We also find out that it was Archie who strangled narrator Jughead to death at the beginning of the episode. So although Archie dies in ‘Rivervale’ initially, due to the nature of the parallel universe, he simply keeps coming back to life. However, after Betty and Jughead leave to reenact the bomb blast scenario, Archie rises from the dead to chase after them. However, Betty, in her wedding dress, comes and shoots Archie dead. We realize that Archie is the “big bad” of Rivervale as he strangles Jughead. Thus, he kills Veronica as she is trying to help Jughead he is also the murderer of Cheryl. But when Jughead doesn’t show up for the wedding ceremony, Archie realizes that he is trying to separate the two universes. Then, Jughead reaches out to her and explains that they need to experience the bomb blast together as they are the counterparts of Archie and Betty. Veronica finds out that the two Reggies are dead after dueling over her. Riverdale Season 6 Episode 5 Ending: Are Archie and Jughead Dead or Alive? Later, Toni reveals that Cheryl has been strangled to death. Sheriff Keller, Archie, and Jughead unmask the killer - he is revealed to be Clifford Blossom, who kills his own son, Jason, in season 1. However, Jughead, due to his memories of Riverdale, manages to find him at the Whyte Wyrm. Both begin to fight for her attention.Īfterward, Jason is kidnapped by the Black Hood. Then, Veronica comes across two Reggies - one from season 1 of the show, played by Ross Butler, and one from seasons 2 to 6 of the show, played by Charles Melton. Doiley is teaching physics at the high school and explains to him the parallel universes of Riverdale and Rivervale. However, only Jughead remembers these deaths. Later, Jughead meets Jason Blossom, who dies in season 1, Dilton Doiley, who dies in season 3, and Ethel Muggs. He comes to the realization that Rivervale might be a “warped reflection” or a parallel universe of Riverdale. Jughead goes through his doppelganger’s belongings and finds an ‘Archie’ comic book titled “Rivervale: The Jughead Paradox.” He then realizes that he has an entire collection of comics that explore the worlds of ‘Riverdale’ and ‘Rivervale.’ Thus, we see all six seasons of the show being read by Jughead in comic-book form. A stunned Jughead heads over to the mortuary and sees his doppelganger’s body - it was strangled to death and found near the town sign. Curdle informs Betty that he has come across Jughead’s corpse. Later, we find out that Archie and Betty are getting married during the weekend, with Jughead as their best man.
Then, he runs into Ben Button, who sacrifices himself to the Gargoyle King by jumping out of the window in season 3. On Jughead’s first day back at school as a teacher, he sees the high school versions of himself and his friends roaming in the halls. Meanwhile, Betty, Veronica, Toni, Fangs, Nana Rose, and Cheryl talk about their nightmares - from Archie’s sacrificial killing to the swapping of bodies - which encapsulate all of the supernatural events we have seen in ‘Rivervale.’ Jughead begins to grow uneasy and starts noticing discrepancies in his reality.
Elsewhere, we see that Archie has come back from the dead. The episode opens with a corpse lying in front of the Rivervale town sign. Here’s everything you need to know about ‘Riverdale’ season 6 episode 5 recap and ending explainer. However, the last episode of ‘Rivervale’ finally answers all the important questions pertaining to the two towns. Needless to say, the worlds of Riverdale and Rivervale are keeping fans quite confused.
On the other hand, Toni becomes La Llorona, Sabrina Spellman visits Rivervale, and Cheryls’ witchy ancestry is revealed. Through the 5-episode event of ‘ Rivervale,’ we witness the sacrificial death of Archie, the selling of Reggie’s soul to the Devil, and the switching of bodies between Nana Rose and Cheryl. Season 6 of the show switches things up by dabbling in the genre of horror.