The third season of Riverdale premiered on The CW on October 10, and concluded on May 15, with a total of 22 episodes. Goldwater , and was created by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.
Charles Melton and Vanessa Morgan were promoted to series regulars after appearing as recurring stars in the previous season. The season centres around the growing popularity of the game Gryphons and Gargoyles based on Dungeons and Dragons , and the mysterious Gargoyle King. As well, the season focuses on a cult known as The Farm, who starts indoctrinating residents of Riverdale. This season is the last one to feature Luke Perry as Fred Andrews, Perry died on March 4, [ 1 ] almost at the completion of the season.
All episodes of the season released after his death were dedicated to his memory. The show was renewed by The CW for a third season on April 2, Featherhead also during the fourth episode. After a second stroke, his family decided to remove him from life support and he died on March 4, at age 52 at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank.
The day of Perry's death, Riverdale's production was suspended and remained so for several days in order to give the cast and crew time to grieve Perry's passing. The complete season was available on Netflix in the United States on May 23, [ 36 ] and in Latin America became available on October 9, This season became the first of the series to be released as a manufacture-on-demand DVD by Warner Archives, as well, this is the final season of the show tohat was released on Blu-ray.
The site's critics consensus reads: "Suspend your disbelief and hold on to your beanie: Season 3 of Riverdale is off the rails, and delightfully so. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikidata item. Season of television series. Episodes [ edit ]. See also: List of Riverdale episodes. Archie's friends and family spend the summer at his trial. The judge orders the jury to deliberate over Labor Day weekend.
