Awesome Show
Just started watching this show and I have to say it has been surprisingly really good so far!! I love how the writers have re-imagined all these classic comic characters and given much needed depth. The way they deviate from the comics like Archie has been turned from a fun loving simpleton to conflicted, much more confident football playing yet musically inclined sensitive guy, Veronica from rich snotty girl to much more caring,sensitive yet sexy girl and Jughead from plain lazy, food loving to this nerdy,perceptive & shy guy! Betty is the only one who on the outside at-least is the closest to the original comics!!! And oh how they turned Moose into a Bi-sexual,Alice Cooper a sociopath and Hermione Lodge a gold digger! Amazing!
Also the casting is ingenious, all the right actors taken for the different roles with the twist of having a Latino as Veronica, an Asian as Reggie and Josie a black girl! The actress that has stood out for me is Lili Reinhart, she has nailed the character of this all-american girl-next-door sweetheart, a role we rarely see these day. The setting of the show in a sub-urban small town which is quaint & peaceful on the outside but has layers of subtext of conflict,jealousy and ambition,it is just prefect!
Now the problems with the show is that it does remind one strongly of Pretty Little Liars and we know how that went to gutter after the first 3 Seasons I hope this doesn't happen but then again how much can you stretch the investigations of a single murder unless you add more murders! What happened with PLL was that after S03 all the plot point,hints & conspiracies setup blew apart with the entire narrative having moon carter holes in the end!!!
To be continued....