Riverdale Season 5 Episode 7 Photos: Preview of “Fire in the Sky”

When The CW’s Riverdale returns from a two week break it will be with an episode that explores strange sightings and finds Archie working on building up a fire department. Season five episode seven, “Fire in the Sky,” was directed by Gabriel Correa and will air on March 10, 2021 at 8pm ET/PT.

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 Eighty-Three: Fire in the Sky” Plot: A FEW GOOD MEN — Following in his Grandpa Artie’s footsteps, Archie (Apa) begins to recruit Riverdale’s new volunteer fire department. Toni’s (Morgan) attempt to lure Cheryl (Petsch) out of Thornhill and back into daily life in Riverdale leads to more tension between the two.

Elsewhere, Betty (Reinhart), Alice (Amick) and Kevin’s (Cott) latest investigation leads them into conflict with Hiram (Consuelos). Finally, as Veronica (Mendes) comes up with a risky plan to support Riverdale’s local businesses, Jughead (Sprouse) and Tabitha (Erinn Westbrook) begin to unravel an old mystery surrounding some strange sightings in the town.

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 7
KJ Apa as Archie Andrews and Sommer Carbuccia as Corporal Eric Jackson in ‘Riverdale’ season 5 episode 7 (Photo: Bettina Strauss © 2021 The CW Network, LLC)
Riverdale Season 5 Episode 7
Vanessa Morgan as Toni Topaz in season 5 episode 7 (Photo: Katie Yu © 2021 The CW Network, LLC)
Riverdale Season 5 Episode 7
Drew Ray Tanner as Fangs Fogarty and Casey Cott as Kevin Keller in season 5 episode 7 (Photo: Bettina Strauss © 2021 The CW Network, LLC)
Riverdale Season 5 Episode 7
KJ Apa as Archie Andrews in the “Fire in the Sky” episode (Photo: Bettina Strauss © 2021 The CW Network, LLC)
Riverdale Season 5 Episode 7
KJ Apa as Archie Andrews and Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge in season 5 episode 7 (Photo: Bettina Strauss © 2021 The CW Network, LLC)
Riverdale Season 5 Episode 7
AC Bonifacio as Star Vixen in season 5 episode 7 (Photo: Katie Yu © 2021 The CW Network, LLC)