This week’s episode ofRiverdale, if anything, feels like a backdoor pilot for a show calledThe Pussycats.
I don’tthinkit’s an actual backdoor pilot… but it could be.
We kick things off by catching up with Melody and Valerie as adults.
Ashleigh Murray in ‘Riverdale’.The CW
Melody has written a successful book that Tyler Perry has optioned for a movie.
At least that’s what Melody wants, but Tyler Perry has another idea.
Apparently she up and left in the middle of her tour and no one knows where she is.
Josie’s back in Riverdale!
She lets them know that they were more like acquaintances in high school.
Need she remind Cheryl that she once sent her a pig’s heart?
Well, she does!
As for this reunion, Josie’s not interested.
She came to Riverdale to make an album and that’s it.
So she leaves drinks early.
As she leaves, Josie runs into Sweet Pea… and then hooks up with Sweat Pea.
Because they were definitely more than acquaintances in high school.
She then goes to meet up with Melody and Valerie, whom she called earlier.
Josie admits her wrongdoing and apologizes to them both.
They agree to think about singing on her album.
Josie then reunites with her mom, who figured she’d come to Riverdale.
So, she turned around and walked away from everything.
Just then, her mom pulls out an urn of her father’s ashes.
Does it feel like poor, very rushed timing?
Honestly, it’s a bold request, but good for him I guess.
Together, they find Josie and agree to record a song together.
Josie then comes around to Veronica’s idea to put on a one-night-only concert to help save Riverdale.
The concert is a success in many ways, including sending Toni into labor.
But what do you know, apparently someone giving birth at Pop’s is what changes Alexandra’s mind!
Suddenly she wants to franchise Pop’s without laying a finger on the milkshake recipe.
So that’s something.
Oh, and Toni has a boy named… Tony?
Melody also intends for it to be a book tour?
I don’t think they know how any of these things work.
But regardless, they’re off!
Just before Josie and her mother leave, a musician who knew her dad shows up.
He thinks Myles was murdered.
So naturally, New Orleans is going to be stop number one… on this new show?!
If that’s not a backdoor pilot, I don’t know what is.
All in all, I was happy that Josie and the Pussycats returned and finally got a full episode.
