Archie's Weird Mysteries (1999–2000): Season 1, Episode 6 - The Haunting of Riverdale - full transcript

Announcer: SOMETHING EVIL
THIS WAY COMES,

SOMETHING SO TERRIFYING,

EVEN JUGHEAD CAN'T BEAR
TO FACE IT!

CAN ARCHIE STOP
THE GHOSTLY MENACE?

♪ WHAT'S THAT SOUND?

♪ ARCHIE'S
♪ WEIRD

♪ MYSTERIES

♪ WHAT IS GOING ON
IN THIS TOWN? ♪

♪ ARCHIE'S
♪ WEIRD

♪ MYSTERIES

♪ WHO IS GONNA
CRACK THE CASE? ♪



♪ ARCHIE'S
♪ WEIRD

♪ MYSTERIES

♪ THAT REDHEAD
WITH THE FRECKLED FACE ♪

♪ ARCHIE'S
♪ WEIRD

♪ MYSTERIES

♪ THINGS ARE GETTIN' WEIRD
IN RIVERDALE ♪

♪ HEY, WHAT'S THAT SOUND?

♪ ARCHIE'S
♪ WEIRD

♪ MYSTERIES

♪ WHAT IS GOING ON
IN THIS TOWN? ♪

♪ ARCHIE'S
♪ WEIRD

♪ MYSTERIES

♪ ARCHIE, REGGIE

♪ VERONICA, BETTY



♪ JUGHEAD, TOO

♪ WEIRD

♪ ARCHIE'S
WEIRD MYSTERIES ♪

♪♪

[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]

OK. THE COAST
IS CLEAR.

ARE YOU SURE?

YEP. NO REGGIE
IN SIGHT.

JUGHEAD?YEAH?

I'VE LOCKED MYSELF
IN THE LOCKER.

NO KIDDING.

[GRUNTS]

YEP. IT'S LOCKED.

I KNOW THAT! HURRY UP
AND DIAL THE COMBINATION!

THERE! THAT
SHOULD DO IT!

Reggie: ALLOW ME!

THANKS, JUGHEAD.
NOW, IF I CAN
AVOID REGGIE

FOR THE REST
OF THE DAY, I'M...

SCOTT FREE.

HEY!

UH, HI THERE, REGGIE!
HEH HEH. WHAT'S NEW?

A LITTLE
CONSTRUCTIVE
CRITICISM, ARCH.

THIS WEEK'S
ARCHIE'S WEIRD
MYSTERIESCOLUMN

HAS TO BE
THE LAMEST ONE YET.

"ALWAYS PICKING
THE SLOWEST

"GROCERY STORE
CHECK OUT LINE:

"JUST PLAIN BAD LUCK
OR GOVERNMENT
TIME EXPERIMENT?"

THAT'S A PRETTY WEIRD
MYSTERY, IF YOU ASK ME.

NO MATTER HOW
FAST IT MOVES,

THE MOMENT YOU
GET IN LINE,
IT SLOWS TO A CRAWL.

SOME EERIE FORCE
LITERALLY SLOWS TIME DOWN!

IT WAS BAD ENOUGH
WHEN YOU WERE

WRITING ABOUT
WEREWOLVES

AND ALIENS
AND EVIL ROBOTS,

BUT THIS IS
JUST PATHETIC!

IT'S A GOOD
THING REGGIE'S
YOUR FRIEND.

OTHERWISE,
HE MIGHT NOT
GIVE YOU

SUCH
CONSTRUCTIVE
CRITICISM.

AW, REGGIE'S RIGHT.
THE COLUMN IS BORING!
BUT IT'S NOT MY FAULT.

IT'S BEEN REALLY NORMAL
IN RIVERDALE FOR MONTHS!

WHAT CAN I DO?

SWITCH TO
A RECIPE COLUMN?

MAYBE, JUGHEAD.
'CAUSE IF SOMETHING

WEIRD AND MYSTERIOUS
DOESN'T HAPPEN SOON,

NEXT WEEK'S COLUMN
IS GOING TO BE
EVEN MORE BORING!

ANOTHER DAY,
ANOTHER DOLLAR.

[YAWNS]

IT'S RIGHT TO BED
FOR ME TONIGHT.

[SWOOSH]

HELLO?

ANYONE THERE?

HMM. MUST HAVE BEEN
MY IMAGINATION.

THIS BETTER NOT
BE SOMEONE

PULLING A PRANK
ON GOOD OL' POP TATE!

[SWOOSH]

KEEP AWAY!
KEEP AWAY!

Archie: THE DEADLINE
FOR THE NEXT COLUMN
IS FRIDAY.

AND I CAN'T EVEN FIND
A MILDLY ODD MYSTERY,
MUCH LESS A WEIRD ONE!

THERE, THERE,
REGGIE.

YOU CAN REST IN THE
NURSE'S OFFICE

UNTIL YOUR PARENTS
COME TO PICK YOU UP.

MR. WEATHERBY!
WHAT'S WRONG
WITH REGGIE?

POOR REGGIE'S IN
A STATE OF SHOCK,
ARCHIE.

THE SCHOOL NURSE
SAYS THAT

AFTER A COUPLE
OF DAYS OF REST,

REGGIE SHOULD
BE BACK TO
HIS NORMAL SELF.

REGGIE! IT'S ME,
YOUR FRIEND ARCHIE!
SPEAK TO ME!

SHH. WE HAVE
TO BE QUIET.

ALL THOSE YEARS
WE MADE FUN OF HER
BEHIND HER BACK.

NOW SHE'S COME
BACK FOR REVENGE.

WHO?

QUIET VIOLET.
SHE'S COMING.

YOU'D BETTER
WATCH OUT.

KEEP THIS SAFE
FOR ME.

UH, GOOD
THINKING, REGGIE.

WOULDN'T WANT YOUR
OVERDUE LIBRARY
BOOK NOTICE

TO GET IN
THE WRONG HANDS.

HE MUST HAVE
EXPERIENCED
SOME SORT OF

HORRENDOUS SCARE
LAST NIGHT.

I JUST FOUND HIM
WANDERING THROUGH THE GYM.

Archie: WEIRD.THE RADIO NEWS

SAYS THERE'S BEEN
11 OTHER CASES

LIKE THIS IN RIVERDALE
SINCE LAST NIGHT.

A REAL MYSTERY!

A REALLY
WEIRD MYSTERY!

DON'T WORRY, REGGIE,
I'LL GET TO
THE BOTTOM OF THIS!

WHAT A STRANGE
YOUNG MAN!

QUIET VIOLET WILL
GET HIM, TOO, IF HE
DOESN'T WATCH OUT!

[PANTING]
COME ON, JUGHEAD.
THE GAME IS AFOOT!

A FOOT, HUH? DOESN'T
SEEM LIKE MUCH OF
A GAME, DOES IT?

MAYBE IT'S A HOPPING
GAME. THAT WOULD
MAKE SENSE.

NO, ARCHIE, I JUST
DON'T SEE

THIS FOOT GAME OF
YOURS CATCHING ON.

THAT'S NOT
WHAT I MEAN!

THERE'S A WEIRD
MYSTERY TO SOLVE!

WELL, I DON'T THINK
YOU'LL SOLVE IT BY
HOPPING ON ONE FOOT.

[SIGHS] I'LL
START AGAIN.

[CLEARS THROAT] JUGHEAD,
THERE'S A WEIRD MYSTERY
TO SOLVE. LET'S GO!

WELL, WHY DIDN'T
YOU SAY THAT

IN THE FIRST PLACE?
LET'S GO!

Archie: AND THERE
HAVE BEEN 11 CASES

SINCE LAST NIGHT.

REGGIE JUST STARES
OFF INTO SPACE,
SPOUTING NONSENSE!

ARE YOU SURE THIS
IS A WEIRD MYSTERY?

SOUNDS LIKE PRETTY
NORMAL REGGIE MANTLE
BEHAVIOR TO ME.

THIS IS SERIOUS,
JUGHEAD. I NEED
YOUR HELP!

I'M JUST PULLING
YOUR LEG.

YOU KNOW YOU CAN
COUNT ON ME.

REGGIE'S MY
FRIEND, TOO.

GOOD! I FIGURE
WE CAN COVER

MORE GROUND
IF WE SPLIT UP.

I'M GOING TO
INTERVIEW THOSE
OTHER 11 CASES.

AND WHAT DO I DO?

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT
IS CAUSING THIS.

GO TO THE LIBRARY
AND SEE IF
YOU CAN DIG UP

ANYTHING SIMILAR
IN THE RIVERDALE
HISTORY ARCHIVES.

[GULPS] L-LIBRARY?
UH, UM...

I JUST REMEMBERED.
I HAVE TO HELP MY MOM
WITH SOME CHORES!

BYE! SEE YOU
TOMORROW!

BUT JUGHEAD!OH, AND BEST
OF LUCK

ON THE WEIRD MYSTERY!

THANKS A LOT.

WHAT'S WITH HIM?
WELL, I GUESS

THE LIBRARY
IS MY FIRST STOP.

HELLO, MS. HERRERA,
IS MY USUAL TABLE
AVAILABLE?

MORE WEIRD MYSTERY
RESEARCH, ARCHIE?

YEP.

NO.

HUH. YEP! NO.

[SIGHS] THANKS.

[YAWNS]

DID ANY OF
THOSE BOOKS HELP?

NOPE. NOTHING THAT MATCHES
WHAT I'M INVESTIGATING.

WHATEVER THE ANSWER IS
TO THIS WEIRD MYSTERY,

IT ISN'T HERE
AT THE LIBRARY.

WHY SO GLUM, ARCHIE?

SOMETHING IS SCARING
RIVERDALE CITIZENS

INTO A STATE
OF SHOCK.

I HAVE NO LEADS.
WHAT KIND OF

WEIRD MYSTERY
INVESTIGATOR AM I?

WHEN THEY FOUND
POP TATE, HE
DIDN'T SAY A WORD.

HE JUST STARED
OFF INTO SPACE,

CLUTCHING AN OVERDUE
LIBRARY BOOK NOTICE

AND MUTTERING,
"QUIET VIOLET"
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

THERE'S THAT
NAME AGAIN.
QUIET VIOLET.

MAYBE WHEN ALL THE
VICTIMS GET BETTER,

THEY'LL BE ABLE
TO TELL US
WHAT IT MEANS.

WAIT A MINUTE!

DID YOU SAY POP TATE
WAS HOLDING

AN OVERDUE LIBRARY
BOOK NOTICE?

YES.

REGGIE'S OVERDUE
BOOK NOTICE!
THAT'S IT!

THERE HAS TO BE
A CONNECTION

BETWEEN
THE LIBRARY AND
WHAT IS HAPPENING.

[KISSES]
THANKS, BETTY,
YOU'RE WONDERFUL!

IT TOOK REGGIE'S OVERDUE
LIBRARY BOOK NOTICE

FOR YOU TO NOTICE
THAT I'M WONDERFUL?!

HELLO, ARCHIE. WHAT
CAN I DO FOR YOU?

THIS MAY SEEM LIKE
A STRANGE QUESTION,

BUT HAS ANYTHING
OUT OF THE ORDINARY

HAPPENED HERE
LATELY?

[QUIETLY] NOT OUT
HERE, WHERE EVERYONE
CAN HEAR US.

I DON'T WANT
TO ALARM
THE LIBRARY PATRONS.

BUT I'VE NOTICED
A LOT OF
UNUSUAL OCCURRENCES

SINCE I TOOK OVER
AS HEAD LIBRARIAN.

LIKE WHAT?SOMETIMES I GET
THE FEELING

THAT THERE'S SOME
STRANGE PRESENCE
BEHIND ME.

BUT WHEN I TURN
AROUND, NO ONE
IS THERE.

HMM.THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN

SUDDEN DROPS IN
TEMPERATURE,

AND A COLD BREEZE
THROUGH THE LIBRARY

WHEN THERE ISN'T
AN OPEN WINDOW!

AND--AND EVEN
STRANGER THINGS...

THE BOOKS
SHELVE THEMSELVES!

PATRONS WILL ASK FOR
A BOOK, AND IT WILL
APPEAR ON THE DESK!

EVEN A BUNCH
OF OVERDUE
BOOK NOTICES

DISAPPEARED
YESTERDAY.

I BET THERE WERE 12 OF
THOSE NOTICES, RIGHT?

YES! THERE WERE!
HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

SOMETHING SCARED REGGIE,
POP TATE AND 10 OTHER
RIVERDALE CITIZENS

INTO ADVANCED STAGES
OF SHOCK LAST NIGHT.

THE ONLY THING
THAT ALL 12 VICTIMS
HAD IN COMMON:

THEY EACH HAD
OVERDUE LIBRARY BOOKS!

IT'S ALMOST AS IF
SOMETHING IS TRYING
TO HELP OUT THE LIBRARY,

BUT DOESN'T REALIZE
HOW SPOOKY ALL THIS SEEMS.

INTERESTING.
THIS SOUNDS LIKE

A CLASSIC
POLTERGEIST
MANIFESTATION.

MIND IF I
LOOK AROUND?

IF IT WILL HELP
GET RID OF
THIS PROBLEM

BEFORE IT SCARES
PEOPLE AWAY,

YOU CAN INVESTIGATE
ALL YOU WANT.

IT'S BEEN HOURS.

I GUESS THE WATCHED
POT NEVER BOILS!

AND THE LOOKED-FOR
POLTERGEIST NEVER SHOWS UP.

ON THE OTHER HAND,
YOU ALWAYS FIND
YOUR CAR KEYS

IN THE LAST PLACE
YOU LOOK.

I GUESS THAT ALSO
APPLIES TO POLTERGEISTS!

M-MAYBE I REALLY DIDN'T
THINK THIS THROUGH.

[WHOOSH]

[GULPS]

WHAT DO I DO NOW?

UH, EXCUSE ME!
PARDON ME!

[LOUDER] I SAID,
EXCUSE ME!

QUIET!

[GASPS] I THINK
I JUST OVERPLAYED
MY HAND.

WHOA!

[WHOOSH]

WHAT'S THAT?HEY!

AAH!!

WHOA!
OOF! WAAH!

UH, DID ANYONE SEE
WHERE THAT GHOST WENT?

OOPS! NEVER MIND!

QUIET! NO SHOUTING
IN THE LIBRARY!

I'M NOT GOING
TO WARN YOU AGAIN!

SORRY! I DIDN'T REALIZE
FOLKS ON THE OTHER SIDE

WERE SO PICKY ABOUT
LIBRARY ETIQUETTE.
WHOA! OOF!

TROUBLEMAKER!
I WARNED YOU!

[WHOOSHING]

AAH!

OW!...OW!
OOH!...AAGH!

I'VE HEARD OF THROWING
THE BOOK AT SOMEONE,

BUT THIS IS
GOING TOO FAR!

WHO-O-A!

THIS IS NOT GOING TO
END WELL, I CAN FEEL IT.

WHO-O-A!

LEAVE ME ALONE!
GO ENRICH SOMEONE'S
MIND OR SOMETHING.

OOF!...
OOH!

OW! OOCH!
OW! AAGH!

THAT SMARTS!

I HOPE YOU'VE
LEARNED YOUR LESSON!

BEHAVE YOURSELF
IN THE LIBRARY!

YES, MA'AM. I MAKE IT
A POLICY NEVER TO ARGUE
WITH ANGRY ECTOPLASM.

VERY WELL.
PUT THESE BOOKS
ON THE CART

WHEN YOU'RE
THROUGH WITH THEM.

"IN MEMORIAM,
VIOLET STANHOPE."

OF COURSE! THE OLD
HEAD LIBRARIAN. HMM.

Patrons: AAH! HOW SCARY!

I GUESS IT'S TOO
LATE TO KEEP THIS

FROM SCARING PEOPLE
AWAY FROM
THE LIBRARY.

WAIT A MINUTE!
VIOLET STANHOPE.
QUIET VIOLET!

THERE MUST BE
SOMETHING

IN ALL THESE LIBRARY
BOOKS ON HAUNTINGS

FOR GETTING RID
OF GHOSTS.

I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE
THAT MISS STANHOPE'S GHOST

REALLY MEANS TO SCARE
ALL THESE PEOPLE!

WHAT'S UP?

ARCHIE TRACED ALL THOSE
MYSTERIOUS INCIDENTS

BACK TO THE LIBRARY.

HUH?
THE OLD HEAD
LIBRARIAN'S GHOST

IS HAUNTING RIVERDALE,
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND

A WAY TO STOP HER
BEFORE SHE SCARES
ANYONE ELSE.

LEAVE THIS ONE
ALONE, ARCHIE!

DON'T GO UP AGAINST
QUIET VIOLET!

CALM DOWN, JUGHEAD.
WHAT'S GOTTEN
INTO YOU?

JUST PROMISE ME
YOU WON'T

GO BACK TO
THAT--THAT--
THAT LIBRARY!

WHAT DO YOU HAVE AGAINST
THE LIBRARY, JUGHEAD?

I NEVER TOLD ANYONE
THIS STORY BEFORE.

I WAS ONLY
6 YEARS OLD.

IT WAS MY FIRST AND LAST
VISIT TO THE LIBRARY.

IT WAS FUN AT FIRST.
THERE WERE SO MANY
EXCITING THINGS TO SEE.

THEN SHE CAME BY AND
STARTED TO RUIN IT.

[CACKLES]
THAT'S NOT A TOY,
LITTLE BOY.

THERE WAS THIS REALLY
INTERESTING BOOK,

BUT QUIET VIOLET
WOULDN'T LET ME
ENJOY IT.

THAT BOOK ISN'T
FOR LITTLE BOYS!

GO TO THE CHILDREN'S
SECTION WHERE YOU BELONG.

EVEN THAT COULDN'T
SPOIL IT FOR ME.

LATER, THERE WAS
AN EVEN BETTER BOOK
IN THE CHILDREN'S SECTION.

THIS BOOK WAS SO FUNNY,
I COULDN'T STOP MYSELF
FROM LAUGHING.

[LAUGHS]BUT QUIET VIOLET

COULDN'T LET ME
ENJOY THE BOOK.

QUIET! NO LAUGHING
IN THE LIBRARY!

I FELT ABOUT AS LOW
AS A LITTLE BOY COULD.

I DECIDED TO LEAVE
THE LIBRARY BEFORE
I STARTED CRYING.

BUT SHE WASN'T
DONE WITH ME YET.

WAIT! COME BACK
HERE, LITTLE BOY.

STOP!

OHH. AND I NEVER WENT
BACK TO THE LIBRARY
AFTER THAT.

VIOLET STANHOPE WASN'T
A BIT LIKE THAT, JUGHEAD!

SHE MAY HAVE LOOKED
A LITTLE FRIGHTENING

BUT SHE CARED
ABOUT CHILDREN.

SHE HELPED ME GET MY
FIRST LIBRARY CARD.

ALL I KNOW, IS THAT
IF SHE WAS

THAT FRIGHTENING
IN LIFE,

SHE MUST BE TWICE
AS HORRIBLE AS A GHOST.

I CAN'T EVEN
UNDERSTAND
WHY SHE WOULD

HAUNT THE LIBRARY
IN THE FIRST PLACE.

HERE'S SOMETHING!
IT SAYS HERE THAT

MANY GHOSTS HAUNT
A PLACE

BECAUSE THEY HAVE UNFINISHED
BUSINESS LEFT OVER
FROM THEIR LIVES.

SO, IF WE FIGURE OUT
WHAT MISS STANHOPE'S
UNFINISHED BUSINESS IS,

WE CAN HELP HER FINISH
IT AND SHE'LL STOP
HAUNTING THE LIBRARY.

I DIDN'T REALIZE...
UH, SPEAKING OF
UNFINISHED BUSINESS,

I'VE GOT TO GO.
THERE'S SOMETHING

I HAVE TO
TAKE CARE OF.

BYE!

I DON'T UNDERSTAND
THAT BOY.

I GUESS JUGHEAD
WON'T BE ANY HELP
WITH THIS.

YOU COULDN'T GET HIM
WITHIN MILES
OF THE LIBRARY!

WHEW! I'M GLAD
THAT'S OVER!

THAT SHOULD TAKE CARE
OF THAT ROTTEN OLD GHOST'S
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

[GASPS]
WAAH!

WHAT DO YOU WANT?
I'VE RETURNED
THE BOOK.

NOW YOU CAN
STOP HAUNTING
THE LIBRARY.

AAH!
KEEP AWAY!

HELLO, ARCHIE.
HELLO, BETTY.

WHERE IS EVERYONE?

I'VE NEVER SEEN
THE LIBRARY SO EMPTY!

HAVEN'T YOU HEARD?
THE LIBRARY
IS HAUNTED.

PEOPLE AREN'T COMING
TO THE LIBRARY BECAUSE
THEY'RE FRIGHTENED?

A LIBRARY WITHOUT
PEOPLE REALLY
IS LIKE...LIKE...

WELL, LIKE
A BOOKSHELF
WITHOUT BOOKS.

I CAN'T BELIEVE
THAT VIOLET MEANS TO
SCARE PEOPLE AWAY!

THIS LIBRARY
WAS HER LIFE!

WE THINK WE MIGHT
HAVE A CHANCE OF
ENDING THIS HAUNTING.

BUT WE NEED TO
FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT MISS STANHOPE.

IS THERE ANYONE STILL
AROUND WHO KNEW HER WELL?

VIOLET DID WRITE
AND SELF-PUBLISH

THIS MEMOIR
OF HER YEARS

AS A LIBRARIAN HERE.
WILL THAT HELP?

THIS MIGHT JUST
BE WHAT WE NEED!

AMAZING!
WHO KNEW?

INCREDIBLE! THIS HAS
TO BE QUIET VIOLET'S
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

BUT HOW ARE WE GOING
TO GET JUGHEAD BACK
INTO THE LIBRARY?

Archie: YOU CAN'T JUST
STAY THERE ALL DAY.

Jughead: I'M NOT
COMING OUT.

BUT WE NEED YOU TO
COME WITH US TO
THE LIBRARY TONIGHT.

THAT CRAZY GHOST CHASED
ME HALF THE NIGHT!

THERE'S ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING THAT CAN

CONVINCE ME TO GO NEAR
THAT LIBRARY AGAIN!

WE'LL BUY YOU LUNCH
AT POP TATE'S
FOR A MONTH!

SO, WHAT TIME DO YOU
NEED ME AT THE LIBRARY?

ARE YOU SURE
THIS IS GOING
TO WORK?

IT'S THE BEST CHANCE
WE HAVE OF DE-HAUNTING
THE LIBRARY.

WHY DON'T WE JUST
BRICK UP THE LIBRARY

AND NEVER GO
INSIDE AGAIN?

NOT AN OPTION,
JUGHEAD!

LET'S GO IN.

[GASPS]
BUT I FORGOT TO
PAY THE METER!

YOU DON'T OWN
A CAR, JUGHEAD!

SO WHAT DO
WE DO NOW?

WAIT.
IF I HAD THIS

FIGURED OUT RIGHT,
IT SHOULDN'T BE LONG.

AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE
THIS FIGURED OUT RIGHT?

WE'RE GHOST TOAST!
LOOK!

[WHOOSHING]

[ALL GASP]

LIBRARY HOURS
ARE OVER!

GO HOME,
TRESPASSERS!

VANDALS,
GO HOME!

MISS STANHOPE, WE'RE NOT
TRESPASSERS, OR VANDALS!

WE'VE COME TO HELP YOU.
THIS IS THE LITTLE BOY

YOU'VE BEEN WANTING
TO SEE FOR SO LONG.

THE LITTLE BOY?

ARCHIE! YOU FINKED
ME OUT TO A GHOST!

IT'S NOT WHAT
YOU THINK!

MY! LOOK AT HIM.
ALL GROWN UP.

HUH?

THAT'S OPEN
TO DEBATE.

IT'S A TRICK. SHE'S
JUST ACTING NICE

SO SHE CAN GET
A CHANCE TO GRAB ME.

YOU POOR DEAR.
I DON'T KNOW WHY

YOU FOUND ME
SO FRIGHTENING.

WELL, YOU WERE MEAN.
YOU WOULDN'T LET ME
PLAY WITH THE GLOBE.

I WASN'T BEING MEAN.

THE GLOBE ALMOST
FELL OVER ON YOU.

I WAS ONLY WARNING
YOU TO BE CAREFUL.

WELL, WHAT ABOUT
THAT BOOK YOU
SNATCHED FROM ME?

THAT BOOK WAS WAITING
TO BE REPAIRED.

ALL THE PAGES WERE
COMING LOOSE.

THAT'S WHY I TOOK
IT FROM YOU

AND GAVE YOU THAT OTHER BOOK
FROM THE CHILDREN'S SECTION.

YOU GAVE ME
THAT BOOK?

I DON'T
REMEMBER THAT!

WELL, YOU SEEMED
AWFULLY SCARED OF ME.

MAYBE YOU
BLOCKED IT OUT.

BUT YOU DID MAKE
ME STOP LAUGHING.

THAT WAS
REALLY MEAN.

DO YOU REMEMBER
HOW LOUD YOU WERE?

YOU WERE MAKING
QUITE A RUCKUS.

[GIGGLES BUILDING
TO GUFFAWING]

A LITTLE HAPPY NOISE
IN THE LIBRARY IS OK,

BUT YOU WERE REALLY
LAUGHING UP A STORM THERE.

AND THERE WERE PEOPLE
IN THE LIBRARY

WHO WERE STUDYING
AND NEEDED QUIET.

I GUESS YOU'RE
RIGHT ABOUT THAT.

BUT I SHOULD HAVE REALIZED
HOW INTIMIDATED YOU WERE.

I FELT HORRIBLE WHEN I
SAW THAT LOOK ON YOUR FACE.

WELL, I STILL DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY YOU

CHASED ME WHEN
I LEFT THE LIBRARY.

THAT WAS SCARY!

YOU WERE LEAVING WITH
THAT LIBRARY BOOK.

I NEEDED TO GIVE YOU
A LIBRARY CARD SO YOU
COULD CHECK IT OUT.

BUT YOU WERE OUT
THE DOOR TOO FAST.

I NEVER STOPPED WAITING
FOR YOUR NEXT VISIT
TO THE LIBRARY.

I WANTED SO MUCH TO
SHOW YOU HOW ENJOYABLE
OUR LIBRARY WAS.

BUT YOU NEVER
CAME BACK.

I THOUGHT YOU
WANTED TO GET ME.

I GUESS I WAS
WRONG ABOUT YOU.

BUT YOU LOOKED
SO MEAN!

PEOPLE, LIKE BOOKS,
SHOULD NEVER BE
JUDGED BY THEIR COVERS.

I NEVER MEANT TO
FRIGHTEN ANYONE.

BUT YOU HAVE BEEN
FRIGHTENING PEOPLE.

YOU REALLY SCARED
THOSE PEOPLE
WHEN YOU TRIED

TO GIVE THEM THEIR
OVERDUE NOTICES.

AND NOW NO ONE COMES
TO THE LIBRARY
ANYMORE

BECAUSE
IT'S HAUNTED.

THAT'S TERRIBLE! I WAS
ONLY TRYING TO HELP.

I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT
I WAS SCARING PEOPLE.

TIME TO LEAVE
THE LIBRARY

AND MOVE ON,
MISS STANHOPE.

MS. HERRERA
WILL TAKE CARE

OF THE LIBRARY
FOR YOU NOW.

YOU'RE RIGHT,
OF COURSE.

I LEAVE UNDER
ONE CONDITION.

THAT THIS YOUNG MAN
PROMISES TO FINALLY

GET HIS LIBRARY CARD AND
VISIT THE LIBRARY OFTEN.

I PROMISE!

GOODBYE, THEN.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME,
YOUNG MAN?

JUGHEAD.
JUGHEAD JONES.

ENJOY READING
THESE BOOKS,
JUGHEAD JONES!

IS IT POSSIBLE
TO MISS SOMEONE

YOU NEVER GOT
A CHANCE TO KNOW?

YOU CAN KNOW HER
FROM HER BOOK.

SO EVERYTHING IS
AS IT SHOULD BE...

NO LONGER HAUNTS
THE LIBRARY.

BUT HER GOOD INFLUENCE
ON RIVERDALE WILL NEVER GO AWAY.

AND JUGHEAD HAS
REDISCOVERED THE LIBRARY
AFTER YEARS OF AVOIDING IT.

COOKBOOKS, ADVENTURE STORIES,
LOCAL HISTORY.

HE'S READING
ALL TYPES OF BOOKS.

BUT HIS PERSONAL FAVORITE
IS A BOOK BY A LIBRARIAN
NAMED VIOLET STANHOPE.

IT'S PRETTY GOOD.
YOU OUGHT TO CHECK IT OUT

THE NEXT TIME YOU VISIT
THE LIBRARY...

IN A LITTLE TOWN
CALLED RIVERDALE.