[s3e2] | Chapter Forty-six

: This act leads to an unexpected face-to-face meeting where Archie and Hiram agree to a tenuous truce, putting their long-standing war on hold.

Archie, struggling with trauma and alcohol, reaches a breaking point. After a sobering intervention from Josie, he heads to the hospital with a gun to kill Hiram. [S3E2] Chapter Forty-Six

With Hiram hospitalized after a near-fatal shooting, Veronica hires Jughead to find the culprit. The investigation reveals a web of infidelity and betrayal: : This act leads to an unexpected face-to-face

The episode concludes with Veronica and Reggie burning Hiram’s drug operation to the ground, though they remain unaware of the financial and legal fallout that will soon follow. Riverdale – Chapter Forty-Six: The Red Dahlia : Betty connects the deaths of Claudius and

While Jughead hunts a shooter, Betty investigates a string of "suicides" that she correctly identifies as murders by poison.

: Betty connects the deaths of Claudius and Clifford Blossom, along with others like the Sisters of Quiet Mercy.