Riverdale 2x11

1. - Previously on

2. Riverdale...

3. - Archie Andrews,

4. I'm Special Agent Adams

5. with the FBI.

6. We believe Hiram Lodge

7. is conducting

8. criminal activity.

9. You're in a unique position

10. to help us take him down.

11. I need some

12. assurance from you.

13. That no matter

14. what happens to Mr. Lodge,

15. my dad is gonna be okay.

16. I can protect your father.

17. But effective immediately,

18. Southside High School

19. is shut down.

20. Well, it's done.

21. After a few weeks,

22. we'll quietly go about

23. purchasing the land

24. beneath Southside High.

25. And you'll get

26. your sizable donation

27. to your re-election campaign.

28. Daddy, this is...

29. Archie Andrews.

30. The boy who has captured

31. my daughter's heart.

32. I hope we can

33. respect each other.

34. Of course, Mr. Lodge.

35. No more sneaking into

36. my daughter's bedroom.

37. Ever.

38. You wanted me

39. to get a job, Cheryl,

40. and I did.

41. Providing comfort

42. and companionship

43. to the lonely men

44. of Riverdale.

45. You remember that baby

46. my mom put up for adoption?

47. - Hey! Let go of my brother.

48. You'll be safe here.

49. One week after

50. Riverdale High's absorption

51. of its Southside counterpart,

52. and everything was the same.

53. And nothing was the same.

54. Take Archie Andrews.

55. On the surface,

56. he's getting ready

57. for basketball tryouts,

58. as he does every winter.

59. But underneath,

60. he was churning,

61. his life in chaos

62. after an unexpected visit

63. from the Feds.

64. Meanwhile, the town

65. was preparing to honor

66. its founding father,

67. General Augustus Pickens.

68. - Mr. Jones, eyes up front.

69. Thank you, Mrs. Haggly.

70. As I was saying,

71. each year, we honor

72. the memory of General Pickens,

73. yet few know the truth.

74. That it was my great-great-

75. great-grandpappy

76. Colonel Barnabas B. Blossom,

77. who bankrolled General

78. Pickens' settlement of,

79. "... an Eden along the river

80. of Sweetwater,

81. where maple trees grow

82. taller than the steeples

83. of Europe's

84. grandest cathedrals."

85. Which is why

86. every year I petition

87. the mayor's office

88. to rename Pickens Day.

89. Thank you for that, Cheryl.

90. Mr. Jones,

91. we look forward to your

92. oral history report next week.

93. The students we transferred to

94. Riverdale High are fine,

95. but their parents

96. are in my office,

97. every day, wanting me

98. to reopen Southside High.

99. Which is why we've

100. been discussing how

101. our new neighborhood

102. could use something

103. positive to focus on.

104. With your blessing,

105. we'd like to make

106. Pickens Day

107. bigger,

108. more of a celebratory event.

109. Sponsored by

110. Lodge Industries.

111. And Andrews Construction

112. co-sponsoring.

113. You mean you wanna turn

114. Pickens Day

115. into a commercial for

116. your SoDale project

117. like your open house?

118. Au contraire,

119. Madam Mayor.

120. The open house

121. was for investors,

122. but this event would be for

123. North and Southsiders alike.

124. Two halves of a whole

125. coming together—

126. And trying to distract people

127. with a party?

128. What if it backfires

129. and things get violent?

130. No. What about the Serpents?

131. They've been quiet lately,

132. but they're wild cards

133. and they could cause trouble.

134. We've thought of that.

135. And so we've offered

136. to hire them as security

137. for the event.

138. Fred, you're on board

139. with this?

140. FP told me

141. the Serpents are

142. looking for work,

143. figured we'd let 'em

144. keep the peace.

145. I'm sure you had your reasons

146. for closing down

147. Southside High,

148. but this is an opportunity

149. to let the Southside know

150. that you're not turning

151. your back on them.

152. Hey, Dad.

153. Hey, bud.

154. Archie.

155. Sorry to interrupt.

156. Mind if I join you guys?

157. - Actually, we were

158. just finishing up.

159. Thanks, Fred, for having us.

160. Madam Mayor,

161. you'll let us know

162. in the morning?

163. Hey, Mr. Lodge.

164. Excuse me, Archie.

165. Oh, um, I'd kiss you,

166. but you're sweaty.

167. So, how long do you plan

168. on staying with us, Chic?

169. For as long as he wants.

170. I'm just trying to plan

171. my life, Alice.

172. And since we're not getting

173. any answers about anything...

174. What would you

175. like to know, Hal?

176. For starters,

177. Betty brought you here

178. all bloody.

179. Why? What happened?

180. Dad.

181. You don't have to, Chic.

182. The person who attacked me,

183. his name's Marcel.

184. He runs the hostel.

185. Sometimes, he books

186. clients for us.

187. The night you showed up,

188. Betty, I wasn't in

189. the mood to work.

190. Marcel was trying

191. to convince me otherwise.

192. So, what, uh...

193. what kind of clients?

194. Hal!

195. - No, I wanna know, too.

196. - Betty.

197. All kinds.

198. Ranging from nice to,

199. hell, even nastier

200. than Marcel.

201. I can go into specifics

202. if you'd like.

203. I've also got a pretty good

204. collection of scars

205. I could show you.

206. I have scars, too.

207. Crescent moons on my palms.

208. From digging your nails in.

209. - Yeah.

210. - Yeah, I used

211. to do that, too.

212. Syrup.

213. If and when

214. the US government

215. brings actions against

216. Hiram Lodge

217. before any

218. domestic court of law,

219. that agreement ensures

220. your father's immunity.

221. This is nuts.

222. The Lodges were just

223. at my house planning a party.

224. When was this? Who was there?

225. Last night.

226. And it was Mr. And Mrs. Lodge,

227. my dad, the sheriff,

228. Mayor McCoy.

229. That's it.

230. Why weren't you a part of this?

231. Because I was

232. playing basketball.

233. Agent Adams, what can we do

234. to speed things up?

235. I just... I wanna

236. get through this

237. and back to my life,

238. my normal life.

239. Do you have any relationship

240. with Hiram Lodge,

241. directly with him?

242. Nothing. He doesn't even

243. like me.

244. Then let's change that.

245. You have to establish trust.

246. Get him to lower

247. his guard around you.

248. The sooner you get access

249. to his inner circle,

250. the sooner we'll get

251. what we need

252. to bring him in.

253. And then, you can go back

254. to playing in the band

255. with your pals 'n' gals.

256. Well, he's very fetching

257. for someone who was

258. living on Skid Row.

259. Yeah, he's a hottie

260. who looks incredibly

261. familiar to me, by the way.

262. Your adventures in the woods?

263. I don't know, but maybe

264. if we were allowed to meet

265. this hottie in person...

266. Chic's still acclimating.

267. And I'm trying

268. to get him to trust me,

269. but my mom is treating him

270. like he's a ten-year-old

271. and my dad's acting like

272. he's the devil's spawn.

273. Well, I have an amazing idea.

274. Bring The Omen to Pickens Day

275. and we can all meet him.

276. Everyone's coming, right?

277. No, because the Serpents

278. weren't invited.

279. The Serpents were

280. specifically asked to come.

281. Yeah, to provide security.

282. It's like we're all on

283. the Snowpiercer train,

284. but the Serpents happen

285. to be the ones eating

286. the cockroaches.

287. You don't have to work

288. if you don't want to.

289. The damage, as they say,

290. has already been done.

291. Talk to you guys later.

292. Plans with Toni?

293. Uh, yeah, I'm interviewing

294. her grandfather

295. for my oral history report.

296. The oldest living Serpent.

297. Archie, what is it?

298. Look, I feel stupid

299. even talking about this,

300. but...

301. it's about your dad.

302. I kind of get the feeling

303. he doesn't really like me.

304. What?

305. No, that's not...

306. That's not true.

307. Okay, maybe it's a little true,

308. but it's not anything

309. you're doing, per se,

310. it's more that...

311. Well, for starters,

312. you don't speak Spanish.

313. I can drop French

314. and start taking Spanish.

315. This is really

316. bothering you, isn't it?

317. To be honest, yeah.

318. Do you have any suggestions

319. on what I can do?

320. To endear yourself to Daddy?

321. Well, now that we're

322. talking about it.

323. What,

324. your dad likes wrestling?

325. He was captain

326. of Riverdale High's

327. wrestling team back in the day.

328. Says it changed his life.

329. Now that the season's

330. starting back up, it's like

331. my mom and I are

332. background extras

333. in the movie Foxcatcher.

334. Wrestling? Really?

335. Lodge Industries

336. basically bankrolls

337. the team.

338. He was just talking

339. to his old coach

340. asking if he could

341. sit in on tryouts.

342. God, Ronnie, you know

343. what's super weird?

344. I was just telling Reggie

345. how I was gonna

346. take a break

347. from basketball this year

348. to try something new.

349. It would absolutely

350. score you some points

351. with my dad.

352. Thanks again

353. for meeting with me.

354. Toni told me that you're

355. one of the founding members

356. of the Serpents.

357. Yes. The snake, the laws,

358. it's all based

359. on Uktena tradition.

360. Who were the Uktena?

361. Uktena is a serpent,

362. a horned serpent,

363. a water serpent.

364. Before there was a Riverdale,

365. all this land belonged

366. to the Uktena.

367. How did the Uktena evolve

368. into the Serpents?

369. The Uktena, we didn't evolve.

370. We were all slaughtered.

371. When my grandpa was a baby,

372. there was a raid,

373. and it was led by

374. your hero over there,

375. General Pickens.

376. The battle, if you want

377. to call it that...

378. only lasted for 12 minutes,

379. but the slaughter was total

380. and savage.

381. The General Pickens...

382. whose statue stands

383. proudly in Pickens Park?

384. Yes, and every year

385. the Northside honors this man

386. who massacred children.

387. When my grandpa died,

388. we formed the Serpents

389. as a way to keep

390. the family together.

391. How do people

392. not know about this?

393. Well, some do, but...

394. It's called

395. the whitewashing

396. of history, Jones.

397. What, did you think

398. Jason Blossom was

399. the first person

400. to be murdered in Riverdale?

401. You know

402. I'm down to help,

403. but why can't it just be

404. the two of us singing

405. a duet at Pickens Day?

406. I mean it could be,

407. but the Pussycats are a brand.

408. Why let it sit fallow?

409. Josie. Veronica.

410. What's this all about?

411. We are bringing back

412. the Pussycats

413. to play Pickens Day.

414. And whose idea was that?

415. Uh, it was Veronica's.

416. Weren't we focusing

417. on your solo career?

418. We could bill it

419. as a special event,

420. one night only.

421. I was talking

422. to my daughter.

423. In fact, why don't we continue

424. this conversation later

425. when it's just the two of us?

426. Hey, Kev, what's up?

427. Are you somewhere secure

428. where you can talk?

429. Yeah, why, what is it?

430. Betty, I— I just remembered

431. where I know Chic from.

432. He's a video gigolo,

433. a webcam boy, a cyber-trick.

434. Mom...

435. a really weird thing happened

436. when I was

437. at Josie's last night.

438. Mayor McCoy was acting

439. like I was a bad seed,

440. out to corrupt her daughter.

441. I don't believe

442. Sierra is comfortable

443. with how we've let you

444. become involved in

445. the family business.

446. Why does she even care?

447. Maybe she's afraid

448. you're gonna tell Josie.

449. - I would never.

450. - Of course not, mija.

451. And I'm not making

452. excuses for Sierra.

453. In fact,

454. should her coldness persist,

455. I'll happily have

456. a conversation with her.

457. I thought

458. basketball was your sport.

459. - I'm branching out.

460. What are you

461. doing here, Mr. Lodge?

462. Just checking out the team.

463. You know, I wrestled

464. in high school.

465. Really?

466. No, I didn't know that.

467. What weight class are you in?

468. 175, but I'm trying

469. to get down to 170.

470. Hey, Andrews. It's a good thing

471. you're not in my weight class.

472. I'd wreck you,

473. Gingerbread Man.

474. Let's bring it in.

475. Firstly, I want to thank

476. a gentleman

477. who's really showing

478. his support for

479. the team this year.

480. He wrestled for me

481. my first year as coach.

482. That is Hiram "The Ram" Lodge.

483. Guys, let's show him

484. some appreciation.

485. Now listen up.

486. Not everyone's gonna

487. make the team this year.

488. There'll be cuts

489. every day, boys,

490. so make each match count.

491. All right. Pair off.

492. Up and downs. Let's go.

493. Archie. You do know

494. wrestling's not like football

495. or basketball, right?

496. I went up against Moose

497. in the Oklahoma Drill, Kev,

498. I'm good.

499. Thatta boy.

500. Okay, reset. Again.

501. It felt so good, Betty.

502. It's like, yeah, Archie,

503. you have the physique

504. of a 1970s porn star,

505. but that doesn't mean

506. you can wrestle.

507. Speaking of porn stars...

508. Did you get lost

509. down a webcam

510. rabbit hole last night?

511. It's... fascinating.

512. I brought Chic home

513. to help my mom

514. without knowing who he was,

515. and now to find out he's

516. actually multiple people,

517. performing online.

518. How do I broach that with him?

519. Do I broach that with him?

520. Hey, am I interrupting?

521. - Yeah, kinda—

522. - No.

523. I just wanted to run

524. some stuff by you,

525. but I can come back.

526. No, no, no, it's fine.

527. By the way, I'm really digging

528. Kevin's new gossip column.

529. Readers love it.

530. And I needed to fill

531. the extra space when you...

532. I'm actually working

533. on a story right now.

534. Here.

535. When I interviewed

536. Toni's grandfather

537. for history class,

538. he had some pretty

539. intense things to say

540. about General Pickens.

541. But then I did some

542. follow-up research.

543. General Pickens was hired

544. by Barnabas B. Blossom

545. to remove

546. the Uktena tribe by force.

547. Betty, he killed

548. 400 innocent men,

549. women and children.

550. Oh, my God! That's horrible.

551. And adding salt to the wound,

552. the last remnants

553. of the tribe, the Serpents,

554. are being squeezed

555. out of existence.

556. Toni's grandfather

557. lives in a trailer

558. the size of a broom closet.

559. And Hiram Lodge

560. is honoring this murderer

561. instead of trying

562. to make amends.

563. I think it's a story

564. we need to tell.

565. Are you gonna try

566. to get a quote

567. from Hiram Lodge?

568. Kevin told me

569. what happened.

570. You okay?

571. I'm fine. A bruised ego

572. more than anything.

573. But Kevin's gonna work

574. with me, get me up to speed.

575. Great.

576. But should you not be

577. a natural-born wrestler,

578. I thought of another way

579. you might curry

580. my father's favor.

581. Though Pickens Day

582. is taking a back seat

583. to his wrestling obsession,

584. he will be there.

585. And I suspect he'd

586. be tickled to see you singing

587. with me and Josie.

588. Chic, hey.

589. He threw out my stuff!

590. What, who did? What stuff?

591. Marcel, my landlord,

592. the guy you maced?

593. He got rid of everything.

594. Everything I need

595. to survive.

596. My laptop, my camera.

597. Wait. You went back there

598. and talked to him

599. after what he was

600. doing to you?

601. My entire life

602. was at that hostel.

603. Like my mom said,

604. you can stay here

605. as long you want.

606. You don't think

607. this is long-term, do you?

608. I don't know,

609. maybe it can be.

610. If you believe that,

611. then you're even crazier

612. than I thought.

613. This is Hiram.

614. Hi, Mr. Lodge?

615. Yeah, this is Jughead Jones.

616. I'm writing an article about

617. how General Pickens

618. massacred the Uktena

619. tribe and stole the land

620. you're building on.

621. I'm sorry he sold

622. all your stuff.

623. What are you guys

624. doing in here?

625. We're just working on

626. some Pickens Day songs.

627. Archie's agreed to help.

628. Yeah, but we can take it

629. to the living room—

630. No, no.

631. Not at all.

632. I have to say,

633. the thought of you two

634. being in here alone

635. used to upset me deeply.

636. But after seeing your

637. performance today, Archie,

638. for some reason

639. I'm less worried.

640. Daddy, be nice.

641. Not everyone can wrestle.

642. It takes a certain

643. kind of man.

644. Excuse me, "man"?

645. My point is there's no shame,

646. Archie, in admitting defeat.

647. And accepting the fact

648. that you're more suited to...

649. singing with the Pussycats.

650. Daddy...

651. Archie may not be

652. a star wrestler yet,

653. but he's an

654. incredible musician.

655. And bonus for me,

656. incredibly sexy

657. when he sings.

658. Thanks, babe.

659. But on second thought,

660. maybe I shouldn't be

661. spreading myself

662. too thin these days.

663. Honestly?

664. Yeah, I should get home,

665. practice some moves

666. Kevin showed me.

667. But I'll see you

668. at tryouts tomorrow,

669. I hope, Mr. Lodge?

670. Yeah.

671. Do you know who

672. used to sit there?

673. Dad...

674. Our daughter, Polly.

675. You sit in her chair,

676. you sleep in her bed.

677. You're filling a void.

678. That's the reason you're here,

679. the only reason.

680. It's okay.

681. It doesn't bother me.

682. Everyone needs

683. something, right?

684. And I don't expect

685. to stay here for free.

686. I never have.

687. We're focusing on

688. fundamentals today.

689. Starting with

690. the fireman's carry.

691. And since it was

692. his signature move

693. back in the day,

694. I've asked Hiram Lodge

695. here to demonstrate.

696. Ram, will you do us the honor?

697. All right, then.

698. I need a volunteer.

699. Archie Andrews.

700. Come on.

701. - What are you waiting for?

702. - Mr. Lodge?

703. Come at me. Come on.

704. This is a simple

705. but effective move

706. when your opponent gets cocky.

707. Dominating your rival,

708. demoralizing him,

709. is the key

710. if you want to win.

711. Get the message?

712. I always win.

713. "General Pickens

714. was a murderer...

715. and ripples from

716. his gruesome acts

717. continue to be felt today.

718. Descendants of the victims

719. are still being displaced.

720. So I challenge the Northside,

721. instead of honoring men

722. like General Pickens

723. and Hiram Lodge,

724. hold them accountable.

725. Reparations must be paid

726. to men like Thomas Topaz,

727. who are too old

728. and beaten down

729. to fight back for themselves."

730. This town is messed up,

731. and it needs to

732. own up to its history.

733. My grandfather isn't some

734. broken-down victim, okay?

735. Or some prop

736. for your insane vendetta

737. against the Northside.

738. No, of course not.

739. Look, I get it.

740. You hate the Northside.

741. You hate that instead of

742. inviting you to a party,

743. they asked you to work it.

744. It triggers all your rage

745. about being born on

746. the wrong side of the tracks.

747. But this?

748. This wasn't your story to tell.

749. I can't cancel Pickens Day,

750. but I don't want you

751. performing at it.

752. Not with the town

753. riled up over this article.

754. What if there's a riot?

755. No one's rioting, Mom,

756. and I promised Veronica.

757. Okay, well, I'm sorry.

758. You can tell her

759. that the Pussycats

760. aren't hers to order around.

761. Why is Veronica triggering

762. you all of a sudden?

763. Baby, let me tell you

764. something about Veronica...

765. and her parents

766. and the way they do business.

767. And the way they use

768. their daughter to do

769. their business.

770. - You're late.

771. - I'm out.

772. I'm not performing

773. at Pickens Day.

774. Wait, what?

775. It's just I don't like being

776. manipulated by a Lodge.

777. What?

778. Josie, is your mom

779. making you do this?

780. My mom?

781. Whatever she and your parents

782. have going on,

783. that's between them.

784. She doesn't want me

785. to be a part of it.

786. My mom says that

787. she may have to do

788. what your parents want,

789. but I don't have to do

790. what you want.

791. What? Josie—

792. The cameras aren't here,

793. Jackie O.

794. And what about

795. Jughead's article?

796. What about it, Cheryl?

797. It says that Great-Great-

798. Great-Grandpappy Blossom

799. hired General Pickens

800. to steal land

801. from the Uktena.

802. Well, how do you think

803. we got started in

804. the maple syrup business?

805. Help me up.

806. But then that means our family

807. is partly responsible

808. for killing literally

809. hundreds of people.

810. For what? A bunch

811. of maple trees?

812. It wasn't just trees.

813. Dark, fertile earth.

814. A mighty river.

815. Back in those early days,

816. we had a hand in everything.

817. Building the railroads,

818. operating the saloons

819. and, yes, even a brothel.

820. The old ways die hard,

821. it seems.

822. You're definitely

823. getting better, Archie.

824. I appreciate the help.

825. Kevin. You're a legend.

826. Anytime.

827. Can I ask you something?

828. Why wrestling?

829. Why now? I mean, you're

830. trying to impress Mr. Lodge?

831. To be honest,

832. it didn't start there.

833. But now...

834. Yeah, it's like there's

835. nothing I can do

836. to earn his respect.

837. And the more he looks

838. down on me,

839. the more I want to show him

840. that he's wrong.

841. Yeah, it's personal now.

842. Why'd you

843. buy me that laptop?

844. Oh, um, I didn't.

845. It was just

846. an old computer I had

847. from The Register.

848. Why'd you come back to get me?

849. You're my brother.

850. And my mom was depressed.

851. No. Sorry, everything

852. is a transaction.

853. No one, not even you,

854. is that nice.

855. So why do you care, Betty?

856. What do you want?

857. And careful, I'll know

858. if you're lying.

859. To figure out why I am

860. the way that I am.

861. There's a darkness in me

862. that I don't understand.

863. That scares me.

864. And I thought that maybe

865. if you had it, too,

866. which I think you do,

867. you'd be able to help me

868. make sense of it.

869. I know about the webcamming.

870. That's why I got you

871. the computer.

872. So if you ever want

873. to talk about that

874. or compare scars—

875. No, thanks, I'll pass.

876. I told the doorman

877. I was here to see Veronica.

878. And I'll have to speak

879. to Andre about that.

880. What is it, Archie?

881. Why don't you like me,

882. Mr. Lodge?

883. Why is that?

884. What did I ever do to you?

885. You're really asking me that?

886. You really don't know?

887. Yeah, I am,

888. and, no, I don't.

889. Your father

890. slept with

891. another man's wife.

892. And why shouldn't I assume

893. you have the same

894. weak character?

895. I'm not my dad, Mr. Lodge.

896. I would never—

897. Maybe that's true,

898. but still

899. you're not good enough

900. for my daughter

901. in any respect.

902. You're not worthy.

903. I don't think that

904. you'll ever be able

905. to take care of her—

906. I took care of her while

907. you were in prison.

908. Excuse me?

909. When she and Mrs. Lodge

910. moved to Riverdale,

911. I was there

912. for your daughter

913. when you couldn't be.

914. You would say that to me?

915. In my house?

916. What the hell

917. is going on in here?

918. Veronica...

919. Hey, we were just...

920. Having some juvenile

921. chest-thumping contest?

922. No, not at all, mija.

923. I just asked

924. Archie to come over

925. and plan some

926. one-on-one training.

927. Really?

928. Is that why it looks

929. like you're about

930. to kill each other?

931. Hello?

932. Meet me outside

933. in five minutes.

934. Mr. Lodge?

935. What time is it?

936. Thank you.

937. You know why I love

938. wrestling, Archie?

939. Because when it's

940. two men on the mat,

941. it doesn't matter

942. who you are

943. or where you come from,

944. or even how strong you are.

945. It's about sheer will

946. and knowing your opponent.

947. Maybe even better

948. than he knows himself.

949. Which is why, Archie...

950. you will never win.

951. What are you talking about?

952. Veronica...

953. has a lot on her plate

954. right now.

955. And I don't want her

956. worrying about us.

957. So after this morning,

958. we can say that

959. I helped you.

960. And that we went for a jog

961. and we broke bread together.

962. And I will tolerate you

963. until this phase

964. runs its course.

965. "Runs its course"?

966. You're not the first boy

967. who has turned

968. my daughter's head.

969. You see, boyfriends,

970. they come and they go.

971. But fathers...

972. Fathers are forever.

973. You're not hungry, mija?

974. Is it Archie and your dad?

975. No, it's Josie.

976. We got into a fight

977. and she dropped out

978. of Pickens Day.

979. I see.

980. And this is Sierra's doing,

981. I assume?

982. That's it.

983. I'm taking care of this.

984. No, Mom. It's like you said,

985. our family works differently

986. from other families.

987. And if Josie and Mayor McCoy

988. don't like the way

989. we do business,

990. that's on them.

991. But the show must go on.

992. I was angry.

993. Because the Southside

994. is our home.

995. I'm sick of watching it

996. get dismantled

997. piece by piece

998. in front of our eyes.

999. They take our drive-in.

1000. Then they take our school.

1001. I thought you were apologizing.

1002. I am.

1003. I shouldn't have

1004. used your story

1005. or what happened

1006. to the Uktena

1007. against the Northside.

1008. I had no right...

1009. I had no right.

1010. I'm sorry.

1011. Whatever your reasons were,

1012. you opened an old wound.

1013. Now, something

1014. has to be done

1015. to heal it.

1016. Do you have something

1017. in mind, Grandpa?

1018. What are you doing here?

1019. Daddy invited me.

1020. He told me it was

1021. your last day of tryouts

1022. and that I should come watch.

1023. He says you guys

1024. had a good talk.

1025. Anyway, not that you need it,

1026. but good luck.

1027. I'll be up in the stands,

1028. cheering you on.

1029. Gather around, boys.

1030. We're gonna change

1031. things up a bit.

1032. First up on the mat is Andrews,

1033. who is going up

1034. against Clayton.

1035. Wait.

1036. Coach, isn't Chuck in

1037. a higher weight class

1038. than me?

1039. Damn, Andrews.

1040. You sound like

1041. my little sister.

1042. Come on.

1043. Time for Thunderdome.

1044. Enough chatter.

1045. In the center. Now.

1046. Archie.

1047. That's right, Archie.

1048. Get him.

1049. One. Two...

1050. three!

1051. Eat up.

1052. Can't have

1053. an empty stomach

1054. for Pickens Day.

1055. Especially since it'll be

1056. our first outing as a family.

1057. Actually, I'm, uh...

1058. I'm staying behind.

1059. I have a few odd jobs

1060. to catch up on around

1061. the house.

1062. Fine, Hal, I won't beg.

1063. Salad.

1064. Sierra,

1065. I'm so glad you made it.

1066. And, Josie, I'm sorry

1067. you won't be

1068. singing with us today.

1069. After that article came out,

1070. I forbade her to, Hermione.

1071. I was worried.

1072. After all, we can't be too

1073. careful when it comes

1074. to our children.

1075. That was a surprise, Archie...

1076. your victory over Clayton.

1077. Thank you, sir.

1078. Are we done, Mr. Lodge?

1079. Come by the Pembrooke tonight.

1080. We should talk

1081. about some things.

1082. I'll be there, sir.

1083. Have you ever had

1084. a maple snow-cone?

1085. I have not.

1086. Is it delicious?

1087. Oh, Chic...

1088. Betty, I'm so happy.

1089. Mom, Mom...

1090. Alice.

1091. Hal, I thought you said

1092. you weren't coming.

1093. Do you know what

1094. you've let into our house?

1095. In the room next to Betty's?

1096. Would you lower your voice?

1097. And what on earth

1098. are you talking about?

1099. I went on your

1100. computer, Chic.

1101. I saw what you were

1102. doing online with

1103. your clients.

1104. Dad, stop.

1105. Stop snooping and stop

1106. harassing him.

1107. And I don't want

1108. to hear it from you.

1109. You bring home

1110. this... stranger

1111. and move him

1112. into Polly's bedroom?

1113. It's not Polly's room

1114. anymore, Hal.

1115. It's Chic's.

1116. He has to go, Alice,

1117. and you know

1118. damn well why.

1119. Hal, I swear,

1120. I threw you out once,

1121. I'll do it again.

1122. I'm so sorry, honey.

1123. Come on.

1124. Let's get a snow cone.

1125. Hello, Riverdale.

1126. - Happy Pickens Day.

1127. On behalf of Lodge Industries

1128. and Andrews Construction,

1129. we are thrilled

1130. to kick things off

1131. with a new twist

1132. on an old favorite.

1133. So, Veronica

1134. and the Pussycats.

1135. Toni? Jughead?

1136. What the hell is going on?

1137. We're here representing

1138. the dead and the silenced.

1139. Pickens Day is a lie.

1140. General Pickens

1141. slaughtered the Uktena tribe,

1142. my grandfather's family.

1143. And this land,

1144. the land that we're

1145. standing on,

1146. the land that will

1147. soon give way to

1148. a new Southside,

1149. was stolen from them.

1150. And we can't bring them back,

1151. but we can

1152. and we must honor them.

1153. Hey, folks, hi. Uh...

1154. I think we can all be proud

1155. to live in a Riverdale

1156. where young people

1157. stand up for justice.

1158. Where a young woman

1159. can defend the honor

1160. and legacy of her grandfather.

1161. And where we can celebrate

1162. the living legacy

1163. of the Uktena,

1164. who contribute

1165. to the rich tapestry

1166. that is Riverdale,

1167. that is the Southside

1168. and that will be SoDale.

1169. So let's hear a round

1170. of applause for that,

1171. am I right?

1172. That's right.

1173. What do you say, people?

1174. No.

1175. How about we get you

1176. a proper dessert, Hal?

1177. It looks like you could

1178. use some company,

1179. and I've got nowhere

1180. I need to be.

1181. Can I come in?

1182. Sure.

1183. Betty, I have

1184. a confession to make.

1185. The first night I was here,

1186. I came into your room

1187. while you were sleeping.

1188. What?

1189. I kept waking up that night

1190. trying to understand,

1191. "Why would this girl

1192. go back to that place

1193. for me?"

1194. But I think, maybe,

1195. I understand now.

1196. You're alone here.

1197. We'll start with why I webcam.

1198. One of the reasons

1199. is to make money.

1200. The other reason is

1201. to escape.

1202. To pretend to be someone else.

1203. Yes, but...

1204. more than that...

1205. it's a way of getting away

1206. from the darkness

1207. I feel inside me, too.

1208. Can you show me how to do that?

1209. And so,

1210. with the stroke

1211. of a few keys,

1212. the dark education

1213. of Betty Cooper had begun.

1214. And also, perhaps,

1215. the criminal apprenticeship

1216. of Archie Andrews.

1217. Let's start with

1218. a blank slate, Archie.

1219. Where do you see yourself

1220. in five years?

1221. In college. Hopefully

1222. on some type of

1223. athletic scholarship.

1224. To study music?

1225. No, that was the old me.

1226. Now I'm thinking

1227. more like... business.

1228. Maybe one day I'll even be able

1229. to buy back

1230. Andrews Construction from you.

1231. Archie,

1232. as long as you're

1233. dating Veronica,

1234. I'm going to demand

1235. the best from you...

1236. and that requires

1237. learning from the best.

1238. How would like to start

1239. your business tutelage

1240. under my shepherding?

1241. Sorry about that, Mr. Lodge.

1242. You mean like an internship?

1243. That night,

1244. plans would be made...

1245. - ... alliances would be formed,

1246. and a horrifying

1247. act of desecration

1248. would be committed...

1249. Must've happened

1250. late last night or

1251. early this morning.

1252. Well, Hiram, Hermione,

1253. it's your show now.

1254. How would you like

1255. this handled?

1256. Swiftly, and with

1257. extreme prejudice.

1258. I believe we all know

1259. who the most likely

1260. suspects are.

1261. I mean, you tell me.

1262. Isn't this something

1263. the Serpents would do?

1264. ensuring that

1265. the town's civil war

1266. would go from a possibility

1267. to an inevitability.