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Revision as of 06:59, 13 March 2024 by 102.165.152.231 (talk) (→Season 5 (2021): Shortening unnecessarily long episode descriptions.)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 58 | 1 | "Chapter Fifty-Eight: In Memoriam" | Gabriel Correa | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | October 9, 2019 (2019-10-09) | T13.21851 | 1.14 |
| In preparation for Riverdale's first Independence Day parade since Jason Blossom's death, Archie discovers that his father was killed in a hit-and-run in Cherry Creek. Unable to bring Fred's body home until after the holiday, Archie, joined by Veronica, Betty, and Jughead, embarks on a journey to retrieve Fred's truck. Along the way, they meet a woman saved by Fred, who died protecting her. After leaving flowers and saying a prayer, Archie receives a call from F.P., informing him that the responsible party has confessed. Archie forgives the man and his son, returning to Riverdale to a community honoring Fred. The funeral and a backyard fireworks display commemorate Fred's life. | |||||||
| 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 |
| On the first day of senior year, Veronica grapples with paparazzi, Betty navigates trust issues with Kevin linked to the Farm, and Jughead declines an offer from Stonewall Prep. The new principal, Mr. Honey, cancels the dance due to past murders. Cheryl throws a party instead. Betty discovers Kevin's lingering ties to the Farm and, with Charles, helps him break free. Archie stands up against Reggie's abusive father, leading to retaliation. Betty convinces Jughead to attend Stonewall Prep, and an ominous flash-forward hints at a search for Jughead during Spring Break. | |||||||
| 60 | 3 | "Chapter Sixty: Dog Day Afternoon" | Gregory Smith | Ace Hasan & Greg Murray | October 23, 2019 (2019-10-23) | T13.21853 | 0.87 |
| Jughead faces hostility from his roommate Bret at Stonewall Prep while reconnecting with Moose, now going by "Marmaduke." Cheryl hides Jason's body from Toni's live-in assistant discovery. Archie struggles to gather $40,000 for gym renovations, prompting Veronica to assist and distance herself from the Lodge name. Betty and Charles work on rescuing Farm members, with Betty infiltrating their new location. She's captured, awakening tied next to Alice. They escape, knocking out Evelyn. Alice shoots and kills Edgar during a confrontation on the motel roof. Back home, Betty and Jughead find a mysterious videotape on their doorstep. | |||||||
| 61 | 4 | "Chapter Sixty-One: Halloween" | Erin Feeley | Janine Salinas Schoenberg | October 30, 2019 (2019-10-30) | T13.21854 | 0.74 |
| On Halloween's eve, Riverdale families receive unsettling surveillance videotapes. Cheryl and Toni re-bury Jason's remains, fearing his haunting presence at Thistlehouse. A seance reveals Cheryl absorbed her twin, Julian. At Stonewall Prep, Jughead faces hazing, confined in a coffin for Halloween. Archie and Munroe host a Halloween event to deter Dodger, but it turns violent. Veronica fends off an assailant, and Betty and Jellybean receive calls from a Black Hood imposter. Charles discovers Polly is behind the calls. A foreboding flash-forward shows F.P. and Betty identifying a seemingly lifeless Jughead at the morgue. | |||||||
| 62 | 5 | "Chapter Sixty-Two: Witness for the Prosecution" | Harry Jierjian | Devon Turner | November 6, 2019 (2019-11-06) | T13.21855 | 0.76 |
| The trials of Hermione and Hiram begin, and Veronica is working hardest on proving her mother's innocence. When some revelations come to the surface, Veronica is forced to have her mother plead guilty to her crimes and bribe the governor to pardon her. Veronica meets her sister, Hermosa, who has helped Hiram get released—much to her dismay. At Hiram's release, he says he will be running for mayor. Meanwhile, Archie and Munroe continue to ward off Dodger from the community center. Elsewhere, Betty and Kevin join the Junior FBI Training Program where Betty is incredibly successful. Betty is also haunted by her past when it is confirmed that she has the "serial killer genes". Jughead, while at Stonewall Prep, learns more about the Baxter Brothers novels that he loved when he was a kid, and enters a contest to become the next ghost writer for the series. A flash forward reveals Archie, Veronica, and Betty being arrested in biology class for the murder of Jughead. | |||||||
| 63 | 6 | "Chapter Sixty-Three: Hereditary" | Gabriel Correa | James DeWille | November 13, 2019 (2019-11-13) | T13.21856 | 0.82 |
| Archie defies Dodger's threats to help kids off the streets. Veronica distances herself from her parents and Hermosa, especially after Hiram and Hermione renew their vows. Jughead uncovers evidence that his grandfather wrote the first Baxter Brothers Book, leading to Mr. Chipping's mysterious plunge. Cheryl and Toni attempt to rid Thistlehouse of Julian's spirit but face interference from Cheryl's relatives. Uncle Bedford confronts Cheryl, prompting Toni to fatally defend her. Betty works on proving Charles's trustworthiness to her family, leading to Chic falsely accusing Charles of murder. F.P. and Charles remove evidence to protect Alice, but a twist reveals Charles and Chic as conspirators aiming to harm the Cooper family. | |||||||
| 64 | 7 | "Chapter Sixty-Four: The Ice Storm" | Alex Pillai | Arabella Anderson | November 20, 2019 (2019-11-20) | T13.21857 | 0.74 |
| Betty and Jughead investigate Mr. Chipping's death during an ice storm at Stonewall Prep. Archie and Veronica's Thanksgiving dinner plans at the community center are disrupted by Hiram, the new mayor. Dodger's family targets Archie for revenge, causing chaos until an explosion interrupts the attack. Alice and F.P. opt for a Thanksgiving dinner at Pop's, leading to a confrontation with Hiram. Cheryl and Toni deal with Aunt Cricket's stalking and cover up Bedford's murder by staging a dinner distraction. They later dispose of Bedford's body in Sweetwater River. Archie dedicates the community center to Fred's legacy, drawing attention from the town. | |||||||
| 65 | 8 | "Chapter Sixty-Five: In Treatment" | Michael Goi | Tessa Leigh Williams | December 4, 2019 (2019-12-04) | T13.21858 | 0.69 |
| Riverdale residents receive more mysterious videotapes. Betty discovers she's rejected from Yale, prompting tension with Alice, who blames it on Betty's sexual activity. After a session with Ms. Burble, tensions rise, and Alice reveals Betty as her favorite child. Ms. Burble advises Archie on vigilante actions, leading him to move out to protect his mother. Cheryl loses Vixens leadership due to her mental state, seeking guidance from Ms. Burble to cope with trauma and dispel Julian's supposed haunting. Veronica gets into Harvard but learns of Hiram's influence, prompting Ms. Burble to advise distancing from him. Jughead seeks recommendations from Riverdale staff for college applications. Betty and Jughead uncover murders disguised as suicides linked to Mr. Chipping's secret society. A flashforward hints at Archie, Betty, and Veronica facing custody for Jughead's murder at the police station. | |||||||
| 66 | 9 | "Chapter Sixty-Six: Tangerine" | Gabriel Correa | Brian E. Paterson | December 11, 2019 (2019-12-11) | T13.21859 | 0.73 |
| Polly attacks a Shady Grove nurse after a triggering phone call. Alice, also influenced by a call, tries to stab Betty, who discovers Evelyn's role in triggering attacks on Dark Betty. FP is shot by Dodger at Pop's, prompting Archie to confront Dodger in an alley. Veronica invites her Abuelita to expose Hiram's mistreatment and acquire the family rum recipe. Jughead secures the Baxter Brothers contract but discovers his grandfather's involvement. After tracking his grandfather down, Jughead learns Dupont took over the book legally. Cheryl lures Penelope out of Thistlehouse, banishing her to Dilton's bunker. Cheryl bids farewell to Jason with a Norse funeral on Sweetwater River. A flash forward suggests Betty has killed Jughead with a rock. | |||||||
| 67 | 10 | "Chapter Sixty-Seven: Varsity Blues" | Roxanne Benjamin | Aaron Allen | January 22, 2020 (2020-01-22) | T13.21860 | 0.79 |
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The Riverdale Bulldogs face the Stonewall Stallions in the state finals amidst allegations of unfair play. Betty investigates the claims. Cheryl disapproves of the new Vixens cheer coach, Mrs. Appleyard. Veronica clashes with her father over rum-making, and Archie uncovers his uncle Frank's troubled past. Jughead deepens his involvement with the Quill & Skull Society after earning a Yale interview. Tensions rise between Riverdale High and Stonewall Prep, leading to a fight before the game. Despite efforts, Stonewall wins, prompting Betty to form a quiz team for redemption. Jughead is accepted to Yale, and a flash-forward shows Betty packing Jughead's dorm room with Bret claiming she "got what she wanted." Additionally, the episode includes a cameo appearance by Ty Wood as Billy Marlin from Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | |||||||
| 68 | 11 | "Chapter Sixty-Eight: Quiz Show" | Chell Stephen | Ted Sullivan | January 29, 2020 (2020-01-29) | T13.21861 | 0.73 |
| Betty, Veronica, Cheryl, and Toni reach the Quiz Show finals against Stonewall Prep. Jughead reveals Bret's Yale admission scam. Cheryl and Veronica transform the speakeasy into a club, relocating to the Maple Club with Penelope's watchful eye. Frank's risky moves with Andrews construction trouble Archie. Kevin earns money through tickling videos. Charles discloses Betty's Yale denial due to being the Black Hood's daughter. Betty smashes Hal's gravestone. In the finals, Betty rejects cheating, leading to her suspension and Alice's. A flash-forward hints at Jughead's demise, with Archie comforting Betty at Pop's. | |||||||
| 69 | 12 | "Chapter Sixty-Nine: Men of Honor" | Catriona McKenzie | Ariana Jackson | February 5, 2020 (2020-02-05) | T13.21862 | 0.65 |
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Betty spends her suspension investigating Mr. Chipping's murder with Alice, discovering inconsistencies in Donna's claims. Archie faces a threat from Frank's mercenary friend, leading to a confrontation and Frank leaving town. Veronica reconnects with her friend Katy Keene in New York but returns to find her father ill. Cheryl, Toni, Kevin, and Fangs deal with the return of Nick St. Clair. Jughead gives Bret the win in their duel, and Betty obtains a tape from Stonewall Prep that incriminates Donna. The tape reveals Donna fabricating an affair, pushing Betty to delve deeper into Donna's motives. The episode includes a crossover with Katy Keene, where Veronica visits her friend in New York. | |||||||
| 70 | 13 | "Chapter Seventy: The Ides of March" | Claudia Yarmy | Chrissy Maroon & Evan Kyle | February 12, 2020 (2020-02-12) | T13.21863 | 0.65 |
| Jughead faces termination of his Baxter Brothers contract and expulsion from the Quill & Skull Society. Archie contemplates selling Andrews Construction while Veronica grapples with Hiram's declining health. Cheryl and Toni uncover Hermosa's attempt to gather information in disguise. Jughead is accused of plagiarism and threatened by Bret with releasing a compromising video unless he leaves Stonewall Prep. The group attends a party in the woods to celebrate the Ides of March. Jughead seeks revenge on Bret, while Betty follows Donna. Donna reveals a hypnotic trigger word that could make Betty harm her loved ones. In a shocking turn, Betty is found standing over Jughead's lifeless body with a rock, witnessed by Archie and Veronica. | |||||||
| 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 |
| Following Jughead's death, Betty, Archie, and Veronica burn his beanie and clothes in the woods, returning home with different explanations for their parents. Betty, determined to uncover the truth, plants a bug at Stonewall Prep, but it is discovered and destroyed by Bret and Donna. Back in Riverdale, Alice and F.P. find Jughead's cellphone in Betty's jacket, planted by Joan. F.P. replaces a bloody rock with a decoy as evidence, helping Betty remember the use of "devil's breath" by Donna. Betty realizes the Stonewall kids framed her, and Jughead's body is found during a search. Betty and F.P. identify the body, and the trio discusses their next moves at Pop's. | |||||||
| 72 | 15 | "Chapter Seventy-Two: To Die For" | Shannon Kohli | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | March 4, 2020 (2020-03-04) | T13.21865 | 0.66 |
| As the investigation into Jughead's alleged death continues, Alice starts making a documentary. F.P. searches for evidence at Stonewall Prep, where Donna falsely claims the Core Three killed Jughead. F.P. briefly arrests them but releases them when the test results reveal fake blood on the rock. Betty organizes a funeral attended by Donna, Bret, and Joan. Donna, suspicious of Jughead being alive, investigates further. Cheryl creates a memorial at school, making Betty emotional. Betty and Archie share a kiss in the music room, witnessed by Veronica. Donna follows Betty into Dilton's bunker, discovering Jughead alive. Betty and Archie flirtatiously text, and Hermosa gathers evidence against Donna to take down the Stonewall kids. | |||||||
| 73 | 16 | "Chapter Seventy-Three: The Locked Room" | Tessa Blake | Aaron Allen | March 11, 2020 (2020-03-11) | T13.21866 | 0.66 |
| Jughead and Betty confront the Stonewall kids and Mr. DuPont, revealing Mr. Chipping's guilt-driven suicide and the orchestrated murders. They unveil Charles's involvement and Forsythe's pursuit of justice. DuPont's suicide ends the ordeal, prompting Joan to flee. Brett's cooperation leads to tape recovery, and Betty coerces Donna into disappearing. Betty begins to question her feelings for Archie. FP and Forsythe reconcile, and Veronica and Betty pledge support for the guys' graduation. | |||||||
| 74 | 17 | "Chapter Seventy-Four: Wicked Little Town" | Antonio Negret | Tessa Leigh Williams | April 15, 2020 (2020-04-15) | T13.21867 | 0.54 |
| Kevin's attempt to perform a Hedwig and the Angry Inch song is rejected by Mr. Honey as inappropriate. In response, Archie forms "The Archies" for the Variety Show. Cheryl and Toni's efforts to change Honey's mind lead to the show's cancellation. Archie notices Hiram's struggle at the gym due to illness. Betty tutors Jughead, but he's focused on investigating threatening videotapes. Archie and Betty, feeling rejected, share a kiss during rehearsal. Veronica and Jughead apologize, but tension lingers. Jughead discovers a disturbing tape featuring someone disguised as him being murdered by someone disguised as Betty. | |||||||
| 75 | 18 | "Chapter Seventy-Five: Lynchian" | Steven A. Adelson | Ariana Jackson & Brian E. Paterson | April 29, 2020 (2020-04-29) | T13.21868 | 0.66 |
| Charles investigates the videotapes, discovering a video of Clifford killing Jason at a local store. Kevin ropes Toni, Fangs, and Reggie into the tickle videos business to make money. Betty reflects on her complex relationship with Archie and struggles with her feelings for him. Archie, conflicted over his emotions, works on a song for Betty. Cheryl and Veronica's rum business faces an attack from Jinx Malloy's clan, leading to Hiram's retaliation. Hunter Malloy beats Reggie in response, prompting retaliation from the Bulldogs. Cheryl quits the business, and Veronica partners with Hiram, who murders Jinx. Mr. Honey discovers the tickling website and demands its shutdown. Betty and Archie decide not to act on their feelings to avoid hurting others. Archie plans to leave for the Naval Academy, and Cheryl receives a videotape showing a masked figure murdering someone. | |||||||
| 76 | 19 | "Chapter Seventy-Six: Killing Mr. Honey" | Mädchen Amick | Ted Sullivan & James DeWille | May 6, 2020 (2020-05-06) | T13.21869 | 0.65 |
| Frustrated by Mr. Honey's threat to cancel prom, Jughead writes a dark story where the gang plots to kill him. However, the plan takes an unexpected turn as they succumb to darkness while covering up the murder. When Honey cancels prom due to a suspicious tape, Betty catches a reflection of him, revealing a deceitful plot. Betty and Charles expose Honey, have him fired, and reinstate prom. Ms. Bell praises Honey, giving Jughead a college recommendation. Touched, Jughead changes his story to a more positive outcome. Later, they receive a mysterious tape inviting them to a cabin, where they discover a chilling videotape of masked figures stabbing Mr. Honey to death. | |||||||
Season 5 (2021)
| 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 |
| Betty and Jughead investigate snuff films, leading them to secret screenings by Blue Velvet's owner, David. To gain entry, Betty delivers a fake film but later surrenders a real one involving her father. Archie loses a boxing match against KO Kelly for a Naval Academy spot. Cheryl faces family disapproval in her relationship with Toni. At a rave, Betty and Jughead discover disturbing snuff films featuring the gang. Veronica learns about Archie and Betty's kiss, leading to their breakup at prom. A livestream depicts the gang killing David, and Cheryl and Toni part ways after prom. Veronica reveals Archie's infidelity to her parents. Archie finds a videotape recreating his encounter with the Black Hood at home. | |||||||
| 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 |
| Archie grapples with emotions after watching a disturbing videotape and is asked to write a letter for a lesser sentence for Fred's killer, George Augustine. Jughead and Betty initially suspect David in Bret's prison murder, only to discover he was hanged in the Lodge's cabin. Cheryl's attempt to secure a sanctuary for the Uktena tribe leads Penelope to deadly action. Hermosa intervenes as the Molloy family targets Veronica. Together with Hermione, they plot to force Hiram into retirement, leading to Hermione's decision to divorce him. A new tape hints at the auteur's presence, prompting Betty and Jughead to confront Charles. However, they realize Jellybean and friends were behind the tapes, expressing their discontent with Jughead leaving town. | |||||||
| 79 | 3 | "Chapter Seventy-Nine: Graduation" | Gabriel Correa | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | February 3, 2021 (2021-02-03) | T13.22703 | 0.54 |
| As graduation nears, Archie discovers he must repeat his senior year but is still allowed to walk with his classmates. FP decides to move back to Toledo with Jellybean, and the gang graduates. Archie, struggling with Fred's absence, decides to join the Army. FP and Jellybean leave, and the gang buries a time capsule. Cheryl opts out of college and ends things with Toni. Archie announces his Army decision, and the gang bids farewell. Veronica vacations with Hermione, Betty confesses to kissing Archie, and Jughead moves out. One year later, Jughead waits at Pop's for the gang, but they don't show. The gang reunites six years later, drawn together by another mystery. | |||||||
| 80 | 4 | "Chapter Eighty: Purgatorio" | Steven A. Adelson | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | February 10, 2021 (2021-02-10) | T13.22704 | 0.48 |
| Seven years post-graduation, Archie returns from the army to a struggling Riverdale. Betty is an FBI agent, Veronica is married to Chadwick Gekko, Jughead faces writer's block and debts, and Kevin is now a teacher dating Fangs. Toni is a pregnant guidance counselor, and Reggie works for Hiram, who's reshaping the town. Pop's retirement reveals a drug den, and Archie learns of mysterious disappearances on the highway. Desperate to save Riverdale, he calls Betty, Veronica, and Jughead back for a reunion. Meanwhile, a waitress is picked up by a suspicious trucker, adding to the town's growing mystery. | |||||||
| 81 | 5 | "Chapter Eighty-One: The Homecoming" | Steven A. Adelson | Michael Grassi | February 17, 2021 (2021-02-17) | T13.22705 | 0.59 |
| Upon returning, the gang discovers Riverdale High's funding is at risk due to teachers and students defecting to Stonewall Prep. Betty finds Polly sneaking in late at night, suspecting drug use. Archie and Betty raid the Andrews house, finding evidence to send them to jail. They clean up, have a moment, and decide to become temporary teachers to save Riverdale High. Jughead, facing debt and writer's block, asks Tabitha for a job at Pop's. Veronica deals with Chad's control issues. Archie persuades the gang to teach, but Riverdale High is privatized by Cheryl, with Hiram dissolving the town. Polly, having run away, is chased by a truck. | |||||||
| 82 | 6 | "Chapter Eighty-Two: Back to School" | Gabriel Correa | Ariana Jackson | February 24, 2021 (2021-02-24) | T13.22706 | 0.60 |
| The gang starts teaching at Riverdale High, facing Hiram and Reggie's attempts to further harm the town. Polly is missing, and Toni reveals she was meeting a trucker for sex. Betty and Alice find Polly's belongings on the Lonely Highway. Archie seeks funding for the football team from Veronica, whose husband Chad visits. Doris Bell becomes an informant for Cheryl and Hiram. Veronica plans a jewelry store, and Betty and Archie struggle to find private spaces. Tabitha aids Jughead with his book, leading to tales of Moth Men in the woods. The search for Polly leads to Swedlow Swamp, and Jughead warns Archie of fires near their home. | |||||||
| 83 | 7 | "Chapter Eighty-Three: Fire in the Sky" | Gabriel Correa | Ted Sullivan | March 10, 2021 (2021-03-10) | T13.22707 | 0.52 |
| Betty, Alice, and Kevin take an unidentified body from Swedlow Swamp to the morgue, suspecting it's Margaret, missing for years. Veronica builds her jewelry store with students, combating Hiram's interference. Archie reinstates the Fire Department but faces a visit from Corporal Jackson. Cheryl and Toni coach the Vixens but clash. Jughead and Tabitha discover a disfigured Moth Man corpse in Nana Rose's maple barrel. During a late shift at Pop's, Jughead sees a mysterious light, blacking out. The corpse disappears, raising more questions. Betty, realizing women are missing from nearby towns, suspects a serial killer is at large. | |||||||
| 84 | 8 | "Chapter Eighty-Four: Lock & Key" | Rachel Talalay | Arabella Anderson | March 17, 2021 (2021-03-17) | T13.22708 | 0.45 |
| Jughead grapples with potential alien encounters, seeing hallucinations at Riverdale High and his house. Kevin and Fangs announce engagement but Kevin struggles. Cheryl, upset, hosts a key party, causing tensions. Archie and Chad's clash prompts Veronica to file for divorce. Cheryl reveals a nursery to Toni, who is disinterested. Archie and Betty end their affair, and Archie reunites with Veronica. Kevin calls off his engagement, and Cheryl shares a moment with Minerva. Polly calls Betty and Alice from a phone booth, but upon arrival, it's dismantled and covered in blood. | |||||||
| 85 | 9 | "Chapter Eighty-Five: Destroyer" | Rob Seidenglanz | Ace Hasan | March 24, 2021 (2021-03-24) | T13.22709 | 0.46 |
| Archie and Veronica struggle to keep the Bulldogs' spirit alive after they lose several games. Betty receives a call from Glen about the blood discovered on the destroyed phone booth; and it is a match to Polly. Betty struggles with realizing that Polly is most likely dead, and tells Alice that Polly's blood was not a match. Meanwhile, Jughead realizes a student in his class may have had encounters with the Moth Men. However, the student leaves town with his parents. Betty and Jughead visit Old Man Dreyfus off of the Lonely Highway, and he is convinced that Polly had an encounter with the Moth Men. Kevin decides to go back to cruising, but hits a roadblock. The Bulldogs face the Stonewall Stallions, and receive a small victory when they score for the first time in the season. Betty goes to the truck stop to save girls and get justice for Polly. Back at home, Betty finds Glen, who tells Alice that Polly's blood was a match. | |||||||
| 86 | 10 | "Chapter Eighty-Six: The Pincushion Man" | Gabriel Correa | Chrissy Maroon | March 31, 2021 (2021-03-31) | T13.22710 | 0.49 |
| Betty discovers Glen's dissertation on her family's darkness and worries about Juniper and Dagwood inheriting it. Archie learns about a shady mission and prepares for Parent Teacher Night with Kevin. Cheryl rejects Hiram and Reggie's offer to buy the Blossom Maple Groves. Jughead takes psychedelic mushrooms to aid writing, and Tabitha agrees to watch over him. Hiram orchestrates a prison breakout, causing chaos. Charles and Chic arrive for a sinister game at the Cooper house, resulting in a violent confrontation. Penelope returns, Frank protects the school, and Reggie burns the maple groves. Veronica faces divorce complications. Jughead has a trippy experience, and Betty takes matters into her own hands. Tabitha finds bloody handprints on Jughead's completed novel in the bunker. | |||||||
| 87 | 11 | "Chapter Eighty-Seven: Strange Bedfellows" | Tessa Blake | Aaron Allen | August 11, 2021 (2021-08-11) | T13.22711 | 0.38 |
| Archie and Kevin work on capturing escaped inmates. Veronica returns, and Archie puts their relationship on hold until her divorce is final. During a robbery at her jewelry store, Veronica faces Darla and Dodger. Tabitha worries about Jughead and seeks Betty's help. Jessica, from New York, drugs them with psychedelic mushrooms to obtain Jughead's manuscript. Hiram and Governor Dooley clash over palladium beneath the prison. Hostages demand palladium, with Veronica as collateral. At Thornhill, Penelope starts a ministry for coping with Jason's death. Cheryl has a revelation and joins. Jughead, living among the homeless, heads back to New York, leaving Tabitha a voicemail about his plans. | |||||||
| 88 | 12 | "Chapter Eighty-Eight: Citizen Lodge" | James DeWille | Brian E. Paterson | August 18, 2021 (2021-08-18) | T13.22712 | 0.47 |
| Reggie, working for Hiram to settle his father's debt, completes his task but opts to continue due to his strained relationship with his father. Hiram agrees, requesting an untraceable gun from Reggie. During the exchange, Hiram reveals his life story as Jaime Luna. After moving to Riverdale, the palladium mines' collapse led him to work shining shoes. Seeking respect, he joined gangster Vittorio Alto, impressed Hermione, and adopted the name Hiram Lodge. When his father learned, Hiram killed Alto's men and took over. Reggie is impressed, but Hiram expresses regret, wishing for reconciliation with his father. Hiram locates Alto, kills him, and urges Reggie to reconcile with his own father. | |||||||
| 89 | 13 | "Chapter Eighty-Nine: Reservoir Dogs" | Gabriel Correa | Evan Kyle | August 25, 2021 (2021-08-25) | T13.22713 | 0.47 |
| Betty and Tabitha develop a plan to lure truckers to Pop's after Betty is prohibited from affiliating with the FBI. Meanwhile, Archie and Eric wrestle with trauma and Frank gives them a dog to help them cope. Later, though, they realize that their dog was in a fighting ring and they target the leader of the dog fights in town. Elsewhere, Reggie and Veronica build business at the jewelry store and aim at poaching investors of SoDale, due to it being a complete scam. Cheryl offers Kevin advice, telling him to reconcile with Fangs, but Fangs has begun dating Moose. Kevin later joins Cheryl and Penelope's ministry. At the Whyte Wyrm, there is a ladies night that helps lure potential suspects in the highway murders in. Betty is eyed by a trucker and baits him under the false pretense of sex. Tabitha tracks her location and he pulls over and tries to kill her with a chainsaw. Betty eventually strikes him with a wrench and they haul him off to keep him hostage. | |||||||
| 90 | 14 | "Chapter Ninety: The Night Gallery" | Mädchen Amick | James DeWille | September 1, 2021 (2021-09-01) | T13.22714 | 0.36 |
| Cheryl unveils four paintings to Minerva, revealing intricate stories. The first depicts Archie leading a palladium-harvesting crew in the reopened mines, causing hallucinations due to carbon monoxide exposure. The second portrays Betty interrogating a captured trucker, suspected serial killer. Despite his suicide, Betty believes he wasn't acting alone. The third painting showcases Jughead's post-high school success aided by Jessica and psychedelic mushrooms. Jughead's spiral begins after a bender and lost three days. Returning to New York, he hallucinates a "Rat King." The last painting captures Cheryl and Minerva's night together before Minerva leaves the country. | |||||||
| 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 |
| Josie McCoy, an international pop star, returns to Riverdale following her father's death. She reconnects with the gang but initially refuses to help save Riverdale. Reestablishing friendships with Valerie and Melody, and reigniting her relationship with Sweet Pea, she comes to terms with her father's death. The Pussycats reunite, and during a concert, Toni delivers her baby, Anthony. After the performance, The Pussycats, their romantic partners, and Josie's mother decide to return to the tour. Before leaving, they learn her father's death may not have been an accident, sparking differing opinions. Meanwhile, Toni, Tabitha, and Veronica aim to franchise Pop's Diner with help from Veronica's friend, Alexandra Cabot. | |||||||
| 92 | 16 | "Chapter Ninety-Two: Band of Brothers" | Robin Givens | Janine Salinas Schoenberg | September 15, 2021 (2021-09-15) | T13.22716 | 0.45 |
| Archie seeks justice for his army men's deaths. Veronica, with Reggie and Cheryl's help, challenges Chad and Hiram to regain financial stability. Kevin and Cheryl aim to control the ministry, countering Penelope's defiance. Jughead faces consequences for his actions, put on leave from teaching and struggling to meet his book deadline. Maintaining sobriety, he avoids Jessica but loses his agent. Betty poses as Polly on the Lonely Highway, prompting Tabitha's concern and assistance. | |||||||
| 93 | 17 | "Chapter Ninety-Three: Dance of Death" | Nathalie Boltt | Devon Turner | September 22, 2021 (2021-09-22) | T13.22717 | 0.35 |
| As Veronica's divorce approaches, Hiram gives Chad a chance to kill Archie, but he fails. Veronica gets everything in the divorce to save Chad from a murder charge. Kevin leaves the ministry, and an explosion at the mines tests Cheryl's faith. Veronica threatens Hiram for endangering Archie and Eric's lives, sparing him when they survive. Chad attacks Veronica, but she kills him. Jughead and Betty discover inbred Blossoms living in the forest, with Old Man Dreyfus and the captured trucker among them. Lynette Fields' body is stolen, leading to a complex investigation tied to Toni's situation. The group finds Moth Men and a shed with victims in the junkyard. Old Man Dreyfus confesses to the murders, leading Betty to Polly's body in the junkyard. Betty and Alice confirm her identity. | |||||||
| 94 | 18 | "Chapter Ninety-Four: Next to Normal" | Ronald Paul Richard | Tessa Leigh Williams | September 29, 2021 (2021-09-29) | T13.22718 | 0.25 |
| Alice struggles to cope with Polly's death and imagines a world where the Coopers are still a happy family. Betty tries to get her to cope as best she can, but Alice blames Betty for Polly's death and for breaking her promises to return to Riverdale sooner. Meanwhile, Cheryl takes in Britta when she is kicked out of her parents' house. Archie and Veronica break up after Veronica realizes that they are on separate paths. Toni and Fangs declare their love for each other and vow to have each other's backs moving forward. Tabitha lures Jughead into a dinner with her parents, and the two decide to begin a romantic relationship. The gang buries Polly's ashes at the cemetery. | |||||||
| 95 | 19 | "Chapter Ninety-Five: Riverdale: RIP (?)" | Gabriel Correa | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Greg Murray | October 6, 2021 (2021-10-06) | T13.22719 | 0.36 |
| Betty graduates as a Special Agent at the FBI, reopening the Riverdale field office and facing a call from TBK. Veronica vows to exile Hiram for a fire at Pop's. Jughead and Tabitha retaliate by burning the Lodge Ledger office. Toni and Fangs struggle with Serpent control. Cheryl learns of her ancestor's burning and demands an apology. She plans a school on Thornhill and seeks independence from Riverdale. Veronica and Reggie revive their romance, planning a casino. Archie names Tabitha, Toni, Alice, and Frank to the town council for Riverdale's reincorporation. Betty and Archie plan to start a romantic relationship, but a bomb under Archie's bed, placed by Hiram, interrupts. As Hiram drives away, Archie's house explodes in fiery smoke. | |||||||
Season 6 (2021–22)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) | |||||
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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 spirals when he notices a dead body resembling his own on the outskirts of town. He starts to notice cracks in the surface of the town, when two Reggies arrive in Rivervale and when he sees both Jason Blossom and Ben Button alive and well. He finds that there are a series of ninety-five comics that follow the stories of him and his friends in the town of Riverdale, but find that they cut off after the explosion at Archie’s house, with the name of the comics changing to Rivervale. He realizes that the two universes are connected, and seeks help from Ethel Muggs and a very much alive Dilton Doiley to close the gap between the two universes. Jughead and Betty recreate the events prior to the bomb erupting to close the gap. One of the versions of Jughead is sealed away in the bunker with Ethel watching over him, so that they may keep writing the stories of Riverdale, uninterrupted from the Rivervale universe but makes one change, making a call to Riverdale’s Betty to warn her and save her and Archie’s lives 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 deal with mysterious side effects following the explosion at the Andrews house. Betty sees a malicious aura from a male orderly at the hospital whom she later detains as a suspect in the murder of a nurse. Fangs and Toni attempt a ceasefire agreement with the new Ghoulies leader, Twyla Twyst, but are rejected as they are reportedly still receiving money from Hiram Lodge to continue destroying the town. Archie, now seemingly invincible, confronts them alone which leads to Twyla's declaring war on the Serpents. Veronica conspires to have Hiram killed. After witnessing Reggie's reaction to his father's heart attack, she attempts to call off the hit but she is too late. Jughead suffers severe hearing loss and visits a doctor at Tabitha's request. Cheryl attempts to reverse Abigail's curse but realizes Abigail has possessed Britta's body. Nana Rose and Cheryl perform a banishment, but Nana Rose secretly redirects Abigail's spirit into Cheryl's body. Percival Pickens offers to buy the Andrews house, but Archie convinces his mother to sell it to him instead. While working on Hiram's case, Glen assaults Betty and she has him dismissed. Glen is later suffocated in his car by TBK. | ||||||||||||
| 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 struggles with his hearing loss, and develops writer's block because of it, but works around it by writing a graphic novel. He later realizes he has gained the ability to hear people's thoughts. Betty discovers that Glen is missing, and is sent one of his feet. She is later attacked by TBK but doesn't see an aura. After finding Glen's dismembered body, she decides to leave town to keep the others safe, knowing TBK will follow. Archie rebuilds his house, but is injured and realizes palladium causes him to lose his invulnerability. He is attacked by TBK, but is saved by Bingo, who has developed the ability to heal himself. Veronica's family, including Heraldo, her grandmother's godson and bodyguard, come to town for Hiram's memorial, and after finding Veronica put a hit out on him, Hermione and Reggie help her come to terms with his death. She is later targeted by an assassin, but is saved by Heraldo. Abigail, told by Rose she was brought back to restore the Blossoms' glory, develops an obsession with Toni, who resembles her dead lover Thomasina. She decides to get her back, as well as 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 while she sleeps to find Cheryl, and finds her being tormented by a specter of Penelope. Britta manages to tell Cheryl she is trapped in her own mind, allowing her to fight back. Percival denounces Riverdale and demands they deal with the homeless, offering that they be bussed out of town. Archie attempts to provide micro-houses for the homeless, getting Toni and Tabitha to help. However, they are vandalized after a man attacks Kevin while building and cannot remember why. Jughead discovers that the last thing the man remembers before the attack was speaking to a man with an accent, like Percival, who reveals he has persuaded the homeless to leave town. Veronica and Reggie attempt to open a casino, but have to run scams to make money. After a man commits suicide in the casino, Heraldo removes the body and security footage shows Percival speaking to the man. Jughead invites Percival for a follow-up interview, and attempts to read his mind, only to find that Percival is aware of his telepathy. Heraldo reveals there is no record of Percival before he came to Riverdale. Betty returns to town and is told about Percival by 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 her plans are stopped by Betty. After she tries to kill Archie again, Jughead realizes her plans by reading Britta's mind. They, along with Britta and Rose, banish Abigail's spirit into the Julian doll, giving Cheryl her body back. Due to a war between the Serpents and the Ghoulies, Percival, now a sheriff's deputy, demands that Toni be removed from the town council, which passes after Fangs is arrested for possessing guns to fight the Ghoulies, who later kidnap Anthony. Toni agree to a gang fight to get him back, but the Serpents are interrupted by the police, who are unable to shoot after Toni films and livestreams the Serpents peacefully surrendering. Percival later informs Toni that the Ghoulies were found dead, apparently suicide, and Kevin decides to sue Toni and Fangs for custody of Anthony. Meanwhile, Reggie's father Marty loses a lot of money, and his car dealership, so Reggie adapts by moving some of the casino's business to the dealership and setting up private games there, knowing his father is dying. Percival is elected to the council by Alice and Frank following Toni's dismissal. | ||||||||||||
| 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 record for the Guinness Book of World Record, using his invulnerability. He invites KO Kelly for a boxing match, but Percival, after failing to injure him, injures KO and fights Archie himself, beating him with palladium in his glove. Percival also steps down as a deputy and opens a curiosity shop, also renting a room at the Babylonium. He also tells Veronica about Tabitha and Toni copying her business ideas and Reggie running a side business at the car dealership, causing her to break up with Reggie, though she comes to an agreement with Tabitha and Toni after Pop and Fangs call them out for their behavior. After Britta moves back home, Cheryl constantly heats up and a nurse treating her spontaneously combusts. With the help of the FBI, Betty discovers Cheryl has developed pyrokinesis, but she manages to figure out how to control it. | ||||||||||||
| 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 intends to create a railroad through Riverdale, and build a station on Pop's. When she tries to get the others to help stop him, they refuse, though Jughead suggests turning Pop's into a landmark, also revealing his powers and those of the others. Returning to Pop's, she and Pop are attacked by an armed robber, who shoots her. She awakens in 1944, and is met by the angel Raphael, in the form of Jughead, who reveals to her she can time travel. She helps a black family and prevents Riverdale from becoming a sundown town, despite opposition from Percival, and is sent to the day of MLK's assassination in 1968. Raphael in the form of Toni tells her she can't save him, but can protect the black community from Percival. She does, and is sent to 1999, where she and Raphael, now Betty, trace a wave of vandalism to a curiosity shop owned by Percival. She defeats him and returns to the present, in time to stop the armed robber. She tells the others of her powers, and that they have to save Pop's to stop Percival, also revealing she has seen a future of Riverdale destroyed. | ||||||||||||
| 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 comes through Riverdale, leaving everyone stuck where they are. At Archie's house, Archie and Betty find her period is late, and after talking, reaffirm their commitment to each other. Cheryl is visited by Penelope, who reveals she is becoming a nun, and gives her all the letters Heather wrote to her over the years, which she kept from her. Veronica and Reggie, at the Babylonium, rekindle their relationship, but eventually realize that they are recreating her parents' dynamic, and break up permanently. Kevin is invited to dinner with Toni and Fangs, but runs into Moose, and they talk and rekindle their relationship. Coming to terms with his past, Kevin offers joint custody for Anthony, but Fangs refuses, intending to fight. Tabitha admits to Jughead that she has traveled in time to stop the bomb, but when she does, they don't get powers. She has also seen many futures, in most of which Percival wins, and in all of them, Jughead dies. Jughead accepts this, not wanting to lose hope. After the fog lifts, Alice announces on the news that the council is dissolved, and Percival is now the mayor of Riverdale. | ||||||||||||
| 108 | 13 | "Chapter One Hundred and Eight: Ex-Libris" | Ruba Nadda | Aaron Allen | May 8, 2022 (2022-05-08) | T13.23313 | 0.19 | |||||
| Betty's pregnancy test is negative, and Reggie moves out of the Pembrooke. Percival hunts down overdue library books from Jughead, Archie, Betty, Veronica, and Cheryl, who are all unable to produce the copies they borrowed from the library. Percival takes their personal effects as collateral until they can find the books. While in his possession, Percival uses the gang's items to torture them and unleash their darkest trauma. Betty faces early childhood memories of Hal's murderous habits, Archie deals with his affair with Miss Grundy, Jughead faces the circumstances of his grandfather's death, Veronica deals with being alone, and Cheryl is met by the ghost of Heather in her past. Reggie and Kevin are hunted for overdue books by Percival but are able to return them. Percival gains an ally in Reggie, and during a heart-to-heart, Percival and Kevin kiss. Veronica sleeps with Heraldo, but the next morning discovers him dead. Dr. Curdle confirms the cause of death as poisoning from a black widow spider. The gang returns their books to Percival and gain their items back. Cheryl hosts a gathering where the gang burns their items, so Percival has no hold over them with them in their possession. | ||||||||||||
| 109 | 14 | "Chapter One Hundred and Nine: Venomous" | Lisa Soper | Tessa Leigh Williams | May 15, 2022 (2022-05-15) | T13.23314 | 0.20 | |||||
| Archie struggles to overcome his weakness in palladium in order to stand a chance against Percival. He turns to Cheryl for help, and she suggests she perform a ritual to help transform his body to not reject the palladium. The ritual is successful, and Archie and Betty rejoice. Meanwhile, Veronica bouts head with Reggie over control of the Babylonium while learning to deal with the intense amount of toxins her body is producing. Cheryl reaches out to Heather, going against the advice of Nana Rose. Elsewhere, Betty turns to Jughead for help uncovering her repressed memories of her father. She discovers that Alice tested positive for the serial killer gene and that Hal and Alice covered up a murder together before Hal assumed the role of the Black Hood. Betty is angry at Alice for shielding her from her father's grooming and confronts her. Veronica regains control of the Babylonium. Jughead is met with fond memories of his time with Betty and Heather arrives at Thornhill to Cheryl's surprise. | ||||||||||||
| 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 coaches Cheryl in the arcane arts after revealing to Cheryl that she is a witch. Meanwhile, after seeing a threatening aura around Dagwood, Betty consults Agent Drake to make sense of her visions. They assume Betty only sees the aura around those without the MAOA gene, but when Alice erupts on Betty for taking the twins from her custody, Betty sees an aura around Alice. Betty also sees an aura around her reflection in the mirror, undermining her hunch. Elsewhere, Veronica consults Jughead for help drawing business to the Babylonium. Reggie blackmails her, so she instructs Jughead to erase his memory. Toni and Fangs continue to fight for custody of Anthony, while Fangs struggles to hold down a job. Archie and Tabitha get to work dismantling Pop's to relocate from Percival's demolition. They load the furnishings onto the truck, but are surprised to see the diner reassembled the next day. Tabitha accosts Percival, but consults Heather and Cheryl when she realizes that the diner is being inhabited by ghosts who refuse to move the location of the diner. Tabitha compromises with them, agreeing to rapidly move the diner. | ||||||||||||
| 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 persuade Percival’s work crew to unionize after learning that he is exploiting them. Archie enlists Cheryl to find evidence of worker mistreatment in the Pickens’ history, which Heather assists with. Heather and Cheryl attempt a spell where Cheryl enters Percival’s curiosity shop unseen so that they can retrieve a book. Meanwhile, Reggie and Percival toy with Jughead’s mind for revenge and Toni and Fangs continue to battle for custody against Kevin. When Toni enlists Britta to babysit, Kevin visits with Anthony and takes his pacifier to determine whether or not he is Anthony’s father. However, Toni storms his apartment and picks a fight with him. Elsewhere, Betty arrives home to find Charles sleeping in her bed, dying of leukemia. Alice tries to smother him to cease his suffering, but Betty stops her because she wants to learn how Charles copes with what he’s done. Betty realizes that Charles is poisoned by his darkness, and enlists Veronica and Agent Drake to help her remove the toxins from his body. They do this via a blood transfusion with Veronica, which is seemingly successful. Betty is determined to trap TBK once and for all, and asks Veronica for permission to hold 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 get the final plans for the convention hammered out, while Toni tells Cheryl about the wedding. Cheryl is upset, and enlists Kevin to perform a misfortune spell upon the couple. When the spell backfires, causing Anthony to develop colic, Heather steps in to help. Meanwhile, Archie and Tabitha continue to put up a front against Percival. Percival then manipulates the crew into restarting the railroad job, which Tabitha and Archie convince them to quit, Archie sings Bread and Roses at the construction site. Elsewhere, Agent Drake confesses her attraction to Betty in the midst of the convention. However, Veronica confronts her for doing so at a vulnerable time for Betty, and convinces Betty to have a serious talk with Archie. At the convention, TBK calls Betty in front of the audience, leading her to believe he is in attendance. That evening, Betty sees TBK. She follows him back to her house, to find an FBI agent murdered and Alice and Charles tied up at the kitchen table. TBK waits for Betty in the garage, but Betty kills him. She returns home and has a conversation with Archie to reaffirm 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 | |||||
| As Jughead continues to spiral in the bunker, Archie and Tabitha try to get the union to hold onto hope. Meanwhile, Percival elicits a series of plagues on the town, including having the Sweetwater River run red. Veronica plans Toni and Fangs’ wedding, but hits a roadblock in finding a wedding date. Cheryl attempts to set Percival on fire, ultimately killing him, as a wedding gift for Toni. However, the spell Heather and Cheryl perform fails, and Percival sets Nana Rose on fire. Betty researches the events and finds that Percival is likening her to the Harlot of Babylon, planning to capture her in a stockade. Betty confronts him, but he requests that she bring Anthony to him as a bargaining chip. Betty brings a decoy to Percival’s shop, with the gang using Heather’s invisibility spell so they can back her up. They incapacitate Percival in time for Toni’s wedding, but he escapes. During the wedding, Percival suffocates Nana Rose, the eldest first-born child in Riverdale, causing all first-born children to die, including Archie, Jughead, Fangs, and Toni. Jughead comes face-to-face with his Rivervale counterpart, and Heather plans to call in Sabrina Spellman to help the gang. | ||||||||||||
| 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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Following the deaths of their friends, Heather calls Sabrina Spellman to town to have them resurrected. Realizing he is still alive because Percival wants to punish him personally, Kevin attempts to leave town, but is captured. Sabrina arrives and inducts Betty, Veronica and Tabitha into the coven. She then uses Jughead's body to bring back her deceased boyfriend Nick Scratch. Nick informs them they have to die to cross over to bring back their friends, and use Charon to send Cheryl, Veronica and Tabitha into the afterlife to find them, as Betty is unable to due to her darkness. Sabrina and Nick go on one final date, and get closure before his spirit returns to the afterlife. Percival offers Kevin's heart to save Marty if Reggie persuades Kevin to give up their plan, but they are captured after trying to rescue him. When the girls cannot convince their friends to return, Sabrina reveals Cheryl can forcibly resurrect them with her phoenix powers. She does, also resurrecting Jason and Polly. Percival tells his captives he intends to kill them, but Reggie reveals he has a plan. Tabitha informs the group that Anthony is immortal, and she is 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 realizes that he can open portals, taking him and Tabitha to the Rivervale universe to find answers about Percival. Meanwhile, Tom and Frank hold Kevin, Marty, and Reggie hostage in the Babylonium to save them for execution. Alice interviews Percival, learning that he is an immortal being that was brought into Riverdale the night of the bomb when the universes bled into each other as a result of the Rivervale Jughead tipping off Riverdale Betty. He was on his way to seek revenge against the early settlers whom he came to Riverdale with, the ancestors of the gang. Betty reunited with Polly, and Polly helps her realize that her evil does not define her. Cheryl and Archie plan to explode the train tracks after freeing Kevin, Reggie, and Marty. Jughead and Tabitha gather intel about Percival from Mr. Cypher in Rivervale and realize that the chances of them winning the war against Percival in Riverdale are bleak. Jughead helps Kevin, Reggie, and Marty escape by opening a portal back in Riverdale. 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 for Riverdale with Percival, but he refuses. He gives them the corpses of Alice, Frank and Tom, without their heads so Cheryl cannot resurrect them. Percival casts a spell to have Reggie, Jason, Veronica's grandmother and Glen's corpse attack Archie, Cheryl, Veronica and Betty, forcing Cheryl to kill Jason again. Tabitha uses her powers to age Anthony into a young adult, and they attack Percival, but he escapes. She also uses them to have Pop's disassembled and reassembled in its original location, and they confront Percival. He subdues Archie, Betty, Veronica, Cheryl and Reggie and enters Pop's to confront Jughead. They enter each other's minds, and Jughead reveals he tricked Percival into abandoning his body. When Percival returns to his body he finds he stepped through a portal to the Pop's of Rivervale, where their counterparts stabbed him. Tabitha brings him back to before he became immortal, negating his immortality, but as he dies forever, he casts a final spell. In Riverdale, Cheryl resurrects Alice, Frank and Tom, but they find his last spell was to redirect Bailey's Comet to crash into Riverdale and destroy it, which Tabitha realizes is the future she saw. | ||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||
| The group discovers a barrier trapping them in Riverdale as the comet comes. Cheryl and Heather offer to free Abigail if she helps them destroy the comet and open the barrier, and she agrees in exchange for a night with Thomasina in Cheryl and Toni's bodies. Cheryl reveals that she can melt the comet with her powers, but it will require all her power, and doing this may cause some of the resurrected to die again. Mary returns to Riverdale and, along with Betty, helps Archie realize he has an unhealthy hero complex. Betty declines a promotion to a task force hunting serial killers, wanting to focus on something good. Veronica realizes she needs to learn to be on her own, and gives ownership of the casino to Reggie. Jughead and Tabitha spend their lives together using her powers. Heather tells Cheryl she knows that she and Toni are soulmates. Veronica realizes she can filter powers, and transfers all their powers to Cheryl to augment hers. Cheryl, with all their powers, goes to melt the comet. After it strikes, the gang has been sent back to high school in 1955, with only Jughead remembering their former lives. | ||||||||||||
Season 7 (2023)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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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 tries to ask Veronica to the sock hop with a poem, but gives up upon realizing she's considering others. Betty gets upset when Kevin won't commit to her, leading her to develop feelings for Archie. Meanwhile, Kevin is drawn to the new transfer student, Clay Walker. Encouraged by Alice, Kevin commits to Betty, giving her Alice's pin. Toni persuades Cheryl to choose Fangs as the performer for the sock hop after learning about his relationship with Midge. Jughead believes Pep Comics stole his story and confronts editor Al Fieldstone, who hires him and eventually 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 after finding his poem, but he rejects her. Toni dances with Cheryl, upsetting Principal Featherhead, and 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 tasks Jughead with writing four stories for their next issue, despite Mr. Blossom, Principal Featherhead and Dr. Werthers looking to censor comics as the reason for the murder of Ethel's parents. Jughead does, showing them to Veronica. In the first, Dilton is bullied by the basketball team for underperforming by locking him in the locker which he begins to have psychotic break by his morbid fear of claustrophobia so he kills them and uses their heads as basketballs. In the second, Archie's car breaks down close to Thornhill and he is invited to spend the night by Rose Blossom. Despite being instructed not to engage with her nymphomaniac granddaughter Cheryl, he does, only to discover she also has leprosy. In the third, Betty gets a new hairstyle to get herself noticed, and becomes popular, only to die when black widow spiders make a nest in her hair. In the last, Archie dates both Betty and Veronica, but when he has to choose between them on Valentine's Day, lies to get out of it and goes on a date with Cheryl, for which they kill him. Veronica breaks up with Jughead due to the stories demonizing women, though Mr. Fieldstone likes them and offers to credit Jughead for them. | |||||||
| 123 | 6 | "Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Three: Peep Show" | Amy Myrold | Ted Sullivan | May 3, 2023 (2023-05-03) | T13.23906 | 0.21 |
| Jughead discovers Pep Comics has plagiarized the work of an author he likes, Brad Rayberry. He informs the author and gets him to come to a deal with Mr. Fieldstone. He later bonds further with the author when offering to adapt his works for comics, only to earn his ire when he steals and reads Rayberry's unpublished manuscript. Frank forces Archie to be better, including getting a job and being water boy for the basketball team, coached by him. After Archie gets in a fight with Julian over his inability to play, he admits to Mary that he feels he cannot live up to Fred's expectations. Mary tells him Fred would be proud regardless, and he joins the basketball team. Toni joins the River Vixens, and she and Cheryl grow closer, eventually confessing their feelings and starting a relationship, despite Evelyn's disapproval. Veronica tries to help Betty attract Archie, giving her lingerie and taking her out with other boys, but they are eventually seen looking at him through his bedroom window. Betty and Archie agree to give each other a peep show the next night, but are caught by Hal and Frank. Dr. Werthers discovers Jughead is 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 |
| Following a losing streak for the basketball team, Mr. Blossom allows Frank to recruit an out-of-town player, Reggie Mantle. Reggie moves in with Archie's family while attending Riverdale High. He is indifferent to Archie's attempts to bond with him, and reveals he has always been the victim of discrimination due to being half-Korean. Archie forces the team to stop doing this, as they need him. Kevin gets a job at the Babylonium, and Veronica asks him to help her get Clay's romantic attention. When he admits to her Clay is gay, she reveals she knew and was testing him. Betty’s parents force her to join the River Vixens, but she doesn't think it will last after she has to personally take care of Reggie's needs. Toni breaks up with Cheryl and quits the River Vixens after Cheryl asks to go steady, but realizes her true feelings and decides to try again after Cheryl helps her secure money to start a black literature club. Tabitha returns to town and bonds further with Jughead, giving him a book about a comet and an interracial relationship. When he tries to tell Rayberry about her, he finds the author dead, seemingly having killed himself. | |||||||
| 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 |
| While Jughead mourns Rayberry, Betty goes through therapy with Dr. Werthers. After she admits that she may not want to get married, and writes about sexual dreams in her diary, he tells Alice, and both try to conform Betty to their way of thinking. Betty responds by breaking into Dr. Werthers' office to read his notes on her, and finds a copy of Lolita. After reading it, she confronts him and accuses him of fantasizing about her. He attempts to stop counseling her, but Alice refuses to allow this. When Betty tries to talk to Alice about her feelings, they are stopped by Hal. The next day, Alice tells Betty she is no longer her mother. Meanwhile, Veronica attempts to promote the Babylonium, but finds her parents are interfering with her business as revenge for her buying it from under them. She adapts by showing lesser known movies with a gimmick, and manages to bring in business, only for her parents to respond by kicking her out of her apartment, forcing her to move into her office in the Babylonium. Jughead, after coming to terms with Rayberry's death, is asked by Sheriff Keller to help with the case. | |||||||
| 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 left out when Toni spends time with the black literature club. She asks to attend a meeting, and realizes Toni still needs her own space. Reggie borrows Archie’s car for a date with Veronica, while Archie dates Betty, but Archie is distracted on his date, and becomes irate when Reggie returns home late without a good explanation. The four agree to go on a double date to a concert in Centerville that Fangs is performing at, but Archie and Reggie continue to have trust issues, and eventually have to hike to Pop's for gas when the car runs dry. Pop sells Reggie a jalopy so he can have his own car, and the boys make up after admitting to each other they both feel homesick in their own way. Betty and Veronica are taken to the concert by Cheryl, Toni and Midge, and Reggie later enlists Betty’s help to fix the jalopy. Jughead and Tabitha investigate Rayberry's death, and discover he was married to a black woman and experienced racism. Tabitha decides to go back to touring the country with Emmett Till's family following this, while Jughead discovers Rayberry was visited by a milkman the night he died. | |||||||
| 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 there being no celebrations of Halloween allowed in Riverdale due to an incident involving the deaths of four students, the gang decides to celebrate anyway. Archie, Betty and Dilton try to give Reggie his first Halloween experience, which results in Archie and Reggie competing for Betty's attention. Veronica holds a show at the Babylonium which Cheryl and Toni perform in, kissing in public. Afterward, they tell Fangs and Midge that they are secretly dating, and find out about the pregnancy, which Evelyn overhears. Ethel escapes the Sisters of Quiet Mercy and contacts Jughead, and they investigate the milkman, discovering the original writer of the Milkman comic killed himself, citing the comic as the reason. Afterward, he leaves her at Rayberry's apartment, but returns when a neighbor alerts him to the milkman's presence, only to find Ethel has already killed him. After Betty favors Archie, Reggie joins Julian and other Bulldogs to vandalize the town, only for them to later drive 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 |
| Thanks to Reggie, the boys survive the accident, but Julian is left in a coma, for which Mr. Blossom blames Reggie, though he still forces the season to go forward against Cheryl's wishes. Archie is named the new team captain, though he believes Reggie deserves the position, and is revealed to have a passion for writing poetry. When the Stonewall Prep students steal the Riverdale mascot and threaten the team, Reggie comes up with the plan to beat them. After Cheryl hears her father plotting to replace Reggie with another player, she informs Archie, and the team confronts Mr. Blossom, threatening him into making Reggie captain, and they defeat Stonewall. Meanwhile, after the milkman is killed, Ethel moves back in with the Coopers, and Alice's behavior causes Betty to move in with Veronica, breaking back into the Pembrooke. After bonding, they are caught by Mary and explain everything, and she confronts their parents, causing Veronica's parents to allow her back in and Alice to ease up towards Betty. After Ethel tells Jughead she wants to tell her own story, they write a new comic, "The Mailman Cometh" and persuade 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 on suspicion of being a communist, and eventually replaced by Mrs. Grundy, who continues mentoring Archie despite Frank's disapproval of poetry. Due to Evelyn's machinations, Cheryl is forced to either confirm certain students, including Kevin, Clay and Toni, are gay, or lose leadership of the River Vixens, and she eventually refuses, though starts pretending to date Kevin, while Clay and Toni also pretend to date. Hiram comes to town, ostensibly to visit Veronica, but eventually reveals he is being investigated as a communist, and asks Veronica to be his alibi. After finding out he is cheating on Hermione and sharing a kiss with Archie, she agrees, but also forces him to tell Hermione of his affair and sign ownership of the Pembrooke to her. After he leaves, Hermione tells Veronica that they are getting a divorce. After the school newspaper is shut down, Betty starts a newsletter for teenage girls, under an alias. Jughead and Ethel, finding out that no one is selling comics anymore due to the smear campaign, decide to sell comics discreetly, but are eventually caught. Principal Featherhead later buys the comics off students and has them publicly burned. | |||||||
| 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, and decides it will be about senior year at Riverdale High, though Reggie and Jughead refuse to participate. He decides it will star Archie, which becomes difficult when Archie drops out due to realizing, through the songs written, that he doesn't know what he wants in life. He eventually drops off the basketball team to focus on poetry, disappointing Frank, and tells Betty and Veronica he will not be pursuing either for a while. Kevin also writes a song for Betty, Veronica, Cheryl and Toni, which none of them approve of. Betty and Veronica decide to focus on their friendship instead of Archie, while Cheryl and Toni drop out of the musical after Kevin writes a song about their relationship that he cannot include. Kevin, meanwhile, struggles with tension between his parents, who eventually tell him they are getting a divorce, while Principal Featherhead tells him his musical will not be produced. Kevin blows up in front of the other students, but after Clay explains why, they console him. | |||||||
| 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, who turns out to have worked for the Blossoms. Archie considers joining the merchant marines, but Frank pressures him to join the army instead, like Fred. When Mary finds out, she kicks Frank out. Frank moves in with Tom, coming to terms with his family before leaving. Jughead realizes everyone killed by the milkman worked for the Blossoms at some point, and asks Cheryl to investigate. She does, overhearing her parents speaking Russian and finding a room full of milkman uniforms, while Jughead is shown Dilton's bunker. They call the FBI on Clifford and Penelope, who are revealed to be Russian spies building bombs. Meanwhile, the girls sign up for drivers education, but need a birth certificate to get a license. When retrieving Ethel's from her house, Betty finds a picture of Hal holding baby Ethel and checks paid from her family to Ethel’s for years. When she confronts her parents, Alice reveals Hal had an affair with Ethel's mother and is Ethel's biological father, and she kept the secret to avoid the scandal. Betty forgives her past behavior. The Coopers offer to adopt Ethel, but she refuses and leaves 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
Season 1
Main article: Riverdale (season 1) § RatingsSeason 2
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
DVR (18–49) |
DVR viewers (millions) |
Total (18–49) |
Total viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Chapter Fourteen: A Kiss Before Dying" | October 11, 2017 | 0.8/3 | 2.34 | 0.6 | 1.40 | 1.4 | 3.74 |
| 2 | "Chapter Fifteen: Nighthawks" | October 18, 2017 | 0.6/2 | 1.76 | 0.6 | 1.34 | 1.2 | 3.10 |
| 3 | "Chapter Sixteen: The Watcher in the Woods" | October 25, 2017 | 0.6/2 | 1.62 | 0.6 | 1.32 | 1.2 | 2.94 |
| 4 | "Chapter Seventeen: The Town That Dreaded Sundown" | November 1, 2017 | 0.6/2 | 1.51 | 0.5 | 1.30 | 1.1 | 2.80 |
| 5 | "Chapter Eighteen: When a Stranger Calls" | November 8, 2017 | 0.5/2 | 1.47 | 0.5 | 1.23 | 1.0 | 2.70 |
| 6 | "Chapter Nineteen: Death Proof" | November 15, 2017 | 0.5/2 | 1.43 | 0.5 | 1.23 | 1.0 | 2.66 |
| 7 | "Chapter Twenty: Tales from the Darkside" | November 29, 2017 | 0.5/2 | 1.45 | 0.5 | 1.19 | 1.0 | 2.64 |
| 8 | "Chapter Twenty-One: House of the Devil" | December 6, 2017 | 0.5/2 | 1.48 | 0.6 | 1.20 | 1.1 | 2.68 |
| 9 | "Chapter Twenty-Two: Silent Night, Deadly Night" | December 13, 2017 | 0.5/2 | 1.43 | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | "Chapter Twenty-Three: The Blackboard Jungle" | January 17, 2018 | 0.5/2 | 1.44 | 0.5 | 1.14 | 1.0 | 2.59 |
| 11 | "Chapter Twenty-Four: The Wrestler" | January 24, 2018 | 0.5/2 | 1.39 | 0.5 | 1.15 | 1.0 | 2.54 |
| 12 | "Chapter Twenty-Five: The Wicked and the Divine" | January 31, 2018 | 0.5/2 | 1.34 | 0.5 | 1.06 | 1.0 | 2.40 |
| 13 | "Chapter Twenty-Six: The Tell-Tale Heart" | February 7, 2018 | 0.5/2 | 1.28 | 0.4 | 0.96 | 0.9 | 2.24 |
| 14 | "Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Hills Have Eyes" | March 7, 2018 | 0.5/2 | 1.26 | 0.4 | 0.95 | 0.9 | 2.22 |
| 15 | "Chapter Twenty-Eight: There Will Be Blood" | March 14, 2018 | 0.4/2 | 1.19 | 0.4 | 0.91 | 0.8 | 2.10 |
| 16 | "Chapter Twenty-Nine: Primary Colors" | March 21, 2018 | 0.4/2 | 1.16 | 0.4 | 0.94 | 0.8 | 2.10 |
| 17 | "Chapter Thirty: The Noose Tightens" | March 28, 2018 | 0.3/1 | 0.96 | 0.4 | 0.91 | 0.7 | 1.87 |
| 18 | "Chapter Thirty-One: A Night to Remember" | April 18, 2018 | 0.4/2 | 1.10 | 0.3 | 0.83 | 0.7 | 1.93 |
| 19 | "Chapter Thirty-Two: Prisoners" | April 25, 2018 | 0.4/2 | 1.17 | 0.4 | 0.81 | 0.8 | 1.97 |
| 20 | "Chapter Thirty-Three: Shadow of a Doubt" | May 2, 2018 | 0.4/2 | 1.11 | 0.4 | 0.93 | 0.8 | 2.04 |
| 21 | "Chapter Thirty-Four: Judgment Night" | May 9, 2018 | 0.4/2 | 1.00 | 0.3 | 0.90 | 0.7 | 1.91 |
| 22 | "Chapter Thirty-Five: Brave New World" | May 16, 2018 | 0.4/2 | 1.28 | 0.4 | 0.76 | 0.8 | 2.04 |
Season 3
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
DVR (18–49) |
DVR viewers (millions) |
Total (18–49) |
Total viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Chapter Thirty-Six: Labor Day" | October 10, 2018 | 0.5/2 | 1.50 | 0.7 | 1.34 | 1.2 | 2.84 |
| 2 | "Chapter Thirty-Seven: Fortune and Men's Eyes" | October 17, 2018 | 0.4/2 | 1.28 | 0.6 | 1.27 | 1.0 | 2.55 |
| 3 | "Chapter Thirty-Eight: As Above, So Below" | October 24, 2018 | 0.5/2 | 1.40 | 0.4 | 1.03 | 0.9 | 2.43 |
| 4 | "Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Midnight Club" | November 7, 2018 | 0.4/2 | 1.37 | 0.5 | 1.15 | 0.9 | 2.52 |
| 5 | "Chapter Forty: The Great Escape" | November 14, 2018 | 0.4/2 | 1.25 | 0.5 | 1.01 | 0.9 | 2.26 |
| 6 | "Chapter Forty-One: Manhunter" | November 28, 2018 | 0.4/2 | 1.27 | 0.5 | 1.01 | 0.9 | 2.28 |
| 7 | "Chapter Forty-Two: The Man in Black" | December 5, 2018 | 0.4/2 | 1.09 | 0.5 | 1.05 | 0.9 | 2.14 |
| 8 | "Chapter Forty-Three: Outbreak" | December 12, 2018 | 0.4/2 | 1.20 | 0.5 | 1.08 | 0.9 | 2.28 |
| 9 | "Chapter Forty-Four: No Exit" | January 16, 2019 | 0.5/2 | 1.32 | 0.4 | 1.00 | 0.9 | 2.32 |
| 10 | "Chapter Forty-Five: The Stranger" | January 23, 2019 | 0.4/2 | 1.12 | 0.4 | 0.95 | 0.8 | 2.07 |
| 11 | "Chapter Forty-Six: The Red Dahlia" | January 30, 2019 | 0.4/2 | 1.26 | 0.4 | 0.91 | 0.8 | 2.18 |
| 12 | "Chapter Forty-Seven: Bizarrodale" | February 6, 2019 | 0.3/2 | 0.96 | 0.4 | 0.93 | 0.7 | 1.89 |
| 13 | "Chapter Forty-Eight: Requiem for a Welterweight" | February 27, 2019 | 0.3/2 | 0.86 | 0.4 | 0.87 | 0.7 | 1.73 |
| 14 | "Chapter Forty-Nine: Fire Walk with Me" | March 6, 2019 | 0.3/2 | 0.92 | 0.3 | 0.80 | 0.6 | 1.72 |
| 15 | "Chapter Fifty: American Dreams" | March 13, 2019 | 0.3/2 | 0.95 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 0.6 | 1.73 |
| 16 | "Chapter Fifty-One: Big Fun" | March 20, 2019 | 0.3/2 | 0.81 | 0.3 | 0.66 | 0.6 | 1.47 |
| 17 | "Chapter Fifty-Two: The Raid" | March 27, 2019 | 0.3/2 | 0.81 | 0.3 | 0.76 | 0.6 | 1.57 |
| 18 | "Chapter Fifty-Three: Jawbreaker" | April 17, 2019 | 0.2/2 | 0.80 | 0.3 | 0.64 | 0.5 | 1.44 |
| 19 | "Chapter Fifty-Four: Fear the Reaper" | April 24, 2019 | 0.2/1 | 0.71 | 0.3 | 0.70 | 0.5 | 1.41 |
| 20 | "Chapter Fifty-Five: Prom Night" | May 1, 2019 | 0.2/1 | 0.70 | 0.3 | 0.66 | 0.5 | 1.36 |
| 21 | "Chapter Fifty-Six: The Dark Secret of Harvest House" | May 8, 2019 | 0.3/1 | 0.74 | 0.2 | 0.70 | 0.5 | 1.44 |
| 22 | "Chapter Fifty-Seven: Survive the Night" | May 15, 2019 | 0.3/2 | 0.86 | 0.2 | 0.61 | 0.5 | 1.47 |
Season 4
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
DVR (18–49) |
DVR viewers (millions) |
Total (18–49) |
Total viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Chapter Fifty-Eight: In Memoriam" | October 9, 2019 | 0.4/2 | 1.14 | 0.4 | 0.85 | 0.8 | 1.99 |
| 2 | "Chapter Fifty-Nine: Fast Times at Riverdale High" | October 16, 2019 | 0.2/2 | 0.80 | 0.4 | 0.73 | 0.6 | 1.53 |
| 3 | "Chapter Sixty: Dog Day Afternoon" | October 23, 2019 | 0.3/2 | 0.87 | 0.3 | 0.66 | 0.6 | 1.53 |
| 4 | "Chapter Sixty-One: Halloween" | October 30, 2019 | 0.2/1 | 0.74 | 0.4 | 0.75 | 0.6 | 1.49 |
| 5 | "Chapter Sixty-Two: Witness for the Prosecution" | November 6, 2019 | 0.2/1 | 0.76 | 0.4 | 0.73 | 0.6 | 1.48 |
| 6 | "Chapter Sixty-Three: Hereditary" | November 13, 2019 | 0.3/1 | 0.82 | 0.3 | 0.68 | 0.6 | 1.50 |
| 7 | "Chapter Sixty-Four: The Ice Storm" | November 20, 2019 | 0.2/1 | 0.74 | 0.3 | 0.63 | 0.5 | 1.37 |
| 8 | "Chapter Sixty-Five: In Treatment" | December 4, 2019 | 0.2/1 | 0.69 | 0.3 | 0.65 | 0.5 | 1.34 |
| 9 | "Chapter Sixty-Six: Tangerine" | December 11, 2019 | 0.2/1 | 0.73 | 0.3 | 0.59 | 0.5 | 1.32 |
| 10 | "Chapter Sixty-Seven: Varsity Blues" | January 22, 2020 | 0.2/1 | 0.79 | 0.3 | 0.60 | 0.5 | 1.39 |
| 11 | "Chapter Sixty-Eight: Quiz Show" | January 29, 2020 | 0.2/1 | 0.73 | 0.3 | 0.59 | 0.5 | 1.32 |
| 12 | "Chapter Sixty-Nine: Men of Honor" | February 5, 2020 | 0.2 | 0.65 | 0.3 | 0.64 | 0.5 | 1.29 |
| 13 | "Chapter Seventy: The Ides of March" | February 12, 2020 | 0.2 | 0.65 | 0.2 | 0.55 | 0.4 | 1.20 |
| 14 | "Chapter Seventy-One: How to Get Away with Murder" | February 26, 2020 | 0.2 | 0.67 | 0.2 | 0.51 | 0.4 | 1.18 |
| 15 | "Chapter Seventy-Two: To Die For" | March 4, 2020 | 0.2 | 0.66 | 0.2 | 0.51 | 0.4 | 1.17 |
| 16 | "Chapter Seventy-Three: The Locked Room" | March 11, 2020 | 0.2 | 0.66 | 0.2 | 0.55 | 0.4 | 1.21 |
| 17 | "Chapter Seventy-Four: Wicked Little Town" | April 15, 2020 | 0.2 | 0.54 | 0.2 | 0.51 | 0.4 | 1.05 |
| 18 | "Chapter Seventy-Five: Lynchian" | April 29, 2020 | 0.2 | 0.66 | 0.2 | 0.49 | 0.4 | 1.15 |
| 19 | "Chapter Seventy-Six: Killing Mr. Honey" | May 6, 2020 | 0.2 | 0.65 | 0.2 | 0.47 | 0.4 | 1.12 |
Season 5
| 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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