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Riverdale – Season 3, Episode 7 Chapter Forty-Two: The Man in Black

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Riverdale – Season 3, Episode 7

Chapter Forty-Two: The Man in Black

Aired Dec 5, 2018

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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Fearful that he will be caught, Archie hits the road and ends up at a farm where he meets Laurie Lake; Alice takes extreme measures to ensure Betty's safety from the Gargoyle King; Betty finds herself up against a formidable foe from her past.

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Plot points fall into place in "The Man in Black," but weird format changes may test viewers' patience -- thankfully its lovable quirks elevate it from being a total disappointment.

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Autostraddle

12/07/2018

Hearing Veronica say that maybe her father isn't such a bad guy after all - when she has been given no discernible reason to believe or say this - is, again, painful.

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Molly Fitzpatrick

New York Magazine/Vulture

12/06/2018

Kiss me, Riverdale, you lovable dork.

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LaToya Ferguson

AV Club

12/06/2018

C-

The episode was both narratively and visually different-even from segment-to-segment-and even in a series like Riverdale where changing things up is the norm, it especially stood out in that episode.

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Stephanie Archer

Film Inquiry

12/14/2018

The road they have each begun to travel is a dark one, and I feel our winter finale next week will have many hanging in the balance.

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Dustin Rowles

Pajiba

12/10/2018

Is the fact that the clues are so obvious meant to throw us off? Is it one of those red herrings where the guy holding the knife with blood all over his shirt and shredded neck veins in his teeth isn't actually the killer?

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Jennifer Lind-Westbrook

Tell-Tale TV

12/07/2018

2/5

There should be an overwhelming sense of relief that Riverdale is pulling the G&G storyline together. Instead, there's a sense of disappointment at the mundanity of the outcome.

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Synopsis

Fearful that he will be caught, Archie hits the road and ends up at a farm where he meets Laurie Lake; Alice takes extreme measures to ensure Betty's safety from the Gargoyle King; Betty finds herself up against a formidable foe from her past.

Director: Alex Pillai
Executive Producer: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Jon Goldwater
Screenwriter: Janine Salinas Schoenberg
Network: The CW
Rating: TV-14 (L|V)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date: Dec 5, 2018

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