The original post: /r/television by /u/King_Baboon on 2024-07-21 00:46:44.
So a couple weeks ago I had a bad case of pneumonia. I was half dead in the sofa and my wife was looking for some show to stream. She picked Riverdale. I’m older so after the first few minutes, I figured out it was based on Archie Comics. Season one Archie is a freshman in highschool and is banging the music teacher. I thought, okay this obviously isn’t subject matter that was ever in the comics. The fact that the show downplayed statutory rape was kinda messed up.
At first I couldn’t figure out if the storyline was that weird/bad or it was my fever. I had a 101-102 fever for 4 days, I was having actual fever dreams and borderline hallucinating. I went to the ER finally and got pumped full of antibiotics and from that point I was getting better.
Recovering on the couch I was still watching that show with my wife off and on while on my phone. With the fever gone and a clear mind, I was absolutely shocked at how long that show was on. All these great shows that got cancelled after one or two seasons but somehow Riverdale was on for 7 seasons.
Pretty sure I got a little dumber after watching some of it. Riverdale has to be the worst show of all time. Not for just the terrible writing, but the fact there were so many episodes of that trash and it lasted 7 seasons.