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T2 WHATS UP! March 20 - 26, 2022 TV FEATURE BY DANA SIMPSON TV Media I t's time to turn the page and begin a new frame of Archie Andrews (K.J. Apa, "Songbird," 2020) and friends, because the sec- ond half of "Riverdale" Season 6 begins Sunday, March 20, on CW. Series fans everywhere have been waiting for the dark high school drama to air Part 2 of Season 6 since it aired its 100th episode on CW in De- cember of last year. Titled "Chapter One Hundred: The Jughead Paradox," the final episode before the break saw Jughead (Cole Sprouse, "Five Feet Apart," 2019) reach his breaking point and take off on a quest to solve the mysteries plaguing his hometown of Riverdale. Of course (and spoilers ahead for those not yet caught up), "Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Witching Hour(s)" also featured a very special guest: Sabrina Spellman (Keirnan Shipka) from "Chilling Adven- tures of Sabrina." As diehard fans of the Archie Comics uni- verse will know, Sabrina, while vastly different in life- style, hails from the same world as Archie and friends. This time, however, fans of the TV series adaptations finally got to see a crossover event that will be talked about for seasons to come. Before "Riverdale" celebrat- ed its 100-episode milestone (a milestone that, in the indus- try, allows the show to enter syndicated reruns), plenty had occurred in Season 6. During what is often referred to as Season 6's "five-episode spe- cial event" that takes place in the related universe of River- vale, viewers discover that Cheryl (Madelaine Petsch, "Polaroid," 2019) unleashed a curse on Riverdale as revenge for its involvement in past atrocities. Tied up in River- dale's history of witch hunts and trials, Cheryl's anger paved the way for Sabrina's in- troduction into the series and the injection of further super- natural elements into the show's storylines. One of these haunting de- velopments is tied to Jughead and Tabitha's (Erinn West- brook, "Insatiable") apart- ment. Now that the couple — who finally proclaimed their love for one another — have discovered their home is pos- sessed by the spirits of dead couple Sam and Diane, fans are interested to see how that plot point progresses and whether the sinister fate of the dead couple could foreshadow inevitable disaster for River- dale's newest sweethearts. Among other earth-shatter- ing paranormal events in the first five episodes of Season 6, Archie is dead, Veronica (Ca- mila Mendes, "Palm Springs," 2020) sends Reggie (Charles Melton, "Bad Boys for Life," 2020) to Hell, Toni (Vanessa Morgan, "Finding Carter") ac- cidentally kills Darla Dicken- son's (Azura Skye, "One Missed Call," 2008) son and is haunted by La Llorona before eventually becoming the Mex- ican folkloric mourner herself, and both Kevin (Casey Cott, Bentonville Acupuncture 5 x 5 continued on page T10 The cast of "Riverdale" Comic TV Not a subscriber? No problem, subscribe today and receive an iPad with your subscription*. *iPad must be returned within 30 days of termination of account. now available on the digital replica! NEW INTERACTIVE PUZZLE PAGES Get the new puzzle pages on the digital replica, featuring puzzles daily! CROSSWORDS KIDS' GAMES SUDOKU WORD GAMES STRATEGY & MEMORY NUMBERS Call 479-684-5509 or visit nwaonline.com/nwaipad