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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 person's brain just before
they speak them.
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It's, uh,
slightly disorienting.
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[Tabitha] Ugh.
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[Tabitha's voice] 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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[Tabitha] 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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[sighing]
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That is a great question.
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[Jughead] 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 aim at
Riverdale's struggling economy,
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soaring unemployment and quote,
"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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[Jughead]
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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[Archie] I can't believe
Jug would do this.
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Here we go.
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- [Archie] 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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[Archie] 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 can respond
to this garbage in person.
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And you better be there
covering it.
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[sighs]
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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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[inaudible]
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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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[Penelope] 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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[all clamoring]
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[woman 1]
Who wrote the article?
Probably Alice.
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[man]
This town is going to hell
in a handbasket.
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- [woman 2 voice] Maybe, I should move.
- All right.
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All right, I'm sure everyone
has read 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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[man] 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 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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- [indistinct chatter]
- [woman] 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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- [woman 1] He's right.
- [man 1] I agree.
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[woman 2] The homeless
are a problem.
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[man 2] 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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[Jughead]
And thus began the battle
for Riverdale's soul.
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[door opens]
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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 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 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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[Jughead] 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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[door knob clicks]
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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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[timer beeps]
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[children laughing]
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[indistinct laughter]
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[Penelope] 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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[alarm beeping]
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[beeping stops]
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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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00:12:28,922 --> 00:12:32,403
You know, doing our usual
side hustles and scams.
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00:12:32,447 --> 00:12:35,232
I made the same assumptions.
255
00:12:35,276 --> 00:12:36,494
What if we
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00:12:37,147 --> 00:12:38,409
didn't?
257
00:12:38,453 --> 00:12:40,281
Does that mean no scams?
258
00:12:40,324 --> 00:12:41,935
No scams,
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00:12:41,978 --> 00:12:43,893
no side deals, no loopholes,
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00:12:43,937 --> 00:12:46,287
no tax evasion.
261
00:12:46,330 --> 00:12:48,245
What if we proved Alice
262
00:12:48,289 --> 00:12:54,251
and the haters wrong
and operated completely
above board?
263
00:12:54,295 --> 00:12:58,908
I just buried my father,
Reggie. Let's start
a new chapter and
264
00:12:58,952 --> 00:13:01,911
rehabilitate the Lodge name.
265
00:13:01,955 --> 00:13:05,828
Instead of the council
fighting us at every turn,
we lock arms with them,
266
00:13:05,872 --> 00:13:09,005
help fix the town my dad broke.
267
00:13:09,049 --> 00:13:12,139
I like it in theory, Ronnie.
268
00:13:12,182 --> 00:13:13,836
But the first thing is
269
00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:15,969
we'd have to get our licenses
and permits in order.
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00:13:18,145 --> 00:13:19,189
Okay.
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00:13:20,887 --> 00:13:22,497
Is that a problem?
272
00:13:22,540 --> 00:13:25,848
No, it's just very expensive.
273
00:13:25,892 --> 00:13:27,197
Let's pull the trigger, Reggie.
274
00:13:31,898 --> 00:13:34,509
And let's hang
my father's portrait
right up here.
275
00:13:37,512 --> 00:13:40,689
As a constant reminder
of who we're not
going to be like.
276
00:13:43,083 --> 00:13:45,868
I don't disagree
with what you're saying,
Mr. Pickens.
277
00:13:45,912 --> 00:13:47,827
Oh, please, call me Percival.
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00:13:48,697 --> 00:13:50,960
Percival,
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00:13:51,004 --> 00:13:53,310
I just don't want to
come down on either side
of the issue
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00:13:53,354 --> 00:13:56,748
until Archie has had a chance
to present his solutions.
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00:13:56,792 --> 00:13:59,360
Of course, not. Alice...
282
00:13:59,403 --> 00:14:00,709
Sorry, may I call you Alice?
283
00:14:01,405 --> 00:14:02,580
Yes.
284
00:14:02,624 --> 00:14:03,538
Thank you.
285
00:14:05,540 --> 00:14:07,498
It's just I
286
00:14:07,542 --> 00:14:10,371
assumed that you would have
287
00:14:10,414 --> 00:14:13,417
a personal stake
in making Riverdale safer
288
00:14:14,941 --> 00:14:16,551
given what happened
to your daughter.
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00:14:17,944 --> 00:14:18,814
Polly.
290
00:14:23,906 --> 00:14:27,562
All right, people,
let's call this meeting
to order.
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00:14:27,605 --> 00:14:30,565
Our proposal for
the town's future
is simple.
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00:14:31,218 --> 00:14:32,088
Reginald?
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00:14:33,916 --> 00:14:36,571
Riverdale,
the new Atlantic city.
294
00:14:36,614 --> 00:14:39,922
Instead of the town
and the casino being at odds
with each other,
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00:14:39,966 --> 00:14:42,011
why not work together
296
00:14:42,055 --> 00:14:46,494
and rebrand
as a family-friendly,
destination hotspot?
297
00:14:47,277 --> 00:14:48,626
Let Babylonium
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00:14:48,670 --> 00:14:51,194
be the solution
to lifting Riverdale up.
299
00:14:51,238 --> 00:14:52,543
So, what,
300
00:14:52,587 --> 00:14:54,284
children can gamble now,
is that it?
301
00:14:54,328 --> 00:14:57,244
We would open an arcade,
provide daycare.
302
00:14:57,287 --> 00:14:59,202
Here's my problem
with the casino.
303
00:14:59,246 --> 00:15:01,204
Riverdale has a lot of
broken people.
304
00:15:01,248 --> 00:15:03,728
Including veterans
like myself and Archie.
305
00:15:03,772 --> 00:15:07,210
And a casino just isn't
a healthy environment
for people like that.
306
00:15:07,254 --> 00:15:10,735
You raise a valid point, Frank.
Let's have that dialogue.
307
00:15:10,779 --> 00:15:11,954
But not today.
308
00:15:11,998 --> 00:15:13,564
We have your proposal, Veronica.
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00:15:13,608 --> 00:15:15,131
We will look it over
and get back to you.
310
00:15:15,175 --> 00:15:17,742
In the meantime,
if we catch one whiff
311
00:15:17,786 --> 00:15:19,962
of any trouble coming
from your casino,
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00:15:20,006 --> 00:15:23,183
then any partnership
would be immediately untenable.
313
00:15:23,879 --> 00:15:24,967
Great.
314
00:15:25,011 --> 00:15:27,013
Thank you, Team Babylonium.
315
00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:32,409
So, the spaces are
eight feet wide.
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00:15:32,453 --> 00:15:35,978
They house one to two people,
and they can be locked which
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00:15:36,022 --> 00:15:38,850
helps give the occupants
a sense of ownership
and security.
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00:15:38,894 --> 00:15:40,983
And not to mention,
319
00:15:41,027 --> 00:15:43,768
all of the labor, will be
provided free of charge
by Andrews Construction.
320
00:15:43,812 --> 00:15:46,249
This is a strong,
simple and smart idea, Archie.
321
00:15:46,293 --> 00:15:50,166
Yeah, they have
these mini-houses in Chicago,
and they are game changing.
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00:15:50,210 --> 00:15:52,995
- [Frank] Awesome.
- Yeah. So to start, I was thinking around 30.
323
00:15:53,039 --> 00:15:54,997
Thirty houses?
324
00:15:55,041 --> 00:15:57,130
Uh, how much do
these things cost?
325
00:15:57,173 --> 00:16:00,960
Well, like I said, Alice,
the labor will be free,
but with materials,
326
00:16:01,003 --> 00:16:02,831
I'm thinking around 20, 25.
327
00:16:02,874 --> 00:16:05,790
Thousand for each house?
328
00:16:05,834 --> 00:16:10,447
Oh, no. Uh,
Riverdale can't afford this.
We'd have to raise taxes.
329
00:16:10,491 --> 00:16:12,014
[woman 1]
More taxes? No way.
330
00:16:12,058 --> 00:16:13,624
[man] We can barely pay
our mortgage.
331
00:16:13,668 --> 00:16:15,104
[woman 2] Just make
the problem go away.
332
00:16:15,148 --> 00:16:17,324
[woman 3] I agree
with that British dude.
333
00:16:17,367 --> 00:16:19,717
Well, I feel it's my civic duty
at this point
to point out that, uh,
334
00:16:19,761 --> 00:16:22,677
my straightforward proposal
would cost the people of
Riverdale virtually nothing,
335
00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,462
and could be carried
out immediately.
336
00:16:25,506 --> 00:16:29,597
We like the vision, Archie.
At least, most of us do.
337
00:16:31,512 --> 00:16:33,514
We just need to figure out
a way to fund it.
338
00:16:33,557 --> 00:16:37,344
And if you could show us
proof of concept,
that would be super helpful.
339
00:16:37,387 --> 00:16:39,128
Yeah, for sure.
I'll figure something out.
340
00:16:39,172 --> 00:16:40,173
I appreciate your time.
341
00:16:42,958 --> 00:16:44,133
Thanks for staying behind
to chat.
342
00:16:44,177 --> 00:16:46,135
Not at all.
343
00:16:46,179 --> 00:16:48,007
I welcome any opportunity
to get to know
my neighbors better.
344
00:16:48,050 --> 00:16:48,964
Yeah, me, too.
345
00:16:50,574 --> 00:16:52,837
- So, you're English?
- Indeed.
346
00:16:52,881 --> 00:16:55,840
Some of the Pickens family
came to the States
to settle in the colonies,
347
00:16:55,884 --> 00:16:58,843
others stayed behind
in the old country.
348
00:16:58,887 --> 00:17:00,715
Is that where you were
before you came to Riverdale?
349
00:17:01,237 --> 00:17:02,195
Oh, no.
350
00:17:04,284 --> 00:17:06,503
I was traveling here and there.
351
00:17:06,547 --> 00:17:09,854
Nowhere with the potential
of this place, though.
352
00:17:09,898 --> 00:17:13,510
Do you know I think
with a spot of investment
and a little bit of hard work,
353
00:17:13,554 --> 00:17:15,251
this place could be
the next Marsha's Vineyard.
354
00:17:17,558 --> 00:17:19,212
Look, maybe we got off
on the wrong foot.
355
00:17:20,474 --> 00:17:22,345
We both want the same thing.
356
00:17:22,389 --> 00:17:24,391
A better, safer Riverdale.
357
00:17:25,392 --> 00:17:26,697
And can't we
358
00:17:26,741 --> 00:17:28,264
align on this idea
about the houses?
359
00:17:28,308 --> 00:17:30,571
Don't see that happening,
Mr. Andrews.
360
00:17:30,614 --> 00:17:34,096
Because, if you don't mind
my saying, you're thinking
is fundamentally flawed.
361
00:17:34,140 --> 00:17:35,097
And I'll tell you why.
362
00:17:36,316 --> 00:17:37,882
One.
363
00:17:37,926 --> 00:17:40,885
People of Sketch Alley
don't want your help.
364
00:17:40,929 --> 00:17:42,539
All they want are handouts.
365
00:17:42,583 --> 00:17:44,759
And if you try
and lift them up,
all they'll do is
366
00:17:44,802 --> 00:17:47,588
bring you and your
property values down.
367
00:17:49,329 --> 00:17:52,288
And number two, at the risk
of disillusioning you further,
368
00:17:54,247 --> 00:17:57,424
your neighbors
don't want them here.
369
00:17:57,467 --> 00:18:00,601
Oh, they'll say
they're good,
liberal people but,
370
00:18:00,644 --> 00:18:02,820
in their heart of hearts,
371
00:18:02,864 --> 00:18:03,995
what they really want
372
00:18:05,171 --> 00:18:08,217
is for the poor,
the destitute,
373
00:18:08,261 --> 00:18:10,741
and the smelly to go away
374
00:18:10,785 --> 00:18:12,656
without compromising
their own comfort.
375
00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:14,658
You're wrong.
376
00:18:17,618 --> 00:18:21,883
And so is your warped,
cynical idea of who we are.
377
00:18:23,189 --> 00:18:24,799
I'll prove it to you.
378
00:18:24,842 --> 00:18:26,453
Well, I don't think so but...
379
00:18:28,368 --> 00:18:29,499
let's see.
380
00:18:35,157 --> 00:18:36,593
You called this meeting.
381
00:18:36,637 --> 00:18:38,160
What can we do for you,
Archie?
382
00:18:38,204 --> 00:18:39,335
[Archie]
You're both on the council.
383
00:18:39,379 --> 00:18:41,468
But I'm here appealing
to you
384
00:18:41,511 --> 00:18:44,775
as two of the most
prominent business owners
in Riverdale.
385
00:18:44,819 --> 00:18:45,994
I need your personal help.
386
00:18:46,037 --> 00:18:47,865
Okay.
387
00:18:47,909 --> 00:18:49,780
We're listening.
388
00:18:49,824 --> 00:18:53,132
Would you each
be willing to underwrite
one of the houses?
389
00:18:53,175 --> 00:18:56,352
I was thinking after
I finished building them,
we could paint them.
390
00:18:56,396 --> 00:18:59,964
One like Pop's and one like
the Whyte Wyrm.
391
00:19:00,008 --> 00:19:02,358
In a way,
they'd be like billboards.
392
00:19:02,402 --> 00:19:05,187
And you're sure you don't mind
that I'm a quote unquote,
gang member?
393
00:19:05,231 --> 00:19:07,798
Oh, come on. No.
Not at all.
394
00:19:07,842 --> 00:19:09,670
Where would you set them up
and build them?
395
00:19:09,713 --> 00:19:12,281
I was hoping we could
set them up
in the parking lot.
396
00:19:12,325 --> 00:19:14,153
That way, the folks living
in them could feel more
397
00:19:14,196 --> 00:19:15,850
a part of the town's
daily life.
398
00:19:17,243 --> 00:19:19,636
Yeah, of course, Archie,
we're in.
399
00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:20,855
Great.
400
00:19:20,898 --> 00:19:22,465
And as for
where we build them,
401
00:19:22,509 --> 00:19:23,945
I was thinking
we could do that
in Sketch Alley.
402
00:19:25,686 --> 00:19:27,688
[Jughead] Doc.
403
00:19:27,731 --> 00:19:29,559
- [Doc] Hey!
- How have you been?
404
00:19:31,692 --> 00:19:34,173
Ah, I'm surviving.
405
00:19:34,216 --> 00:19:36,218
Well, you look a lot better
than the last time I saw you.
406
00:19:36,262 --> 00:19:38,394
And that's thanks to you.
407
00:19:38,438 --> 00:19:40,396
That's the reason
we're here too.
408
00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:41,702
Wanted to repay the favor.
409
00:19:41,745 --> 00:19:42,920
I mean,
if you're cool with it.
410
00:19:42,964 --> 00:19:45,009
This is my pal Archie.
411
00:19:45,053 --> 00:19:47,490
And the rest of us
were hoping to build
some houses for you guys.
412
00:19:47,534 --> 00:19:49,362
One for each of you.
413
00:19:49,405 --> 00:19:53,322
- Houses?
- They're small, but they're swanky.
414
00:19:53,366 --> 00:19:55,324
If you guys want to help out,
that's great.
415
00:19:55,368 --> 00:19:57,500
If not, we just wanted
to let you know
what we are up to.
416
00:19:57,544 --> 00:19:58,849
All good either way.
417
00:19:58,893 --> 00:20:00,590
When do we start?
418
00:20:00,634 --> 00:20:02,070
- How about right now?
- [Doc] All right.
419
00:20:10,557 --> 00:20:12,907
[Reggie] We've got a problem.
420
00:20:12,950 --> 00:20:15,214
I've been crunching numbers,
and given all of our start up
costs, our expenses,
421
00:20:15,257 --> 00:20:16,606
not to mention permit costs--
422
00:20:16,650 --> 00:20:17,868
Cut to the chase, Reggie.
423
00:20:17,912 --> 00:20:20,088
We're overleveraged, Ronnie.
424
00:20:20,131 --> 00:20:22,264
Majorly.
425
00:20:22,308 --> 00:20:25,572
If we're strictly legit,
it's going to be impossible
for us to turn a profit.
426
00:20:25,615 --> 00:20:26,573
Maybe ever.
427
00:20:29,097 --> 00:20:30,011
Unless.
428
00:20:31,404 --> 00:20:32,883
Don't say it.
429
00:20:32,927 --> 00:20:35,277
We start running scams,
which we could do.
430
00:20:35,321 --> 00:20:36,626
[knock on door]
431
00:20:36,670 --> 00:20:38,889
[man]
Uh, Miss Lodge, Mr. Mantle.
432
00:20:38,933 --> 00:20:43,416
I apologize, but you've got
to come to the private
gambling room now.
433
00:20:43,459 --> 00:20:45,113
What is it? Something bad?
434
00:20:45,766 --> 00:20:46,593
Yeah.
435
00:20:48,856 --> 00:20:50,510
[both exclaiming]
436
00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:54,688
Oh, my God.
437
00:20:56,820 --> 00:20:58,126
[Reggie] What should we do?
438
00:20:58,169 --> 00:20:59,736
Cut him down?
Call the ambulance?
439
00:20:59,780 --> 00:21:02,565
That's what a legit place
would do, right? Right?
440
00:21:02,609 --> 00:21:05,786
Yes, yes. But we don't
have that luxury, Reggie.
441
00:21:05,829 --> 00:21:08,397
This would be a horrible
news story if it broke.
442
00:21:08,441 --> 00:21:12,271
It would confirm Alice
and the council's worst fear
about this place
443
00:21:12,314 --> 00:21:14,534
and Babylonium would be over
before it even began.
444
00:21:16,449 --> 00:21:17,319
Wait.
445
00:21:18,625 --> 00:21:19,800
I know who could help.
446
00:21:21,149 --> 00:21:22,237
Abuelita's iceman.
447
00:21:40,081 --> 00:21:42,649
Mistress Cheryl, it's me.
448
00:21:42,692 --> 00:21:43,650
Britta.
449
00:21:47,044 --> 00:21:48,176
You have to wake up.
450
00:21:48,829 --> 00:21:49,699
Please.
451
00:21:52,093 --> 00:21:53,616
What is it, Brittania?
452
00:21:53,660 --> 00:21:55,836
[Penelope] Wake up.
Time to rise and shine.
453
00:21:55,879 --> 00:21:57,533
Time to get out of bed,
you lazy bones.
454
00:21:57,577 --> 00:21:59,883
It's dearest Mumsy.
You have to hide.
455
00:21:59,927 --> 00:22:01,711
If she finds you,
I don't know what she'll do.
456
00:22:01,755 --> 00:22:02,973
Now!
457
00:22:03,017 --> 00:22:04,671
[footsteps approaching]
458
00:22:04,714 --> 00:22:07,630
Wake up, devil children!
459
00:22:07,674 --> 00:22:10,024
Mumsy? What's going on?
It's the middle of the night.
460
00:22:10,067 --> 00:22:13,549
Doesn't matter.
This place,
this whole house is a sty.
461
00:22:13,593 --> 00:22:16,900
Now, you grab that bucket
and a brush and
you get to work, piggies.
462
00:22:16,944 --> 00:22:18,902
[Cheryl and Jason]
Yes, dearest Mumsy.
463
00:22:18,946 --> 00:22:23,559
Get on your hand and knees
and you scrub that floor
till it's clean!
464
00:22:23,603 --> 00:22:26,170
I want to be able
to eat off of it.
465
00:22:26,214 --> 00:22:27,041
[scrubbing]
466
00:22:29,086 --> 00:22:31,393
What are you doing?
Why aren't you working?
467
00:22:31,437 --> 00:22:33,352
You get back to work.
468
00:22:33,395 --> 00:22:36,572
Or I will get
the hanger to you.
Don't make me hurt you!
469
00:22:36,616 --> 00:22:37,747
[gasping]
470
00:22:44,319 --> 00:22:45,538
[hammering]
471
00:22:58,072 --> 00:23:00,335
[suspenseful music playing]
472
00:23:06,297 --> 00:23:08,778
Hey, it's Doc, right?
473
00:23:12,303 --> 00:23:13,783
Do you need something?
474
00:23:19,354 --> 00:23:20,834
[groans]
475
00:23:23,489 --> 00:23:25,795
And what did our young
Kevin Keller get
476
00:23:25,839 --> 00:23:27,884
in exchange for wanting
to provide shelter
477
00:23:27,928 --> 00:23:29,538
to the people of Sketch Alley?
478
00:23:29,582 --> 00:23:34,282
A hammer to the skull
is what he got.
479
00:23:34,325 --> 00:23:37,459
This vicious attack
is a clear indication
480
00:23:37,503 --> 00:23:39,592
that these people
don't want our help.
481
00:23:39,635 --> 00:23:43,552
You offer them a helping hand
and they respond with violence.
482
00:23:43,596 --> 00:23:47,338
Well, this journalist
and town council member
483
00:23:47,382 --> 00:23:49,471
says, no more--
484
00:23:49,515 --> 00:23:50,777
[Archie sighs]
485
00:23:52,996 --> 00:23:54,955
How is Kevin doing?
486
00:23:54,998 --> 00:23:56,609
I just came from the hospital.
487
00:23:56,652 --> 00:23:57,914
He's gonna be okay.
488
00:23:57,958 --> 00:23:59,612
This is a mess, Archie.
489
00:23:59,655 --> 00:24:01,744
Believe me, I know, Toni.
490
00:24:01,788 --> 00:24:03,964
These houses are going
to be painted
with our businesses on them.
491
00:24:04,007 --> 00:24:06,357
If they're associated
with violence and crime...
492
00:24:06,401 --> 00:24:08,490
I know.
493
00:24:08,534 --> 00:24:10,753
And I know that article
didn't exactly
do the Serpents any favors.
494
00:24:10,797 --> 00:24:12,189
It did not.
495
00:24:12,233 --> 00:24:13,843
But you still have
our financial support.
496
00:24:13,887 --> 00:24:15,932
So, maybe
just hold off a beat
497
00:24:15,976 --> 00:24:18,631
before you paint it
to match the Whyte Wyrm.
498
00:24:18,674 --> 00:24:19,936
Yeah, that makes sense.
499
00:24:19,980 --> 00:24:21,503
Thanks for the support, Toni.
500
00:24:21,547 --> 00:24:22,983
Yeah, no problem.
501
00:24:23,026 --> 00:24:24,941
I'll send you my payment
on Chime right now.
502
00:24:24,985 --> 00:24:26,595
- [phone chimes]
- Cool.
503
00:24:26,639 --> 00:24:28,510
[clicks tongue]
How about you, Tabitha?
504
00:24:29,206 --> 00:24:30,512
I am...
505
00:24:30,556 --> 00:24:31,687
[inhales]
506
00:24:31,731 --> 00:24:33,820
still in, Archie. [exhales]
507
00:24:33,863 --> 00:24:36,866
Paint job and all. So...
508
00:24:36,910 --> 00:24:38,999
When do you want to set up
the first house?
509
00:24:39,042 --> 00:24:40,914
Well, I'll bring it by
in my truck later today.
510
00:24:42,350 --> 00:24:44,395
Thank you, guys.
511
00:24:44,439 --> 00:24:45,875
[Veronica] Talk to me, Reggie.
512
00:24:45,919 --> 00:24:47,398
So I figured, that dead guy
must have been
513
00:24:47,442 --> 00:24:49,052
on a major losing streak,
and that's why he--
514
00:24:49,096 --> 00:24:50,140
Killed himself.
515
00:24:50,184 --> 00:24:51,359
Sadly, that makes sense.
516
00:24:51,402 --> 00:24:54,536
But, no.
He was winning big-time.
517
00:24:54,580 --> 00:24:58,018
So, I called
the blackjack dealer and
pulled the security footage.
518
00:25:01,282 --> 00:25:04,024
He was on top of the world,
up almost 20 grand.
519
00:25:04,067 --> 00:25:06,679
Why would a guy
who's winning every hand
suddenly just...
520
00:25:07,941 --> 00:25:09,159
off himself?
521
00:25:09,203 --> 00:25:11,074
Wait, wait, wait.
Stop the tape.
522
00:25:13,381 --> 00:25:14,469
Look.
523
00:25:15,383 --> 00:25:17,341
Who the hell is that?
524
00:25:17,385 --> 00:25:19,343
That's the British creep
from Town Hall,
525
00:25:19,387 --> 00:25:22,390
Percival Pickens.
What the hell is he saying?
526
00:25:28,396 --> 00:25:29,310
[man] Miss Lodge, I'm here.
527
00:25:31,225 --> 00:25:34,010
Heraldo, thank you so much
for coming so speedily.
528
00:25:34,054 --> 00:25:35,011
Where's the body?
529
00:25:35,055 --> 00:25:37,666
Jeez. Cut to the chase much?
530
00:25:37,710 --> 00:25:39,712
Downstairs. I'll take you.
531
00:25:39,755 --> 00:25:41,670
[Reggie exhales]
532
00:25:41,714 --> 00:25:43,585
[Britta] Grand Mistress Rose,
it's gotten so much worse.
533
00:25:43,629 --> 00:25:47,763
Mistress Cheryl's mother
is torturing her
in every way imaginable.
534
00:25:47,807 --> 00:25:51,201
Penelope has always been
Cheryl's tormentor.
535
00:25:51,245 --> 00:25:53,856
So, of course,
Abigail would have conjured her
536
00:25:53,900 --> 00:25:57,381
as my granddaughter's adversary
in the dreamscape.
537
00:25:57,425 --> 00:25:59,035
She's terrifying.
538
00:25:59,079 --> 00:26:03,866
You must tell Cheryl that
Penelope is but a fiction.
539
00:26:03,910 --> 00:26:06,956
A bogeyman pulled
from her own subconscious.
540
00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,611
That perhaps will
shake her free of her stupor
541
00:26:09,655 --> 00:26:11,134
and spur her into action.
542
00:26:12,266 --> 00:26:14,094
Else, Abigail may take
543
00:26:14,137 --> 00:26:16,923
permanent possession
of my granddaughter's body.
544
00:26:16,966 --> 00:26:21,057
But I never even get
the chance to talk to her
before the nightmare...
545
00:26:21,101 --> 00:26:23,233
Penelope descends on us.
546
00:26:23,277 --> 00:26:28,456
Then perhaps, child,
you must divine a better way
to communicate with her.
547
00:26:33,461 --> 00:26:35,681
Gentlemen, I am so sorry
to intrude.
548
00:26:36,464 --> 00:26:37,378
May I come in?
549
00:26:38,161 --> 00:26:39,119
Yeah.
550
00:26:45,473 --> 00:26:49,564
I heard all about
what happened
in Sketch Alley. And...
551
00:26:50,783 --> 00:26:51,958
I wanted to talk to you.
552
00:26:55,701 --> 00:26:56,963
In hopes it never
happens again.
553
00:27:02,142 --> 00:27:04,144
Well, what do
you think, Tabitha?
554
00:27:04,187 --> 00:27:07,190
I think
it is beautiful, Archie.
555
00:27:07,234 --> 00:27:09,279
[Archie]
Well, it was a group effort.
556
00:27:09,323 --> 00:27:13,109
And bonus, Benjamin Moore
donated the paint
for future houses, too.
557
00:27:13,153 --> 00:27:14,589
I think
it's a great start, Arch.
558
00:27:19,420 --> 00:27:20,508
[closes zipper]
559
00:27:22,249 --> 00:27:24,773
You're good. [exhales]
I can take it from here.
560
00:27:24,817 --> 00:27:26,993
What are you gonna do?
561
00:27:27,036 --> 00:27:29,952
[Heraldo] After dark,
I'll put him in his car,
drive into Jersey,
562
00:27:29,996 --> 00:27:32,781
hang him up in
the bathroom of a rest stop
with no cameras,
563
00:27:32,825 --> 00:27:33,695
call it in.
564
00:27:35,088 --> 00:27:36,698
How are things going otherwise?
565
00:27:36,742 --> 00:27:37,568
How's business?
566
00:27:38,352 --> 00:27:40,006
Slow.
567
00:27:40,049 --> 00:27:43,357
We're not quite the sensation
we were hoping we'd be.
568
00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:45,141
You know, if you want,
569
00:27:45,185 --> 00:27:47,448
I could put the word out
to some wise guys I know.
570
00:27:48,754 --> 00:27:50,059
They got money,
571
00:27:50,103 --> 00:27:52,148
and they like spending it.
572
00:27:52,192 --> 00:27:55,978
I appreciate the offer,
and no offense
to your wise guys, but...
573
00:27:56,022 --> 00:27:59,678
we're trying to avoid that,
if at all possible.
574
00:27:59,721 --> 00:28:00,591
No worries, just...
575
00:28:01,375 --> 00:28:02,245
trying to help.
576
00:28:03,725 --> 00:28:05,553
Actually, you know
what you could do?
577
00:28:06,859 --> 00:28:09,209
Could you look
into someone for me?
578
00:28:09,252 --> 00:28:11,820
His name's Percival Pickens.
He's British.
579
00:28:11,864 --> 00:28:13,735
Just got into town and...
580
00:28:13,779 --> 00:28:15,650
there's something off
about him.
581
00:28:16,738 --> 00:28:18,435
And I want to know what.
582
00:28:18,479 --> 00:28:19,393
Yeah, I can do that.
583
00:28:23,310 --> 00:28:25,573
[clattering]
584
00:28:27,749 --> 00:28:28,968
[cell phone buzzing]
585
00:28:31,057 --> 00:28:32,928
Hey, Tabitha. What's up?
586
00:28:36,758 --> 00:28:37,628
I'm on my way.
587
00:28:46,463 --> 00:28:47,421
What the hell!
588
00:29:05,613 --> 00:29:06,832
Oh, Doc.
589
00:29:08,529 --> 00:29:09,791
Why did you do that to Kevin?
590
00:29:09,835 --> 00:29:11,445
I have no idea.
591
00:29:11,488 --> 00:29:14,143
I have absolutely no memory
of attacking your friend.
592
00:29:14,187 --> 00:29:15,623
Well, you did.
593
00:29:15,666 --> 00:29:17,494
[stammering] One minute,
I'm hammering and...
594
00:29:17,538 --> 00:29:20,759
[panting] and the next minute,
I'm just...
595
00:29:20,802 --> 00:29:22,978
standing over your friend.
596
00:29:23,022 --> 00:29:24,763
Getting ready to take
another swipe at him.
597
00:29:27,113 --> 00:29:28,549
You gotta believe me, Jughead.
598
00:29:29,811 --> 00:29:31,291
It was...
599
00:29:31,334 --> 00:29:33,336
...like someone
put the idea in my head.
600
00:29:34,816 --> 00:29:35,643
Who?
601
00:29:37,993 --> 00:29:39,603
Who could have done that?
602
00:29:39,647 --> 00:29:41,257
[Doc] He, uh...
603
00:29:41,301 --> 00:29:42,650
had an accent.
604
00:29:42,693 --> 00:29:43,738
He might have
had a British accent.
605
00:29:47,046 --> 00:29:49,135
[Jughead] Thank you again,
for agreeing to meet with me.
606
00:29:49,178 --> 00:29:51,920
Like I mentioned,
I would love to do
a follow up article
607
00:29:51,964 --> 00:29:53,269
to the one that you wrote.
608
00:29:53,313 --> 00:29:56,098
[stammers] Something like
a rebuttal.
609
00:29:56,142 --> 00:29:58,927
[scoffs]
Well, to each his own.
610
00:29:58,971 --> 00:30:01,712
I've been thinking about
this quote that I read.
611
00:30:01,756 --> 00:30:03,671
"The true measure
of any society
612
00:30:03,714 --> 00:30:06,456
"can be found
in how it treats its most
vulnerable members."
613
00:30:06,500 --> 00:30:09,285
Well, whoever said that
obviously didn't grow up
in Riverdale.
614
00:30:09,329 --> 00:30:10,330
It's Gandhi.
615
00:30:11,679 --> 00:30:13,463
So tell me, Percival,
616
00:30:13,507 --> 00:30:16,466
do you really think that
bussing the unhoused
out of Riverdale
617
00:30:16,510 --> 00:30:18,991
is the best that
we can muster as a society?
618
00:30:19,034 --> 00:30:20,862
Well, as I mentioned before,
619
00:30:20,906 --> 00:30:23,647
I am coming at this
from a place of compassion.
620
00:30:23,691 --> 00:30:25,736
My main concern is for the
621
00:30:25,780 --> 00:30:27,869
[echoing]
the law-abiding citizens
of Riverdale, those who pay
622
00:30:27,913 --> 00:30:31,873
their taxes and contribute
to the betterment
of our society.
623
00:30:31,917 --> 00:30:34,876
[echoing]
Now, I've been to several
Sketch Alleys in my time.
624
00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:38,706
The truth is, charity
is doing them a disservice.
625
00:30:38,749 --> 00:30:41,970
As is giving them a handout
when what they really
should be doing
626
00:30:42,014 --> 00:30:44,407
is fending for themselves.
627
00:30:44,451 --> 00:30:48,759
Tell me, are you having fun
rooting around
inside my brain, Mr. Jones?
628
00:30:48,803 --> 00:30:50,674
What?
629
00:30:50,718 --> 00:30:52,285
[Percival] Get out of my head,
you piece of garbage!
630
00:30:54,896 --> 00:30:57,377
Are you all right, Mr. Jones?
631
00:30:57,420 --> 00:30:59,814
Did I not answer the question
to your satisfaction?
632
00:31:11,913 --> 00:31:13,610
[suspenseful music playing]
633
00:31:24,143 --> 00:31:26,623
[woman sobbing]
634
00:31:26,667 --> 00:31:28,016
Mistress Cheryl?
635
00:31:28,060 --> 00:31:29,757
Is that you?
636
00:31:31,498 --> 00:31:33,413
[Cheryl sobbing]
It's me. I'm here.
637
00:31:37,939 --> 00:31:40,420
Mistress Cheryl, what happened
to your beautiful hair?
638
00:31:41,247 --> 00:31:43,771
Mumsy, of course.
639
00:31:43,814 --> 00:31:46,252
She cut it off
when she saw me
with my friend...
640
00:31:48,254 --> 00:31:49,733
Heather.
641
00:31:49,777 --> 00:31:52,649
Please, Mistress Cheryl,
you have to listen to me.
642
00:31:52,693 --> 00:31:54,956
This isn't happening.
You're in a dreamscape.
643
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,089
Your mother
isn't actually here.
644
00:31:57,132 --> 00:31:59,569
What?
[scoffs] Of course, she is.
645
00:31:59,613 --> 00:32:00,657
No.
646
00:32:00,701 --> 00:32:02,268
It's hard to explain.
647
00:32:02,311 --> 00:32:04,052
I have written down
everything you need to know.
648
00:32:04,096 --> 00:32:06,576
[Penelope shouting]
What is going on here?
649
00:32:06,620 --> 00:32:08,578
Unbelievable.
650
00:32:08,622 --> 00:32:10,929
I catch you
with one sapphic slut,
651
00:32:10,972 --> 00:32:13,627
and not an hour later,
you're back with another one.
652
00:32:14,976 --> 00:32:17,979
Whomever you are,
you should be ashamed.
653
00:32:18,023 --> 00:32:19,459
Screw you.
654
00:32:19,502 --> 00:32:21,504
You're not even real,
Mrs. Blossom.
655
00:32:21,548 --> 00:32:23,985
[gasps] How dare you?
656
00:32:24,029 --> 00:32:27,293
Get out of Thornhill.
You don't belong here.
657
00:32:34,735 --> 00:32:36,128
Please, Mrs. Blossom--
658
00:32:36,171 --> 00:32:38,869
Don't you show your face
in this house again.
659
00:32:38,913 --> 00:32:39,827
[door slams]
660
00:32:44,484 --> 00:32:47,095
[breathing heavily]
661
00:32:47,139 --> 00:32:52,013
[Britta] Mistress Cheryl,
the world you are currently
inhabiting is not reality,
662
00:32:52,057 --> 00:32:55,016
but rather a hellish dreamscape
from which we must free you.
663
00:32:55,060 --> 00:32:57,018
Your physical body
is currently possessed
664
00:32:57,062 --> 00:32:59,151
by the spirit
of Abigail Blossom.
665
00:32:59,194 --> 00:33:00,804
And she has trapped you
in a prison
in your own mind...
666
00:33:00,848 --> 00:33:02,328
[Abigail grunting]
667
00:33:02,371 --> 00:33:03,894
...with Penelope
as your cruel warden.
668
00:33:03,938 --> 00:33:06,854
But she is not real,
Mistress Cheryl.
669
00:33:06,897 --> 00:33:08,856
And you must not let her
dominate you.
670
00:33:08,899 --> 00:33:10,510
Do not let her
break your spirit.
671
00:33:10,553 --> 00:33:13,121
For if she does, your soul
may wither and dissipate
672
00:33:13,165 --> 00:33:15,167
within the confines
of your corporeal body.
673
00:33:16,211 --> 00:33:17,821
She is but a ghost.
674
00:33:17,865 --> 00:33:20,172
A creation of the imagination.
675
00:33:20,215 --> 00:33:21,912
You can defeat her.
676
00:33:21,956 --> 00:33:23,566
[footsteps approaching]
677
00:33:23,610 --> 00:33:28,658
I am gonna beat you to
within an inch of your life,
678
00:33:28,702 --> 00:33:32,227
you deviant,
wretched creature!
679
00:33:35,100 --> 00:33:37,754
Why are you looking
at me like that,
680
00:33:37,798 --> 00:33:40,148
you shameless, little wretch?
681
00:33:40,192 --> 00:33:42,977
Because I know
the truth now, Mumsy.
682
00:33:43,891 --> 00:33:45,066
You're not real.
683
00:33:45,110 --> 00:33:46,720
Is that a fact?
684
00:33:47,373 --> 00:33:48,765
Yes.
685
00:33:48,809 --> 00:33:52,073
You're in my mind,
you psychotic bitch.
686
00:33:53,379 --> 00:33:55,033
And you shouldn't be here.
687
00:33:58,471 --> 00:34:00,038
[tires screech]
688
00:34:05,260 --> 00:34:07,436
What are you guys doing?
689
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:09,264
I'm here
to break that house down
and haul it away.
690
00:34:10,483 --> 00:34:11,788
No, you're not.
691
00:34:11,832 --> 00:34:13,877
Tabitha called us, Archie.
692
00:34:13,921 --> 00:34:16,358
We started a project,
and we're doubling down
to finish it.
693
00:34:16,402 --> 00:34:19,274
And a few hours later,
someone will have
vandalized them again.
694
00:34:19,318 --> 00:34:21,624
Then, we will repaint them.
695
00:34:21,668 --> 00:34:24,366
And again, and again.
As many times as we have to.
696
00:34:24,410 --> 00:34:25,585
Why don't you grab a brush?
697
00:34:26,499 --> 00:34:27,413
It's cold out.
698
00:34:29,110 --> 00:34:30,416
I do need to talk to you
about something, though.
699
00:34:32,157 --> 00:34:33,767
I don't think Doc was the one
that attacked Kevin.
700
00:34:33,810 --> 00:34:35,377
Who else would it have been?
701
00:34:35,421 --> 00:34:36,726
[Percival] Hello, there.
702
00:34:36,770 --> 00:34:38,076
Now what are you folks doing?
703
00:34:39,860 --> 00:34:41,427
My goodness,
aren't those charming houses?
704
00:34:43,429 --> 00:34:44,778
No need for them
anymore, though.
705
00:34:46,171 --> 00:34:47,607
Sketch Alley
is no longer an issue.
706
00:34:48,521 --> 00:34:50,088
Meaning what?
707
00:34:50,131 --> 00:34:52,394
I took it upon myself
to visit Sketch Alley.
708
00:34:52,438 --> 00:34:54,440
I spoke to the people
living there, and...
709
00:34:55,310 --> 00:34:57,486
got them to move on.
710
00:34:57,530 --> 00:35:01,011
Leave town,
start over somewhere else.
711
00:35:01,055 --> 00:35:02,970
And how did you do that?
712
00:35:03,013 --> 00:35:05,277
Call it
the power of persuasion.
713
00:35:07,888 --> 00:35:09,759
I also bought them
bus tickets, and...
714
00:35:09,803 --> 00:35:13,241
gave them each $100
to build new lives elsewhere.
715
00:35:13,285 --> 00:35:14,199
I don't believe you.
716
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,767
Well, see for yourselves.
717
00:35:17,811 --> 00:35:19,856
Then afterwards, hopefully,
see you at the town hall.
718
00:35:21,293 --> 00:35:22,511
Keep up the good work.
719
00:35:26,211 --> 00:35:28,517
[suspenseful music playing]
720
00:35:49,669 --> 00:35:50,713
Mistress Cheryl?
721
00:35:51,758 --> 00:35:53,325
You're alive?
722
00:35:53,368 --> 00:35:57,067
I am. And visiting you
in your dreams, Brittania.
723
00:35:57,111 --> 00:35:58,721
You've done well.
724
00:35:58,765 --> 00:36:02,986
And proven yourself
a dutiful and loyal factotum.
725
00:36:03,030 --> 00:36:05,554
For that, you will be rewarded.
726
00:36:05,598 --> 00:36:08,905
But only after we have driven
that she-demon Abigail
out of my beautiful body.
727
00:36:09,863 --> 00:36:10,777
How will we do that?
728
00:36:12,126 --> 00:36:13,693
I haven't the faintest idea.
729
00:36:19,220 --> 00:36:21,483
Please, please, please.
Thank you.
730
00:36:21,527 --> 00:36:25,008
Thank you. Thank you,
thank you, thank you.
731
00:36:25,052 --> 00:36:27,359
Uh, the town of Riverdale
can breathe a little easier,
732
00:36:27,402 --> 00:36:30,231
now that the denizens
of Sketch Alley
733
00:36:30,275 --> 00:36:31,624
are on their way
to a better place.
734
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:38,326
The idea to pay
their location costs
may have been mine,
735
00:36:38,370 --> 00:36:41,938
but I, um,
couldn't have pulled it off
without the help
736
00:36:41,982 --> 00:36:46,552
of your sheriff, Tom Keller,
a man who represents
the very best of Riverdale.
737
00:36:48,380 --> 00:36:49,511
Keeping with the good news,
738
00:36:49,555 --> 00:36:51,339
I'm also pleased
to announce that
739
00:36:51,383 --> 00:36:54,081
Percival will be joining
my department.
740
00:36:54,124 --> 00:36:55,387
And he'll be working
as a deputy
741
00:36:55,430 --> 00:36:58,520
along with me and my son
to keep the peace
742
00:36:58,564 --> 00:37:01,044
and fulfill the promise
of Riverdale
743
00:37:01,088 --> 00:37:03,221
that has eluded us for so long.
744
00:37:11,838 --> 00:37:13,579
[Archie]
Dude's like a super villain.
745
00:37:15,581 --> 00:37:16,582
That's exactly what he is.
746
00:37:18,758 --> 00:37:21,587
We seriously need
to talk tonight. Okay?
747
00:37:25,286 --> 00:37:27,810
[Veronica] Alice.
748
00:37:27,854 --> 00:37:32,250
In all the excitement,
the casino
didn't even come up.
749
00:37:32,293 --> 00:37:34,295
Yeah, have you looked
over our proposal, or what?
750
00:37:35,122 --> 00:37:37,080
I have.
751
00:37:37,124 --> 00:37:40,997
And after careful review
and some solid advice
from Percival,
752
00:37:41,041 --> 00:37:45,959
the council believes
that there's a lot of risk in
partnering with Babylonium.
753
00:37:46,002 --> 00:37:48,744
Which could be
mitigated, possibly.
754
00:37:48,788 --> 00:37:51,878
But quite frankly, Veronica,
the biggest liability is you.
755
00:37:53,183 --> 00:37:55,577
Me?
756
00:37:55,621 --> 00:38:00,930
The Lodge name is synonymous
with crime and corruption
because of Hiram.
757
00:38:00,974 --> 00:38:05,195
You're its figurehead,
the public face.
758
00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:08,677
So, the council feels
that we could really
only support the casino
759
00:38:08,721 --> 00:38:12,115
and this idea of it becoming
the new Atlantic City,
760
00:38:12,159 --> 00:38:14,770
is if you take a back seat.
Out of the limelight.
761
00:38:14,814 --> 00:38:16,946
[scoffs]
762
00:38:16,990 --> 00:38:20,515
Alice, I am not my father.
763
00:38:20,559 --> 00:38:22,125
- [scoffs]
- In fact, I've worked
764
00:38:22,169 --> 00:38:24,476
really, really hard
to not be like my father--
765
00:38:24,519 --> 00:38:26,347
Take offense or not, Veronica,
766
00:38:26,391 --> 00:38:28,480
but I'd like to see you
do this
without our support.
767
00:38:29,829 --> 00:38:32,788
The picketing,
the bad publicity,
768
00:38:32,832 --> 00:38:34,877
the complaints
to the gaming board,
769
00:38:34,921 --> 00:38:38,359
the raids, the sanctions,
we won't lose this fight.
770
00:38:40,927 --> 00:38:42,929
Okay. Time for a new plan.
771
00:38:45,235 --> 00:38:47,150
We already tried
taking the high road.
772
00:38:47,194 --> 00:38:50,980
If Riverdale doesn't want
to bet on us,
773
00:38:51,024 --> 00:38:54,506
we'll have to lean in
to who we are
and what we do best.
774
00:38:54,549 --> 00:38:56,464
As my mother likes to say,
775
00:38:56,508 --> 00:38:58,727
I am my father's daughter.
776
00:38:58,771 --> 00:39:01,687
Does that mean running scams?
Side hustles and loopholes?
777
00:39:01,730 --> 00:39:03,515
All of the above, Reggie.
778
00:39:03,558 --> 00:39:07,083
All systems go.
And, Heraldo,
that offer you made
779
00:39:07,127 --> 00:39:10,522
about putting out the word
to your wise guys, do it.
780
00:39:10,565 --> 00:39:13,263
We need to
start making money.
Real money, fast.
781
00:39:14,221 --> 00:39:16,179
No problem.
782
00:39:16,223 --> 00:39:18,834
Oh, and by the way,
I looked into that guy for you.
783
00:39:18,878 --> 00:39:21,271
Percival?
And, what did you find?
784
00:39:21,881 --> 00:39:23,709
Nothing.
785
00:39:23,752 --> 00:39:26,407
There's no paper trail
behind him.
The guy's a ghost.
786
00:39:26,451 --> 00:39:28,191
It's like
he didn't even exist
787
00:39:28,235 --> 00:39:29,541
before he showed up
here in Riverdale.
788
00:39:33,066 --> 00:39:34,981
[thunder rumbling]
789
00:39:38,071 --> 00:39:39,420
[door opens]
790
00:39:39,464 --> 00:39:41,727
[man speaking on TV]
791
00:39:44,077 --> 00:39:45,687
[Betty] Archie.
792
00:39:45,731 --> 00:39:48,037
Betty?
793
00:39:48,081 --> 00:39:52,433
Can you do me a favor?
Can you shut off the TV
and the rest of the lights?
794
00:39:52,477 --> 00:39:53,782
[Archie] Yeah, sure.
795
00:39:55,784 --> 00:39:58,091
Is everything okay?
796
00:39:58,134 --> 00:40:01,399
Oh, my God.
What's going on?
Did TBK hurt you?
797
00:40:01,442 --> 00:40:04,402
[Betty] No.
No, I lost him
in Maine.
798
00:40:05,446 --> 00:40:07,230
This is something else.
799
00:40:07,274 --> 00:40:09,232
What?
800
00:40:09,276 --> 00:40:10,930
You know how
I've been getting those
really bad headaches?
801
00:40:12,279 --> 00:40:13,889
They've only gotten worse.
802
00:40:13,933 --> 00:40:16,239
And I figured out that
they are triggered by light.
803
00:40:16,283 --> 00:40:19,155
So, the brighter the light,
the more excruciating the pain.
804
00:40:20,113 --> 00:40:21,767
Oh, my God.
805
00:40:21,810 --> 00:40:24,465
I think it's a side effect
of being able to see auras.
806
00:40:24,509 --> 00:40:26,119
Which I can still do,
by the way.
807
00:40:26,772 --> 00:40:29,601
Hi. [sighs]
808
00:40:29,644 --> 00:40:30,906
[Archie] I'm so sorry.
809
00:40:30,950 --> 00:40:32,778
[Betty whispering]
That's okay.
810
00:40:32,821 --> 00:40:35,258
God, it feels good
to be home.
811
00:40:35,302 --> 00:40:37,304
It hasn't been the same
without you.
812
00:40:37,347 --> 00:40:38,958
Yeah? What did I miss?
Anything?
813
00:40:39,001 --> 00:40:41,308
A lot.
814
00:40:41,351 --> 00:40:45,443
It turns out Jug can
[scoffs] read minds
815
00:40:45,486 --> 00:40:46,748
since the explosion.
816
00:40:46,792 --> 00:40:48,794
- What?
- Yeah.
817
00:40:48,837 --> 00:40:51,274
And Percival Pickens,
that weird guy who
showed up out of nowhere
818
00:40:51,318 --> 00:40:52,319
and tried to buy my house?
819
00:40:52,362 --> 00:40:53,755
[Betty] Mmm-hmm.
820
00:40:53,799 --> 00:40:55,453
We think he can control
people's minds.
821
00:40:57,150 --> 00:41:00,066
Make people do things.
Bad things.
822
00:41:01,850 --> 00:41:03,983
We're in trouble, Betty.
The whole town is.
823
00:41:07,377 --> 00:41:09,641
[scribbling]
824
00:41:23,916 --> 00:41:26,048
[Percival exhales]