S01.E12: Chapter Twelve: Anatomy Of A Murder

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And so the killer is revealed!  A little surprised it ended up being an obvious choice with Clifford, but the reveal was still great.  For a second, I thought it was going to be someone closer to the teens, since there reactions were so huge.  Well... at least four of them were, because like others, it really felt like Archie's reaction was less "Oh, my God!  He just murdered his own son!" and more "Well, that's unfortunate!  I really don't even think K.J. Apa is that bad of an actor, but he really does seem to be the weak link of the group (and in particular, the actresses are really stronger then the actors.)

Even though he hung himself, I do wonder if there will be more to this.  I'm especially curious over why Clifford felt the need to get his own hands dirty and do it himself, because while I certainly think he was crazy enough to kill his own son, I would think he would avoid doing it himself and implicating himself like he just did.

At least FP wasn't a killer, but he didn't obstruct justice by hiding and later dumping the body (plus burning the car), so he won't be getting off scott-free.  But at least Jughead will hopefully get to see him more then had been convicted for murder.

How did Alice become the best parent on this show?  She was the only who at least gave the teens the time of day about FP being set-up, compared to Fred, Heromine, and Mary.  Even Hal was close to being cool, when he and Alice barged into the Blossoms and got Polly back.  Although, the reveal that the Coopers use to be Blossoms and Jason and Polly are third cousins was a bit underwhelming, because while a bit weird, I guess, it isn't anywhere close to what other shows have done recently (oh, you crazy Lannisters!)

To answer Jughead's question: I would say that Weatherbee is probably the bigger dick and Keller's more just really, really crappy at his job.

Bye, Joaquin?

Whelp, off to see how the finale plays out!