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For this one, I’ll need to refer to the Friday Night Lights Season 2 plotline where Landry Clarke, in a moment of self-defense, kills someone. The plotline spiraled from there, both off-character and off the rails. And that, unfortunately also sums up Season 2 of Riverdale. All main characters are in vigilante mode. The friendships made and cherished in Season 1, all take a backseat to revenge. No lighthearted school scenes or hangouts, no crushes or dates, and don’t even get me started on the ship that has recently sunk.
Previously, if I wasn’t into the storyline, the set design won me over. Riverdale successfully created it’s own world with modern takes on vintage silhouettes. But in Season 2, it’s off balance, leaning too retro, causing distraction. While I liked the hospital set’s departure from today's standard big box design, it skewed so vintage that I feared for Fred Andrews’ life.
I can only hope we get to Season 3 without losing a main character and return to balance in friendships, design, and that damn ship.