1. Previously on
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2. Riverdale...
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3. He calls himself the
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4. Black Hood and he wants us
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5. to publish this letter.
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6. My wrath is the price
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7. of your lies.
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8. He sent it to the printer
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9. for tomorrow's front page.
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10. I'm gonna protect you.
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11. Nothing like this is ever
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12. gonna happen to you again.
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13. I swear it.
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14. No!
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15. - It's me.
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16. - Are you freaking insane?
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17. Sometimes, defending yourself,
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18. it's not enough.
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19. You need to go
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20. on the offensive.
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21. We're called the Red Circle,
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22. and we're coming for you.
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23. We will find you.
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24. We will hunt you and
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25. we will end you.
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26. Everyone's afraid to say it,
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27. so let me be the first.
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28. There is a serial
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29. killer amongst us.
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30. San Francisco had the Zodiac.
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31. New Orleans had the Axeman.
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32. Texarkana, Texas,
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33. had the Phantom Killer.
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34. The list goes on and on.
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35. Add to their ranks
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36. Riverdale's very own
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37. psychopath,
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38. the Black Hood.
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39. Are these research for school?
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40. Research...
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41. But not for school.
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42. It's a terrible thing,
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43. what's going on in this town.
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44. Who would've thunk it?
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45. A serial killer in Riverdale?
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46. I'm not just talking about him.
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47. I'm also talking
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48. about that awful video
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49. those boys put out.
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50. There it was.
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51. Terror was seeping into
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52. the bedrock of Riverdale...
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53. A Town Hall Meeting
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54. had been set by
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55. Mayor McCoy.
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56. People were afraid
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57. to walk the streets alone,
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58. especially as dusk approached.
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59. Shops closed early,
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60. locks were added to doors,
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61. suspicions between the North
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62. and South side deepened,
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63. fanned into flames by
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64. Alice Cooper...
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65. As everyone wondered
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66. what danger lurked in the dark,
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67. when would we hear
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68. from the Black Hood next,
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69. and how far into darkness
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70. would Archie go on his quest
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71. to avenge his father...
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72. And to stop the Black Hood?
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73. To be honest,
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74. I had no idea
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75. what Archie was thinking...
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76. He didn't say anything
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77. to you about this video?
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78. - Am I my boyfriend's keeper?
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79. - Basta, mija,
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80. this isn't something
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82. - It's a video, Mom—
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83. - Yes, threatening violence.
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84. Daddy, can you
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85. please tell Mom
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87. On this matter, Veronica,
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88. I stand with your mother.
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89. Which means you are done dating
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90. Archie Andrews.
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91. This isn't Amish country, Mom,
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93. who I want to date.
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94. And I'm not jumping to
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96. Archie's side of the story.
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97. What are you smiling about?
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98. The Black Hood, the Red Circle,
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99. a Town Hall meeting,
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100. so much chaos
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101. and confusion.
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102. How could you do this to me,
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103. Elizabeth? To us?
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104. Polly asked for my help, Mom.
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106. We know where she is.
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107. And frankly, thank God
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108. she's out of Riverdale
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109. and away from that psycho.
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110. And you think that
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111. that guarantees her safety?
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112. - Polly was scared.
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113. - And you don't think that I am?
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114. I'm terrified.
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118. and you don't pick up
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120. My heart stops.
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121. But how am I supposed to
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123. Right, when you go
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124. and do this.
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125. And then you try
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126. to make me the monster.
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127. There's only one
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128. of you, but we are legion.
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129. We're called the Red Circle.
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130. So, what did you think,
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131. that I wouldn't see it?
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132. Dad, I was pissed off.
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133. We were
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134. all pretty pissed off.
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135. We were trying to send
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136. a message, scare
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137. the Black Hood.
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138. It's more likely you'll
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139. antagonize this maniac
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140. and become a target yourself.
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141. Take it down right now,
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142. while I can see.
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143. I already did,
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144. the original post,
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145. but people keep sharing it.
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146. Good grief, Archie.
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147. My mom's spiraling.
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149. come over during lunch...
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150. Betty, I have to try and
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153. Crap.
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154. Uh, I gotta go, Betty, okay.
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155. Hey, I'll talk to you later.
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156. Hey. I'm guessing we're not
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157. watching funny cat videos.
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158. Check this out.
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159. Some sick-in-the-head
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160. Northsider posted a crazy-ass
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161. video,
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162. - and we were just talking—
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163. - About what?
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164. Fogarty wants to earn
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165. his Serpent stripes.
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166. I say bring us the head
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167. of that Northsider,
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168. and you're in.
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169. I'm down with that.
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170. No, guys, don't.
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171. What, Jones?
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172. I know this guy,
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173. he's a milquetoast.
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174. He's a football player.
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175. It's kind of a lame target,
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176. is all I'm saying.
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177. You wanna prove something?
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178. Why don't you
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179. go after the Black Hood?
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180. And why would we do that?
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181. The Black Hood's targeting
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183. who do nothing but blame
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186. And we're sick of it.
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187. The Black Hood's doing
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189. He's a hero.
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190. Black Hood.
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191. Black Hood.
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192. We're called the Red Circle
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193. and we're coming for you.
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194. We will find you.
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195. We will hunt you.
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196. We will end you.
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200. They basically think you're
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201. the teen American Psycho.
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202. Since when do you care
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206. Can't you just support me
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212. You know,
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213. to be honest,
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217. He pretty much gave me
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218. the idea. In his study, he
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219. basically told me I should—
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221. boys straight out of
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222. Lord of the Flies
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225. Unabomber-like manifesto?
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226. Is that what he
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227. said you should do?
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228. Fight fire with fire.
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230. That's what he said.
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231. Mr. Archie
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232. Andrews, please report
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233. to the principal's office.
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234. "We will find you.
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235. We will hunt you.
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236. And we will end you."
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237. These are your sentiments,
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238. Mr. Andrews.
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239. And they are hardly comforting.
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240. Principal Weatherbee,
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241. you have my word,
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242. there's only one person
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243. who should be scared
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244. by that video.
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245. You're off the football team,
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246. Mr. Andrews,
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247. effective immediately.
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248. In fact,
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249. there is no football team.
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250. Not until this Red Circle
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251. insanity is over.
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252. If, by week's end,
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254. a signed letter
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256. Riverdale High community
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257. and disbanding the Red Circle,
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258. your suspension will begin,
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259. and will continue until
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260. you've complied.
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261. Care to re-think
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262. your position?
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263. It's a crazy time, sir.
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265. what we think is right.
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266. Betty, okay.
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267. So, telling my dad about me
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268. cruising the woods?
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269. Not cool.
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270. He even told my mom
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271. about it.
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272. Also, I've re-upped my
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273. online membership to
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274. redstatemeat.com,
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275. so there'll be no
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276. cruising for the foreseeable.
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277. Betty? What? What is it?
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278. I was going through
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279. the Blue and Gold's mail...
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280. And I got a letter
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281. from the Black Hood killer...
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282. He says he's doing it for me.
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283. "Betty, your words at the
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284. Jubilee inspired me.
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285. The town's sinners must show
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286. their contrition.
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287. If not, there will be
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288. more suffering and bloodshed.
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289. Enclosed is a cipher.
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290. It details where I will
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292. It is a test.
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293. Only you may solve it, Betty."
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294. My speech... Inspired him.
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295. That stupid speech I wrote.
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296. So the Black Hood
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297. was at the Jubilee.
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298. The entire town was there.
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300. to my dad.
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301. The cipher, yeah, sure,
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302. but not the letter,
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349. Well, it's obvious, Sheriff.
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352. and he's terrified of me.
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353. Well, there's a cryptologist
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355. I'll get it over to him.
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356. - In the meantime—
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357. - I've already published it,
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359. The entire town
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362. Don't you think?
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363. Damn it, Andrews.
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364. I told you
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367. And now Weatherbee's
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369. What if he comes after
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370. us next?
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371. That's why you're wearing
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372. hoods, Reggie, so that all
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374. But it's not.
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375. It's falling on all of us.
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376. So please, bro,
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378. No.
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379. We disband the circle now,
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380. what message does that
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382. That we're weak, helpless.
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383. No, we wanna force his hand.
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384. By doing what exactly?
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386. the Southside.
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387. What? Are you insane?
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388. No, I've gone over this.
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395. My dad. A Northsider.
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398. - Grundy was in Greendale.
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401. Everyone has seen our video
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402. and is riled up as hell, right?
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405. If there's even a chance that
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407. us going there
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410. could draw him out.
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411. And the hunters
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413. That's one way to find him.
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414. Nope, I'm done.
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417. And then there was one.
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418. Which is what you
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420. You and the
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427. I know you have a certain item
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433. into his territory.
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434. Maybe. Yeah.
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435. You're gonna need a few things.
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440. Daddy?
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448. You know, one of the things
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476. I don't remember.
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477. Now, if you'll excuse me,
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484. Right. Got it.
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491. - on the subject.
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500. They don't fit the profile.
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504. Well, a hood, when he kills.
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507. Conversely, he sends letters
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511. or a Batman villain?
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512. I'm a true crime junkie.
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536. Especially my father.
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537. Which is just what he deserves
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541. and anyway, it's too late.
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545. For the other guys, yeah,
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548. else needs to fight it.
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549. No, no, no.
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550. If it's yours,
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551. then it's mine, too.
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552. And it can't just be you
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557. - Yeah. But the guys—
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560. Lucky for you, I'm not.
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562. a few things. I have a list.
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570. Yeah, yes.
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571. That's exactly what I'm doing.
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575. I'm sorry.
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585. Which I'm hoping is
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587. together, Jug.
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588. Actually, funny enough,
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589. Toni of all people and I,
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593. I can show you
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597. She loves serial killers.
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600. of things, yeah.
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601. In that case, why don't we
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605. - Kevin?
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606. - Yeah, it'll be like a little
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607. code-breaking party.
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608. So fun! You can host.
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609. There you are.
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610. I have a surprise for you.
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611. It meant burning
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612. the midnight oil
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613. and calling in a few favors,
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614. - but... Ta-da.
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615. - Ronnie, you can't wear that.
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617. I'm not rocking this
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619. No, I'm saying you can't
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624. Oh, Archie, it's adorable
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627. Oh, my God.
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628. Let Weatherbee
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629. do his worst.
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633. with style and panache.
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634. These symbols look
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636. It's like I've seen
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637. them before
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638. and it's driving me crazy
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639. I can't figure out where.
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640. Maybe if you loosened
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641. your ponytail.
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642. What? That was a joke, guys.
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644. and beyond reproach.
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645. Kev... It's fine.
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646. And at this
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649. Per Mrs. Paroo's books,
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650. I'm looking for common letter
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651. associations like
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652. T-H, A-N, I-N-G.
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653. I'm looking for doubles.
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654. Double I and four-letter
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655. words like kill.
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656. - That's morbid.
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657. - We don't know if
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659. Guys, I mean,
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660. this could be an angram.
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661. I'm literally on the
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663. All right. Let's go
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665. What do we know about
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667. He's a white male, in his 40s.
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668. Like almost
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669. every serial killer ever.
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670. No, I mean like why...
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671. Why is he killing people?
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672. Or at least, why now?
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673. We know the Hood's obsessed
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674. with cleansing the town of
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675. sinners and hypocrites, right?
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676. And he seems to be attacking
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677. anyone with ties
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678. to the Northside.
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679. Here we go
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680. with the fake news again.
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681. You Northsiders
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682. and your privilege.
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683. All you do is demonize
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684. the Southside
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686. the Black Hood's from there.
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687. It's not demonizing, Toni.
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691. The drugs you mean which
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693. to Northside crackheads?
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694. And what about
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699. Hell, Betty, I'm surprised
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701. and said it yet.
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702. Said what?
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703. That you think
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705. We all know how
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707. - Okay, Toni—
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708. - I don't hate the Serpents.
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709. Oh, yeah? Then why is it
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711. lies about the fact
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712. that he sits with us at lunch?
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713. I'm gonna go.
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714. Yeah, you know what?
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715. I'm gonna get
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717. Okay. I can walk you home.
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723. It's okay, Jug, let's just keep
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725. The clock's ticking.
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726. What clock? I mean,
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727. this could be his
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728. laundry list.
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729. Or his kill list.
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730. Hey! What the hell
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731. are you doing?
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732. - Back off.
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733. I'm not here for you.
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734. - Oh, yeah...
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735. Then who's
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736. this message for, huh?
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737. Aw, hell, don't tell me
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738. it's for the Black Hood.
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739. You believe this guy?
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740. And people say
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741. we're the troublemakers.
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742. Southside's Serpent country.
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743. You can't come here
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744. and tag our turf.
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745. So why don't you
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747. to the Northside
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748. before someone
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749. gets hurt?
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750. Get out of my way,
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751. or someone
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752. will get hurt.
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753. You just made a big mistake.
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754. - Who made a mistake?
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755. Who made a mistake?
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756. - What the hell?
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757. Come on, let's go.
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758. Come on, man!
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759. - Ow, my neck.
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760. - We fell asleep.
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761. How did we fall asleep?
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762. Exhaustion.
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763. It's not easy being us.
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764. Oh, my God, she's
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765. gonna kill me.
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766. I have to go.
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767. What?
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768. My mom, she's gonna kill me.
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769. I have to go, okay.
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770. I'll call you later.
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771. Sorry to interrupt, Dr. Phylum,
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772. but Sheriff Keller and I
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773. need to see Archie Andrews
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774. in the hallway.
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775. I'm sorry Principal Weatherbee
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776. but the T-shirts were my idea,
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777. not Archie's.
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778. This is not about T-shirts,
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779. Miss Lodge, please sit down.
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780. It's okay, Ronnie.
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781. There's nothing to worry about.
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782. Got a tip from a bodega owner
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783. on the Southside
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784. who said that a
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785. Riverdale High School student
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786. was waving a gun around
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787. in front of his shop.
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788. Said it looked like
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789. he had red hair.
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790. I was in my garage last night,
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791. working on some songs.
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792. Okay, well, nevertheless,
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793. given your behavior over
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794. the last several days,
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795. we think that it's prudent
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796. to have a look in your locker
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797. for any weapons or contraband.
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798. Weapons? Don't you need
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799. a warrant for that
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800. or something?
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801. - No, I do not.
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802. - Maybe we should call my dad.
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803. I did. He's informed.
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804. Open the locker or I will.
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805. I don't know
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806. what you think you're
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808. This is interesting.
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809. What? There's no gun.
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810. Where did you
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811. get this hood?
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812. I can explain that.
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813. The hood's not mine,
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814. it's Reggie's.
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816. wearing it, trying to
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817. scare me, Dad.
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818. I don't know what to say.
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819. I'm at a loss, Archie.
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820. Keller and Weatherbee, they
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821. think you're a threat, so they
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822. bar you from school property,
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823. and I can't tell them
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824. any different.
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825. I was shot.
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826. The man who shot me is
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827. still out there,
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828. playing some kind of weird
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829. cat-and-mouse game
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830. with this town.
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831. And he scares me.
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832. But not as much as
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833. you do right now.
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834. Because I have no idea
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835. what is going on in your mind.
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836. I don't know what
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837. you're gonna do next.
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838. Wait, Dad, come on.
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839. Can we talk about this?
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840. Yeah, when I get back
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841. from the Town Hall
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842. we can talk about this.
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843. If you're ready
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844. to be honest with me,
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845. and let me back in.
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846. Nice T-shirt.
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847. Will you still be wearing it
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848. when Archie's arrested
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849. for reckless endangerment
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850. or something worse?
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851. Archie would never, Mom.
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852. He's being railroaded.
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854. with absolute certainty,
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855. after watching that video?
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856. Maybe you can.
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857. Or maybe you're just
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858. being loyal.
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859. But let me tell you
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860. something about loyalty.
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861. There's nothing more
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862. honorable than it.
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863. Noble, even.
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864. But blind loyalty?
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865. That's a stupid
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866. and dangerous thing.
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867. I pray that's not the case
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868. with you and Archie.
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869. When you left
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870. this morning, you forgot
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871. some of your books.
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872. Your notebooks.
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873. Look, I wasn't snooping,
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874. believe it or not, but...
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875. It just fell out.
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876. What did?
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877. Your letter,
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878. from the Black Hood.
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879. Jug.
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880. I'm assuming that it came
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881. with the cipher.
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882. Betty, why haven't
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883. you told anybody?
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884. I, I did, I told Kevin.
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885. Why didn't you tell me?
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886. Because you've been
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887. at Southside High,
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888. running around with
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889. the Serpents.
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890. Betty, I'd been gone
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891. for two days.
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892. And yeah, it sucks that
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893. we don't go to the
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894. same school anymore.
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895. But that's not the reason
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896. you're sitting
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897. on the fact that
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898. the Black Hood has sent
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899. you a letter.
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900. - So why is it—
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901. - Because of what it says,
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902. Jughead!
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903. Because of what
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904. he wrote.
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905. That I...
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906. Inspired him.
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907. I inspired all of this...
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908. Madness.
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909. You think people
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910. are gonna blame you
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911. for this?
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912. Not people,
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913. just one person.
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914. Archie?
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915. For what?
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916. For writing a speech
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917. that this lunatic
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918. has twisted around
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919. in order to mess with you
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920. and mess with the town?
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921. Yeah, Archie's
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922. definitely shook, but he knows
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923. who the bad guys are,
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924. and you're not
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925. one of the bad guys.
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926. You're Betty Cooper.
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927. Like Nancy Drew meets
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928. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
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929. Oh, my God.
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930. What?
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931. In his letter, the Black Hood
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932. said that I'm the only one
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933. who could solve the cipher
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934. like he created it
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935. specifically for me.
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936. Maybe using one of my
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937. touchstones, Jug.
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938. If I'm right,
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939. I think I know
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940. how to decode this.
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941. Let's go.
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942. Archie?
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943. What the hell is going on?
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944. Are you okay?
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945. I need you to get
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946. something for me, Ronnie.
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947. At least you were smart enough
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948. not to keep it in your locker,
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949. but a gun, Archie?
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950. Why? For what?
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951. To protect myself.
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952. Against the Black Hood?
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953. Archie, that video,
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954. the gun...
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955. If I'm following you,
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956. I need to know where,
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957. I need to know the truth.
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958. I want him dead, Veronica.
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959. I want the Black Hood dead,
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960. and I want
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961. to be the one who does it.
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962. I want to be
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963. the last thing that he sees.
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964. Spoken like a true vigilante.
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965. No, you wanted
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966. the truth.
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967. I made that video and showed my
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968. face so the Black Hood
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969. would make me
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970. his next target.
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971. I went to the Southside
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972. hoping he would
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973. come after me.
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974. So you find the Black Hood
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975. and you shoot him
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976. and then what?
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977. You go to jail or you miss him,
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978. and he kills you, Archie.
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979. It doesn't matter
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980. what happens to me.
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981. Yes, it does.
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982. It matters to me,
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983. and your dad, Betty, Jughead.
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984. Meanwhile, like an idiot,
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985. I'm trying to support you
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986. by designing T-shirts.
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987. I didn't ask you
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988. to do that.
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989. No, you just asked me
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990. to fetch your loaded gun.
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991. And by the way,
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992. in case you're
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993. wondering where it is,
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994. I threw it
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995. in Sweetwater River.
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996. What?
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997. And you can be mad
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998. at me now, but you'll
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999. thank me for it later.
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1000. Wait. Veronica, wait,
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1001. what if it's...
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1002. Reggie?
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1003. Can we come in?
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1004. Parents
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1005. of Riverdale,
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1006. I've heard
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1007. your concerns.
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1008. I share them.
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1009. As your Mayor,
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1010. my top priorities are ensuring
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1012. and our children.
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1013. The purpose of this
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1014. Town Hall is to answer your
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1015. questions.
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1016. And, if I can, to ease
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1017. your minds.
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1018. To what do we owe
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1020. Archie could have
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1021. told Weatherbee
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1022. the hood was mine,
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1023. but he didn't.
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1024. In the Book of Reg,
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1025. that makes you
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1026. a top-tier loyal badass.
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1027. And, uh. We were talkin'
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1028. today and decided
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1029. if you wanna keep
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1030. the Red Circle going...
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1031. We're here for you, dude.
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1032. And not a moment too soon.
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1033. Archie. Trouble.
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1034. How stupid are you Northsiders?
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1037. stick a gun in my face
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1038. in front of my boys,
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1039. and there wouldn't be
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1040. any payback?
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1041. You have crap timing, bro.
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1042. Bulldogs
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1043. eat Serpents for lunch.
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1044. We'll see about that.
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1045. And the more,
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1046. the merrier.
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1047. Hey, chill.
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1048. Veronica, stay here.
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1049. What? Archie, no...
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1050. Veronica, after my dad,
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1051. I made a promise
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1052. to protect him and this
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1053. house.
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1054. You stay here.
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1055. If you wanna fight,
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1056. we'll fight.
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1057. - What about your gun?
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1058. - What about your knife?
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1059. How about no weapons?
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1060. If you troglodytes insist
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1061. on doing this,
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1062. there are gonna be rules.
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1063. Or should I call Sheriff Keller
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1064. to be referee?
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1065. When I was a kid,
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1066. I used to check out
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1067. this book obsessively.
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1068. Betty...
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1069. The budget is tight,
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1070. we're uh...
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1071. Putting together a helpline
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1072. that you can call to
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1073. report any suspicious activity.
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1074. Sounds an awful lot
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1075. like the Red Circle's
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1076. hotline to me.
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1077. Did you have a question, Alice?
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1078. I'm wondering when you're
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1079. gonna actually address
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1080. the real problem in Riverdale,
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1081. the Southside.
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1082. All in due time, Alice.
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1083. But we're here
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1084. to talk about the Black Hood.
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1085. Now Sheriff Keller has
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1086. a plan he's
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1087. putting in place,
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1088. beginning with a
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1089. town-wide curfew—
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1090. Curfew?
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1091. We need to show strength,
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1092. not cower.
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1093. Let's start by closing down
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1094. that drug-ridden
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1096. and use that money
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1100. who can actually
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1101. protect our children.
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1102. Just a sec.
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1103. Oh, my God.
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1104. "I will strike next
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1105. where it all began."
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1106. Your speech...
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1107. The Town Hall.
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1108. Come on.
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1110. a blight of empty storefronts
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1115. himself a victim
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1124. The issue is there is a guy out
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1125. there with a gun and a hood.
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1126. And he's bringing out
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1127. the worst in this town.
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1128. Pitting it against itself.
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1129. Of course, Fred Andrews
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1130. turns the other cheek,
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1131. as usual.
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1132. I can't say much
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1133. about your son Archie,
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1134. but at least he's out there,
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1135. throwing elbows.
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1136. We have to be united
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1137. in this fight, okay?
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1138. If we let the fear take over,
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1139. start demonizing each other,
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1140. that's when we're dead.
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1141. I told you Fred was
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1142. gonna be a problem.
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1143. Oh, no...
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1144. The town loves and trusts him.
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1145. That could work in our favor.
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1146. Everyone needs to leave,
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1147. right now.
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1148. The Black Hood is coming here.
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1149. He said this is his
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1150. next target.
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1151. What are you talking about?
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1152. What do you mean
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1153. the Black Hood's coming here?
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1154. The cipher says he's coming
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1155. to the Town Hall.
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1156. What?
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1157. Everyone, stay calm
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1158. and in your seats.
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1159. We'll sort this out.
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1160. Dilton!
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1161. Okay, you guys, let's go!
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1162. Let's get out of here.
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1163. Help me!
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1164. When they ask you
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1165. at the hospital—
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1166. Say I was minding my own
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1167. business when a bunch
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1168. of Southside Serpents
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1169. jumped me for no reason.
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1170. Well, Elizabeth,
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1171. we're waiting.
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1172. This is from the Black Hood.
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1173. It came with the cipher.
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1174. And you've been
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1175. keeping this from us?
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1176. Sorry.
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1177. No. I deserve it.
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1178. Tonight was really messed up,
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1179. Ronnie.
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1180. Things got so out of control.
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1181. At least Dilton's going
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1182. to be okay.
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1183. Yeah, but only because of you.
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1184. You saved him, Ronnie.
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1185. And me.
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1186. These are
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1187. fraught times, Archie.
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1188. No one's thinking straight.
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1189. We have to...
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1190. Hold on to each other.
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1191. Right?
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1192. I'm sorry I lied
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1193. about getting rid
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1194. of the gun.
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1195. I was freaking out.
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1196. God, Ronnie,
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1197. if I'd had it tonight...
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1198. I don't wanna
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1199. think about it,
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1200. honestly, I might've...
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1201. But you didn't.
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1202. And...
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1203. I don't believe
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1204. you would've.
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1205. Even if you'd had it.
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1206. You're not a killer.
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1207. - Wait?
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1208. - What?
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1209. We have one more thing
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1210. we need to do tonight.
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1211. And so the young lovers went
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1212. back to where it all began,
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1213. Sweetwater River,
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1214. to try and end
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1215. the cycle of violence.
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1216. We'd come to think
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1217. of that night,
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1218. the night of the rumble,
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1219. the night of the Town Hall,
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1220. as a turning point.
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1221. Riverdale would no longer
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1222. be the town with pep.
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1223. From now on, it would be
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1224. known as the town that
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1225. dreaded sundown.
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1226. - Hello?
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1227. - Hello, Betty.
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1228. This is the Black Hood
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1229. speaking.
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