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.