The third season of Riverdale just wrapped up, still with a big hole in its center, after Luke Perry’s sudden death in March. Perry, who played Archie’s dad Fred Andrews, was only 52, and the cast and crew were left reeling from the loss, along with Perry’s many fans and admirers .
With season three already underway, Riverdale did what it could regarding Perry’s death and the plot. But Deadline reports that with more time to prepare for season four, show creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa tweeted that the upcoming season premiere will be a proper homage to Luke Perry, calling it “the most important episode of Riverdale we’ll do this year, if not ever.” Aguirre-Sacasa previously told Variety that the two were very close: “Each night before [Luke Perry] had to shoot a scene, he’d call me and we’d talk about… everything. I will miss those calls.”