Warning: Spoilers ahead for season two, episode 20 of "Riverdale," titled "Shadow of a Doubt."
The Black Hood has made a horrific return to "Riverdale," and we're one step closer to finding out his real identity.
During Wednesday's episode of the hit CW drama, Betty suspects her father of being the Black Hood, despite standing next to him while a person dressed as the Black Hood shoots a gun at the stage during the mayoral debate. This revelation follows the recent proof that fan theories about Mr. Svenson being a red herring were correct.
So far this season, Betty has received a phone call from the Black Hood admitting to killing Midge and setting Mr. Svenson up as the killer, and now she thinks she knows his identity for certain.
Here's the evidence for why she thinks her dad is the Black Hood.
The evidence against Hal.
Early theories suspected Hal Cooper or Sheriff Keller were the Black Hood. Both men fit the bill and both men are at the musical when Midge is murdered. But Hal has a better tie to Betty.
The Black Hood called Betty multiple times and threatened her with the potential murders of her boyfriend and her sister. Hal would know her phone number. Hal would also know the supposedly secret location of her sister's whereabouts.
When Betty gets home after leaving Chic at the mercy of the Black Hood, Betty asks where her dad is and then gets a suspicious look in her eye. This suspicion is foreshadowed earlier when after hanging up on the Black Hood, Jughead asks who was on the phone, and she says her dad.
Now on Wednesday's episode, Betty takes that suspicion to Cheryl and they do some digging. Betty finds that her dad's planner shows he was available at the times the murders were committed, and when they go to his ShareBnB, Cheryl finds a "Nancy Drew Secret-Code Activity Book."
That activity book is the same one used to create the cipher Betty had to solve earlier this season. When confronted, Hal says the book is for her birthday.
When the family goes to the mayoral debate, Betty and her dad are together when the Black Hood begins shooting, but Betty doesn't believe that's the real villain. She ends up calling her dad to meet her and is waiting with all of the evidence she has for him being the Black Hood.
How the Black Hood made his murderous return.
The Black Hood made his return on episode 18, when the kids of Riverdale High are putting on "Carrie: The Musical." But what is supposed to be a fun evening turns into tragedy with murder of Midge Klump.
After Cheryl is almost hit by a falling sandbag, Kevin finds a note in his locker alleging to be from the Black Hood, and he and Jughead initially believe the note to be a prank.
It reads: "It's a sin that Cheryl is playing the role of Carrie. Fix this mess [I think, Kevin's hand covers most of the word] or suffer the consequences."
"Why would the Black Hood, who was shot dead by my dad, be demanding that the role of Carrie be recast?" Kevin asks Jughead, who is documenting the musical's production.
But Kevin later receives a more threatening note that reads: "This is your last warning to replace Cheryl. Next time the sandbag won't miss!"
Kevin decides to replace Cheryl with Midge, and even though Cheryl doesn't want to give into the threats, her mother refuses to give her the permission she needs to participate in after-school activities.
Later, Jughead finds cut up magazines in Ethel's trash and suspects that she may be involved in the "prank," but she says they are for her "vision board." But once again, things take a dark turn as the musical progresses. Alice is singing when the set rises behind her to show what is supposed to be Midge as Carrie on her knees. Instead, Midge's lifeless body is tacked to the set with five knives in her body and two pairs of scissors in her wrists.
Written around Midge in blood is a terrifying message that says, "I am back from the dead. All those who escaped me before will die."
She and Moose almost died at the start of the second season when the Black Hood shot into their car. But they both survived.
Hopefully more clues emerge as the final three episodes of the season air and our suspicions will be confirmed.
Read more of our "Riverdale" coverage here.
Watch "Riverdale" on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on The CW.
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