“Riverdale” follows teenager Archie Andrews (KJ Apa), his best friends Betty Cooper (Lili Reinhart), and Jughead Jones (Cole Sprouse), and Riverdale newcomer Veronica Lodge (Camila Mendes) as their small town is thrown into disarray after one of their fellow students is murdered. At least, that’s how the series began. It’s since added several serial killers, evil nuns, mobster dads, rocket-building cult leaders, and much, much more into the mix. 

After season 5 kicked off with a seven-year time jump, the show shifted gears, evolving from a mix of teen melodrama, horror-thriller homages, and musicals into a mashup of adult soap opera, horror-thriller homages, and, yes, even more musicals. But it’s season 6 that’s really changed the game, starting with a multiversal limited event known as “Rivervale” and carrying on to a storyline that now includes witches, super-powers, and a larger war to prevent the end of the world.

I know it may seem like I’m just spoiling things for those who’ve never seen “Riverdale,” but believe me when I say it’s impossible to “spoil” a series that features time-travel and a character drinking a milkshake out of the Holy Grail in the same episode. “Riverdale” truly is a beautifully chaotic blend of camp, pastiche, and pure mayhem unlike anything else on TV right now. It’s the right time for the show to be calling it a day, but between that news and “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow” packing it in, television just got a whole less cool and bizarre.

“Riverdale” season 6 is currently airing on The CW. Episodes can also be streamed on The CW’s app.