![]() So even only that front, mission accomplished, as far as Cheryl is concerned. That’s a very good question, I will say that in Episode 2, we know one thing has at least happened, which is the maple trees are producing maple syrup again. Will we see in the next episode if Cheryl’s sacrifice of Archie’s life to please the Maple Maiden actually worked? We’re invested in that relationship and great stories coming up. ![]() Let me say this, we’re pretty invested in Jughead and Tabitha in Season 6. So there is a sort of ghoulish, Agatha Christie element of the event arc, which is, who or how many people are going to die in this episode and how?įollowing Archie’s death, and a few passing references made during the episode by Jughead and Betty about their former relationship, is there any chance of those two getting back together this season? And two, I can tease at this point that “Rivervale” has a much higher body count than even “Riverdale,” and characters die in episodes and then they don’t come back. We’re now without Archie at the end of the first episode, so where do things go from here without the usual hero of our story? ![]() The original, not the Nicolas Cage remake, which is fun in its own way, but not a classic the way the original is. Though, “Midsommar” 100 percent is an influence, I would say as much so is “The Wicker Man,” which is one of my favorite horror movies. And regarding the ending, I am 100 percent a huge fan of Ari Aster and “Midsommar” - but really, I go even further back to “The Wicker Man” and “Children of the Corn” and all those other folklore things, as well. It really set the tone for everything that was supposed to come. The second it started, I was smiling ear to ear because he’s so owned that. I would say one of the funnest elements of “Rivervale” is Jughead narrating to the camera. OK, let’s sacrifice him.” (laughs) That’s another, less charitable, reading of Betty’s actions. Another reading of the episode is, Archie’s pressuring Betty to have a baby, and Betty’s like, “I can’t deal with that. The thing that eventually convinced Betty to do this is, and I think she says in the episode, “There’s nothing I want more than to have your child.” I think what happened between Betty and Cheryl is, Cheryl said, “You’re barren right now, I know a way that you can bear Archie’s child - but you have to do this.” So in my mind, she - like everyone else in the town - made the deal with the devil to get what she wanted even more than Archie was to be a mother to Archie’s child. She says it was because Cheryl promised to help her conceive Archie’s baby when the doctor said she couldn’t, and now she’s confident she is pregnant - but was there more to it than that, because the twist at the end of the episode was so quick? Of all the people to decide to come over to Cheryl’s side and sacrifice Archie, Betty was the biggest shock. Mark Consuelos Exits ‘Riverdale’ After 4 Seasons of Playing Villain Hiram Lodge It’s like, “OK, well, this is our chance to see how that works.” And it was so fun and it sort of cracked open the door, I think, for the supernatural to slip in and horror to slip in beyond the first five episodes, which has been really, really good. And it’s funny, we were like, “Well, that’s kind of what we do normally.” Everyone’s always asking us, “Is ‘Riverdale’ going to go supernatural? When is ‘Riverdale’ going to go full horror?” It felt like that was something we hadn’t yet done. I was like, “Yeah, we would love to do that.” Then in the writers’ room, we’re all like, “OK, well, what’s the theme or what would it be about? Or how would this be special enough to warrant a five-episode event?” Originally, we were toying about doing something something like an homage to “Sin City” and doing very noir and pulpy episodes, hardboiled-crime episodes. Really candidly, I think this kind of started with The CW reaching out and saying, “Hey, we would love to kick off Season 6 with a five-episode, miniseries-event arc.” And I love stuff like that and I always get a little bit jealous when my friends on all the superhero shows are doing the crossover episodes and things like that.
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