Riverdale (2016–…): Season 2, Episode 18 - Chapter Thirty-One: A Night to Remember - full transcript

Previously on Riverdale...

- New wheels, Mr. Lodge?
- The car is yours, Archie.

This is what guys like Chuck
think about women. We're objects.

Cheryl was obsessed with you

to the point where I was
afraid she might hurt you.

Cheryl threatened me!

Did you know about
Southside High closing?

You acted like you didn't know.

I can't trust you, V.

Chic, I think that you
should leave this house.

I hear I'm back just in time
for Carrie, The Musical?



And this school's gonna burn...

Jughead, thank you for
meeting me before school.

Look, Kev, I know what you're gonna ask.

I'm making a behind-the-scenes documentary

following our production
of Carrie, The Musical.

We're going period, '70s glamour,

just like the Sissy Spacek movie

and I want you to be our videographer.

I'm in.

♪ Every day I just pray ♪

♪ Every move I make is right ♪

♪ Where I go who I know ♪

♪ Will I be alone
on Saturday night? ♪

♪ I don't worry if I blow my SATs ♪



♪ I worry what can I possibly do ♪

♪ To squeeze in? Pow! Why not now? ♪

♪ When will I belong? ♪

♪ Look where I am, damn! ♪

♪ My whole life feels wrong! ♪

♪ What if I do snap? ♪

♪ Holy crap! I'd
crawl out of my skin! ♪

♪ And so would you ♪

♪ Cause life just doesn't
begin Until you're in ♪

Look, I was thinking,
maybe Andrews Construction

could help build the sets
for the school musical?

You know, I got the lumber, I got
the tools, I'm in between gigs.

- You'd wanna do that?
- Absolutely.

Son, I'm thrilled you're
getting back into music,

even if it's not rock 'n' roll.

And it's been a while since
we've spent some time together.

- That would be awesome, Dad.
- Great, I'll give you a ride to school.

Uh, I'm good, I'm just gonna
take my bike. But thanks.

♪ God, it's rough stayin' tough ♪

♪ Wonderin' what
the world will say ♪

♪ Make a plan! Be a man! ♪

♪ All this frickin' crap
just gets in the way! ♪

♪ I go crazy ♪

♪ Nobody cares what it does to me ♪

♪ And it's crazy! ♪

♪ I would go out of my mind ♪

- ♪ Am I? Am I? Am I? Am I? ♪
- ♪ To be in It! In is it! ♪

♪ What comes close to that? ♪

♪ Until you've been in ♪

♪ You ain't where it's at ♪

♪ 'Cause when you're
out Well, life is hell ♪

♪ You can never win ♪

♪ There's no doubt That
life just doesn't begin ♪

♪ Doesn't begin Doesn't begin ♪

♪ Doesn't begin Doesn't begin ♪

♪ Until you're ♪

♪ In! ♪

Welcome to Carrie, The Musical.

Okay, thanks.

Okay. Next, introductions.

I'm Archie, I'm playing
Tommy Ross. The boy next door.

I'm Betty, I play Sue
Snell. The good girl.

Veronica Lodge, playing
mean girl, Chris Hargensen.

I'm Cheryl Blossom, playing
the iconic role of Carrie White.

Tone deaf.

Who's playing your mom? Margaret White.

- I am.
- Ah!

- Mom?
- Wait, seriously?

Settle down. Yes, it's untraditional

but to me, there's nothing more
amateur than age-inappropriate casting.

I'm really looking forward to
getting to know who this woman is,

you know, get under her skin.

And, of course, to spend some quality
time with my daughter, Elizabeth.

Uh, sorry.

- I thought rehearsals were in the Music Room.
- No problem.

All are welcome here.

So, Chuck Clayton, why did you
say yes to being in the musical?

I'm trying to reform my image.

And, yeah, maybe it's little
counter-intuitive to be playing the villain,

but, I mean, somebody's gotta do it.

And I wanna do it right.

You know, show up, put in the work,

be a member of the team.

And who knows, maybe...

Maybe then people will start
to change their minds about me.

Kinda weird, huh? The two of
us, playing boyfriend-girlfriend?

Easy there, Arch. Big
Brother's watching.

No, I mean, things are strained
with the four of us right now

but we're here for Kevin,
and to do this play,

and I hope we can do it
as painless as possible.

Archie, Veronica lied to
all of us, you included.

Conspiring with her parents
against the entire school?

I mean, and it's fine that you're
doing exactly what Tommy Ross would do,

which is stand by her, but
from where I'm standing?

Veronica's just as much of a privileged,

selfish, spiteful, mean girl
as the part she's playing.

Okay. Act one, scene one.

Actually... Before we begin...

I've heard whisperings that
some of you ensemble-vultures

- don't think I'm fit to play or sing...
- No.

The role of Carrie White.

So, to settle this
matter once and for all...

- Maestro?
- Okay, uh, Cheryl...

♪ That's not my name! ♪

Uh, Cheryl...

♪ I'd hear that word
Sounding so sweet ♪

♪ Thousands of voices
forever repeating ♪

♪ Carrie, Carrie, Carrie ♪

♪ I am the sound of distant
thunder That color, a flame! ♪

♪ I'm Carrie! ♪

♪ I am a song of endless wonder ♪

♪ That no one will claim ♪

♪ But someday ♪

♪ Oh, my, someday! ♪

♪ Someone will know ♪

♪ My name! ♪

Wow. I think I speak for everyone
when I say that was undeniable, Cheryl.

I have a dark confession to make...

After Cheryl's brush with death
this morning, I found a letter

in my locker from
someone alleging to be...

And I can't believe
I'm about to say this...

the Black Hood.

It's a prank. Look at it!

Why would the Black Hood,
who was shot dead by my dad,

be demanding that the
role of Carrie be recast?

Yeah, it does seem pretty small
potatoes for the Black Hood.

Yeah. Still. Jug, you can't
tell anyone about this.

As official documentarian,
you're sworn to secrecy.

Also, the show, as
they say, must go on...

♪ Tommy, lately, I've just
not been feeling right ♪

♪ I'm so ashamed of how we've
all been treating Carrie White ♪

♪ Now I realize this
is hardly your concern ♪

♪ I hate to drag you into this ♪

♪ But I've got
nowhere else to turn ♪

♪ Do me a favor? ♪

♪ There's somethin' that Carrie
White'll just have to learn ♪

♪ If she plays with fire
She's gonna get burned ♪

♪ I want her to pay up for
all that she's cost me ♪

♪ And make her good and sorry
that she ever crossed me ♪

♪ You gotta help me If you help me ♪

♪ I could even up this debt ♪

♪ And we could both give Carrie
White a night she won't forget ♪

♪ Do me a favor ♪

♪ Think of Carrie ♪

♪ I've said everything I could ♪

♪ But one small act of kindness ♪

♪ Might change
Carrie's life for good ♪

- ♪ Fine ♪
- ♪ Come on, come on ♪

♪ Okay, okay, okay ♪

♪ There's something that Carrie
White'll just have to learn ♪

♪ If she plays with fire
She's gonna get burned ♪

♪ I'm begging, I'm pleading
I'm down on my knees ♪

♪ If you really love me ♪

♪ Well then, baby, baby, please ♪

♪ Do me a favor ♪

Ronnie...

I need to ask you something.

What?

You want us to take that sexy new
Firebird of yours to Lover's Lane?

Actually, I was gonna
ask if I could keep

it parked at the
Pembrooke for a few days.

Why?

I still haven't told my
dad about the Firebird.

And our dads are literal rivals.

If my dad finds out yours gave
me this big, expensive gift,

- it'll trigger World War Three.
- Fine.

Our garage is your garage.

About the election, do you
really think Fred has a shot?

In our favor, he's essentially
running on a platform

of family values with none
of his family by his side.

I mean, Mary's gone, thank God.

And well, Archie and Fred, they've
never been so distant, have they?

We just need to keep it that way...

No way is this legit.

Well, it's a legit threat, but it's
definitely not from the real Black Hood.

No, this is a classic
Phantom of the Opera tactic.

Mystery Man sends menacing note

demanding a certain diva
soprano gets recast or else.

Who's to say this letter came
from a mystery man at all?

That's a good point.

Hey, Ethel, what looks good?

Someone's picked out all
the M&M's from the trail mix.

Ugh, that's terrible.

It's probably Cheryl.

I mean, she's always
taking things she shouldn't.

Like the role of Carrie from you...

That's nice of you to say, Betty.

For Kevin to have cast Cheryl as Carrie
without even letting you audition...

Would you say you feel angry?

I mean, I was born to play Carrie,

so not to be given a shot at
it, yeah, it makes me angry.

Wait, is Jughead filming us?

No. Oh, no, no.

No, he's shooting B-roll.

Look, I have no idea what
you're trying to get me to admit,

but I am not a violent person

and for the record, any record,

I would never do anything to threaten

or harm anybody for
my own benefit, ever!

What's happening, handsome?

Just bussin' tables, Alice. You?

Just finished rehearsal.

I'm in the high school
musical. Can you believe it?

Maybe you'll come by?

Check it out.

I'm working, Alice. Sorry.

Wow! Really? This old act again?

You know what's funny?

I was afraid our kids were going
to make the same mistakes we did,

but, it turns out, we're the
ones making them, all over again.

In this scene, gym teacher Mrs. Gardener

is being a friend when our girl
has none, out of sheer kindness.

I'll fake it as best I can.

♪ So many years you
faced the world alone ♪

♪ Frightened that life
might pass you by ♪

♪ Then he appears Someone
who smiles at you ♪

♪ This is no time to question why ♪

Stop, stop, stop!

Okay, Cheryl, I'm the only
one that's allowed to stop.

I can't do this!

I can't have you hating me while
we're singing a song about friendship.

I know everything I did
was legit crazy, Josie,

but I was wrestling with some
dark, Carrie White-like demons,

and I'm so, so sorry.

So please, please forgive me.

♪ That's how it starts ♪

♪ Two unsuspecting ♪

- ♪ Hearts ♪
- ♪ In a world where nothing's sure ♪

♪ And nothing's ever guaranteed ♪

- ♪ Nothing's guaranteed ♪
- ♪ You should trust the way you feel ♪

♪ Trust the way you feel ♪

- ♪ That's the only thing that's real ♪
- ♪ Thing that's real ♪

♪ It's like magic how
your spirit soars ♪

♪ Once you feel his hand in yours ♪

- ♪ That's how it ♪
- ♪ That's how it ♪

♪ That's how it starts ♪

- ♪ Two unsuspecting ♪
- ♪ Two unsuspecting ♪

♪ Hearts ♪

Veronica, mija.

I noticed the Firebird parked
in the Pembrooke garage.

Is there a problem with it?

No, Daddy. Archie's just parking it here
until he tells Fred you gave it to him.

He's worried he's gonna bruise
his dad's ego or something.

- That makes sense.
- Yup.

Cheers, mi alma.

In keeping with this week's theme,

I've just had a wicked idea...

♪ Guess what? Ever
since the world began ♪

♪ Same plot! Everyone's been
dumping on their fellow man ♪

♪ Pounding people
they feel better than ♪

♪ I hope you're taking notes 'Cause
you feel Everyone deserves a shot ♪

♪ Get real! Some of us have got
it, girl and some got squat ♪

♪ That's the truth Oh,
honey like it or not ♪

♪ I hate to break it to you ♪

♪ My daddy taught me you
get nowhere being nice ♪

♪ So now, I'm sharing his advice ♪

♪ The world according to Chris is ♪

♪ Better to strike than get struck ♪

♪ Better to screw than get screwed ♪

♪ You'd probably
think it's bizarre ♪

♪ And that's the way things are ♪

♪ My daddy taught me who's
on top and who's below ♪

♪ And now it's time I let you know ♪

♪ The world according to Chris is ♪

♪ Better to punch than get punched ♪

♪ Better to burn than get burned ♪

♪ Learn that and
you're gonna go far ♪

♪ 'Cause that's the way things are ♪

Let's party, people!

♪ The world according to Chris ♪

♪ The world according to Chris ♪

♪ The world according to Chris ♪

♪ The world according to Chris ♪

Okay, Veronica, I am obsessed
with everything that just happened.

Thank you, it helps to be
off-book and in full costume.

Don't be so modest.

You're the literal embodiment of Chris.

Never has a role been
so perfectly type-cast.

Betty...

What was that, Betty?

I mean, think about it.

Spoiled rich girl, check.

Major daddy issues, check.

Bad to the bone, trying to
control everyone around her,

including her boyfriend and
best friend. Check, check, check.

- How could you be so mean to her?
- Archie...

No, Betty, you have no idea what's
really going on with Veronica.

All this intense stuff at home with
her family, the pressure she's under.

She's trying to do her best
under insane circumstances.

But can you tell me how, please?

Help me understand so I can let this go.

It's not for me to say, Betty.

You remember how
quickly she forgave you?

When the Black Hood made you
say all those horrible things?

So, really, who should be playing
Chris and who should be playing Sue?

Archie, Betty, can you join us on stage?

We're ready to run Tommy
and Sue's love ballad.

♪ If you could see the
way that you look to me ♪

♪ I bet that you'd be
amazed at the sight ♪

♪ You'd see a heart
that's fearless and true ♪

♪ From my point of view ♪

♪ Oh, you shine ♪

V...

Betty, if you're here
to rip into me again,

I agree with what you said back there.

If there's anything playing
Chris has illuminated,

it's that I've been a terrible friend.

I couldn't disagree more.

♪ I think you hide so
much you feel inside ♪

♪ But I know deep down
there's a fire burning bright ♪

♪ From where you stand
it might not be clear ♪

♪ But you shine from here ♪

♪ No doubts no more fears ♪

♪ I see you shineand
the dark disappears ♪

♪ Then I know everything
is gonna be fine ♪

♪ Because you shine ♪

♪ Just how you shine ♪

Afternoon, Gentlemen.

I just came by to check on the
progress of the show I'm producing,

and lo and behold, Fred Andrews.

Just donating my free time, Hiram.

Has Archie taken you for a spin yet?

- Mr. Lodge...
- In the new Firebird I bought him?

For all the help he's given me and
my family in the past few months.

That's, uh... It's a pretty smooth ride.

Yeah.

A young man never forgets his first car.

- Dad, it's just a car.
- Just a car?

Did I raise you to be that spoiled?

Seriously, this doesn't
have to be a big deal, Dad.

It is to me, son.

I was planning on us going to the
junkyard and picking out an old jalopy.

We could've fixed it up, like me and
Grandpa Artie did with my first car.

Honey, I'm sure you're
probably still upset with me,

but I still miss you and
I am worried about you.

I love you, Chic.

Please call me when you can.

Mom?

It's your brother. He,
uh, won't return my calls.

Not that I blame him for what I did.

I'm gonna get a class of
water. Do you want anything?

Jughead, the sandbag was an accident
and the letter was a prank, right?

- Seems like it.
- That's what I thought.

But then I found this in my locker.

Another letter from the Black Hood.

"This is your last
warning to replace Cheryl.

Next time, the sandbag won't miss."

Cheryl, it's a matter of your safety.

I have to recast the role of Carrie.

I will not succumb to thespian terrorism

and allow myself to be
ousted from this production!

After the fires I've
walked through, Kevin,

the world needs to see
me up on that stage.

A Dark Phoenix reborn
in the spotlight...

Well, they'll have to wait, Cheryl.

- Mother.
- Even in a town as twisted as Riverdale,

students require parental approval

to partake in certain
extracurricular activities.

As I reminded Principal
Weatherbee when I told him

you didn't have my approval to
do the musical and never will.

So what? You just feast on
broken dreams now, is that it?

Playing a murderous telekinetic
teen who kills her mother?

Please!

This matricidal revenge fantasy...

Never gonna happen.

That's final.

Due to some unforeseen circumstances,

Cheryl will no longer be
playing the role of Carrie White.

- What?
- Why?

Let's just say that Penelope
Blossom isn't much of a stage-mom.

Oh.

I think Cheryl's by the gym bleachers.

In the meantime, Cheryl's
understudy will assume the role.

Understudy?

I appointed one after
the sandbag incident.

Midge Klump!

Screw the musical.

I just wanted to prove to everyone

that I'm still me, but maybe I'm not.

Toni, even Carrie White
could stand up to her mother.

Cheryl, you've gotta show
your mother who's in charge.

I don't know if I can anymore.

I'm not the same girl who burned
down Thornhill and cut off her oxygen.

Sure, you are.

You're not done playing Carrie, Cheryl.

Not by a long shot.

♪ Stay here instead Just tell
me what you'd like to do ♪

♪ We'll talk and we'll
laugh And I'll sing to you ♪

♪ And I promise you we won't fight ♪

♪ Don't leave tonight ♪

♪ You don't know these people
They're not your friends ♪

♪ Carrie! ♪

♪ They're only waiting
to tear you in two ♪

What if they like me?

♪ Just like your father They'll
leave when they're through ♪

- They might like me! They'll like me!
- You're such a fool!

♪ Aren't you aware
how people deceive? ♪

♪ They'll take you and break you ♪

♪ And then, they will leave you ♪

♪ Carrie, Carrie ♪

♪ Carrie ♪

♪ You are the love
I was betrayed for ♪

♪ My pride and my shame ♪

♪ My Betty ♪

♪ We're one and the same ♪

♪ Don't go ♪

Don't go.

♪ Don't go ♪

Mom?

Don't leave me, Betty.

Don't leave me like all the others.

Am I directing a train wreck?

And where's my tea?

Mom?

I'm not going anywhere.

Everything... Everything is crumbling.

I've lost everyone.

No, I haven't lost everyone,
I've driven everyone away.

I gave my son away when he was born,

and then, I just did it again.

And your father and I
aren't living together,

because we're still fighting about some

unspoken thing that happened years ago.

And... And you and I
have never been so frayed.

My mom's always been a woman
on the verge, but this...

I have to do something
to help her, Jughead.

Something to make her feel
less alone and abandoned.

Guys, the programs are
in, and they look amazing.

Make sure to get them
signed on opening night.

_

Dad, what're you doing here?

Gotta get the sets loaded in.

Yeah, I... I guess I just assumed...

What? That I would quit
because we had a disagreement?

That's not the way I roll.

When Kevin came to me
about Carrie, The Musical,

he said I was the literal
embodiment of Tommy Ross.

Loyal, selfless,

a hero, a force for good.

But I'm none of those things.

I'm not the hero of any story...

Lately, I've been going
down this dark path,

ignoring how much it hurt my dad.

Mr. Lodge, there's something
I gotta get off my chest.

You may be my boss, but please,

don't try to get between me and my dad.

- Uh...
- Because I promise you, sir,

that is a battle you
will lose, every time.

So, thank you for the Firebird...

But I won't be needing it anymore.

Oh, who are we kidding.
It's opening night!

We're too nervous to eat, anyway.

Alice...

Thank you.

You're welcome.

I'm allergic to peonies.
But how would you know that?

We've only been married for decades.

I'd really like to
come back home, Alice.

If you'll have me.

If we do this, Hal,

there can't be any
more secrets between us.

- Which means... Betty?
- Yeah?

- Honey, can you give us a moment?
- Yeah.

There's something that
you should know about Chic.

To be honest, I always
suspected that Chic wasn't mine.

I don't care, Alice.

I want to come home.

Alice...

Our secrets can't hurt us anymore.

But we can be together again.

Don't you have a show to get ready for?

Yeah, I do, but this couldn't wait.

I gave back the Firebird, Dad.

And I sold some of my music stuff so

I could buy this off of Junkyard Steve.

It needs a lot of work, Dad,
but I'm up for it if you are.

You better get going, Arch.

I don't want you to be late.

♪ You ain't seen nothin' yet ♪

♪ It's gonna be a night
you'll never forget ♪

♪ You ain't seen nothin' yet ♪

♪ It's gonna be a night
we'll never forget ♪

♪ This will be just great ♪

♪ Oh, my life is gonna take flight ♪

♪ Can't wait till Saturday night ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

- ♪ Eighty bucks for a tux? ♪
- ♪ Damn, we better get laid ♪

♪ You've been prayin' for
that since the seventh grade ♪

♪ It's the least we deserve
after everything we've paid ♪

- ♪ Got the food ♪
- ♪ Got the drinks ♪

♪ Got the limo for ten ♪

♪ And we won't get a
chance like this again ♪

♪ We'll be leaving as boys
but we're coming home as men ♪

♪ This will be just great! ♪

♪ Yeah, my life is
gonna take flight ♪

♪ Can't wait till Saturday night ♪

♪ You ain't seen nothin' yet ♪

♪ It's gonna be a night
we'll never forget ♪

♪ You ain't seen nothin' yet ♪

♪ It's gonna be a night
we'll never forget ♪

♪ I believe in getting even ♪

♪ That's what I believe ♪

♪ And I just don't
forgive and forget ♪

♪ You ain't seen nothin' yet ♪

♪ It's gonna be a night
we'll never forget ♪

♪ You ain't seen nothin' yet ♪

♪ It's gonna be a night
we'll never forget ♪

♪ You ain't seen nothin' yet ♪

♪ It's gonna be a night
we'll never forget ♪

♪ You ain't seen nothin' yet ♪

♪ It's gonna be a
night we'll never ♪

♪ No, never ♪

♪ We'll never forget ♪

♪ A night we'll never forget ♪

Claudius, is that you?

Do you know whose blood this is, Mummy?

This is Jason's blood...
This is Daddy's blood...

And the next blood to
be spilt will be yours.

Cheryl, dear God!

You've been in cahoots
with Daddy's twin,

you tried to kill Nana Rose,

and then you shipped me
off to a ghoulish nunnery.

But your depraved gambits are finished.

If you so much as pluck one hair
from Nana Rose's little head,

I'll end you.

I burned one house down,
I'll happily burn another...

Nightmare child, what
do you want from me?

I want to be emancipated.

I want Thistlehouse all to my self

and my Nana...

Start packing, Mummy.

You and Uncle Claudius are pig-people.

And should live amongst the pigs.

Thank you. Hello. Good to see you.

Thank you. Gillian, how are you?

Hal, come here!

Did you bring it?

Ten minutes to places! Where is Fangs?

I don't know.

- Fangs!
- I was giving Midge some last minute notes.

Well, hurry up, because
it's ten minutes to places!

Hey, Ethel?

I'm doing final interviews.

Ethel!

What...

QED, folks, it was Ethel.

What was?

Uh, just some magazines.

Okay, I know what you're
thinking but you're wrong.

Those were for my vision board.

It's okay. You can tell me.

Get out of my dressing room, Jughead.

Sounds like a guilty conscious to me.

- Hey, Moose.
- Get out of my way, Jones!

What a to-do to die today
at a minute or two till two.

A thing distinctly hard to
say, but harder still to do.

Chuck?

Let me speak for the whole gang
when I say that your behavior

throughout rehearsals
has been nothing short

of that of a proper Victorian gentleman.

Um, what does that mean?

Your pariahship is officially over.

Hey, Betty.

Chic...

You made it.

Of course, I wouldn't
miss this for the world.

Five minutes to places, people.

You should get back to your seat, Chic.

You're not really
allowed to be backstage.

No problem.

Break a leg, sis.

♪ Father Almighty
she's only a child ♪

♪ But the woman is
waking inside her ♪

♪ She will be lost if
her passion runs wild ♪

♪ So I can't let her
stumble and fall ♪

♪ Maybe I do things
that I can't explain ♪

♪ But my feelings
for her never change ♪

♪ You are still my precious one ♪

♪ Can you forgive what I've done? ♪

All right, Carrietta, it's
time to come out of your closet.

Uh, Kevin, did you re-block this scene?

Why isn't she on her knees singing?

_

- I don't think that's part of the show.
- Oh, my God!

Somebody, should help her.
For God's sake, help her!

Betty!