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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.
May 9, 1962 in Hollywood, California, USA
1977, McAllen, Texas, USA
2 November 1945, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
6 November 1973, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
April 20, 2017
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.
January 31, 2017
Riverdale looks like it'll be a nice place to visit for a few seasons.
April 20, 2017
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.
April 20, 2017
"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.
April 20, 2017
An eerie, sharply-executed pilot gets Riverdale off to a strong start.
April 20, 2017
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.
January 30, 2017
I'm curiously on board and trying to catch my bearings one episode in ... maybe Archie will finally have a show last more than one season.
April 20, 2017
In style, color, tone, score and even plot, the Riverdale pilot brings to mind the first episode of Twin Peaks with great clarity.
April 20, 2017
Looks like we've got ourselves a murder mystery, folks!
April 21, 2017
We've seen this formula before and when it's done right, it works great. Riverdale is doing it right. So far.

