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Riverdale - Season 1 Episode 01: Chapter One: The River's Edge
The twisty new series uses teen drama clichés to its advantage. It gives a subversive take on Archie and his friends, exploring small town life, the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale's wholesome facade.
"Chapter One: The River's Edge" taps into ... feelings of promise, anxiety and hopeful soul-searching, and that's a solid foundation for Riverdale to build on.
Knowledge of previous teen dramas certainly makes Riverdale feel more complete, but outside of that, Riverdale succeeds just by being different from The CW's current programming and even Freeform's or MTV's.
The tone is slower, the colors are darker, and the characters have their own wants and desires. This is a juicy mystery served like a soda pop at Pop Tate's Chock'lit Shoppe.
I'll continue rewatching how [Veronica] takes down Cheryl -- "You wanted fire? My specialty's ice" -- in what I can only describe as fabulously brutal and brutally fabulous.