My thoughts:

"Something wicked this way comes" turned out to be in reference to the battle between regular folks and the Serpents. I love the way that Betty says it, though, like she's mocking the whole idea.

Is FP reading "Chilling Adventures in Sorcery" in his jail cell?

I wish Betty, not Veronica, had taken Cheryl home, so they could do some familial bonding. (In general, neither girl seems to be reacting to the fact that they're related.) Cheryl's in a very bad emotional state right now. She needs to be given reasons to live. Betty and Polly are the best people to offer that to her.

Cheryl burns the mansion down. That's a bit of an...overreaction. I mean did she really burn all of her belongings and all of the photos of Jason? Or did she have those placed in storage elsewhere beforehand? Also, where's nana? And do the Blossoms have servants?

The rescue scene was epic. KJ Apa actually broke his hand during filming, so I'm guessing the cast that Archie's wearing in Pop's is genuine.

LOL at Archie looking at himself in the mirror and giving himself that "I totally got laid" look.

So Betty was gonna have sex too, but then she got snake-blocked.

Does Jughead have an ulterior motive for joining the Serpents?

Holy crap, who shot Fred?! There's a theory going around that it's the Black Hood. Jughead calls the incident "anything but random". Is Luke Perry signed for season 2?

This week, I'm reviewing "The New Archies" segment, "Jughead Predicts".

Reading it, I haven't noticed really anything in terms of offensive content. There's the occasional "Omigod" or "hell", but that's it. Storywise, there seems to be no difference with Classic Archie (except for the stories being longer, but even Classic Archie was doing some of that in its last few years).

Here's an article where Roberto discusses the revelation and the two other characters that he had in mind to be the killer. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/riverdale-jason-blossom-killer-revealed-1000083

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Betty is a Blossom. Wow. I did not see that coming. That makes Betty and Cheryl third cousins, I believe. Same for Polly and Jason. Nowhere near scandalous. And, hey, last week, Cheryl was shown to have an interest in a Cooper lady, so...hint, hint.

Yes, they specified that they are third cousins, who can legally marry.  That means your grandparents were first cousins, so you'd share one set of great grandparents.
You have four sets of great grandparents, so just that one branch is shared.
The average person in our society would probably still avoid that kind of relationship if they knew about it beforehand.. but there are no genetic problems like there could be with siblings or first cousins.

I said that wrong.  If your grandparents are first cousins, your great grandparents are brother and sister, so you'd share great-great grandparents.

I believe, in this case, the great-grandparents were both male. Was it specified they were brothers?

If so, let's assume they were identical twin brothers. They each got married and had a son. The sons would each have around 50% of their DNA in common with each other. Then they each had a son (Clifford and Hal). Clifford and Hal each have around 25% of their DNA in common with each other. Then they had children. Cheryl and Betty (and Polly and Jason) each have around 12.5% of their DNA in common with each other.

Great episode. I just want to add a few things to what everyone else has said:

My mom audibly gasped when Cheryl attacked Jughead. I can kinda understand it, though.

The Cheryl/Betty bathroom scene was kinda nice but too short. Betty's at a loss for words, so give the girl a hug or something!

Betty is a Blossom. Wow. I did not see that coming. That makes Betty and Cheryl third cousins, I believe. Same for Polly and Jason. Nowhere near scandalous. And, hey, last week, Cheryl was shown to have an interest in a Cooper lady, so...hint, hint.

Betty is the only one to think of Cheryl and what Clifford being the killer might mean for her. She immediately calls her to warn her, returning the solid that Cheryl did for Polly a few episodes back.

Betty has Cheryl's phone number in her contacts list. Just sayin'.

I was in suspense during Cheryl's slo-mo walk. I thought "Oh, man, are they gonna catch her?" Then she confronts her dad, doing the exact opposite of what Betty told her to (get out now). Cheryl has this quiet braveness to her when dealing with her parents (see also: warning Polly). She had no way of knowing how her dad would handle her knowing what he did. I guess she gambled he'd kill himself instead of her. That must have been what she was hoping for. (By the way, is deliberately revealing information to drive a person to suicide a prosecutable offense?)

I felt the wrap-up was rushed. I wouldn't have minded it being extended partly into the next episode. In particular, I would have liked to have seen Cheryl reveal she had the ring. We can assume she told Sheriff Kan'tdomyjob, because Clifford taking back the ring ends up in Jughead's summary, but I wanted to actually see Cheryl go "Surprise, bitches!" or something like that.

So next week's episode is setting up for season 2. Not sure what will happen. Maybe Sabrina will appear?

This week, I review the 2007 comic story, "Betty and Veronica's Scrapbook".

A bit late, but this week I review "The New Archies" segment, "The Awful Truth".

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It probably wouldn't hurt to be thinking of branching off into prose stories, game/puzzle/activity, coloring and sticker books for the same market, either.

I'd been thinking of an Archie novelverse idea recently: prose novels written by the old regular writers, containing original cover artwork as well as occasional interior artwork to visualize key moments (doesn't even need to take up a full page). Different characters could star in different novels. Maybe create a fact sheet / series bible beforehand, so details in one novel don't contradict another. Each novel could take place in a particular month, so twelve of them would cover an entire year (nine school novels and three summer novels). Maybe do that for four years to cover the entire high school experience - and then more in college if there's still demand. That should be around 45 novels (I'm thinking roughly 130 pages each).

The problem is finding enough subjects that warrant a novel-length story. There might have to be subplots with other characters to boost the page count. I had recently attempted a "Betty and Cheryl" fanfic series, the goal being 45 "issues" that covered all of high school, but I gave up after 4 issues - one because no one was reviewing or favoriting, but two because I started introducing plot points early than scheduled to make the stories a bit longer, which rendered some conflicts in future issues obsolete. I went for a stripped-down, grounded approach to the characters - with only a minimum of drama and conflict. Without "wacky situations" (and more characters to focus on) or drama, high school life is pretty boring for characters that don't aspire to temporary stardom.

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An animated series would help a lot to advertise the characters. If they can't get one on a regular cable channel, what about a Flash-animated webtoon on its own YouTube channel? They need to partner up with some merchandisers to do this, probably.

Yeah. They could always throw "Archie's Weird Mysteries" on Netflix. That's the most non-embarrassing animated adaptation of the characters. Adding the Josie movie wouldn't hurt either.

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Then I guess the other question would be: If print comics should cease to exist, what causes someone to initially seek out a digital comic, and what makes that seem worth 3 or 4 dollars to them?

I've noticed, while adding comics to my digital wish list on Amazon recently, a lot of the back issues from other publishers have gone down drastically in price (some to as little as 99 cents). The one publisher still at full price for back issues of current series? Archie.

I'm not sure that there really is a long-term solution. When the direct distribution system was set up, comics became a niche product (nerds that are growing older). Back when there was a "local" comic shop around here (in the next county), I don't recall once seeing a kid in there.

In my 10+ years as a cashier, I recall selling only ONE digest. It was to a mom that was with her daughter. I asked who the Archie fan was, and the mom pointed at her daughter. So that's...something. Still, one digest in ten years. WTF?

And I doubt bringing the floppies back into the stores would help. Stores likely wouldn't want to carry them, and parents almost certainly wouldn't want to drop $4 on a 20-page story.

One possibility is printing collections in the size of typical children's/teens' paperback novels and stocking them in that area of the store. But even that's problematic because of the layout. At my Walmart, the children's, teens', and adults' books are pretty much all in the same area, and it isn't even next to toys (which would make sense). It's between the photo center and electronics. Sure, some gamers might walk over and browse...maybe, but I honestly don't even recall selling many children's or teens' books. It's all adults buying adult novels. And don't even consider a magazine format. Dead, dead, dead. Other than old people sometimes buying those pro-Trump tabloids, I never sell any magazines either. Each week, the magazine people come in, take back the unsold magazines, and put up new ones that won't sell.

In the end, I think digital-only is the way to go for new stories. Older material can be collected and printed for those that don't want digital.

This week, I review "The New Archies" segment, "Sir Jughead Jones".

Huh. That's an interesting approach. I'll definitely buy it.

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This makes me happy. And I know I am not the only one.

If you don't like the show, just stick to reading the old comics. Hoping for the show to fail contributes nothing positive to the world.

So Cheryl and Chuck's big revenge with (to paraphrase Jughead) "horrible repercussions" was...to crash Jughead's birthday party and get everyone to dish on each other. Ooh, evil! Yeah, no, it sounds like they actually did everyone a favor by getting everything out in the open.

During Veronica and Cheryl's competition, right after Cheryl starts her routine, it looks like Betty is checking them out.

LOL at:

Betty: "Dilton Doiley plays with guns."
Cheryl: "Well, Doiley's a psychopath. We all know that."
Betty just kind of nods like "Okay, point."

This week, I'm reviewing "The New Archies" segment, "I Gotta Be Me or Is It You?".