Riverdale - Season 3, Episode 04: Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Midnight Club
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The third season looks more exciting than the previous season, when Archie returns to make a surprise request to everyone during his trial. On the other hand, we will be followed by another attack led by Jagged the snacks against the Golis's recent attack and Archie will move to a new environment, and there are barriers that threaten to postpone speaking.
Leading their Breakfast Club-esque Saturday detention is Anthony Michael Hall, which is insanely perfect casting, and have I mentioned how fun this episode is ALREADY?
Riverdale's genre-bending flashback episode blew a number of theories out of the water, and added even more to the mystery of the monstrous Gargoyle King, the thing that has been terrorizing the Town With Pep for decades.
It's fun and extra in the same way the musical episode was. But it's also full of compelling character moments, grounding the campy Griffins & Gargoyles storyline in genuinely meaningful ways.
Chapter Thirty-Nine" was clearly more interested in clarifying many of the questions we've had about the adults of Riverdale and their complex romantic pasts. Well, that and everyone's fan-freaking-tastic 1990s styling choices.
This week's episode was more than mere fan service: it was the platonic ideal of Riverdale, this show at its soapy, playful, zany, somehow still cogent best.
I know that this week's Breakfast Club inspired episode of Riverdale was meant to be a fun way to deliver the Gargoyle King's origins story, but I found the whole episode weirdly depressing.
Finally, the origin of 'Gryphons and Gargoyles' and the elder generation's deep dark secret were both brought to light. But even more important, somewhat disturbing details were revealed that you may have missed under all that '80s hair and cosplay.
Dilton and Ben committed suicide because they wanted to ascend, so this is altogether an extremely stressful ending to an episode, and we are only four hours into this season!
