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.
: Jughead tracks down Mrs. Mulwray (played by Kelly Ripa), Hiram's alleged mistress, who was helping him falsify water safety reports to cover up drug runoff in the Sweetwater River. [S3E2] Chapter Forty-Six
While Jughead hunts a shooter, Betty investigates a string of "suicides" that she correctly identifies as murders by poison. Archie, struggling with trauma and alcohol, reaches a
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 Mulwray (played by Kelly Ripa), Hiram's alleged mistress,
"Chapter Forty-Six: The Red Dahlia" is a noir-inspired turning point for , peeling back the layers of a town built on secrets and "Fizzle Rocks". The Investigation: Who Shot Hiram Lodge?
: Jughead discovers that Mayor Hermione Lodge has been having an affair with the supposedly dead Sheriff Minetta. The two were plotting to finish Hiram off and frame FP Jones for the crime.