Riverdale Has Somehow Gone Even More Off the Deep End

Riverdale has an extended historical past of being A Whole Ass Lot, however someway the sequence has managed to even high “hey we’re just creating an Archie multiverse now” with its current horror-tinged occasion crossover with Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. If you thought final night time’s episode can be a return to… what’s thought of regular for the sequence? Well, you had been in for a shock.

So let’s get this out of the best way: I feel Riverdale may be one other CW superhero present now? Maybe.

“Unbelievable,” the technically-sixth episode of the present’s sixth season—the aforementioned crossover fashioned the primary 5 late final 12 months—picks again up within the, god, I can’t even imagine I get to say it, “Prime” Riverdale actuality. More particularly, it picks again up within the wake of the season 5 finale, which concluded with Archie and Betty about to get it on because it was revealed to the viewers that Veronica’s dad, Hiram, had left a bomb planted in Archie’s room after being exiled from the city. Because, y’know, that’s only a factor that occurs on Riverdale. Anyway, the bomb went off, destroying the Andrews family… however miraculously, Archie and Betty made it out largely unhurt.

Not everyone seems to be unscathed by the blast. Jughead, who was close toby, ultimately discovers that the blast has largely rendered him deaf, and Archie’s poor canine Bingo has all his legs damaged, crushed beneath the particles of the destroyed Andrews dwelling. But yeah: Archie and Betty are largely protected, as a result of, as they study over the course of the episode… the bomb gave them superpowers. Archie will get probably the most conventional super-overhaul right here, full with the necessary “somehow gets even more of a CW show protagonist jacked body” overhaul that provides him enhanced energy alongside a weight enhance, and, in a riff on the episode title, a nod to M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable within the type of impenetrable pores and skin, explaining how he managed to outlive the blast and shield Betty, who solely sustained a number of bone-breaking accidents.

In the hospital recovering, she learns that she too bought powers, a kind of spider-sense-esque aura-detection that permits her to identify people who find themselves threats. An completely unbelievable energy to offer to somebody who has additionally, as a result of this present is that this present, been an FBI agent for a number of years now. But anyway, she and Archie use their talents to cease a murderous orderly that gave Betty unhealthy vibes. Oh, and did we point out Bingo bought a therapeutic issue, miraculously recovering from his damaged legs in only a handful of days? Yeah. Sucks to be Jughead I suppose, close to sufficient to be injured however not close to sufficient to get superpowers, except he’s about to turn out to be Riverdale’s equal of Clint Barton or one thing.

There’s much more occurring in “Unbelievable”—Hiram may very well be lifeless after Veronica put out a success on him (!!!) that she instantly regretted (!!!!!) solely to seek out when she tried to do a take-backsies on a contract killer (!!!!!!!!!!) that the job was purportedly already accomplished (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), oh and Cheryl would possibly be possessed by an evil ghost now? But actually, the purpose right here is that actually simply after having its personal off-kilter indulgence into style components, Riverdale is now plowing forward simply utterly doolally. It’s arduous to say if this will probably be revealed as one other alt-timeline just like the occasions in Rivervale, or if this actually is simply the established order for the present now, which is actually humorous contemplating the “weird” factor about Riverdale when it began was that Archie was sleeping along with his trainer. But for now, Riverdale is… is it too imply to Agents of SHIELD to say it’s Agents of SHIELD with even much less finances?

Which, to be truthful, is simply largely taking a web page from the Archie comics much more at this level. Archie has been round for therefore lengthy that it’s given us superheroes, huge franchise crossovers, zombies and werewolves, and naturally, a specific Teenage Witch, so Riverdale itself simply embracing the utter madness of the supply materials, particularly when it’s accomplished such a grand job of being so insane itself beforehand, is extra of a lateral transfer than some big leap. Screw it, have the Predator present up or one thing! Hell, make that new comedian actual and have comics Archie meet Riverdale Archie! Now that’d be enjoyable.

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