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Riverdale – Season 2, Episode 17 Chapter Thirty: The Noose Tightens

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Riverdale – Season 2, Episode 17

Chapter Thirty: The Noose Tightens

Aired Mar 28, 2018

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Mystery & Thriller

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Riverdale High's student council election heats up; Archie steps up to help after learning that Hiram's mobster associates have come to Riverdale to stir up trouble; an unexpected guest shows up at the Cooper residence.

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Critics Consensus

Riverdale strikes a rare and balanced level of camp with "The Noose Tightens" thanks to a women-centric storyline and Madelaine Petsch's anchoring performance.

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Autostraddle

04/19/2018

[Madelaine] Petsch's performance is the only component that really seems to acknowledge how serious this all is. And for that, she certainly deserves praise.

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LaToya Ferguson

AV Club

03/29/2018

A-

"Chapter Thirty" is legitimately the best episode since "Chapter Twenty: Tales From The Darkside" 10 episodes ago.

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Samantha Highfill

Entertainment Weekly

03/29/2018

B+

Sometimes it's far too much, other times it's not enough, and in the case of tonight's episode, I'd say they channeled Goldilocks and got it "just right."

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Emily Tannenbaum

Elle

05/10/2018

Wow. Just wow. So much happened in Chapter 30 of Riverdale that I barely have the means to process it all.

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Chris Cummins

Den of Geek

03/29/2018

3.5/5

This week was all about the strength of Riverdale's women.

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Justin Carreiro

TV Fanatic

03/29/2018

4/5

Veronica, Toni, and Kevin saving Cheryl was the highlight. They risked danger, and the possibility of being captured themselves, to save their friend in the depths of that hospital.

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Synopsis

Riverdale High's student council election heats up; Archie steps up to help after learning that Hiram's mobster associates have come to Riverdale to stir up trouble; an unexpected guest shows up at the Cooper residence.

Director: Alexis Ostrander
Executive Producer: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Jon Goldwater
Screenwriter: Britta Lundin, Brian E. Paterson
Network: The CW
Rating: TV-14 (L|V)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date: Mar 28, 2018

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