CSeason 2Riverdale’s sophomore season slumps right into the—you guessed it—darknessLaToya Ferguson5/16/18 8:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAs Riverdale’s second season began with an elaborate coma dream—from Fred, of all characters—it’s unfortunate we’re…
ASeason 2It’s “Judgment Night” for Riverdale, and no one gets out unscathedLaToya Ferguson5/09/18 8:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIf it didn’t go against the episode naming scheme, “Chapter Thirty-Four: Judgment Night” could just as easily be called…
BSeason 2There’s no “Shadow Of A Doubt”—the kids of Riverdale aren’t alrightLaToya Ferguson5/02/18 8:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“Chapter Thirty-Three: Shadow Of A Doubt” highlights something that’s key to why Riverdale season two is so frustrating…
B+Season 2As promised, sins come back to haunt the “Prisoners” of RiverdaleLaToya Ferguson4/25/18 9:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAfter “Chapter Thirty-One”’s killer cliffhanger, “Chapter Thirty-Two: Prisoners” unfortunately isn’t a deep dive into…
A-Season 2Surprisingly, Riverdale truly delivers "A Night To Remember" (and to die for)LaToya Ferguson4/18/18 8:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThere’s a point in “Chapter Thirty-One: A Night To Remember” when I realized Riverdale is basically the Popular season…
A-Season 2Actually, mobster Archie is good now (and other Riverdale madness)LaToya Ferguson3/29/18 12:32amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThere’s a moment during “Chapter Thirty: The Noose Tightens” that forced me to mentally say, “I’ll allow it, but watch…
B+Season 2In a land of fools and monsters, Riverdale manages to outdo itselfLaToya Ferguson3/21/18 10:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThese days, Riverdale is like a game of chess where most of the actual pieces are missing, so it has to be played with…
BSeason 2As it turns out, there's still some fun left in RiverdaleLaToya Ferguson3/14/18 8:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkRelatively speaking, “Chapter Twenty-Eight: There Will Be Blood” is a fun episode of Riverdale. That “relatively…
C-Season 2Riverdale returns, with one important question: “Are they serious?”LaToya Ferguson3/08/18 1:51amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkBased on all that’s happened in the series so far, “Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Hills Have Eyes” is an absolute mess of a …
C+Season 2Riverdale’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” explores the code of silence, to mixed resultsLaToya Ferguson2/08/18 9:15amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAs Riverdale’s take on the mob movie genre, “Chapter Twenty-Five: The Wicked And The Divine” was a visually…
BSeason 2Like the old Riverdale saying goes: When you’re here, you’re familyLaToya Ferguson1/31/18 9:19pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkOne minute Riverdale is overly “course-correcting” from an anticlimactic murderer story. The next, it’s a CW series…
B-Season 2Riverdale adds "wrestling" and "federal snitch" to the things Archie's bad atGenevieve Valentine1/24/18 8:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“Why weren’t you a part of this?”
C-Season 2A returning Riverdale struggles in its attempts to move forwardLaToya Ferguson1/18/18 3:21amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“You know how there’s just some towns where bad things always seem to happen? Well, Riverdale has become one of those…
C-Season 2In Riverdale, there's no such thing as a Christmas miracleLaToya Ferguson12/13/17 8:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe unfortunate thing about this episode as a midseason finale is that, when it’s over, there’s relief. Relief that the…
C+Season 2A—go figure—dark Riverdale works hard to tear itself downLaToya Ferguson12/06/17 9:42pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWell, everything’s gone to shit.
ASeason 2Riverdale’s “Tales From The Darkside” does too much—and it’s just rightLaToya Ferguson11/29/17 8:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“Man lives in the sunlit world of what he believes to be reality.But… there is, unseen by most, an underworld, a place…
B+Season 2Riverdale's speeding plot loses a little traction on Dead Man's CurveGenevieve Valentine11/15/17 8:15pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“When I heard what happened at Nick’s party, I decided that we should come together...to deal with this motley crew of…
A-Season 2As Riverdale grows more divided, the stakes grow even higherLaToya Ferguson11/08/17 8:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe first thing to note about “Chapter Eighteen: When A Stranger Calls” is that there’s no Jughead voiceover. And why…
A-Season 2An epic Riverdale accepts its town’s dark fateLaToya Ferguson11/01/17 8:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe greatest strength of “Chapter Seventeen: The Town That Dreaded Sundown” is just how heavy it leans into its…
A-Season 2With “Chapter Sixteen,” Riverdale cruises back into its sweet spotLaToya Ferguson10/25/17 8:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIt can’t be said enough: Riverdale is the type of show where even with the introduction of a (kind of terrible) serial…
