Riverdale 4.2 Fast Times at Riverdale High

Hello again, everyone! Welcome back! Another week has passed and the season has officially started. Let's get to it!

10. The Time Jump
If you're like me and read all Riverdale news and frequent their subreddit, you heard talk of a "time jump" in the second episode. Yes we had one and no, it was not as everyone made it out to be. The first episode took place in the summer, the 4th of July. Now school has started back. That's it, we skipped a few weeks and that's all. Riverdale always begins with a time jump. We see clips of summer, and start at the new school year! I don't get what all the talk and worry was about . . .

9. Mr. Honey
A New school year brings a new principle, who is a lot stricter with our gang (as he should be), but the problem begins when he tries to butt in after school, when he has no real say so over what they do. He called the police, lying about a noise complaint to interrupt Cheryl's party, where underage drinking was taking place, so that was a good guess on his part, but I get the feeling he's a "no fun" type of guy and they could have been playing pin the tale on the donkey and would have still called the police. 

8. Stone Wall Prep
This week, we were introduced the Stone Wall Prep which is suppose to be some kind of boarding school . . . but they are interested in our Juggy, because of his superior writing skills and knack for occasionally wanting to learn something or better himself. While I understand while a school like this would want someone like Juggy, I can't help but to wonder why now? He's a senior off to college, should this not have happened sooner? PS: Juggy would be a legacy because his grandfather attended. 

7. Reggie's Dad
Holy crap, you guys! Reggie has a story line! I totally expected this to be solved in an episode or two, but they have finally confirmed, while hinting in past seasons, that Reggie's dad hits him. So, to get even, Reggie destroy's his dad's vintage car. Yeah, this will have no consequences. 

6. Kevin Can't Quit the Farm
Kevin tried to make amends with B this week, but only because 30 seconds later, he runs to meet to Fangs to tell him all the info so the farm can stay 10 steps ahead of the authority. In the end, B and her new step-brother, used Kevin to feed info to Fangs to get the Farm's location, but the farm is ready for a battle!

5. V & the Paparazzi 
V is the center of attention, for all the wrong reasons. She spends most of the episode trying to avoid any and all paparazzi that want her to choose a side in the court battle and charges against her parents. Hiram laid blame on her, but V finally gives in to a press conference and pretty much admits all that she did was under the direction of her parents, because you know she's a minor. 

4. Dead Jason
Oh Cheryl, you are my favorite and have always been a little cray-cray, but talking to your dead brother's body, which has to reek of decay by now is just so extreme. Nothing good will come of this and tick-tick until Toni finds her with it, and breaks up, running away from Thistle House. 

3. Cheryl's Revenge
At the end of the episode, we're treated to Mr. Honey finding a giant honey comb/hive on his desk, swarming with bees, courtesy of Miss. Blossom. Love it! How did she get that thing in there though? Is she the bee whisperer. 

2. #Bughead Leaves Class
I love how just as class began, B pulls Juggy out to tell him to accept Stonewall's offer. I'm sure she'll regret this later, but I love how the teacher did not even notice. She's probably use to this by now. If i had tried to pull that number with a friend, let alone by myself, I would have detention so fast my head would spin!

1. The Flash Forward
Finally, we're treated to another flash forward to Spring Break, where Juggy has gone missing! We saw the gang burn his signature beanie, so where is Juggy? (If you have seen the previews, we know, wink, wink)

And that does it for this week. So far, the big overall mystery is what the hell happens during Spring Break, but I kind of miss a big, mysterious bad like Gargoyle King or Black Hood, but maybe we'll get something better! Until next time, stay #RiverdaleStrong !

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Riverdale 4.1 In Memoriam

Welcome back Readers!!!!!!

I'm Shane Lee, here with your Riverdale Review and this season, I am yet again changing up the format of this blog. Instead of straight up long reviews and random thoughts, this year, I thought I'd try a list!

Each episode will have a breakdown of the top 10 moments/things/returns/deaths/whatever crazy they want to throw at us.

Now, this episode was a little different than what we're use to and that's because they finally addressed the real life death of Luke Perry, who was of course Fred Andrews. All things centered around Fred and Archie with the core four helping Archie grieve.

So without further ado:

10. Riverdale Hasn't Celebrated the 4th of July Since Season 1 Because of Jason Blossom
The series kicked off with the murder mystery of Jason Blossom. That year, Riverdale had no big celebration or parade because of the murder, out of respect for the Blossoms. I get this, that is perfectly acceptable. Fast forward three years later and they still have no town celebration because of . . . Jason Blossom. At some point, especially after all of the death this town has seen, things need to return to normal, no matter what remaining Blossoms (sorry Cheryl) think.

9. Josie Gust Starred 
And said nothing. I do not recall a single a line, however, she did sing at Fred's funeral. It was nice to see her, but the other Pussycats . . . still M.I.A.

8. B&V ID'd Fred
I don't blame Archie and they were doing it for him, together, which is how they do things best. It also only makes sense, his girlfriend and the girl next door who borders best friend/love interest would do this for him and it was a powerful moment.

7. Archie's Dream
In true Riverdale fashion, the night after hearing the tragic news, Archie had a dream, where his grandpa, in Riverdale blue/foggy lighting told Archie he's suppose to bring his father home. Having everyone else he knew, both alive and dead waiting was a nice creepy moment, true to the show.

6. Reggie Loans Archie A Hurst
I liked this moment. I know they have an inconstant friendship, but it was still nice.

5. Archie Confronts The Driver(s) of Fred's Hit & Run
I almost thought we'd never know the answer to who struck Fred. Once we did, I was not surprised that Archie confronted the driver. The "surprise" of it really being a teen did not really shock me, but it felt very real and I do love that Archie related to the kid.

4.Fred's Funeral
It was very touching and the words Archie spoke rang so true. At least all major characters (not jailed or on the run) got to pay their respects. V was shocked to find her father paid for it, something I do not want to see thrown back into anyone's face. Let it just be about respect. It was short and simple, as it should have been.

3. Shannon Doherty's Guest Star Appearance
I did not cry until I saw her. She played the pedestrian Fred pulled over to help before being struck by the car. He saved her, thus dying a hero. Those who know the actress before Riverdale and even Charmed know she and Luke played love interests on 90210, so my first thoughts were of course Dylan died saving Brenda. So very well done and something fans know Luke lobbied for (Shannon guest starring).

2. The Parade
This touching scene. They welcomed him back to town and back home. Everyone in town was there, including Cheryl, who abandoned all plans of boycotting any type of 4th of July celebration.

1. The Final Scene
Cue the flashbacks. Archie in the garage, with the jalopy he and Fred fixed up, the insulated walls he made for Archie and his guitar and the final picture as the lights fade to black. In Loving Memory.

There we have this week. While one of the best episodes, this was hard, but we have grieved and can move on. Until Next week, stay #RiverdaleStrong!

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Riverdale 3.22 Survive the Night

Holy Crap you guys, that season finale was jam packed! The real villain of the season stood up, the Gargoyle King was unmasked and I was not surprised

First, can we give it up for the true villain and mastermind this season that I did not see coming:

So, we knew something was up when a newly escaped Toni clued Penelope in on the Farm's Organ Harvesting Program, then is drugged as Penelope leaves.

Edgar was literally going to take B's brain . . . I mean Penelope saves her kind of.

Only to throw her in a demented game of her own: The Survive the Night expansion pack to G&G!

Before go any further, it is worth noting the Gargoyle King was unmasked and I guessed correctly, like I'm sure many other fans did. A red headed Chic pretending to be Jason Blossom. 

I mean couldn't Cheryl tell just a little that it's not her brother?

Speaking of our home girl, Cheryl tried again to get to Kevin and Fangs who at this point I would forget about until I saved myself. But little did Cheryl know, Mama Blossom purchased all Organs in stock . . . because brothels need organs . . .

Cheryl escapes thanks to . . . Alice! Alice steals Juniper and sends Cheryl on her way, but stays back to save lost cause Polly before the Farm All Ascends/Drinks Poisoned Kool-Aid! 

Back to the game: Each member of our core four had to complete a task:

Archie was beat up by a costumed bear thug before she bashed his brains in???

V had to play spin the bottle with her best closest friend, B and avoid drinking a poisoned Chalice, but then Penelope showed up and was like "LOL they were all poisoned!"

Juggy had to take out the Gargoyle King/ Chick-call me Jason, which he did fairly easily.

And finally, poor B had to either be shot by her serial killer father or kill him. B fired first, injuring Hal before Penelope showed up and killed him. Poor B!

Penelope sics her brainwashed goons after the four, but no worries, Red Hood Cheryl is back with a posse of Serpents and Poisons to (sans Sweet Pea) to combat them. B&V are cured and they ride off to deal with the farm.

But they only find Kevin who was left behind with piles of clothes from everyone else who "Ascended."
Now let's talk about what really happened: Edgar got Kevin so high of Pop Rocks Fizzle Rocks, put him the dark room, surrounded by laundry and then left! The Farm moved like they always do and sadly too Alice with them. Oh and Polly and Fangs are there too. 

Twist Time
Cheryl took Jason's body home because the Farm had it, I guess to let Chic play puppeteer with him when he and Cheryl visited.

Penelope got away (thank God- Best villain of the show)!

And surprise #Bughead met the real Charles, an FBI agent who was working with someone undercover in the Farm to catch them- that agent on the inside: Alice Cooper! But LOL they're all now missing. 

Hiram, from his on jail (Why?) has Hermoine arrested for his attempted murder.

And finally, while the core four vow to enjoy senior year, a flash forward to spring break hints they have killed Juggy and B orders Archie to toss the beanie into the fire while all three of them are covered in blood! OMG! (Yeah he's not dead, but still kudos to the writers!)

And now we have to wait until season 4! I really enjoyed this season, but I do dislike that we lost a lot of minor players. Ben, Dilton, Joquine, Claudius, and numerous other would be characters were killed off. Then Moose and Josie left. Maybe next season Reggie, Ethel, Kev, Fangs, Sweet Pea or the missing pussycats will get some more lines!

I can't wait until season 4! Until then Stay #RiverdaleStrong

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3.21 Riverdale The Dark Secret of Harvest House

The Gargoyl King was revealed . . . by name only . . . and I am still on the fence about this. It was a jammed packed episode so here are my random thoughts about it!

- The road to #Varchie was strong this week as V and Archie plotted to finally get back Hiram for idk take your pic: not really selling Pop's to V, framing Archie for murder, being a terrible person in general . . . so enter the FBI. #Varchie sits up an illegal gambling site on an illegal fight with a minor aka Archie (how was this not a thing before?) He falls for it and beats the crap out of Archie. Surprise, the ref doesn't stop it.

-The FBI bust the fight and essentially save Archie, arresting Hiram. Bets on Hiram being out before the end of the season finale . . .anyone?

- And when Archie wanted to make #Varchie official again, he got a surprise that I LOL'd at: Hello #Veggie

- Juggy meanwhile was chased by some of the Lord of the Fly kids mini G&G players and discovered where Ethel has been hiding all this time since we last saw B help her escape the Sisters of Mercy aka the Farm. She was in a bunker . . . like all this time . . .

- She and Juggy then search for a missing scout, which leads them to the Black Hood, in broad daylight, but don't worry, they escaped him relatively easy. 

- Finally, B, staying in the loony bin the Farm, B has a "session" with Edgar to confront Dark B who I think was played by Polly.

- She also tried to save those who did not want to be saved. We also learn Fangs had his "pain" removed by Edgar, which leads to the discovery that the Farm is harvesting organs. Maybe for Evelyn, who is on dialysis, or just for funsies of selling on the black market. 

- #Chonie believe her just in time for Cheryl to save Toni from the same fate as Kev and fangs. While they find a way out, for reasons unknown, but probably related to the big reveal of the Gargoyle King name drop, Cheryl stays and home girl was holding her own against those guards.

- But B went back for Kev and Fangs who promptly dragged her back to Edgar and now B is next to lose some organs!!!!

Now, the big reveal. Ethel name dropped Jason Blossom as the Gargoyle King! This is . . . confusing. We're pretty sure Jason was shot in the head . . . unless it was a twin!!!! Or was the whole thing a set up so Jason could take over the farm with Polly? So many questions or is it Chic in disguise pretending to be Jason? Let's hope we find out in the season finale! 

And just for LOL's the real couple of the show since season 2: 

So, that's all until the season finale and hopefully an end to the Gargoyle King! Until next time, stay #RiverdaleStrong

Riverdale 3.20 Prom Night

Hi Riverdale Nation!

This week, the gang attended their junior Prom and I high suspect that next year's Prom episode might be the musical one based on the musical, Prom!

You guys this is our first post Luke Perry episode, however, it's not unusual for him to miss an episdoe or two, so their excuse that he's out of town is perfect, for now.

Very 1st thought: Why is Evelyn still in school?! B exposed her as way too old for a student!

Anyway . . .
I love Molly Ringwald as Archie's mom and I have always thought she should stick around! She wants what's best for Archie, but does he listen? Nooooo and does the complete wrong thing.

Also pretty sure #Varchie is unofficially back on-ew!

Why is Evelyn still in school?!

When #Choni, but really Cheryl finds out she can't run for prom queen because it's against the rules of the farm, I thought one thing:
WHY CAN FANGS BE A BOXER AND SERPENT AND STILL BE IN THE FARM?!

Sexism is strong in the farm, isn't that right, Edgar?!

Back Cheryl, who drops out of the prom queen race, but finally utter a line I have been waiting to hear from her: she's tired of the farm! YES! Let's see her grand exit!

Why is Evelyn attending school Prom?

Thanks to Jellybean, #Bughead find a major clue to put them hot on the trail of the Gargoyle King, so after rigging Prom Queen, because no one else of importance is running (I bet Ethel did LOL), she is summoned by the Gargoyle King. Cue the scream 2 chase through a dark Riverdale High, littered with bodies and . . .

The return of the Black Hood!!!!

Now, Hal is supposedly dead, a fact that B did not believe until a hand was identified as Hal's, but this Black Hood as a hook and killed like three kids, and for some reason protected the Gargoyle King and tries to Kill B! Show of hands of who thinks this is a farmie imposter?

Unfortunately, B believes her father is trying to kill her and goes to warn Alice, where she accepts an invitation to stay at the farm for "safety." But some think they know the real reason why . . .

That's all of thoughts this week! Until next week, stay #RiverdaleStrong


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