Riverdale 7x20 - Goodbye, Riverdale (Spoilers)
Jesus, this was depressing. After seven years, Riverdale comes to an end. And I can absolutely guarantee that nobody ever expected it to end like this. That being said, while this is not the ending I would have chosen, I also can't say I dislike this ending. We watched these character going through year after year of hell and the fact that most of them have a good life and there is a happy-ish ending to this...well, I'm content with it. Riverdale, for me, probably will be the first four seasons, but I don't hate this ending.
Anyway, we start with an Eight Six year old Betty who's learned Jughead has passed away. Betty is now the last of the gang to survive. Betty wants to visit Riverdale one last time and her granddaughter promises to take her there the next day. That night Betty is visited by Angel/Writer Jughead who takes her back to the last day of high school so she can see her friends one last time. During these moments we find out what happened to all of the characters. And I'm just going to go through this real quick.
Ms. Andrews will fall in love with a woman who will live in the with Ms. Andrews until she passes away. Polly will end up having her twins (Juniper and Dagwood). Alice will eventually divorce Hal (I think, my cable screwed up and I missed part of this), become a flight attendant, and marry someone else.
During junior year of high school, Fangs records a hit single and is able to convince Midge's parents to let him marry her. Their happiness is short lived as, not long after high school, Fangs goes out on tour and is killed in a bus accident. Midge and her daughter will live off the royalties of Fang's two songs (right).
Pop's apparently dies before the kids graduate high school. That's the grave Betty is visiting.
The writers clearly are choosing violence here.
Clay and Kevin move to Harlem together. Clay becomes a professor at Columbia (I think) and Kevin opens his own off Broadway production. Kevin will die of old age in his sleep and Clay will pass away a few weeks later sitting on a park bench.
Cheryl and Toni move west and live a more bohemian life. They have a son named Dale (after Riverdale). They will live a long and happy life together.
Reggie will go on to play basketball for the Lakers and then become the coach at Riverdale High. He has two sons who will run the Mantle used car lot. Reggie was buried in Duck Creek.
As for the core four, well they all decide during senior year to all just date each other. Yup. Well, maybe, as we never see anything happen between Archie and Jughead. After high school....
Veronica moves back to LA and becomes a big movie mogul. I don't think it's directly said, but it seems like she was the first of the four to go. I does seem like Betty, at least, looses touch with her over time.
I'm not going to go into the last Barchie scene. While I didn't particularly like that couple, what the writers did in that scene was nothing short of sadistic to those fans. But one could argue that same was done to Bughead and Varchie fans in season four. Anyway, Archie will go out west and find a woman that he decides to settle down with. He lives a long, good life with her and, when he dies, he's buried next to his father.
Jughead will create Jughead's Madhouse Magazine (Mad Magazine) and had a successful life as a writer/editor. He never marries.
Betty also creates her own magazine. (And late '60s/early '70s Betty's look is my favorite Betty look). Betty never married, but she did adopt a daughter. Which she considers her legacy, her family.
Anyway, Angel/Writer Jughead takes Betty back to the present. The next day, Betty's granddaughter takes her to Riverdale. As they pull into Pop's parking lot, the building is for sale, she discovers Betty has died.
But then young Betty steps out of a car as she has been transported to an functioning Pop's Restaurant. Jason is at the door (yep, the actor is back). And everyone is there (well, of the cast that still worked on the show). And as the story ends, Betty joins the other three at the table and in the Hereafter.
Like I said, not the way I imaged the show would ever end. Not the way I would have ended it. Still, it was a very bitter sweet ending. I shed some tears and, yeah, part of me is sad to see it end.
Of course, that part of me will soon be knocked unconscious by my sanity....
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multiple friends tagged me in multiple ask thingies that overlapped so i'm combining them into one mega-ask! thanks @stonerbughead & @onlyalittlebookworm & @sullypants <3 <3 <3
last song I listened to: all-american bitch, i've been having an olivia rodrigo moment lately
currently watching: mr & mrs smith. my husband loves this show. i think it's fine? the first episode was very promising and there have been highlights along the way (parker posey!!) but they've been speed-running the relationship in a way i don't find very believable or compelling. the last ep we watched was the one set in italy and i won't spoil anything here but the ending of that one made me very WTF in a way i don't think they intended?
currently obsessed with: take a WILD guess what i'm obsessed with rn
three ships: mcwexler, bughead, everlark. the holy trinity.
favorite color: red
currently consuming: nothing, but we will be ordering mexican food for dinner shortly
first ship: maria & michael on the og roswell. (sidenote: NO ONE in this world was as excited as i was when brendan fehr showed up in two episodes of bcs. no one)
relationship status: married <3
last movie: american fiction. liked it, didn't love it, REALLY wished it had more tracee ellis ross.
currently working on: a "five times" fic centered around kim wexler's 40th birthday. i will probably have a very long author's note about this when i finally finish it, but for now i will say: i find it really difficult to think up canon AUs from better call saul because pretty much all of the key turning points come from decisions the characters make, and not circumstance. and they are just so well-written and in-character that it's really hard for me to imagine them making different ones. (especially different ones that lead to the specific scenarios i want to explore.)
so, it's an interesting challenge i've given myself, to figure out how kim might still be living in nebraska at age 40, or stuck it out to finally become a partner at HHM, or still sharing an office with her ex at Wexler-McGilll, or...or...
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Bughead Moments in Riverdale that Also Happened in the Comics: Season 1 (Part 2)
Here are some additional Bughead moments in the comics that also happened on the first season of Riverdale:
♥ Bughead are married (in a dream sequence).
Comics: Early to Bed, Archie #43, 1950.
Show: S01E07: In A Lonely Place, 2017.
♥ Jughead puts his arm around Betty’s shoulder.
Comics: Shoe Shoe Baby, Laugh Comics #108, 1993.
Show: S01E07: In A Lonely Place, 2017.
♥ Archie realizes Jughead’s feelings for Betty.
Comics: He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, Betty #65, 1998.
Show: S01E07: In A Lonely Place, 2017.
♥ Betty tells Veronica how wonderful Jughead is.
Comics: The Real Me, Jughead #151, 1967.
Show: S01E07: In A Lonely Place, 2017.
♥ Bughead hold hands while walking down the street.
Comics: Concerted Effort, Archie’s Pal Jughead #111, 1964.
Show: S01E07: In A Lonely Place, 2017.
♥ Betty kisses Jughead.
Comics: To Sleep, Perchance to Dream, Betty’s Diary #16, 1988.
Show: S01E07: In A Lonely Place, 2017.
♥ FP asks his son Jughead about his feelings for Betty.
Comics: Man to Man, Jughead #312, 1981.
Show: S01E07: In A Lonely Place, 2017.
♥ Betty pledges her undying support for Jughead.
Comics: It’s Friendship, Jughead #313, 1981.
Show: S01E07: In A Lonely Place, 2017.
♥ Betty holds Jughead’s arm.
Comics: Do or Diet, Archie’s Pal Jughead #102, 1963.
Show: S01E07: In A Lonely Place, 2017.
♥ Veronica ships Bughead.
Comics: Splitsville, Betty and Me #11, 1967.
Show: S01E08: The Outsiders, 2017.
♥ Lazy Jughead helps Betty prepare for an event.
Comics: Thrills and Spills, Archie’s Pal Jughead #183, 2007.
Show: S01E08: The Outsiders, 2017.
♥ Jughead puts a protective arm around Betty.
Comics: Rhythm and Blues, The Jughead Jones Comics #100, 1996.
Show: S01E08: The Outsiders, 2017.
♥ Jughead comforts a crying Betty with a hug.
Comics: Worlds Apart, Betty and Veronica #274 (2015).
Show: S01E09: La Grande Illusion, 2017.
♥ Bughead watch a movie at The Bijou.
Comics: Conform and Reform, Archie’s Pal Jughead #75, 1961.
Show: S01E10: The Lost Weekend. 2017.
♥ Betty and the gang throw a surprise birthday party for Jughead.
Comics: A Surprised Party, Archie’s Pal Jughead #86, 1996.
Show: S01E10: The Lost Weekend, 2017.
♥ Jughead declares that Betty and Archie are his only best friends.
Comics: The Beginning of the End, Betty and Veronica #272, 2014.
Show: S01E10: The Lost Weekend, 2017.
♥ Jughead kisses Betty’s hand.
Comics: Noble Nibble, Archie Annual #8 (1957).
Show: S01E10: The Lost Weekend, 2017.
♥ Bughead give Archie a hard time because of his sappy music.
Comics: Dancing Fool, Betty and Veronica Double Digest #122, 2004.
Show: S01E11: To Riverdale and Back Again, 2017.
♥ Betty gets busy with school dance preparations (and Jughead sort of helped).
Comics: Prom Promise, Betty #7, 1993.
Show: S01E11: To Riverdale and Back Again, 2017.
♥ Betty and Jughead attend a school dance together.
Comics: Walking Baby Back Home, Archie’s Pal Jughead Annual #4 (1956).
Show: S01E11: To Riverdale and Back Again, 2017.
♥ Betty scolds Archie and Ronnie for doubting Jughead.
Comics: Tall Tale Test, Archie Double Digest #151, 2004.
Show: S01E11: To Riverdale and Back Again, 2017.
♥ Jughead tells Betty and the gang that his family is planning to move to Ohio.
Comics: My Friend Jughead, Jughead #1, 1987.
Show: S01E11: To Riverdale and Back Again, 2017.
♥ Betty finds sad Jughead at Pop's chock'lit shoppe.
Comics: Silver Bromide, Betty #98, 2001.
Show: S01E12: Anatomy of a Murder, 2017.
♥ Jughead calls Betty on the phone.
Comics: Nice Slice, Jughead's Jokes #11, 1969.
Show: S01E12: Anatomy of a Murder, 2017.
♥ Betty insists that Jughead belongs in Riverdale.
Comics: A Moving Experience, Archie's Pal Jughead #98, 1997.
Show: S01E13: The Sweet Hereafter, 2017.
♥ Bughead share a hug (near a car).
Comics: Double Trouble, Archie Meets Riverdale #1, 2022.
Show: S01E13: The Sweet Hereafter, 2017.
* Not sure if this counts though because the comic, which was obviously based on the actors on the TV show, was released later than the episode.
♥ Bughead and the gang save someone who fell down a frozen lake.
Comics: Catch 2, Laugh Comics Digest #58, 1985.
Show: S01E13: The Sweet Hereafter, 2017.
♥ Bughead are having a laugh at the chock'lit shoppe.
Comics: Tomato Surprise, The Jughead Jones Comics Digest #97, 1995.
Show: S01E13: The Sweet Hereafter, 2017.
♥ Jughead tells Betty he loves her.
Comics: Splitsville, Betty and Me #11, 1967.
Show: S01E13: The Sweet Hereafter, 2017.
♥ Betty tells Jughead that she loves him.
Comics: A Lesson in Logic, The Adventures of Little Archie #48 (1968).
Show: S01E13: The Sweet Hereafter, 2017.
♥ Bughead make out in the kitchen.
Comics: Study Buddy, Archie’s Pal Jughead Annual #3, 1955.
Show: S01E13: The Sweet Hereafter, 2017.
♫ You made me a, you made me a believer... believer! ♫
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