Riverdale is rocketing towards its Season 3 endgame, and with that the danger to the Town With Pep has never been higher. So this week’s episode, “Chapter Fifty-Four: Fear The Reaper” is going to be an important one regardless. But there’s an even bigger, real world concern weighing over the episode: this is the last episode Luke Perry filmed as Fred Andrews before he unfortunately passed away on March 4.

Thankfully, Perry’s final scene is short and sweet, sending off the beloved actor with a poignant moment between him and his on-screen son Archie Andrews (KJ Apa). That’s the oasis in what is otherwise one of the (and I do not say this lightly) crazier episodes of Riverdale in recent history.

There’s a lot going on as we head into this week’s show. The Gargoyle King, the mythic figure at the head of the show’s evil role playing game Gryphons & Gargoyles, has reemerged. His minion Kurtz (Jonathan Whitesell) has captured Jellybean Jones (Trinity Likins) and is challenging the rest of the Jones family to rescue her. Meanwhile, Betty (Lili Reinhart) has hit a snag in her investigation of cult The Farm, as her mother Alice (Mädchen Amick) and friend/cousin Cheryl Blossom (Madelaine Petsch) are under the thrall of enigmatic cult leader Edgar Evernever (Chad Michael Murray). Luckily, she has Cheryl’s girlfriend Toni (Vanessa Morgan) in her corner, working as a double agent.

Oh, and Archie maybe killed a man during a boxing match.

Yet none of that can prepare you for what happens this episode, which features a moment so insane I literally whispered, “ha ha what the f*ck” out loud while watching. So let’s get to it, shall we? And tease what we can tease.

1 Would You Like Play A Game? The Jones family storyline picks up right where it left off, with Jughead (Cole Sprouse) and FP (Skeet Ulrich) freaking out because Jellybean has been sucked into a “final” game of Gryphons & Gargoyles. Gladys Jones (Gina Gershon) quickly gets sucked into the mission as well, and things do not go well for the Jones’s. Secrets are revealed, decisions are made, and someone ends up doing their best Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle impression. Can they save the princess before it’s too late?

2 Coopaz Investigations, Inc. Betty and Toni’s counter-operation is going strong as the episode opens, until a surprise bit of info from Toni early in the episode throws Betty for a loop. With her family in serious danger, our good old Betty Snooper puts on her investigative shoes thanks to some eavesdropped information… Which leads to shocking revelation after shocking revelation. She turns to an unlikely source for help, but ultimately it’s up to Betty solo to try and make things right, leading to that WTF moment I mentioned earlier. You may think you know what’s been going on at The Farm. You may even have figured out some of the secrets. But you are not ready for what Betty ultimately finds, or how it all plays out. Prepare accordingly.

3 A Nice Day For A White Wedding Last episode, Alice Cooper officially divorced her husband Hal Cooper, a.k.a. the serial killer known as The Black Hood. Good move! But then it was revealed that she was doing this because she might be marrying Edgar. Bad move! At the risk of sounding repetitive, this is not going to play out the way you think. Meanwhile, in the midst of this cult insanity, Alice continues to be the most ruthless newshound in Riverdale. See? Women can have it all!

4 Archie Behind Bars... Again? While all the Gryphons & Gargoyles craziness and cult insanity is going on, Archie is dealing from some serious fallout from his boxing match last episode. But don’t worry… Despite some beats that seem to be heading back to the beginning of the season, for now at least Archie has learned some lessons. He’s still the same blockhead we know and love, but through a series of moves he comes up with a surprising solution to his problems. This is Riverdale, though, so even when he wins, he loses — and the Ginger Stallion suffers two big setbacks by the time the episode ends. Luckily, he’s always got Veronica (Camila Mendes) in his corner.