Penelope has Julian in hand, explaining that they’ve come to give Julian Cheryl’s body. Jughead reads the quest aloud to Cheryl, Toni, Sweet Pea and Fangs. However, Betty wants to be 100% positive that her father's the killer before confronting him. Veronica then confronts Archie and Betty in the student lounge as they chat with Toni and Kevin. He calls Jughead up onstage to announce that he's retiring from the Serpents, but that Jughead will take his place considering that he's never stopped fighting for the Serpents and almost died for them. While everyone strays, Cheryl warns Betty against taking it too far. Veronica accuses Archie of taking advantage of Betty when she was grieving and most vulnerable. The man was found in the men's room of a rest stop outside of Greendale. Toni informs Cheryl that the Vixens are planning to perform during the big game without her, so she confronts them as well as Appleyard and learns that Mr. Honey threatened to ban them all from prom if they refused.
Toni and Cheryl claim that they baked Bedford into the foodDuring dinner, Cheryl looks to Nana Rose to regale them with the tale of the first Blossom Thanksgiving. When Kevin asks what this is about, Cheryl dramatically stomps on the table and tells the cadets that they're going to war. Josie asked if she was simply imagining things. So to settle the matter, she began to sing In the auditorium, Kevin explained to Cheryl and Josie that this scene Mrs. Gardner is being a friend when Carrie has none, out of kindness. Veronica then calls for everyone's attention to announce someone needs to stay with Archie at all times. And most importantly, Betty needs to find out where Edgar stores the tapes from the recorded interviews. Betty wonders if her dad was the attacker. Toni’s guilt-ridden having killed Bedford. Having heard all she needed from her mother, Cheryl return the check as promised, though her mother no longer sought after it, discarding of the check in the lit fireplace. Unfortunately, her mother had no desire to stop as she was having too much fun.In Mrs. Haggly's class, Cheryl gave an oral history report on General Pickens and her great-great-great-grandpappy Colonel Barnabas B. Blossom. Clearly, they’re passionate about Hedwig. A gesture of goodwill after a disagreement they had earlier.
The score is tied at 520. Nana Rose tells them it’s Julian who returned the doll.At Thistlehouse, Cheryl awakens to find her mother, father, brother, and her Nana Rose standing at the end of her bed. Archie reveals that it was Joaquin who stabbed him though Archie thinks the Warden made him do it. Over the years, there were many Sugarmen, each taking over for the last. The idea of the perfect romance, but that was only fantasy. Her mother then asked for the whereabouts of the ring, to which Cheryl explained that she flushed it, that way if Polly ever told anyone if would simply be her word against there's. Cheryl returns home and informs Nana Rose that Mr. Honey has cancelled prom. Instead of prison, time served plus two years in juvenile detention, if Archie will plead guilty to the crime of manslaughter. With no money coming in, he wonders what they're supposed to do to survive. They head into the living room to find the twins sound asleep. Her mother protested, but her father insisted.
She shoves the nurses and grabs a scalpel, keeping the nurses at bay as she and Toni escape after learning that Betty was right all along about the Farm. Toni, Peaches, and the Poisons are also on stage. Once they’re in the clear, the four of them have a group hug. Toni ventures downstairs in search of Cheryl, who unbeknownst to Toni is in the cellar talking to Jason’s corpse. Cheryl is not satisfied, demanding real answers. However, while walking down the hall, all the Vixens, with the exception of Cheryl, collapse and begin seizing on the floor. Jughead calls Cheryl and Toni up as they burglarized the Pembrooke. Cheryl, Toni, Jughead, Sweet Pea and Fangs are faced with a curve ball. She gets down there and believes Jason may have moved a few feet from where she last saw him while reading to him the night before. Cheryl spoke to the Headmistress, who enlightened her about a new policy that seems designed specifically to keep Cheryl from attending. As they are head to class, Toni tells Cheryl that the Serpent jacket looks good on her.
So she apologized to Josie and asked for her forgiveness. With every second that passes, the Paladin's fate dims, Jughead says to Cheryl, Toni, Sweet Pea and Fangs. Veronica hugs Archie after Honey leaves.
To others, they may not see this side of Cheryl, for she hides the darkness inside of her, behind her smile, as if she is innocent.