Riverdale [The CW] ***Spoilers***

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Season 2 Premiere is now up on Netflix.

I very much enjoyed the premiere and felt that the show has grown a lot since last season - hopefully it can continue growing and keep realising its own potential.

CastorTroy

And Dark Betty rears her head again.

Another hint that the black hood is who is being theorised. Looking in the mirror with the hood on.

Poor Jughead having Toni there to console him after Betty. Lucky fecker.

Good Bad Not Evil

After the first episode of season 1, I thought this would be a really fun murder mysterday type show. A little on the dark side of drama's.

It decesnded into wishy-washy juvenile show with awful actors and and terrible story telling. I know it's fantasy, but it's utterly ridiculous at times.

Having said that, I still enjoy it a little. And I want to see how this 'Hood' story develops.

The Black Hood is Betty's Dad. I think. Actually Betty's Mam and Dad.

Kerplunk124

**** that lollipop ringtone

764dak

I believe The Black Hood exists as Sven.

Insect Overlord

This week's episode is by far the weakest one of the entire series. It's like it got lost trying to be an homage to Tarantino, while at the same time trying to steal the good parts of Stranger Things/Stephen King tropes. Painful viewing, after a season and a half of decent entertainment.

CastorTroy

Think that's more time focused on Josie than we've had all series so far.

Dunno what's weirder, the fact B & V don't try to see why Archie and Jughead are there at that time or the fact that Pop never seems to leave the place.

And they have Tony Todd and the Sugarman in separate episodes?

Agent Coulson

The Sabrina spin off series isn't going to be on the CW


Netflix have ordered 20 episodes over two seasons.

DivingDuck

Insect Overlord wrote: »

This week's episode is by far the weakest one of the entire series. It's like it got lost trying to be an homage to Tarantino, while at the same time trying to steal the good parts of Stranger Things/Stephen King tropes. Painful viewing, after a season and a half of decent entertainment.

Bizarre episode altogether. Tonally out of keeping with the show, sloppy writing (let's just ignore our boyfriends coming into the cafe looking haggard in the middle of the night— surely nothing could be wrong!), weird plot— The whole thing was awful. What was the point?

764dak

US TV shows sometimes contain detached, non-serious episodes.

CastorTroy

Best cover of Mad World ever! :eek::pac:

Ping Chow Chi

'I'm finished with the south side snakes and I've also stopped drinking'

'Dad, we have arranged a party for you at the pub the snakes hangout at'

ahh, what can go wrong....

DivingDuck

Ping Chow Chi wrote: »

'I'm finished with the south side snakes and I've also stopped drinking'

'Dad, we have arranged a party for you at the pub the snakes hangout at'

ahh, what can go wrong....

To be fair, he probably would have got out of that party okay if he hadn't been worried about Jughead's deal with Penny. He has to get back into the life to protect his son, and if he's in, he might as well be all in to cope, you know? Poor kid; he was only trying to help.

(Still a stupid idea, though, admittedly.)

The abrupt switch in ships is going to be annoying when the season comes back, though. I like Archie, but for him to go from "loving" Ronnie to gawping at Betty out his window an hour later was irritating.

Especially considering he left before her... Performance... Which frankly could make anyone look at her in a new light. The girl is stunning. :eek:

764dak

I think they got the wrong guy.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

764dak wrote: »

I think they got the wrong guy.

Yeah, yer man was probably set up by the real Black Hood or something - told he'd be allowed to live only if he followed the Black Hood's exact instructions.

For whatever reason, my gut instinct has been since very early on in the season that the Black Hood is either Hal Cooper or Sheriff Keller, but after last week I'm guessing it's probably not Keller, so Hal Cooper would be my best guess.

Who was the guy Penelope Blossom was eating the face off during the montage at the end? Have we seen him before?

764dak

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

764dak wrote: »

I think they got the wrong guy.

Yeah, yer man was probably set up by the real Black Hood or something - told he'd be allowed to live only if he followed the Black Hood's exact instructions.

For whatever reason, my gut instinct has been since very early on in the season that the Black Hood is either Hal Cooper or Sheriff Keller, but after last week I'm guessing it's probably not Keller, so Hal Cooper would be my best guess.

Who was the guy Penelope Blossom was eating the face off during the montage at the end? Have we seen him before?

Penelope Blossom made out with Vic.  He works for Fred Andrews and sold the tree to Cheryl earlier in the episode.  This seems to be his first appearance since last season.

I think Tall Boy kills people as The Black Hood.

CastorTroy

If that was it, then why add in the narration about thinking it's not over? Hope that wasn't everything. And was a very rushed ending for something I'm sure they put some thought into.

Betty really shouldn't watch Twin Peaks before going to bed

The Black Oil

Agent Coulson wrote: »

The Sabrina spin off series isn't going to be on the CW

Netflix have ordered 20 episodes over two seasons.

Kiernan Shipka is heading this up, according to Deadline.

Agent Coulson

Agent Coulson wrote: »

The Sabrina spin off series isn't going to be on the CW


Netflix have ordered 20 episodes over two seasons.

Miranda Otto & Lucy Davis have been cast as Zelda & Hilda.

764dak

Who still watches it?

Insect Overlord

764dak wrote: »

Who still watches it?

I've been following it every week with my girlfriend. Really looking forward to the season finale next week.

Mushy

Yeah still watch it by the week, Thursdays are great for nonsense tv with this and Designated Survivor. Do think there's one more big twist this season, should be fun.

Pentecost

I still watch it too. It’s gone a bit mental but it’s good, switch off the brain, entertainment.

Insect Overlord

What did ye make of the Season 2 series finale?

ThunbergsAreGo

Mushy wrote: »

Yeah still watch it by the week, Thursdays are great for nonsense tv with this and Designated Survivor. Do think there's one more big twist this season, should be fun.

It really is absolute nonsense :)

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Just had a nice marathon of the last 5 episodes. This show is a hell of a lot of fun. Season 3 should be good.

JP Liz V1

Gina Gershon is to play Jughead’s mom

fergus1001

really enjoying the shawshank redemption rip off at the minute

"I'd like to think that the last thing that went through his head, other than that bullet, was to wonder how the hell Archie ever got the best of him"

764dak

What do you think of Gryphons and Gargoyles?

Aisling(",)

I enjoyed the breakfast club- esque throwback episode.
Not quite sure how I feel about Gryphons and Gargoyles but with Riverdale you need to take the storyline with a wheelbarrow full of salt so I'm happy to see how it plans out.

Insect Overlord

Myself and herself found the flashback episode odd. The intro clearly set it in the 90s, but a lot of the music was very 80s!

ThunbergsAreGo

It used to be so bad it was good.

I think this season has just gone ridiculous, all of the storys are ridiculous

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Just caught up on the past few episodes. Absolutely loved the '90s flashback to the parents - thought it was really well done and the fact that they got Anthony Michael Hall in to play the principal during a Breakfast Club homage was perfect; shame they couldn't have shoehorned Archie's mom in somehow just to have the nod to Molly Ringwald.

I know the show has always been over the top and fantastically campy, so I've just embraced it and don't expect any semblance of reality anymore - the cast are charming enough and the mystery compelling enough for me not to give a crap about how realistic any of it is.

764dak

Do you think he Archie died?

JP Liz V1

I hope Luke Perry will be ok

https://tvline.com/2019/02/28/luke-perry-stroke-hospital-riverdale-90210/

JP Liz V1

Cole Sprouse and Lili Reinhart have split up

pl4ichjgy17zwd

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Cole Sprouse and Lili Reinhart have split up

That seems to be very much up in the air at the moment

CastorTroy

I haven't watched since the middle of season 2, but heard this was a great sendoff episode for Fred/Luke.
And it was.
Didn't bother with any other storylines, that I could tell. Was just all about Fred.

KKkitty

CastorTroy wrote: »

I haven't watched since the middle of season 2, but heard this was a great sendoff episode for Fred/Luke.
And it was.
Didn't bother with any other storylines, that I could tell. Was just all about Fred.

It was a beautiful send off. The pictures used of Fred when he was younger were given by Luke's family which I thought was a lovely touch. Madelaine who plays Cheryl seemed to find it difficult to keep it together. I felt so bad for her. I couldn't control the tears when Archie brought Fred back and there was "Welcome Home Fred" placards.

JP Liz V1

Marisol Nichols and Skeet Ulrich to exit - Source TV Line

cena

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Marisol Nichols and Skeet Ulrich to exit - Source TV Line

It won't be the same

JP Liz V1

Renewed

764dak

I liked season 6.

JP Liz V1

https://tvline.com/previews/riverdale-series-finale-spoilers-present-day-old-betty-1235022427/#recipient_hashed=49b00039e5f61edfe3abcf37466868b2898d9ecdbe302c53abadaa28cca68d75&recipient_salt=382a55d2d253c8c7aa9dccd71aef8900e17191b3f29889b37958900b134e4a23&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=BreakingNews&utm_content=453565_08-02-2023&utm_term=309413

86 year old Betty