Chapter 67: "Varsity Blues"

Turns out, show bad.

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CONTENT WARNING: Assault, violence, manipulation, underage drinking, teenage sexuality, explicit sexualization of a teenager, verbal and emotional abuse, opioid abuse, PTSD, drunk driving, grief and loss.

Hey, remember those good things we said about the show in the mid-season finale? Yeah, forget it. This show is hot, hot garbage, and we are here to YELL ABOUT IT. Archie and Frank are actually a solid pair until Frank is selling pills to Archie’s teammates, and Jughead’s story is getting murkier and a little more interesting. But Betty seems to be careening into killing her crown-beanied beaux while Veronica is a 17-year old in the rum business. AND THEN THERE’S CHERYL BLOSSOM. The writers of this show decided to scrap all of the work they did in the previous two episodes to let Cheryl heal, and turned her into a conniving, manipulative shell of a character, and everyone around her, including Toni, gets dragged down with her. It’s what makes this episode go from meh to rage. Come have a little Riverdale counseling with us this week in The Doghouse.

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