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Riverdale: “Chapter Ten: The Lost Weekend”

What damn high school in America: Riverdale High classes begin at 8:30 and last until 3:01, fucking imaginary high schools starting classes a fucking hour later in the morning than my fucking real one

Riverdale English students discuss dystopian fiction as sophomores, fucking imaginary high schools leaving 1984 and Brave New World a fucking year later than my fucking real one

Archie and Jughead continue to, apparently, seamlessly live out of the same room

Archie really, really wanting his parents to work it out after all this time is precious, his baseball-style Henley, precious

Veronica was rich: I’ve given it a lot of thought, and I’m ready to guess that Veronica’s black handbag with the lock is an Hermès

“Why does this suddenly feel like a friend-tervention?”

Betty has known Jughead most of her waking life and doesn’t know when his birthday is? Jughead has been keeping that shit under mad wraps

Archie does a VERY good friend-tervention telling Betty about Jughead and the Bijou and how Betty trumps him this year

Fifth period is AP English: Archie forgot until this moment that The Three Musketeers is an actual book. I would posit Jughead as principles-of-friendship-above-all Aramis, Archie as loopy Porthos, Betty as a less-drunk Athos, and Veronica as flashy newby d’Artagnan

Betty-inviting-gang-leader-FP-Jones-to-dinner is but the first salvo in this episode’s artillery battery BEETHOVEN DRAMA OPERA

“Does he know you’re calling me?”: FP’s instinctual “ahhhhah” uncomfortable laugh at Betty “surprising” Jughead; “There’s one thing Jughead likes less than surprises, and that’s his birthday,” wisdom of the elders

how did Betty get FP’s cell? HOW? I don’t care! Riverdale!

Archie immediately shakes his head, like a lot, like emphatically, at Betty throwing Jughead a “low-key surprise party,” the third time Betty is straightforwardly told to leave it alone, Veronica characterizes it as “negativity” as opposed to “life truths about how some people are shy and introverted”

Kevin: Everybody says that and nobody means it. Archie: He fucking well means it

CHUCK! CHUCK! CHUCK!

“lats” apparently are like, back muscles

can you believe Betty marched right over there!!?? Betty full of rage is my favorite Betty!!!!

the shot of Betty clenching her fist at her side like a gritty reboot of the Arthur meme

“I’M NOT GOING DARK ANYTHING.” remember how awesome Betty was in the first episode right before Cheryl sat down at their lunch table and Betty was like “DON’TTALKABOUTARCHIE”?? I’m breathing into a paper bag

Veronica recognizes Dark Betty from across the caf

Ethel’s extremely wholesome lunch of half a sandwich, an orange, a banana

Archie is like…what…at Chuck winking at him…

everyone is focusing their misplaced interpersonal tension on this party and EVERYONE IS GOING TO EXPLODE!! CHUCK! CHUCK! CHUCK! YES!!!

the same day: “Man, you don’t quit, do you?” “Rarely. If ever.”

her brown skirt!

of course the last time Betty saw Jughead and his father interact was FP showing up late to get him out of questioning at the sheriff’s, so she assumes Jughead seeing FP being there for him is what he wants

Alice’s flowery blouse

“You’re really falling for this Jones boy, aren’t you?” YUP-PER

Betty KNOWS she should tell Jughead about the CHUCK! chlorine/maple syrup drama, but that was Dark Betty! so she doesn’t!!!

“There are some things about myself that I struggle with.”

I haven’t seen a single John Landis movie! but he’s always funny on those Bravo’s 100 Scariest Movie Moments Halloween specials

Archie just informs Jughead that he’s going to the movies with Betty, and Jughead is like, Et tu?

Jughead uncomfortably describing his family refusing to acknowledge their problems, arbitrary celebrations, my childhood

Veronica in plastic cat-eye reading glasses? no, that’s fine. yes. sure, I guess. sure. yes. fine.

@newton-scarmander

Hermione listening to what Veronica has figured out since learning what Archie overheard: is she hearing this for the first time, about the Blossom payments and the Blossoms’ hand in Hiram’s arrest? or is she thinking hard while her daughter catches up to where she already is?

Hermione calls Clifford a “wig-wearing monster,” DAMN

Cheryl’s hair: no ponytail this practice for the HBIC! doesn’t need one!

Cheryl, on being front-and-center as usual: “But of course. I do have the maddest skills on the squad.”

“We live in a democratic society, Cheryl.” no cheertators here! only friend-terventions!

Gay?!: “Who’s cherry-on-top?” VERONICA?

Gay.: stop and truly think about the glory of the dance-off. it is completely unnecessary narratively except to piss Cheryl off enough to want revenge, which could just as easily have come from Veronica tossing a snide remark over her shoulder. instead, literally, before my eyes, a cheerleader-themed ode to sapphism. catered to girls. high-waisted shorts. Veronica’s shirt is tucked in. Cheryl’s So You Think You Can Dance hair-writhing. Veronica’s toned thighs and baseball socks. Cheryl is in lipstick for no reason

Betty knows who won before she asks, has never been prouder, more gay

to be sure, though, where are Veronica and the Vixens going? is practice over?

Cheryl is furious at being overturned, but also on principle that her living mannequins didn’t even have the guts to vote against her

“SHOO, BITCHES.”

Archie is so stressed he is getting out his father’s alcohol at five in the afternoon???

DILTON, DILTON, DILTON IS BACK! I MISSED YOU, YOU CREEP

“our arch-nemesi”: not nemeses? possibly a “Winklevii” reference

Cheryl’s pins: Cheryl has pinned her spider pin onto her white fur

Cheryl eats the cherry-on-top on top of Chuck’s milkshake. oh little does she know. “I saw the way you were looking at me.” LITTLE DOES SHE KNOW

Veronica has a dark sparkly pin on HER black fur

Mr. Sowerberry went to the Bryan Fuller-Hannibal Lecter school of interior decorating for offices (it’s dim af)

Hiram Lodge is so shady he uses “–” instead of an em-dash

does Jughead not eat lunch in the cafeteria with everyone else? why wasn’t this quiet bitch at lunch with them?

Kevin and Jughead “TALK”

Best costume bit: obviously Betty’s crown sweater from Sak’s was knitted by angels just for her, one imagines Jughead’s expression upon seeing it

“What exactly happened between you guys that night?” ALERT!!!!!! JUGHEAD DOES NOT KNOW ABOUT THE BALCONETTE BRA!!!!!!!

“I only really ask because…he made it sound like you were upset.”

Betty Cooper thematically coded as a werewolf really waters my crops, Jughead beams, cupping her shoulder yyeeeesssssss

Ethel’s scarab beetle pin is back! why was Ethel invited? why not, but like, why was she invited. she seems like an overheard-and-Betty-was-too-polite-to-deny invite

Joaquin is always welcome, but PEOPLE LIKE KEVIN (bitter party rant) thinking that their SO’s being their SO’s entitles them to inner-circle status, thus ballooning the guest list, is what ruins inner-circle-only parties for SHY INTROVERTED PEOPLE

Veronica goes straight to the booze, too! she’s “so over this”! pregame Ronnie!!!

the Andrews have a cabinet in the corner apparently filled with vases

“…this is why we left the double-feature.” Betty just didn’t want to sit through Animal House

Betty’s heavy tan coat is straight from her mother’s closet

Archie is of course a sloppy-affectionate drunk, Jughead not impressed

Summer + Blair = Veronica: Veronica’s tired, lovely “Feliz cumpleaños, Torombolo”

every single thing Cole Sprouse does to get across a prickly, nervous, irritated quiet person forced to go through the script of enjoying something they don’t enjoy: “Thanks, Veronica. Thanks, everyone. Oh, it’s Kevin.”

big hug from Kevin! “Happy birthday, bud!” THEY TALK

Jughead knows how to hug when he wants to hug someone, chooses not to deploy

what a nice handshake with Joaquin. how weird is Joaquin feeling at his gang leader’s son’s birthday party

blue and gold wall decorations

“Damn good coffee”: when the lights dim and Betty turns the corner with that fucking cake lighting up her face and huge blue eyes like she’s a fucking psychotic birthday-fairy and she sings “Happy Birthday” in a warbling tremolo like she’s Marilyn Monroe walking down a human gauntlet to present a hamburger cake to Jughead, who has never seen anything so beautiful or creepy in his life

Jughead is definitely thrown off-course of his misery cruise, for a split-second, by his girlfriend biting her lip, lit from below, handing him a birthday cake, loving him

“That was haunting, Betty” is maybe…..the greatest thing he has ever said…..

for the record, his “I wish it was just the two of us right now” is pointed, not romantic, and Betty knows it

Archie actually does acknowledge that his problems right now pale in comparison to Veronica’s problems, they sad-hug

I’m writing a scene where it’s gay.: Jughead like cannot handle Veronica and Archie, on top of everything, pawing each other

Betty is sent from beyond the veil to be spectacular, but she should not be surprised that “this isn’t exactly your scene.” baby shower for someone else, good. birthday party for him, not good

IT’S ALREADY NOT INNER-CIRCLE ONLY

Cheryl walks through the front door like evil Aragorn. “Without moi?” there has never been a crashed party on a teen show before THIS MOMENT YEEEEEEESSSSSSS

God bless Moose: Moose has the kegs! Moose!!! bisexual Moose!

Jughead immediately flees to the garage with the dog, I have literally done this

I’m sorry, but is Dilton DJ-ing? I MISSED YOU, YOU CREEP

Joaquin’s face at Cheryl and Moose making out

@kevinkeller

“Dude, Valerie just got here. Do you think she wants me back?” ARCHIE. CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS. THIS IS THE GREATEST ARCHIE YET

JUGHEAD DOES NOT GIVE A SHIT

Sixth period is Intro to Film: Jughead likes John Landis party movies, does not like Seth Rogen party movies

“It doesn’t matter, Jughead. You’re her boyfriend now.” “What does that mean?”

FP came!!!!! Betty invited him and he came! and wrapped a present very nicely, in “Happy Birthday” wrapping paper! dad points! he looks very sober!

I like to think Jughead and FP are doing a lot of nonverbal communicating in the garage, re: “I didn’t think you had this many friends”, “Is this a living nightmare?”

“How…dad…did Betty invite you?”

“She knows what she wants, that one.”

WHAT IS GOING ON with Kevin and Joaquin talking about Sweetwater River? it’s common knowledge that Kevin found Jason’s body there with Moose, right? so why does it seem like Joaquin is starting to feel some new information out? how are his eyes THAT BLUE? JOAQUIN?

FP STICKS AROUND TO TALK TO JOAQUIN AND INTERRUPTS HIM MAKING OUT, LIKE THE GRUNGIEST CHAPERONE EVER YYYYYYES!!!

“We’ve met. Kicked me out of the Whyte Wyrm.” “Good times.”

oh shit you know Veronica has never met Jughead’s father but she knows who extorted her mother!!!!!

Please protect Betty: God fucking bless Betty cleaning up the empty beer cans

CHUCK! is of course a Grade-A creep but he has never been righter that he saw some fucked, dope shit that night

she was like drowning him in boiling water, Jesus!

however NO ONE cares he isn’t getting into Notre Dame. no one cares CHUCK!

Betty’s slap sounds like it had some serious momentum behind it

Chuck is like, Let’s play ball BITCHES. YEEEEEEEEEEES!

I’ve seen Brick like thirty times: OF COURSE FP and Joaquin decide to confab IN ARCHIE’S BEDROOM across the yard from BETTY’S BEDROOM, where Alice Cooper is literally using a pair of binoculars to look…..into the window……Riverdale……

she was okay letting the kegger play itself out as long as she could make sure Betty and Jughead weren’t having sex in Archie’s room

“Just doing my job, keeping my ear to the ground.” “And your tongue in the sheriff’s kid’s mouth.”

Jughead literally would have plonked down in the garage and sat there until the party burned out at three a.m. out of spite

THE GARAGE FIGHT. YES. YES. YES. THEY COULD ONLY GENTLY KISS FOR SO LONG. BETTY IS TOO TIGHTLY WOUND. JUGHEAD THINKS HE’S TRASH. BRING IT ON. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES.

Jughead definitely does the preciously-delicate self-proclaimed loner thing where you jealously guard your isolation and make a thing of it, but it’s FASCINATING that he doesn’t consider Kevin (THEY TALK) or Veronica a friend, or at least he SAYS he doesn’t think they’re friends, EH?

I like that the murder investigation and the Blue & Gold stuff has Jughead interacting with worlds of people beyond his usual circle of TWO PEOPLE

also, Jughead, “two months ago I would have actively shunned” them but now he doesn’t, so, this is how friendships…begin. he’s like…friends with these people now. it’s over. it’s happened. he can gripe about it, but they’re all FRIENDS now, YOU TWIT, THAT’S WHAT A FRIEND IS

the little thing he does with his hand when he pauses saying, “I don’t fit in, I don’t—want to fit in” is…genius

@fyeahriverdale

“You did this for you. To prove something.” she did! but you could discuss this calmly, Jug!!! you are going to make her cry!!!!!

Betty does not want to be called CRAZY or PERFECT for the rest of her life or she’ll rip out her own guts

Betty doesn’t think Jughead is a project! she has never asked him to take off his stupid hat! she thinks he’s cute! but he can’t separate the party she wanted to throw that he didn’t want from the party she didn’t want to throw that he didn’t want! HE’S ON A REALLY GOOD DESTRUCTIVE ROLL! JUGHEAD IS AN ANGSTY COCKTAIL OF PATIENCE, INITIATIVE, AND SELF-SABOTAGE! EVERYTHING IS EXPLODING! YES! YES!

he calls himself weird, damaged, godforsaken white trash, which is incredibly overdramatic and very sad and terrifically in-character. self-proclaimed weirdness is never that weird. he’s just a teenage boy and everything makes him uncomfortable and he kind of hates himself, the last of which he may not grow out of

in desperation Betty puts her hands to his face! this has always worked before! PLEASE JUGHEAD

Jughead doubts it: “Until you’re tired of slumming it with me? Or until Archie changes his mind and says he wants to be with you?” AAAAAAAA+++++++++

Every triangle has three corners, every triangle has three sides: Betty dropping him like an unwanted extracurricular the instant Archie beckons her has been Jughead’s secret, neurotically nursed fear ever since she kissed him back

Betty already used her one designated slap for the evening otherwise Jughead would be getting it, and he knows it, as it stands her big spring flower Bambie eyes fill with tears

his excellent wince as she walks away, he knows he just fucking fucked it up

Archie’s trees have already been TP’d, damn!

the 2001 Josie and the Pussycats movie was a masterpiece: Archie IS a “hot mess” and should probably get a beer thrown into his face once most episodes

Cheryl could not be more thrilled at what she’s seeing! Melody is like, Why the fuck did we come here? Whose birthday?

Archie, incredibly, panics after he gets drenched and goes to his room and calls his dad

Jughead does not even have the RAM to devote to wondering why his father and Kevin’s boyfriend are standing together in Archie’s kitchen

aaaaawwwww Ethel tries to give Jughead a piece of his cake, he gives her a polite preoccupied “Hey, Ethel, I’ll see you at school,” AAAAAWWWWW SHE LIKES HIM

the Blossom corpse: Cheryl honestly manages to wrangle name-dropping Dead Jason at the party

she locks the front door like she’s Jason Isaacs outside of the church in The Patriot

Cheryl’s a psychopath: Cheryl’s game is literally just standing around discussing vicious gossip, THIS BITCH

the female gaze: there are three boys standing in the doorway by Jughead and their bulging, rippling arm muscles must be paused to be believed

Cheryl’s sheaths: Cheryl appears to be wearing a short velvet dress under her fur coat, and then excellent off-black hose and red pumps

oh you KNOW JUGHEAD DIDNOT KNOW VERONICA’S FATHER BOUGHT THAT DRIVE-IN

hahahahaha Cheryl bringing up the #RiverdaleRealEstateDrama to publically drag Veronica is so…ridiculous. like anybody else cares. except Jughead! and he can’t handle a single thing more!!!!! NOT A SINGLE THING

Joaquin and FP (WHO IS STILL THERE) execute some pretty quiet shifting at all the Hiram referencing

Veronica and truly everyone in the room knows more or less Cheryl did not kill Jason, so Ronnie honestly is just using her sharpest blade for the drama of it all

“THIS IS RIVETING. I CAN’T BREATHE.” I HAVE NEVER EMPATHIZED WITH A GAY HIGH SCHOOL BOY MORE

I CAN’T BELIEVE I WITNESSED AN INCEST ACCUSATION ON A TELEVISION SHOW THIS DAY I AM IN THE COMPANY OF A GOD

Dilton Doiley is a canonically great dancer: “This game is sick. I want to go next.” DILTON, YOU WERE WASTED ON THE ADVENTURE SCOUTS

CHUCK!’s deep Gus-on-Psych’s VW Bug-blue shirt is fantastic, fantastic

Dilton has been sitting on this Grundy connect-the-dots for weeks, waiting for the perfect moment to strike, like a snow leopard stalking its prey

These students are legally children: MARY KAY LETOURNEAU

Betty desperately throws Dilton under the bus

KEVIN IS ABOUT TO BITE HIS HANDS OFF

“You may get a free peep show every night, but you do not know her.” EW.

Ethel is sitting next to Jughead, willing herself to take his hand

“She dressed up like a hooker, in a godawful black wig…” SHAME ON CHUCK. she looked fabulous

Jughead is about to put his face through the glass window

Betty in distress is gorgeous, like 1930’s Norma Shearer about to cry

@veronicalodgn

CHUCK!’s incredible prescience that Betty under no circumstances would have told Jughead about that night: “But hey, you know all about this, right, Jughead?”

YES!!!!!!!!! JUGHEAD JUST PUNCHES HIM IN THE FACE, YES!!!!!!

Jughead’s right hook is GOOD! his elbow is high, parallel to the floor, solid contact! and you know he has nice arms for being such a weed!!!!

FP is like (HE’S STILL THERE), God Jesus, my fucking kid

YES!!! CHUCK PUNCHES HIM IN THE FACE TOO!!!!!!! CAN YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING

of course, when Chuck punches Jughead it’s with the force of like a thousand Dodge Challengers

FP has a lot of experience kicking drunk fucks out of his bar, high schoolers, manhandles Chuck out of Archie’s house with grace, dignity

when FP grabs Jughead by the lapels to stop him leaving, Jughead is honestly about to burst into tears: “What. Want to give me some advice on my right hook? I’m going to go hang myself. I ruined everything. Irreconcilable differences.”

FP calling Betty Jughead’s “girl” is very Southside, Kenickie

Certified pedigree: “Man up” is a stupid phrase, but FP is right, “She needs you,” Jughead listens to his father

the duality of FP Jones, SIDE ONE: The sheriff’s son is gay and you’re gay. Take one for the team and get in there. Am I clear? I will burn your car. Do you like him? I don’t give a fuck. Look at my face. SIDE TWO: She needs you. Be decent. Be stronger than me. Buy her a milkshake. The relationship you’ve never had. I love you.

ALICE IS FROM THE SOUTHSIDE? DID HAL COOPER STEAL ALICE FROM FP JONES, JR.? MY VENN DIAGRAM OF THE PARENTS’ RELATIONSHIPS IS GETTING VERY COMPLICATED

“dressing from the southside” must mean the leather, the plaids? Docs? Jughead’s Chucks?

Jughead’s song is “Uptown Girl” and simply, this is the way it is, it is “Uptown Girl”

“Still hot, Alice. Too bad you’re a stick in the mud.” FP, God. I love you. I fucking love you

Mädchen Amick, MÄDCHEN AMICK: Alice Cooper with no eye makeup and her hair rumpled, in a hastily-donned coat standing in the middle of the road is SMOKIN’

Jughead walked Betty to Pop’s for milkshakes and calmings-down after giving her the mother of all apologies, the apology of his life

I can’t explain why Jughead is sitting with his head cocked back, showing off his throat, the severe angle of his Adam’s apple, the cut under his eye highlighting his cheekbone, his hair pomaded into a curl along his temple, like a greaser after a bar fight, his arm around his cheerleader girlfriend who loves him despite him telling her he’s no good for her, I can only sacrifice this pair of doves so that it might happen again

Fwoopy hair is the best hair: his hat is off and suddenly he’s like, Juggggheaadddd, which much like…thicker g’s

Jughead hurt and rejected Jughead on imaginary-Betty’s behalf tonight, only played himself

the pink lighting in this diner really brings out the pinks of Betty and Jughead’s pouty cupid’s bow mouths, Jughead’s blossoming black eye, the pair of them have never looked better

you can’t tell me Jughead didn’t get inwardly, guiltily a little bit excited when Betty said she had a “darkness” inside her

the biggest scare between them was never if Jughead would stab himself in the eyes if he got a birthday party but rather what if it turns out Betty is too frightening for him

the emotional porn of the diner make-up scene is truly something else, finally the climax of a slow-burn: the pretty, bloodied-up boy, emotionally raw; the most beautiful sparrow-winged-eyelashes Betty, her well-meaning heart cracked open like a brittle eggshell; Jughead’s hair is so black it’s almost purple; Betty still wearing her totemically evocative sweater; there are no more secrets, Jughead doesn’t care about the pool, there’s a waltz playing on the loudspeakers, Betty confesses that she’s scared of herself, Jughead doesn’t look away from her. and then, in the most tender gesture of affection EVER ON EARTH, Jughead gathers Betty’s tiny needlepoint fingers and scabbed-over palms in his huge working-class, bring-the-straw-in-for-the-harvest hands and, making sure she’s watching him, never having looked more like River Phoenix plus James Dean, kisses them

@dailycwriverdale

nbd but Alice told Betty not to trust Jughead with everything and Betty still ended up showing him the physical manifestation of the crack in her perfection facade and he wordlessly accepted all of it

so they’re both weirdos, but not really that weird at all. they’re just sixteen and everything is life or death. but Betty really does hurt herself, and Jughead kisses her hands, her mess is his mess. they are cellularly, DNA-level compatible

also fucking exhausted. Betty kisses him (IT’S A REALLY GOOD KISS) and their foreheads touch (this hallowed trope) and she snuggles up to his shoulder, but like a going-limp snuggle, and he holds her, and they both just fucking sit there quietly for a few minutes, Jesus Christ

@jonesbetts

Archie & Veronica’s “I’m messed up”/“We all are” is their “We’re all crazy,” of course next they kiss, they’re gorgeous

is Archie really messed up “less than most”? he’s just EARNEST and calls his dad a lot instead of digging his fingernails into his palms, dousing people with syrup, writing creative nonfiction

Veronica is so cool she wears a ring on her middle finger

their kiss is TIGHT and I think they actually have sex!

Archie took the floor!!! a gentleman!!!!!

not enough column inches to devote to Veronica’s incredible cinched cropped top

Veronica descending the stairs to see Jughead reading at an armchair, the pair of them surprising each other, and their mutual goofy smiles, she got laid but good, PLEASES ME to no end, she’s your friend you idiot

Smithers repping for Hermione is why you’re always polite to those in the service industry, because you never know

Veronica used a CLASSIC run-around telling her mom she was at Betty’s. but why would she need to lie about going to a party? Hermione would certainly have heard worse from her

Jughead’s “Long night’s journey into day?” at Archie hungover and mopping is his second Eugene O’Neill reference

Archie > Dawson: Archie is hungover AND mopping

Archie coughing and cleaning up the mess before his dad gets home is a return to the best kind of Archie: a hot mess that wants to be good

Jughead eats: Jughead had a burger at his side at Pop’s in the opening montage, but this morning he’s eating his birthday cake at the island, drinking directly from a quart of skim milk

ONCE AGAIN the Andrews kitchen pulls through: the island has a drawer underneath it for dishes! did Fred build all this cute shit himself? SO cute

“Jug…” “Don’t worry. I’m never telling anyone anything literally ever.” [drinks from quart, pinky up]

…except for the book he’s writing

Betty wakes up hungover looking like Grace Coddington styled her

@shelleyhenign

…she sleeps with a stuffed cat, #Caramel

Alice is putting together some major moves with all the FP-Joaquin-Kevin dots-connecting

Betty drinks decaf skim lattes! Betty drinks skim too!!! for the record skim lattes are a tough sell because the lack of like fat or whatever means it’s thin as hell, so now I just get 2% caramels like normal people because there’s going to be an earthquake soon and Portland will fall into the sea and I want to have died drinking rich lattes

Betty giggles like an angel after her “The last time you brought me baked goods was after you kissed Archie”

Veronica is all caught up on the Jones/Lodge backstory now, right? in past days, I would have relished the fallout of Jughead discovering that it was Veronica’s family who kicked him out of his drive-in, but now I just want these children to have a quiet day at school, and the way they smiled at each other seems to suggest Jughead is past begrudging most anyone anything anymore (literally ever), and he and Veronica can continue their upward trajectory of “BEING FRIENDS”

Veronica joining the B&G investigation is Cordelia Chase discovering Doyle passed his visions along to her

HIRAM DARED SEND HIS DAUGHTER ANOTHER STRAND OF PEARLS, POSSIBLY TO HIS KNOWLEDGE THAT VERONICA RIPPED UP THE FIRST ONE

ARCHIE GOT HIS RED HAIR FROM HIS MOTHER

HIS MOTHER IS MOLLY RINGWALD I’M EXHAUSTED

next week: I thought the mannequins in the Blossom closet were Jason wigs!!!!! but then there’s a white-haired Cliff Blossom looking at himself in a full-length mirror, so they’re wigs for him. Hermione knows he wears wigs! AND SKEET ULRICH HAS SHAVED!!!!!

#riverdale #commentary #tropes #i say

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They have remained unconcerned about any significant political blowback from Reade's accusation, according to people who have spoken with the campaign, who insisted on anonymity to discuss private conversations.Top Biden aides are telling allies that they do not see the allegation resonating with voters in a measurable way, these people say. They're confident that the allegation will not shake voters' perceptions of Biden's character as a devoted father and husband, with family ties forged through deep tragedies. They also believe that voters will view the allegation with great skepticism.A Biden campaign spokesman declined to comment for this article Wednesday. A Biden adviser said that the campaign was talking to activists and that Biden considered their views important.The Biden campaign talking points, which were first reported by BuzzFeed News, instruct supporters to describe the candidate as a "fierce advocate for women" who has never faced any "complaint, allegation, hint or rumor of any impropriety or inappropriate conduct." The talking points also inaccurately suggested that an investigation by The New York Times this month found that "this incident did not happen."In a statement issued Wednesday, The Times noted that the investigation "made no conclusion either way."One person who received a version of these talking points said it was pulled back by the campaign several hours later because the campaign was revising its strategy. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity to disclose the private communication.Biden has yet to be asked about the allegation in an interview. In a joint appearance with Hillary Clinton that was livestreamed on his website Tuesday, he discussed domestic violence, economic challenges facing women and the stresses of the coronavirus pandemic. No mention was made of Reade or her specific allegation."Violence against women is a huge problem, and especially right now," he said. Ending violence against women has "been one of the leading causes of my life," he added.His campaign Tuesday also released plans to support women during the coronavirus crisis that included proposals to help victims of domestic violence.In recent months, Biden has taken steps that appear to show he understands how a commitment to representation and equity might resonate with women, who make up the majority of voters for Democratic candidates. He has pledged to pick a woman as a running mate and nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court.Yet as he seeks to unite the Democratic Party after the primaries and pivot to a general election against Trump, Reade's allegation remains a subject of intense discussion in the political world.Republicans and the Trump campaign are already using the accusation to undercut Biden and the Democratic Party as hypocritical on issues of gender equity. Some in the party's liberal wing have seized on Reade's account, saying she should be heard and using her allegation to argue that Biden is not the party's strongest possible nominee -- a tactic that Biden backers fear could hamper their ability to build Democratic enthusiasm around his bid."It can't appear that she is being ignored," said Nina Turner, a former national campaign co-chair for Sen. Bernie Sanders, Biden's last rival for the nomination. "If we want to keep our credibility as a party, then we will have to agree that this allegation and any allegation should be vetted in the public."Apart from the discussions with the campaign, some progressive activists have been debating how to respond to the allegation, a conversation that has intensified in recent days."Joe Biden himself needs to respond directly," said Yvette Simpson, the chief executive of Democracy for America, a progressive advocacy organization, which plans to back the Democratic nominee. "While it is absolutely essential that we defeat Donald Trump in November, trying to manage the response through women surrogates and emailed talking points doesn't cut it in 2020 -- especially if Democrats want to continue to be the party that values, supports, elevates, hears and believes women."There has been no public polling on how voters are viewing the specific allegation, though surveys show that among voters who dislike both candidates, significantly more prefer Biden.Tresa Undem, a pollster who specializes in surveys on gender issues, said that so far the allegation hasn't dampened support for Biden among Democrats. But that could change quickly, she said, depending on how Biden and his campaign handle the evolving situation."If the election was held today, I don't think he'd lose any support," she said. "But this is a huge deal that's not going away. The story is going to be on the hypocrisy, and that is the No. 1 thing voters loathe."Among Republicans, the years of allegations against Trump have inflicted little damage with his base. He has been accused of sexual assault and misconduct by more than a dozen women, who have described behavior that went far beyond the allegation against Biden. He has repeatedly denigrated women over their appearance and intellect. The "Access Hollywood'' tape, in which he boasted about grabbing women's genitals, was released just weeks before his victory in the 2016 election.In recent years, Democrats have sought to confront current and past misconduct in their own ranks and spoken bluntly about racial and gender inequalities.Already, the allegation against Biden has caused top female allies -- including several widely considered to be vice-presidential prospects, like Stacey Abrams of Georgia and Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota -- to face questioning about whether they stand with Biden after the allegation. Privately, some female Democrats are growing frustrated with being put in the position of answering for Biden when he has remained silent, and male progressive leaders, even outspoken allies in combating sexual assault, have not been pressured to address this point.Many have publicly defended him, including Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who helped lead the effort to push Al Franken, the former Minnesota senator, to resign over sexual harassment accusations in 2017. "I stand by Vice President Biden," Gillibrand said on a conference call, adding there needed to be "space for all women to come forward to speak their truth, to be heard."Last year, Reade was one of eight women who came forward to say Biden had kissed, hugged or touched them in ways that made them feel uncomfortable, but she did not raise the assault allegation then.In an interview Tuesday, Reade described herself as disappointed with the response from the Biden campaign, saying it had not contacted her. Reade backed Sanders in the primary race and does not plan to vote in the general election. She told The Times that politics were not the reason she came forward with her allegation, saying she did not want to be used by the Trump campaign."Sexual assault and sexual harassment in the workplace is a huge gender, institutionalized problem in our country, and the fact that they are not addressing my allegations head-on and dealing with the corroborating evidence is simply a testimony to the hypocrisy," she said. "There is no partisanship with sexual assault and harassment. It is an equal opportunity offender."Last week, The Intercept published a transcript of a call that aired on a Larry King program between a woman living in California and King. The woman was seeking advice about what her daughter could do about "problems" she had while working for a "prominent senator" but did not specifically mention sexual assault or harassment. Reade has previously said her mother, who has since died, called into the program after she told her about her experience.Two women also came forward in an article this week in Business Insider to corroborate parts of Reade's account.One of the women, Lynda LaCasse, a former neighbor of Reade's, said in an interview with The Times on Tuesday that Reade told her around 1995 about her encounter with Biden. LaCasse said she and Reade had been discussing their experiences with abuse and violence when Reade mentioned Biden."She said that he put her up against the wall and he put his hand up her skirt and he put his fingers inside her," LaCasse said, adding that Reade "was devastated. She sounded really upset. She was crying."LaCasse, who is now 60 and lives in Oregon, said she was a Democrat and supported Biden. But she said she wanted to come forward because "that doesn't take away from what happened."The second woman, Lorraine Sanchez, a former colleague of Reade's in the mid-1990s, said she recalled Reade describing an incident of harassment by her former boss. She provided a statement outlining her account to The Times.Former Sen. Barbara Boxer of California, who has endorsed Biden, said in an interview that she thought the campaign had handled Reade's allegation "well" and that it had "done everything that they can do." She said the Biden campaign had not given her talking points."If they ask me my advice," she said, "it would be keep on doing what they're doing."This article originally appeared in The New York Times.(C) 2020 The New York Times Company

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