Warning: Spoilers ahead for season two, episode 22 of "Riverdale," titled "Brave New World."
Fans know the identity of the real Black Hood, and now, they also know who the fake villain on "Riverdale" is.
During Wednesday's episode of The CW drama, Sheriff Minetta tells Archie that they have caught and killed the man responsible for the shooting at the mayoral debate and Archie's house. But Archie, Veronica, Betty, and Jughead feel that Hiram is still behind the new villain.
Here's what we know.
The fake Black Hood is Tall Boy.
According to the new sheriff in town, former Southside Serpent Tall Boy is responsible for the attacks.
Sheriff Minetta calls Fred and Archie to his office and tells them that his troops caught and killed the fake Black Hood on an anonymous tip.
"When we went to question him, well unfortunately, he engaged us in a firefight, and we were forced to take him down," he says.
When Archie asks how they can be certain, Minetta says: "We found guns on the premises that matched the ones used at both the attack on your house and the town hall shooting, as well as this black hood."
The guy's name is Gerald Petite, better known by the gang name of Tall Boy.
The last time Tall Boy was seen, he was being exiled by the Serpents for turning his back on the gang. Tall Boy worked with Hiram to steal the head from the General Pickens statue, which started a mutiny amongst the group. He wanted to get rid of Jughead and FP and take over the group with Penny Peabody.
Jughead believes the sheriff is telling the truth because he's worked with Hiram before, but he doesn't necessarily believe the firefight.
Hiram would never be the physical guy behind the attacks, but as Veronica tells Jughead, Betty, and Archie, "He would hire someone to do it." And that seems to be exactly what he did.
With Tall Boy having worked with Hiram before, it's not a surprise that he is the guy Hiram would hire to do the dirty work. Like Jughead theorizes, Tall Boy dying in a "firefight" at the hands of a sheriff working for Hiram "leaves no loose ends."
Tall Boy can't turn on Hiram if he's dead.
So why is Hiram Lodge behind the attacks?
Hiram was angry with his wife for cheating on him with Fred. He had evidence of the two kissing and could have wanted to get rid of Fred because he was a threat to his relationship with Hermione. So it's no wonder that Fred would still be on the list of potential attack victims. Ultimately, Hiram was planning on using the affair to hurt Fred in the mayoral race, so it looks like he tried to get rid of the "problem" a different way.
He is also angry at Archie for turning his back on the Lodges and supporting Fred in the mayoral race. Hiram also set up the Ghoulie riots, so his list of crimes continues to grow.
Through all of it though, Hiram is able to secure Hermione's win as mayor, and with his control over the sheriff's office, he's going to be tough to beat.
Here's a recap of the fake Black Hood's crimes.
On episode 20, a man dressed as the Black Hood shoots his gun a few times towards the stage where the mayoral debate between Fred Andrews and Hermione Lodge is taking place. Hal and Betty find each other in the crowd as people duck, so the theory that Hal was the serial killer was thrown off. But during Hal's confession, he says that man had no connection to him.
During Hal's confession, Archie is once again attacked by someone dressed as the Black Hood. Fred hits the guy over the head and then ends up being shot once again. But he is wearing a Kevlar vest and is OK.
Archie is thrown off when he learns that Hal is the real Black Hood.
Lochlyn Munro, who plays Hal, told INSIDER that his character would probably not agree with whatever plan this fake Black Hood has.
"I think deep down Hal would be a guy that feels like you can't just go around and commit these crimes for show because he really felt that he was doing the town a service by trying to purge the town of sin," he said.
But that fake Black Hood may be behind Fred's shooting.
When Betty is naming the crimes the Black Hood committed, she mentions the shooting of Fred, and Hal doesn't deny it.
But one of Archie's main focuses when searching for the Black Hood was the man's recognizable green eyes.
When Archie is attacked by the fake Black Hood in his own home, he recognizes the attacker's green eyes. He may have just been overwhelmed with fear and saw a connection that wasn't actually there, but he hasn't recognized those in any other person, so the recognition is significant.
This is just purely a speculative thought, but it looks like the case of the Blake Hoods is now closed.
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