CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR: WICKED LITTLE TOWN

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In Pop's
Jughead typing on his laptop
Waiter pouring coffee in Jughead's cup
Jughead's Voiceover
It was over.The evils of Stonewall Prep had been vanquished. And life in Riverdale,more or less, picked up where it had left off. But at its heart, Riverdale was and is,a wicked little town. So no one was surprised when a third round of sinister video tapes was delivered to our doorsteps.
Outside of the Coopers house
Jughead sees a video tape on the doorstep
Jughead puts his order down
Jughead picks up the tape and starts singing Wicked Little Town

Betty opens the door
At the Andrews house
Archie picks up the tape
Veronica walks in her house
In Thistlehouse,living room
Toni holds Cheryl's hand
In the Coopers house,living room
Jughead watching the tape
In Pembroke,living room/Dining room
Hermione sits down with a glass of red wine
In Pop's
Everyone is watching the tape
In the Coopers house,living room
Jughead's Voiceover
No one slept that night...as they waited for a new day to dawn.
In Pembroke,living room/Dining room
Hiram is pouring himself a cup of coffee
Veronica walks in
Veronica says to Hiram "Daddy? You have a doctor's appointment,don't you?"
Hiram says to Veronica "Which I'll go to as soon as I finish my coffee."
Veronica walks off
Hiram smiles
In the Gym
Hiram is working out
Hiram grunting
Hiram says to himself "Come on."
Hiram grunts
Hiram says to Archie "Little help. Little help!"
Archie runs over to Archie
Archie helps Hiram
Hiram exhales sharply
Archie says to Hiram "Holy crap, Mr. Lodge."
Hiram says to Archie "Thanks, Archie."
Archie says to Hiram "Maybe you should ease up...you know,considering your condition."
Hiram looks at Archie
Hiram says to Archie "What the hell you talking about?"
Archie says to Hiram "Veronica told me,that you're sick."
Hiram says to Archie "Well, clearly my daughter's
confused 'cause I'm perfectly healthy. But if she's concerned for some unfounded reason,then you'll agree that...she doesn't need to know about this."
Archie says to Hiram "Mr. Lodge, look if you need help..."
Hiram says to Archie "What I need is privacy."
Hiram stands up
Hiram says to Archie "This is not your business,
nor hers, frankly. Do we understand each other, Archie?"
Archie says to Hiram "Yes, sir. We do."
Hiram says to Archie "All right,take the plate off."
Hiram walks off
In the Blue & Gold
Betty says to Jughead "So, I talked to all your teachers and we figured out a way for you to catch up on all of your classes."
Jughead says to Betty "Phew. That's not daunting at all."
Jughead scoffs
Jughead says to Betty "There's an index."
Betty says to Jughead "Mm-hm. And it's color coded. Red is for American history. You missed the midterm,so you can catch up by writing an essay on either the Trail of Tears or the Salem witch trials."
Jughead says to Betty "Salem witch trails, definitely."
Betty says to Jughead "Mm-hm. Blue, English.
You can choose amongst, The Pearl,The Old Man and the Sea,and London's The Call of the Wild,
for your book report."
Jughead sighs
Betty says to Jughead "What,you've already read all three of them."
Jughead says to Betty "No, I know, it's just...
Writing a book report?Now I know,how Sisyphus must have felt. Given how far behind I am on literally every topic,is it even worth trying to catch up at this point?"
Betty says to Jughead "Look,I know this is a lot.
It's a lot of work,but it's only for a couple of months,just to make sure that you graduate...with me. What is more important than that?"
Betty kisses Jughead
In Charles's office
Charles says to Jughead "Jughead. What a surprise. What do you need?"
Jughead says to Charles "Something to stimulate my brain as I plow through this pile of work that Betty's lined up for me. I was thinking in between
writing these mind-numbing essays,I could help you review the latest round of videotapes from
our mysterious voyeur."
Charles says to Jughead "Absolutely, I could use some help scrubbing through the footage. The voyeur's stepping up his or her game,filming more and more house. I don't ever want to see what would happen if he found his way inside a house."
Jughead says to Betty "Thank you. Oh,uh...One more thing. If you could keep my moon-lighting on the DL?"
Charles says to Jughead "You mean from Betty?"
Charles says to Jughead "How about this? I
won't bring it up to her unless she asks me directly."
Jughead says to Charles "Thank you."
Jughead walks out
In the Principal's office
Kevin puts the sign up down
Kevin says to Holden "Here you go, Principal Honey. Another list of sign-ups for the variety show."
Holden says to Kevin "Mmm. Well, I've reviewed
the acts submitted so far. They mostly seem fine,
with one exception. Yours. I'm sorry, but you won't be allowed to do a number from Hedwig and the Angry Inch. That show is...It's not appropriate for students and families."
Kevin says to Holden "It was on Broadway. There's a movie version of it."
Holden says to Kevin "An R-rated movie version.
Look, why don't you do a number from a classical musical, like Oklahoma! or a Carousel? Instead of some niche, downtown cabaret show that would be more appropriate for pre-Nazi Berlin?"
Kevin says to Holden "Hedwig is not a niche show. It celebrates identities, genders, expressions of all kinds. And it speaks to my entire generation. We are relentlessly slammed
with crisis after crisis. And we take it,and we're numb,yes,but also screaming on the inside.
Please just... Just listen to us. We're people, not numbers. We're Generation Z."
Kevin pays the music from the stereo and puts it under his arm
Random number generation playing

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