“I really think it’s a great finale,” executive producer Sarah Schechter says.

It really does feel like the end of an era.

“I always love it whenRiverdalegoes vulnerable,” executive producer Sarah Schechter tells EW.

KJ Apa and Camila Mendes on ‘Riverdale’

KJ Apa and Camila Mendes on ‘Riverdale’.Justine Yeung/The CW

It was the episode where we processed Luke’s [Perry] death.

And I think this finale is up there.

I really think it’s a great finale.

It’s so powerful."

“It felt like the end of an era.”

It’s something we can be proud of and that will continue to be discovered.

And I think that’ll be part of the legacy ofRiverdaleas well.

TheRiverdaleseries finale airs Wednesday, Aug. 23, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on the CW.