Welp, this Percival guy is not messing around.
By the end of this week’s episode, three moreRiverdalemainstays are dead.
But given the show’s relationship to the afterlife, I’m not sure how concerned we should be.
Chris O’Shea on ‘Riverdale’.Kailey Schwerman/The CW
Let’s dig into it.
On the eve of war, everyone gathers at Archie’s house to make a game plan.
Then there’s the fact that his powers are getting stronger the closer they get to the comet.
He’s also obsessed with ghost trains.
Other than that, they don’t know much.
At first, Tabitha is skeptical that Jug can be a mind reader AND a “portal opener.”
So, they decide that their date night this week is going to involve some portal hopping.
Jughead and Tabitha promise to be careful as they venture outside the bunker.
Their first stop is to visit Nana Rose, who’s currently in Cheryl’s body.
But the dementia has fully taken over her mind, and she’s no help.
However, when Britta asks Jughead to sign her comic book, they’re introduced to The Super Teens!
In the comic, the powerful teens are taking on a wizard named Percy the Perverse.
Suddenly, Jughead needs to talk to … yet another Jughead.
Why would he write such a thing?
Because he made a deal with the devil sorry, Mr. Cypher.
He’s only allowed to write stories that will darken the world.
While all of this is going on, Betty is busy being reunited with her sister.
I have no idea what that means but Betty seems very pleased.
Across town, Percival is sitting down to an on-air interview with Alice.
He requested they chat before airing the executions of Kevin, Reggie, and Mr. Mantle.
Alice, brainwashed, agrees.
When he chose to study witchcraft, he was found out and sentenced to death.
He was then left alone in the woods to starve when the devil paid him a visit.
So, Percival made a deal: His soul in exchange for freedom … and immortality.
The devil granted his wish.
Suddenly, he was in a new universe, but he made it work.
As Jason tells Cheryl, Augustus is on the other side recruiting ghosts to fight the living.
That’s why Percival wants to bring said ghosts back with his train.
He needs an army.
He wants total and complete control of the town, from the living to the dead.
So yeah, they need to stop this guy.
And she is pissed!
Jug uses his new powers to create a portal and get them to safety.
But Percival still goes through with the execution… And just like that, Percival has taken out essentially the last of theRiverdaleparents.
