1. Previously on
Riverdale...
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2. I don't think
I can go back to Riverdale.
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3. Hiram is gonna follow you,
or us, wherever we go.
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4. - Where is he?
- So, what's the plan?
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5. We'll go see my mom.
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6. Seizures aren't contagious.
So what?
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7. The sisters protected me.
They protected Polly.
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8. They'll watch over you now.
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9. They make
drugs inside the prison,
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10. which all the kids take
when they play G&G.
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11. All of it it's connected, Archie.
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12. What kind of business does
Hiram Lodge have with Sister Woodhouse,
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13. and how are the Blossoms
connected to it?
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14. You've been
a very bad girl, Betty.
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15. You haven't been
taking your candy.
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16. Wonderful, wonderful work.
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17. My King, my savior.
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18. It was a day
like any other.
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19. Everything seemed normal.
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20. Students went to class,
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21. the Vixens prepared for
the annual prep rally.
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22. Couples had their stolen
moments in quiet classrooms.
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23. You wanna take
another hit?
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24. Less talking,
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25. more kissing.
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26. But in Riverdale,
there's no such thing as normal,
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27. as Cheryl Blossom was
about to discover.
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28. Help! Help us. Somebody help!
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29. Your group is stricken,
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30. infected with poison,
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31. compromised.
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32. And now,
you're all alone.
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33. You hear the heavy,
scraping footsteps
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34. of some horrific
monstrosity.
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35. Girls. Time for your candy.
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36. Well, this is
definitely the place.
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37. You guys lost?
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38. Or you looking to pick up
some merch?
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39. We're looking for Gladys Jones.
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40. I'm family.
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41. We need a place to stay.
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42. - Jughead?
- Jellybean?
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43. Thought I smelled
something rotten.
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44. You heard him.
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45. Open the damn gate.
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46. You, mon petit amour,
are officially on bedrest.
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47. I've brewed you a pot
of Vintage Narcissus tea,
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48. and our family physician,
Dr. Caligari, is on call
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49. should you feel
another spell coming along.
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50. I'm feeling much better,
Cheryl.
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51. But what if what happened
to me is contagious?
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52. Oh, T.T.,
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53. Ship's Fever
couldn't keep me away.
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54. My four-poster bed
is your four-poster bed.
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55. You can stay here
for as long as you like.
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56. Even... permanently?
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57. You mean, like,
move in with you?
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58. I'm cuckoo bananas
for you, obvi.
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59. Won't you move in?
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60. As long as
I'm the big spoon.
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61. No, you said
that if I went along with this,
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62. no one would get hurt,
especially Veronica.
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63. You looked into my eyes
and promised.
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64. I believed you, Hiram.
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65. - It's under control.
- No, I supported you,
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66. and you swore to me
that this wouldn't happen.
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67. It was a miscalculation.
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68. Now, out of strife
comes opportunity,
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69. and now
the timing is perfect.
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70. What is going on?
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71. Why am I back here?
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72. Veronica,
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73. thank God you are awake.
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74. We brought you home as soon
as Weatherbee called us.
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75. You had a seizure, mija.
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76. What?
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77. It's all the stress
you've been under.
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78. Getting dropped by Archie,
running two businesses.
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79. Which is why we've decided
to send you to New York.
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80. You'll finally get some rest,
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81. and we'll get you in
with the best doctors.
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82. Uh, I'm not leaving town.
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83. Sheriff Minetta's body
turns up gangland style,
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84. without his hands or head,
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85. and you wanna ship me off
to New York? Why?
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86. No answer? Fascinating.
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87. My parents
are up to something, Reggie.
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88. I mean, they're always
up to something,
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89. but they tried
to banish me to New York,
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90. which is a new one for them.
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91. It's like they don't want me
around for whatever's coming next.
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92. Has everyone lost their minds?
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93. Is Jingle-Jangle
suddenly a thing again?
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94. That was so last year.
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95. I'm not sure it's the Jangle.
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96. Your dad's pulling it
off the market
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97. and replacing it
with some new candy.
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98. Fizzle Rocks.
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99. Dealt by the Ghoulies?
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100. No. A new gang.
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101. The Gargoyles.
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102. With ties, no doubt,
to this godforsaken
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103. G&G everyone's playing.
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104. And what, pray tell, is my father's
skin in that particular game, I wonder.
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105. Reggie, I need you to do
some sussing for me
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106. and find out what you can
about these Fizzle Rocks.
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107. On it.
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108. Last year,
I helped my parents spin their criminal web
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109. and good people
like Archie got hurt.
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110. This year, I'm going to be
a fly in their ointment.
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111. Whatever they're up to,
I will stop them.
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112. Jughead?
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113. Hey, Mom.
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114. Oh, Jug.
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115. Oh!
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116. You feel like a...
like a bag of tire irons.
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117. Are you eating?
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118. Ugh, you're not
a vegetarian now, are you?
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119. You wound me, Mother.
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120. Oh...
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121. I recognize
that rooster top.
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122. Archie Andrews?
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123. Oh!
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124. Gosh, you sure grew up.
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125. Oh! So...
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126. You two finally
got together, huh?
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127. I always knew there was
something going on between you.
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128. Uh, no, we're not
together-together.
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129. - We're just on the road together.
- Yeah.
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130. - Like a bromance.
- Sure.
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131. I know you didn't come to
Toledo for the weather.
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132. What's going on?
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133. Why didn't you call me,
tell me you were coming?
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134. Last time I called,
you told me I couldn't come.
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135. Well...
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136. that was
a different time.
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137. Hey, I got my GED now.
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138. Hmm? I started
this whole place up.
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139. I am a legit
businesswoman now.
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140. Hey, Gladys, Tailpipe just came in
with these. Where do you want 'em?
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141. Yeah, not right now, Lugnut.
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142. Oh, hey, hold up.
Get the crew together, huh?
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143. Tell 'em my son's come home.
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144. And his best pal, too.
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145. Tonight,
we are going to feast.
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146. Whoa, yeah!
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147. Betty,
you look terrible.
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148. Thank you, Mom.
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149. Did you come here
just to tell me that?
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150. I thought you were
staying at the Farm.
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151. I am, but the school board
reached out.
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152. They're having an emergency meeting,
and I want to be there.
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153. Meeting about what?
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154. Apparently, there was
a mass seizure at school.
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155. Like the same one
that you had.
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156. Whatever caused yours
spread to the Vixens.
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157. All of them?
Including Veronica?
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158. She's one of the fallen, yes.
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159. Oh, my God.
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160. Poor V.
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161. I'm just glad that
you were here, honey.
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162. Safe with the sisters.
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163. We have
a very special relationship.
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164. He tells me secrets
and gives me personal quests.
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165. And I know people are scared of
him because he's all-powerful,
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166. but he's honestly super-funny.
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167. Who's super-funny?
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168. Oh, hey, Ethel.
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169. I was just
telling everyone about
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170. how the Gargoyle King and I
have gotten really close.
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171. Very funny, Betty.
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172. It's true.
After I met him,
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173. I couldn't get him
out of my head, you know?
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174. He's amazing.
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175. Yesterday, he said...
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176. Never mind.
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177. He said what?
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178. Yesterday, he said...
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179. I was his new favorite.
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180. That's... that's not possible.
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181. You're not
worthy enough for him.
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182. You're making all this up
to make fun of me, aren't you?
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183. Of course not, Ethel.
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184. But if you don't believe me,
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185. you should go
ask him yourself.
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186. Or you and I can go talk to
the Gargoyle King together.
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187. You do have the keys
to his chamber, don't you?
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188. What?
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189. Ethel, are you scared?
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190. What are you doing?
Open the door!
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191. I can't, Ethel,
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192. and I'm sorry, but I need
to fast-track my plans,
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193. and you're my best shot
at converting someone.
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194. You're going to make him angry.
You're disrespecting...
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195. The Gargoyle King
isn't real, Ethel.
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196. He's a hallucination.
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197. The candy that the Sisters
have been giving us?
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198. It's a drug.
It's making you see things.
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199. Stop it! Stop lying!
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200. Once the drug wears off in a few hours,
you'll see, okay?
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201. You'll see the truth.
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202. Ethel, I'm back.
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203. Are you okay?
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204. I don't understand.
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205. It's just a statue.
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206. But I saw him.
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207. We all did...
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208. because we were high
on Fizzle Rocks.
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209. The sisters feed us drugs
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210. that make us susceptible to
visions that they suggest.
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211. They let us play the game,
and then they use
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212. our delusions of
the Gargoyle King
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213. to scare us
into submission.
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214. - That can't be.
- It is.
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215. The sisters are running some
kind of scam with Hiram Lodge.
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216. I think he's paying them to
test his drugs on the patients.
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217. But I've seen him,
in real life.
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218. In my hospital room.
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219. The Gargoyle King, he...
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220. - He's out there.
- I know.
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221. I saw the Gargoyle King
in town, too,
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222. or someone
dressed up as him.
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223. At any rate, it doesn't
change the fact that in here,
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224. he's just a hunk of cement.
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225. I can't believe it.
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226. I need your help, Ethel.
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227. Sister Woodhouse must know more
about G&G than she's letting on.
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228. This game is literally
killing people.
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229. Think about Dilton and Ben.
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230. If we know more, then we can stop
those things from happening again.
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231. We just need
Sister Woodhouse to fess up
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232. before we can escape
and shut this place down.
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233. How are we going to escape?
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234. First things first.
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235. Sister Woodhouse.
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236. Attention, students.
We are hereby
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237. closing the student lounge.
Please exit immediately...
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238. First, they cancel sports
and extracurriculars,
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239. now they're shutting down the lounge?
What is going on?
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240. As Student Body President, please tell me
you've got some insider information to share.
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241. Though my powers as Dauphine of
Riverdale High aren't absolute yet,
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242. I am CC'd on
all School Board emails.
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243. And they're having
a meeting tonight.
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244. I think to discuss
shutting down the school.
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245. And Veronica,
your parents are leading the charge.
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246. Of course they are.
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247. That is exactly what my dad
did with Southside High,
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248. and he definitely had
ulterior motives then.
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249. Oh, my God.
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250. And now Riverdale High
is officially a hot zone?
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251. - That's one of the infected.
- Go, Veronica, run.
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252. Drugs, gargoyles,
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253. mystery men
in hazmat suits,
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254. and secret
School Board meetings?
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255. How does it all tie together?
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256. Not sure,
but I got some suss for you.
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257. According to my sources,
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258. the Fizzle Rocks distributors,
aka the Gargoyles,
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259. are giving their product
out to people for free.
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260. I've seen enough episodes of
Narcos to know this scheme.
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261. Hook 'em with the first taste,
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262. then they're
customers for life.
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263. And Daddy's always
playing the long game.
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264. For sure,
and here's the kicker.
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265. Fizzle Rocks are coming
from the Southside,
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266. right out of the prison
your dad's been building.
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267. That must be where
he moved his candy factory to
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268. after Cheryl, Toni, and I
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269. - busted his lab at the Whyte Wyrm.
- Hmm.
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270. And speaking of Cheryl...
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271. Cheryl? What time is that
School Board meeting and where?
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272. No child should step foot
through these doors
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273. until we have figured out what is going
on in this toxic petri dish of contagion.
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274. We're taking as many precautions as we can,
Mrs. Blossom.
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275. Well, what we should be doing
is tracking down patient zero
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276. and running every test
in Western medicine on them.
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277. Okay, tonight's discussion is
regarding the fate of Riverdale High.
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278. Can we please stay on topic?
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279. To Mrs. Blossom's point,
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280. my wife and I are in full agreement.
Most parents are.
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281. I mean, five more kids experienced
seizures just this afternoon.
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282. Isn't that right, Waldo?
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283. Yeah.
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284. Which is why
tonight, as mayor,
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285. I am signing
an executive order
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286. shutting down Riverdale High,
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287. at least until
it's deemed safe.
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288. Stop it right there!
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289. - The CDC hasn't set foot in Riverdale High.
- Fact.
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290. And now my parents are bullying
you all into closing it.
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291. Sounds exactly like what you
did with Southside High,
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292. which you're now
using as a drug factory.
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293. Wait a minute. I thought
Southside High property
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294. was being developed
into a prison.
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295. That's just his cover,
Mrs. Cooper.
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296. Is that your plan here,
too, Daddy?
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297. Trump up a way to get another
huge parcel of land on the cheap,
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298. then expand your
ever-growing drug empire,
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299. which now consists almost
exclusively of Fizzle Rocks?
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300. Veronica, what are you
even talking about?
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301. That's okay, mi amor.
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302. There's a reason
for this meeting, right?
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303. To air out concerns.
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304. We called the CDC.
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305. They wouldn't send anyone to
investigate such a low priority crisis.
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306. They think
it's all psychological.
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307. So, we took some initiative.
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308. The men you saw
in hazmat gear,
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309. they were hired from a private
firm to run exhaustive tests.
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310. And Southside High
is becoming a prison,
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311. not a drug factory.
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312. If you'd like the names of
the guards we've recently hired,
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313. I'd happily provide a list.
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314. Have I left anything out?
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315. Yes, you have.
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316. The part about how
you're producing Fizzle Rocks
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317. and giving it away for free
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318. to get every teenager
in Riverdale hooked.
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319. And I suppose I'm also
the Gargoyle King,
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320. as Jughead Jones accused me of being?
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321. Oh, poor deluded girl.
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322. I hear tell that these
seizures cause hallucinations,
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323. and isn't this child
one of the afflicted?
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324. On that note,
where are the cheerleaders?
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325. I speak for
the disappeared Vixens.
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326. What of them?
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327. Where were they taken?
And by whom?
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328. Those girls went to
Riverdale General,
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329. where I'm sure they're receiving
the best medical care possible.
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330. And being dissected
like fetal pigs, no doubt!
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331. You messed with my squad,
which means you messed with me.
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332. Now I demand real answers!
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333. What?
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334. What is it, you viper?
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335. Hiram Lodge, huh?
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336. That good-looking short stack
was always trouble.
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337. But why go after Archie?
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338. Archie was the only one
that stood up to him, defied him.
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339. Not to mention, I also date...
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340. Dated his daughter.
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341. Oh.
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342. "Dated"?
As in, no longer dating?
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343. - As in, single?
- Relax, Jellybean.
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344. It's JB now, Kid Kerouac.
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345. Archie.
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346. Have you spoken to your dad
through any of this?
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347. I wish.
I wish I could see him,
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348. tell him how I'm doing.
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349. But it's too risky.
He'd drag me home by the collar.
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350. Riverdale's not where
I need to be.
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351. Pig's ready!
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352. All right.
You heard the guy.
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353. Archie, go get yourself
a hot meal.
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354. Cheek's the best part.
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355. All right, so...
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356. tell me about this game thing.
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357. This thing that you and
Archie are mixed up in.
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358. Gryphons and Gargoyles?
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359. How involved with this
are you?
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360. Well, it's more than
just a game.
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361. It's got larger implications
for all of Riverdale.
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362. I'm just trying to crack it.
Get underneath it.
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363. Figure out
who's behind all this.
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364. Well, Hiram, it sounds like.
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365. Is he the one who gave you
that nasty scar on your arm?
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366. - You saw that, huh?
- Yeah, it's bad.
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367. No, that was, uh...
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368. a gift from a former Serpent
under Hiram's employ.
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369. - Penny Peabody.
- Penny?
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370. That wench?
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371. She always had a beef
about your father and I.
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372. And then she does this?
She cuts up my son?
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373. You know, I never wanted this
for you, kid.
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374. I mean, you're Serpent King.
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375. I never wanted you
in the damn gang.
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376. Don't act all high and mighty.
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377. I saw that kid
with the stereos earlier.
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378. You claimed to have left Riverdale
to get away from Serpent life,
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379. and here you are,
chopping cars and lifting their parts,
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380. - God knows what else.
- Hey.
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381. So what? So if we jack
a couple stereos here and there
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382. and we steal some hubcaps?
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383. I am feeding and taking care
of all these kids
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384. who have nowhere else to go.
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385. What am I supposed to do?
Just leave them high and dry?
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386. It's what you did to me,
isn't it?
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387. Come on, let's get
something to eat
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388. before there's nothing left.
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389. Surprised to see me, Red?
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390. There's a bounty on your hip,
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391. and you left more
breadcrumbs coming here
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392. than a chubby kid
in a fairytale.
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393. Red, keep quiet,
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394. I'll give you the luxury
of an open casket.
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395. Not if I
put you in one first.
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396. Drop the butter knife, bitch.
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397. Careful, kid, you might
poke your eye out.
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398. You know, Penny, I'm not shocked
that a bottom-feeder like you
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399. is working with Hiram Lodge.
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400. I mean, you always had
unfixed allegiances.
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401. That's rich,
coming from Gladys Jones.
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402. Yeah, well...
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403. I am surprised that you're not
ratting him out right now.
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404. He must have something
real good on you, Penny-slot.
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405. I'm no snitch.
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406. But I will say this.
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407. Hiram won't stop.
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408. Not till he gets
what he wants.
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409. And right now, that's Red.
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410. And there's nothing that you,
or your little Lord of the Flies crew,
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411. or Jughead here can do.
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412. Hiram won't stop.
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413. Speaking of my Jug,
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414. I saw the work that
you did on him.
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415. You carved him up
like a Sunday roast.
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416. That was business
between me and him.
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417. Yeah, well, I'm his mama.
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418. So it's between
me and you now.
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419. All right, everyone,
go inside.
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420. Me and Penny here,
we're gonna have us a little girl talk.
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421. Ask her about G&G,
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422. how Hiram fits into it all.
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423. Roger that.
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424. I wanted to commend you.
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425. The gusto you showed
in that meeting,
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426. that was audacious.
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427. - Congratulations.
- On what?
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428. On being right.
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429. About all of it.
Well, at least most of it.
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430. I mean, it's so much bigger than
you're giving me credit for.
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431. This plan, what's coming next,
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432. it's practically biblical.
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433. Years in the making.
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434. What is it?
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435. What do you
really want, Daddy?
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436. What every king wants.
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437. A kingdom.
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438. And a legacy.
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439. You know,
once things are in place,
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440. I'm hoping you'll join me.
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441. Take a seat
at my right hand
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442. and help me oversee
the new order.
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443. You're deluded, Daddy.
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444. Also, you're not untouchable.
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445. Maybe in Riverdale you are,
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446. because your wife's mayor
and there's no sheriff,
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447. but there's a whole
wide world out there.
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448. They'll see
what you're doing.
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449. Yeah, I'm not
too concerned about that.
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450. You know, it's been a while
since I've seen you in pearls.
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451. Maybe you'll start
wearing them again.
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452. Hey.
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453. - What happened with Penny?
- Just...
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454. give me a second, Jug, okay?
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455. Let me think.
I just need to think.
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456. - She talk about the game?
- Jug, come on.
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457. We know she was
tracking Archie for Hiram.
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458. Was it a quest
from her master?
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459. Is Hiram more than the Man in Black?
Is he the Gargoyle King?
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460. You are so caught up
in this damn game,
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461. you can't see
three feet in front of you.
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462. The big prize
isn't Archie's head.
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463. It is Riverdale.
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464. Jug, if you had
your wits about you,
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465. you would realize that
Hiram chased you out of town
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466. just to get you
off of the chess board.
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467. So you were as far away from
Riverdale when he made his big play.
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468. So it's not about
ascending to the Kingdom.
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469. It's about
claiming the Kingdom.
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470. And if Hiram is
the Gargoyle King,
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471. then he's responsible for
re-introducing G&G to Riverdale
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472. and the deaths of those kids.
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473. Mrs. J, what do we do?
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474. I'm still trying
to figure that out, sweetie.
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475. Are we okay here?
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476. I mean, is Archie even safe?
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477. Yeah, of course he is.
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478. - Hello?
- V?
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479. It's Betty. It's so good
to hear your voice.
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480. - Girl, where are you?
- It's a long story,
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481. - but I'm at The Sisters of Quiet Mercy.
- What?
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482. We all thought
you were at the Farm.
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483. Veronica,
there's not much time.
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484. You need to listen to me
very carefully.
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485. Your text said
you had news.
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486. Betty called.
She's at The Sisters of Quiet Mercy.
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487. What?
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488. That place is the Hellmouth of Riverdale.
We have to break her out of there.
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489. Betty said
she's working on that,
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490. but you and I have
another mission.
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491. According to B,
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492. my father's
testing Fizzle Rocks
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493. on the patients
at The Sisters of Quiet Mercy.
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494. Moreover, she saw
your Uncle Claudius with him,
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495. using Blossom Maple trucks
to deliver the drugs.
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496. Shades of
the Legion of Doom.
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497. They're planning
something big, Cheryl.
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498. My father likened it
to the apocalypse.
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499. For all we know,
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500. my father may somehow
be responsible for the seizures,
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501. but he wouldn't be
any more specific than that.
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502. So I was thinking maybe
we could ask your mom,
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503. since she's in cahoots
with him?
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504. With pleasure, Veronica.
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505. My Vixens have fallen.
My T.T. has fallen.
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506. If my gorgon-like mother has any
knowledge of how or why that's happening,
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507. we'll get it out of her.
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508. Hi, Sister. Sorry.
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509. I was wondering
if I could get some more...
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510. Don't scream, Sister.
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511. Oh, sorry.
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512. You're coming with me.
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513. It's time we pay
a little visit to your King.
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514. It's just me. Get up.
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515. I didn't want to talk in front
of Archie and the others.
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516. As it turns out,
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517. Peabody had a lot to say.
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518. The bounty on your pal Archie,
it's not just on him.
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519. It's on anyone who is with him
or is helping him.
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520. Which means there is a target
on your back now, too, Jughead.
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521. It's the same if he goes
back to Riverdale.
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522. Archie's dad,
Archie's friends,
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523. everyone is at risk,
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524. which is why
you gotta cut him loose.
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525. I'm not just going to
ditch Archie, Mom.
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526. He's my best friend.
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527. Your mom's right, Jug.
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528. You got me this far.
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529. That's more than anyone else
would've done.
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530. You can go home.
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531. What are you talking about?
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532. You can't go
out there alone.
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533. Jug, Hiram almost killed us
back at that farm.
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534. Penny tracked us here
to your mom's.
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535. I've put her in danger.
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536. I've put Jellybean in danger.
I can't keep doing that.
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537. Wherever I go next,
it's got to be alone.
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538. - Archie.
- Jug.
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539. All right.
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540. So, it's decided.
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541. Arch, we'll get you
a ride to the border.
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542. I know a guy up there
who can help.
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543. Jughead, you can stay here
as long as you want.
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544. No, I think
I need to go home.
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545. Hiram Lodge needs
to get taken down.
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546. It's only gonna happen
from the inside.
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547. You sinful girls.
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548. I will strap you to your beds and
electroshock the sin out of you.
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549. Sister, monsters don't scare me,
and neither do you.
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550. I've seen real darkness.
I've stared it right in the face.
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551. That's why
you couldn't break me.
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552. I know the scam
that you're running.
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553. I saw you with Hiram Lodge.
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554. You're testing his drugs
out on patients.
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555. Why?
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556. Mr. Lodge is
a generous donor.
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557. - Oh?
- A believer in our mission.
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558. And by "mission", you mean
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559. using the game and the
Gargoyle King to scare girls?
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560. To torture children?
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561. The children who come
through our doors are broken.
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562. It's our sacred mission
to fix them,
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563. using whatever tools
necessary.
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564. Does that mean that the sisters
created Gryphons and Gargoyles
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565. as a tool?
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566. Misbehaving children have been
brought down to this room
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567. since the asylum opened.
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568. That statue scared them
into submission.
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569. Some of them,
the more disturbed ones,
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570. created a fantasy realm,
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571. a game
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572. to cope with the fear
of the one they named...
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573. the Gargoyle King.
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574. We embraced it
as a therapeutic tool.
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575. And it worked
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576. because it embeds itself
in the minds of the players.
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577. It makes them complacent.
Focuses them.
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578. If that's true, then how did
the game get out into the world?
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579. Did you give it to Hiram?
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580. It was never meant
to leave these walls.
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581. It's too powerful.
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582. A game born of madness.
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583. A madness you helped nurture.
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584. And now people like
Ben and Dilton are dead.
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585. You're going to pay for everything
that you've done, Sister.
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586. And you're going
to tell the authorities
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587. what you've told us
about the game.
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588. And about Hiram's donations.
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589. I only answer
to one authority, Betty.
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590. Come on, Ethel.
We have her keys.
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591. We're leaving.
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592. We're taking your children
with us, Sister.
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593. They won't want to leave.
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594. We'll see about that.
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595. Help!
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596. Help!
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597. I'm in the basement!
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598. Help!
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599. Let's do this again.
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600. What does my father
have planned for Riverdale?
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601. Speak!
Or it gets the syrup again.
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602. Why do you want to know
your father's plans?
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603. He's finally going to turn this
backwater into something worthwhile.
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604. A place where
we can all pursue
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605. - our various enterprises unmolested.
- What does that mean?
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606. She's talking about
drug dealing and prostitution.
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607. Aren't you, you ghoulunatic?
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608. We need specifics.
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609. How exactly is my father
planning on turning Riverdale
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610. into Vice City?
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611. Well, he's in bed
with the mayor, isn't he?
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612. And as for
law enforcement, well,
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613. the last time I checked,
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614. Riverdale didn't have
much of a sheriff.
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615. Details. Or so help me God,
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616. I will drown you
in this cheap crap.
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617. And open the garden doors
to let the ants in.
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618. All right, I'll tell you.
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619. Wait. What do you mean,
you don't want to escape?
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620. We feel safe here.
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621. We play G&G.
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622. The sisters give us candy,
keep us warm and clean.
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623. Why would we
wanna leave?
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624. Sister Woodhouse was right.
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625. They're all brainwashed,
just like I was.
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626. Well, we can't just
leave them behind.
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627. Not to mention all those kids in the
gay conversion wing where Cheryl was.
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628. There has to be
something we can do.
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629. Wait, the game.
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630. The game is how they cope
with terror, right?
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631. So, let's convince them to escape
by turning it into a quest.
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632. The Gargoyle King
inspires fear,
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633. so let's give them hope.
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634. Let's give them the opposite of
the Gargoyle King, which is...
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635. The Gryphon Queen.
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636. All right.
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637. Now, I packed you guys
some lunches for the road.
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638. Hey, Jug, you mind getting that?
It's probably Archie's ride.
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639. Dad.
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640. I've missed you
so much, Dad.
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641. Me too, son.
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642. So you finally made it, huh?
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643. Jughead's getting his bag.
He'll be out in a minute.
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644. Hey, Jellybelly.
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645. You've just gotten so big.
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646. Can I get a hug?
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647. Can I get a dad?
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648. Hey, JB.
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649. Come on now.
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650. Let her be. I deserve that.
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651. She misses you.
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652. She'd just rather fight
than admit it.
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653. Yeah, like mother,
like daughter.
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654. Dad.
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655. I see Mom called you.
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656. Thought you might be
missing this.
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657. I heard Penny was here
causing trouble.
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658. No problem at all.
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659. I don't think we have to worry
much about Penny anymore.
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660. Come here, kid.
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661. I'm gonna miss you.
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662. Go... go warm up the bikes,
will you, Jug?
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663. Thank you, Gladys,
for the call.
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664. I'll make sure
he gets home safe.
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665. Get out of here.
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666. Kevin, cadets!
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667. This meal's on the house.
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668. But you brutes
are helping us out.
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669. We need backup
right the hell now.
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670. What's going on?
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671. On your feet, soldier boys!
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672. We're going to war.
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673. Paladins and Hellcasters,
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674. Healers and Deadeyes,
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675. your Game Master has
a new adventure for you.
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676. Your goal is to escape
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677. from the Gargoyle King's
fortress.
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678. But we can't.
If he catches us, we'll be punished.
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679. Yes. Severely.
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680. But there is hope.
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681. A Queen to lead you
into the light.
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682. Hark, there she be!
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683. Follow me,
your Gryphon Queen,
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684. away from this fortress,
and back to the kingdom of Eldervair!
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685. But what about the King?
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686. The King is dead.
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687. You're all free.
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688. We can't wake
the King's Demon Soldiers.
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689. I have the enchanted keys.
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690. Meet me at
the doors to freedom.
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691. Here you go.
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692. It's the last stop
before the border.
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693. Yeah.
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694. You know, I was thinking.
I could go with you.
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695. We could do this together.
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696. Find a cabin in the woods?
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697. Yeah. Teach you carpentry,
like my old man did me.
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698. Imagine that.
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699. Us.
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700. Living off the land,
father and son.
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701. Hunting, fishing.
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702. It would be great.
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703. Yeah, it would be.
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704. But, uh, you know
we can't do that.
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705. Right, Dad?
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706. I can't change your mind,
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707. get you to come back home?
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708. But you can
give me your blessing.
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709. I was your age
when my father passed away.
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710. - I never got to say goodbye...
- This isn't goodbye, Dad.
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711. You're damn right it's not.
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712. See you soon?
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713. Yeah, you will.
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714. Oh, one more thing.
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715. Vegas.
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716. - Mom, stop!
- You heard the woman! Halt!
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717. Veronica, what is this?
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718. Consider it a coup d'moi.
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719. We know your endgame,
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720. and you are hereby relieved
of your mayoral duties.
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721. Those plans
you and your husband had
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722. with my dollymop mother
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723. are now canceled.
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724. Now, step away from the phone
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725. before you make the biggest
mistake of your life.
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726. Veronica...
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727. you can't just walk in here
and depose me.
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728. I'm an elected official, and...
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729. besides, you're too late.
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730. The order went out
ten minutes ago.
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731. I was about
to call and tell you.
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732. It's starting.
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733. Betty, what are we going to do
with all these kids?
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734. They have nowhere to go.
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735. We'll help them, Ethel,
all of them.
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736. - Mom?
- Betty?
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737. Why are you wearing that outfit?
What's going on?
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738. - What are you doing here?
- Hell is breaking loose.
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739. I came to get you
out of the Sisters'.
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740. Well, you're just in time,
but it's not just gonna be me.
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741. And just like that,
in a few frantic moments,
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742. the town we'd known
all our lives
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743. was once again changed,
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744. but this time, irrevocably.
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745. It was time for us to brace
for a terrible impact.
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746. And while Archie Andrews headed away
from the doomed town of Riverdale,
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747. we raced towards it.
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748. For that night was
the fruition of a game
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749. that had been
planned for and played
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750. across the years.
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751. The hell is this?
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752. Town's under quarantine.
Governor's orders.
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753. No one in or out.
Turn around and go.
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754. No. No, we live here.
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755. Not anymore. Turn around, now!
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756. Well, Hiram,
you got what you wanted.
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757. The town's quarantined.
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758. I'll do what I can to keep
the outside world at bay.
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759. Riverdale thanks you,
Governor Dooley.
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760. You did the right thing.
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761. I pray that's true.
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762. And may God have mercy
on our souls.
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763. Not God, Governor...
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764. the King.
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765. Greg, move your head.
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