“Riverdale” takes teen and young adult audiences by storm and it’s easy to see why! The CW show is currently in its mere second season but already a solid guilty pleasure in my book. Riverdale revamps the Archie Comics with amusingly self-aware archetypes and dialogue.

The wardrobe department of “Riverdale” is phenomenal. The series blends vintage 1950’s fashion with modern day and paints an aesthetically pleasing atmosphere around the dark melodramatic murder mystery narrated by Cole Sprouse.

You heard me correctly; one of the Sprouse brothers from Disney’s hit sitcom “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody” is back on our television screens and let me tell you, hot damn. This time, however, he plays a dark, moody writer narrating a novel on the unsolved murder of Riverdale High School’s finest jock, Jason Blossom. If you think “Riverdale” fuels ancient archetypes, you’re right, but the show does it so well.

The main character, Betty Cooper, rivals “Grease”‘s Sandy with her blonde ponytail, pink pretty wardrobe and ambition to always do the right thing. The best part is that she knows and embraces it. It’s the same with every main character of the series; instead of cliche archetypes, it’s severely satirical and therefore an A+.

“Riverdale” resonates with me as a young adult because the teens are struggling with the same struggles, however dramatized, as other millennials. We’re all on the same path of struggling to find our voice, owning our emotions, investing in the great loves of our lives, letting go of our grudges and conquering the uncharted waters of getting older. “Riverdale” speaks powerful narratives in its melodramatic dialogues and shamelessly evokes honest interpretations of the insecurity that is young adulthood. And for that, I freaking love it.

My fingers are crossed for a long run of the “Riverdale” series!