So here we are Riverdale season 2 has come to an end and all of us
I assume
are left with the same feeling what the heck was any of this about?
from drag racing to sexy Karaoke
Riverdale season 2 continued to prove us wrong
Just when we thought (HAHA) this show couldn't possibly be any more of a mess and then BAM! *musical episode*
Anyway, so here we are and I still don't really understand what happened. That's not true
I understand what happened
But I'm still hung up on the whys, like why did any of this happen?
to dive into the season 2 finale
I thought I'd break it up character by character. So let's uh, let's take a bit of a walk. Shall we?
*cheesy transition music*
Archie is where season 2 started and fittingly enough Where it ends
the whole black hood Fiasco starts with him running into Pop's diner and shooting Archie's dad
Which acts as like the main kind of motivator for the first half of season 2 at least for Archie
But it's the second half of season 2 where Archie's character takes a weird turn
So after they think they've caught the black hood Archie gets in cahoots with mr lodge
and his mobster lifestyle until eventually he figures out what's going on and gets out
but like Archie's entire motivation for everything he does
Until the very end of season 2 is... to what exactly? sleep with Veronica?
I mean think about it!
Archie like blows up a mobsters car forms a vigilante gang goes through all of this just for what some of V's v ?
it better be worth it pal.That's all I'm saying OK between you and me seems like a lot more trouble than it's worth,alright...
now finally at the end
Archie confronts Veronica's dad about everything that's happened over the whole season
ARCHIE: "after my dad was shot. I felt lost, powerless,
You took advantage of that.
Manipulated me the same way you got Andrei to kill Papa Poutine and that boy at Shadow Lake
You're smart. Mr. Lodge. So all or any of this will be hard to prove
but I will wherever you go, whatever you do
I'm gonna be there"
ALEX: and this takes us to the big old cliffhanger for season three
ARCHIE: "Sheriff Minetta, what are you doing?"
MINETTA: "Archie Andrews you're under arrest for the murder of shadow Lake resident Cassidy Bullock
ARCHIE: "What?"
ALEX: Honestly, this is a really lackluster cliffhanger
If you ask me
I mean like in season 1 right? the black hood shooting Archie's dad was a really good way of telling us that we were in
For something totally different for season 2 and we were for better and worse
Who am I kidding? It's just for worse
There's really nothing redeemable
like at all all about this season but like whatever right?
now what this cliffhanger says to me is that season 3 is probably gonna be
Just more season 2. I mean Veronica's dad Cheryl's mom, They're all still the bad guys
Nothing's really changed here and like the scene at the end when Veronica's dad
monologues his entire plan to everyone who should already know it so like why are you telling them the whole thing in detail but like
You know, what do I know? I've never been a mobster before maybe this is how things work
Anyway, this whole part is just what just watch it
HIERAM: "Ladies, gentlemen, it's been months in the making but we're finally here
Prison will soon be up and operational with your drugs running it through it Claudius
PENNY:"like brother like brother"
HIERAM:"Malachi and his ghoulies will be our soldiers and dealers with miss peabody troubleshooting"
MOTHER BLOSSOM:"You promised me a brothel Hiram"
all in good time
Madam, blossom.
What about your daughter? There are meddlesome friends
not a concern.
Did this dude really just say her meddlesome friends? WHAT ARE THESE VILLAINS FROM SCOOBY-DOO NOW?
anyway moving on let's talk about Betty
*music break for betty*
Betty's story is also one of the most
Important throughout the whole season and you could break it down into two main plot threads
You got the black hood and you got chick. So let's start with chick now back in season one
They planted this little seed about how Betty's mom had a child put it up for adoption
Some years ago and then in season two, we finally get to meet chick
Now first of all, let's just get it out of the way, Okay
in a previous episode
I said this
*flashback* and sometime by the end of season two
he's gonna be accepted into the friend group and he and Kevin will start dating place your bets now kids
sooooooo
I was wrong like really wrong
but in my defense I naively assumed that the show would take responsibility for its characters and storylines and actually, you know
Give them lasting consequences, but Oh silly me, This is Riverdale!
So long story short chick is not actually Betty's long-lost brother chick and Charles, Betty's real brother were
I guess roommates or they were dating or something
Like it's not really clear
this whole revelation of like who chick really is or whatever
This is a perfect example what I'm talking about when I say that the show doesn't take any responsibility
For anything that it does
when we first learned that chick isn't Betty's brother. He says this
then where's Charles?
How did you know him?
we met out on the streets and moved into that flophouse
One day he knocked and you answered Alice. you practically slammed the door in his face.
you said we're not interested
You remember it don't you?
Charles went on a bender that night
He OD'd on jingle-jangle
okay now to mean any disrespect, but Odion jingle-jangle is a phrase
I cannot take seriously
So naturally Alice goes through this whole emotional breakdown of how it was her fault that her long-lost son is dead and then all that Stuff
But then like five minutes later
It turns out that was a lie too and chick actually just straight up
I guess killed Betty's brother for reasons that we never really get to know
Did you do it?
Did you kill my brother?
We got in a fight
and I lost control
I didn't mean to hurt him
So what does all this mean?
it means the entire existence and storyline of chick means
nothing
the writers of the show pulled exactly the same stunt they did with the whole FBI agent thing and they just like
Retract everything all the time and emotional investment we put into this, and it's just thrown right back in our faces
Like hahaha just kidding losers.
The only thing of any value that we learned is that Betty's brother is actually jugheads dad's son
No more secrets no more lies I should have told you sooner maybe something would have been different
I had your ba- I had your baby
But like we already knew that Alice and fp were together in high school at some point
So like it doesn't really thicken the plot all that much, but guess what?
It doesn't really matter anyway, because the real son isn't around anymore
So what was the point of all this? we learn nothing new and there are no lasting consequences of any kind
in fact I'll bet you in season three turns out Betty's brother's actually alive the whole time and chick was lying about lying about lying
Because I mean come on, this is Riverdale
But then of course
We have the big black hood reveal and turns out it was actually Betty's dad the whole time
Maybe
now just like what the whole mr Svenson thing back in the middle of the season
this revelation or like whatever it all happens in like three minutes
Betty's dad just decides like out of nowhere to come clean and we finally get the big reveal and learn why he did what he did.
You do love your daddy? Don't you Harold? Yes,mom
Your daddy did something very noble Harold. He took care of that Conway family
They were sinners and what happens to sinners? Sinners has to die.
Oh my God!
Your speech at the Jubilee
Riverdale must do better. We must do better
reminded me a promise that I made mother
Who am I Betty?
You're the Black hood.
Now logistically speaking. I guess maybe there is kind of some wiggle room here
because yeah, he and Alice were separated
He was living away for a while. So I guess maybe it kind of works out that way
But like why he did it
You know like his motivation and all that stuff like it doesn't make any sense whatsoever
Like at no point in the first or second season did Betty's dad ever give us any clue that he was
Religious or anything like that Like it just kind of comes out of nowhere
Like did I ever tell you about the time I was brainwashed by religious fanatics?
I probably should've mentioned that earlier Whoops.
you know I've said before how characters like completely change personalities from scene to scene
But this is a perfect example of what I've been talking about.
like everything's fine
He's just sitting there playing like I don't know best fiends or whatever on his phone, you know
and Betty says the magic words, and suddenly he's just like
Like I said before, and now that's over I can say it definitively
the whole black hood thing is just the
Sloppiest thing I've ever seen. You know what it feels like now that I think about it this whole black hood storyline thing
It feels like they were trying to come up with a complicated explanation
As to why Betty has that kinky bad girl persona from season one
Like instead of just saying hey Betty likes to shop at Hot Topic sometimes, and just leaving it there
They came up with this ridiculous over-the-top explanation
That involves like religious fanaticism and witch hunting and a whole bunch of other stuff
Anyway moving on.
Let's talk about Jughead
*Jughead music break*
I said this before so I don't want to harp on it too much
but Jughead story is just
really confusing
like he never cared about being with the Serpent's and actively tried to stay away from them in season one
and then all of a sudden he's just like a hardcore ride-or-die serpent. Just out of nowhere!
At the end of season two he becomes the official serpent king and gives shit role a red serpent jacket
Which I'm pretty sure that's not how gang colors and paraphernalia work, but not that I would know or anything
But the more important plot point that just completely gets glossed over is that Jughead secretly part of the x-men
Okay look
he gets beaten to death by like twenty Ghoulies and that one serpent lady whose tattoo we cut off earlier in the show
And the next day, everything's fine. So what? jugheads just Wolverine all of a sudden?
but anyway next up we got Cheryl
*Cheryl music break*
In season one Cheryl was the main focus of pretty much the entire show
in season two However, she basically does nothing like really nothing
Cheryl does has any lasting consequence until the very end when she shoots the black hood with an arrow
But that whole part just like, you know everything else in this entire show. It's just the most bizarre thing.
I suggest you run whilst you still can
I only miss when I mean to.
Cheryl the black hood just attacked me at this old house.
Oh my god
Was it my dad? based on waistline alone. It could have been him. Yes
Luckily, I was able to get to my archery seven hunting cape (lmao)
Oh, yeah, good thing you got your magical hunting cloak 'cuz you know anything else just would have been ridiculous right now
Like where did any of this come from?
Why are we just learning about this magical skill you have now we could have used this 12 episodes ago, Cheryl
Finally, let's talk about Veronica
*Veronica music break*
Veronica is the character who gets a lot of screen time
but doesn't actually really do all that much
like Veronica's character is the main motivation for Archie and she helps her dad with his like
Evil scheme for a while, but like on her own not a whole lot going on
Although I will say I think my favorite scene with Veronica is when she goes to Archie's house and this happens
I wanted to tell you that from now on I'm supporting your run from here
I can't in good conscience stand with my father anymore.
I believe in you
Can we all just talk about this scene for a second
So Veronica gets all dressed up like this goes over to Archie's house to tell his dad that she's voting for him
And then she and Archie somehow end up doing the old Devils Tango in his bedroom. Like how did this conversation even go?
Mr Andrews I dressed up in my best Victoria Secret outfit to come here and tell you I'm voting for you. Oh, that's great, Veronica
Why don't you want Archie head up to his bedroom and lock the door?
I'll just be down here with my headphones on for like two hours what could possibly happen?
Although at the very end Veronica does end up stopping her dad's plan to own the entire Southside
by buying up the Whyte Wyrm and then negotiating that for pops diner.
I'm willing to sell theWhyte Wyrm to you
Or rather trade it
In exchange for pops chocolate shop, you're risking war with me over pops?
I'm looking for an even trade here
Let's partner
But to be clear if I make this deal with you, that's it. That's the last thing you'll ever get from me. No more allowance
no more trust fund no more credit cards
And all your Tamagotchis your entire amiibo collection and you have to take down all your BTS posters
You wouldn't dare
Oh, I would and I will
*fangirl screech*
so Riverdale season 2 has come to an end and I still stand by what I said all the way back in part 1
Of this little series or whatever I've been doing.
Riverdale is a mess.
the character sets of values, their motivations, their logical reasoning
Everything just ebbs and flows in any moment.
And one thing that to me at least is really disappointing
Is that now you can just take everything at face value
I kept holding on to this tiny sliver of hope that it was all taking us somewhere
hoping that this was all just one huge like wool pulling over the eyes thing or whatever
like the end of season 2 it was
Just gonna blow us all the way with some huge reveal of something
anything.
Nope!!
Everything was pretty much exactly what you thought it was
chicks seemed like a shady creepy weirdo and silly me
I thought it was all the roots and we were gonna grow to like chick and understand him on a personal level.
Nope!!
He's just a shady creepy weirdo, the end.
And like Veronica's dad, Remember how he was first introduced in the show?
I've changed You have no idea
The question is
have you?
Not so much that I still don't want a kiss hello from my daughter
Oh,Jeez, think he might be the bad guy? Maybe he's just misunderstood and actually has a heart of gold and all wha wha wha
That's oh, yeah. He's exactly the person you thought he was the whole time Riverdale used to be not a masterpiece or anything
Let's be honest here
But at least it was like a clever teen drama and now it's just a cheesy soap opera with like obvious
Over-the-top characters
like it's Days of Our Lives with good lighting.
But that said you better believe I'm coming back for season 3
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so there's a lot that I wanted to get to in this video that I didn't get to I had to cut out quite a
Bit actually, the script is much longer than this video is basically to boil it down
Ok, my problem with Riverdale season 2 is this when you're telling a story what you're supposed to do is say this happens
So this happens therefore this happens which causes this to happen. It's why they call it a plotline, right?
It's different plot points that are all connected together
Riverdale season 2 seems to be like this happens and then this happens and then this happens and then this happens and it's a bunch
Of like random points that aren't really connected together and that goes into what I was saying about how this story doesn't really take responsibility
Because like three or four times now something has happened in the show and then they just brush it away like huuh
Just kidding guys, you know like, like the FBI agent just kidding chick just kidding fangs
You know
Because of fangs like the riots happened and all that stuff happened in show and then it's like oh the phone call that said fangs
Was dead yet. That was a lie. Just kidding. So it's like so many times they have these pivotal moments
They just brush away like like talking about like emotional manipulation that goes nowhere
remember the scene when Jughead was in front of the school bell chained to it with the serpents and then Archie and his little
Bulldog guy show up and they're like their underwear. Whatever it is
and then they like cut the chains and it's like oh
The bond of friendship between Archie and Jughead been cut and the next episode. They're all best friends again
Like what was the point of all this stuff that happened nothing mattered in this show nothing mattered at all
Anyway, thanks again for watching guys. I put a lot of effort in this video
I wanted to make it special because you know, it's the last Riverdale video until season 3
It's the finale
and you know
It's like I owe everything to Riverdale cuz that first Riverdale is a mess video is what?
Kick-started everything that you see now and all of you finding me and and all of everything that's happened is really because of Riverdale
So no matter how much I like to harp on River down no matter how much like that to dunk on it
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