Apparently over the summer, the population of Riverdale was apparently hard at work making Season 3 as crazy as possible.
The first look at the new season of The CW’s teen drama — debuting Wednesday, Oct. 10 at 8/7c — is out and it’s packed with jaw-dropping reveals. Let’s start with Archie: Though we know Riverdale’s golden boy was falsely accused of murder, it looks like he spends at least some time in police custody this season. Here, we see him stewing behind bars, getting caught up in a prison riot and even smashing a bottle inside his jail cell. (Hey, how’d he get that in there?)
The promo also hints that the season’s big mystery will revolve around the weirdo cult that Betty’s sister Polly has recruited her mom Alice into. We see those two holding up Polly’s twins in some kind of creepy ceremony, and Betty passing out cold mid-investigation, along with a True Detective-esque masked monster with tree branches and antlers. (Yipes.)
We also see a lot of romances heating up: Archie and Veronica in bed together, Betty and Jughead kissing by a roaring fire, Kevin and Moose exchanging a smooch in the school hallway — and Alice and F.P. enjoying a sweaty post-coital cuddle! Plus, Veronica informs her dad Hiram that “we will survive whatever you have planned, because we are endgame.”
