History Recap / RiverdaleS06E01Chapter96WelcomeToRivervale

Following the explosion, a new day dawns in the town of [=RiverVALE=], where everything is as it should be. Veronica and Reggie are now the town’s power couple, while Jughead and Tabitha move in together. But with Cheryl demanding a return to the “old ways,” this serenity will surely not last. And how could Archie and Betty possibly have survived?

* CoitusEnsues: After Archie licks a piece of pie from her fingers, Betty lies down on the table and the two have sex next to the fertility doll.
* EroticEating: Before sex, Betty convinces Archie to eat some of the “sin pie” by putting some on her fingers and having him suck them clean. [[CoitusEnsues They then have sex on the table]].

* CharacterDeath: Archie.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: After Archie licks a piece of pie from her fingers, Betty lies down on the table and the two have sex next to the fertility doll.

Following the explosion, a new day dawns in the town of RiverVALE, where everything is as it should be. Veronica and Reggie are now the town’s power couple, while Jughead and Tabitha move in together. But with Cheryl demanding a return to the “old ways,” this serenity will surely not last. And how could Archie and Betty possibly have survived?

In a strangely altered River''vale'', the characters' lives take wild new directions.

!!! [- '''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/RiverdaleS06E21Chapter116 Chapter 116]] | [[Recap/RiverdaleS06E22Chapter117 Chapter 117]] -]

!!! [- [[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]] | '''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/RiverdaleS06E21Chapter116 Chapter 116]] | [[Recap/RiverdaleS06E22Chapter117 Chapter 117]] -]

** The ending of Archie being tricked into becoming the sacrifice of a ceremony is inspired by ''Film/TheWickerMan''.

** The teenage archers who are with Cheryl are seen in uniforms that resembles those worn by the girls attending high school in Tokyo-3 from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.

** The episode is a WholePlotReference to ''Film/Midsommar'': a small town cult uses a nature festival to crown a queen, who then allows her boyfriend to be killed in a human sacrifice meant to purify the town of its sins. There are also shout-outs to specific parts of ''Midsommar'':

*** Two famous shots from ''Midsommar'' are directly recreated: an overhead view of the girls in white robes dancing in concentric circles around the festival's maypole, and Betty lying flat on her back with her legs spread giving the camera a KubrickStare.
*** At the sacrifice, Betty is wearing an enormous ballgown covered in flowers, similar to what Dani wears at the end of the film.

** Betty doubles down by telling Archie "no more ''Twilight Zone'' marathons."

* BabiesEverAfter: Betty then reveals that she's pregnant with Archie's child, and in 25 years, he'll be crowned the Maple King, just like his dad.

* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: Betty then reveals that she's pregnant with Archie's child, and in 25 years, he'll be crowned the Maple King, just like his dad.]]

* FanDisservice: Archie's shirtless again, only [[spoiler: he's tied up and prepared to be killed for a human sacrifice ritual. He awakens tied to a cross with a thorn crown on his head and ruins drawn in blood on his body.]].
* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: [[spoiler: After he licks a piece of pie from her fingers, Betty lies down on the table and the two have sex next to the fertility doll.]]

* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: Archie dies and Betty becomes pregnant]].

* FanDisservice: Archie's shirtless again, only [[spoiler: he's tied up and prepared to be killed for a human sacrifice ritual]].

* BigEater: Both Archie and Reggie compete against the other in an eating contest, where they both devour somehwere between ''100 pancakes''.

* CharacterDeath: Archie.

** The ending of Archie being tricked into becoming the sacrifice of a ceremony is inspired by ''Film/TheWickerMan''.

* AmbiguousSituation: The entire premiere makes it unsure if this is an alternate universe, a dream, a story of Jughead's or Riverdale under some sort of spell

** Betty doubles down by telling Archie "no more ''Twilight Zone'' marathons.

** Betty doubles down by telling Archie "no more ''Twilight Zone'' marathons

* ShoutOut: Jughead's BreakingTheFourthWall intro is straight out of ''Series/TheTwlightZone'' or other anthology horror shows.

* AmbiguousSituationn: The entire premiere makes it unsure if this is an alternate universe, a dream, a story of Jughead's or Riverdale under some sort of spell

* AmbigiuousSituation: The entire premiere makes it unsure if this is an alternate universe, a dream, a story of Jughead's or Riverdale under some sort of spell

* AmbigiousSituation: The entire premiere makes it unsure if this is an alternate universe, a dream, a story of Jughead's or Riverdale under some sort of spell