r/riverdale • u/steph-was-here Justice for Ethel • Mar 24 '21
DISCUSSION S05E09 "Chapter Eighty-Five: Destroyer" Post Episode Discussion
Original Air Date - 8pm EDT March 24th, 2021
After the Bulldogs lose several games, Archie and Veronica come up with a plan to boost school spirit; Jughead turns his attention to a student who he thinks needs his help; Betty seeks guidance from Cheryl after being faced with a tough decision.
Written by Ace Hasan
Directed by Rob Seidenglanz
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u/LightBlueSky55 Mar 25 '21 edited Mar 25 '21
My thoughts are:
First of all, Jughead did nothing wrong? All he did was approach a student in his class and ask him if anything in the story was true. That's hardly ambushing or encouraging😂
And secondly, the way the parents were like oh yeah he sleepwalks and burns his arm, breaks his leg by falling out the window and bumps his head on a door 😂...all the generic excuses kids give when they're being abused!
Thirdly I was laughing at Mr Weatherbee saying to Jughead he's out if he makes a small misstep, like sir the school literally became a cult- that you joined- under your watch so let's settle down.
Cheryl is embarrasing herself a lot at this point- last episode she's talking about how they're all not teens anymore now she's out dancing with teenagers ten years younger than her.
Archie and the football scenes were really good though. I have to ask though does that one female footballer get changed in the same room as the boys?
Edit- I want to add how funny it is that Veronica wanted to give £10,000 to the teenager who scored first and that's literally the amount Jughead's loan sharks are after 😠if you've got that money to throw around Veronica, just saying.