Chapter Seventy-Five: Lynchian

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Jughead's Voiceover
Lynchian.Adjective to describe something inspired by the noted American filmmaker, David Lynch. And/or to describe something that is both incredibly macabre and incredibly mundane.
In the coopers's house,living
Betty,Alice,Jughead and Charles watching the tape
Ominous music playing
Jughead's Voiceover
Also, Riverdale's status quo, reaching new depths of perversion with the discovery of a videotape in which someone wearing a mask of me is bludgeoned to death by someone wearing a mask of my girlfriend.
Thud
Jellybean walks in
Jellybean says to Betty,Alice,Jughead and Charles "Hey, what are you guys watching?"
Tape stops playing
Jughead says to Jellybean "Jellybean, you gotta get out of here. Sorry, this is NC-17 stuff."
Jellybean says to Jughead "Fine. Whatever."
Jellybean walks upstairs
Betty says to everyone "Okay. So that was dropped off at the sheriff's station, in a bin with all of the other Voyeur tapes?"
Jughead says to Betty "Yeah, but all the other Voyeur tapes were just static shots of people's houses at a distance. This is clearly an escalation. It's a recreation of whatever someone thinks happened to me in the woods. And the big questions are: Who is doing this and what are we gonna do about it?"
Betty says to Jughead "Me? Nothing. No. I'm not getting pulled into some creepy new mystery. But you can feel free to get sucked into this one, okay?"
Charles says to Jughead "I could always use an extra set of eyes and ears, little brother."
Presses button
In Pembroke,living room/Dining room
Hiram whistling
Veronica says to Hiram "You're unusually chipper today, Daddy."
Hiram says to Veronica "Mija, I just closed a major distribution deal. As of this morning, I'll be supplying all the rum for the Grande family's chain of casinos, up and down the Eastern seaboard."
Veronica says to Hiram "You're doing business with Elio shady ass again?"
Hiram says to Veronica "All I'm doing is selling rum, mija. And beating you to a market you hadn't even considered."
Veronica says to Hiram "I did consider it,weeks ago. Instead, Red Raven is expanding into a heretofore untapped market,the college crowd. With an affordable version of our product, Maple Claw."
Hiram says to Veronica "Good luck with that."
Hiram stands up
Hiram walks off
In the classroom
Kevin and Fangs working on something
Reggie walks in
Reggie says to Kangs "What's up?
Fogarty says to Reggie "What's up, Reggie?"Reggie says to Kangs "What's up is I hear you two have some scam going where you're bringing in some serious bank. Are you dealing again, Fangs?"
Fangs says to Reggie "No. Are you?"
Reggie says to Fangs "No. That's why I'm broke. And I want in. On whatever you're doing. So...what's the scam?"
Reggie crosses his arms
Kangs looks at each other
Kevin says to Reggie "We make tickle videos for a guy named Terry."
Reggie says to Himself "Hmm?"
Kevin says to Reggie "And before you assume the worst, it's not sеxual. No clothes come off at any time. It's like an endurance sport."
Reggie says to Kangs "And this Terry guy pays you?"
Fangs says to Reggie "Yeah."
Smacks lips
Fangs says to Reggie "And a lot more than dealing."
Reggie says to Kangs "That's weird as hell, boys. But...do you think Terry could use a guy like me?"
In Archie's bedroom
Playing ballad
Guitar strumming
Archie is having a flashback when Betty and him kissed
Betty's Voiceover
Dear diary, today I fell in love with the boy next door. He has red hair and freckles and a scar on his eyebrow that he got when he fell off his bicycle. His name is Archie Andrews, and he has a dog named Vegas, who is super cute, but not as cute as Archie.
Alice Knock on the door
Alice walks in
Alice says to Betty "Hey."
Betty says to Alice "Hi."
Alice says to Betty "What are you reading?"
Betty says to Alice "Just looking at one of my old diaries."
Alice lays on the bed
Alice says to Betty "Ooh, fifth grade. That's juicy."
Betty says to Alice "Mom, seriously?"
Betty Chuckles
Alice says to Betty "I'm sorry,I'm sorry.Oh, honey, you're so grown up. I can't believe you're gonna be leaving for Yale in a few months. My precious little girl."
Betty says to Alice "Mom, please, do not cry. If you cry, I'm going to cry."
Alice Sighs
Alice says to Betty "Oh,I'm sorry."
Alice sits up
Alice says to Betty "What could you possibly cry about, honey?"
Betty has a flashback when she kissed Archie
Alice says to Betty "You have your whole life ahead of you."
In the Maple club
Veronica says to the man "Three cases, as ordered. Your party will be the hit of frat row, boys."
Man says to Veronica and Cheryl "Would be a bigger hit if you two came. You ladies supply anything other than booze?"
Veronica chuckles
Cheryl says to the man "Ew. Get out of my sight!
Bye!"
The men walks away
Cheryl says to Veronica "Honestly, Veronica, what happened to "quality always"?"
Veronica Sighs
Door opens
The men walks in
Suspenseful music playing
Cheryl says to Veronica "Oh, great,the cast of Swamp Thing just got here."
Veronica says to men "Welcome.I don't have any more orders scheduled for pick-up, but can I help you?"
Man says to Veronica and Cheryl "Actually, little lady, we're just, uh, checking out the competition. Jinx Malloy, of the Malloy family. Maybe you gals have heard of us."
Cheryl says to Man "No, I'm afraid I canceled my subscription to Truckers Weekly."
Man says to Cheryl and Veronica "That's funny.
You know what's not funny?"
Man Inhales sharply
Man says to Veronica and Cheryl "You bitches are cutting into our profits. You see, we Malloys have been running the Maple Moonshine business for generations. And one of our most lucrative markets is the college scene. But recently we've been getting wind of a new product that's... eating into our customer base. Maple Claw."
Veronica says to Man "Let's say that's true...what exactly would you like us to do about that?"
Man says to Veronica "Just pull your product."
Veronica chuckle
Veronica says to Man "I don't think so. See, I can guess who you boys work for. And you can tell him that Veronica Lodge and Cheryl Blossom do not back down from a fight. Now, if you'll excuse us, we have bottles to fill."
Bottle clinks
Man says to Veronica "Don't say we didn't warn you."
Men walks out
Veronica Sighs
Cheryl says to Veronica "Veronica, what the hell was that?"
Veronica says to Cheryl "That was a bluff. Trust me, Cheryl, this is typical of my father. Last year, he sent thugs in gargoyle masks to beat up on Reggie. This year, it's hillbillies who claim to produce Maple Moonshine."
Cheryl looks at Penelope
In Charles's office
Charles says to Jughead "Well, the good news is, both drop-off boxes, the one at the sheriff's station and the one upstairs, are under surveillance 24/7."
Jughead says to Charles "So maybe we can identify the person who dropped off this faux snuff film."
Charles says to Jughead "Yeah, well, it's hours of footage."
Jughead says to Charles "Does this place have any popcorn?"
Kernels popping
Popcorn popping
Jughead eating popcorn
Jughead watching the video
Keypad Clicks
Keypad Clicks
Jughead says to himself "Oh, you gotta be kidding me."
Charles says to Jughead "What? Do you recognize someone?"
Jughead's says to Charles "Uh, maybe.But I think I'm gonna check this lead out alone. Is that cool?"
Charles nods his head
Jughead shuts his laptop and stands up and walks out
( Clicks )
In the bunker
Betty says to Archie "Jughead's working late with Charles. The videotapes."
Archie says to Betty "Veronica's with Cheryl. Doing her maple rum thing."
Betty says to Archie "Archie... why are we here?"
Archie says to Betty "I don't know. But it's nice...
right?"
Betty says to Archie "It is, but it's not like we can do anything... more than this."
Archie says to Betty "What do you mean? We're just hanging out."
Betty says to Archie "I love Jughead."
Archie says to Betty "And I love Veronica. But this is nice, right?"
Archie looks at Betty
Betty looks at Archie
Barchie touches each other's hands
Barchie holding hands

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