While the premiere will focus solely on
Fred’s passing, Aguirre-Sacasa says the
rest of the season will follow the gang ’s
senior year as well as the season 3 finale
flash-forward that saw Archie, Betty (Lili
Reinhart), and Veronica covered in blood
and burning Jughead’s (Cole Sprouse)
beanie during spring break. “We had to
pitch this story line before the end of sea-
son 3 so that [The CW] would let us do it,”
he says of the time jump. “Things always
shift, but we have a pretty strong idea
about what happens.” The cast, though,
still has no idea why they end up half naked
in the woods. “He has definitely kept that a
surprise for us,” says Mendes. “We never
know anything, really, especially the big
mystery and how it unfolds.” And what will
happen if the teens do indeed graduate at
the end of season 4? “We’ve definitely had
preliminary conversations, and there are
some very different paths ahead of us,”
says Aguirre-Sacasa. “I know what I’m
leaning towards, but I don’t think I’m
allowed to say.” Surely there’s a Riverdale
Community College? (Additional report-
ing by Maureen Lenker) �
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Luke Perry and Molly Ringwald in season 1
The Bourne film franchise
introduced the world to
the top secret black-ops
program Treadstone—
and this fall, fans can dive
into the organization’s
origins on this new series.
Treadstone will feature
present-day sleeper
agents (like Doug
McKen na, played by Brian
J. Smith) all over the
globe as they awaken
ready to complete theirdeadly missions, no mat-
ter the cost. “As in the
Bourne franchise, the
action on Treadstone will
be a key part of the expe-
rience,” says executive
producer Ben Smith. “Our
actors have been training
in multiple forms of com-
bat and martial arts for
nearly a year for the
fights and stunts you will
see. From a hair-raising
kamikaze car sequence
on the streets of Paris to
an off-road motorcycle
pursuit through the back-
woods of Kentucky, our
goal is to bring an intense
cinema-level experience
to TV.” —ROSIE CORDEROTREADSTONE
New Drama
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10 pm � USAThis dark, sexy version of the teen sleuth
may have fans of the original books clutching their mag-
nifying glasses in shock. “It’s the first time that we’re
seeing Nancy as this complicated and flawed,” star
Kennedy McMann explains of her character. “In the origi-
nal books, she’s very prim and proper. She’s perfect. In
our version, she’s growing up and making a lot of mis-
takes.” Nancy’s college plans go up in smoke after her
mom’s death, and she swears off investigating. But
when a murder rocks her small town, she discovers that
the legend of a beauty queen haunting Horseshoe Bay is
more than just a story. “The ghosts on this show are very
real—and scary!” McMann says. “Nancy’s a skeptic, but
as these supernatural things crop up, it’s piercing holes
in her perception of the world.” —SYDNEY BUCKSBAUMNew Drama � OCT—9 � 9 pm � THE CWNANCY DREW
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