This show is so freaking extra.
This episode was way too rushed. They should have made the previous episode, 2x21, the season finale instead. I hope the showrunners does a better job at planning the next season.
So Jughead lives. Go figure. And with Betty draped all over him in the hospital, he can't even have any major bruises or broken ribs so soon after the "beating." And by the end of the episode, he doesn't even have any bruising on his torso at all. And Fangs is alive, too. This show is...not good anymore. Perhaps the biggest mistake was in expanding it from a 13-episode first season to a 22-episode second season, but this one got lost time and time again this year and never, ever found its way back to its first season glory. Too much padding. Too little focus. And that lame cliffhanger at the end of this one wasn't nearly enough to guarantee that I'd be back for more. By comparison, as soon as I'd watched the first season finale, I was already impatient for more.
HOLY LORD, I loved the season finale! It was amazing. I can't wait for the 3rd season.
All in all, this was a wet fart ending to a very uneven season. It's too long. The show was better served by S1's shorter length. But I know all of the seasons going forward are also this length.
This show is soo bad I like it and enjoy it lol. Just one of those to spend the time when I don't have what to watch. The usual cliche yawns attractive teenage people that look and act like adults, save the day, crimes, DONT STUDY (ok this cliche is the absolute worse I hate it...), Get to point A to point B in 2 minutes, are in fights or dangerous situations and nothing bad happens, not a broken wrist rib, anything (lol at the fight of Jughead) and two days after they are juust fine and with a hint of bruises.
Sadly I think the cliche keeps working so it seems... The actual storyline that I liked was Cheryl. Well I think this show can be catalogues as a guilty pleasure of mind. Probable watch the third season when it comes out in Netflix.
I’m getting Moses vibes from the Serpent’s Exodus. I love all of the parallels and bible moments/lines/allegories in this show!
Review by HaibaraBlockedParentSpoilers2018-05-17T15:59:55Z
The one 16 year old girl says she's supposed to be "this great detective", the other 16 year old girl buys a bar and trades it for a diner and the third 16 year old gets crowned king of the Serpents. I don't think the writers even remember their ages at this point.
I'm not happy with the way this whole Black Hood season ended. It really feels like the writers had no idea who they wanted to put under the hood and halfway through the season they heard the theory of Hal being the Black Hood and they decided to roll with it like two episodes before the finale. For once there are no subtle hints for it to be him before episode 20 and on the other hand the whole reasoning and execution at the end felt hollow and cheap, especially the part about THE DARKNESS™. I thought at least one of the adults would finally address this as mental illness, but nope. Don't think we'll ever get to see any of them in therapy either.
Three things that I'm curious about - Chic, Alice's dead son and Polly.
Chic just disappeared and we still don't know anything. Was there even a point to begin with? I thought his creepiness would be relevant somehow, but nothing happened. I'm wondering if he'll come back next season.
Then there's Alice's dead son. I was actually thinking he's not dead because we really didn't get to see anything about him. It felt really tragic to know that Alice saw him and closed the door in his face, but I thought it would connect more with the overall story or with Chic.
And then there's Polly who definitely had something going on. I wonder if we know this mysterious guy who helped her or if her mother will get dragged into a weird cult. And I actually find this much more interesting than the cliffhanger that Archie is arrested (I was sure there would be some bloodshed after Jug's weird announcement) and Hiram is still planning to deal drugs on the New Southside. I was actually hoping for him to leave Riverdale or go to prison at the end of the season, but apparently his cheap mobster story will continue.
And even after all these complaints every week I'm still excited to watch new episodes and do enjoy it. It's over the top and crazy but at the same time I find it so entertaining :D