Riverdale Chapters 20 & 21: The Serpent Dance

An interesting episode setup unfortunately doesn’t mean a great episode and we both find the episodes a bit weak. We discuss the thin horror premises, guest start Tony Todd, bad depictions of gay romance, Alice stepping back into her snake skin, the infamous serpent dance & unpack what makes an interesting relationship conflict.

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Episode 11 Content warnings: gun violence, death, murder, child abuse, emotional abuse, homophobia, sexual situations with teenagers, misogyny 

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Chapters

• 0:00 Content Warning
• 0:21 Weak episodes
• 2:58 Cast this week
• 11:06 Our history with Horror movies & Emily’s childhood cats
• 15:12 Chapter 20 recap
• 29:58 Chapter 20 discussion
• 42:38 Chapter 21 recap
• 1:01:04 Chapter 21 discussion
• 1:13:00 Plugs