Riverdale entered into full soap territory on Wednesday night, and we loved every minute of it.
When Riverdale Season 2 Episode 15 got underway, the Lodges continued to try and tighten their grip on the town.
As such, they wanted to find out more about Fred, and steer him in the direction of the Mayor’s office. Yes, Sierra’s seat was still warm, but the Lodges recognized that they needed another ally.
Fred revealed to Archie that he had aspirations of becoming Mayor of the town since he was a youngster, and that struck a chord with his son.
Archie’s concern was that his father was going to be doing the bidding for the Lodges and he would be fully immersed in the darkness that is consuming the town.
Archie then lashed out at Veronica because she came up with a whole hose of different campaign swag. The kid knew that Veronica was trying to send Fred inside so that he could be controlled by her family.
While this was going down, Jughead continued his plan to expose the Lodges because, well, they were buying up everything in Riverdale.
He joined forces with his father, who knew there was something else going to happen to the town and that they needed to save it.
Enter Smithers, who had had been relegated from his fine perch at the apartment building to working in the local bus stop.
He didn’t give Jughead much, but it was a start. Jughead visited one of FP’s former cronies in the prison, and the man confirmed Hiram was working on something.
The Lodges got wind of it and realized they had to come clean to Fred and Archie. The biggest revelation yet involved Fred finding out a prison was being built in Riverdale.
That would bring the town to its knees, and it was enough to send Fred out of the Lodge home in a huff. Archie stayed behind and decided to join Hiram and sealed the deal with blood.
This cannot be good!
The funny thing about all of it was that the school refused to run Jughead’s story so that the Lodges could have kept quiet about the whole thing.
But Hermione became a full-fledged villain and managed to win the election, so she was the new Mayor of the town.
Gulp.
Elsewhere, Cheryl prepared to take Toni with her to her father’s will reading, and things took a shocking turn when someone who looked exactly like her deceased father walked in.
Alas, it was revealed to be her father’s twin brother Claudius. Everyone in the town with Blossom blood had the opportunity to share the big payday.
This scared Chick because of Polly and Betty urging him to get tested. In the end, he refused, and Betty stole his tooth floss and got him tested.
It sure seemed as though he was not their sibling, but the truth will be saved for another day.
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Riverdale continues Tuesdays on The CW.
