Idk how people can rate this show so high that it gets more than 5.

This is bad TV. Bad TV shouldn't get good ratings.

It's not bad TV because it's not The Boys. It's not bad TV because it's inclusive (sadly that's the only part of the show that was almost written well). It's bad TV because it's a 8 episode series, starting with a 1h-long episode, ending with a 30min one finale and in the middle of these 2 episodes, 4 episodes of story rehashing... If you have nothing to say, just make a movie. Don't dwell for weeks on it.

Sadly, if the story is being given maybe less than 2h of screen time, it's not in favour of great dialogues and spectacular character developments. They fall in love at sight. They switch of political opinions on a whim. They turn on each other for no reason. And whatever they do seems to have little to no consequences on their relationship or for themselves.

If you're hoping for a University show, you'll be let down too. Riverdale characters are shown doing things related to their school way more often.

If you're hoping to be surprised... Well I guess somewhat you'll get what you're looking for : you'll be surprised that they ALWAYS took the most OBVIOUS path. The path that was so obvious that you were pretty sure it was there to mislead you... Nope. This ain't GoT. And it surely isn't the Boys either.

On the other hand, all of this, plus the writing in which everything you see on screen is somehow rehashed makes it a pretty convenient show to watch while doing your chores. Take some clothes to fold, or some vegetables to peel. Heck, even do the dishes and stop when you hear action scenes -so that you can enjoy the rare actual good things from this show- it'll still make sense.

When the whole thing finally is over, you'll be left incredulous that people spent time and money to make THIS. Why? Really? Why nobody tried to fix this? It's not like it's a one person craft... So many people must have worked on this and this is what came out? :(