And still, in spite of all these things, Riverdale characters continue to praise and forgive Archie as though he’s the infallible moral compass in a town gone wrong.
Even in the context of this show where teens get away with things a real-life teen would never walk away from without consequences, it’s a lot.
That’s meant both within the context of the fictional town as well as the show’s literal quality as Season 2 has gone off the rails with Archie’s actions.
This season alone has seen Riverdale’s main man start a gang, engage in street fights, buy a gun, bring that gun to school, threaten Serpents with that gun, and use illegal drugs.