TV Review: Riverdale (Season 3, Episode 16)
25th March 2019
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After an annoyingly static episode last week, I was definitely worried that Riverdale would take the musical episode as a chance to once again stall the plot - after all, the season finale is fast approaching; things really should finally be moving forward now. Thankfully that wasn't the case, and "Heathers: The Musical" did actually move things forward for our characters, even if some of the songs were incredibly contrived for plot reasons.

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We get thrown straight until the musical, with the episode opening in the Principal's office. Kevin is arguing with Mayor Lodge about the school doing Heathers, with the latter believing that Heathers contains too much adult content. I mean it's not like these kids deal with cults, murder, drug dealers every day... in order to make his point Kevin jumps straight into the episode's first musical number, "Beautiful". Is it incredibly contrived? Yes. Did I love it? Absolutely. It's not long before the drama kicks off, as Kevin hires Toni to be the show's choreographer, which leads to faceoff involving plaid skirts and croquet mallets in number "Candy Store". It's highly entertaining to watch and it's clear that Choni are not quite ready to kiss and make up yet. Jughead, who much like last year is taking a backseat to all the musical drama, finds out from his dad that their old trailer has been stolen. Having recently found out about his mum's side business, Jug puts two and two together and uncovers his mum's less than legal plans. Veronica meanwhile is shaken when she finds out, in a surprise to no one but her, that her parents are getting a divorce. Far more earth shattering things have happened in her life recently, but it definitely says something worrying when your parents getting a divorce shakes you up more than drug dealers and cults. Evelyn has taken up her spot as co-director of the musical, which naturally has Betty incredibly on edge and suspicious. Evelyn attempts to dissuade her suspicions by throwing a massive cast party, in costume at the Sisters of Quiet Mercy.- Article continues below...
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