

If you’re anxious about the virus’s spread in your community, visit the CDC for up-to-date information and resources, or seek out mental health support. If you think you’re showing symptoms of coronavirus, which include fever, shortness of breath, and cough, call your doctor before going to get tested. For now, fans will just have to wait for Riverdale's bittersweet farewell to high school, and at least two beloved characters. Season 5 will likely premiere in the fall of 2020 if filming is able to get back on track sometime this summer. The new season premiere, which was originally planned to be Episode 20 of Season 4, will be Riverdale High's prom, and the third episode of the new season will be the graduation (which was supposed to be Season 4's finale). and Hermione might be saying goodbye to Riverdale, their departure has encouraged a popular fan theory that the new season will include a major time jump to five years in the future, after Archie, Betty, Veronica, and Jughead will have graduated college.Īguirre-Sacasa did not give away any major plot details, but he did confirm the three episodes to kick off Season 5 will be filled with milestones. My hope is to have them be a part of Riverdale for as long as Riverdale continues," he said.Īlthough it's not really clear why F.P. this isn't a spoiler but they're not dying. nor Hermione will be killed off, and that the door is open for them to return in the future. The other good news Aguirre-Sacasa confirmed is that neither F.P. guys, obviously we still want to finish the stories we started in the season." And both of them were like, "Of course, let's do it." Yeah, I've talked to all the actors and I called Marisol and Skeet and I said, "You know. or Hermione would suddenly be gone in the new season, Aguirre-Sacasa confirmed Ulrich and Nichols agreed to return for the first few Season 5 episodes to give their characters a proper sendoff.

Since Riverdale has yet to suggest any reason F.P. Season 4 ended on Episode 19 rather than reaching its planned episode count of 22, so those final three episodes will now instead serve as the first three episodes of Season 5.
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Riverdale was one of the first TV shows to shut down production in response to the pandemic in March, and because of that, the season had to end early. However, the coronavirus pandemic changed a lot of things. Jones and Hermione Lodge will be in Riverdale Season 5 to get proper sendoffs before departing from the show.īack in February, when Season 4 of Riverdale was still in the middle of airing, Skeet Ulrich and Marisol Nichols announced they would not return for Season 5. Now, showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that F.P. A couple months before the Season 4 finale of the teen drama, Skeet Ulrich and Marisol Nichols shocked fans by revealing they would not be back for Season 5, but that was before Season 4 had to be cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic. At the end of the episode, we see FP Jones hop on his motorbike with his daughter JB in tow, leaving the town he grew up in. In FPs case, hes saying goodbye to Jughead, and the love of his life Alice. The teens are moving on and the parents are preparing to say goodbye.

Jones and Hermione Lodge just yet, Riverdale fans. In this week’s episode (5x03), graduation has finally arrived in Riverdale.
