12/29/2023 0 Comments Riverdale episodes 8![]() ![]() As the episode ends, Betty recieves an unopened letter than indicates she has gotten accepted to her college of choice. She even reveals that Betty is her favourite, a super messed up thing to admit to a child, but one born out of an emotional honesty that is a battlefield this show should tread upon more.įor her part, Betty gains some valuable insight into Alice, although forgiveness won’t be as easy to come by. As such, Alice reaches a catharsis: Her controlling behaviour is due to the fact that she doesn’t want to lose Betty the way she did Charles and Polly. Burble, in a way that tries its best not to take sides. (It’s no coincidence that this episode takes its name from the late, great HBO series that offered the most realistic view of therapy ever depicted on TV).Īlice and Betty are both challenged by Mrs. Granted, the circumstances they have found themselves in so far have been heightened and absurd, but the emotions delivered here – seriously, we don’t as a culture appreciate how great Lili Reinhart is – are as real as this show gets. “Forget college, sex and the serial killer genes,” remarks to Betty to Alice, “think about what you have done to me, that is what I’m going to be unpacking for the rest of my life.” This candid talk between mother and daughter brings their long-simmering resentment to the surface in a way Riverdale has never attempted before. Portrayed by genre great Gina Torres, Riverdale High’s guidance counsellor/licensed psychologist steps in to help Betty (and Alice), Archie, Cheryl and Jughead deal with the PTSD they’ve suffered since, well, the series began. These kids have been through a lot, some more than others, to the point that even with suspension of disbelief you have to wonder how they can even function. It's an interesting loop for his story and everyone else's growth.And that’s exactly what this episode, written by series V.I.P. ![]() Regardless of the plots, they ended back where they started.Īrchie, both in the present and in 1955, couldn't shake his path. Even though the teens and adults were sent back to Riverdale 1955, they still follow the same patterns. We could say it's retreading plots, but it's also potentially a cycle. In this case, he considered both the Merchant Marines and the army as possible solutions. : I can’t have you anymore here, Frank.I’m the one who pays the mortgage around here. It’s time for you to move out.Īrchie: And now she’s telling you to hit the road.įrank: And who’s gonna be the man of the house when I’m gone?! Mary: I can’t have you anymore here, Frank. He left for the army on Riverdale Season 5 Episode 3. He eventually joined the army as a way to solve his future. It was exciting how history was repeating itself.Īrchie wanted to box for the Naval Academy in the original timeline, but it didn't work out. Having more clues beforehand helps the intrigue it doesn't take away the surprise. However, the supporting evidence, like Ethel's parents being suspicious of Clifford, would've been better had it been peppered in throughout the season.ĭumping it all together in one reveal takes away from the big "a-ha!" moment. : In its inert state, Palladium is basically harmless.Jughead: This is starting to ring a bell for me. And if detonated, more destructive than a hydrogen bomb. But, in its purest state, concentrated and compressed, scientists speculate it could be more volatile than plutonium. This plan was another way to cause chaos.ĭilton Doily: In its inert state, Palladium is basically harmless. He always had to get his way and enforced his power when he could. Who else but the most powerful and crooked man in town would want to silence and kill people? If all the milkmen were changing, there needed to be one constant: Clifford.Ĭlifford had become a conniving and manipulative mastermind, like with his control of the basketball team on Riverdale Season 7 Episode 12. Revealing Clifford as the cause of the milkman killings (through an assassin) made a lot of sense.
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