Chapter Eighty-Eight: Citizen Lodge

"Chapter Eighty-Eight: Citizen Lodge"
Riverdale episode
The scene showcasing Jaime/Hiram's transformation and rise into a powerful and villainous gangster in his youth.
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 12
Directed by	James DeWille
Written by	Brian E. Paterson
Featured music	Blake Neely
Original air date	August 18, 2021 (2021-08-18)
Running time	42 minutes
Guest appearances
Ana Carrizales as Lourdes Luna Sam Darkoh as Young Pop Tate Michael Consuelos as Teenage Hiram Lodge / Jaime Luna Louis Ferreira as Vittorio "Vito" Alto Matthew Yang King as Adult Marty Mantle Mishel Prada as Hermosa Lodge (voice) Ben Corns as Sam McPharlin Wyatt Cameron as Jock #1 (Marty's Henchman) Sean Owen Roberts as Louis (Edgy Gangster) Daniel Lindsay as Sean McPharlin Nikolai Witschl as Dr. Curdle, Jr. Callum Gow as Shoeshine Boy
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"Chapter Eighty-Eight: Citizen Lodge" is the 12th episode of the fifth season of the CW TV show Riverdale and the eighty-eighth episode of the show overall. It is directed by James DeWille with a script by Brian E. Paterson.

The main storyline in this episode is in flashbacks to 1988, a young Hiram Lodge/(Jaime Luna)'s rise to power in the criminal underworld, his interactions with gangsters in Riverdale, his complex relationship with his father Javier and the beginnings of his relationship with a young Hermione Gomez (later Lodge). In the present, Hiram tells this story to his protege and business partner Reggie Mantle who looks back on his relationship with his father Marty.^[1]