'Riverdale' Series Finale Has Fans in Shambles

Megan Behnke

08/24/2023 04:36 pm EDT

Riverdale finally aired its series finale, and fans have a lot of thoughts. After seven seasons and 137 episodes, the Archie Comics drama wrapped up its absurd journey on Wednesday night. The episode, "Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Seven: Goodbye, Riverdale," saw an 86-year-old Betty longing for the past as she was the last one standing from her high school group. A younger Jughead comes to her in the middle of the night and gives her what she wants, and that was to experience the day she missed when everyone got their yearbooks.

Betty soaked in every beautiful moment from the day she missed since she was sick the first time around. While remembering her final year of high school, she also found out what happened to her friends, and most lived long, happy, and successful lives. With the episode appropriately ending at Pop's as Betty reunited with her friends after dying, it was safe to say that there were a lot of emotions. And plenty of fans are expressing those feelings.

Some thought the series was dismissive of the first 6 seasons

"To me, [Riverdale] ended with its most bizarre but most exciting, and strangely most coherent since season 2 season ever. And that was season 6," one fan wrote. It should've ended there with an actual happy ending. My time was wasted with 7 because it didn't feel like a last season of a show."

Choni became the top endgame ship, and fans are happy

"They made it, their story is completed [face holding back tears emoji]," one fan wrote. "CHONI GOT A HAPPY ENDING!!! ALL SEVEN SEASONS WERE WORTH IT FOR THAT," another cheered.

Old-school Bughead even came back

"One thing about cole sprouse and lili reinhart they gonna put their differences aside to deliver an emotional scene," one fan pointed out. "The look Jughead gave her when she asked if he ever regretted settling down. He only had eyes for her all his life and that look said it all," another wrote.

The quad storyline was one way to end the ship wars

One fan said, "Can't believe they made them a quad and then sent them off on their separate ways. That was one way to end ship wars [face with tears of joy emoji x2]." Another expressed, "So apperently the core 4 have been in a relationship all together for a whole year?!? [face with tears of joy emoji] Way to end the series without choosing couples [face with tears of joy emoji, see-no-evil monkey emoji]."

'Riverdale' Fans are Overly Emotional Over the Finale

One fan expressed, "Thank you [Riverdale] for all the episodes. The last one left me sobbing with a red nose and puffy face. You did good. I'm sad it was time to say goodbye but such a beautiful message in that episode. Thanks for the memories." Another fan admitted, "The fact that the series finale ended with them in the sweet here after was beautiful the whole episode had me crying [loudly crying face emoji x3]."

Goodbye, town with pep

One fan said, "7 years of watching this series, the last episode was full of emotions. It started at Pop's and it all ends at Pop's. there were 7 seasons over 100 episodes. And the end showed what really matters is friendship!" Another shared, "Finished [Riverdale] and well.. what a journey. Safe to say I shed some happy tears."

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