well, i mean, riverdale has always been dark. but this is threat level midnight shit. it's not just how the black hood forces betty to isolate herself, sending her down a dark and lonely path. jughead is doing the same thing. they are both making choices for the greater good, but at a terrible personal cost.
betty is an eternal optimist, even in her darkest moments, so she still holds hope that once the threat is passed that there will be a way to walk things back. that somehow she and jughead can pick things up again. but she fails to take into account that when all is said and done, jughead and betty will both be irrevocably changed by the decisions they've taken.
jughead is a south side serpent. it's the family legacy he's shunned for so long, but one that was unavoidable. in this alice cooper is right, and as we find out in this episode, she knows better than anyone what it means to be a south sider. her militancy has more to do with the fear that her daughter will end up making the same poor choices she did. and she's always been a scorched earth kind of person.
but even if she's not a south sider, betty will have blood on her hands. the black hood is tying them together in ways that will be difficult for betty to deny. this person knows her. she knows this person. i still have no guesses as to who it is, but i expect to be shocked when it is finally revealed.
archie and veronica had their own roles to play in this episode. but after reaching peak intensity last week with all the red circle stuff, archie has shifted back to supportive friend mode. he was not the center of the piece, though his highly charged exchange with jughead was probably one of the best moments of the episode. meanwhile veronica's story is being pulled in too many directions. what the hell are her parents up to? i feel like until we know, veronica is left being manipulated in ways that don't fit her vixenish character. she's smarter than what the story has her playing.
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