The Doghouse: A Riverdale Podcast

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussion of racism, trauma, grief, murder, death, bear attacks. The finale has arrived, the end of the road for all of our characters. As far as series finales go, this isn’t the worst we’ve ever seen. Everyone gets a nice send-off, there’s some genuinely sweet moments, and they nail the final moments. But after an entire final season of poi...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussion of racism, trauma, grief, murder, death, bear attacks. This show is just so incredibly dumb. We discuss “Chapter 136: The Golden Age of Television” this week on The Doghouse. You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Also please subscribe, rate and re...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussion of conspiracy, murder, radiation poisoning, paranoia, atomic bombs, manipulation, military, murder, sexism, infidelity, child abandonment.. It’s time for the first of many false endings for this season as we inch ever closer to the final ending of this series. How convenient that the entirety of the massive “plot” we’ve been half-he...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussion of sex, teen sex, pornography, queer-baiting, homophobia, parental abuse, parental shame.. This week it’s all about porn! And, well, burlesque (??) as our gang all discover the magic of stag films and stripteases. Archie and Reggie get some quality time together to discover themselves, Betty learns that Polly has carved out a spicy...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussion of homophobia, depression, body image, sexual harassment, sexualizing minors, misogyny. Once again we have jumped to a plotline that might have been entertaining back in Season 2 or 3 but now just reads as a desperate ploy to save Ethel. And still, this show can’t get Ethel Muggs right, because she once again has to be the frumpy lo...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussion of anxiety, divorce, queer-baiting. Hey, look, a musical episode! An all-original song-fest with lots of cute references to past season of the show! And yet, once again, we simply cannot enjoy it because this television show can’t bother to actually start wrapping up this story. There are 6 episodes left of this cursed show and we s...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussion of racism, child abuse, queer baiting, parental neglect, trauma. As our escape from this show drifts further and further away, we’re entering the real Red Scare as Clifford and Penelope Blossom begin their play for control of the town. Hiram and Hermoine are back for a visit too, along with, and I cannot believe I’m saying this, Ger...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussion of racism, child abuse, queer baiting, parental neglect, trauma. We are well past the halfway point of this final season, and yet again, we have no idea where we’re headed. In fact, peeking behind the curtain, it seems we won’t be any closer with 6 episodes left to go. Yes, we are having plenty of fun with these jokes and scenes. Ye...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussion of sex, murder, stabbing, abuse, institutional abuse, teen pregnancy. We got a quick break and come back to…more of the same. Because this show has an episode order to fill and by god they’re gonna pad every single one. This would be incredible fun if it were Season 1, and the callbacks are magnificent, but we really, really need to...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussion of homophobia, manipulation, racism, slurs, sex, teen sex, teen crushes, violence. We could talk about some of the fun plot intricacies, like Jughead being back in detective mode or Cheryl being the most thoughtful and sweet she’s ever been, but let’s get real. There’s one thing about this episode that matters, and that’s KJ Apa and...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussion of homophobia, manipulation, racism, slurs, sex, teen sex, teen crushes, violence. We’ve been having fun this season but we’re starting to get a little worried that the writers don’t have a plan to get us back to reality in Riverdale. We’ve been in the 50’s for a while, and it’s fun, but WHAT IS GOING ON?!??! Alice Cooper is hiding...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussion of homophobia, manipulation, racism, slurs, sex, teen sex, teen crushes, violence. You can almost hear the cheesy muted theme music this week as Riverdale has a very special episode for one of its very special characters. Reggie is back, but this time, he’s a lot more aloof and guarded than we ever knew him. To be fair, though, the...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussion of homophobia, parental manipulation, abuse, sex, misogyny, sex work. Just as we thought Riverdale might have turned a corner, they took this week’s episode as a chance to completely undo one of the few good storylines from the earlier timeline. Instead of Kevin Keller having a loving, supportive dad who wanted nothing other than hi...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussion of murder, decapitation, claustrophobia, bullying, leprosy, sex, spiders, infestation, body horror, autopsy, dismemberment, manipulation, womanizing, misogyny. This week Archie and Betty are really, REALLY excited to get to know each other better…a LOT better. Veronica plays a very lustful second fiddle to get Betty hooked up with h...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussion of murder, decapitation, claustrophobia, bullying, leprosy, sex, spiders, infestation, body horror, autopsy, dismemberment, manipulation, womanizing, misogyny. This week, Jughead gets his own bottle episode with his own spin on Tales from the Crypt, only he’s got the creepy janitor, the “Key-Keeper” to lead us through some depraved...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussion of homophobia, teen marriage, manipulation, lying, murder, grief, sex-shaming, repression. Archie’s life is getting way more complicated now that Cheryl has overplayed her hand with their relationship. I mean, he might even have to take a test! Meanwhile, Jughead’s trying to get Ethel out of hot water, but ends up steaming things up...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussion of homophobia, sex, murder, disturbing artwork, false accusations, manipulation. Instead of being a super sexy episode, this week’s Riverdale was awkward moment after awkward moment as the gang all discovers their inner arousal. Which is all the more complicated by the twisting love polyhedrons between everyone. In fact, if we reall...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussion of homophobia, grief, manipulation. Things are suspiciously uneventful in Riverdale these days, and that’s both concerning and refreshing all at the same time. Sure, Kevin’s figuring out he might just like boys, and Cheryl is desperately trying to hide she likes girls. Oh, and Archie gets pulled into a livestock show with every soci...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussion of racism, sexism, murder, grief, homophobia, familial neglect. It’s time, one last time, for a season premiere. And this time, we’re back, to the future, in 1955. Jughead’s the only person who knows anything that happened, while the rest of the crew are dealing with regular, average 50’s stuff. That and the incredibly dark, looming...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussion of queer-baiting, infidelity, grief. We’re back for the final season of Riverdale! Isn’t that exciting to say? The final season. But, before we get there, we have some unfinished business from Season 6 to get through. Yeah, yeah, we know - but look, it was a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad finale that, right at the end, someho...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussion of death, hell, Satan, stabbing, blood, demons, gunshots, witchcraft, nudity, poison, dismemberment, chainsaws, drinking, blindness, lobotomy. In almost every season of Riverdale up to this point, there’s been a penultimate episode that went so far off the rails that it brought the show back on. Somehow, the show jumped the shark so...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussion of sorcery, hell, Satan, Christian imagery, evil, murder, serial killer gene, execution, death, murder. We cannot stress enough how much needless exposition these writers crammed into this episode. There is nearly 15 minutes of pure exposition just crammed into various scenes and lines, all of which is a rehash of everything that ha...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussion of witchcraft, reanimation, body possession, death, grief, heaven, murder, imprisonment, threats of execution, blood, alcohol, burning, pyres, fire. Hahaha what. No, seriously, what? There’s been a lot of baffling moments on this show in the past but the absolute weirdness of bringing Sabrina Spellman back a second time in this seas...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. CW: Discussion of biblical plagues, lice, frogs, boiling skin, death of the firstborn, insects, murder, death, grief, blood, hearing voices, spoiled food, custody battles, fire, burning alive, illness. We had to take some time off from our season after some life events, and now we’re back to finish off this season. And this episode does very littl...

CLICK HERE TO FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER. Greetings, Bulldogs! Due to some life events and getting sick, we know we haven't had any new episodes in the past few weeks. So we made the decision to wait until the Season Finale aired and catch up on episodes completely. Once we know release dates, we'll be sure to share them on Twitter @The_DoghousePod. See y'all back in the Doghouse soon. To...