Riverdale Season 4 did not end how creator and showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa intended due to the production shutdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Instead, the season ended three episodes early, with Episode 19, "Killing Mr. Honey." While the episode was crafted with a natural cliffhanger, the cast and crew were not able to shoot important events like prom and graduation that originally would have ended the season.
The good news is that The CW renewed Riverdale for Seaosn 5 back in January, before the pandemic hit the United States, which means that Aguirre-Sacasa and his writers' room can plot how to tie up the loose ends of Season 4 in the next season and begin plotting their next mystery for the town of Riverdale to be embroiled in.
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