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Riverdale - Season 1 Episode 04: Chapter Four: The Last Picture Show
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
It's laser-focused, using the destruction of a Riverdale landmark to tell a variety of stories about moral and cultural decay, personal compromise, and the limits of loyalty, all wrapped up in the show's acute portrayal of teen angst.
February 20, 2017
'The Last Picture Show' is a pretty great episode, deepening our understanding of the town's dynamics and laying foundations for further plots beyond the whole "who killed Jason Blossom?" hook.
April 20, 2017
Cole Sprouse's Jughead is such a terrific update of the character -- still wry and food-obsessed, still "moral and apathetic," but in a way that feels current and real, and very much at home in this new, darker version of Archie's gang.
April 21, 2017
Tthe strength of Riverdale's cast and the show's willingness to go bananas crazy at the drop of a hat make the whole thing a blast.
April 20, 2017
What really makes this criminal element compelling in "Chapter Four" is how it affects multiple storylines.
April 20, 2017
Y'all need to recalibrate, Riverdale.
April 21, 2017
In the month since it has debuted, Riverdale has repeatedly proven that a scorched earth policy is these characters default setting. Narratively this was a smart move.
April 20, 2017
Sure, Riverdale is more self-aware than the teen dramas we're used to, but alas, tonight's perfectly average episode reveals that it can't avoid all of the genre's missteps.
April 21, 2017
Camila Mendes and Lili Reinhart continue to have great chemistry.

