Riverdale Season 6 Episode 9 marks the end of Abigail’s verge to take revenge. Also, the paranormal or horror phase the show began with. It seems like from here on, it’s all super with our trio of Archie, Betty, and Jughead using powers to protect the town. The show also has a new big bad for them in the form of Percival Pickens. On top of that, he might have superpowers as well, which proved to be devastating in the recent Episode of Riverdale.
Percival Pickens tried to avoid the likes of Betty, Archie, and Jughead. For now, his main focus was on Toni Topaz and ending the Serpents gang once and for all. While Toni didn’t back down, somehow, all the luck had turned against her. Lastly, Abigail gave her one last shot at taking her revenge and resurrecting Thomasina. How did it go down? Let’s find out.
Riverdale S06E09 Recap
Previously in Riverdale Season 6, the arrival of Percival Pickens in the town haunted Archie, Betty, and Jughead. Especially Toni, who is more or less like his target. The Episode opened up with Archie crossing paths with him. Pickens has been taking a census of the town for some reason. Archie believes he is gathering people on his side, and they should do the same.
While Archie, Betty, and Jughead were still trying to figure out Percival Pickens’s next move, the first one he did was by questioning the war between Ghoulies and The Serpents. Plus, how it makes the town unsafe. He also went on to question Toni’s position on the council to make decisions for the town.
Things continued to go right for Pickens when a drive-by shoot out at Pop’s became a reason for him to question Toni again. She reassured the town with her achievements and the fact that she was raising her baby here. She believes the town will be safe. But somehow, voting worked against her. Thus giving Archie, Betty, and Jughead another clue that Pickens might be using his mind-controlling powers.
Toni believed in the idea of changing the Serpent’s way. But things went bad with Fangs going behind bars for storing guns at home and Toni’s baby getting kidnapped. This saw her kinda walking into a trap set by Ghoulies and Pickens in order to save her baby. Soon she was behind bars for a while as well, and now Kevin was going to take the custody of the baby. Plus, the cops had also taken out the Ghoulies.
Amidst all of this, Abigail played her moves to bring Thomasina back and kill her enemies. When she failed, she decided to move to resurrect Thomasina first. Archie read through Britannia’s mind.
The trio got together and managed to cast Abigail’s spirit out. Cheryl was back. Abigail was inside a doll now, which was locked inside a glass box. The Episode closed with Betty learning that Ghoulies turned guns on themselves and died. The cops didn’t take them out. On top of that, now Percival is part of the council replacing Topaz.
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Riverdale Season 6 Episode 9 Review
We might say that Riverdale Season 6 might be finally moving away from its horror elements as Episode 9 concludes. Abigail’s drive to bring Thomasina back and take revenge on her enemies came to quite a quick end. Especially after building it to such an extent. We were expecting a big end to this story, not as a sub-plot to the ongoing mess. The final scenes of trapping Abigail inside a doll and then inside a glass box gave all Annabelle vibes needed.
Anyway, as we move on from this, at this point, Percival Pickens seems to be the big mystery in the town. Especially through this superhero phase. The motives of Pickens may remain under wraps. For now, the best guess Archie has is that he wants to destroy the town for some reason.
The Episode might have also given a clue that Archie, Betty, and Jughead’s suspicion was right. Pickens might be controlling people’s minds. Thus he managed to make Topaz helpless and even finished off the Ghoulies in one go. Also, he might be doing it one by one. We wonder who is next on his list. Now that he is part of the council, he has some authority as well.
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