Was that a mistake or an intentional move by someone who wasn’t actually trying to kill the teenagers? But the next incident complicated things further: someone opened fire on Moose and Midge in their car in the woods, without bothering to check to see if they’d survived. One could dismiss the two different methods based on location it would be difficult to fatally strangle someone in a populated diner. Fred Andrews came next: a masked man hit him with a nonfatal gunshot at Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe. Grundy, the Black Hood’s first victim, was choked by a masked man in her home. There have, after all, been some head-scratching aspects to Season 2’s various murders. There’s also the possibility that Riverdale is taking a page out of Scream’s playbook-and there might really be two killers on the loose. But that doesn’t necessarily mean Hal was a decoy all along.

This week, however, seemed to at least complicate that notion when the Black Hood showed up at a local debate with a gun, shooting at townspeople below-including Hal.

Last week’s installment dropped some pretty obvious hints that Betty Cooper’s father, Hal, is actually also the mass-murdering Black Hood. With just two episodes left in its sophomore season, Riverdale is determined to keep viewers guessing until the end-and unlike many dramas, whose mysteries often get solved on Reddit months before they unravel on screen, it seems this show actually knows how to keep its mouth shut.

This post contains spoilers for Riverdale Season 2, Episode 20, “Shadow of a Doubt.”

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