Riverdale is CW’s teen drama/mystery TV series that is based on Archie comics. Season 1 was released in January 2017, there are currently 4 seasons and Riverdale Season 4 is currently ongoing. The series was renewed for the fourth season in 2019 because of the massive response it gained after season 3 thrilling finale. There will be 22 episodes of the fourth season. This season revolves around “Jughead is dead?”

The first episode of the fourth season was a tribute to luke perry who died in 2019.

Jughead is Dead officially in Riverdale Season 4

At the end of the latest episode, Jughead was found lying on the ground covered in blood and betty was found holding a rock. Archie quickly rushes towards jughead and checks for the pulse but there was nothing there, so he declared that Jughead is dead.

We have been seeing some flash-forwards of this exact scene, but in the 13th episode of the fourth season, we finally get to see this moment.

Is Jughead faking his own Death?

This is not the first time we have seen Fake Deaths in Riverdale, especially Jughead’s. So we can assume that he is not dead. He is actually faking his own death. We have seen Jughead and Betty were investigating Donna and Brett. In the 13th chapter of this season, we saw that Jughead has been pushed to his limits by stonewall students. He was accused of a crime “Plagiarism” that someone else wrote the story for him.

Obviously Jughead’s not dead, and his faked death is part of his ‘perfect murder’ Baxter Brothers story #Riverdale — Timothy Cama (@Timothy_Cama) February 13, 2020

Also, students blackmailed Jughead into leaving/withdrawing from Stonewall with the help of the tape of Jughead and Betty.

What happened in the Party?

We saw that Jughead went to that party holding a knife and wearing his old serpent jacket. He ditches the party and goes into the woods where Donna and Betty follow him. Donna was actually expecting Betty. She then tells betty that she visited former Farm Evelyn, who told Donna the words which turn Betty into a killer. We don’t get to see that Donna really said those words or not. At the end of the episode, we saw betty holding a rock covered in blood and Jughead lying there.

Maybe Jughead is really dead, betty really killed her? No, it’s not possible, Jughead is one of the most loved characters of Riverdale. They want us to believe that Brett and Donna plotted the murder of Jughead through Betty.

Theories: Jughead is dead?

Our theory is that It is part of Betty’s and Jughead’s plan to find out the truth about Donna. This will also help Jughead in his Baxter Brothers novel/book.

To everyone thinking Jughead is dead, Cole was on set when they filmed episode 18 and 19 at least (the cast don’t upload many stories with him on it). If they want to make a rule about this stupid Jughead being dead thing, stop allowing people to film Cole on set on social media — Maria (@Choni_lover23) February 13, 2020

However, It is Riverdale, so Jughead’s death can be expected. Considering the next episode’s title, Chapter 14, “How to get away with Murder”. This episode is going to solve the mystery which we saw at the end of season 3.

We have to wait two weeks to watch episode 14.

Current theory:



Jughead knew they were going to try and hurt him and took something to slow his pulse or something so they’d think he was dead. And then maybe Charles helped him and they’ll pretend to cover it up. And FP will “believe” the stonewall kids when they turn Betty — jen✨ (@faliceplease) February 13, 2020

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