But their victory lap didn’t last long.

(It never does.)

They have 12 hours, how are they going to spend those 12 hours?'

Riverdale – “Chapter One Hundred and Seventeen: Night of the Comet”

Cole Sprouse and Erinn Westbrook on ‘Riverdale’.Colin Bentley/The CW

“The threat they’re facing is apocalyptic,” Aguirre-Sacasa continues.

“It slows it down a little bit in a great way.

And of course, expect whatever happens with the comet to set up the series’seventh and final season.

TheRiverdaleseason finale airs Sunday, July 31 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW.