Everything to Know About the Final Season

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Riverdale Will End ‘With a Bang’: Everything to Know About the CW Show’s Seventh and Final Season

The closing countdown! After 5 years on The CW, Riverdale is nearing its conclusion with a seventh and closing season.

“I am a big believer in attempting to give series that have had long runs an appropriate sendoff,” the CW’s CEO Mark Pedowitz mentioned throughout an government name in May 2022, in accordance to Deadline. “We had a protracted dialog with [executive producer] Roberto [Aguirre-Sacasa] yesterday, who’s thrilled by this information, and we are going to deal with the present in the method it deserves. We need to ensure that it goes out the proper approach.”

Pedowitz famous that he thought Riverdale was prepared to say goodbye, including, “I think they, too, felt that seven years is the right amount. As a fan myself, I do want to do what is right for the show.”

Amid the announcement, KJ Apa opened up about getting the alternative to play Archie for thus many seasons. “I’m sad to be saying goodbye to Riverdale next season, to our sets, to our crew, to our producers, to our CW family but I can speak for everyone, for Cami [Mendes], Cole [Sprouse], Lili [Reinhart] and the rest of our cast that we are so grateful for everyone’s support,” the actor mentioned throughout the CW Upfronts in May 2022. “To the fans, without the fans, none of this would be possible.”

The New Zealand native spoke completely to Us Weekly on the purple carpet at the community’s New York City occasion. “I think a few of us, we saw it coming,” Apa mentioned of the announcement that the present would finish in 2023, noting that the solid did not get a say in the cancellation. “I can’t speak for anyone else, but I’ll be really sad to say goodbye to Archie, to Riverdale, to our sets, to our crew.”

Apa continued: “It’s exciting and it’s sad, you know, ’cause we’ve created so many memories on this show. I’ve got a kid now. I’ve been through so much over the last six years and I know everyone else has. Yeah, a lot of growing up in the last six years.”

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The teen drama, which premiered on The CW in 2017, explored the characters at the middle of the iconic Archie Comics. Following a homicide, the principal group of pals got here collectively to uncover the darkish secrets and techniques that exist inside their city.

During season 6, viewers received to expertise a particular “Rivervale” occasion that noticed the characters exist in an alternate universe following an explosion that resulted in Archie, Betty, Jughead and Cheryl creating mysterious powers in the aftermath. “We have super powers, and these last few episodes of the season are amazing, actually,” Apa instructed Us of the penultimate season. “They’re really intense. They’re very fast-paced. We are definitely gonna be finishing this one off with a bang.”

According to Apa, the characters’ new talents ought to assist them face the season’s villain Percival Pickens. “I’m hoping that it comes down to him and me fighting,” he instructed TV Line in May 2022 of the upcoming showdown. “But I think it becomes a little more intricate than just a physical battle. There’s a lot of dark magic. He’s got powers, we’ve got powers. So it’s very Harry Potter meets Stranger Things.”

The I Still Believe star additionally admitted that he was “a little sad” to see the present wrap up. “I try not to think about it, because the more I think about it, the more real it becomes,” he revealed. “I think a lot of us saw it coming, [Season] 7 most probably being the final season. So it didn’t come as too much of a surprise to me.”

Scroll down for every little thing to find out about Riverdale‘s closing chapter:

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When Will the Final Season of ‘Riverdale’ Air?

The CW confirmed that the closing season can have a midseason return in 2023. An episode depend has not been confirmed but. 

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Are Betty and Archie Endgame?

Apa hesitated in May 2022 when requested about Barchie’s destiny earlier than telling Us Weekly completely, “I don’t know, but I’m very, very anxious to see.”

The actor additionally opened up about Archie and Betty’s future after his character shared a kiss along with his ex Veronica. “I think Archie’s very much loving his time with Betty and imagining a potential future with her, [which includes] kids and her family and being married. Which is why that scene kind of struck me,” he completely instructed Us. “I don’t think [the kiss] meant anything more to Archie.”

In response to a query about Jughead presumably reuniting with ex-girlfriend Betty, Apa instructed TVLine that very same month, “I wouldn’t be worried about that. I don’t think that’s gonna happen.”

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How Did the Cast React to Plans for the Final Season?

After Riverdale‘s closing season was confirmed, Mendes took to social media to provide a glimpse at what’s but to come.

“One more season to deliver the ending you all deserve 💖 so much love for all the fans who were here since day one and never left. wouldn’t have made it this far without you!!” she tweeted. 

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Will Old Cast Members Return?

Molly Ringwald, who performs Archie’s mother, Mary Andrews, completely instructed Us Weekly in May 2022, “I will be back. I haven’t been in it for a while,” noting that story traces are being stored tightly beneath wraps. “I think that’s all I can say!” the Pretty in Pink actress joked.

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Will ‘Riverdale’ Season 7 Stay in 1955?

The season 6 finale ended with Cheryl saving the world from a comet, however that someway reverted the characters again to youngsters. Also, they’re in 1955 and Jughead is the just one who keep in mind their actual lives.

Aguirre-Sacasa instructed Nerds of Color in a July 2022 interview that the comics-accurate costumes and setting are a part of the “special” storyline in season 7. “Riverdale is so divisive, but the thing everyone agrees on is whenever we see our characters in flashbacks, dream sequences, or whatever it may be in their 1950s iconic comic book outfits, everyone is delighted,” he defined.

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Is Season 7 Connected to Past Seasons?

With the huge change, Aguirre-Sacasa assured Nerds of Color that the transfer does not make the seventh season an alternate universe and likened it to this 12 months’s Rivervale arc. 

“We’re going to hunker down, be in the ‘50s, and kind of deconstruct not just Archie Comics but what Riverdale has been and have it in dialogue with what people think of as the Archie Comics. That said, it is not a clean break,” the showrunner warned. “It is very much in continuity with the first six seasons, kind of the same way that Rivervale ended up being in continuity with the rest of the season. Jughead remembers what happened the first six seasons, it’s in question what the other characters will remember … We are also using this as sort of an opportunity to do some fun resetting of the table, a little bit of mixing and matching, adjusting backstories, and things like that, but it’s very much in keeping with what we’ve done the first six seasons.”

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What Relationships Will Be Explored?

“You’re really getting what made the show so special in season 1, which was the relationships in the town. This season is more pared down with the craziness, but there are some bizarre things happening,” Petsch teased to Variety in December 2022. “We are shaking things up. Everyone is dating everyone.”

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What Will Season 7 of ‘Riverdale’ Look Like?

Aguirre-Sacasa took to social media in December 2022 to share a primary look at the season 7 premiere, which introduces all the characters of their new ‘50s model.

“Here’s a sneak peek at our beautiful premier episode, coming soon!! We’re making something truly special this year,” he wrote alongside a handful of emojis that trace at what the closing season has in retailer.

In the clip, “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and the Comets performs whereas everyone seems to be seen smiling of their ‘50s garb, with the exception of Jughead, who’s conscious that one thing has gone awry.

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Who Is Joining the ‘Riverdale’ Cast?

Nicholas Barasch will be a part of the closing season as the new antagonist, preppy highschool bully Julien Blossom. He’ll discover himself at odds with everybody, particularly Archie.

Karl Walcott, in the meantime, will play Clay Walker, an open-minded military brat who loves artwork and is open about his sexuality, Deadline reported in December 2022.