Riverdale creator: We're waiting until next season to properly honor Luke Perry and Fred Andrews

Variety

When Perry died in early March, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa says much of Season 3 had already been written. “It felt like trying to squeeze this in would have been a disservice,” he says. But at the start of Season 4, he plans to “honor Luke and explain what’s going on with Fred and why we haven’t seen him” Aguirre-Sacasa added that Molly Ringwald, who plays Archie's mom, has been an important part of the healing process. “We love Molly; we love having her on the show," he says. "I always say to Molly, ‘Come back as often as you want, whenever you want,'” he says. “We started to have conversations about (Molly) having a bigger presence on the show next season.”