S2E22

Chapter Thirty-Five: Brave New World

Riverdale · 2018-05-16 · 43 min

FLICKFEEL

from 27 comments

COMMUNITY

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nobody yet

YOURS

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what happens

With Fred trailing in the polls, Archie steps in to lend a hand in his dad's mayoral campaign. Veronica stays one step ahead after uncovering Hiram's latest scheme. Elsewhere, Cheryl finalizes her emancipation from her mother, while FP makes a surprising announcement to Jughead and the Serpents. Finally, Betty confronts her darkest demons.

how it went

Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.

FUN

how good a time it was

MEANINGFUL

how much it moved you

Read from 27 comments — 8 said when.

The number holds — it is read from every comment. The shape is not settled: only 8 said when something happened, and below 20 the same evidence split in half draws two different pictures. Drawn faint for that reason.

Not enough people said when to name this shape. The line is what the evidence draws, not a finding.

Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.

height: how intense it got, 0–100
gold above: how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
tension rail: how much was still unresolved
grey haze: how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it

openingending

what people actually wrote

Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.

Reddit24 read

“Seriously, what a fucking stupid cliffhanger.”
jao3003▲ 625about 90–100% inread it ↗
“his “death/injuries” literally lasted 10 seconds of the finale”
cocolita11▲ 412about 90–100% inread it ↗
“This was a very strange season finale.”
sasquatchinspace▲ 262about 75–100% inread it ↗
“And a little too drawn out.”
▲ 244about 0–100% inread it ↗

who made it

directed: Steven A. Adelson
written: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

guest cast

Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.

Charles Melton as Reggie Mantle
Drew Ray Tanner as Fangs Fogarty
Vanessa Morgan as Toni Topaz
Ashleigh Murray as Josie McCoy
Terry Lewis as Hog Eye
Tommy Martinez as Malachai
Barclay Hope as Claudius Blossom

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