1. The drama
2. Alice and Hal
3. Cheryl
4. Everything about Betty
The drama in this show is so good and they (everyone involved in producing this show) know how to keep us invested. Well, they know how to keep me invested. I was afraid I was going to be disappointed in the reveal of the murderer last night. I was so afraid they would make us wait until the end to find out who committed the crime, which wouldn't be the worst timing for the reveal, but I was afraid for what would come in between. Know what I mean? I thought I would be too anxious to find out who it was and get really impatient with most of the episode. That didn't happen.
We picked up where we left off thinking FP had something to with the murder, possibly even did it himself. Kevin's dad brought him in once they found the murder weapon in his trailer. While being questioned, FP admits to the murder. WHAT?! NO! Yes. I ping ponged the idea of him doing it back and forth in my head during that first commercial break after he confessed. Much like Betty, I refused to give up on the one member of Jughead's family that seems to love and want him. By the end of the episode I was not disappointed.
Alice and Hal are crazy awesome right now. I love it when they fight. I love it when they work together. I love it when they beat down the Thornhill door in the middle of the night to insult the Blossoms and snatch up Polly. Once FP confessed to killing Jason, Alice accepted the confession and stopped her personal detective work she had been doing on the side with Betty and any other kid that wanted to help. But once she found Hal gathering stolen evidence he had stored in the Cooper home, evidence that he stole from the police a few episodes back, she started to think there was more to this story. Hal had to come clean and tell his wife and daughter the truth about their family history...
They are actually Blossoms! Well, I didn't expect that. That grandpappy of theirs that was murdered by a Blossom, he was actually a Blossom too. His BROTHER killed him. When that happened, the folks associated with Hal changed their name to Cooper and moved on with their lives. So, those babies Polly is carrying? Those babies are half Blossom and half Blossom. The incest in this show. Anyway, Alice and Hal then decide to confront the Blossoms in the middle of the night about the baby, and they take Polly back fearing for her safety in that home.
Poor Polly. She had no clue she fell in love with her cousin and is now carrying the fruit of his loins. She looked terrified. Mama Blossom was not terrified. Her unexpected response to the news was a delighted one because of how Blossom the babies were. Hal replied to this with a fed up "what is wrong with you people?!" and that is the most I've ever liked Hal. It's like, in that moment, he finally realized that he should not be surprised by anything these people do anymore. Any action they take, any feeling they feel, no matter how outlandish, just expect it from the Blossoms. Hal was appalled and yet accepting it all in one question, "what is wrong with you people?!" Alice was wearing Hal's verbal expression on her face perfectly.
Cheryl was there for the whole event too. What is it with her? Some weeks I feel so sorry for her. Some weeks I'm so amused with her. Her arrogance. Her "head bitch in charge" shirt she wears to cheer practice is just one of the best wardrobe choices. The time she called Archie's dad a dilf. Her mean little one liners that are just so hilarious, like the time she called Jug a hobo. How does she do it? I know not everyone likes Cheryl. I can see why one wouldn't, but for me she is great and I love how much my feelings for her change every week. It just seems fitting. She's kind of manic, so it only seems right that my feelings for her would shift with her moods.
We got the sad Cheryl last night. She was mostly quiet and kind of moping around, I guess because she thought she knew who killed her brother, and next to that she also had to deal with the discovery of what her father's maple syrup business is really about. It's drugs, right? Isn't that what they found in the syrup jugs? I can't think of anything else packaged up that way.
Although I've sent some pretty shady looking packages via USPS before that look similar to this. That's what happens when you haven't perfected the art of wrapping up parcels. Anyway, she kind of lost it on Jug when he approached her in the cafeteria at lunch to apologize for his father and what he had done.
I was really unsure at this point if she was going to slap him or hug him. She definitely started slapping him and eventually bloodied his lip a little. Of course we eventually found out this was unnecessary because guess what? FP wasn't the killer.
We all know Kevin's boyfriend Joaquinn is involved with FP in some way, but what way? Well, he was with FP when they found Jason's body. And he also knew FP was innocent because he steered the gang in the right direction to find the video that was hiding in the lining of Jason's pocket which just happened to show who killed Jason.
The video showed that a serpent had intercepted Jason on his way out of town the day he tried to run away, and the serpent had him tied up to a chair in the basement of their gang bar where he beat him and stuff. Then, Clifford Blossom walks in. He points a gun at Jason's head. He pulls the trigger. And that is the darkest turn this show has taken yet.
After seeing this, Betty calls Cheryl to warn her. Beautiful, smart, lovely Betty. She's really amazing. The way we saw this go down was by watching the gang as they watched the video on a lap top.
Before we knew who did it, we got to see their reactions to the video. Betty definitely had the strongest reaction and she immediately got up to make that phone call. Before I knew who she was calling, I thought for sure it was a Cooper that had killed Jason. Anyone else? I'm sure that is what we were supposed to think. But then we came back from commercial and see the cops pull up to Thornhill and ask for Clifford Blossom.
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| He went that way, officer |
But he won't be going to jail. He hung himself in his maple syrup drugs storage barn.
And that is that. What will happen next? I'm really anxious to see what the finale will be like. I imagine they will set up season two, and that's really great too because I really want to get a feeling for what's to come. I'm sure it will be great! Thank you Riverdale for being exactly the show that I've needed!
Holy killer reveal! Last night's Riverdale was dark, twisted, and all sorts of fun! We finally learned who Jason Blossom's murderer is, the roles everyone played in it, someone else bit the dust, a family was torn apart, one relationship ended and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Let's dive in, just as if we were in that canoe with Cheryl.
We pick right up where we left off, in Pop's Diner with Archie and V explaining to B that FP was set up and B seemed very uncertain.
So, they decided to tell their parents everything and they were all very ready to pin this on FP and call it a night.
Elsewhere that night, Juggy was making plans to leave to go visit his mother and sister Jellybean for a bit, but that didn't go so well . . .
Later that night, Archie, B & V finally caught up with Juggy tell him they know FP is being framed, but across town FP confessed to everything! (literally everything).
The next day at school, Juggy tried to apologize to Cheryl and she wasn't having any of it.
Then Juggy overheard Luke Perry trying to explain to Archie how he should pretty much distance himself from Juggy and the trouble that follows him. Poor guy. Archie did stick up for him.
Later that night, Alice and B heard an intrude in their house but, it was really favorite non expressive father, Hal.
Hal showed them the files he stole, that FP had confessed to and then he dropped the mother of all incest bombs:
That's right, he's a Blossom, Alice is a Blossom, B is a Blossom, they're all Blossoms, as is Polly which makes her and Jason related!!!! Incest!!!!!!! How did Cheryl's parents feel about this?
So, the Cooper's/Blossoms rescue Polly and take her home.
Next we find out from Archie's mom that FP's one call in jail was to Joquin. So, naturally everyone goes to Kevin. and they confront Joquin. Joquin admits to helping clean up, after jason was shot assuming FP did it.
Joquin's story also leads Archie, V and Kevin to a guy named mustang, who has unfortunately overdosed.
After calling the police, they find a bag with the initials HL and assume it belongs to Hermoine but V is quick to confess all about her father.
Joquin decides to skip town, thus ending his relationship with Kevin. Before he goes, Joquin tells Kevin one more piece of the story:
He told Kevin where to find the jacket that B wasted no time making Archie wear and then frisking him.
She found a USB drive and so everyone watched it. On it, was the murder and the real killer!
Clifford Blossom killed his own son! B called Cheryl to warn her to get out, but I have to give it to Cheryl, she confronted the killer head on!
W learn FP confessed: Clifford threatened to kill Juggy if he did not. Archie bids farewell to his mother as she returns to Chicago, and the police go after Clifford, only to find that he has hung himself and what the real money maker was for the Blossoms. It's not maple syrup . . .
Wow! Next week promises new mysteries as we set up for season 2 and I cannot wait! Stay #RiverdaleStrong!
We pick right up where we left off, in Pop's Diner with Archie and V explaining to B that FP was set up and B seemed very uncertain.
So, they decided to tell their parents everything and they were all very ready to pin this on FP and call it a night.
Elsewhere that night, Juggy was making plans to leave to go visit his mother and sister Jellybean for a bit, but that didn't go so well . . .
Later that night, Archie, B & V finally caught up with Juggy tell him they know FP is being framed, but across town FP confessed to everything! (literally everything).
The next day at school, Juggy tried to apologize to Cheryl and she wasn't having any of it.
Then Juggy overheard Luke Perry trying to explain to Archie how he should pretty much distance himself from Juggy and the trouble that follows him. Poor guy. Archie did stick up for him.
Later that night, Alice and B heard an intrude in their house but, it was really favorite non expressive father, Hal.
Hal showed them the files he stole, that FP had confessed to and then he dropped the mother of all incest bombs:
That's right, he's a Blossom, Alice is a Blossom, B is a Blossom, they're all Blossoms, as is Polly which makes her and Jason related!!!! Incest!!!!!!! How did Cheryl's parents feel about this?
So, the Cooper's/Blossoms rescue Polly and take her home.
Next we find out from Archie's mom that FP's one call in jail was to Joquin. So, naturally everyone goes to Kevin. and they confront Joquin. Joquin admits to helping clean up, after jason was shot assuming FP did it.
Joquin's story also leads Archie, V and Kevin to a guy named mustang, who has unfortunately overdosed.
After calling the police, they find a bag with the initials HL and assume it belongs to Hermoine but V is quick to confess all about her father.
Joquin decides to skip town, thus ending his relationship with Kevin. Before he goes, Joquin tells Kevin one more piece of the story:
He told Kevin where to find the jacket that B wasted no time making Archie wear and then frisking him.
She found a USB drive and so everyone watched it. On it, was the murder and the real killer!
Clifford Blossom killed his own son! B called Cheryl to warn her to get out, but I have to give it to Cheryl, she confronted the killer head on!
W learn FP confessed: Clifford threatened to kill Juggy if he did not. Archie bids farewell to his mother as she returns to Chicago, and the police go after Clifford, only to find that he has hung himself and what the real money maker was for the Blossoms. It's not maple syrup . . .
Wow! Next week promises new mysteries as we set up for season 2 and I cannot wait! Stay #RiverdaleStrong!
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