Once the authorities (and a lot of understandably upset parents) arrive, the sheriff finds a bag stuffed with cash under Mustang’s bed - a bag, he pointedly notes, that bears Hermione Lodge’s initials. (Reminder: Never allow any part of your body to make contact with a sketchy motel bathtub.) Too bad Mustang is dead, having overdosed in his bathtub.
He leads the Nancy Drew crew to a sketchy motel room to see a fellow Serpent named Mustang, who might know something about Hiram Lodge’s possible involvement with the gang. No, Joaquin didn’t explicitly ask Jughead’s dad if he did the deed - but, um, it doesn’t look great for him. There, he saw the corpse of Jason Blossom with his own eyes and even helped F.P. for a “clean-up job” in the Wyrm’s off-limits basement. that, late on July 11, he was summoned by F.P. used his one phone call to contact Joaquin, the Southside Serpents gang member who’s dating Kevin. But a lifetime of being lied to by his father has taught Jughead when F.P. orders from behind bars, in his own Harry and the Hendersons moment. The possibility of sharing a wholesome life together had meant so much to him. “Nothing could be more purely Blossom than those babies,” she insists of her unborn grandkids.Īt the police station, an emotional Jughead lays into his dad. Penelope in particular is scandalized by this allegation, if not by the prospect of some light eugenics. They demand that Polly return home (Hal, why were you not on top of ensuring your daughter’s safety weeks ago?) and accuse the Blossoms of killing their son to cover up the incest. The Coopers proceed directly to Thornhill for some good old-fashioned pajama yelling. When one brother killed the other, their branch of the family tree willfully severed itself and took the name “Cooper.” This means Jason and Polly were blood-related. Hal’s grandfather wasn’t just murdered by a Blossom - he was a Blossom. See, the ties that bind their family and the Blossoms are, well, tighter than what he’d originally led Alice and Betty to believe. He’s come to destroy the files he stole from Sheriff Keller, and with them, any possible link between the Cooper clan and the murder. What if he hired another Serpent to plant the gun?īetty and her mother - who, naturally, has a handgun at the ready - are awakened by the sound of Hal rummaging downstairs. Veronica, for her part, is still worried about her kingpin father’s relation to this whole sordid affair. With this break in Jason’s case, the Blossoms seem thrilled - or as thrilled as they can be, given that their son is not suddenly alive again - but Cheryl doesn’t feel particularly relieved. He also oddly cops to stealing Sheriff Keller’s file on the murder, even though we know Hal Cooper is to blame for that.
tells the sheriff, that’s when he killed him. Blossom that his son was being held for ransom.
He tied him up in the basement of the Whyte Wyrm, the Serpents’ bar, then informed Mr.
says he grabbed Jason when he crossed Sweetwater River. realized that this kid’s father was Clifford “Serious Money, Ridiculous Hair” Blossom, he saw an opportunity. In exchange, he’d make a “delivery” - hence the weed Jughead and Betty found stashed in the trunk. He explains to Sheriff Keller that Jason had approached him that summer, in need of cash and a getaway car. He exchanges his ticket for whatever early-morning bus is leaving next, but his friends, bearing both an apology and a firm belief in F.P.’s innocence, find Jughead nursing a lonely cup of coffee at Pop’s before he can skip town.ĭespite what the Scoobies may think, F.P. Jones has been arrested for Jason Blossom’s murder, although Archie and Veronica are sure that the (figurative, not literal) smoking gun was planted in his trailer.ĭevastated by his dad’s arrest, Jughead calls up his mom from a payphone at the bus station to tell her he’s coming to visit, but it’s clear from his side of the phone call that she’d prefer he didn’t. In the season’s second-to-last episode, Riverdale heats up faster than Chuck Clayton in a Jacuzzi, held underwater by the toe of Betty’s stiletto.