Tonight's Riverdale more or less confirmed what Lili Reinhart told us back in December: The Black Hood is still on the loose. But with Chic Cooper's arrival and all the Southside High drama, who's got time to worry about that creep? There are plenty of other pressing issues in Riverdale—namely, why in Jason Blossom's name hasn't Cheryl been front and center in every episode this season?

Fortunately, creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa says we won't have to wait much longer, as huge developments are about to take place. (Look out for episode 14, specifically.) What's more, several forgotten characters might be on their way back to town. With so many questions—seriously, what is Chic Cooper doing in Betty's bedroom?—Aguirre-Sacasa hopped on the phone from the Vancouver set to fill us in.

First, can you confirm the Black Hood is still out there?

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa: Well, at the very end of tonight’s episode, Archie says to Agent Adams, “Listen, if you’ve been following me, you know that I was involved [in trying to solve the mystery of] the Black Hood, but I gotta tell you, there’s a part of me that doesn’t think we got the right guy.” That is a thread that we will follow in the second half of the season.

Will viewers feel that they know for sure who it is by the end of the season?

RAS: However the Black Hood’s story continues, I believe it will have a definitive ending by the end of the season.

So, basically, whether it’s Svenson or not, we’ll definitely feel confident knowing who it was.

RAS: Exactly. Correct.

In tonight’s episode, Chic enters the picture and he’s…creepy. What can you say about his impending stay in Riverdale?

RAS: We kind of joke in the writer’s room—whenever we introduce someone, they have to be a force of darkness and chaos. On Riverdale, you can’t ever just introduce someone and have it be fine. It always comes with problems. Chic is no exception. We’re pretty cryptic about our plots; the writers know [that] the actors don’t know everything. So two or three episodes in, the fine actor that plays Chic—Hart Denton—calls me and asks, "Now, am I a good guy or a bad guy?" I started laughing and was like, "I think even if you think you’re a bad guy, you never think of yourself as a bad guy." So I’ll say this: In some ways, Chic is very different than from his sister Betty. I think what we’ll discover in upcoming episodes is that there are more similarities than you might originally think.