Chapter 84: "Lock & Key"

Welcome to the saddest key party ever held.

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CONTENT WARNING: Emotional manipulation, trauma, nightmares, serial killers, dissociation, trauma triggers, loss of time, alcohol abuse, sex shaming, shame, breakups, poor representation of non-traditional families.

What a horribly executed episode of TV. Seriously, we’ve had complaints about Riverdale before but this one takes the cake. First of all, you make Kevin, Fangs, and Toni’s decision to co-parent a child and Kang’s engagement into a fucking exposition bomb that just implodes everyone in the friend group. Then, you get Cheryl F*%$@ng Blossom having a key party to both try to distract from her sad life and also maybe blow up some of the romance budding in this hell town. It’s gross, it’s insensitive, and it’s proof that the writers of this show couldn’t care less about queer characters and non-traditional relationships. AND YET - we’re still excited to see how Archie, Betty, and Jughead’s stories pan out. Because this show can never really let us get away. Drop your keys in the bowl and prepare for bad vibes as we discuss “Chapter 84: Lock & Key” this week on The Doghouse.

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