User Reviews

I rated all previous episodes really low because they made even less sense than the awkward mess that was season 3. But this episode was a very positive surprise. It had real human feelings and the characters made logical decisions. I don't think it was a "break" from the main plot as someone wrote in an earlier review. The therapy was a very much necessary, integrate part of each storyline because none of them seemed to be moving forward before. But now they are, and after a long time, I'm somewhat curious again what comes next. Learning from the past, I don't have high hopes for the future of the series, but this one was still a very good, character driven episode.

This was a phenomenal episode.

Beautifully written and self-aware with powerful dialogue and tremendous character development that is incredibly crucial to setting the show back on track. It was perfectly acted and crafted. We've been waiting four seasons for this. One of Riverdale's all-time best episodes.

SO much clicked. OF COURSE Cheryl is being gaslighted, not haunted. OF COURSE Archie is playing vigilante because it's his way of coping with the pain of Fred's death. OF COURSE Alice gave Betty's college money away because she didn't want to lose her. It all makes so much sense in hindsight. But yet, we wouldn't have put those pieces together without many of these valuable explanations. So, a much-needed episode for the season.

Summary:

As college deadlines loom, the Riverdale High guidance counselor holds extended office hours. Betty and Alice confront their unspoken tensions about the aftermath of The Farm. Archie opens up about his vigilantism and the trauma that drives his need to save others. Cheryl fears losing her cheerleading squad and opens up about her recent trials and tribulations with the Blossoms, dead and alive. Veronica is maddened when her father uses his money to control her once again and discusses her never-ending battle with Hiram and her fears of living his life. Jughead's academics are suffering as a result of his desperate attempts to prove his conspiracy theories and he pays his public alma mater in the hopes of doing college damage control, but ends up having to confront his downward spiral and how it affects others. With valuable insight and advice provided by Ms. Burble, each of the students make critical and overdue changes to their lives and forge new beginnings.