The Doghouse: A Riverdale Podcast

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CW: Organ harvesting, exhuming graves, autopsies, murder, serial killers, violence, violence by children, cult behavior, brainwashing, violence against minors. Words cannot describe just how bad this episode was. Just how off the rails it went. The creative team at Riverdale didn’t just jump the shark last week; no, they set up a ramp to go across Snake River Can...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CW: Attempted murder, severed limbs, violence, car accidents, serial killers. This is one of those episodes of Riverdale where we start to wonder if we’re really setting ourselves up to start throwing things at the television. Sure, Betty comes up with a half-decent plan to catch the Gargoyle King, and Mary Andrews comes to rescue her son from what should have be...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CW: Cult behavior, polygamy, violence, robbery, kidnapping, drugs. Well, we can’t say this show doesn’t deliver on crazy. This week’s episode was nuts, what with Kurtz leading the Jones family on a bloody game of G&G and finding out Evelyn’s been a junior more than nine times (anyone? anyone?). Yet as much as this episode raised some great questions, it avoid...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CW: Kidnapping, chloroforming, cult behavior, gaslighting, drug use, drug-induced psychosis, parental neglect, death. So we did a whole lot of set up last week to…do a whole lot more setup. I mean, it’s not the worst episode of TV we’ve ever seen, but what exactly got accomplished? And is it just us or do things seem weirdly disjointed? We know there was an exten...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CW: Drug use & dealing, police, gangs, violence, divorce, attempted murder, cult worship, teen sex. After the big emotional climax of the last two episodes, the newest installment of Riverdale felt like a letdown. Except SO MUCH happened to set us up for this Season 3 finale, and things feel like they’re headed for something big. Archie’s finding some purpose...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CW: Discussions of drug use, divorce, cult rituals, arson, suicide. Ever since Season 2’s botched attempt at a musical episode, we’ve been preparing ourselves for this season’s musical - Heathers. Granted, it’s a better choice of story, but would it fit the narrative of this pretty wild season of Riverdale? Spoiler Alert: OMG YES.  Diana’s sister April joins us t...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CW: Discussions of violence, drug use, manipulation, police, murder. Riverdale’s had its ups and downs, but this week we got a legitimately good episode of television. Not just good for Riverdale, but good overall. Well, at least for the continuation of awfulness between Cheryl and Toni, until the two have a HOT sex scene that really goes there. In a good way. Ah...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CW: Discussions of violence, murder, cult worship, self-harm, emotional abuse, sociopathic behavior, child abuse. Riverdale was taking a big, big risk naming this episode after an iconic phrase from TV history. This episode doesn’t live up to its namesake, but as far as Riverdale goes this is pretty good. Archie gets some perspective while trying to help out a ve...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CW: Discussions of violence, murder, gaslighting, cult worship, racial stereotypes. Also, we discuss the death of Luke Perry, and offer our sincere condolences to his family, friends and the Riverdale  cast and crew. In a crossover with Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!, we share our mini-review of the new movie Five Feet Apart, which stars Haley Lu Richar...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CW: Discussions of violence, murder, gaslighting, cult worship, racial stereotypes. Also, we discuss the death of Luke Perry, and offer our sincere condolences to his family, friends and the Riverdale  cast and crew. We’ve seen worse and better episodes from Riverdale, but things definitely happened this week. Betty’s freaking out about her mom being in a cult wh...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CW: Discussions of murder, public outing, white savior issues, sex work, homophobia, occult imagery, sex, bank robbery. Right before a hiatus, Riverdale decided to drop one of its most interesting episodes yet. The Core Four get almost no screen time as the most adorable older couple ever, Tom Keller and Sierra McCoy, are getting ready to tie the knot. We were th...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CW: Discussions of Discussions of murder, serial killers, violence, sex work, domination, alcoholism. It wasn’t until watching this episode again that we realized it’s WAAAAAY more style than substance. Jughead is adorable playing a hard-boiled detective but could someone have taken another pass on his dialogue, for crying out loud? Archie’s become a full-on drun...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CW: Discussions of murder, teen sex, teenage drinking, gaslighting, serial killers. What an episode. It’s a rollercoaster for everyone in Riverdale right now: Archie’s getting drunk and fighting his Dad’s construction foreman; Hiram taps Claudius Blossom for Sheriff; the Serpents discover Tall Boy is the “Gargoyle King,” and Alice Cooper gives Betty’s entire coll...

Find us at: iTunes Spotify Patreon CW: Discussions of bear attacks, violence, teen sex, drug use. We’re catching up on the second part of the season of Riverdale, and sadly we have to kick things off with this pile of hot garbage of an episode. I mean, Archie gets mauled by a freaking bear in the woods as he lives in a cabin clearing trail at the Canadian border. Betty’s struggling to keep control...

Find us at: iTunes Google Play Spotify Patreon We’re finally back in the Doghouse after Principal Weatherbee locked us out! Fortunately we picked the locks and learned about all the craziness going on in Riverdale. Veronica and the Vixens succumb to the mysterious seizures plaguing Riverdale High, leaving Hiram to take control over the chaos. Betty finally gains an ally with Ethel, and the two hat...

Find us at: iTunes Google Play Spotify Patreon It’s a triptych of short stories for the Core Four this week on Riverdale, with The Walking Archie, Vegas Veronica and Betty Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. We learn some lessons from our intrepid teen friends as well. Don’t be stupid, like Archie, who can’t help but make the absolute dumbest decisions ever while Jughead learns new stuff about Fizzle Roc...

Find us at: iTunes Google Play Spotify Patreon Folks, things are getting weird and creepy in Riverdale and your pals at the Doghouse are HERE FOR IT. Archie’s on the run to prove his innocence with Kevin while Betty Drew starts questioning the parents. Jughead’s looking to hunt down Joaquin but gets more than he bargained for. And every parent is just the worst at lying. Throw in some horror homag...

Find us at: iTunes Google Play Spotify Patreon We’ve been watching this show for a while now, so believe us when we say - this might just be the best episode of Riverdale we’ve ever seen. We love Jughead getting in too deep with the Gargoyle King, the teen antics of Reggie, Josie and Kevin, and the escape of the Red Paladin himself. Gryphons & Gargoyles seems to have a dark presence all over E...

Find us at: iTunes Google Play Spotify Patreon Riverdale goes 90’s this week as Alice reveals the parents’ history with Gryphons & Gargoyles. More importantly, the kids are playing their parents and there’s some amazing performances going on. Teen Alice’s eye rolls and mischievous smirks are on point while KJ Apa is scarily good at being Luke Perry. It’s a totally cheesy episode, but in the be...

Riverdale has officially gone full weird horror and we LOVE it… Find us at: iTunes Google Play Spotify Patreon Things are officially weird in the town of Riverdale and we here at the Doghouse are all for it. Princess Etheline has gone waaaaaayy beyond sad and into total creepytown after making Jughead drink from the chalices, while Jughead may have just spread some dark magick throughout Riverdale...

Find us at: iTunes Google Play Spotify Patreon Archie went to prison and apparently so did the good writing for his character because DO WE HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WITH THIS STORYLINE. It might be the worst subplot they’ve ever done for this show, and we’re not exaggerating. Betty Drew and Bad Cop Jughead manage to salvage the episode by descending into the dark madness of Gryphons & Gargoyles that...

That’s right, Bulldogs, we’re back in the Doghouse! Archie’s going to jail, which, I mean, we all knew. But the writers took THE MOST CONVOLUTED route to get there. Meanwhile, Betty’s hooked on Adderall, Hot Dog’s gone missing, Cheryl is super extra, JOSIE AND SWEETPEA, Kevin issues an ultimatum, and Dilton and Ben are messing with some weird stuff in the woods. It’s a totally nuts episode with so...

[WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD. SO IF YOU DON’T WANT THEM, DON’T LISTEN. YOU’VE BEEN WARNED.] Hey there, Bulldogs! We’ve had a nice summer break to rest and relax but now that Archie’s been arrested and Veronica bought Pop’s, we’re ready to dive back in to the CW’s Riverdale! We get into all the new cast members (including a legit movie star or two), talk about clues dropped at New York Comic-Con, do a...

Our instant reaction to the new trailer!!!We've watched the new trailer for Season 3 of Riverdale and have some quick things to mention! Also, we've got some exciting new announcements here at the Doghouse. Enjoy this quick episode for your listening pleasure! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram (macintosh.and.maud) and Facebook. If...

Come in, have a seat. We've got some things we'd like to discuss, Riverdale...We did it, everyone. We binged ALL of season 2 while sitting in the Doghouse and besides our brains getting a little mushy from too much time on TV we have some refined opinions about this season. Some things are better, some things are worse, and some tweets from certain creative directors have us enraged. It's not all...