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The episode begins with Betty watching Archie in the bunker. She looks at G & G's paraphernalia hanging on the wall and wonders how all this will be solved.
Jughead comes in and reveals that he has not only seen the king of the gargoyle, but also ten of his followers. Jughead calls the group "Gang of Gargoyles", and Archie mentions that Joaquin is probably a member.
Betty returns home, where Alice reveals that the guard Norton has been killed. Betty asks Alice if she knows Norton and she insists that no.
Archie and Veronica huddle in the bunker. Archie reveals that he may know where the other boys from Shadow Lake are, but Veronica tells him that the manhunt is too important for him so he can go out. Veronica then asks where are Archie's records, and Archie says he's hesitant about all this help.
Minetta goes to clbad at Riverdale High and asks if anyone played a role in Archie 's escape. He confronts Reggie, Evelyn and Josie, all of whom have alibis. Josie worries about Minetta's threats and begins to make a crisis.
Betty and Jughead talk about Josie's seizure and Norton's death. Betty reveals that Norton had a connection with the Midnight Club because he was the ROTC officer when they were all in school. Betty decides to confront the parents about it, while Jughead decides to find Joaquin.
Jughead talks about Norton and Joaquin to Sweet Pea and Crocs and suggests they look for answers.
Kevin looks at Archie in the bunker and realizes that Archie's wound is infected. He calls Betty, who puts him in touch with Dr. Curdle. She then goes to the clandestine bar where she arranged for all the parents to meet. She confronts them about their connection with Norton, but everyone insists they are innocent.
Hermione decides that they should all finish with that, and confronts Penelope to be the master of the game. Penelope denies it, revealing that Darryl was the one who had poisoned the chalices on Ascension Night because he was in love with her and wished that they go up together. When Penelope confronted him several years later, he killed himself the next day.
Betty reveals that she and Jughead have seen the Gargoyle King and that Jughead is still playing. FP gets angry and the parents start to leave.
Fangs tells Jughead that he has found Joaquin and that Jughead is prepared to meet them. FP then arrives, handcuffing him in the fridge and confronts him about his G & G habits.
Kevin asks Archie to get treatment from Dr. Curdle. Archie reveals that he does not return to the bunker and goes to Shadow Lake. Kevin reluctantly agrees to help.
Veronica goes through Archie's files and looks at pictures of the interviews with the boys from Shadow Lake. She realizes that the interrogations have been changed, as Hiram enters the room.
Hiram goes to another room and makes a phone call, revealing that there are too many variables in Shadow Lake.
Betty goes to the trailer and releases Jughead from handcuffs. They inform each other about their projects and embrace each other.
Veronica calls Kevin and Archie to tell them that the interrogation sequence has been changed. She thinks that Hiram still has the unpublished images and decides to go find them.
Kevin and Archie leave for Shadow Mines.
Veronica sneaks into Hermione's computer and finds the unprecedented footage of Minetta corrupting the Shadow Lake boys. She sends the film to her by email, sending her just in time before she is apprehended for breaking and entering.
Jughead finds Fangs, Sweet Pea and Joaquin. Joaquin explains that he had to do everything Norton had said to survive and that he had sent him a series of cards telling him to kill Archie. Jughead asks about the symbol that Norton attributed to Archie, and Joaquin reveals that it means "sacrifice." Jughead asks Joaquin who Norton was taking over, and he hints that it was Hiram.
Jughead confronts Hiram, accusing him of being the king of the Gargoyle and of having taken part in all these other murders. Hiram makes fun of these accusations and asks Jughead to leave. He then receives a call about Veronica who has entered Hermione's office.
Hiram visits Veronica at the prison, refusing to let her out or let her talk to a lawyer. She then calls Fred to ask him to help forward the video file to the judge.
Betty meets Dr. Curdle, who reveals that Darryl Doiley died well before getting into his car and was killed by some kind of factory. She decides to confront Tom about Darryl's death, insinuating that it was a cover-up. Tom says it was like a way to hide what happened in the midnight club. He then reveals that Penelope was growing the plant that killed Dilton in his greenhouse when he investigated Jason's murder. He then receives a phone call and has to leave.
Archie and Kevin go to Shadow Mines, where they meet the boys from Shadow Lake, shot by Minetta. They find one of the boys still breathing and taking him to the hospital.
Jughead arrives at the Snake encampment where he finds Joaquin dead with the symbol of "sacrifice" engraved on his forehead.
Tom and Fred arrive at the Shadow Mines, where they find the rest of the Shadow Lake boys killed. Tom calls and discovers that another boy has been taken to the hospital.
Kevin and Archie are sitting in the hospital, where Kevin reveals that the boy from Shadow Lake did not survive. Archie says death follows him everywhere, and he thinks he can not return to Riverdale even though he is proven innocent.
Sierra asks Veronica for bail, who then asks if she has enough evidence to prove Archie's innocence.
Betty meets Penelope and confronts him about Darryl's poisoning. She reveals that even though she had wanted to poison her, she would not have used the same plant. She insinuates while Alice is responsible for writing a newspaper article covering the murder.
Betty then confronts Alice, saying that all parents are complicit in covering everything. The current is then cut at home, followed by a knock on the door. Betty and Alice will answer, turn around and see the Gargoyle King. They go to Betty's room, where someone left a skeleton and a gravestone accusing Betty and Alice. FP works his way through the window to help them.
Fred and Tom meet Kevin at the hospital, where he reveals that Archie has already left and left a note to Fred.
Veronica returns home and tells her parents that she has found the evidence to prove Archie's innocence and put Minetta in jail.
Alice tells Betty that they are no longer safe in this house and that she will go live on the farm. Betty refuses to do so and two attendants accompany her to the Quiet Mercy Sisters. Betty's phone receives a call from Jughead, but Alice refuses it.
Veronica prepares for a welcome party at home for Archie, only to teach Kevin that Archie is on the run. She then receives a call from Archie, who tells him that he can not go home, because that will always make him, and everyone he loves, a target of Hiram. Archie tells Veronica how much he loves her and she starts crying. Kevin comforts her while Archie hangs up.
Archie then approaches Jughead, who hands him a backpack filled with supplies. Jughead informs Archie of Joaquin's death and says that Hiram is one of them. They walk on a railway line, getting ready to board the trains.
Betty is taken to the Sisters of Quiet Mercy, where she is enrolled in an art clbad. All around her, children are painting pictures of the Gargoyle King.
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