Riverdale Season 6 Finale World-Ending Stakes Explained By Showrunner
Warning: This article contains spoilers for the penultimate episode ofRiverdale season 6.
The creator and showrunner of Riverdale has shared plot details of the upcoming apocalyptic season 6 finale. The series, which premiered on The CW in 2017, is a dark and gritty reboot of the classic Archie Comics, starring KJ Apa as Archie Andrews, Lili Reinhart as Betty Cooper, Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge, Cole Sprouse as Jughead Jones, and Madelaine Petsch as Cheryl Blossom. The characters have experienced all kinds of wild plot twists, including multiple murders, a death cult, and now the development of superpowers that coincide with the return of Kiernan Shipka as Sabrina Spellman from The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
Earlier this month, the synopsis for the Riverdale season 6 finale was released, teasing that the season would end with the gang facing the "greatest threat" they've ever encountered. It was widely assumed that this threat would come from the season's main villain, the supernatural and wicked Percival Pickens (Chris O'Shea). However, the penultimate episode featured a major twist: Percival was defeated, but Riverdale is now trapped within a magical barrier while a comet is racing toward the town from outer space. This certainly explains the episode title, «Night of the Comet,» a reference to the 1984 post-apocalyptic cult film.
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Riverdale creator Aguirre-Sacasa sat down with EW to discuss the upcoming season 6 finale. He revealed that this episode will be much quieter, even though the stakes are "apocalyptic." The episode will be primarily focused on what the characters will do when they realize they only have 12 hours to live.
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