Riverdale Episode 12

You did a bad thing daddy, and now everyone knows.

It was the biggest although certainly not the only secret revealed in this rewarding penultimate episode ofRiverdales first season.

FB may be shadier than a Thornhill oak on a mid-summer Riverdale day, but hes not a killer.

In fact, it turns out that in his own South Side Serpented way he is honorable.

For his part however, Jughead never gave up hope that his dad good be redeemed.

Meanwhile, Veronicas concerns that her father was indeed mixed up in the murder of Jason Blossom were validated.

We still dont know the reasons why, nor will we anytime soon.

Tonight she hatched a hairbrained scheme to flee from Riverdale.

(Which makes sense seeing how showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa utilized those story elements in theAfterlife with Archiecomic).

But then, twist!

Their was a sort of incestuous relationship here, but it was between Polly and Jason.

The Coopers are the Blossoms, they just changed their names to distance themselves from their high-strung ginger kin.

Therefore, Polly and Jason are related.

Nothing could be more purely Blossom than those babies, she coos in the episodes creepiest moment.

Yeah, I still need a moment with all of this new information too.

Which brings us back to Clifford Blossom killing his son.

Clearly drugs were involved here.

And the South Side Serpents.

Maple syrup too, obviously.

For now though, I feel that this was a more than satisfying conclusion to this storyline.

Next week: The season finale, and something wicked this way comes.

Sabrina and the witches of Greendale!

Man, I hope so.

Oh hey, Archie is involved with the main storyline in a meaningful way.

It took almost the entire season but we finally got there.

This bodes well for the finale and next season methinks.

Reminder: Theres one episode left this season and we still havent seen Jughead eat a single hamburger.

To quote The Smiths, the story is old, I know, but it goes on.

Alas Mustang the South Side Serpent, we hardly knew ye.

Or even remotely gave a shit about your death.

That was until we saw Clifford Blossom hanging from the rafters.

So how deep are the Blossoms involved in drugs?

Where will Cheryl go from here?

Will she crack from this second tragedy and the revelation that she and the Coopers share the same bloodline?

I CANNOT WAIT TO FIND OUT.

Sorry to interrupt the witching hour at Thornhill (FORESHADOWING?)

or Cheryls aforementioned confrontation of her father.

Betty refers to Archie as Arch in her text to him.

I love when the characters invoke their comic book nicknames on this show.

Of course the Blossoms eat waffles for breakfast.

For their entire lives.

Rating:

5 out of 5