'Riverdale' S3 Ep5 review: Archie's escape and the birth of Red Paladin blur the line between game and reality

Jughead has figured the pattern but we still can't tell if the game has messed with his head or if he is messing with the game

The more sense 'Riverdale's making, the more confused we get. Is it supposed to be that way?

While we were hyped about last week's flashback episode, nobody warned us how exciting this week's installment of 'Riverdale' would be. Titled 'The Great Escape,' there was a massive hunch that Riverdale's golden red-head, Archie Andrews would escape from the hellhole of a juvenile prison, Leopold and Loeb, and of course his boss-girlfriend Veronica Lodge would hatch the escapade in the most Lodge way possible.

But 'The Great Escape', as the title suggests, was more than just dramatic; it was confusing. Let's start off by Joaquin DeSantos kissing Archie Andrews before his apparent "last fight" in the Warden Norton's Hunger Games-like-wrestling-match, and then stabbing him, before referring to the "ascension" to meet the Gargoyle King.

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