Well, one of the biggest questions to ever plague the world of Riverdale has finally been answered. Tonights episode, To Die For, fully dove into the mystery of Jughead Jones (Cole Sprouse) apparent death, only to reveal that the situation is actually much more complicated than that. As the promo for next weeks episode shows, some of the shows ensemble are about to get a very rude awakening. The CW has released a preview for Chapter Seventy-Three: The Locked Room, which you can check out above.
The episode will see Jughead and Betty Cooper (Lili Reinhart) openly admitting to the Stonewall Prep kids that no, Jughead isnt actually dead. As viewers learned across tonights episode, Jughead was really hiding underground in Dilton Doileys bunker, after he, Betty, and essentially half the town of Riverdale had faked his death.
While its unclear where the story will go beyond this point, its certainly an interesting twist for the season as a whole. And even though the show went above and beyond to hint that Jughead was really dead, many fans had assumed the contrary, especially considering the hilarious way that the twist was initially conceived.
They gave [the scene] to us right before we shot it, which is kind of normal, Sprouse told ComicBook.com at San Diego Comic-Con last summer. You dont want people to know the ending until its the end of the filming schedule, because it reduces the potential for spoilers. But I think its interesting, and I think the idea of him burning his beanie is visually stimulating, and a good little hook. Im excited. I think that they had had that plan for a little bit, and Im hard-pressed to think that they would ever change the entire narrative of the storyline because someones cold.
Riverdale airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on The CW. Chapter Seventy-Three: The Locked Room will air on March 11th.
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