Life is about to get even more
complicated for Jughead Jones in The CW’s “Riverdale.”
In Thursday’s new episode, Jughead
(played by Cole Sprouse) will go and see his dad, FP (Skeet Ulrich), to ask him
to consider going back to work for Fred Andrews (Luke Perry), and
AccessHollywood.com has a sneak peek at the heartbreaking scene.
In the clip, Jughead tells his
dad, whose home is littered in alcohol bottles, that taking the job could help
FP on the path toward fixing the Jones family.
WATCH: ‘Riverdale’: Jughead’s Heartbreaking Scene With His Dad (Exclusive Sneak Peek)
Cole previously told AccessHollywood.com that things
were going to get “so much worse” for his character. And when we
caught up with the actor earlier this week, he revealed Thursday’s episode will
pave the way even more on that story arc for his character.
“This upcoming episode you
really learn quite a bit about Jughead and the family life, but this is just
sort of the launching platform,” Cole said. “Episode 7 is where you
first learn about why Jughead’s the way he is and then, from Episode 7 on wards,
oh, it just gets so much worse for poor Jughead.”
WATCH: ‘Riverdale’: Cole Sprouse & Camila Mendes On Their Characters’ Family Dramas
Although there is trouble with his
dad, and the teenager is still without a permanent home, there is some light in
Jughead’s life – his budding relationship with Betty Cooper (Lili Reinhart).
The two shared a kiss in last
week’s episode. Betty’s response to the kiss was unexpected as she changed gears, turning her attention to finding Jason Blossom’s car. Jughead did make note of Betty’s response
— saying, “Wow, that’s what you were thinking of in the middle of our
moment?” — but he didn’t take it as a slight, Cole said.
“I had sort of read it as, well,
if Jughead can be a force of clarity in Betty’s life in that moment where she’s
sort of hyperventilating and panicking — if his romance with Betty can be the
thing that allows her to see clearly, that’s something I think he [would take]
pride in,” Cole told Access.
When the investigative duo of
Betty and Jughead eventually went to go find Jason’s car, Jughead started sifting through the contents of the trunk – a moment
that had us thinking, “Don’t touch what’s in the trunk!” It had Cole
thinking that too.
“Yeah, definitely.
Definitely. But it’s important to remember that they’re also kids,” he
said. “Jughead and Betty are 16, 17.
Especially in these moments where they’re probably having a rush of emotions,
mixed emotions, about excitement and finding the car, being in front of the
authorities in how to lead the case and all those other mixed emotions, I think
it’s also understandable to me why Jughead really wouldn’t be paying too much
attention to it.”
WATCH: ‘Riverdale’: Lili Reinhart On The Search For Polly
Someone was watching Betty and
Jughead from behind the trees when they found Jason’s car. Lili Reinhart, who plays Betty, told Access that
the mystery of who was spying on them will eventually be answered.
“I was really worried. I was
hoping nothing bad would come of that, that they wouldn’t be harmed,” Lili
told Access, when asked about her reaction to reading the scene in the script.
“It definitely adds to the mystery. You’ll find out eventually who that
person was.”
Thursday’s episode will also focus
on the search for Polly Cooper, who was missing at the end of Episode 6.
“Betty takes her sister’s
situation extremely seriously. As you’ve seen throughout the whole season so
far, Polly means everything to Betty and Betty will go to any length to find
Polly,” Lili said. “And in Episode 7, she definitely kind of
headlines a search party for her sister.”
The search party will involve the whole Cooper family, but despite their talk last week, Betty hasn’t taken her folks off her list of potential suspects in the murder of Jason Blossom.
“I think Betty is still very suspicious of her parents and I think she can’t officially knock her parents off the list until she can talk to Polly more because she really didn’t have the opportunity to in Episode 6, to really talk to Polly about her parents,” Lili said. “So she can’t just yet after Episode 6.”
“Riverdale” continues Thursday at 9/8c on The CW.
— Jolie Lash
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