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| '']'' is an American ] |
'']'' is an American ] television series based on the characters of ]. The series was adapted for ] by Archie Comics' chief creative officer ], and is produced by ] and ], in association with ] and Archie Comics. Originally conceived as a feature film adaptation for ], the idea was re-imagined as a television series for ]. In 2015, development on the project moved to The CW, where the series was ordered for a pilot. Filming takes place in ], ]. The series debuted on January 26, 2017. | ||
| It features an ensemble cast based on the ] of Archie Comics, with ] in the role of ]; ] as ], ] as ], ] as ], the series' narrator, ] as ], ] as ], ] as ], ] as ] and ] as ]. {{Aired episodes|2017|1|26|2023|8|23|showpage=Riverdale (American TV series)|finished=all|seasons=7}} | |||
| The series debuted on January 26, 2017 to positive reviews. A 22-episode second season premiered on October 11, 2017, and concluded on May 16, 2018. On April 2, 2018, The CW renewed the series for a third season, which is set to premiere October 10, 2018.<ref name="Season3Premiere" /> {{Aired episodes|2018|5|11|num=35|title=Riverdale|finished=2}} | |||
| ==Series overview== | ==Series overview== | ||
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| ==Episodes== | ==Episodes== | ||
| ===Season 1 (2017)=== | ===Season 1 (2017)=== | ||
| {{Main|Riverdale season 1}} | |||
| {{Episode table |background=#813D3A |overall=5 |season=5 |title=29 |director=12 |writer=20 |airdate=13 |prodcode=7 |viewers=9 |country=US |episodes= | |||
| {{:Riverdale season 1}} | |||
| ===Season 2 (2017–18)=== | |||
| {{Main|Riverdale season 2}} | |||
| {{:Riverdale season 2}} | |||
| ===Season 3 (2018–19)=== | |||
| {{Main|Riverdale season 3}} | |||
| {{:Riverdale season 3}} | |||
| ===Season 4 (2019–20)=== | |||
| {{Main|Riverdale season 4}} | |||
| {{:Riverdale season 4}} | |||
| ===Season 5 (2021)=== | |||
| {{Main|Riverdale season 5}} | |||
| {{:Riverdale season 5}} | |||
| ===Season 6 (2021–22)=== | |||
| {{Episode table |background=#442B1A |overall=5 |season=5 |title=29 |director=12 |writer=20 |airdate=13|prodcode=7 |viewers=9 |country=U.S. |episodes= | |||
| {{Episode table/part|subtitle=Special Event: ''Rivervale''|r=<ref name="RivervaleEvent1">{{cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2021/11/05/the-flash-riverdale-new-nights-march-2022/|title=The Flash and Riverdale, Following Their 5-Episode Premiere Events, to Return in March|last=Webb Mitovich|first=Matt|date=November 5, 2021|work=]|access-date=December 1, 2021|archive-date=December 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203014724/https://tvline.com/2021/11/05/the-flash-riverdale-new-nights-march-2022/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="RivervaleEvent2">{{cite web|url=http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2021/06/15/the-cw-network-sets-2021-fall-premiere-dates-259314/20210615cw01/|title=The CW Network Sets 2021 Fall Premiere Dates|date=June 15, 2021|work=]|access-date=December 1, 2021}}</ref>|c=#442B1A}} | |||
| {{Episode list | {{Episode list | ||
| | EpisodeNumber = 96 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | |||
| | Title = Chapter Ninety-Six: Welcome to Rivervale | |||
| | DirectedBy = Gabriel Correa | |||
| | WrittenBy = ] | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|16}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23301 | |||
| | ProdCode = T15.10136<!--This production code appears on the copyright notice in the end-credits--> | |||
| | Viewers = 0.33<ref name="6.01">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-tuesday-11-16-2021-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.16.2021 Updated|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=November 17, 2021|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=November 17, 2021|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117211815/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-tuesday-11-16-2021-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Following the events of the explosion at the Andrews house, Archie and Betty awaken in the town of Rivervale. Archie and the gang attempt to stop Cheryl’s vendetta against the town of Rivervale after her secession. Betty and Archie talk about starting a family together. Cheryl hosts a Maple Fest at Thornhill, where Archie is crowned king and is given a pie as his prize. Later that evening, Archie and Betty eat the pie and have sex on the kitchen table. Archie is woken in the middle of the night and called to the maple grove, where the entire town is waiting to sacrifice him. Cheryl affixes him to a post and carves out his heart, as the town rejoices. | |||
| | ShortSummary = During an eventful summer, including the supposed drowning of quarterback Jason Blossom on the ], Archie Andrews discovers his passion for music. He soon begins his sophomore year and expresses his love for music to Betty Cooper, the sweet girl-next-door who harbors her own secret—her feelings for Archie. Meanwhile, Veronica Lodge, the daughter of Hermione and Hiram, a millionaire facing embezzlement charges, arrives in town, instantly capturing Archie's attention. Despite the fact that a love triangle is developing, Betty and Veronica become fast friends, united when Veronica stands up against the condescending captain of the cheerleading squad, Cheryl Blossom, who may be hiding a secret concerning her brother's death. Archie's former best friend, Jughead Jones, begins to write a novel retelling the events of the summer, including what happened between him and Archie. Kevin Keller and Moose Mason stumble across Jason's body, which has a gunshot wound to the head, by the lake. | |||
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| {{Episode list | {{Episode list | ||
| | EpisodeNumber = 97 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | |||
| | Title = Chapter Ninety-Seven: Ghost Stories | |||
| | DirectedBy = Gabriel Correa | |||
| | WrittenBy = Janine Salinas Schoenberg | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|23}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23302 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.34<ref name="6.02">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-tuesday-11-23-2021-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.23.2021 Updated|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=November 24, 2021|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=November 24, 2021|archive-date=November 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124211512/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-tuesday-11-23-2021-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Betty hunts La Llorona as she makes her way through Rivervale, haunting all of its residents. La Llorona nearly drowns Juniper in the bathtub at Thornhill and kidnaps Anthony from Toni’s apartment. Toni reveals to Betty that La Llorona likely materialized because she killed Darla Dickinson’s son in a gang fight. Darla called La Llorona to Rivervale to kill Anthony. Betty and Toni find the entity about to drown Anthony when Toni gives her soul to the ghost to save Anthony’s life. | |||
| | ShortSummary = Veronica's kiss with Archie strains his relationship with both girls, while Miss Grundy insists that he not reveal that the two of them heard the gunshot that may have killed Jason since it would also expose their secret affair. Kevin, disturbed by the discovery of Jason's body, refuses to acknowledge Moose's affections for him. Jughead, after accidentally discovering Archie and Grundy holding hands, deduces their secret and confronts Archie for refusing to go to the sheriff, Kevin's father. Archie asks his father, Fred, for advice and decides to come clean. Cheryl strikes up a friendship with Betty, but it soon ends when it becomes clear that she blames Betty's sister, Polly, for Jason's death. At a pep rally in his honor, Cheryl runs away after hallucinating Jason on the field; in the locker room, where Veronica has followed to comfort her, Cheryl admits to her that Jason was supposed to "come back." Against the wishes of her mother, Alice, Betty renews her friendship with both Archie and Veronica, while Archie also reconciles with Jughead. The next day, during science class, Cheryl is arrested due to evidence from Jason's autopsy, which revealed that he was actually murdered a week after the Fourth of July. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 98 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | |||
| | Title = Chapter Ninety-Eight: Mr. Cypher | |||
| | DirectedBy = ] | |||
| | WrittenBy = Greg Murray | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|30}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23303 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.26<ref name="6.03">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-tuesday-11-30-2021-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.30.2021 Updated|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=December 1, 2021|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=December 2, 2021|archive-date=May 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514003737/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-tuesday-11-30-2021-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals-to-come.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = The devil comes to Rivervale, posing under the alias of Louis Cypher. He threatens several of the town’s residents with their darkest secrets and sins and exchanges favors with them in turn for their souls. Jughead sells his soul to the devil, leading there to be a disgrace on his name. Veronica nearly sells her soul to the devil to avoid misfortune at the Babylonium, but sells Reggie’s soul instead when she realizes he undermined her. | |||
| | ShortSummary = Cheryl admits to Sheriff Keller and her parents, Clifford and Penelope, that Jason wanted to run away and she helped him fake his drowning. Betty, upset with how Alice is attacking the Blossom family in the press, restarts the school newspaper, ''The Blue and Gold'', and sends Jughead to interview the Adventure Scouts who found Cheryl at Sweet Water River just after Jason died. Veronica is enraged to learn that Chuck Clayton, whom she had one date with, has been ] her to the rest of the school and, when he refuses to stop, she, Betty, and Cheryl find evidence linking him and his friends, including Jason, to the shaming. Jughead learns from one of the Scouts that the shot heard on the Fourth of July was fired by the troop's Scoutmaster, Dilton Doiley, during a training exercise. Betty and Veronica drug and torture Chuck until he apologizes and Jughead pressures Dilton to come clean. Fred builds a grounded Archie a studio in which to practice, Chuck is kicked off the football team, and Betty and Cheryl burn the evidence together. Dilton reveals that he saw Miss Grundy's car by the river and Jughead realizes Archie's secret is at risk. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 99 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | |||
| | Title = Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Witching Hour(s) | |||
| | DirectedBy = James DeWille | |||
| | WrittenBy = Arabella Anderson | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|12|7}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23304 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.27<ref name="6.04">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-tuesday-12-7-2021-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.7.2021 Updated|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=December 8, 2021|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=December 8, 2021|archive-date=September 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922053049/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-tuesday-12-7-2021-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = As Bailey’s Comet travels over Rivervale, Nana Rose falls deathly ill. Cheryl calls in Sabrina Spellman from Greendale to help perform a transference of Nana Rose’s soul to Cheryl’s body. Realizing that she is inhabited with the soul of Abigail Blossom, Cheryl recounts the stories of Blossom women past who shared Abigail’s soul through the years, including Poppy Blossom in the 1950’s and Abigail Blossom herself in the late 1800’s. Cheryl realizes both women were victims of severe persecution, and she resonates with their pain. Cheryl and Sabrina perform a successful transference of Nana Rose’s soul to Cheryl’s body just as Bailey’s Comet passes over town. | |||
| | ShortSummary = Jughead despairs over the news that the local drive-in where he works is closing. At the diner, Betty spots Archie and Fred having dinner with Miss Grundy and she confronts him about their relationship. Under the guise of an interview, Betty questions Miss Grundy about her life, while Veronica demands answers from Hermione upon learning she was speaking to a gangbanger; Hermione insists that nothing shady happened. Betty and Veronica meet with Archie and inform him that there is no trace of Geraldine Grundy ever existing aside from a woman who died seven years ago. They break into her car and find a gun and ID with the name "Jennifer Gibson." Grundy reveals that she only wanted to escape from an abusive relationship. At the drive-in's final night, Veronica spots Hermione meeting with the same man from before. Alice exposes Archie's affair and threatens to put Grundy on trial, but agrees to stand down as long as she leaves town. Sheriff Keller finds that all of his evidence pertaining to Jason's murder has been stolen. Jughead vandalizes the projectionist's booth before leaving his temporary home in full view of the gang leader, who turns out to be his father. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 100 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred: The Jughead Paradox | |||
| | DirectedBy = Gabriel Correa | |||
| | WrittenBy = Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|12|14}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23305 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.29<ref name="6.05">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-tuesday-12-14-2021-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.14.2021 Updated|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=December 15, 2021|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=December 15, 2021|archive-date=December 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215211753/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-tuesday-12-14-2021-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Jughead becomes unnerved after discovering a dead body resembling him on the town's outskirts, and notices cracks in Rivervale's surface. Two versions of Reggie arrive, and he encounters living Jason Blossom and Ben Button. Uncovering ninety-five comics detailing Riverdale stories, he realizes they shift to Rivervale after Archie's house explosion. Recognizing a connection between the two universes, Jughead enlists Ethel Muggs and an alive Dilton Doiley to close the gap. Recreating events prior to the bomb, they successfully seal one Jughead in the bunker with Ethel, ensuring uninterrupted storytelling from the Rivervale universe. Jughead makes a call to Riverdale's Betty, warning and saving her and Archie from the explosion. | |||
| | ShortSummary = Angry at Cheryl for helping Jason run away, Clifford and Penelope refuse to allow her to speak at Jason's memorial, but Cheryl does so anyway, ultimately breaking down during her speech while wearing the white dress she had on the day he left. Coach Clayton pits Archie and Reggie Mantle against each other for the coveted spot of team captain. Archie is introduced to a potential songwriting mentor, who ultimately decides not to teach him. Trev informs Betty that Jason had become much more secretive in the weeks before his death and was rumored to be selling drugs. Jughead suggests searching the Blossom family mansion for clues during the memorial dinner. He and Betty encounter Jason's grandmother, Rose, who mistakes Betty for Polly and reveals that she and Jason were engaged. While cleaning the diner, Hermione finds a box with a snake inside it, a warning from the Serpents. Betty learns that her family has hated the Blossoms ever since their ancestor killed great-grandfather Cooper decades before. Archie is named captain, but turns it down to focus on his music. Jughead and Betty deduce that her father, Hal, is responsible for stealing the sheriff's evidence. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 101 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred and One: Unbelievable | |||
| | DirectedBy = James DeWille | |||
| | WrittenBy = James DeWille | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|3|20}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23306 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.23<ref name="6.06">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-3-20-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 3.20.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|work=Showbuzz Daily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=March 22, 2022|access-date=March 22, 2022|archive-date=March 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325174337/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-3-20-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Archie and Betty experience mysterious side effects from the explosion, with Betty sensing malice from a hospital orderly. Fangs and Toni's ceasefire attempt with the Ghoulies fails, leading to Archie confronting them alone. Veronica plots Hiram's demise but is too late to call off the hit. Jughead suffers hearing loss and seeks medical help. Cheryl attempts to reverse a curse but inadvertently becomes possessed. Percival Pickens offers to buy the Andrews house, but Archie refuses. | |||
| | ShortSummary = With Riverdale High's annual variety show approaching, Valerie's efforts to help Archie prepare for his debut performance lead to a major fallout with Josie. Meanwhile, Betty and Jughead's investigation into Jason's murder brings them face-to-face with Betty's sister Polly, who is revealed to be captive at a home for troubled youth, unaware of Jason's death and seven months pregnant. As Veronica decides to rebuild her relationship with her mother, she learns that Hermione is using her for her own purposes. At the same time, Hermione's first day of work at Andrews Construction brings her closer to Fred. Josie deals with her own family pressures after her father visits for her performance at the variety show. Betty confronts Hal and Alice about Jason's death to no avail, but grows closer to Jughead, eventually kissing him. After, they discover a car hidden in the woods containing drugs and Jason's belongings. However, an unknown perpetrator torches the car and destroys all the evidence before the police arrive, around the same time that Polly escapes from the home. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 102 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred and Two: Death at a Funeral | |||
| | DirectedBy = Tara Dafoe | |||
| | WrittenBy = ] | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|3|27}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23307 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.21<ref name="6.07">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-3-27-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 3.27.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|work=]|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=March 29, 2022|access-date=March 29, 2022|archive-date=March 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329220920/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-3-27-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Jughead grapples with hearing loss and writer's block but finds solace in creating a graphic novel. He discovers an ability to hear people's thoughts. Betty, after Glen goes missing, receives his dismembered body parts and is attacked by TBK. Deciding to leave town to protect others, she knows TBK will follow. Archie rebuilds his house but realizes palladium removes his invulnerability. Attacked by TBK, he's saved by Bingo's newfound healing ability. Veronica's family visits for Hiram's memorial, and after dealing with the consequences of her hit on him, Hermione and Reggie help her come to terms with his death. Veronica survives an assassination attempt, thanks to Heraldo. Abigail, revived to restore the Blossoms' glory, becomes obsessed with Toni and plans to reclaim her and destroy the offspring of those who wronged her. | |||
| | ShortSummary = Cheryl informs Sheriff Keller that Polly has escaped and the town organizes a search party to find her, which fails. As tensions continue to grow between the Blossoms and the Coopers, Betty finds her sister hiding in the attic of their house. Cheryl offers to help Betty take care of Polly. F.P., after being offered a job by Fred, reveals that he and Fred founded Andrews Construction together, but Fred kicked him out of the business after bailing him out of jail. Fred counters that F.P. was stealing money from him while abusing drugs and alcohol and that he had no choice. Jughead is taken into custody as a suspect in Jason's murder, but Fred provides Keller with an alibi. Cheryl suspects that her parents have bad intentions with Polly, so Polly moves in with the Lodges instead. F.P. is revealed to have Jason's jacket in his trailer. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 103 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred and Three: The Town | |||
| | DirectedBy = Rob Seidenglanz | |||
| | WrittenBy = Brian E. Paterson | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|4|3}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23308 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.18<ref name="6.08">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-4-3-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 4.3.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|work=Showbuzz Daily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=April 5, 2022|access-date=April 5, 2022|archive-date=July 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713173820/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-4-3-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Britta enters Abigail's mind to find Cheryl tormented by a specter of Penelope. She alerts Cheryl, allowing her to fight back against her mental trap. Percival denounces Riverdale and suggests bussing out the homeless. Archie's attempt to provide micro-houses is vandalized, leading to conflicts. Jughead discovers Percival has persuaded the homeless to leave. Veronica and Reggie face challenges opening a casino, including a suicide linked to Percival. Heraldo removes the body and footage shows Percival interacting with the man. Jughead tries to read Percival's mind but discovers Percival is aware of his telepathy. Heraldo reveals no record of Percival before Riverdale. Betty returns to town and learns about Percival from Archie. | |||
| | ShortSummary = Polly reveals to Sheriff Keller that Jason was supposed to make a drug delivery for "some biker gang", implied to be the Southside Serpents, in exchange for money before both of them ran away. Veronica suggests hosting a baby shower for Polly. Fred's workers leave because of promised work from Clifford. Archie tries to help Fred by getting some friends to work on the construction project, but Moose is attacked after witnessing someone vandalize the machinery and warned they should stop. After a confrontation with F.P. Jones in the Serpents' bar, Archie realizes Jughead's father is a Serpent. At the baby shower, Penelope and Alice argue over with whom Polly should live. Alice learns that Hal threatened Polly with an abortion, and when he refuses to let her come back, Alice kicks him out of the Cooper household. F.P. recruits some of his Serpents to replace Fred's crew and informs Hermione that Hiram was behind the attack on Fred's construction site. Polly chooses to live with the Blossoms. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 104 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred and Four: The Serpent Queen's Gambit | |||
| | DirectedBy = Antonio Negret | |||
| | WrittenBy = Danielle Iman | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|4|10}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23309 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.22<ref name="6.09">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-4-10-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 4.10.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|work=Showbuzz Daily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=April 12, 2022|access-date=April 12, 2022|archive-date=April 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412142236/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-4-10-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Abigail attempts to poison Archie, Betty, and Jughead, but Betty intervenes. After another attempt on Archie's life, Jughead reads Britta's mind, uncovering Abigail's plans. Together with Britta and Rose, they banish Abigail's spirit into the Julian doll, restoring Cheryl's body. A war between the Serpents and Ghoulies ensues, leading to Toni's removal from the town council. Fangs is arrested for possessing guns, and the Ghoulies kidnap Anthony. Toni agrees to a gang fight, but police intervention halts it. Later, Percival informs Toni that the Ghoulies were found dead, apparently by suicide. Kevin sues Toni and Fangs for custody of Anthony. Reggie adapts to his father's financial troubles by merging casino business with the dealership. Following Toni's dismissal, Percival is elected to the council by Alice and Frank. | |||
| | ShortSummary = As the Blossom family's annual maple tree-tapping ceremony approaches, Cheryl asks Archie to be her escort. When he refuses, Penelope offers to get him into an exclusive music school as a favor. Veronica grows close to Ethel but, when Hermione reveals that her father was one of Hiram's investors, she becomes distraught upon learning that he attempted suicide due to his financial hardship. Alice prepares to publish a full-blown exposé on the Blossoms, but Hal fires her from the paper as retaliation for being kicked out of the house. Betty gets a call from Archie, learning that Polly moved in with the Blossoms to uncover the truth about Jason's death. She and Jughead decide to write the tell-all exposé in ''The Blue and Gold'' and ask Alice to join them. Finally realizing that the Blossoms are using him, Archie attempts to reconcile with Val, but she breaks up with him. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 105 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred and Five: Folk Heroes | |||
| | DirectedBy = Gabriel Correa | |||
| | WrittenBy = Devon Turner | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|4|17}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23310 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.23<ref name="6.10">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-4-17-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 4.17.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|work=Showbuzz Daily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=April 19, 2022|access-date=April 19, 2022|archive-date=July 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718235224/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-4-17-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Archie attempts to revitalize Riverdale by setting a Guinness World Record, showcasing his invulnerability. He invites KO Kelly for a boxing match, but Percival, unable to harm Archie, injures KO and fights Archie himself, utilizing palladium in his glove. Percival steps down as a deputy, opens a curiosity shop, and reveals various town secrets to Veronica. Veronica breaks up with Reggie but resolves issues with Tabitha and Toni. Betty, aided by the FBI, discovers Cheryl has developed pyrokinesis, leading to spontaneous combustions. Cheryl learns to control her abilities with Betty's help. | |||
| | ShortSummary = Fred leaves for ] to finalize his divorce, leaving Archie alone. Betty learns that Jughead's birthday is coming up and that he has never had an actual party. She and Veronica persuade Archie to let them throw it at his house. Hiram threatens retaliation against Hermione if Veronica refuses to testify on his behalf. The Vixens elect Veronica as captain over Cheryl, who retaliates by crashing the party with Chuck and his friends. F.P. also shows up after Betty's insistence. Jughead argues with Betty and tries to leave, but Cheryl forces him to stay for a "game" in which participants are forced to reveal their secrets. Jughead and Chuck get into a fight and F.P. declares the party over. He urges his son to reconcile with Betty and confronts Alice, implying she was once a member of the Serpents. Archie and Veronica comfort each other and share a kiss. Veronica agrees to testify on Hiram's behalf. To Archie's surprise, his father returns home with his mother, Mary. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 106 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred and Six: Angels in America | |||
| | DirectedBy = Claudia Yarmy | |||
| | WrittenBy = Evan Kyle | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|4|24}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23311 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.21<ref name="6.11">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-4-24-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 4.24.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|work=Showbuzz Daily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=April 26, 2022|access-date=April 26, 2022|archive-date=April 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426224745/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-4-24-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Tabitha discovers Percival's plan to build a railroad through Riverdale and construct a station on Pop's. When seeking help from others, they refuse. Jughead suggests turning Pop's into a landmark, revealing his and others' powers. Tabitha, attacked by an armed robber at Pop's, is shot and awakens in 1944. She learns about her ability to time travel and prevents Riverdale from becoming a sundown town, facing opposition from Percival. Sent to 1968, she protects the black community during MLK's assassination. In 1999, with Raphael (now Betty), she traces vandalism to a shop owned by Percival, defeating him and returning to the present. Tabitha shares her powers and visions, urging the group to save Pop's and prevent a future disaster in Riverdale. | |||
| | ShortSummary = While Archie and his mother reconnect, Veronica learns that Hiram may soon be released from prison. F.P. questions the purpose of Jughead's novel, urging him to consider moving on. To learn the truth about Hiram, Veronica decides to investigate F.P. as a possible suspect in Jason's murder. The Blossoms, increasingly suspicious of Polly, forbid her from entering their master bedroom. Fred and Mary agree to attend homecoming together. Polly and Cheryl discover the former's engagement ring in Penelope's jewelry collection, which she claims is because Jason threw it away in disgust after arguing with Clifford. At a contentious dinner, Alice tries to question F.P., but he shuts her down. Afterwards, he informs Jughead that they will be moving to ] to reunite with the rest of the Jones family. While Archie and Veronica perform "]" at homecoming, the police execute a search warrant on F.P.'s trailer, find a gun, and arrest him for murder. Jughead disappears and Archie and Veronica deduce that someone is framing F.P. for Jason's death. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 107 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred and Seven: In the Fog | |||
| | DirectedBy = Jeff Woolnough | |||
| | WrittenBy = Chrissy Maroon | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|5|1}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23312 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.16<ref name="6.12">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-5-1-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 5.1.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|work=Showbuzz Daily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=May 3, 2022|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=July 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718074548/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-5-1-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary =A fog envelops Riverdale, trapping everyone in their current locations. Archie and Betty confront a potential pregnancy, reaffirming their commitment. Cheryl receives letters from Penelope, who reveals her decision to become a nun. Veronica and Reggie rekindle their relationship but recognize unhealthy patterns, leading to a permanent breakup. Kevin reconnects with Moose during dinner with Toni and Fangs, reigniting their romance. Kevin offers joint custody for Anthony, but Fangs plans to fight. Tabitha confesses her time-traveling mission to Jughead, who accepts a future where Percival wins and prepares to face it. After the fog lifts, Alice announces Percival as Riverdale's new mayor, dissolving the council. | |||
| | ShortSummary = Jughead calls his mother, but she refuses to let him move in with her. F.P. confesses to everything, including Jason's murder. Betty and Alice catch Hal trying to destroy evidence and learn the family secret: the Coopers are, in fact, Blossoms by blood, making Jason and Polly's relationship technically ]. The Coopers take Polly back to their home. Mary, posing as F.P.'s lawyer, advises Jughead to visit his father, who tells him never to come see him again. With Joaquin's help, the group tracks down one of F.P.'s associates, but finds him dead of an apparent overdose. The police are summoned and find a bag full of money with Hermione's initials on it. With both Hal and Hermione cleared as suspects, Jughead and Betty investigate a lead from Kevin and find Jason's varsity jacket. Inside one of the pockets, they find a thumb drive and discover Clifford murdered Jason, which they tell Cheryl. Nevertheless, Jughead learns that his father's other charges will not be dropped. Veronica learns that Hiram has been released and is coming to Riverdale and Mary returns to Chicago. When the police go to arrest Clifford, they discover he has hanged himself in the syrup distillery. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 108 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred and Eight: Ex-Libris | |||
| | DirectedBy = ] | |||
| | WrittenBy = Aaron Allen | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|5|8}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23313 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.19<ref name="6.13">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-5-8-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 5.8.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|work=Showbuzz Daily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=May 10, 2022|access-date=May 10, 2022|archive-date=May 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513104431/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-5-8-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Reggie moves out after Betty's negative pregnancy test. Percival pursues overdue library books from the gang, taking their belongings as collateral. He uses the items to torment them with traumatic memories. Betty recalls Hal's crimes, Archie confronts his affair with Miss Grundy, Jughead faces his grandfather's death, Veronica grapples with loneliness, and Cheryl encounters the ghost of Heather. Reggie and Kevin evade Percival's book hunt. Percival gains an ally in Reggie, leading to a surprising kiss with Kevin. Veronica discovers Heraldo's death from a black widow spider bite. Dr. Curdle confirms the cause. The gang returns books, regaining their items. Cheryl hosts a gathering to burn their possessions, breaking Percival's hold. | |||
| | ShortSummary = It is revealed that Clifford was in the drug business and Jason found out. Clifford killed Jason to stop him from exposing the family business. F.P. is cleared of all charges relating to the murder, but remains in police custody. Alice reveals to Betty that, in high school, she found out she was pregnant, but Hal sent her to the Sisters of Silent Mercy and made her give up the child, a baby boy, for adoption. Jughead is placed in the care of a foster family and transfers to Southside High. Devastated by her father's secrets and suicide, Cheryl attempts to drown herself in Sweetwater River, but Archie, along with Veronica, Betty, and Jughead, saves her. Cheryl later burns down the Thornhill mansion, much to Penelope's dismay. The next day, Archie meets Fred at Pop's, where a masked gunman arrives and demands Pop turn over his money. He then tells Fred to turn over his wallet at gunpoint. When Archie tries to intervene, the gunman shoots Fred. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 109 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 14 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred and Nine: Venomous | |||
| | DirectedBy = Lisa Soper | |||
| | WrittenBy = Tessa Leigh Williams | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|5|15}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23314 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.20<ref name="6.14">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-5-15-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 5.15.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|work=Showbuzz Daily|first=Mitch|last=Salem|date=May 17, 2022|access-date=May 17, 2022|archive-date=July 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720040450/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-5-15-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Archie seeks Cheryl's help to overcome his palladium weakness, and a successful ritual transforms his body. Betty turns to Jughead to uncover repressed memories, revealing that Alice tested positive for the serial killer gene. Hal and Alice covered up a murder together, upsetting Betty. Veronica clashes with Reggie for control of the Babylonium, managing the intense toxins her body produces. Cheryl reaches out to Heather against Nana Rose's advice, and Jughead reminisces about his time with Betty as Heather surprises Cheryl at Thornhill. | |||
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| ===Season 2 (2017–18)=== | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 110 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 15 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred and Ten: Things That Go Bump in the Night | |||
| | DirectedBy = Gabriel Correa | |||
| | WrittenBy = Gigi Swift & Ryan Terrebonne | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|5|22}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23315 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.21<ref name="6.15">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-5-22-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 5.22.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|work=]|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=May 24, 2022|access-date=May 24, 2022|archive-date=July 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718073342/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-5-22-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Heather mentors Cheryl in the arcane arts, revealing her witch identity. Betty, alarmed by threatening auras, consults Agent Drake. They attribute her visions to individuals without the MAOA gene, but Betty sees an aura around her reflection, complicating matters. Veronica seeks Jughead's help to boost Babylonium's business, dealing with Reggie's blackmail by instructing Jughead to erase his memory. Toni and Fangs battle for Anthony's custody, with Fangs facing job struggles. Archie and Tabitha dismantle Pop's against Percival's demolition, but the diner reassembles overnight. Tabitha learns it's inhabited by ghosts and compromises to move the diner rapidly. | |||
| | ShortSummary = After being shot, Fred is rushed to the hospital by Archie, who is soon joined by his friends. Sheriff Keller gains a description of the shooter from Archie and calls him in for a lineup, but none of the men in the lineup are the shooter. When Veronica searches Fred's belongings, Archie sees that his wallet is missing. Betty and Jughead visit Pop's to look for the wallet but find nothing; instead, they learn from Pop that the shooter did not take any money from the register, meaning that it was actually a hit against Fred. Jughead asks the Southside Serpents to investigate the shooting, but to no avail. Veronica accuses Hermione of hiring a hitman to kill Fred, but she vehemently denies this and tensions develop between them when Veronica is not sure of her mother is telling the truth. Meanwhile, Cheryl intimidates Penelope—who suffers severe burns due to the fire at their mansion and is hospitalized—into lying that it was an accident. Fred survives his shooting. Hiram returns to Riverdale, further escalating the tensions in the Lodge family. In the nearby town of Greendale, Ms. Grundy is strangled to death by Fred's shooter. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 111 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 16 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred and Eleven: Blue Collar | |||
| | DirectedBy = Tara Dafoe | |||
| | WrittenBy = James DeWille & Arabella Anderson | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|5|29}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23316 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.17<ref name="6.16">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-5-29-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 5.29.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|work=Showbuzz Daily|first=Mitch|last=Salem|date=June 1, 2022|access-date=June 1, 2022|archive-date=July 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718234129/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-5-29-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Archie and Tabitha rally Percival's work crew to unionize, investigating the Pickens' history for evidence of mistreatment with Cheryl's help. Heather aids Cheryl in a spell to enter Percival's shop unnoticed for a book retrieval. Meanwhile, Reggie and Percival manipulate Jughead's mind in retaliation, and Toni and Fangs continue their custody battle against Kevin. Toni recruits Britta to babysit Anthony, leading Kevin to seek a pacifier test for paternity. However, Toni confronts him, sparking a heated argument. Betty discovers Charles, dying of leukemia, in her bed. She enlists Veronica and Agent Drake to remove toxins from Charles's body through a blood transfusion, seemingly succeeding. Determined to trap TBK, Betty seeks permission from Veronica to host a serial killer convention at the Babylonium. | |||
| | ShortSummary = After learning of Ms. Grundy's murder, an increasingly anxious Archie suspects that her death is connected with Fred's shooting, which pushes him to get a gun from Dilton Doiley. Following the shooting, business at Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe has declined, leading Pop to consider selling the diner, but Betty convinces Pop to let her throw a retro fun night to drum up business. Jughead learns that F.P. is facing 20 years in prison and seeks help from Penny Peabody, a Serpent lawyer, who advises Jughead to ask the Blossoms to testify on F.P.'s behalf. Cheryl initially refuses, but relents when Betty extorts her with the video of Jason's murder. With Cheryl's testimony, the judge decides to revisit F.P's sentence. Hiram quietly buys the diner from Pop, but tells Veronica he made a "charitable donation". In the woods, Moose Mason and Midge Klump take some jingle jangle (a new drug to Riverdale), and as they do so, they are shot by Fred's shooter. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 112 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 17 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred and Twelve: American Psychos | |||
| | DirectedBy = Gabriel Correa | |||
| | WrittenBy = Tessa Leigh Williams & Greg Murray | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|6|12}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23317 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.24<ref name="6.17">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-6-12-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 6.12.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|work=Showbuzz Daily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=June 14, 2022|access-date=June 14, 2022|archive-date=June 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614141030/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-6-12-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Betty and Veronica finalize plans for the convention, while Toni informs Cheryl about the wedding, leading Cheryl to cast a misfortune spell with Kevin's help. When the spell backfires, Heather intervenes to assist with Anthony's colic. Archie and Tabitha continue opposing Percival, convincing the work crew to quit, with Archie singing ] at the construction site. Agent Drake confesses her feelings to Betty during the convention, leading to a confrontation with Veronica. Betty receives a call from TBK at the convention, making her believe he's present. Later, she encounters TBK at her house, discovering an FBI agent murdered and her family tied up. After confronting TBK in the garage, Betty kills him. Returning home, she has a crucial conversation with Archie to solidify the direction of their relationship. | |||
| | ShortSummary = Kevin, who was in the forest, hears the gunshots and rushes to find Midge crying. Moose, who shielded Midge from the gunfire, is hospitalized and survives. Following the incident, Archie founds a vigilante group called the Red Circle, to protect Riverdale High students. The Coopers receive a letter from "the ]", taking responsibility for the shootings and the murder of Ms. Grundy, and detailing his intentions to target sinners. Polly leaves town, fearing for her babies. Meanwhile, Jughead begins his tenure at Southside High, befriends Toni Topaz, a Serpent, and refounds the school newspaper, the Red and Black, under the advisory of English teacher Robert Philips. Kevin keeps going out late at night, which concerns Betty. Betty follows him on one of his runs, which leads to him lashing out at her. Hiram tells Archie that he should utilize the Black Hood's main weapons for the Red Circle. Inspired by this, the Red Circle makes a video calling out the Black Hood. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 113 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 18 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred and Thirteen: Biblical | |||
| | DirectedBy = Ronald Paul Richard | |||
| | WrittenBy = Janine Salinas Schoenberg & Brian E. Paterson | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|6|26}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23318 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.29<ref name="6.18">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-6-26-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 6.26.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|work=Showbuzz Daily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=June 28, 2022|access-date=June 28, 2022|archive-date=June 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628141751/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-6-26-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Jughead struggles in the bunker as Archie and Tabitha work to maintain hope within the union. Percival brings plagues to the town, turning the Sweetwater River red. Veronica faces challenges in planning Toni and Fangs' wedding, and Cheryl's attempt to set Percival on fire fails, resulting in tragedy. Betty discovers Percival's plan to capture her, and a confrontation ensues. Betty, aided by the gang using Heather's invisibility spell, manages to incapacitate Percival before Toni's wedding. However, Percival escapes and causes the death of all first-born children in Riverdale, including Archie, Jughead, Fangs, and Toni. Jughead encounters his Rivervale counterpart, and Heather decides to seek assistance from Sabrina Spellman. | |||
| | ShortSummary = Archie's viral video results in negative repercussions, as Principal Waldo Weatherbee demands he disband the Red Circle. Though Archie refuses, the Red Circle disbands regardless due to the football team being suspended but later reassembles when Archie runs afoul of the Serpents and assists him in a rumble, in which Dilton is injured. Veronica finds out that Archie intends to murder the Black Hood and convinces him to discard his gun. Betty receives a letter from the Black Hood, revealing that her speech from the jubilee ball inspired his actions and gives her a cipher that only she could solve. Mayor Sierra McCoy (Josie's mother) hosts a town meeting to discuss action against the Black Hood, in which Alice blames the Serpents, but Fred argues against letting fear rule them. Betty and Jughead figure out that the Black Hood intends to attack town hall and have the meeting evacuated, before showing the letter to her parents, Sheriff Keller and Mayor McCoy. Later, Betty receives a call from the Black Hood. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 114 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 19 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred and Fourteen: The Witches of Riverdale | |||
| | DirectedBy = Alex Sanjiv Pillai | |||
| | WrittenBy = Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Chrissy Maroon | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|7|10}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23319 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.22<ref name="6.19">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-7-10-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 7.10.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|work=Showbuzz Daily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=July 12, 2022|access-date=July 12, 2022|archive-date=July 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715045426/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-7-10-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Heather calls Sabrina Spellman to resurrect their deceased friends. Kevin attempts to leave town, but is captured by Percival. Sabrina inducts Betty, Veronica, and Tabitha into the coven, using Jughead's body to bring back Nick Scratch. To rescue their friends from the afterlife, Cheryl, Veronica, and Tabitha are sent through Charon, encountering various challenges. Sabrina and Nick share a final date before he returns to the afterlife. Percival captures Kevin, offering his heart to save Marty. Reggie and Kevin are captured after a failed rescue attempt. Cheryl, with her phoenix powers, forcibly resurrects their friends, including Jason and Polly. Percival plans to kill them, but Reggie reveals a hidden plan. Tabitha unveils Anthony's immortality and her role as Riverdale's guardian angel. | |||
| | ShortSummary = The Black Hood reveals to Betty that he knows where Polly is and threatens to kill her unless she publishes a mugshot of Alice, which she does. Hiram invites the St. Clair's, friends of the Lodges from New York. On the Southside, Jughead attempts to stop Sweet Pea and the Serpents from blowing up the Riverdale Register office and joins the gang to prevent this from happening. The Black Hood forces Betty to cut ties with Veronica and Jughead and later gives her a hood. At the Lodge's open house event, Nick St. Clair drugs Cheryl and takes her back to his hotel room to rape her, but is stopped and beaten by Veronica and the Pussycats. Jughead and Toni sit in his trailer, where he tells her his relationship with Betty is over; they kiss. Back at Betty's house, the Black Hood tells her she has broken the rules and he will now kill Polly unless she gives him the name of a "sinner" to kill, to which Betty names Nick St. Clair. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 115 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 20 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred and Fifteen: Return to Rivervale | |||
| | DirectedBy = Anna Kerrigan | |||
| | WrittenBy = ] & Devon Turner | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|7|17}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23320 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.26<ref name="6.20">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-7-17-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 7.17.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|work=Showbuzz Daily|first=Mitch|last=Salem|date=July 19, 2022|access-date=July 19, 2022|archive-date=September 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928122912/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-7-17-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Jughead discovers his ability to open portals and travels with Tabitha to the Rivervale universe for answers about Percival. Meanwhile, Tom and Frank hold Kevin, Marty, and Reggie hostage at the Babylonium to prevent their execution. Alice interviews Percival, learning that he's an immortal being brought into Riverdale during the bomb incident. He seeks revenge against the ancestors of the gang, the early settlers. Betty reunites with Polly, realizing her evil doesn't define her. Cheryl and Archie plan to sabotage train tracks after freeing the hostages. Jughead and Tabitha gather intel from Mr. Cypher in Rivervale, realizing the challenge against Percival in Riverdale is formidable. Jughead opens a portal to help the escape of Kevin, Reggie, and Marty. In retaliation, Percival announces the execution of Frank, Tom, and Alice to the gang. | |||
| | ShortSummary = The Black Hood challenges Betty to find the identity of The Sugarman, who has been supplying the jingle jangle to Riverdale. Cheryl wants to press charges against Nick, whom the Black Hood did not attack, but Penelope agrees not to in exchange for money from the St. Clair's. Archie goes to Southside High, where he saves Jughead from a raid organized by McCoy and Sheriff Keller. Tall Boy, F.P.'s right hand man, reaches an agreement with the Ghoulies, the dealers of jingle jangle. Jughead and Archie visit F.P., who tells Jughead to challenge the Ghoulies to a race. During the race, Archie pulls the brake on Jughead's car, and reveals he called Sheriff Keller, who arrests the Ghoulies leader. Veronica convinces Hiram and Hermione to stop investing with the St. Clair's, while Cheryl does the same with Penelope. Later, the Lodges receive a call that the St. Clair's have been run off the road, but will recover in months. Penelope reveals to Cheryl that the Sugarman is Robert Philips; Cheryl later tells Betty, who exposes him in the Blue and Gold. Philips is subsequently arrested and shot by the Black Hood in jail. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 116 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 21 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred and Sixteen: The Stand | |||
| | DirectedBy = Cierra Glaudé | |||
| | WrittenBy = Danielle Iman & Evan Kyle | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|7|24}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23321 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.23<ref name="6.21">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-7-24-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 7.24.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|work=Showbuzz Daily|first=Mitch|last=Metcalf|date=July 26, 2022|access-date=July 26, 2022|archive-date=September 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928030141/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-7-24-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = The group attempts to negotiate with Percival, but he refuses and presents the corpses of Alice, Frank, and Tom without heads. Cheryl can't resurrect them. Percival uses a spell to make Reggie, Jason, Veronica's grandmother, and Glen's corpse attack the gang. Cheryl kills Jason again. Tabitha ages Anthony into a young adult and attacks Percival, who escapes. Pop's is disassembled and reassembled, confronting Percival. Archie, Betty, Veronica, Cheryl, and Reggie are subdued, and Jughead enters Percival's mind, tricking him to abandon his body. Percival returns to Rivervale Pop's, where counterparts stab him. Tabitha brings him back before immortality, and as he dies, he casts a final spell. In Riverdale, Cheryl resurrects Alice, Frank, and Tom, discovering Percival redirected Bailey's Comet to destroy Riverdale, confirming Tabitha's vision. | |||
| | ShortSummary = After killing Phillips, the Black Hood leaves a letter at Pop's challenging Riverdale to go 48 hours without sinning, or he will kill again. Jughead is enlisted by Penny Peabody to deliver a crate of drugs to repay her for her earlier help, which he does with Archie. She says this is a one-time thing, but Jughead later finds she was lying. Josie begins to receive weird messages from a secret admirer, implied to be Cheryl, including a box with a pig's heart. Mayor McCoy reprimands her for coming home late, revealing she has received death threats. Betty, realizing that Phillips was killed in the sheriff's office, believes Sheriff Keller might be the Black Hood. She investigates, but Keller is able to provide proof that he is not the Black Hood. However, Betty and Veronica discover that he is having an affair with Mayor McCoy. Archie, Jughead, Betty, Veronica, Josie, and Cheryl all gather at Pop's. After Jughead leaves to visit F.P., the Black Hood calls Pop to inform him Riverdale failed his challenge, and Pop grimly announces that "The reckoning is upon us". | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 117 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 22 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred and Seventeen: Night of the Comet | |||
| | DirectedBy = Gabriel Correa | |||
| | WrittenBy = Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Aaron Allen | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|7|31}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23322 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.17<ref name="6.22">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-7-31-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 7.31.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|work=Showbuzz Daily|first=Mitch|last=Salem|date=August 2, 2022|access-date=August 2, 2022|archive-date=September 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928100825/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-7-31-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = As the comet approaches, Cheryl, Heather, and Toni make a deal with Abigail to destroy the comet and break the barrier. Cheryl, with her powers, can melt the comet, but it might result in the death of some resurrected individuals. Mary helps Archie confront his hero complex. Betty declines a promotion, focusing on positivity. Veronica learns independence and gives the casino to Reggie. Jughead and Tabitha share their lives using her powers. Heather reveals Cheryl and Toni's soulmate connection. Veronica filters powers, transferring all to Cheryl, who melts the comet. The gang wakes up in 1955, back in high school, with only Jughead remembering their past lives. | |||
| | ShortSummary = F.P. is released from jail and begins working at Pop's, intending to quit the Serpents. Jughead and Betty decide to throw F.P. a "retirement" party at the Whyte Worm, so they enlist Archie and Veronica to do the detective work. While Jughead reconnects with his dad, Betty goes to the Whyte Worm to organize the party. There, she meets Toni and tells her she wants to keep watch over Jughead. Archie and Veronica follow a lead on a past serial killer called the Riverdale Reaper, who murdered a family of four before being killed himself by a lynch mob. Their investigation leads them to discover there was a fifth member of the family, which they discover to be the school's janitor, Joseph Svenson. Archie and Veronica confront Svenson, but decide he isn't the Black Hood. At the party, F.P., who is upset that Jughead helped Peabody, decides to stay with the Serpents. Outside, Veronica breaks up with Archie following a discussion about love. Jughead, not wanting to bring Betty into the Serpents' business, also ends their relationship. | |||
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| ===Season 7 (2023)=== | |||
| {{Episode table |background=#864123 |overall=5 |season=5 |title=29 |director=12 |writer=20 |airdate=13|prodcode=7 |viewers=9 |country=U.S. |writerR=<ref name="WGA">{{Cite web|url=https://directories.wga.org/project/1119068/riverdale/|title=Riverdale|website=]|access-date=January 18, 2023|archive-date=January 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117010219/https://directories.wga.org/project/1119068/riverdale/|url-status=live}}</ref> |airdateR=<ref name="Futon">{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/riverdale/listings/|title=Shows A-Z - Riverdale on CW|website=]|access-date=July 27, 2023}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |episodes= | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 118 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred and Eighteen: Don't Worry, Darling | |||
| | DirectedBy = Ronald Paul Richard | |||
| | WrittenBy = ] & Danielle Iman | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|3|29}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23901 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.26<ref name="7.01">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-3-29-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Wednesday 3.29.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|last=Salem|first=Mitch|date=March 30, 2023|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=March 30, 2023|archive-date=March 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330202542/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-3-29-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = In the aftermath of Bailey's Comet in 1955, Riverdale takes on a new dynamic. Betty and Kevin are dating, Cheryl's twin brother Julian is alive, and Jughead lives alone with a pet dog. Fred died in the Korean War, and Archie, forbidden from driving by Mary after ]'s death, competes for Veronica Lodge's attention. Following ]'s murder, Jughead tries to connect with Tabitha, who later leaves to tour with Till's family. Jughead unearths a time capsule from high school, but the others dismiss his claims. Veronica's exile to Riverdale is revealed, tied to her involvement in James Dean's accident. Betty and Toni draw attention to Till's injustice, and Jughead encounters Tabitha from the original timeline. She discloses that the comet hit Riverdale, prompting her to protect them by sending them to the past and erasing Jughead's memory to preserve the timeline. | |||
| | ShortSummary = Fred receives a hospital bill of $86,000. Failing to convince her parents to help Fred, Veronica sneaks into Hiram's study and finds out that he bought Pop's. She later convinces him and Hermione to stop hiding secrets from her and help Fred. Jughead rallies the younger Serpents, who kidnap Peabody and cut off her Serpent tattoo. Betty and Archie receive a box from the Black Hood, containing Svenson's severed finger. They then receive a call from the Black Hood, who challenges them to find Svenson. They are able to find Svenson's location, but instead find an empty coffin. The Black Hood then arrives and tries to force Betty into burying Archie alive, but flees when the police arrive. After a chase, Keller shoots and kills the Black Hood before he can escape. The Black Hood is then revealed to be Svenson himself. Later, with the Black Hood dead, Veronica and Archie get back together, while Betty throws away all of her findings surrounding Svenson, but she keeps the hood he gave her earlier. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 119 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred and Nineteen: Skip, Hop, and Thump! | |||
| | DirectedBy = Ronald Paul Richard | |||
| | WrittenBy = Ariana Jackson | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|4|5}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23902 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.27<ref name="7.02">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-4-5-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Wednesday 4.5.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|last=Salem|first=Mitch|date=April 6, 2023|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=April 6, 2023|archive-date=April 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406202506/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-4-5-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary =Archie writes a poem to ask Veronica to the sock hop but gives up when he sees her considering others. Betty gets upset with Kevin's hesitation and develops feelings for Archie. Kevin is drawn to the new student, Clay Walker. Encouraged by Alice, Kevin commits to Betty, giving her Alice's pin. Toni convinces Cheryl to choose Fangs for the sock hop performance. Jughead confronts Pep Comics for stealing his story and gets hired by editor Al Fieldstone, who later brings in Ethel as an artist. Despite disapproval from Ethel's parents, she and Jughead agree to attend the sock hop together. At the event, Veronica apologizes to Archie, but he rejects her. Toni dances with Cheryl, upsetting Principal Featherhead. Ethel arrives, covered in blood, with news of a terrible incident. | |||
| | ShortSummary = The Lodges strike a deal with Mayor McCoy for land which involves shutting down Southside High, causing Jughead, Toni, Sweet Pea and the other Serpents to transfer to Riverdale High, putting them at odds with other students. Archie is approached by ] Agent Adams, who wants his help on finding proof of Hiram's criminal dealings. Archie agrees to help in exchange for immunity for Veronica and Fred. Archie investigates Nick, who implies that Hiram was behind his car crash, which broke both of his legs. Despite Hal's objections, Betty and Alice track down Alice's son she gave up for adoption, Chic. Chic initially refuses to come with them, but Betty returns to his residence and saves him from an assault, bringing him to the Cooper household. Jughead, following advice from F.P., gets his fellow Serpents to lay low. Archie reveals to Adams that he secretly doubts Svenson was really the Black Hood. That night, Chic lurks in Betty's room while she sleeps. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 120 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred and Twenty: Sex Education | |||
| | DirectedBy = James DeWille | |||
| | WrittenBy = Janine Salinas Schoenberg | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|4|12}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23903 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.22<ref name="7.03">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-4-12-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Wednesday 4.12.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=April 13, 2023|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=April 13, 2023|archive-date=April 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413202649/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-4-12-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Ethel claims a milkman killed her parents, though the authorities don't believe her. Afterward, she moves in with the Coopers, to Hal's displeasure, and tells Jughead some of the pictures she drew are of her parents' deaths. He retrieves them from her house, but is nearly caught by Betty, who takes clothes and a book on sex education. Penelope pressures Cheryl to date a boy, and she starts a relationship with Archie. The students attend an open mic at the coffee shop, where Cheryl is aroused by Toni, and fantasize about each other. After a lecture on sex education, Veronica, who still has feelings for Archie, invites the students to a makeout party, though Clay declines and confesses to Kevin that he is gay. At the makeout party, Cheryl goes further with Archie, Veronica and Jughead begin a relationship, and Betty finds Kevin is not aroused by her while Archie was, and gives her boyfriend the book to get him interested. The next day, Ethel and Jughead are confronted in the principal's office by Sheriff Keller, who shows them he searched Jughead's home and found Ethel's drawings and a comic about a homicidal milkman, seemingly believing they are guilty. | |||
| | ShortSummary = Pickens' Day, a day in remembrance of Riverdale's founder, nears. Archie tries out for the wrestling team in order to impress Hiram, a former wrestler. Betty learns that Chic is a ], and attempts to reach out to him. Jughead interviews Toni's grandfather for a school project, learning that he is a member of a Native American tribe which was slaughtered by Pickens. Jughead publishes the story, escalting tensions with the two sides. At the Pickens' Day fest, the Serpents protest the event, but Hiram spins their words positively. That night, Archie meets with Hiram, who offers him his business tutelage, which Archie accepts. The next morning, Mayor McCoy, Sheriff Keller, and the Lodges meet at the statue of Pickens, which has been decapitated. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 121 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-One: Love & Marriage | |||
| | DirectedBy = Claudia Yarmy | |||
| | WrittenBy = Chrissy Maroon | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|4|19}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23904 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.25<ref name="7.04">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-4-19-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Wednesday 4.19.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|last=Salem|first=Mitch|date=April 20, 2023|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=April 20, 2023|archive-date=April 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420202531/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-4-19-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Jughead and Ethel are arrested for the murders. Veronica gets Jughead released, and he reveals Julian was with Ethel during the murders. They force him to tell the police and Ethel is released. She also helps him refurbish his home, and they share a kiss. Betty breaks up with Kevin when he returns the book and admits he wants to wait until marriage. When she sees him with Clay, she realizes he is gay and tells Alice, who tries to convince her it is just a phase. She confronts Kevin, and they repair their friendship. He later tells her Alice gave him the pin, and she confronts her mother, who reveals she has burned the sex book and sent Ethel to the Sisters of Quiet Mercy. Archie and Cheryl, claiming to have had sex, are pressured to get married by their parents. However, Cheryl eventually decides to stop denying her sexuality, and breaks up with Archie, encouraging him to pursue Betty. Mary calls Archie's uncle Frank to come and get him back on track. Fangs and Midge get pregnant, but her parents refuse to let them marry, so Fangs decides to become a rock star to be acceptable to them. | |||
| | ShortSummary = Veronica's ] nears, bringing many Lodge family members and business associates to Riverdale. While serving at a poker game with Hiram and his associates, Archie learns that Hiram is a ] and his associates are planning his 'removal' after Veronica's confirmation. Archie alerts Hiram to this, and Hiram later arranges that mobster's death. Meanwhile, Mayor McCoy orchestrates the eviction of all Serpents from their trailer park. Jughead and Betty are alerted to the location of the Pickens head by a scrapyard owner, who gives them evidence that Tall Boy decapitated the statue. Jughead and F.P. put Tall Boy on trial, who reveals that Hiram assisted him launching a mutiny so that Tall Boy could remove F.P. and Jughead from the Serpents. Betty and Jughead get back together. A strange man comes to the Cooper house asking for Chic. Later, Betty returns home to find Alice cleaning up the man's blood. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 122 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Two: Tales in a Jugular Vein | |||
| | DirectedBy = ] | |||
| | WrittenBy = Greg Murray | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|4|26}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23905 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.19<ref name="7.05">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-4-26-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Wednesday 4.26.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=April 27, 2023|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=April 27, 2023|archive-date=April 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427202301/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-4-26-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Mr. Fieldstone assigns Jughead to write four stories despite censorship concerns. Jughead shares the stories with Veronica. In the first, Dilton, bullied by the basketball team, retaliates by killing them and using their heads as basketballs. In the second, Archie stays overnight at Thornhill, engaging with Cheryl who has leprosy. The third story features Betty's popularity taking a deadly turn when black widow spiders nest in her new hairstyle. The final story depicts Archie's demise after dating both Betty and Veronica. Veronica breaks up with Jughead due to the stories' negative portrayal of women, though Mr. Fieldstone approves and offers to credit Jughead. | |||
| | ShortSummary = Betty and Alice clean up the man's body and dispose of it with help from Jughead and F.P. Jughead sends the Pickens' statue head to the Lodges, which Hiram believes may be a declaration of war. Mayor McCoy attempts to take control of her deal with the Lodges, and the Lodges prepare to expose her affair with Sheriff Keller. Veronica, however, warns her of this, and McCoy resigns from office. Agent Adams attempts to strong-arm Archie into giving him the information, including blackmailing Archie in order for him to plant a bug in Hiram's office. Archie instead reveals this to Hiram. Hiram's driver takes Archie to a private location to meet with "the boss", revealed to be Hermione. Hermione tells Archie that Adams is actually one of the Lodges' ] and it was a test, which Archie has passed. Hermione welcomes him to the family. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 123 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Three: Peep Show | |||
| | DirectedBy = Amy Myrold | |||
| | WrittenBy = ] | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|5|3}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23906 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.21<ref name="7.06">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-5-3-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Wednesday 5.3.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|last=Salem|first=Mitch|date=May 4, 2023|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=May 4, 2023|archive-date=May 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504202509/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-5-3-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Jughead uncovers plagiarism in Pep Comics, leading to a deal between the author Brad Rayberry and Mr. Fieldstone. However, Jughead jeopardizes the relationship by stealing and reading Rayberry's unpublished manuscript. Frank encourages Archie to improve his life, getting a job and joining the basketball team coached by Frank. After facing self-doubt, Archie overcomes it with Mary's support and joins the team. Toni joins the River Vixens, sparking a romantic relationship with Cheryl despite Evelyn's disapproval. Veronica attempts to help Betty attract Archie, leading to a compromising situation witnessed by Hal and Frank. Meanwhile, Dr. Werthers discovers Jughead's involvement in writing horror comics. | |||
| | ShortSummary = Hiram suggests Archie, Veronica, Betty, and Jughead go to the Lodge's lake house for a romantic getaway. Cheryl, upset over not being invited, calls Jughead and informs him of Betty's kiss with Archie, which causes tension within the group. Veronica and Jughead kiss to "level the playing field". Later, the girls go into town while the guys have a discussion over the close mutual bonds between the four. Back in Riverdale, Josie informs Kevin of their parents affair. Cheryl reveals to Toni that she had a "friendship-turned-lesbian-relationship" broken up by Penelope. At the lake house, tensions arise again when Jughead and Betty learn that Hiram bought the trailer park and the Riverdale Register. A group of men that Veronica interacted with in town break into the house, but Veronica activates a silent alarm. One of Hiram's men arrive and kills one of the intruders, and the four return to Riverdale. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 124 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Four: Dirty Dancing | |||
| | DirectedBy = ] | |||
| | WrittenBy = Aaron Allen | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|5|10}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23907 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.20<ref name="7.07">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-5-10-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Wednesday 5.10.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=May 11, 2023|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=May 11, 2023|archive-date=May 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511205012/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-5-10-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = After Archie and Betty are caught, Alice spreads the news to the town, and Veronica's parents. She also forces Betty to become a dancer on the Coopers' show, where she is harassed by her coworkers. When Betty gets herself kicked off by flashing her underwear at the camera, Alice refers her to Dr. Werthers. Veronica is forced to get a job working at the Babylonium, which Clay also works at, and finds out her parents plan to buy and raze it. She prevents this by buying it herself. Tom forces Kevin to join the basketball team, and Julian pressures him to see a prostitute. When Archie tells Betty about this, she tells him to stop it. He does, and finds out Kevin is gay, but continues to be friends with him, while Tom reveals to Kevin he set it up to confirm Kevin's sexuality, and takes him off the basketball team. Jughead is forced to either stop writing comics or be expelled, and he drops out of school to continue writing. When Rayberry finds out, he forces Principal Featherhead and Dr. Werthers to compromise by letting Jughead write non-horror comics. Rayberry is later visited by a milkman late at night. | |||
| | ShortSummary = Jughead keeps investigating the Lodges' plans, but he cannot use what he finds. Hiram and Hermione want Fred to run for mayor, including financing his run. Hal asks Alice for a divorce, and Polly comes back to Riverdale. Clifford's secret will is read, which entitles money to anyone of Blossom's blood. Clifford's twin brother Claudius returns. When Chic refuses the DNA test, Betty steals his dental floss to do her own test and discovers that Chic is not who he says to be. After Smithers points Jughead to Shankshaw Prison, F.P.'s inside contact allows them to learn the truth about the Lodge's plans: they want to turn Southside High into a private prison and the housing Fred is building will be for the employees of the prison. After the Lodges are forced to tell Fred, he refuses to run for Mayor, so Hermione announces her run instead. Archie undergoes a blood ritual with Hiram, pledging loyalty. Meanwhile, Claudius and Penelope plot to get their house "in order", including Nana and Cheryl, who overhears the plan. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 125 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Five: Hoop Dreams | |||
| | DirectedBy = Cierra "Shooter" Glaudé | |||
| | WrittenBy = Evan Kyle | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|5|17}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23908 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.23<ref name="7.08">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-5-17-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Wednesday 5.17.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|last=Salem|first=Mitch|date=May 18, 2023|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=May 18, 2023|archive-date=May 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518202553/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-5-17-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = The basketball team faces a losing streak, prompting Mr. Blossom to allow Frank to recruit Reggie Mantle, an out-of-town player. Reggie, who is half-Korean, reveals past discrimination and indifference to Archie's attempts at bonding. Archie addresses the team's discriminatory behavior to ensure Reggie's support. Meanwhile, Kevin starts working at the Babylonium, and Veronica seeks his help in gaining Clay's romantic attention, only to find out Clay is gay. Betty reluctantly joins the River Vixens to fulfill her parents' wishes, while Toni quits the squad after a breakup with Cheryl. However, they reconcile, and Cheryl helps Toni secure funds for a black literature club. Tabitha returns to town and strengthens her bond with Jughead, who discovers Brad Rayberry's apparent suicide after attempting to share information about Tabitha with him. | |||
| | ShortSummary = Jughead learns Southside High will be turned into a prison, and goes on a hunger strike to protest. Hiram accelerates the timeline for demolition, but the high school Serpents chain themselves to the school. Fred attempts to end his contract with the Lodges, leading to a legal dispute. Hiram asks Archie to cut the Serpents' chains, which Archie does in exchange for Fred being released from his contract. Betty learns Chic's father is not Hal. Penelope and Claudius attempt to kill Nana Rose, but she survives. Veronica runs for student president, but everyone seems to be against her. Jughead also considers running with Betty. Betty moves in with Jughead to avoid Chic. Cheryl tells Penelope she knows what she did, leading Penelope to get Cheryl ]. Free of his contract with the Lodges, Fred announces he is running for mayor against Hermione. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 126 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Six: Betty & Veronica Double Digest | |||
| | DirectedBy = Alex Sanjiv Pillai | |||
| | WrittenBy = Will Ewing | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|5|24}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23909 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.19<ref name="7.09">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-5-24-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Wednesday 5.24.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=May 25, 2023|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=May 25, 2023|archive-date=May 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525211337/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-5-24-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Jughead mourns Brad Rayberry's death while Betty undergoes therapy with Dr. Werthers. A rift develops when Dr. Werthers and Alice try to shape Betty's perspectives on marriage and sexuality. Feeling betrayed, Betty breaks into Dr. Werthers' office, discovering a copy of ] and accusing him of inappropriate fantasies. Their conflict leads to strained relations with Alice and Hal. Veronica faces interference from her parents in promoting the Babylonium, adapting by showing unique films. When her parents retaliate by evicting her, Veronica moves into her Babylonium office. Jughead, having processed Rayberry's death, aids Sheriff Keller in the investigation. | |||
| | ShortSummary = Hermione's run for mayor is considered risky by fellow mobsters Kowalski and Martin, believing it may lead to unwanted investigation. They demand a 25% cut of the prison's profits, which Hiram refuses. Kowalski and Martin, however, turn Hiram's capo Adams into hospitalizing Andre, leaving the Lodges shorthanded on security. Archie scares the two into abandoning the deal with the help of Reggie and other Riverdale athletes. Meanwhile, the car belonging to the man Chic killed is found. The owner of the car demands $10,000 from the Coopers to prevent her from going to the police, but Jughead and the Serpents scare her away. Alice sends Chic away and apologizes the Serpents for her years of badmouthing them. Toni and Veronica discover that Cheryl has been admitted into ], and with help from Nana Rose, find out she's at Sisters of the Quiet Mercy. Toni, Veronica, and Kevin rescue Cheryl, and Toni and Cheryl kiss. Cheryl soon returns to Riverdale High, which she declares 'will burn'. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 127 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Seven: American Graffiti | |||
| | DirectedBy = ] | |||
| | WrittenBy = Nate Burke & Sam Rubinek | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|5|31}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23910 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.28<ref name="7.10">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-5-31-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Wednesday 5.31.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=June 5, 2023|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=June 5, 2023|archive-date=June 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605200159/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-5-31-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Cheryl feels excluded as Toni dedicates time to the black literature club. Attempting to join a meeting, Cheryl realizes the importance of giving Toni space. Reggie borrows Archie's car for a date with Veronica, leading to tension when he returns home late without a clear explanation. A double date to Fangs' concert in Centerville reveals trust issues between Archie and Reggie, forcing them to confront their feelings. Betty and Veronica attend the concert with Cheryl, Toni, and Midge. Reggie seeks Betty's help to repair a jalopy, leading to reconciliation with Archie. Jughead and Tabitha investigate Brad Rayberry's death, uncovering his interracial marriage and experiences with racism. Tabitha decides to tour with Emmett Till's family, while Jughead discovers Rayberry encountered a mysterious milkman on the night of his death. | |||
| | ShortSummary = During a rehearsal of Riverdale High's musical production of '']'', Cheryl calls out those who question her ability to play the lead role of ] by demonstrating her singing ability. After rehearsal, Kevin confides in Jughead that he received several threats demanding that the role of Carrie be recast, supposedly from the Black Hood. Kevin gives in, and Midge replaces Cheryl as Carrie. Tensions arise between Archie and Fred after he finds out that Hiram bought Archie his first car, to which Archie warns Hiram not to get between him and his father. Cheryl, doused in blood, confronts her mother for her actions against the family and demands that she be emancipated. During the performance, a set wall is moved up to reveal Midge hung up to the wall with knives, murdered by the Black Hood who leaves a warning of his return. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 128 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Eight: Halloween II | |||
| | DirectedBy = Ronald Paul Richard | |||
| | WrittenBy = Felicia Ho | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|6|7}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23911 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.23<ref name="7.11">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-6-7-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Wednesday 6.7.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|last=Salem|first=Mitch|date=June 8, 2023|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=June 8, 2023|archive-date=June 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608211044/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-6-7-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Despite the ban on Halloween celebrations, the gang decides to defy it. Archie, Betty, and Dilton attempt to give Reggie his first Halloween experience, leading to a competition for Betty's attention. Veronica organizes a show at the Babylonium where Cheryl and Toni publicly reveal their relationship. Ethel escapes from the Sisters of Quiet Mercy and contacts Jughead, leading to an investigation into the mysterious milkman. They discover the original writer of the Milkman comic, who took his own life, citing the comic as the reason. Betty's favoritism towards Archie leads Reggie to join Bulldogs in vandalizing the town. However, their actions result in them driving into Sweetwater River. | |||
| | ShortSummary = Following Midge's funeral, her mother, Cheryl and the River Vixens blame Sheriff Keller for her death, causing him to consider resigning. Archie is abducted by Nick St. Clair, who demands a ransom from the Lodges. With her parents unwilling to pay and lacking the money herself, Veronica pretends to surrender herself to Nick but drugs him. Archie manages to escape and they hold Nick for ransom instead. Meanwhile, Betty and Jughead investigate Chic and learn from the Sisters of the Quiet Mercy that he is an impostor, resulting in his imprisonment. Betty is secretly contacted by the Black Hood, who offers to get rid of Chic. Betty gets Chic to confess that he murdered her real brother, Charles, by accident and then hands him over to the Black Hood, leaving him to die. Betty lies to Alice that Chic left town before learning that Hal was absent at the time of the exchange, leading her to suspect him as the Black Hood. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 129 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Twenty-Nine: After the Fall | |||
| | DirectedBy = Julia Bettencourt | |||
| | WrittenBy = Gigi Swift | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|6|21}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23912 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.19<ref name="7.12">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-6-21-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Wednesday 6.21.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|last=Salem|first=Mitch|date=June 23, 2023|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=June 23, 2023|archive-date=June 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623200823/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-6-21-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Reggie's actions lead to a car accident, leaving Julian in a coma and Mr. Blossom blaming Reggie. Despite this, Cheryl and the team move forward with Archie as the new captain. Reggie, displaying a talent for writing poetry, helps devise a plan to overcome threats from Stonewall Prep. Cheryl overhears her father's plot to replace Reggie and, with Archie's support, confronts Mr. Blossom to secure Reggie's captaincy. The team succeeds in defeating Stonewall. Meanwhile, Betty and Veronica bond over their parents' behavior and decide to live together at the Pembrooke. After being caught by Mary, they explain their situation, leading Veronica's parents to allow her back, and Alice to soften her attitude. Ethel and Jughead collaborate on a new comic, "The Mailman Cometh," persuading Mr. Fieldstone to publish it. | |||
| | ShortSummary = Betty tells Cheryl that she believes Hal is the Black Hood. Hiram restarts The Red Circle in hopes of causing unrest, and help Hermione's campaign. Moose reveals that Midge was having an affair with Fangs. A body, first thought to be Chic's, is found and Betty reveals she feels guilty for his presumed death. Fangs is arrested at school. Members of The Red Circle damage The Whyte Worm, and Reggie later reveals that Hiram is paying them against each other. Betty and Cheryl visit a room being paid for by Hal and find the same book used as a cipher previously. After the Black Hood attacks the Mayoral debate, Veronica wants her mother to stop running but she insists on continuing. Betty confronts her father, and arranges a meeting with him later. The Black Hood then appears at Cheryl's door. Fangs is released from prison, but is accidentally shot amidst the protesters outside. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 130 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Thirty: The Crucible | |||
| | DirectedBy = ] | |||
| | WrittenBy = Janine Salinas Schoenberg & Will Ewing | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|6|28}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23913 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.19<ref name="7.13">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-6-28-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Wednesday 6.28.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated|last=Salem|first=Mitch|date=June 29, 2023|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=June 29, 2023|archive-date=June 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629200822/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-6-28-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Mrs. Thornton is fired under suspicion of being a communist, replaced by Mrs. Grundy who mentors Archie despite Frank's disapproval of poetry. Cheryl faces pressure from Evelyn to confirm students' sexualities, leading her to pretend to date Kevin, while Clay and Toni also fake a relationship. Hiram visits Riverdale, seeking Veronica's alibi amid a communist investigation. Veronica agrees but forces Hiram to confess his affair to Hermione. Hermione reveals her intention to divorce Hiram. Betty starts a newsletter for teenage girls after the school newspaper is shut down. Jughead and Ethel attempt to sell comics discreetly but are caught; Principal Featherhead buys and burns the comics. | |||
| | ShortSummary = The Black Hood attacks Cheryl, but she wounds him with a bow-and-arrow. Reggie is accused to be Fangs' shooter, but it is later revealed to be Midge's mother. Veronica searches Hiram's study, where she finds that Hiram planned to reveal Hermione's affair with Fred, but Hermione reveals her involvement, as it would destroy Fred's campaign. The son of the mobster whose death Hiram arranged attacks the Lodges, killing Andre, but Hermione shoots him dead. The Ghoulies are released from prison and attack Pop's. Meanwhile, Hal reveals himself as the Black Hood to Betty and Alice. After admitting he did not attack the debate, he is subdued by Betty and arrested. Fred, who is wearing a bullet proof vest, is shot by a man in a black hood, and Betty and Archie realize the man was not Hal. Penny Peabody resurfaces and holds Toni captive but Jughead and Cheryl help her escape. F.P. alerts the Serpents of Fangs' death, and the Serpents decide to fight the Ghoulies. Jughead turns himself over to avoid bloodshed, but Penny breaks her promise, and the Ghoulies attack Jughead. Learning of this, F.P. goes to save him. Later, Archie, Cheryl, Betty, and the Serpents find F.P. carrying Jughead's bloodied, unconscious body. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber2 = 14 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred Thirty-One: Archie the Musical | |||
| | DirectedBy = Ronald Paul Richard | |||
| | WrittenBy = Tessa Leigh Williams | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|7|5}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23914 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.21<ref name="7.14">{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/wednesday-fast-affiliates-cbs-and-nbc-lead-the-depressed-landscape/|title=Wednesday Fast Affiliates: CBS and NBC Lead the Depressed Landscape|last=Berman|first=Marc|date=July 6, 2023|work=Programming Insider|access-date=July 6, 2023}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Kevin writes a musical for the spring performance, centered around senior year at Riverdale High. Despite resistance from Reggie and Jughead, he casts Archie, who later drops out after realizing he doesn't know what he wants in life. Archie leaves the basketball team to focus on poetry, disappointing Frank, and puts his romantic pursuits on hold. Kevin's song for Betty, Veronica, Cheryl, and Toni faces disapproval. Betty and Veronica prioritize their friendship over Archie, while Cheryl and Toni quit the musical due to a song about their relationship. Kevin grapples with his parents' divorce, and Principal Featherhead rejects his musical. Kevin vents his frustrations, but the other students offer support after Clay explains his perspective. | |||
| | ShortSummary =Jughead survives his assault and F.P. reveals Fangs is alive. Sheriff Minetta reveals the second Black Hood to be Tall Boy, who was killed by an officer. Cheryl discovers Penelope and Claudius meeting with Hiram and informs Veronica, who reveals this to Hermione. Hermione, believing it to be conceivable that Hiram planned the attack at the debate, reveals to Veronica that Hiram plans to consolidate the entire Southside, and needs the Whyte Worm to set his plan fully into motion. Jughead, Archie, and Cheryl lead the Serpents to the Northside, where they are offered asylum. Veronica buys the Worm, and trades it with Hiram for Pop's. F.P. retires from the Serpents, naming Jughead the new King, with Cheryl joining the Serpents. Hermione wins the mayoral election. Later, Hiram meets with Penny, Penelope, Claudius, Sheriff Minetta, and Malachi, to discuss joining forces. Archie is elected student body president, but is wrongfully arrested by Sheriff Minetta during his inaugration for the murder of one of the intruders from the lake house that one of Hiram's thugs killed. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 132 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 15 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred Thirty-Two: Miss Teen Riverdale | |||
| | DirectedBy = ] | |||
| | WrittenBy = Aaron Allen & Chrissy Maroon | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|7|19}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23915 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.22<ref name="7.15">{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/wednesday-ratings-abc-wins-in-all-key-figures-with-cma-fest/|title=Wednesday Ratings: ABC Wins in All Key Figures with ''CMA Fest''|work=Programming Insider|author=Douglas Pucci|date=July 20, 2023|access-date=July 21, 2023}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Riverdale's beauty pageant, which will be broadcast on live television, arrives. The girls compete, coached by Alice, who tells Betty she won in her day, and had dreams of being a stewardess and traveling before she married Hal. After noticing Ethel feeling left out, Betty encourages her to join in, while Alice realizes Midge is pregnant, and has her sent to the Sisters of Quiet Mercy. Ethel decides to participate in her place, but Alice refuses, so Betty and Veronica blackmail Hal into allowing it, while Cheryl and Toni console Fangs, eventually getting him a phone call with Midge. Ethel wins the pageant after singing "Who Will Love Me As I Am", though it is later shown Alice lied and the judges actually chose Betty. | |||
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| ===Season 3===<!--Per WP:TVUPCOMING, do not include 2018 until episodes have actually aired in 2018!--> | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 133 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 16 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred Thirty-Three: Stag | |||
| | DirectedBy = Rob Seidenglanz | |||
| | RTitle = <ref>{{cite tweet|author=RobertoAguirreSacasa|user=WriterRAS|title=And so Season 3 of #Riverdale begins! Thrilled & honored to get to tell more stories w/this incredible cast & crew!|number=1012020187468521472|date=June 27, 2018|accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> | |||
| | WrittenBy = Ryan Terrebonne | |||
| | DirectedBy = ] | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|7|26}} | |||
| | WrittenBy = ] | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23916 | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|10|10}}<ref name="Season3Premiere" /> | |||
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| | ShortSummary = Julian gets a pornographic film, which Veronica allows him to screen at the Babylonium, only for it to be shut down when Betty finds out her sister Polly is the star of it. She contacts Polly, who comes to Riverdale and admits she is now a burlesque dancer, which Alice and Hal know about. She also tells Betty and Veronica she is engaged, and agrees to perform her act for the women at the Babylonium. After Alice refuses to attend and Betty reprimands her, telling her she can't wait to leave Riverdale forever, Alice slaps her. After being told about the Beats, Archie is aroused watching a wrestling film with Reggie, who is also aroused. They later have a questionable encounter with a prostitute, Twyla, and tell each other they love each other. Cheryl and Toni do a photoshoot in lingerie. Jughead attempts to help Mr. Fieldstone come to terms with Dr. Werthers and the board censoring comics, but Dr. Werthers tells him the terms are already set. Veronica consoles Jughead, and they reignite their relationship. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 134 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 17 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred Thirty-Four: A Different Kind of Cat | |||
| | DirectedBy = ] | |||
| | WrittenBy = Ariana Jackson & Evan Kyle | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|8|2}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23917 | |||
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| | ShortSummary = Josie McCoy, an actress, comes to Riverdale to screen her new film at the Babylonium, and befriends Veronica, who is now openly in a relationship with Jughead. Archie, attempting to get more experience for his poetry, is rejected by Twyla, and performs a poem about Mrs. Grundy, who rejects him and tells him to write about his greatest pain. He writes a poem about his father, but Frank disapproves. Betty tries to write a book about her newsletter, and discovers Cheryl and Toni are dating. She admits she is the writer of the newsletter and asks them to do a photoshoot starring her. They do, using one of the photos as the cover for the book, and Cheryl later tells her about masturbation. Inspired by Veronica, Jughead creates a new comic character, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, only for the publishers to reject it. Toni introduces Fangs to Josie, who recognizes his talent and offers to connect him to her producer. Despite problems at the screening, the movie is a success, and Josie suggests to Veronica that she should direct movies instead of managing a theater. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 135 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 18 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred Thirty-Five: For a Better Tomorrow | |||
| | DirectedBy = ] | |||
| | WrittenBy = Ted Sullivan & Greg Murray | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|8|9}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23918 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.22<ref name="7.18">{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/wednesday-ratings-superfan-series-premiere-on-cbs/|title=Wednesday Ratings: ''Superfan'' Series Premiere on CBS|work=Programming Insider|author=Douglas Pucci|date=August 10, 2023|access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Sheriff Keller kills a man suffering from radiation poisoning, revealing ties to the Blossom family. Archie contemplates joining the merchant marines, but his father's influence pushes him toward the army. Mary, Archie's mother, learns of this and kicks Frank out, leading to a reconciliation between Archie and Frank. Jughead discovers a connection between the milkman's victims and the Blossoms and convinces Cheryl to investigate. Cheryl overhears her parents speaking Russian, finds a room full of milkman uniforms, and discovers a bunker connected to Dilton. They report the Blossoms to the FBI, exposing them as Russian spies building bombs. Meanwhile, the girls sign up for driver's education, leading Betty to uncover a family secret: Hal had an affair with Ethel's mother, making Ethel his biological daughter. Betty forgives her parents and offers to adopt Ethel, but she chooses to leave Riverdale. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 136 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 19 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred Thirty-Six: The Golden Age of Television | |||
| | DirectedBy = Tara Dafoe | |||
| | WrittenBy = Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Tessa Leigh Williams | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|8|16}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23919 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.19<ref name="7.19">{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/wednesday-ratings-gordon-ramsays-food-stars-on-fox-and-the-wonder-years-on-abc-conclude-for-the-season/|title=Wednesday Ratings: ''Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars'' on Fox and ''The Wonder Years'' on ABC Conclude for the Season|work=Programming Insider|author=Douglas Pucci|date=August 17, 2023|access-date=August 17, 2023}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = Principal Featherhead resigns, replaced by Waldo Weatherbee who rehires Mrs. Thornton. Archie plans to work at a basketball camp but takes Reggie's place at the farm. Cheryl regains control of the River Vixens and openly acknowledges her relationship with Toni. Betty's book is published, deepening her bond with Alice. Jughead's comic is rejected but eventually published, leading to the closure of Pep Comics. Veronica and Clay decide to adapt the story into a movie. Kevin sees Tom and Frank together. Jughead reunites with Tabitha, learning the future is secure but they can't return. Tabitha offers to restore their memories, which they agree to. They decide to keep only the good memories, though Betty and Jughead choose to remember the bad as well. | |||
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| | EpisodeNumber = 137 | |||
| | EpisodeNumber2 = 20 | |||
| | Title = Chapter One Hundred Thirty-Seven: Goodbye, Riverdale | |||
| | DirectedBy = Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | |||
| | WrittenBy = Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | |||
| | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|8|23}} | |||
| | ProdCode = T13.23920 | |||
| | Viewers = 0.21<ref name="7.20">{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/wednesday-ratings-fox-tops-demos-with-two-hours-of-masterchef-nancy-drew-and-riverdale-conclude-series-runs-on-the-cw/|title=Wednesday Ratings: Fox and NBC Share Prime Time Broadcast Win; ''Nancy Drew'' and ''Riverdale'' Conclude Series Runs on The CW|work=Programming Insider|author=Douglas Pucci|date=August 24, 2023|access-date=August 24, 2023}}</ref> | |||
| | ShortSummary = In the present day, after reading a recently deceased Jughead's obituary, an aged Betty tells her granddaughter Alice she wants to go back to Riverdale one last time. The night before they leave, she sees an apparition of Jughead as a teenager, who brings her back to the day they graduated high school. Passing through her house, the school, the coffee shop, Thornhill, and eventually ending at Pop Tate's grave, she recalls the final fates of all her friends and their families, including her own. The next day, Alice and her husband bring Betty back to Riverdale, now a ghost town, and stop in front of Pop's, now out of business, only for her to die in the back seat. A teenage Betty leaves the car and walks into a functional Pop's, meeting all her friends from high school, teenagers once again, in the afterlife. She sits in a booth with Archie, Jughead and Veronica. Outside, the apparition of Jughead gives closure to the series. | |||
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| ==Ratings== | ==Ratings== | ||
| {{further|Riverdale (season 1)#Ratings|Riverdale (season 2)#Ratings|Riverdale (season 3)#Ratings|Riverdale (season 4)#Ratings}} | |||
| ===Season 1 (2017)=== | |||
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| | totalv5 = 1.69<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-23-broadcast-live-7-ratings-feb-20-26-2017/|title='This Is Us' makes biggest gains again: Week 23 broadcast Live +7 ratings|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=March 9, 2017|work=TV by the Numbers|accessdate=March 9, 2017|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6oqoKJBXr?url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-23-broadcast-live-7-ratings-feb-20-26-2017/|archivedate=March 10, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> | |||
| | title6 = ] | | title6 = ] | ||
| | date6 = |
| date6 = February 24, 2021 | ||
| | rs6 = 0. |
| rs6 = 0.2 | ||
| | viewers6 = 0.60<ref name="5.06">{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-24-2021.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225225111/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-24-2021.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 25, 2021|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.24.2021|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=February 25, 2021|work=Showbuzz Daily|accessdate=February 25, 2021}}</ref> | |||
| | viewers6 = 1.09<ref name="1.06"/> | |||
| | dvr6 = |
| dvr6 = 0.2 | ||
| | dvrv6 = n/a | | dvrv6 = n/a | ||
| | total6 = 0.4<ref>{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-the-conners-and-young-sheldon-lead-comedies-in-gains/|title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: 'The Conners' and 'Young Sheldon' Lead Comedies in Gains|last=Pucci|first=Douglas|date=March 20, 2021|work=Programming Insider|access-date=April 11, 2021|archive-date=March 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326121542/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-the-conners-and-young-sheldon-lead-comedies-in-gains/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | total6 = n/a | |||
| | totalv6 = n/a | | totalv6 = n/a | ||
| | title7 = ] | | title7 = ] | ||
| | date7 = March |
| date7 = March 10, 2021 | ||
| | rs7 = 0. |
| rs7 = 0.1 | ||
| | viewers7 = 0.52<ref name="5.07">{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-10-2021.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311212535/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-10-2021.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 11, 2021|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.10.2021|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=March 11, 2021|work=Showbuzz Daily|accessdate=March 11, 2021}}</ref> | |||
| | viewers7 = 1.03<ref name="1.07"/> | |||
| | dvr7 = 0. |
| dvr7 = 0.1 | ||
| | dvrv7 = |
| dvrv7 = n/a | ||
| | total7 = 0.2<ref>{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/live3-weekly-ratings-abc-scores-highest-rated-thursday-night-of-year-with-adults-18-49/|title=Live+3 Weekly Ratings: ABC Scores Highest-Rated Thursday Night of Year With Adults 18-49|first=Douglas|last=Pucci|date=March 23, 2021|work=Programming Insider|access-date=April 11, 2021|archive-date=April 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411220409/https://programminginsider.com/live3-weekly-ratings-abc-scores-highest-rated-thursday-night-of-year-with-adults-18-49/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|name=a}} | |||
| | total7 = 0.7 | |||
| | totalv7 = n/a | |||
| | totalv7 = 1.80<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-25-broadcast-live-7-ratings-march-6-12-2017/|title='Sleepy Hollow' & 5 more shows double, 'This Is Us' has biggest total gain: Week 25 broadcast Live +7 ratings|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=March 24, 2017|work=TV by the Numbers|accessdate=March 24, 2017|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517024132/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-25-broadcast-live-7-ratings-march-6-12-2017/|archivedate=May 17, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> | |||
| | title8 = ] | | title8 = ] | ||
| | date8 = March |
| date8 = March 17, 2021 | ||
| | rs8 = 0. |
| rs8 = 0.1 | ||
| | viewers8 = 0.45<ref name="5.08">{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-17-2021.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318210611/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-17-2021.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 18, 2021|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.17.2021|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=March 18, 2021|work=Showbuzz Daily|accessdate=March 18, 2021}}</ref> | |||
| | viewers8 = 0.99<ref name="1.08"/> | |||
| | dvr8 = n/a | | dvr8 = n/a | ||
| | dvrv8 = |
| dvrv8 = n/a | ||
| | total8 = n/a | | total8 = n/a | ||
| | totalv8 = n/a | |||
| | totalv8 = 1.54<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-28-broadcast-live-7-ratings-march-27-april-2-2017/|title='Designated Survivor' scores again, 7 shows double in week 28 broadcast Live +7 ratings|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=April 13, 2017|work=TV by the Numbers|accessdate=April 13, 2017|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414081927/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-28-broadcast-live-7-ratings-march-27-april-2-2017/|archivedate=April 14, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> | |||
| | title9 = ] | | title9 = ] | ||
| | date9 = |
| date9 = March 24, 2021 | ||
| | rs9 = 0. |
| rs9 = 0.2 | ||
| | viewers9 = 0.46<ref name="5.09">{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-17-2021.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318210611/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-17-2021.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 18, 2021|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.24.2021|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=March 25, 2021|work=Showbuzz Daily|accessdate=March 25, 2021}}</ref> | |||
| | viewers9 = 0.91<ref name="1.09"/> | |||
| | dvr9 = n/a | | dvr9 = n/a | ||
| | dvrv9 = |
| dvrv9 = n/a | ||
| | total9 = n/a | | total9 = n/a | ||
| | totalv9 = n/a | |||
| | totalv9 = 1.54<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-29-broadcast-live-7-ratings-april-3-9-2017/|title='iZombie' premiere gets decent bump in week 29 broadcast Live +7 ratings|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=April 20, 2017|work=TV by the Numbers|accessdate=April 20, 2017|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6psHAD2Xv?url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-29-broadcast-live-7-ratings-april-3-9-2017/|archivedate=April 20, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> | |||
| | title10 = ] | | title10 = ] | ||
| | date10 = |
| date10 = March 31, 2021 | ||
| | rs10 = 0. |
| rs10 = 0.1 | ||
| | viewers10 = 0.49<ref name="5.10">{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-31-2021.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401201635/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-31-2021.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 1, 2021|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.31.2021|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=April 1, 2021|work=Showbuzz Daily|accessdate=April 1, 2021}}</ref> | |||
| | viewers10 = 0.87<ref name="1.10"/> | |||
| | dvr10 = 0.3 | | dvr10 = 0.3 | ||
| | dvrv10 = 0. |
| dvrv10 = 0.33 | ||
| | total10 = 0. |
| total10 = 0.4 | ||
| | totalv10 = |
| totalv10 = 0.82<ref>{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/wednesday-ratings-nbc-and-fox-dominate-abcs-american-housewife-and-the-con-conclude-on-a-quiet-note/|title=Wednesday Ratings: NBC and Fox Dominate; ABC's 'American Housewife' and 'The Con' Conclude on a Quiet Note|first=Marc|last=Berman|date=April 5, 2021|work=Programming Insider|access-date=April 22, 2021|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422023225/https://programminginsider.com/wednesday-ratings-nbc-and-fox-dominate-abcs-american-housewife-and-the-con-conclude-on-a-quiet-note/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|name=a}} | ||
| | title11 = ] | | title11 = ] | ||
| | date11 = |
| date11 = August 11, 2021 | ||
| | rs11 = 0. |
| rs11 = 0.1 | ||
| | viewers11 = 0.38<ref name="5.11">{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-8-11-2021.html|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.11.2021|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=August 12, 2021|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=August 18, 2021|archive-date=November 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109012821/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-8-11-2021.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | viewers11 = 0.89<ref name="1.11"/> | |||
| | dvr11 = |
| dvr11 = 0.2 | ||
| | dvrv11 = |
| dvrv11 = 0.37 | ||
| | total11 = |
| total11 = 0.2 | ||
| | totalv11 = 0.75<ref>{{cite web|last=Berman|first=Marc|url=https://programminginsider.com/wednesday-ratings-soft-starts-for-family-game-fight-on-nbc-and-superstar-on-abc/|title=Wednesday Ratings: Soft Starts for 'Family Game Fight!' on NBC and 'Superstar' on ABC|work=Programming Insider|date=August 12, 2021|access-date=October 31, 2021|archive-date=November 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101104627/https://programminginsider.com/wednesday-ratings-soft-starts-for-family-game-fight-on-nbc-and-superstar-on-abc/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | totalv11 = n/a | |||
| | title12 = ] | | title12 = ] | ||
| | date12 = |
| date12 = August 18, 2021 | ||
| | rs12 = 0. |
| rs12 = 0.1 | ||
| | viewers12 = 0.47<ref name="5.12">{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-8-18-2021.html|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.18.2021|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=August 19, 2021|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=August 19, 2021|archive-date=October 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011162256/https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-8-18-2021.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| | viewers12 = 0.98<ref name="1.12"/> | |||
| | dvr12 = 0. |
| dvr12 = 0.1 | ||
| | dvrv12 = 0. |
| dvrv12 = 0.32 | ||
| | total12 = 0. |
| total12 = 0.2 | ||
| | totalv12 = |
| totalv12 = 0.79<ref>{{cite web|last=Berman|first=Marc|url=https://programminginsider.com/wednesday-ratings-house-calls-with-dr-phil-left-at-the-starting-gate-on-cbs/|title=Wednesday Ratings: 'House Calls With Dr. Phil' Left at the Starting Gate on CBS|work=Programming Insider|date=August 19, 2021|access-date=May 18, 2022|archive-date=November 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104073824/https://programminginsider.com/wednesday-ratings-house-calls-with-dr-phil-left-at-the-starting-gate-on-cbs/|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
| | title13 = ] | |||
| | date13 = May 11, 2017 | |||
| | rs13 = 0.4/2 | |||
| | viewers13 = 0.96<ref name="1.13"/> | |||
| | dvr13 = n/a | |||
| | dvrv13 = 0.56 | |||
| | total13 = n/a | |||
| | totalv13 = 1.52<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-34-broadcast-live-7-ratings-may-8-14-2017/|title='Designated Survivor,' 'Big Bang Theory' finale lead week 34's broadcast Live +7 ratings|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=May 27, 2017|work=TV by the Numbers|accessdate=May 27, 2017|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6qmTuEwxj?url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-34-broadcast-live-7-ratings-may-8-14-2017/|archivedate=May 27, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> | |||
| }} | }} | ||
| No DVR ratings are available after the twelfth episode. | |||
| ===Season 2 (2017–18)=== | |||
| ===Season 6=== | |||
| {{Television episode ratings | {{Television episode ratings | ||
| | width = 99 | | width = 99 | ||
| | noshare = y | |||
| | title1 = ] | | title1 = ] | ||
| | date1 = |
| date1 = November 16, 2021 | ||
| | rs1 = 0. |
| rs1 = 0.1 | ||
| | viewers1 = |
| viewers1 = 0.33<ref name="6.01"/> | ||
| | dvr1 = 0. |
| dvr1 = 0.1 | ||
| | dvrv1 = |
| dvrv1 = 0.27 | ||
| | total1 = |
| total1 = 0.2 | ||
| | totalv1 = |
| totalv1 = 0.61<ref>{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/tuesday-ratings-sluggish-returns-for-the-cws-the-flash-and-riverdale-queens-on-abc-sinks-further/|title=Tuesday Ratings: Sluggish Returns for The CW's 'The Flash' and 'Riverdale'; 'Queens' on ABC Sinks Further|work=Programming Insider|author=Marc Berman|date=November 17, 2021|access-date=December 22, 2021|archive-date=November 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123080726/https://programminginsider.com/tuesday-ratings-sluggish-returns-for-the-cws-the-flash-and-riverdale-queens-on-abc-sinks-further/|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
| | title2 = ] | | title2 = ] | ||
| | date2 = |
| date2 = November 23, 2021 | ||
| | rs2 = 0. |
| rs2 = 0.1 | ||
| | viewers2 = |
| viewers2 = 0.34<ref name="6.02"/> | ||
| | dvr2 = 0. |
| dvr2 = 0.1 | ||
| | dvrv2 = |
| dvrv2 = 0.31 | ||
| | total2 = |
| total2 = 0.2 | ||
| | totalv2 = |
| totalv2 = 0.65<ref>{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/tuesday-ratings-abc-and-nbc-lead-the-diluted-troops-the-voice-tops-night/|title=Tuesday Ratings: ABC and NBC Lead the Diluted Troops; 'The Voice' Tops Night|last=Berman|first=Marc|date=November 24, 2021|work=Programming Insider|access-date=December 16, 2021|archive-date=November 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125185140/https://programminginsider.com/tuesday-ratings-abc-and-nbc-lead-the-diluted-troops-the-voice-tops-night/|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
| | title3 = ] | | title3 = ] | ||
| | date3 = |
| date3 = November 30, 2021 | ||
| | rs3 = 0. |
| rs3 = 0.1 | ||
| | viewers3 = |
| viewers3 = 0.26<ref name="6.03"/> | ||
| | dvr3 = 0. |
| dvr3 = 0.1 | ||
| | dvrv3 = |
| dvrv3 = 0.26 | ||
| | total3 = |
| total3 = 0.1 | ||
| | totalv3 = |
| totalv3 = 0.52<ref>{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/tuesday-ratings-nbcs-la-brea-concludes-season-1-on-a-respectable-note-abc-and-nbc-share-dominance/|title=Tuesday Ratings: NBC's 'La Brea' Concludes Season 1 on a Respectable Note; ABC and NBC Share Dominance|work=Programming Insider|author=Marc Berman|date=December 1, 2021|access-date=December 20, 2021|archive-date=December 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202021142/https://programminginsider.com/tuesday-ratings-nbcs-la-brea-concludes-season-1-on-a-respectable-note-abc-and-nbc-share-dominance/|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
| | title4 = ] | | title4 = ] | ||
| | date4 = |
| date4 = December 7, 2021 | ||
| | rs4 = 0. |
| rs4 = 0.1 | ||
| | viewers4 = |
| viewers4 = 0.27<ref name="6.04"/> | ||
| | dvr4 = 0. |
| dvr4 = 0.1 | ||
| | dvrv4 = |
| dvrv4 = 0.18 | ||
| | total4 = |
| total4 = 0.1 | ||
| | totalv4 = |
| totalv4 = 0.45<ref>{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/tuesday-ratings-respectable-live-in-front-of-a-studio-audience-special-on-abc/|title=Tuesday Ratings: Respectable 'Live in Front of a Studio Audience' Special on ABC|work=Programming Insider|author=Marc Berman|date=December 8, 2021|access-date=December 20, 2021|archive-date=December 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210080403/https://programminginsider.com/tuesday-ratings-respectable-live-in-front-of-a-studio-audience-special-on-abc/|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
| | title5 = ] | | title5 = ] | ||
| | date5 = |
| date5 = December 14, 2021 | ||
| | rs5 = 0. |
| rs5 = 0.1 | ||
| | viewers5 = |
| viewers5 = 0.29<ref name="6.05"/> | ||
| | dvr5 = 0. |
| dvr5 = 0.1 | ||
| | dvrv5 = |
| dvrv5 = 0.24 | ||
| | total5 = |
| total5 = 0.2 | ||
| | totalv5 = |
| totalv5 = 0.53<ref>{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/tuesday-ratings-nbc-sitcom-grand-crew-left-at-the-starting-gate/|title=Tuesday Ratings: NBC Sitcom 'Grand Crew' Left at the Starting Gate|work=Programming Insider|author=Marc Berman|date=December 15, 2021|access-date=May 18, 2022|archive-date=December 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215174734/https://programminginsider.com/tuesday-ratings-nbc-sitcom-grand-crew-left-at-the-starting-gate/|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
| | title6 = ] | | title6 = ] | ||
| | date6 = |
| date6 = March 20, 2022 | ||
| | rs6 = 0. |
| rs6 = 0.1 | ||
| | viewers6 = |
| viewers6 = 0.23<ref name="6.06"/> | ||
| | dvr6 = 0. |
| dvr6 = 0.1 | ||
| | dvrv6 = |
| dvrv6 = 0.27 | ||
| | total6 = |
| total6 = 0.1 | ||
| | totalv6 = |
| totalv6 = 0.50<ref>{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/sunday-ratings-cbs-tops-night-nbc-fox-and-the-cw-struggle/|title=Sunday Ratings: CBS Tops Night; NBC, Fox and The CW Struggle|work=Programming Insider|author=Marc Berman|date=March 21, 2022|access-date=May 18, 2022|archive-date=May 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531001737/https://programminginsider.com/sunday-ratings-cbs-tops-night-nbc-fox-and-the-cw-struggle/|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
| | title7 = ] | | title7 = ] | ||
| | date7 = |
| date7 = March 27, 2022 | ||
| | rs7 = 0. |
| rs7 = 0.1 | ||
| | viewers7 = |
| viewers7 = 0.21<ref name="6.07"/> | ||
| | dvr7 = 0. |
| dvr7 = 0.1 | ||
| | dvrv7 = |
| dvrv7 = 0.20 | ||
| | total7 = |
| total7 = 0.1 | ||
| | totalv7 = |
| totalv7 = 0.41<ref>{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/sunday-ratings-the-94th-academy-awards-increases-from-the-historical-low-in-2021/|title=Sunday Ratings: 'The 94th Academy Awards' Increases From The Historical Low in 2021|work=Programming Insider|author=Marc Berman|date=March 28, 2022|access-date=May 18, 2022|archive-date=May 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526145249/https://programminginsider.com/sunday-ratings-the-94th-academy-awards-increases-from-the-historical-low-in-2021/|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
| }} | |||
| No DVR ratings are available after the seventh episode, or for the seventh season. | |||
| | title8 = ] | |||
| | date8 = December 6, 2017 | |||
| | rs8 = 0.5/2 | |||
| | viewers8 = 1.48<ref name="2.08"/> | |||
| | dvr8 = 0.6 | |||
| | dvrv8 = 1.20 | |||
| | total8 = 1.1 | |||
| | totalv8 = 2.68<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-11-broadcast-live-7-ratings-dec-4-10-2017/|title='Agents of SHIELD' gets a good bump in week 11 broadcast Live +7 ratings|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=December 21, 2017|work=TV by the Numbers|accessdate=December 21, 2017|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221213146/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-11-broadcast-live-7-ratings-dec-4-10-2017/|archivedate=December 21, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> | |||
| == Notes == | |||
| | title9 = ] | |||
| {{notelist}} | |||
| | date9 = December 13, 2017 | |||
| | rs9 = 0.5/2 | |||
| | viewers9 = 1.43<ref name="2.09"/> | |||
| | dvr9 = n/a | |||
| | dvrv9 = n/a | |||
| | total9 = n/a | |||
| | totalv9 = n/a | |||
| | title10 = ] | |||
| | date10 = January 17, 2018 | |||
| | rs10 = 0.5/2 | |||
| | viewers10 = 1.44<ref name="2.10"/> | |||
| | dvr10 = 0.5 | |||
| | dvrv10 = 1.14 | |||
| | total10 = 1.0 | |||
| | totalv10 = 2.59<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-17-broadcast-live-7-ratings-jan-15-21-2018/|title='This Is Us,' 'The Good Doctor' both double in week 17 broadcast Live +7 ratings|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=February 1, 2018|work=TV by the Numbers|accessdate=February 1, 2018|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202012554/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-17-broadcast-live-7-ratings-jan-15-21-2018/|archivedate=February 2, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref> | |||
| | title11 = ] | |||
| | date11 = January 24, 2018 | |||
| | rs11 = 0.5/2 | |||
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| | totalv13 = 2.24<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-20-broadcast-live-7-ratings-feb-5-11-2018/|title='The Good Doctor' and 'This Is Us' on top again: Week 20 broadcast Live +7 ratings|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=February 22, 2018|work=TV by the Numbers|accessdate=February 22, 2018|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180222210107/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-20-broadcast-live-7-ratings-feb-5-11-2018/|archivedate=February 22, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref> | |||
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| | totalv14 = 2.22<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-24-broadcast-live-7-ratings-march-5-11-2018/|title='This Is Us' leads the week 24 broadcast Live +7 ratings – by quite a bit|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=March 22, 2018|work=TV by the Numbers|accessdate=March 22, 2018|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323041420/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-24-broadcast-live-7-ratings-march-5-11-2018/|archivedate=March 23, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref> | |||
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| | totalv18 = 1.93<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-30-broadcast-live-7-ratings-april-16-22-2018/|title='Scandal' and 'Criminal Minds' get biggest finale bumps in week 30 broadcast Live +7 ratings|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=May 7, 2018|work=TV by the Numbers|accessdate=May 7, 2018|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507204255/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-30-broadcast-live-7-ratings-april-16-22-2018/|archivedate=May 7, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref> | |||
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| | totalv19 = 1.97<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-31-broadcast-live-7-ratings-april-23-29-2018/|title='Agents of SHIELD,' 13 more shows double in week 31 broadcast Live +7 ratings|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=May 10, 2018|work=TV by the Numbers|accessdate=May 10, 2018|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511012937/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/dvr-ratings/week-31-broadcast-live-7-ratings-april-23-29-2018/|archivedate=May 11, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref> | |||
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| | totalv22 = 2.04<ref>{{cite web|url=http://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-abc-finale-of-designated-survivor-tops-broadcast-network-telecasts-viewers-percentage-gains/|title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: ABC Finale of 'Designated Survivor' Tops Broadcast Network Telecasts' Viewers Percentage Gains|last=Pucci|first=Douglas|date=May 29, 2018|work=Programming Insider|accessdate=May 29, 2018|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702175614/http://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-abc-finale-of-designated-survivor-tops-broadcast-network-telecasts-viewers-percentage-gains/|archivedate=July 2, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref> | |||
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Riverdale is an American teen drama television series based on the characters of Archie Comics. The series was adapted for The CW by Archie Comics' chief creative officer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, and is produced by Warner Bros. Television and CBS Studios, in association with Berlanti Productions and Archie Comics. Originally conceived as a feature film adaptation for Warner Bros. Pictures, the idea was re-imagined as a television series for Fox. In 2015, development on the project moved to The CW, where the series was ordered for a pilot. Filming takes place in Vancouver, British Columbia. The series debuted on January 26, 2017.
It features an ensemble cast based on the characters of Archie Comics, with KJ Apa in the role of Archie Andrews; Lili Reinhart as Betty Cooper, Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge, Cole Sprouse as Jughead Jones, the series' narrator, Madelaine Petsch as Cheryl Blossom, Ashleigh Murray as Josie McCoy, Vanessa Morgan as Toni Topaz, Charles Melton as Reggie Mantle and Casey Cott as Kevin Keller. During the course of the series, 137 episodes of Riverdale aired over seven seasons, between January 26, 2017, and August 23, 2023.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Rank | Average viewers (in millions) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||||
| 1 | 13 | January 26, 2017 (2017-01-26) | May 11, 2017 (2017-05-11) | 154 | 1.69 | |
| 2 | 22 | October 11, 2017 (2017-10-11) | May 16, 2018 (2018-05-16) | 173 | 2.12 | |
| 3 | 22 | October 10, 2018 (2018-10-10) | May 15, 2019 (2019-05-15) | 166 | 1.74 | |
| 4 | 19 | October 9, 2019 (2019-10-09) | May 6, 2020 (2020-05-06) | 122 | 1.35 | |
| 5 | 19 | January 20, 2021 (2021-01-20) | October 6, 2021 (2021-10-06) | 145 | 1.01 | |
| 6 | 22 | November 16, 2021 (2021-11-16) | July 31, 2022 (2022-07-31) | 133 | 0.46 | |
| 7 | 20 | March 29, 2023 (2023-03-29) | August 23, 2023 (2023-08-23) | 129 | 0.39 | |
Episodes
Season 1 (2017)
Main article: Riverdale season 1| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Chapter One: The River's Edge" | Lee Toland Krieger | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | January 26, 2017 (2017-01-26) | T15.10136 | 1.38 |
| 2 | 2 | "Chapter Two: A Touch of Evil" | Lee Toland Krieger | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | February 2, 2017 (2017-02-02) | T13.20302 | 1.15 |
| 3 | 3 | "Chapter Three: Body Double" | Lee Toland Krieger | Yolonda E. Lawrence | February 9, 2017 (2017-02-09) | T13.20303 | 1.20 |
| 4 | 4 | "Chapter Four: The Last Picture Show" | Mark Piznarski | Michael Grassi | February 16, 2017 (2017-02-16) | T13.20304 | 1.14 |
| 5 | 5 | "Chapter Five: Heart of Darkness" | Jesse Warn | Ross Maxwell | February 23, 2017 (2017-02-23) | T13.20305 | 0.98 |
| 6 | 6 | "Chapter Six: Faster, Pussycats! Kill! Kill!" | Steven A. Adelson | Tessa Leigh Williams & Nicholas Zwart | March 2, 2017 (2017-03-02) | T13.20306 | 1.09 |
| 7 | 7 | "Chapter Seven: In a Lonely Place" | Allison Anders | Aaron Allen | March 9, 2017 (2017-03-09) | T13.20307 | 1.03 |
| 8 | 8 | "Chapter Eight: The Outsiders" | David Katzenberg | Julia Cohen | March 30, 2017 (2017-03-30) | T13.20308 | 0.99 |
| 9 | 9 | "Chapter Nine: La Grande Illusion" | Lee Rose | James DeWille | April 6, 2017 (2017-04-06) | T13.20309 | 0.91 |
| 10 | 10 | "Chapter Ten: The Lost Weekend" | Dawn Wilkinson | Britta Lundin & Brian E. Paterson | April 13, 2017 (2017-04-13) | T13.20310 | 0.87 |
| 11 | 11 | "Chapter Eleven: To Riverdale and Back Again" | Kevin Sullivan | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | April 27, 2017 (2017-04-27) | T13.20311 | 0.89 |
| 12 | 12 | "Chapter Twelve: Anatomy of a Murder" | Rob Seidenglanz | Michael Grassi | May 4, 2017 (2017-05-04) | T13.20312 | 0.98 |
| 13 | 13 | "Chapter Thirteen: The Sweet Hereafter" | Lee Toland Krieger | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | May 11, 2017 (2017-05-11) | T13.20313 | 0.96 |
Season 2 (2017–18)
Main article: Riverdale season 2| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "Chapter Fourteen: A Kiss Before Dying" | Rob Seidenglanz | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | October 11, 2017 (2017-10-11) | T13.20801 | 2.34 |
| 15 | 2 | "Chapter Fifteen: Nighthawks" | Allison Anders | Michael Grassi | October 18, 2017 (2017-10-18) | T13.20802 | 1.76 |
| 16 | 3 | "Chapter Sixteen: The Watcher in the Woods" | Kevin Sullivan | Ross Maxwell | October 25, 2017 (2017-10-25) | T13.20803 | 1.62 |
| 17 | 4 | "Chapter Seventeen: The Town That Dreaded Sundown" | Jason Stone | Amanda Lasher | November 1, 2017 (2017-11-01) | T13.20804 | 1.51 |
| 18 | 5 | "Chapter Eighteen: When a Stranger Calls" | Ellen Pressman | Aaron Allen | November 8, 2017 (2017-11-08) | T13.20805 | 1.47 |
| 19 | 6 | "Chapter Nineteen: Death Proof" | Maggie Kiley | Tessa Leigh Williams & Arabella Anderson | November 15, 2017 (2017-11-15) | T13.20806 | 1.43 |
| 20 | 7 | "Chapter Twenty: Tales from the Darkside" | Dawn Wilkinson | James DeWille | November 29, 2017 (2017-11-29) | T13.20807 | 1.45 |
| 21 | 8 | "Chapter Twenty-One: House of the Devil" | Kevin Sullivan | Yolonda Lawrence | December 6, 2017 (2017-12-06) | T13.20808 | 1.48 |
| 22 | 9 | "Chapter Twenty-Two: Silent Night, Deadly Night" | Rob Seidenglanz | Shepard Boucher | December 13, 2017 (2017-12-13) | T13.20809 | 1.43 |
| 23 | 10 | "Chapter Twenty-Three: The Blackboard Jungle" | Tim Hunter | Britta Lundin & Brian E. Paterson | January 17, 2018 (2018-01-17) | T13.20810 | 1.44 |
| 24 | 11 | "Chapter Twenty-Four: The Wrestler" | Gregg Araki | Greg Murray & Devon Turner | January 24, 2018 (2018-01-24) | T13.20811 | 1.39 |
| 25 | 12 | "Chapter Twenty-Five: The Wicked and the Divine" | Rachel Talalay | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | January 31, 2018 (2018-01-31) | T13.20812 | 1.34 |
| 26 | 13 | "Chapter Twenty-Six: The Tell-Tale Heart" | Julie Plec | Michael Grassi | February 7, 2018 (2018-02-07) | T13.20813 | 1.28 |
| 27 | 14 | "Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Hills Have Eyes" | David Katzenberg | Ross Maxwell | March 7, 2018 (2018-03-07) | T13.20814 | 1.26 |
| 28 | 15 | "Chapter Twenty-Eight: There Will Be Blood" | Mark Piznarski | Aaron Allen | March 14, 2018 (2018-03-14) | T13.20815 | 1.19 |
| 29 | 16 | "Chapter Twenty-Nine: Primary Colors" | Sherwin Shilati | James DeWille | March 21, 2018 (2018-03-21) | T13.20816 | 1.16 |
| 30 | 17 | "Chapter Thirty: The Noose Tightens" | Alexis Ostrander | Britta Lundin & Brian E. Paterson | March 28, 2018 (2018-03-28) | T13.20817 | 0.96 |
| 31 | 18 | "Chapter Thirty-One: A Night to Remember" | Jason Stone | Arabella Anderson & Tessa Leigh Williams | April 18, 2018 (2018-04-18) | T13.20818 | 1.10 |
| 32 | 19 | "Chapter Thirty-Two: Prisoners" | Jennifer Phang | Cristine Chambers | April 25, 2018 (2018-04-25) | T13.20819 | 1.17 |
| 33 | 20 | "Chapter Thirty-Three: Shadow of a Doubt" | Gregory Smith | Yolanda E. Lawrence | May 2, 2018 (2018-05-02) | T13.20820 | 1.11 |
| 34 | 21 | "Chapter Thirty-Four: Judgment Night" | Cherie Nowlan | Shepard Boucher | May 9, 2018 (2018-05-09) | T13.20821 | 1.00 |
| 35 | 22 | "Chapter Thirty-Five: Brave New World" | Steven A. Adelson | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | May 16, 2018 (2018-05-16) | T13.20822 | 1.28 |
Season 3 (2018–19)
Main article: Riverdale season 3| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 1 | "Chapter Thirty-Six: Labor Day" | Kevin Sullivan | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | October 10, 2018 (2018-10-10) | T13.21251 | 1.50 |
| 37 | 2 | "Chapter Thirty-Seven: Fortune and Men's Eyes" | Jeff Woolnough | Michael Grassi | October 17, 2018 (2018-10-17) | T13.21252 | 1.28 |
| 38 | 3 | "Chapter Thirty-Eight: As Above, So Below" | Jeff Hunt | Aaron Allen | October 24, 2018 (2018-10-24) | T13.21253 | 1.40 |
| 39 | 4 | "Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Midnight Club" | Dawn Wilkinson | Tessa Leigh Williams | November 7, 2018 (2018-11-07) | T13.21254 | 1.37 |
| 40 | 5 | "Chapter Forty: The Great Escape" | Pam Romanowsky | Greg Murray & Ace Hasan | November 14, 2018 (2018-11-14) | T13.21255 | 1.25 |
| 41 | 6 | "Chapter Forty-One: Manhunter" | Rachel Talalay | Cristine Chambers | November 28, 2018 (2018-11-28) | T13.21256 | 1.27 |
| 42 | 7 | "Chapter Forty-Two: The Man in Black" | Alex Pillai | Janine Salinas Schoenberg | December 5, 2018 (2018-12-05) | T13.21257 | 1.09 |
| 43 | 8 | "Chapter Forty-Three: Outbreak" | John Kretchmer | James DeWille | December 12, 2018 (2018-12-12) | T13.21258 | 1.20 |
| 44 | 9 | "Chapter Forty-Four: No Exit" | Jeff Hunt | Arabella Anderson | January 16, 2019 (2019-01-16) | T13.21259 | 1.32 |
| 45 | 10 | "Chapter Forty-Five: The Stranger" | Maggie Kiley | Brian E. Paterson | January 23, 2019 (2019-01-23) | T13.21260 | 1.12 |
| 46 | 11 | "Chapter Forty-Six: The Red Dahlia" | Greg Smith | Devon Turner & Will Ewing | January 30, 2019 (2019-01-30) | T13.21261 | 1.26 |
| 47 | 12 | "Chapter Forty-Seven: Bizarrodale" | Harry Jierjian | Britta Lundin | February 6, 2019 (2019-02-06) | T13.21262 | 0.96 |
| 48 | 13 | "Chapter Forty-Eight: Requiem for a Welterweight" | Tawnia McKiernan | Michael Grassi | February 27, 2019 (2019-02-27) | T13.21263 | 0.86 |
| 49 | 14 | "Chapter Forty-Nine: Fire Walk with Me" | Marisol Adler | Aaron Allen | March 6, 2019 (2019-03-06) | T13.21264 | 0.92 |
| 50 | 15 | "Chapter Fifty: American Dreams" | Gabriel Correa | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | March 13, 2019 (2019-03-13) | T13.21265 | 0.95 |
| 51 | 16 | "Chapter Fifty-One: Big Fun" | Maggie Kiley | Tessa Leigh Williams | March 20, 2019 (2019-03-20) | T13.21266 | 0.81 |
| 52 | 17 | "Chapter Fifty-Two: The Raid" | Pamela Romanowsky | Greg Murray & Ace Hasan | March 27, 2019 (2019-03-27) | T13.21267 | 0.81 |
| 53 | 18 | "Chapter Fifty-Three: Jawbreaker" | Gabriel Correa | Brian E. Paterson & Arabella Anderson | April 17, 2019 (2019-04-17) | T13.21268 | 0.80 |
| 54 | 19 | "Chapter Fifty-Four: Fear the Reaper" | Alexandra La Roche | Janine Salinas Schoenberg & Will Ewing | April 24, 2019 (2019-04-24) | T13.21269 | 0.71 |
| 55 | 20 | "Chapter Fifty-Five: Prom Night" | David Katzenberg | Britta Lundin & Devon Turner | May 1, 2019 (2019-05-01) | T13.21270 | 0.70 |
| 56 | 21 | "Chapter Fifty-Six: The Dark Secret of Harvest House" | Rob Seidenglanz | Cristine Chambers & James DeWille | May 8, 2019 (2019-05-08) | T13.21271 | 0.74 |
| 57 | 22 | "Chapter Fifty-Seven: Survive the Night" | Rachel Talalay | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Michael Grassi | May 15, 2019 (2019-05-15) | T13.21272 | 0.86 |
Season 4 (2019–20)
Main article: Riverdale season 4| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | 1 | "Chapter Fifty-Eight: In Memoriam" | Gabriel Correa | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | October 9, 2019 (2019-10-09) | T13.21851 | 1.14 |
| 59 | 2 | "Chapter Fifty-Nine: Fast Times at Riverdale High" | Pamela Romanowsky | Michael Grassi & Will Ewing | October 16, 2019 (2019-10-16) | T13.21852 | 0.80 |
| 60 | 3 | "Chapter Sixty: Dog Day Afternoon" | Gregory Smith | Ace Hasan & Greg Murray | October 23, 2019 (2019-10-23) | T13.21853 | 0.87 |
| 61 | 4 | "Chapter Sixty-One: Halloween" | Erin Feeley | Janine Salinas Schoenberg | October 30, 2019 (2019-10-30) | T13.21854 | 0.74 |
| 62 | 5 | "Chapter Sixty-Two: Witness for the Prosecution" | Harry Jierjian | Devon Turner | November 6, 2019 (2019-11-06) | T13.21855 | 0.76 |
| 63 | 6 | "Chapter Sixty-Three: Hereditary" | Gabriel Correa | James DeWille | November 13, 2019 (2019-11-13) | T13.21856 | 0.82 |
| 64 | 7 | "Chapter Sixty-Four: The Ice Storm" | Alex Pillai | Arabella Anderson | November 20, 2019 (2019-11-20) | T13.21857 | 0.74 |
| 65 | 8 | "Chapter Sixty-Five: In Treatment" | Michael Goi | Tessa Leigh Williams | December 4, 2019 (2019-12-04) | T13.21858 | 0.69 |
| 66 | 9 | "Chapter Sixty-Six: Tangerine" | Gabriel Correa | Brian E. Paterson | December 11, 2019 (2019-12-11) | T13.21859 | 0.73 |
| 67 | 10 | "Chapter Sixty-Seven: Varsity Blues" | Roxanne Benjamin | Aaron Allen | January 22, 2020 (2020-01-22) | T13.21860 | 0.79 |
| 68 | 11 | "Chapter Sixty-Eight: Quiz Show" | Chell Stephen | Ted Sullivan | January 29, 2020 (2020-01-29) | T13.21861 | 0.73 |
| 69 | 12 | "Chapter Sixty-Nine: Men of Honor" | Catriona McKenzie | Ariana Jackson | February 5, 2020 (2020-02-05) | T13.21862 | 0.65 |
| 70 | 13 | "Chapter Seventy: The Ides of March" | Claudia Yarmy | Chrissy Maroon & Evan Kyle | February 12, 2020 (2020-02-12) | T13.21863 | 0.65 |
| 71 | 14 | "Chapter Seventy-One: How to Get Away with Murder" | James DeWille | Arabella Anderson | February 26, 2020 (2020-02-26) | T13.21864 | 0.67 |
| 72 | 15 | "Chapter Seventy-Two: To Die For" | Shannon Kohli | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | March 4, 2020 (2020-03-04) | T13.21865 | 0.66 |
| 73 | 16 | "Chapter Seventy-Three: The Locked Room" | Tessa Blake | Aaron Allen | March 11, 2020 (2020-03-11) | T13.21866 | 0.66 |
| 74 | 17 | "Chapter Seventy-Four: Wicked Little Town" | Antonio Negret | Tessa Leigh Williams | April 15, 2020 (2020-04-15) | T13.21867 | 0.54 |
| 75 | 18 | "Chapter Seventy-Five: Lynchian" | Steven A. Adelson | Ariana Jackson & Brian E. Paterson | April 29, 2020 (2020-04-29) | T13.21868 | 0.66 |
| 76 | 19 | "Chapter Seventy-Six: Killing Mr. Honey" | Mädchen Amick | Ted Sullivan & James DeWille | May 6, 2020 (2020-05-06) | T13.21869 | 0.65 |
Season 5 (2021)
Main article: Riverdale season 5| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 77 | 1 | "Chapter Seventy-Seven: Climax" | Pamela Romanowsky | Ace Hasan & Greg Murray | January 20, 2021 (2021-01-20) | T13.22701 | 0.63 |
| 78 | 2 | "Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Preppy Murders" | Gabriel Correa | Janine Salinas Schoenberg & Devon Turner | January 27, 2021 (2021-01-27) | T13.22702 | 0.52 |
| 79 | 3 | "Chapter Seventy-Nine: Graduation" | Gabriel Correa | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | February 3, 2021 (2021-02-03) | T13.22703 | 0.54 |
| 80 | 4 | "Chapter Eighty: Purgatorio" | Steven A. Adelson | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | February 10, 2021 (2021-02-10) | T13.22704 | 0.48 |
| 81 | 5 | "Chapter Eighty-One: The Homecoming" | Steven A. Adelson | Michael Grassi | February 17, 2021 (2021-02-17) | T13.22705 | 0.59 |
| 82 | 6 | "Chapter Eighty-Two: Back to School" | Gabriel Correa | Ariana Jackson | February 24, 2021 (2021-02-24) | T13.22706 | 0.60 |
| 83 | 7 | "Chapter Eighty-Three: Fire in the Sky" | Gabriel Correa | Ted Sullivan | March 10, 2021 (2021-03-10) | T13.22707 | 0.52 |
| 84 | 8 | "Chapter Eighty-Four: Lock & Key" | Rachel Talalay | Arabella Anderson | March 17, 2021 (2021-03-17) | T13.22708 | 0.45 |
| 85 | 9 | "Chapter Eighty-Five: Destroyer" | Rob Seidenglanz | Ace Hasan | March 24, 2021 (2021-03-24) | T13.22709 | 0.46 |
| 86 | 10 | "Chapter Eighty-Six: The Pincushion Man" | Gabriel Correa | Chrissy Maroon | March 31, 2021 (2021-03-31) | T13.22710 | 0.49 |
| 87 | 11 | "Chapter Eighty-Seven: Strange Bedfellows" | Tessa Blake | Aaron Allen | August 11, 2021 (2021-08-11) | T13.22711 | 0.38 |
| 88 | 12 | "Chapter Eighty-Eight: Citizen Lodge" | James DeWille | Brian E. Paterson | August 18, 2021 (2021-08-18) | T13.22712 | 0.47 |
| 89 | 13 | "Chapter Eighty-Nine: Reservoir Dogs" | Gabriel Correa | Evan Kyle | August 25, 2021 (2021-08-25) | T13.22713 | 0.47 |
| 90 | 14 | "Chapter Ninety: The Night Gallery" | Mädchen Amick | James DeWille | September 1, 2021 (2021-09-01) | T13.22714 | 0.36 |
| 91 | 15 | "Chapter Ninety-One: The Return of the Pussycats" | Robin Givens | Ariana Jackson & Evan Kyle | September 8, 2021 (2021-09-08) | T13.22715 | 0.39 |
| 92 | 16 | "Chapter Ninety-Two: Band of Brothers" | Robin Givens | Janine Salinas Schoenberg | September 15, 2021 (2021-09-15) | T13.22716 | 0.45 |
| 93 | 17 | "Chapter Ninety-Three: Dance of Death" | Nathalie Boltt | Devon Turner | September 22, 2021 (2021-09-22) | T13.22717 | 0.35 |
| 94 | 18 | "Chapter Ninety-Four: Next to Normal" | Ronald Paul Richard | Tessa Leigh Williams | September 29, 2021 (2021-09-29) | T13.22718 | 0.25 |
| 95 | 19 | "Chapter Ninety-Five: Riverdale: RIP (?)" | Gabriel Correa | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Greg Murray | October 6, 2021 (2021-10-06) | T13.22719 | 0.36 |
Season 6 (2021–22)
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| 96 | 1 | "Chapter Ninety-Six: Welcome to Rivervale" | Gabriel Correa | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | November 16, 2021 (2021-11-16) | T13.23301 | 0.33 | |||||
| Following the events of the explosion at the Andrews house, Archie and Betty awaken in the town of Rivervale. Archie and the gang attempt to stop Cheryl’s vendetta against the town of Rivervale after her secession. Betty and Archie talk about starting a family together. Cheryl hosts a Maple Fest at Thornhill, where Archie is crowned king and is given a pie as his prize. Later that evening, Archie and Betty eat the pie and have sex on the kitchen table. Archie is woken in the middle of the night and called to the maple grove, where the entire town is waiting to sacrifice him. Cheryl affixes him to a post and carves out his heart, as the town rejoices. | ||||||||||||
| 97 | 2 | "Chapter Ninety-Seven: Ghost Stories" | Gabriel Correa | Janine Salinas Schoenberg | November 23, 2021 (2021-11-23) | T13.23302 | 0.34 | |||||
| Betty hunts La Llorona as she makes her way through Rivervale, haunting all of its residents. La Llorona nearly drowns Juniper in the bathtub at Thornhill and kidnaps Anthony from Toni’s apartment. Toni reveals to Betty that La Llorona likely materialized because she killed Darla Dickinson’s son in a gang fight. Darla called La Llorona to Rivervale to kill Anthony. Betty and Toni find the entity about to drown Anthony when Toni gives her soul to the ghost to save Anthony’s life. | ||||||||||||
| 98 | 3 | "Chapter Ninety-Eight: Mr. Cypher" | Jeff Woolnough | Greg Murray | November 30, 2021 (2021-11-30) | T13.23303 | 0.26 | |||||
| The devil comes to Rivervale, posing under the alias of Louis Cypher. He threatens several of the town’s residents with their darkest secrets and sins and exchanges favors with them in turn for their souls. Jughead sells his soul to the devil, leading there to be a disgrace on his name. Veronica nearly sells her soul to the devil to avoid misfortune at the Babylonium, but sells Reggie’s soul instead when she realizes he undermined her. | ||||||||||||
| 99 | 4 | "Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Witching Hour(s)" | James DeWille | Arabella Anderson | December 7, 2021 (2021-12-07) | T13.23304 | 0.27 | |||||
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As Bailey’s Comet travels over Rivervale, Nana Rose falls deathly ill. Cheryl calls in Sabrina Spellman from Greendale to help perform a transference of Nana Rose’s soul to Cheryl’s body. Realizing that she is inhabited with the soul of Abigail Blossom, Cheryl recounts the stories of Blossom women past who shared Abigail’s soul through the years, including Poppy Blossom in the 1950’s and Abigail Blossom herself in the late 1800’s. Cheryl realizes both women were victims of severe persecution, and she resonates with their pain. Cheryl and Sabrina perform a successful transference of Nana Rose’s soul to Cheryl’s body just as Bailey’s Comet passes over town. This episode is a crossover with Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. | ||||||||||||
| 100 | 5 | "Chapter One Hundred: The Jughead Paradox" | Gabriel Correa | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | December 14, 2021 (2021-12-14) | T13.23305 | 0.29 | |||||
| Jughead becomes unnerved after discovering a dead body resembling him on the town's outskirts, and notices cracks in Rivervale's surface. Two versions of Reggie arrive, and he encounters living Jason Blossom and Ben Button. Uncovering ninety-five comics detailing Riverdale stories, he realizes they shift to Rivervale after Archie's house explosion. Recognizing a connection between the two universes, Jughead enlists Ethel Muggs and an alive Dilton Doiley to close the gap. Recreating events prior to the bomb, they successfully seal one Jughead in the bunker with Ethel, ensuring uninterrupted storytelling from the Rivervale universe. Jughead makes a call to Riverdale's Betty, warning and saving her and Archie from the explosion. | ||||||||||||
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| 101 | 6 | "Chapter One Hundred and One: Unbelievable" | James DeWille | James DeWille | March 20, 2022 (2022-03-20) | T13.23306 | 0.23 | |||||
| Archie and Betty experience mysterious side effects from the explosion, with Betty sensing malice from a hospital orderly. Fangs and Toni's ceasefire attempt with the Ghoulies fails, leading to Archie confronting them alone. Veronica plots Hiram's demise but is too late to call off the hit. Jughead suffers hearing loss and seeks medical help. Cheryl attempts to reverse a curse but inadvertently becomes possessed. Percival Pickens offers to buy the Andrews house, but Archie refuses. | ||||||||||||
| 102 | 7 | "Chapter One Hundred and Two: Death at a Funeral" | Tara Dafoe | Ted Sullivan | March 27, 2022 (2022-03-27) | T13.23307 | 0.21 | |||||
| Jughead grapples with hearing loss and writer's block but finds solace in creating a graphic novel. He discovers an ability to hear people's thoughts. Betty, after Glen goes missing, receives his dismembered body parts and is attacked by TBK. Deciding to leave town to protect others, she knows TBK will follow. Archie rebuilds his house but realizes palladium removes his invulnerability. Attacked by TBK, he's saved by Bingo's newfound healing ability. Veronica's family visits for Hiram's memorial, and after dealing with the consequences of her hit on him, Hermione and Reggie help her come to terms with his death. Veronica survives an assassination attempt, thanks to Heraldo. Abigail, revived to restore the Blossoms' glory, becomes obsessed with Toni and plans to reclaim her and destroy the offspring of those who wronged her. | ||||||||||||
| 103 | 8 | "Chapter One Hundred and Three: The Town" | Rob Seidenglanz | Brian E. Paterson | April 3, 2022 (2022-04-03) | T13.23308 | 0.18 | |||||
| Britta enters Abigail's mind to find Cheryl tormented by a specter of Penelope. She alerts Cheryl, allowing her to fight back against her mental trap. Percival denounces Riverdale and suggests bussing out the homeless. Archie's attempt to provide micro-houses is vandalized, leading to conflicts. Jughead discovers Percival has persuaded the homeless to leave. Veronica and Reggie face challenges opening a casino, including a suicide linked to Percival. Heraldo removes the body and footage shows Percival interacting with the man. Jughead tries to read Percival's mind but discovers Percival is aware of his telepathy. Heraldo reveals no record of Percival before Riverdale. Betty returns to town and learns about Percival from Archie. | ||||||||||||
| 104 | 9 | "Chapter One Hundred and Four: The Serpent Queen's Gambit" | Antonio Negret | Danielle Iman | April 10, 2022 (2022-04-10) | T13.23309 | 0.22 | |||||
| Abigail attempts to poison Archie, Betty, and Jughead, but Betty intervenes. After another attempt on Archie's life, Jughead reads Britta's mind, uncovering Abigail's plans. Together with Britta and Rose, they banish Abigail's spirit into the Julian doll, restoring Cheryl's body. A war between the Serpents and Ghoulies ensues, leading to Toni's removal from the town council. Fangs is arrested for possessing guns, and the Ghoulies kidnap Anthony. Toni agrees to a gang fight, but police intervention halts it. Later, Percival informs Toni that the Ghoulies were found dead, apparently by suicide. Kevin sues Toni and Fangs for custody of Anthony. Reggie adapts to his father's financial troubles by merging casino business with the dealership. Following Toni's dismissal, Percival is elected to the council by Alice and Frank. | ||||||||||||
| 105 | 10 | "Chapter One Hundred and Five: Folk Heroes" | Gabriel Correa | Devon Turner | April 17, 2022 (2022-04-17) | T13.23310 | 0.23 | |||||
| Archie attempts to revitalize Riverdale by setting a Guinness World Record, showcasing his invulnerability. He invites KO Kelly for a boxing match, but Percival, unable to harm Archie, injures KO and fights Archie himself, utilizing palladium in his glove. Percival steps down as a deputy, opens a curiosity shop, and reveals various town secrets to Veronica. Veronica breaks up with Reggie but resolves issues with Tabitha and Toni. Betty, aided by the FBI, discovers Cheryl has developed pyrokinesis, leading to spontaneous combustions. Cheryl learns to control her abilities with Betty's help. | ||||||||||||
| 106 | 11 | "Chapter One Hundred and Six: Angels in America" | Claudia Yarmy | Evan Kyle | April 24, 2022 (2022-04-24) | T13.23311 | 0.21 | |||||
| Tabitha discovers Percival's plan to build a railroad through Riverdale and construct a station on Pop's. When seeking help from others, they refuse. Jughead suggests turning Pop's into a landmark, revealing his and others' powers. Tabitha, attacked by an armed robber at Pop's, is shot and awakens in 1944. She learns about her ability to time travel and prevents Riverdale from becoming a sundown town, facing opposition from Percival. Sent to 1968, she protects the black community during MLK's assassination. In 1999, with Raphael (now Betty), she traces vandalism to a shop owned by Percival, defeating him and returning to the present. Tabitha shares her powers and visions, urging the group to save Pop's and prevent a future disaster in Riverdale. | ||||||||||||
| 107 | 12 | "Chapter One Hundred and Seven: In the Fog" | Jeff Woolnough | Chrissy Maroon | May 1, 2022 (2022-05-01) | T13.23312 | 0.16 | |||||
| A fog envelops Riverdale, trapping everyone in their current locations. Archie and Betty confront a potential pregnancy, reaffirming their commitment. Cheryl receives letters from Penelope, who reveals her decision to become a nun. Veronica and Reggie rekindle their relationship but recognize unhealthy patterns, leading to a permanent breakup. Kevin reconnects with Moose during dinner with Toni and Fangs, reigniting their romance. Kevin offers joint custody for Anthony, but Fangs plans to fight. Tabitha confesses her time-traveling mission to Jughead, who accepts a future where Percival wins and prepares to face it. After the fog lifts, Alice announces Percival as Riverdale's new mayor, dissolving the council. | ||||||||||||
| 108 | 13 | "Chapter One Hundred and Eight: Ex-Libris" | Ruba Nadda | Aaron Allen | May 8, 2022 (2022-05-08) | T13.23313 | 0.19 | |||||
| Reggie moves out after Betty's negative pregnancy test. Percival pursues overdue library books from the gang, taking their belongings as collateral. He uses the items to torment them with traumatic memories. Betty recalls Hal's crimes, Archie confronts his affair with Miss Grundy, Jughead faces his grandfather's death, Veronica grapples with loneliness, and Cheryl encounters the ghost of Heather. Reggie and Kevin evade Percival's book hunt. Percival gains an ally in Reggie, leading to a surprising kiss with Kevin. Veronica discovers Heraldo's death from a black widow spider bite. Dr. Curdle confirms the cause. The gang returns books, regaining their items. Cheryl hosts a gathering to burn their possessions, breaking Percival's hold. | ||||||||||||
| 109 | 14 | "Chapter One Hundred and Nine: Venomous" | Lisa Soper | Tessa Leigh Williams | May 15, 2022 (2022-05-15) | T13.23314 | 0.20 | |||||
| Archie seeks Cheryl's help to overcome his palladium weakness, and a successful ritual transforms his body. Betty turns to Jughead to uncover repressed memories, revealing that Alice tested positive for the serial killer gene. Hal and Alice covered up a murder together, upsetting Betty. Veronica clashes with Reggie for control of the Babylonium, managing the intense toxins her body produces. Cheryl reaches out to Heather against Nana Rose's advice, and Jughead reminisces about his time with Betty as Heather surprises Cheryl at Thornhill. | ||||||||||||
| 110 | 15 | "Chapter One Hundred and Ten: Things That Go Bump in the Night" | Gabriel Correa | Gigi Swift & Ryan Terrebonne | May 22, 2022 (2022-05-22) | T13.23315 | 0.21 | |||||
| Heather mentors Cheryl in the arcane arts, revealing her witch identity. Betty, alarmed by threatening auras, consults Agent Drake. They attribute her visions to individuals without the MAOA gene, but Betty sees an aura around her reflection, complicating matters. Veronica seeks Jughead's help to boost Babylonium's business, dealing with Reggie's blackmail by instructing Jughead to erase his memory. Toni and Fangs battle for Anthony's custody, with Fangs facing job struggles. Archie and Tabitha dismantle Pop's against Percival's demolition, but the diner reassembles overnight. Tabitha learns it's inhabited by ghosts and compromises to move the diner rapidly. | ||||||||||||
| 111 | 16 | "Chapter One Hundred and Eleven: Blue Collar" | Tara Dafoe | James DeWille & Arabella Anderson | May 29, 2022 (2022-05-29) | T13.23316 | 0.17 | |||||
| Archie and Tabitha rally Percival's work crew to unionize, investigating the Pickens' history for evidence of mistreatment with Cheryl's help. Heather aids Cheryl in a spell to enter Percival's shop unnoticed for a book retrieval. Meanwhile, Reggie and Percival manipulate Jughead's mind in retaliation, and Toni and Fangs continue their custody battle against Kevin. Toni recruits Britta to babysit Anthony, leading Kevin to seek a pacifier test for paternity. However, Toni confronts him, sparking a heated argument. Betty discovers Charles, dying of leukemia, in her bed. She enlists Veronica and Agent Drake to remove toxins from Charles's body through a blood transfusion, seemingly succeeding. Determined to trap TBK, Betty seeks permission from Veronica to host a serial killer convention at the Babylonium. | ||||||||||||
| 112 | 17 | "Chapter One Hundred and Twelve: American Psychos" | Gabriel Correa | Tessa Leigh Williams & Greg Murray | June 12, 2022 (2022-06-12) | T13.23317 | 0.24 | |||||
| Betty and Veronica finalize plans for the convention, while Toni informs Cheryl about the wedding, leading Cheryl to cast a misfortune spell with Kevin's help. When the spell backfires, Heather intervenes to assist with Anthony's colic. Archie and Tabitha continue opposing Percival, convincing the work crew to quit, with Archie singing Bread and Roses at the construction site. Agent Drake confesses her feelings to Betty during the convention, leading to a confrontation with Veronica. Betty receives a call from TBK at the convention, making her believe he's present. Later, she encounters TBK at her house, discovering an FBI agent murdered and her family tied up. After confronting TBK in the garage, Betty kills him. Returning home, she has a crucial conversation with Archie to solidify the direction of their relationship. | ||||||||||||
| 113 | 18 | "Chapter One Hundred and Thirteen: Biblical" | Ronald Paul Richard | Janine Salinas Schoenberg & Brian E. Paterson | June 26, 2022 (2022-06-26) | T13.23318 | 0.29 | |||||
| Jughead struggles in the bunker as Archie and Tabitha work to maintain hope within the union. Percival brings plagues to the town, turning the Sweetwater River red. Veronica faces challenges in planning Toni and Fangs' wedding, and Cheryl's attempt to set Percival on fire fails, resulting in tragedy. Betty discovers Percival's plan to capture her, and a confrontation ensues. Betty, aided by the gang using Heather's invisibility spell, manages to incapacitate Percival before Toni's wedding. However, Percival escapes and causes the death of all first-born children in Riverdale, including Archie, Jughead, Fangs, and Toni. Jughead encounters his Rivervale counterpart, and Heather decides to seek assistance from Sabrina Spellman. | ||||||||||||
| 114 | 19 | "Chapter One Hundred and Fourteen: The Witches of Riverdale" | Alex Sanjiv Pillai | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Chrissy Maroon | July 10, 2022 (2022-07-10) | T13.23319 | 0.22 | |||||
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Heather calls Sabrina Spellman to resurrect their deceased friends. Kevin attempts to leave town, but is captured by Percival. Sabrina inducts Betty, Veronica, and Tabitha into the coven, using Jughead's body to bring back Nick Scratch. To rescue their friends from the afterlife, Cheryl, Veronica, and Tabitha are sent through Charon, encountering various challenges. Sabrina and Nick share a final date before he returns to the afterlife. Percival captures Kevin, offering his heart to save Marty. Reggie and Kevin are captured after a failed rescue attempt. Cheryl, with her phoenix powers, forcibly resurrects their friends, including Jason and Polly. Percival plans to kill them, but Reggie reveals a hidden plan. Tabitha unveils Anthony's immortality and her role as Riverdale's guardian angel. This episode is a crossover with Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and provides closure to plot points from that series. | ||||||||||||
| 115 | 20 | "Chapter One Hundred and Fifteen: Return to Rivervale" | Anna Kerrigan | Ted Sullivan & Devon Turner | July 17, 2022 (2022-07-17) | T13.23320 | 0.26 | |||||
| Jughead discovers his ability to open portals and travels with Tabitha to the Rivervale universe for answers about Percival. Meanwhile, Tom and Frank hold Kevin, Marty, and Reggie hostage at the Babylonium to prevent their execution. Alice interviews Percival, learning that he's an immortal being brought into Riverdale during the bomb incident. He seeks revenge against the ancestors of the gang, the early settlers. Betty reunites with Polly, realizing her evil doesn't define her. Cheryl and Archie plan to sabotage train tracks after freeing the hostages. Jughead and Tabitha gather intel from Mr. Cypher in Rivervale, realizing the challenge against Percival in Riverdale is formidable. Jughead opens a portal to help the escape of Kevin, Reggie, and Marty. In retaliation, Percival announces the execution of Frank, Tom, and Alice to the gang. | ||||||||||||
| 116 | 21 | "Chapter One Hundred and Sixteen: The Stand" | Cierra Glaudé | Danielle Iman & Evan Kyle | July 24, 2022 (2022-07-24) | T13.23321 | 0.23 | |||||
| The group attempts to negotiate with Percival, but he refuses and presents the corpses of Alice, Frank, and Tom without heads. Cheryl can't resurrect them. Percival uses a spell to make Reggie, Jason, Veronica's grandmother, and Glen's corpse attack the gang. Cheryl kills Jason again. Tabitha ages Anthony into a young adult and attacks Percival, who escapes. Pop's is disassembled and reassembled, confronting Percival. Archie, Betty, Veronica, Cheryl, and Reggie are subdued, and Jughead enters Percival's mind, tricking him to abandon his body. Percival returns to Rivervale Pop's, where counterparts stab him. Tabitha brings him back before immortality, and as he dies, he casts a final spell. In Riverdale, Cheryl resurrects Alice, Frank, and Tom, discovering Percival redirected Bailey's Comet to destroy Riverdale, confirming Tabitha's vision. | ||||||||||||
| 117 | 22 | "Chapter One Hundred and Seventeen: Night of the Comet" | Gabriel Correa | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Aaron Allen | July 31, 2022 (2022-07-31) | T13.23322 | 0.17 | |||||
| As the comet approaches, Cheryl, Heather, and Toni make a deal with Abigail to destroy the comet and break the barrier. Cheryl, with her powers, can melt the comet, but it might result in the death of some resurrected individuals. Mary helps Archie confront his hero complex. Betty declines a promotion, focusing on positivity. Veronica learns independence and gives the casino to Reggie. Jughead and Tabitha share their lives using her powers. Heather reveals Cheryl and Toni's soulmate connection. Veronica filters powers, transferring all to Cheryl, who melts the comet. The gang wakes up in 1955, back in high school, with only Jughead remembering their past lives. | ||||||||||||
Season 7 (2023)
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| 118 | 1 | "Chapter One Hundred and Eighteen: Don't Worry, Darling" | Ronald Paul Richard | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Danielle Iman | March 29, 2023 (2023-03-29) | T13.23901 | 0.26 |
| In the aftermath of Bailey's Comet in 1955, Riverdale takes on a new dynamic. Betty and Kevin are dating, Cheryl's twin brother Julian is alive, and Jughead lives alone with a pet dog. Fred died in the Korean War, and Archie, forbidden from driving by Mary after James Dean's death, competes for Veronica Lodge's attention. Following Emmett Till's murder, Jughead tries to connect with Tabitha, who later leaves to tour with Till's family. Jughead unearths a time capsule from high school, but the others dismiss his claims. Veronica's exile to Riverdale is revealed, tied to her involvement in James Dean's accident. Betty and Toni draw attention to Till's injustice, and Jughead encounters Tabitha from the original timeline. She discloses that the comet hit Riverdale, prompting her to protect them by sending them to the past and erasing Jughead's memory to preserve the timeline. | |||||||
| 119 | 2 | "Chapter One Hundred and Nineteen: Skip, Hop, and Thump!" | Ronald Paul Richard | Ariana Jackson | April 5, 2023 (2023-04-05) | T13.23902 | 0.27 |
| Archie writes a poem to ask Veronica to the sock hop but gives up when he sees her considering others. Betty gets upset with Kevin's hesitation and develops feelings for Archie. Kevin is drawn to the new student, Clay Walker. Encouraged by Alice, Kevin commits to Betty, giving her Alice's pin. Toni convinces Cheryl to choose Fangs for the sock hop performance. Jughead confronts Pep Comics for stealing his story and gets hired by editor Al Fieldstone, who later brings in Ethel as an artist. Despite disapproval from Ethel's parents, she and Jughead agree to attend the sock hop together. At the event, Veronica apologizes to Archie, but he rejects her. Toni dances with Cheryl, upsetting Principal Featherhead. Ethel arrives, covered in blood, with news of a terrible incident. | |||||||
| 120 | 3 | "Chapter One Hundred and Twenty: Sex Education" | James DeWille | Janine Salinas Schoenberg | April 12, 2023 (2023-04-12) | T13.23903 | 0.22 |
| Ethel claims a milkman killed her parents, though the authorities don't believe her. Afterward, she moves in with the Coopers, to Hal's displeasure, and tells Jughead some of the pictures she drew are of her parents' deaths. He retrieves them from her house, but is nearly caught by Betty, who takes clothes and a book on sex education. Penelope pressures Cheryl to date a boy, and she starts a relationship with Archie. The students attend an open mic at the coffee shop, where Cheryl is aroused by Toni, and fantasize about each other. After a lecture on sex education, Veronica, who still has feelings for Archie, invites the students to a makeout party, though Clay declines and confesses to Kevin that he is gay. At the makeout party, Cheryl goes further with Archie, Veronica and Jughead begin a relationship, and Betty finds Kevin is not aroused by her while Archie was, and gives her boyfriend the book to get him interested. The next day, Ethel and Jughead are confronted in the principal's office by Sheriff Keller, who shows them he searched Jughead's home and found Ethel's drawings and a comic about a homicidal milkman, seemingly believing they are guilty. | |||||||
| 121 | 4 | "Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-One: Love & Marriage" | Claudia Yarmy | Chrissy Maroon | April 19, 2023 (2023-04-19) | T13.23904 | 0.25 |
| Jughead and Ethel are arrested for the murders. Veronica gets Jughead released, and he reveals Julian was with Ethel during the murders. They force him to tell the police and Ethel is released. She also helps him refurbish his home, and they share a kiss. Betty breaks up with Kevin when he returns the book and admits he wants to wait until marriage. When she sees him with Clay, she realizes he is gay and tells Alice, who tries to convince her it is just a phase. She confronts Kevin, and they repair their friendship. He later tells her Alice gave him the pin, and she confronts her mother, who reveals she has burned the sex book and sent Ethel to the Sisters of Quiet Mercy. Archie and Cheryl, claiming to have had sex, are pressured to get married by their parents. However, Cheryl eventually decides to stop denying her sexuality, and breaks up with Archie, encouraging him to pursue Betty. Mary calls Archie's uncle Frank to come and get him back on track. Fangs and Midge get pregnant, but her parents refuse to let them marry, so Fangs decides to become a rock star to be acceptable to them. | |||||||
| 122 | 5 | "Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Two: Tales in a Jugular Vein" | Jeff Woolnough | Greg Murray | April 26, 2023 (2023-04-26) | T13.23905 | 0.19 |
| Mr. Fieldstone assigns Jughead to write four stories despite censorship concerns. Jughead shares the stories with Veronica. In the first, Dilton, bullied by the basketball team, retaliates by killing them and using their heads as basketballs. In the second, Archie stays overnight at Thornhill, engaging with Cheryl who has leprosy. The third story features Betty's popularity taking a deadly turn when black widow spiders nest in her new hairstyle. The final story depicts Archie's demise after dating both Betty and Veronica. Veronica breaks up with Jughead due to the stories' negative portrayal of women, though Mr. Fieldstone approves and offers to credit Jughead. | |||||||
| 123 | 6 | "Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Three: Peep Show" | Amy Myrold | Ted Sullivan | May 3, 2023 (2023-05-03) | T13.23906 | 0.21 |
| Jughead uncovers plagiarism in Pep Comics, leading to a deal between the author Brad Rayberry and Mr. Fieldstone. However, Jughead jeopardizes the relationship by stealing and reading Rayberry's unpublished manuscript. Frank encourages Archie to improve his life, getting a job and joining the basketball team coached by Frank. After facing self-doubt, Archie overcomes it with Mary's support and joins the team. Toni joins the River Vixens, sparking a romantic relationship with Cheryl despite Evelyn's disapproval. Veronica attempts to help Betty attract Archie, leading to a compromising situation witnessed by Hal and Frank. Meanwhile, Dr. Werthers discovers Jughead's involvement in writing horror comics. | |||||||
| 124 | 7 | "Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Four: Dirty Dancing" | Jesse Warn | Aaron Allen | May 10, 2023 (2023-05-10) | T13.23907 | 0.20 |
| After Archie and Betty are caught, Alice spreads the news to the town, and Veronica's parents. She also forces Betty to become a dancer on the Coopers' show, where she is harassed by her coworkers. When Betty gets herself kicked off by flashing her underwear at the camera, Alice refers her to Dr. Werthers. Veronica is forced to get a job working at the Babylonium, which Clay also works at, and finds out her parents plan to buy and raze it. She prevents this by buying it herself. Tom forces Kevin to join the basketball team, and Julian pressures him to see a prostitute. When Archie tells Betty about this, she tells him to stop it. He does, and finds out Kevin is gay, but continues to be friends with him, while Tom reveals to Kevin he set it up to confirm Kevin's sexuality, and takes him off the basketball team. Jughead is forced to either stop writing comics or be expelled, and he drops out of school to continue writing. When Rayberry finds out, he forces Principal Featherhead and Dr. Werthers to compromise by letting Jughead write non-horror comics. Rayberry is later visited by a milkman late at night. | |||||||
| 125 | 8 | "Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Five: Hoop Dreams" | Cierra "Shooter" Glaudé | Evan Kyle | May 17, 2023 (2023-05-17) | T13.23908 | 0.23 |
| The basketball team faces a losing streak, prompting Mr. Blossom to allow Frank to recruit Reggie Mantle, an out-of-town player. Reggie, who is half-Korean, reveals past discrimination and indifference to Archie's attempts at bonding. Archie addresses the team's discriminatory behavior to ensure Reggie's support. Meanwhile, Kevin starts working at the Babylonium, and Veronica seeks his help in gaining Clay's romantic attention, only to find out Clay is gay. Betty reluctantly joins the River Vixens to fulfill her parents' wishes, while Toni quits the squad after a breakup with Cheryl. However, they reconcile, and Cheryl helps Toni secure funds for a black literature club. Tabitha returns to town and strengthens her bond with Jughead, who discovers Brad Rayberry's apparent suicide after attempting to share information about Tabitha with him. | |||||||
| 126 | 9 | "Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Six: Betty & Veronica Double Digest" | Alex Sanjiv Pillai | Will Ewing | May 24, 2023 (2023-05-24) | T13.23909 | 0.19 |
| Jughead mourns Brad Rayberry's death while Betty undergoes therapy with Dr. Werthers. A rift develops when Dr. Werthers and Alice try to shape Betty's perspectives on marriage and sexuality. Feeling betrayed, Betty breaks into Dr. Werthers' office, discovering a copy of Lolita and accusing him of inappropriate fantasies. Their conflict leads to strained relations with Alice and Hal. Veronica faces interference from her parents in promoting the Babylonium, adapting by showing unique films. When her parents retaliate by evicting her, Veronica moves into her Babylonium office. Jughead, having processed Rayberry's death, aids Sheriff Keller in the investigation. | |||||||
| 127 | 10 | "Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Seven: American Graffiti" | Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Nate Burke & Sam Rubinek | May 31, 2023 (2023-05-31) | T13.23910 | 0.28 |
| Cheryl feels excluded as Toni dedicates time to the black literature club. Attempting to join a meeting, Cheryl realizes the importance of giving Toni space. Reggie borrows Archie's car for a date with Veronica, leading to tension when he returns home late without a clear explanation. A double date to Fangs' concert in Centerville reveals trust issues between Archie and Reggie, forcing them to confront their feelings. Betty and Veronica attend the concert with Cheryl, Toni, and Midge. Reggie seeks Betty's help to repair a jalopy, leading to reconciliation with Archie. Jughead and Tabitha investigate Brad Rayberry's death, uncovering his interracial marriage and experiences with racism. Tabitha decides to tour with Emmett Till's family, while Jughead discovers Rayberry encountered a mysterious milkman on the night of his death. | |||||||
| 128 | 11 | "Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Eight: Halloween II" | Ronald Paul Richard | Felicia Ho | June 7, 2023 (2023-06-07) | T13.23911 | 0.23 |
| Despite the ban on Halloween celebrations, the gang decides to defy it. Archie, Betty, and Dilton attempt to give Reggie his first Halloween experience, leading to a competition for Betty's attention. Veronica organizes a show at the Babylonium where Cheryl and Toni publicly reveal their relationship. Ethel escapes from the Sisters of Quiet Mercy and contacts Jughead, leading to an investigation into the mysterious milkman. They discover the original writer of the Milkman comic, who took his own life, citing the comic as the reason. Betty's favoritism towards Archie leads Reggie to join Bulldogs in vandalizing the town. However, their actions result in them driving into Sweetwater River. | |||||||
| 129 | 12 | "Chapter One Twenty-Nine: After the Fall" | Julia Bettencourt | Gigi Swift | June 21, 2023 (2023-06-21) | T13.23912 | 0.19 |
| Reggie's actions lead to a car accident, leaving Julian in a coma and Mr. Blossom blaming Reggie. Despite this, Cheryl and the team move forward with Archie as the new captain. Reggie, displaying a talent for writing poetry, helps devise a plan to overcome threats from Stonewall Prep. Cheryl overhears her father's plot to replace Reggie and, with Archie's support, confronts Mr. Blossom to secure Reggie's captaincy. The team succeeds in defeating Stonewall. Meanwhile, Betty and Veronica bond over their parents' behavior and decide to live together at the Pembrooke. After being caught by Mary, they explain their situation, leading Veronica's parents to allow her back, and Alice to soften her attitude. Ethel and Jughead collaborate on a new comic, "The Mailman Cometh," persuading Mr. Fieldstone to publish it. | |||||||
| 130 | 13 | "Chapter One Thirty: The Crucible" | Mädchen Amick | Janine Salinas Schoenberg & Will Ewing | June 28, 2023 (2023-06-28) | T13.23913 | 0.19 |
| Mrs. Thornton is fired under suspicion of being a communist, replaced by Mrs. Grundy who mentors Archie despite Frank's disapproval of poetry. Cheryl faces pressure from Evelyn to confirm students' sexualities, leading her to pretend to date Kevin, while Clay and Toni also fake a relationship. Hiram visits Riverdale, seeking Veronica's alibi amid a communist investigation. Veronica agrees but forces Hiram to confess his affair to Hermione. Hermione reveals her intention to divorce Hiram. Betty starts a newsletter for teenage girls after the school newspaper is shut down. Jughead and Ethel attempt to sell comics discreetly but are caught; Principal Featherhead buys and burns the comics. | |||||||
| 131 | 14 | "Chapter One Hundred Thirty-One: Archie the Musical" | Ronald Paul Richard | Tessa Leigh Williams | July 5, 2023 (2023-07-05) | T13.23914 | 0.21 |
| Kevin writes a musical for the spring performance, centered around senior year at Riverdale High. Despite resistance from Reggie and Jughead, he casts Archie, who later drops out after realizing he doesn't know what he wants in life. Archie leaves the basketball team to focus on poetry, disappointing Frank, and puts his romantic pursuits on hold. Kevin's song for Betty, Veronica, Cheryl, and Toni faces disapproval. Betty and Veronica prioritize their friendship over Archie, while Cheryl and Toni quit the musical due to a song about their relationship. Kevin grapples with his parents' divorce, and Principal Featherhead rejects his musical. Kevin vents his frustrations, but the other students offer support after Clay explains his perspective. | |||||||
| 132 | 15 | "Chapter One Hundred Thirty-Two: Miss Teen Riverdale" | Michael Goi | Aaron Allen & Chrissy Maroon | July 19, 2023 (2023-07-19) | T13.23915 | 0.22 |
| Riverdale's beauty pageant, which will be broadcast on live television, arrives. The girls compete, coached by Alice, who tells Betty she won in her day, and had dreams of being a stewardess and traveling before she married Hal. After noticing Ethel feeling left out, Betty encourages her to join in, while Alice realizes Midge is pregnant, and has her sent to the Sisters of Quiet Mercy. Ethel decides to participate in her place, but Alice refuses, so Betty and Veronica blackmail Hal into allowing it, while Cheryl and Toni console Fangs, eventually getting him a phone call with Midge. Ethel wins the pageant after singing "Who Will Love Me As I Am", though it is later shown Alice lied and the judges actually chose Betty. | |||||||
| 133 | 16 | "Chapter One Hundred Thirty-Three: Stag" | Rob Seidenglanz | Ryan Terrebonne | July 26, 2023 (2023-07-26) | T13.23916 | 0.16 |
| Julian gets a pornographic film, which Veronica allows him to screen at the Babylonium, only for it to be shut down when Betty finds out her sister Polly is the star of it. She contacts Polly, who comes to Riverdale and admits she is now a burlesque dancer, which Alice and Hal know about. She also tells Betty and Veronica she is engaged, and agrees to perform her act for the women at the Babylonium. After Alice refuses to attend and Betty reprimands her, telling her she can't wait to leave Riverdale forever, Alice slaps her. After being told about the Beats, Archie is aroused watching a wrestling film with Reggie, who is also aroused. They later have a questionable encounter with a prostitute, Twyla, and tell each other they love each other. Cheryl and Toni do a photoshoot in lingerie. Jughead attempts to help Mr. Fieldstone come to terms with Dr. Werthers and the board censoring comics, but Dr. Werthers tells him the terms are already set. Veronica consoles Jughead, and they reignite their relationship. | |||||||
| 134 | 17 | "Chapter One Hundred Thirty-Four: A Different Kind of Cat" | Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Ariana Jackson & Evan Kyle | August 2, 2023 (2023-08-02) | T13.23917 | 0.21 |
| Josie McCoy, an actress, comes to Riverdale to screen her new film at the Babylonium, and befriends Veronica, who is now openly in a relationship with Jughead. Archie, attempting to get more experience for his poetry, is rejected by Twyla, and performs a poem about Mrs. Grundy, who rejects him and tells him to write about his greatest pain. He writes a poem about his father, but Frank disapproves. Betty tries to write a book about her newsletter, and discovers Cheryl and Toni are dating. She admits she is the writer of the newsletter and asks them to do a photoshoot starring her. They do, using one of the photos as the cover for the book, and Cheryl later tells her about masturbation. Inspired by Veronica, Jughead creates a new comic character, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, only for the publishers to reject it. Toni introduces Fangs to Josie, who recognizes his talent and offers to connect him to her producer. Despite problems at the screening, the movie is a success, and Josie suggests to Veronica that she should direct movies instead of managing a theater. | |||||||
| 135 | 18 | "Chapter One Hundred Thirty-Five: For a Better Tomorrow" | Gregory Smith | Ted Sullivan & Greg Murray | August 9, 2023 (2023-08-09) | T13.23918 | 0.22 |
| Sheriff Keller kills a man suffering from radiation poisoning, revealing ties to the Blossom family. Archie contemplates joining the merchant marines, but his father's influence pushes him toward the army. Mary, Archie's mother, learns of this and kicks Frank out, leading to a reconciliation between Archie and Frank. Jughead discovers a connection between the milkman's victims and the Blossoms and convinces Cheryl to investigate. Cheryl overhears her parents speaking Russian, finds a room full of milkman uniforms, and discovers a bunker connected to Dilton. They report the Blossoms to the FBI, exposing them as Russian spies building bombs. Meanwhile, the girls sign up for driver's education, leading Betty to uncover a family secret: Hal had an affair with Ethel's mother, making Ethel his biological daughter. Betty forgives her parents and offers to adopt Ethel, but she chooses to leave Riverdale. | |||||||
| 136 | 19 | "Chapter One Hundred Thirty-Six: The Golden Age of Television" | Tara Dafoe | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Tessa Leigh Williams | August 16, 2023 (2023-08-16) | T13.23919 | 0.19 |
| Principal Featherhead resigns, replaced by Waldo Weatherbee who rehires Mrs. Thornton. Archie plans to work at a basketball camp but takes Reggie's place at the farm. Cheryl regains control of the River Vixens and openly acknowledges her relationship with Toni. Betty's book is published, deepening her bond with Alice. Jughead's comic is rejected but eventually published, leading to the closure of Pep Comics. Veronica and Clay decide to adapt the story into a movie. Kevin sees Tom and Frank together. Jughead reunites with Tabitha, learning the future is secure but they can't return. Tabitha offers to restore their memories, which they agree to. They decide to keep only the good memories, though Betty and Jughead choose to remember the bad as well. | |||||||
| 137 | 20 | "Chapter One Hundred Thirty-Seven: Goodbye, Riverdale" | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | August 23, 2023 (2023-08-23) | T13.23920 | 0.21 |
| In the present day, after reading a recently deceased Jughead's obituary, an aged Betty tells her granddaughter Alice she wants to go back to Riverdale one last time. The night before they leave, she sees an apparition of Jughead as a teenager, who brings her back to the day they graduated high school. Passing through her house, the school, the coffee shop, Thornhill, and eventually ending at Pop Tate's grave, she recalls the final fates of all her friends and their families, including her own. The next day, Alice and her husband bring Betty back to Riverdale, now a ghost town, and stop in front of Pop's, now out of business, only for her to die in the back seat. A teenage Betty leaves the car and walks into a functional Pop's, meeting all her friends from high school, teenagers once again, in the afterlife. She sits in a booth with Archie, Jughead and Veronica. Outside, the apparition of Jughead gives closure to the series. | |||||||
Ratings
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| No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
DVR (18–49) |
DVR viewers (millions) |
Total (18–49) |
Total viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Chapter Seventy-Seven: Climax" | January 20, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.63 | 0.2 | — | 0.3 | — |
| 2 | "Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Preppy Murders" | January 27, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.52 | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | "Chapter Seventy-Nine: Graduation" | February 3, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.54 | 0.2 | 0.36 | 0.3 | 0.90 |
| 4 | "Chapter Eighty: Purgatorio" | February 10, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.48 | 0.3 | — | 0.4 | — |
| 5 | "Chapter Eighty-One: The Homecoming" | February 17, 2021 | 0.2 | 0.59 | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | "Chapter Eighty-Two: Back to School" | February 24, 2021 | 0.2 | 0.60 | 0.2 | — | 0.4 | — |
| 7 | "Chapter Eighty-Three: Fire in the Sky" | March 10, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.52 | 0.1 | — | 0.2 | — |
| 8 | "Chapter Eighty-Four: Lock & Key" | March 17, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.45 | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | "Chapter Eighty-Five: Destroyer" | March 24, 2021 | 0.2 | 0.46 | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | "Chapter Eighty-Six: The Pincushion Man" | March 31, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.49 | 0.3 | 0.33 | 0.4 | 0.82 |
| 11 | "Chapter Eighty-Seven: Strange Bedfellows" | August 11, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.38 | 0.2 | 0.37 | 0.2 | 0.75 |
| 12 | "Chapter Eighty-Eight: Citizen Lodge" | August 18, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.47 | 0.1 | 0.32 | 0.2 | 0.79 |
No DVR ratings are available after the twelfth episode.
Season 6
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
DVR (18–49) |
DVR viewers (millions) |
Total (18–49) |
Total viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Chapter Ninety-Six: Welcome to Rivervale" | November 16, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.33 | 0.1 | 0.27 | 0.2 | 0.61 |
| 2 | "Chapter Ninety-Seven: Ghost Stories" | November 23, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.34 | 0.1 | 0.31 | 0.2 | 0.65 |
| 3 | "Chapter Ninety-Eight: Mr. Cypher" | November 30, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 0.1 | 0.52 |
| 4 | "Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Witching Hour(s)" | December 7, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.27 | 0.1 | 0.18 | 0.1 | 0.45 |
| 5 | "Chapter One Hundred: The Jughead Paradox" | December 14, 2021 | 0.1 | 0.29 | 0.1 | 0.24 | 0.2 | 0.53 |
| 6 | "Chapter One Hundred and One: Unbelievable" | March 20, 2022 | 0.1 | 0.23 | 0.1 | 0.27 | 0.1 | 0.50 |
| 7 | "Chapter One Hundred and Two: Death at a Funeral" | March 27, 2022 | 0.1 | 0.21 | 0.1 | 0.20 | 0.1 | 0.41 |
No DVR ratings are available after the seventh episode, or for the seventh season.
Notes
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