Riverdale fans are reeling after its main character is seemingly killed off

Say it isn't so!!

Say it isn't so!!

Netflix teen drama Riverdale is in its third season and we're completely hooked.

It's hardly surprising therefore that the show's hiatus, ending today, has been tough - going on for what feels like an eternity.

But Riverdale is officially back, and we want answers. Now.

Are Veronica and Reggie going to get together? Is there more to the Gargoyle King than Betty thinks? And what on earth is going on with the creepy farm group?

We need to know!!

But it wasn't these questions that got the internet talking today after the airing of the show's newest episode, 'No Exit'. Instead, it was the morbid cliffhanger, with the show's main character Archie Andrews appearing to die.

Yes, it looks like Archie Andrews is dead - and we don't know what to do.

But how has he seemingly died? A bear attack.

Yes, this is not a drill. The gorgeous redhead survived the black hood and juvenile detention centre - he even managed to escape with a gaping stab wound - but he got killed by a bear.

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Like most Riverdale shock plots, there are of course a lot of conspiracy theories out there, with some believing that he's not actually dead, presuming that he has faked his own death to get Hiram off the scent.

Only time will tell though, so we're going to have to wait till next week to find out the fate of the lovely Archie Andrews.

Cue the longest week ever...

Jenny Proudfoot
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