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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]] \| '''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/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/WhenAStrangerCalls''
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10	As tension between the Northside and the Southside rises, Jughead undergoes a series of harrowing initiation rituals to officially join the Serpents, with the hope to take over FP's leadership mantle and keep the conflict under control.
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12	Betty, cornered by the Black Hood, turns to Archie for help. The Black Hood demands that she publish an article exposing Alice's past as a Serpent, then to cut off ties with all her friends, starting with Veronica and then Jughead.
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14	Nick St. Clair, a ghost from Veronica's past, visits Riverdale and takes a keen interest in Cheryl. At the opening gala for the [=SoDale=] project, Nick drugs Cheryl and nearly sexually assaults her, but is stopped and beat up by Veronica and the Pussycats.
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16	Betty tries to comply with the Black Hood's increasingly traumatizing demands, hoping to distract him from further killing anyone else, at the expense of her personal relationship with Veronica and then Jughead, who she sends Archie to break the bad news to. Jughead, completely broken down, completes his initiation and becomes a Serpent.
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18	Finally, the Black Hood figures out Betty broke a rule by confiding in Archie, and makes her pay the ultimate price: Name his next victim, or he will hurt Polly. Having witnessed the aftermath of Cheryl's assault, Betty gives him one name: Nick St. Clair.
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20	!!Tropes
21	* AfterActionPatchUp: Toni helps Jughead.
22	* AssholeVictim: Nick St. Clair is a douchebag date rapist, so the audience doesn't feel any sympathy for him when Veronica and the Pussycats beat the shit out of him, or when Betty gives him up to the Black Hood.
23	* AttemptedRape: Veronica plus Josie and the Pussycats catch Nick attempting to rape Cheryl and proceed to give him a major beatdown for his roofie antics.
24	* TheBigDamnKiss: Toni and Jughead kiss after he tells her he's not with Betty anymore.
25	* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: Betty does this with Jughead, via Archie.
26	* DateRapeAverted: Just as Nick prepares to rape an unconscious Cheryl, Veronica, Melody and Valerie arrive and stop him.
27	* {{Fanservice}}: The slow-motion shot of Alice in her dress.
28	* GangInitiationFight: To prove his loyalty to the Serpents, Jughead forces himself to endure a brutal smackdown.
29	* HeldGaze: Toni and Jughead before they kiss.
30	* HeyYouHaymaker: [[ActionGirl Veronica]] stops Nick's attempted rape of Cheryl with a hook to the face.
31	* NavelDeepNeckline: The dress Alice wears to the [=SoDale=] gala has such a deep cleavage that it reaches her navel. It catches ''everyone's'' attention.
32	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Two of them, simultaneously:
33	** The first is when Veronica, Melody, and Valerie kick the shit out of Nick St. Clair.
34	** The second is the final step in Jughead's initiation into the Serpents.
35	* NotSoDifferentRemark: The Black Hood tries this, and claims that Betty is no different from him, even going as far as making her see a mirror reflection of her wearing the black hood. She's not really buying it.
36	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Both Veronica and Jughead sense that something is up when Betty behaves uncharacteristically. In the latter's case, it's when Archie tells Jughead what Betty said to.
37	* ShowgirlSkirt: Alice's snakeskin dress.
38	* SlippingAMickey: Nick puts something in Cheryl's drink to make her next rape victim.
39	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Played with. Betty gives Veronica quite the tongue-lashing, but she was forced to by the Black Hood. Of course, the way [[NotHelpingYourCase Veronica was acting at the party]] only gives her a reason to.
40	* SadisticChoice: Betty is forced to choose between giving the Black Hood his next victim, or letting her family be slaughtered. She ends up giving him Nick St. Clair.
41	* WillTheyOrWontThey: Discussed by Veronica when describing her past with Nick.
42	-->'''Veronica''': Nick and I were the "will they or won't they" of our jet set. He's an outrageous flirt, but we never dated. We'd hop from club to club, go on these madcap adventures, stay up all night...

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