‘Riverdale’ Fans React to Jughead Shocker in “Judgment Night”

The penultimate episode of Riverdale‘s second season gave fans a lot to process — and it looks like some aren’t handling it very well.

Spoilers for this week’s episode of Riverdale, “Judgment Night”, below!

The episode saw an all-out war break out within the town, following the tragic shooting of Fangs Fogarty (Drew Ray Tanner). Jughead Jones (Cole Sprouse) took the whole incident very hard, ultimately discovering that Hiram Lodge (Mark Consuelos) was essentially paying rival gangs to attack Riverdale.

Jughead made an ultimatum with Hiram — that he would personally give himself over to Penny Peabody (Brit Morgan) and the Ghoulies, as long as the rest of the Serpents were left alone. Hiram accepted, and Jughead met with the gang, and was immediately brutally beaten up.

FP Jones (Skeet Ulrich) tracked down Jughead, carrying his severely injured body back to safety in a surprisingly poignant (and comic-inspired) moment.

Granted, there’s a pretty good chance that Jughead survived the attack, despite some ominous-looking footage in next week’s season finale promo. But even then, Riverdale fans have had quite a reaction to the scene, and are a little worried about the safety of everyone’s favorite beanie-wearing weirdo. Here’s a round-up of some of those responses.

@shelbyb575

@juliett_jn

@kellylesterr

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@radiantreinhart

@Bahamounds

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