This week is a two-parter! In light of the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, we interviewed local actor Annette Reilly, Diana Spellman of the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, to give her perspective on being an actor in a union, and on how the strike is affecting film workers in Vancouver. In the second half, we talk about how it is impossible to do feminism outside of the broken container of patriarchy in Riverdale's knock-out beauty pageant episode.

We loved the episode. So. Much.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/YzKTGpHtVd4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Riverdale goes full noir in this episode, where each of our main four get an adult that holds them in a moral bind.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/9IYJkpL_VPg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Ryan is joined by Andrew Lynch this week to bring a little levity to our sugar trash, just in time to see Mr. Lodge’s fine china broken!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/rma8EI2M8Ss" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Ryan and Chloe are back with a surprising mid-season premiere of Riverdale that indicates that every kind of cult is afoot in Riverdale.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/Sc2Zy1sePyA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Welcome to 2019! We hang out with “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina”’s own Diana Spellman, Annette Reilly, and talk about working with RAS, her time on set, and a special show-vs-show baseball game!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/cMRGfvsl0mY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Mid-season finale! Riverdale returns to its roots with cheerleaders and parents being parents before setting off on what promises to be a truly wild ride in 2019.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/rmAVVijMJnQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

We finally think we found our genre! Maybe? Oh. Maybe not. Ryan and Chloë dissect.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/NeyttyJCgzg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

This episode plods along to the slow beat of low, threatening bass notes and then ends with an unexpected stinger. Ryan and Chloe dissect hard, but also celebrate how Riverdale continues to surprise us. Plus, nerding out over Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s theatre chops!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/ESZDhtpBfhI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

It’s another hiatus week. Chloe and Ryan take stock of where our characters are at – Jughead the gamemaster? We love it! – while we also provide plenty of salty feedback on how to stop making this about straight people.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/W56xFv3Gab8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

A Lot Happens is how we could summarize this whole season of Riverdale- this episode takes the cake! Featuring in-depth critique of why Shawshank homage might fall emotionally flat with guest cohost Fairlith.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/hg04OUVJ_E8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Riverdale got weird. Like, really weird. Get ready. Ryan and Chloe also open the episode by discussing objectification, the midterm elections, and the perceived dangers of D&D.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/aSanFiphlw8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

The gospel is spreading in Riverdale, but which gospel is the question. Meanwhile, Archie gets bloodied up good. Host Chloe is joined by friend Keigh Pry, audiophile extraordinaire, while Ryan takes a night off to be a theatre producer.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/Lq7vAvAcn3s" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Surprise! You thought Riverdale was weird dark sugar trash! It’s actually eight new genres! Ryan and Chloe discuss.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/qzbhYbmGqUQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Season 3 opens, and not with a whimper, but a bang. The last three minutes were an unexpected twist that ensures us that Riverdale will keep us guessing. Ryan and Chloe are pleased to welcome the Riverdale Gang back to a third season of watch-along critical commentary.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/_bOmr8Pmb2Q" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

How excited are we for Riverdale Season 3? Too excited, that’s how. It’s going to be a great season, not least because we’re also excited to maybe see some crossover with The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Our friend Annette Reilly, who plays Diana Spellman, Sabrina’s mother, joins us for an interview (beginning at 30:40), while […]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/SRcl9B84164" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Our game concludes this week as our trio face the revealed big bad ghost and immediately decided to split the party! What will Dilton find, running screaming down a dark basement hallway? Will Midge be trapped haunting Riverdale High forever? Will Sabrina save the day with magic? Something Bad, Probably, and Not Really! Hear it […]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/C6O6jA9Nfq8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Riverdale merges with Call of Cthulhu for our very first lifeplay RPG episode this week on The Riverdale Gang! Player Chloe and guest players Fairlith and Andrew take on the characters of Dilton, Midge, and Sabrina from Greendale as we explore summer school at Riverdale High in the missing months between seasons two and three! […]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/yIVQdDkryro" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Ryan and Chloe have arrived at the end of their long and wonderful summer-long re-watch-along. Bughead, Varchie, and the power of Cheryl make us all pretty excited for Season 3! TW/CW for discussion of suicide.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/n5jtMHvCb-s" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

This is a dark episode of Riverdale. Ryan and Chloë revel in it. Enough said. Today’s episode opens with a discussion of Genre as a concept with special guest Emily Tyler. For further reading, we suggest this article: http://visual-memory.co.uk/daniel/Documents/intgenre/chandler_genre_theory.pdf <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/jRWeHddQYVc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

We get a good sense of how much teenagers think they can solve everything and how thoroughly the police state invades to homes of the lower working class in this taught episode that includes a killer cover of Kids in America. Plus, what on earth is a polyamorist?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/zNHn1KXJLR4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

The burger hits the fan in this one, with Bughead playing out adolescent boundary pushing, Archie throwing a rager, and two of our queer characters pretending oh-so-hard to be straight.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/LltobvGYTAU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

We head straight for the sticky centre of Riverdale high society as the Blossom clan descends for the annual tree-tapping. Cheryl has an agenda that leaves Archie with a moral dilemma, while Veronica is facing a moral dilemma of her own. Ryan and Chloe have plenty to say about this sugary sweet maple fiesta.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/N5YeK1O7xLU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

What happens when you put the Coopers, the Blossoms, and the Lodges in a single apartment for a baby shower? Weird Dark Sugar Trash Magic, that’s what. Ryan and Chloe have lots to say about this episode.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/LQpYuz690Iw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Something is in the attic at the Coopers… or someone. While the Sharks and the Jets – whoops, the Blossoms and the Coopers – search for Polly, Cheryl and Betty form an unlikely alliance. Ryan and Chloe reflect on the ways in which this episode is really, really, really (that’s three reallys) sad.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/2dSJbQFKWfE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

The Pussycats are in fact killing it in this episode, with Archie trailing behind as a stage-fright inflicted puppy dog. Ryan notes the maturity with which some parents in the show communicate about their dating life, and Chloë celebrates the arrival of Bughead.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/-L_5fagMUTE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Cheryl Blossom takes sweet sweet well-dressed revenge on her uptight parents at Jason’s funeral, while Archie receives some of the silliest advice our two hosts have ever heard from a potential songwriting mentor. Nana Rose drops a plot bomb on Betty. Ryan and Chloe are having a blast with this season one re-watch-along.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/on5j4lqXjp8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Jughead waltzes into our hearts as he tries desperately to save the drive-in. Meanwhile, Betty finds herself a prop in Miss Grundy’s glove compartment that will lay low until season two. Your hosts Ryan and Chloë dig in hard.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/JyRHG9Cpm6Q" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

The plot begins to thicken in the way we all have come to love about Riverdale, with Cheryl revealing to Sherriff Kellar that she helped Jason fake his death so that he could run away. Ryan and Chloe also take note that this is the first episode with social themes: slut shaming and sexual assault. […]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/OGpSXM4_KZg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Archie’s life becomes a bit of a mess this week, with Betty and Veronica feeling off about a kiss, and Miss Grundy in high abuser mode. Ryan and Chloë have a blast poking back into SE01.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/8SeG2NIGl7A" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

If Riverdale is the quintessential American heaven, then there’s trouble in paradise. Jason Blossom has drowned in Sweetwater River to the town’s shock and surprise, while Miss Grundy gives Archie much more than music lessons, and there’s a new girl in town who is destined to be Betty’s best friend. Ryan and Chloe revisit the […]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/K1eZm8wDp3k" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

The Bulldogs go to bat - or hoop - for Reggie, while Mary Andrews is finally the parent Betty and Veronica need. But what's next for Riverdale?

The Season Two finale is entitled ‘Brave New World’ – and Riverdale isn’t kidding. Opening at Jughead’s graveside, the show stops in its tracks and changes direction, leaving us hungry for Season Three. Ryan and Chloe are so here for this.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/ZsBjfEqNq6o" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Poor Chloe simply cannot even with this episode’s ending, while Ryan looks on providing intellectual feedback. We were also happy to welcome Dr. Simon Pratt to the show, who helps us break down what a rioting Riverdale actually means. Features Cheryl’s hunting cape and Alice Cooper’s sass.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/8TXoivf-l3w" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Plot is coming at you fast in this week’s pre-penultimate Riverdale! We recruited special guest host Amanda Konkin from Quiver: The Green Arrow Podcast to step into our favorite sleepy midwestern town completely unspoiled without having see a SINGLE episode! If you’ve gotten behind or forgotten what’s happening, get caught up alongside Amanda in this […]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/oRkkEka_9q8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Wow, what an episode! This week, it’s plot plot plot – as in, all the plot we’ve been waiting for all season. Ryan and Chloë get into all the loose threads Riverdale suddenly seems bent on tying up, including what we think is the beginning of a very fine Black Hood reveal. Features River Vixen […]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/FpSrwCqM1zo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Dearest Gang: we’re here. It’s the Carrie: The Musical episode long promised us by the Riverdale producers. Fairlith Harvey is back this week joining Ryan and Chloë on what is a truly bizarre ride, including a reappearance (maybe? we’re not sure) of the Black Hood.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/GxI_bv-P2SA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Yet another hiatus week! This time around, Ryan and Chloe are back in the same city and are ready to dig into the strange humour of 1964 via the unused pilot of ‘Archie’, the pre-Riverdale Riverdale. Watch along with this week’s “Vintage Riverdale” here: https://youtu.be/AA9gesm2bBo<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/In0xEzHsuYo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Riverdale goes dark so we got silly! Returning guests Fairlith and Andrew join Ryan to crack a few beers and laugh our way through one of the most intense episodes this season. Plot arcs get violent, and the conversion therapy plot (content warning!) is solidly resolved. Our falafel delivery arrives at an inconvenient time. All […]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/nKhgTsVj3D8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

What do you get when you combine twelve burgers, five girls brushing hair, and two intrafamilial murder plots? Just another day in Riverdale, that’s what! Ryan takes a hiatus while Chloe co-hosts with theatre creator Fairlith Harvey on another wild ride. Note: Technical issues lead to greater than usual background noise in the later half […]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/xn10PaNFBVA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

The plot heats up with every one of our intrepid heroes floundering, confused, but determined to act in this week’s Riverdale. The looming spectre of the Lodge plot is finally revealed! Plus another amazing Blossom family public meltdown. Today’s episode included a discussion of the American for-profit prison industry and ethical issues within this system. […]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/FK-cY2f5DLc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Happy end-of-hiatus! This week, Ryan and Chloe are joined by their pal Andrew Lynch, actor and geek extraordinaire, as Archie, Veronica, Jughead, and Betty head off to a cabin in the woods. Yes, that’s right, four teenagers in a cabin for a weekend – what could go wrong? Also, we get one of the plot […]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/sDHEpWcPo9g" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

We’re on hiatus! Ryan and Chloë discuss where each character is and where their going, as well as some of the mighty fine technical aspects of this show – plus a little commentary on the garbage state of the world.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/NIUqZUlMkqw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Jumping into a two-week hiatus, Riverdale delivers for us an escalating and intimate tension this week. Remember how all of our favourite sexy teens are actually still children, in deep with horrifying real-world problems, the depth and consequence of which they are just beginning to grasp? Yeah, so does this week’s episode.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/UAasgGhZhJ8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

A crime drama, and too many gangs! Archie gets himself in even deeper, Jughead faces consequences, Betty pulls her black wig out of storage, and Veronica copes with guilt as our plot moves steadily, strongly forward (and who expected THAT?!) Special guest Laura Fukumoto takes over for Chloe for this week’s fashion-forward episode of The […]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RiverdaleGang/~4/mlYQ0pG2wOo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>