Riverdale is basically a soap opera for teens based on Archie Comics. It takes place in a small town where everyone has a secret. Teenagers deal with high school drama, relationships and family scandals. It is all very thrilling. With drama, romance and a side of suspense, Riverdale has hooked viewers everywhere.

Meet the families from Riverdale

Cooper Family

Oh man, the Coopers are like Riverdale’s sunniest mess — you know, the family that bakes pies and also apparently keeps an archive of every weird little town secret. They’re warm, moral, slightly nosy, and have this uncanny ability to make you feel seen while also humming with low-key tension. Mom’s smile is the kind that could fix anything, except when it doesn’t and you find a stack of old letters in the attic (oops). They’re both wholesome and complicated, like vintage lace over a cracked mirror, and yes someone probably has an owl collection, or maybe that was the neighbor — whatever, pie first.

Blossom Family

The Blossoms are peak gothic-southern-drama — rich, red-lipstick cold, and somehow always dripping with secrets and hand-delivered consequences. They’re sharp, unapologetic, dramatic in the best and worst ways, and there’s always a fireplace and a family crest involved, obviously. Cheryl vibes like a hurricane in couture but also sketches flowers in the rain when no one’s looking, which is equal parts tragic and gorgeous. They feel like velvet gloves around a steel fist — expensive, dangerous, and oddly poetic; also, someone loves maple syrup maybe for reasons?

Spellman Family

Total chaotic-charm witches, the Spellmans are all sharp quips, older-than-their-years sarcasm, and a basement full of spellbooks that smell like dust and cinnamon. They follow rules that make sense to them (and never to you), curse the mailman occasionally, and have a very firm opinion on which broomstick is best for errands. There’s a streak of dry humor and deep loyalty, like they’ll hex your enemies and then make you tea because manners matter. Also, they collect odd teacups and sometimes contradict themselves about whether the house is tidy — depends on the moon phase, probably.

Lodge Family

Luxurious, polished, and emotionally high-stakes — the Lodges are all marble countertops and whispered deals, but also weirdly sentimental about old photographs nobody else remembers. They run with power and strategy, clean suits and sharper smiles, and they protect their own with a kind of corporate-armored affection. You will get elegance, ambition, a little moral ambiguity, and a perfume that lingers in the air like intent. Also someone definitely keeps a tiny secret garden on the balcony, which is both very on-brand and oddly soft.

Jones Family

Gruff, loyal, and low-key philosophical — the Joneses are the kind of family that survives on muscle, music, and midnight burgers, and wears leather jackets like second skin. They’re rough around the edges, fiercely protective, and somehow full of quiet art; someone’s always strumming a guitar or scribbling a poem on a napkin. There’s a proud working-class resilience but also a soft center that shows up in weird ways, like homemade cookies at midnight or sudden, perfectly timed advice. They can seem distant and then be the only one who remembers your birthday, which is exactly the kind of inconsistency that makes them lovable.

Andrews Family

Solid, big-hearted, and gloriously straightforward — the Andrews clan is blue-collar nobility: honest work, bigger-than-life hugs, and a moral compass that occasionally jams but mostly points true north. They’re the hometown backbone, the ones who fix fences and football helmets and still manage to throw a backyard barbecue that solves mildly dramatic crises. There’s a stubborn kindness here; they say what they mean, sometimes to a fault, and also hum really dramatic old songs in the garage for reasons that are both touching and slightly embarrassing. Oh, and someone owns a beat-up pickup covered in stickers and maybe a slightly suspicious number of novelty keychains.