‘Riverdale’ Producer Reflects on Most Insane (and Controversial) Storylines, Plus Weighs In On That ‘Too Hot for TV’ Four-Way Romance

Emily Longeretta SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the series finale of “Riverdale,” which aired on The CW Wednesday, August 23. The end of “Riverdale” has arrived — after seven seasons of milkshake-drinking, love triangles, crime- solving and one incredible bear attack. The CW’s teen drama-turned-supernatural phenom finally wrapped up on Wednesday night, but not before throwing in a few more major twists. The finale, titled “Goodbye, Riverdale,” jumped ahead 67 years.

Betty (Lili Reinhart) is in her 80s, and is the last remaining alive member of the Riverdale crew. The night before she dies, she gets a visit from the ghost of Jughead (Cole Sprouse), who takes her back to a day when she missed school, revisiting all of her friends and finding out what happened to them after high school. For a full breakdown of where everyone ended up and how they all died (!), read our full recap.

Sarah Schechter, as the chairperson of Berlanti Productions, has worked on “Riverdale” since the beginning, and is one of its executive producers. With showrunner and writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa not wanting to do interviews during the ongoing writers strike, Schechter shed light on the way the drama wrapped up, the love triangle-turned-square, that surprise cameo — and much more. The love triangle/square has been a focus since the beginning of the series, and in the finale, it’s revealed that the four main characters were in a quad relationship. But I was very surprised that none of them ended up together after high school. Was that always the plan? I think anyone who tells you there was always a plan, they’re lying.