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Jughead sitting at the counter at pop's shaking his head at Archie who is being the gopher for Hiram, they might not have had a conversation in who knows how long, but that won’t stop Jug from lightly mocking him from afar as he types away. 😈

This music could be for the mob gopher, could be a for a porno. 🎶💋 Who knows really? 

Go, Gopher, Go!

Imagery of Archie riding around with laundry on his bicycle. *dingding* 🚴🏻

Slow-mo turn for Veronica and that glance!!! The heavens part! Am I the only one hearing this? 👼

Hiram may be a shithead, but I'll give him that he loves his daughter. That’s only like… 60 strikes in the con column, 1 in pros, sounds balanced. 🤷

Keller seems to have his favorite haunt be the Jones home.

Jughead leaning casually, hand in pocket, as he mouths off to Keller is my favorite aesthetic. 😍

FP in his Pop's uniform!!

[Keller] "Well, you did write a rather scathing article about the General's legacy, which prompted the Southside Serpents to stop by at Pickens' Day with an ax to grind." [Jughead] "I'm actually writing a new article about how you seem to care more about catching a vandal than the Black Hood. Can I get a quote?"

I am living for this Jughead, smart as a whip, sharp tongued, no fear, snarky Jughead. 🙌

FP chuckling at Jughead's smart mouth. 😂

[Guy] "Do I look good?" [Betty] "Mmm-hmm." [Guy] "Can I undress for you?" [Betty] "Yeah." [Guy] "I love talking to you." [Betty] "I like talking to you too." [Guy] "Can we meet sometime?" [Betty] "Maybe."

OKAY, so. Theory time. It's my theory that Betty wasn't the one on the cam. The person she was talking to was  and she was watching. I've looked up info on this whole cam guy/girl thing and here's what we know.

Betty isn't caming to a chat room like Chic had done, this interaction would be a private chat room with her and one other person - so it's unlikely something like this is getting out.

The private rooms CAN have two way camera's, but that doesn't mean that there is in this scenario. The dialogue doesn't indicate he can see her, only that she can see him. He asks if he looks good and if he can undress, if they were both on cam, it seems incredibly weird that none of the dialogue even mentions seeing her.

Betty makes poor choices, but she isn't stupid. I know, I know, she's in the Dark!Betty outfit. That doesn't necessarily mean she's doing the caming, it means she wanted to put herself in that head space and persona.

There is a camera on the desk, it's not plugged in but I'm sure it could be wireless. If it is, it's set to the side of the desk, is quite close to her, and is pointed at chest height, where she has her arms up and over.  If that cam IS on it would be showing MAYBE her chin to her chest, mostly arms from how she is sitting. Her face wouldn't be showing up in the video.

SO, this whole cam thing irritates the shit out of me, it doesn't feel appropriate, and her choices didn't make sense to me given her character arc. I find it hard to believe she would just start gallivanting on the internet and showing her face as a Cam girl, especially when it's something she just only discovered. I hate this shit, but the least I can hope for is that she isn't being a complete dolt about it and is smart enough to keep her anonymity.

My initial reaction to this was definitely only WTF. 😨 And WHO THE EF WAS THAT. 😰 This all was post unpacking. Parts of these recaps are initial reaction, parts are definitely  in post.

[Alice]  "You know how I feel about locked doors." [Betty] "Yeah, you're the one who likes to do the locking." 

Betty and Jughead, both pulling out the snark and tea this episode. ☕️

Cour four + Kevin, reuinited!  🙌

“Catholic chic, veils optional” - Ronnie is so extra. Who says shit like this? 

"Jughead Jones and Betty Cooper, please report to the principal's office," how bad is it I'm excited about their names just being said together.

I love that Betty is painted as somewhat of a goody two shoes, but her response to being called to the principal's is shrugging. 🤷

Mr.Sourberry? Are you..... sour? 🍋😂

Defamation of character? What about freedom of speech? Go get lost in the woods, WB. 🌲🌲🤸🏿‍♂️🌲

Jughead handling Weatherbee, Betty serving looks of "You shitting me, WB?"

Extra screencaps of the principal’s office scene HERE.

Blue and Gold Scene! I live for this!

[Jughead] "I'm so sorry, Betty." MY FEELINGS. 😍

[Jughead] "He has no proof, but he suspects one or more of the Serpents, probably me, decapitated the statue of General Pickens." [Betty] (With amusement in her voice and a smile) "And did you?" [Jughead] "Betty, how-(chuckle) Why would I decapitate a bronze statue?"

Betty's smile and tone is adorable, I want to put her in my pocket.

How he would even decapitate that bronze statue is a good question. His chuckle followed by why. He has jackets to worry about.

[Betty] "To avenge... (softer, changed voice) Toni's grandfather..." Jealous Betty rises. 👿

Who labels their friendship with someone as pals? Jughead, you are an odd duck. I love you, duck. 👁❤️👑🦆

....Pal.

He completely dismisses that he would consider Toni anything more than a friend. 👏 You lay that to rest, Juggy!

I am so proud of Betty for bringing up that she saw Toni and Jug at the diner seeming like more than pals. That took guts, pal. 💪

I can't let the pal thing go. Sorry not sorry.

Is this the conversation?! This is the conversation. Feelings imminent.

They are talking about the kiss! Jughead is admitting everything! 🤩

The Bughead song™ is playing!!!!!

[Jughead] "She gave me a..... tattoo." (Look of relief on Betty's face) THAT PAUSE BETWEEN GAVE ME A AND TATTOO LEFT ROOM FOR A LOT OF STRESS, JUGHEAD. You know Betty was thinking SHE GAVE YOU A WHAT? 🤬

[Jughead] "And we did some stuff, but not everything."  -- I am living for his honesty right now. It’s obvious he felt that it was Betty's place to ask and that he owed her the complete truth. 😍

"Betty, I still have my V-Card!!!!" Good job, honey. We would be having words otherwise.

Mila and I unpacked this along with the scene in 2x06. The consensus between us came to be making out, coping a feel, over clothing of some kind, kind of business to classify for "some stuff" but also a "PG-13 grope session." I'm very detail oriented okay. Answering the important questions. 👌

[Jughead] "But since you brought it up, have you done anything with anyone since we broke up?" [Betty] "No, no. Of course not."

Dammit, Betty. 🤦

Betty lied pretty damn smoothly, although you could tell she was a little too vehement in her denial. She quickly turned away and messed with her ponytail. Betty Cooper, you have a tell. I'm surprised it's one Jughead doesn't know. 👀

Extra screencaps of the Bughead B&G scene HERE!

Pop told Archie that Hiram was the ‘boss’ and Archie got distracted and completely forgot. Ohhh, Archie. You big sweet oblivious lug. 🙄

🎶SECRET AGENT MAN.🎶 🕴 Seriously his voice sounds like a villain out of a 1970's Bond film. I can take nothing he says seriously. Do you have metal teeth, SAM? Are you Agent Smith? 🕵 Is this all a glitch in the Matrix?

[Jughead] "Sheriff Keller, we have to stop meeting like this." No shit.

EVICTION NOTICE. SERIOUSLY. CAN WE NOT TAKE EVERY HOME JUGHEAD HAS EVER HAD?

The theory has been circulating that the damn Lodge's would be going after Sunnyside next, due to its proximity to the Drive-In and Southside High. That it would be next as part of the SoDale project. Hiram, you are on my shit list. 💩

14 days to vacate? In what city. If you get evicted they would give at least 30 days.

If Hiram is on my shitlist, so is Keller. Keller may, in fact, be a man made of literal feces. The world may never know. Talking poo. The magic of Riverdale.

Keller is a real asshat, “Hey kid I know you're just a teenager and my son's friend, but I'm going to leave this paper here that makes you homeless and then follow it up by with a smart comment to you about finding a stupid statues head while you're packing up to live in a van down by the river. HAVE A GREAT DAY.”

Sheriff Keller is going to the bad place. 👿

Jughead Jones is triggered. I'm also triggered.

This meeting between the Hermione, Veronica, Sierra, and Josie is frenimes to the 10th degree. Mean Girls, Riverdale edition. 🤣

[Veronica] "Mom, I was gonna sing." Extra.

Bittersweet Symphony is a fantastic song! I can't wait!

Jughead really likes leaning on that spot against the pool table. Don’t step to the Jughead spot. 🎱

Tall Boy you are a shit head little bitch. [Jughead] "What is your problem with me, Tall Boy." Big macho man triggered by a teenager.

Did he just call Archie Jughead's boyfriend? 😂

Who the heck is the guy on the right? And how did he get into the posse? Shouldn’t that be Fangs? 🤷

I know I shouldn't, but I enjoy angry, finger pointing, in your face, don't fuck with me, fearless, 👈 "HEY" Jughead. Just sometimes. ...especially when it's directed at this tool.

[Jughead] "Hell, Tall Boy, you're the tallest guy in this room. You wouldn't even need a ladder." FORESHADOWINGGGGGG. 👀

Jordan Connor is 6'3", I wrote more or less a dissertation on it. and Scott McNeil is listed at 6'4"... so he is the tallest guy. JS. 🤷

Actors height aside, if we break this down in canon, Tall Boy is still the taller guy in the canon narrative.

Jughead Jones is smart as a whip. He deals in facts, and he doesn’t mess around. There is no way that he would say something, in a room full of people, that would be widely known as untrue.

Tall Boy and Sweetpea definitely compared heights one evening at the Wyrm. They stood back to back, Toni got out a step stool and called the verdict, everyone stood around and watched, it was a whole thing. Tall Boy was the tallest guy, it’s a widely known fact at the WW.

Jug might not always tell the truth, but he’s definitely not dumb, he wouldn’t tell a blatant lie that everyone would know is untrue in a room full of people. He’s smarter than that, with how calculated he is, that would make no sense.

Therefore, if Jug says he’s the tallest guy in the room? He’s the tallest guy. 👌

Jughead is RAGE. He is triggered. “I’M THE JUGHEAD, BITCH.”

[Hiram] "I'M DOT DOT DOT IMPRESSED." Is Hiram turning into Dr. Evil? ONE MILLION DOLLARS DOT DOT DOT ONE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS. 🤣

Ben, are you not the same kid who was shacking up with Ms. Grundy in Greenville?  You are making some poor choices lately, son. Ben is up to.... ben-ness. Get it? Like business? 😂 Yeah, okay moving on.

Chic in a bathrobe and a jar of milk, really? 🥛 What are you, Riverdale Hugh Hefner... with milk? I can't take you seriously. Are you talking? "Milk, does the body good," that's what he's saying right?

Hold on did he just say boundaries are key? Don't tell them where  you live? Foreshadowing? 👀

Real talk though, Mila wrote up a great post on the symbolism and use of milk in film in relation to this scene and Chic Cooper. Thank you for that @stark !

Jughead confronting Mayor McCoy, um... yes? My live note, "Jughead is up in McCoy's shit."

[Jughead] "You are supposed to be an ally Mayor McCoy," TEA. ☕️

JUGHEAD DUN DUN DUNNNNNN... *sound effects, music change* HAS HAD A... 👏 REVELATION.

McCoy's expression of "I ain't no bitch." should be a gif. Who is making this gif?

I just got really distracted by Jughead's freckles. I'm sorry.

And his twitching brow.

And his expressive eyes.

And his trembling, chapped, bottom lip.

Jughead has figured out it was Hiram Lodge and he looks determined AF. Jughead 'I don't back down' Jones. Look at that face, he ain't backing off shit. 👊

Honestly, this whole scene was Jughead expression gold. I desperately need a gifset of every expression he makes in the entire scene. Please!

Everyone in this soup kitchen scene, including the women, have these McDonald's hats on and their hair back, except Ronnie.  Veronica Lodge does not wear hats. 🧢

[Jughead] "You're the only person in this town that I can talk to about something like this." [Betty] "Before you do, can I just point out one thing?" [Jughead] "I know what you're going to say. Last time the Serpents and I were in trouble, I pushed you away." [Betty] "What do you need, Jug?"

I love the body language and tone here in this scene. The layers that are on this dialogue are plentiful. I am here for it. I love Bughead scene's at Pop's.

"I know what you're gonna say, wife. I messed up, I love you forever. I'm in the dog house, forgive me. I accept your tea." "My tea was delicious. I can't stay mad at that face, husband. I love you too."

I am sorry but I can't stop fixating on Jug and Betty's eyes in this scene, this lighting is on point.

Betty's indignation at the wrong that is being committed against Jughead and the southside community for the trailer park eviction. 👏 We had been wondering who's side Betty would take in this war against the Southside. WHELP. 🙌

Sleuthing Bughead!!!!!

[Betty] "If the statue's what's fueling her fire, then let's take away the gas. 'The Case of the Decapitated Statue.' Let's treat it like a missing persons case. Someone, somewhere, must've seen something. So, we'll canvas the town with reward flyers for anyone who has information." [Jughead] "Finding that head and who did it would really take the wind out of Mayor McCoy's sails."[Betty] "So..." [Jughead] "Find the head, save the trailer park."

OMG. THEY ARE INVESTIGATING. 😍

I am HERE FOR THIS. "The Case of the Decapitated Statue"? Could I be any more excited with this Nancy Drew like team up of the Bughead Investigation Team? BIT is on the case. I AM HERE FOR THIS. 🙌

First they investigated a head, then they investigated each other.

Extra screencaps of the Bughead Pop’s scene HERE!

Veronica being protective of Archie, slay girl. ✌️

I get real caught up in Jughead's references. I looked up Order of the Orphidians. Orphidia are a subgroup of reptilian creatures including modern serpents. But the Orphidians are from Ultima Online, an MMORPG. The Orphidians had a culture based on the Principles of Balance; the forces of Order, forces of Chaos, and the followers of Balance. Very Jughead Jones.Very Star Wars. 🐍💫

DAMMIT PENNY, Jughead's face was so full of hope and determination before she showed up.

Is FP.... smelling his fingers?

The Serpents have a cool T-Shirt?

Is anyone else surprised whenever Jughead calls FP 'Dad'? Especially in front of the entirety of the Serpent's AND Penny? ….or ever really? It feels off.

With Tall Boy's long, flowing, voluptuous locks and his nose piercing, he could give any college girl a run for her money in a beauty contest, amiright? 😂❤️🌸😘🌺😉😨😍😋💖💕🎀

Did everyone notice the Girls, Girls, Girls sign with the hearts above the door? Is this where "Girls, Girls, Girls in Neon Lights” by @myrmidonofmelodrama title came from? Am I super late to this party?

When canon and fandom come together by coincidence? My favorite song!

How about the “Talk to da toilet” sign?

Things you need to know about the White Wyrm.. I aim to provide.

Penny: check out this scar. 💁 FP: facepalm 🤦‍♂️

OF COURSE, Tallboy has teamed up with Penny, OF COURSE. Being bitches makes for strange bedfellows. 🤛

Why are they even considering meeting this viper woman's demands? I get it, they want to save Sunnyside, so do I, but there are other ways than THIS BITCH. 🤬

[Penny] "Blood for blood. An eye for an eye. I want back in with the Serpents and I want him kicked out. Oh, yeah, one last thing I want his tattoo carved off. And I want to do it myself. With a dirty knife."

Every sentence of this made me more and more angry. I had a series of "OH NO YOU DIDN'T"s and "THIS BITCH"s in escalating volume after every sentence she said. By the time she brought up the dirty knife I was ready to throw my remote at her smug face.. or maybe a dirty knife. 🔪

I have watched Jughead's face in detail during this scene. Penny says she wants him kicked out of the Serpents and he looks distraught, his eyes are glistening. Penny says she wants to cut off his tattoo with a dirty knife and he looks like I’M NOT THE ONE, TRY ME, I WILL END YOU BITCH. Moral of the story, losing the Serpents makes sadboy Jug, threats to his self makes Hulk Jug. No one likes Jughead when he's angry. 👿

FP gets home and Jughead's first and only priority is, "Well? What did they say? Are they kicking me out?" Jughead fears a lot of things… but they aren’t the things an every day Joe normally fears. He is a man of limited weaknesses.

[FP] "Penny's a cobra, but mutilating her? That's the kind of thing you don't come back from, Jug." [Jughead] "Yeah, like stuffing a teenager's body in a freezer?"

Jughead can come back from this, believe that, he weeble wobbles and doesn’t fall down, remember that.

There is so much to unpack in this scene. The tears in FP's eyes, the narrow eyed smart mouth comment in response from Jughead, FP lashing out. There are a lot of levels of understanding, empathy, and frustration I have with both of these characters.

I do not, at all, agree with FP putting his hands on his son in violence. However, I do appreciate the phenomenal acting and the extreme amount of dynamic layers that are added on to both FP and Jughead as characters here, good and bad.

Jughead shows no regret or repentance for what he did to Penny here, but I feel that's a defense, a wall. I don't think he wants to show that kind of vulnerability in front of his father.

Jughead pushed FP off of him. He is standing up for himself, no doubt about that. He seems to seek his father's approval while disregarding his authority all at the same time.

[FP] "Tall Boy was right. You brought the Northside down on us. Serpents are losing their dens because of what you wrote."

"That was way harsh, Tai."

Low. Blow. I can't believe FP just took Tall Boy's side here, that he is blaming Jughead for this. This civil war was brewing long before that article. Step off, FP. 😠

FP should be having his son's back, first and foremost, Serpents be damned. Blood before… reptiles. 🚫🐍

REALLY FP, AGAIN WITH THE DAMN SNAKE ANALOGIES? Can you not have a serious conversation without a DAMN CHEESY SNAKE REFERENCE? Serpents are losing their dens?!

Jughead dropping truths over here. Calling all of it like it is.TEA. ☕️

 [Jughead] "You're using my article. And they're using what happened to the statue of General Pickens as an excuse to justify something they've already been doing." [FP] "You think you're a hero, Jug? Cutting up women? Bringing the temple down right on our damn heads? You will be the death of us. Not the Northside, not Penny. You."

I am going to shake FP til his head pops off. 🛑

Wtf is bringing the temple down even supposed to mean? Words are hard, FP.

How dare he?

If anyone saves the Southside and the Serpents, it will be Jug. Just saying. ....bitch. 🤬

Jughead's look of pure fury, followed by him throwing his beanie down is a MOOD. Don't make Jughead angry!!! YOU WON’T LIKE HIM WHEN HE'S ANGRY! I'M TELLING YOU. Jughead is RAGE.

Of course SAM 🕴 drives a black Ford Tahoe. Typical.

Chic goes or Hal goes? Bye Felicia. Good riddance. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Alice's dismissal and 'so help me..' look is a mood.

Veronica slowly walking down the aisle in her stilettos is a beautiful visual.

That preachers advice was decidedly unhelpful. Hail Mary’s is NOT an answer, Monsignor. 🤦

These mob wives are giving Veronica some serious hesitation. They have to be. Does she really want that kind of life? Surely she is having a Come to Jesus moment. 🙏

Why are they having this meeting at Pop's instead of at Hiram's? Or his office.. Or the back room of a damn bar like any good mobster meeting? 🍻

Is the vest, collared shirt, and bowtie really necessary for Archie in this scene? Really? 🤵

Poppa Poutine? And he owns a chain of hot dog restaurants in Quebec? SERIOUSLY?

Poppa just took a bite of a quarter of an inch of a fry, spit it out, and said it wasn't cheese curds. No, dumbass, it's a french fry. Clearly you need a new nickname if you don't know the difference between cheese and potatoes. 🧀 ≠ 🥔

Snap, snap, snap, you do NOT insult Pop Tate! Catch me outside, how bout dat?  🙅

Ooooooo, Hiram just admitted to owning Pop's in front of Archie! I can't wait for the rest of the Core Four to find this out.

So I will give two things to Hiram, he loves his daughter and he sticks up for Pop. ✌️ Past that...? 💩

Archie can hear this mobster conversation crystal clear, however he still stands up on the toilet and looks out the window where he could easily be seen. CLEARLY he is the king of stealth and prime pick for this undercover job. 😑

They want to take out Hiram! What is Archie going to do with this information? The plot thickens. 😮

Josie singing Bittersweet Symphony with Veronica is beautiful! This might be my favorite cover on the show yet! ....the framing is completely unrealistic, but STILL. 🙋

Goofy Kevin, Proud Archie, Happy Betty, Beaniless Jug.. in a suit!!!

Very symbolic choice in song and lyrics for this moment by Veronica.

Veronica has her moment of doubt, sees Archie crystal clear, light rises and... "I do." GOOSEBUMPS. That is some damn good cinematography and acting right there. Beautiful Varchie moment. FEELINGS. 😍

How Veronica was in darkness looking at her parents, but then they fade out and Archie is in the light, very symbolic. I definitely feel that this may be the start of Ronnie choosing Archie, and a more righteous path, over that of her parents. 😇

I can't wait to see the shit storm that rains down when the rest of the Core Four find out that Hiram bought Southside High. 🤪

When Veronica came to get Archie from Betty and Betty said "I'm gonna go look for Jug, anyway" Total Archie dismissal. Sorry, not sorry.  Girl has her priorities. 

Betty does not seem to give even one shit about Archie as anything more than a friend, just saying, or vice versa. This photo. 😂 They couldn't care less. Betty is a Varchie shipper. Barchie is clearly not looking very end game, I’m sorry.  I’m not very sorry. #bugheadforever

Archie getting his cheek pinched, laughing, trying to back away and saying "Ow, ow, ow, thank you," and nodding to Ronnie's grandma. 🤗

I love how easily Betty can find Jughead. 😍

[Betty] "It's not like Jughead Jones to neglect a free buffet." BUGHEAD! BUGHEAAAAD! This is adorable. I am HERE FOR THIS. 🤩

Betty's genuine concern for Jughead possibly kicked out of the Serpent's is perfect. ...and she is beautiful. 😇

Just when I thought my hype couldn’t get any higher, Jughead opens up to Betty about what he has done. What is chill? 😭

[Jughead] "I broke a code, I messed up bad... Really bad. There's this person who suckered me into delivering drugs. And my dad, too, he got roped in. So, couple of Serpents and I, we Found her, grabbed her, and I cut her." [Betty] "Cut her?" [Jughead] "The worst part is, none of it even matters. 'Cause she's back."

Jughead barely even hesitates about opening up to Betty about everything that happened. He says he messed up, takes a deep breath, and just goes into it, come what may.

The emotion and levels of feeling that are packed into this speech Jughead gives is impressive.

Jughead’s shoulders are bouncing like he is tapping his leg, like he can't stay still, like he can't hold all of this in anymore.

He looks like he is going to cry. There is so much here when he tells Betty what he did!

Where Jughead did not appear at all repentant to his father earlier in the episode when confronted with what he did, he definitely does here.  Jughead wouldn't show this kind of vulnerability to FP, but to Betty, the pretense falls and he shows how he really feels, without the mask, the anger, and the bravado.

He looks so regretful he did this horrible thing and it was all for nothing, she still came back.

[Jughead] It's like every decision I've made since we broke up, including our break up, just makes things worse and worse.

He's admitting he was wrong! BUGHEAD!! MY EMOTIONS!!!! 😭 What is a steady heartbeat?! 😍

Betty reached for Jug! Her hand is on his arm. I am HERE FOR THIS.

What an inconvenient time for a phone call! DAMN THESE INTERRUPTIONS, THEY MIGHT AS WELL BE CALLED BUGTERRUPTIONS AT THIS POINT!! BUT THAT MEANS IT'S BIT TIME, Bughead Investigation Team! 🙌

More Bughead screencaps of this scene HERE.

Bette Davis Eyes is going to forever give me Riverdale feels at this point.

[Junkyard Steve] "You the kids looking for a head?" [Jughead] "If only we lived in a town where the answer could be no."

YEAH THEY ARE. 😎🍆

Junkyard Steve is legit his listed name. Classy. 👌

Jug and Betty, both asking questions, Jughead stepping back to happily let her take part in the questioning, shoulder to shoulder, partners.

[Jughead] "By any chance, was this gentleman tall?"

We might as well have had Jughead just pull off some sunglasses and turn into Horatio Cane with that one-liner, the close up, the expression.

Archie just ratted out Poppa ‘I don't know cheese’!!! 🧀🐀

Opera music as Hiram picks up the phone? Don Hiram Lodge.

THE JONESES STORM THE CASTLE! HOLY SHIT I HAVE GOOSEBUMPS!

THIS SONG

Jughead may be in front with that head, but I can't take my eyes off Betty! That STRUT. HER HAIR IS FLOWING. SHE IS FIERCE. 🔥🔥🔥

Jughead ‘That is my wife’ Joneses glance back to Betty (not to FP, even once) and that small smile they share is going to SLAY US ALL.

Jughead, Betty, and FP standing united as they confront Tall Boy.

Betty in all pink, surrounded by the black and leather of the Wyrm, perfectly at ease, is a damn aesthetic. 🖤💗🖤

FP was wearing a bandana around his throat. So pretty, much accessories. I like how he ties it around his hand but then doesn’t do any punching. Where is the punching? 👊

FP calling Tall Boy 'Dumbass.' That was delivery epic.

I really appreciate that FP is sitting down and letting Jughead interrogate Tall Boy, it's like he's letting him take back the respect that was taken from him. Acknowledging that Jughead was the one who did this work, solved this problem and is also a leader of this gang. TOO BAD FP WAS A DICK EARLIER. 🤦

[Jughead] "Why'd you do it? Someone put you up to this?" [Tall Boy] "What's the Northsider doing here? This is Serpent business, it's on Serpent land." [Jughead] "She's here because she's one of us."

FUCK YEAH SHE IS!! *fist pump into the air* 🙋

Toni standing next to Betty!

Sweetpea standing right  behind Betty, the way he cocks his chin up like he is ready to throw down when Tall Boy questions why she is there. Pea has her back!!! 👏

Jughead's NO HESITATION answer of "She's one of us." 😍 GOOSEBUMPS. I HAVE GOOSEBUMPS. AND NO CHILL. This is the sort of perfect moment we get in fanfic!!! It's what we dream of!

The way Jughead looks over to her as he says it and they meet eyes as if he said "THAT'S MY DAMN WIFE."

FP is up in Tall Boy's business and I'm pretty sure he's saying "THAT'S MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, TALLBITCH, STEP OFF." 👏

Hiram Lodge was behind this? HIRAM LODGE WAS BEHIND THIS.

Hiram is never getting off my shit list. 💩

Jughead meeting Betty's eye's regularly through this! Ohhh shit, when Veronica finds all this out, shit is going to get real in the Lodge family.

Did Tall Boy just call Jughead Sunshine?

Jug: "Nobody calls me, Sunshine.. Except my wife.” Betty: “I love you, baby!" 😍

[Jughead] "You're a Judas, Tall Boy, and an idiot." -- WRECKED.

BETTY JUST VOTED! HELL YEAH, SHE DID! 🙌

Betty may be the last one to vote, but the expression of “You’re done done, bitch,” when she puts her hand up is priceless. ☕️

[Veronica] "I love you, Archie. But we can't keep dating unless you understand something about my family. About my father. Look, I wanted to protect you from this, but every day, you're getting in deeper and deeper and The truth is, Archie My dad He's - He's a -" [Archie] "A mobster. I know, Ronnie. I've seen all those movies. And the poker game last night.” [Veronica] "Well, I mean, I wouldn't put it so baldly. But, Archie, it's not just what he is, it's what he's planning to do. In Riverdale. SoDale is just the beginning, it's actually -" [Archie] "Stop." [Veronica] "No, Archie. You need to know this." [Archie] "No, I don't want to know." [Veronica] "Archie, he's going to -" [Archie] "Veronica, I can't know. I (sighs) I don't need to know.  Veronica, I love you.  And there's nothing you could ever say that would change that. Or make me regret being with you. Or scare me away. You don't have to protect me from this, any of it. I love you, Ronnie. I'm with you."

This was Varchie's moment. 💕

I have always shipped Varchie, not in an OTP kind of way, but I certainly support it. This scene, and others in this episode, really made me love Varchie a little more.

Archie, normally the big lug, isn't so naive and oblivious as he looks.

UGH, ARCHIE, I GET IT. SAM has you on lock, BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HIRAM IS GOING TO DO, SON! Let the woman speak! 🤐

Hold up, what is Hiram planning to do in Riverdale that SoDale is just the beginning of? This sounds shady AF and Veronica knows? Does she know about Sunnyside? About Jughead and so many others losing their homes? How is she supporting this? This whole episode I've definitely been of the "Ohhhh snap, when Ronnie finds out, shit is going down," mode but... shit. I feel a lot disappointed. I really like Ronnie, I don't want her to be complicit and accepting of these things. 😢

I like the "I can't know" correction into "I don't want to know." He almost told her everything. With how they are playing this, even though he is in SAM's pocket kind of, I really don't think Ronnie would be upset with him at this point. He is playing SAM but actually helping Hiram. He did just warn him about that murder plot afterall. He's drawn his lines in the sand.

The love is real though, and that's beautiful. Varchie. 😍

BUGHEAD IS ON THE COUCH. THEY ARE... ON THE COUCH.

Jughead picked up his beanie, seemed to think about it for a moment, and then set it back down. I did not notice this on first viewing, I was too busy forgetting how to breathe. 😍

Our OTP is so beautiful! That dress! Her hair down! Those suspenders! No beanie! Communicating! 💛💙

So the tv was on and they were staring at it before this... so after all this that has happened they went back to the trailer to... watch television? 📺

My man! Mad props to Jug for initiating conversation!

Excuse me while I lose my mind and quote the crap out of this conversation right now!!

[Jughead] "Good ol' Hiram Lodge. I wonder what he's planning for us. And the Southside?" [Betty] "Maybe we can ask Veronica on Monday." [Jughead] "Yeah. Maybe we should just investigate quietly until we know more."

Oh nooooooo. Betty and Jug are here considering Ronnie their source and confidant, and she actually has been in on all this apparently... oh nooooooooooo... 😥

Jughead ‘rage, rage against the dying of the light’ Jones suggesting subtlety? That’s a change.

Jughead's legs look so long, sprawled out in front of him. In those suspenders. Biting his lip. With his dexterous hands on his thighs. 😲

[Jughead] "We haven't saved the trailer park yet. And I'm on probation from the Serpents, whatever that means. Because of what I did to Penny. ... But we stopped her from coming back. (slight smile) And we got rid of Tall Boy."

He is so proud of them! They did this together! Bughead forever! 🙌

[Betty] "We. (chuckles, sweet smile) It's nice to hear that again."

ADORABLE. I AM SLAIN. THAT SMILE. We! WE!! 😍😍

[Jughead] "Look, I'll be apologizing for it for the rest of my life, but I'm sorry. I am."

HE JUST SAID FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. OBSERVE MY NEGATIVE CHILL. 😱

[Jughead] "For feeling like I needed to shield you from what I was going through with the Serpents or my darkness." (scoffs)

I can't help it. Darkness, that scoff. I'm scoffing too. Jug's tone, he's over it too.

Is anyone else  hearing, "Darkness everybody, dark- everybody, darkness is spreading!!" "I'm Jughead Jones, BITCH." 🤣

[Betty] "I can handle it." [Jughead] "(softly) I know... I know you can."

It looked like Betty's lips moved to say something else when he looked at her before he said “I know!” Did they cut something?! I need every precious moment of this. 😭

That look they share is so tender, her mouth in a soft smile, the corner of his turned up, sweetness in both of their eyes. This is what I live for. 😍

How softly he said that, it aches.

Jughead looks like he is trying to get up his courage to say something more!

[Betty] "I should probably start heading home."

BETTY DON'T GO.

[Jughead] "Or you could stay. ... Stay."

MY HEART IS EXPLODING. WHAT IS LIFE? I AM PURE EMOTION.

The way he says stay. *Chokes, fans face* I’m not crying, you’re crying!!! 😢😭

The way his hand falls to the folds of her dress, his fingertips just barely grazing the side of her thigh through the fabric. 😐💓

More screencaps of this scene up to this point HERE.

As soon as she gets that opening she moves toward him!

The way he begins to reach for her, begins to hold her, before she is even in his lap, both hands at her sides. 💞😍

OMG. JUGHEAD'S HAND ON HER  BACK. I AM NOT EQUIPPED FOR THIS.

A slow-mo kiss? A SLOW-MO KISS. Do they WANT to stop all of our Bughead hearts?! 💀😍

The way they are sharing breaths, eyes closed, intense.

HE JUST UNZIPPED BETTY'S DRESS. LIKE A PRO. Jughead Suave!

I have since found out this dress has two small buttons up at the top above that gap. No one can tell me he didn't just pop those buttons. I need this, guys. 🤩

Their kisses are FIRE. 🔥🔥🔥 He is worshiping her.

Pizza. Socks. 🍕

His ankles are crossed and his feet are moving like he is strumming with energy here. He can't stop moving. The way his feet are pressing into the floor definitely means he's lightly pressing his hips into her and rocking with her. I have goosebumps.

If something interrupts...

BETTY WHY DID YOU JUST INTERRUPT THIS. 🤦

I thought we agreed NO MORE Bugterruptions!!!!!

Her hands are still in his hair, holding him to her. I love that he is so caught up in kissing her everywhere he can reach. 💋

Dammit, Betty, why did you pull his head back. She totally pulled his head back to look into his eyes though. 😍

Oh, that expression on Jug's face. He looks so concerned, like he's afraid she might take it all back. Vulnerable Juggy. 😭

Betty intends to tell Jug about the Archie kiss. Then when she meets his eyes, something switches in her. She smiles with this look of wonder. Like she realizes that right then, nothing is more important than them, than him, than being with him, like he is some kind of miracle. Dead. 💀

[Betty] "I just want you. I want all of you. Tonight."

The breath that Jug lets out after she says "I just want you," is like he has been holding his breath and waiting for the other shoe to drop. After she says "tonight," he breathes a long sigh of relief, of desire, of emotion. Brilliant. 🤗

I don't believe that Betty withheld telling him about the kiss out of malice or guilt, I think it's because of exactly what she said. She wanted Jughead, nothing else mattered, all the rest of it, the mistakes, the other people, the space, it was just white noise.

Jughead's hands on Betty's ass, her ribs, her back, her neck, her cheek. DAMN. This scene was worth waiting for. 😳

It’s over?! It’s over! THE SCENE™ I won’t be rewinding and watching this 652 times. Nope. That is someone else. 😅

More screencaps of THE SCENE™ HERE.

Alice 'I'm not at all concerned about having no idea where my daughter is, she's fiiiiiine, she does this all the time' Cooper. 🙃

Chic just asked about Hal, does he not know about the share BnB?

Why in the world would Alice think that is Hal at the door? He said he was outtie. And why would Hal knock? This is turning into a bad horror movie.

Hi, I have slicked back bleach blonde hair, a skeezy outfit, and a neck chain. I am a stereotype. 🤮

What happened to not telling anyone where you lived, Chic? You haven't even been at the Cooper's more than a week, Chic! 🙅

SAM 🕴 is being real laissez-faire about this stealth op.

OH SNAP, Archie just lied and covered up for Hiram. He has picked his side!

There's a box! VERONICA.

“What was in the box? What's in the box?! WHAT'S IN THE FUCKING BOX?!” 

IT'S GWYNETH PALTROW’S HEAD!! 😂😂

Just kidding, it's General Pickens head. 🤣🤣

That smile of Betty's is so precious!! She is a happy muffin!!

🎶 I JUST HAD SEEEEX, and it felt so good!!!! 🎶

Oh wait, this is Riverdale. 😡 WE CAN’T HAVE ANY DAMN MUFFINS.

Alice Cooper wearing dishwashing gloves with pink flowers 🌸 on them, cleaning up a giant pool of blood, with kitchen towels, around a dead body. Are you SHITTING me right now?

Alice 'Never mind this giant pool of blood, nbd, Elizabeth, but did you lock the front door' Cooper

There is blood all over Alice's knees. Head wounds bleed a lot. That man got bludgeoned with a lamp.... in the kitchen... by a Cooper. 💡🍽

Chic is just sitting on the floor by the back door, rocking. Clean up your GD mess, Chic. ⚰️

WHO KILLED UPGRAYEDD?! With two D's for a double dose of pimpin. Also known as 'Shady Man' officially.

RIP Poppa Poutine. 💀 RIP Shady Man. 💀 Long live Bughead. 😘