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Riverdale is a television series for The CW/Netflix, based on characters from Archie Comics.

Set in the present, the series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Jughead, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surreality of small-town life — the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome façade.

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Riverdale: Set in the present, the series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Jughead, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surreality of small-town life — the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome façade.

 

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Riverdale Season 7 Episode 5 What Remains of Edith Finch Barbara Finch

Who knows who voices the narrator of the comic in this episode they sound the same as the voice actor who voices the pumpkin in that game what remains of Edith finch.

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2025/02/02
08:28 UTC

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Riverdale Season 7 Episode 5 What Remains of Edith Finch Barbara Finch

Who knows who voices the narrator of the comic in this episode they sound the same as the voice actor who voices the pumpkin in that game what remains of Edith finch.

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2025/02/02
08:26 UTC

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Veronica in season 1 vs the whole show

So, the character of Veronica Lodge always fustrated me. I mean every characters on this show are annoying and overwhelming but Veronica always make me feel confused. So I decided to take a look on some videos essays about Riverdale to see their takes on the character and articles aswell and boy, now I get it. So, first of all, everybody in Riverdale has shitty piece of dialogue, it's not something that people are not aware of. It's literally became a world-wide joke to watch the characters interact, but Veronica (along with Cheryl) gets it the worst. In season 1, I didn't find her lines to be bad, I really liked her quick witted mind, like for exemple in episode 5 when she said to Archie : "Hows life in a PG world. Post-Grundy. What too soon?" "You're back to being boring". Like her character was fun and well-meaning and the thing is, her storyline in season 1 is very good. She try to change her ways after realizing that she was an awful mean girl bitch and that her father was in prison for causing pain around him. She try to be more compassionate but she's ready to have silver tongue when needed, like confronting the queen bee Cheryl Blossom and stuff.

BUT this is where I have like a giant problem with her character on season 2 onward and something that videos made me realised (especially Friendly Space Ninja, you should look up his channel, he's great). Roberto wants Veronica to be this bad girl gone good character but also have his own version of Blair Waldorf. Like, Blair is iconic, yeah, but she's also a mean girl and completly owns it, she enjoys being a bad person. The Veronica after season 1 is way ruder than season 1 Veronica. She can be really condescending and walk over people most of the time and is kinda power hungry. Her lines scream badly writing wokness and are incredibly hard to watch like girly literally said "I'm so over the toxic masculinity in this hallway right now" with a straight face. She became hard to like as a character, especially if you take into consideration the premise of the character. If it wasn't for Camila Mandes charisma, well... it would be worse. Also, the fact that her storylines only revolves around Hiram (and doesn't change, like it's always the same formula until season 5) is seriously frustrating.

Anyway, season 1 Veronica, you will always be loved by me, at least.

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2025/02/01
15:40 UTC

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I miss Riverdale

I just really miss watching Riverdale, from the intro music to the credits.. everything! Thank You Riverdale.. I can't wait to rewatch you soon. Toodles 🥤

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2025/02/01
12:38 UTC

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Alaina Huffman, who played Twyla Twyst in Riverdale, is doing an AMA/Q&A in /r/movies. It's live now, and she'll be back at 4 PM ET today to answer questions, for anyone interested!

hey /r/Riverdale

I set up an AMA/Q&A with actress Alaina Huffman, so I thought I would share it here for anyone interested. She played Twyla Twyst in Riverdale. Also was in Smallville, Supernatural, Stargate Universe, The 100, etc.

It's live here now, answers at 4 PM ET:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1idt8dy/hi_rmovies_were_ben_van_kleek_alaina_huffman/

Her verification photo:

https://i.imgur.com/9YxoRwB.png

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2025/01/31
16:46 UTC

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Alaina Huffman, who played Twyla Twyst in Riverdale, is doing an AMA/Q&A in /r/movies. It's live now, and she'll be back at 4 PM ET today to answer questions, for anyone interested!

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2025/01/31
16:29 UTC

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Is there any show that could fill the Riverdale-shaped hole in my heart?

Since the finale premiered, I've been kind of bummed out that I can't find a show with the same levels of camp, cringe, fun, musicals, action, and mystery. Has anyone else filled that hole yet?

36 Comments
2025/01/31
09:49 UTC

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S03E03

I just binged 2 seasons of riverdale in 3 days and wtf is going on in the 3rd season.Why can't they keep it simple rather than pushing demons and shit into it?

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2025/01/30
17:11 UTC

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Polly

Spoiler just for those who haven’t watched. As much as I love any chance of hearing Lili/Betty’s voice (and I loved her performance), I wish the moment would’ve been fully Polly focused. I get that Betty was living vicariously through Polly, but I feel like it should’ve been left a Polly moment since she was the “guest star.”

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2025/01/30
05:04 UTC

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One of the most underrated moments…

One of the most underrated moments in Riverdale is when Josie calls Hairam a little bitch lol

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2025/01/30
04:43 UTC

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Hot take

Was anyone else super annoyed by Kevin's singing voice? 😬 and did anyone else feel like Josie's background singers had much better voices than Josie? 😬 not to mention better than Veronica and Cheryl? Just me?

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2025/01/30
04:21 UTC

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Does anyone know the dirt?

So it looks like the song "go on" by Heyleau came out in 2021 but it was debuted on riverdale in 2018? And it's pretty hard to find her music or what's going on in her career- does anyone know the deal?

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2025/01/30
04:20 UTC

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Season… 6?

Kinda sorta.. confuzzled? I have never watched Riverdale this far in and am so happy to have watched further than season 3ish. I won’t go as far as saying I hate this season. I watched the first 4 episodes and had kind of written it off due to being kind of confused from...ngl, losing interest and not paying much attention but decided to rewatch it and give it another try. I really enjoy it, not so much the RiverVALE aspect but I enjoy the occult aspect. I’m currently on episode 6 almost half way through it and realistically I don’t understand why the whole spirit/soul change with nana Blossom and Cheryl and then I get the super powers with Archie and Betty because of the explosion but why is Jughead going through what he’s going through if he too was in the explosion. Seeming like he has no powers and is just.. suffering and I hate it.

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2025/01/29
10:44 UTC

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Hater's gonna hate but season 7 was by far the best season of Riverdale

I know I will get downvoted like hell for this but season 7 was the real deal and the whole show should have been set in the 50s.

Things season 7 did really right:

Choni: The reason I watched htis show was Choni and they brought Choni back together, gave Toni a world outside of Cheryl and made them live long sexy lives

The friendships! Toni/Betty, Toni/Fangs, Archie/Reggie, Jughead/Ethel, Cheryl/Midge, Betty/Kevin, Archie/Kevin, Betty/Veronica. In the first season they did a decent job with focusing on friendships or at least the Betty Veronica duo but after that it mostly fell away, but season 7 feels different. It's like the character's care about more than their romantic lives or their relationships aren't just plot based.

The music: I know some people criticize that they used some songs released post 1955 but overall I think the music choices set a really great tone for the show. The only one that stood out to me as out of place was the Rocky Horror Picture Show song and I get why they picked it. Also, Too Darn Hot sounded way to modern for the show but I looked it up and that was released in 1956.

Veronica: I like Veronica as a character but her plotlines got so daddy issued focused that I could not stand her storylines. Season 7 is a good blend of the family issues + business woman while her also seeming like a highschooler. Also, for whatever reason, only season 7 Veronica lives up to the sexiness of comic book Veronica. To be fair, comic book Veronica is epically sexy.

The humor: Season 6 and 7 are my favorites and I think a lot of it is because the show could laugh at itself then. The line Cheryl makes about how Oh Mija had a good first season and then tanked is classic

Archie the Musical: So the musical episodes were a choice, but I actually think the Archie the Musical episode was hysterical. It is definitely the best musical episode

Julian: there aren't many times. Iwill say that the Riverdale writers made a smart choice, but Julian was a smart choice. Jason as a major character would have messed things up for time with all the characters we actually care about. Jason as an ass would have messed with the vision Cheryl has promoted the whole time and Jason as a stand up guy would have made him a weird Archie. Julian was a smart choice and while I know that Riverdale writers did not think ahead almost seemed foreshadowed. Plus the actor who played Julian really brought it.

The quad: I love the quad. It is so beyond anyting I expect to see in mainstream media, especially if it is geared toward teens. Given the season I think Reggie instead of Jughead would have made more sense but given the show it makes sense for it to be the four of them

Acknowledging the time period but also allowing the characters to have good lives. I know that the level to which Choni and Clevin happen is not super realistic. People did lead happy queer lives in the 50s. I have meet people who did, but Riverdale did sugar coat that reality. I think it was good they didn't make it more realistic. It is Riverdale afterall, things can be a little coocoo bananas

It felt grounded. I was not a big Archie comic book reader. I remember flipping through the comic book in the grocery store as a kid waiting for my mom to check out, but I never bought one. Still, even though I don't really know the source material (I was shocked to find out there's a supernatural wing of the source material) it felt grounded.

As much as I love 7, I will admit it was shitty to not provide more closure to the other 6 seasons. I wish we had a full episode where everyone had their memories. I would have loved to have seen a conversation where Toni said she was thinking about Cheryl the entire time the comet was falling and that she was planning on going to her as so as things were safe. I also remain curious, was Baby Anthony a good memory?

35 Comments
2025/01/29
04:14 UTC

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Season 6

Why they let Percival pp live after they all knew his powers

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2025/01/29
01:04 UTC

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fp’s role in jason’s death

am i the only one that finds it kinda weird that jughead and betty were trying to make cheryl feel back about fp going to jail but fp literally aided in covering up his death. an accomplice to her BROTHERS death. and betty threatening to expose the video to make cheryl testify for fp. but i see why they did it, he’s jugheads dad and betty was being a “helpful” gf. BUT he did deserve to go to jail.

how did yall feel about it?

12 Comments
2025/01/28
21:26 UTC

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Riverdale graduation

I've heard alot of fans say that the graduation episode should have been the end of the series do you all agree i think riverdale ended perfectly fine

15 Comments
2025/01/28
14:56 UTC

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Tv Show recommendations if you loved Bughead and wanted there HEA

Tv show recommendations if you loved bughead and wanted them to get there HEA? I loved Jughead and Betty, they were my main reasons for watching the show but I now just finished season 4 and found out they don't get back together??? Does anyone have recommendations for tv shows with couples like bughead who get a HEA?

6 Comments
2025/01/28
09:27 UTC

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It is worth watching beyond S1?

I was bored yesterday and randomly binged season 1 on Netflix. While I was thoroughly entertained, the reveal of the killer was a bit of a letdown. I feel as though it wrapped up quite nicely. I remember watching memes on Twitter about how the later seasons COMPLETELY jumped the shark and things went a bit cuckoo. Do you recommend watching beyond S1? If so, which one should I stop at?

57 Comments
2025/01/28
01:56 UTC

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Who would you Kiss,Marry and Kill in RD?

Kiss Charles

Marry jughead

Kill Lodge

34 Comments
2025/01/27
06:54 UTC

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Worst Riverdale villains-1:claudius blossom, 2:percival pickens, 3:penny Peabody, 4:gladys jones, 5:edgar Evernever

16 Comments
2025/01/26
17:22 UTC

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Best Riverdale villains of all time part 2-1:bret, 2:dupont, 3:donna, 4:gargoyle king, 5:malchai

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2025/01/26
17:18 UTC

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Best Riverdale villains of all time -1:black hood, 2:hiram lodge, 3:penelope blossom, 4:clifford blossom, 5:kurtz

I am not gonna include any villain from season 6 and 7 , because I hated it

11 Comments
2025/01/26
00:54 UTC

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am i missing something about nana blossom?

everyone talks about how good of a person she is, but i’m just missing it? isn’t she the one that would be taken penelope out of the sisters of quiet mercy and groomed her to be clifford’s wife? not to mention she withheld the information about the black hood, the mothmen and several other things for YEARS. now don’t get me wrong. i know she’s had her good moments, but everyone else seems to completely forget about all the bad things she’s done

5 Comments
2025/01/25
23:10 UTC

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Season 2 Archie and Veronica

First time watching this series.

I cannot with Archie and Veronica.

I see posts defending their characters.
I am getting annoyed at Archie's stupidity at this point that I am thinkin of moving on to a different series. Ugh.

13 Comments
2025/01/24
08:51 UTC

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Season 4 Episode 1

My first watch through after only seeing season 1 while it was airing and I just got to Season 4 Episode 1.

While there were times that the show jumped the shark so much, I considered stopping, I’m so glad I got this far into the series. What a heartfelt episode that hit so much harder after having watched everything leading up to it.

I imagine this is the high point of the series and I’m going to let it sit with me for a while before watching any more of the show.

4 Comments
2025/01/23
18:18 UTC

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