As someone who saw the episode can you maybe provide a quick summary of the important bits for us that didn't? I trust your opinion on both what is important and whatever dumb choices the writers made...
okay, full disclosure: maria fed me soundbites from twitter and i saw spoilers, i didn’t get to watch it yet, it’s still playing live for me in my time zone and i didn’t hide the remotes fast enough for myself in this house.
in the end, from what i saw, maria and i are mad that the writers made us want to get invested in the time jump. i thought the sad parts (that i saw) were handled fairly well.
i mean, it’s still riverdale so everything is sort of “it doesn’t work like that” but still, the emotional stuff seemed mature. could they do better? yes. of course. could they have done worse? YES. that they didn’t is really a testament to why we all continue to watch. dammit.
the bughead stuff (the confession, the stuff after) actually made me cry and i am full grown cactus. so. there’s that.
sorry i can’t go into more detail! pls add to this, my friends, if you’re up for it!💜