Happy Thursday TV fans! After watching the CW’s Riverdale season 2 episode 13 last night, I have to admit that even I did not see some of these twists and turns unraveling. While we will need to wait until early March for a new episode to air, let’s focus on what we know and what we still don’t know for today. Please note spoilers are ahead if you have not gotten a chance to watch yet. In last night’s episode, “Chapter Twenty-Six: The Tell-Tale Heart,” Betty goes down a dangerous path and makes the decision to help her mother and Chic clean up a mess that won’t make her guilt disappear along with it. Archie makes the brave decision to stand up to Agent Adams and Veronica chooses to do the right thing, weighing it above her family loyalty. Meanwhile, Cheryl refuses to let her mother ruin another family and Jughead decides to take on the big boss, Mr. Lodge to strike up a deal. My top 5 moments from Riverdale season 2 episode 13 are:
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Jughead has a meeting with Mr. Lodge.
Jughead refuses to sit by quietly and enlists the help of his father, FP to sit down for negotiations with Mr. Lodge. Veronica happily mediates the discussion which seems to be full of all of the niceties one would expect at a legitimate business meeting. Mr. Lodge and the Jones family agree that they want peace in the land. After Mr. Lodge offers to meet them half-way, Jughead refuses to keep his name out of the expose he is writing and tells him “no deal.” FP is proud of his son and supports him completely. It’s good to see the Jones family making the right decisions. After all, making a deal with the devil deserves some much needed contemplation.
4
Cheryl does the right thing.
When Cheryl learns that her mother is having an affair with Hal Cooper, she argues that she is “destroying families with her courtesan ways.” Her mother shocks her by telling her that it’s the real deal with Hal and she doesn’t even blink an eye at the thought of shattering Alice Cooper’s family. Cheryl refuses to accept this especially after witnessing Betty sick to her stomach at school. Assuming it must be directly related to her family breaking apart; Cheryl confronts Hal and warns him to stay away from her “harlot mother.” Even though she offers to keep things quiet from Betty, Cheryl makes the decision to tell her what’s going on anyway because she feels it is the right thing to do. It looks like Cheryl is finally going down the right path. There doesn’t seem to be any ulterior motives here, but will her mother cross her once she finds out about her betrayal?
3
Veronica visits Mayor McCoy.
Even though Veronica has accepted her new role in the family business with open arms, it’s clear that she is not about to let her conscience be corrupted in the process. When she finds out that her parents intend to blackmail Mayor McCoy with information on the affair she is having with Kevin’s dad, Veronica makes the brave the decision to tell the Mayor what is going on. In an effort to protect her reputation, she admits to her what her parents know and Mayor McCoy asks “how much time do I have?” She steps down from her position as Mayor and Veronica reminds her parents that she is no longer a threat and exposing her now would only be cruel. Will her parents find out that she has put the Mayor over her responsibility to her family? Will Veronica be able to get out of this with a clean conscience? Time will tell but it’s great to see that she still has her morals intact.
2
Betty comes clean to Jughead.
While still withholding some very pertinent information from her on-again-off-again boyfriend, Jughead, Betty cannot keep her latest secret to herself. In the beginning of the episode, “the lives of the Cooper women were forever changed,” as Betty decides to help her mother cover up the murder of the shady man who came to see Chic. When Betty comes down for breakfast the next day, she is appalled that Chic and her mother are sitting there bright eyed and bushy tailed without any hint of remorse. Her anger leaks out when she says “I don’t like chocolate chip pancakes” in disgust. The doorbell rings and Betty shatters the plate in her hand, revealing her own guilt and nerves about what took place the night before. She is unable to let her guilt go as she goes back to the body and takes the man’s phone, going through each number to provide her with some sense of truth or closure. Betty learns that Chic is lying to the family as his info appears in the shady man’s phone, but Alice refuses to let Betty start a fight and divide the family. Not knowing where else to turn, Betty confides in Jughead about what has taken place and they sink the shady man’s car that has been parked on Betty’s block for two days. Not wanting for Betty to make the same mistake his family has, they bring in FP who helps dispose of the body and keeps their secret, understanding full well what a cover up can do to a family. Even though everything seems to be safely hidden under the surface, we know that things don’t always stay buried for long. Will someone come looking for the shady man? What else is Chic keeping from the family? How will Betty and Jughead cope with such a dark secret?
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Archie meets “the boss.”
Archie is facing quite the dilemma when he has second thoughts about spying on the Lodge family. He loves Veronica very much and feels awful about what Agent Adams is asking him to do. Agent Adams pays his father a visit, reminding Archie what’s at stake here, but Archie holds his ground, risking everything to protect the Lodge family. He goes to Mr. Lodge and tells him everything, putting all his cards on the table. Later in the episode, Archie is escorted off to see “the boss.” Not knowing what to expect, the car pulls up to a secluded spot to reveal Veronica’s mother, Hermione Lodge as the HBIC. She reveals to Archie that Agent Adams isn’t real and this was all a test. Archie is completely shocked by this revelation. Luckily for Archie, he made the right decision, but what else is the Lodge family capable of? Now that he has been accepted into their family, what will they expect from him in return? We will need to wait until March 7th 2018 for new episodes to air, but there are still a lot of mysteries to be solved. Stay tuned to find out!
I hope you enjoyed the list and feel free to post your own thoughts and theories on Riverdale below. Happy viewing!
Best,
Amy Koto, TV Fanatic Girl
