1 00:00:04,295 --> 00:00:06,548 [bells chiming] 2 00:00:06,589 --> 00:00:09,509 [Betty] Ten nights working the Lonely Highway, 3 00:00:09,551 --> 00:00:10,760 and not even a nibble. 4 00:00:11,845 --> 00:00:14,973 Truckers are not stopping for us. 5 00:00:15,015 --> 00:00:16,599 Though I'm sure we'd have better luck 6 00:00:16,641 --> 00:00:20,520 at catching our killers if we were flying solo. 7 00:00:20,562 --> 00:00:22,689 Ten quiet nights with no new murders 8 00:00:22,731 --> 00:00:24,441 is a win in my book. 9 00:00:24,482 --> 00:00:26,735 When serial killers go quiet, 10 00:00:26,776 --> 00:00:29,029 that is when you should be afraid. 11 00:00:29,070 --> 00:00:31,656 That is when their desire to hunt 12 00:00:31,698 --> 00:00:34,659 and kill is building up inside of them. 13 00:00:34,701 --> 00:00:35,660 [cell phone ringing] 14 00:00:39,372 --> 00:00:42,250 Dr. Curdle Jr., it's early for you. 15 00:00:42,292 --> 00:00:44,586 I'm calling about our tongueless friend. 16 00:00:47,672 --> 00:00:49,090 You asked me not to report him 17 00:00:49,132 --> 00:00:50,050 to the proper authorities, 18 00:00:50,091 --> 00:00:51,885 but I'm getting nervous 19 00:00:51,926 --> 00:00:54,763 keeping his corpse in cold storage. 20 00:00:54,804 --> 00:00:55,805 I'd like your permission 21 00:00:55,847 --> 00:00:56,723 to incinerate the body 22 00:00:56,765 --> 00:00:58,224 in my crematorium. 23 00:00:58,266 --> 00:01:01,102 No. He's evidence for the Lonely Highway case. 24 00:01:01,144 --> 00:01:03,354 It's risky for me, Miss Cooper. 25 00:01:03,396 --> 00:01:06,316 And refrigeration is expensive. 26 00:01:06,357 --> 00:01:09,027 Why don't I come by in a bit with a payment 27 00:01:09,069 --> 00:01:11,821 to help cover your extra expenses? 28 00:01:11,863 --> 00:01:14,532 That would greatly ease my anxiety. 29 00:01:14,574 --> 00:01:17,535 -Okay. I will see you in a couple of hours. -[line disconnects] 30 00:01:17,577 --> 00:01:19,162 And here I thought leaving Chicago 31 00:01:19,204 --> 00:01:21,831 for Riverdale would mean no nightlife. Huh. 32 00:01:23,083 --> 00:01:25,960 -See you at dusk? -See you at dusk. 33 00:01:26,002 --> 00:01:28,129 [Cheryl] I had just about given up hope, Archie. 34 00:01:28,171 --> 00:01:30,381 We haven't found the mother lode of palladium yet, 35 00:01:30,423 --> 00:01:31,508 but I have faith. 36 00:01:32,509 --> 00:01:34,260 Look, Cheryl, about that. 37 00:01:34,302 --> 00:01:36,262 Me and the guys, we're down there breaking rocks for you, 38 00:01:36,304 --> 00:01:38,556 pulling 12-hour shifts, 39 00:01:38,598 --> 00:01:40,308 when there's so much we could be doing topside. 40 00:01:40,350 --> 00:01:42,102 Ah, yes, your crusade to save Riverdale, 41 00:01:42,143 --> 00:01:44,896 which consists of what, at this point? 42 00:01:44,938 --> 00:01:46,314 Filling in potholes? 43 00:01:46,356 --> 00:01:47,607 Maintaining the town's infrastructure 44 00:01:47,649 --> 00:01:50,068 until we can get reincorporated. 45 00:01:50,110 --> 00:01:51,694 Which I'm happy to do on my days off, 46 00:01:51,736 --> 00:01:53,530 -but it costs money. -I know where this is going. 47 00:01:53,571 --> 00:01:55,573 If I'm putting my crew's focus on the mines, 48 00:01:55,615 --> 00:01:57,158 then I need your assurance 49 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:58,701 that if we find that palladium-- 50 00:01:58,743 --> 00:02:00,161 You and your men will be fairly compensated. 51 00:02:00,203 --> 00:02:02,330 [exhales sharply] In fact, I will deposit 52 00:02:02,372 --> 00:02:05,125 a modest finder's fee via Chime 53 00:02:05,166 --> 00:02:06,459 -in exchange for the nugget. -[phone chimes] 54 00:02:06,501 --> 00:02:08,086 [Archie's phone chimes] 55 00:02:08,128 --> 00:02:10,004 [Cheryl] In the future, a portion of whatever 56 00:02:10,046 --> 00:02:11,464 you unearth will be set aside 57 00:02:11,506 --> 00:02:13,508 to subsidize your revitalization efforts. 58 00:02:13,550 --> 00:02:16,427 Then we will work our asses off for you. 59 00:02:16,469 --> 00:02:19,139 Let's move on to the house in Sag Harbor. 60 00:02:19,180 --> 00:02:20,473 That's mine. And I won't sign 61 00:02:20,515 --> 00:02:21,933 the divorce papers unless I get it. 62 00:02:22,976 --> 00:02:24,727 I bought that house, Chad, 63 00:02:24,769 --> 00:02:27,105 with money I made on Wall Street. 64 00:02:27,147 --> 00:02:29,899 -I want alimony, too. -Fine, you worm. 65 00:02:29,941 --> 00:02:30,900 And this apartment. 66 00:02:32,193 --> 00:02:33,111 Fine. 67 00:02:33,945 --> 00:02:35,613 Fine. Take the Pembrooke. 68 00:02:35,655 --> 00:02:37,240 And you know what? 69 00:02:37,282 --> 00:02:39,117 -Take this ring and rot in hell. -[ring clatters] 70 00:02:39,159 --> 00:02:40,994 I don't care, Chad. Take it all. 71 00:02:41,035 --> 00:02:43,997 All I want, all I need is Archie. 72 00:02:47,417 --> 00:02:50,879 Poor, dim, impressionable Kevin. 73 00:02:52,881 --> 00:02:55,175 I'm worried for you. 74 00:02:55,216 --> 00:02:56,843 When I started this ministry, 75 00:02:56,885 --> 00:02:59,971 it was with nothing but the purest of intentions. 76 00:03:00,013 --> 00:03:04,475 And now Cheryl has twisted it into something profane. 77 00:03:04,517 --> 00:03:07,020 Dare I say, cult-like. 78 00:03:07,061 --> 00:03:08,646 When Cheryl made those bees dance 79 00:03:08,688 --> 00:03:10,106 to her infernal tune, 80 00:03:10,148 --> 00:03:13,985 I got distinct Wicker Man-like vibes. 81 00:03:14,027 --> 00:03:16,571 If this religion's a cult, then you're in it, too. 82 00:03:16,613 --> 00:03:19,908 Mm. Please. My will is a steel rod. 83 00:03:21,034 --> 00:03:22,160 Can you say the same? 84 00:03:27,457 --> 00:03:28,791 [telephone ringing] 85 00:03:30,126 --> 00:03:31,461 Pop's, this is Tabitha. 86 00:03:33,254 --> 00:03:37,175 Oh, Mrs. Fields, of course. How's Squeaky doing? 87 00:03:37,217 --> 00:03:38,927 Riverdale is done with me. 88 00:03:38,968 --> 00:03:41,095 And I am done with Riverdale. 89 00:03:41,137 --> 00:03:43,973 No. No, I... I haven't heard from her since she left. 90 00:03:47,101 --> 00:03:49,646 I admit, when Mr. Weatherbee told me 91 00:03:49,687 --> 00:03:52,023 that two students had gotten into a fight, 92 00:03:52,065 --> 00:03:53,399 you're the last person I thought would've been 93 00:03:53,441 --> 00:03:54,567 involved with that, Britta. 94 00:03:56,402 --> 00:03:59,656 [exhales] I punched Tim Higgins once. 95 00:03:59,697 --> 00:04:02,075 And only because he wouldn't stop calling me... 96 00:04:04,410 --> 00:04:05,912 homophobic names. 97 00:04:07,705 --> 00:04:09,666 Well, that's completely unacceptable. 98 00:04:09,707 --> 00:04:10,750 I'll talk to Tim. 99 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:13,211 But violence isn't the answer. 100 00:04:13,253 --> 00:04:14,545 I know. 101 00:04:14,587 --> 00:04:17,298 The thing is, Ms. Topaz, I think I am. 102 00:04:18,841 --> 00:04:20,635 Gay. 103 00:04:20,677 --> 00:04:23,179 I mean, I haven't told my family yet or anything. 104 00:04:23,221 --> 00:04:24,973 Coming out can be a process. 105 00:04:26,099 --> 00:04:27,475 And sometimes a difficult one. 106 00:04:28,601 --> 00:04:30,311 It was for me when I came out. 107 00:04:31,396 --> 00:04:33,147 But the good news is... 108 00:04:33,189 --> 00:04:35,817 only you get to decide when is the right time for you. 109 00:04:37,860 --> 00:04:40,113 And I'll be here if you need anybody to talk to. 110 00:04:40,154 --> 00:04:42,949 If I wanted to talk to my parents, 111 00:04:42,991 --> 00:04:44,242 would you be there with me? 112 00:04:44,284 --> 00:04:45,368 Absolutely. 113 00:04:46,494 --> 00:04:48,621 I'd be honored. 114 00:04:48,663 --> 00:04:50,498 So, my daughter continues to be 115 00:04:50,540 --> 00:04:53,167 as much a thorn in your side as she is mine, huh? 116 00:04:53,209 --> 00:04:54,877 I keep hoping we might reconcile. 117 00:04:54,919 --> 00:04:57,046 You won't. 118 00:04:57,088 --> 00:04:59,716 Not as long as Archie is in the picture. 119 00:04:59,757 --> 00:05:01,884 See, it's one of the things I've learned over the years. 120 00:05:01,926 --> 00:05:03,761 My daughter's greatest vulnerability 121 00:05:03,803 --> 00:05:05,221 is her love for Archie. 122 00:05:06,472 --> 00:05:09,309 So if you want a shot in hell 123 00:05:09,350 --> 00:05:10,977 at saving your marriage, 124 00:05:15,023 --> 00:05:16,316 you're going to have to get rid of him. 125 00:05:18,401 --> 00:05:19,277 It's a ghost gun. 126 00:05:20,862 --> 00:05:23,072 No serial numbers. Untraceable. 127 00:05:28,202 --> 00:05:29,495 Hey. 128 00:05:29,537 --> 00:05:30,997 I just finished practice with the Vixens. 129 00:05:31,039 --> 00:05:33,541 Do you want to ride back to Thornhill together? 130 00:05:33,583 --> 00:05:35,501 Actually, Cheryl, can I ask you something? 131 00:05:36,627 --> 00:05:38,588 When we pray, 132 00:05:38,629 --> 00:05:39,964 who are we praying to? 133 00:05:40,006 --> 00:05:42,091 -Jason? -Um... 134 00:05:42,133 --> 00:05:44,552 Jason is more of a conduit. 135 00:05:44,594 --> 00:05:46,220 A messenger to the higher power. 136 00:05:46,262 --> 00:05:47,680 Which is what, exactly? 137 00:05:49,432 --> 00:05:50,975 I'm not sure. 138 00:05:51,017 --> 00:05:52,935 -Let me fast on it. -What? 139 00:05:52,977 --> 00:05:55,021 Well, it's like doing a cleanse. No solid food. 140 00:05:55,063 --> 00:05:56,606 Only hot water with lemon, maple syrup 141 00:05:56,647 --> 00:05:58,358 and a hint of cayenne pepper. 142 00:05:58,399 --> 00:05:59,734 It flushes you out completely, 143 00:05:59,776 --> 00:06:01,903 and then once I'm empty, 144 00:06:01,944 --> 00:06:04,614 I can be refilled with wisdom 145 00:06:04,655 --> 00:06:06,824 and answers for you, Kev-Kev. 146 00:06:11,412 --> 00:06:13,373 [Tabitha] I'm worried about a friend of mine. 147 00:06:13,414 --> 00:06:17,001 A waitress who used to work here, Squeaky. 148 00:06:17,043 --> 00:06:18,961 Her mom called and said that she never made it 149 00:06:19,003 --> 00:06:20,421 to her friends in California. 150 00:06:20,463 --> 00:06:22,090 Oh, God. Tabitha, I'm sorry. 151 00:06:22,131 --> 00:06:24,801 Me, too. Is there anything I can do to help? 152 00:06:24,842 --> 00:06:27,178 There is, Jughead. 153 00:06:27,220 --> 00:06:30,306 The Lonely Highway killings are a mystery, right? 154 00:06:30,348 --> 00:06:32,350 And everyone tells me that there wasn't a mystery 155 00:06:32,392 --> 00:06:34,227 you two couldn't solve back in the day. 156 00:06:34,268 --> 00:06:37,480 So... I'm canceling all of your shifts. 157 00:06:37,522 --> 00:06:39,816 You'll still get your weekly paycheck, 158 00:06:39,857 --> 00:06:41,234 but it won't be to bus tables. 159 00:06:41,275 --> 00:06:42,652 It will be to help Betty. 160 00:06:42,693 --> 00:06:45,113 Betty, are you down with this plan? 161 00:06:45,154 --> 00:06:46,823 Yeah. Yes. 162 00:06:46,864 --> 00:06:48,699 -Jughead? -Sure. 163 00:06:49,700 --> 00:06:52,453 Great. What's the first step? 164 00:06:52,495 --> 00:06:54,080 Well, I'm assuming that you have thorough case files. 165 00:06:54,122 --> 00:06:56,332 -Yeah. -I'll start by reading those. 166 00:07:00,837 --> 00:07:03,339 -[siren wailing in distance] -[object clattering] 167 00:07:08,010 --> 00:07:09,095 Chad? 168 00:07:16,853 --> 00:07:17,895 -[grunts] -[groans] 169 00:07:23,609 --> 00:07:24,777 [dog barking in distance] 170 00:07:39,167 --> 00:07:42,628 [footsteps approaching] 171 00:07:42,670 --> 00:07:46,382 So you captured a guy who more or less confessed. 172 00:07:46,424 --> 00:07:48,050 And then they swallowed their own tongue 173 00:07:48,092 --> 00:07:50,470 because they thought you were going to dismember them? 174 00:07:52,221 --> 00:07:54,599 Yeah. That's sort of the last big thing that happened. 175 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:56,976 And you still think this is several serial killers working 176 00:07:57,018 --> 00:07:59,353 -in tandem over the years? -Yeah. Yes. 177 00:07:59,395 --> 00:08:03,399 A family of truckers who have been kidnapping and murdering 178 00:08:03,441 --> 00:08:05,860 hitchhikers and sex workers. 179 00:08:05,902 --> 00:08:07,361 And Lerman Marshall Logan. 180 00:08:09,238 --> 00:08:11,157 My ex-student that disappeared on the Lonely Highway 181 00:08:11,199 --> 00:08:13,659 and was... somewhere for, like, a week, remember? 182 00:08:13,701 --> 00:08:15,244 Yeah, yeah, no. I've been thinking about him 183 00:08:15,286 --> 00:08:17,246 and he doesn't fit any of the victim profiles, 184 00:08:17,288 --> 00:08:19,790 which might be a clue in and of itself. 185 00:08:19,832 --> 00:08:21,250 He might be one of the only people 186 00:08:21,292 --> 00:08:23,127 who actually encountered this family of yours 187 00:08:23,169 --> 00:08:24,962 and survived. Now, at the time, 188 00:08:25,004 --> 00:08:26,547 Weatherbee didn't let me talk to him 189 00:08:26,589 --> 00:08:28,341 because I was a teacher and he was a student. 190 00:08:28,382 --> 00:08:30,426 But now Lerman has transferred and I've been fired, so... 191 00:08:30,468 --> 00:08:31,511 So we need to talk to Lerman. 192 00:08:31,552 --> 00:08:32,803 Yeah, I'll find him on social. 193 00:08:32,845 --> 00:08:34,388 [cell phone ringing] 194 00:08:36,224 --> 00:08:38,184 Hi, Dr. Curdle. I'm so sorry. 195 00:08:38,226 --> 00:08:40,102 I have your money in small bills. 196 00:08:40,144 --> 00:08:43,523 Another body's been brought in from Swedlow Swamp, Ms. Cooper. 197 00:08:43,564 --> 00:08:47,151 I think you'll find it very interesting. 198 00:08:47,193 --> 00:08:49,820 The victim is unlike any we've found. 199 00:08:49,862 --> 00:08:52,490 The body has been completely dismembered. 200 00:08:52,532 --> 00:08:53,950 Why would they change their MO? 201 00:08:53,991 --> 00:08:56,118 Maybe to make the bodies harder to find. 202 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:57,537 Have you identified the victim yet? 203 00:08:57,578 --> 00:08:59,413 Unfortunately not. 204 00:08:59,455 --> 00:09:02,542 The body was mutilated beyond all recognition. 205 00:09:02,583 --> 00:09:05,503 But, based on the level of decomposition, 206 00:09:05,545 --> 00:09:07,630 it could be your sister. 207 00:09:09,423 --> 00:09:12,760 I'll need to perform a DNA test on the remains, 208 00:09:12,802 --> 00:09:14,011 and then compare it to-- 209 00:09:14,053 --> 00:09:16,180 Mine. Yeah, do it. 210 00:09:16,222 --> 00:09:19,350 There's also a waitress from Pop's. 211 00:09:19,392 --> 00:09:21,602 Lynette "Squeaky" Fields. 212 00:09:21,644 --> 00:09:23,688 She vanished around the same time as Polly. 213 00:09:23,729 --> 00:09:24,981 I'm going to reach out to her family 214 00:09:25,022 --> 00:09:26,524 and ask for a sample as well. 215 00:09:29,652 --> 00:09:31,654 [Veronica] It's so funny, Chad. 216 00:09:31,696 --> 00:09:34,156 Your pathetic attempt to kill my lover 217 00:09:34,198 --> 00:09:36,826 has made me rethink what I want out of this divorce. 218 00:09:39,870 --> 00:09:41,872 I'm getting everything. 219 00:09:41,914 --> 00:09:44,166 And you're getting nothing. 220 00:09:44,208 --> 00:09:46,752 And if you don't agree to those terms, 221 00:09:46,794 --> 00:09:49,297 I'll seek to press murder charges against you. 222 00:09:49,338 --> 00:09:51,549 -How? -You dropped the gun, idiot. 223 00:09:56,596 --> 00:09:59,557 Check and mate, you little bitch. 224 00:10:03,019 --> 00:10:04,854 Mm, these croissants are positively divine. 225 00:10:06,230 --> 00:10:07,815 You should try one, dear child. 226 00:10:07,857 --> 00:10:09,191 I already told you, Mother. 227 00:10:09,233 --> 00:10:12,403 I'm fasting for enlightenment. 228 00:10:12,445 --> 00:10:14,947 As a matter of fact, I'm feeling rather... 229 00:10:14,989 --> 00:10:17,158 -Lightheaded? -Inspired. 230 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:19,660 I am going to go paint 231 00:10:19,702 --> 00:10:21,662 and let the invisible hand guide my brush. 232 00:10:23,039 --> 00:10:25,082 -Oh, my God. Cheryl. -I'm fine. 233 00:10:25,124 --> 00:10:27,168 Just leave me be, you doubting Thomases. 234 00:10:30,463 --> 00:10:34,216 I had Archie in my sights but the gun misfired. 235 00:10:34,258 --> 00:10:35,343 [sighs] 236 00:10:37,094 --> 00:10:38,929 Veronica stole my palladium. 237 00:10:41,098 --> 00:10:43,809 Archie stole your wife. 238 00:10:43,851 --> 00:10:46,812 I thought one bullet would right these two wrongs, but... 239 00:10:48,230 --> 00:10:49,607 As a wise man once said, 240 00:10:49,649 --> 00:10:51,692 never send in a boy to do a man's job. 241 00:10:53,361 --> 00:10:54,862 Get out of my sight, Chad. 242 00:10:56,155 --> 00:10:57,448 You disgust me. 243 00:10:57,490 --> 00:10:59,075 Better yet, get out of Riverdale. 244 00:10:59,116 --> 00:11:00,660 'Cause you lost my daughter forever. 245 00:11:09,377 --> 00:11:10,419 Hi, handsome. 246 00:11:12,088 --> 00:11:13,839 Hey, Ronnie. 247 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:16,217 What's going on? 248 00:11:16,258 --> 00:11:17,301 Guess what's in here. 249 00:11:18,636 --> 00:11:20,888 My divorce papers. 250 00:11:20,930 --> 00:11:23,432 It's official. I'm a free woman. 251 00:11:26,102 --> 00:11:27,228 [upbeat music playing] 252 00:12:01,053 --> 00:12:02,430 Hey, you're going out? 253 00:12:02,471 --> 00:12:04,724 Yeah, I'm heading down to the station. 254 00:12:04,765 --> 00:12:06,684 I don't mind the distraction since Tom called 255 00:12:06,726 --> 00:12:08,894 and said that there was another body found. 256 00:12:08,936 --> 00:12:10,855 Yeah. I went to the morgue. 257 00:12:12,773 --> 00:12:15,234 I don't know... if it's Polly. 258 00:12:16,068 --> 00:12:17,987 The body is... 259 00:12:19,071 --> 00:12:21,157 -What, Betty? -It's... 260 00:12:21,198 --> 00:12:22,074 dismembered. 261 00:12:23,284 --> 00:12:25,619 -Oh, my God. -I know. 262 00:12:25,661 --> 00:12:27,788 I know, but Jughead and I have a lead. 263 00:12:29,039 --> 00:12:30,166 Okay. 264 00:12:31,876 --> 00:12:33,335 Keep me posted. 265 00:12:36,172 --> 00:12:37,590 [door closes] 266 00:12:37,631 --> 00:12:40,509 [Cheryl] Look at what came out of me. 267 00:12:40,551 --> 00:12:43,429 This. This is your answer, Kevin. 268 00:12:43,471 --> 00:12:45,181 The higher power you've been praying to, 269 00:12:45,222 --> 00:12:46,891 drawing strength from. 270 00:12:46,932 --> 00:12:48,350 I don't understand. 271 00:12:48,392 --> 00:12:50,394 Earth, water, fire and wind. 272 00:12:50,436 --> 00:12:53,147 They're the fabric of the natural world. 273 00:12:53,189 --> 00:12:54,774 I'm still not following. 274 00:12:54,815 --> 00:12:59,361 The higher power is nature itself. 275 00:12:59,403 --> 00:13:02,573 That's what we should be worshiping, Kevin. 276 00:13:02,615 --> 00:13:05,409 The elements. It all makes perfect sense. 277 00:13:08,078 --> 00:13:09,538 How do you figure that? 278 00:13:09,580 --> 00:13:11,081 Well, for more than a century, 279 00:13:11,123 --> 00:13:12,541 we Blossoms have made our livelihood 280 00:13:12,583 --> 00:13:13,667 from maple trees, 281 00:13:13,709 --> 00:13:15,961 but our roots go so much deeper 282 00:13:16,003 --> 00:13:17,630 than I've ever considered. 283 00:13:17,671 --> 00:13:19,590 [Kevin] So, when we pray, we... 284 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,135 -pray to-- -Gaia. Mother Earth. 285 00:13:25,012 --> 00:13:27,056 Okay. Got it. 286 00:13:29,517 --> 00:13:31,310 You know, Cheryl... 287 00:13:32,978 --> 00:13:34,980 I'm really happy that you found some clarity. 288 00:13:36,649 --> 00:13:39,193 But I think I'm out. 289 00:13:39,235 --> 00:13:41,987 This religion has gotten a little too fringe-y, 290 00:13:42,029 --> 00:13:42,947 even for me. 291 00:13:44,323 --> 00:13:45,366 I hope that's okay. 292 00:13:47,201 --> 00:13:49,662 Of course, it's okay, Kev. 293 00:13:49,703 --> 00:13:51,580 You've always been free to go. 294 00:13:51,622 --> 00:13:53,916 But you will always have a place here. 295 00:14:03,175 --> 00:14:04,760 What if Lerman doesn't even show up? 296 00:14:04,802 --> 00:14:06,345 He will. I promised him 297 00:14:06,387 --> 00:14:08,430 my first edition copy of War of the Worlds, 298 00:14:08,472 --> 00:14:10,057 which is actually a fifth edition. 299 00:14:10,099 --> 00:14:11,851 [Tabitha] Hey, guys. 300 00:14:11,892 --> 00:14:14,728 [Alice] ...whoever is terrorizing our town, 301 00:14:14,770 --> 00:14:18,023 committing these inhumane murders, 302 00:14:18,065 --> 00:14:19,817 you have to stop. 303 00:14:21,986 --> 00:14:23,529 Every time the phone rings, 304 00:14:23,571 --> 00:14:25,614 I pray it's about my daughter. 305 00:14:26,782 --> 00:14:29,618 I pray for closure. 306 00:14:29,660 --> 00:14:32,663 Just today, another victim was found. 307 00:14:32,705 --> 00:14:36,333 Their dismembered body is down at the Riverdale morgue. 308 00:14:36,375 --> 00:14:38,043 What does it say about me 309 00:14:38,085 --> 00:14:40,045 that I want it to be my daughter... 310 00:14:41,922 --> 00:14:43,924 so that this nightmare will end? 311 00:14:45,175 --> 00:14:47,011 [voice breaking] So that I can wake up. 312 00:14:47,803 --> 00:14:49,138 [crying] Please. 313 00:14:49,179 --> 00:14:50,806 -[door opens] -Help me wake up. 314 00:14:50,848 --> 00:14:51,974 [Lerman] Mr. Jones? 315 00:14:52,933 --> 00:14:54,602 Sorry, my bus was late. 316 00:14:55,936 --> 00:14:57,897 [Fogarty sighs] Rough day, huh? 317 00:14:57,938 --> 00:15:00,065 I'm worried about one of my students. 318 00:15:00,107 --> 00:15:01,901 Britta Beach. 319 00:15:01,942 --> 00:15:04,528 She's gay, and she asked me to be there with her 320 00:15:04,570 --> 00:15:06,572 when she came out to her parents. 321 00:15:06,614 --> 00:15:09,325 So, I was. And-- 322 00:15:09,366 --> 00:15:10,367 Let me guess. 323 00:15:10,409 --> 00:15:12,202 They didn't immediately say, 324 00:15:12,244 --> 00:15:14,288 "We love you no matter what." 325 00:15:14,330 --> 00:15:16,790 Nope. They said, "Are you sure?" 326 00:15:16,832 --> 00:15:19,627 -Ah. -"Do you have to be?" 327 00:15:19,668 --> 00:15:21,795 I'm sorry, Toni. That sucks. 328 00:15:21,837 --> 00:15:23,339 Big time. 329 00:15:23,380 --> 00:15:25,132 It's such a lottery, you know? 330 00:15:25,174 --> 00:15:26,508 Who your parents are, 331 00:15:26,550 --> 00:15:29,053 what kind of family you grow up in. 332 00:15:29,094 --> 00:15:32,431 I mean, it wasn't easy for me when I came out to my nana. 333 00:15:32,473 --> 00:15:33,807 Yeah, my dad was pretty harsh 334 00:15:33,849 --> 00:15:35,601 when I told him I was bi. 335 00:15:35,643 --> 00:15:37,978 He was like, "Great. You can choose, 336 00:15:38,020 --> 00:15:39,563 so choose being with a woman." 337 00:15:39,605 --> 00:15:41,565 [Toni chuckles sadly] 338 00:15:41,607 --> 00:15:44,360 I was like, "That's not how that works, Dad." 339 00:15:45,027 --> 00:15:47,112 [softly] Yeah. 340 00:15:47,154 --> 00:15:48,572 So, is Britta going to be okay? 341 00:15:50,032 --> 00:15:52,785 I talked her parents off the ledge, I think. 342 00:15:52,826 --> 00:15:53,911 [inhales] 343 00:15:53,953 --> 00:15:55,871 But she's a tough kid. 344 00:15:56,747 --> 00:15:58,457 So, I hope so. 345 00:15:58,499 --> 00:16:00,501 And, for the record, 346 00:16:00,542 --> 00:16:02,586 no matter what baby Anthony is, 347 00:16:03,545 --> 00:16:05,089 I'll be ecstatic. 348 00:16:05,881 --> 00:16:06,966 Same. 349 00:16:10,344 --> 00:16:11,971 [alarm beeping] 350 00:16:16,350 --> 00:16:18,268 -[explosion] -[rumbling] 351 00:16:18,310 --> 00:16:19,645 What the heck was that? 352 00:16:19,687 --> 00:16:21,355 [slow rattling] 353 00:16:23,691 --> 00:16:25,025 [explosion] 354 00:16:27,111 --> 00:16:28,737 We need to get out of here right now. 355 00:16:28,779 --> 00:16:30,155 Archie, Archie, Eric's working further down the tunnel. 356 00:16:30,197 --> 00:16:31,365 Get everyone topside, I'll find Eric. 357 00:16:31,407 --> 00:16:32,324 Archie! 358 00:16:32,366 --> 00:16:33,701 Guys, get out. Come on. 359 00:16:33,742 --> 00:16:35,828 Everybody out! Let's go, move. Move! 360 00:16:37,287 --> 00:16:38,747 Everybody move. Move! 361 00:16:55,723 --> 00:16:57,933 [phone vibrating] 362 00:16:57,975 --> 00:16:59,184 [sighing impatiently] 363 00:16:59,226 --> 00:17:00,519 What is it, you philistine? 364 00:17:00,561 --> 00:17:02,021 I'm working on my 12 Commandments. 365 00:17:04,481 --> 00:17:07,109 Oh, my God, Kev. How many are still underground? 366 00:17:07,151 --> 00:17:08,235 [telephone ringing] 367 00:17:08,277 --> 00:17:10,029 Hello? 368 00:17:10,070 --> 00:17:11,321 Cheryl, what's up? 369 00:17:13,032 --> 00:17:15,743 Oh, my God. I'm on my way. 370 00:17:15,784 --> 00:17:17,369 [Jughead] Thank you again for coming to meet us, Lerman. 371 00:17:17,411 --> 00:17:18,871 Not a problem, Mr. Jones. 372 00:17:18,912 --> 00:17:21,707 I felt bad ghosting you like I did. 373 00:17:21,749 --> 00:17:23,459 That's okay. You're here now. 374 00:17:23,500 --> 00:17:24,960 And are you still willing to talk about that week 375 00:17:25,002 --> 00:17:26,253 that you went missing? 376 00:17:26,295 --> 00:17:28,297 Yeah. Yeah. I'm ready to. 377 00:17:28,338 --> 00:17:30,924 Any details whatsoever could help prevent this 378 00:17:30,966 --> 00:17:32,718 from happening to anyone else, so... 379 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:34,011 Most of it's fuzzy, 380 00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:35,929 but the best I can piece together is 381 00:17:35,971 --> 00:17:38,640 I was sleepwalking like I sometimes do 382 00:17:38,682 --> 00:17:40,476 along the Lonely Highway. 383 00:17:40,517 --> 00:17:42,227 Then, the next time I woke up, 384 00:17:42,269 --> 00:17:45,272 I was in this metal shed. 385 00:17:45,314 --> 00:17:47,733 It was small. There weren't any windows. 386 00:17:47,775 --> 00:17:49,818 It looked like the inside of a spaceship. 387 00:17:49,860 --> 00:17:52,738 That's how Polly described where she was to my mom. 388 00:17:52,780 --> 00:17:54,406 What else do you remember? 389 00:17:54,448 --> 00:17:56,450 I could hear voices outside sometimes. 390 00:17:56,492 --> 00:17:58,160 Voices? Plural? 391 00:17:58,202 --> 00:17:59,578 Yeah, maybe even a family? 392 00:17:59,620 --> 00:18:01,747 Were you alone in the shed? 393 00:18:01,789 --> 00:18:03,165 Yeah. 394 00:18:03,207 --> 00:18:05,209 'Til the Mothman came in 395 00:18:05,250 --> 00:18:08,212 -and helped me escape. -The Mothman? 396 00:18:08,253 --> 00:18:09,254 That's what he called himself. 397 00:18:10,714 --> 00:18:11,840 He had red eyes. 398 00:18:11,882 --> 00:18:13,425 One bigger than the other. 399 00:18:13,467 --> 00:18:15,844 Or weird red markings on his face. 400 00:18:15,886 --> 00:18:17,346 He said I was a mistake, 401 00:18:17,387 --> 00:18:19,181 that I shouldn't have been caught, 402 00:18:19,223 --> 00:18:21,016 and that he was throwing me back, 403 00:18:21,058 --> 00:18:22,976 the way you sometimes throw a small fish back into a lake. 404 00:18:23,018 --> 00:18:25,479 Wait. So he let you go, 405 00:18:25,521 --> 00:18:27,564 he freed you from the shed, and then he took you 406 00:18:27,606 --> 00:18:29,608 to the Lonely Highway where you were found? 407 00:18:29,650 --> 00:18:32,277 He said I better not tell anyone what had happened, 408 00:18:32,319 --> 00:18:34,530 or more Mothmen would come back for me some night. 409 00:18:34,571 --> 00:18:37,491 Lerman, this is very important. 410 00:18:37,533 --> 00:18:39,493 Do you know where the shed is? 411 00:18:39,535 --> 00:18:42,287 No, but it was close to the Lonely Highway. 412 00:18:42,329 --> 00:18:44,456 -I know that much. -How do you know that? 413 00:18:44,498 --> 00:18:46,834 Because I could hear the trucks rumbling by. 414 00:18:46,875 --> 00:18:48,794 [cell phone chimes] 415 00:18:48,836 --> 00:18:50,254 Dr. Curdle has the DNA results. 416 00:18:50,295 --> 00:18:52,005 He wants to tell us in person. 417 00:18:52,047 --> 00:18:54,258 Kevin, Cheryl, what's the update? 418 00:18:54,299 --> 00:18:55,759 Been trying Archie's phone, and Eric's. 419 00:18:55,801 --> 00:18:57,094 They're not getting any signal down there. 420 00:18:57,136 --> 00:18:58,929 How long will it take to dig them out? 421 00:18:58,971 --> 00:19:01,306 We need more hands on deck, we need heavy duty equipment. 422 00:19:01,348 --> 00:19:03,517 And even then, it'll take hours, if not days. 423 00:19:03,559 --> 00:19:05,352 Okay. 424 00:19:05,394 --> 00:19:08,105 Whatever you need, no matter the cost, just do it. 425 00:19:08,147 --> 00:19:10,232 First, you said there was an explosion. What kind of explosion? 426 00:19:10,274 --> 00:19:12,109 Yeah, the kind that was triggered deliberately. 427 00:19:12,151 --> 00:19:13,235 But who in their right mind would 428 00:19:13,277 --> 00:19:14,611 blow up a mine on purpose? 429 00:19:16,947 --> 00:19:18,157 I can guess. 430 00:19:20,993 --> 00:19:23,328 [Archie coughing] Jackson. 431 00:19:29,626 --> 00:19:30,878 [coughing] 432 00:19:30,919 --> 00:19:33,463 -You with me, buddy? -[grunts] 433 00:19:33,505 --> 00:19:34,965 I'm here, Sarge. 434 00:19:35,007 --> 00:19:36,049 Okay. Just hold on. 435 00:19:39,970 --> 00:19:42,222 You need to take shallow breaths. Okay? 436 00:19:42,264 --> 00:19:43,724 We need to conserve as much oxygen as possible. 437 00:19:43,765 --> 00:19:44,892 The others... 438 00:19:45,934 --> 00:19:47,102 Did they make it out? 439 00:19:47,144 --> 00:19:48,228 Yeah. 440 00:19:49,396 --> 00:19:51,273 Yeah. It's just us in here. 441 00:19:51,315 --> 00:19:53,650 But don't worry. I'm gonna dig us out, okay? 442 00:19:53,692 --> 00:19:55,569 [dull rumbling] 443 00:20:00,991 --> 00:20:04,620 We ran your DNA against the most recent victim, Ms. Cooper. 444 00:20:04,661 --> 00:20:06,205 And it wasn't a match. 445 00:20:06,246 --> 00:20:08,790 So, it's not Polly, again. 446 00:20:08,832 --> 00:20:13,503 No, but the body parts were a match to Lynette Fields. 447 00:20:13,545 --> 00:20:16,423 Oh, my God. Squeaky. 448 00:20:16,465 --> 00:20:20,636 There is more, I'm afraid. Your DNA did come back as a match to another body. 449 00:20:21,553 --> 00:20:24,223 Your tongueless John Doe. 450 00:20:24,264 --> 00:20:26,934 The trucker? How can that be? 451 00:20:26,975 --> 00:20:29,811 It seems he's your very distant cousin. 452 00:20:30,896 --> 00:20:32,773 What? No. That's impossible. 453 00:20:32,814 --> 00:20:36,693 All of the Coopers are either... dead or accounted for. 454 00:20:36,735 --> 00:20:38,445 What about your more distant relatives? 455 00:20:38,487 --> 00:20:40,656 The Blossoms? 456 00:20:40,697 --> 00:20:43,450 There's one last thing. When I was at my lab, 457 00:20:43,492 --> 00:20:45,244 the morgue was broken into. 458 00:20:46,161 --> 00:20:47,829 The body of the John Doe 459 00:20:47,871 --> 00:20:51,124 and the severed limbs of Lynette Fields were stolen. 460 00:20:51,166 --> 00:20:52,501 They're covering their tracks. 461 00:20:52,542 --> 00:20:54,127 They heard my mom on the news 462 00:20:54,169 --> 00:20:56,380 and they came here to steal the evidence. 463 00:20:56,421 --> 00:20:58,382 It's just like when our Mothman body was taken. 464 00:20:58,423 --> 00:21:00,217 Yes. Yes, it is. 465 00:21:00,259 --> 00:21:02,511 Nana Rose gave us that Mothman that was stolen, 466 00:21:02,552 --> 00:21:06,056 and now your prime suspect tests positive for Blossom DNA. 467 00:21:06,098 --> 00:21:08,100 Lerman was held captive by a Mothman 468 00:21:08,141 --> 00:21:09,893 near the Lonely Highway. 469 00:21:09,935 --> 00:21:11,395 These two things are connected, and their connection... 470 00:21:11,436 --> 00:21:12,980 Is the Blossoms. 471 00:21:13,021 --> 00:21:14,690 You two go. 472 00:21:14,731 --> 00:21:16,608 I'm gonna get in touch with Squeaky's family. 473 00:21:17,693 --> 00:21:19,278 But, guys, 474 00:21:19,319 --> 00:21:21,613 when the time comes to take these monsters down, 475 00:21:22,489 --> 00:21:23,365 I want in. 476 00:21:25,659 --> 00:21:28,328 [woman on radio] Two miners, Archie Andrews and Eric Jackson, 477 00:21:28,370 --> 00:21:29,913 both Army veterans, 478 00:21:29,955 --> 00:21:31,873 remain unaccounted for after the mine collapse 479 00:21:31,915 --> 00:21:33,625 in Riverdale earlier today. 480 00:21:33,667 --> 00:21:35,711 -Relief efforts are currently underway. -[grunts] 481 00:21:35,752 --> 00:21:37,379 But the condition of the miners are not yet known. 482 00:21:41,591 --> 00:21:43,468 [Veronica] Oh, good. You're awake. 483 00:21:43,510 --> 00:21:45,345 [Hiram groans softly] 484 00:21:45,387 --> 00:21:47,848 -Mija? -Let's start with the obvious. 485 00:21:47,889 --> 00:21:49,599 I know you're behind the mine explosion. 486 00:21:49,641 --> 00:21:50,600 Don't bother denying it. 487 00:21:50,642 --> 00:21:52,060 Untie me immediately! 488 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:55,981 It's ironic, I keep hearing 489 00:21:56,023 --> 00:21:57,858 the words my guidance counselor said to me 490 00:21:57,899 --> 00:21:59,234 way back in high school. 491 00:22:00,777 --> 00:22:03,071 That our sick dance of death 492 00:22:03,113 --> 00:22:06,074 could only end with one of us dying. 493 00:22:06,116 --> 00:22:07,743 And now, here we are, 494 00:22:07,784 --> 00:22:10,329 headed straight for an Oedipal tragedy 495 00:22:10,370 --> 00:22:12,247 set in motion when I was... 496 00:22:13,081 --> 00:22:14,666 a 14-year-old girl. 497 00:22:14,708 --> 00:22:16,501 Veronica, stop being so dramatic. 498 00:22:16,543 --> 00:22:18,837 Oh, but this story is dramatic, Daddy. 499 00:22:20,380 --> 00:22:21,840 The day of my quinceanera. 500 00:22:24,259 --> 00:22:25,218 [scoffs] 501 00:22:27,012 --> 00:22:28,513 It was supposed to be... 502 00:22:29,681 --> 00:22:32,976 the most important, 503 00:22:33,018 --> 00:22:35,354 celebratory day of my young life. 504 00:22:37,064 --> 00:22:39,107 When I overheard you in your study, 505 00:22:39,149 --> 00:22:41,485 talking with some of your friends, 506 00:22:41,526 --> 00:22:43,445 telling them I was a disappointment. 507 00:22:46,281 --> 00:22:48,825 That you wished Mom had given you a son 508 00:22:48,867 --> 00:22:50,327 to follow in your footsteps. 509 00:22:52,704 --> 00:22:55,499 Oh. How nice. 510 00:22:56,208 --> 00:22:57,376 You remember. 511 00:22:59,669 --> 00:23:01,630 Do you know... 512 00:23:01,671 --> 00:23:05,050 what it does to a 14-year-old girl... 513 00:23:06,635 --> 00:23:09,763 to hear that kind of dismissal from her own father? 514 00:23:11,807 --> 00:23:15,227 I have spent an entire lifetime 515 00:23:15,268 --> 00:23:18,522 chasing your approval and love. And for what? 516 00:23:20,023 --> 00:23:22,526 Sociopaths aren't capable of love. 517 00:23:26,446 --> 00:23:27,531 [sobbing] 518 00:23:29,032 --> 00:23:30,117 [sniffles] 519 00:23:30,617 --> 00:23:31,827 [exhales] 520 00:23:31,868 --> 00:23:33,662 Which is why 521 00:23:33,703 --> 00:23:35,705 I want to be very clear with you right now. 522 00:23:38,208 --> 00:23:39,751 If Archie dies, 523 00:23:40,460 --> 00:23:41,336 you die. 524 00:23:44,506 --> 00:23:45,465 [chuckles softly] 525 00:23:49,261 --> 00:23:50,637 Can you feel it, Daddy? 526 00:23:52,180 --> 00:23:56,685 Our dance of death is finally coming to an end. 527 00:23:58,437 --> 00:24:00,063 [Jughead] Hey, Nana. 528 00:24:00,105 --> 00:24:01,314 We need to talk to you about the Mothmen, remember? 529 00:24:01,356 --> 00:24:02,774 I've told you what I know. 530 00:24:05,068 --> 00:24:07,696 [Betty] Look at me. Look right at me. 531 00:24:07,737 --> 00:24:12,659 Right now, young women, including my sister, 532 00:24:12,701 --> 00:24:15,245 who was a member of your family, 533 00:24:15,287 --> 00:24:17,164 are being abducted, 534 00:24:18,123 --> 00:24:19,916 tortured, and murdered. 535 00:24:21,126 --> 00:24:22,878 So, focus 536 00:24:22,919 --> 00:24:26,214 and answer our questions. 537 00:24:26,256 --> 00:24:30,427 Right. You gave my friend and I a corpse inside a maple barrel. 538 00:24:31,970 --> 00:24:32,888 Who was it? 539 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:35,307 The truth, Nana. 540 00:24:35,348 --> 00:24:39,144 I'm ashamed to admit it. It was Cousin Timothy. 541 00:24:39,186 --> 00:24:41,521 I came across his corpse in the woods 542 00:24:41,563 --> 00:24:45,025 after he passed, and I put him in a barrel. 543 00:24:45,066 --> 00:24:47,819 Poor Timothy. He was born with so many defects-- 544 00:24:47,861 --> 00:24:49,488 Okay. Cousin Timothy? 545 00:24:49,529 --> 00:24:51,198 This... this is a blood relative of yours? 546 00:24:51,239 --> 00:24:53,408 My late husband 547 00:24:53,450 --> 00:24:56,328 was a compulsive philanderer. 548 00:24:56,369 --> 00:24:59,623 He made the beast with every woman who worked on our estate. 549 00:24:59,664 --> 00:25:02,042 The maids, the cooks, the nannies. 550 00:25:02,083 --> 00:25:03,960 And then when they swelled with child, 551 00:25:04,002 --> 00:25:07,797 he forced me to pawn them off to avoid a scandal. 552 00:25:07,839 --> 00:25:11,092 But I knew a barren couple 553 00:25:11,134 --> 00:25:13,178 who lived in a cabin in the woods. 554 00:25:13,220 --> 00:25:14,763 The Starkweathers. 555 00:25:14,804 --> 00:25:16,473 I gave the children to them. 556 00:25:16,515 --> 00:25:18,558 How many children in total? 557 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:22,270 Oh, over the years, half a dozen. 558 00:25:22,312 --> 00:25:24,523 The trucker that I caught, the one who bit off his tongue, 559 00:25:24,564 --> 00:25:27,317 he must have been one of them. A Starkweather. 560 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,570 A Blossom, dear. In part. 561 00:25:30,612 --> 00:25:32,155 [Jughead] Nana. 562 00:25:32,197 --> 00:25:34,115 You're... you're saying 563 00:25:34,157 --> 00:25:36,201 there is a secret, 564 00:25:36,243 --> 00:25:38,662 illegitimate clan of Blossoms 565 00:25:38,703 --> 00:25:43,250 that have lived in the woods for two generations? 566 00:25:43,291 --> 00:25:45,293 Why did you call the corpse a Mothman? 567 00:25:45,335 --> 00:25:47,128 The family kept to themselves. 568 00:25:47,170 --> 00:25:50,257 Didn't like eyes prying into their business. 569 00:25:50,298 --> 00:25:53,468 So, they created a fiction. 570 00:25:54,094 --> 00:25:56,263 The Mothmen. 571 00:25:56,304 --> 00:25:59,641 One which we Blossoms were all too eager to embrace. 572 00:26:01,268 --> 00:26:03,103 Do they still live in the woods? 573 00:26:03,144 --> 00:26:06,314 Oh, my, no. They migrated from the there to the mines. 574 00:26:06,356 --> 00:26:08,191 And then, when that closed down, 575 00:26:08,233 --> 00:26:09,901 they moved closer to the highway. 576 00:26:11,820 --> 00:26:15,073 Who else has been propagating the Mothmen idea for decades, 577 00:26:15,115 --> 00:26:17,075 right in plain sight, right off the highway? 578 00:26:17,117 --> 00:26:19,369 Old Man Dreyfuss. 579 00:26:19,411 --> 00:26:22,998 Yes! Dreyfuss Starkweather, yes. 580 00:26:23,039 --> 00:26:24,124 Is he still alive? 581 00:26:24,165 --> 00:26:25,250 Oh, my God, Jug. 582 00:26:25,292 --> 00:26:26,960 You and I have both been there. 583 00:26:27,002 --> 00:26:29,254 Polly could've been there right under our noses. 584 00:26:29,296 --> 00:26:30,589 [cell phone chimes] 585 00:26:32,173 --> 00:26:34,092 It's Toni. She said there's an emergency. 586 00:26:37,637 --> 00:26:39,639 [indistinct chatter] 587 00:26:49,190 --> 00:26:50,734 [Archie coughing] 588 00:26:55,238 --> 00:26:56,281 [coughs] 589 00:27:00,535 --> 00:27:01,703 [straining] 590 00:27:03,204 --> 00:27:04,914 [panting] 591 00:27:10,545 --> 00:27:12,297 [coughing] 592 00:27:12,339 --> 00:27:13,923 -Are you still with me, Jackson? -[Jackson coughing] 593 00:27:15,925 --> 00:27:17,844 How we doing, Sarge? 594 00:27:17,886 --> 00:27:21,473 Not great. We're losing a lot of oxygen. 595 00:27:22,766 --> 00:27:23,808 And a lot of blood. 596 00:27:24,392 --> 00:27:25,935 [coughing] 597 00:27:29,147 --> 00:27:32,942 I'm gonna be honest with you, I have no idea how we're gonna get out of there. 598 00:27:32,984 --> 00:27:34,986 [Bingo] You don't really believe that, do you, Sergeant? 599 00:27:39,574 --> 00:27:40,533 Bingo. 600 00:27:42,577 --> 00:27:44,287 I thought we were square. 601 00:27:44,329 --> 00:27:45,872 Apparently not. 602 00:27:45,914 --> 00:27:48,458 Apparently you need a kick in the ass. 603 00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:52,170 You remember back at basic, during our first PT test, 604 00:27:52,212 --> 00:27:55,715 you did double the number of push-ups or pull-ups as any other guy? 605 00:27:55,757 --> 00:27:58,051 You don't have an ounce of quit in you! 606 00:27:59,469 --> 00:28:01,596 Bingo, I'm only one man. 607 00:28:01,638 --> 00:28:03,139 All due respect, Sarge, 608 00:28:04,182 --> 00:28:06,142 no, you're not. 609 00:28:06,184 --> 00:28:08,728 Come on, guys, double-time. 610 00:28:08,770 --> 00:28:12,023 Let's help the Sergeant get him and Corporal Jackson out of here. 611 00:28:12,065 --> 00:28:13,775 [footsteps marching] 612 00:28:22,325 --> 00:28:23,827 Britta ran away last night. 613 00:28:23,868 --> 00:28:26,162 [sighing] Her mom called to see if she was here. 614 00:28:26,204 --> 00:28:29,416 They got in a fight, and when her mom went to check on her, she was gone. 615 00:28:29,457 --> 00:28:32,419 She left a note saying, "Now you don't have to deal with me." 616 00:28:32,460 --> 00:28:35,505 Did Britta give any indication as to where she might've gone? 617 00:28:35,547 --> 00:28:38,133 We called all her friends, no one knows anything. 618 00:28:38,174 --> 00:28:40,176 Well, if there's even a chance that she's trying to get out of Riverdale 619 00:28:40,218 --> 00:28:41,636 using the Lonely Highway, 620 00:28:41,678 --> 00:28:43,555 then we need to go to that junkyard ASAP. 621 00:28:43,596 --> 00:28:44,723 Wait, you know where the Highway Killer is? 622 00:28:44,764 --> 00:28:46,891 Killers. Yeah, we think. 623 00:28:46,933 --> 00:28:48,685 But we need a team to go in with us. 624 00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:50,687 I wanna come. Fangs, you stay here 625 00:28:50,729 --> 00:28:52,439 with Baby Anthony in case Britta comes back. 626 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:54,607 -Is that okay? -Um, not really. 627 00:28:54,649 --> 00:28:58,027 No, Toni. You're a mother now. 628 00:28:58,069 --> 00:29:00,488 You just can't go out on crazy raids anymore-- 629 00:29:00,530 --> 00:29:04,117 I have to, Fangs, Britta came to me for help, 630 00:29:04,159 --> 00:29:05,785 and I saw myself in her. 631 00:29:05,827 --> 00:29:07,746 And as for Baby Anthony, 632 00:29:07,787 --> 00:29:09,789 I don't want him to grow up and think that his mom was a coward, 633 00:29:09,831 --> 00:29:13,251 and that I didn't do everything I could to help somebody in need. 634 00:29:13,293 --> 00:29:16,045 And besides, there's nobody better to take care of him than you. 635 00:29:16,087 --> 00:29:17,922 Than my mom, you mean, 636 00:29:17,964 --> 00:29:21,468 'cause if you're going on this raid, then I'm going with you. 637 00:29:21,509 --> 00:29:22,886 I'm gonna be watching your back, 638 00:29:22,927 --> 00:29:24,345 and that's not up for discussion. 639 00:29:24,387 --> 00:29:26,014 Well, how about we watch each other's backs? 640 00:29:26,055 --> 00:29:27,015 [crackling] 641 00:29:27,766 --> 00:29:28,767 Deal. 642 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:32,812 Cheryl, any luck finding a first aid kit in here? 643 00:29:32,854 --> 00:29:34,397 I'm looking, sit down. 644 00:29:36,608 --> 00:29:39,319 Veronica, you're stressed, you're injured. 645 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:41,654 You need to take a break. Or at least go home, 646 00:29:41,696 --> 00:29:43,823 -get cleaned up. -I can't go home. 647 00:29:43,865 --> 00:29:45,366 Archie's trapped in a mine. 648 00:29:45,408 --> 00:29:47,869 I know, but you will want to be your gorgeous self 649 00:29:47,911 --> 00:29:49,704 when Orpheus emerges from the underworld, 650 00:29:49,746 --> 00:29:52,582 and probably not with an infected hand. 651 00:29:52,624 --> 00:29:54,125 Trust me, go get refreshed, 652 00:29:54,167 --> 00:29:56,085 and I'll hold down the fort here. 653 00:29:56,127 --> 00:29:59,297 And not to worry. I've got some serious backup. 654 00:30:00,965 --> 00:30:02,050 I call upon fire. 655 00:30:03,301 --> 00:30:04,803 Which consumed my brother's body 656 00:30:04,844 --> 00:30:07,055 and mighty Thornhill once upon a time. 657 00:30:07,096 --> 00:30:08,640 I call upon wind, 658 00:30:08,681 --> 00:30:10,308 as I have once before. 659 00:30:10,350 --> 00:30:11,810 [wind blowing] 660 00:30:11,851 --> 00:30:12,936 Blow a cool gust 661 00:30:12,977 --> 00:30:13,937 across Archie's brow. 662 00:30:17,607 --> 00:30:19,025 I call upon water, 663 00:30:19,067 --> 00:30:20,360 where I saw my departed brother 664 00:30:20,401 --> 00:30:22,403 in the icy depths of Sweetwater River, 665 00:30:22,445 --> 00:30:27,116 and where I, myself, was reborn. 666 00:30:27,158 --> 00:30:28,243 And lastly... 667 00:30:29,744 --> 00:30:31,162 I call upon the Earth. 668 00:30:32,038 --> 00:30:33,665 [straining] 669 00:30:33,706 --> 00:30:36,584 Dear Gaia, please return Archie and Eric to us. 670 00:30:36,626 --> 00:30:38,253 Open a path for them 671 00:30:38,294 --> 00:30:40,755 so that they may return to the land of the living. 672 00:30:42,006 --> 00:30:43,424 [water running] 673 00:31:02,485 --> 00:31:03,528 [door creaks] 674 00:31:09,450 --> 00:31:11,202 [heavy creaking] 675 00:31:52,869 --> 00:31:55,705 Pippi, turns off all the lights in the apartment. 676 00:31:56,956 --> 00:31:57,832 [gasps softly] 677 00:31:58,958 --> 00:32:01,878 Pippi, play Wagner. 678 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:03,212 Full volume. 679 00:32:03,254 --> 00:32:05,965 ["Ride of the Valkyries" playing] 680 00:32:18,728 --> 00:32:19,896 [door creaks] 681 00:32:20,855 --> 00:32:21,731 [gun fires] 682 00:32:25,944 --> 00:32:27,070 [both grunting] 683 00:32:33,910 --> 00:32:34,911 Miss Veronica? 684 00:32:34,953 --> 00:32:37,038 -[gunshots] -[gasps] 685 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,958 Oh, my goodness. Pippi, lights on. Music off. 686 00:32:39,999 --> 00:32:41,084 [music stops] 687 00:32:41,125 --> 00:32:42,335 Miss Veronica. 688 00:32:44,462 --> 00:32:46,047 What happened? 689 00:32:46,089 --> 00:32:47,548 [sighs] Chad broke in... 690 00:32:48,841 --> 00:32:49,926 and attacked me. 691 00:32:52,553 --> 00:32:53,805 [cell phone ringing] 692 00:32:53,846 --> 00:32:55,014 Oh. 693 00:32:57,642 --> 00:32:59,102 Cheryl, any news? 694 00:33:04,190 --> 00:33:06,651 -[door closes] -Came to finish the job? 695 00:33:09,112 --> 00:33:11,698 I can't tell you how tempting that proposition is. 696 00:33:12,907 --> 00:33:14,450 Then again, 697 00:33:14,492 --> 00:33:16,369 I've already seen blood spilt today. 698 00:33:17,704 --> 00:33:18,621 Besides... 699 00:33:19,831 --> 00:33:22,291 unlike you, I stick to my word. 700 00:33:22,333 --> 00:33:24,377 I told you you'd die if Archie did. 701 00:33:25,211 --> 00:33:26,170 Well... 702 00:33:27,130 --> 00:33:28,840 he didn't, Daddy. 703 00:33:29,966 --> 00:33:32,301 Archie is alive, 704 00:33:32,343 --> 00:33:35,763 above ground, and waiting for me. 705 00:33:35,805 --> 00:33:39,600 You failed yet again. [chuckles] 706 00:33:39,642 --> 00:33:42,145 You literally dropped a mountain on Archie 707 00:33:42,186 --> 00:33:44,313 and still couldn't kill him. 708 00:33:45,189 --> 00:33:46,190 You know... 709 00:33:47,358 --> 00:33:48,776 I used to admire you... 710 00:33:49,694 --> 00:33:50,653 grudgingly... 711 00:33:51,904 --> 00:33:52,864 but I did. 712 00:33:54,574 --> 00:33:56,743 But now you're just this... 713 00:33:57,535 --> 00:33:58,786 silly cartoon. 714 00:34:01,372 --> 00:34:03,374 [knife slashes] 715 00:34:03,416 --> 00:34:04,834 I'm not afraid of you anymore. 716 00:34:06,169 --> 00:34:08,046 'Cause you're no longer a threat to me. 717 00:34:08,087 --> 00:34:12,133 But if you ever come after me or Archie again, 718 00:34:12,175 --> 00:34:14,385 you'll end up getting shot. 719 00:34:14,427 --> 00:34:16,637 Just like Chad did today. 720 00:34:16,679 --> 00:34:19,223 -What? -Call Dr. Curdle for the details. 721 00:34:20,349 --> 00:34:21,434 Bye, you little bitch. 722 00:34:23,061 --> 00:34:25,688 As we discussed, Jughead, you're gonna distract Dreyfuss 723 00:34:25,730 --> 00:34:28,107 while the rest of us search the junkyard. 724 00:34:28,149 --> 00:34:30,318 If Britta is being kept in the same place that my sister and Lerman were held, 725 00:34:30,359 --> 00:34:33,571 we're looking for some kind of windowless shed. 726 00:34:33,613 --> 00:34:35,031 You know how to use a stun gun? 727 00:34:35,073 --> 00:34:36,407 I'm from Chicago. 728 00:34:36,449 --> 00:34:37,950 -Yes. -[Toni] Jughead? You good? 729 00:34:39,202 --> 00:34:41,537 -I'm good. -We're ready then? 730 00:34:41,579 --> 00:34:45,208 Jug, you're up. The rest of us, let's split up so we can cover more ground, okay? 731 00:34:45,249 --> 00:34:46,459 [knocking at door] 732 00:34:49,337 --> 00:34:50,296 You again. 733 00:34:50,338 --> 00:34:51,672 Hey, Mr. Dreyfuss. 734 00:34:51,714 --> 00:34:53,758 I'm so sorry to drop by unannounced. 735 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:55,343 I, uh... I actually just got back into town. 736 00:34:55,384 --> 00:34:56,886 I was hoping that you and I could 737 00:34:56,928 --> 00:34:58,888 continue our conversation about the Mothmen. 738 00:34:58,930 --> 00:35:00,765 Let me grab some moonshine. 739 00:35:00,807 --> 00:35:03,768 Actually, it's a little cold. Do you mind if we talk inside? 740 00:35:05,853 --> 00:35:07,021 Don't mind the mess. 741 00:35:15,988 --> 00:35:18,950 -Live here alone? -Yep. Just me. 742 00:35:19,784 --> 00:35:22,078 No family, huh? 743 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:25,706 I thought we were gonna discuss the Mothmen. 744 00:35:25,748 --> 00:35:27,333 But they are your family. 745 00:35:28,376 --> 00:35:29,544 Aren't they, Mr. Starkweather? 746 00:35:32,171 --> 00:35:34,590 You know, I wondered if we were gonna have trouble with you. 747 00:35:38,970 --> 00:35:40,596 How much have you figured out? 748 00:35:40,638 --> 00:35:42,348 [Jughead] Not all of it. 749 00:35:42,390 --> 00:35:43,599 Do you mind if I take a stab at it? 750 00:35:44,225 --> 00:35:45,685 Be my guest. 751 00:35:45,726 --> 00:35:47,687 [Jughead] The Mothman corpse 752 00:35:47,728 --> 00:35:49,939 we had at Pop's, 753 00:35:49,981 --> 00:35:53,943 that was, uh, Timothy, your half-brother. 754 00:35:53,985 --> 00:35:55,695 You were the one that took it. 755 00:35:55,736 --> 00:35:57,697 You must have overheard Tabitha and I talking about it 756 00:35:57,738 --> 00:35:59,115 when you came to pick up your regular 757 00:35:59,157 --> 00:36:01,200 Thursday night order of pork chops. 758 00:36:01,242 --> 00:36:03,369 And you did. We have receipts. 759 00:36:03,411 --> 00:36:04,704 You were also the person that stole the bodies 760 00:36:04,745 --> 00:36:05,663 from the morgue. 761 00:36:07,623 --> 00:36:09,709 There was another brother. 762 00:36:09,750 --> 00:36:13,504 Swallowed his own tongue just to keep your secret. 763 00:36:13,546 --> 00:36:16,048 Which is what, to your thinking? 764 00:36:16,090 --> 00:36:19,302 [Jughead] That you and your inbred brothers 765 00:36:19,343 --> 00:36:22,513 drive up and down the Lonely Highway searching for women to murder. 766 00:36:24,056 --> 00:36:26,058 Lerman, he was an outlier, 767 00:36:26,100 --> 00:36:28,436 because it's women that you're after. 768 00:36:28,477 --> 00:36:30,229 -[rustling] -[gasps softly] 769 00:36:30,271 --> 00:36:31,564 [Jughead] Why? 770 00:36:31,606 --> 00:36:33,482 [Dreyfuss] To survive. 771 00:36:33,524 --> 00:36:35,067 So we started going after 772 00:36:35,109 --> 00:36:38,487 the people that no one would miss. 773 00:36:38,529 --> 00:36:39,488 Runaways 774 00:36:40,615 --> 00:36:43,242 and sex workers, drug addicts. 775 00:36:43,284 --> 00:36:45,620 [Jughead] To what, steal from them? 776 00:36:45,661 --> 00:36:47,663 Those people couldn't have had much money. 777 00:36:47,705 --> 00:36:49,582 You're right, of course. 778 00:36:49,624 --> 00:36:52,001 But we don't need much to survive. 779 00:36:52,043 --> 00:36:55,630 Anyway, after a while, it wasn't about that. 780 00:36:57,256 --> 00:36:58,716 It was about-- 781 00:36:58,758 --> 00:36:59,675 The hunt. 782 00:37:01,093 --> 00:37:02,136 The sport of it all? 783 00:37:03,095 --> 00:37:05,056 Yep. 784 00:37:05,097 --> 00:37:06,182 [Jughead] So the Mothmen story, that was just a cover up? 785 00:37:06,224 --> 00:37:07,558 [gasping] 786 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:09,727 [Jughead] Just a spooky little tale 787 00:37:09,769 --> 00:37:12,647 to keep people away from all the disappearances on the highway. 788 00:37:12,688 --> 00:37:15,149 And if someone goes missing, then... 789 00:37:15,191 --> 00:37:17,068 maybe they were taken up in an alien spaceship. 790 00:37:18,819 --> 00:37:20,780 People believe what they want to believe. 791 00:37:21,906 --> 00:37:23,574 Nobody cared about those girls. 792 00:37:24,450 --> 00:37:25,368 Oh. 793 00:37:26,410 --> 00:37:28,120 You are so wrong about that. 794 00:37:28,871 --> 00:37:30,206 [door rattling] 795 00:37:30,248 --> 00:37:32,416 -[Toni] Britta? -[Britta] Ms. Topaz? 796 00:37:32,458 --> 00:37:33,793 Okay, I'm gonna get you out, hold on. 797 00:37:34,335 --> 00:37:35,253 [screams] 798 00:37:40,091 --> 00:37:41,259 -[trap clangs] -[Fogarty groans] 799 00:37:47,473 --> 00:37:48,891 [Fogarty grunts] 800 00:37:50,559 --> 00:37:52,478 Betty? [screams] 801 00:37:59,485 --> 00:38:00,653 [Tabitha screams] 802 00:38:08,119 --> 00:38:10,246 Wanna test that armor against a point-blank shotgun blast? 803 00:38:12,415 --> 00:38:14,083 [panting] 804 00:38:14,125 --> 00:38:15,126 Didn't think so. 805 00:38:19,839 --> 00:38:21,090 -[crackling] -[grunts] 806 00:38:26,178 --> 00:38:27,138 [gasping] 807 00:38:30,182 --> 00:38:31,976 -[groans] -[Toni grunts] 808 00:38:32,727 --> 00:38:34,145 [Betty gasps] 809 00:38:34,186 --> 00:38:35,688 Betty, are you okay? 810 00:38:35,730 --> 00:38:37,523 [gasping] I heard you scream. What happened? 811 00:38:37,565 --> 00:38:39,608 I found Britta. She's fine. 812 00:38:39,650 --> 00:38:41,277 Scared, but fine. 813 00:38:41,319 --> 00:38:42,737 Remember what you told us about Lerman, 814 00:38:42,778 --> 00:38:45,489 how a Mothman helped him escape? 815 00:38:45,531 --> 00:38:49,702 Well, apparently not all Starkweathers are evil incarnate. 816 00:38:49,744 --> 00:38:50,953 [Betty breathlessly] Hi, Britta. 817 00:38:54,081 --> 00:38:55,833 [loud crash in distance] 818 00:38:55,875 --> 00:38:56,959 Oh, my God, Jughead. 819 00:38:58,544 --> 00:38:59,754 [Dreyfuss grunting] 820 00:39:00,963 --> 00:39:02,673 [Betty] Are you okay? 821 00:39:02,715 --> 00:39:04,467 Yeah. No, I'm fine. He tried to chew his tongue off 822 00:39:04,508 --> 00:39:06,344 and choke on it. But not before he answers our questions. 823 00:39:06,385 --> 00:39:08,429 Your hunting days are over, you sick-- 824 00:39:12,141 --> 00:39:13,684 How does it feel? 825 00:39:13,726 --> 00:39:16,812 My foot? Like it's on fire. 826 00:39:16,854 --> 00:39:19,398 The rest of me? Like a complete ass. 827 00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:22,651 Well, who would've known we were walking into The Hills Have Eyes? 828 00:39:22,693 --> 00:39:23,652 Toni... 829 00:39:26,364 --> 00:39:27,406 we can do this. 830 00:39:28,449 --> 00:39:29,367 Right? 831 00:39:31,118 --> 00:39:32,119 Like, all of this. 832 00:39:33,704 --> 00:39:37,375 Oh, yeah. We got this. 833 00:39:37,416 --> 00:39:39,085 You and me just... 834 00:39:40,086 --> 00:39:41,712 watching each other's backs. 835 00:39:48,177 --> 00:39:49,553 [Veronica sighs in relief] 836 00:39:49,595 --> 00:39:52,223 Not even the Earth swallowing you whole 837 00:39:52,264 --> 00:39:54,600 could keep us from this moment, Archiekins. 838 00:39:56,602 --> 00:40:00,064 Another brush with death to add to your ever-growing list. 839 00:40:01,357 --> 00:40:03,943 Your guardian angel deserves a raise. 840 00:40:03,984 --> 00:40:05,319 More than one, Ronnie. 841 00:40:22,461 --> 00:40:24,422 [Betty] Mr. Starkweather, 842 00:40:24,463 --> 00:40:26,340 I've spoken to my colleagues at the FBI, 843 00:40:26,382 --> 00:40:27,716 and they'll be here soon to take you 844 00:40:27,758 --> 00:40:29,301 and your brothers away. 845 00:40:30,845 --> 00:40:32,346 But before that happens... 846 00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:36,350 I would very much appreciate it 847 00:40:36,392 --> 00:40:38,727 if you would tell me where my sister is. 848 00:40:43,858 --> 00:40:45,067 [softly] Please tell me. 849 00:40:51,866 --> 00:40:53,117 She's in the junkyard. 850 00:40:55,077 --> 00:40:56,454 I can draw you a map. 851 00:40:58,914 --> 00:41:00,583 [somber music playing]