Riverdale‘s gonna Riverdale though, so the couple’s consummation of their relationship is immediately besmirched by the Gargoyle King, who, this week anyway, is Moose’s deeply closeted father. So it’s fantastic that we get to see Casey Cott shine by showing the heartache and complicated emotions that Kevin’s relationship with a closeted Moose stir up. ![]() The show has dabbled in his storyline before, with his quickly aborted Joaquin romance and a regrettable subplot about him cruising Fox Forest for sex, but Kevin hasn’t been afforded the opportunity to feel really three-dimensional before. Three seasons in and we know little more about Kevin than the fact that he is popular and gay. These frustrating conceptual nitpicks aside–which, like all criticisms of this show, can now be brushed aside by quoting Veronica’s new mantra of “forget it Jughead, it’s Riverdale”–there was a welcome amount of character development to be found here. And Veronica gets a lot of screen time this week too, so what gives? To really carry out on its intended premise, we should have seen ciphers like Pop Tate, Waldo Weatherbee, and Evelyn Evernever front and center in a piece that could have been part Rosencratz and Guildenstern Are Dead/part Mazes & Monsters. Speaking of the red-headed chaos-causer, are viewers really meant to think of her as anything other than a lead? Having been reviewing Riverdale since its premiere, I definitely see her as a way more essential character than, say, Archie.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |