Built around the mysterious murder of a fellow student, Riverdale picks up with Archie estranged from his former best friend Jughead while he recovers from a secret affair with a teacher.
Riverdale takes classic comic book characters Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, and the rest of the Riverdale High gang and inserts them into a gritty noir inspired reimagining.
Riverdale was written by Archie Comics’ chief creative officer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and executive super-produced by Greg Berlanti, who the CW must all but worship these days.
It’s Twin Peaks meets Dawson’s Creek with a little Brick thrown in there for good measure.