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Riverdale – Season 3, Episode 8 Chapter Forty-Three: Outbreak

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Riverdale – Season 3, Episode 8

Chapter Forty-Three: Outbreak

Aired Dec 12, 2018

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Jughead and Archie head to Toledo to visit Jughead's mother and sister; Betty inches closer to uncovering the truth about Griffins & Gargoyles; Veronica and Cheryl take on Hiram, Hermione and Penelope after more students fall victim to seizures.

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Riverdale's mid-season finale is a wild, deliriously entertaining rollercoaster ride that ends in resolution -- but what does it mean?

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Molly Fitzpatrick

New York Magazine/Vulture

12/13/2018

1/5

I'm sorry to say Riverdale has bid us farewell for winter break with one of the dullest episodes in a while.

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Charles Bramesco

AV Club

12/13/2018

B+

While this episode does match its opening of new worm-jars with satisfactory closure, as a serviceable finale ought to, many of the concluding passages come out of nowhere.

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Samantha Highfill

Entertainment Weekly

12/13/2018

B

I'm confused! Sure, I'm still a little intrigued, but the confusion is certainly taking over. However, I am down for Riverdale to turn into a Gotham City but with sexier teens.

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Stephanie Archer

Film Inquiry

12/28/2018

Outbreak masterfully balances the ability to deliver appropriate doses of edge-of-your-seat intensity, alongside supplements of false hope.

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Dustin Rowles

Pajiba

12/17/2018

It's all dumb and preposterous and I seriously doubt at this point that Riverdale is even salvageable without a seriously hard reset.

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Ariana Romero

Refinery29

12/13/2018

Finally, Veronica (Camila Mendes), everyone's favorite mob daughter-entrepreneur-River Vixen, is leading an episode after a very passive season 3.

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Synopsis

Jughead and Archie head to Toledo to visit Jughead's mother and sister; Betty inches closer to uncovering the truth about Griffins & Gargoyles; Veronica and Cheryl take on Hiram, Hermione and Penelope after more students fall victim to seizures.

Director: John T. Kretchmer
Executive Producer: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Jon Goldwater
Screenwriter: James DeWille
Network: The CW
Rating: TV-14 (D|L|V)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date: Dec 12, 2018