I can't decide if it's my fave ep of the series. But it's my fave of all season 2(ugh) & 3... and S3 has had some decent competition: Midnight club (SO FUN), 3.05 (prison break ep, so well done and captivating), and I really liked the 3.11 (the noir ep) as well.
Thoughts upon first viewing (not necessarily in order as I'm just going by memory):
Tom and Sierra are THE CUTEST
I enjoyed the Ozark reference.
Moose is like.... super hot. Why have I never noticed this.
I always love a Kevin and Cheryl convo!
Cheryl officially declaring her lesbian status over the school PA is so Cheryl and I am HERE FOR IT.
Oh wait... I am not here for this blind item (although amazing that she called it that)!!! Don't out Moose, NO!
Toni's reaction. So great. And I'm so glad she called her out on just "being Cheryl" and not caring about anyone else's feelings, including Toni's when she got them kicked out of the serpents.
Josie going to sweet pea's trailer!!! I loved this scene!! Sweet pea had lines and they weren't just "what do we do, Jones?!" and like, why is it so fitting that Sweet Pea totally wants a relationship and not just a fling??? We need more Sweet Pea. Everyone needs more Sweet Pea.
Reggie and Veronica discussed robbing a bank like it was an actual logical option 🙄 and then the acceptable alternative was robbing his own dad's company safe. Ok. These two are hot together but not the smartest.
Moose telling Kev he came out to his dad... I cried!! Both those actors were so great in this episode.
Ok so Penelope's homophobia is gross but I am all here for her educating these judgy teens about legal sex work.
Then moose telling Cheryl (who apologized, thank you) about how they're going to "do it" in the bunker was awkward but I LOL'd at Cheryl's "bring your own sheets, a lot of people have had sex on that cot" hahaha this show's staunch self awareness gets me every time.
The Gladys reveal!!! Ok it's not like it was an actual reveal as there were spoilers galore even though I try to avoid them. But it was great. I loved Veggie's reaction to finding out she's Jughead's mom lol "and, by the way, don't tell Jughead". NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG.
The sex/phone call montage... amazing. And Bughead for sure kept going after getting off the phone.
Ok, the gargoyle king reveal. The story of Moose's dad is SO SAD! But also, was he the gargoyle king when they were in high school? I wasn't totally clear on that... and then Jughead said after that it's "like playing wack-a-mole" so like they get one and another one pops up... So is the gargoyle storyline done or is it still going? Can we just be done with it? I'm done with it 😂😂😂 either way, I clearly need a rewatch.
Moose is leaving. Understandably. But ugh, poor Kevin. I want so bad for our dear Kev to be happy 😭😭😭
Gladys and Jellybean here to stay!!! Jug is so happy to have his family back together, it's what he's wanted for years!! Everyone is happy! Oh wait. It's Riverdale. He's going to have his heart broken when he finds out the real motives of his mom and baby sister(!!!), of course. I will add though that I am super into this development. Hearts will be broke but it sets up some really good storylines... I hope the show does it justice.
Archie and Josie. I was meh on it before but now I'M OBSESSED GIVE ME MORE!!! Archie in this ep was the best he's ever been on the show. He was just a great friend and supported her and was awesome and they sang together and it was actually really good and not cringy. His "Can I kiss you?" line I DIED HE'S SO SOFT WITH HER I CANNOT.