Cliff Blossom

"A list of suspects, of course. People with grudges against us, many of them members of Riverdale's founding families, I'm sorry to say. Someone in this town killed Jason."

- Cliff to Sheriff Keller

Clifford "Cliff" Blossom is a recurring character on Riverdale. He is portrayed by Barclay Hope.

Cliff is the husband of Penelope Blossom, as well as the father of Cheryl Blossom and recently deceased Jason Blossom.

Early life
Prior to the start of the series, Cliff married and had two children with Penelope Blossom, they had a set of twins in fact, Cheryl and Jason.

Season 1
Upon the mysterious drowning of his son, Jason, Cliff and Penelope joined the local authorities in retrieving their daughter, Cheryl from the edge of Sweetwater River. He proceeded to yell at the police as they failed in finding his son, despite dragging the river in search of him. The following week, as Jason's body was found at the shore of Sweetwater by Kevin Keller and Moose Mason, he and his wife stood aside as their son's body was taken into the ambulance.

Cliff, Penelope and Cheryl arrived at the morgue to identify Jason's body. As the cloth was pull off his head, Cheryl turned away in horror, as did Penelope, however, Cliff was far less emotional than the two ladies, merely staring at the corpse. The night of the football game, Cliff and Penelope sat in the front row of the bleachers during the pep-rally as Mayor McCoy dedicated the event to the memory of Jason. Shortly after the performance of the River Vixens and Josie and the Pussycats, he became concerned as Cheryl raced of the stage crying.

Cliff and Penelope abruptly halted Sheriff Keller's interrogation of Cheryl. Upon entering the office, Cliff demanded to know why his daughter is a suspects in killing Jason, her own brother. As they rushed Cheryl out of the school, Penelope wondered why Cheryl didn't contact them, to which Cliff replied that Cheryl is a liar. In spite of their recent misfortune, Cliff and Penelope decided to attend the first annual Taste of Riverdale, in which Penelope got into a psychical altercation with Alice Cooper.

The Blossoms received a surprise visit from Sheriff Keller as he conducted his investigation into Jason's murder. Everyone in town had their own suspicions, neighbor suspecting neighbor. During that time, Riverdale bared a striking resemblance to Salem, during the.

As Cliff and Penelope made their way to the main room, where Jason's memorial would be held, they informed Sheriff Keller of their plan to narrow down the suspects in the murder of their son. Cliff explained that the list consisted of people that hold grudges against the Blossoms, many of them being from the founding families. Someone in Riverdale killed Jason, and he's sure of it. That night, the Blossom family were joined by Veronica Lodge at diner, there, Cliff informed Veronica of the town's founding, that being from the maple industry, this is also where Sweetwater River got it's name from. He proceeded to make a snide comment about her father, who was currently imprisoned. He assumed that the experience must've been difficult for Veronica, having to watch her father dragged out in handcuffs, to which she agreed. The day of the memorial, he had a brief run-in with Hal Cooper, the two had an exchange of words, and went separate ways.

After learning of Polly Cooper's escape from the Sisters of Quiet Mercy, the Blossoms orchestrated a search party of their own, however, witch hunt would appear to be the more accurate term. With the news of Polly's recent escape moving throughout town, Cliff wondered if it was possible that Polly had escaped before, maybe on the day that Jason was murdered. He then learned that Polly was pregnant with Jason's child during a press conference held by Alice Cooper. Cliff, Penelope, and Cheryl arranged a meeting with Betty at Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe hoping to further discuss their plans for Polly and the baby. He and Penelope were relieved to learn that they were safe, he went on to tell Betty that money would never be a problem for them.

Relationships

 * Cliff and Penelope
 * Cliff and Cheryl