Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 10 | Chapter 11 | Chapter 12 | Chapter 13
Chapter 14 | Chapter 15 | Chapter 16 | Chapter 17 | Chapter 18 | Chapter 19 | Chapter 20 | Chapter 21 | Chapter 22 | Chapter 23 | Chapter 24 | Chapter 25 | Chapter 26 | Chapter 27 | Chapter 28 | Chapter 29 | Chapter 30 | Chapter 31 | Chapter 32 | Chapter 33 | Chapter 34 | Chapter 35
Chapter 36 | Chapter 37 | Chapter 38 | Chapter 39 | Chapter 40 | Chapter 41 | Chapter 42 | Chapter 43 | Chapter 44 | Chapter 45 | Chapter 46 | Chapter 47 | Chapter 48 | Chapter 49 | Chapter 50 | Chapter 51 | Chapter 52 | Chapter 53 | Chapter 54 | Chapter 55 | Chapter 56 | Chapter 57
Chapter 58 | Chapter 59 | Chapter 60 | Chapter 61 | Chapter 62 | Chapter 63 | Chapter 64 | Chapter 65 | Chapter 66 | Chapter 67 | Chapter 68 | Chapter 69 | Chapter 70 | Chapter 71 | Chapter 72 | Chapter 73 | Chapter 74 | Chapter 75 | Chapter 76
Chapter 77 | Chapter 78 | Chapter 79 | Chapter 80 | Chapter 81 | Chapter 82 | Chapter 83 | Chapter 84 | Chapter 85 | Chapter 86 | Chapter 87 | Chapter 88 | Chapter 89 | Chapter 90 | Chapter 91 | Chapter 92 | Chapter 93 | Chapter 94 | Chapter 95
Chapter 96 | Chapter 97 | Chapter 98 | Chapter 99 | Chapter 100 | Chapter 101 | Chapter 102 | Chapter 103 | Chapter 104 | Chapter 105 | Chapter 106 | Chapter 107 | Chapter 108 | Chapter 109 | Chapter 110 | Chapter 111 | Chapter 112 | Chapter 113 | Chapter 114 | Chapter 115 | Chapter 116 | Chapter 117
Title From: In a Lonely Place (1950)
Jughead and Betty deal with the fallout of Polly running away from the home, while Veronica fights with her mother regarding Fred Andrews.
Tropes
- Abusive Parents: The Coopers and Blossoms as usual are both feuding over Polly but neither cares one wit about her.
- The Alcoholic: Jughead's father.
- Big Man on Campus: FP Jones in his high school days. Called this word for word by Fred Andrews.
- Hiding in Plain Sight: Polly was hiding in the Coopers' attic the entire time.
- In the Back: In Jughead’s disturbing Suburban nightmare, Archie has a giant knife in his back, symbolising Jughead’s subconscious guilt and feelings of betrayal over kissing Betty, as he knows about Archie’s feelings for her.Archie (in Jughead’s nightmare): Why’d you stab me in the back?
- Jealous Romantic Witness: Archie, twice in the episode, looking at Betty and Jughead.
- Jock Dad, Nerd Son: FP Jones was apparently a popular football and a big man on campus when he was in high school. His son, Jughead, is an introspective loner and prefers to write or read rather than play sports.
- Jump Scare: Even expecting to find Polly in the (dark, creepy) attic, Betty still gets one of these when Polly comes up behind her.
- Love Triangle: Jughead's nightmare shows that he knows that Archie has romantic feelings for Betty and feels like he's betrayed Archie by kissing her. Archie also has a visible reaction when he sees Betty and Jughead be 'cosy' in public. Archie pointedly asks Jughead and tries to play it off but is clearly unsettled and jealous. When FP and Jughead fight and Betty leaves with Jughead, Archie stares after her and Fred puts a comforting hand on his shoulder, indicating that Fred is also well aware of Archie and Betty's romantic feelings for each other.
- Mythology Gag: Jughead's dream in the opening sequence has the main cast styled as their comic book counterparts.
- Not So Stoic: As illustrated below, Jughead goes from snarky and generally calm to practically trembling with fear by the idea of becoming a scapegoat for the police. He somewhat maintains his stoicism with Sheriff Keller, but his mask shatters when he's talking to his friends.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Jughead is arrested under suspicion of having killed Jason, and he is terrified of being railroaded by the police.Jughead: Those Paradise Lost kids went to death row because they wore black and listened to Metallica... I don't want to become a scapegoat.
- Opposites Attract: Though Jughead and Betty kissed last episode, here they appear to be a genuine couple. The broody, dark-haired, sarcastic, wrong side of the tracks boy and the cheery, earnest, blonde suburban girl are surprisingly well-matched.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Both Veronica's mother, Hermione, and Fred Andrews are continued to be shown as this.
- Retcon: In the first episode, Hermione told Veronica that the apartment in Riverdale was all they had left because it was under her name. But in this episode she claims it is a rental.
- The Scapegoat: Jughead is well aware that the fairly incompetent Riverdale police are looking for one, and as a bullied outcast he makes the perfect target.
- Shipper on Deck: Veronica endorses Betty's relationship with JugheadVeronica: Okay, in that case, if he helped my girl navigate some turbulent emotional waters... well then, Veronica Lodge approves.
- Take That!: The opening dream sequence can be seen as one on the fans who complained about the characters not looking like their comic counterparts by showing how silly that would look in real life.
- Undying Loyalty: Fred forges a time card to protect Jughead from suspicion for Jason's murder.
- Wham Shot: Jason's coat is in FP's closet.
