Fans were stunned and saddened in early March when Riverdale star Luke Perry died at age 52 after suffering a massive stroke.
While an in memoriam title card did air at the end of Riverdale’s March 6 episode shortly after his death, his character won’t get an official send off until the Season 4 premiere, and now we know why.
Perry was an important part of the series, playing Fred Andrews, father and guiding hand to Archie, so many figured that an episode dedicated to sending the character off would be coming at some point before the end of Season 3.