Just a reminder, Shane Lee's text is Blue, Syd's is pink text and show quotes are white text!
- OMG you guys Hal made a facial expression tonight and you’ll never believe why?! Before we get to that we must talk about the Kool-Aid hair boy who dominated tonight’s episode trying to impress his girlfriend’s law breaking father.
- I love Riverdale, I honestly do and I know Archis is the star, but I just can’t with this Archie and the FBI story. Agent Adams comes of as . . . untruthful to me and I would just love if he were a figment of Archie’s imagination.
- So, who knew I have something in common with Hiram The Ram Lodge: we both dislike Archie! Archie thinks this is all of sudden but we all knew Hiram (and I) felt this way for a long time. So, Archie tries to impress him by wrestling team. Like his music career, everyone else could do it better: Right Kevin? Right Hiram? Right Chuck?
- Okay, so he ends up beating Chuck, by some miracle, but let’s examine some of the riveting dialogue that came from this thrilling story:
- And of course this future Hallmark card . . .
- In the end, Archie ignores a call from the FBI to . . . intern with Hiram The Ram Lodge, but let’s all be thankful that Archie dropped this ideal of a music career.
- The real meat of this episode surrounded the Pickens Day celebration. General Pickens founded Riverdale and by founded I mean stole the land from the tribe that were on it first and then proceeded to slaughter many of them, all on the orders of Great, great Grandpappy Barnabas B Blossom. Anyway, Juggy learns this when he interviews Toni’s grandfather, Grandpa Topaz, founder of the South Side Serpents.
- The Southside Serpents was formed to keep the remaining tribe together, and Juggy writes all of this in the Blue & Gold which does more bad than good.
- Elsewhere, V wants Josie to reunite with Pussycats and herself for a performance on Pickens Day celebration. Mayor McCoy was all like
- Later, after a stern talking to by her mother, Josie pulls out of the performance due to being manipulated by V? Yeah I didn’t get that either.
- And if all of this wasn’t enough, The Coopers adjusted to life with Chic, who Kevin spilled the beans on for being a webcam boy. This doesn’t stop B from trying to relate. She even gives him a laptop when his is taken, so he could continue webcaming.
- Hal had no interest in Chic but you wouldn’t have known that by his face.
- Pickens Day finally arrives, complete with V and the Pussycats! Josie face was all of our faces.
- Hal crashed the party to expose Chic but Alice was having none of it! Can we just take a moment to appreciate Alice Cooper telling Hal off again! Love it!
- Apparently so does Penelope Blossom!
- The South Side Serpents arrive to peacefully protest Pickens Day and tell the truth of what General Pickens really did.
- Hiram turns the tables announcing the formation of a new Southside, Sodale.
- As the episode ends we discover the one person who can make show some emotion: Penelope and OMG I am so into this scandal of Mr. Cooper and Mrs. Blossom!
- Chic confessed to B, about the webcamming and also watching her sleep. He has the same darkness inside of him that she has, that she fears and that she wants to understand, yet escape. So he decides to show her how to webcam!
- Someone, I am sure Reggie or some other Northside resident decapitated that Pickens Statue in what will surely escalate the North and South side war! Who could have done it (rolls eyes at list of suspects)
*****Extra Tidbiuts*****
- Mayor McCoy’s real name is Ciera and I love that Heromine now refers to her as just Ciera!
- We had another Please God, no, don’t let Archie sing, but I hope these moments go away now.
- Penelope was most proud that the Blossoms even ran a brothel- just LOL at her owning what she does!
- Cheryl didn’t disappoint when she joined the protest sans candy apple.
- In case you missed it, Riverdale will do a musical episode where Riverdale High puts on Carrie the musical and how awesome is it that Cheryl will be Carrie and Alice will play Mrs. White! This is the best thing we could have asked for!
That’s all for this week! Until next week, stay #RiverdaleSrong
Hello all, and welcome back!
Seriously though! Every single week at the end of each episode this scene from Gladiator pops into my brain. I can't think of a more entertaining show on television right now. At least not one that I currently watch.
It's really late and I've waited entirely too long to watch the newest episode and right this review, so I think, instead of fully reviewing the episode, I will just create a theme for my thoughts and discuss those. The theme will be......"why do I like you this week, but hate you the next?"
I go back and forth with all of these characters. I really love some of them one week, but by the next week their relationship dynamics have changed because they all have drama with different characters each episode, So for example, if Hermione is up against Veronica one week, I will always take Ronnie's side and I am usually left hating Hermione for whatever beef she had with my girl. But say the next week Hermione is put up against Hiram, in which case I always take Hermione's side. So my trump characters are always Alice, Betty, and Veronica. Papa Jug usually too. If any of my trump characters are arguing with each other I somehow manage to see both points of view, because I love them dearly. So this week I had unusually strong feelings for Hermione.
I don't know how this woman does it. I get these completely evil and psychotic vibes from her at times, and then I jump to the other extreme and have complete sympathy for her. Is this what they want? I really don't know. But in last week's episode I felt for her. I felt for her in the last few minutes when she looked a little uncomfortable that Hiram was going to go after the serpents hardcore after the discovery of the headless statue in the park. Is this confirmation of Hermione's awareness? Does she know this is wrong and Hiram is bad? Sometimes I feel like Hermione knows Hiram is bad and doesn't care, sometimes I feel like she doesn't know he is bad and she is in that relationship because she isn't aware, and sometimes I feel like she knows and feels powerless to escape or do anything about it. This is a huge part of my back and forth on her. I also felt for her when showed a protectiveness over Veronica when the mayor expressed her disapproval of Veronica's involvement in Lodge Industries. I'm not completely naive, I know it's possible that it wasn't genuine and she was manipulating Ronnie. I'm gonna live in the moment though and be happy that I got to see a brief mother daughter bond form between these two, and I expect everyone to allow me to do that.
I'm really back and forth on Archie. Last week I was so annoyed with him and his FBI story that I almost started to forward through his scenes. I was so annoyed with him that when I saw the clips of Hiram wrestling him and threatening him on facebook before I watched the episode, I was excited to see Hiram kicking his ass. But then I watched the and I found myself rooting for Archie over Hiram. I think when Archie is doing dumb things, like talking to strangers who claim to be FBI agents I just can't tolerate him. I know Archie's whole agenda is wrapped up in the FBI thing, but for some reason this week I didn't mind. When he told Kevin that his issues with Mr. Lodge became personal, I believed him. That's really all it took. I can get on board with him trying to prove himself. I kind of go back and forth on Mama Blossom too.
I really enjoy it when she and Cheryl bicker. They are both really stubborn and insane, which makes it all very entertaining. Remember the episode where Cheryl spent the last of their money on a ridiculous Christmas tree? And Cheryl complained that her mother needed a job? And to retaliate Mama Blossom started sleeping with men for money, much to the dismay of Cheryl, because it embarrassed her deeply? Yeah. I really like it when they fight. I really enjoy Mama Blossom in those types of episodes. And it's amusing to me how Penelope just doesn't care about her lifestyle anymore. She just owns all of it. I think she's moved into this phase where she has no shame. But she is trying to bed Hal now and that's where I draw the line, because why? Why would you do this, Penelope? Why Hal? Sleep with the entire town of Riverdale, but please not Hal. I think that's where I lose respect for you. Hal is so whiny. Just don't.
I can beg and plead with myself hoping this doesn't happen, but I have a feeling it will. I honestly don't even know if Alice would be that upset, though. We all remember the chemistry between Alice and FP earlier this season, don't we? Yeah, I think Alice would probably thank Penelope for this one.
So I think that's it from me this week. That's all I got. I really wanna conclude this a little better, but a dog is currently trying to get in my lap and her butt is nearing the keyboard so I think I'll just stop here.
See you next week! Hopefully for a full episode review!
Hello all, and welcome back!
Seriously though! Every single week at the end of each episode this scene from Gladiator pops into my brain. I can't think of a more entertaining show on television right now. At least not one that I currently watch.
It's really late and I've waited entirely too long to watch the newest episode and right this review, so I think, instead of fully reviewing the episode, I will just create a theme for my thoughts and discuss those. The theme will be......"why do I like you this week, but hate you the next?"
I go back and forth with all of these characters. I really love some of them one week, but by the next week their relationship dynamics have changed because they all have drama with different characters each episode, So for example, if Hermione is up against Veronica one week, I will always take Ronnie's side and I am usually left hating Hermione for whatever beef she had with my girl. But say the next week Hermione is put up against Hiram, in which case I always take Hermione's side. So my trump characters are always Alice, Betty, and Veronica. Papa Jug usually too. If any of my trump characters are arguing with each other I somehow manage to see both points of view, because I love them dearly. So this week I had unusually strong feelings for Hermione.
I don't know how this woman does it. I get these completely evil and psychotic vibes from her at times, and then I jump to the other extreme and have complete sympathy for her. Is this what they want? I really don't know. But in last week's episode I felt for her. I felt for her in the last few minutes when she looked a little uncomfortable that Hiram was going to go after the serpents hardcore after the discovery of the headless statue in the park. Is this confirmation of Hermione's awareness? Does she know this is wrong and Hiram is bad? Sometimes I feel like Hermione knows Hiram is bad and doesn't care, sometimes I feel like she doesn't know he is bad and she is in that relationship because she isn't aware, and sometimes I feel like she knows and feels powerless to escape or do anything about it. This is a huge part of my back and forth on her. I also felt for her when showed a protectiveness over Veronica when the mayor expressed her disapproval of Veronica's involvement in Lodge Industries. I'm not completely naive, I know it's possible that it wasn't genuine and she was manipulating Ronnie. I'm gonna live in the moment though and be happy that I got to see a brief mother daughter bond form between these two, and I expect everyone to allow me to do that.
I'm really back and forth on Archie. Last week I was so annoyed with him and his FBI story that I almost started to forward through his scenes. I was so annoyed with him that when I saw the clips of Hiram wrestling him and threatening him on facebook before I watched the episode, I was excited to see Hiram kicking his ass. But then I watched the and I found myself rooting for Archie over Hiram. I think when Archie is doing dumb things, like talking to strangers who claim to be FBI agents I just can't tolerate him. I know Archie's whole agenda is wrapped up in the FBI thing, but for some reason this week I didn't mind. When he told Kevin that his issues with Mr. Lodge became personal, I believed him. That's really all it took. I can get on board with him trying to prove himself. I kind of go back and forth on Mama Blossom too.
I really enjoy it when she and Cheryl bicker. They are both really stubborn and insane, which makes it all very entertaining. Remember the episode where Cheryl spent the last of their money on a ridiculous Christmas tree? And Cheryl complained that her mother needed a job? And to retaliate Mama Blossom started sleeping with men for money, much to the dismay of Cheryl, because it embarrassed her deeply? Yeah. I really like it when they fight. I really enjoy Mama Blossom in those types of episodes. And it's amusing to me how Penelope just doesn't care about her lifestyle anymore. She just owns all of it. I think she's moved into this phase where she has no shame. But she is trying to bed Hal now and that's where I draw the line, because why? Why would you do this, Penelope? Why Hal? Sleep with the entire town of Riverdale, but please not Hal. I think that's where I lose respect for you. Hal is so whiny. Just don't.
I can beg and plead with myself hoping this doesn't happen, but I have a feeling it will. I honestly don't even know if Alice would be that upset, though. We all remember the chemistry between Alice and FP earlier this season, don't we? Yeah, I think Alice would probably thank Penelope for this one.
So I think that's it from me this week. That's all I got. I really wanna conclude this a little better, but a dog is currently trying to get in my lap and her butt is nearing the keyboard so I think I'll just stop here.
See you next week! Hopefully for a full episode review!
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