![]() This results in his destroying his relationship with Veronica by telling her about his illicit kiss with Betty. ![]() Now that the Navy isn’t an option, and he’s questioning his whole life. He’s discovered that while he has some options - running the gym is his best bet - he also needs to clear his head, and getting out of Riverdale would help with that greatly. Addressing this most obvious of character flaws makes our oft-shirtless protagonist that much more of a likable guy. It was wise for the showrunners to make the character realize that he is a bit of a rudderless dolt. First and foremost are Archie’s struggles. That minor gripe aside, there’s a lot to enjoy here. Just one that, through no fault of its own, doesn’t really work as a season premiere. Writers Ace Hasan and Greg Murray handle this arguably thankless task with aplomb, squeezing out the necessary exposition needed to push the plot points towards their approaching conclusion while shoehorning in a (now unfortunate) Katy Keene tie-in. There’s a lot to be told here until the show finishes telling this specific story. Lodge’s illness and how he is using vigilantism to cope with it, the mysterious (and suitably anachronistic videotapes) arriving at the doorsteps of Riverdale residents, and the gang prepping for their imminent post-high school lives. ![]() As such it thrusts us into the start of the endgame of last season’s storylines - namely the fallout of the Betty and Archie kiss, Mr. This episode was a leftover from last year, filmed but not completed production until the pandemic lockdown was over. I am of course referring to the airing of Riverdale‘s season premiere, a somewhat wheel-spinning, melodramatic affair that feels more like the closing pages of a book than the start of another story.Īnd that’s because it is precisely that. “Clearly our last two weeks of high school are going to be fraught…”įriends, on this day we find this country starting a new chapter, one that is full of hope and excitement for the future. ![]()
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