- [Opening lines]
- Jughead Jones: [Narrating] Riverdale, once a safe, decent, innocent place, had become Noir Town, like the setting of a Raymond Chandler story, filled with dames to kill for, postmen who like to ring twice, and more mobsters than a Scorsese retrospective at the Bijou.
- [Dr. Curdle Jr. hands Betty the unauthorized autopsy report on Clifford Blossom]
- Betty Cooper: What does it say? That he died of asphyxiation by hanging?
- Dr. Curdle Jr.: There was bruising around the esophagus, consistent with that of a hanging victim. However, there was also tetrodotoxin in his bloodstream. Pufferfish venom. In Clifford's case, the dose was almost certainly fatal.
- Betty Cooper: So you're saying Clifford may not have died from hanging, but from being poisoned.
- Dr. Curdle Jr.: I'm saying that Clifford Blossom was already dead when he hung himself.
- Betty Cooper: Maybe not every murderer is guilty. And maybe not every victim is innocent. Maybe it's not all black and white.
- [Closing lines]
- Jughead Jones: [Narrating] Perhaps, in Riverdale the best you could hope for wasn't a win, but a draw, and pray not to lose.
- [Veronica enters]
- Veronica Lodge: Working late, I see.
- Jughead Jones: I assume you're here to find out whodunit?
- Veronica Lodge: After my father woke up, it was the first thing he asked me. I told him it was Tall Boy.
- Jughead Jones: Did he believe you?
- Veronica Lodge: I think so. If it's good enough for my father, it's good enough for me.
- [Veronica hands over an envelope]
- Veronica Lodge: Second half of your payment.
- [Jughead takes the money and Veronica turns and begins to walk away]
- Jughead Jones: You don't want to know who really did it?
- [Veronica stops and turns around. There is a pause]
- Veronica Lodge: Forget it, Jughead. It's Riverdale.