Here's where every major character ended up on the 7th and final season of 'Riverdale' (2024)

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Tabitha Tate, the granddaughter of Pops and guardian angel of Riverdale, sent Archie Andrews and the gang back in time to 1955.

Tabitha didn't appear on the season seven finale, but her power of chronokinesis (the ability to manipulate time) led the other characters to travel from the present-day to the '50s.

To understand the events of the series finale and season seven overall, it's worth a quick refresher on what happened at the end of season six.

On the season six finale, Bailey's Comet crashed into Riverdale, obliterating the town and everyone in it. Viewers didn't see this happen though, because Tabitha enacted a backup plan.

She used her life force to send everyone back to the past, with enough room to return to a future in which Riverdale didn't become dark and corrupted, and the comet didn't destroy the town.

While Tabitha went to untangle the multiverse timelines throughout season seven, she left Jughead and the others in the '50s, as high-school juniors, to shape this universe into a more moral, less nihilistic one. In order to achieve this, all the characters were left with no memories of their past experiences in the modern day.

On the penultimate episode of season seven, Tabitha returned from the future and revealed that the gang was successful in reshaping this town and making a better future. Because of their positive actions, Riverdale wouldn't become extinct.

However, Tabitha couldn't untangle the timelines, so she wove them into a single one and stabilized it using the energy from the other universes. This meant that she couldn't send them back to 2023.

As an alternative, Tabitha helped Jughead and the others regain their pre-comet memories by watching a video about Riverdale filled with the highs and lows.

Most of the crew was horrified by the terrors that they lived through, so they — minus Betty Cooper and Jughead — asked Tabitha to only reshare the good memories.

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Betty Cooper became a successful writer.

On the series finale (aptly titled, "Chapter One Hundred Thirty-Seven: Goodbye, Riverdale"), the series jumped forward 67 years into the future, showing Betty as an 86-year-old.

As it turned out, Betty outlived all of her other friends. But because her memories were fading, she asked her granddaughter, named Alice after her mom, to take her to Riverdale one last time.

Betty was then visited by a guardian-angel version of Jughead, who granted her wish of traveling back to a particular day of senior year that she missed out on because she had the mumps at the time.

As Betty relived her past, guardian angel Jughead reminded her of where all the characters ended up after graduating high school and going their separate ways.

Perhaps one of the biggest revelations from Betty's visit to the past was that she, Jughead, Veronica Lodge, and Archie Andrews spent a year in a quad relationship with each other. Being in a polyamorous relationship took the pressure off them having to make a single choice, they reasoned.

The foursome split after high school ended, though.

Betty self-published a book called "The Teenage Mystique," which became a best seller. She also worked as a freelance writer in New York, protested injustices, and started a feminist magazine titled She Says.

Despite "Riverdale" keeping fans on the edge of their seats regarding who'd be endgame — Barchie or Bughead – Betty didn't end up with either of the guys.

She never got married, but adopted a daughter named Carla and called her family her true legacy, beyond her career accomplishments.

At the end of the series finale, 86-year-old Betty drove into Riverdale with her granddaughter one last time and died in the car. Then, she rejoined all her friends in the Sweet Hereafter — where they all remained 17 forever and spent time together at Pop's.

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Archie Andrews left Riverdale for California and never looked back.

Throughout season seven, Archie honed his writing skills and became a talented poet. The summer after graduation, he traveled the country doing construction work.

He became a professional construction worker and amateur writer.

Archie ended up settling down in Modesto, California, and started his own family. When he died, he was buried in Riverdale next to his late dad, Fred Andrews.

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Jughead Jones became a prolific writer (no surprise) and created the wildly successful Madhouse Magazine.

Jughead died at 84 years old, and his magazine, which he described as "juvenile satire at best," was a hit with young people.

He never got married, and sometimes had regrets about that.

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Veronica Lodge became a producer and two-time Oscar winner.

During season seven, Veronica bought the Babylonium movie theater and transformed it from a dying cinema into a thriving one.

With her business skills, she had dreams of working behind the scenes in Hollywood rather than in front of the camera.

Betty and Veronica were inseparable as teens, but they drifted apart as they got older.

After graduating, she returned to Los Angeles and got a job working for a studio executive. She climbed her way to the top, starting as an assistant at Silver Shield Studios and going on to produce iconic movies.

When Veronica died, she was buried in the famous Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

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Cheryl Blossom and Toni Topaz ended up together and had fulfilling lives.

Choni is the only couple from the show that turned out to be endgame.

Cheryl had a prosperous career as a painter and her work was displayed in galleries across the US and in parts of Europe.

Toni, who was the class president in her senior year, continued pursuing art and activism alongside Cheryl.

They moved west, settled down, and had a son named Dale in honor of Riverdale.

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Kevin Keller started an off-Broadway theater company.

When the crew was sent back in time to the '50s, Kevin found his soulmate in Clay Walker, a student at Riverdale High.

They moved to New York and lived together in Harlem while Clay attended Columbia University for literature and Kevin went to New York University for musical-theater writing.

Kevin made an impact in the theater world, while Clay became a tenured professor at Columbia University.

Kevin died in his sleep at 82 years old. Clay died a few weeks later while feeding pigeons on a bench in Central Park.

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Reggie Mantle became a professional basketball player.

In the '50s timeline, Reggie was from a nearby town called Duck Creek. He was recruited to play on the Riverdale High basketball team to help restore them to their former glory.

After high school, Reggie played for Kansas State and later got drafted by the Lakers.

During his off-season, he worked on his family's farm back home until they died. Then, he sold the property and joined the Riverdale High staff as the basketball team's coach.

He had two sons who also played basketball and later ran the family's used car dealership.

When Reggie died, he was buried next to his wife and parents.

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Fangs Fogarty became a successful musician but died young.

Fangs' girlfriend, Midge Klump, became pregnant during season seven. They kept the baby news under wraps because of the stigma around teenage pregnancies.

Plus, Midge's wealthy parents didn't approve of her dating Fangs.

Eventually, Fangs earned a hit single and his record became certified gold. As a result, Midge's parents finally gave their blessing for the couple to get married.

After graduating, Fangs embarked on a six-week tour. However, it was cut short four weeks in when one of the tires on the tour bus blew out while they were traveling by the Rocky Mountains.

There were no survivors, and Fangs was the first of the friend group to die. However, Midge and their daughter were taken care of for the rest of their lives thanks to Fangs' musical success.

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Alice Cooper divorced Hal Cooper, became a stewardess, and got remarried.

Before Alice gave birth to her daughters, Polly and Betty, she dreamed of becoming a stewardess. But those aspirations dissolved once she became a mother.

Alice ended her relationship with Hal — who had a child outside of their marriage with their maid years earlier — and went on to travel for her job.

She even successfully landed a plane after a pilot experienced a heart attack mid-flight. In saving the plane from crashing, Alice struck up a relationship with one of the men on board.

They got married months later and went on globe-trotting adventures together.