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Riverdale S06E06 Preview; Aguirre-Sacasa Teases Post-Rivervale Impact

With The CW's Riverdale returning tonight on its new Sunday night home, "Chapter One Hundred and One: Unbelievable" finds the gang picking up the pieces of where things left off before this season's five-part "Rivervale" mind-twister. But anyone who thinks that those "Rivervale" days are behind them, series creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa wants them to know that they might need to rewatch those episodes again. Because as he explains to EW in a recent interview, those first five episodes are set to have an even bigger impact on what's to come than even he realized. "I think what started as potentially a standalone kind of miniseries, we discovered as we were working on the rest of the season that it would tie in and inform the rest of the season in subtle echos or ripples, and then deeper into the season, even more and more directly," Aguirre-Sacasa explained. "So really 'Rivervale' and the rest of season 6, when all is said and done, it will feel very organically knitted together and whole. I don't think it'll feel as standalone as it does right now. Episode 606 basically begins at the end of 519, so even when we were breaking 606, it was like, 'Oh, remember Pop's is still burned down.' So it feels standalone now, but it'll be much more of a piece of the puzzle when we get a little deeper into 'Riverdale'."

And viewers can expect to see parts of that begin to play out as Cheryl (Madelaine Petsch) deals with a huge ancestral 800 lb elephant in the room and a stranger makes their way into town. "I think the question or the legacy of Abigail and Archie and Jughead and Betty's ancestors having burnt Cheryl's ancestor at the stake, that's a big, big story as well for the season," Aguirre-Sacasa revealed. "Then we have our stranger who arrives. We have a stranger who arrives in Riverdale, and he also portends a bigger kind of crisis in Riverdale. I always say no one shows up in Riverdale, except Tabitha [Erinn Westbrook], to make things better. Usually, they show up to cause trouble. So yeah, we're definitely settling into season-long mysteries and season-long conflicts." Now here's a look at the preview images, episode overview, and promo for "Chapter One Hundred and One: Unbelievable""

Riverdale Season 6 Episode 6 "Chapter One Hundred and One: Unbelievable": THE AFTERMATH — As news begins to spread about the bombing at the Andrew's home, Archie (KJ Apa), Betty (Lili Reinhart), and Jughead (Cole Sprouse) begin to deal with mysterious side effects from the explosion. Elsewhere, Veronica (Camila Mendes) spirals after learning that Hiram may have been involved, and Cheryl (Madelaine Petsch) is consumed with guilt when she believes she may have had a hand in the explosion. Mädchen Amick, Casey Cott, Vanessa Morgan, Charles Melton, Erinn Westbrook and Drew Ray Tanner also star. James DeWille wrote and directed the episode.

Riverdale stars KJ Apa as Archie Andrews, Lili Reinhart as Betty Cooper, Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge, Cole Sprouse as Jughead Jones, Madelaine Petsch as Cheryl Blossom, Mächen Amick as Alice Cooper, Casey Cott as Kevin Keller, Charles Melton as Reggie Mantle, Vanessa Morgan as Toni Topaz, Erinn Westbrook as Tabitha Tate, and Drew Ray Tanner as Fangs Fogarty. Chris O'Shea (Netflix's You) joins the cast as Percival Pickens, the town's newest resident. Although he presents as charming (and is), Percival's also manipulative, powerful, and increasingly dangerous as he comes into conflict with our characters- most especially Archie. A descendent of one of Riverdale's founding fathers, General Pickens, Percival wants to turn Riverdale into a "utopia" -and it's a dark agenda he'll pursue quietly but ruthlessly. Based on the characters from Archie Comics, Riverdale is from Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios, with executive producers Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Supergirl, Glee), Greg Berlanti (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl), Sarah Schechter (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl) and Jon Goldwater (Archie Comics Publisher & CEO).

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