The Doghouse: A Riverdale Podcast

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussions of trauma, violence, involuntary drugging, kidnapping, homelessness, violence against homeless people, shooting, threats, self-destructive behavior, drug use, religion, religious scams, cult behavior, grief and loss, dead bodies. Hey everyone! It’s been…4 months! And in those 4 months, you’d think that maybe Riverdale would figure...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussions of abuse, manipulation, war, death in conflict, prison riots, prison, violence, divorce, murder, serial killers, family trauma, drug use, psychedelic drugs, hallucinations, sex, blood, guns, knives, stabbing, child trauma. Well, sure, why not, it’s a midseason finale, let’s just make everything weird. Archie’s finding out he might...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Depiction of homophobic violence (3:25-5:21), trauma, alien abduction, abuse, sleepwalking, lost time, serial killers, grief, abduction, assault, guns, betrayal, suggestion of sex. Apparently, we’re right back where we started with the Core Four, because they’re all right back to their high school selves. Sort of. I mean, Jughead’s getting in...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Emotional manipulation, trauma, nightmares, serial killers, dissociation, trauma triggers, loss of time, alcohol abuse, sex shaming, shame, breakups, poor representation of non-traditional families. What a horribly executed episode of TV. Seriously, we’ve had complaints about Riverdale before but this one takes the cake. First of all, you make...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Fire, arson, war, PTSD, trauma, panic attacks, serial killer, missing teenagers, homelessness, manipulation. This week felt a little like a filler episode, which is a bit of a bonkers statement because, just based on plot alone, this show is headed toward some buck wild stories this season. I mean, Veronica’s printing counterfeit money and Jug...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Emotional abuse, gaslighting, emotional manipulation, sex, drinking, trauma, sex work, murder, body parts, arson, alien abduction. The last two episodes of Riverdale felt a lot like a two-part premiere - first, we had to find out what happened to our Core Four, then they have to come together. Now? All bets are off. I mean, we’re nowhere near...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Sex, drinking, betrayal, curses, murder, drug use, sex work allusions, emotional abuse, manipulation and gaslighting, debt collectors. Riverdale isn’t wasting time on this jump forward; in fact, they might be moving too quickly. Barchie is a real thing now, and despite the hot shower sex and refreshing discussion after, the show didn’t give us...

Find us at: CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: War, death, amputation, war injuries, recruitment, serial killers, murder, kidnapping, abduction, sleeping with superiors, possessiveness, traumatic accidents, alcoholism, blackmail, debt collection, depression, homelessness, poverty. The second this episode started, we knew we were back to our Riverdale sweet spot. Dream sequences...

Find us at: CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Parental loss, loss of loved ones, military, mental illness, trauma, failing school, breakups, teen drinking. Well, we made it through high school with these nightmare children, and it’s finally time to graduate. And of course, there’s drama aplenty before we get to the real season premiere. Mostly, we’re actually pleasantly surpri...

Find us at: CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. Murder, serial killers, reliving trauma, PTSD, violence, blood, mental illness, suicide, toxic relationships. Lest we forget this show is Riverdale, they delivered a real dud this week. We could’ve slow played Charles, let Jellybean give us some better context on why she made videos, and give us a lot more intrigue to bring Betty and J...

Find us at: CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. Murder, serial killers, child abuse, emotional abuse, physical assault, teen drinking, drug use, infidelity, boxing, homophobia, “snuff films”. It’s finally prom night in Riverdale and you know what that means - murder. Well, OK, maybe not murder, but definitely creepy videotapes from our newest villain, “The Auteur”. But honestly, thi...

CLICK HERETO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. iTunes Spotify Patreon CONTENT WARNING: Sex, infidelity, murder, blackmail, trauma. Look - we’d be lying to you if we said this wasn’t the absolute weirdest moment in our watch of this silly Archie teen soap opera. When Season 4 ended last may, we didn’t know if or when the show might return. Yet here we are, sitting down to preview Season 5 of Riv...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CONTENT WARNING: Murder, torture, “maple-boarding”, kidnapping, pranking, abuse of authority, gaslighting, simulated murder, snuff films, parental abuse. Meet an unexpected season finale. With production shutting down, the showrunners were missing key scenes to provide another full episode of Riverdale. Again, though, unexpected restrictions make this show better...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CONTENT WARNING: Sex work, threats of violence, snuff films, murder, voyeurism, non-consensual sex tapes, emotional cheating, trauma, underage drinking. Riverdale has always been inspired by David Lynch, and the first season had heavy reference to Twin Peaks as it set up the mystery of Jason Blossom. So it’s no surprise they might lean into those comparisons for...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CONTENT WARNING: Bad representation of queer characters, murder, cheating, voyeurism, paranoia, drag, trauma. Riverdale is back with the anticipated (or dreaded) musical episode, and this year…they’re doing Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The verdict? It wasn’t as bad as it could have been, but we probably should’ve done a different musical. Kevin Keller utters a line...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of sexual relationships with a minor, trauma, sexual abuse, physical and emotional abuse, transphobia and transmisogyny, drag, medical abuse and malpractice. This week, Angel, the creator of Finding Atlas (To Have and to Hold), joins us for a crossover with Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! to watch and review the 2001 film ver...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CONTENT WARNING: Murder, assault, gaslighting, drugging, interrogation, serial killers. A bottle episode to wrap things up before hiatus? Don’t mind if we do! This episode tied all the loose ends into a neat package that still managed to surprise and delight us. We knew Forsythe I was coming back, we knew DuPont’s shadiness with the original Quill & Skull was...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CONTENT WARNING: Murder, dead bodies, gaslighting, teen sex, arrests, grief, cheating.. Were we expecting Riverdale to put a ton of thought and consideration into how they put their master plot together? Pffft, no, have you seen this show? That’s what made this week so surprising - they pulled from the past, put a bunch of elements together, and managed to surpri...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CONTENT WARNING: Murder, dead bodies, gaslighting, manipulation, paranoia, suggestions of dissociative identity disorder, drugs, memory loss, death, underage drinking. Wow, a good episode! No really, it’s a solid, no-filler, all-killer (heh) episode! The show took a giant nose dive for a few weeks there with some absolutely bizarre choices, but now that we’re cau...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CONTENT WARNING: Gaslighting, violence, murder, underage drinking, sexualization of minors, dysfunctional families. Yet again, Riverdale has somehow pulled victory from the jaws of defeat by finally, fi-na-lly giving us the Jughead answers we so desparately needed. Forgot Veronica’s weird “I’m going to keep you alive with spite” strategy, or Cheryl and Toni fakin...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CONTENT WARNING: Violence, stabbing, mercenaries, blackmail, sex tapes, assault, negative views of sex work, breaking and entering, statutory rape and sex between a minor and adult, portraying a victim as a liar. Well, they did it. They sunk to the bottom of the barrel this week. Archie’s on some wacky path to mercenaries and murder plots, Jughead’s in a “duel” w...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CONTENT WARNING: Underage drinking, “selling” alcohol to minors, lying to significant others, grief, rejection, defacing of a grave, cheating, sex, police raids, theft, gambling. We’re feeling slightly better than last week, but it’s a low bar to meet, to be honest. Archie’s being his typical caring, Archie self while his uncle is acting shady AF. And Bughead is...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CONTENT WARNING: Assault, violence, manipulation, underage drinking, teenage sexuality, explicit sexualization of a teenager, verbal and emotional abuse, opioid abuse, PTSD, drunk driving, grief and loss. Hey, remember those good things we said about the show in the mid-season finale? Yeah, forget it. This show is hot, hot garbage, and we are here to YELL ABOUT I...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CW: Gaslighting, faked suicide, parental abuse, false imprisonment, vigilante violence, grief, loss of a parent, childhood trauma, confronting past trauma, blood, suggested animal cruelty, suggested brutal assault. Starting this season, we knew that Archie’s uncle was going to be appearing, that Jughead would find his grandfather, and that somehow, some way, Alic...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CONTENT WARNING: Transphobia, violence, witchcraft, Satanism, demagoguery, religious dogma, misogyny and sexism. It's the solstice and Sabrina is fully adjusting to witch life. While Roz and Susie are getting into the Christmas spirit, Sabrina and the Spellmans are lighting the Yule log to ward off evil spirits and demons and cozying up with movies and A Christma...