‘Riverdale’ Season 5 Episode 2 Photos, Plot, Cast and Air Date

The CW’s Riverdale season five episode one found the gang continuing their investigation into the origin of the tapes, Archie losing a pivotal boxing match to Katy Keene‘s KO Kelly, and everyone looking totally glam for the coming-of-age ritual: the prom. Unfortunately, that celebration was cut short by the public screening of another snuff tape. Plus, Archie and Veronica’s relationship appears to be over after Archie confessed he and Betty kissed.

Up next, episode two directed by Gabriel Correa from a script by Janine Salinas Schoenberg and Devon Turner and airing on January 27, 2021.

The cast of season five includes KJ Apa as Archie Andrews, Lili Reinhart as Betty Cooper, Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge, and Cole Sprouse as Jughead Jones. Madelaine Petsch is Cheryl Blossom, Marisol Nichols is Hermione Lodge, Mӓdchen Amick is Alice Cooper, Casey Cott is Kevin Keller, Mark Consuelos is Hiram Lodge, Skeet Ulrich is FP Jones, Charles Melton is Reggie Mantle, Drew Ray Tanner is Fangs Fogarty, and Vanessa Morgan plays Toni Topaz.

“Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Preppy Murders” Plot: GAME CHANGER — Betty (Reinhart) and Jughead’s (Sprouse) investigation into the auteur takes a twisted turn after receiving a call from Bret (guest star Sean Depner). Meanwhile, Archie (Apa) is forced to make an impossible decision when the person responsible for his father’s death needs his help.

Elsewhere, Veronica (Mendes) and Hermosa (guest star Mishel Prada) come up with a plan to force Hiram (Consuelos) into early retirement, and Cheryl (Petsch) makes a business move.

Season 5 Description, Courtesy of The CW:

The fourth season of Riverdale began with a funeral and tribute to Archie’s late father, the beloved Fred Andrews (Luke Perry). Throughout the season, Archie (KJ Apa) tried to live up to his father’s memory by mentoring youths at his Community Center with the help of his pals Reggie and Munroe Moore. But the shadow of that tragedy loomed over Archie—and only darkened when Fred’s brother Frank arrived, bringing unforeseen complications with him, much to the chagrin of Archie’s mother (Molly Ringwald).

Meanwhile, after Betty saved her mom and sister from the Farm cult, she joined her brother Charles’s Junior F.B.I. Training Program. Veronica found herself locked in a season-long battle with her father Hiram and half-sister Hermosa over her burgeoning maple rum business. And, at the urging on FP, Jughead enrolled in a new school, Stonewall Prep, only to be caught up in a mystery that involved his grandfather, the secret author of a series of teen detective novels called “The Baxter Brothers.” His classmates turned out to be killers—and it was up to Betty and Jughead (pretending to be dead) to solve the murder of…Jughead Jones!

At Thistlehouse, Cheryl was trapped in a gothic nightmare, fighting her demons, literal and metaphoric, with the loving support of her girlfriend Toni. She finally put her brother Jason to rest while maintaining her control over the Vixens as resident HBIC against Principal Honey (Kerr Smith). Kevin got dragged into an illicit tickle scheme, but still found time to put on a Variety Show with hit songs from Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

And throughout the season, disturbing unmarked videotapes kept appearing on our characters’ doorsteps, ensuring that there would be one more mystery to solve.

Season five of Riverdale will begin with our characters’ final days as students at Riverdale High. From an epic Senior Prom to a bittersweet Graduation, there are a lot of emotional moments and goodbyes yet to come — with some couples breaking up, as everyone goes their separate ways to college — or elsewhere. Then, we will redock with our gang as young adults, all returning to Riverdale to escape their troubled pasts. And life — and romance — will only be more complicated now that they’re in their twenties…

Riverdale Season 5 Episode 2
Skeet Ulrich as FP Jones, Mӓdchen Amick as Alice Cooper, Trinity Likins as Jellybean Jones, Cole Sprouse as Jughead Jones, and Lili Reinhart as Betty Cooper in ‘Riverdale’ season 5 episode 2 (Photo © 2020 The CW Network, LLC)
Riverdale Season 5 Episode 2
Skeet Ulrich as FP Jones in season 5 episode 2 (Photo © 2020 The CW Network, LLC.)
Riverdale Season 5 Episode 2
Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge in season 5 episode 2 (Photo © 2020 The CW Network, LLC)
Riverdale Season 5 Episode 2
KJ Apa as Archie Andrews in season 5 episode 2 (Photo© 2020 The CW Network, LLC)
Riverdale Season 5 Episode 2
Cole Sprouse as Jughead Jones in season 5 episode 2 (Photo © 2020 The CW Network, LLC.)
Cole Sprouse as Jughead Jones in season 5 episode 2 (Photo © 2020 The CW Network, LLC.)
Madelaine Petsch as Cheryl Blossom in season 5 episode 2 (Photo: Shane Harvey © 2020 The CW Network, LLC)