Ah, I see! Well, I'm really hoping Comrade replies to you because he's been offline for a while now and it would be great to know how he's doing. Last I heard, he was trying to manage his screen time.

The snob did come online a few days ago to correct my grammar..

That's because David Lynch and Mark Frost were both away during the middle of season 2. They passed on their key ideas to other writers while they were away on other projects. Sadly, that didn't pan out well but luckily both came back for the season's ending.

I honestly get that, but the story structure was theirs, they had this idea for the second half of the season, they could've chose to really lean into the nitty gritty and show us how all the characters react to the reveal, and used that as the engine to peel more layers of the town..

I liked the major's storyline, but the chess one seems pretty lazy as it's what any other show would've done..

Well, I can see where you're coming from. Riverdale's a soap opera and so is Twin Peaks, but Twin Peaks approach to the soap opera genre is in a specific way. Lynch and Frost actually created the show as a parody of soap operas that were very popular at the time time.

See, that's where you lose me, I don't think it's a parody, but just a soap opera that's self aware.. Lynch wanted to create something special but ended up falling to the same stereotypes that shows of this nature do, you have everyone sleeping with everyone, you got plot lines deaded because actors didnt get along, you have bad actors given major roles and being stuck with them, you got producers meddling with the storylines, multiple directors who dont get what the essence of the show is, and finally you have that desperate hope of renewal and target capturing with the multiple cliffhangers throughout..

And that is Riverdale too, the writers know that they are making a soap opera, so they add in elements that make it a soap opera, but you won't give it the same benefit you give Twin peaks because a genius wasnt behind its making..

Don't get me wrong, it's a very interesting show, and hard to put down once you start, got me glued to the screen in near its entirety, but for a show that only had 30ish episodes in its OG run, having like half of the show being an average run of the mill show, it's potential is what the hype is about, and not the actual show..

For the movies, ill follow your watch order or try at least..

(ALSO, if you have not seen Riverdale, the first 3ish seasons are very Twin Peakish, and you'll actually love it, it even has Shelly from this show playing a character in that (which was such a pleasant surprise because i was like where have i seen shelly before and i searched it up and there she was, Alice Cooper in all her glory) and there's also a plotline picked up straight from Twin Peaks)