The next morning, Jughead was taken into custody and brought down to the Sheriff

Station by Sheriff Keller, as a suspect in Jason's murder. His and Betty’s fingerprints were
found on Jason’s torched car as expected, but Jughead had a surprising juvie record
from six years ago as he almost burned down Riverdale Elementary School. According to
Jughead, the fire was an accident as he was playing with matches.

Sheriff Keller unfairly suspected him as the killer due to his background and being from
the ‘wrong side of the tracks’. Fred unexpectedly came to his aid and told Sheriff Keller
that Jughead was tearing down drywall for his construction company on July 11th, which
Fred and Archie later falsified a time card to prove.

Season 1 Episode 7 In a Lonely Place Jughead FP 4

FP and Jughead outside the Sheriff station

Jughead’s father showed up to the station just as everyone was leaving and caused a
scene in front of Fred, Archie, and Betty. FP was furious and angrily demanded to see
Sheriff Keller for making accusations against his son and even lashed out at Fred, who
tried in vain to calm him down. Jughead convinced him to let it go before he left, FP
tearfully promised he would get his act together and that they would have their family
back, it would just take some time. Jughead looked angry and resigned as he told his
father he believed him. In the end, Jughead went to live at the Andrews’s house, but he
had yet to give up on his father.[8]

Jughead's Slithering Secret

After a late night of gaming, Fred entered Archie's room to inform the boys that it was
time to call it a night, but not before he noticed the foul odor circulating within the room.
Jughead felt very at-home with the Andrews, almost as if he, Archie and Fred were
roommates in a college dorm. Tomorrow, Andrews Construction would be breaking
ground for the SoDale project, which was a sore subject for Jughead as the land formerly
housed the Twilight Drive-In.

The next day, in the student lounge, Jughead, Archie, Betty, Veronica, Kevin, Cheryl, and
Valerie analyzed Polly's dilemma, in which the Coopers wanted her but not the baby, and
the Blossoms wanted the baby, but not her. A true Gordian Knot, Jughead said, however,
Veronica disagreed, it was a fairly solvable problem, she suggested that they throw Polly
a baby shower, which would force the Coopers to finally start communicating.

Season 1 Episode 8 The Outsiders Archie Jughead construction site

Jughead and Archie working on the SoDale site

Having learned that Andrews Construction was facing turmoil, Jughead, Archie, Kevin,
and Moose volunteered to assist Fred Andrews in keeping the SoDale project on schedule
until he could find a real crew. Jughead commented how handy Archie was with the wheel
barrel, joking that Archie could fall back on manual labor if his music career were to never
take off. However, he was very much aware that his dad's path was not for him.

After a long day of work, the boys returned to the trailer, but Moose forgot his phone back
on the project site. As he returned to retrieve it, he was attacked by two thugs, who
warned them to stop construction or else they'd return. While Fred thought that Cliff
Blossom was at the center of the attack, Archie speculated that it could've been the
Southside Serpents, angry due to being kicked off their territory, but Jughead reminded
everyone that the Serpents never bothered him when the drive-in was still up and running.

Season 1 Episode 8 The Outsiders Jughead Betty (2)

Betty and Jughead at Pop's

The next day at Pop's Shoppe, Jughead filled Betty and Veronica in on the attack at
Andrews construction, in which he assured them Moose was fine. Archie then entered the
diner seeking Jughead's help as he, Moose and Kevin planned on finding the Serpents
they alleged to have attacked Moose. Kevin's boyfriend, Joaquin, who was also a Serpent,
could get them into the Whyte Wyrm, a known hang out for the gang, where they could
find Moose's attackers and notify Sheriff Keller. Betty wasn't too sure that it was the best
idea since the Serpents were dangerous drug dealers; the drug dealer portion of that
comment being confirmed a day earlier as Polly informed them that Jason was dealing for
the Serpents. Jughead insisted that going into the bar was a terrible idea, but all Archie
wanted to know is if Jughead would join him, which he didn't.

Jughead and Betty shared a kiss as the baby shower began, she thanked him for being
there since that event wasn't his usual kind of scenery. Jughead sarcastically replied that
"organizing a baby shower was totally on his bucket list". Archie unexpectedly showed up
at the shower not much later and confronted Jughead on his father being a Serpent,
which is why he tried to prevent them from going to the bar. As the baby shower came to
a close, Jughead explained that he was ashamed of his father's affiliations, which is why
he hadn't told anyone, which Betty immediately forgave him for, and then suggested that
they pay FP a visit.

At the trailer park with his father, Jughead announced that they knew about the drug deal
between the Serpents and Jason, the cops knew too, so if they hadn't been there already,
they would be soon enough. FP claimed they gave Jason some product to deliver upstate,
but when it never showed, they assumed he ran off with it, that was until his body showed
up at Sweetwater River. Jughead then asked his father if he had any involvement in
Jason's death, despite FP being his father, it was the dark ages, he didn't know what to
think. FP admitted that he was a lousy parent, but he insisted that he wasn't a killer.

Season 1 Episode 8 The Outsiders Betty Jughead (8)

Jughead and Betty kiss outside the trailer

Outside the trailer, Jughead told Betty that he believed his father, and she believed
Jughead, the two of them then shared another kiss. Jughead returned to the Andrews
house where he admitted that he should've trusted Archie, but he was afraid that his
father was at the center of the attack. Archie understood where Jughead was coming
from, saying that they were brothers and that they would always be there for each
other.[9]

In Betty's room, Jughead assured Betty that she did nothing wrong upon learning that
Polly had been ignoring her calls and emails. He said they'll figure it out, and then went in
for a kiss, before being interrupted by her mother.

Later that day in student lounge, after discovering that Archie could be attending an
exclusive summer music program with the help of the Blossoms, Jughead questioned
their motive for doing so. Archie explained that all he had to do was escort Cheryl to the
maple tree tapping. Although Valerie was cool with it, Jughead was not, asking if Val was
cool with him being a Gigolo.

Season 1 Episode 9 La Grande Illusion Betty Jughead (2)

Betty and Jughead confronting Cheryl

A couple days later, Jughead and Betty confronted Cheryl in the hall and demanded that
they are allowed to talk to Polly. It was then that Cheryl revealed to the two of them that
Polly was having twins, just as Rose Blossom had previously claimed. Betty began to
wonder why Polly would not tell her something of such importance, to which Jughead
explained that hostages weren't usually allowed to make phone calls. In the end, after
calling Jughead a hobo, Cheryl agreed to pass on Betty's message to Polly. As Jughead,
Archie, and Fred at dinner that night, they were momentarily joined by Cheryl, who
thanked Archie for agreeing to escort her to a banquet, which Jughead referred to as
Archie pimping himself out.
The following day, Betty ranted and raved about her parents' ill behavior during a time of
crisis, where Polly was living with the Blossoms. She mentioned how her mother threw a
brick through the window of The Register, an incident that Jughead wished he could've
been present for, this statement was subsequently followed by an apology for his typical
sense of sardonic humor. Betty felt like her family was falling apart, and she felt like there
was nothing she could do to stop it, but Jughead persuaded Betty to keep fighting. He
agreed that the Cooper family was splintering, but that it wouldn't fall apart because of her
effort in holding it all together. Jughead went on to tell Betty "You're so much stronger
than all of the white noise. You're stronger than your mother, you're stronger than your
father. You're holding this family together. So don't. Don't let go."

Later that night, Jughead and Betty informed Alice that they learned from Archie that Polly
was fine, she didn't choose the Blossoms over them, she went there to spy on them as
she suspecting them of being involved in Jason Blossom's Death. Polly was their woman
on the inside, they were going to use this connection to finally expose the Blossom
family. Jughead invited Alice to write with them at the The Blue and Gold.[10]

Birthday Bash

Season 1 Episode 10 The Lost Weekend Archie and Jughead in the room

Jughead playing the game

As Jughead sat in the chair playing video games and Archie lay on the bed, Fred entered
the boys' room before taking off to Chicago to apologize for having to miss Jughead's
upcoming birthday. Though, Fred would not be missing much considering that Jughead
barely acknowledged his own birthday.

That night, after taking the pizza out of the oven, Jughead informed Archie that this year's
double-feature at the Bijou consisted of "An American Werewolf in London" and "Animal
House", two films directed by John Landis. Unfortunately, Archie had no intent on
attending the films with him, instead Betty would be going for which Jughead wasn't too
happy about considering he did not want her to know it was his birthday as it was a primal
betrayal on Archie's fault. Jughead's hatred for his birthday began when he was a kid
because his life at home was never good, usually because of his father, and then there
was this arbitrary day, that they would get together and pretend as if they were normal.
Consequently, it just made me feel really lonely.