🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔 (5 out of 5 burgers at Pop’s) – Would watch Jughead narrate a gumshoe noir again.
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa managed to do something remarkable. He took the most wholesome IP in American history and turned it into a surrealist fever dream. For every moment of cringeworthy dialogue, there was a moment of genuine pathos (especially following the death of Luke Perry). For every ridiculous plot hole, there was a stunning visual composition. Riverdale
: Season 1 was a tight murder mystery centered on Jason Blossom’s death, utilizing classic noir tropes. 🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔 (5 out of 5 burgers at Pop’s)
A glorious, unapologetic dumpster fire of brilliant chaos. Long live the weirdos. 8.5/10. For every moment of cringeworthy dialogue, there was
Suddenly, the wholesome town of Riverdale was a pressure cooker of adultery (Fred Andrews and Hermione Lodge), class warfare (the Blossoms vs. the Lodges), and industrial crime. The core four—Archie (KJ Apa), the conflicted jock; Betty (Lili Reinhart), the girl-next-door with a "darkness" inside; Veronica (Camila Mendes), the sharp-witted New York transplant; and Jughead (Cole Sprouse), the snarky, beanie-wearing narrator—were no longer teenagers learning about love. They were amateur detectives, vigilantes, and eventually, gang leaders.
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