Riverdale Season 6 Episode 14 sees Archie and Veronica struggling to find solutions to their weaknesses. Recently on the show, the heroes have been facing defeats after defeats in the war with Percival Pickens. The last time they won was probably the time Tabitha achieved her time travel powers. Since then, Percival has not only become the Mayor but also knows the weakness of one of the prominent heroes in the form of Archie.
The last time around when Archie tried to beat Percival Pickens to become the town’s folk hero, Percival kicked him down easily with the help of palladium. Now Pickens aims to use the palladium as one of his weapons if he ever crosses paths with Archie again. This saw Archie worrying about Riverdale as he tries to figure out a way to tackle this problem in the fourteenth episode of Riverdale Season 6.
Riverdale Season 6 Episode 14 Recap
Riverdale Season 6 Episode 14 saw Archie and Veronica suffering from the side effects of their own superpowers. Archie had a bigger one as Pickens was carrying his weakness on his fingers in the form of a palladium ring. In order to secure the future of Riverdale, Archie approached Jughead and then Cheryl to find a way.
As Jughead suggested, Archie believed much like Superman did with Kryptonite, he would like to build immunity by exposing himself to palladium. This saw him experimenting by borrowing a palladium pendant from Cheryl. The experiment went sideways and saw Archie injuring himself.
Cheryl pitched in a different idea by suggesting drinking a soup made out of palladium. That made the situation even worse. After circling around these ideas, Cheryl thought of using witch fire to turn Archie’s palladium inside into iron. She was hoping to forge him. It worked and Archie was no longer vulnerable to palladium.
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Meanwhile, Veronica’s efforts to get rid of toxins inside her were failing. This in turn resulted in Veronica almost making Reggie’s nose bleed. Veronica had a theory that she could be immune to other poisons and it came true after she experimented with some from Cheryl.
With the help of a book from Cheryl about spiders, Veronica also learned that most venomous spiders can control the amount of poison they secrete. Something she may learn to control in the coming episodes. Veronica closed the episode with a performance on Toxic at a shareholder meeting.
Amidst all of this, with the help of Jughead, Betty went back to the memories of her past. This saw her discovering the truth about her serial killer gene. Cheryl on the other hand spent time waiting for a reply from a crush of the past, Heather. The final moments of the episode saw Cheryl reuniting with Heather.
Riverdale Season 6 Episode 14 Review
Riverdale Season 6 Episode 14 was all about the weaknesses that come from the superpowers our heroes are carrying at this point. While weaknesses have always been there as an important part. Ever since the show transitioned into the superhero genre. They became a problem with their enemy finding it out which was obvious. One way or another, the show was bound to use this trope.
Apart from that, the episode also takes a break from the rush and one-up battle with Percival. With most of the wins on Percival’s side, he had nothing much to do in this episode. He had successfully brought the heroes down. On top of that, some of their friends are on his side.
Apart from diving deep into the weaknesses part with the help of Archie and Veronica’s story, the episode went deeper emotionally with Betty and Cheryl’s storyline. Betty’s storyline on one side got the breakthrough it needed. It all wrapped once and for all in this episode. Unless there is more to come. But if we come to Cheryl’s side, it’s just the beginning with her former crush from back in the day returning.
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