‘Riverdale’ fans outraged over series ending with steamy foursome: ‘Most stupid thing’
From murder plots to suburban gangs, the craziest plot twist in “Riverdale” ended up being its last.
One of TV’s most outlandish shows, “Riverdale,” ended last night after seven seasons … and fans are outraged by a new foursome relationship that was revealed in the series finale.
“Introducing Betty, Archie, Jughead and Veronica to all be in a quad relationship in the finale has got to be the most stupid thing riverdale has ever done,” one furious fan posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.
That fan is correct: “Riverdale,” which is based on the Archie comics and began as a show about small-town teens in high school, did, in fact, end with the reveal that Archie (KJ Apa), Jughead (Cole Sprouse), Betty (Lili Reinhart) and Veronica (Camila Mendes) were in a four-way polyamorous relationship in which they were all dating each other.
Before the series finale, there was a fair amount of couple-shuffling: Veronica began dating Betty’s crush, Archie, in the first season, causing Betty to move on with Jughead instead (even as the actors playing them dated in real life). Then, Betty ended up with Archie in later seasons, and, after the quad relationship was revealed during the finale, she was shown sharing a smooch with Veronica, too — thus implying the four-way romance.
Reggie (Charles Melton) was not involved in this foursome romance, much to his dismay.
Ever since the show premiered on the CW in 2017 — and launched its young cast into stardom — “Riverdale” has been packed with crazy plot points, such as Archie ending up in teen boy prison fight clubs and randomly getting attacked by a bear, a cult leader trying to harvest people’s organs and escape on a rocket, a stick-monster known as “the gargoyle king,” a character talking to her dead brother’s body as if he was alive, and time travel.
The show’s source material may be classic, but the bonkers “Riverdale” was not your father’s Archie comics.
But even after all those wild plot points, it seems like the series finale revealing a foursome relationship was too much, for some fans.
“The Riverdale ending revealed that the four main characters are all in a quad relationship. You can’t make this s – – t up,” one gobsmacked viewer posted.
Another outraged viewer shared, “A quad?! bitch I think tf not!”
“I’m sorry, I was legit crying over finding out the fates of other characters just to break into hysterical laughter of ARCHIE, BETTY, JUG, AND VERONICA BEING IN A QUAD RELATIONSHIP?!?!!” another fan said.
“Anyone walks up to me today and I’m just going to blurt out ‘the main 4 in Riverdale are in a quad’ because WHAT,” another astonished viewer shared.
Not all fans were angry about it, however.
“Guys I’m sorry Riverdale ending w[ith] Veronica, Betty, Jughead and Archie in a quad poly relationship is genuinely bringing me sooo much amusement rn like just chuckled heartily twice in 10 minutes thinking about it,” one fan said.
Another fan slammed everyone who is outraged: “Riverdale fans hating on the Archie/Veronica/Betty/Jughead quad relationship. Y’all are so boring I’m sorry.”
