00:10:50,983 --> 00:10:53,319 ever in our lives. 203 00:10:53,361 --> 00:10:56,614 Betty, we haven't even graduated yet. 204 00:10:56,656 --> 00:10:59,408 It's too soon to be swamped with nostalgia. 205 00:10:59,450 --> 00:11:03,162 That said, I'm feeling a little verklempt myself. 206 00:11:03,204 --> 00:11:04,580 I'm gonna powder my nose. Catch you later? 207 00:11:04,622 --> 00:11:05,915 Yes, later. 208 00:11:17,510 --> 00:11:18,386 [speaker crackles] 209 00:11:18,427 --> 00:11:19,929 [bell chiming] 210 00:11:19,970 --> 00:11:22,515 [Toni] Attention, Riverdale High students. 211 00:11:22,556 --> 00:11:23,849 Toni. 212 00:11:23,891 --> 00:11:26,310 As your senior class president, 213 00:11:26,352 --> 00:11:31,232 I'm reminding all students to pick up their yearbooks in the varsity lounge today, 214 00:11:31,273 --> 00:11:33,567 one per student. 215 00:11:33,609 --> 00:11:37,488 Now... [sighs] On a more personal note, 216 00:11:37,530 --> 00:11:40,700 as we seniors look forward to graduation, 217 00:11:40,741 --> 00:11:46,872 it's only fitting that I share one final poem with you. 218 00:11:46,914 --> 00:11:50,918 It's entitled "Dreams", by Langston Hughes. 219 00:11:52,378 --> 00:11:54,046 "Hold fast to dreams 220 00:11:55,548 --> 00:11:57,174 For if dreams die 221 00:11:57,216 --> 00:11:59,468 Life is a broken-winged bird 222 00:11:59,510 --> 00:12:01,220 That cannot fly 223 00:12:01,262 --> 00:12:02,847 Hold fast to dreams 224 00:12:02,888 --> 00:12:04,724 For when dreams go 225 00:12:04,765 --> 00:12:06,267 Life is a barren field 226 00:12:06,976 --> 00:12:08,894 Frozen with snow" 227 00:12:08,936 --> 00:12:11,480 Students of Riverdale High, 228 00:12:11,522 --> 00:12:14,150 we dreamed of a better school for ourselves. 229 00:12:16,527 --> 00:12:18,070 And with Principal Weatherbee's help, 230 00:12:18,988 --> 00:12:20,906 we made it happen. 231 00:12:20,948 --> 00:12:22,992 As some of us head out into the world, 232 00:12:23,033 --> 00:12:26,996 please remember that we, each and every one of us, 233 00:12:27,037 --> 00:12:30,666 have the power to make real and lasting change. 234 00:12:32,918 --> 00:12:34,879 But we have to dream it first. 235 00:12:37,339 --> 00:12:39,049 I remember these. 236 00:12:40,509 --> 00:12:44,430 Articles about Rosa Parks and the bus boycott. 237 00:12:46,599 --> 00:12:50,352 Toni always made sure that Riverdale High was in dialogue 238 00:12:50,394 --> 00:12:53,105 with whatever greater issues were affecting the country. 239 00:12:53,147 --> 00:12:54,190 It's true. 240 00:12:55,441 --> 00:12:57,318 And that will continue, until... 241 00:12:57,359 --> 00:12:58,402 Don't... Don't... 242 00:12:59,737 --> 00:13:01,655 tell me what happened to Toni, please. 243 00:13:04,074 --> 00:13:05,201 I don't wanna know yet. 244 00:13:05,242 --> 00:13:06,410 All right. 245 00:13:08,078 --> 00:13:09,038 I won't. 246 00:13:14,126 --> 00:13:16,420 Ew, barf, what are you doing here? 247 00:13:16,462 --> 00:13:18,422 The word from the bird is that you had the mumps. 248 00:13:18,464 --> 00:13:20,382 Back off. I don't want your mumpy cooties. 249 00:13:20,424 --> 00:13:23,344 No, it's fine, Cheryl. That was a false alarm. 250 00:13:23,385 --> 00:13:25,846 Can I please get my yearbook, and will you sign it for me? 251 00:13:25,888 --> 00:13:28,599 Not right now, Betty. As you can see, I'm busy. Later. 252 00:13:28,641 --> 00:13:30,392 But what if I don't see you again? 253 00:13:30,434 --> 00:13:33,687 You most certainly will, as long as you're not germy. 254 00:13:33,729 --> 00:13:36,857 I expect you at my and Toni's art show opening at the Dark Room, tonight. 255 00:13:36,899 --> 00:13:39,527 And afterwards, we're hosting a little get-together at Thornhill. 256 00:13:39,568 --> 00:13:41,403 -I'll be at both. -Of course you will. 257 00:13:41,445 --> 00:13:43,322 Now move along, Betty. There's a line behind you. 258 00:13:43,364 --> 00:13:44,448 Toodles. 259 00:13:51,539 --> 00:13:52,998 Aw. Thanks, Fangs. 260 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:54,333 No sweat, Bets. 261 00:13:54,375 --> 00:13:55,876 Fangs is used to giving out autographs 262 00:13:55,918 --> 00:13:57,795 now that he had a hit single on the charts. 263 00:13:57,837 --> 00:14:00,130 Baby, come on. "Pixie Girl" only made it to number eight. 264 00:14:00,172 --> 00:14:02,466 That's a huge accomplishment. 265 00:14:02,508 --> 00:14:06,345 And what finally got my parents to sing another tune about us getting married. 266 00:14:06,387 --> 00:14:07,888 And wait till you hear his next song, Betty. 267 00:14:07,930 --> 00:14:10,182 Speaking of, we gotta motor. 268 00:14:10,224 --> 00:14:12,309 I'm supposed to be at the recording studio in half an hour 269 00:14:12,351 --> 00:14:14,645 to lay down some tracks before going on my summer tour. 270 00:14:15,604 --> 00:14:17,064 Tour? 271 00:14:17,106 --> 00:14:19,900 Six weeks on the road with an all-star lineup. 272 00:14:19,942 --> 00:14:21,861 A different city every night. 273 00:14:21,902 --> 00:14:24,321 They booked us a super-boss tour bus and everything. 274 00:14:24,363 --> 00:14:25,573 Catch you later, Betty. 275 00:14:29,410 --> 00:14:30,369 Bye. 276 00:14:33,372 --> 00:14:35,499 It didn't work out like they had hoped, did it? 277 00:14:36,500 --> 00:14:38,711 No. 278 00:14:38,752 --> 00:14:41,922 Four weeks into his tour, Fangs' bus was heading over the Rocky Mountains 279 00:14:41,964 --> 00:14:43,799 when one of its tires blew. 280 00:14:43,841 --> 00:14:45,426 There were no survivors. 281 00:14:45,467 --> 00:14:46,510 Poor Fangs. 282 00:14:47,469 --> 00:14:49,471 [imperceptible] 283 00:14:49,513 --> 00:14:53,017 He was the first one of us to... [sniffles] 284 00:14:56,103 --> 00:14:57,313 pass away. 285 00:14:58,522 --> 00:14:59,565 But, 286 00:15:01,609 --> 00:15:02,943 that's his gold record, over there. 287 00:15:05,070 --> 00:15:07,781 It'll hang in this room for as long as there's a Riverdale High. 288 00:15:10,868 --> 00:15:12,912 What about Midge? 289 00:15:12,953 --> 00:15:14,997 Well, thanks to Fangs' songs, 290 00:15:15,039 --> 00:15:18,208 Midge and their daughter were taken care of for the rest of their lives. 291 00:15:19,585 --> 00:15:20,544 I remember. 292 00:15:24,214 --> 00:15:27,259 I'm remembering more and more. 293 00:15:27,301 --> 00:15:29,803 Hey, Betty, what are you doing for lunch? 294 00:15:29,845 --> 00:15:31,764 It's a beautiful day. 295 00:15:31,805 --> 00:15:33,432 Clay and I are gonna eat outside if you want to join us. 296 00:15:33,474 --> 00:15:34,600 Kevin. 297 00:15:36,977 --> 00:15:40,606 It is a beautiful day. I would love to join you and Clay. 298 00:15:44,944 --> 00:15:47,613 Gosh, I can't believe this is the last time 299 00:15:47,655 --> 00:15:50,324 we'll ever have lunch together at school, Betty. Can you? 300 00:15:50,366 --> 00:15:52,409 I know. 301 00:15:52,451 --> 00:15:54,703 Everything's going so fast, Kev. 302 00:15:54,745 --> 00:15:58,457 And Clay, I feel as if I've barely got to know you. 303 00:15:58,499 --> 00:16:00,626 That'll change. 304 00:16:00,668 --> 00:16:02,127 Clay and I are gonna be roommates next year. 305 00:16:02,169 --> 00:16:03,629 Aw! 306 00:16:03,671 --> 00:16:05,464 With me going to Columbia to study literature 307 00:16:05,506 --> 00:16:08,759 and Kevin going to NYU to study musical theater writing, 308 00:16:08,801 --> 00:16:11,095 it just made sense for us to get an apartment together. 309 00:16:11,136 --> 00:16:13,430 -Mmm. -That's what we told our folks. 310 00:16:13,472 --> 00:16:17,893 Well, my mom and Clay's dad, they were swell about it. 311 00:16:17,935 --> 00:16:21,230 Just asked us to be careful like they always do. 312 00:16:21,271 --> 00:16:23,190 And we always are. 313 00:16:24,441 --> 00:16:25,567 What happens to them? 314 00:16:26,568 --> 00:16:28,153 Nothing awful, I hope. 315 00:16:28,195 --> 00:16:29,947 No. 316 00:16:29,989 --> 00:16:33,158 They lived a very spirited life in the heart of Harlem. 317 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,285 [Betty] Yes, I remember visiting them. 318 00:16:35,327 --> 00:16:37,496 All they had to do was open a window, 319 00:16:37,538 --> 00:16:43,127 and an entire universe of music and art would pour in. 320 00:16:43,168 --> 00:16:47,464 [Jughead] Clay became a tenured professor at Columbia University. 321 00:16:47,506 --> 00:16:50,592 And Kevin started an off-Broadway theater company. 322 00:16:50,634 --> 00:16:54,179 They saw and survived so much from that apartment. 323 00:16:54,221 --> 00:16:58,017 Kevin was 82 when he went to sleep and never woke up. 324 00:16:58,058 --> 00:17:00,060 Clay passed away a few weeks later. 325 00:17:00,102 --> 00:17:02,730 He went out to enjoy some sun in Central Park, 326 00:17:02,771 --> 00:17:04,273 sat on a bench to feed some pigeons, 327 00:17:05,357 --> 00:17:06,400 and that was that. 328 00:17:09,028 --> 00:17:10,863 Hey, Betty, you okay? 329 00:17:14,408 --> 00:17:15,451 Yeah. 330 00:17:17,202 --> 00:17:20,122 Yeah, I was just thinking about you and Clay and how... 331 00:17:23,208 --> 00:17:25,044 You two are soulmates. 332 00:17:26,045 --> 00:17:28,297 Sorry. I know I'm being silly. 333 00:17:28,338 --> 00:17:30,591 Well, um, speaking about soulmates, 334 00:17:30,632 --> 00:17:32,509 what about you guys? 335 00:17:32,551 --> 00:17:34,094 Have the four of you figured out what you're gonna do yet? 336 00:17:36,430 --> 00:17:38,557 The four of us? What do you mean? 337 00:17:38,599 --> 00:17:42,352 Betty, it's us, Clay and I. We know the truth. 338 00:17:42,394 --> 00:17:45,189 But if you want, even though it's the last day of school, 339 00:17:45,230 --> 00:17:49,234 we're happy to keep up the ruse that you're only dating Archie and not the others. 340 00:17:50,069 --> 00:17:50,944 The others. 341 00:17:50,986 --> 00:17:52,654 What? [stammering] 342 00:17:52,696 --> 00:17:55,240 Come on. Don't tell me you've suddenly forgotten 343 00:17:55,282 --> 00:17:56,992 that you, Archie, Veronica and Jughead 344 00:17:57,034 --> 00:17:59,495 have been in a quad this entire last year. 345 00:18:01,872 --> 00:18:02,873 A quad? 346 00:18:11,173 --> 00:18:12,299 [chuckles] 347 00:18:27,022 --> 00:18:29,650 [water gushing] 348 00:18:29,691 --> 00:18:32,111 What are you so happy about, little miss mumps? 349 00:18:32,152 --> 00:18:35,405 Oh, I'm just remembering 350 00:18:35,447 --> 00:18:39,493 where I was a year ago. 351 00:18:39,535 --> 00:18:44,665 Feeling boxed in by my mother's expectations and society's rules. 352 00:18:44,706 --> 00:18:46,291 Fighting to have my voice heard. 353 00:18:46,333 --> 00:18:48,418 Yes, yes, we all read the Teenage Mystique. 354 00:18:48,961 --> 00:18:50,587 And now? 355 00:18:50,629 --> 00:18:53,215 And now I'm remembering, 356 00:18:55,759 --> 00:18:57,845 that it's been a really fun year. 357 00:18:59,388 --> 00:19:00,597 Ugh. 358 00:19:03,267 --> 00:19:06,311 -[door closes] -[Betty] Thank you for signing my yearbook, Reggie. 359 00:19:06,353 --> 00:19:09,064 Anything for the gal who helped me fix up Bella. 360 00:19:09,106 --> 00:19:10,899 Got to say, though. You and me 361 00:19:10,941 --> 00:19:13,110 could have had one hell of a senior year 362 00:19:13,152 --> 00:19:15,112 taking Bella up to Lover's Lane. 363 00:19:15,154 --> 00:19:19,324 If only you'd chosen me over chowderhead Andrews. 364 00:19:19,366 --> 00:19:22,661 I didn't choose Archie over you, Reggie. 365 00:19:22,703 --> 00:19:24,997 Or over Jughead, for that matter. 366 00:19:27,416 --> 00:19:29,293 Can you keep a secret? 367 00:19:29,334 --> 00:19:31,170 One that only a handful of people know? 368 00:19:32,004 --> 00:19:33,422 Yeah? 369 00:19:33,463 --> 00:19:36,049 Turns out, after Angel Tabitha's last visit, 370 00:19:36,091 --> 00:19:40,304 I remembered what it was like being with Jughead 371 00:19:40,345 --> 00:19:42,306 and being with Archie. 372 00:19:42,347 --> 00:19:43,765 And Archie and Veronica remembered 373 00:19:43,807 --> 00:19:45,434 what it was like being with each other. 374 00:19:45,475 --> 00:19:48,020 But Veronica and Jughead had just started a thing, 375 00:19:48,061 --> 00:19:51,106 and remembering all of that, sort of, just, 376 00:19:51,148 --> 00:19:54,776 took the pressure off of us having to make a single choice. 377 00:19:54,818 --> 00:19:56,653 So the four of us realized 378 00:19:56,695 --> 00:19:58,780 that we could, and maybe should, 379 00:19:58,822 --> 00:20:01,533 just be together, 380 00:20:02,367 --> 00:20:03,744 at the same time. 381 00:20:03,785 --> 00:20:06,788 Are you saying that for the past year, 382 00:20:06,830 --> 00:20:08,332 the four of you have been dating 383 00:20:10,042 --> 00:20:11,168 each other? 384 00:20:12,711 --> 00:20:14,463 It started innocently enough, 385 00:20:14,504 --> 00:20:16,173 with the four of us going on double dates, 386 00:20:16,215 --> 00:20:18,008 me and Archie, Jughead and Veronica. 387 00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:21,428 And then it kind of naturally evolved from there. 388 00:20:21,470 --> 00:20:24,640 Some nights, Archie would sneak into my bedroom 389 00:20:24,681 --> 00:20:28,644 and Veronica would go home with Jughead. 390 00:20:28,685 --> 00:20:32,022 Other nights, Archie would spend the night at the Pembrooke 391 00:20:32,064 --> 00:20:34,900 and I'd go over to Jughead's. 392 00:20:34,942 --> 00:20:36,860 And sometimes, 393 00:20:36,902 --> 00:20:38,779 more often than you'd imagine, 394 00:20:38,820 --> 00:20:42,032 I would find my way to Veronica's. 395 00:20:42,074 --> 00:20:45,244 Okay, but you guys never thought about 396 00:20:45,285 --> 00:20:46,995 bringing me into the mix? 397 00:20:47,037 --> 00:20:49,539 Veronica and I talked about it, of course, 398 00:20:49,581 --> 00:20:51,792 a flutter bum like you. 399 00:20:51,833 --> 00:20:53,543 But you were always so focused on basketball. 400 00:20:53,585 --> 00:20:56,171 Trust me, I would have made the time, Goldilocks. 401 00:20:56,213 --> 00:20:57,965 But, speaking of that, 402 00:21:00,592 --> 00:21:01,843 I better get back to it. 403 00:21:04,179 --> 00:21:06,431 I'm so glad I got to know you, Reggie. 404 00:21:07,224 --> 00:21:09,434 This you. 405 00:21:09,476 --> 00:21:11,561 And I think you're destined for greatness. 406 00:21:15,399 --> 00:21:16,358 You too, Cooper. 407 00:21:27,369 --> 00:21:29,204 Did Reggie go professional? 408 00:21:29,246 --> 00:21:30,789 [Jughead] Yes. 409 00:21:30,831 --> 00:21:32,582 The following year he played for Kansas State. 410 00:21:32,624 --> 00:21:34,626 And then he got drafted by the Lakers. 411 00:21:35,836 --> 00:21:37,087 During the off season, 412 00:21:37,129 --> 00:21:38,422 he would work at his family farm 413 00:21:38,463 --> 00:21:40,048 until his folks passed away. 414 00:21:40,090 --> 00:21:42,467 Then he had to sell the land. 415 00:21:42,509 --> 00:21:45,554 [Betty] At which point he started coaching here, at Riverdale High. 416 00:21:46,972 --> 00:21:49,433 He was buried in Duck Creek, 417 00:21:49,474 --> 00:21:51,393 next to his wife and his parents. 418 00:21:52,185 --> 00:21:54,187 He had two sons, 419 00:21:54,229 --> 00:21:56,398 who still run the used car dealership, Mantle Motors. 420 00:21:59,985 --> 00:22:01,737 We go to the Babylonium next. 421 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:07,159 [Veronica] How's that absinthe, Betty? 422 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:11,955 It's delicious. It's just a bit early in the day for me. 423 00:22:11,997 --> 00:22:16,626 Well, I want to prepare you because I have news, 424 00:22:16,668 --> 00:22:20,172 that I haven't yet shared with the boys. 425 00:22:20,213 --> 00:22:22,716 The final pieces fell into place yesterday, 426 00:22:22,758 --> 00:22:26,261 but I'm moving back to the City of Angels. 427 00:22:26,303 --> 00:22:27,554 Los Angeles? 428 00:22:29,056 --> 00:22:30,640 Why? How? 429 00:22:30,682 --> 00:22:33,935 Josie McCoy's words about taking over Hollywood 430 00:22:33,977 --> 00:22:38,190 have been ringing in my ears since her visit. 431 00:22:38,231 --> 00:22:40,734 So I finally called my good friend Peter Roth 432 00:22:40,776 --> 00:22:43,820 and asked about getting a job, working for him in La La Land. 433 00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:46,281 I've done the small town thing. 434 00:22:46,323 --> 00:22:47,949 I've done the theater owner thing, 435 00:22:47,991 --> 00:22:51,787 and I now know what I wanna do next. 436 00:22:51,828 --> 00:22:53,705 And what is that, Miss Lodge? 437 00:22:53,747 --> 00:22:55,248 I want to produce movies. 438 00:22:56,166 --> 00:22:57,584 And run a studio someday. 439 00:22:58,960 --> 00:22:59,878 Just like you. 440 00:23:02,214 --> 00:23:04,299 I can't tell you how excited I am 441 00:23:04,341 --> 00:23:06,468 to begin this next chapter, Betty. 442 00:23:06,510 --> 00:23:09,137 To get in on the ground floor, 443 00:23:09,179 --> 00:23:12,808 learn the ropes, work my way up to being a studio executive, 444 00:23:12,849 --> 00:23:13,975 one of the gatekeepers. 445 00:23:14,017 --> 00:23:15,644 Wow. 446 00:23:15,685 --> 00:23:20,107 It sounds like an opportunity of a lifetime. 447 00:23:20,148 --> 00:23:21,441 It is. 448 00:23:23,819 --> 00:23:25,862 But I'm detecting something, Betty. 449 00:23:27,114 --> 00:23:28,532 I'm so proud of you. [chuckles] 450 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:31,660 Of all the things that you've done, 451 00:23:31,701 --> 00:23:34,538 of all the businesses that you've started. 452 00:23:34,579 --> 00:23:36,123 [laughs] 453 00:23:36,164 --> 00:23:38,375 This move feels... 454 00:23:40,961 --> 00:23:42,379 The most right. 455 00:23:43,422 --> 00:23:44,297 I agree. 456 00:23:46,007 --> 00:23:48,218 Like it was my destiny. 457 00:23:48,260 --> 00:23:51,680 To be in the movies. [laughs] 458 00:23:51,721 --> 00:23:55,892 [sighs] The only thing is, California's so far away. [chuckles] 459 00:23:55,934 --> 00:23:57,102 [softly] Betty, 460 00:24:00,856 --> 00:24:02,774 it doesn't matter how far away we are. 461 00:24:04,776 --> 00:24:08,071 We will always be in each other's lives. 462 00:24:10,615 --> 00:24:11,575 I promise. 463 00:24:18,373 --> 00:24:19,583 I always loved this theater. 464 00:24:21,460 --> 00:24:22,419 It had a good run. 465 00:24:23,753 --> 00:24:25,338 Lots of kids made out here. 466 00:24:28,508 --> 00:24:30,343 Lots of gum under these seats. 467 00:24:32,929 --> 00:24:34,514 And Veronica? 468 00:24:34,556 --> 00:24:36,683 [Jughead] The summer after graduation, 469 00:24:36,725 --> 00:24:39,436 Veronica started as an assistant at Silver Shield Studios. 470 00:24:39,478 --> 00:24:41,313 But within a few years, she was running the place. 471 00:24:41,354 --> 00:24:43,690 She became known for her impeccable taste 472 00:24:43,732 --> 00:24:46,151 and for taking risks on young, raw talent. 473 00:24:46,193 --> 00:24:48,361 She won two Oscars, 474 00:24:48,403 --> 00:24:51,531 and produced some of the most iconic movies of our time. 475 00:24:51,573 --> 00:24:53,909 Vee was buried in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. 476 00:24:59,164 --> 00:25:01,291 [sniffles] 477 00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:03,210 I visited her grave once. 478 00:25:03,835 --> 00:25:05,045 [sniffles] 479 00:25:08,298 --> 00:25:11,343 We went to some of her premieres before that. [chuckles softly] 480 00:25:14,471 --> 00:25:16,223 She was such a force. 481 00:25:16,264 --> 00:25:18,141 [imperceptible] 482 00:25:21,895 --> 00:25:22,938 I wish... 483 00:25:28,652 --> 00:25:31,363 I wish I had kept in better touch with her. 484 00:25:34,741 --> 00:25:38,453 With everyone, all of us. We were so close. 485 00:25:39,496 --> 00:25:41,122 Inseparable. 486 00:25:41,164 --> 00:25:42,541 And then we just... 487 00:25:45,460 --> 00:25:47,003 That's what today is all about. 488 00:25:49,339 --> 00:25:52,801 Remembering and getting one more chance. 489 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:56,888 And no regrets. 490 00:26:04,938 --> 00:26:07,274 Thank you all for coming tonight. 491 00:26:07,315 --> 00:26:10,443 This is the culmination of a year-long collaboration 492 00:26:10,485 --> 00:26:15,282 between myself and my partner in all things, Toni Topaz. 493 00:26:15,323 --> 00:26:20,370 Our relationship is the most thrilling thing I could have ever imagined. 494 00:26:20,412 --> 00:26:22,330 We're always creating. 495 00:26:22,372 --> 00:26:27,252 There's no separation between our art and our love. 496 00:26:27,294 --> 00:26:31,423 So, please mingle, enjoy the work, 497 00:26:31,464 --> 00:26:35,677 -and feel free to buy a piece or two. -[crowd laughs] 498 00:26:35,719 --> 00:26:38,513 Also, I'll be sitting at that table over there, 499 00:26:38,555 --> 00:26:42,809 selling a collected edition of the first six issues of Black Athena, 500 00:26:42,851 --> 00:26:46,438 Riverdale High's acclaimed literary magazine. 501 00:26:46,479 --> 00:26:48,189 It's sure to be a collector's item. 502 00:26:48,231 --> 00:26:50,066 -[crowd cheering] -Thank you. 503 00:26:52,235 --> 00:26:54,112 -[fanfare music playing] -[kisses] 504 00:27:00,493 --> 00:27:02,412 [Betty] These paintings are incredible. 505 00:27:02,454 --> 00:27:03,371 I should try to buy one. 506 00:27:03,413 --> 00:27:10,795 In case you were wondering, Cheryl had an incredible career as a painter. 507 00:27:10,837 --> 00:27:13,632 Her work was shown in galleries and museums across the country. 508 00:27:14,633 --> 00:27:16,092 Even a couple in Europe. 509 00:27:17,427 --> 00:27:19,095 What about Toni? 510 00:27:19,137 --> 00:27:20,347 Toni and Cheryl stayed together. 511 00:27:21,431 --> 00:27:23,308 Moved out west together. 512 00:27:23,350 --> 00:27:26,227 They settled in the Oakland hills in a Craftsman house, 513 00:27:26,269 --> 00:27:28,146 where they lived as artists and activists, 514 00:27:29,356 --> 00:27:32,484 and they had a son, Dale, 515 00:27:32,525 --> 00:27:34,444 named after Riverdale, of course. 516 00:27:37,322 --> 00:27:39,324 And how did they pass away? 517 00:27:39,366 --> 00:27:41,159 Peacefully. 518 00:27:41,201 --> 00:27:45,372 After living full, gorgeous, 519 00:27:45,413 --> 00:27:47,832 -sexy lives. -[chuckles softly] 520 00:27:51,252 --> 00:27:52,504 What about Julian? 521 00:27:52,545 --> 00:27:54,339 [Jughead] A bit of a lost soul. 522 00:27:54,381 --> 00:27:58,385 After graduation, he enlisted, served and died in Vietnam. 523 00:28:00,095 --> 00:28:01,763 He was 28. 524 00:28:01,805 --> 00:28:03,973 Nana Rose? 525 00:28:04,015 --> 00:28:07,060 [Jughead] Reincarnated multiple times. 526 00:28:07,727 --> 00:28:08,770 [both chuckle] 527 00:28:10,021 --> 00:28:12,315 The Bee and Mrs. T got married. 528 00:28:15,026 --> 00:28:16,653 Oh, them. 529 00:28:16,695 --> 00:28:19,114 Frank Andrews and Tom Keller were murdered. 530 00:28:19,155 --> 00:28:20,740 [Betty] By who? 531 00:28:20,782 --> 00:28:24,494 A hustler they picked up one rainy night, named Chic. 532 00:28:28,498 --> 00:28:31,376 What's happening over there? 533 00:28:31,418 --> 00:28:34,295 Veronica has just told us about her plans to go out west, 534 00:28:34,337 --> 00:28:36,464 and we are not taking it well. 535 00:28:36,506 --> 00:28:38,675 I wasn't there for that conversation? 536 00:28:38,717 --> 00:28:39,926 No. 537 00:28:40,844 --> 00:28:41,720 Well, you should be. 538 00:28:42,971 --> 00:28:44,222 Might help cushion the blow. 539 00:28:52,605 --> 00:28:56,526 What's the tale, nightingales? Why the long faces? 540 00:28:56,568 --> 00:28:59,612 Ronnie just dropped an atomic bomb on us. 541 00:28:59,654 --> 00:29:02,198 I told them my Los Angeles news. 542 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:03,992 Ain't that just the pits? 543 00:29:04,033 --> 00:29:05,493 Come on, boys. 544 00:29:05,535 --> 00:29:07,579 I know we haven't been talking about it lately, 545 00:29:07,620 --> 00:29:11,166 but we all knew we'd be going our separate ways after graduation. 546 00:29:11,207 --> 00:29:13,001 Yeah, but now it just feels so real. 547 00:29:13,042 --> 00:29:16,004 And final. 548 00:29:16,045 --> 00:29:19,299 Hey, do we really want to spend what could be our last night together, 549 00:29:19,340 --> 00:29:21,926 acting like a bunch of wet blankets? [chuckles softly] 550 00:29:21,968 --> 00:29:24,846 Senior year was amazing and incredibly fulfilling. 551 00:29:24,888 --> 00:29:29,225 Not just physically, emotionally, too. 552 00:29:29,267 --> 00:29:32,771 Seriously, how lucky were we to have been brought together? 553 00:29:32,812 --> 00:29:35,899 Given the opportunity to know and love each other 554 00:29:35,940 --> 00:29:40,278 across, not one, but two lifetimes? 555 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:43,448 We should be celebrating that. Not mourning it. 556 00:29:43,490 --> 00:29:45,450 Not yet, at least. 557 00:29:45,492 --> 00:29:49,829 Betty's right. The future can wait. 558 00:29:49,871 --> 00:29:54,709 Tonight is about appreciating everything we've been through. 559 00:29:54,751 --> 00:29:58,963 And let me tell you, we have been through a hell of a lot. 560 00:29:59,005 --> 00:30:00,840 [Jughead] You know, I gotta say, 561 00:30:00,882 --> 00:30:03,468 if I had to live through high school twice, which we did, 562 00:30:06,679 --> 00:30:08,723 I'm glad it was with you three yahoos. 563 00:30:09,933 --> 00:30:13,812 I love you all so much. 564 00:30:13,853 --> 00:30:19,108 Meeting you was the best thing that could have possibly happened to me, 565 00:30:20,401 --> 00:30:21,820 heartbreaks and all. 566 00:30:25,907 --> 00:30:29,035 And I'm so glad to be here to say that to you tonight. 567 00:30:34,082 --> 00:30:37,836 Hey, should we all take one last ride in my hotrod together 568 00:30:37,877 --> 00:30:39,671 to Cheryl's after party? 569 00:30:39,712 --> 00:30:41,381 [lively string music playing] 570 00:31:26,134 --> 00:31:27,427 Where are the others? 571 00:31:29,721 --> 00:31:31,472 Already inside. 572 00:31:31,514 --> 00:31:33,725 -Why aren't you there? -I can't. 573 00:31:35,351 --> 00:31:37,478 I can't go in. 574 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:39,981 -How come? -Because I know and you know 575 00:31:40,023 --> 00:31:44,277 that this is the last time that all of us will be together, ever. 576 00:31:44,319 --> 00:31:45,528 -[sniffles] -Betty... 577 00:31:45,570 --> 00:31:47,280 I don't want to say goodbye. 578 00:31:48,239 --> 00:31:51,576 [sobs] I just don't. 579 00:31:51,618 --> 00:31:56,539 It will be too painful, too much to bear, like you said. 580 00:31:56,581 --> 00:31:57,916 It was a mistake to come back here. 581 00:31:57,957 --> 00:31:59,250 I should be at home with the mumps. 582 00:31:59,292 --> 00:32:00,793 I should not be saying goodbye. 583 00:32:00,835 --> 00:32:03,504 -It's... It's... -That's life, Betty. 584 00:32:04,339 --> 00:32:06,382 You say hello. 585 00:32:06,424 --> 00:32:08,968 You walk alongside someone for a while, 586 00:32:10,470 --> 00:32:11,554 and then you say goodbye. 587 00:32:14,432 --> 00:32:15,975 That's the arc of a life. 588 00:32:16,976 --> 00:32:17,852 Isn't it? 589 00:32:20,897 --> 00:32:21,773 [sighs] 590 00:32:23,733 --> 00:32:24,984 Every minute counts. 591 00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:50,760 [music turns off] 592 00:32:53,221 --> 00:32:55,640 Okay. 593 00:32:55,682 --> 00:32:59,394 As some of you may know, I'm kind of a big-time poet now. 594 00:32:59,435 --> 00:33:01,145 We know, Andrews. 595 00:33:01,187 --> 00:33:02,021 -You won't stop talking about it. -[all laughing] 596 00:33:02,021 --> 00:33:05,858 In any case, I wrote something to commemorate our time together. 597 00:33:05,900 --> 00:33:08,486 Aw! Are you gonna make us get the weeps, Archie? 598 00:33:10,655 --> 00:33:12,281 This is an ode to my best friends 599 00:33:12,323 --> 00:33:14,367 and every good thing that must come to an end. 600 00:33:16,077 --> 00:33:18,830 "Tomorrow, we won't see each other in study hall 601 00:33:18,871 --> 00:33:21,165 So, here's a few memories for us to recall 602 00:33:21,207 --> 00:33:24,585 And no, I won't be mentioning the epic highs and lows of high school football" 603 00:33:24,627 --> 00:33:26,379 [all laughing] 604 00:33:26,421 --> 00:33:28,715 "I grew up next door to Betty Cooper 605 00:33:28,756 --> 00:33:32,093 Who everyone thinks is super duper 606 00:33:32,135 --> 00:33:33,761 Just don't mutter the word 'tangerine' 607 00:33:33,803 --> 00:33:35,638 'Cause it sets off her serial-killer gene" 608 00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:36,556 [all laughing] 609 00:33:37,807 --> 00:33:40,268 "Veronica Lodge, always in pearls, 610 00:33:40,309 --> 00:33:43,021 There isn't a business you haven't given a whirl 611 00:33:43,062 --> 00:33:45,356 Funny to think you were never prom queen 612 00:33:45,398 --> 00:33:49,736 Then again, you were, once upon a time, a human dialysis machine" 613 00:33:49,777 --> 00:33:52,989 I specifically asked Angel Tabitha not to let anyone remember that. 614 00:33:53,031 --> 00:33:54,574 [all laughing] 615 00:33:54,615 --> 00:33:57,410 "Cheryl Blossom, you're as rich as a Rockefeller 616 00:33:57,452 --> 00:34:00,038 You also kept your beloved Jason down in a cellar 617 00:34:00,079 --> 00:34:00,872 [all laughing] 618 00:34:00,872 --> 00:34:03,583 But I'm glad to see you and the serpent queen back together 619 00:34:03,624 --> 00:34:06,085 Only thing, Toni, 'Southside' is one word. 620 00:34:06,127 --> 00:34:08,296 So, whoever designed your jacket is a terrible speller 621 00:34:08,337 --> 00:34:09,797 [all laughing] 622 00:34:09,839 --> 00:34:11,966 Jughead Jones needs no intro 623 00:34:12,008 --> 00:34:13,509 He made his teacher jump out a window 624 00:34:13,551 --> 00:34:14,761 [all laughing] 625 00:34:14,802 --> 00:34:16,596 Thinks himself a private eye 626 00:34:16,637 --> 00:34:18,347 Chained himself to Southside High" 627 00:34:18,389 --> 00:34:20,099 -[all laughing and whistling] -Do me next. 628 00:34:21,809 --> 00:34:24,479 "Kevin's voice is so beautiful he belongs in a chorus 629 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:26,689 But he spends most of his time cruising Fox Forest" 630 00:34:26,731 --> 00:34:28,066 [all laugh] 631 00:34:28,107 --> 00:34:32,070 "Fangs, look at you now 632 00:34:32,111 --> 00:34:34,197 You're a rockstar greaser 633 00:34:34,238 --> 00:34:36,908 A long way from a cult member who stole organs to put in a freezer" 634 00:34:36,949 --> 00:34:38,910 [all laughing] 635 00:34:38,951 --> 00:34:42,038 "Last but not least, Mantle the Magnificent 636 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:44,248 Pound for pound you're my closest equivalent 637 00:34:44,290 --> 00:34:46,834 But there's that other Reggie so how do we know you're even legitimate? 638 00:34:46,876 --> 00:34:50,046 I'm gonna need to see some kind of birth certificate" 639 00:34:50,088 --> 00:34:51,506 [all exclaiming] 640 00:34:51,547 --> 00:34:52,673 Not cool, Andrews. 641 00:34:52,715 --> 00:34:54,342 You know I'm sensitive about that. 642 00:34:57,470 --> 00:34:59,639 "These are just some of our wild endeavors 643 00:35:01,599 --> 00:35:03,726 But now we've come to the end of our time together 644 00:35:05,561 --> 00:35:07,897 It's truly one of my life's greatest pleasures 645 00:35:10,316 --> 00:35:12,193 To call you all my best friends 646 00:35:13,569 --> 00:35:14,779 Forever and ever" 647 00:35:16,322 --> 00:35:17,365 [all applauding] 648 00:35:38,469 --> 00:35:41,347 You weren't planning on leaving without saying goodbye, were you? 649 00:35:43,724 --> 00:35:45,768 I'm afraid it's time for me to go. 650 00:35:46,727 --> 00:35:47,603 Oh... 651 00:35:49,188 --> 00:35:51,232 Okay, well... 652 00:35:54,861 --> 00:35:57,113 Tonight isn't goodbye anyway. 653 00:35:57,155 --> 00:35:58,447 [sighs softly] 654 00:35:58,489 --> 00:36:00,032 I know we'll see each other again. 655 00:36:01,742 --> 00:36:02,785 Maybe... 656 00:36:03,953 --> 00:36:05,496 Maybe we'll even end up together. 657 00:36:08,124 --> 00:36:09,500 You know, I've always felt 658 00:36:11,627 --> 00:36:13,629 that it would be you and me at the end of the road. 659 00:36:16,007 --> 00:36:18,217 [chuckles softly] I mean, it started with us, didn't it? 660 00:36:20,678 --> 00:36:23,389 A boy and a girl next door to each other. 661 00:36:25,725 --> 00:36:28,728 That's a lovely sentiment, Archie. 662 00:36:28,769 --> 00:36:30,855 But that's not what happens in the future. 663 00:36:33,524 --> 00:36:34,400 No? 664 00:36:38,196 --> 00:36:39,071 No. 665 00:36:42,325 --> 00:36:44,202 Your mom was right. 666 00:36:46,746 --> 00:36:49,790 You make it to California and you don't look back. 667 00:36:52,710 --> 00:36:57,048 Then you meet a sweet, strong girl who makes you laugh. 668 00:36:59,425 --> 00:37:01,761 And you settle down in Modesto. 669 00:37:03,387 --> 00:37:05,932 And you have a beautiful family. 670 00:37:08,643 --> 00:37:12,355 You're a professional construction worker and an amateur writer. 671 00:37:13,606 --> 00:37:17,318 And you are so, so content 672 00:37:18,736 --> 00:37:19,820 and happy. 673 00:37:22,114 --> 00:37:23,157 [sniffles] 674 00:37:25,868 --> 00:37:27,787 And when you die, 675 00:37:30,790 --> 00:37:34,502 you ask to be buried here in Riverdale 676 00:37:37,463 --> 00:37:38,839 next to your father. 677 00:38:10,371 --> 00:38:11,247 Glad you went in? 678 00:38:12,748 --> 00:38:13,624 I am. 679 00:38:15,918 --> 00:38:19,130 But it reminded me... [sighs] 680 00:38:19,171 --> 00:38:22,341 There's one last person I want to visit before we leave 681 00:38:22,967 --> 00:38:24,427 if we have time. 682 00:38:26,345 --> 00:38:27,221 We do. 683 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:31,600 I just want to get some flowers first. 684 00:38:50,077 --> 00:38:53,956 It was right after the beginning of senior year that he... 685 00:38:54,707 --> 00:38:55,583 Yes. 686 00:38:57,084 --> 00:38:59,003 It was a terrible blow to the town. 687 00:39:04,091 --> 00:39:05,634 At least it happened in his sleep. 688 00:39:18,230 --> 00:39:20,399 What do you think happens to us 689 00:39:22,902 --> 00:39:23,944 when we die? 690 00:39:28,908 --> 00:39:30,326 Well, I can't speak for everyone. 691 00:39:30,368 --> 00:39:32,953 But for a man like Pop Tate, 692 00:39:32,995 --> 00:39:37,500 I have a feeling he's probably still doing what he loved best. 693 00:39:37,541 --> 00:39:40,920 Flipping burgers and mixing shakes, and making people smile. 694 00:39:43,214 --> 00:39:45,257 For the rest of eternity, I bet. 695 00:39:52,390 --> 00:39:55,434 It's strange to say, but I read your obituary 696 00:39:56,602 --> 00:39:58,312 in the paper. 697 00:39:59,355 --> 00:40:01,774 It was lovely, Jughead. 698 00:40:01,816 --> 00:40:04,902 Yours was a life well lived. 699 00:40:04,944 --> 00:40:07,029 Well, as we used to say back in the day, 700 00:40:08,114 --> 00:40:08,989 "It was swell." 701 00:40:10,282 --> 00:40:12,243 I put all my eggs in one basket. 702 00:40:12,284 --> 00:40:15,037 Jughead's Madhouse Magazine. 703 00:40:16,789 --> 00:40:19,542 It became an institution. 704 00:40:19,583 --> 00:40:23,129 [Jughead] It was juvenile satire at best. 705 00:40:23,170 --> 00:40:25,131 Just mocking all of the sacred cows. 706 00:40:26,257 --> 00:40:27,133 [Betty] People loved it. 707 00:40:28,509 --> 00:40:32,430 And they still love it 70 years later. 708 00:40:32,471 --> 00:40:34,473 It's mostly teens and kids who read it, 709 00:40:34,515 --> 00:40:36,475 but I'm not gonna lie. 710 00:40:36,517 --> 00:40:40,771 As far as legacies go, I could have done a heck of a lot worse. 711 00:40:42,731 --> 00:40:44,984 Do you think about that a lot, legacy? 712 00:40:47,319 --> 00:40:48,946 No. 713 00:40:48,988 --> 00:40:52,158 -Not too much. -Well, you should. 714 00:40:52,199 --> 00:40:54,493 First, it was the Teenage Mystique, 715 00:40:54,535 --> 00:40:56,537 a self-published bestseller. 716 00:40:56,579 --> 00:40:57,997 Then there was your advice column, 717 00:40:58,038 --> 00:40:58,831 Betty's Diary. 718 00:40:58,873 --> 00:41:02,543 All I remember from those days were the never-ending deadlines. 719 00:41:02,585 --> 00:41:04,086 Then it was New York... 720 00:41:04,128 --> 00:41:06,088 [Betty] Freelancing and protesting. 721 00:41:06,130 --> 00:41:08,924 There was so much to be angry about back then. 722 00:41:08,966 --> 00:41:11,135 Hmm. Still is. 723 00:41:11,177 --> 00:41:12,720 The same fights. 724 00:41:15,598 --> 00:41:17,183 But other people are fighting them now, 725 00:41:18,476 --> 00:41:20,060 the younger generation. 726 00:41:20,102 --> 00:41:23,355 Who grew up reading the magazine you started, 727 00:41:23,397 --> 00:41:25,691 She Says Magazine. 728 00:41:25,733 --> 00:41:29,945 The go-to source for feminists and progressive causes, 729 00:41:29,987 --> 00:41:32,281 exposing hard truths. 730 00:41:32,323 --> 00:41:34,658 Still being published today, I might add. 731 00:41:37,036 --> 00:41:40,539 As far as professional legacies go, 732 00:41:40,581 --> 00:41:42,791 I could have done a heck of a lot worse. 733 00:41:45,628 --> 00:41:47,796 Do you have any regrets about not getting married? 734 00:41:49,548 --> 00:41:50,591 None. 735 00:41:55,095 --> 00:41:56,764 [inhales] 736 00:41:56,805 --> 00:41:59,892 But I'm so happy I adopted my daughter Carla. 737 00:42:01,310 --> 00:42:03,354 I loved being a mother. 738 00:42:05,481 --> 00:42:06,857 And a grandmother. 739 00:42:11,195 --> 00:42:12,905 That's my true legacy, 740 00:42:15,908 --> 00:42:16,909 my family. 741 00:42:20,371 --> 00:42:23,541 What about you? Any regrets about not getting circled? 742 00:42:24,959 --> 00:42:25,876 Sometimes. 743 00:42:36,053 --> 00:42:37,846 I know it's impossible, but... 744 00:42:42,226 --> 00:42:44,937 I wish that we could stay in Riverdale forever 745 00:42:48,941 --> 00:42:50,442 with all of our friends, 746 00:42:51,902 --> 00:42:52,945 as we were. 747 00:42:55,906 --> 00:42:58,617 Young and beautiful, 748 00:43:04,707 --> 00:43:06,083 full of hope. 749 00:43:10,462 --> 00:43:13,716 Bursting with love for each other. 750 00:43:14,717 --> 00:43:16,594 I know it's not possible. 751 00:43:18,012 --> 00:43:18,887 No. 752 00:43:20,598 --> 00:43:21,473 It's not. 753 00:43:27,980 --> 00:43:29,773 In fact, it's time to get you back. 754 00:43:35,237 --> 00:43:36,113 I know. 755 00:43:40,659 --> 00:43:41,535 I'm ready 756 00:43:44,830 --> 00:43:47,207 to face whatever comes next. 757 00:44:04,725 --> 00:44:07,436 Oh, Grandma, look. We're nearly there. 758 00:44:11,857 --> 00:44:15,027 Goodbye, town sign. 759 00:44:15,069 --> 00:44:19,365 Goodbye, Sweetwater River and all its mysteries. 760 00:44:19,406 --> 00:44:23,327 [young Betty] And Fox Forest and it's haunted trees. 761 00:44:23,369 --> 00:44:27,456 Goodbye, red door and the secrets behind it. 762 00:44:27,498 --> 00:44:32,586 Goodbye, room. Goodbye, window and Archie's room. 763 00:44:32,628 --> 00:44:38,342 Goodbye, Pembrooke, with your crackling fires and sexy sleepovers. 764 00:44:38,384 --> 00:44:41,845 Goodbye to cups of coffee and late nights of writing 765 00:44:41,887 --> 00:44:46,266 and to maple-syrup mornings and spin-the-bottle parties. 766 00:44:46,308 --> 00:44:51,647 Goodbye to buttered popcorn and double-features and double-dates. 767 00:44:51,689 --> 00:44:55,025 Goodbye to music and poetry and art. 768 00:44:56,068 --> 00:44:58,862 Goodbye, Riverdale High. 769 00:44:58,904 --> 00:45:04,076 Goodbye to basketball games and pep rallies and dances at the gym. 770 00:45:04,118 --> 00:45:05,536 Goodbye, lockers. 771 00:45:05,577 --> 00:45:07,538 Goodbye, Blue and Gold. 772 00:45:07,579 --> 00:45:10,040 Goodbye, chalk dust and bobby pins 773 00:45:10,082 --> 00:45:12,501 and whoopee caps and whoopee cushions. 774 00:45:12,543 --> 00:45:15,295 Goodbye to friends and feeling scared 775 00:45:15,337 --> 00:45:19,049 and Fourth of July camping trips and time capsules 776 00:45:19,717 --> 00:45:22,010 and time. 777 00:45:22,052 --> 00:45:24,930 I wish... I wish there were more of it. 778 00:45:26,223 --> 00:45:29,268 Goodbye, Riverdale. 779 00:45:29,309 --> 00:45:31,729 It was wonderful getting to grow up here. 780 00:45:34,857 --> 00:45:37,234 Grandma Betty, we're here. 781 00:45:37,276 --> 00:45:39,445 Look, honey. She's asleep. 782 00:45:42,281 --> 00:45:44,867 [man] I don't think she's asleep, honey. 783 00:45:52,332 --> 00:45:53,709 [bell chimes] 784 00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:19,818 ♪ You're mine ♪ 785 00:46:21,487 --> 00:46:25,991 ♪ And we belong together ♪ 786 00:46:28,202 --> 00:46:32,623 ♪ Yes, we belong together ♪ 787 00:46:34,875 --> 00:46:39,421 ♪ For eternity ♪ 788 00:46:43,675 --> 00:46:48,680 ♪ You're mine ♪ 789 00:46:48,722 --> 00:46:52,518 ♪ Your lips belong to me ♪ 790 00:46:55,229 --> 00:46:59,608 ♪ Yes, they belong to only me ♪ 791 00:47:01,860 --> 00:47:06,240 ♪ For eternity ♪ 792 00:47:10,619 --> 00:47:17,793 ♪ You're mine, my baby ♪ 793 00:47:17,835 --> 00:47:22,756 ♪ And you'll always be ♪ 794 00:47:24,466 --> 00:47:30,013 ♪ I swear by everything I own ♪ 795 00:47:31,473 --> 00:47:37,896 ♪ You'll always, always Be mine ♪ 796 00:47:37,938 --> 00:47:42,609 ♪ You're mine ♪ 797 00:47:42,651 --> 00:47:47,072 ♪ And we belong together ♪ 798 00:47:48,657 --> 00:47:49,867 Perfect timing, Betty. 799 00:47:51,076 --> 00:47:52,035 We got you a shake. 800 00:47:52,077 --> 00:47:53,829 Your favorite, strawberry. 801 00:47:53,871 --> 00:47:55,080 Thank you. 802 00:47:56,039 --> 00:48:01,920 ♪ For eternity ♪ 803 00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:08,385 We'll leave them here, I think. 804 00:48:11,471 --> 00:48:13,181 Where they're forever juniors. 805 00:48:14,558 --> 00:48:15,976 Forever 17. 806 00:48:18,312 --> 00:48:20,522 Always grabbing a burger or a shake. 807 00:48:22,274 --> 00:48:25,235 Always going to or coming from some dance, 808 00:48:25,277 --> 00:48:28,572 talking about school, the big game, 809 00:48:28,614 --> 00:48:30,157 who's dating who, 810 00:48:31,074 --> 00:48:33,243 homework, 811 00:48:33,285 --> 00:48:35,495 whatever movie was playing at the Babylonium, 812 00:48:35,537 --> 00:48:38,332 you know, the moments that make up a life. 813 00:48:38,373 --> 00:48:42,085 That's where they've... Where we've always been. 814 00:48:43,211 --> 00:48:44,087 In this diner, 815 00:48:44,838 --> 00:48:45,881 in this town, 816 00:48:47,174 --> 00:48:49,551 in the sweet hereafter. 817 00:48:49,593 --> 00:48:51,511 So, if you happen to see that neon sign, 818 00:48:51,553 --> 00:48:55,015 some lonely night at the end of that long journey, 819 00:48:55,057 --> 00:48:57,809 the journey that every one of us is on, 820 00:48:57,851 --> 00:49:01,563 pull over, come on in, take a seat. 821 00:49:01,605 --> 00:49:04,733 Know that you'll always be among friends, 822 00:49:04,775 --> 00:49:07,444 and that Riverdale will always be your home. 823 00:49:08,695 --> 00:49:09,863 Until then, 824 00:49:11,657 --> 00:49:13,408 have a good night. 825 00:49:13,450 --> 00:49:15,494 [typewriter clacking]