If 'Riverdale' Fans Are Right About This Character Being the Black Hood, I'm Done
This week’s Riverdale episode offered more insight into the person responsible for Fred’s shooting, Miss Grundy’s death, and the attack on Midge and Moose. He’s a morality killer who goes by the name “Black Hood,” and his mission is to punish Riverdale for its hypocrisy. He thinks the town preaches one thing, but does another—which is why he targeted Fred, whom he called an “adulterer”; Miss Grundy, a “child predator”; and Midge and Moose, two “drug and sex-addicted teenagers.”
Black Hood’s identity is still unknown. Some fans think it’s Betty’s father, Hal Cooper, who’s been mysteriously absent this season. Others think he was hired by Archie’s mother, Mary Andrews, because she was jealous of Archie’s relationship with Fred. Honestly, anyone is a suspect at this point—and your guess is as good as mine.
But one theory is bubbling up on social media right now that’s truly shocking. A band of Riverdale fans are convinced the Black Hood is actually Betty’s long lost brother, whom we learned about in season one. If you forget, Betty’s mother, Alice Cooper, revealed she gave up her first child, a boy, in high school. No one knows what became of him—or even who his father is—so it’s not far-fetched to think he’s skulking around Riverdale.
It’s possible this brother is resentful of the Cooper family for “abandoning” him as a child, and he’s getting revenge by destroying their town. That’s what one Twitter user named @emiwaltt posits, at least. “What if the Black Hood is Betty’s brother and he is killing off Riverdale because he is angry at the Coopers,” they write. “He is clearly targeting people who are close to the people [Betty] knows.” See this tweet, below:
And several people agree. Here are just a few of the people we found on Twitter who support this theory.
This would be quite the twist if it’s true. We don’t know who Betty’s brother is, so learning his identity is exciting in itself. And if he’s the Black Hood on top of that, I’m done. Of course, the only way to figure this out for sure is to keep watching—so settle back in. We have a long way to go.
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