Warning: This post contains spoilers from the series finale ofRiverdale, “Goodbye, Riverdale.”
Everyone thought that," executive producer Sarah Schechter tells EW.
“I don’t want to sound pretentious, but these characters are timeless.

Camila Mendes and Lili Reinhart on ‘Riverdale’.Justine Yeung/The CW
And I think the finale really honored that.
“It wasn’t just about Archie and Betty.
It was really about this town,” Schechter says.
But then I think about my best friends from high school.
I love them forever, but I don’t see them often.
It’s all honest, but it really honored the magic of the time they had together.”
The finale also marked a first for the series: The first episode directed by showrunnerRoberto Aguirre-Sacasa.
“I think he did such a beautiful job.