Riverdale: This Is Not the Archiekins You Remember

Season One / The CW Riverdale takes the iconic characters of Archie comics and sets up a dramatic murder mystery you’ll love to binge. Now if you read my comic review of Malika Warrior Queen you know I am a Movie/TV & Entertainment nerd, and the only comics I read in my younger days were Archie comics. The mild mannered red-head with beer-flavored nipples that everyone in Riverdale High apparently wanted a taste of. The awkward yet popular guitar playing all-American boy Archie who has to manage the attention of the sweetheart Betty and the brunette B***h Veronica and that third girl sometimes, Cheryl. Writer and creator Robert Aguirre-Sacasa (also known as a writer on Glee), has taken the Archie brat pack and elevated them to the highest level. Now, I know what you’re thinking – what could even happen in this show? It’s about white suburban high-schoolers swooning over each other. You’re giving me side eye like my husband did when I said, “I was watching Riverdale and…” “Riverdale??!!” First of all when you’re in a long-term nerd relationship it is important to find shows you can watch when your partner is not around! https://blacknerdproblems.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2.Im-weird-giphy.mp4 Anyways, everyone underestimates the addicting power and strong storyline of Riverdale. The show is more akin to the U.K.’s Broadchurch or the American remake, Gracepoint than the cute high school stylings of the original comic books. I’ll do my best to convey the pull of the show…