Child's Play, anyone? Archie, however, has other ideas about Percival. Pop's experiences a drive-by shooting. She later shows up at Riverdale High with scones of her own making, giving one to Archie, Jughead, and Betty. The Serpent Queen Episode 2 Recap. The events of the second episode take a step further in establishing her as a force to be reckoned with. If Percival really can control people's thoughts and actions, he needs to be stopped. Archie, Betty, and Jughead meet with Cheryl, or Abigail, first, but she is not willing to help, as she is not so forgiving. Should he die in battle, it'll still be a win. Getting herself pregnant is the safest and most effective solution to Catherine's problems. The Serpent Queen Episode 2 Ending: What Does Henry Going to War Mean for Catherine? Toni gets a weird sense of deja vu of the same thing happening. In addition to the inner court politics, a lot of turmoil is going on outside, between France and Italy, and to turn the tide in its favor, France needs an ally, someone who can help them win the war, no matter if it is brought to their doorstep or if they take it to the Italians.
One that gave no agency or mind to having to do extreme things to keep her standing or keep her safety going. While this scheme is in the process, Catherine looks for other ways to win Henry's heart and convince the King to not look for a replacement daughter-in-law just yet. Toni brings up the idea of rebranding the Serpents to Fangs; instead of a gang, the Serpents are a political activist group like the Black Panthers. He was storing them for a battle royale with the Ghoulies.
For she was now the Queen of France, and she was part of the King's executive council, advising her husband on important and critical manners, and she held nothing back in those meetings. Keep reading to find out what happened in this week's Riverdale, "Chapter One Hundred and Four: The Serpent Queen's Gambit. When Toni visits Fangs in jail, Fangs admits the weapons were his. But of course, what keeps darkness thriving in this world, is the sheer fact that the good times never last and we are tested as often as we receive complete and utter peace. With every episode, the show peels the layers of Catherine's story and brings us closer to the answer.
Percival Pickens has been making his rounds across Riverdale, and his next stop is the Andrews household to have a word with Frank. She tries to get Henry to marry her, but Catherine's quick thinking puts a stop to her plans. After watching Baby Anthony for some time now, Kevin gives him back to Toni and Fangs. Archie suggests they go to their friends, people they trust, and recruit them for their side. While Tabitha is waiting for Baby Anthony to be brought to Pop's, she overhears Kevin and another officer talking about a turkey shoot out with the Serpents. As though those who wish to commit harm or do so… are endlessly twirling their proverbial mustache from beneath their black top hat and cloak, pondering upon how best to destabilize the world and lives.
Sensing how scared she is and hearing her thoughts, Jughead convinces her to think really loudly about what's going on since he might be able to hear it. "And seal our love for all eternity. Tabitha posted Toni's bail, but Percival won't let her leave until the morning. Abigail lets her in, and Betty immediately puts a cloth over her mouth and knocks her out. Despite being overridden and shushed and told that her warnings about potential conflict were foolish, and she also opted to slowly sink back into a more powerful line of thinking, because of her cousin. She saves Archie and Jughead, but mostly Jughead since Archie is invulnerable. Toni pleads with him, not understanding why he's doing this. For in reality, evil is conducted by human beings. She will be a young widow, with no pressure of children and no threat of being sold off or sent back to Italy haunting her. Which is why the King asked Catherine to step in and offer guidance and wisdom to his son… before he finally passed into the great beyond. Rather, everyone will sympathize with her considering that her husband is off fighting a war. After Kevin tells her what's happening, Tabitha calls Toni and warns her that she has walked into a trap. Tabitha butts in after Percival asks about disbanding the Serpents, saying Toni isn't on trial.
Not that an explosion giving them powers makes sense, but now they have to figure out how Percival can control people's minds. We tend to believe that evil and its machinations are constantly in motion in our world. Abigail wakes up to a scene that is all too familiar with her: tied to a stake in the woods, surrounded by Archie, Betty, Jughead, Britta, and Nana Rose, who is holding the (still creepy) Julian doll. Kevin gently tells Toni that he's filing for primary custody of Anthony. But alas, that thought, and that image is nothing more than classic Hollywood fluff. Considering that her dowry had stirred this trouble for her, she finds a way around it.
Percival is conducting a town-wide census with Alice and Frank's approval. Archie catches Betty and Jughead up on what happened with "Cheryl, " and Jughead leaves to read her mind to try to pick up on anything. While the Sheriff's report says that the Ghoulies were killed in a gunfight with deputies on the scene, Dr. says that the wounds were self-inflicted. Jughead's been researching heightened psychic abilities and how some people believe that mind control is a real thing.
Luckily, they raided a Ghoulie lair earlier and found Baby Anthony. But what matters more, is that this story did a wonderful job of exploring how being a villain or a bad person, or a Queen that instilled fear in all… isn't a 24-7 gig, and it can take years of damage and devastation to finally bring that person to their respective darkness and the show deserves a round of applause for showing us that and Samantha Morton deserves one as well. Baby Anthony is safe and sound with his father. The fire goes out, and the Julian doll falls out of Nana Rose's hands.