Riverdale (TV Series)

Chapter Sixteen: The Watcher in the Woods (2017)

Casey Cott: Kevin Keller

Quotes 

• Betty Cooper : Hey. What happened last night? You said you were coming to Veronica's.

  Kevin Keller : Yeah, something came up.

  Betty Cooper : [knowing smile]  Something in the woods?

  Kevin Keller : Betty, don't... take this the wrong way, but... how many years did I listen to you go on and on about Archie and now Jughead? Did you ask my permission to date them? No. You didn't need it. And I don't need yours.

  [they are unaware that smirking Cheryl is overhearing them] 

  Betty Cooper : Dating is one thing. This is...

  Kevin Keller : It's none of your business.

  [picks up his schoolbooks] 

  Kevin Keller : I'll, uh,

  [scoffs] 

  Kevin Keller : I'll catch you later.

  [walks away] 

  Cheryl Blossom : So, button-down Kevin Keller has a sex-drive. So what?

  Betty Cooper : So, it's putting him in danger. Why won't he just stop?

  Cheryl Blossom : Oh, Betty. How little you know of the human psyche. Kevin used to be a lonely awkward fat boy with acne. Now he's a smoke-show.

  Betty Cooper : And?

  Cheryl Blossom : In his mind, he's still that unattractive Pugsley. Kevin wants validation, connection, even if he has to find it in the woods. Even with a killer on the loose. Even if you don't approve.

• Kevin Keller : Oh, my God. What are you guys doing here?

  Betty Cooper : Cheryl called me, and said that it looks like you were going for a jog, headed towards Fox Forest.

  Cheryl Blossom : Fact.

  Cheryl Blossom : [steps closer]  You said you weren't gonna do this anymore.

  Kevin Keller : For God's sakes, Betty, what... what do you want from me?

  Betty Cooper : I want you to have more respect for yourself than this.

  Kevin Keller : [laughter in his voice]  Respect for myself?

  Betty Cooper : Yes.

  Kevin Keller : Look, we have been friends for a long time, but you still have no idea...

  Betty Cooper : Well, then tell me, Kev, please.

  Kevin Keller : You act like we got the same set of options, but we don't. You live in this pale-pink world of milk shakes and first kisses and "Am I gonna date Archie or Jughead?"

  Cheryl Blossom : *Except* for when she's Dark Betty.

  Kevin Keller : Right, right. Except for when you're exploring your BDSM sexuality, which again, you're allowed to do, but I'm not, because why? *This* is what I got, Betty. Me, these woods. So, please don't come here and tell me it's disgusting. If you can't accept what I do, whatever I do, then we're just... We're not really friends!