In Season 4, Archie and Betty shared a kiss, hinting at the simmering sentiments they may have for one another despite their long-standing partnerships. We definitely want to see where this relationship can go, despite the fact that the execution wasn’t flawless.
Since Season 1, Riverdale’s core four have been matched in the same relationships. While we adore Varchie and Bughead, it’s time to switch things up. There is still room for Betty and Archie’s unrequited love to be completely explored.
Betty and Archie should be able to lean into their affections for one another without betraying Veronica or Jughead thanks to the time jump, which will shake up all of these relationships. We all deserve the opportunity to witness what transpires when they choose the proper moment to become the childhood friends to lovers greatness we’ve been waiting for.
5. Wedded Choni
On the other side of the time jump, we just know that at least one Riverdale pair will be hitched, and we hope it’s Cheryl and Toni. These two are the ones who deserve to remain together after all these years.
Have Cheryl and Toni happily married (or engaged) by the time we see them again, and leave the drama to the straight couples.
Just because a couple has made the decision to remain together forever doesn’t mean that relationships stop being intriguing; in fact, in truth, that’s when they become most exciting.
It would make perfect sense for Riverdale to have Choni return as the only established couple following the time jump. They share a college, they already live together, and they frequently return to one another.
6. Toni’s backstory and a solid narrative
While we’re at it, Toni needs a true storyline that doesn’t just revolve around supporting Cheryl’s outrageous behavior. Don’t get me wrong—we adore these two together and even Cheryl’s wacky antics—but Toni has received little screen time over the past two seasons.
Another season when Toni is a stand-alone character unconnected to Cheryl would be appreciated.
Toni was one of the show’s best characters when she first appeared in Season 2, and her position within the serpents was both intriguing and dynamic. Riverdale is adept at developing engaging plots for a variety of characters and weaving them together.
7. Additional Sweet Pea, Reggie, and himbo content
Although Sweet Pea and Reggie are unquestionably supporting characters on Riverdale, we still like them. There are plenty of himbos in Riverdale, which is a wonderful thing. We especially hope to see more of these two.
While Jordan Conner was filming Looking For Alaska, Sweet Pea mysteriously disappeared from a significant portion of Season 4. This wasn’t lost on viewers. Reggie is still around, and while we adore him, we could always use more of his silly, endearing smile.
8. Additional Southside Serpent tales
In general, we’d like to see the Southside Serpents return to the limelight on Riverdale. The show’s found family tropes, which appeared with the creation of the Serpents, are a major reason why Season 2 is still the strongest season thus far.
So many of the best characters on the show either originated from or eventually evolved into Southside Serpents. All of those people are still present, although the gang hasn’t really contributed much since Season 3.
Show us Cheryl and Toni as co-serpent queens, FP and Alice reuniting as legacy members defending their home, and new serpents against fresh adversaries.
You might even bring Penny Peabody back. We had obviously been lacking something exceptional in Riverdale until the Southside Serpents arrived.
9. A rekindled romance between Veronica and Reggie
I could be the minority, but I thought Veronica and Reggie were great together. There is no reason why we couldn’t also have these two rekindle their romance if we’re switching up the relationships of the main four and investigating Barchie.
Sweet Pea appears in Season 5 of Riverdale.
In the student lounge, the senior class meets to open a time capsule from seventy-five years ago. A copy of the Riverdale Register from June 12, 1945, a copy of the Blue and Gold from the same year, a Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe menu from the days when hamburgers only cost 15 cents, a baseball card of Riverdale’s hometown hero Ambrose “The Rocket” Pipps, and finally a Red Circle comic book and a photograph of four seniors taken the day before the boys left for war are all found inside. The group stays in the student lounge after the time capsule is opened, where they talk about their last day at Riverdale High. Then Betty and Veronica show up with the yearbooks, Sweet Pea pointing out that the Southside Serpents have their own page in the books.
On the day of graduation, Toni takes Nana Topaz on a tour of the school with the help of Sweet Pea and Fangs. The seniors then proceed to the auditorium to receive their degrees. [1]
Years Later
He’s been out of Riverdale High for seven years now. When Archie returns from the war, Toni and Fangs are performing at the Whyte Wyrm with Sweet Pea. They regroup in a booth later to make up for missed time. Toni, Fangs, and Kevin all share an apartment on Cloverfield Lane. When Toni returned, they revived the Serpents under her leadership, and she was named the Serpent Queen. As for Sweet Pea, he held down the fort while they were away for college. Then Archie queries the rise in trucks. Sweet Pea explains that Fangs and himself are among the Serpents who drive trucks for a living. [2]
Raiding the Ghoulies Den
Jughead is pleading with Toni for a job when Sweet Pea and Fangs walk in to the Wyrm. Unfortunately for Jughead, the way he portrayed the Serpents in his book has caused a rift between them. Jughead is accused of exposing the Serpents as fools. Jughead counters that the “Vipers” were the main characters and that he didn’t use their real names, but Sweet Pea had no trouble figuring out that he was “Pop Eye” and Fangs was “Toothy.” Toni turns Jughead away after he disrespected their Serpent traditions and codes, but not before warning him to watch his back.
Archie, Betty, and Kevin are joined by Sweet Pea and Fangs at the community center, where they talk about their strategy for raiding the Ghoulies drug lair. Asserting that it has been far too long since the Serpents and Ghoulies engaged in combat, Sweet Pea is ecstatic. The five of them raid the Ghoulies drug lair with the help of Sheriff Keller, protected by kevlar jackets and equipped with bats and batons. By the time they are finished attacking, all the Ghoulies have been captured and their Jingle Jangle has been brought in as proof.
Later, Toni and Fangs join Sweet Pea at the town hall meeting where Riverdale’s township is officially disbanded.
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Reuniting with Josie
When Josie arrives strolling out, Sweet Pea is outside Pop’s on his motorcycle. He inquires as to her activities in Riverdale and offers to drive her. The two return to her room at the Five Seasons and engage in sexual activity there. The next morning, Sweet Pea finds Josie slipping away on him. Although their encounter was just what she needed, she still needs to take care of business. Due to her superstar status, Sweet Pea is aware of her obligations and watches her go.
To support Riverdale, Sweet Pea goes to the one-night-only Josie and the Pussycats concert. However, Toni’s labor causes them to end their performance. The following day, as Josie gets ready to depart on her tour with the Pussycats, Sweet Pea shows up and pulls her aside. He expresses his desire to go on tour with her and even offers to drive the bus or serve as a roadie, saying that he can be anything for her. Josie invites Sweet Pea to join her because she finds it amusing how far he will go to be with her. [4]
Are serpents a part of season 4?
The gang that was once viewed as a threat and afterwards referred to as pals has all but vanished. The Serpents’ prominence in the program began to wane after the third season’s events.
However, the fourth season essentially ended the group as a whole. The Serpents were without a leader while Jughead, the Serpent King, was away at Stonewall Prep. To form their own group, Toni and Cheryl had left the gang. Fans began to wonder if The Serpents still existed when they appeared to vanish from the show.
In season five of Riverdale, who portrays Sweet Pea?
Five things to know about Riverdale actor Jordan Connor, also known as Sweet Pea. Anyone who has watched Riverdale knows that Sweet Pea isn’t actually all that sweet. He’s a fierce, top-tier Southside Serpent who, the instant he appeared on screen, signaled danger for Archie and the gang.
When does Sweet Pea in Riverdale appear?
Although we don’t know much about Sweet Pea’s family, we do know that he is a Southside Serpent who despises the North side because he believes that residents of that neighborhood are to blame for the South side’s financial woes.
When Jughead changes schools to Southside High, we learn a little more about him. Jughead and Sweet Pea first disagree because Jughead doesn’t truly want to join the serpents. Jughead had second thoughts about joining the Serpents after witnessing all the fighting between Archie’s Red Circle and the gang and after being jumped by Ghoulies thugs.
Sweet Pea served as the Serpents’ inspiration to fight back against their enemies before Jughead took over as their leader. Sweet Pea is the one who leads the Southsiders in the fight against the Red Circle and the Riverdale Bulldogs when Archie joins the Red Circle.
In addition, Sweet Pea was involved in a plan to bomb The Register, which publishes a story about the fight that portrays Southsiders negatively. Betty’s mother works for The Register. However, the attack was never carried out.
When Archie informs the Serpents of the city’s intention to invade their lair, the White Wyrm, Sweet Pea’s animosity toward the North side lessens.
Sweet Pea effectively serves as Jughead’s right-hand man in the third season’s battle with the Gargoyle King and his crew.
Sweet Pea, whereabouts in Riverdale?
Riverdale on The CW features a recurring character named Sweet Pea. The actor Jordan Connor plays him.
Sweet Pea is a member of the Southside Serpents and went to Southside High before it was closed down by Mayor McCoy due to alleged poisonous vapors coming from the “methamphetamine lab” in the basement. He and Toni Topaz, Jughead Jones, and Fangs Fogarty transferred to Riverdale High shortly after the school was closed.
Sweet Pea seems to have a tremendous deal of contempt for the Northside and its residents, as do many Southsiders. The Riverdale Bulldogs and the Red Circle have been involved in multiple violent clashes with him as a result of his seeming greater level of animosity for them. Each of his interactions with Reggie Mantle and Archie Andrews has been as violent as the last, if not more so. He holds the Northside responsible for the problems in the Southside, and Fangs’ shooting incident outside the sheriff’s office only fueled his animosity toward the Northside as he led the younger Serpents in defiling Riverdale High during the riots. He would subsequently discover that not all residents of the Northside are his adversaries, though.
Will Josie return to Riverdale?
This week, Josie McCoy returned to Riverdale, and for once, she had more than a few lines.
Actually, Josie finally gets the musical spotlight she has been waiting for in Wednesday’s episode, which functions as an apology for how she was neglected for the first three seasons. Hey, it’s better late than never, isn’t it? The fact that Melody is narrating instead of Jughead lets us know that something is off right away. Yes, Melody and Valerie, previous members of Josie’s Pussycat band, have returned for the first time since Season 2. Her voiceover brings us up to speed: Val is an aspiring artist with a lover named Alan who wants to marry her, so it’s wonderful to see they’re doing OK after all these years. Melody quit law school to write a novel that is currently being optioned by Tyler Perry (!).
Has Jughead stopped being a serpent?
The Southside Serpents, also known as just Serpents, are a vicious criminal organization that primarily operates on Riverdale’s south side, hence the name. Before FP Jones retired and was replaced, Jughead served as their leader. Jughead later rose to the position of Serpent King and named Betty Serpent Queen. Usually, the serpents congregate at the Whyte Wyrm, a nearby pub.
Notably, the Serpents are made up of various groups that are dispersed across the nation and are not just located in Riverdale. Examples include the Centerville Serpents and the Gladys Jones-led Toledo Serpents. Jughead claims that they can also be found north of the border between Canada and the United States.
One must go through an initiation rite in order to become a Southside Serpent. There are four stages, according to tradition. First, each new member must take care of Hot Dog, also known as “The Beast,” the Serpent’s dog. Second, they must learn the rules the Southside Serpents live by, the serpent laws, and recite them in the correct order. The Serpent’s rattlesnake cage is where they must locate a knife in order to move on. The final level, referred to as “the gauntlet,” needs a physical display of allegiance and strength, notably being jumped into the gang by its members. In essence, this requires the initiate to take many punches to every part of the body before rising and remaining solid. After successfully completing the last assignment, the initiate is praised by the other participants and given the Serpent Jacket as a mark of “excellent sportsmanship.” The Serpents must be prepared to die for one another in this final stage, which shows a symbol of respect within the group. Initiation ceremonies for female serpents differ from male ones. Toni tried to have the old, sexist Serpent custom of the “Serpent dance” banned, but chauvinism won out. Byrdie said that if women wanted to join the “club,” they would have to do it.
FP relinquishes control of the Serpents in “Chapter Thirty-Five: Brave New World,” abdicating the throne and installing Jughead as the new Serpent king with Betty as his consort. Jughead gave Cheryl membership in the Serpents as his first official act as king and presented her with a distinctive crimson Serpent outfit. But after disobeying Jughead’s orders, Cheryl and Toni will both be expelled from the Serpents.
The Serpents appeared to disband after Jughead left for the University of Iowa, but Sweet Pea stayed behind to keep what was left going. After Toni got back from Highsmith, the two of them regenerated the serpents with Toni serving as their leader and being dubbed the Serpent Queen. The Serpents would then pool their resources to pay Hiram Lodge for La Bonne Nuit so they could turn it into the Whyte Wyrm. The Serpents have established a successful trucking company through one of her connections, and this is their main source of revenue. Since then, Toni has chosen to use the serpents to aid in the community’s reconstruction and has crowned Fangs as Serpent King.