Watching ONLY the FIRST and LAST Episode of *Riverdale*

[@briannawickham5411]

The fact that Dylan was happy with the finale of one of the most UNHINGED tv shows out there… while simultaneously ripping apart NORMAL shows has me 💀

[@alexisspurlock1368]

I KNOW I literally never know what to expect from Dylan lmfao

[@briannawickham5411]

@@alexisspurlock1368 when I’m like, “oh, he’s gonna like this” HE DOESNT and when I think he won’t like a show, HE DOES. I’m always on my toes with him 😂

[@rica3947]

ok but it truly was such a good finale. the whole show is a MESS but they did manage a good ending which suprised me so fucking much lol

[@DetectiveHowler]

I mean his favourite friends character was Ross.. that told me all I needed to know 😂😂

[@briannawickham5411]

@@rica3947 it is better than I thought it would be lmaoo but I’m just into the whole, “show, don’t tell” And hated the recap aspect of it

[@nawelle._._]

Dylan looking at betty's father and just knowing he's a bad man without knowing a full season is a about him because he's a serial killer is amazing

[@camissafespace]

True, props to the actor too

[@ananyasahay]

HAHA YES

[@elleelizabeth2736]

the serial killer gene

[@starrypromise]

I FORGOT ABOUT THIS 💀

[@xevex8142]

Ah yes the black hood monstrosity aka the horrible "-A" pretty little liars spin-off

[@allison1507]

Dylan: ‘I think I’m missing something big’ Also Dylan: watches only the very first and last episode of a show

[@coco2.2]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@_.n0v4._84]

OF 7 SEASEONS

[@madelinetinker889]

Dylan doing “First and Last” with Riverdale is insane. Him not knowing the absolute crazy story lines that every season threw at us for no reason and just thinking the show was NORMAL is killing me.

[@familyfun6995]

and that random musical episode where NOBODY could sing 😂

[@simpleplanfan011]

He totally missed them getting mf SUPER POWERS. Like whyyyyy

[@makeitright3810]

It was a rollercoaster. Never expected several years back that I would be this glad that this is over.

[@Psykochic916]

I'm still trying to figure out how this kept going, but Sabrina got cancelled.

[@bellarose6780]

I stopped watching after the floating abby cult stuff but it got to the point that they got superpowers?!?! tbh kinda glad i didn't finish it cuz it was just too out there for me haha @@simpleplanfan011

[@siljamolstad9118]

Honestly this is less confusing than watching the whole show

[@sploxy123]

LIKE ACTUALLY, I watched up until the time skip and now everyone’s in the 50s like what tf HAPPENED????

[@saylorgrey1029]

😂😂😂

[@Wh0reRacha]

How did you watch the whole video I'm 2 minutes

[@-kassy-2423]

FR

[@kimreni]

He skipped past all the craziest parts. The final season was tame in comparison to the ones in the middle

[@glowrillaz]

Dylan i know this is hard and time consuming but i'd literally PAY to see you react to the whole show 😭

[@madspiritual]

LITERALLY

[@mazvitaselemani]

If he did, I think he'd hate the ending as much as anyone else. No way I stayed with these characters for 7 whole years and the best the writers could do was give half assed recaps to wrap up storylines. This finale could have been a powerpoint presentation I bet that's what the script looked like as well 😂

[@merryberry6576]

@@mazvitaselemani literallyy, I dont even watch the show and I'm surprised Dylan was okay with all the "telling and not showing" of it all.

[@samanthaarts]

YES 100%🤣

[@elliehawkins7925]

i would too

[@MaddyIts2am]

there's genuinely nothing funnier than the fact that fans were at eachother's throats for 7 seasons over which couples end up together only for the writers to be like 'fuck it all of them are together, all four. live with it.'

[@_CallMeRex]

And then then immediately “as soon as they graduate none of them hear from each other again.” Off their rocker.

[@Guineapigsreadingbooks]

They wanted to neither have, nor eat their cake with putting them all together and then immediately telling us they wouldn’t ever see each other after highschool.

[@multifandomnerd1328]

my reaction reading this after dropping the show halfway through season 3: IM SORRY THEY DID WHAT??

[@chadstchad]

“and then we WONT show the archie/jughead side of that!” 🤡

[@EnverZueros]

The polyamorous relationship probably comes as no surprise to anyone who read the comic books

[@hslotfan]

“67 years have gone by” ABSOLUTELY SENT ME INTO ORBIT

[@parisewellington3664]

That and "hElLo RoOm🌸🥰" KILLED ME 😂😂😂😂

[@shadowcadette]

Dylan getting Jughead’s name wrong every time was absolutely killing me 😂 I think I actually choked when he said “Drughead?!”

[@Kristianalexis1]

Same 😂

[@loverrlee]

Yeah that was great 😂

[@kalin7520]

That's how Jughead's dad should have been named

[@megancarlstrom7136]

Butthead sent me 😂😂😂😂

[@cheylahagensen7033]

Betty: “I’m not Polly.” Dylan: “Oh so she’s into more traditional relationships” The rest of us: IS SHE THOUGH?!?

[@eviehnt]

and the fact that polly becomes a stripper or something called polly amorous 😭😭

[@gold_dustwoman]

Came to the comments right after I heard him say it💀

@@eviehnt what

[@Part-time-villain]

I need Dylan’s reaction to the first and last episode of EVERY SEASON of Riverdale. He needs to experience the chaos!

[@mayavp]

💯

[@taliafore1578]

Yes

[@uwunerdversal835]

Omgosh yes!😂

[@Chloe-fs4bp]

this would be so good

[@albertiljevic3972]

EXACTLY what I was thinking

[@dv21106]

the way he literally called Hal Cooper being a murderer in the first few minutes of the episode

[@annoar9776]

omg yes

[@mewluvr]

he clocked that SO quick

[@cowgrll]

dylan just assuming that this finale made sense in the context of the show and being really happy with how everything ended is so hilarious

[@loverrlee]

I watched the entire show and I liked the ending 😂

[@cheddarmx5969]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@loverrlee The ending is a good ending/ episode in a vacuum but with the context of the rest of the show it’s essentially the biggest “FUCK YOU” that the writers could’ve possibly come up with, they literally built the tension of who’s gonna end up together for 6 YEARS, and then in the final episode it’s just “haha lol not only were they were in a quad but they ALSO never see each other again after Highschool”.

[@seducedbysasquatch]

Lili Reinhart genuinely has so much talent, can't wait to see her in actual good shows and movies

[@JR-pf9in]

I only ever watched the first season, but I still remember being most captivated by Lili's performance; the others were mostly forgettable. Betty was my favorite because of her.

[@seducedbysasquatch]

100%! I was telling my boyfriend recently that I really need to see Lili in a slasher film. Not even as the final girl - as the murderer. Her dark Betty performance (although the writing was cringe) showed me just how well she could do in a psychological thriller, horror movie, etc. Also, props to Madelaine for keeping her performance as Cheryl super consistent and so painful to endure. I always hated her character and found Cheryl to be overbearing, but admired just how well Madelaine played her. I really need to see her in a Mean Girls-esque universe, Gossip Girls-esque, etc lmaoo@@JR-pf9in

[@argent_h0e365]

Chemical is good and she’s amazing in it

[@Arvak]

I really enjoyed Look Both Ways!

[@liabstrait8306]

​@@Arvaksame !!!

[@lauurennmacd]

Oh the way I would KILL to see the reactions of Dylan finding out the ACTUAL plotlines of the seasons between the first and final episode. I need to see that because hunny, this show was literally anything BUT normal.

[@chloejolling3895]

literally, you remember the monster of like the asylum they all were in suddenly. Then a couple seasons suddenly they don't talk or nothing. That was my last drop,it was so confusing.

[@memento81]

I think this is the rare case where you can enjoy the last episode more if you haven't seen the road to it. Because you will assume that things you don't fully understand had some plausible explanation before, that a string of events that somewhat follows cause and effect led there. And with most shows you would be right to assume that because that is how capable writers build their stories. But this is Riverdale.

[@mxdmaxc]

idk what the writers were aiming for but if they were aiming for the craziest wildest most absurd show in history then they absolutely nailed it gotta give them that💀

[@bluemai8776]

i've never watched the show but this comment is hilarious

[@procrastinatorextraordinai7593]

I would just love for someone to write a full timeline of the show so I can be even more confused

[@RandomSwiftie13]

Y'all should watch Alex Myers's reactions to tho whole thing.

[@memento81]

@@RandomSwiftie13 indeed. If you just want to know how batshit crazy the show went and have a laugh at it without investing the time to actually watch all that garbage, then Alex got you covered.

[@Miss_Genevieve]

I am jealous THIS is the experience he walks away from riverdale with. If this whole series was an “until I hate myself” video he would be singing a different toon. And by singing I mean screaming into a pillow, breaking his computer and staring into the abyss 😂

[@prophecygirl93]

‘Toon’ lol

[@maryamgholizad2798]

😂😂😂

[@hicsuntdracones9065]

@@prophecygirl93”Show” lol

[@iheartdog4423]

I'm glad other people watched the whole show and the finale and went, well this was crap

[@jess-tu2zh]

Nah he watched the first season yearssss ago

[@NathaniaPlays]

That teacher was 100% grooming archie. It wasn’t a relationship. She was abusing him. The “we shouldn’t be alone together” was classic grooming. Making him think them together was on him…

[@quantummidget]

Isn't she killed off later after she's shown grooming another student?

[@funeralforahorse]

Lmao it’s the most ridiculously removed from reality tv show, there is simply no need to contextualise this relationship in real life

[@WaffleOnTheRun]

@@quantummidget Yep like the beginning of the second season

[@lalehiandeity1649]

You’re delusional if you think that was the intention from the start. 😂

[@elonglass3394]

im late asl bur RIGHT??? i just came from his pretty little liars video and him getting so upset over the male teacher female student dynamic but then laughing off this one bc the student is a boy...... aghhh

[@matildaelaine2632]

Dylan looking at Betty‘s father and saying he looks guilty as hell.. little did he know…🤭 Edit: I stopped watching Riverdale after season 4 and I‘m probably more confused about the ending than Dylan himself is lmao

[@schwarze_wand]

what happend?

[@matildaelaine2632]

@@schwarze_wand Betty‘s father is a serial killer (Black Hood) and the main enemy in season 2

[@JaySewani]

​@@schwarze_wandhe a serial killer

[@mayrose9387]

Murder all over the town

[@Aaron-hv4hr]

And was also the one that killed Jason 😂 so right on the dot

[@Suzy24]

I think they made the poly relationship because the writers couldn’t decide who should be with who so they just made them all be together 😂

[@rebeccahicks2392]

That actually makes sense.

[@vitalyaloves]

that tracks with the general quality of writing and decision-making going on with riverdale

[@antidave]

Tbh non fans actually liked that 😭

[@radhiadeedou8286]

​@@antidavedid they ?

[@rhainehodge5696]

I mean. The same thing basically happened with the original comics. LMAO. They didn't know who to put Archie with so they just kinda did both and made it a time warp.

[@user-df8oh4vx9l]

so sad he didn't see the iconic "in case you haven't noticed: i'm weird. i'm a weirdo. i don't fit i and i don't wanna fit in" scene :((

[@SaturnG_url]

I quote that all the time completely unironically 😭😭😭

[@gooodmorning4526]

I guarantee he's seen it on twitter or smth lmao

[@bbybluebee]

I love how we all collectively knew this video was eventually coming 😂

We've been waiting and now it's finally here

[@rualmaurice9]

Fr

[@Thelaw-t5o]

Omg yes, I just finished the show and all the videos that alex made

[@desiatovaalex]

The second final ep aired i started the countdown to Dylan's video😂

[@leilas8416]

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YEARS FOR THIS

[@hylia8347]

dylan BASICALLY predicting the poly relationship drop 9 minutes in genuinely had me up and pacing

[@CassIsABTSArmy]

When he made the “poly” joke my immediate thought was “oh he has no idea what’s coming” LMAO

[@kendelle4216]

The way he clocked Betty's dad as a murderer straight away is actually hilarious

[@leoray4936]

Hahaha who did he murder? 😂

[@Tokoyami-eh3sg]

@@leoray4936 Almost the entire second or first season was his serial killer arc

[@cassiesayshi8174]

@@Tokoyami-eh3sgthey asked who did he kill lol I would reply but I haven’t watched it in years so I forgot

[@slashandbones13]

successfully: Grundy, Midge, and six other people who weren't named or only apart of this mystery.

[@elianjoensen2756]

⁠@@slashandbones13nooooooo not the grund😭

[@bethany6007]

The whole Cheryl having Jason in her basement was crazy. She had him like stuffed or something and would wheel him round in a wheelchair😭

[@donkeykong3628]

Reminds me of that pumpkin head game manlybadasshero played 😬 pretty interesting game lmao

[@sammiller8725]

As someone who has never and will never watch Riverdale - she what?!

[@jadewolf22]

I know nothing about Riverdale and after reading the comments I’m so confused 😭😭😭

[@maddysonjane]

@@sammiller8725 they were in a cult where the cult leader grave robbed jason’s grave, after he was arrested, cheryl kept the body, stuffed it, and talked to it.

[@Kallixede]

​@@maddysonjanewtf 😭

[@madelinejane7746]

I'm just realizing Dylan hasn't done a First and Last of Gilmore Girls and behalf of all the fall girlies, I think we need it.

[@noneofyourbeeswax3734]

YESS PLS

[@amandak35]

omg yes pleaseeee

[@meli-ye9jq]

Yes maam

[@janaloff]

YESSSS

[@ana13910]

YEHEEES

[@Sayali312]

I love that Dylan doesn’t know what happened in between the first and last episode. Like is you JUST watched this, this seems like a semi normal show. Like I think it would be so funny to have Dylan read a summary of what happens in between, bro would be confused as hell.

[@mooony22]

no bc literally the show was so good in the beginning and went probably the worst way ever in film history. Like we get shitty last seasons, Riverdale just gave an amazing start and shit everything else. But literally watching the start and the end it felt so normal and made more sense then everything in between lol. Kind of made me want to watch it

[@dreamingbymyshelf]

He can just watch Friendly space Ninja lose his mind about all of this for a collective 3 hours and aomething

[@sopitaa783]

I knew a girl in high school who wrote her AP Capstone project on Riverdale. When I asked her to explain her topic to me she said, "I'm going to sound insane, but I'm right." She then started talking about how Riverdale was really about a polycule and all these things I don't remember, but when I heard about how the show ended, I could do nothing but think about her. I wonder how girlie is feeling. Probably extremely powerful, I know I would.

[@rue...whenwasthis]

her mind

[@sofiastj]

Someone in my grad program wrote a paper on Riverdale, no idea what it's about. Her thesis was on Twilight.

[@alexiskingston1680]

wait, so when the "popular" groups at school that are lowkey all friends date each others ex's is that a polycule???

[@sopitaa783]

@@alexiskingston1680 to answer your question, I'm going to say no, but I'm also not poly so who am I to say. I think my friends paper was more so to do with queer theory and how queer visibility in media, going back all the way to the Hays Code and before, had to read different from heterosexuality in order to make it past censorship but that didn't mean it wasn't present in media. A real "the closet is glass" situation. I think she made the argument that the original comics were subtextually about a polycule, and so in it's Riverdale format it still keeps much of that subtext.

[@margaridapalmeira]

Is there any way we can read it? Im curious

[@alexishummel2767]

Someone please tell Dylan that reason the finale is weird is because it’s a parody of the 1938 play Our Town by Thornton Wilder lol (Jughead is the narrator and Betty is Emily). In the final act of Our Town, Emily has just passed away and she asks the narrator to take her back one last time to the town. Some of the Riverdale dialogue is the exact same or very similar to Our Town. I played Emily in my high school’s performance and I this was all too familiar 😂

[@Cody4062]

holy shit.... thats pretty embarassing

[@lailafeiglin9217]

THE SHOW FROM WONDER??

[@maddiebex9531]

Honestly I’d love to get an extended version of this video where Dylan watch the last ep of every season so he can experience at least some of the craziness we had to endure😂

[@MsJoee21]

I thought about that as well! There need to be a middle ground to try and convey this insanity that was that show!

[@lilbrownbear]

i was hoping for that too!! like every season premiere, mid season finale and season finale, that would make it 18-20 episodes in total. basically 1 season lol

[@oceangelixir]

as someone who will never watch the series I would absolutly dig that! just to get a little overview ;)

[@lz4527]

I would love to see this, please do it Dylan.

[@lauurennmacd]

YES I NEED THISSSS

[@thescarletsith]

Betty - "Mom, I'm not Polly." Dylan - "OK, she's into more traditional relationships." Me - "oh my god" Edit: yeah, Dylan learning about the "quad" did not disappoint.

[@xapokalypse]

Same 💀 they literally called it in the pilot episode even though it wasn't intentional

[@goldenhand9107]

you missed the school dealing with a drug called jingle jangle, a plantation healing cult with like maybe witches or maybe it's just hallucinations, a crossover with the Sabrina the Teenage Witch reboot, them all getting superpowers from an explosion, Jughead exploring the multiverse almost completely on accident, Archie getting mauled by a bear, dopplegangers of Reggie facing off in a duel, Cheryl becoming the fucking Phoenix from X-men, them all time-traveling back to the 50s to reset the multiverse, a separate universe where witchcraft is real (keep in mind, this is technically separate from the original universe) that half a season takes place in, Betty having like a Dark alter ego that's somehow connected to the fact she's genetically predisposed to be a serial killer, a Mind controlling british dude with almost no clear motivations at all, a five year time jump to account for the actors aging (despite the fact that due to time travel, they're all in high school again in the final season), the showrunners not wanting to show the Archie/Jughead kiss in the polycule reveal during the finale cause "that would be too hot for tv", a tickle fetish movie making subplot, canonical gaurdian angels, and that one episode where Betty had a nest of spiders growing in her hair. to say you missed a lot would be an understatement

[@bellamarauder6320]

…what is this show???

[@savedbythecoke]

I stopped after season 3-4 and I’m so damn lost omg.. is it worth watching the rest though?

[@okeadokea]

Mama, kudos for saying that. For spilling.

[@ninakae5335]

The whole Cheryl/Jason thing too. It was briefly mentioned but that whole story line with the doll and bringing him back to life then burning and killing him again 😅

[@aayushi2866]

I stopped riverdale after season 2. And I'm sorry what now?!

[@Mimyakko]

Lmao for anyone confused, Jughead's girlfriend is an angel, shes able to time travel, she sent Riverdale back to the 40s to fix the present timeline (or something, idk) because everyone got powers, Cheryl became a witch, put a curse on Riverdale and some other stuff 🤷🏾‍♀️ also Veronica somehow owned a bar/strip club while being a teenager. Betty's dad is a serial killer with "serial killer genes" Betty's mom and sister joined a religious cult that set up in an insane asylum, ran by a dude who made his own rocket to go to the moon. Edited after: when everyone had superpowers, Archie had super strength and stopped a meteor with his abs 👍🏾 I think.

[@crispyfry4417]

That doesn't really clear anything up for me but thanks

[@Mimyakko]

​@@crispyfry4417you're welcome 🤣

[@silverfox8209]

Let's not forget that that religious cult harvested organs, the rocket was built for Betty's college found money and her mum joined the cult because her son with Jughead's dad (who she gave up for adoption) was an FBI agent and asked her to do so. Said brother was also a serial killer. Also Archie boxed a bear. This trully was a show of all time

[@AdrianFlipflop]

Now I have more questions😅

[@sofgracemay]

wtf is going awnnn 💀

[@valentinafangirling]

This is so funny actually. Perfect show to do this. Almost wished he would do first and last of each season bc is equally if not more confusing lol

[@arielle.m-g]

That would be HILARIOUS because it would be SO MUCH more confusing 🤣

[@ElliottR0se]

I personally feel like Dylan really really really REALLY should do a first and last of Superstore. Its so perfect for this type of content!

[@LynnHermione]

Basically what you missed is, the shenanigans ended with cheryl turned discount scarlet witch and the apocalypse in season 6. Then in season 7 all the characters got magically transported to the fifties, and the last season was a mostly chill teen drama, in the fifties.

[@fandomlove6607]

Wtf! I knew alot of crazy shit happened like them getting superpowers or whatever but an apocalypse?! Damn😂

[@kels154]

the last time i watched riverdale they was fighting a cult...😭😭😭

[@fandomlove6607]

@kel8320 bro what, this show is insane😭

[@kels154]

@@fandomlove6607 i mean it was a pretty good season tbh... they were brainwashed into a organ trafficking cult and lt was a pretty scary concept but like i feel like that was the last good season😭 stopped watching after that

[@kels154]

@@fandomlove6607 and i remember the end of that season being so gooddddd it was s3 i believe like most people didnt like it but for me it was great, after that it fell downhil

[@riya._.patill]

"jason wouldn't want us to spend the year mourning jason would want us to spend the year evening" LMAOOOO im ashamed of myself for laughing out loud at this

[@Sande.cheeks]

No, me too, I was glad nobody is around. 😂

[@vuyolwethu_m26]

it was flipping hilarious 😂😂😂 I have no shame

[@tomygirl18]

Saaaame, I laughed way too hard 😂

[@jambee_q]

I laughed too loudly

[@cutepiku]

I've watched the entire show, start to finish. I hadn't caught up on the final season until I saw you post this... and then I binged it. God, that last episode actually made me cry. The final season might have been my favourite because it was balls to the walls and held no prisoners, and that ending was just such a loving send off. But I'll never let go of Archie fighting a bear while running away from juvie. God, what a show.

[@xevex8142]

Gosh, I remember being so happy that they brought back Joaquin just to show him being involved with that g&g shit and dying.🥲

[@Raini2727]

I always think of Chad Michael Murray and his rocket he built in the cult he started 🥲

[@pbower4378]

Dylan doing a side by side of himself from years ago to now is living proof that facial hair and hair style on a man can take him from a 5/10 to a 10/10.

[@therapyandfolklore]

umm Dylan has always been a 10

[@emmaearthling444]

He’s definitely never been a 5

[@soltohell]

he went from 10 to 10 but in a different way

[@jepros]

Now that's a backhanded compliment!

[@concentrateorrelax6090]

not u calling him ugly i’m done😭😭😭😭

[@disneylover192]

I have to say, I love watching Dylan have a mental breakdown because of Riverdale. but I wish he knew about all the other UNHINGED things that went on in previous seasons that are not mentioned in this last episode. Like the Mothman, Cheryl being a literal bootleg Scarlet Witch, the organ-harvesting cult, Betty's dad being a serial killer, the bootleg DND game that actually ends up in a weird demon killer. that would be so fun to watch hahaha

[@jessegonzalez926]

As someone who knows nothing about Riverdale, this has almost convinced me to watch the series. That sounds so wild lol

[@disneylover192]

@jessegonzalez9177 it's not as fun as it sounds haha. The seasons are almost not even related to each other, nothing makes sense.

[@allegrasmith8710]

@@jessegonzalez926 just look up ‘Riverdale Crack’ on KZbin… all of the entertainment without having to sit through all of the episodes lol

[@paniiiniii1484]

just by you describing some of the things that happened in the series is enough for me to not finish it. I got so frustrated just by reading this. Can´t even imagine what it´ll be like finish the series XD

[@disneylover192]

@paniiiniii1484 i have to be honest that i stopped watching the show after season 3 but somehow i couldn't escape it hahaha. Everything i know about is against my will

[@averyeml]

Not only the fact that he’s proven the show is better if you just watch the first couple episodes and the last one or two, but the CONSTANT references to a poly relationship look like something that they actually led to instead of a “fuck it, why not” mention

[@autumnlvc]

I love how the finale encapsulates like 1% of the total chaos that went down in this series lmao

[@user-lw5ez6ic1d]

HONESTLY im lowkey sad its over it kept me entertained for like five years😭

[@oracleofdelphiii]

I burst out laughing at the "67 years have gone by" and had the exact same expression as Dylan because whAT THE FUCK that caught me so off guard, even when I was bracing myself to watch the finale while out of the loop 😭😭

[@jaleesacox8854]

I need 7 seperate videos of Dylan watching each season

[@maddibgaming2929]

Dylan has aged like fine wine. Aged into a wonderful 23 year old.

[@pinkfox7051]

And most of us has seen him grow into a wonderfully funny 23 year old😌

[@ThePhantominyourDreams]

@@pinkfox7051yeah we’ve seen him turn 23 for years, still looking great

[@jade-zd2vy]

wait i thought he was like early 30s??

[@ThePhantominyourDreams]

@@jade-zd2vy it’s an inside joke😭

[@janakatharina2610]

lol he is 21 or 22 years old. For real.. I know he look like 30😂

[@nikolaa1625]

I believe Riverdale creators just have 2 dartboards, one with the names of the characters, one with the most fever dream wacky scenarios and they just play darts every time they brainstorm a new story line

[@dream.5708]

lmfao😭

[@arunima8138]

Okay this is from the fairbairn films video

[@its.kaylin.8807]

I started watching this show when I was in the 6th grade. Now, I'm in 11th. I'm sitting here sobbing because of how much time has passed and THIS is the ending they presented us.

[@jessicamaria1929]

I watched it in the 7th grade during quarantine now I am in 11th time goes so fast

[@its.kaylin.8807]

@@jessicamaria1929 same bro, same. its absolutely crazy. like this show was our life. it started when we were kinda young and now its gone. 5 years!

[@dpgwalter]

I liked the ending! The og timeline ends in season 6, and season 7 is more of a “you guys wanted a teen romance and characters that can be happy without lifetimes of trauma being dumped on them on a byweekly basis?”It’s not perfect, but the characters get a nice, calm and happy senior year and sendoff.

[@its.kaylin.8807]

@@dpgwalter yes! but at the same time, i had no idea what was going on- the timeline was so confusing for me 😭 i feel like riverdale just morphed into a teen version of the twilight zone. i agree that the characters needed something like that but i just can’t envision half the shit that went on. but this is just me- i’m still trying to hold onto the 2019 riverdale. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@xXFallen_AngelXx]

Same but honestly the ending had me emotional ngl its really good

[@tiastutorials]

a lot of people were disappointed with the finale because betty and archie were originally engaged in the present timeline, but then they sent them back in time, erased all their memories and they never mentioned it again. only for them to not end up together. it was incredibly disappointing and frustrating season. the finale wasn’t even saying goodbye to the real versions of themselves.

[@neussd8752]

i really liked jughead and betty together. I stopped watching halfway season 4. But I understand that people who were rooting for archie and betty were frustrated at that. I would be too

[@rica3947]

i loved the finale! they got their memories back and even said they remembered how it was to be with each other and that's why they decided to do the poly thing. I think the finale was great because the relationships did get addressed but at the same time it showed how life expands past your highschool sweethearts, while still giving them very emotional and meaningful scenes.

[@cornelialindblom3957]

What the heck? xD Going back in time? What show did this end up being? xD

[@Starbits7]

Um, what? lol

[@fuzzycat31]

That poly thing was a cheap cop out 😒

[@Julia_AAAAAAAAAHHHH]

I loved the first couple seasons of Riverdale, but then it got really weird when they started to add in magic and random musicals... So I stopped watching it😭

[@NationalRunescape]

I agree was still weird but the magic is atleast understandable since riverdale is set in the same universe as sabrina. Imo the way they set up the two shows tho they should of just left it with references rather than full on cross overs

[@thegingergyrl455]

I watched every episode and I couldn’t explain it if I tried. It’s a wild ride, to be sure. I was waiting for Dylan to do this since the finale aired. Off the rails is an accurate way to sum this show up. The finale was actually really good .

[@kayleetiller1302]

I dipped when the Gargoyle King started

[@GentlyUsedFrog]

@@NationalRunescape should have*

[@_Its.Just.Felix_]

The magic makes sense because Riverdale is along side Greendale and set in the same universe as Sabrina the teenage witch that's why there were crossovers between the two.

[@Daphnekozi]

The fact that he predicted who black hood is was mind blowing

[@wompwomp1015]

Don’t worry Dylan, Cheryl only kept HIS BODY down in a cellar. I think she was talking to it like it was alive still?

[@camellia6147]

WHAT??? Why did they laugh about it like it was a funny lil joke when it was brought up 😭

[@Melanie-jy2nw]

@@camellia6147she doesn’t really remember it. They watched what happened in their ‘first’ life on a tv a few episodes ago.

[@madisonmurphy9364]

​@Melanie-jy2nw wait....... their first life was the Canon life and THIS was the reincarnation??? I'm so actual factual confused 😂😂

[@camellia6147]

@@Melanie-jy2nw thank god Dylan made this video so I never have to figure out what any of this means

[@justangel]

@@madisonmurphy9364basically there was an asteroid heading for riverdale, cheryl with her phoenix power tried to destroy it, tabitha whose an angel then had to put them in a different universe so they could stay alive, none of them remembering their previous life, only jughead remembered then angel tabitha basically took jughead memory away so he could live his life without remembering the past. then a few episodes before the finale, angel tabitha came back and told them she could show them their memories. in the end everyone chose only the good memories meanwhile betty and jughead also kept the bad memories. & then yeah it went from there.

[@Skibidisigma78]

not Dylan looking at Betty's dad for a split second and already knowing he's a serial killer💀

[@faithaustin3047]

I have never watched Riverdale, but the first episode and last episode reminds me so much of "Our Town," a play written by Thornton Wilder, mainly the 1 Act and 3rd Act. The last episode especially gives me "Our Town" last/3rd Act vibes, because the main character in the play is dead (there is a time jump between the 2nd and 3rd Act) and the narrator (of the play) takes her back to a favorite memory and then the ghost from the other people in town take about what happened to them and their families and the narrator talks about how the town has changed/has changed.

[@SpicyCannoli]

Someone on the comments said the last ep is a reference with some direct quotes

[@krushamae]

As someone who has watched Riverdale in its entirety, this show is crazy and I bet you could not even IMAGINE the plots that were thrown at the audience. However, I did enjoy the finale very much. I started watching this show when I was in my last year of high school, and I’ve graduated university last September (2022), now working. I’ve grown up with it and it felt bittersweet (yet necessary lol), but I did tear up a little bit at this beautiful finale. 😊

[@alimziri2909]

As someone who has never watched this show, can you tell me wtf just happened the first episode was in the present and the finale was in the 50s, How?😂

[@hunterwolfgun4967]

i actually forget that people who follow a series for that many seasons basically grow up with them, even tho Ive experienced that myself (with other series´). For me, Riverdale feels like it came out a year ago and is just there

[@sundasiee]

@@alimziri2909 i wanna know too😭

[@jelousj_0.o]

@@alimziri2909 they all got superpowers to stop a meteor that was gonna destroy riverdale, and cheryl as a witch used her powers to destroy it but it just wasnt enough so tabitha as a guardian angel reset the timeline and blasted reality back in time and restarted them back to highschool even tho they had graduated like two seasons before. there was even an alternate reality with a big multiverse crossover with two jugheads and sabrina the witch was in the show at one point

[@jelousj_0.o]

look at my comment to the other person who asked lmao. this show was wild@@sundasiee

[@serenityRR]

27:03 Dylan replying "Thanks man" to Jughead's "have a good night" was so cute

[@alexisspurlock1368]

came to say this lol

[@3chaoticcatsinatrenchcoat561]

2:03 You were technically 50% correct about them being incestuous since Jason and Polly had children together and they are 3rd cousins

[@jsjananjq6057]

Dylans fear of incest after 17 again is hilarious😂

[@drangel1345]

He is TRAUMATISED

[@aspenskyet]

to be fair idk anyone who started riverdale and wasn't suspicious of it between cheryl and jason at first 😭

[@CassidyCamp22]

@@aspenskyetREAL

[@Spanish101class]

My experience with the show: I watched seasons 1-2, then dropped it and watched Alex Meyers's commentaries instead. That's how I knew I was going on without watching the show.

[@tarynwilson1223]

Same but I dropped it after season 3 then started following via Alex Meyers

[@riddhima702]

That's exactly what i did and zero regrets!! 10 1 hour long eps per season of garbage or 3 15 min videos wrapping the whole season with humour?? The best decision

[@madeehaghani9138]

Same! Except I dropped it midway through season 2. Alex's seasonal commentaries were the greatest way to watch the rest.

[@EmpathizeVortex]

Not same. I Dropped it at the end of s2 and never looked back or watched videos about it

[@dpgwalter]

@@riddhima702Its actually a lot more fun than you’d expect when you don’t have someone who’s career to make fun of it and call it trash telling you how horrible it is (he still watched every episode)

[@kerrirenee2764]

Funny how you didn’t catch Cheryl’s brothers name change and he came back to life a different person 😂😂😂

[@katie8881]

In show finales you can almost always feel the sadness of the ending so poignantly because the actors' sadness about leaving this chapter of their life behind bleeds into their performance. That was a lot of tears- I thought the cast of Riverdale famously hated the show. Maybe they're trauma bonded and it's really just sadness about being separated from each other.

[@berryonce3067]

Not the trauma bonding jsjsjs but yeah like they seem to actually be kinda close so makes sense :((

[@jasmine511]

they all hated the show but loved each other

[@dylantd9189]

I mean Cole just seemed checked out. Granted Jughead rarely showed emotion. But Lili was amazing. I think she genuinely saw the good and bad times and knew she was gonna miss it. I think also, working on set wasn't bad, it was just the dumb scripts. And it's kinda like graduating high school. You might not have enjoyed it, but it's still a sad moment.

[@entrydenied]

It reminded me about the ending parts of Desperate Housewives too, where they left Wisteria Lane one after another and never came together as a group ever again.

[@sophieamandaleitontoomey9343]

I think they do the the show but love the people with it.

[@ana_3136]

I want him to read a list of the craziest stuff that happened on the show so bad. This is by far the wildest series I’ve ever watched.

[@anettmy77]

I love how Dylan is like freaking out the one mention of the serial killer. 😂 Dylan, the whole show had crazy serial killers, like every season. It became so unhinged I just continued watching it till the end. This is why I loved Riverdale I believe. It was a cool reaction video. ☺️

[@dylantd9189]

The irony that this show wasn't cancelled. They decided season 7 was the last, and wrote it in mind. Arguably was one of the top 3 seasons of the series imo.

[@tabathaalshalhoub1653]

The actors had contracts to seven seasons and I think such a high percentage of the actors refused to agree to any more seasons or even episodes so they had to end.

[@TimelessChild15]

Dylan’s face after “67 years have gone by” 😂😂

[@cwaycore1633]

My favorite part of the final episode is Cheryl and Toni. The fact that they were together since season 2. Their relationship when through so much but they still ended up on top. A happy little gay couple who, through Toni’s photography and Cheryl’s painting, realized they could make a life together celebrating art, eachother, and their son ❤

[@Squishy876]

The fact that he clocked Betty's dad being a murderer in 2 seconds is so funny

[@sophieamandaleitontoomey9343]

Honestly thank you to the head writer of Riverdale for showing a generation of future writers that if nothing else, no matter what horrible writing you do in life, no matter what edits you have to go through, no matter what self doubt you suffer as you work…rest assured that it could be worse. At least you had nothing to do with the writing of Riverdale.

[@yoda5436]

it truly is a gift because i don't think anything this genuinely bad could be written by a real life human being unintentionally

[@dara-gp2kv]

i swear i could never get tired of watching dylan's videos i've been watching him for years and will never stop

[@json_bourne3812]

Dylan screaming "affair, affair!" over and over for many minutes straight is not something I expected to hear today

[@xxhellorockyxx]

This is one of the shows where it needs to be first and last episode of each season. You have no clue what you missed Dylan 😭

[@burjae]

"Jason wouldn't want us to spend the year mourning" He would like us to spend the year evening Peak comedy. Brilliant. Me? On the floor laughing.

[@camillechandler4431]

Dylan talking about Betty’s parents: “Why is it the parents have the worst plot lines?” Oh Dylan you have no idea…

[@jeezbegeezman]

Dylan catching that Mr Cooper was a murderer literally the second he saw him gave me literal chills. Dylan. Who are you.

[@Salamon2]

One last thing to add, the finale of Riverdale is more or less taking inspiration from the 1938 Thorton Wilder play "Our Town", specifically Act 3 of that play--where the female protagonist of that play on her deathbed gets the opportunity to re-live any one day of her life with a supernatural tour guide by way of New England stage manager accompanying her as she does. The series outright prepares you for such an ending by name-dropping Our Town a few times in Season 7. So it's actively invoking the reference. And it's not the first time they do that with a season (name drop inspirations for the season they're writing--the problem is that often they don't do well taking inspiration from those influences... this is one of the cases where they did actually rather well).

[@puttingmyphoneoncharge]

Watching dylan constantly try to get his moneys worth by making callbacks to the marbles has given me the urge to buy marbles too

[@smthsm]

I genuinely burst out laughing when Dylan pulled out the marbles again. He's really making the most of those 7 dollars 😭😭

[@cheezygui5803]

that first episode is so nostalgic now😭

[@larissad5070]

Dylan’s face when he made the joke about the actor being 30 and saying you can’t lie about your age that much dawg 😂😂😂😂

[@victoriavvc]

I experienced the show through Alex Meyers. So this was a much more happy take on it than I've ever seen

[@hunterwolfgun4967]

same i was about to watch this last on with him but put it off and dylan came by

[@juliamerino9611]

Alex meyers 🤝Dylan fans

[@saraafecto6759]

My experience huh? Ok. Started watching because my cousin bullied me to. I loved it. Seasons 1&2 were just amazing, 15 year old me absolutely LOVED everything about it. Then season 3 started getting a little sus but nevertheless, I made it till season 5. Ever since it aired, I have not been able to get through episode 15 (or something like that). But like physically. I am not kidding. But still followed everything through Instagram. Until today. I got home from work and happened to stumble upon this masterpiece of a video. I think what I loved most about this was that I got to know how the show ended without actually having to put myself through the unhingedness of it. So thanks I guess

[@desireedominguez3431]

Literally same!

[@GoddessGirl2121]

Dylan, just so you know Season Six and Season Seven involved magic and Season Seven had them trapped in the fifties with no memory of their previous lives in the present time line. It was weird and disjointed but interesting.

[@929hopeless]

dylan accidentally calling the finale poly relationship is the funniest thing in the world

[@funeral-grayson]

this is such an interesting point of view from oe of the rare people that Adores riverdale. i'm glad you enjoyed the finale! riverdale's storyline is very central to time bending and parallel universes in the later seasons, if youre interested in watching another truly crazy episode i highly recommend episode 100 (the jughead paradox) it is Insane and honestly one of my favourite episodes of tv. in my opinion the more insane riverdale gets, the better it is and there are also many interesting meta narratives throughout the show about the dangers of capitalism & gentrification, and also about these teenagers being stuck in the neverending cycle of highschool and being intrinsically tied to their hometown even continuing into the afterlife. this show is so batshit insane you can never predict an episode and i love it so much

[@emily944]

The energy is this video was just so on. All of Dylan’s jokes were hitting and some of them had me in me in near tears. The call back to Jason’s manspread-rowing had me cackling

[@dominikabalazova9181]

At 3:48 I was screaming in my mind: "Please make High school musical reference, please make HSM reference." And then Dylan did, and I literally stopped the video and laughed out loud so much. Dylan, you are the best! Thank you, my first LOL after an episode of depression. I knew you could do it ♥

[@overthinkingtudo]

same 😂

[@maikenmucha4343]

ME TOO! I was looking for this comment😂😂😂

[@Sligsstata]

The way he was saying 'affair' repeatedly almost killed me 😭

[@barshaislam5931]

I just knew Dylan would do this.....

[@Eae_23679]

HAHAH frl

[@owengibby]

Waiting for years honestly

[@fannihorvath9354]

i would’ve been offended if he didn’t

[@maxwellgrimsley]

Bro that first season had me HOOKED. It’s nothing magnificent, but it was so good and interesting and had so much promise…Then it continued.

[@kathrynspiers5617]

19:35 I’m ngl i was someone that thought riverdale was a joke after season two or three, and I watched just to laugh at it, but that last episode actually made me cry

[@averyvaughan8786]

Grundy actually came back during the final season and Archie wanted to get with her again. He wrote a poem about her and an apple and asked her to listen to it with like the whole friend group at a “talent night” thing. At the end he looked at her and bit into the apple. She walked out and told him to stop writing love poems…

[@laurenroupe2321]

HELP NOT HER BASHING HIM

[@sam_2835]

I seriously can't tell if you're kidding or not

[@gayatripd270]

I snorted so hard lmao

[@ShamaD274]

Lmao I died cringing at that episode. She was like "enough about romance. Write about the pain from your father's death"

[@jiminjams52]

​@@sam_2835just watched that episode yesterday and yep that was a thing

[@katienelson1073]

i genuinely don't remember a time i've laughed harder than listening to dylan try to remember jughead's name

[@bonniebookworm4688]

When he called him Butthead 😂😂

[@hnichole]

@@bonniebookworm4688 It was "Drughead" that got me, I couldn't stop laughing. 😂

[@itsproof2]

Drughead

[@Zh3lbi]

"DougHead?... DOUGHEAD! Mughead?" 😂😂😂

[@Jerrica8123]

I watched all of Riverdale, every single episode. I was completely lost and confused by the end of it. I tried to explain how they got back to the 50’s to my friend and it made me even more confused trying to explain everything that happened. watching the first and last makes more sense than watching the whole show 😂

[@Jerrica8123]

also spoiler alert!!! because the finale never tells you who killed Jason, it was his and Cheryl’s dad.

[@MistySophie]

why did he do it?@@Jerrica8123

[@Melissa.Williams]

So basically Betty’s dad is a serial killer (and killed Grundy if I remember correctly,) Cheryl kept her taxidermy brother in the basement of her house for multiple seasons, and 13 reasons why actor got replaced early on. This show was such a rollercoaster but I loved the take on showing that everyone, every class in society has a dark side and the range of criminal behavior throughout the show was really cool.

[@finalgirlfriends3753]

cheryl had jason's body for 9 episodes, not multiple seasons, after edgar grave robbed his body and hypnotized her into believing he was alive again

[@cutepiku]

@@finalgirlfriends3753I mean yes and no. She kept digging up that man up until season 6, corpse or ashes. She tried to reanimate him and then was like, well this is horrifying.

[@opheliaretardanta8348]

I remember my friend in middle school even had a backpack of Riverdale now we’re seniors. We don’t talk anymore but it’s all the girl could talk about and dance. I dropped this show and never looked back getting through the crazy plot holes of every season is gets really got me. I think I dropped it by season 5

[@amna.....]

YAYYYY DYLAN REMEMBERED!!!!!!!!! MUST BE HIS YOUTHFUL BRAIN, ALWAYS PUNCTUAL WITH UPLOADS TOO

[@al-eu3cs]

Sure, he is only 20!

[@r.ayme.n]

and it's on a monday as well!!

[@leslie08]

I dropped Riverdale at like season 4 when things got reaaally crazy but this video was like remembering all the good parts and a proper goodbye without everything that spoiled it. Thanks Dylan

[@3llablah06]

Cheryl was so attached to her brother so much, that she kept his dead body in a random room in the house, cellar

[@SamanthaFlorence127]

“If you tell me in the afterlife I gotta be a service worker, Im searching for immortality” best line of the whole video 😂