Archie Andrews, fifteen years after graduating from
Riverdale High, has become a successful lawyer and is preparing to marry his fiancée, Pam, and move to "the big city". Before doing that, however, he returns home to
Riverdale for his
high school reunion and in an attempt to save his friend Pop Tate's diner. Archie and company are all now in their early thirties: •
Betty, a
grade school teacher, has had problems finding permanent employment, and may or may not have relationship issues. •
Veronica, having lived in
France since graduation, has been married (and divorced) four times to very wealthy men. •
Jughead, now a successful
psychiatrist, is also divorced (although only once), and now has sole custody of a son named Jordan. Due to the divorce and other failed relationships, Jughead carries
emotional baggage that manifests itself in a terrible fear of women. A
running gag in the movie is Jughead's desperation to avoid seeing
Big Ethel during his visit to Riverdale. This is played for laughs at the end when at the reunion it turns out that Big Ethel is no longer the gangly, awkward teenager she once was but is now a striking beauty and still has a crush on Jughead. •
Moose and
Midge have gotten married and become
chiropractors. They also have a son, Max, who hits it off with Jordan. •
Reggie is a successful gym owner and owns a car lot. When Archie sees Betty and Veronica for the first time in fifteen years, all his old feelings for them come flooding back, threatening his engagement—and it does not help that the girls renew their pursuit of Archie, heedless of the fact that he has a fiancée. Meanwhile, Archie also tries to keep Reggie, helped along by an uncharacteristically menacing
Mr. Lodge, from evicting Pop Tate from his
soda shop, under the pretext of expanding his gym. Hiram Lodge does not want Archie near Veronica and still thinks they are wrong for each other. Archie ultimately saves the Chock'lit Shoppe, though he loses Pam to Robert, whom Betty dumps after growing sick of his bullying, and decides to stay in Riverdale. Veronica, Betty, and Jughead decide to move back to Riverdale as well. Reggie sees the error of his ways and reconciles with his friends as they take a group photo along with Jordan by Pops. ==Cast==