- Jughead narrates the episode again, talking about how Jason’s death has affected everyone in town, but when they show this shot:
Twindate! - Anyway, in case you missed it in the first episode, Archie and Betty live next door to each other, where their lives have pretty much been one big Taylor Swift music video, but Betty is no longer interested in playing “You Belong With Me!” So Archie runs to the woman who he really wants: Grundy aka #NotFelicity. Archie is haunted by the gunshot they heard while canoodling on the morning of Jason’s death but Gruny is more worried about their affair turning public.
- The next morning, after a talk from Crazypants, Betty does the opposite of everything she told her mother she wouldn’t do. Make up with Archie and Veronica and start to hang out with Cheryl- which will be a huge mistake.
"We have no lines" - Josie & the Pussycats - Speaking of Cheryl, homegirl was more concerned with getting her latest hashtag to trend, #RiverdaleStrong than really assisting the sheriff in finding her brother’s murderer.
- We get a nice introduction to Jughead this episode; he and Archie are kind of frenemies and it all started when Archie stood him up on the 4th of July to go canoodle on the mountain instead of going on their road trip. Jughead knows Archie is hiding something.
Cheryl is #RiverdaleStrong - In science class, everyone paired off with who they belong with; Archie & Cheryl (team Kool-Aid colored hair), Betty and Veronica and Kevin and Moose. Cheryl compares her brother’s autopsy to dissecting the frog in class, because she’s psycho and enjoying it way too much.
Team Kool-Aid! - Later, Archie again tries to sneak away to see #NotFelicity (I’m sorry I can’t stop with it) in her classroom, that oddly appeared empty all day . . . Jughead witnesses them basically canoodling and puts 2 and 2 together.
"Why is Archie the only one in class?" -Jughead - Elsewhere, Cheryl channels her inner Chanel Oberlin in cheerleading practice (see Scream Queens to get this reference), Betty blames Veronica for pretty much not liking her and then asks Cheryl to hang out, because they’re suddenly BFF’s. (This goes horrible as you can imagine, Cheryl accuses Polly of killing Jason and Betty kicks her out, threatening to kill her if she doesn’t leave).
"And maybe we can choose a packet of Kool-Aid for your new color" -Cheryl - After walking Veronica home and telling her how he and Betty have pretty much been a couple since 2nd grade (or until he met #NotFelicity) Jughead confronts Archie, who spills the beans about the hearing the gunshot, but then vaguely threatens him.
#Frenemies - Betty and Veronica make up for realsies, but then everyone plays who did it in the school lounge for students . . . because all high schools have a room like this . . . and Archie gets a black eye from Reggie who accused Jughead of killing Jason.
Jughead did not appreciate Reggie calling out Archie about his eybrows - The school pep rally (that seemed more like a football game) gave us another Josie and the Pussycats performance, Archie and Jughead making up and Cheryl breakdown where she seemingly let’s slip a detail about Jason’s death: He was suppose to come back.
"It's not okay to have Kool-Aid colored hair" -Veronica - Afterwards, Betty, Veronica, Archie and Jughead all have shakes at Pop’s and Jughead narrates that Archie is the luckiest Kool-Aid colored hair alive . . . yeah right!
- The final scene takes us back to science class, on the morning that Archie goes to confess his secret. Before he can, the sheriff and Principle march into science class. Upon seeing them, Cheryl confesses that she knows they are their for her because of the autopsy results and that she “is Guilty!” End scene!
Guilty!
*****Extra Tidbits*****
- Does anyone else get the feeling that Jughead has a thing for Betty? I ship them!
- Crazypants using sage in Betty’s room after Cheryl left was hilarious.
- Does Cheryl really have twintuition or is she just haunted by her dead brother lover?
- Jughead is added to my list of favorite characters. He’s clearly the smartest, most down to Earth person in Riverdale.
When you go to school in Riverdale . . . - I’m also pretty sure it’s Grundy who will go to jail if her forbidden love affair ever comes to light and not so much Archie . . . he is a minor and she . . . looks like one too.
Questions:
- Does #NotFelicity actually teach in that empty classroom? And does she do anything other than long for Archie and stand behind the concession table at every school event?
The is all she does . . . - Can anyone else look at Archie and not see his big, dark bushy brows below his Kool-Aid colored hair?
The true stars of the show . . . - How long before Betty and Veronica break their vow of not letting a boy (Archie) ever come between them again? Next episode? Probably.
- Do you actually think Cheryl killed her brother-lover or will this “arrest” get her scratched off of the suspect list first?
- Which do you think Riverdale will shame more: Student/Teach affair or Twincest?
"I plays music?" - #NotFelicity
Until next time, stay #RiverdaleStrong!
A Touch of Evil
And the drama continues...
We saw Betty and Veronica deal with the aftermath of the previous weekend's happy fun closet time. We saw Archie and Jug bicker over whether or not Archie would tell the cops what he knows about what happened on July fourth. We saw Cheryl channel her inner Chanel Oberlin. And we saw the Pussycats perform Sugar, Sugar, which was really very awesome since it was originally written for The Archie Show in the sixties.
So Veronica spends most of her time in A Touch of Evil trying to apologize to Betty for what happened with Arch in the closet, while simultaneously trying to convince Betty (and herself) that she would never stoop so low again. At first Betty responds by taking the "path of least resistance" and she forgives V almost immediately. It doesn't last too long because they see Archie on the lawn at lunch and he's practicing his guitar playing and we all know there is nothing sexier and more desirable than an acoustic guitar playing fool to a young and in love high school girl. You learn to be attracted to it. To pine over it. Eventually it wears off, but for several years of your life it's the most extraordinary sight to behold.
Betty knows.
But seriously, the moment the words left Betty's mouth, the words saying she was taking the "path of least resistance", I felt for Betty. I felt exhausted, exhausted for her for loving someone for so long that has never ever returned her feelings. Every single time she talks to Archie I feel tired. Just stop, Betty. He is lame right now anyway. Jughead, though...Jughead is where it's at. Fight over him. He's worth it.
Speaking of Jughead, we actually got to see him in this episode! For more than a few seconds. It was nice. He is going to be a great character in this show, I think. He walked by the super secret classroom that Archie and Grundy were canoodling in and he saw them canoodling.
Did they think the windows were tinted heavily? One way glass? What were they thinking? These two are not bright. That is clear now.
Jug spent most of his time this episode confronting Archie about having sexy time with his teacher on July fourth at Sweetwater Lake, and attempting to convince Arch to go to the cops and tell them what he knows about the murder that occurred there. The right thing in this case is telling the cops that he heard the gunshot that killed Jason. I don't really know how that will help them, but they seem to think it's very important. Jug and Archie's conscience are working together to get Archie to talk to the police, but Grundy manages to manipulate Archie into keeping his trap shut. This leads to more arguing between the fellas, but Archie comes to his senses in the final seconds of this episode and decides he will tell the police what he knows. It's good for Archie because he loosens the grip that Grundy has on him, and his relationship with Jug will improve dramatically from this point on I'm sure. Yay!
Betty attempted to work on her relationship with Cheryl during this time, inviting her to get pedicures and then over to her house to hangout in her room to do makeup and talk about things. Cheryl had ulterior motives, though. She just wanted to pry into Betty's life and find out things about her sister, Polly. If Cheryl and Jason were guilty of incest, Cheryl would probably be jealous of Polly since she dated Jason for a while. It seemed that way, didn't it? The whole jealousy thing. Cheryl was totally in love with Jason. Anyway, Cheryl called Betty a cow and Betty told Cheryl she was gonna kill her if she didn't leave her house. Polly is Betty's breaking point. Don't mess with Polly. That's the line. That's when Betty stops being polite and starts getting real.
Cheryl exposed herself to Betty and it ended up bringing Betty and Veronica back together. Yay! It also caused Betty's mom to cleanse her room with sage to rid the evil from it because "that family is pure evil." LOL
So Betty and V make a deal to never let a boy come in between them again as they indulge in milkshakes at Pops. Then Archie and Jug walk in and the girls invite them over, leaving us teased with a happy foursome. Cheers.
See you next week for the next nighttime installment of daytime TV. Bring on the drama!
Syd
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