As Riverdale season 5 is getting deeper into its latest cryptid mystery by teasing the existence of aliens, the Archie drama could pave the way to resurrect the deceased Sabrina Spellman following Chilling Adventures of Sabrina's conclusion. 2020 was a particularly rough year for the Archie-verse. While Riverdale is still going, The CW canceled its spinoff, Katy Keene, after one season, but it didn't stop there. That same year, Netflix announced Chilling Adventures of Sabrina had been canceled, as the fourth season dropped on December 31. While the show had plans for a fifth season, the cancelation caused the Archie series to end on a cliffhanger that was supposed to get resolved in the following season.
Despite being killed off in the finale, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina season 5 would see Sabrina be resurrected, and it was finally going to stage a Riverdale crossover. Unfortunately, after years of teasing, as well as multiple Archieverse Easter eggs that suggested they were in the same universe, Netflix's cancelation prevented the crossover from happening. Instead, Riverdale and Sabrina showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa revealed the fifth season would get produced as a comic, but the pandemic may have delayed it. However, Riverdale season 5 and its upcoming sixth one might be the better option in not only doing a crossover but also getting the teenage witch back from the dead. Like every other season of Riverdale, the fifth ongoing one has continued to take the Archie drama in newer, weirder territory, teasing an unknown cryptid.
After dealing with twisted serial killers, Riverdale season 5 has alluded to extraterrestrial beings actually existing in their world. The so-called "Mothmen" are an alien race that supposedly came to Riverdale in the '70s and has been an urban myth ever since then. Currently, these cryptids are seemingly back again, including the mysterious light that has been used on various residents to make them blackout for several hours. In addition to that, a recent tease by Aguirre-Sacasa hints that Riverdale season 6 is only going to get stranger. Most Riverdale or general Archie Comics fans were probably not expecting it to get this mysterious on The CW drama. As the series continues to suggest forces out of this world exist, this would allow Riverdale to organically carry Chilling Adventures of Sabrina over and establish witches existing too.
If there are aliens in Riverdale's world with technology capable of making people lose hours of their lives, the potential is limitless. It'd then not be a stretch for alien races to have advanced technology that can resurrect the dead, including Sabrina. There is an unexplained reason why the Mothmen aren't hurting the people who lose hours of the day after coming into contact with them, but why? What if they're using Riverdale citizens as subjects, perhaps as part of a death-and-resurrection experimentation?
The Mothmen are hiding something because they make their targets forget whatever they experienced. While the comic may still happen, this would be a more organic crossover between the Archieverse shows. One way to connect both storylines is if the Mothmen got a hold of Sabrina's dead body to resurrect her so they could get a witch to control. The stranger Riverdale gets, the more natural it becomes to connect with Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. It'd be odd for them not to go through with it after all the Riverdale connections and actors who swung by for brief appearances.
Since they were close to making it happen between Netflix and The CW, it's hard to imagine how Warner Bros. couldn't make it a reality since Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is over. Putting logistics aside, since Riverdale is increasingly playing with sci-fi, there is no reason why witches couldn't get organically incorporated if they embrace it fully. With Riverdale's sci-fi elements and cryptids, it barely feels like the show is set in the real world anymore. Whatever is coming next when Riverdale season 5 resumes this fall, it'll ideally get fans closer to seeing Sabrina revived in order to properly give Chilling Adventures of Sabrina the conclusion they were originally aiming for on Netflix.
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