Warning: Spoilers ahead for season two, episode 21 of "Riverdale," titled "Judgment Night."Fans now know the identity of the real Black Hood, but there's a fake guy using the mask to attack people on "Riverdale."During Wednesday's episode of The CW drama, Hal Cooper confesses to being the Black Hood. But he tells Betty that the guy who shot a gun at the mayoral debate was someone else. And when he is confessing to being the Black Hood, another man wearing a mask attacks Archie. This means that with one Black Hood caught, another is on the loose.One theory says Hiram may be the man behind the new attacker.The fake Black Hood is behind at least two attacks.On episode 20, a man dressed as the Black Hood shoots his gun a few times towards the stage where the mayoral debate between Fred Andrews and Hermione Lodge is taking place. Hal and Betty find each other in the crowd as people duck, so the theory that Hal was the serial killer was thrown off. But during Hal's confession, he says that man had no connection to him.During Hal's confession, Archie is once again attacked by someone dressed as the Black Hood. Fred hits the guy over the head and then ends up being shot once again. But he is wearing a Kevlar vest and is OK.Archie is thrown off when he learns that Hal is the real Black Hood.Lochlyn Munro, who plays Hal, told INSIDER that his character would probably not agree with whatever plan this fake Black Hood has."I think deep down Hal would be a guy that feels like you can't just go around and commit these crimes for show because he really felt that he was doing the town a service by trying to purge the town of sin," he said."I don't think he's too happy if there is a copycat, but I don't know if it's a copycat yet."But that fake Black Hood may be behind Fred's shooting.When Betty is naming the crimes the Black Hood committed, she mentions the shooting of Fred, and Hal doesn't deny it.But one of Archie's main focuses when searching for the Black Hood was the man's recognizable green eyes.When Archie is attacked by the fake Black Hood in his own home, he recognizes the attacker's green eyes. He may have just been overwhelmed with fear and saw a connection that wasn't actually there, but he hasn't recognized those in any other person, so the recognition is significant.Why it might be Hiram Lodge.Now, Hiram wouldn't be the physical guy behind the attacks. He was in prison when Fred was shot, and he physically doesn't fit the bill. But he does have the means of hiring someone for the job and probably knows someone willing to step in and do the dirty work.So let's say that the fake Black Hood is the real person who shot Fred, not Hal. Hiram was angry with his wife for cheating on him with Fred. He had evidence of the two kissing and could have wanted to get rid of Fred because he was a threat to his relationship with Hermione.Hiram was planning on using the affair to hurt Fred in the mayoral race, so maybe he tried to get rid of the "problem" sooner.He is also presumably angry at Archie for turning his back on the Lodges and supporting Fred in the mayoral race. Hiram set up the Ghoulie riots, so it wouldn't be a stretch that he hired another man to portray the Black Hood to instill fear in the town.As for the shooting at the debate, Hiram wasn't shocked by the shooting and his wife wasn't hurt, so there are some suspicions that he set that up.He and his wife also offered a million dollar bounty on the Black Hood's head. And if he was in charge of that villain, he would for sure be able to offer up a victim, securing Hermione as mayor.Nothing is yet confirmed about the fake Black Hood, but speculations will continue until we know for certain.Read more of our "Riverdale" coverage here.Watch "Riverdale" on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on The CW.Sign up here to get INSIDER's favorite stories straight to your inbox.Join the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: Why Apple makes it so hard to get a new iPhone battery
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