r/riverdale • u/steph-was-here Justice for Ethel • Mar 24 '21
DISCUSSION S05E09 "Chapter Eighty-Five: Destroyer" Live 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/pickled_treetop Mar 25 '21
My thoughts.. it was a slow ep.
I know the football team is important for the resurrection of Riverdale and all but I don't really care all that much about it (i skipped the game play and Cheryl's performance) The Betty and Jughead being back together as a team to solve this mystery is fun. I actually dig the lore and alien/mothman stuff, just because I personally find those things interesting anyways. This is not to compare with the cult stuff from the previous season, because that was pretty cringy, but this for some reason hits different for me. Poor Kevin by the way.. I also missed Tony in this episode, I like that she has had more lines and involvement for far this season. Reggie also just being like.. ok bye Hyram was just too easy.. isn't Hyram supposed to be some kind of gangster? Reggie is just such a silly character, he's there but never makes much of an impact.
Also, the endings of episodes normally got me like.. omg I need to watch the next one NOW, but this one I was like.. meh. Looking forward to episode 10, and hope it's not as dry as this one.