Riverdale‘s Dark and Twisted Second Season Could See a Batman-Like Evolution for Archie
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Riverdale was an instantaneous hit for The CW. Based on the Archie Comics characters, the first season drew a large fanbase of teens and young adults who loved the absurd plot combining clandestine love affairs with a feudal murder mystery that all exist to show Riverdale is not the quaint town depicted in the comic series.
The season ended with a major cliffhanger, pointing to the start of a town-wide war between good and evil with Archie (AJ Kappa) in the middle of it. In the season’s final moments, Archie’s best friend Jughead (Cole Sprouse) joins the Southside Serpents gang, while Archie watches as his father Fred (Luke Perry) is gunned down over Milkshakes.
In an interview with Vulture, Riverdale showrunner Robert Aguirre-Sacasa divulged what the finale will trigger moving into season two.
The showrunner alludes to another famous comic book character whose parents were killed in front of him. “What happened to Fred is like Bruce Wayne seeing his parents gunned down in Crime Alley in Gotham City. It completely changes him and it galvanizes him and gives him purpose.”