Spoilers ahead for Riverdale Season 3, Episode 21. When Cheryl claimed that The Farm was allowing her to talk to her brother Jason, Betty (and fans) were skeptical. How could she be talking to a dead person? Well, she may not have been, because Jason Blossom might be alive on Riverdale. On Wednesday, May 8, Jughead finally learned who the Gargoyle King is: Jason. Ethel divulged the information, but Jughead didn't believe it at first. After all, this show started with Jason's death. Three seasons later, it seems impossible that he's been alive this whole time. So Jughead dug up Jason's grave to see if the body was there. Surprise! It wasn't. So even though viewers watched Jason get shot by his father, it seems all may not have been as it appeared. Apparently Cheryl really was talking to her brother. Maybe that means Alice Cooper really is talking to her son, too? Are they zombies? What kind of farm is this? Perhaps The Farm's organ harvesting program saved Jason from an untimely death, and now he's terrorizing the town as the Gargoyle King — either as a way to pay his debt to Edgar Evernever, or to show his gratitude. It would honestly make more sense if someone has been Chic Cooper-style impersonating Jason, but the theory that he's still alive has actually ben pretty prevalent since Cheryl first mentioned she was in communication with her twin. In fact, a month ago, a fan on Reddit posed the very idea that Jason was alive and the Gargoyle King. It's unclear what his motive would be, but another Reddit user pointed out that it's odd how Dilton Doiley was the first one to find Cheryl after Jason's "death," and also the first one to be sacrificed to the Gargoyle King. Reddit user quoth_tthe_raven also suggested that perhaps Jason was already a member of The Farm when he supposedly died, because he was wearing all white when he "drowned." All could be revealed in the finale on May 15. The episode is called "The Final Quest," so it stands to reason that the Gargoyle King will at last be unmasked (er, for the third — and hopefully final — time). As the synopsis reads: "After receiving mysterious invitations, Archie, Betty, Veronica, and Jughead band together to confront the evils of their past once and for all. Meanwhile, chaos ensues at The Farm after Edgar makes a chilling announcement." Shane Harvey/The CW Perhaps Archie, Betty, Veronica, and Jughead's past evil has to do with Jason, who they thought was in their past. Or maybe the announcement Edgar makes is that Jason has been alive, and he's been harvesting people's organs to keep him that way. However Riverdale explains Jason, uh, rising from the dead will definitely make for a must-watch episode. The whole town saw his father shoot him in the head. That seems like a hard thing to survive. Was that not really Jason who died, or is it not really Jason who is the Gargoyle King? So many questions and only one episode left to answer them all. Buckle up.<doc-sep>Is Jason Blossom the Gargoyle King on Riverdale? Three main theories explained By Katie Louise Smith Jughead finally learned the identity of the Gargoyle King on Riverdale but the big reveal is *literally* impossible... because as far as we know, Jason has been dead since episode 1. After a season long mystery, several attacks, multiple murders, two un-maskings and one very long and confusing game of Gryphons and Gargoyles, Riverdale finally (again?) revealed who the Gargoyle King is... or did they? In season 3, episode 21 titled 'The Dark Secret of Harvest House', Jughead finally made huge ground on his quest to uncover the true identity of the most recent Gargoyle King. Jug's investigation leads him to Ethel Muggs, who has been MIA since she was freed from the Sisters on the night of the quarantine. After saving her life, Ethel rewards Jughead by telling him who the Gargoyle King is. Apparently, it's Jason Blossom. What happens in Riverdale 3x22? TERRIFYING finale episode trailer is here Yes. Jason. Cheryl's twin brother. Polly's baby daddy. The one who has literally been dead since the very first episode of the series. OR SO WE THOUGHT. After receiving the news, Jughead goes and digs up Jason's grave to double check and lo and behold, his body is not there. But how is this possible? Is Jason Blossom actually still alive or is someone posing as him? Did the Fizzle Rocks that Ethel was popping cloud her vision? Is she genuinely tripping? So many questions and with only one episode left before the finale, there's a LOT that needs to be answered. Is Jason Blossom alive on Riverdale? Ethel says Jason Blossom is the Gargoyle King but... is she telling the truth? Picture: The CW Ok. So. If Jason Blossom is, in fact, alive and has been recently posing as the Gargoyle King, how? And if Jason Blossom is not alive, then why is Ethel under the impression that he's the King? As far as we know, Jason is dead. He was shot by his father Clifford on camera and his body was disposed of by FP Jones with Joaquin as an accomplice. Prior to discovering his dead body and holding a funeral, the Blossoms did actually bury an empty casket. That *could* explain what Jughead found, but you never bloody know, do ya? If he's alive, Jason's motives for being the Gargoyle King are quite foggy (unless he's working for someone?) but as always, all bets are off with Riverdale. At this point, literally anything could happen and there's a few theories as to how all of this could be explained. Let's investigate... jason blossom was shot on his head his body was recovered from the river his body was autopsied we saw a video of him being shot dead by his dad AND NOW HIS CASKET IS EMPTY AND YOU'RE TELLING US HE'S ALIVE AND HE'S THE GARGOYLE KING HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE I'M--- #Riverdale pic.twitter.com/WbJsMAAiMh — bee (@abeeauty) May 9, 2019 Jason Blossom is alive and that body wasn't even his. Even though we've seen a dead body, it's not out of the realms of possibility that the body that was found at the river wasn't actually Jason. When Jason's body was discovered, it was extremely disfigured and could have easily been a random ginger kid who fit Jason's measurements. With the corrupt Curdle family at the morgue, fake death certificates, autopsies and evidence could have easily been forged. Could Jason have faked his own death after all? It's possible, seeing as it was his original plan. Jason and Polly were set to leave for The Farm long before he was killed so what if he's actually just been holed up there this whole time, plotting his revenge on the town? It might explain why Edgar was so keen to get Cheryl into The Farm. And, not being funny, but if you were shot in the head at THAT close range, your brains would be absolutely splattered out of the back of your head. As we saw in the footage of his "murder", the bullet wound didn't even exit Jason's head, which is weird. Maybe that's a censorship thing but either way, it's a bit sus. Jason Blossom has a twin (that's not Cheryl). Surprise! Another twin twist - exactly what we don't need in Riverdale, but it kind of makes sense, doesn't it? As we know, there's a long running history of twins within the Blossom family so what if Jason has an identical brother? Following Penelope's revelation that the Blossom family adopted and groomed young redheaded girls from the Sisters in order to marry them off to their sons, there's already a theory that Cheryl could actually be adopted, and not Jason's real twin. (Again, it's just a theory...) If Jason had an identical twin brother, it would certainly explain why no red flags were raised by FP Jones, who knew what Jason looked like, when he was disposing of the body. It could also explain why Ethel thinks that Jason is the Gargoyle King and why Cheryl was so sure that Jason was at The Farm. But again, the twin thing has been DONE. Riverdale wouldn't pull that stunt again, would they? (Please. No.) Jason Blossom is 100% dead and someone is posing as him. Look, it's impossible to predict what twists and turns Riverdale is gonna throw at us next but Jason being alive will truly be the biggest WTF of all time - and it might break the fandom if it's true. Jason is dead. He has to be. Far too many people were implicated in his death to even suspect otherwise. But given what we now know about how Edgar goes about hypnotising and creating hallucinations, it's more than likely that someone has been pretending to be Jason this whole time (and somehow managed to remove his body from his grave.) Just as Polly was physically posing as Betty, it would explain why Cheryl said she was able to speak and physically hug him. As for Ethel?<doc-sep>'Riverdale' Recap: Wait? How Is He the Gargoyle King? By Dustin Rowles | TV | May 9, 2019 | OK. So, Spoilers, obviously, and also I have to write some Latin here so the spoilers don’t get lifted along with the image when this gets tweeted out and some rando goes off on me for spoiling their favorite show, so …. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, eam unum mundi dicam cu, mei an propriae accusamus dissentiunt. Debet ignota periculis sit ad, ut homero euismod accusata duo. Has affert delenit convenire ut. Cu possim expetenda mei. Dicam labores ceteros has ne, maiorum scripserit ut nec … —- So, Jason Blossom is the Gargoyle King, gang. I mean, at least it seems as though he is. Ethel revealed as much to Jughead, and Jughead checked Jason Blossom’s grave, and sure enough, no Jason Blossom. It also explains why — if The Farm and the Gargoyle King are working together — Cheryl has been able to see Jason Blossom during her hypnotherapy sessions. That’s because it’s actually Jason Blossom. We learned this week that, during those therapy sessions in the Farm, the subjects see visions, which are really just body doubles, or in the case of Betty, her sister all dressed in black as Dark Betty. I suspect when Alice was seeing her dead son, she was just seeing a guy who looked like what he would look like all grown up. But when Cheryl was visiting with her dead brother, Jason Blossom, she was actually visiting with her dead brother, because he isn’t dead. He’s the Gargoyle King. Also, The Farm is an organ-harvesting cult. FYI. But wait? How does that work? Jason Blossom was murdered before the pilot episode. We’ve seen his bloated body. Other characters have seen his corpse. How has he returned? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Maybe Jason has a twin, which would mean Cheryl also has a twin, which means that Polly gave birth to triplets. It would be dumb and lazy and ridiculous and too easy, but this show has never been above that. Or maybe it’s not Jason Blossom, and it’s just someone who looks like him. Or maybe it is Jason Blossom, and Jason Blossom’s twin was the character who was actually killed off in the pilot. Really, in either scenario, this is some dumb Days of Our Lives bullshit, but then again, The Farm is an organ-harvesting cult operated by Lucas Scott from One Tree Hill. To its credit, the show leans into how batshit preposterous it all is. To wit: After the murders he committed that were never investigated; after years of controlling the drug trade in Riverdale; and after building a private prison to use as a drug manufacturing plant, Hiram Lodge finally got nabbed by the feds for … operating an underground casino and an illegal boxing ring. And he wasn’t even operating it. Veronica and Archie were, but since Hiram’s name was on the title of the two places, he’s apparently criminally liable for it, which all sounds like a convenient way to put Hiram Lodge behind bars for three to six months before he returns next season. Also, to temporarily block him from buying Riverdale and turning it into a private city. By the way, Hiram nearly killed Archie in the boxing ring, because Mark Consuelos was jealous that KJ Apa was getting all the shirtless scenes on the show, and who doesn’t want to see Consuelos’ six-pack? Anyway, Cheryl now knows the truth about the Farm, but they got her locked up (but Toni got away). Meanwhile, Edgar Evernever is about to remove an organ from Betty. Tune in next week to see how the season finale makes sense of this disaster of a mess. ← Will There Be a 'Schooled' Season 2? Is Barry Goldberg Really a Radiologist? | 5 Shows After Dark: 'Klepper' Premiere Comedy Central, 'Marvel's Cloak and Dagger' on Freeform → Dustin is the founder and co-owner of Pajiba. You may email him here, follow him on Twitter, or listen to his weekly TV podcast, Podjiba. Header Image Source: The CW<doc-sep>#Riverdale S1: the farm is a beautiful place where Polly and Jason would have happily raised their kids. S2: the farm gives kids weird names and wants Polly to cut ties with her family, understandable. S3: the farm harvests your organs and sells them in the black market.<doc-sep>
Riverdale may be taking its storyline back to where the drama first began. The series debuted with the disappearance of Cheryl’s twin brother, Jason, and by the end of Season 1, it was clear that his father, Clifford Blossom shot and killed him. But in the final episodes of Season 3, Cheryl and Ethel claim to have seen him, which has fans wondering if he ever really died. So is Jason Blossom alive on Riverdale? On a show like Riverdale, it’s hard to tell what is real, so there’s no way to know for sure. However, there are a few circumstances that could explain why Cheryl and Ethel said they saw him. In “Chapter Fifty-Two: The Raid,” Cheryl told Betty that Edgar Evernever and The Farm cult brought Jason back to life. Then, in “Chapter Fifty-Six: The Dark Secret of Harvest House,” Ethel Muggs dropped the bombshell revelation that Jason was in fact, the Gargoyle King. In an effort to prove that Jason was dead, Jughead — being the logical sleuth that he is — dug up his grave only to find it empty. And to get Cheryl to realize that what she was saying was impossible, Toni showed Cheryl the video of her brother getting shot, but that made Cheryl even more adamant in her belief that he's alive. So how could Jason return from the dead? Well, the first obvious reason is that he didn't, and Ethel and Cheryl are under some kind of hypnosis or drug that is making them believe they saw him alive. It's completely plausible, because throughout this season, there have been instances of people getting high on fizzle rocks and seeing things that weren’t really there. Now, another theory is that Jason never really died when Clifford shot him. Maybe he’s been hiding out all these years, plotting his revenge as the Gargoyle King, and playing the deadly game of Gryphons and Gargoyles with his former Riverdale High classmates. However, if Jason is alive, and is indeed the Gargoyle King, it still doesn’t explain who the Gargoyle King was back in the ‘90s when Principal Featherhead was murdered. But there is one fan theory that could explain why Jason has reemerged. Reddit user Harley4L pointed out that in the Archie comic book series, Blossoms 666, Cheryl and Jason are not twins, but triplets, and they have a secret older brother named Julian whose existence was hidden by their parents. “Now that Ethel claims “Jason“ is allegedly the GK on the show, what if that’s actually Julian, parading around as his dead brother,” wrote the user. “He could’ve dug up the grave and stole the body to make everyone believe he’s Jason back from the dead, in case he’s discovered. Julian could be the one Cheryl and Polly truly speak to at The Farm, maybe he was even the one who suggested the farm to Polly all the way back in Season 1.” Now, the least plausible scenario is Cheryl's claim that Edgar Evernever brought Jason back to life, because it would basically make him a magical zombie. Riverdale has never been a supernatural show, and it would make no sense for it to start becoming one now. But that being said, pretty much anything can happen on Riverdale, so fans will just have to wait and see how the “Jason is alive” storyline unfolds.