#riverdale 4x13

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RIVERDALE (2017 - 2023) s04e13: Chapter Seventy "The Ides of March"

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Varchie #1 Riverdale 4x13 🔥🔥🔥

"Less talking, more touching, Andrews."

Couldn't agree more.

[jenny-jensen]

She Is The Sunlight

She’ll never admit it aloud, and it’s an alarming thought, if Bret Weston Wallis wasn’t capable of such dastardly deeds and he didn’t make her skin crawl, he could have been an almost pleasant thing to look at.

Dimmed lighting and the two silver bracelets holding him to the table are a much better sight though, she decides.

Donna is seated across from him in a similar predicament, dark hair covering her face.

Behind the glass, how she wishes they could see, Betty smiles.

A hand settles on her hip.

“Thank you,”

She settles back into his touch. “For what?”

“Trusting me,” he answers, and shrugs. “For being the coolest, most badass girl on the planet. I dunno Betts, just for being you.”

Jughead tips her chin up, stealing her lips in a kiss before she can reply.

“You were right,” Betty whispers, when they break apart for air.

“Well, I usually am baby,”

She smacks him, giggling. “Jug, you were right.”

Jughead laughs, arms sliding around her from behind. “I told you everything would be okay.”

“And it is.”

“Or, it will be,”

Betty turns to face him, arms wrapping around her torso.

“Are you ready for this?”

“More than,” he kisses her nose. “Hopefully this is the last we see of Bret and Donna.”

“Took the words right out of my mouth baby.”

-

FP is trying not to smirk.

“My boy,” he says proudly, clapping Jughead on the back. “I knew you wouldn’t walk away.”

Jughead merely grins, grip on Betty’s hand tightening.

“You sure you wanna do this?”

“Definitely,” his girl beats him to an answer.

Nodding, he opens the door, ushering them inside.

-

“Sorry sweetie,” Betty croons to Donna. “but orange isn’t your color. What do you think, Jug?”

Bret’s eyes widen. “Jug? But-”

“Thought you’d seen the last of me?” He asks, and immediately bursts into laughter. “Sorry Betts, that sounded way in my head. And no, it makes you both look a little washed out, but that makes this app the better, don’t you think, Betty?”

She smiles genuinely for what feels like weeks at their little game of back and forth, feeling him pull her close.

“What is this?” Bret demands, trying and failing to stand, wanting to look intimidating and superior all at once. The cuffs do a great job at holding him in place. “What the fuck is this?”

Jughead glances down at her, grinning smugly. It’s well deserved, she thinks.

“An ending,” he answers finally. “Actually, it’s the perfect ending for my novel. The first one anyway, wouldn’t you say so, Tracey?”

“Depends,” Betty shifts a little closer to him. “Is the next one going to focus on our college years?”

“Solving every mystery in Connecticut,” Jughead promises, kissing her forehead. “I owe you so many slices of pizza.”

“You owe me a lot of dates,” she badgers.

“How about right now?”

“Sounds perfect,”

“Wanna split a burger at Pop’s?”

“Can you read my mind?”

“Well,” he says. “you are my soul mate.”

Betty blushes.

Donna, of course, is the one to ruin their otherwise perfect moment.

“How the hell is Forsyth alive?” She screeches, hair still hiding her face. “I thought Ponytail here took care of him for us.”

“Okay bitch, listen,” Betty starts forward, only to be pulled back into a familiar safety net of arms.

“Easy,” he mumbles, kissing her shoulder. “Your first mistake, Donna, was assuming that a trigger word could really do anything to my girl.”

“And that I would ever, in my right mind or not, do anything to hurt Jughead.”

“But...” Bret stumbles over his words. “You...”

Betty’s arm comes around his neck in a friendly squeeze. “And you always said the theater wasn’t the place for you. You’re such a great actor, Juggie, you should really try out for the musical.”

Jughead snorts. “I’ll think about it.”

“To answer your question, Donna,” she leans in close, and this time he lets her. “I learned how to control my darkness a long time ago. There is no more Dark Betty, at least until we’re feeling kinky.”

Jughead’s hand clamps down on the back of her neck.

“Have fun in prison,” Betty says.

“Prison?” Donna repeats, stunned.

“Mhm,” she beams. “I think you’ll find that a jury isn’t too keen on extortion, blackmail...”

“Pedophilia,” Jughead adds, drawing Betty closer. “You and I might be eighteen, Bret, but my girl is still a minor, will be for several more months. Hope one of your goals in life was to be a registered sex offender.”

“Oh, I almost forgot,” Betty glances at the door, silently asking for permission, and when she sees FP’s fingers form the ‘okay’ sign, her smile widens. “They’ll also be able to hear your taped confessions about how you tried to use me to rid the world of one of the greatest writers of all time.”

“Taped...” Bret’s eyes narrow. “You fucking-”

It’s all he’s able to get out before Jughead’s fist connects with his face.

Blood trickles from his nose.

“I know you watched the tape,” Jughead sneers. “Hopefully you learned a thing or two from the better man, not that you need it where you’re going. Unless you need to fuck yourself.”

She bursts out laughing, unable to help herself.

“Let’s get out of here,” he says, and like the day he forfeited the chess tournament, pulls her past Bret.

“Checkmate,” Betty calls over her shoulder, just for the hell of it.

-

“Tell me you love me,” Jughead mumbles, outside the police station.

Betty frowns. “You know I do.”

“Please,”

“I love you, Jughead Jones,”

“Betty Cooper,” his fingers tangle in her hair. “I love you.”

He throws a leg over his bike, handing her helmet to her.

“Thank you,” Jughead adds.

“For what?” Betty demands, putting it on.

“Believing in me,”

She brings a hand up to his face. “Always.”

Her arms wrap around his waist, head against his back.

“Ready for the rest of our lives?” He asks.

He feels her nod.

“I know we said Pop’s... but can we start with pizza now?”

Jughead laughs, covering her entwined hands with his arm. “You really were made for me, baby. If it’s pizza you want, it’s pizza you shall have.”

[tremendoustenderness]

The thing is, at this point it wouldn't even have surprised me anymore if they had actually made Cheryl and Toni have a threesome with Hermosa. I have come to always expect the unexpected and non-sensical from the Riverdale writers.

[jerepars]

I put it off for so long. But now I’m all caught up. And I hate this show more than ever.

A summary of my live reactions for 4x13:

Donuts for breakfast? No wonder you have nothing of substance in your head.

The morning tryst is fine, but realistically, who shows up at school that early before the bell rings?

“These stonies” ARE YOU KIDDING? Jughead is supposed to be a writer and this is the dialogue the show writers are giving him?

Wait, so is Betty just going to sit there and watch him write?

Ah, yes, Toni Topaz, still losing personality with every passing episode.

Jarhead and Bison. Oh, OKAY.

I told you not to accept that laptop from Bret without question!

The random shot of equipment in the chem lab, like why even bother, as if Archie could pass a science class.

This show has gone so far off the rails I don’t even really know why Veronica is spiraling.

Is it really worth dealing with Stonewall Prep for this shit? Was I ever supposed to believe that any of these people would truly be able to get into an Ivy? Just gtfo of Riverdale. Go to a SUNY campus.

The Betty/Donna diner scene is shot really beautifully, at least.

Ah, yes, Bret, the ultimate creep.

Jughead’s hair looks so much better sticking out of the beanie than completely tucked in.

Aw, a scene with the Bughead background music. Haven’t heard that in a while.

As if the core four could have fun at a Stonewall party. Should have listened to Archie, should have stayed home.

So does Jughead stage his disappearance and death now?

How can Bret be talking like that that when he’s wearing THAT

A summary of my live reactions for 4x14:

Jughead is not allowed to call his own beanie iconic

So three teenagers just walk into their houses at 3 AM in their underwear? This is like a setup for a comedy routine.

“Jughead couldn’t just lend you one of his grungy flannels” LOL see now this is the content we came for

Charles? You would trust Charles with this ploy?

So your boyfriend/friend is “dead” and all signs lead back to you so you’re having an open discussion in the diner?

Man, Penny Peabody and Evelyn Evernever as the ultimate supervillain duo would be so good.

DON’T KILL YOURSELF, ELMO. Who writes this shit?

If Betty is going to be saying incriminating things on the phone, shouldn’t they all be using burner phones?

How can this supposedly squeaky clean FBI agent be so casual about a murder weapon out in the open? This whole subplot is so dumb.

To be fair, Veronica, you ARE running an illegal underground liquor operation.

The stonies have definitely drugged several people.

Donna’s shirt is really nice though.

Jughead’s “body”. Hmm okay.

An oversized Sherpa jacket suits Betty. But the owner ain’t dead.

A summary of my live reactions for 4x15:

Lol Cheryl getting involved in this non-murder coverup would complicate things.

And, what, FP just believes Donna? Pshhh. More scheming.

Here we go with Alice, continuing to be the worst parent on television.

Meanwhile Jughead is chomping down on snacks in the bunker in the woods while writing ten more manuscripts.

Oh, COME ON. Toni and Jughead were BARELY friends. Just common gang members.

!!!!A WILD SWEET PEA APPEARS!!!!

OMG AND BETTY JUST TALKED HIM OUT OF RAGE. GIVE ME SWEETBEE FRIENDSHIP OR GIVE ME (UNSTAGED) DEATH!

Who even cares what else happens when Sweet Pea is here! I just wish there was explanation for where he’s been this whole time!

omg Sweet Pea is the best. Please just write an alternate storyline where he is the star of the show.

We all know super detectives Jones and Cooper planned this out properly, they wouldn’t skimp on the details!

Wait, did Cheryl have the students make a mock beanie for that locker memorial?

Okay…Betty and Archie would probably sell this better if the actors didn’t look grossed out by each other while kissing.

Veronica, on the other hand, is overselling it.

Betty made Juggie a new beanie THIS IS SO KAWAII

Wait, is this really how the writers are setting up Barchie? They’re supposed to catch feelings this way?

Lol solving a murder by milkshake evidence.

A summary of my live reactions for 4x16:

I hope someone got Jughead some Flintstones multivitamins to account for the loss of Vitamin D due to lack of sun!

So basically what you’re telling me is that everyone who matters in Riverdale is in on Jughead’s “death”

This reveal scene in the parlor must be the longest scene in Riverdale history. It’s refreshing to get an episode that isn’t the usual 45 second clips spliced together over 40 minutes.

Three Forsythes in one room!

Interesting that they have to keep saying Tracy True and not refer to Nancy Drew when Nancy Drew is also a show that airs on the CW

As we live and breathe, Jughead Jones walking the halls of Riverdale High.

Lol wait so Jughead went from provisionally accepted to Yale to probably not graduating? I hate this show.

A summary of my live reactions for 4x17:

Cole/Jughead gets the first singing line in the musical? What is this bullshit?

Sweet Pea makes another appearance!! With cutoff sleeves!!

I get that the Salem Witch Trials is on brand for Jughead, but I would have chosen the Trail of Tears essay given the Serpents connection to the Uktena, but no one even remembers that, I’m sure.

SWEET PEA IS PLAYING BASS (I always thought he would be a drummer though)

Wait…they’re just running from room to room in different people’s houses? Just because it’s a musical doesn’t mean you can keep violating the time-space continuum!

Okay, Cole/Jughead singing is the funniest thing to ever happen on this show.

And all this on the musical episode just to set up Barchie?

So after four seasons Betty and Archie are finally supposed to remember why they were so “close” to begin with?

Who thought it would be a good idea to build Betty and Archie up into these thoughtful, concerned, characters and then completely ruin them this way? That’s predictable and so unfair to them.

Cutting back to the pilot and season 1 Betty and Archie and comparing it to now really just underlines why Barchie didn’t become a thing. That should be pretty obvious.

Also, Sweet Pea is not only in the front row, but enamored by this?

A summary of my live reactions for 4x18:

When did Reggie get an accent?

LOL WHAT so are Barchie laying shoulder to shoulder contemplating if they’re going to get it on?

Ugh. Let me guess. Ethel is only appearing in this episode to be villainized. And there go all my SweetE/Swethel dreams.

WHAT DID I JUST SAY.

Oh, NOW, you can’t stop thinking about Betty? Two years too late, Arch.

Cheryl saying something of value for once?? Who are you and what have you done with Cheryl Blossom?

I just want to live in a world where SweetE is canon. Lol what am I saying, canon writing would ruin SweetE.

Someone tell the set designers that it’s poor science practice to leave empty glassware just out on bench tops.

Principal Honey isn’t going to expel them?

Fangs got into a university with a scholarship? Riiiiight.

Okay, so all that Barchie setup for will they or won’t they to settle on they won’t. So basically just a waste of time? Can the writers just stop trying to resurrect that once every season? It’s a minor annoyance that adds nothing.

Yeah, nope, Daddy will never change, Veronica.

[etherealxwitch]

Betty calling people “bitch” is my aesthetic

[archieism]

imagine if this show actually let archie hate hiram lodge........ the potential.......... the extra layers to varchie’s dynamic............. letting archie hate anyone at all tbh instead of having infinite patience............. veronica having to work thru her loyalty to her dad but also her understanding of why archie hates him......... the extra complications with what they decided to give hiram this season...........

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Riverdale 4x13 “The Ides of March” Promo Pics

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inside the bodysuits for bughead riverdale 4x13 podcast

The latest @bodysuitsforbughead​ podcast, Riverdale 4x13 - “Chapter Seventy: The Ides of March” is up! Listen now: Spotify | Apple | Stitcher | SoundCloud

[f1nal-g1rl]

the yearly musical episode never fails to make me projectile vomit onto my floor from the sound of those horrific vocals. please stop making cole sing for the love of god.

[bodysuitsforbughead]

Ever since Ted Sullivan posted a BTS shot of Lili Reinhart on set, we've known that the one and only Betty Cooper would be wearing an outfit that Maria already owns and is in fact one of her favorite outfits. So, of course, I HAD to wear it for our 4x13 podcast! 

The latest @bodysuitsforbughead​ podcast, Riverdale 4x13 - “Chapter Seventy: The Ides of March” is up! Listen now: Spotify | Apple | Stitcher | SoundCloud

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Varchie #4 Riverdale 4x13 "Ronnie, what's going on with you? This isn't you."

Aaaaaaw 😭😍♥️💔

[love-and-music-r-life]

You know what doesn’t make sense to me?  If Jughead is “dead” like we saw, how come there was a scene of everyone looking for Jug in the woods?

(I’m talking about the scene at the end of 4x02)

[tremendoustenderness]

Jarhead and Bison... I...