A Major Death Was Teased in Riverdale Season 3, and Fans Are Scared
Riverdale Season 3 is going to be darker—so much so that a main character might die—and that's scary news for fans.
The Riverdale showrunner, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, dropped a worrisome hint on Tuesday, Oct. 2. He was tweeting about the episodes that they're working on now when he teased that a major character could die in the mid-season finale.
"Episode 308 is our mid-season finale!" he tweeted first. "(#Riverdale hasn't even premiered and we're already shooting our mid-season finale!!)"
(via Riverdale/The CW)
Aguirre-Sacasa then followed up his first tweet with a scarier one: "Life goes on (for MOST of our series regulars) in Episode #309 of #Riverdale…"
Episode 308 is our mid-season finale! (#Riverdale hasn't even premiered and we're already shooting our mid-season finale!!) ????⚒???????????????? pic.twitter.com/s022T8KKtS
— RobertoAguirreSacasa (@WriterRAS) October 2, 2018
Life goes on (for MOST of our series regulars) in Episode #309 of #Riverdale… ????????☠️ pic.twitter.com/9lqwzR59uU
— RobertoAguirreSacasa (@WriterRAS) October 2, 2018
That certainly makes it sound like one of the show's stars could be killed off. A lot of Riverdale stans also read it that way and panicked. Scores of them replied to the showrunner's tweet with pleas for him to keep their favorite characters (and couples) alive.
Keep #Bughead safe please!!! #Riverdale pic.twitter.com/gHgeNYyG1n
— Simone • "Or you could stay • Stay" (@SimoneJoubert1) October 2, 2018
???? protect Alice Cooper at all costs ????
— spooky mäcy???? (@90smadchen) October 2, 2018
Please keep #Varchie together pic.twitter.com/PqyKsYABTJ
— Varchie Polls #SaveVarchie (@VarchiePolls) October 2, 2018
Please keep #Bughead safe and happy #Riverdale pic.twitter.com/TmRzhr8LHR
— Brittany ???? (@BrittsLyfe) October 2, 2018
Please keep our couples safe! #Bughead #Varchie #Choni pic.twitter.com/rUIUWHdzOW
— Kelly Sharrock (@KellySharrock01) October 2, 2018
as long as you keep varchie together and give choni more screen time. season 3 will be great.
— woman like paris ???? (@archronniee) October 2, 2018
protect HER pic.twitter.com/fwPGD9bMfv
— biakins (@loumilawes) October 2, 2018
Keep Choni safe pls???????????? pic.twitter.com/5fTSjCU7k9
— ItsGuedes???? (@b_guedes05) October 2, 2018
istg if anything happens to alice, fp, cheryl or toni
— ???????????????????? ???? (@waikikicove_) October 2, 2018
Give them screen time we're tired of being robbed ????️????️????️ pic.twitter.com/VKTDF4zU9Y
— Mariana (@choniprt) October 2, 2018
— Ronnie Lodge (@tere_ramirez86) October 2, 2018
There is one character that some fans seemed willing to sacrifice, though.
Is Reggie dying? blink if the answer is yes
— Varchie???????? (@varchiepleasure) October 2, 2018
Better be Reggie the one who dies
— varchie (@ronnieandrewss) October 2, 2018
Sorry, Reggie.
The scripts have already been written, so it's probably too late to change the writers' minds, but hey, there's no harm in trying.
Riverdale Season 3 premieres Wednesday, Oct. 10 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on The CW.
Riverdale Season 3 has a new girl in town. Click HERE to read about the character.
