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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]] \| '''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/RiverdaleS05E10Chapter86ThePincushionmen 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]] -]
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8	-> '''Title From:''' ''Film/ANightToRemember''
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13	* ADeathInTheLimelight: Midge wasn't a particularly prominent side character beforehand, but this episode is probably where she spent the most time onscreen. And it of course ends with her death.
14	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: To climax his brief ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Betty, Archie asks considering how they've been recently acting which one of them is more like [[AlphaBitch Chris]], and which one of them is more like [[NiceGirl Sue]].
15	* BitingTheHandHumor: Kevin mocks the practice of 'inappropriate age casting', calling it amateurish. ''Riverdale'' has this in spades.
16	* CastingGag: Several in-universe cases for the school musical of ''Theatre/{{Carrie}}'':
17	** Archie and Betty as Tommy and Sue, the school's most popular couple and among the few nice characters in the story.
18	** Cheryl as Carrie, a girl with an abusive mother who discovers an unusual way to take back her own power.
19	** Alice as Margaret, a deeply troubled and abusive mother.
20	** Veronica as Chris, as lampshaded by Betty, an AlphaBitch who had major daddy issues and is controlling of her friends and boyfriend. Though the idea that Veronica is similar to Chris is rejected by Archie and eventually Betty.
21	** Midge ends up playing Carrie, a "background character" at her school who is thrust into the limelight. And ends up dead because of it.
22	* DocumentaryEpisode: The episode takes the form of Kevin's documentary about the school musical.
23	* EasilyForgiven: It takes only a short apology and a musical number for Josie to forgive Cheryl for stalking her, threatening her with a pig heart and a possessive letter, and making Josie think Chuck was her stalker.
24	* EvilIsPetty: Penelope doesn't allow Cheryl to participate in the school play, since she sees it as some sort of "matricidal revenge fantasy" against her due to the content of the play.
25	* FreezeFrameBonus: During Jughead's JitterCam, we get a brief glimpse of Chic being the only one still in his seat (with a PsychoticSmirk) while the rest of the audience panics over seeing someone dead.
26	* FreudianSlip: During the rehearsal of "Stay Here Instead," Alice sings out Betty's name instead of Carrie.
27	* GreenEyedMonster: Ethel gets a pretty bad case of this when Cheryl and then Midge is cast as Carrie over her.
28	* HopeSpot: The episode! Everything seems to be working out in the good guys' favour - both Archie and Veronica have a HeelRealisation, Betty and Ronnie becomes friends again, Archie begins to repair his relationship with his dad (informing Hiram in no uncertain terms that any further attempts to drive a wedge between him and his father will fail, giving the BigBad his first major loss all season), Chuck fully cements his HeelFaceTurn and is accepted by the gang, Cheryl stands up to Penelope and Alice and Hal begin to repair their marriage. Then Midge is brutally murdered, revealing that the [[SerialKiller Black Hood]] is back.
29	* INeverSaidItWasPoison: When Ethel realizes that Jughead has found the cut out magazines in her room, Ethel immediately denies having sent the threatening letters (that demand Cheryl be dropped from the titular role of Carrie) and insists she was using the magazine clippings for a mood board. Trouble is, the only characters who know about the letter are Kevin, Jughead, and Betty.
30	* IWarnedYou: Subverted. The Black Hood sent threatening letters to change the cast for Carrie (who's being played by Cheryl) or else. However, Cheryl was forbidden from participating by her mother. But as the ending revealed the Black Hood was always planning on killing those escaped him (as Kevin would have to make either Midge or Ethel Carrie without Cheryl).
31	* JerkassHasAPoint: Ethel. While Cheryl is a talented singer and well-suited for Carrie, she did strong-arm her way into the lead role, and it wasn't fair that Kevin didn't give anyone else the chance to audition. Sending threatening letters is obviously taking things too far, but it's easy to see where Ethel was coming from.
32	* JerkassRealization:
33	** Played with during the Betty-Veronica situation. After Betty reams Veronica out in front of everyone during rehearsal, Archie tells her off about her behavior. So, Betty comes back to apologize to Veronica, only for Veronica to turn around and say that Betty was right about her. She also says that playing the role of mean girl Chris made her realize that she has been a terrible friend. However, Betty disagrees.
34	** Archie finally realizes that he has been ruining his relationship with his dad in favor of Hiram, so he gives the latter back his car and makes a grand gesture to Fred with a jalopy he got from the junkyard.
35	* LetsPutOnAShow: Riverdale High puts on a production of ''Theatre/{{Carrie}}''.
36	* LifeImitatesArt: InUniverse; an actual dead body shows up during the musical's opening number. And killed off a la the real show, but in an even more brutal fashion.
37	* MassOhCrap: An actual dead body in the school play.
38	* MusicalEpisode: The series' first.
39	* MythologyGag:
40	** Cheryl covers herself in blood that she claims is Jason's. This might be a reference to ''ComicBook/AfterlifeWithArchie'', where Cheryl is found drenched in Jason's blood after possibly murdering him.
41	** The car Archie brings back for his father and him to work on is an old jalopy, which was the kind of car Archie drove for decades in the comics.
42	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
43	** Betty gives a pretty brutal one to Veronica, accusing her of being ''exactly'' as vindictive and manipulative as the character she's playing.
44	** In response to that Archie gives a much shorter and more understated one to Betty, telling her she has no idea what Ronnie's home life is like at the moment and reminding her how easily Ronnie forgave her for seemingly publically turning on her.
45	* RedHerring: It appears that Ethel was sending the threatening letters seemingly from the Black Hood, however in the end, the Black Hood really does return, killing his target (Midge) for a completely different reason. If he sent the letters or if it was Ethel (unaware that the Black Hood really was going to return) isn't clear.
46	* ReformedButRejected: Averted finally; Chuck (who auditioned because he wanted to reform his image) proves himself throughout production of the play to be a perfect gentleman who's eagerness to prove himself, and his dedication to performing, wins over the Core Four and others. He's seemingly welcomed into the group.
47	* ShoutOut: Jughead calls the letter Kevin received ''"a classic [[Franchise/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Phantom of the Opera plot]]"''.
48	* SuddenDownerEnding: After an episode dedicated to characters reforming and making amends to each other, the Black Hood returns and brutally murders Midge.
49	* TroubledProduction: InUniverse; the show goes through a lot of this before even opening.
50	* UnderageCasting: Averted in-universe. Kevin thinks having a teenager play Carrie's mother is amateurish, so he has Alice play her. Though oddly also played straight with Josie as Ms. Desjardin.
51	* WhamShot: When the curtain comes up during the opening number, we see Midge pinned to the wall by numerous knives, and the Black Hood's message painted in blood behind her.
52	* WhatTheHellHero:
53	** Archie gives this to Betty after her behavior to Veronica.

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