Riverdale: 10 Craziest Moments (So Far)
6. Archie Fights A Bear (Season 3)
This was Riverdale's answer to The Revenant. In another crazy moment from the bizarre Season Three, Archie came face to face with a bear. After escaping from juvy, Archie went on the run to protect himself from the hit put out by Hiram Lodge. He ended up staying in a remote cabin and it was here that Archie encountered the bear.
We don't see the bear and thankfully so. Riverdale isn't a show that needs a CGI budget and so the decision to keep the bear out of view was probably a wise one in terms of preserving believability. We do see the blood-soaked aftermath, and in every shirtless scene since, the large claw-shaped scar across Archie's chest reminds us of the incident.
This scene sounds like a joke but seriously, this was a storyline in Riverdale. The show did go to the effort of emphasising how behind on school Archie was - so there is some level of awareness from the writers of how crazy the lives of these teens are.