Every tease and promo about the upcoming second season of CW’s Riverdale has hinted at a dark turn for Archie and the gang. Now the show’s executive producer Greg Berlanti says the show will waste no time getting into the new tone.
While he didn’t reveal any clues about the top-secret plot for the second season, Berlanti did reveal to Entertainment Weekly that the first few episodes kick things off and keep viewers hooked.
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“The first three episodes of this are the strongest of a second season I’ve ever been a part of,” Berlanti said. “It’s got an incredible new mystery and a new hook, and I think it’s got more of everything that people love about the show.”
And what people love about Riverdale is the show’s willingness to take an iconic comic book character into completely unexpected territory by keeping elements of the classic Archie Comics and flipping them on their head.
“For every really sweet thing, Roberto [Aguirre-Sacasa] has something really spicy,” Berlanti said. “For every nostalgic thing, he’s got something so contemporary and adult and scary.”
Fans have already been anticipating that Riverdale would continue digging into that adult and scary territory. The first season finale ended with Archie’s dad, Fred, being shot by a masked gunman and star Camila Mendes (Veronica Lodge) recently revealed that the show goes fully into the thriller genre. The latest promo for the upcoming second season goes even deeper into the darkness, with clips of Fred Andrews in serious condition in the hospital and Archie on his kneed with a gun to his head as well as a brief look at Veronica’s intense looking dad.
How dark will Riverdale go? Fortunately, fans don’t have to wait much longer to find out. Riverdale returns for its second season on Wednesday, October 11th on The CW.
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