Meanwhile, Betty helps Tabitha look for Jughead.
Riverdaleis back, and things are already getting weird!
Talk about a draw for tourists!
KJ Apa, Drew Ray Tanner, and Charles Melton on ‘Riverdale’.Bettina Strauss/The CW
As for what comes next, let’s start with the criminals.
Those two clean out Veronica’s shop and take the blue opal right out of her buyer’s hand.
Thankfully, he’s got Kevin, Fangs, and his uncle Frank to help him.
And he needs that help when the criminals take Hiram, the governor, and Sheriff Keller captive.
(Hiram’s probably rethinking his great prison escape at this point.)
Reggie leads the guys to Hiram’s safe, which they easily extract from the wall.
Then it’s time to play Batman.
Then they enter from above, kick some butt, and the good guys win.
Sorry, forgot to mention that they do all that while set to a musical number!
When Tabitha realizes Jug has escaped, she calls Betty for help.
Betty, super-chill about a missing person, says she’ll come by tomorrow to help.
Together, Betty and Tabitha start to read Jug’s manuscript for any clues.
But ultimately Betty decides to call Jess to see if Jug’s been in contact.
Not only is she his ex, but she’s also the one who sold him the mushrooms.
Again, I say, where is the rush?!
But as the audience knows, Jughead is actually fine.
Well, not fine, but he’s alive.
But Doc had already figured it out.
While all this is going on, Jess arrives in Riverdale and helps Betty and Tabitha look for him.
In this scenario, SHE’S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO DRUG YOU.
And yet, Betty doesn’t notice anything weird.
So the women share some fries at Pop’s and actually start to bond.
Yeah, it’s not great.
Jess mentions how dark things got for a time there, and then she confesses to drugging them.
Why’d she do it?
At first Cheryl rolls her eyes at the idea, thinking her mother is in it for money.
And suddenly, Cheryl’s all in on the church.
This cannot be good!
And just like that, this weird, violent, sometimes musical show is back in our lives.
