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Frequently asked about Riverdale

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• Who killed Jason Blossom and why?▾

  Jason Blossom was killed by his own father, Clifford Blossom, who shot him to prevent him from exposing the family's maple syrup drug-trafficking operation. Jason had discovered that the Blossom family fortune was built on running heroin hidden inside barrels of syrup, and Clifford feared his son would go public. Clifford later hanged himself in the barn when he was about to be arrested, taking the full truth to his grave.

• What is the Black Hood's identity and what drives his killings?▾

  The Black Hood is revealed to be Hal Cooper, Betty's father, who was driven by a self-righteous crusade to punish what he viewed as sinners in Riverdale. He was groomed from childhood by the cult-like philosophy of the Gargoyle King's predecessor, a serial killer known as the Riverdale Reaper, who turned out to be Hal's own father. Hal targeted people he considered morally corrupt, including those connected to the Southside Serpents and anyone he felt had wronged the town.

• What is the Gargoyle King and how does Griffins and Gargoyles tie into the town's dark history?▾

  The Gargoyle King is a mythologized figure used to manipulate participants of the live-action role-playing game Griffins and Gargoyles, bending them toward self-destructive or violent acts. The game first appeared at Riverdale High in the 1990s when the parents of the core group were students, resulting in a mysterious incident and a cover-up that haunted the town for decades. The Gargoyle King persona was ultimately assumed by multiple individuals — most notably Chic, acting on behalf of Edgar Evernever — to terrorize and control people through a shared mythology of fear.

• How does the time jump in Season 5 change the characters and what happened during the lost years?▾

  At the start of Season 5, the show jumps seven years forward, with the core characters having left Riverdale after high school graduation and built separate lives before being pulled back to their hometown. During the gap, Archie served in the Army and witnessed traumatic combat, Betty became an FBI trainee, Veronica married a wealthy man and ran a business, and Jughead became a struggling writer in New York. The town itself fell into severe economic decay and became dominated by a new threat called the Moth Men and later Percival Pickens, forcing the group to reunite and try to save Riverdale.

• What is the significance of Cheryl Blossom keeping Jason's body in Season 6 and 7?▾

  After the Blossom family mansion becomes the epicenter of supernatural events in the Rivervale alternate-reality arc, Cheryl — who has always been consumed by grief and guilt over Jason's death — preserves his corpse as a way of keeping him close and refusing to fully let him go. Her obsessive bond with her twin brother, amplified by her emerging witchcraft powers, leads her to treat his preserved body as a companion and even attempt rituals to commune with his spirit. This storyline frames Cheryl's arc as one of unresolved grief that gradually transforms into something more supernatural and self-destructive.