Thursday's T.V. Spot

Getting Reel with "Riverdale" 
Warning: Semi-spoilers

Well, here's the dark and edgy murder mystery based off the classic "Archie" comic strip that nobody asked for. Clearly trying to cash in on the whole retelling of nostalgic stories, "Riverdale" takes all the classic characters from the comedic stories and decides to  thrust into a modern day high school setting. And what else could make this t.v. series more edgy and dark like all the other C.W. shows? How about Archie having an inappropriate relationship with a teacher, a scene of Veronica and Betty kissing in the trailer, and a murder of one of the high school's football players? Hope you like drama because that's pretty much all you are going to get with this show. I wish I could say that their was more to the story, but it's pretty much "Degrassi" with Archie and friends. To be honest, I didn't think I would find anything good about this show. But then, the latest episode aired entitled "Chapter 7: In a Lonely Place." It started off like the other episodes but when I made it to the last half of the episode, and Jughead and his father share this scene.

Jughead (played by Cole Sprouse from the "Suite Life" Series) and his father (played by Luke Perry from 90210) share an incredibly touching scene in which Jughead's father, who is a drunk and has a self-destructive behavior, tries to promise his son that he will turn his life around for his son and family. Both Luke Perry and Cole Sprouse give a fantastic performance that almost feels too real. With only a few lines Cole shows a wide range of emotions that truly have you convinced that Jughead wants to believe that his father will get better, but at the same time, knows that his father will probably won't change. It truly is heartbreaking and both Perry and Sprouse bring life to these characters that I hope that the show will continue to portray.

The show may not be the most brilliant series on television and the story structure could use some work. However, if you like CW dramas and if the show continues to have performances like Sprouse and Perry's then I would give it a chance.