Riverdale (2016–…): Season 1, Episode 7 - Chapter Seven: In a Lonely Place - full transcript

New rumors swirl when a major piece of evidence is mysteriously destroyed; Cheryl approaches Betty with an unexpected proposal.

ARCHIE: Previously on Riverdale...

JUGHEAD: This story is about a town,
once wholesome and innocent,

now forever changed by the
mysterious murder of Jason Blossom

on the 4th of July.

Your father hired the Southside Serpents

to decrease the value
of the drive-in's land.

- Where is the rest of it?
- The rest of it?

[GASPING]

- Where are you gonna live now?
- I'll figure it out, Dad.

I always do.

VERONICA: I saw you,
Mom. With Fred Andrews.



Two signatures are needed
to award the contract.

Sorry, Mom, but no.

I don't want any part of it.

What's going on?

That SoDale contract? Awarded
to Andrew's Construction.

Looks like you won.

[GASPS] You're... With Jason's...

You just have to help
me get out of here.

I'll go to the car on the
lost highway off of Route 40.

JUGHEAD: Is that Jason's jacket?

We need to get Sheriff Keller
and then we need to get Polly.

JUGHEAD: What makes a
place feel like home?

[CHEERFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

Is it warmth and familiarity?



Some idealized, make-believe
version of the American Dream?

Is it love and acceptance?

Or is it simple safety?

[LAUGHS]

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

Dude.

Why'd you stab me in the back?

[ALARM RINGING]

JUGHEAD: Or it's none of those things.

And it's a place where the captain
of the football team is murdered.

Or maybe it's just a forgotten
closet under a well-trod staircase,

where it's just you and
the mice and the spiders,

like an extra in a Wes Craven movie.

[GASPS]

- Oh! [LAUGHS]
- Whoa.

What are you doing here?

Taking advantage of the school's
state-of-the-art facilities.

No, really, Jughead. What
are you doing in here?

How long?

Well, since they shut
down the drive-in.

That's where I was living before.

Why the hell are you not living at home?

The truth is, things
aren't good at home.

- With your dad?
- Yeah.

He kind of fell off the wagon.

After your dad fired him,
to tell you the truth.

Hasn't had a job since.

He keeps promising that he's
gonna get his act together,

but my mom couldn't take
that rollercoaster anymore,

so she grabbed Jellybean and went
to live with our grandparents.

- [SCHOOL BELL RINGS]
- Come on.

God, Jug, why didn't you tell me?

And where does your dad think you are?

He thinks I'm couch-surfing.

Well, screw that. Live with me.

This is temporary, man.

I'm going to figure something out.

Just don't tell anybody.
Especially not Betty.

Betty? [SCOFFS] She's not gonna care.

If anyone's gonna be a snob
about it, maybe Veronica.

Right, well, exactly.
Don't tell her, either.

[DOOR OPENS]

What's all this?

Some retail therapy to
salve my emotional wounds,

Smithers, be a love and
put those in my room.

Veronica, the nest egg
that your father left us

barely covers the
rent of this apartment.

We can't live beyond our means.

Are you sure, Mother?

Not even with your cushy new job

working for your high-school boyfriend?

My mom and dad don't want
to get the police involved.

They don't want anyone
to know that she ran away,

or about her shameful condition.

Please. What decade is this?

Also, since she knew where
Jason's getaway car was,

they're afraid people might think that
she burned it and that if she did...

She could be the murderer,
trying to cover her tracks.

Who did burn the car, then?

Sheriff Keller says it's
possible someone was following us.

Oh, my God. Honestly,
guys, we should just move.

Guys, what if Polly's really hurt?

What if whoever killed Jason
is coming after her next?

[BETTY SIGHS]

Betty, even though your
parents don't want to,

maybe you should go to the police.

Second it. We can
talk to my dad together

about how he has to be discreet.

No offense, Kev, but your dad answers

to a higher authority
than God, the Blossoms.

They're the first people
that he would tell.

And if there's anyone to
keep this a secret from,

it's the Blossoms.

They'd twist it around and
go after Polly out of spite.

- [TYPING]
- VERONICA: How can we help?

Tell us, B, and we'll do it.

[SIGHS]

Hey, Juggy.

Remember before how you said you didn't

want Betty knowing
where you were living?

Is that because you and Betty...

We may have had a moment...

It's totally cool, I get it.

No worries, I'm just curious.

Hey, I've been thinking about your
situation, and I talked to my dad.

He said he's willing to give
your dad a second chance,

but only if FP wants it.

He's gonna call him.

But I think you should talk to him, too.

Between the two of us, I think we
can really make this thing happen.

Did I just notice Riverdale
High's very own Holden Caulfield

put his arm around you?

Okay, so these past couple of days,

I haven't been in a
great place, emotionally.

And Jughead was really there for me...

Oh, my God. Swoon!

Okay, in that case, if he helped my girl

navigate some turbulent waters,

well then, Veronica Lodge approves.

- [CHUCKLES]
- Thatta girl.

Come on, let's go find your sister.

Mrs. Blossom, we've got forensics

going over every inch of that car.

We're this close to a
break in your son's case.

Speaking of breaks, what's a
big one worth to you, Mother?

Letting me be a River Vixen again?

What on earth are you
talking about, Cheryl?

I have information you... Both of you,

would find interesting
vis-a-vis my brother's case.

But first, the Vixens are mine.

And I want your
permission to reclaim them.

- Good Lord, fine.
- [SPEAKING FRENCH]

So, Ginger texted me while
I was in the ladies' room.

It seems that crazy bitch, Polly Cooper,

escaped from some looney bin, the
same night Jason's car was torched.

So let me do the math for you.

Polly escaping plus Polly torching
Jason's car equals she's Jason's killer.

Covering her tracks,
trying to go underground,

like the vicious, cold-hearted
murdering mean girl that she is.

Oh, and I just tweeted this
out to all of my minions,

so the pressure's on, Sheriff Keller.

- KEVIN: You guys, oh, my God.
- What?

Cheryl just tweeted
#PollyCooperKilledMyBrother,

#NowhereToHide, #SharpenYourPitchforks.

Oh, no.

We need to find Polly
before the Blossoms do.

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