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[[AC: Chapter Nine - La Grande Illusion]]
* This episode could be appropriately named "The Four Woobies"
** Ethel's father had business with Hiram Lodge, which led to her father losing thousands of dollars and, thus, her parents arguing all the time. Despite Veronica's attempts to cheer her up throughout the episode, all she manages are sad smiles. It reaches a peak when her father attempts suicide by pills. By the end, she's far from okay, but she is still Veronica's friends.
** Veronica tries to help Ethel out because Ethel reminds her of a girl Veronica once bullied. Veronica gives her clothes, jewelry, a place at her dinner table--because Ethel is suffering because of Hiram. When she finds out that Ethel's dad attempted suicide, she collapses into tears. And just to top it off, Ethel's mother shuts her down ''hard'', as if Veronica should be held accountable just for being related to Hiram.
** Cheryl. While still snarky and cool, this episode really shows how everyone loved Jason, not her, so now she's the punching bag of both her family and its partners. Archie is one of, if not the, only people to show her legitimate kindness without having an ulterior motive--which leads to her developing a crush on him, which he shuts down. After so much abuse and heartbreak, the last scene of the episode is Cheryl angrily scribbling Archie's face out of the picture they took.
** Betty finally breaks down because of her family. Her father has left them, her mother is slowly going mad, and Polly has broken off all ties with them. Betty worries that her family is going to [[AdultFear fall apart forever.]] She has Jughead, thankfully, but that doesn't make her situation any better.
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* It's a quiet moment, but Polly comments at the start of the episode that [[spoiler: her and Jason's escape car going up in flames]] had robbed her of nearly everything of Jason's that she had - the situation has left her even more reliant on the charity of the people around her, many of whom have ulterior motives.
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* The moment it's revealed to the audience that [[spoiler: Joaquin is only with Kevin so that the Serpant's have a connection to the sheriff. Worse is that fact that Joaquin is clearly falling for Kevin for real.]]
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[[AC: Chapter Eight - The Outsiders]]
* As horrible as Alice has been up to now, it's impossible not to feel for her as she suffers a HeelFaceDoorSlam, [[spoiler:her realization of how horrible she'd been to Polly coming too late to repair their relationship, so that even Hal being kicked out upon the reveal that he'd tried to make Polly get an abortion and a heartfelt plea from Betty isn't enough to sway her from moving in with the Blossoms rather than going back home.]]
* As horrible as Alice has been up to now, it's impossible not to feel for her as she suffers a HeelFaceDoorSlam, [[spoiler:her realization of how horrible she'd been to Polly coming too late to repair their relationship, so that even Hal being kicked out upon the reveal that he'd tried to make Polly get an abortion and a heartfelt plea from Betty isn't enough to sway her from moving in with the Blossoms rather than going back home.]]
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** The episode opens with Jughead dreaming in the style of classic 1950's Archie comics with everyone in their comic costumes and hairstyles. He's narrating about how much he wants to belong somewhere, how much he wants to have a home and a family [[spoiler: and he sees himself as a happily accepted part of the full Cooper family with Polly and Jason together and him and Betty seemingly engaged but then he catches a glimpse of his dad drinking and Archie accuses Jughead of stabbing him in the back. All Jughead wants is a happy family together but he can't have that]]
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* [[spoiler: The reveal that contrary to what the Coopers have been saying, Polly never had a breakdown. She became pregnant with Jason's baby and had planned to run away with him, but Alice found out and had her forcibly put in a 'troubled home for youths' to hide her pregnancy. It's clear that months of being locked away have done a number on her mental state, and it only gets worse when she finds out Jason is dead. Even worse, her parents never told her about it.]]
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* The entire of Jughead's plot in this episode. [[spoiler: Even as he and Archie try their best to get his Dad's life back on track, it's clear that he and Fred can't easily reconcile and Jughead isn't even sure that his Dad will stick with it, despite it possibly being their only chance to bring their family back together again. Then Sheriff Keller interrogates him as a suspect in Jason's murder and brings up his history in a juvenile detention centre and that he's constantly been bullied throughout his life. Perhaps the greatest tearjerker of all is that, in the end, it's Fred Andrews who comes to his aid - his own Dad arrives late and even tries to pick a fight with Fred over it.]] The whole episode just shows that no matter how hard Jughead tries, his dream of reuniting his family is impossible so long as FP continues to be self-destructive.
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* The entire of Jughead's plot in this episode. [[spoiler: Even as he and Archie try their best to get his Dad's dad's life back on track, it's clear that he and Fred can't easily reconcile and Jughead isn't even sure that his Dad FP will stick with it, despite it possibly being their only chance to bring their family back together again. Then Sheriff Keller interrogates him as a suspect in Jason's murder and brings up his history in a juvenile detention centre and that he's constantly been bullied throughout his life. Perhaps the greatest tearjerker of all is that, in the end, it's Fred Andrews who comes to his aid - his own Dad FP arrives late and even tries to pick a fight with Fred over it.]] The whole episode just shows that no matter how hard Jughead tries, his dream of reuniting his family is impossible so long as FP continues to be self-destructive.
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[[AC: Chapter Seven - In A Lonely Place]]
* The entire of Jughead's plot in this episode. [[spoiler: Even as he and Archie try their best to get his Dad's life back on track, it's clear that he and Fred can't easily reconcile and Jughead isn't even sure that his Dad will stick with it, despite it possibly being their only chance to bring their family back together again. Then Sheriff Keller interrogates him as a suspect in Jason's murder and brings up his history in a juvenile detention centre and that he's constantly been bullied throughout his life. Perhaps the greatest tearjerker of all is that, in the end, it's Fred Andrews who comes to his aid - his own Dad arrives late and even tries to pick a fight with Fred over it.]] The whole episode just shows that no matter how hard Jughead tries, his dream of reuniting his family is impossible so long as FP continues to be self-destructive.
* The entire of Jughead's plot in this episode. [[spoiler: Even as he and Archie try their best to get his Dad's life back on track, it's clear that he and Fred can't easily reconcile and Jughead isn't even sure that his Dad will stick with it, despite it possibly being their only chance to bring their family back together again. Then Sheriff Keller interrogates him as a suspect in Jason's murder and brings up his history in a juvenile detention centre and that he's constantly been bullied throughout his life. Perhaps the greatest tearjerker of all is that, in the end, it's Fred Andrews who comes to his aid - his own Dad arrives late and even tries to pick a fight with Fred over it.]] The whole episode just shows that no matter how hard Jughead tries, his dream of reuniting his family is impossible so long as FP continues to be self-destructive.
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* When Archie gives Penelope Jason's old jersey, she touches his face and hair and says that he's so much like Jason (weirding out everyone who watches) and you can see that even for a second, she imagines her son is still alive-before she snaps back to reality and thanks Archie. Given how cruel she is to Cheryl, there's an implication Jason was her favorite and now he's gone-making the entire family's issues even worse.
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[[AC: Chapter Six]]Six - Faster, Pussycats! Kill! Kill!]]
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* A lot of Josie's perfectionist streak is revealed to come from a place of deep insecurity that her music is too 'commercial' for her famous jazz musician father. Everything she does to promote the Pussycats is so she can finally have her father's approval in her choice of musical expression. When he gets up and leaves in disgust ''during their performance at the annual talent show,'' Josie is completely ''heartbroken'' and barely makes it off stage before breaking down.
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[[AC: Chapter Six]]
* Betty [[spoiler: having to tell Polly that Jason is dead.]]
* [[spoiler: The reveal that contrary to what the Coopers have been saying, Polly never had a breakdown. She became pregnant with Jason's baby and had planned to run away with him, but Alice found out and had her forcibly put in a 'troubled home for youths' to hide her pregnancy. It's clear that months of being locked away have done a number on her mental state, and it only gets worse when she finds out Jason is dead. Even worse, her parents never told her about it.]]
** [[spoiler: And after she's been dragged home and confronted her parents over Polly, Betty lies back on her bed in tears as she comes to grips with how monstrously abusive her parents are, and the very real possibility that they may have killed a teenage boy.]]
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** It gets worse when we find out later in the season that [[spoiler:the falling out happened because Archie's father fired Jughead's father for stealing from him, which must've been a nasty situation all-around for both boys.]]
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* TheReveal that [[spoiler:Jason and Polly were engaged]]. Betty's crushed that her parents kept this from her, and Cheryl's grandmother is genuinely heartbroken that [[spoiler:the wedding]] will never happen, and comments to Betty (thinking she's Polly) that [[spoiler:she's "lost the love of [her] young life."]] For that matter, ''imagine'' being Polly in this situation for a moment. [[spoiler:You have a tempestuous relationship with your boyfriend, to the point where you're in a mental institution because of the number it's done on your sanity, but then, suddenly, it's okay, you're engaged, he wants to marry you! And then... he's gone. And no one's sure what happened to him.]]
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** It soon becomes clear that Cheryl has absolutely ''nobody'' in her life that genuinely loved her, apart from Jason. Her mother is completely cruel to her, and her father dismissive and indifferent. Even ''Alice Cooper'' has moments that show that she does loves Betty, and she's as emotionally abusive as Penelope is.
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* Cheryl's mental unwellness begins to come forward, [[spoiler: what with her arriving in the same dress she wore on July 4th to deliver her brother's eulogy.]]
* Penelope, who instead of comforting Cheryl like a normal mother, [[AbusiveParent completely tearing her daughter down]] for embarrassing the Blossoms after Cheryl's understandable breakdown at Jason's funeral.
-->'''Penelope''': If it wasn't for the fact that no one would have you, you'd be shipped of to boarding school right now.
* Penelope, who instead of comforting Cheryl like a normal mother, [[AbusiveParent completely tearing her daughter down]] for embarrassing the Blossoms after Cheryl's understandable breakdown at Jason's funeral.
-->'''Penelope''': If it wasn't for the fact that no one would have you, you'd be shipped of to boarding school right now.
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[[AC: Chapter Five - Heart of Darkness]]
* Cheryl [[spoiler:finally breaking down at Jason's funeral about how he always protected her, and how when it was her turn to protect him, she didn't, and he died as a result.]]
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* The reveal that Jughead has been homeless for an undetermined amount of time, and living in the old Twilight drive-in until an 'anonymous buyer' [[spoiler: actually Hiram Lodge]] bought the property to tear it down. Compounding the situation is that his father is still alive (and apparently the leader of the Southside Serpents), and his little sister's whereabouts are unknown.
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* Also depressing is Grundy/[[spoiler:Jennifer]] being run out of town. Despite how sketchy her relationship is with Archie, being unceremoniously thrown out by Fred and especially Alice was sad to see, especially when she finally volunteers to do it to save Archie and Betty's reputations.
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[[AC: Chapter Four]]
* The reveal that Jughead has been homeless for an undetermined amount of time, and living in the old Twilight drive-in until an 'anonymous buyer' [[spoiler: actually Hiram Lodge]] bought the property to tear it down. Compounding the situation is that his father is still alive (and apparently the leader of the Southside Serpents), and his little sister's whereabouts are unknown.
* The reveal that Jughead has been homeless for an undetermined amount of time, and living in the old Twilight drive-in until an 'anonymous buyer' [[spoiler: actually Hiram Lodge]] bought the property to tear it down. Compounding the situation is that his father is still alive (and apparently the leader of the Southside Serpents), and his little sister's whereabouts are unknown.
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* While it's understandable that they're upset, Cheryl's parents coldly scolding her and dragging her out of the school is pretty hard to watch, especially with Cheryl'a silent acceptance of it all (implying that she's just used to it).
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[[AC: Chapter Three- Body Double]]
* Veronica dealing with Chuck's SlutShaming of her, as well as other girls' stories of having dealt with it from the football team, too.
* Cheryl's realization that Jason wasn't the good guy she thought him to be.
* Jason's mother breaking down and crying after calling Alice Cooper out for publishing Jason's autopsy and talking trash about him, talking about [[AdultFear the fact that her son was held captive and tortured before being murdered]] and having his body thrown in the river "Like trash."
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* We see a bit of it in the pilot, but ''especially'' here -- the way Betty's mother speaks to her is nothing short of disgusting.
* The fact that Betty apparently believes that Veronica will easily move on and forget about her and doesn't really care for her, when we have the benefit of knowing that Veronica's desperation to get Betty's friendship back is 100% genuine.
* The fact that Betty apparently believes that Veronica will easily move on and forget about her and doesn't really care for her, when we have the benefit of knowing that Veronica's desperation to get Betty's friendship back is 100% genuine.
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* Betty's breakdown near the start of the episode. She genuinely ''wants'' to act like the events of the weekend never happened, but she can't.
* Betty's breakdown near the start of the episode. She genuinely ''wants'' to act like the events of the weekend never happened, but she can't.
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[[AC: Chapter One- The River's Edge]]
* Archie's confession that while he does love Betty, he can never be with her due to feeling unworthy of her. Betty needless to say is crushed.
* The fact that according to Jughead that Archie chose to forgo a chance of reconciliation in their friendship by never talking to him about the event that broke it apart.
[[AC: Chapter Two- A Touch of Evil]]
* Cheryl's genuine breakdown at the pep rally over Jason.
-->'''Cheryl''': ''(sobbing)'' He's gone!\\
'''Veronica''': I know.\\
'''Cheryl''': No, you don't understand [[spoiler: [[WhamLine he was supposed to come back!]]]]
* Archie's confession that while he does love Betty, he can never be with her due to feeling unworthy of her. Betty needless to say is crushed.
* The fact that according to Jughead that Archie chose to forgo a chance of reconciliation in their friendship by never talking to him about the event that broke it apart.
[[AC: Chapter Two- A Touch of Evil]]
* Cheryl's genuine breakdown at the pep rally over Jason.
-->'''Cheryl''': ''(sobbing)'' He's gone!\\
'''Veronica''': I know.\\
'''Cheryl''': No, you don't understand [[spoiler: [[WhamLine he was supposed to come back!]]]]
