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slightly silly: riverdale, episode twenty-two: silent night, deadly night


so betty and archie kiss and reconnect with their past. hunting for the black hood and mr. svenson together. and by the way you guys, i was sooooo right. poor dumb archie was wrong last week. mr. svenson was the black hood.

i'm not sure why the eyes were different. and it's kind of a copout that the killer is this character we've only known about for three episodes. but whatever. i'm kind of okay with this story wrapping up. the black hood stuff was the least interesting part of the episode, even as it tried to build up suspense and some real clear-and-present danger.

i have to admit that i loved the stuff with veronica and her parents. and i just feel a little cheated that we still don't know what they're plotting. we can't even be sure that they've actually told veronica the whole truth. but i'm pretty sure that whatever the lodges are up to will figure more prominently in the back half of the season.

i also love that it only took her an episode to realize that she does actually love archie. and i'm sure the fact that cheryl witnessed the betty and archie kiss is somehow going to come back to bite everyone. because even though veronica and archie find their way back to one another, betty and jughead are still on the outs. and jughead is more committed to the south side serpents than ever. and betty, dear betty, might be channeling the path to righteousness. she's already toeing the line of it.

she's a lot more like her mother than she likes to believe.

this was a solid holiday episode. and kevin and josie singing "god rest ye merry gentlemen" was totally random, but since it happens to be one of my favorite christmas songs, i'm just going to allow it. also, the gift exchange at the top of the episode was hilarious, and we clearly need more reggie. he's a douchebag. but he's also funny. and sometimes these teens take themselves way too seriously.

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