Riverdale 1.05 Chapter Five: Heart of Darkness
Looks like the entire Blossom family are messed up to begin with. I'm not a fan of Cheryl's snobbery, but for once she stood up for her brother. It was in a way only a sibling could genuinely do. I think the sleepover was a bit of a stretch, but my guess it's for Veronica's screen time as the new-nice girl in town.
The Blossom grand aunt in the corner of Jason's old room was so scary. Jughead hid behind Betty when it happened and I was surprised they stood there for so long. At least we learned Polly was engaged with the family ring this whole time. They weren't forcing the relationship as the "score book" indicated.
I'm surprised for the sake of journalism Jughead and Betty have uncovered so much information. I feel with what I said previous about Hal Cooper, a lot is pointing his way. He jacked Sheriff Keller's map of clues to Jason's murder and hid it in a box. It's getting messy now that the parents are involved and the Coopers have a history of hating the Blossoms.
Archie has chosen music over football. I wonder if that means he will start his band "The Archies" just like in the comics. Reggie is a TERRIBLE person and the actor is less than mediocre. He's made to be a dumb jock and isn't getting anywhere with his storyline.
Friday, February 24, 2017
Friday, February 17, 2017
Riverdale 1.04 Chapter Four: The Last Picture Show
Riverdale 1.04 Chapter Four: The Last Picture Show
Let's start off with how STUNNING the opening introduction of this episode was. Jughead's narration of the tear down of the "home away from homes" Twilight Drive-In flowing into Sheriff Keller's interrogations with each family. The beautiful use of purple orchids in the Blossom mansion to the homes of everybody else was such a good way to portray the cookie-cutter dynamic of each family.
Jughead's living arrangements are getting torn down. I didn't think he would be homeless all this time without anybody noticing. If Archie doesn't know that he's living in the drive-in then how can he possibly be getting by all this time. Also, what happened to his little sister, Jellybean? She's not in Riverdale or else she'd be living with Jughead at the drive-in. It looks like things are going deeper with Jughead's character, but it's sad he has a strained relationship with his father. Does nobody know a member of the Southside Serpent gang is Jughead's dad? Or are the citizens of Riverdale purposely choosing to ignore it? I'm happy we're uncovering more about Jughead's past, but I hope it's not as painful as what we saw.
Archie ratted himself out by answering Betty with, "Did Jughead tell you?" At least it prompted him to end his secret tryst. It's good that Miss Grundy skips out of town now, but she was also a suspect to Jason's murder. There was evidence of him being tied up and tortured for a week, Archie could have been her useful alibi for the days in between. She could at least manipulate him further into lying on her behalf.
Betty is so good and digging for clues that it's insane. What high schooler knows how to pry open locks and jimmy cars open?! She just knows everything and how to get around it. I have no idea why Mrs. Cooper is so quick on her radar. She comes at the exact heightened moments every single time. I don't know if her strong persona is a result of post-Polly trauma OR if she's covering something else up. It seems she hates the Blossom family, so I wonder if her husband Hal killed Jason. They seem to be hiding him in the background like an additional character. It would really be a big surprise in all of this.
Cheryl is hot and cold all the time. Very unpredictable with how she carries out her behaviour. She tries to be nice at one point, a mean girl the next and a weird in-your-face neutral at the drive-in with Veronica and Kevin. Her character is inconsistent but also falls back on her late brother as an excuse.
Looks like Mayor McCoy is involved with Lodge's blood money. Everything has to happen behind closed doors for people to succeed. It looks like an act but I guess everybody has their own personal agenda.
Sheriff Keller is an awesome dad. He acknowledges his openly gay son and encourages him to date! I'm glad to see he doesn't have traditional views of a small town and actually cares for his son's well being. I was beginning to think Kevin didn't tell his father about his sexuality judging from the first few episodes. It sounded as if he had a lot of explaining to do when he admitted he was out with Moose. Hopefully he doesn't fall too deep with Joaquin (I believe I caught his name correctly) from the dangerous gang.
Let's start off with how STUNNING the opening introduction of this episode was. Jughead's narration of the tear down of the "home away from homes" Twilight Drive-In flowing into Sheriff Keller's interrogations with each family. The beautiful use of purple orchids in the Blossom mansion to the homes of everybody else was such a good way to portray the cookie-cutter dynamic of each family.
Jughead's living arrangements are getting torn down. I didn't think he would be homeless all this time without anybody noticing. If Archie doesn't know that he's living in the drive-in then how can he possibly be getting by all this time. Also, what happened to his little sister, Jellybean? She's not in Riverdale or else she'd be living with Jughead at the drive-in. It looks like things are going deeper with Jughead's character, but it's sad he has a strained relationship with his father. Does nobody know a member of the Southside Serpent gang is Jughead's dad? Or are the citizens of Riverdale purposely choosing to ignore it? I'm happy we're uncovering more about Jughead's past, but I hope it's not as painful as what we saw.
Archie ratted himself out by answering Betty with, "Did Jughead tell you?" At least it prompted him to end his secret tryst. It's good that Miss Grundy skips out of town now, but she was also a suspect to Jason's murder. There was evidence of him being tied up and tortured for a week, Archie could have been her useful alibi for the days in between. She could at least manipulate him further into lying on her behalf.
Betty is so good and digging for clues that it's insane. What high schooler knows how to pry open locks and jimmy cars open?! She just knows everything and how to get around it. I have no idea why Mrs. Cooper is so quick on her radar. She comes at the exact heightened moments every single time. I don't know if her strong persona is a result of post-Polly trauma OR if she's covering something else up. It seems she hates the Blossom family, so I wonder if her husband Hal killed Jason. They seem to be hiding him in the background like an additional character. It would really be a big surprise in all of this.
Cheryl is hot and cold all the time. Very unpredictable with how she carries out her behaviour. She tries to be nice at one point, a mean girl the next and a weird in-your-face neutral at the drive-in with Veronica and Kevin. Her character is inconsistent but also falls back on her late brother as an excuse.
Looks like Mayor McCoy is involved with Lodge's blood money. Everything has to happen behind closed doors for people to succeed. It looks like an act but I guess everybody has their own personal agenda.
Sheriff Keller is an awesome dad. He acknowledges his openly gay son and encourages him to date! I'm glad to see he doesn't have traditional views of a small town and actually cares for his son's well being. I was beginning to think Kevin didn't tell his father about his sexuality judging from the first few episodes. It sounded as if he had a lot of explaining to do when he admitted he was out with Moose. Hopefully he doesn't fall too deep with Joaquin (I believe I caught his name correctly) from the dangerous gang.
Friday, February 10, 2017
Riverdale 1.03 Chapter Three: Body Double
Riverdale 1.03 Chapter Three: Body Double
After last week's episode, I'm glad the issue of suppressing and silencing women was the foreground story. With current events today, I am glad to see there are other forms of media being influential and positive. Gender equality is an ongoing fight and human right. I'm happy to see the dominant female heroines of the show take matters into their own hands and stick up for each other. Josie and the Pussycats are FANTASTIC with what they symbolically stand for as strong women of minority. Mentioning how their mother got hate mail and harassed when elected mayor is truly something that happens in current events. Loving the relevancy of this show and the subject of woman empowerment (except for the predator that is Miss Grundy).
Slut-shaming jocks? Okay I hope that's the end of it. Keeping "score" in their lame book really says something. I wonder if Jason's agreement was to keep his sister off limits to it all. It's disgusting and I have a feeling that may be a starting motive for the death.
Cheryl Blossom has a bucket of secrets! I understand her sticking up for her brother's story, but I don't know why all the hoops the town had to jump through just to get to half of the truth. I'd like to think Mrs. Cooper or Betty did this to Jason. Only because Betty "forgets" and blacks out when it comes to what happened to her sister Polly. Also, it would be good of her mom doing tough love to cover up the truth with what happened. I think torture is wrong, but the one to benefit from getting rid of Jason are the Coopers (maybe it was the Mr. Cooper? He hasn't come forward with his feelings in all of this). I'm liking all the change happening in this town.
It's all making sense Dilton saw Miss Grundy's car that day! He must have been busy trying to hide his gun and saw them together in a hurry? I wonder if there are other witnesses in all of this. It sucks Jughead is caught in the middle of all of this, but he sounds like the conscious one trying to help Archie out.
I wonder if we'll find out the history of Hermione Lodge with the rest of the town. I was hoping we would see more of the true colours with their past, but it may get messy with too much character stories. I'm thinking Mrs. Cooper creates a lot of enemies (possibly because of her profession or maybe due to the nature of Polly's placement in the mental institution).
Definitely looking forward to reviewing next week's episode after the preview on Miss Grundy's identity.
After last week's episode, I'm glad the issue of suppressing and silencing women was the foreground story. With current events today, I am glad to see there are other forms of media being influential and positive. Gender equality is an ongoing fight and human right. I'm happy to see the dominant female heroines of the show take matters into their own hands and stick up for each other. Josie and the Pussycats are FANTASTIC with what they symbolically stand for as strong women of minority. Mentioning how their mother got hate mail and harassed when elected mayor is truly something that happens in current events. Loving the relevancy of this show and the subject of woman empowerment (except for the predator that is Miss Grundy).
Slut-shaming jocks? Okay I hope that's the end of it. Keeping "score" in their lame book really says something. I wonder if Jason's agreement was to keep his sister off limits to it all. It's disgusting and I have a feeling that may be a starting motive for the death.
Cheryl Blossom has a bucket of secrets! I understand her sticking up for her brother's story, but I don't know why all the hoops the town had to jump through just to get to half of the truth. I'd like to think Mrs. Cooper or Betty did this to Jason. Only because Betty "forgets" and blacks out when it comes to what happened to her sister Polly. Also, it would be good of her mom doing tough love to cover up the truth with what happened. I think torture is wrong, but the one to benefit from getting rid of Jason are the Coopers (maybe it was the Mr. Cooper? He hasn't come forward with his feelings in all of this). I'm liking all the change happening in this town.
It's all making sense Dilton saw Miss Grundy's car that day! He must have been busy trying to hide his gun and saw them together in a hurry? I wonder if there are other witnesses in all of this. It sucks Jughead is caught in the middle of all of this, but he sounds like the conscious one trying to help Archie out.
I wonder if we'll find out the history of Hermione Lodge with the rest of the town. I was hoping we would see more of the true colours with their past, but it may get messy with too much character stories. I'm thinking Mrs. Cooper creates a lot of enemies (possibly because of her profession or maybe due to the nature of Polly's placement in the mental institution).
Definitely looking forward to reviewing next week's episode after the preview on Miss Grundy's identity.
Friday, February 3, 2017
Riverdale 1.02 Chapter Two: A Touch of Evil
Riverdale 1.02 Chapter Two: A Touch of Evil
I'd like to mention Reggie Mantle is a pig. I can't stand homophobia of any sort or the fact there's aggression channeled by insecurity when there are topics people don't understand. Being a star jock does not give anyone the right to be a top-notch jerk to anyone. I'm disappointed Reggie Mantle is the typical small-minded role, but I hope this portrays the divide the good characters that exist. Midge is mentioned to exist in Riverdale, but it doesn't look like she'll have a credited scene from the way Moose is moving forward.
I'm ecstatic for more Jughead screen time. I have to admit I got nostalgic when I saw his suspenders, giant headphones and all black sneakers. This was my outfit on civvies day in high school and any other day outside of it! Anyway, back to the part he got to play in this episode. So Jughead has a pre-existing friendship with Archie after all; Miss Grundy got in the way of them. I'm glad Jughead gets to act as his conscious and get Archie grounded into his old ways. I like Jughead's narration role in all of this, but now he gets to be present in the story. He's clearly made an impact on Archie and can get him to do the right thing.
On the female spectrum of the school, we've visited Cheryl VS Betty & Veronica; Betty & Cheryl VS Veronica; Betty VS Cheryl; and Betty, Veronica & Cheryl. If your head hasn't spun around yet, I commend you. There's been a lot of girl fighting here, but I'm happy to see a much softer Veronica. Her character gets labelled as poor, little rich girl but she gets to be a different person in this school. Betty's friendship really gives her strength so I think that's where they'll thrive as a girl power team.
As for how the episode ended, clues were obvious Cheryl knew the nature of Jason's death. I don't want this to be the lingering backstory throughout the show (similar to Alison DiLaurentis in Pretty Little Liars). It will get to be a tiring plot that if it doesn't get resolved by the end of this season, fans will lose interest. Fingers crossed that won't be the case.
I'd like to mention Reggie Mantle is a pig. I can't stand homophobia of any sort or the fact there's aggression channeled by insecurity when there are topics people don't understand. Being a star jock does not give anyone the right to be a top-notch jerk to anyone. I'm disappointed Reggie Mantle is the typical small-minded role, but I hope this portrays the divide the good characters that exist. Midge is mentioned to exist in Riverdale, but it doesn't look like she'll have a credited scene from the way Moose is moving forward.
I'm ecstatic for more Jughead screen time. I have to admit I got nostalgic when I saw his suspenders, giant headphones and all black sneakers. This was my outfit on civvies day in high school and any other day outside of it! Anyway, back to the part he got to play in this episode. So Jughead has a pre-existing friendship with Archie after all; Miss Grundy got in the way of them. I'm glad Jughead gets to act as his conscious and get Archie grounded into his old ways. I like Jughead's narration role in all of this, but now he gets to be present in the story. He's clearly made an impact on Archie and can get him to do the right thing.
On the female spectrum of the school, we've visited Cheryl VS Betty & Veronica; Betty & Cheryl VS Veronica; Betty VS Cheryl; and Betty, Veronica & Cheryl. If your head hasn't spun around yet, I commend you. There's been a lot of girl fighting here, but I'm happy to see a much softer Veronica. Her character gets labelled as poor, little rich girl but she gets to be a different person in this school. Betty's friendship really gives her strength so I think that's where they'll thrive as a girl power team.
As for how the episode ended, clues were obvious Cheryl knew the nature of Jason's death. I don't want this to be the lingering backstory throughout the show (similar to Alison DiLaurentis in Pretty Little Liars). It will get to be a tiring plot that if it doesn't get resolved by the end of this season, fans will lose interest. Fingers crossed that won't be the case.
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