'Riverdale' Season 2 Episode 7 Recap: A Theory About the Black Hood Is Debunked
They deliver the crate and are greeted by a scary woman who says Jughead will be making more deliveries to her. This is the only storyline that's unfolded so far in the episode, and I'm pissed.
And I was right: Penny Peabody lied. F.P. isn't injured, and she secretly filmed Jughead delivering those drugs to Greendale, which means she has leverage over him. She's now ordering him to keep funneling drugs to Greendale...or she'll turn this video into the police. She has a bone to pick with the Jones family because "F.P. made a promise that he didn't keep." Why TF is this show turning into The Godfather?
But thank God, we've moved onto another storyline about Josie, the low-key best character on this show. Josie's mom, Mayor McCoy, is stressed to the max about the Black Hood—which has Josie stressed. On top of that, Josie's going behind the Pussycats' backs and writing songs without them.
She has a reason, though: Cheryl apparently slipped a demo of the Pussycats singing to a record producer, and he wants Josie (and only Josie) to have time in his studio. Why Cheryl has such a vested interest in Josie all of a sudden is...suspect, to say the least. But honestly let's keep the focus on these two characters for the rest of the episode.
Chuck Clayton, that gross dude who Dark Betty took down last season, reemerges and asks Josie on a date, and she iconically refutes him. Cheryl tells Josie she wants to help her career blossom (eh?!) as a thank-you for saving her from Nick St. Clair. However, something tells me there's more to this story...like a romance?
The Pussycats find out about Josie's solo songwriting sessions, flip out, and quit the band. Someone left a note in their lockers spilling the tea, and it's probably the same someone who left a note in Josie's locker saying they were "watching her." Shook, Josie (literally) bumps into Gross Chuck and asks for a ride home. He says he's "trying" to be better, which makes me want to groan. They then go dancing at Pop's (???), but their fun is interrupted by Mayor McCoy, who's been worried sick about Josie's whereabouts. What the hell is this episode even about?
Mayor McCoy tells Josie someone's been sending her death threats. The sheriff then asks Josie if she's received any weird notes, and she (of course) says no. Why do teens on these shows always lie to the police?!
And it gets worse: Josie gets another message from the weirdo leaving her notes that says, "If I can't have you, no one can." This person also sends a portrait of her face and a pig's heart. This sicko gave Josie a literal pig's heart! Josie and Cheryl think Chuck is the one behind these letters, which means he probably isn't. My money's on the loner janitor they keep panning to randomly.
Wait...maybe it's Cheryl leaving the notes: We end this chapter with a shot of Cheryl sketching a picture of herself and Josie together. Listen, if Riverdale's about to turn Cheryl into some deranged, queer stalker, then I'm done. Pop-culture needs to stop portraying LGBTQ+ characters as unbalanced.
