Riverdale is based on the characters from Archie Comics and put the teenagers and their parents in a small town where anything, usually very, very, bad can happen – and it does.

Some of the storylines are quite impossible, especially taking into a character's age or past. If you just look at some of the major threats, there have been multiple people who have taken lives, gangs, and now a cult, just over the course of three seasons.

Furthermore, for a town that started off hating its one gang, more have risen up in the past couple seasons and now, it's odder if someone isn't part of or starting one.

What started as a show about teenagers returning to high school following a summer vacation has evolved into one where it's unclear when exactly these kids are preparing for life after graduation. Some of them have jobs or hold titles they shouldn't at their ages. It's not just the students, either. Law enforcement has been, at times, a joke, and even the person in charge in season 3 trying to fix that probably shouldn't be sheriff.

Finally, problematic behavior is only briefly addressed, and rather than get these kids the help they need – or even have more than one conversation about it – everyone tends to move on.

Here are 25 Things Wrong With Riverdale Everyone Chooses To Ignore.

School Doesn't Matter

This is common for television shows in which the main characters are in high school or college. There's nothing interesting about seeing them sitting in class, taking tests, and going about their daily education.

However, it also means these characters tend to have too much else going on to properly devote the care and attention to their education. That's true for the Riverdale students.

They did study for and take the SATs in season 3, but the only part of that that was realistic was Archie's struggles. What wasn't realistic was that he was the only one having problems, considering everything else going on in the town.

The Number Of Gangs In The Small Town

In season 1, there were the Southside Serpents. Northsiders disliked them, and criminal activity was easily blamed on the gang. Very few were willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.

In season 3, the Serpents are just one of several gangs in Riverdale – and this is a small town, so it's utterly ridiculous. It's going to get to the point where everyone is part of a gang (or a cult). Furthermore, everyone has seemed to stop seeing gangs as bad at all. Instead, anyone can create their own gang, which might as well be an after-school club.

The Farm's Presence At Riverdale High

Considering everything else that has happened on Riverdale, the existence of a cult like The Farm shouldn't be a big deal. However, it's also something that the adults shouldn't want the kids involved in – and they especially shouldn't be making it easier for its .

However, that's the case with The Farm's presence at the school. In fact, Principal Weatherbee is a member of it, as revealed when he ed the applause led by cult leader Edgar Evernever at the musical.

Before that moment, he let the of the cult meet at the school, and they even held their hands over flames in a science classroom. Why wasn't that a bigger deal?

A Teenager Is The Leader Of A Gang

Jughead Jones went from "I'm a weirdo" to King of the Serpents in two seasons. Not only is that illogical, but it's wrong on so many levels.

Back in season 1, the Serpents mainly shown were those hanging out with FP (a.k.a. adults). Now in season 3, the Serpents seen are mostly teenagers.

But it's utterly ridiculous that a teenager is leading the gang and no one sees a problem with that. FP doesn't see anything wrong with his son following in his footsteps already. It's probably why it was so easy for Cheryl and Toni to start their gang, which is led by the latter.

Teenagers Solve The Town's Major Crimes

The police department in Riverdale has been, simply put, a joke. Tom Keller is a great father and, recently, boxing mentor, but when he was the sheriff, he wasn't the one solving the major crimes of the town. (Let's not even talk about Sheriff Minetta, considering his connection to the Lodges.)

It's true the adults have, on occasion, been involved in the investigations into the shadier happenings of the town. However, they're not the ones who crack the cases. The teenagers are even the ones investigating a crime connected to the adults' past in the Gargoyle King in season 3.

FP Is Sheriff

FP has come a long way from his introduction and his time in prison in season 2. He's become one of the best parents in Riverdale, something no one would have said when Jughead was homeless in season 1 and FP was drinking.

However, there's no way that, despite the fact that he's cleaned up his act, he'd be able to go into law enforcement. Yet he's now the town's sheriff. That shouldn't even be a possibility, yet somehow, he's also one of the very few options to take the position in the town. He may also end up doing a pretty good job, considering he's already going after those dealing illegal substances.

FP Deputized the Serpents

Deputizing those who don't belong in law enforcement is the new black apparently. The similarities between Arrow and Riverdale continue as FP, now the sheriff, deputized the teenaged Serpents in season 3. Episode 17 even saw them undergoing training. So, was it any wonder that Jughead then decided they might as well act as the DEA to handle illegal substances activity in the town?

While it's fun to laugh off things like this and just accept them as part of Riverdale's charm, it still boils down to an adult accepting that his and others' children are acting like cops when they should be focused on their education.

The Quarantine That … Wasn’t?

when Hiram had the governor put the town under a quarantine following multiple people dealing with seizures? No? It's okay if you don't because it was never actually really seen on-screen. Instead, the quarantine went into effect at the end of season 3 episode 8, and when the next episode began, time had ed and it was over.

Considering it was this major event that was supposedly something to be worried about – Who was stuck on the outside? Who was trapped inside? – it was ridiculous that none of it took place on-screen. Yet fans were supposed to just accept it and move on (and they did).

Archie's Relationship With Miss Grundy

when Archie was involved with his teacher, Miss Grundy? Fortunately, the series acknowledged how wrong their relationship was. He was underage, and she was his teacher.

However, what the show didn't bother doing was following up on how that relationship had affected Archie after it was over. Instead, the focus moved to Archie's next relationships. He went on to be involved with Valerie and Veronica.

Since the Betty/Archie/Veronica love triangle is in the comics, fans expected that and let it go. Still, his and Miss Grundy's relationship should have been further explored in of its ramifications.

The Teenagers' Tendency To Turn To Arson

The teenagers are actually really lucky that the adults are awful law enforcement officers or just simply don't care what they do. Otherwise, Cheryl, Betty, and Jughead would be facing arson charges.

Cheryl burned down her house. Betty set fire to hers after Alice sold it, though she just scorched the living room a bit.

Most recently, Jughead discovered Gladys had turned the Jones' old trailer into a lab to make illegal substances. So, he and Betty burned it down to disrupt his mother's business.

This is problematic, yet by the last fire, it wasn't surprising whatsoever. In fact, that was the only thing Betty and Jughead could've been doing before the musical.