The Internet Reacts to ‘Riverdale’ Musical Episode

Riverdale returned with a one-of-a-kind musical episode tonight, and it looks like fans have a lot of feelings about it.

Spoilers for tonight’s episode of Riverdale, “A Night to Remember”, below!

Tonight’s episode saw much of the show’s ensemble putting on a production of Carrie: The Musical, and enduring plenty of twists and turns along the way.

Ever since the musical episode was announced late last year, fans have eagerly wondered how the production would come together, and would fit into the unique world of Riverdale‘s second season. And as tonight’s installment proved, the concept fit the show pretty effectively.

“I’m a huge fanatic of Carrie, the novel and then the movie,” showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa said during an interview earlier this year. “I was obsessed with the Broadway flop of Carrie: The Musical. Five or six years ago, one of my good friends revived it off-Broadway, and he revealed it to be the gem that I always knew it was. So, we thought, ‘This would thematically be a great musical for Riverdale to do.’ That show also has archetypes like the good girl next door, the nice boy who takes Carrie to the prom. It felt like we could play with these archetypes.’”

The episode brought shocking returns, tragic demises, teases of what’s to come, and a lot of infectious performances. So as you would expect, the Riverdale fandom has had a lot to say about the episode on social media. Here are some of our favorite responses.

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