Riverdale season 3 episode 5 preview: Is Veronica breaking out Archie?

Riverdale November 8, 2018

Moving into Riverdale season 3 episode 5 on The CW next week, Veronica has a plan: Bust out Archie by any means necessary. He’s been locked up for a while without a whole lot of recourse or hope — which is, of course, what happens when you’re accused of some of the pretty-terrible stuff that Archie’s been accused of. Nobody is altogether interested in helping you out other than the people who really know you and with everything going on with the warden and the fighting he needs Veronica more then ever.

Yet, actually caring for Archie and successfully breaking him out of his detention are two very different things. Unless she’s going to find a way to bring in Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell to help with the prison break (hey, they do have CW connections), how is that going to happen? How’s it going to work? Part of the fun of this episode could be figuring that out.

Of course, there will also be a little bit of fun elsewhere (Riverdale still finds a way for some of that outside of this kind of depressing Archie storyline) to go along with some peril. For example, the Betty / Jughead investigation plot. For most of the season, it’s felt like those two have had a really good job teaming up together in hopes of getting every clue possible on Griffins & Gargoyles. Yet, there’s a difference between what they were doing and the sort of trouble Jughead’s got himself into now. We’re at a point coming up here where he’s gonna need some help to get out of a mess. It’s a pretty good thing that he’s got someone like Betty who cares about him as much as she does.

For some other insight into this episode (or at least The CW’s take on what we’re describing here), check out the official Riverdale season 3 episode 5 synopsis below:

ROLLING THE DICE – After weeks go by with no contact from Archie (KJ Apa), Veronica (Camila Mendes) devises a dangerous plan to break him out of juvie. Meanwhile, when Betty (Lili Reinhart) learns that Jughead (Cole Sprouse) has taken their investigation into Griffins & Gargoyles a step too far, she finds herself in a race against the clock to save him. Madelaine Petsch, Marisol Nichols, Ashleigh Murray, Mark Consuelos, Skeet Ulrich, Casey Cott, Charles Melton and Vanessa Morgan also star. Pamela Romanowsky directed the episode written by Greg Murray & Ace Hasan (#305.) Original airdate 11/14/2018.

Is now the right time to ask when Archie’s going to get out of juvie, even if Veronica’s not responsible for it? Feels that way. It feels like the writers have made their point and “shaken up the show enough” and we need Archie back with the rest of the cast since this is one of the reasons this show works so well – the dynamics and chemistry between the four leads. It’s time to get back more to typical hijinks and getting some of these characters in the same spot again. Riverdale is at its best when you have the group together working towards some sort of larger mystery.

Excited for Riverdale season 3 episode 5? Let us know if you think Archie should get out in the attached comments. (Photo: The CW.)

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