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EPISODE
SEASON
SCHEDULE
Riverdale - Season 1 Episode 01: Chapter One: The River's Edge
In this new series teen drama stereotypes are used to complete the intertwined plot. Together with his friends Archie explores the life of a small town with its obscurity and strangeness which reveals from beneath the wholesome face of Riverdale.
1998, Canada
7 December 1976, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
4 August 1994, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
18 June 1968, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4 December 1954, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
11 October 1966, Mansfield, Ohio, USA
April 20, 2017
An eerie, sharply-executed pilot gets Riverdale off to a strong start.
April 21, 2017
We've seen this formula before and when it's done right, it works great. Riverdale is doing it right. So far.
April 20, 2017
Knowledge of previous teen dramas certainly makes Riverdale feel more complete, but outside of that, Riverdale succeeds just by being different from The CW's current programming and even Freeform's or MTV's.
January 30, 2017
I'm curiously on board and trying to catch my bearings one episode in ... maybe Archie will finally have a show last more than one season.
April 20, 2017
Looks like we've got ourselves a murder mystery, folks!
January 31, 2017
Riverdale looks like it'll be a nice place to visit for a few seasons.
April 20, 2017
"Chapter One: The River's Edge" taps into ... feelings of promise, anxiety and hopeful soul-searching, and that's a solid foundation for Riverdale to build on.
April 20, 2017
I'll continue rewatching how [Veronica] takes down Cheryl -- "You wanted fire? My specialty's ice" -- in what I can only describe as fabulously brutal and brutally fabulous.
April 20, 2017
The tone is slower, the colors are darker, and the characters have their own wants and desires. This is a juicy mystery served like a soda pop at Pop Tate's Chock'lit Shoppe.
April 20, 2017
In style, color, tone, score and even plot, the Riverdale pilot brings to mind the first episode of Twin Peaks with great clarity.
