As the gang pick up the pieces after a rough year back in Riverdale, an incident at Pop's forces them to make a difficult decision about the future of the town.

Refusing to accept what's going on around her, Alice creates an imaginary musical fantasy world in which the Coopers are one big, happy family again; Betty does her best to pull Alice back to reality.

After learning that a friend has gone missing, Tabitha enlists help from Jughead and Betty to investigate the disappearance; Penelope plants doubt in Kevin's mind, which leads him to confront Cheryl about the ministry.

After hearing some unexpected news about his former commanding officer, Archie opens up to Uncle Frank about his time in the Army; Veronica comes up with a clever way to raise funds after Chad calls the SEC on her.