A seven-year time jump stands on the horizon of Riverdale‘s future, but first, our heroes have a prom to attend, a senior year to finish, and a mystery to solve.
Riverdale Season 5 Episode 1, “Chapter Seventy-Seven: Climax,” brings us to Betty, Jughead, Archie, and Veronica’s senior prom. As a refresher, when we left the core four they were amidst college applications, complicated romantic entanglements, and increasingly menacing stalker videos from an unknown source.
On the Riverdale Season 4 finale, Jughead toyed with writing the death of their infuriating principal Mr. Honey for a college application essay, then he and Betty received a video depicting the murder he’d written. On “Chapter Seventy-Seven: Climax,” we can hope to get one step closer to figuring out who’s sending these terrifying videos and what exactly their intent is.
This episode was written by Ace Hasan and Greg Murray, and directed by Pamela Romanowsky. “Chapter Seventy-Seven: Climax” opens the season by jumping right back into the unfinished stories of Season 4.
Check out the photos and promo video below for a preview!
Episode description: Betty (Lili Reinhart) and Jughead’s (Cole Sprouse) investigation into the auteur leads them to the discovery of a secret underground for red-band screenings. Elsewhere, in order to impress the visiting Naval Academy Commandant, Archie (KJ Apa) agrees to participate in a boxing exhibition against another candidate — KO Kelly (guest star Zane Holtz). Meanwhile, as Cheryl (Madelaine Petsch) prepares for prom, she stumbles upon a major secret that Toni’s (Vanessa Morgan) been keeping from her. Camila Mendes, Mädchen Amick, Mark Consuelos, Casey Cott, Charles Melton, Vanessa Morgan, and Drew Ray Tanner also star. Pamela Romanowsky directed the episode written by Ace Hasan & Greg Murray.
Samantha (she/her) is a social media specialist by day and a sci-fi junkie by night. As a freelance writer and podcaster, she also enjoys live-tweeting, blogging, good music, and better television. Her current favorite television shows include Star Trek (yes, all of them), Riverdale, and Stranger Things and there will always be a place in her heart for Battlestar Galactica, Leverage, and The West Wing.
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