WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Season 5 of Riverdale, which airs every Wednesday on The CW.

After the Riverdale gang's tearful departure at the end of "Graduation," the fourth episode of Season 5 picks up after a significant time jump. In what would have been the original Season 5 premiere if not for the COVID-19 pandemic, "Purgatorio" takes place seven years after high school, at which point all the Riverdale characters are living their adult lives, or at least, trying their best to. The many traumas they suffered during high school might have damaged them worse than they expected. It's Riverdale after all.

Even with the many blanks left for the show to fill in, the main casts' lives post-graduation are all pretty wild. From getting kidnapped by a serial killer to locking themselves away in a creepy mansion never to come out, the things that happened during these missing seven years are enough to fill a whole other show -- or perhaps an entirely different form of media. Riverdale has never been a series known for its realism or mellowness; it always goes right for the deranged. Proving that, some of Archie and the gang's adventures that take place during those seven years are almost too shocking to believe. In fact, they're intriging enough to be their own video game.

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The setup for a hypothetical Riverdale game is already there in the show. Each character could exist in a different layout specially designed for their skillsets, something that wouldn't be much different than the show itself. Similar to any other storyline taking place in the four previous seasons, each character could be part of a different level and given pieces of a mystery to uncover, each of which wouldn't connect until they all meet up in Riverdale at the end. And the focus of the mystery could be the identity of Season 5's newly-emerged Trash Bag Killer.

Who is this mysterious murderer? They all know, they just don't know it yet. It is someone they've each interacted with at least once in-between those seven years -- a native to Riverdale, perhaps? Taking his usual role as the narrator, a new beaten-down Jughead could be the instigator of their mystery. He could set the story up and lead the players to the other Riverdale characters, who would each share a connection to Mr. Trash Bag, starting with Archie.

This would be a clear Black Ops-style level centered around Archie, who joined the army after leaving Riverdale. The player could follow him as he goes through different warzones, eventually learning of an infamous soldier given a dishonorable discharge some years ago. The records are sealed, the name unknown. Then, the game would turn over to Betty who shares the most obvious connection to TBK. In her Silence of the Lambs-inspired setting, she's kidnapped by the killer and fights to escape. The other levels could continue to build the mystery up from there, focussing on different characters, settings and playstyles.

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Each level would provide both clues and red herrings to paint a picture of TBK's identity. Was he a former serpent? Did he know the Blossom family? Who better to ask than Cheryl, a shut-in living inside the Thornhill mansion, or Toni, the new Serpent Queen. Everyone in the game could use the connections they made during their time apart to find breadcrumbs, carrying out the mystery until they eventually all meet up again at Pop's Diner for a reunion over burgers and shakes.

This format might even make more sense than Riverdale as is. At least there'd be more of a reason for things to be so sporadic, and it would certainly be less stressful. Instead of watching the creators make such strange writing decisions you wish you could throttle them, you could finally take control of the action for yourself. After all, that's what the medium of gaming does best.

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