Line #7 Recap/RiverdaleS07E14Chapter131ArchieTheMusical


1	!!! [- [[Recap/RiverdaleS1E1Chapter1TheRiversEdge Chapter 1]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS1E2Chapter2ATouchOfEvil Chapter 2]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS1E3Chapter3BodyDouble Chapter 3]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS1E4Chapter4TheLastPictureShow Chapter 4]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS1E5Chapter5HeartOfDarkness Chapter 5]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS1E6Chapter6FasterPussycatsKillKill Chapter 6]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS1E7Chapter7InALonelyPlace Chapter 7]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS1E8Chapter8TheOutsiders Chapter 8]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS1E9Chapter9LaGrandeIllusion Chapter 9]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS1E10Chapter10TheLostWeekend Chapter 10]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS1E11Chapter11ToRiverdaleAndBackAgain Chapter 11]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS1E12Chapter12AnatomyOfAMurder Chapter 12]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS1E13Chapter13TheSweetHereafter Chapter 13]] -]
2	!!! [- [[Recap/RiverdaleS2E1Chapter14AKissBeforeDying Chapter 14]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS2E2Chapter15Nighthawks Chapter 15]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS2E3Chapter16TheWatcherInTheWoods Chapter 16]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS2E4Chapter17TheTownThatDreadedSundown Chapter 17]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS2E5Chapter18WhenAStrangerCalls Chapter 18]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS2E6Chapter19DeathProof Chapter 19]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS2E7Chapter20TalesFromTheDarkside Chapter 20]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS2E8Chapter21HouseOfTheDevil Chapter 21]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS2E9Chapter22SilentNightDeadlyNight Chapter 22]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS2E10Chapter23TheBlackboardJungle Chapter 23]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS2E11Chapter24TheWrestler Chapter 24]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS2E12Chapter25TheWickedAndTheDivine Chapter 25]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS2E13Chapter26TheTellTaleHeart Chapter 26]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS2E14Chapter27TheHillsHaveEyes Chapter 27]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS2E15Chapter28ThereWillBeBlood Chapter 28]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS2E16Chapter29PrimaryColors Chapter 29]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS2E17Chapter30TheNooseTightens Chapter 30]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS2E18Chapter31ANightToRemember Chapter 31]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS2E19Chapter32Prisoners Chapter 32]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS2E20Chapter33ShadowOfADoubt Chapter 33]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS2E21Chapter34JudgmentNight Chapter 34]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS2E22Chapter35BraveNewWorld Chapter 35]] -]
3	!!! [- [[Recap/RiverdaleS3E01Chapter36LaborDay Chapter 36]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS3E02Chapter37FortuneAndMensEyes Chapter 37]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS3E03Chapter38AsAboveSoBelow Chapter 38]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS3E04Chapter39TheMidnightClub Chapter 39]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS3E05Chapter40TheGreatEscape Chapter 40]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS3E06Chapter41Manhunter Chapter 41]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS3E07Chapter42TheManInBlack Chapter 42]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS3E08Chapter43Outbreak Chapter 43]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS03E09Chapter44NoExit Chapter 44]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS03E10Chapter45TheStranger Chapter 45]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS03E11Chapter46TheRedDahlia Chapter 46]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS03E12Chapter47Bizarrodale Chapter 47]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS03E13Chapter48RequiemForAWelterweight Chapter 48]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS03E14Chapter49FireWalkWithMe Chapter 49]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS03E15Chapter50AmericanDreams Chapter 50]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS03E16Chapter51BigFun Chapter 51]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS03E17Chapter52TheRaid Chapter 52]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS03E18Chapter53Jawbreaker Chapter 53]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS03E19Chapter54FearTheReaper Chapter 54]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS03E20Chapter55PromNight Chapter 55]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS03E21Chapter56TheDarkSecretOfHarvestHouse Chapter 56]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS03E22Chapter57SurviveTheNight Chapter 57]] -]
4	!!! [- [[Recap/RiverdaleS04E01Chapter58InMemoriam Chapter 58]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS04E02Chapter59FastTimesAtRiverdaleHigh Chapter 59]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS04E03Chapter60DogDayAfternoon Chapter 60]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS04E04Chapter61Halloween Chapter 61]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS04E05Chapter62WitnessForTheProsecution Chapter 62]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS04E06Chapter63Hereditary Chapter 63]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS04E07Chapter64TheIceStorm Chapter 64]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS04E08Chapter65InTreatment Chapter 65]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS04E09Chapter66Tangerine Chapter 66]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS04E10Chapter67VarsityBlues Chapter 67]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS04E11Chapter68QuizShow Chapter 68]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS04E12Chapter69MenOfHonor Chapter 69]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS04E13Chapter70TheIdesOfMarch Chapter 70]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS04E14Chapter71HowToGetAwayWithMurder Chapter 71]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS04E15Chapter72ToDieFor Chapter 72]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS04E16Chapter73TheLockedRoom Chapter 73]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS04E17Chapter74WickedLittleTown Chapter 74]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS04E18Chapter75Lynchian Chapter 75]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS04E19Chapter76KillingMrHoney Chapter 76]] -]
5	!!! [- [[Recap/RiverdaleS05E01Chapter77Climax Chapter 77]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS05E02Chapter78ThePreppyMurders Chapter 78]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS05E03Chapter79Graduation Chapter 79]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS05E04Chapter80Purgatory Chapter 80]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS05E05Chapter81TheHomecoming Chapter 81]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS05E06Chapter82BackToSchool Chapter 82]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS05E07Chapter83FireInTheSky Chapter 83]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS05E08Chapter84LockAndKey Chapter 84]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS05E09Chapter85Destroyer Chapter 85]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS05E10Chapter86ThePincushionMan Chapter 86]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS05E11Chapter87StrangeBedfellows Chapter 87]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS05E12Chapter88CitizenLodge Chapter 88]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS05E13Chapter89ReservoirDogs Chapter 89]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS05E14Chapter90TheNightGallery Chapter 90]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS05E15Chapter91TheReturnOfThePussycats Chapter 91]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS05E16Chapter92BandofBrothers Chapter 92]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS05E17Chapter93DanceOfDeath Chapter 93]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS05E18Chapter94NextToNormal Chapter 94]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS05E19Chapter95RiverdaleRIP Chapter 95]] -]
6	!!! [- [[Recap/RiverdaleS06E01Chapter96WelcomeToRivervale Chapter 96]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS06E02Chapter97GhostStories Chapter 97]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS06E03Chapter98MrCypher Chapter 98]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS06E04Chapter99TheWitchingHours Chapter 99]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS06E05Chapter100TheJugheadParadox Chapter 100]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS06E06Chapter101Unbelievable Chapter 101]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS06E07Chapter102DeathAtAFuneral Chapter 102]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS06E08Chapter103TheTown Chapter 103]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS06E09Chapter104TheSerpentQueensGambit Chapter 104]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS06E10Chapter105FolkHeroes Chapter 105]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS06E11Chapter106AngelsInAmerica Chapter 106]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS06E12Chapter107InTheFog Chapter 107]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS06E13Chapter108ExLibris Chapter 108]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS06E14Chapter109Venomous Chapter 109]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS06E15Chapter110ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight Chapter 110]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS06E16Chapter111BlueCollar Chapter 111]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS06E17Chapter112AmericanPsychos Chapter 112]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS06E18Chapter113Biblical Chapter 113]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS06E19Chapter114TheWitchesOfRiverdale Chapter 114]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS06E20Chapter115ReturnToRivervale Chapter 115]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS06E21Chapter116TheStand Chapter 116]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS06E22Chapter117NightOfTheComet Chapter 117]] -]
7	!!! [- [[Recap/RiverdaleS07E01Chapter118DontWorryDarling Chapter 118]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS07E02Chapter119SkipHopAndThump Chapter 119]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS07E03Chapter120SexEducation Chapter 120]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS07E04Chapter121LoveAndMarriage Chapter 121]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS07E05Chapter122TalesInAJugularVein Chapter 122]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS07E06Chapter123PeepShow Chapter 123]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS07E07Chapter124DirtyDancing Chapter 124]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS07E08Chapter125HoopDreams Chapter 125]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS07E09Chapter126BettyAndVeronicaDoubleDigest Chapter 126]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS07E10Chapter127AmericanGraffiti Chapter 127]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS07E11Chapter128HalloweenII Chapter 128]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS07E12Chapter129AfterTheFall Chapter 129]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS07E13Chapter130TheCrucible Chapter 130]] \| '''Chapter 131''' \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS07E15Chapter132MissTeenRiverdale Chapter 132]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS07E16Chapter133Stag Chapter 133]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS07E17Chapter134ADifferentKindOfCat Chapter 134]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS07E18Chapter135ForABetterTomorrow Chapter 135]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS07E19Chapter136TheGoldenAgeOfTelevision Chapter 136]] \| [[Recap/RiverdaleS07E20Chapter137GoodbyeRiverdale Chapter 137]] -]
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11	Kevin workshops a musical he writes himself, while dealing with his family falling apart. Archie struggles with not making any choices for his own life, and having to learn to live with the consequences of doing so. Betty and Veronica try to work out whether their feelings for each other are romantic.
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13	!!Tropes
14	* ADayInTheLimelight: Kevin gets a lot more focus than usual this episode. His home life is seen, as are his relationships with his father and his mother, who makes her first ever appearance on the show.
15	* AllForNothing: Principal Featherhead tells Kevin the musical will not be produced, stating that at the time, they need to be more traditional instead of original. On top of this, the reason is something he was aware of before Kevin began, implying he never really considered the musical anyway.
16	* BettyAndVeronica: Subverted. They spend the episode trying to figure out their feelings for ''each other'', rather than Archie, who is not at all concerned with his own romantic life, but rather what he wants in life, for himself. Both girls also state that they care more about each other than about Archie.
17	* FantasySequence: Most of the musical numbers take place in these.
18	** In the opening number, "Monday, Senior Year", it's the first day of senior year and Veronica is singing about being the new girl. It cuts to the musical cast poking holes in the story and Kevin explaining the choices.
19	** "Friday Valentine" has not only BettyAndVeronica but Toni and ''[[IncompatibleOrientation Cheryl]]'' singing about fighting the other girls over Archie, singing in Pop's and playing in a band with him called Archie and the Girls.
20	** Betty and Veronica's duet "The Universe Inside" sees them running for student body president together and kissing in outer space (ItMakesSenseInContext).
21	** Archie and his understudy Julian sing together for "Archie's All-American", and are running down a road circling each other, then taking their shirts off demonstratively and singing while showering.
22	* GroupHug: Concluding the episode. Archie comes in and thanks Kevin, and then everyone else comes in and sings the song Kevin wrote and they all hug him at the end (Archie, Betty, Veronica, Toni, Cheryl, Jughead, Ethel, Fangs, Midge, Julian, Reggie, Dilton and Clay).
23	* HiddenDepths: Julian turns out to be a very good singer. While Midge and Fangs contest his claim to be the best singer in school, insisting that Fangs is, it proves not to be all bluster for once and Kevin finds him to be an even better Archie than the real Archie after replacing him. Also, he takes part in the GroupHug where everyone comforts Kevin at the end of the episode.
24	* IWantSong: The trope is referred to by name by Kevin and Clay and parodied. To begin with, they've written Archie an "I want" song called "Archie's All-American". Archie has issues with the song and not knowing what he wants, so they write another one for him called "I Got Two" about choosing between Betty and Veronica, but he tells them the choice he's really worried about is between basketball and poetry.
25	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: A lot, mainly making fun of the criticism ''Riverdale'' receives, without making an effort to change it.
26	** The biggest one is Kevin addressing that Archie has to choose something, otherwise his character will be 'undefined'. From Season 2-onwards, the series has been heavily criticised for the characters being little more than plot devices for the story, which negates most continuity and thus leaves the show at a [[StatusQuoIsGod status quo]] where the characters [[AbortedArc never grow or learn]]. This was changed with the Season 5 time-jump, but has returned after the SoftReboot of this season.
27	*** This is also addressed in Betty and Veronica's duet, which is about people seeing that there's a [[MoreThanMeetsTheEye universe inside them]], where Veronica has a lot of lines about 'if only people would look beyond the surface'. The character is often criticised for being defined by men, especially her father, and, again thanks to the status quo, never learning any lessons or growing. Thus, the words ring hollow as the show itself hasn't looked beyond the surface of Veronica Lodge.
28	** Cheryl stating that her and Toni's verses in "Friday Valentine" were tacked onto a song about a straight LoveTriangle instead of getting their own relevant song - no less written in-show by two gay men. This refers to the series-long criticism that their love story hasn't [[OutOfFocus been given screen time]].
29	* LoveTriangle: Subverted. Archie isn't really participating at all, and the girls seem to want each other.
30	* MusicalEpisode: Kevin writes a musical about Archie and everyone plays a part.
31	* MythologyGag:
32	** BettyAndVeronica balk at the concept that they're fighting over Archie's affections, while Archie isn't really focused on his romantic life but rather struggling with making decisions for himself altogether. Meanwhile, the girls continue to contemplate their romantic feelings for each other. In the end, Archie tells them both that he's swearing off romance for a while.
33	** Jughead serving as Archie's advisor and counsel.
34	* TheOtherDarrin: In-universe, three of the cast bowing out leads to Julian taking over as Archie, Clay as Jughead and Fangs as Reggie.[[invoked]]
35	* PeriodPieceModernLanguage: Betty, Veronica, Toni and Cheryl's song about wanting Archie has them refer to themselves as "frenemies", a term that didn't yet exist in the 1950s. It's handwaved by Kevin saying he invented the word.
36	* RomanticRideSharing: Archie and Toni in the FantasySequence for "Friday Valentine", with Toni in the driver's seat.
37	* SeniorYearStruggles: Invoked. Kevin and Clay write a musical about their fellow high school juniors, but bumps them up to seniors in the script because senior year is just that much more dramatic. So it's the last first day of school, the last chance to be varsity champions, college next year, prom night, etcetera.
38	-->'''Kevin:''' Teens on the cusp of the rest of their lives.
39	* ShirtlessScene:
40	** Clay when he sleeps over at Kevin's; Kevin is not shirtless.
41	** During the FantasySequence as they rehearse "Archie's All-American", Archie and Julian take their shirts off while on a run and then shower together.

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