Chapter Eleven to Riverdale and Back Again Music
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This Riverdale review contains spoilers.
Riverdale Episode eleven
Well, it took eleven episodes only someone was finally arrested for the murder of Jason Blossom. Specifically, that slipperiest of all Southward Side Serpents, F.P. Jones himself. Nevertheless seeing how utterly inept Sheriff Keller has been at his job to date, I'm convinced that FP's guilt is a herring that is as red as the wigs Clifford Flower wears.
Early on in tonight's installment, Jughead is grappling with the question of whether "Riverdale is a place of good or a identify of darkness and evil." The answer is obviously both, with the deeper truth being that it is the community equivalent of a strawberry sedative milk shake — beautiful on the surface but potentially deadly if you ingest also much of it. If the death of Jason Blossom is a straw of deadlier things to come (and CW execs willing, it volition be, as 1 could very easily view Penelope Bloom's remark that "nothing's lost forever, everything comes back" as a foreshadow that Riverdale Flavour two volition be based on Afterlife with Archie ) then a move for Archie to Chicago with his mom and Jughead with his splintered family to Toledo would be logically sound. But who needs logic when your bear witness is populated with maple syrup blood feuds and secret wig rooms?
Once once again the series examines the sins of the father, with Veronica wanting some sort of clarity into exactly how evil her dad is, Jughead desperately wanting to believe FP is turning his human action effectually, and Betty learning that her less than perfect parents patently had some major blowup at their ain Homecoming Dance…one that F.P. seems to know all well-nigh. (Theory: Hal Cooper is Jason Bloom's father. Probably Cheryl's as well, merely it feels more than merely a little within the realm of possibility that it may turn out the could-be twincestous pair aren't even siblings at all. Plus, what did Clifford Blossom mean when he said to Cheryl that she "was a Blossom through and through? Hmm). As usual, Archie is left out of the loop, having wrapped upward his ain daddy issues a few weeks back thanks to the magic of a sound-proofed garage. The residue of the group though are left with massive questions about the parental figures in their life equally the closing credits ringlet.
All that said, does anyone incertitude that Hiram Lodge is going to exist a massive bastard when he arrives?
Handling writing duties this time out is showrunner and Archie Comics Chief Creative Officer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. His episodes have always been the best in this strong debut season, and the tendency continued tonight. There'south a lot to cherish here, including the further scenery chewing of Alice Cooper and Mary Andrews' shutting her down in the Riverdale High bathroom, Betty and company ragging on Archie's downbeat music, to the superb drama of Jughead confronting Archie, Veronica and Betty about their involvement in the hugger-mugger investigation of his father. Previously in my wrap ups, I've commented on how neither Jughead nor Betty at all times feel fully committed to their burgeoning relationship. But Aguirre-Sacasa expertly solved that problem this evening with some great dialogue between the pair that shows their true depth of feelings for each other. (Seriously, Cole Sprouse and Lili Reinhart were on fire operation wise tonight, buoyed by a script that was maybe the series best to engagement).
As solid as everything was here, at that place were a few problems. Mary Andrews was unwritten, which came as a surprise given how loftier-profile a guest star Molly Ringwald is for the series. I'1000 assuming she'll get more than to do as the season winds down, or at to the lowest degree I'g hoping so equally her few scenes hit at a character rich with complexity.
Poor Polly, just equally she was finding some practiced dirt on the Blossoms she, like so many of her generation, is undone past a milkshake. Tragic really.
Furthermore, the whole Homecoming Trip the light fantastic performance by Archie and Veronica didn't make any narrative sense. Is it actually dramatic to cantankerous-cut Jughead's dad getting arrested with a performance of an upbeat new wave staple. Nitpick alert: You're telling me that Josie and the Pussycats wouldn't play a high-profile school issue in which movers and shakers from the community and across would be in attendance? I mean they played a pissant nutrient festival, and so they'd be all over this one.
Next week : The penultimate episode of the flavour arrives, and information technology looks similar there's footage of Jason'south murder that will be revealed.
Riverdale Rundown
– Tonight'southward episode takes its title from the sick-fated Tv film To Riverdale and Back Again . Originally airing on NBC in 1990, information technology chronicled what happened when a now-adult Archie (played with goofy glee by Christopher Rich of The Charmings and Irish potato Brown fame) returned to his hometown to discover that being a grown-up is considerably more complicated than the endless malt shop visits and polyamory of his youth. Unavailable on home video except for a long out-of-print VHS release, the movie has been rescued from obscurity by YouTube, where y'all tin lookout man the entire thing below.
You lot're welcome? As dull as this thing is, information technology did accept some long-lasting ramifications on the Archieverse. You see, for years the most memorable things most this rather lifeless telefilm were its casting of one-fourth dimension Jim Carrey girlfriend Lauren Holly and an incredibly misguided rap version of "Saccharide Sugar" performed by Jughead.
Then something foreign and completely unexpected (well, at to the lowest degree to this longtime Archie fan) happened — elements from the film resurfaced in Archie canon. The Life with Archie: The Married Life comic drew influence from the film by not only chronicling the adventures of adult versions of Archie and the gang merely also by featuring Mr. Social club as a villainous businessman who will endeavour to destroy anyone who gets in his path. (A concept that Riverdale is as well clearly running with). So this largely forgotten project has a real impact on all things Archie nearly 30 years afterward. Not even a genius similar Dilton Doiley could have predicted that.
– Practice Josie and the Pussycats sing over the Riverdale High PA every day? Or is that but a homecoming matter?
– Line of the episode? Probably Alice'southward incredibly offensive dismissal of Joaquin as "that gay greaser accomplice." Ouch, girl.
– Does Clifford Blossom's wig room have its own Twitter account yet?
If dude isn't a legitimate redhead, then what else is he lying almost? Is every Bloom contractually obligated to exist a ginger?
– For anyone out there who thinks that Riverdale's maple syrup blood feud stretches the show's plausability, permit me to point you in the direction of this Vice article from before this week detailing how intense of a business the syrup game can be.
– "This color totally pops on you" – Cheryl's compliments in tonight's episode of Riverdale are brought to you past Cover Girl.
– More lines for Pop Tate please. A character from Archie lore who is that iconic, and whose identify of business is ane of the series' central locations, should be given a lot more to practise.
– Speaking of Pop's, can we just stare in adoration at this set? It'southward a thing of beauty.
– Between Hermione referring to herself as a "Hateful Girl" in loftier school and the showdown between Mary and Alice tonight, a flashback to Riverdale High's previous generation is much needed.
– There's two episodes left this season. Jughead nevertheless hasn't eaten a burger still. I mean, c'mon.
– The Baxter High Ravens are referred to as the Riverdale Bulldogs' biggest rival. As far as I know, this isn't from the comic, as the kids from Central Loftier usually serve this purpose in Archie books.
– Nosotros learned earlier this calendar week that Mark Consuelos has been cast as Hiram Social club. But what volition his character wait like? We accept some idea thanks to this image from the Riverdale one-shot comic. (Currently in stores). Accept a expect:
I still think information technology would have been AMAZING to accept Luke Perry squaring off against one of his old Beverly Hills 90210 co-stars, but I suppose there's only so much meta-subtext any show can possess.
– Musical upside to this episode: "Blueish Monday" past New Guild was featured at the Homecoming Dance. The downside? Those dead on inflow covers of "Bette Davis Eyes" and "Dance Hall Days" (which I referred to as "Chant Hall Days" on Twitter). In the past, Riverdale has made '80s remakes a vital role of the series' sonic mural. Tonight though, whoo, these were stinkers.
– Since it's fair to say that this evening's episode introduced "Kids in America" to a sizable chunk of the viewing audience, here'south Kim Wilde's original version from 1981.
That song is, and shall forever be, an absolute jam.
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