On Friday, to mark the series finale of Riverdale, we asked you to tell us what you thought of the show in our Reader Poll. Full disclosure: we did not get a lot of votes, but most of you who did check in loved the show, with 45 percent of you saying it was great, while 35 percent felt it was good.
15 percent of you said it was bad, with 5 percent choosing the option for terrible. As you might tell from those numbers, no one voted for the show being merely OK: clearly, love it or hate it, Riverdale was not a show that provoked middling reactions. Did those who love it adore it ironically? Who knows: what matters is that the series was, for better or worse, unforgettable.
Thanks to everyone who voted, and be sure to stay tuned on Friday for our next Reader Poll. And once again, a reminder to all of you suffering from Riverdale withdrawal symptoms that we will unpack the finale after our manager-at-large, Elias, who’s reviewed every episode since 2018, returns from vacation. In the meantime, maybe Netflix will finally unleash the Bollywood movie version of Archie’s gang? (Or give us a release date at least?)
