Riverdale 2x22

1. Previously

2. on Riverdale...

3. My dad was

4. the Black Hood.

5. He tried

6. to shoot my dad again.

7. That's impossible,

8. he was here with us.

9. I rearranged

10. Nick St. Clair's

11. pretty-boy face for him.

12. And when

13. some hillbilly threatened

14. Mr. Lodge's daughter,

15. I did the same thing

16. to him, too.

17. - Andre.

18. - I'll take it from here.

19. The fire's started, mi amor.

20. Chaos is good for us.

21. A new Sheriff's

22. taken over for Keller,

23. a man I know very well,

24. Michael Minetta.

25. For all of Mr. Lodge's talk

26. about law and order,

27. he was nowhere

28. to be seen tonight.

29. Don't try to get between

30. me and my dad.

31. That is a battle you will lose.

32. This is from

33. when I turned

34. the tables on Nick.

35. His parents gave me

36. a cool million.

37. I put it in a trust that

38. you won't touch

39. until you're 21.

40. So you paid the Ghoulies

41. and Penny to go

42. to war with the Serpents.

43. How much is this

44. costing you?

45. 'Cause I have

46. a counter offer.

47. I hand myself over

48. to you tonight and there's

49. no bloodshed tomorrow.

50. You're a true hero,

51. Jughead.

52. Let your dying thought

53. be that your sacrifice

54. was for nothing.

55. Come back to me, Jug.

56. We're not done yet,

57. do you hear me?

58. Our story's not over.

59. It's just beginning.

60. So you come back to me.

61. - Okay?

62. - Dad?

63. Jug.

64. What did I miss?

65. What you did brought

66. every Serpent I've ever known

67. out of the woodwork

68. and you would've been

69. proud of 'em, boy.

70. It looked like we were gonna

71. win the day, but in the end

72. there were just...

73. just too many Ghoulies.

74. It was like shooting snakes

75. in a barrel.

76. Why?

77. Why did you go?

78. I wanted to avenge you.

79. I had an agreement

80. with Hiram Lodge.

81. There was

82. no stopping the others.

83. They were churned up

84. about you and Fangs.

85. Even though Fangs is...

86. He's alive.

87. Fangs is alive?

88. But I thought...

89. A deputy called you

90. and told you he was dead.

91. Yeah, that was a lie.

92. A ploy, you mean.

93. To goad the Serpents

94. into a fight they couldn't win.

95. All of riot night

96. was a Hiram Lodge

97. orchestrated mousetrap.

98. And the Serpents

99. followed me right into it.

100. Sunnyside Trailer Park fell,

101. and while our trailer's

102. still standing,

103. most of them burned.

104. Jug, after the rumble,

105. some of the Serpents

106. defected, they...

107. They joined the Ghoulies,

108. others were arrested.

109. More went into hiding,

110. the rest, they...

111. They left town.

112. The Serpents,

113. they don't exist anymore.

114. We had our time.

115. Nothing for you to do

116. but to get better.

117. And to be there for Betty.

118. Betty?

119. What happened with Betty?

120. I'm so sorry

121. that I wasn't there for you,

122. to help with your dad.

123. No, Jug.

124. I never want to see him again.

125. Right now,

126. all I care about is you,

127. and taking care of my mom.

128. And figuring out how to...

129. atone for all of the

130. horrible things

131. my father did.

132. So I guess we won't be

133. running for student council

134. anymore, huh?

135. Probably not.

136. Here's your schedule

137. for the next three days,

138. Mr. Andrews.

139. My mom's doing

140. an Eva Perón-like rainbow tour.

141. Shaking the trees

142. one last time

143. before election night.

144. I took the liberty

145. of booking you

146. right behind her,

147. so that people know

148. they have a choice.

149. Well, I... I appreciate that,

150. Veronica, for what

151. it's worth, but...

152. Everybody's already saying

153. that your parents saved

154. Riverdale after the riot,

155. that it was their guy, Minetta,

156. who put out the fires

157. and rounded up

158. the guilty parties.

159. We know the truth, Dad,

160. that Mr. Lodge doesn't want

161. to save the town,

162. he wants to take it over.

163. Luckily, I won't rest until

164. you're elected mayor,

165. Mr. Andrews.

166. Even if it means

167. I have to put my own

168. political admissions aside.

169. In what respect?

170. I'm no longer running

171. for student council

172. with Archie.

173. Conspiring against my parents

174. is proving to be

175. a full-time job.

176. Hey, Eddie, any news?

177. I'll be out of here

178. first thing tomorrow.

179. That's good, Jug.

180. Because we still need

181. your brain.

182. There's another mystery

183. to solve.

184. Mr. Cooper

185. was at the town hall

186. when some other Black Hood

187. took shots at the candidates.

188. And he was at home

189. with Betty and Mrs. Cooper

190. when another Black Hood,

191. probably the same

192. as the one at the town hall,

193. came after me and my dad.

194. So...

195. Well, a second

196. Black Hood's attacks

197. at the town hall

198. and on your dad

199. seem to indicate

200. a political motive.

201. Which to me suggests—

202. That my father's behind them?

203. I don't disagree.

204. With Fred out of the way,

205. my mother's path to victory

206. is that much more assured.

207. So, if we're gonna stop Hiram,

208. we've got to do it now.

209. Once the Lodges are in control

210. of the mayor's office,

211. they'll be untouchable.

212. Yeah, but do you think

213. Hiram would really

214. put on a black hood

215. and start shooting at people

216. for a mayorship?

217. No. But he would hire

218. someone to do it.

219. We were thinking

220. it could be a Serpent, Jug.

221. Or a Ghoulie.

222. Or, even more insidiously,

223. the man that Hiram

224. put in charge of restoring

225. peace and harmony.

226. - Sheriff Minetta.

227. - He was supposedly

228. guarding the town hall,

229. but no one saw him.

230. And he was MIA

231. most of the riot night.

232. - Let's start there.

233. - Will do.

234. I have to go down

235. to the sheriff's station

236. tomorrow anyway.

237. Why, Arch?

238. I have to identify

239. your dad, Betty.

240. And with that, it's official.

241. Congratulations.

242. With Nana Blossom

243. as my legal guardian,

244. and I as her youthful ward,

245. Mummy and Uncle Claudius'

246. stranglehold

247. on my life and happiness

248. has at last ended.

249. I will file the papers

250. and send this

251. letter of separation

252. to your mother.

253. Oh. No need.

254. She and my odious uncle

255. are still on the estate,

256. living in one of the barns.

257. I'll happily deliver

258. this missive in person.

259. First things first...

260. Yeah, that's right!

261. He lived here,

262. the Black Hood!

263. Come closer,

264. do you want to come in?

265. Do you want to see

266. where he planned

267. all of his murders?

268. - Do you want to see

269. where he ate, where he slept?

270. - Get out of here! Go!

271. - The red door is wide open!

272. - Go home!

273. - Turn off your cameras.

274. Go home.

275. - Come closer!

276. Hey! Leave us alone.

277. - Huh? Do you want to come see

278. the Black Hood's lair?

279. - Go! Go home!

280. Abandon all hope

281. ye who enter here.

282. You know, I don't have

283. to go back to school today,

284. I could come over.

285. I'm not sure

286. my mom's up for company, Jug.

287. At least not until

288. the lookie-loos move on.

289. I'm worried about you.

290. I know.

291. Me too.

292. My mom and I...

293. We'll just have

294. to get through it,

295. and we will.

296. Okay.

297. But if you need anything—

298. I'll call you.

299. I love you.

300. I love you, too.

301. Ready to do this?

302. We're set here.

303. Archie, can you identify

304. the man sitting at that table?

305. That's Hal Cooper,

306. my neighbor.

307. The man who shot my dad

308. at Pop's diner.

309. He's one

310. of the Black Hoods.

311. A lot of people

312. took advantage of riot night.

313. We had multiple reports

314. of looters wearing

315. black ski masks.

316. The man at my house

317. wasn't a looter, Sheriff,

318. he was there

319. to murder my father.

320. You may not be

321. taking this seriously

322. but I am.

323. I'm not gonna let this go.

324. Make sure your boss knows that.

325. What can I do

326. for you, Betty?

327. I just wanted to say

328. I'm sorry, Mr. Andrews.

329. You have nothing

330. to apologize for, Betty.

331. You didn't do anything wrong.

332. I'm supposed to be this...

333. great detective,

334. but I didn't see

335. what was right in front of me.

336. And people paid

337. for that mistake

338. with their lives.

339. Moose, you okay?

340. All of her stuff is gone.

341. - Whose stuff?

342. - Midge's locker

343. was trashed in the riot.

344. And...

345. All the notes

346. people left her,

347. and her books,

348. and her stuffed animals,

349. it's all gone.

350. It's just things.

351. You're gonna be okay, Moose.

352. What do you mean

353. you're withdrawing

354. from the race?

355. It's clear.

356. Reggie Mantle is not ready

357. to be a leader of men.

358. And my mom and I

359. had a big talk

360. after the riots, and...

361. I am an artist,

362. not a politician.

363. I need to get back

364. to what I'm best at.

365. Music.

366. And then there was one.

367. Well, don't forget

368. about Ethel Muggs,

369. who's running

370. as a third-party candidate.

371. So this is

372. how it ends, huh?

373. Not with a whimper,

374. but with a memo

375. from Weatherbee.

376. Riverdale High is now

377. suddenly overcrowded.

378. So, starting next week,

379. all former

380. Southside High students

381. will be bussed to Seaside High,

382. - which is two hours away.

383. - Meaning,

384. he blames us

385. for trashing the school

386. during riot night.

387. Well, to be fair, Sweet Pea,

388. you did.

389. What's our play, Jones?

390. Do we have one?

391. I don't know anymore, guys.

392. I can't keep fighting

393. for a gang that doesn't exist.

394. Well, what about us?

395. Or any of the other Serpents

396. at the Wyrm?

397. What Serpents at the Wyrm?

398. Buenos dias, Veronica.

399. I thought you'd wanna know

400. I saw your strapping,

401. conquistador father

402. holding a summit

403. with Mummy and Uncle Claudius

404. at one of Thornhill's barns

405. of all places.

406. It looked like collusion to me.

407. Daddykins,

408. care to comment

409. on the rumors

410. that you've been

411. having secret meetings

412. with Claudius

413. and Penelope Blossom

414. in their barn?

415. Certainly. I'm looking

416. to diversify

417. Lodge Industries' holdings

418. by possibly getting into

419. the maple trade.

420. I see.

421. So, it's not that

422. you enlisted Claudius

423. to impersonate the Black Hood

424. and take potshots at Mom

425. during the town hall debate?

426. Veronica, have you

427. lost your mind?

428. Your imagination is getting

429. the better of you, Veronica.

430. Maybe.

431. Maybe not.

432. But I don't think any of us

433. in this room can deny

434. that it's not at least possible

435. that you'd put Mom

436. in the crosshairs

437. to pursue some

438. personal political agenda.

439. I don't understand.

440. You saw what the Ghoulies did

441. to most of Sunnyside.

442. A lot of Serpents

443. couldn't afford

444. to leave Riverdale.

445. So we came here.

446. Does my dad know about this?

447. You should

448. come back to school,

449. - be with us.

450. - No, how can I, you guys?

451. You can't carry

452. this weight on your own.

453. Veronica is right, Betty.

454. My dad killed Midge,

455. he shot Moose.

456. How am I supposed

457. to show my face there again?

458. Do you hate him...

459. for what he did to your dad?

460. Because I do.

461. I hate my father.

462. Since when are you

463. drinking again, Dad?

464. Oh, I am celebrating the fact

465. that I'm no longer

466. Hiram Lodge's busboy.

467. He fired me

468. from Pop's today.

469. He's cleaning house.

470. Getting rid of the stragglers.

471. - Well, he's a bastard.

472. - Yeah.

473. Who cares?

474. We have work to do.

475. Why'd you lie to me?

476. You told me

477. the Serpents don't exist.

478. They're at the Whyte Wyrm

479. and they need our help.

480. No, what they need

481. is to cut bait,

482. get out while they still can.

483. Now, I wasn't lying

484. when I said

485. that it was over, Jug.

486. Well, it is time, boy.

487. What are you talking about?

488. It is time to skip town.

489. I'm not going anywhere.

490. You bet your ass you are.

491. Toledo.

492. I already told your mom.

493. No, I'm not leaving Betty.

494. We are not

495. abandoning the Serpents.

496. I will not be standing

497. over a body bag

498. with you zipped up in it.

499. We're moving to Toledo.

500. But pack light,

501. we're only taking the bikes.

502. Do you think we have a shot,

503. Mrs. McCoy?

504. Elections are won and lost

505. in these two days.

506. In my opinion, Fred,

507. your key to victory

508. is the Southside vote.

509. Historically, Southsiders

510. don't vote because

511. they feel marginalized.

512. But if you can

513. get them to the booths,

514. they'll be voting for you

515. and not Hermione.

516. Sorry to interrupt,

517. uh, Sheriff Minetta

518. is on the phone,

519. says it's urgent.

520. After your visit, Archie,

521. I made it my personal mission

522. to catch the man

523. who invaded your home.

524. An anonymous tip

525. led to the suspect,

526. and when we went

527. to question him...

528. Well, unfortunately,

529. he engaged us in a firefight,

530. and we were forced

531. to take him down.

532. He's dead,

533. but he's the guy, no question.

534. How can you be so sure?

535. We found guns on the premises

536. that matched the ones

537. used at both the

538. attack on your house

539. and the town hall shooting,

540. as well as this black hood.

541. Who was he?

542. Ex-gang member, Gerald Petite.

543. Also known as "Tall Boy."

544. What do you mean

545. you haven't gone

546. to visit Dad yet?

547. We're taking things

548. one step at a time, Polly.

549. But if we don't go visit him,

550. how are we supposed to

551. be able to forgive him?

552. What the hell

553. are you talking about?

554. Betty, at the farm

555. they taught us

556. that forgiveness

557. is the most valuable gift

558. we can give.

559. - If we don't absolve him,

560. we'll become what he was,

561. full of hate.

562. And my babies

563. deserve a mother

564. who's better than that.

565. Maybe Polly's right.

566. I mean,

567. not about forgiving him,

568. but about seeing him.

569. No.

570. Maybe that way,

571. we can get some answers

572. or I can give him

573. a piece of my mind.

574. If that's what you want, Mom.

575. But you two can count me out.

576. You were right, Veronica.

577. It's conceivable

578. that your father was behind

579. the attack at town hall.

580. And it made me think...

581. that we, or at least you,

582. should have

583. a contingency in place.

584. There is a bit of leverage

585. that, should you acquire it,

586. would give you power

587. over your father.

588. That's music to my ears, Mom.

589. Your father's plan

590. for the Southside

591. go far beyond the prison.

592. He wants to consolidate

593. the entire area into...

594. something.

595. But there's one critical piece

596. of the Southside

597. that he doesn't own yet,

598. that's keeping his takeover

599. from being complete.

600. Though, he's in

601. the middle of negotiations

602. with the proprietor.

603. What's the name of the spot?

604. The Whyte Wyrm.

605. You'll need money

606. to block him, of course.

607. But that should be

608. easy enough to get.

609. Daddy, Attorney McCoy

610. is representing me in regards

611. to that million dollars

612. you plundered from me.

613. My client would like it back.

614. That money's in a trust.

615. I'm looking out

616. for her future.

617. Of course.

618. And I'm looking out

619. for yours.

620. The election's in two days

621. and you still want

622. Mom to win, right?

623. Well, if you don't

624. release my funds,

625. I'll start telling

626. your secrets, Daddy.

627. The fake Black Hood attacks,

628. Papa Poutine's murder,

629. the crippling

630. of Nick St. Clair.

631. And I won't stop

632. until all your dirty laundry

633. is exposed.

634. Or, of course, you could

635. simply give my client

636. what's rightfully hers.

637. Of course

638. it's Tall Boy.

639. I'm such an idiot.

640. You think

641. what Minetta said is true?

642. That Tall Boy was

643. the second Black Hood?

644. He's done Hiram's

645. dirty work before.

646. He confessed to it, which,

647. now that I think about it,

648. explains why he died

649. suddenly in a firefight.

650. There's no loose ends.

651. He can't implicate Hiram,

652. ever.

653. And now Sheriff Minetta

654. can say the case

655. of the copycat Black Hood

656. is closed.

657. Hiram is gonna

658. get away with it.

659. He's gonna get away

660. with all of it.

661. Nana Rose, Cheryl?

662. You really think that

663. that senile crone would be

664. a better guardian

665. than your own mother?

666. Oh, Mumsy.

667. Enough.

668. I'm off to deliver some nibbles

669. to ma cherie and her chums

670. at the Whyte Wyrm.

671. Cheryl, no!

672. You can't go there.

673. Not tonight.

674. And why, pray tell, not?

675. And on top

676. of everything else, my dad,

677. who's drinking again,

678. wants us to move to Toledo.

679. Just in time, too.

680. 'Cause Weatherbee wants

681. to kick all the Southsiders

682. out of Riverdale High.

683. Cheryl?

684. Zip it and listen.

685. We have to get

686. to the Whyte Wyrm ASAP.

687. I've already called Toni

688. to give her the heads-up.

689. - What's going on?

690. - My mumsy warned me

691. that Hiram Lodge's

692. cyborg Sheriff is raiding

693. your precious bar tonight.

694. And if things turn violent

695. and some Serpents end up shot,

696. well, so much the better.

697. Let's go.

698. Take only

699. what you absolutely need,

700. and what you can

701. carry with you.

702. We need to move

703. quickly and quietly.

704. Sheriff Minetta's forces

705. are all over the Southside

706. and they're looking

707. for our blood.

708. If we want our skulls

709. to remain uncracked,

710. we have to go undetected.

711. Go where?

712. There's nowhere safe.

713. We've been offered asylum

714. on the Northside.

715. Come on, Jug.

716. Don't look back.

717. Oh, that's a good boy.

718. All right.

719. Two dots and a dash.

720. Two chicks on a raft here, Jug.

721. And there's a stack of

722. Vermont hot for ya.

723. Oh, yeah, I worked

724. at Pop's for a summer.

725. Come on.

726. What's going on here?

727. You do all this?

728. With an assist from Archie.

729. Toledo's gonna have to wait.

730. Maybe so.

731. Bulldogs helping Serpents,

732. Freddie Andrews opening

733. his house to a bunch of snakes.

734. There goes the rest

735. of your Northside vote, buddy.

736. We're all neighbors here.

737. All right. Bacon!

738. Hey. Thank you.

739. You came through for me.

740. I'm not done yet.

741. How many of these

742. Serpent jackets

743. do you think we can borrow?

744. Please have this faxed

745. to the superintendent.

746. What's the meaning of this?

747. It's a show of support, sir.

748. For the Southsiders

749. who are being

750. wrongly transferred

751. out of our school.

752. Everyone's ready

753. to walk out,

754. Principal Weatherbee.

755. Any student who walks out

756. better keep walking,

757. because they'll be expelled.

758. You're a good man,

759. Principal Weatherbee.

760. You're not

761. the kind of person

762. who discriminates.

763. And if you are,

764. then expel me.

765. Because I don't want to be

766. a part of that.

767. Everyone,

768. get to class.

769. That jacket looks good on you.

770. Everything looks good on me.

771. Well, maybe we should

772. make it official.

773. Jughead, come here.

774. I have insider information

775. - that my father is making

776. a play to buy the Whyte Wyrm.

777. Along with him

778. firing my dad from Pop's.

779. What?

780. - He did that?

781. - Yeah.

782. I won't be

783. eating there anymore.

784. Wait, Jughead.

785. I was gonna make a play

786. to buy the Wyrm

787. in order to torpedo Daddy's

788. monopolizing of the Southside,

789. but now I'm thinking

790. there's a better,

791. smarter play here.

792. If you trust me,

793. and we move fast.

794. Hello. Hog Eye?

795. Daddy.

796. Welcome to the bar

797. I bought from Mr. Hoggins

798. two hours ago.

799. Here's the deed,

800. looked over

801. by my attorney,

802. Sierra McCoy.

803. All legal, of course.

804. But... I'm willing

805. to sell the Whyte Wyrm to you.

806. Or, rather, trade it.

807. In exchange

808. for Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe.

809. How did you even know

810. I was after the Wyrm?

811. It was the hot gossip amongst

812. all the Serpents who escaped

813. to Fred Andrews' house

814. the night

815. of your misbegotten raid.

816. You're risking war

817. with me over Pop's?

818. - Why?

819. - Because I realized,

820. once I learned

821. how you so callously

822. fired Mr. Jones,

823. that Pop's is one

824. of the only places

825. left in this town

826. that my friends and I

827. can call our own.

828. I'm looking

829. for an even trade here.

830. You want to barter?

831. Let's barter.

832. But to be clear,

833. if I make this deal

834. with you, that's it.

835. That's the last thing

836. you'll ever get from me.

837. No more allowance,

838. no more trust fund,

839. no more credit cards.

840. You'll also sign over

841. your third of Lodge Industries

842. to me.

843. You'll relinquish your vote,

844. your seat on the board,

845. your legacy.

846. Fine.

847. That's all blood money anyway.

848. Jug...

849. Do you think evil

850. can be passed on?

851. Betty.

852. My great-grandfather had it,

853. my grandfather, my father,

854. they were all...

855. murderers, Jug.

856. - That's just circumstance.

857. - Is it?

858. Or is it possible

859. that this baby

860. is gonna grow up

861. to be a monster

862. like my father?

863. Or like me.

864. That's easy.

865. No.

866. That baby is not evil.

867. And neither are you.

868. What if it's my...

869. My destiny, my birthright?

870. Something I'll never be able

871. to control or understand?

872. Look at me.

873. I know you.

874. You're a good person, Betty.

875. You might have some darkness,

876. just like me...

877. But you're not evil.

878. Do you believe that?

879. Do you believe me?

880. Yeah.

881. Think you'll eke it out, Arch?

882. Uh, to be honest, Jug,

883. mine's not the election

884. I'm worried about.

885. In the meantime,

886. Betty is voting

887. for you through me,

888. by proxy.

889. How's she doing?

890. You know...

891. I think she's gonna be okay.

892. I told myself I wasn't going

893. to see you again.

894. Really?

895. I never doubted

896. for a moment you'd come.

897. You're the only one

898. who understands me,

899. that's like me.

900. You did...

901. unspeakable,

902. horrible things.

903. I'm not like that.

904. I am not like you.

905. Aren't you?

906. No.

907. Then why are you here?

908. To say goodbye, Dad.

909. And also to say...

910. No more darkness,

911. no more evil.

912. It's over.

913. You have no power over me.

914. You'll be back, Betty.

915. You can move

916. across the country,

917. you can change the locks!

918. You can fry me

919. in the electric chair,

920. but I will always be

921. with you, Betty...

922. Attention,

923. Riverdale High students.

924. The results of your

925. student council election

926. are in.

927. Your new

928. student body president is...

929. Archie Andrews.

930. In unrelated news,

931. for the foreseeable future,

932. all former

933. Southside High students

934. will remain at Riverdale High.

935. That is all.

936. Listen up now!

937. Hey, listen up!

938. Some 60 years ago,

939. the very first

940. Serpent meeting

941. took place

942. on these same riverbanks.

943. And it makes sense

944. that is where

945. we gather now,

946. where I...

947. Where I say my goodbye.

948. Jughead, would you

949. step up here, son?

950. Dad, what are you doing?

951. What I should've done

952. a long time ago.

953. I'm retiring from the Serpents.

954. - For real this time.

955. But my boy...

956. My boy has

957. never stopped fighting

958. for this crew.

959. Hell, he almost died for it.

960. That's why I'm giving you

961. the mantle.

962. And now, as your first

963. official duty

964. as Serpent King...

965. I think you know

966. what to do with this.

967. Take it.

968. All right. All right.

969. All I can say is...

970. I love you, Dad.

971. And the Serpents

972. will not die out.

973. Not on my watch.

974. I wanted to

975. let you know, Mom...

976. I went to see Dad today.

977. How did it go?

978. To be honest, it was...

979. hard.

980. But I... I think, tomorrow,

981. I want to go back to school

982. if you think you'll be okay.

983. Hello?

984. Well, um...

985. I appreciate it.

986. Thanks.

987. Hermione won.

988. I'm sorry, Dad.

989. Dad.

990. Hello, Fred.

991. May I come in?

992. Was it close, at least?

993. Very.

994. Less than 200 votes.

995. So, what, you came to gloat?

996. No, Sierra.

997. I came to tell Fred

998. that he ran a great campaign.

999. Hey, where did you say

1000. your dad was again, tonight?

1001. Veronica?

1002. Hermione?

1003. They're at my house, Mr. Lodge.

1004. Archie, what are you...

1005. How did you get in here?

1006. The door

1007. to the servant's quarters

1008. that Veronica

1009. keeps unlocked for me.

1010. Well, I'll have to see about

1011. getting those locks changed.

1012. Oh, congratulations, Mr. Lodge.

1013. You won...

1014. everything you wanted.

1015. The Wyrm, the election,

1016. the Southside,

1017. the town.

1018. Oh, what do you

1019. have there, Archie?

1020. After my dad was shot,

1021. I felt lost, powerless.

1022. And you took

1023. advantage of that,

1024. manipulated me.

1025. I know about

1026. Tall Boy, Mr. Lodge.

1027. That you hired him

1028. to go after my dad,

1029. the same way

1030. you got Andre

1031. to kill Papa Poutine,

1032. and that boy at Shadow Lake.

1033. What was his name,

1034. Cassidy something?

1035. I practically saw that murder.

1036. And Penny.

1037. And the Ghoulies

1038. who almost killed Jughead

1039. at your bidding.

1040. Archie...

1041. These delusions of yours...

1042. You're smart, Mr. Lodge.

1043. So, all or any of this

1044. will be hard to prove.

1045. But I will.

1046. Wherever you go,

1047. whatever you do,

1048. I'm gonna be there,

1049. watching.

1050. And when I do prove this,

1051. I'm just gonna come for you.

1052. And I won't hesitate

1053. like I did with the Black Hood.

1054. I'm gonna make my bones

1055. once and for all!

1056. Well, here's a fun fact

1057. about my newest acquisition.

1058. According to Pop Tate,

1059. the basement of this very diner

1060. used to be a secret speakeasy,

1061. back in the days

1062. of flapper dresses

1063. and cigarette girls.

1064. So...

1065. Yes?

1066. I want to reopen

1067. that speakeasy.

1068. A cabaret space

1069. for world-class entertainment

1070. and the most

1071. decadent cocktails.

1072. A place for North

1073. and Southsiders alike.

1074. In fact, Jughead,

1075. I was hoping your dad

1076. might want to manage it.

1077. To make sure the Serpents

1078. feel welcome and at home.

1079. That's amazing, Vee.

1080. What about your dad?

1081. Knowing Daddy,

1082. he's probably plotting

1083. some sort of revenge.

1084. And though,

1085. Veronica said it

1086. as a half-joke, in fact...

1087. That's exactly

1088. what her father was doing.

1089. Ladies, gentlemen,

1090. it's been months

1091. in the making,

1092. but we're finally here.

1093. Welcome to New Southside.

1094. Where's your wife, Hiram?

1095. Now that she's Mayor,

1096. there are certain machinations

1097. she can't be privy to.

1098. But the plan

1099. remains the same.

1100. The prison will soon be

1101. up and operational,

1102. with your drugs

1103. running through it, Claudius.

1104. Like brother, like brother.

1105. Malachai and his Ghoulies

1106. will be our soldiers

1107. and dealers,

1108. with Ms. Peabody

1109. troubleshooting.

1110. And hopefully,

1111. doing a better job than she did

1112. of killing Jughead Jones.

1113. He wasn't breathing

1114. when we left him.

1115. You promised me

1116. a brothel, Hiram.

1117. All in good time,

1118. Madam Blossom.

1119. What about your daughter

1120. and her meddlesome friends?

1121. Not a concern.

1122. Steps have been taken

1123. to dissolve the very glue

1124. that holds them together.

1125. I'm proud of you, Mom...

1126. for going to visit Dad.

1127. I know that wasn't

1128. easy on you.

1129. We all have

1130. our albatrosses, Polly.

1131. I think I have someone

1132. who can help you, Mom.

1133. A friend of mine

1134. from the farm,

1135. who healed me

1136. when I was so...

1137. broken, after Jason.

1138. If you're open to it,

1139. I would love to invite him

1140. to come visit and talk to you.

1141. That sounds nice, Polly.

1142. What made you decide

1143. to book this room, Jug?

1144. Not that

1145. I'm complaining, mind you.

1146. I don't know.

1147. Felt like after everything

1148. that happened,

1149. a night at the Five Seasons

1150. might be something

1151. you'd enjoy.

1152. I actually wanted

1153. to ask you something.

1154. Now that I am

1155. the Serpent King...

1156. I was wondering how you felt

1157. about being my queen.

1158. Are you asking me

1159. to join the Serpents, Jug?

1160. Sort of.

1161. Jug.

1162. You don't have

1163. to answer right now.

1164. You can take your time.

1165. Let me know.

1166. Like, tomorrow at lunch, or...

1167. It was a foolish question

1168. asked between

1169. two young people in love.

1170. But it didn't matter,

1171. for it would soon

1172. be overshadowed

1173. by the next day's

1174. cataclysmic events.

1175. Students,

1176. faculty and staff,

1177. before we inaugurate

1178. Archie Andrews as our

1179. new student council president,

1180. please rise

1181. for our national anthem.

1182. Sheriff Minetta,

1183. what are you doing?

1184. Archie Andrews,

1185. you're under arrest

1186. for the murder

1187. of Shadow Lake resident,

1188. Cassidy Bullick.

1189. What?

1190. - I didn't kill him—

1191. - You have the right

1192. to remain silent.

1193. Anything you say can

1194. and will be used against you

1195. in the court of law.

1196. You have the right

1197. to an attorney...

1198. What?