A Ranking Of The Most Wild "Riverdale" Plot Lines That Made Me Go "WTF Is Happening"
Riverdale is most definitely one of the most "WTF is happening" kinda TV shows out there. So here is a ranking of the show's plot lines from "kinda believable" to "WTF is happening."
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Most of the plot lines don't make a lot of sense, at least to me, LOL. Anyway, here they are.
Warning: Major spoilers ahead!
18.When Cheryl burned her whole house down.
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In the second season of the series, Cheryl burns down Thornhill in an attempt to start with a "clean slate" due to her family's forbidden past. This might not be people's normal reaction to normal problems in life, but hey, what even is normal, right?
17.When Jughead faked his own death.
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In Season 4, Jughead fakes his own death to escape death at the hands of his prep schoolmates, who want him dead for a publishing deal. His entire friend group is in on the plan and it all went smoothly. Hmm...okay, kinda believable.
16.When Betty almost boiled a schoolmate alive.
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"Dark Betty" is the evil alter ego of the miss-do-good neighborhood girlfriend, Betty Cooper. In the first season, she almost boils a student in a bathtub for revenge. The next day, when Veronica confronts her, she cannot remember anything. The whole "Dark Betty" thing would have been "WTF is happening" in any show, but in the Riverdale universe, it is definitely kinda believable.
15.The serial killer genes.
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In Season 4, Charles Smith, Betty's and Jughead's half-brother, tells her that she has the serial killer genes. Although the science behind this does not make sense, given that her father and half-brother were serial killers, maybe kinda believable.
14.When Jughead took mushrooms and was abducted by moth men.
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In the latest season of the show, Jughead resorts to psychedelic drugs to stimulate his imagination and wake up the dead writer in him. He is found missing from the bunker and later is revealed to have been abducted by "moth men." Maybe because all the strange plot lines weren't enough, we have aliens abducting washed-up writers now.
13.When Veronica and the Vixens danced outside the juvie.
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After Archie is sentenced to two years in juvie for a murder he did not commit, Veronica struggles to keep their romance intact. So what does she do? Like every other normal teenage girl, she ropes in her cheerleading squad to perform in front of the juvie. But the truth is, Veronica, Cheryl, and Josie performing "Jailhouse Rock" for Archie in front of the juvie was kinda believable in Riverdale world.
12.When Alice and Chic covered up a death.
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Alice and Chic (the boyfriend of Alice's son, Charles, who first appeared falsely claiming to be Charles) killed a drug dealer in Alice's kitchen. They cover the death up, naturally.
11.The whole Jones-Cooper scenario.
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Betty's and Jughead's (who are dating) parents start dating again and get to know they share a half-brother. To top it all, they all live under the same roof. A very weird modern family. I am gonna place this somewhere in between "kinda believable" and "WTF is happening".
10.The Black Hood.
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While a serial killer is definitely not normal, the revelation that Black Hood is actually Hal Cooper, Betty's father, is definitely somewhere between "WTF is happening" and "kinda believable".
9.When Archie dated Ms. Grundy.
A teenage high school student dating an adult teenager? Highly inappropriate!
8.When Jellybean stalked the entire town.
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A teenager is sad her brother is leaving for college and not giving her enough attention. What does she do to cope with it? She goes around getting her friends to make videos of her siblings murdering people, stalking the entire town, and sending them VHS tapes!
7.When Archie fought a BEAR.
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A 17-year-old becomes a park ranger in Canada after running off from his girlfriend's dad, who is the Riverdale mafia, and is attacked by a bear. He somehow escapes from the bear and then never stops talking about his "accomplishment".
6.Gryphons & Gargogyles.
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"The whole gang plays a dangerous Dungeons & Dragons inspired game straight from HELL. The game leads to the death of multiple students of Riverdale High. Betty and Jughead are on an investigative mission to uncover the truth behind this game." This is the major plot line behind Season 3 of the series. I still haven't completely understood this whole plot line, because what was happening?!
5.When Cheryl kept her brother's corpse in the basement of her house.
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During the whole "The Farm" plot line of the show, Jason's body was dug up from the grave and used to make Cheryl believe that she was talking to the dead. After going through all that emotional turmoil, what does she do? She keeps his body in her basement. Even for Riverdale standards, WTF?
4.Rivervale?
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The whole "Riverdale has a parallel and it is crazier than the original" plotline? WTF is happening?
3.The Farm.
Literally, everyone in a show voluntarily joins an organ harvesting cult?!
2.When Archie got sacrificed.
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In the latest season, Archie gets sacrificed to save the town. Everyone, including, Betty, the mother of his child is in on it. Hmm...what is happening?
1.And finally, when Toni turned into La Llorona.
In the last season, Toni sacrificed herself and became La Llorona to save baby Anthony's life. Let's face it, even for Riverdale standards, that is wild.