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Riverdale Season 3 Review: 3.6: Manhunter
This week’s episode of Riverdale season 3 didn’t have a central conceit of its own. It rested on the audience’s investment in the shaky main plots. One scene in this episode encapsulated why this season...
Television
Riverdale Season 3 Review: 3.5: The Great Escape
This week’s episode of Riverdale season 3 was easily the worst of the season so far. The already questionable Griffins and Gargoyles plot became even worse as it took over the show. Throughout the episode,...
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Riverdale Season 3 Review: 3.4: The Midnight Club
Photo: Katie Yu/The CW This week Riverdale season 3 did a flashback episode that took place mostly in the 90s. The result was the first great episode of the show since season one. The episode...
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Riverdale Season 3 Review: 3.3: As Above, So Below
This week on Riverdale season 3, Archie Andrews was forced into an fight club for underage boys, Jughead Jones joined the Griffins & Gargoyles death cult, and Veronica Lodge opened her secret speakeasy. Every moment...
Television
Riverdale Season 3 Review: 3.2: Fortune and Men’s Eyes
This week Riverdale season 3 continued with its confusing and questionable supernatural plot. Betty Cooper and Jughead Jones were on the case thanks to what is clearly a pathological need to be investigating a murder...
Comic Books
Riverdale Season 3 Review: 3.1: Labor Day
Riverdale season 3 premiered this week and everyone looked amazing. The summer outfits debuted in this episode were all on point and many were downright breathtaking. Aesthetically the show came back in full force. The...
Television
Riverdale Season 2 Review: 2.22: Brave New World
Photo: Dean Buscher/The CW What is there to say about the Riverdale season 2 finale? It’s been an exhausting season. The finale mostly hammered home how meaningless everything really is. After a week of milking...
Television
Riverdale Season 2 Review: 2.21: Judgment Night
The best thing about the penultimate episode of Riverdale season 2 is that it had a consistent tone. But, the big reveals and emotional beats it tried to hit fell completely flat. The most notable...
Television
Riverdale Season 2 Review: 2.20: Shadow of a Doubt
This week’s episode of Riverdale season 2 was a serviceable entry of what this show has become. Veronica Lodge being a mafia princess and aspiring casino owner who loves ilucki casino games is a departure...
Television
Riverdale Season 2 Review: 2.19: Prisoners
Photo: Katie Yu/The CW I had hope for this week’s episode of Riverdale season 2 when it opened on Midge Klump’s funeral. The scene revealed that the Riverdale Vixens have special funeral uniforms just for...
