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Wait. So someone just
submitted this to you?
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Yeah, to my Riverdale Choice email.
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In case you're wondering if
I can suddenly hear again,
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I can't. What I can do
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post-explosion is read minds.
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I can hear the words forming in a
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person's brain just
before they speak them.
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It's, uh, slightly disorienting.
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Ugh.
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I mean, everyone is entitled...
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I mean, everyone is entitled
to their own opinion, but yikes.
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I know.
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That's why I published it
anonymously, to protect our identity,
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which they asked me to.
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Tabitha and my friends
think my hearing's returned.
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It's not impossible to believe,
the doctor said it might.
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Am I a bad person for
lying to her, to everyone?
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I don't know, Jughead.
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What will the town think?
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What will they do?
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That is a great question.
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Already I could feel
shock waves rippling across the town.
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The article was a blistering
critique of Riverdale.
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What the town presented as
versus what it truly was.
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It excoriated Veronica
and Reggie's Casino,
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calling it illegal,
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claiming it would be a gateway
to crime, drug use and violence.
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It condemned Riverdale's
culture of street gangs.
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The Serpents and Ghoulies forever
teetering on the brink of war.
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It called out the town's long
history of intolerance, ignorance,
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persecution and backwards thinking.
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It highlighted our overtaxed,
ineffectual law enforcement,
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our utter lack of culture
and the performing arts.
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But its most scathing critique took
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aim at Riverdale's struggling economy,
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soaring unemployment and quote,
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"Homeless encampments on every corner."
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Still happy you moved here, stranger?
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Oh, yes.
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Happy as a clam.
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Every word was a razor blade
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that cut to the very
heart of Riverdale itself.
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With no author named,
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who would take the
brunt of blowback? But...
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I can't believe
Jug would do this.
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Here we go.
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- Backstabber.
- Dude, what is this?
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"Worst town in America."
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Seriously?
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After we busted our asses
saving Riverdale from Hiram,
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why would you publish
something like this?
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The Riverdale Choice is
a free press that believes
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in critical points of view.
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Who?
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Who wrote this?
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Why would I tell you that?
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So you can beat them up?
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Yeah, you're freaking right.
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Of course not.
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Okay, Look, you have a
different point of view.
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That's great.
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Let me interview you.
I'll publish it next week.
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No, screw that.
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I've already talked to Alice and Frank.
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They're calling a town hall
meeting so everyone
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can respond to this garbage in person.
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And you better be there covering it.
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Grand Mistress Rose.
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I shouldn't be here,
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but Mistress Abigail is
getting ready to go out and
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we have to figure out a way
to get Mistress Cheryl back.
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Cheryl is gone.
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Vanished into the void.
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No,
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I saw her in a mirror that
Abigail was looking into.
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I think she's still in her body,
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somewhere.
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Well, if that were
the case, it would mean
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Abigail's keeping her locked away,
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imprisoned in a kind of
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mental jail.
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Oh, my God.
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Is there some way that
we can reach Cheryl?
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Make contact with her.
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Well, the only way to do that would be
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when Abigail
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is in a deep sleep,
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and you would need to be in
a deep slumber near to her.
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I mean, Abigail once
inhabited your body.
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You could use that tether
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to enter and walk her dreamscape.
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And perhaps
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find Cheryl.
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If she exists.
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I could drug her tea.
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Be warned.
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If you try this,
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you must awaken before Abigail does.
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Or risk her wrath.
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Jason.
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Cheryl.
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My little darlings.
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I have decided to throw
you a birthday party.
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Isn't that grand?
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I've even invited all
your little friends
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from school and church
and the community.
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Including Heather?
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No, not that two-bit trollop.
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But everybody else.
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Now,
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what do you say?
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Thank you, dearest Mumsy.
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You're very, very welcome,
my precious little angels.
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Who wrote the
article? Probably Alice.
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This town is going
to hell in a handbasket.
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- Maybe, I should move.
- All right.
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All right, I'm sure everyone has read
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the article written by our
mysterious author.
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And, yes, there is a lot to dispute.
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But not the fact that we
do have an illegal casino
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operating covertly and
corruptly within our town limits.
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If I may.
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Babylonium's employees are
all citizens of Riverdale
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who are paid a generous living wage.
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Also, we have the potential
to bring in out-of-towners.
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Guests who would spend
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fresh cash across all of our businesses.
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Nice try, Veronica, but we all know
who truly profits from a casino.
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It's its owners.
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And I mean, when is
the last time a Lodge
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has done anything good for this town?
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What the hell does that mean?
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I think you know
exactly what that means.
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Can we cut to the damn chase here?
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Who wrote that article?
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Oh, come on.
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Whoever it is, if you're
going to attack our town,
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at least have the guts to own it.
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It was me.
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I wrote it. I wrote the article.
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I... I know I should have had
the courage to put my name on it.
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I guess I was just concerned that if you
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saw the name Pickens
on the byline, then,
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you'd dismiss my words out of hand
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because of what my
great-great grandfather did.
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You mean a genocide
against my ancestors?
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Yeah, that's a strike against you.
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I'm sorry, you've been
living here, what, four days?
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And we're supposed to
care what you think?
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Well, sometimes it
takes a recent arrival
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to see what's really
wrong with the town.
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Yeah, well, all I see,
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is a Johnny-come-lately
talking trash about our town
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without offering any real solutions.
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But I do have solutions.
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If you're open to hearing them.
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Buddy, I'm open
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to resolving this outside,
You and me, right now.
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Okay, Archie.
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We do need to let Mr. Pickens speak.
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Oh, with a town that's
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in such dire straits as
Riverdale, where do you even begin?
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I know.
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The homeless encampment
you call "Sketch Alley."
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Poverty
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begets more poverty,
begets drugs, begets crime,
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begets more crime until no one is safe.
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Yeah.
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I'm sorry, but the homeless
have got to be bussed out
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as quickly and humanely as possible.
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- He's right.
- I agree.
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The homeless are a problem.
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About time someone said it.
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We can't just bus them out of town.
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And I'm sorry, but that's... not
who we are, and it's not what we do.
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Riverdale takes care of their own.
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And the people that
live in Sketch Alley,
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are citizens of this town
just as much as all of us.
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We need to show them that we care.
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In that case, you've
heard my recommendation.
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But we're all ears, Mr. Andrews.
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What's yours?
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And thus began the
battle for Riverdale's soul.
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Mistress Abigail, you're home.
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- How was the town hall?
- Delightsome.
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Also, a bit of gossip.
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T'was Percival Pickens, who wrote that
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screed against the town of Riverdale.
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He may prove an ally to me.
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But first, me thinks I must acquaint
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myself with the history of Riverdale
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and the role the Pickens
family played in its shaping.
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I think I saw a book in
the Thornhill library.
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I'll fetch it for you, Mistress Abigail.
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I've just brewed you some tea.
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Why don't you retire to your room
and I'll bring both up to you?
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Don't punch me.
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I should, you know.
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Look, Archie, I'm a journalist. I'm
supposed to remain impartial. But,
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I heard what you said at the town hall.
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And for what it's
worth, I agree with you.
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I think bussing the unhoused out
of Riverdale is not a solution.
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I know those people.
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At times I was one of them
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and they've always helped
me when I was in trouble.
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They're good people.
They need our resources.
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Could've said that at the meeting.
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I will, at the next one, once
you present your big idea.
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Well...
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I...
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I don't have one yet.
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That's okay.
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I did some research of my
own after the last meeting.
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A lot of cities, they're...
they're building these micro homes.
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They're basically cabins, right?
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They have a shower
and a toilet and a bed.
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Imagine if we did that.
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We build one of these homes
for every unhoused person
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living in a cardboard box
or a tent on the alley.
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We?
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You're the only person I know
that has a construction business.
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All right.
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Let's do this.
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Let's try.
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Oh, perfect.
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Sweet dreams, Abigail.
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And hopefully for me, too.
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How are you liking that cake?
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Vanilla, your favorite.
Just as requested.
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Excuse me.
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I'm looking for Cheryl Blossom.
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Who the hell are you?
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I'm...
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a friend of hers.
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Is Cheryl not here?
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Well, she's right over there.
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Facing the wall as punishment for being
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such a selfish, ungrateful brat.
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But...
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it's her birthday, too, isn't it?
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Not this year.
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Not the way she's been behaving.
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Will she get her presents, at least?
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Absolutely not.
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Now, who did you say you were?
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Reggie.
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We haven't talked about it too much but,
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I've always assumed we'd be sort of
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gaming the system with the casino.
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You know, doing our usual
side hustles and scams.
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I made the same assumptions.
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What if we didn't?
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Does that mean no scams?
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No scams,
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no side deals, no loopholes,
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no tax evasion.
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What if we proved Alice
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and the haters wrong and
operated completely above board?
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I just buried my father, Reggie.
Let's start a new chapter and
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rehabilitate the Lodge name.
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Instead of the council fighting us
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at every turn, we lock arms with them,
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help fix the town my dad broke.
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I like it in theory, Ronnie.
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But the first thing is
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we'd have to get our
licenses and permits in order.
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Okay.
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Is that a problem?
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No, it's just very expensive.
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Let's pull the trigger, Reggie.
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And let's hang my father's
portrait right up here.
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As a constant reminder of who
we're not going to be like.
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I don't disagree with what
you're saying, Mr. Pickens.
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Oh, please, call me Percival.
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Percival,
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I just don't want to come down
on either side of the issue
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until Archie has had a chance
to present his solutions.
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Of course, not. Alice...
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Sorry, may I call you Alice?
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Yes.
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Thank you.
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It's just I
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assumed that you would have
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a personal stake in
making Riverdale safer
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given what happened to your daughter.
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Polly.
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All right, people, let's
call this meeting to order.
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Our proposal for the
town's future is simple.
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Reginald?
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Riverdale, the new Atlantic city.
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Instead of the town and the casino
being at odds with each other,
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why not work together
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and rebrand as a family-friendly,
destination hotspot?
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Let Babylonium
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be the solution to lifting Riverdale up.
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So, what,
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children can gamble now, is that it?
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We would open an
arcade, provide daycare.
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Here's my problem with the casino.
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Riverdale has a lot of broken people.
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Including veterans
like myself and Archie.
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And a casino just isn't a healthy
environment for people like that.
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You raise a valid point,
Frank. Let's have that dialogue.
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But not today.
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We have your proposal, Veronica.
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We will look it over
and get back to you.
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In the meantime, if we catch one whiff
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of any trouble coming from your casino,
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then any partnership would
be immediately untenable.
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Great.
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Thank you, Team Babylonium.
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So, the spaces are eight feet wide.
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They house one to two people,
and they can be locked which
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helps give the occupants a
sense of ownership and security.
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And not to mention,
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all of the labor, will be provided
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free of charge by Andrews Construction.
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This is a strong, simple
and smart idea, Archie.
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Yeah, they have these mini-houses in
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Chicago, and they are game changing.
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- Awesome.
- Yeah. So to start, I was thinking around 30.
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Thirty houses?
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Uh, how much do these things cost?
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00:15:58,038 --> 00:16:01,916
Well, like I said, Alice, the labor
will be free, but with materials,
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I'm thinking around 20, 25.
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Thousand for each house?
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00:16:06,799 --> 00:16:11,158
Oh, no. Uh, Riverdale can't afford
this. We'd have to raise taxes.
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More taxes? No way.
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We can barely pay our mortgage.
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Just make the problem go away.
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I agree with that British dude.
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00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:20,726
Well, I feel it's my civic duty at
this point to point out that, uh,
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my straightforward proposal would cost
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the people of Riverdale
virtually nothing,
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and could be carried out immediately.
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We like the vision, Archie.
At least, most of us do.
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We just need to figure
out a way to fund it.
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00:16:34,163 --> 00:16:38,369
And if you could show us proof of
concept, that would be super helpful.
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00:16:38,372 --> 00:16:40,122
Yeah, for sure. I'll
figure something out.
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I appreciate your time.
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00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:45,168
Thanks for staying behind to chat.
343
00:16:45,170 --> 00:16:46,284
Not at all.
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00:16:46,287 --> 00:16:49,005
I welcome any opportunity to
get to know my neighbors better.
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00:16:49,008 --> 00:16:50,252
Yeah, me, too.
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00:16:51,552 --> 00:16:53,844
- So, you're English?
- Indeed.
347
00:16:53,846 --> 00:16:56,847
Some of the Pickens family came to
the States to settle in the colonies,
348
00:16:56,849 --> 00:16:59,850
others stayed behind in the old country.
349
00:16:59,852 --> 00:17:02,227
Is that where you were
before you came to Riverdale?
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00:17:02,229 --> 00:17:03,336
Oh, no.
351
00:17:05,274 --> 00:17:07,524
I was traveling here and there.
352
00:17:07,526 --> 00:17:10,401
Nowhere with the potential
of this place, though.
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00:17:10,404 --> 00:17:12,047
Do you know I think with a spot of
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investment and a
little bit of hard work,
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00:17:14,269 --> 00:17:16,426
this place could be the
next Marsha's Vineyard.
356
00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:20,535
Look, maybe we got
off on the wrong foot.
357
00:17:21,457 --> 00:17:23,373
We both want the same thing.
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A better, safer Riverdale.
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00:17:26,070 --> 00:17:27,361
And can't we
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align on this idea about the houses?
361
00:17:29,298 --> 00:17:31,461
Don't see that happening, Mr. Andrews.
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00:17:31,464 --> 00:17:33,227
Because, if you don't mind my saying,
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you're thinking is fundamentally flawed.
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00:17:35,137 --> 00:17:36,383
And I'll tell you why.
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00:17:37,306 --> 00:17:38,847
One.
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People of Sketch Alley
don't want your help.
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00:17:41,624 --> 00:17:43,225
All they want are handouts.
368
00:17:43,228 --> 00:17:45,770
And if you try and lift
them up, all they'll do is
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bring you and your property values down.
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00:17:50,176 --> 00:17:53,591
And number two, at the risk
of disillusioning you further,
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your neighbors don't want them here.
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00:17:58,452 --> 00:18:01,620
Oh, they'll say they're
good, liberal people but,
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in their heart of hearts,
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what they really want
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is for the poor, the destitute,
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00:18:09,254 --> 00:18:11,713
and the smelly to go away
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00:18:11,715 --> 00:18:14,424
without compromising their own comfort.
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00:18:14,426 --> 00:18:15,677
You're wrong.
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00:18:18,555 --> 00:18:22,893
And so is your warped,
cynical idea of who we are.
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00:18:24,144 --> 00:18:25,811
I'll prove it to you.
381
00:18:25,814 --> 00:18:27,440
Well, I don't think so but...
382
00:18:29,251 --> 00:18:30,526
let's see.
383
00:18:37,086 --> 00:18:38,476
You called this meeting.
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What can we do for you, Archie?
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00:18:40,121 --> 00:18:41,451
You're both on the council.
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00:18:41,453 --> 00:18:43,043
But I'm here appealing to you
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00:18:43,046 --> 00:18:46,530
as two of the most prominent
business owners in Riverdale.
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00:18:46,533 --> 00:18:47,999
I need your personal help.
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00:18:48,001 --> 00:18:49,876
Okay.
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00:18:49,878 --> 00:18:51,351
We're listening.
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00:18:51,354 --> 00:18:54,945
Would you each be willing to
underwrite one of the houses?
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00:18:54,948 --> 00:18:58,385
I was thinking after I finished
building them, we could paint them.
393
00:18:58,387 --> 00:19:01,930
One like Pop's and one
like the Whyte Wyrm.
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00:19:01,932 --> 00:19:04,205
In a way, they'd be like billboards.
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00:19:04,208 --> 00:19:05,623
And you're sure you don't mind that
396
00:19:05,625 --> 00:19:07,432
I'm a quote unquote, gang member?
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00:19:07,435 --> 00:19:09,771
Oh, come on. No. Not at all.
398
00:19:09,773 --> 00:19:11,690
Where would you set
them up and build them?
399
00:19:11,692 --> 00:19:14,068
I was hoping we could set
them up in the parking lot.
400
00:19:14,071 --> 00:19:16,153
That way, the folks living
in them could feel more
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00:19:16,155 --> 00:19:17,865
a part of the town's daily life.
402
00:19:19,241 --> 00:19:21,607
Yeah, of course, Archie, we're in.
403
00:19:21,618 --> 00:19:22,695
Great.
404
00:19:22,698 --> 00:19:23,982
And as for where we build them,
405
00:19:23,985 --> 00:19:26,294
I was thinking we could
do that in Sketch Alley.
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00:19:27,624 --> 00:19:29,708
Doc.
407
00:19:29,710 --> 00:19:31,587
- Hey!
- How have you been?
408
00:19:33,672 --> 00:19:35,910
Ah, I'm surviving.
409
00:19:35,913 --> 00:19:38,258
Well, you look a lot better
than the last time I saw you.
410
00:19:38,260 --> 00:19:40,427
And that's thanks to you.
411
00:19:40,429 --> 00:19:42,429
That's the reason we're here too.
412
00:19:42,431 --> 00:19:43,722
Wanted to repay the favor.
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00:19:43,724 --> 00:19:45,019
I mean, if you're cool with it.
414
00:19:45,022 --> 00:19:46,554
This is my pal Archie.
415
00:19:46,557 --> 00:19:49,406
And the rest of us were hoping
to build some houses for you guys.
416
00:19:49,409 --> 00:19:51,284
One for each of you.
417
00:19:51,287 --> 00:19:55,111
- Houses?
- They're small, but they're swanky.
418
00:19:55,114 --> 00:19:57,068
If you guys want to
help out, that's great.
419
00:19:57,071 --> 00:19:59,528
If not, we just wanted to let
you know what we are up to.
420
00:19:59,531 --> 00:20:00,864
All good either way.
421
00:20:00,866 --> 00:20:02,453
When do we start?
422
00:20:02,456 --> 00:20:04,218
- How about right now?
- All right.
423
00:20:12,231 --> 00:20:13,568
We've got a problem.
424
00:20:13,571 --> 00:20:14,796
I've been crunching numbers,
425
00:20:14,797 --> 00:20:17,172
and given all of our start
up costs, our expenses,
426
00:20:17,174 --> 00:20:18,632
not to mention permit costs...
427
00:20:18,634 --> 00:20:19,841
Cut to the chase, Reggie.
428
00:20:19,843 --> 00:20:21,984
We're overleveraged, Ronnie.
429
00:20:21,987 --> 00:20:23,342
Majorly.
430
00:20:23,345 --> 00:20:24,931
If we're strictly legit,
431
00:20:24,932 --> 00:20:27,361
it's going to be impossible
for us to turn a profit.
432
00:20:27,363 --> 00:20:28,602
Maybe ever.
433
00:20:31,021 --> 00:20:32,240
Unless.
434
00:20:33,261 --> 00:20:34,557
Don't say it.
435
00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:37,316
We start running scams,
which we could do.
436
00:20:38,390 --> 00:20:40,453
Uh, Miss Lodge, Mr. Mantle.
437
00:20:40,456 --> 00:20:45,448
I apologize, but you've got to come
to the private gambling room now.
438
00:20:45,451 --> 00:20:47,743
What is it? Something bad?
439
00:20:47,746 --> 00:20:49,007
Yeah.
440
00:20:55,492 --> 00:20:56,713
Oh, my God.
441
00:20:58,552 --> 00:20:59,884
What should we do?
442
00:20:59,887 --> 00:21:01,470
Cut him down? Call the ambulance?
443
00:21:01,473 --> 00:21:04,462
That's what a legit place
would do, right? Right?
444
00:21:04,465 --> 00:21:07,717
Yes, yes. But we don't
have that luxury, Reggie.
445
00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,391
This would be a horrible
news story if it broke.
446
00:21:10,394 --> 00:21:14,271
It would confirm Alice and the
council's worst fear about this place
447
00:21:14,273 --> 00:21:16,566
and Babylonium would be
over before it even began.
448
00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:19,361
Wait.
449
00:21:20,612 --> 00:21:21,822
I know who could help.
450
00:21:23,059 --> 00:21:24,418
Abuelita's iceman.
451
00:21:42,050 --> 00:21:44,529
Mistress Cheryl, it's me.
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00:21:44,532 --> 00:21:45,637
Britta.
453
00:21:49,016 --> 00:21:50,765
You have to wake up.
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00:21:50,767 --> 00:21:52,013
Please.
455
00:21:54,062 --> 00:21:55,603
What is it, Brittania?
456
00:21:55,605 --> 00:21:57,979
Wake up.
Time to rise and shine.
457
00:21:57,982 --> 00:21:59,566
Time to get out of bed, you lazy bones.
458
00:21:59,568 --> 00:22:01,901
It's dearest Mumsy. You have to hide.
459
00:22:01,903 --> 00:22:03,737
If she finds you, I
don't know what she'll do.
460
00:22:03,739 --> 00:22:04,946
Now!
461
00:22:06,700 --> 00:22:09,617
Wake up, devil children!
462
00:22:09,619 --> 00:22:12,037
Mumsy? What's going on?
It's the middle of the night.
463
00:22:12,039 --> 00:22:15,582
Doesn't matter. This place,
this whole house is a sty.
464
00:22:15,584 --> 00:22:18,918
Now, you grab that bucket and a
brush and you get to work, piggies.
465
00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:20,920
Yes, dearest Mumsy.
466
00:22:20,922 --> 00:22:25,592
Get on your hand and knees and you
scrub that floor till it's clean!
467
00:22:25,594 --> 00:22:28,178
I want to be able to eat off of it.
468
00:22:31,058 --> 00:22:33,391
What are you doing?
Why aren't you working?
469
00:22:33,393 --> 00:22:35,107
You get back to work.
470
00:22:35,110 --> 00:22:38,605
Or I will get the hanger to
you. Don't make me hurt you!
471
00:23:08,261 --> 00:23:10,806
Hey, it's Doc, right?
472
00:23:14,044 --> 00:23:16,084
Do you need something?
473
00:23:26,445 --> 00:23:28,599
And what did our young Kevin Keller get
474
00:23:28,602 --> 00:23:30,906
in exchange for wanting
to provide shelter
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00:23:30,909 --> 00:23:32,575
to the people of Sketch Alley?
476
00:23:32,577 --> 00:23:37,288
A hammer to the skull is what he got.
477
00:23:37,290 --> 00:23:40,458
This vicious attack
is a clear indication
478
00:23:40,460 --> 00:23:42,627
that these people don't want our help.
479
00:23:42,629 --> 00:23:46,548
You offer them a helping hand
and they respond with violence.
480
00:23:46,550 --> 00:23:50,343
Well, this journalist
and town council member
481
00:23:50,345 --> 00:23:52,512
says, no more...
482
00:23:55,976 --> 00:23:57,976
How is Kevin doing?
483
00:23:57,978 --> 00:23:59,644
I just came from the hospital.
484
00:23:59,646 --> 00:24:00,895
He's gonna be okay.
485
00:24:00,897 --> 00:24:02,647
This is a mess, Archie.
486
00:24:02,649 --> 00:24:04,398
Believe me, I know, Toni.
487
00:24:04,401 --> 00:24:06,984
These houses are going to be
painted with our businesses on them.
488
00:24:06,987 --> 00:24:09,362
If they're associated
with violence and crime...
489
00:24:09,364 --> 00:24:10,762
I know.
490
00:24:10,765 --> 00:24:13,740
And I know that article didn't
exactly do the Serpents any favors.
491
00:24:13,743 --> 00:24:14,766
It did not.
492
00:24:14,769 --> 00:24:16,869
But you still have
our financial support.
493
00:24:16,872 --> 00:24:18,955
So, maybe just hold off a beat
494
00:24:18,957 --> 00:24:21,666
before you paint it to
match the Whyte Wyrm.
495
00:24:21,668 --> 00:24:22,959
Yeah, that makes sense.
496
00:24:22,961 --> 00:24:24,544
Thanks for the support, Toni.
497
00:24:24,546 --> 00:24:26,004
Yeah, no problem.
498
00:24:26,006 --> 00:24:28,303
I'll send you my payment
on Chime right now.
499
00:24:28,306 --> 00:24:29,632
Cool.
500
00:24:29,634 --> 00:24:32,177
How about you, Tabitha?
501
00:24:32,179 --> 00:24:33,553
I am...
502
00:24:34,723 --> 00:24:36,848
still in, Archie.
503
00:24:36,850 --> 00:24:39,893
Paint job and all. So...
504
00:24:39,895 --> 00:24:42,020
When do you want to
set up the first house?
505
00:24:42,022 --> 00:24:44,150
Well, I'll bring it by
in my truck later today.
506
00:24:45,007 --> 00:24:46,935
Thank you, guys.
507
00:24:46,938 --> 00:24:48,438
Talk to me, Reggie.
508
00:24:48,441 --> 00:24:50,086
So I figured, that
dead guy must have been
509
00:24:50,089 --> 00:24:52,070
on a major losing streak,
and that's why he...
510
00:24:52,073 --> 00:24:53,114
Killed himself.
511
00:24:53,116 --> 00:24:54,365
Sadly, that makes sense.
512
00:24:54,367 --> 00:24:57,577
But, no. He was winning big-time.
513
00:24:57,579 --> 00:25:00,999
So, I called the blackjack dealer
and pulled the security footage.
514
00:25:04,252 --> 00:25:07,045
He was on top of the
world, up almost 20 grand.
515
00:25:07,047 --> 00:25:09,716
Why would a guy who's winning
every hand suddenly just...
516
00:25:10,926 --> 00:25:12,133
off himself?
517
00:25:12,135 --> 00:25:14,304
Wait, wait, wait. Stop the tape.
518
00:25:16,306 --> 00:25:18,306
Look.
519
00:25:18,308 --> 00:25:20,350
Who the hell is that?
520
00:25:20,352 --> 00:25:22,310
That's the British creep from Town Hall,
521
00:25:22,312 --> 00:25:25,398
Percival Pickens. What
the hell is he saying?
522
00:25:31,363 --> 00:25:32,443
Miss Lodge, I'm here.
523
00:25:34,157 --> 00:25:36,991
Heraldo, thank you so much
for coming so speedily.
524
00:25:36,993 --> 00:25:38,034
Where's the body?
525
00:25:38,036 --> 00:25:40,703
Jeez. Cut to the chase much?
526
00:25:40,705 --> 00:25:42,582
Downstairs. I'll take you.
527
00:25:43,601 --> 00:25:46,465
Grand Mistress Rose,
it's gotten so much worse.
528
00:25:46,468 --> 00:25:50,796
Mistress Cheryl's mother is
torturing her in every way imaginable.
529
00:25:50,799 --> 00:25:54,175
Penelope has always
been Cheryl's tormentor.
530
00:25:54,177 --> 00:25:56,844
So, of course, Abigail
would have conjured her
531
00:25:56,846 --> 00:26:00,133
as my granddaughter's
adversary in the dreamscape.
532
00:26:00,136 --> 00:26:01,760
She's terrifying.
533
00:26:01,763 --> 00:26:06,895
You must tell Cheryl that
Penelope is but a fiction.
534
00:26:06,898 --> 00:26:09,983
A bogeyman pulled from
her own subconscious.
535
00:26:09,985 --> 00:26:12,652
That perhaps will shake
her free of her stupor
536
00:26:12,654 --> 00:26:14,155
and spur her into action.
537
00:26:15,197 --> 00:26:17,114
Else, Abigail may take
538
00:26:17,117 --> 00:26:19,951
permanent possession of
my granddaughter's body.
539
00:26:19,953 --> 00:26:24,038
But I never even get the chance to
talk to her before the nightmare...
540
00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:25,968
Penelope descends on us.
541
00:26:25,971 --> 00:26:29,269
Then perhaps, child, you must divine
542
00:26:29,272 --> 00:26:31,857
a better way to communicate with her.
543
00:26:36,386 --> 00:26:39,429
Gentlemen, I am so sorry to intrude.
544
00:26:39,431 --> 00:26:40,841
May I come in?
545
00:26:40,844 --> 00:26:42,100
Yeah.
546
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:52,569
I heard all about what
happened in Sketch Alley. And...
547
00:26:53,737 --> 00:26:55,125
I wanted to talk to you.
548
00:26:58,565 --> 00:27:00,386
In hopes it never happens again.
549
00:27:05,123 --> 00:27:07,165
Well, what do you think, Tabitha?
550
00:27:07,167 --> 00:27:10,209
I think it is beautiful, Archie.
551
00:27:10,211 --> 00:27:11,921
Well, it was a group effort.
552
00:27:11,924 --> 00:27:16,089
And bonus, Benjamin Moore donated
the paint for future houses, too.
553
00:27:16,092 --> 00:27:17,594
I think it's a great start, Arch.
554
00:27:25,226 --> 00:27:27,810
You're good.
I can take it from here.
555
00:27:27,812 --> 00:27:30,021
What are you gonna do?
556
00:27:30,023 --> 00:27:32,940
After dark, I'll put
him in his car, drive into Jersey,
557
00:27:32,942 --> 00:27:35,818
hang him up in the bathroom
of a rest stop with no cameras,
558
00:27:35,820 --> 00:27:36,986
call it in.
559
00:27:38,073 --> 00:27:39,697
How are things going otherwise?
560
00:27:39,699 --> 00:27:41,282
How's business?
561
00:27:41,284 --> 00:27:42,771
Slow.
562
00:27:42,774 --> 00:27:46,109
We're not quite the sensation
we were hoping we'd be.
563
00:27:46,112 --> 00:27:47,861
You know, if you want,
564
00:27:47,864 --> 00:27:50,555
I could put the word out
to some wise guys I know.
565
00:27:51,753 --> 00:27:53,086
They got money,
566
00:27:53,088 --> 00:27:54,507
and they like spending it.
567
00:27:54,510 --> 00:27:58,965
I appreciate the offer, and no
offense to your wise guys, but...
568
00:27:58,968 --> 00:28:02,637
we're trying to avoid
that, if at all possible.
569
00:28:02,639 --> 00:28:04,122
No worries, just...
570
00:28:04,125 --> 00:28:05,266
trying to help.
571
00:28:06,643 --> 00:28:08,846
Actually, you know what you could do?
572
00:28:09,813 --> 00:28:12,230
Could you look into someone for me?
573
00:28:12,232 --> 00:28:14,857
His name's Percival
Pickens. He's British.
574
00:28:14,859 --> 00:28:16,776
Just got into town and...
575
00:28:16,778 --> 00:28:18,655
there's something off about him.
576
00:28:19,698 --> 00:28:21,447
And I want to know what.
577
00:28:21,449 --> 00:28:22,716
Yeah, I can do that.
578
00:28:34,264 --> 00:28:36,183
Hey, Tabitha. What's up?
579
00:28:39,301 --> 00:28:40,635
I'm on my way.
580
00:28:49,571 --> 00:28:50,677
What the hell!
581
00:29:09,539 --> 00:29:10,874
Oh, Doc.
582
00:29:12,410 --> 00:29:13,791
Why did you do that to Kevin?
583
00:29:13,793 --> 00:29:15,460
I have no idea.
584
00:29:15,462 --> 00:29:18,171
I have absolutely no memory
of attacking your friend.
585
00:29:18,173 --> 00:29:19,245
Well, you did.
586
00:29:19,248 --> 00:29:21,506
One minute, I'm hammering and...
587
00:29:21,509 --> 00:29:24,761
and the next minute, I'm just...
588
00:29:24,763 --> 00:29:26,923
standing over your friend.
589
00:29:26,926 --> 00:29:29,042
Getting ready to take
another swipe at him.
590
00:29:30,998 --> 00:29:33,086
You gotta believe me, Jughead.
591
00:29:33,089 --> 00:29:34,630
It was...
592
00:29:34,633 --> 00:29:37,352
like someone put the idea in my head.
593
00:29:38,466 --> 00:29:39,652
Who?
594
00:29:41,988 --> 00:29:43,571
Who could have done that?
595
00:29:43,573 --> 00:29:45,053
He, uh...
596
00:29:45,056 --> 00:29:46,430
had an accent.
597
00:29:46,433 --> 00:29:48,151
He might have had a British accent.
598
00:29:50,766 --> 00:29:53,164
Thank you again,
for agreeing to meet with me.
599
00:29:53,166 --> 00:29:55,958
Like I mentioned, I would
love to do a follow up article
600
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:57,293
to the one that you wrote.
601
00:29:57,295 --> 00:30:00,087
Something like a rebuttal.
602
00:30:00,089 --> 00:30:02,924
Well, to each his own.
603
00:30:02,926 --> 00:30:05,718
I've been thinking about
this quote that I read.
604
00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:07,283
"The true measure of any society
605
00:30:07,286 --> 00:30:10,430
can be found in how it treats
its most vulnerable members."
606
00:30:10,433 --> 00:30:13,267
Well, whoever said that obviously
didn't grow up in Riverdale.
607
00:30:13,269 --> 00:30:14,658
It's Gandhi.
608
00:30:14,661 --> 00:30:16,943
So tell me, Percival,
609
00:30:16,946 --> 00:30:20,482
do you really think that bussing
the unhoused out of Riverdale
610
00:30:20,485 --> 00:30:23,027
is the best that we
can muster as a society?
611
00:30:23,029 --> 00:30:24,862
Well, as I mentioned before,
612
00:30:24,864 --> 00:30:27,657
I am coming at this from
a place of compassion.
613
00:30:27,659 --> 00:30:29,741
My main concern is for the
614
00:30:29,744 --> 00:30:32,100
the law-abiding citizens
of Riverdale, those who pay
615
00:30:32,102 --> 00:30:35,440
their taxes and contribute to
the betterment of our society.
616
00:30:35,443 --> 00:30:38,875
Now, I've been to
several Sketch Alleys in my time.
617
00:30:38,878 --> 00:30:42,713
The truth is, charity is
doing them a disservice.
618
00:30:42,716 --> 00:30:46,130
As is giving them a handout when
what they really should be doing
619
00:30:46,133 --> 00:30:48,427
is fending for themselves.
620
00:30:48,429 --> 00:30:52,765
Tell me, are you having fun rooting
around inside my brain, Mr. Jones?
621
00:30:52,767 --> 00:30:54,077
What?
622
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:56,833
Get out of my
head, you piece of garbage!
623
00:30:58,857 --> 00:31:01,220
Are you all right, Mr. Jones?
624
00:31:01,223 --> 00:31:03,935
Did I not answer the
question to your satisfaction?
625
00:31:30,638 --> 00:31:32,054
Mistress Cheryl?
626
00:31:32,056 --> 00:31:33,725
Is that you?
627
00:31:35,476 --> 00:31:37,395
It's me. I'm here.
628
00:31:41,899 --> 00:31:45,191
Mistress Cheryl, what happened
to your beautiful hair?
629
00:31:45,194 --> 00:31:47,778
Mumsy, of course.
630
00:31:47,780 --> 00:31:50,779
She cut it off when she
saw me with my friend...
631
00:31:52,243 --> 00:31:53,743
Heather.
632
00:31:53,745 --> 00:31:56,662
Please, Mistress Cheryl,
you have to listen to me.
633
00:31:56,664 --> 00:31:58,956
This isn't happening.
You're in a dreamscape.
634
00:31:58,958 --> 00:32:01,125
Your mother isn't actually here.
635
00:32:01,127 --> 00:32:03,586
What? Of course, she is.
636
00:32:03,588 --> 00:32:04,670
No.
637
00:32:04,672 --> 00:32:06,187
It's hard to explain.
638
00:32:06,190 --> 00:32:08,090
I have written down
everything you need to know.
639
00:32:08,092 --> 00:32:10,593
What is going on here?
640
00:32:10,595 --> 00:32:12,595
Unbelievable.
641
00:32:12,597 --> 00:32:14,889
I catch you with one sapphic slut,
642
00:32:14,891 --> 00:32:17,602
and not an hour later,
you're back with another one.
643
00:32:18,936 --> 00:32:21,978
Whomever you are, you should be ashamed.
644
00:32:21,981 --> 00:32:23,481
Screw you.
645
00:32:23,483 --> 00:32:25,524
You're not even real, Mrs. Blossom.
646
00:32:25,526 --> 00:32:27,985
How dare you?
647
00:32:27,987 --> 00:32:31,324
Get out of Thornhill.
You don't belong here.
648
00:32:38,706 --> 00:32:40,164
Please, Mrs. Blossom...
649
00:32:40,166 --> 00:32:42,875
Don't you show your
face in this house again.
650
00:32:51,135 --> 00:32:53,267
Mistress Cheryl, the world you
651
00:32:53,270 --> 00:32:55,507
are currently inhabiting is not reality,
652
00:32:55,510 --> 00:32:59,057
but rather a hellish dreamscape
from which we must free you.
653
00:32:59,060 --> 00:33:01,060
Your physical body
is currently possessed
654
00:33:01,063 --> 00:33:02,683
by the spirit of Abigail Blossom.
655
00:33:02,686 --> 00:33:05,273
And she has trapped you in
a prison in your own mind...
656
00:33:05,276 --> 00:33:07,638
with Penelope as your cruel warden.
657
00:33:07,641 --> 00:33:10,516
But she is not real, Mistress Cheryl.
658
00:33:10,519 --> 00:33:12,700
And you must not let her dominate you.
659
00:33:12,703 --> 00:33:14,274
Do not let her break your spirit.
660
00:33:14,277 --> 00:33:17,117
For if she does, your soul
may wither and dissipate
661
00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:19,427
within the confines
of your corporeal body.
662
00:33:20,206 --> 00:33:21,831
She is but a ghost.
663
00:33:21,833 --> 00:33:24,208
A creation of the imagination.
664
00:33:24,210 --> 00:33:26,245
You can defeat her.
665
00:33:27,596 --> 00:33:33,427
I am gonna beat you to
within an inch of your life,
666
00:33:33,430 --> 00:33:37,305
you deviant, wretched creature!
667
00:33:39,058 --> 00:33:41,767
Why are you looking at me like that,
668
00:33:41,769 --> 00:33:44,186
you shameless, little wretch?
669
00:33:44,188 --> 00:33:47,857
Because I know the truth now, Mumsy.
670
00:33:47,859 --> 00:33:49,108
You're not real.
671
00:33:49,110 --> 00:33:51,360
Is that a fact?
672
00:33:51,362 --> 00:33:52,778
Yes.
673
00:33:52,780 --> 00:33:56,284
You're in my mind, you psychotic bitch.
674
00:33:57,217 --> 00:33:59,406
And you shouldn't be here.
675
00:34:09,255 --> 00:34:11,464
What are you guys doing?
676
00:34:11,466 --> 00:34:14,232
I'm here to break that
house down and haul it away.
677
00:34:14,235 --> 00:34:16,114
No, you're not.
678
00:34:16,117 --> 00:34:17,887
Tabitha called us, Archie.
679
00:34:17,889 --> 00:34:20,389
We started a project, and we're
doubling down to finish it.
680
00:34:20,391 --> 00:34:23,309
And a few hours later, someone
will have vandalized them again.
681
00:34:23,311 --> 00:34:25,644
Then, we will repaint them.
682
00:34:25,646 --> 00:34:28,397
And again, and again. As
many times as we have to.
683
00:34:28,399 --> 00:34:30,283
Why don't you grab a brush?
684
00:34:30,286 --> 00:34:31,444
It's cold out.
685
00:34:33,071 --> 00:34:34,991
I do need to talk to you
about something, though.
686
00:34:35,958 --> 00:34:38,082
I don't think Doc was the
one that attacked Kevin.
687
00:34:38,085 --> 00:34:39,408
Who else would it have been?
688
00:34:39,410 --> 00:34:40,701
Hello, there.
689
00:34:40,703 --> 00:34:42,383
Now what are you folks doing?
690
00:34:43,831 --> 00:34:45,805
My goodness, aren't
those charming houses?
691
00:34:47,418 --> 00:34:48,928
No need for them anymore, though.
692
00:34:50,129 --> 00:34:52,505
Sketch Alley is no longer an issue.
693
00:34:52,507 --> 00:34:53,863
Meaning what?
694
00:34:53,866 --> 00:34:56,383
I took it upon myself
to visit Sketch Alley.
695
00:34:56,385 --> 00:34:59,303
I spoke to the people
living there, and...
696
00:34:59,305 --> 00:35:01,514
got them to move on.
697
00:35:01,516 --> 00:35:05,017
Leave town, start over somewhere else.
698
00:35:05,019 --> 00:35:06,977
And how did you do that?
699
00:35:06,979 --> 00:35:09,315
Call it the power of persuasion.
700
00:35:11,859 --> 00:35:13,776
I also bought them bus tickets, and...
701
00:35:13,778 --> 00:35:17,238
gave them each $100 to
build new lives elsewhere.
702
00:35:17,240 --> 00:35:19,198
I don't believe you.
703
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,742
Well, see for yourselves.
704
00:35:21,744 --> 00:35:23,871
Then afterwards, hopefully,
see you at the town hall.
705
00:35:25,289 --> 00:35:26,541
Keep up the good work.
706
00:35:53,609 --> 00:35:54,936
Mistress Cheryl?
707
00:35:55,736 --> 00:35:57,361
You're alive?
708
00:35:57,363 --> 00:36:01,073
I am. And visiting you
in your dreams, Brittania.
709
00:36:01,075 --> 00:36:02,741
You've done well.
710
00:36:02,743 --> 00:36:06,954
And proven yourself a
dutiful and loyal factotum.
711
00:36:06,956 --> 00:36:09,168
For that, you will be rewarded.
712
00:36:09,171 --> 00:36:11,048
But only after we have driven that
713
00:36:11,051 --> 00:36:13,652
she-demon Abigail
out of my beautiful body.
714
00:36:13,655 --> 00:36:15,304
How will we do that?
715
00:36:16,090 --> 00:36:18,025
I haven't the faintest idea.
716
00:36:24,182 --> 00:36:26,473
Please, please, please. Thank you.
717
00:36:26,475 --> 00:36:29,977
Thank you. Thank you,
thank you, thank you.
718
00:36:29,979 --> 00:36:32,396
Uh, the town of Riverdale
can breathe a little easier,
719
00:36:32,398 --> 00:36:35,274
now that the denizens of Sketch Alley
720
00:36:35,276 --> 00:36:36,676
are on their way to a better place.
721
00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:43,324
The idea to pay their location
costs may have been mine,
722
00:36:43,326 --> 00:36:46,952
but I, um, couldn't have
pulled it off without the help
723
00:36:46,954 --> 00:36:50,055
of your sheriff, Tom Keller, a man who
724
00:36:50,058 --> 00:36:52,091
represents the very best of Riverdale.
725
00:36:53,377 --> 00:36:54,543
Keeping with the good news,
726
00:36:54,545 --> 00:36:56,378
I'm also pleased to announce that
727
00:36:56,380 --> 00:36:59,089
Percival will be joining my department.
728
00:36:59,091 --> 00:37:00,424
And he'll be working as a deputy
729
00:37:00,426 --> 00:37:03,510
along with me and my
son to keep the peace
730
00:37:03,512 --> 00:37:06,130
and fulfill the promise of Riverdale
731
00:37:06,133 --> 00:37:08,385
that has eluded us for so long.
732
00:37:16,817 --> 00:37:18,569
Dude's like a super villain.
733
00:37:20,529 --> 00:37:21,899
That's exactly what he is.
734
00:37:23,741 --> 00:37:26,934
We seriously need to talk tonight. Okay?
735
00:37:30,206 --> 00:37:32,548
Alice.
736
00:37:32,551 --> 00:37:37,210
In all the excitement, the
casino didn't even come up.
737
00:37:37,213 --> 00:37:39,788
Yeah, have you looked
over our proposal, or what?
738
00:37:39,791 --> 00:37:41,137
I have.
739
00:37:41,140 --> 00:37:46,010
And after careful review and
some solid advice from Percival,
740
00:37:46,013 --> 00:37:48,341
the council believes that there's a lot
741
00:37:48,344 --> 00:37:50,975
of risk in partnering with Babylonium.
742
00:37:50,977 --> 00:37:53,727
Which could be mitigated, possibly.
743
00:37:53,729 --> 00:37:56,899
But quite frankly, Veronica,
the biggest liability is you.
744
00:37:58,150 --> 00:38:00,365
Me?
745
00:38:00,368 --> 00:38:02,848
The Lodge name is synonymous with
746
00:38:02,851 --> 00:38:05,947
crime and corruption because of Hiram.
747
00:38:05,950 --> 00:38:10,202
You're its figurehead, the public face.
748
00:38:10,204 --> 00:38:13,706
So, the council feels that we
could really only support the casino
749
00:38:13,708 --> 00:38:17,084
and this idea of it becoming
the new Atlantic City,
750
00:38:17,086 --> 00:38:19,795
is if you take a back
seat. Out of the limelight.
751
00:38:21,924 --> 00:38:25,551
Alice, I am not my father.
752
00:38:25,553 --> 00:38:27,136
In fact, I've worked
753
00:38:27,138 --> 00:38:29,513
really, really hard to
not be like my father...
754
00:38:29,515 --> 00:38:31,390
Take offense or not, Veronica,
755
00:38:31,392 --> 00:38:33,952
but I'd like to see you do
this without our support.
756
00:38:34,812 --> 00:38:37,813
The picketing, the bad publicity,
757
00:38:37,815 --> 00:38:39,898
the complaints to the gaming board,
758
00:38:39,900 --> 00:38:43,404
the raids, the sanctions,
we won't lose this fight.
759
00:38:45,906 --> 00:38:48,174
Okay. Time for a new plan.
760
00:38:50,202 --> 00:38:52,119
We already tried taking the high road.
761
00:38:52,121 --> 00:38:55,956
If Riverdale doesn't want to bet on us,
762
00:38:55,958 --> 00:38:59,543
we'll have to lean in to who
we are and what we do best.
763
00:38:59,545 --> 00:39:01,503
As my mother likes to say,
764
00:39:01,505 --> 00:39:03,756
I am my father's daughter.
765
00:39:03,758 --> 00:39:06,717
Does that mean running scams?
Side hustles and loopholes?
766
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:08,552
All of the above, Reggie.
767
00:39:08,554 --> 00:39:12,097
All systems go. And,
Heraldo, that offer you made
768
00:39:12,099 --> 00:39:15,559
about putting out the word
to your wise guys, do it.
769
00:39:15,561 --> 00:39:19,146
We need to start making
money. Real money, fast.
770
00:39:19,148 --> 00:39:20,940
No problem.
771
00:39:20,943 --> 00:39:23,817
Oh, and by the way, I
looked into that guy for you.
772
00:39:23,819 --> 00:39:26,862
Percival? And, what did you find?
773
00:39:26,864 --> 00:39:28,536
Nothing.
774
00:39:28,539 --> 00:39:31,407
There's no paper trail
behind him. The guy's a ghost.
775
00:39:31,410 --> 00:39:33,160
It's like he didn't even exist
776
00:39:33,162 --> 00:39:34,875
before he showed up here in Riverdale.
777
00:39:49,011 --> 00:39:50,719
Archie.
778
00:39:50,721 --> 00:39:52,488
Betty?
779
00:39:52,491 --> 00:39:54,328
Can you do me a favor? Can you shut
780
00:39:54,331 --> 00:39:57,360
off the TV and the rest of the lights?
781
00:39:57,363 --> 00:39:58,813
Yeah, sure.
782
00:40:00,773 --> 00:40:03,107
Is everything okay?
783
00:40:03,109 --> 00:40:06,402
Oh, my God. What's going
on? Did TBK hurt you?
784
00:40:06,404 --> 00:40:09,407
No. No, I lost him in Maine.
785
00:40:10,408 --> 00:40:12,241
This is something else.
786
00:40:12,243 --> 00:40:13,542
What?
787
00:40:13,545 --> 00:40:16,888
You know how I've been getting
those really bad headaches?
788
00:40:16,891 --> 00:40:18,557
They've only gotten worse.
789
00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:21,293
And I figured out that
they are triggered by light.
790
00:40:21,296 --> 00:40:25,045
So, the brighter the light,
the more excruciating the pain.
791
00:40:25,047 --> 00:40:26,254
Oh, my God.
792
00:40:26,257 --> 00:40:29,465
I think it's a side effect
of being able to see auras.
793
00:40:29,468 --> 00:40:31,760
Which I can still do, by the way.
794
00:40:31,762 --> 00:40:34,638
Hi.
795
00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:35,889
I'm so sorry.
796
00:40:35,891 --> 00:40:37,808
That's okay.
797
00:40:37,810 --> 00:40:40,269
God, it feels good to be home.
798
00:40:40,271 --> 00:40:42,312
It hasn't been the same without you.
799
00:40:42,314 --> 00:40:43,981
Yeah? What did I miss? Anything?
800
00:40:43,983 --> 00:40:46,316
A lot.
801
00:40:46,318 --> 00:40:50,446
It turns out Jug can read minds
802
00:40:50,448 --> 00:40:51,780
since the explosion.
803
00:40:51,783 --> 00:40:53,173
- What?
- Yeah.
804
00:40:53,176 --> 00:40:56,242
And Percival Pickens, that weird
guy who showed up out of nowhere
805
00:40:56,245 --> 00:40:57,327
and tried to buy my house?
806
00:40:57,329 --> 00:40:58,360
Mmm-hmm.
807
00:40:58,363 --> 00:41:00,987
We think he can control people's minds.
808
00:41:02,126 --> 00:41:05,087
Make people do things. Bad things.
809
00:41:06,846 --> 00:41:09,071
We're in trouble,
Betty. The whole town is.
810
00:41:40,522 --> 00:41:43,855
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