Riverdale is back. I love this show because everyone has a motive for murder. And even if they don't eventually end up dead, it's just enough of a fantasy to buy into. I mean...could there be a whole small town of sex-crazed young (exceptionally gorgeous) people bleeding all over the place as they damage and traumatize one another, while listening to great music and leaving a good looking corpse? Maybe not, but who knows? IT COULD HAPPEN IN EDGY-VILLE.
This year's mystery (last year was Jason Blossom's death) is apparently "Who shot Archie's dad?" Played by Luke Perry, I was legitimately thinking a couple of times that they might just bump him off while watching last night. But they didn't, and I think the series is stronger for making this decision. The bit near the end though where Archie stands vigil over their house with a baseball bat to attack any intruder makes me think that they should have just invested in a home security system. It wouldn't have had the same impact though. And although that scene was very dumb, I got an earlier one where Veronica joins Archie in the shower. In that scene, he's watching blood swirl between his toes and thence down the drain. That scene was as hot and steamy as it was intended to be. But...Veronica did get into the shower while Archie was trying to wash his dad's blood from off his skin so yeah...a little dark but I still liked it. Eh...Veronica is not in the series for her ability to comfort people.
You would be mistaken too if you thought that a simple request for help from the local gang wouldn't produce some good helpings of trauma too. Jughead asks the Serpents to help uncover some information they might have about the possible masked shooter, and it results in a bloodied man being delivered to his trailer. They wanted to make sure their effort did not go unnoticed by Jughead. Makes sense, I suppose, in a psychopathic kinda mindset kinda way. I mean, there'd always be that nagging doubt: did they actually look into it?
Finally, Cheryl was a big winner in the premiere. She puts her mother (who's in the hospital with third degree burns) in her place, even squeezing the oxygen tube so that she's gasping, and then telling her that she's in charge now. Wow, go psychopathic teen. She also had the best line of the night in Fred Andrews' room at the hospital: "You gave me the kiss of life Archie Andrews, now I've given it to your dad."
Oh and Jughead ate a burger in the premiere. It's about time.
This sounds like if Bret Easton Ellis had written Archie comics.
ReplyDeleteI'm still on the fence about this show.
ReplyDeleteAnd we're fine at the moment.
We're just outside the evacuation zone, but they're starting to restore power and gas to our neighborhood, and I don't think they'd do that if they thought the fire was going to come back this way. Of course, we have a huge burned out area serving as a buffer for us now.
It's pretty horrendous.
I was right to skip this show. Sounds way too dark for me. But enjoy. I hear it's doing well in the ratings, so you're likely to have several more seasons to come.
ReplyDeleteI loved the premise of the first season but really struggled to get through to end. I'm not sure why but I think I've seen too many angst ridden teen dramas the last couple of years. Nothing felt original even though I did like many of the performances. Right now I'm planning to binge it on Netflix unless I hear it continuing to get glowing reviews.
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