“Riverdale” Season 8’s finale is all about saying goodbye to characters that fans have grown to love. As previously mentioned, the episode is anchored around Betty and Jughead, which is rather fitting as their relationship was often the glue that held the show together. Through them, we also learn what happens to the main characters following the events of “Riverdale,” including how each of them dies. The good news, though, is that they all live until they’re old and grey.
The episode ends with Betty’s elderly self passing away while out for a drive with her grandchildren. Afterward, teenage Betty exits a vehicle in the afterlife and strolls into an otherworldly version of Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe to find all of her old high school friends waiting for her. Jughead reveals that Betty’s eternity will allow her and the rest of the gang to be juniors forever, enjoying the simple pleasures of their youth.
Earlier in the episode, Betty tells Jughead that she wishes everyone could have stayed in Riverdale forever — young, beautiful, full of hope, and bursting with love for each other. So, in a way, she finally gets her wish.
