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New season of Riverdale has become too supernatural (and too super boring)

Riverdale’s latest season is a disappointment due to a boring script and a plot-line fans have seen before.
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Riverdale’s latest season is a disappointment due to a boring script and a plot-line fans have seen before.

Riverdale, a show once about a murder mystery in the town has now turned into a supernatural game ruining the lives of citizens. Now many may wonder, “How did we get here?”

The show Riverdale created by Roberto Aguirre- Sacasa takes inspiration from the Archie Comics with characters like Betty, Jughead, Archie and Veronica all as lead characters. But Riverdale isn’t the only show Aguirre- Sacasa made based off the Archie Comics. Aguirre-Sacasa went on to create the Netflix show The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina which has received a lot of praise like Riverdale.

The story line of Riverdale follows the lives of high school students facing out of the ordinary challenges. From murders to almost satanic-like games, it seems like the town of Riverdale has endless possibilities of the worst events that can happen. But with the help of the teenagers of Riverdale, these mysteries are investigated thoroughly and are unbiasedly solved.

Besides the repeating plot within the three seasons so far, it can be interesting. The show constantly has a death of some sorts occur and has the high school kids of Riverdale take responsibility to figure it out. Though this theme is shown in all seasons so far, the ways the deaths happen change drastically, and not for the better.

In season one there was only one murder, then as the seasons went on it increased to a serial killer and now a “Gargoyle King” that terrorizes the town. Excluding season three, which is very controversial, the first two seasons had interesting and sometimes suspenseful plots. Even if  season two, that was based around a serial killer, didn’t have that much killing.

But season three is when Riverdale takes an unexpected turn that from what I’ve heard, most people dislike and find weird. With the town now being involved with a game controlled by a supernatural king, it lost its almost realistic plot and in turn, lost my interest.

Not to mention the boring script. The writers incorporate comments such as  “I’m Breakfast at Tiffany’s, but this place is strictly In Cold Blood.” Or comments that provide detail like “I was with Archie, who has red hair, yes, but is nothing like Jason Blossom.” These are just a few examples of the writers attempting to write a creative script by relating two things to each other, but not succeeding at it.

Without the actors playing these characters, I think more people would see how the script alone isn’t entertaining, nor well written. The actors chosen for the roles such as Jughead Jones (played by Cole Sprouse) or Betty Cooper (Lili Reinhart) are actually very talented despite being put in undramatic roles. Of course, the characters of Riverdale do face a lot of terrible events, but by just reading the script, the show is very uneventful.

Though the script was the same poor quality as seen through previous seasons, the scenery and actors themselves are great. Overall, Riverdale is a very monotonous show that can have interesting plot points at times, but carries the same concept from season to season along with a dull script.

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Courtney Clark, Editor-in-Chief
Senior Courtney Clark has been on staff for 4 years. Starting as a reporter in her freshman year, she then worked her way up to an Opinions Editor, then Assistant Editor-in-Chief, and now Editor-in-Chief. Next year she plans on being an Elementary Education Major at Keene State College.

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    Anonymous XIII
    Jan 11, 2022 at 12:04 am

    I am sorry but I disagree. Riverdale is based off the Archie comics, so of course it’s going to have supernatural facets involved; otherwise, I don’t see the point of the series continuing, if they don’t add more aspects from the original comics.

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    Sarutouchiha
    Jan 8, 2022 at 11:40 am

    Honestly you just shouldn’t have even wrote this.. nothing supernatural happened until season 5, the gargoyle king was literally just a serial killer/copycat, and the two quotes you used in your rant was things that was said in the first season. If you had watched the third season entirely you wouldn’t have made this completely wrong “story”. Honestly thought where did you even get supernatural from this season? Even if you didn’t want it you could’ve easily googled i it after it was close to some or talked to people who actually watched it to get an accurate description of season 3.

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    Lola
    Jun 30, 2019 at 11:21 pm

    I love watching Riverdale.
    I take care of my adopted daughter and she is Autistic. We have long days some are good and some are challenging. It’s so nice to sit down and watch Riverdale to escape into another world filled with action and adventure. It’s far fetched but is just what I need to escape and get away from reality. The cast is great and I love them all. A great bunch of kids that really care for one another and that’s rare. Thanks to them all for helping this mother escape the real world. ❤️

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    Jill
    Jun 2, 2019 at 10:44 am

    I agree. I did not like the plot of season 3 at all! It ruined the show to me. I don’t like the supernatural feeling.

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