Chapter Thirty-One: A Night to Remember
- Episode aired Apr 18, 2018
- TV-14
- 42m
As rehearsals begin for Carrie the Musical, the arrival of an ominous letter forces Kevin to make a difficult decision about the show.As rehearsals begin for Carrie the Musical, the arrival of an ominous letter forces Kevin to make a difficult decision about the show.As rehearsals begin for Carrie the Musical, the arrival of an ominous letter forces Kevin to make a difficult decision about the show.
- Archie Andrews
- (as KJ Apa)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe character of Kevin Keller (Casey Cott) serves as the show-within-the-show's director, mixing elements from the 1974 King novel with Brian De Palma's 1976 film adaptation, the 1988 Broadway production, the 2012 Off-Broadway revival, and Kimberly Peirce's 2013 film remake.
- GoofsSome have suggested that Archie's new car is incorrectly referred to as a "Firebird" by multiple characters in this episode. The car is actually a 1969 Pontiac Firebird. The Firebird logo is clearly seen on the rear of the car as Archie drives away at 2:40 in the episode.
- Quotes
Betty Cooper: [all singing] Every day / I just pray / Every move I make is right / Where I go / Who I know...
Veronica Lodge: Will I be alone on Saturday night? / I don't worry / If I blow my SATs / But I worry / What can I possibly do?
Cheryl Blossom: To squeeze in / Pow / Why not now? / When will I belong? / Look where I am / Damn / My whole life feels wrong...
Toni Topaz: What if I do snap? / Holy crap! / I'd crawl out of my skin / And so would you...
other girls, together as choir: 'Cause life just doesn't begin / Until you're in...
- ConnectionsFeatured in Wait in the Wings: Carrie the Musical: The Polarizing Phenomenon (2020)
- SoundtracksIn
Written by Michael Gore and Dean Pitchford
Performed by K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Madelaine Petsch, Vanessa Morgan, Shannon Purser, Casey Cott, Emilija Baranac, Cody Kearsley and Ashleigh Murray
Produced by Leonard Jay Jackson and Ryan Petersen
I think the message that the audience is supposed to extract from this episode which is deliberately designed as a musical highlighting the 1976 cult classic film "Carrie" is that there will be revenge delivered by the schools musical lead that being Cheryl Blossom. Cheryl's mother Penelope Blossom however puts a stop to her daughter's dream of being the female lead singer by advising the school principal that her daughter Cheryl did not have her permission to participate in the school musical.
Jughead has been assigned to film the rehearsals as a semi documentary and he actually captures more emotions of the performers off of stage than during the scheduled musicals rehearsals. This episode is highlighting the strained relationships between the cast members parents and their children, and the songs within this episode carry the messages of each child's/parents need to resolve their family conflicts. Thus the title "A Night to Remember". This episode leaves no comparison to the recent 2016 TV musical versions of Grease, Hairspray, or even the Rocky Horror Picture show, but it delivered a sufficient amount of panache to leave its audience wanting more (not of) the same but more of the continued variety in the series Riverdale which you can never guess what the producers have in store for us each week.
Riverdale has now completed a total of thirty-one (31) episodes and I must say that my interest in the series has not waned. On the contrary, this episode, "A Night to Remember" has fortified my belief that the series Riverdale both literally and figuratively "is to die for".
- Ed-Shullivan
- Apr 18, 2018