This Riverdale review contains spoilers.
Riverdale Season 5 Episode 12
“Now at least you can become the man you were destined to be.”
Despite the evil travails of everyone from The Black Hood to the Gargoyle King, the most noteworthy of Riverdale‘s rogue’s gallery of Big Bads remains Hiram Lodge. So it isn’t much of a surprise that the series finally got around to giving him an origin episode, nor is it particularly shocking that said origin was a pastiche of The Godfather and Goodfellas.. Rags-to-riches tales of this sort have been done often — and better — but there are a few things happening in “Citizen Lodge” that somehow manage to make this a standout in this disjointed season.
First and foremost is the great performance by Michael Consuelos as Jaime Luna, the troubled teen whose employment by gangster Vito results in him adopting his Hiram Lodge persona…and makes...
Riverdale Season 5 Episode 12
“Now at least you can become the man you were destined to be.”
Despite the evil travails of everyone from The Black Hood to the Gargoyle King, the most noteworthy of Riverdale‘s rogue’s gallery of Big Bads remains Hiram Lodge. So it isn’t much of a surprise that the series finally got around to giving him an origin episode, nor is it particularly shocking that said origin was a pastiche of The Godfather and Goodfellas.. Rags-to-riches tales of this sort have been done often — and better — but there are a few things happening in “Citizen Lodge” that somehow manage to make this a standout in this disjointed season.
First and foremost is the great performance by Michael Consuelos as Jaime Luna, the troubled teen whose employment by gangster Vito results in him adopting his Hiram Lodge persona…and makes...
- 8/19/2021
- by Chris Cummins
- Den of Geek
(Warning: This post contains spoilers for Wednesday’s “Riverdale,” titled “Citizen Lodge.”)
The CW’s “Riverdale” dove into the past of its biggest bad, Hiram Lodge (Mark Consuelos), this week with a long-awaited origin story for the villain to explain, well, why he’s such a villain. For this special installment, Mark Consuelos’ real-life son, Michael Consuelos, reprised his role as Young Hiram, which he first took on for the Season 3 episode “The Midnight Club.”
The episode, titled “Citizen Lodge” sees present-day Hiram tell Reggie (Charles Melton) the story of his youth, flashing back to the days when young Hiram was Jaime Luna (Michael Consuelos) and his father, Javier (played by Mark Consuelos) moved the family to Riverdale in search of the precious metal palladium.
See TheWrap’s discussion with Michael Consuelos about taking on the role again and what it was like to work with his father this time around.
The CW’s “Riverdale” dove into the past of its biggest bad, Hiram Lodge (Mark Consuelos), this week with a long-awaited origin story for the villain to explain, well, why he’s such a villain. For this special installment, Mark Consuelos’ real-life son, Michael Consuelos, reprised his role as Young Hiram, which he first took on for the Season 3 episode “The Midnight Club.”
The episode, titled “Citizen Lodge” sees present-day Hiram tell Reggie (Charles Melton) the story of his youth, flashing back to the days when young Hiram was Jaime Luna (Michael Consuelos) and his father, Javier (played by Mark Consuelos) moved the family to Riverdale in search of the precious metal palladium.
See TheWrap’s discussion with Michael Consuelos about taking on the role again and what it was like to work with his father this time around.
- 8/19/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
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