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    Riverdale S02E22 Review: Brave New World – Archie puts a target on his back

    By Salome G
    | May 17, 2018
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    And here we are at the end of the season. It’s been…uneven. It was the best of times. It was the Papa Poutine of times. Or, considering how much I have unenjoyed his storylines, it might be better to say that it was the Hiram Lodge of times.

    On that note, let’s get the good news out of the way, since there’s so little of it. Jughead is alive, as we all expected, but it turns out that Fangs is, too. The rumors of his demise were all Hiram’s doing.

    And that’s it. That’s pretty much all the good stuff that happened, minus Archie being elected student council president and the newly emancipated Cheryl being given a red Serpents jacket.

    Riverdale S02e22 Group

    They’ll need all the Serpents they can get, considering they lost their battle with the Ghoulies. FP and Jughead still have their home, but most of the trailer park is in smoking ruins. Some of the Serpents left town and others are crashing at the Whyte Wyrm. The remaining Serpents students are going to be transferred to It Doesn’t Matter High as an unofficial punishment for vandalizing the school during the riots.

    There is an unified front presented in response–the original Riverdale students successfully stand with their newer classmates in protest and Fred opens the Andrews home to the displaced Serpents. It might have cost him the election–Hermione will be the new mayor–but that’s the kind of decent man Fred is.

    Riverdale S02e22 Luke Perry Kj Apa Fred Archie Andrews

    So who would shoot a decent man? That’s one of the lingering mysteries for this episode–the identity of the Black Hood who strafed the town hall meeting and took a shot at Fred. As you’ll recall, we know it’s not Hal, because he was in the audience at the town hall and in custody when Fred was shot.

    Luckily, Sheriff Minetta solves that case in five minutes. It was obviously Tall Boy. Look, we found the guns at his house and a black mask. No, you can’t question him, because he was killed in a subsequent gunfight :(.

    But speaking of Black Hoods, Betty does go visit her father in his weirdly Silence of the Lambs-style cell. He’s still claiming that they share the same darkness, but she’s able to walk away and gain a small amount of closure.

    Riverdale S2e22 Madchen Amick Alice Cooper

    Alice, unfortunately, is not there yet. After hollering at the press camped on her steps–isn’t that private property?–she’s just moping around the house with Betty and a visiting Polly. Her oldest daughter suggests she meets with someone at the Farm, which is probably not good news for Alice, but I’m excited. A cult plotline would be way more interesting than Hiram’s nonsense, and I say that as someone who hasn’t even seen Wild Wild Country yet. (I did read this article, though, and I give it five YIKES.)

    Speaking of Hiram’s nonsense, though, it turns out the for-profit prison isn’t the only thing he has up his sleeve. The prison is just a conduit, a pipeline, for drugs and Penelope Blossom’s upcoming bordello. Yeah, that’s right. Hiram has assembled an injustice league comprising Penelope, Claudius, Penny, Malachai from the Ghoulies (Tommy Martinez), and Sheriff Minetta. That ain’t good.

    So the kids think they’ve gotten one over on Hiram by buying the Whyte Wyrm out from under him, but this is a game of chess and he’s like, 12 moves ahead. Veronica trades the Wyrm to him for Pop’s and it’s played like it’s a victory for her, but she also gives up everything–her stake in Lodge Industries, her allowance, etc.–for it. Those Ted Baker frocks aren’t cheap, Ron. You’d better hope that your new cabaret in Pop’s basement is uber profitable.

    Of course, she might want to start shopping consignment, because Archie’s going to need a good lawyer–beg pardon, a good defense lawyer (sorry, Sierra McCoy). Because right as the school is celebrating Archie’s coronation as student council president, the sheriff and his deputies appear to arrest Archie for murder. You know that townie Andre killed when the kids went on that boring vacation to Lodge Lodge? Yeah, that’s the victim. And since Hiram has appeared in the gym to watch this all unfold–do you not have business?–there’s probably some stupidly compelling evidence out there. Well, we’ll find out in season 3.

    7/10 – While it seems wildly naive for the kids to be acting like everything is going to work out, they deserve to take a breath once in a while, especially now that Jughead is the new Serpent King (*electric guitar riff*). And hey, it frees up Archie to do some thinking this week. Finally, he’s figured out completely how Hiram manipulated him in the wake of Fred’s shooting and he’s broken away. Of course, that just puts a target on his back. But he’s faced killers and he lived next to the Black Hood. He can handle this. Probably.

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    callmeishmael
    callmeishmael
    4 years ago

    I like how the Serpents are basically a monarchy, and now some kids and adults have to answer to the naive (but heroic) teenager who had the crown passed down to him…and is the newest member of the gang. I also like how not a single person protests. I guess now that Tall Boy isn’t around everyone is 100% chill with Jug. Did Tall Boy really shoot up the debate and try to kill Fred? I doubt it. He might have been the one at the town hall. That BH looked like the same build as the BH we’ve seen… Read more »

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    Cyn
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    4 years ago
    Reply to  callmeishmael

    I love your in-depth analysis! I haven’t seen the show much this season and it sounds like I’m missing out. Do you know if it’s available to binge?

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    Salome G
    Salome G
    4 years ago
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    Should be available on Netflix soon, if not right now (depending on where you are).

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    Cyn
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    4 years ago
    Reply to  Salome G

    Okay, you’ve got me convinced. I’ll settle in for a binge session this coming weekend in between finding time to honor the veterans and eat lots of junk.

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    surfari
    surfari
    4 years ago
    Reply to  Cyn

    You’re definitely missing out! It’s supposed to be available on the 24th, if you’re in the US. I’m not sure when it’s supposed to be released elsewhere.

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    callmeishmael
    callmeishmael
    4 years ago
    Reply to  Cyn

    Haha, I get carried away sometimes! Okay, all the time, at least when it comes to Riverdale. I hope you have so much fun binge watching. Then you must come chat with us about all of your thoughts. I love hearing everyone’s theories – or snarky comments!

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    Salome G
    Salome G
    4 years ago
    Reply to  callmeishmael

    Jug has been a Serpent for five minutes, but sure. He’s the King now. I guess all it takes is getting beaten half to death. And I can buy Tall Boy as the BH at town hall, but I’m with you on the Fred shooter. It could be Adams, since he was last seen escaping into the night while wearing a black mask. I think Cheryl is a Serpent now. I missed the look Polly gave, but I’ll chalk it up to “CULT.” And as for Betty’s darkness, I don’t like to diagnose strangers, even if they’re fictional, but I… Read more »

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    surfari
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    4 years ago
    Reply to  Salome G

    Sure, I guess that’s all it takes…but isn’t that supposed to be part of the initiation anyway?

    Yeah, I don’t think we’re done with all of the Black Hoods yet. I didn’t think of Adams, but that’s a possibility. No one else really makes sense. (Then again, neither did Hal.)

    That’s how I understood it too. I guess it’s super easy to join the Serpents these days. I saw the look, and it looked more like they were implying she had the “darkness” too. Maybe it was just a cult look though.

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    4 years ago
    Reply to  Salome G

    I love that his recovery is so speedy too! It must be that royal blood. That’s a good point, surfari. They all had to get beaten half to death in order to be a Serpent. I guess it only counts if the Serpents aren’t the ones railing you. The Town Hall shooting feels like a setup by someone. It could be Hiram, like Veronica and Hermione think, or it could’ve been Hal trying to get people (Betty) off of him. I thought it was weird how his idea of “going for cover” was to sit right in front of the… Read more »

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