Im going to be honest: I do not fully understand what is going on with theGargoyle Kingand …
I really like it?!
I dont care if Im confused because Im intrigued, and thats more important.
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This weeks episode starts with Betty taking care of Archie while Jughead tells her about his Gargoyle King sighting.
Archie mentions it could be Joaquin considering he told Kevin about a new gang before running into the woods.
As for Betty and Jugs theory that Warden Norton is the Gargoyle King?
Well, that dies when he does.
So Betty decides its time to start getting answers from the towns parents.
where he thinks the witnesses that put him behind bars are hiding.
He wants to go there, but Veronica makes him promise to stay put in the bunker.
Shes got another plan, and it involves looking into his case files for evidence of his innocence.
But when Minetta sees her weakness and gets in her face, she has a seizure.
So maybe those seizures are good for something?
Someone in that room is a murderer, and Betty wants to know who it is.
Penelope says he poisoned the chalice because he wanted them to ascend together, but she said no.
She then assumed the chalices were emptied, but they werent.
He was found sitting in a running car in his garage with his windows up.
FP leaves and the rest of the parents follow.
It doesnt last long seeing as how Jugs girlfriend wears the most bobby pins in her hair of anyone.
(Come on FP, you should know that.)
Betty goes to check out Daryl Doileys autopsy report.
Well, he killed all but one.
Archie and Kevin rushed the sole survivor to the hospital, but he also died.
Veronica has better luck… sort of.
Not surprisingly, Hiram doesnt bail her out.
Furthermore, McCoy uses the video that Veronica found to get Archie his freedom!
Buttttt theres an issue.
More on that later.
First, we have to deal with Joaquin, who was found wearing one of the gargoyle masks.
Archie has to die.
So naturally, Jug marches right into Hirams office to accuse him of being the Gargoyle King.
But Hiram tells Jug thats impossible… because the Gargoyle King is not a real thing.
He claims they all make solid suspects, and clearly he isnt wrong about all of them.
(hey dont let Hal Cooper once again be the answer to this mystery.)
He died from oleander, a poisonous plant.
The medical examiner is confident he was murdered.
With that, Betty meets with Tom Keller, the sheriff at the time of Daryls death.
She asks why he covered up the murder, and Tom claims he was protecting all of them.
But when it comes to oleander, only one member of the Midnight Club grows it in their greenhouse.
Aaaand all roads lead back to Penelope Blossom.
(That checks out.)
So maybe all roads lead back to Alice?
Like I said, Im confused.
Then, the Gargoyle King shows up in their living room.
Alice and Betty run upstairs, where they find Daryls headstone and skeleton in Bettys bed.
Someones used spray paint to cross out Daryls name on the headstone and written in Betty and Alice.
Just then, FP sneaks in the window of Bettys room.
And when Alice tells him the Gargoyle King is there he … hugs her?!
Dude, that is not what she needs right now!!!
The Gargoyle King is in the house!!
Who knew FP would be so bad in a crisis?
Speaking of FP not being on his game today.
That son he handcuffed?
Welp, hes free to find a dead Joaquin.
Aaand that brings us back to Archie.
Hiram is still out there, which means everyone Archie cares about is a target.
Veronica tries her best to convince Archie to come home, but instead, Archie says goodbye.
Hes hitting the road… with Jughead, whos not going to let Arch out of his sight.
But Jug might regret his decision to skip town with his bestie because his girlfriend might need his help.
The way this episode escalated it by him showing up at Bettys house?!
Im also into the incorporation of theRiverdale parents.
This is definitely my favorite mystery the shows done thus far.
