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Riverdale – Season 3, Episode 1 Chapter Thirty-Six: Labor Day

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Riverdale – Season 3, Episode 1

Chapter Thirty-Six: Labor Day

Aired Oct 10, 2018

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Mystery & Thriller

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Archie makes a surprising request about how he wants to spend his final days of summer; Betty must deal with her problems head-on after a heated confrontation with Alice and Polly; Veronica pleads with Hiram to help Archie.

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"Labor Day" recaptures much of the strange brew that made Riverdale so delightful, but a few too many new ingredients could spell trouble for future installments.

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Autostraddle

10/11/2018

One thing I love about Riverdale is how even though it's decidedly darker than its original source material, it occasionally winks to those wholesome comics with storylines...

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LaToya Ferguson

AV Club

10/11/2018

B+

"Chapter Thirty-Six" has so many things happening-all with different tones-and not only do they mostly work in harmony with each other, they make for a solid and proper reentry into the series after the show's second season.

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Samantha Highfill

Entertainment Weekly

10/11/2018

A-

I've gotta say, based on this opening hour, I already like it better than season 2.

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Stephanie Archer

Film Inquiry

11/01/2018

Riverdale's season 3 premiere episode, while a slow burning start, ended with a bang, announcing to fans that season three may be their most devilish yet.

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Dustin Rowles

Pajiba

10/16/2018

FP (in professorial glasses) giving Archie his pre-prison tattoo was a nice touch.

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Alci Rengifo

Entertainment Voice

10/12/2018

Call it what you will, "Riverdale" is far from boring. Good taste is of course another matter. But in the era of peak TV, when high caliber programming is now abundant, maybe a little bit of candy isn't so bad.

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Synopsis

Archie makes a surprising request about how he wants to spend his final days of summer; Betty must deal with her problems head-on after a heated confrontation with Alice and Polly; Veronica pleads with Hiram to help Archie.

Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Executive Producer: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Jon Goldwater
Screenwriter: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Network: The CW
Rating: TV-14 (L|S|V)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date: Oct 10, 2018

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