Betty and Jughead

The relationship between Betty Cooper and Jughead Jones began as a friendship long before the start of the series and soon advanced to romance.

The two have given each other pet names, 'Betts' and 'Juggy'.

After the Jubilee, they both confessed their love for each other and proceeded to make out. They almost had sex but were interrupted by the Southside Serpents.

The Black Hood forced Betty to breakup with Jughead, or else he would kill him. Betty couldn't bear to breakup with Jughead herself, and asked Archie to do it for her even though it broke her heart. Archie reluctantly agreed, and told Jughead that Betty didn't want to see him anymore. for that time, Jughead believed the reason that Betty broke up with him was because she could see him going down a bad path, and didn't want to go down it with him. Unbeknownst to Jughead, she was doing it out of protection for him, because she truly loved him.

In Chapter Nineteen: Death Proof, Betty came clean with Jughead and they reconciled. However, shortly after this, Jughead was forced to break up with Betty after realizing that being with her and being with the Southside Serpents would only continue to put her in danger.

In Chapter Twenty-Five: The Wicked and The Divine, Jughead and Betty got back together and had sex.

in Chapter Twenty-Nine: Primary Colors, Betty moves in with Jughead at Sunnyside Trailer Park and they both run for student council president.

History
Jughead, alongside Archie Andrews, grew up with Betty in Riverdale. They were friends, but it was not until they began investigating the murder of Jason Blossom that the two started to spend a lot of their time together with the school's newspaper The Blue and Gold, thus starting their romance.

Throughout Riverdale

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Season 2
{{Scroll-1| After Archie's father was shot and taken to Riverdale General Hospital, Veronica arrived and spoke to Jughead and Betty, where she informed them that Archie was back at the police station, attempting to identify the shooter with a lineup. Betty then told them that they all should go and be with him, as it would be traumatizing for Archie to be there alone. Veronica interrupted Betty, asking her if they could, instead, do her a favor. Fred's wallet was missing, Veronica and Archie thought that it might still be back at Pop's. His wallet was either there, or maybe in possession of the shooter. Betty suggested that the gunman probably took his wallet for the cash. Jughead offered a more distressing theory; what if it wasn't just a robbery and was a hit instead. This coming from the fact that Riverdale was also the place where fathers kill their own sons, in reference to Cliff and Jason Blossom. Adding that people have grudges, he believed it was possible that it was a hit. Betty reassured Veronica that the wallet could still be at Pop's and told her that they'd go check it out. Jughead and Betty left the hospital on Jughead's motorcycle.

In the search for Mr. Andrews' wallet, Jughead and Betty arrived at the diner, where they ran into Pop Tate. They had a brief conversation with him as to what happened back at the diner after the gunman had shot Fred. Pop told them his version of what happened and about the mysterious man under the mask. With the story complete, he asked them if they were hungry and would like something to eat; he could use the company while he was still shaken up from the incident.

Jughead indulged in his burger and fries as since he hadn't eaten since last night, while, on the other hand, hadn't touched her food. He tried to make a joke to brighten up the mood, but to no avail. Initially reluctant at first, because of Fred's current condition and the tragic event at Pop's, Betty decided to voice her concern about Jughead growing closer to the Serpents. While Jughead denied the fact that him putting on the Serpent jacket didn't mean anything as he couldn't reject their offer in front of ten biker dudes, Betty retorted that the look on his face showed that he wasn't acting for the Serpents. Betty noted it fit him like a glove, like a "second skin" and the fact that he put on that leather jacket, meant something. He told her that it may have been his father's life, but it wasn't his. However, Betty was not convinced, pointing out that his foster family was also from the Southside, if they also had ties to the Serpents, they could try to indoctrinate him. He reassured Betty that she didn't have to worry, that he worked out a plan with his foster family where he could still live in his father's trailer home, while they covered for him with his social worker, because, much like wearing the Serpent jacket and riding his father’s motorcycle, it was a way for him to feel close to his dad, no matter what. Betty understood but warned him about getting too closely tied with the Serpents as she didn't want to see him get hurt, or end up hurting someone else as it was the Serpents' nature in doing so.

Later, back at the hospital, the gang sat together at the hospital cantine. While Betty, Jughead and Veronica commented how well Archie was tackling the situation, he didn't look convinced. Noticing this, Veronica asked Archie that he could talk to them. Sighing, he commenced telling them part of the story that he left out because he felt so ashamed; after the guy fired at his father, he should've retaliated or rushed to his father immediately, but instead stood there paralyzed. Even when the shooter walked up to him and pointed the gun at his head, he didn't move and chose instead to close his eyes, long enough for the shooter to possibly steal Fred's wallet. He didn't open his eyes until he heard the bell of Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe ring. As Betty tried to reassure him that there was nothing he could've done, Archie admitted in shame that he was a coward, because he had a chance to comfort his father or tackle the shooter. Now, him and his father, are now witnesses, as well as Pop Tate, too. Telling them fearfully, what if he came back?

Afterwards, Betty and Jughead were at the back of the hospital building, where it was raining outside. Jughead asked if she was sure that she didn't want him to give her a ride back home. Betty joked that if her mom ever saw her getting off the back of his motorcycle, she'd probably come out with a shotgun. Mused, Jughead agreed with her and they both laughed at the thought. Before Jughead left for his bike, Betty stopped him. She told him what he told her back at Pop's. She was listening to him and told him that she understood his situation and how he was feeling. She also told him that whatever it was that he needed to do or explore, she would support him. They then embraced in a kiss before Jughead left.

Saving Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe
Betty and Jughead met up at school with Archie and Veronica, where he told them about the vandalism at Pop's and how the shooting caused all of Pop's staff to quit on him. Pop Tate wasn't sure how much longer he would be able to keep the doors open. Maybe not even a week. While it had seemed that everyone else was willing to accept the closing of Pop's shoppe once and for all, Betty was much less willing to surrender. She reminded Jughead about his passion in trying to save the Twilight Drive-In, but as Jughead explained, his hands were full with his father's upcoming hearing, which Betty full understood, and because of this, was willing to take point in saving the diner. Veronica volunteered to assist her. "Another B and V team-up. They should really make a video game about you guys", Jughead remarked. Jughead then announced that he had to leave because he was meeting with his father's court-appointed lawyer, who was far from qualified for the task.

The next day, Betty and Jughead headed down to the Mayor's office, where they asked Mayor McCoy for her assistance in saving Pop's shoppe. With the diner on the verge of closing, Betty wanted Pop Tate to know that the entire town was rallying behind him. They were hoping that the Mayor could make the diner a landmark or declare a day for Pop Tate in support. However, Mayor McCoy couldn't risk endorsing Pop's, only for another shooting to occur. Her priority was keeping the town safe. If they had to close Pop's in order for that to happen, then do be it. Jughead then asked if she was also all for sending his father off to state prison for a murder he didn't commit while Betty, who was right there at his side, tried to stop him from voicing his thoughts. He was hoping that the Mayor could call the state attorney and arrange to get his father a more qualified lawyer, but she dismissed his plea. He then told Mayor McCoy to remember the moment because that was the moment that she turned her back on both Pop Tate and his father.

With FP facing twenty years in prison, Jughead consulted with a lawyer that is known for her affiliation with the Southside Serpents. After learning from her that getting the Blossoms to forgive his father in front of a judge could shift things in their favor, Jughead and Betty visited Cheryl and her mother at Thistlehouse, their new place of residence since the burning down of Thornhill. Betty and Jughead explained that they were instructed by FP's lawyer to seek mercy from the victim's family. It was an appeal for leniency in order to reduce FP's sentence, leaving Cheryl to question where FP's mercy was when she was walking the halls of Thornhill in agony, obsessing over what was happening to Jason, imagining the worst. Although, Betty did make a point to remind Cheryl that it wasn't FP who killed Jason; that was her very own father. Unfortunately, if it were up to Ms. blossom, she would watch FP fry in the electric chair. With it being apparent that neither Ms. Blossom nor Cheryl were going to forgive FP of their own free will, Jughead and Betty left Thistlehouse. While doing so, they discussed their next course of action. Jughead would've suggested blackmail and extortion if they weren't an orphan and a widow.

The following day, Betty and Jughead stopped by the diner to ask Pop Tate why he was selling the shoppe and who he was selling it to. As much as it shamed him to admit, he was selling it to ChugMo, the liquor store chain. With the diner nearing closing, Jughead made a last supper request for his father, who was facing twenty years of having to eat the weird meat loaf that they serve prisoners. Barring an eleventh-hour miracle, Jughead was hoping that Pop could make FP's favorites, as his last meal in Riverdale; fried chicken, cornbread, onion rings and an orange freeze. Pop's had great memory of his customers' orders, a skill he acquired over time while running the diner, which he thought he would be doing until the day he died. This is unacceptable, Betty stated. Despite their willingness to accept what they perceive to be the inevitable, Betty refused to give up, telling them both to stay strong and that she can fix everything.

The day of FP's hearing had arrived and Betty and Jughead sat in the crowd as Cheryl took the stand after Betty had blackmailed her. With Betty in possession of the video surveillance footage of Jason's murder, Cheryl forgave FP in front of the judge for his role in covering up her brother's death and then humbly asked the court for leniency. As much as the judge sympathized, he couldn't ignore the quality of FP's crimes. There were no extenuating circumstances. After exchanging looks with Betty, Cheryl lied under oath, claiming to have overheard her father threaten to hurt Jughead if FP didn't comply with his demands. In light of these revelations, the judge decided to delay sentencing. Betty smiled as Jughead and FP happily embraced one another after earning their first win in a series of loses.

As a means to save Pop's diner, Betty organized Retro Night; a town-wide event in support of Pop Tate and the shoppe. Unfortunately, Retro Night was off to an incredibly slow start, so much so that Betty feared that no one was coming at all. Jughead told her that it was still early, insisting that more would come in due time.

As the night progressed, more and more customers began to arrive, just as Jughead had earlier said. However, they were quite surprised by the arrival of Tall Boy and two of his Southside Serpent affiliates. Jughead urged Betty to relax. He was sure that they were there to enjoy Pop's world-class burgers and service. He and Betty then began to kiss before being rudely interrupted by Cheryl, who compared them to chimps in captivity, grooming and picking lice off each other. Mark this day, Cheryl said. She lied under oath for them, a misdeed that Jughead thanked her for, before handing over the USB flash drive containing video surveillance of her brother's murder.

As the night came to a close, Pop Tate formally thanked Betty for her hand in saving the diner. Afterward, Betty and Jughead shared a booth with Archie, and Veronica, where they relished in their victory; a rare win for the good guys.

After learning that Moose and Midge were attacked at Lover's Lane by an black hood wearing assailant, Betty arrived at school, where she met with her friends to discuss the recent shooting. Given that Kevin found Moose and Midge, some wondered what he was doing in the woods, to begin with. Kevin claimed that he was night jogging, but Betty appeared unconvinced. Now that another shooting has taken place, Archie hoped that they all could finally agree that there was a killer in Riverdale. However, with so much uncertainty surrounding recent events, Betty wasn't convinced that the latest shooting was in any way tied to Ms. Grundy' murder. Veronica then interrupted to invite them all over to her place to officially meet her father. As Jughead headed out the door to meet his peer mentor at Southside High, Betty while already knowing the answer to her question, asked Jughead if there was any chance he could remain at Riverdale. He told Betty that he would be fine, then giving her a goodbye kiss.

As planned, Betty, Jughead, and Archie met up at the Pembrooke to watch the Matchlerette and officially meet Veronica's father. However, Archie was distracted by the recent shooting. He expressed his frustration with Sheriff Keller and his inability to apprehend the shooter. He started to feel as if they were being specifically targeted by the killer. It was then that Mr. and Mrs. Lodge entered the room to greet everyone before leaving for dinner. Veronica introduced each of them to her father, starting with Betty and ending with Archie. Mr. Lodge couldn't help but overhear their discussion in regards to Sheriff Keller's shortcomings. For someone who's had his own share of run-ins with the law, he could confidentially say that the police weren't always the answer.

Some time had passed since they had last seen each other, so Betty decided to pay Jughead a surprise visit at Southside High. She came bearing gifts to make his new office at the Red and Black a bit more comfortable. While Jughead was happy to see her, he told Betty that she shouldn't be walking around the Southside at night unless she was armed with a weapon. She replied that she is armed, jokingly holding up a tea kettle. She then learned that Jughead discovered the local component of Clifford Blossom's drug pipeline (Jingle Jangle) was coming from the school. Jughead recalled FP previously stating that the Serpents never dealt in hard drugs, but a rival gang known as the Ghoulies did. Betty questioned if it was a good idea for Jughead to write about gangs and drugs while attending the school. "Are you worried about me? I thought you liked me reckless?" Jughead replied. The two of them then started to kiss, before being interrupted by Toni Topaz, who Jughead introduced as the Red and Black's photographer.

The next day, Betty rushed over to the trailer to clean Jughead up after learning that he sustained injuries during a supposed motorcycle accident. She asked if it was possible that he take a day off, but Jughead wasn't too concerned with his wounds. Betty told him before that the motorcycle was dangerous and that he should always wear a helmet. For a moment, she worried that Jughead was going to tell her that he was jumped by the Ghoulies, though according to Toni, the Serpents would never allow that to happen. They had Jughead's back. Even though he wasn't an actual member, there was still a connection of family loyalty. Before leaving for school, Betty asked Toni to look after Jughead.

Ciphering the Black Hood's Code
From the Blue and Gold offices, Betty with Jughead over the phone about her mother's downward spiral. Betty hoped that Jughead would join her for lunch. Unfortunately, he had to at least try to maintain a semblance of him being a student at Southside High. After hanging up with him, she then found a letter addressed to her from the Black Hood.

Betty surprised Jughead at the trailer first thing the next morning to catch up with him before he left for school. Betty, who was on her way to the library, had asked Ms. Paroo to set aside all the books she had in relation to cryptograms and ciphers. Betty thought it would help in cracking the Black Hood's code, which she hoped that Jughead would join her in doing. However, Jughead regretted to inform her that he and Toni had already started working on the code a day before, which came as little surprise to Betty because much like Jughead, Toni showed an interest in serial killers. She had an affinity for the darker side of things, Jughead remarked. After taking it all in, Betty suggested that they all work on the code together, her, Jughead, Toni, and Kevin. A code breaking party, Betty called it. Jughead could even host the event.

That night, as planned, Betty, Jughead, Kevin, and Toni assembled at the trailer, where they collectively attempted to cipher the Black Hood's code. The symbols looked fairly familiar to Betty, however, she couldn't yet place them, and she would go on to struggle with them for the remainder of the night. She remarked that it was driving her crazy, to which Toni jokingly suggested that she loosen her ponytail. Jughead then proposed that they look at the killer from a more basic perspective, asking why the Black Hood chose this moment to start killing people. Betty and Kevin shared a look, both knowing where the inspiration for the killer's spree lied, yet neither came forth. From what little they knew of the Black Hood, he was obsessed with cleansing the town of sinners and hypocrites, seemingly attacking anyone with ties to the north side, which Toni referred to as "fake news". She claimed Betty was supposedly demonizing the Southside. Betty clarified that she was merely stating facts. There was far more drug and gang activity on the Southside, though Toni made a point in addressing the fact that the drugs Betty spoke of were mostly sold to Northside crackheads. She was surprised that Betty hadn't just come out to say that she believed that the Black Hood was a Southside Serpent, because they all knew how much Betty hated the Serpents, which is why Jughead was hiding from her the fact that he sat with the Serpents at lunch, Toni revealed. And on that note, both Toni and Kevin decided it would be best if they left. Once they were alone, Jughead explained that he sat with the Serpents purely for reasons of survival, though Betty didn't seem too concerned, suggesting that they continue their efforts to crack the code

Betty and Jughead woke up on the couch the next morning. After realizing that they had accidentally fallen asleep while attempting to crack the Black Hood's code, Betty began to panic after noticing several missed calls from her mother. She frantically grabbed her belongings and exited the trailer.

Jughead stopped by Betty's house that night after discovering that she had left some of her notebooks at the trailer. While he wasn't snooping through her belongings, while he was gathering them, he found a letter from the Black Hood addressed to Betty, leaving him to wonder why she hadn't told him. Betty initially claimed that she withheld the letter from Jughead because he was too busy at Southside High with the Serpents. But as Jughead explained, he was only at the school for all of two days. And while it was upsetting that they no longer went to the same school, Jughead knew that this wasn't the reason she was holding out on him. Betty confessed that she hid the letter because the Black Hood wrote that she inspired him. She feared that Archie would blame her for his father's shooting. Jughead reminded her that while Archie was definitely shaken, he could still recognize the good from the bad. You're not one of the bad guys, Jughead said. You're Betty Cooper. Like Nancy Drew meets the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It was this reference that led Betty to conclude that in writing the code, the Black Hood used one of her touchstones.

Betty and Jughead arrived at library, where Betty told Jughead that when she was a kid, she used to obsessively check out a Nancy Drew book entitled "The Nancy Drew Secret-Code". Betty then used the book to crack the cipher, which read that the Black Hood would strike next where it all began, that being at the Town Hall, where he heard Betty's speech that inspired him to go on his cleanse of sinners and hypocrites.

Betty and Jughead rushed over to the Town Hall meeting, where they alerted all those in attendance. Soaked and wet from the storm, the two of them came in through the back door, warning everyone that they needed to leave immediately as the Black Hood was on his way. Betty's mother stopped them in the aisle, asking what it was they were referring to. Betty explained that they cracked the cipher, which revealed to them the killer's next move. The power to the building then went out. Whether or not this was due to the storm remains unknown. But in fear of the Black Hood's arrival, Betty pulled the fire alarm, which resulted in immediate evacuation.

After successfully evacuating Town Hall, Betty and Jughead reconvened at her house, where they revealed to her, parents, as well as to Sheriff Keller and Mayor McCoy that a letter came with the cipher, which Betty had kept secret from them all.

Bughead Break Up
Betty met up with Jughead, at Pop's, where she greeted him with a kiss. She was a sight for sore eyes, Jughead commented. They'd both been feeling unmoored recently. Jughead wanted to check in with her after the exposé of her mother that she published, with a mugshot from many years ago, of her mother's arrest as a young member of the Southside Serpents. While it was intense, it was also a long story that Betty chose not to dive into at the moment. Betty then asked about Jughead's hand, after noticing that it was wrapped in gauze. He claimed that he sustained the wound while dogsitting Hot Dog. Sitting on opposite ends of the table, holding each other's hands, Betty and Jughead both wished that they could leave Riverdale on his motorcycle for someplace where there wasn't a brewing war between two sides or crazy moms and Black Hoods. They'd be like Romeo and Juliet, Betty imagined, but with a happily ever after instead.

Betty received two calls from the Black Hood, during which time he requested that she cut her friends out of her life, Jughead included. Should she fail to do so, he would cut them off, in his own cynical way. With no other options, Betty looked to Archie for help. She told him how the Black Hood forced her to break up with Veronica, now she had to do the same with Jughead, which is an act she couldn't bear to do herself. Betty was hoping that Archie could tell Jughead that he and Betty had to stay away from each other for a while. Anything to appease the Black Hood. It didn't have to be cruel, just enough for Jughead to believe it. They could walk him back through everything once the Black Hood was taken care of. As tears filled her eyes, Betty pleaded with Archie not to quit on her. Reluctant, Archie eventually agreed with her wishes.

However, when Archie went to deliver the news to Jughead, the Serpents had arrived for the final stage of Jughead's initiation into the gang. Overcome by anger that Jughead was becoming a Serpent, Archie told Jughead what Betty had asked of him, but he made matters worse by hurting Jughead more than intended.

While on a walk with Archie, where they discussed the Black Hood and the twisted games he was playing with her, Betty spotted Jughead eating breakfast with Toni at Pop's. Though, she did not confront him.

While Jughead and Archie were on a mission to combat the Ghoulies' hostile take over of the Southside Serpents, Betty and Veronica were on a mission of their own to discover the identity of the Jingle Jangle supplier, better known as the Sugarman. However, to do this, they first needed to make contact with the gang he was supplying (i.e. the Ghoulies). While Betty and Veronica chased their lead, off his father's advise, Jughead and Archie returned to the Ghoulies' lair to challenge Malachai, leader of the Ghoulies, to a race. Jughead explained that If they won, Serpents remain autonomous and Ghoulies quit dealing at Southside High. However, if the Ghoulies won, the Serpents would fold and the Ghoulies could continue polluting the Southside with their "little straws of death". Though, with the Ghoulies having nothing to actually gain from this arrangement, Malachai wasn't interested in Jughead's offer. Betty and Veronica were then brought in after they were caught by the Ghoulies, trying to sneak in through the garage. As it would turn out, their respective missions led them to the same location. On that note, Malachai wanted them all out. In a last ditch effort, Jughead offered up the Whyte Wyrm should Malachai agree to the race, which he does, only after adding on the Sunnyside Trailer Park.

Before the Riverdale Drag Race, Betty worked on the car that Jughead and Archie will drive to win against the Ghoulies. The car that they were working on belonged to Reggie. "God bless Reggie Mantle and his inferiority complex", Betty said. His car was a lot like him. It was beautiful to look at but there wasn't much going on under the hood. Betty then attempted to make conversation with Jughead after their forced breakup. Silence is prevalent for only a few seconds until Jughead instructed Betty to say what's on her mind, which is that Jughead told her he wouldn't join the Serpents. He countered that by saying that she said he loved him, and then she dumped him. She sincerely apologized, saying that she broke up with him in order to protect him, as everything around them was imploding. Betty continued, saying that she'll tell him everything, but after she helps him through this race first. Jughead scoffed and turned his back to Betty once again.

Betty stood alongside Veronica, Kevin, Reggie, and Cheryl as the race was about to begin. She approached Jughead and told him that she needed him to know that she never stopped loving him. She wasn't sure that she could. She also reminded him not to ride the clutch or allow it to slip between gear shifts. The race started soon thereafter, with Archie and Jughead in one car, and Malachai and Verne in another. The race was supposed to go over Herk Harvey bridge to Dead Man's curve, but Sheriff Keller and the police department intervened, which resulted in the arrest of the Ghoulies. Fortunately, Archie and Jughead narrowly escaped. They returned to the starting point, where Jughead shouted at Archie after learning that he was responsible for the police getting involved. With law enforcement just down the road, Betty got in the car with Jughead, and the two of them drove off.

In the trailer, Jughead and Betty were cuddling. She read a book and Jughead wrote his on going novel about Riverdale. It is revealed that Betty came clean to him about her "Danse Macabre" with the Black Hood.

Betty and Jughead laid in bed together at the trailer, disappointed with herself after learning that she failed to outsmart the Black Hood, who had broken into the Sheriff Station overnight and murdered Mr. Phillips. By having him arrested, she thought she was saving his life, but his death proved otherwise. While Mr. Phillips didn't deserves what happened to him, Jughead reminded Betty that he was a high school teacher that dealt drugs. This led Betty to question how the Black Hood even gained access to the station. She had a theory, but told Jughead that it was nothing, given that it was too crazy. Jughead then received a call, which called for him to leave the trailer abruptly.

FP's Retirement Party
Betty and Jughead met up at Pop's to discuss the murder victims of the Riverdale Reaper, a serial killer that massacred a family of four in their own home, over 40 years ago. The victims were Jim and Mary-Ellen Conway, and their kids, Tommy and Sue, who were ten and nine. The Reaper was never apprehended nor identified, meaning he could possibly be the Black Hood, though it was doubtful considering that he would be in his sixties. The reporter of the article talked to the Sheriff at the time who thought the killer chose them at random due to their house being isolated. Betty learned that the house was located down a service road at the edge of Fox Forest. She even got a look at the house where the murders took place from an archived article from the Register. It was then that she realized that she had been there once before. The Black Hood had sent her there as part of his twisted game, which meant there was definitely a link between the two killers. Jughead suggested that they go to Sheriff Keller to see if he could pull the files from the murders. However, after Betty accused him of being the Black Hood, they couldn't exactly go to him for assistance. They could go to the house in question, but Betty refused to go back considering that the last time she was there, the Black Hood made her look into a mirror, and what she saw staring back at her was frightening. Their conversation was then halted by news that FP would be getting out of jail soon.

Betty and Jughead called Archie and Veronica down to the Blue and Gold offices to inform them of FP's upcoming release from prison. When Veronica asked what heralded the miracle, Jughead claimed that it was the perfect storm of overcrowding at the prison and Cheryl's testimony that the Judge must've reviewed. Unbeknownst to both Betty and Veronica, this was untrue. Jughead and Archie knew the true reason for FP's release was because of the one time drug-run they made for Penny Peabody in Greendale, during which time Penny had set Jughead up to be her permanent drug-runner. With a new lead in the Black Hood case, where they had discovered a connection between the current attacks and the Riverdale Reaper, Betty and Jughead were hoping that Archie and Veronica could follow up where they left off because Jughead needed to be there to help his father readjust to society while Betty was taking a break from the case. Essentially, they wanted Archie and Veronica to be them, in the sense that they would be tackle the case as an investigative team.

The following day, Betty, Jughead, and Betty's mother greeted FP as he exited the prison. After Jughead and FP shared a hug, Alice asked if it was true what they said about men who were just released from prison; that they were incredibly sexually frustrated. This question left both Betty and Jughead feeling uncomfortable as they got in the station wagon. At Pop's, where FP enjoyed his first meal as a free man, Alice advised FP to watch his back given that the Black Hood was targeting sinners. FP then took this opportunity to reveal to Betty, Jughead, and Alice that he wouldn't be returning to the Serpents, which concerned Betty considering that she was counting on FP to watch over Jughead, upon his release. FP had come to this decision while in prison. The Serpents were a slippery slope, one that he didn't wish to revisit. As for all of the extra time that he would have since he would no longer be gang affiliated, FP said that he would be working at the diner. As they were coming in, he saw a help wanted sign in the window. FP had also joined AA while in jail, and he didn't plan on stopping.

The next day, Betty and Jughead conversed as FP waited tables at Pop's, as their newest busboy. They were forced to watch as Cheryl belittled FP by intentionally knocking over her milkshake and demanding that he clean it up. This infuriated Jughead given that his father used to be a king. A leader of men. Though he's since fallen to the point of being demeaned by the likes of Cheryl. FP deserved to be honored, not humiliated. Betty agreed with this notion, stating that they should throw him a retirement party fit for a king. She told Jughead not to worry, as she would take care of everything.

In a reversal of roles, Betty and Jughead were called down to the Blue and Gold offices by Archie and Veronica, who informed them that from Sheriff Howard's case files, they had discovered that the Conways were a family of five, and that there was third child who survived the massacre. His name was Joseph Conway. His identity was hidden and his name was changed so that he could lead a normal life. According to Sheriff Howard's notes, he was adopted by another family in Riverdale, and presumably enrolled at a local high school. Fortunately, they had a photo of Joseph, meaning that all they had to do was match the photo to one of the students at Riverdale High School during the years he would've attended. If they found him, then he could possibly tell them how the Conway massacre was related to the recent killings with the Black Hood. Jughead speculated that finding Joseph Conway wasn't the best idea since he could be the Black Hood. Considering that Joseph possibly saw the slaughter of his family, that type of brutality and viciousness could've traumatized him, which he might even blame Riverdale for, and is punishing the town because of it. Before leaving, Jughead and Betty invited Archie and Veronica to FP retirement party.

That night, before heading out for FP's retirement party, Betty looked at herself in the mirror before letting her hair down, and doing away with her "iconic ponytail". Betty arrived at the party with her mother, who was out of her usual attire. Alice was dressed in a fashion that neither Betty nor Jughead was accustomed to. She resembled a Southsider more so than anything else. While her mother took several shots at the bar, Betty told Jughead that she would have a surprise for him later on in the night.

Betty and Jughead watched from separate areas of the bar as Archie and Veronica performed "Mad World" for the crowd. However, their performance was cut short as Veronica ran off stage, with Archie not fan behind her, causing the crowd turn on them. As the crowed booed, Betty took this opportunity to get on stage and pick up where Archie and Veronica left off. While she sang Mad World, Jughead watched, as did everyone else, as Betty began to undress, as she performed the "Serpent dance" in order to gain membership to the Serpents, thus allowing her to watch over Jughead full time. Betty stripped for the crowd, taking off everything but her black laced lingerie as she sang and worked the stripper pole. Once her set came to an end, FP entered the bar, giving Betty a round of applause, also encouraging the crowd to do the same. He then covered Betty with his jacket, before sending her off the stage. This act not only embarrassed Jughead, but it enraged him as well.

Jughead joined Betty in the parking lot of the bar after her performance. She noticed that something was wrong him, asking if it was the dance that upset him, which it was, though it wasn't the only reason. Jughead wondered why Betty would do such a thing. Betty explained that she wanted to be apart of his world, and the Serpent dance was the only way for that to happen. Unfortunately, unlike Archie, Betty didn't know when to cut bait. Jughead was upset that he was dragging his father down, as well as Betty, who wanted to figure everything out together. However, Jughead could no longer be with her, out of fear that she would get hurt, which he couldn't allow to happen. This wasn't his decision to make, Betty stated. However, given his status among the Serpents, it was in fact his decision. How many times are we going to push each other away, Betty asked. Until it sticks, Jughead replied. Due to his involvement with Penny, he wrecked his father's one chance of going straight. He refused to subject Betty to the same fate. She insisted that he to tell her what happened, but Jughead simply begged her to go home.

Though they did not speak, in the days leading up to Christmas, Betty and Jughead both attended Kevin's Secret Santa gift exchange in the student lounge at Riverdale High School. While it remains unknown whose name Jughead picked or who picked his name, he watched with a potential look of concern as Betty opened her gift from Archie, which was an old read-a-long record that she and Archie used to listen to when they were five years old, entitled "The Swiss Family Robinson". She loved the present, thanking Archie for such a wonderful gift. Moose and Midge then entered the lounge to join them for the Holiday event.

After the gift exchange, Jughead awaited Betty's return in the Blue and Gold offices, where he could personally deliver her gift. He wished her a Merry Christmas before apologizing for their abrupt break up. As Serpents, Jughead and his dad were specifically in a precarious place, and he didn't want to see Betty get caught in the cross-hairs. However, this wasn't his decisions to make as far as Betty was concerned. Even if he thought his actions were to protect her, Betty insisted that it was her choice to make risks, to which Jughead agreed. As he was heading out, Betty revealed that she had gotten him a gift as well. He smiled as she handed him the large present.

Jughead met with Betty Archie, and Veronica in a booth at Pop's after Sheriff Keller killed the Black Hood, and they discovered that the man behind the hood was Mr. Svenson, Riverdale High's janitor. The four of them discussed how Veronica's instincts about Svenson were correct. She thought he was the Black Hood, and had Archie listened when they confronted him at school, they could've end everything. But after looking directly into the killer's eyes the day that his father was shot, Archie didn't see the resemblance in Svenson's eyes. Taking a moment to forget about his eyes, they couldn't believe that he would cut off his own finger. The finger of accusation, Betty pointed out. "So we know whodunit. Why did he do it?", Jughead asked. Svenson accused an innocent man of being the Riverdale Reaper and murdering his family, which got the man killed. Maybe, in some twisted way, Svenson thought that targeting sinners would balance his sin, Betty explained. Him having such vast knowledge on their lives made perfect sense given that Svenson was always around, lurking in the hallways. He could have seen Archie and Ms. Grundy in the music room, as well as Moose and Midge buying Jingle Jangle. While they continued to go over the killer's motives, Jughead was just grateful that Svenson was in a body bag and they weren't.

Christmas morning, Jughead and Betty opened their gifts from one another. From Betty, Jughead received a Vintage Underwood, which is the typewriter of champions. From Jughead, Betty received a 1987 novel entitled "Beloved", by Betty's literary hero, Toni Morrison. With the novel came a note from Jughead that read "A signed first edition for my beloved. Thanks for introducing me to your favorite writer. Love Jug".

Betty and Jughead met up at Pop's. She appreciated him agreeing to meet with her as she had a favor to ask of him. Jughead told her that it was not a bother given that he was going to reach out to her in an effort to avoid any awkward exchanges once he returns to Riverdale High following the shut down of Southside High. Betty explained that she needed his help to find her long-lost brother. She was hoping that Jughead would put her in touch with his social worker, Ms. Weiss, to see if she could help Betty find him. While Jughead was more than willing to set up the exchange, he couldn't help but wonder why Betty suddenly sought to find her brother. Betty told him that Polly gave birth to the twins, but that she didn't even call their mother to tell her. Admittedly, her mother was crazy. But she was also very sad. Betty was hoping that having her brother in their lives would make things better. As for clearing the air, Betty was happy that Jughead was returning to Riverdale High.

In the student lounge, Betty passed around Chic's photo to Jughead, Veronica and Kevin. Veronica commented that he was very fetching for someone who was living on Skid Row. Kevin agreed. But he insisted that he had seen Chic before. Jughead asked if he could have possibly ran into him while cruising Fox Forest, though Kevin was unsure. With Chic still acclimating and Betty attempting to gain his trust, it was unlikely that they would be meeting him anytime soon. It was proving difficult since her mom was treating him like a ten year old and her father was acting as if he was the devil's spawn. In an attempt to solve Betty's dilemma, Veronica suggested that she bring Chic to Pickens Day so that they could all meet him, though Jughead claimed he would not be attending because the Serpents weren't extended an invitation. Instead, they were hired to work security. The damage, as they say, had been done. Betty then noticed Toni standing by the doorway as Jughead prepared to leave as he had scheduled an interview with her grandfather for his oral report, who was the oldest living Serpent.

The following day, Jughead interrupted Betty and Kevin's discussion in the Blue and Gold offices to run his story by her. He noted that he had taken a liking to Kevin's new Gossip column. The readers loved it, not to mention that Betty needed to fill the space after Jughead left for Southside High. Jughead handed Betty his story and told her that when he interviewed Toni's grandfather for history class, he had some pretty intense things to say about General Pickens. Having taken it upon himself to do a bit of follow-up research, Jughead discovered that General Pickens was hired by Barnabas B. Blossom to remove the Uktena tribe by force. In doing so, he killed 400 innocent men, women and children. To make matters worse, the last remnants of the tribe, the Serpents, were being squeezed out of existence. Thomas lived in a trailer the size of a broom closet. And Hiram Lodge was planning on honoring General Pickens instead of trying to make amends. Jughead believed this was a story they needed to tell. Betty agreed, asking if he was going to get a quote from Hiram Lodge.

The Case of the Decapitated Statue
In the student lounge, Veronica invited Betty, Jughead and Kevin to her confirmation ceremony after already inviting Archie. Usually those kinds of events were family only, but since they were her chosen family, she managed to pull a few strings and reserve them a pew. After learning the dress code, Betty and Jughead were called down to the Principal's office by Mr. Weatherbee who scolded them over Jughead's General Pickens article. There had been a steady stream of outrage since the publishing of the article, most recently, Hiram Lodge's lawyer, Paul Sowerberry. He called to tell them that they were considering taking legal actions against the Blue and Gold on the grounds of defamation of character. Effective immediately, both Betty and Jughead were suspended from the newspaper staff. They were given a day to clean out their personal things.

In the Blue and Gold offices, Jughead apologized to Betty for getting her suspended from the newspaper. While he didn't care if they harassed him at home or school, he never wanted her to get caught up in it all. Betty asked who was harassing him at home. Jughead replied Sheriff Keller. He had no proof but he suspected that one or more of the Serpents, probably Jughead, decapitated General Pickens' statue. "And did you?" Betty asked. Even though he hadn't, she reasoned that he could've done it for the same reason he had written the article, to avenge Thomas Topaz, Toni's grandfather. Betty revealed that she saw Jughead and Toni at Pop's early one morning, in the middle of the Black Hood attacks. They were having breakfast, and to Betty, it seemed like they were more than pals. While it wasn't her place to ask, she felt compelled to ask if anything had ever happened between him and Toni. Jughead admitted that on the night of the gauntlet, after Betty sent Archie to break up with him, Toni stayed over at the trailer. She gave Jughead a tattoo and they did some stuff, but they didn't have sex. However, since they were on the topic, Jughead asked if Betty had done anything with anyone. Despite kissing Archie, Betty told Jughead that she had not been with anyone else.

Jughead met up with Betty at Pop's, where he asked for her help as she was the only one in town who he could talk to. Ironically, the last time Jughead and the Serpents were in trouble, he pushed Betty away. Jughead told her about the two week evictions at Sunnyside and how Mayor McCoy suspected the Serpents of vandalizing the statue. Technically, the trailer park was on town property and not everyone had paid their rent, making the eviction perfectly legal. Jughead went on to tell Betty how Mayor McCoy was making the entire thing about the beheaded statue when in actuality, it was just a pretense to shut them up and get them out. If the statue is what was fueling the fire, then Betty wanted to take away the gas by finding the head. She suggested that they treat it like a missing persons case. Someone, somewhere, saw something. So they could canvas the town with reward flyers for anyone who had information. Find the head, save the trailer park.

Betty and Jughead attended Veronica's confirmation ceremony. He sat alongside Betty, Kevin and Archie as Veronica was confirmed. Afterward, during the post-ceremony celebration, he told Betty about the Serpents' meeting to determine whether or not he would be kicked out. He told her that he broke a code and that in doing so, he messed up badly. Jughead went on to tell Betty about the Snake Charmer and how she suckered him and his dad into delivery drugs, which forced him and the younger Serpents to find her, grab her and cut her. The worst part was that none of it even matter because she was back. Every decision he had made since they broke up, including their breakup, only made things worse. Betty then got a call about the flyers they up regarding the head to General Pickens' statue.

Betty and Jughead left the post-party early to meet up with Junkyard Steve in the junkyard. He was the caller who had supposedly found General Pickens' head. He had nearly ten acres of scrap and he came across weird stuff all the time, but for the first time ever, he found a bronze head stashed in a old refrigerator. Jughead questioned who dumped the head at the junkyard, asking Junkyard Steve if anyone suspicious had been around recently. Ignoring the regular scavengers, Junkyard Steve told them that one guy in particular came by last week. A stranger, claiming that he was in search of bike parts, though he didn't buy anything. According to Junkyard Steve, he was a tall, low-life type, who happened to be wearing a Serpents jacket, leaving Jughead to conclude that it was Tall Boy who decapitated the statue.

Jughead, Betty and FP returned to the Wyrm with the head to General Pickens' statue in hand. FP demanded that they stop the vote in light of recent developments. They sat Tall Boy down to ask him what he was doing at the dump last week. When Tall Boy questioned why Betty was in the bar, Jughead told him that she was one of them. Tall Boy then revealed that he stole the head because he was tired of seeing the Serpents go soft under FP's rule. Hiram Lodge came by, wanting to stir up trouble. He told Tall Boy that if he took the head, he'd get Mayor McCoy and the cops to swarm all over them, causing chaos in the process. Tall Boy essentially helped Hiram Lodge start a mutiny, and Jughead wanted to know why. Tall Boy explained that he did so in an attempt to get rid of Jughead, which would get rid FP as well, leaving the Serpents under the leadership of him and Penny. In doing this, Tall Boy betrayed his own kind and broke Serpent law. His punishment was being stripped of his jacket and exiled.

Betty and Jughead sat on the couch at the trailer wondering what Hiram Lodge had planned for the Southside. Maybe they could ask Veronica on Monday, Betty suggested. Though, Jughead proposed that they investigate quietly until they knew more. They hadn't saved the trailer park yet and he was on probation with the Serpents because of what he did to Penny. But at least they stopped her from coming back and got rid of Tall Boy. Betty remarked how it was nice to hear Jughead speak of the two of them working together again. He'd be apologizing for it for the rest of his life, but he was sorry for feeling like he had to shield Betty from what he was going through with the Serpents or his darkness, since they both knew that she could handle it. As Betty prepared to head home, Jughead asked that she stay, placing his hand on her leg, resulting in Betty getting on top of him as the two of them started kissing. As Jughead undressed Betty, she told him that she needed to tell him something. Betty looked Jughead in his eyes and told him that she wanted all of him. The two of them then proceeded to have sex.

Jughead called Betty from the trailer to say goodnight and that he loved her shortly after consummating his relationship with her. Unfortunately, Betty's response was not one that he had hoped for. Instead of her reciprocating that love, she abruptly hung up the phone after telling him that she'd see him tomorrow.

First thing the next morning, Jughead headed over to Betty's house to walk her to school. He wished to talk to her because of her hanging up on him later that night which left him unnerved and worried that maybe she had regrets because it wasn't enjoyable or that she thought they were moving too fast and wanted to slow down. Betty assured him that this wasn't the case and that she had an amazing night. Unfortunately, per usual, there was no shortage of drama at her house upon her arrival. Jughead presumed that the aforementioned drama was "Chic centric". Betty confirmed his presumption by stating that everything would be fine as it was nothing more than typical Cooper house lunacy.

In the student lounge, there was clear friction between Jughead and Veronica whose father's pursuit to take over the Southside continued. Betty could barely keep her eyes open as the two of them went back and forth. Kevin then entered the lounge to tell them about a dead body that the police had found that morning, which was reason for concern given that Betty and her mother had just dumped a body out in the woods. While Jughead wondered if the Black Hood had risen, Archie asked whose body was found and Betty asked where it was found. Although, the investigation was ongoing, it was apparently gangland style execution at the motel. As Kevin went on to explain the gruesomeness of the murder, Betty excused herself.

The following night, Betty called Jughead from the front steps of her house and asked him to meet her. She expressed her inner turmoil and how everything was falling apart. She told Jughead about the dead man, everything from the moments leading up to his death to her and her mother disposing of the body. While Betty was stressing out, her mother on the other hand was acting as if nothing had happened. Despite their attempt to dispose of the body and evidence, Jughead believed that they could still call the police but Betty had her doubts. A parking enforcer then pulled up to ask if either of them knew the owner of car parked right across from Betty's house, which belonged to the dead man though neither Betty nor her mother had noticed it before that moment. In covering their tracks for them, Jughead told the parking enforcer that the car belonged to him and that he couldn't find his keys. With the street being cleaned, the enforcer gave him five minutes to move the car. In that time, he and Betty hot-wired the vehicle and drove off. The two of them drove the car out into the woods, pushed it into the river and held each other closely as they watched as it slowly became submerged in the water, along with the dead man's phone, which Betty also threw into the river.

The very next night, shortly after telling his father everything from Chic's killing of the shady man to him and Betty dumping the car in the river, Betty and her mother arrived at the trailer for help. Jughead, Betty and Alice sat in a booth at Pop's as FP got rid of the body. FP covered the man in sodium hydroxide before burying him. Within a week's time, there would be nothing left of him, not even his teeth. Alice then thanked FP for his assistance. She was sorry for pulling Betty in, who then pulled Jughead in. Though, the circle ended with them. All loose ends had been taken care of. }}

Quotes
"Jughead. If we're gonna be together, I wanna know who you are. All of it."

- Betty to Jughead.

"I love Jughead. He’s as much my family as you are, more so, right now."

- Betty to her mother

"I'm not letting Riverdale's civil war split us apart, Jug."

- Betty to Jughead

"Hobo. Bride of Hobo."

- Cheryl to Betty and Jughead

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