Riverdale Season 4 Premiere: 7 Ups & 0 Downs From 'Chapter Fifty-Eight: In Memoriam'

by Michael Patterson

1. A Fitting Tribute

Riverdale Luke Perry
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The majority of this review may have been spent delving into all the beautiful ways that Riverdale paid tribute to the late, great Luke Perry, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't commend it separately for its delivery of this stunning episode.

Luke Perry will always be a TV icon and he left behind a legacy that words could never describe. But one of the world's biggest TV shows managed to put together a wonderful hour of television that consistently found new ways to honor that legacy and, in a way, thank him for giving it three years of his life.

'In Memoriam' was, like Luke himself, full of heart and, much like Fred Andrews, even managed to find hope in the darkest of times - and that, more than anything else, makes it a fitting tribute to both of them.

Rest In Peace Luke Perry. Thank You for everything.

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Michael Patterson is an experienced writer with an affinity for all things film and TV. He may or may not have spent his childhood obsessing over WWE.