Northsiders took his friend and his land. The next day, taking inspiration from Mr. Lodges words once more, Archie and his fellow Red Circle members, all of whom were wearing red masks but him, recorded a video from his garage as a public message to the Black Hood. However, Veronica’s already in the process of doing just that.
He thanks her for believing in him.
However, their last vow was to have a normal senior year and that didn’t go as planned. In the locker room, a couple of the Bulldogs talk about Honey’s disappearance. Mr. Honey fears that he won’t be able to graduate with his class. However, doing that would mean having to inform Mary that he’s in town, which he has yet to do after past discrepancies.
Archie then gets a call from Betty, who’s watching from her bedroom. Archie and Betty chased the Black Hood over a bridge, which he attempted to jump over as they started to catch up to him.
As well as working on his appeal. Also, Jughead has a possible lead that may bring an end to it all. As for Archie, Betty, Veronica, and Jughead, they’ve taken cover behind one of the trucks and Betty and Veronica have taken the antidote. He proposes that they skip school and catch a movie at the Bijou. They have to stop Hiram now because once he has control of the mayor's office, the Lodges will be untouchable. Archie, Betty, Veronica, and Jughead decide to make a vow.
She is going to manipulate him into digging his own grave. While there’s not much Archie can say, he shares that one of the worst parts about his father dying is that he never got the chance to say goodbye. Mary questions why. Archie keeps guard of both the front and back door of the Andrews houseLater, at the Andrews house, Mary had returned.
They both eventually found themselves entangled in the underground fight club ran by Warden Norton, who Archie repeatedly disobeyed. Now, she needs him to trust her and stay put.
While Archie on the other hand can’t go five minutes without getting kidnapped or beaten up.
All this time, Veronica has been working for her father. Archie was joined in the music room by Veronica after she learned from Kevin that Archie's tryouts for the wrestling team didn't go as well as he had hoped. Following the press conference, Archie is approached by one of his neighbors, the owner of the hardware store. As it turns out, Ricky is Joaquin’s younger brother. Archie continues to fight with Veronica over his choice to not tell her about her father. They're thinking that the second Black Hood could be a Serpent or Ghoulie. He needs somewhere to host and end his Red Paladin challenge. Ricky got that brand from some of the older guys who were at the shelter.
Ricky then slashes Archie with the knife, though he can’t finish the job and takes off as Archie's father arrives. The nuclear option is that Jughead tells his dad everything, but that could spell mutually-assured destruction. However, it was a private paramilitary contract, and they sent them all over the world as mercenaries. As the inmates scale the prison fence, they are shot down. Reggie replies that he’s been captain of the Bulldogs since sophomore year, and he’s concerned that Mad Dog has come to take his position. Archie wasn't sure would happen once her father came home, but he would be right there next to her when the time came, and maybe he was wrong, but not finding anything felt like a major win for the home team to him. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Up next, they’re going to drive the Gargoyles out of town, including Kurtz, the cook. FP comes out of the woods holding a lifeless Jughead in his arms. This is exactly what Archie doesn't want. Archie then gets ready to head out for a run. He wanted to talk about Nick St. Clair.
Randy’s sisters, Ms. Ronson, led by Elio, interrupts the press conference and accuses Archie of murdering Randy. Veronica took the liberty of booking Fred right behind her, so that people know they have a choice. Hoping it would encourage him to do as he was told, Agent Adams handed Archie a newspaper article from Archie met up with Mr. Lodge at the Pembrooke following his meeting with Agent Adams to talk about Poppa Poutine and how he was killed in his hotel room. He gets to the final page, and as the time comes to sign the dotted line, Archie backs out.
Joaquin wraps Archie’s hand in the locker room as he prepares for his final fight. The Lodges were essentially unprotected. Agent Ardelia explains that they’ve had their eyes on Hiram Lodge for quite some time. He entered Nick's dorm room to demand that he write Cheryl another check, for double the amount, after the previous one got lost. She tells Nick to have a seat as she fixes them both some drinks. However, Archie didn't seem too concerned, stating that they'd all done bad things ever since the Black Hood first entered the diner. They have gotten away with it and are free to go back to talking about prom. Archie claims he was only trying to do his job, but Fred isn’t interested in hearing it. Also, Tall Boy, when he was working for Hiram, referred to Archie by that name.