#SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH SEASON 1 EPISODE 4 FULL SERIES#
Then the series introduced aliens called The Moth Men (not to be confused with West Virginia cryptid The Moth Man, but similar) and introduced the so-called 'Daredevil' arc, in which Jughead becomes deaf after an accident and suddenly gains the ability to read minds. It should come as no surprise that the Dungeons & Dragons-inspired Stranger Things, about a group of teens who deal with the supernatural, was setting Netflix viewing records around the same time.Īfter completely leaving behind the tabletop game, Riverdale took inspiration from Stranger Things once more in season 6 when the series introduced Rivervale, an ‘opposite version’ (read: upside down version) of Riverdale. Archie and friends start playing a tabletop role play fantasy game called Gryphons and Gargoyles, which they end up using as a self-referential plot device throughout the season and, by the end, the in-game villain The Gargoyle King becomes a real monster they must defeat. It's also the season where the show started ‘experimenting’ with its format.
Season 3 reintroduced us to The Farm, which quickly went from weird almost-cult to full-out Jonestown society where the nuns who run the Sisters of Mercy asylum get caught poisoning their patients with a drug called 'Fizzle Rocks'. Coincidentally, Sabrina started airing at the same time as Riverdale's third season, when things got a little darker in the premiere and revved up to 100 by episode three, and further since.įans and hate-watchers agree: season 3 was the turning point for Riverdale, the one that solidified its reputation as 'that' show – the one that’s weird and bad and poorly written but somehow still one of the most-watched Netflix shows of all time and saved The CW, making it a profitable network again after The Vampire Diaries came to an end. The series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, developed by Riverdale creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, hit Netflix in 2018 with the intention of being a companion series to Riverdale. We can blame Riverdale’s eventual turn to weirdness on none other than Sabrina Spellman, everyone’s favorite half-witch half-mortal who lives in nearby Greendale with her two baby-eating aunts. And then there were the weird crossover spinoffs like Archie Meets The Punisher and Archie vs. This eventually led to a spinoff comic called Jughead’s Time Police. Then there was Archie’s Datebook in 1981, which was written with the intention of promoting Christianity to young readers, and involved Betty not only having direct communication with God but literally 'going steady' with Jesus. In 1990, Jughead’s Diner saw him running a restaurant inhabited by aliens and supernatural creatures. The weirdness dates back to a 1965 issue where Betty tries to murder Archie by chopping down a tree, for seemingly no reason at all. on the front and some sort of crossword puzzle on the back – have always been camp. In all fairness, the source material – those little checkout counter comic books that have Archie and co. With Riverdale, the descent from serious teen whodunnit drama into a balls-to-the-wall paranormal fantasy that brings people back from the dead, causes Catholic nuns to commit mass suicide, and gives every single main character their own superpowers, all while semi-frequently having them break out into song and dance, was, uh, unexpected.
The thing is, when it comes to David Lynch's work, we expect chaos.
The show drew comparisons to Twin Peaks for its initial main storyline that featured a shocking unsolved murder occurring in a small town where the residents are convinced that nothing bad ever happens (the fact that Twin Peaks star Mädchen Amick plays Betty’s mom helps a little, too).īut even Twin Peaks went off the rails, leaving behind its gritty soap opera roots and delving into doppelgängers, tulpas, and alternate timelines. Grundy (though they changed her appearance and made her, uh, sexy) and Archie’s main rival Reggie Mantle. Though it was an odd concept to some, the first season of Riverdale worked, remaining faithful to the Archie world, incorporating characters like high school teacher Mrs.
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