CREATED BY Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa EPISODE 4.18 “Chapter Seventy-Five: Lynchian” Betty and Archie struggle with lingering feelings. Jughead and Charles track down Riverdale’s cinephiles. Veronica and Cheryl deal with bad blood. WRITTEN BY: Ariana Jackson | Brian E. Paterson DIRECTED BY: Steven A. Adelson ORIGINAL BROADCAST: April 29, 2020 NOTE: This is a transcription of the spoken dialogue and audio, with time-code reference, provided without cost by 8FLiX.com for your entertainment, convenience, and study. This version may not be exactly as written in the original script; however, the intellectual property is still reserved by the original source and may be subject to copyright. EPISODE CAST K.J. Apa ... Archie Andrews Lili Reinhart ... Betty Cooper Camila Mendes ... Veronica Lodge Cole Sprouse ... Jughead Jones Marisol Nichols ... Hermione Lodge Madelaine Petsch ... Cheryl Blossom Mark Consuelos ... Hiram Lodge Casey Cott ... Kevin Keller Charles Melton ... Reggie Mantle Vanessa Morgan ... Toni Topaz Mädchen Amick ... Alice Cooper Nathalie Boltt ... Penelope Blossom Wyatt Nash ... Charles Smith Shannon Purser ... Ethel Muggs Molly Ringwald ... Mary Andrews Kerr Smith ... Principal Holden Honey Trinity Likins ... Jellybean Jones Kett Turton ... David Spencer Lord ... Terry Steve Makaj ... Jinx Malloy Drew Ray Tanner ... Fangs Fogarty Billy Wickman ... Hunter Malloy Don Ainsworth ... Jimmy Hannah Bos ... Young Betty Brock Brown ... Young Archie Fritzy-Klevans Destine ... Bulldog #1 Marion Eisman ... Doris Bell Joshua Guvi ... Daryl Lexi Hill ... Audrey Austin Miklautsch ... Darius Dawson Rutledge ... Fratboy #1 Daniel Schoepf ... Ray Malloy Noam Zylberman ... Paul Malloy 1 00:00:09,134 --> 00:00:09,968 [Jughead] "Lynchian." 2 00:00:10,802 --> 00:00:12,804 Adjective to describe something inspired 3 00:00:12,887 --> 00:00:15,515 by the noted American filmmaker, David Lynch. 4 00:00:16,266 --> 00:00:20,478 And/or to describe something that is both incredibly macabre and incredibly mundane. 5 00:00:28,028 --> 00:00:32,240 Also, Riverdale's status quo, reaching new depths of perversion 6 00:00:32,323 --> 00:00:35,994 with the discovery of a videotape in which someone wearing a mask of me 7 00:00:36,077 --> 00:00:39,414 is bludgeoned to death by someone wearing a mask of my girlfriend. 8 00:00:39,497 --> 00:00:41,082 Hey. What are you guys watching? 9 00:00:41,499 --> 00:00:42,959 Jellybean, you gotta get out of here. 10 00:00:43,585 --> 00:00:44,961 Sorry, this is NC-17 stuff. 11 00:00:45,795 --> 00:00:47,380 Fine. Whatever. 12 00:00:48,423 --> 00:00:49,257 [Betty] Okay. 13 8FLiX.com TRANSCRIPTS DATABASE FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY 00:00:49,591 --> 00:00:52,093 So, that was dropped off at the sheriff's station 14 00:00:52,177 --> 00:00:54,387 in a bin with all of the other voyeur tapes? 15 00:00:54,471 --> 00:00:58,892 Yeah, but the other tapes were just static shots of people's houses at a distance. 16 00:00:58,975 --> 00:01:00,727 This is clearly an escalation. 17 00:01:00,810 --> 00:01:03,396 A recreation of whatever someone thinks happened to me in the woods. 18 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:07,025 The big questions are, who is doing this and what are we gonna do about it? 19 00:01:07,108 --> 00:01:08,109 Me? Nothing. 20 00:01:08,193 --> 00:01:11,362 No, I'm not getting pulled into some creepy new mystery. 21 00:01:11,738 --> 00:01:14,699 But you can feel free to get sucked into this one, okay? 22 00:01:14,783 --> 00:01:17,494 Could always use an extra set of eyes and ears, little brother. 23 00:01:21,247 --> 00:01:23,249 [Hiram whistling] 24 00:01:26,336 --> 00:01:28,546 You're unusually chipper today, Daddy. 8FLiX.com TRANSCRIPTS DATABASE FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY 25 00:01:29,088 --> 00:01:32,133 Mija, I just closed a major distribution deal. 26 00:01:32,801 --> 00:01:35,720 As of this morning, I'll be supplying all the rum 27 00:01:36,221 --> 00:01:40,183 for the Grande family's chain of casinos, up and down the Eastern seaboard. 28 00:01:40,266 --> 00:01:42,685 You're doing business with Elio's shady ass again? 29 00:01:42,769 --> 00:01:44,187 All I'm doing is selling rum, mija. 30 00:01:44,771 --> 00:01:47,565 And beating you to a market you hadn't even considered. 31 00:01:47,649 --> 00:01:49,567 I did consider it, weeks ago. 32 00:01:49,651 --> 00:01:54,239 Instead, Red Raven is expanding into a heretofore untapped market, 33 00:01:54,322 --> 00:01:55,406 the college crowd. 34 00:01:55,490 --> 00:01:58,201 With an affordable version of our product, Maple Claw. 35 00:01:59,119 --> 00:02:00,161 Good luck with that. 36 00:02:10,922 --> 00:02:12,549 8FLiX.com TRANSCRIPTS DATABASE FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY -What's up? -[Fangs] What's up, Reggie? 37 00:02:13,174 --> 00:02:16,511 What's up is I hear you two have some scam going 38 00:02:16,594 --> 00:02:18,721 where you're bringing in some serious bank. 39 00:02:19,222 --> 00:02:21,683 -Are you dealing again, Fangs? -No. Are you? 40 00:02:21,766 --> 00:02:23,143 No. That's why I'm broke. 41 00:02:23,518 --> 00:02:25,478 And I want in. On whatever you're doing. 42 00:02:25,562 --> 00:02:28,189 So... what's the scam? 43 00:02:33,736 --> 00:02:35,780 We make tickle videos for a guy named Terry. 44 00:02:35,864 --> 00:02:36,781 Hmm? 45 00:02:36,865 --> 00:02:39,325 And before you assume the worst, it's not sexual. 46 00:02:39,409 --> 00:02:42,245 No clothes come off at any time. It's like an endurance sport. 47 00:02:43,371 --> 00:02:46,082 -And this Terry guy pays you? -[Fangs] Yeah. 8FLiX.com TRANSCRIPTS DATABASE FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY 48 00:02:47,375 --> 00:02:49,002 And a lot more than dealing. 49 00:02:49,502 --> 00:02:50,920 That's weird as hell, boys. 50 00:02:52,255 --> 00:02:56,009 But... do you think Terry could use a guy like me? 51 00:03:02,015 --> 00:03:04,017 [playing ballad] 52 00:03:43,723 --> 00:03:46,935 [Betty] Dear diary, today I fell in love with the boy next door. 53 00:03:48,311 --> 00:03:49,854 He has red hair and freckles 54 00:03:49,938 --> 00:03:52,857 and a scar on his eyebrow that he got when he fell off his bicycle. 55 00:03:55,860 --> 00:03:57,820 His name is Archie Andrews. 56 00:03:57,904 --> 00:04:00,281 And he has a dog named Vegas, who is super cute, 57 00:04:00,365 --> 00:04:01,366 but not as cute as Archie. 58 00:04:01,658 --> 00:04:02,492 [knock on door] 59 00:04:02,575 --> 00:04:03,910 -Hey. -Hi. 60 8FLiX.com TRANSCRIPTS DATABASE FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY 00:04:04,494 --> 00:04:07,872 -What are you reading? -Just looking at one of my old diaries. 61 00:04:07,956 --> 00:04:09,707 Ooh, fifth grade. That's juicy. 62 00:04:11,167 --> 00:04:13,586 -Mom, seriously? -I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 63 00:04:14,629 --> 00:04:17,423 Oh, honey, you're so grown up. 64 00:04:18,091 --> 00:04:21,678 I can't believe you're gonna be leaving for Yale in a few months. 65 00:04:22,637 --> 00:04:24,389 My precious little girl. 66 00:04:24,472 --> 00:04:27,517 Mom, please do not cry. If you cry, I'm going to cry. 67 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:28,685 Oh, I'm sorry. 68 00:04:33,022 --> 00:04:35,316 What could you possibly cry about, honey? 69 00:04:40,780 --> 00:04:42,865 You have your whole life ahead of you. 70 00:04:47,036 --> 00:04:48,329 Three cases, as ordered. 71 00:04:48,830 --> 00:04:52,583 -Your party will be the hit of frat row. -Be a bigger hit if you two came. 72 00:04:53,001 --> 00:04:55,420 8FLiX.com TRANSCRIPTS DATABASE FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY You ladies supply anything other than booze? 73 00:04:56,546 --> 00:04:58,589 Ew. Get out of my sight! 74 00:04:59,674 --> 00:05:01,009 Bye! 75 00:05:05,930 --> 00:05:08,308 Honestly, Veronica, what happened to "quality always"? 76 00:05:12,854 --> 00:05:15,273 Oh, great, the cast of Swamp Thing just got here. 77 00:05:16,232 --> 00:05:17,150 [Veronica] Welcome. 78 00:05:17,233 --> 00:05:20,069 I don't have any more orders scheduled for pickup, 79 00:05:20,153 --> 00:05:21,237 but can I help you? 80 00:05:21,946 --> 00:05:25,658 Actually, little lady, we're just, uh, checking out the competition.