Fortunately, like Betty and Jughead, we are on the case. The CW has just released a trailer for Riverdale Season 5 that shows how wild things are about to get. Take a look:
The Truth of the Taper Revealed
“Someone is doing videos of us doing disturbing, violent things,” declares Betty in this trailer as footage from the psuedo-snuff films play. The truth behind these tapes was the main mystery of the show’s fourth season, and there seems to be plenty of potential suspects. From Bret and his Preppie colleagues to Evelyn Evernever to Chic and Charles, we’ve seen all of these characters maneuvering through Riverdale’s darkness. Without a doubt, one of the aforementioned individuals will be responsible…perhaps several of them working in tandem? This is Riverdale after all.
Chaos at the Prom
It seems that whenever the student body at Riverdale High gets together, all hell breaks loose. Last season Mr. Honey was dead set against the school holding its prom for fear that some tragedy would occur. The finale illustrated that Honey was actually a decent guy (or was he?), so maybe his fears were founded. Then again, he could be this show’s equivalent of The Wizard of Oz‘s Man Behind the Curtain, quietly orchestrating everything going on for reasons that have yet to be revealed. One thing that’s certain is this will be a night to remember. The series’ has already shown its penchant for hell breaking loose at the prom with its Carrie: The Musical episode, and the new trailer shows how this motif will carry through to the fifth season. Not only is Katy Keene co-star Zane Holtz rumored to be reprising his K.O. Kelly role in the prom episode, but we see the masked characters looking sinister at the dance, as well as a body hitting the floor there. (Whether this is a dance move or a fatality remains to be seen). But the trailer indicates that whether there’s a body count or not, the prom will be fraught with drama because… So what happens when the people she’s closest to betray her? It’s the question that Riverdale shippers want to know more than any other. And one that may lead to a resolution packed with heartbreak, but more on that in a minute.
The Gang Graduates from Riverdale High
Seeing how Riverdale High has never been an essential part of this series, it’s understandable that the show’s producers want the characters to do something that their comic book counterparts have never done in mainstream Archie canon — graduate. We will see these characters grow apart from each other as they head off to their respective futures, probably with their relationships deeply fractured from the events we are about to see play out. But fear not though, as showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has indicated that this new trailer merely covers the remainder of the gang’s high school episodes (expected to be three or four installments). It was revealed after that the show will jump ahead five years to explore the post-college — and in Archie’s case, Navy — lives of the characters. One that will be overflowing with the death, music, mystery and sex that we’ve come to expect from Riverdale. More on that later though. What do you want to see happen in Riverdale Season 5? Let us know in the comments!
