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This character's death is a welcome twist on 'Riverdale,' but is it final as we think?
After a spooky trip to an alternate universe with a town aptly titled “Rivervale,” Riverdale returned to the town with pep to follow the aftermath of the bomb explosion at the Andrews’ home. While Archie , Betty , and Jughead were caught in the explosion’s destructive path, creating changes in their respective lives, the others within Riverdale’s borders are on new paths, too, after the five-episode event that kicked off Season 6.
Frankly, Hiram needs to actually be dead. He’s spent the better part of the last four seasons tormenting Archie and Veronica . Having his death done in this way is utterly brutal for Veronica, but it always truly seemed like their back-and-forth would never properly end if it wasn’t done in such a high-stakes manner. It makes it even more deliciously dramatic that Veronica changed her mind and wanted to call it off prior, but was too late.
Leaving Hiram’s death rather open-ended, compared to most of the deaths on Riverdale, potentially comes at the expense of the story to be told from here on out. Veronica’s racked with guilt and has her sister gunning for her, which is going to force Veronica to do some more things she’s not proud of and reckon with what she’s done.
Veronica now has a chance to move on and become more than her father’s daughter, something she’s been struggling with for far too long now. She has a chance to grow from this, finally free of her father and everything he has cost her over the years. She doesn’t have to constantly spar with him and try to earn her seat in the Lodge family by besting him in his dirty dealings.