Who ended up together?
Warning: This post contains spoilers for the series finale ofRiverdale, “Goodbye, Riverdale.”
Grab some tissues, because we’re breaking down howRiverdalesaid goodbye.
KJ Apa and Cole Sprouse on ‘Riverdale’.Justine Yeung/The CW
The day in question?
And her chance to say farewell to the people (and the town) she loved so much.
Let’s break it down.
Casey Cott on ‘Riverdale’.The CW
Who dies?
Well, here’s the thing: Everyone dies.
At 86, Betty (Lili Reinhart) is the last living member of her high school class.
Molly Ringwald and KJ Apa on ‘Riverdale’.Justine Yeung/The CW
She literally kicks off the episode by reading Jughead’s (Cole Sprouse) obituary.
So during the episode, we learn what happened throughout the lives of everyone else.
Clay (Karl Walcott) went to Columbia, while Kevin (Casey Cott) attended NYU.
Camila Mendes, Lili Reinhart, Cole Sprouse, and KJ Apa on ‘Riverdale’.Justine Yeung/The CW
They then lived together in Harlem.
Clay was a professor at Columbia; Kevin started an off-broadway theater company.
Kevin died at 82, and Clay died a few weeks later on a bench in Central Park.
(Cheryl was a very successful painter.)
They had a son named Dale… after Riverdale.
Reggie (Charles Melton) played basketball at Kansas State before playing for the Lakers.
He then coached at Riverdale High and had two sons, one of whom still runs Mantle Motors.
Nana Rose (Barbara Wallace) was reincarnated multiple times… naturally.
Pop Tate (Alvin Sanders) died in his sleep right at the start of senior year.
What happens to the parents?
They stayed together forever.
She then married a passenger on that flight who showed her the world.
What about the core four?
Who ends up together?
Long story short, none of the core four ended up together.
They were in a quad senior year, but after that, they parted ways.
She won two Oscars!
And when she died, she was buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Betty attended a few of her premieres, but wishes they’d kept in better touch.
It started with us, didn’t it?
A boy and a girl next door to each other."
But Betty informs him that’s not what happened.
Instead, he stayed in California, where he met someone and settled down and created a family.
He became a professional construction worker and an amateur writer.
When he died, he was buried in Riverdale next to his father.
(Betty and Archie share one final kiss before they part.)
Jughead moved to New York City, where he startedJughead’s Madhouse Magazine.
(And he grew sideburns!)
She never got married and she doesn’t regret it.
She did, however, adopt a daughter, named Carla.
She now has a granddaughter, named Alice.
What’s the final scene?
Until then, have a good night."
