If you're having a hard time distinguishing between Riverdale's onscreen and offscreen plot twists, you're not alone. Ever since costars Lili Reinhart (Betty Cooper) and Cole Sprouse (Jughead Jones) were seen holding hands at Comic-Con, fans have spent just as much time speculating about their relationship status as they have developing theories about who shot Mr. Andrews.

Of course, Reinhart and Sprouse haven't confirmed or denied anything, and don't expect a clear answer about IRL Bughead anytime soon. One thing you can look forward to, however, is the return of Riverdale tomorrow, October 11. That also means we can get back to what made us love Betty and Jughead in the first place: A show that gives us sizzling chemistry, shocking twists, and the treasure that is Cheryl Blossom.

So what's in store for the second season? We're not going to reveal the fate of Fred Andrews, but we can tell you that Betty does something pretty extraordinary for Jug. Still, trouble isn't far behind. (This is Riverdale, after all.) As Sprouse warns us, "Our fans should be worried about anything they think is stable on this show." And that's not all he revealed about the upcoming season. Read on.

Glamour: Riverdale creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and most of the cast have been referring to season two as much “darker” than season one, especially…

Cole Sprouse: I guarantee you I have not been using that word! That word has been so buzzed around by now it's making me sick. I hate that word. I don't know when it was used, but it’s so vague. I really don’t think it does a service to season two at all. Yeah, genre-wise we end up moving toward horror, but I don’t know when the word “darker” was first pitched in. People just went ape-shit with it.

Glamour: Speaking of darker, with all the violence happening right now in the world, how concerned are you as an actor with the amount of violence on this show, especially in the first few episodes?

CS: Yeah, of course, I think media and the idolization of media figures has a huge impact on how we romanticize violence. As an actor, we get a little less agency than someone like a writer or a lead creative who is in charge of producing these narratives—but Riverdale and the tone of this classic Americana that we really sell speaks for a larger, stranger fondness for this older America that is running like a current underneath a lot of the U.S. political mind-set right now. To ignore violence in our show would be stating that we don’t acknowledge that it exists within our actual society. We do have guns, we do have fights, and we do talk about violence. The only thing that’s kind of uncharacteristic of teenage life is weapon usage, or guns. Fights and machismo and grandstanding are all something that happen in normal male teenage life, but our show doesn’t treat [the use of weapons] lightly. In almost every episode for the protagonist that a gun is involved in, the gun is still the villain. Our show doesn’t handle it in a way that makes light of it.

Glamour: Changing gears—and without giving too much away—Betty does something pretty incredible for Jughead and his family early on in season two, but die-hard viewers also know that Toni Topaz enters the picture. Should Bughead fans be worried that someone could come between them? Because it does seem—especially after what Betty does—that these two are quite stable.