It sounds more confusing than it is.
We start the episode with the Gryphons and Gargoyles pandemic.
Otherwise, hes not available.
Credit: The CW
It was right around the time Bettys mom Alice wouldve been in high school.
At least thats how Alice, who went by Alice Smith at the time, puts it.
Hermione and Sierra catch Alice crying in a bathroom stall before Penelope busts in demanding hall passes.
Across the school, FP a football player!!!
is being made tostreak the school.
Apparently, its a Bulldog tradition.
FP is hesitant until Fred Andrews, a baseball player, agrees to go with him.
(Freds done it once already and apparently it really helped him with the ladies.)
But of course, it evolved into much more than that.
These kids just need some supervision!!
(Sierra scoffs at the idea).
More than anything, Fred wants to stay in town to look after his sick father.
As for Penelope, shes got the biggest secret of all: Shes not really a Blossom.
They then picked her from the group and took her home to be Cliffords sister and … life companion.
Needless to say, she takes every opportunity to escape that house.
to find something she had taken from her.
There, they find Gryphons and Gargoyles.
And so, they play.
(A nice nod to the Betty-Archie relationship of the show.)
But their moment doesnt last long.
Even after their detentions have ended, they continue playing the game.
They sneak into the school after hours, which is why they call their gang The Midnight Club.
That night, they are all meant to flip a coin for their fate and drink from a chalice.
Everyone partakes, except for Alice, who is of course secretly pregnant.
And thats when things get a little crazy… Thats when the lights go out and shes presented with two chalices and a coin.
Flip for your fate is written all over the bathroom walls, a sight that causes Alice to run.
(Im not entirely sure how he fit through the schools doorway but fine.)
Fred found him when he got home.
And his lips are blue.
They also agree to destroy the manuals and scatter the other pieces of the game all around town.
Then they all spit in their hands and make an official pact to take their secret to the grave.
Fred gave up his guitar and went into construction.
Hermione started dating Hiram.
Sierra and Tommy broke up the true tragedy of this story.
Penelope committed herself to a life at Thornhill with Clifford.
FP gave up his varsity jacket (and his college dreams) for a Serpent jacket.
Wed become strangers again, Alice tells Betty in present day.
They never did figure out who poisoned the cups.
Now, Alice makes Betty promise her she wont play the game, and Betty does.
But she will still keep investigating it.
Then, she excitedly heads to Diltons bunker to tell Jughead about everything shes found out.
But shes too late.
Jughead and a group of Serpents including Cheryl and Toni are already immersed in the game.
Jugheads a level three, and he cant wait to ascend.
But like … can we go back to the parents?!
And Ive got to say: After this episode, Im only more intrigued by the Gargoyle King mystery.
All in all, this goes down as one of my favorite episodes the show has done.
Now excuse me while I go make young Alice my style icon.
