Hey y’all, it’s Maria. Who asked for a rant about Riverdale? I am returning for our Lost Episodes (1x10-1x13 and 2x01-2x09) and potentially 4x19, 5x01-5x03 and whatever in the time jump brings me enough joy that I want to podcast it. Also, I rant about Josie and the Pussycats being mistreated by the writers (who else watched Return of the Pussycats? 5x15 will def be on the list of episodes we’re gonna podcast!)

In the meantime, if you miss Bughead as much as I do, I’m still writing Bughead fic on AO3: stonerbughead. And if political moments on TV teen dramas are your jam (you listen to my podcast already so maybe they are?), listen to my new podcast Leftist Teen Drama!

See y’all soon with 1x10 xoxo Maria

Hey y'all! Maria here; I know it's been awhile. I've got a couple pieces of good news, though! I've launched a new podcast, and I wanted to share the trailer with you! Leftist Teen Drama is a podcast celebrating political moments on TV teen dramas, hosted by me, Maria DiPasquale, your favorite unionist and teen drama enthusiast. produced by Jeff McHale, with art by Maddy Wiryo. Episode 1 is currently streaming on Podbean, Spotify, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Listen Notes, and iHeartRadio! Check it out! And you can follow us on social: instagram, tumblr, tiktok: @leftistteendrama | twitter: @leftyteendrama | website: leftistteendrama.com

Oh, and the other piece of good news? I'm planning to return to Bodysuits For Bughead soon. Stay tuned, more on that coming.

feat. guest: Hailey

“They’ve done such a good job of writing these Stonies as the shitty ultrawealthy that they are. Wonderful critique of capitalism, guys, I love it. And so to finally see them get their comeuppance and Betty and Jughead take them down as the working class heroes that they are? It’s gonna be so beautiful!” -Maria

So we were kinda *joking* about this episode being 42 minutes of Betty and Jughead acting smug as fuck...but like, it actually is and we are living for it?! We get Peak!Bughead as they take us through pretty much...everything that happened all season up until that moment, including the night Jughead almost died. We gasp at ALL the Baxter Brothers/Tracy True secrets that are revealed, from DuPont and Forsythe I to Chipping jumping out a window to Donna Sweett’s real motive for revenge. Come along for the ride with us as we joke, theorize, and love all the Bughead and the core four finally being reunited (above ground.)

(And of course, we have lots of anti-Barchie arguments and pleas with the writers to stop this baiting nonsense that makes no sense for the characters they’ve developed over the past, idk, four seasons.)

As always, check out our bodysuit looks on Insta at bodysuits4bughead or Twitter at B4B_Podcast. RIP Luke Perry, love forever.

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A message from Rebecca, who is taking a step back from the podcast for the foreseeable future:

“I want to start off saying how much fun this experience has been for me and how I want to ultimately figure a way to be able to play a role again in the future. I am in grad school now and my program is just overwhelming me. I'm also just a person so sometimes life gets to me too. I want to be able to be the best podcast co-host to my dear friend Maria, and to those who listen! Right now, I just have to take some time for myself and focus on school. I will be back! Because I need to know who that damn Twiggy-Smalls is and I have too many bodysuits now for my own good! Thanks to Maria! Thanks to RAS! Thanks to Bughead! XOXO Rebecca.”

feat. guest: Kelly

“We are in a time of crisis. The primary, the coronavirus. Can Riverdale just make sense? That’s all I’m asking.”

“That’s all I want.”

“A little bit of sense, even.”

“I want just, like, a feeling of...release. Of resolution.”

“Arousal..”

“A building tension maybe?”

If you know, then you know—this episode is an emotional rollercoaster. Come along for the ride with Maria and Kelly as we theorize, shriek, laugh our asses off, and scream when the show FINALLY confirms what we knew to be true all along—JUGHEAD IS NOT DEAD!

Also: Maria explains her Jughead-as-demisexual headcanon again and we talk critique of the fandom toxicity intentionally fueled in the promotion for this episode and whether Charles and Chic’s connection will play a role in the back-end of the season.

As always, check out our bodysuit looks on Insta at bodysuits4bughead or Twitter at B4B_Podcast. RIP Luke Perry, love forever.

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A message from Rebecca, who is taking a step back from the podcast for the foreseeable future:

“I want to start off saying how much fun this experience has been for me and how I want to ultimately figure a way to be able to play a role again in the future. I am in grad school now and my program is just overwhelming me. I'm also just a person so sometimes life gets to me too. I want to be able to be the best podcast co-host to my dear friend Maria, and to those who listen! Right now, I just have to take some time for myself and focus on school. I will be back! Because I need to know who that damn Twiggy-Smalls is and I have too many bodysuits now for my own good! Thanks to Maria! Thanks to RAS! Thanks to Bughead! XOXO Rebecca.”

feat guest: Maria’s boo/B4B producer Jeff

“Jughead’s not dead!” -Maria, approximately a dozen times throughout this podcast

“I’m spending every second of every scene trying to figure out what could be a different level of a lie or not a lie or who knows what or doesn’t know what.” It’s a wild, post-Stonewall-Prep-party ride with Betty, Archie, and Veronica! Amongst all our confusion, rambling theories, and deep hatred of the Stonewall Prep kids, we find time to be excited about Mary Andrews coming out to Archie and the badass/swoonworthy moment when Betty threatens Donna in the forest wearing Jughead’s Sherpa jacket. Other than that, Jeff continues trying to convince of us of a Sabrina crossover and Maria mostly waxes poetic about the hopefully-soon-to-come steamy and romantic Bughead reunion.

We also talk Skeet Ulrich and Marisol Nichols casting news (soon-to-be-bye-bye FP and Hermione!) and the possibility of a less-parent-heavy Season 5 if Riverdale does the time-jump that has been heavily rumored (and which we are rooting for!)

As always, check out our bodysuit looks on Insta at bodysuits4bughead or Twitter at B4B_Podcast. RIP Luke Perry, love forever.

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A message from Rebecca, who is taking a step back from the podcast for the foreseeable future:

“I want to start off saying how much fun this experience has been for me and how I want to ultimately figure a way to be able to play a role again in the future. I am in grad school now and my program is just overwhelming me. I'm also just a person so sometimes life gets to me too. I want to be able to be the best podcast co-host to my dear friend Maria, and to those who listen! Right now, I just have to take some time for myself and focus on school. I will be back! Because I need to know who that damn Twiggy-Smalls is and I have too many bodysuits now for my own good! Thanks to Maria! Thanks to RAS! Thanks to Bughead! XOXO Rebecca.”

feat guest: Maria’s boo/B4B producer Jeff

“This is kind of THE episode that we’ve all been building toward all season—really, since the Season 3 finale when we saw the first flash-forward” -Maria

Epic, investigative, angsty, and romantic Bughead! Cute, comforting Varchie and sexy, scheming Choni! The “final?” showdown with the Stonewall preppies and their apparent ringleader DuPont! We have so many theories about everything that goes down ~conveniently~ on the Ides of March—and we KNOW that our boy Jughead is not dead.

As always, check out our bodysuit looks on Insta at bodysuits4bughead or Twitter at B4B_Podcast. RIP Luke Perry, love forever.

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A message from Rebecca, who is taking a step back from the podcast for the foreseeable future:

“I want to start off saying how much fun this experience has been for me and how I want to ultimately figure a way to be able to play a role again in the future. I am in grad school now and my program is just overwhelming me. I'm also just a person so sometimes life gets to me too. I want to be able to be the best podcast co-host to my dear friend Maria, and to those who listen! Right now, I just have to take some time for myself and focus on school. I will be back! Because I need to know who that damn Twiggy-Smalls is and I have too many bodysuits now for my own good! Thanks to Maria! Thanks to RAS! Thanks to Bughead! XOXO Rebecca.”

feat guest: Sofia

“All I’ve ever wanted is for Betty and Jughead to be like, ‘you know what we’re not gonna play on your terms, you capitalist fucks, we’re leaving.’ Ugh, yes! That is so on brand for me. Bodysuits For Bughead approved.” -Maria

Another good Bughead ep, we. are. LIVING! In this jam-packed episode, we cheer on an investigative Betty and freak out when she discovers that Donna has been the mastermind of Stonewall Prep all along. We have a lot of fun with the three-part Jughead vs. Bret duel, including a ton of Chilton vs. Stonewall Gilmore Girls parallels inspired by that fencing bout. As expected, we have a LOT of reactions to Archie’s latest absurd fight scene(s) and we thoroughly enjoy wonderful friendship moments with Cheryl, Fangs, Toni, and Kevin, and Veronica and the introduction of Katy Keene!

Content warning for some questionable politics around consent and sexual assault: Maria talks about the Donna reveal, the Toni/Nick plotline, and those sex tapes all being in one episode at 1:13:14 - 1:20:42

As always, check out our bodysuit looks on Insta at bodysuits4bughead or Twitter at B4B_Podcast. RIP Luke Perry, love forever.

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A message from Rebecca, who is taking a step back from the podcast for the foreseeable future:

“I want to start off saying how much fun this experience has been for me and how I want to ultimately figure a way to be able to play a role again in the future. I am in grad school now and my program is just overwhelming me. I'm also just a person so sometimes life gets to me too. I want to be able to be the best podcast co-host to my dear friend Maria, and to those who listen! Right now, I just have to take some time for myself and focus on school. I will be back! Because I need to know who that damn Twiggy-Smalls is and I have too many bodysuits now for my own good! Thanks to Maria! Thanks to RAS! Thanks to Bughead! XOXO Rebecca.”

feat guest: Kelly

You know what they say...a big Bughead episode means a LONG episode of Bodysuits For Bughead!

What a fun ep! From a quiz show team of powerful Riverladies to tickle porn and maple-rum being sold by a kidnapped killer mother, we have a great time. We obvi have a LOT of feelings and screeches to share about Bughead’s storyline, many opinions about Archie’s management of Andrews Construction, and, ya know, your standard confusion and attempts at making sense of the flash-forwards. We also talk about the announcement that Hedwig and the Angry Inch will be the Season 4 musical!

As always, check out our bodysuit looks on Insta at bodysuits4bughead or Twitter at B4B_Podcast. RIP Luke Perry, love forever.

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A message from Rebecca, who is taking a step back from the podcast for the foreseeable future:

“I want to start off saying how much fun this experience has been for me and how I want to ultimately figure a way to be able to play a role again in the future. I am in grad school now and my program is just overwhelming me. I'm also just a person so sometimes life gets to me too. I want to be able to be the best podcast co-host to my dear friend Maria, and to those who listen! Right now, I just have to take some time for myself and focus on school. I will be back! Because I need to know who that damn Twiggy-Smalls is and I have too many bodysuits now for my own good! Thanks to Maria! Thanks to RAS! Thanks to Bughead! XOXO Rebecca.”

feat guest: Hailey

Cheryl: We’re going on strike!

Maria: Yes! They’re doing direct action! Ooh, yes! Withhold your labor! Age-old labor tactic. This is beautiful.

Y’all, has it EVER been clear that Riverdale is depicting an indictment of the super-wealthy than in this football championship episode that gives us the owning-class Stonewall assholes playing against the ragtag Riverdale working class team? (Cough, cough, billionaires shouldn’t exist.) Maria and Hailey have so much fun with this last hurrah for the River Vixens and Bulldogs, from a wild final cheerleader musical number to Cheryl and Veronica’s new joint business idea to Betty’s ongoing investigation with the help of Monica Posh and a Chilling Adventures of Sabrina cameo. Plus: our usual amount of confusion, disbelief, and attempts at theorizing around the latest troubling Bughead-related flash-forward.

Oh, and we also talk Katy Keene excitement and Riverdale’s Season 5 renewal(including what post-high school Riverdale might look like.)

As always, check out our bodysuit looks on Insta at bodysuits4bughead or Twitter at B4B_Podcast. RIP Luke Perry, love forever.

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A message from Rebecca, who is taking a step back from the podcast for the foreseeable future:

“I want to start off saying how much fun this experience has been for me and how I want to ultimately figure a way to be able to play a role again in the future. I am in grad school now and my program is just overwhelming me. I'm also just a person so sometimes life gets to me too. I want to be able to be the best podcast co-host to my dear friend Maria, and to those who listen! Right now, I just have to take some time for myself and focus on school. I will be back! Because I need to know who that damn Twiggy-Smalls is and I have too many bodysuits now for my own good! Thanks to Maria! Thanks to RAS! Thanks to Bughead! XOXO Rebecca.”

Feat guest: Jeff

“The three endgame couples are like, holding each other while they watch a fiery boat of a flaming body float away. Romantic.” -Maria

TBH, this mid-season finale gave us whiplash—from Archie and FP’s team-up to run the Dickinson brothers out of town to Jughead bashing a skull in with a rock as initiation into a creepy secret society to Cheryl’s Red Queen trial of Penelope Blossom and subsequent letting-go of Jason (finally!) via fiery Viking Funeral on Sweetwater River. Meanwhile, in “Hills We Are Willing to Die On” territory, we continue to plead with the writers to let Veronica have non-Hiram-related plotlines, and, as Maria is NOT a fan of this Betty storyline, we plead once again for our dear Betty to go to regular therapy sessions.

P.S. Having recorded our live reactions on December 11, we were still in a bit of shock over the Riverdale writers actually trying to get us to buy that Betty Cooper killed the Love of Her Life Jughead Jones (seriously, good one, y’all) so while we throw some ideas around, a more coherent discussion of flash-forward theories will commence on our 4x10 podcast~

As always, check out our bodysuit looks on Insta at bodysuits4bughead or Twitter at B4B_Podcast. RIP Luke Perry, love forever.

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A message from Rebecca, who is taking a step back from the podcast for the foreseeable future:

“I want to start off saying how much fun this experience has been for me and how I want to ultimately figure a way to be able to play a role again in the future. I am in grad school now and my program is just overwhelming me. I'm also just a person so sometimes life gets to me too. I want to be able to be the best podcast co-host to my dear friend Maria, and to those who listen! Right now, I just have to take some time for myself and focus on school. I will be back! Because I need to know who that damn Twiggy-Smalls is and I have too many bodysuits now for my own good! Thanks to Maria! Thanks to RAS! Thanks to Bughead! XOXO Rebecca.”