There were no Spring Break flashforwards in tonight's Riverdale, but that doesn't mean we don't have anything to speculate about. We've got a lot, in fact, thanks to whatever insanity is going on at Stonewall Prep. Jughead discovered that his grandfather was the original writer of the first Baxter Brothers book, and not Mr. Dupont.
He made the really very smart decision to confront Mr. Dupont privately, and Mr. Dupont got incredibly angry and threatened to expel him. Then, when Jughead was next in his writing class, Mr. Chipping began to say that the class would next be exploring Heart of Darkness, but he didn't quite get through a whole sentence about the loss of a man's moral compass.
Later, the class learned that Mr. Dupont would be taking over the class, which is nothing but bad news for Jughead.
So first of all, did that really just happen? Did that teacher really just throw himself through a stained glass window? Was the window really that fragile that he was so easily able to do that?
And then why did he do that? Was he possessed? Drugged? Or did he do something that made him feel so guilty he just couldn't take it anymore? What did he mean by "I couldn't help you?" Help him with what??
There's definitely a vast conspiracy afoot at Stonewall, and somehow Jughead's right at the center of it.
Betty (with some help from Jughead) dug deeper into Charles' past and even went to visit Chic in prison. Along the way she discovered that at the very least, Charles wasn't being honest about his past. After Betty's visit, according to Charles, he gave up the info about that guy she and Alice killed and buried after he broke into their house looking for Chic. Charles helped the family cover it up, proving he's a good guy. Or not, because then we saw him visit Chic in prison, calling him "babe" and saying "I love you." So yeah, he's shady, and in love with a sketchy murderer. —E
