There are so many interesting storylines in the first season. The plot keeps getting wilder and more bizarre throughout the season. People will be surprised once they see where it's all heading.
Riverdale is a bit weird, but in a good way. It gets off to a good start as it sets up enough drama between the characters and a mystery that needs solving which will most likely draw people back every week to watch.
Ultimately, Riverdale, as a work of storytelling, is really only excusable if it all turns out to be a fabrication of Jughead's wild imagination, the novel he's working on as the actual text of the show.
Between the bags of dollar bills, bullet-holed foreheads, and two stellar performances by both Betty and Veronica, there are enough pieces for Riverdale to pass the midtown replacement test.
