![]() ![]() Riverdale‘s pilot was about Betty pining for Archie, taking him to a school dance though he was fixated on other matters. In many ways, the prom sequence feels like the show is coming full circle –extremely fitting for a graduation season, mind you. As Veronica tries to tell Archie she’s giving up college for a year to be with him, he blurts out that he wrote the love song for Betty, coming clean about the romantic tension Archie and Betty swore to bury. The prom sequence is, by far the best of the episode –and one of the best in the show’s five-season run. It’s the kind of thing you laugh about only because of its absurdity and how none of these characters have ever seemed to care about this extremely awkward connection. It’s almost impossible to think that at this point, the Riverdale writers don’t know how much of a meme the “we’re endgame” thing has become –particularly when adults are referring to teens as “endgame.” It’s hilarious, then, when Mary Andrews takes her son’s prom photo by instructing them to say “endgame!” When Betty and Jughead (who I can’t stress enough, share a half-sibling), go to prom, they’re hitting on each other right as Jughead’s dad and Betty’s mom are doing the same thing –it’s weird as hell, but that’s Riverdale. Season 5’s first episode embraces the camp Riverdale has come to be known for while introducing some juicy plot elements. ![]() When Veronica sings the song, Archie and Betty make eye contact, both knowing who that song is about –and the tension in the room is honestly just palpable. There’s something wonderfully soapy and so quintessentially teen drama about the way the love triangle plot has finally come into fruition. The thing that’s so odd about Riverdale is how it’s an Archie Comics show, but hasn’t at all touched on the Betty/Archie/Veronica triangle that permeates all years of the comics since its first season. In an attempt to cheer him up, Veronica sings a song Archie wrote, dedicating it to him without knowing he actually wrote the song for Betty. Fortunately, the show gives Archie a major hurdle by having KO Kelly beat him in the boxing match, a loss that Archie takes quite seriously. Throughout Riverdale, Archie seems to skate by and achieve massive feats without being particularly stellar at anything. If Toni’s family hadn’t known about her bisexuality, Cheryl would have just outed her girlfriend, robbing her of a big moment (which she asked her not to do anyway) and potentially putting her in physical or emotional danger.īack to the boxing match, Archie loses to KO Kelly. In reality, Toni’s family is against her dating a Blossom rather than Toni being bisexual, but it’s a bit disappointing the show doesn’t do much to talk about the massive boundary Cheryl had overstepped. Cheryl believes this is because Toni’s family doesn’t know she’s gay, a problem which Cheryl “solves” by going behind Toni’s back and telling her family herself. It’s just a neat sequence that’s high stakes and has a great soundtrack to back it up.Ĭheryl and Toni have their own sideplot about how Cheryl wants to win prom queen with her, though Toni is hesitant to tell her family they’re together. There’s a really neat sequence where KO Kelly and Archie duke it out, mixed with scenes of Betty and Jughead going through the creepy rave/movie theater of snuff films. ![]() That knowledge makes KO’s subplot and Veronica’s assurance that Katy Keene is totally one of her best friends, almost funny in hindsight. It’s obvious these scenes were filmed while the CW was trying to push the ill-fated Katy Keene spin-off, which is now canceled. ![]() The head of the Academy sets up a boxing match between Archie and the other top candidate for the spot, Katy Keene’s KO Kelly. Meanwhile, there’s a plot about Veronica attempting to help Archie get into the Naval Academy. When Betty and Jughead can’t fool David with a fake snuff film, Betty offers up the best thing she can find: an old videotape of her father, known serial killer the Black Hood. David’s shop profits off snuff films, aka videos that record homicides. Betty, Jughead, and their half-brother, Charles (what a sentence), are led to David, a video store owner. Props to Riverdale, who is often so campy those creepy bits don’t quite hit –these masks and videos are actually super creepy. The episode starts off with the investigation of the masked killers who killed Mr. Listen to the latest episode of the AIPT Television podcast! ![]()
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