the season finale is upon us, and we will hopefully put this black hood mess behind us.
except now we have a southside serpent mess. and a weird deatheaters/mob mess. and hiram lodge is becoming the super big bad we always knew he was. which is what still bothers me about the episode that allegedly intimated that hermione was boss.
she's the new mayor, by about 200 votes. so fred andrews continues to be our local lovable loser and good dad. it's still weird to me that mad, bad and dangerous to know dylan mckay ended up becoming the very milquetoast fred andrews. occasionally we get hints that his past has more edge to it, but nothing is ever really revealed and so he's just white bread bland.
archie is not white bread bland, but the character is limited by his portrayer's inability to express real depth. and this mob capo storyline and the black hood stuff has not played to his strengths, other than when we get to look at his washboard abs. archie andrews is a pretty specimen for sure. and of course he is the new student council president. but he's also going to jail soooo, maybe things will get deeper and real-er for arch?
speaking of real, betty is not handling the fact that her father is a serial killer very well. polly pops by to tell us that it's not a big deal or something, but she's also trying to get alice to the farm so maybe the coopers are joining a cult next season and f.p. and jughead need to get their women out.
juggy is a-ok by the way. once cleaned up, his bruises seem to heal themselves at a remarkable pace, and f.p. retires and makes jug the serpent king and jughead makes betty his queen and i don't see how any of this will go horribly wrong next season. also cheryl is a brand new cherry red serpent. i guess because a black jacket wouldn't have suited her aesthetic? but her and toni are still going strong and i'm all for it.
anyway, let's hope season 3 has a more coherent vision.
one last thing about this episode, it's title "brave new world" refers to a movie based on a book by the same name, a science-fiction, dystopian place where people are marked from birth as to their place in society. which is on theme for riverdale. what i love about this title is that it is taken from the tempest, a moment where a sheltered character expresses her amazement at the outside world that has been thrust upon her island paradise.
"o brave new world, that has such people in it!"
see y'all next season.
except now we have a southside serpent mess. and a weird deatheaters/mob mess. and hiram lodge is becoming the super big bad we always knew he was. which is what still bothers me about the episode that allegedly intimated that hermione was boss.
she's the new mayor, by about 200 votes. so fred andrews continues to be our local lovable loser and good dad. it's still weird to me that mad, bad and dangerous to know dylan mckay ended up becoming the very milquetoast fred andrews. occasionally we get hints that his past has more edge to it, but nothing is ever really revealed and so he's just white bread bland.
archie is not white bread bland, but the character is limited by his portrayer's inability to express real depth. and this mob capo storyline and the black hood stuff has not played to his strengths, other than when we get to look at his washboard abs. archie andrews is a pretty specimen for sure. and of course he is the new student council president. but he's also going to jail soooo, maybe things will get deeper and real-er for arch?
speaking of real, betty is not handling the fact that her father is a serial killer very well. polly pops by to tell us that it's not a big deal or something, but she's also trying to get alice to the farm so maybe the coopers are joining a cult next season and f.p. and jughead need to get their women out.
juggy is a-ok by the way. once cleaned up, his bruises seem to heal themselves at a remarkable pace, and f.p. retires and makes jug the serpent king and jughead makes betty his queen and i don't see how any of this will go horribly wrong next season. also cheryl is a brand new cherry red serpent. i guess because a black jacket wouldn't have suited her aesthetic? but her and toni are still going strong and i'm all for it.
anyway, let's hope season 3 has a more coherent vision.
one last thing about this episode, it's title "brave new world" refers to a movie based on a book by the same name, a science-fiction, dystopian place where people are marked from birth as to their place in society. which is on theme for riverdale. what i love about this title is that it is taken from the tempest, a moment where a sheltered character expresses her amazement at the outside world that has been thrust upon her island paradise.
"o brave new world, that has such people in it!"
see y'all next season.
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