Tall Boy

"Serpents take care of their own."

- Tall Boy to Jughead Jones

"Tall Boy" is a recurring character on Riverdale. He is portrayed by Scott McNeil.

He is a senior member of the Southside Serpents. After FP Jones was arrested, Tall Boy and the rest of the Serpents gave Jughead a Serpents jacket, providing him membership of their gang.

Season 1
After the arrest of FP Jones, and his refusal of taking a deal of a lighter sentence in return for implicating other Serpents, Tall Boy and other Serpents visits FP's trailer to let FP's son Jughead Jones know that they would have his back for as long as FP was gone. Tall Boy offered Jughead a Serpent leather jacket, to which Jughead accepted.

Watching Over Jughead
After Fred Andrews was shot at Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe by an unidentified assailant, Jughead asked the Serpents to investigate the possibility that it was retaliation for some of the Serpents being fired from Fred's construction site.

Tall Boy and a young Serpent violently interrogated a Serpent, after learning that the Serpent had been bragging that Fred got what he deserved, until confirming that it was "just talk." He then brought him to Jughead's trailer to let him know. When a horrified Jughead asked why they'd brought the beaten man there, Tall Boy said it was so Jughead could tell FP that they were keeping their promise to look out for Jughead.

Tall Boy and Jughead met up on the south side to discuss FP's sentencing. It felt as if the entire system was rigged to work against them, even with Jughead going to the Mayor for assistance. Tall Boy wondered what FP had to say about this and if he had taken the deal that was being offered of twenty years in prison. Jughead informed him that FP hadn't yet taken the deal, and he wouldn't so long as he had any say in the matter. In a desperate attempt to free FP, Jughead suggested that they break him out of jail before he gets transferred to state. Tall Boy chuckled, telling Jughead that he had seen "Escape from Alcatraz" too many times. However, Jughead believed that the plan was doable considering that the Sheriff Station had worse security that Riverdale High School. Once he was out, it was a straight shot up Sweetwater River to the Canadian border. Tall Boy suggested getting FP a better lawyer rather than breaking him out. FP needed a snake-handler. Someone whose livelihood depended on snakes. Who's used to dealing with them, and he knew just who to contact.

The following night, he and two out Southside Serpents entered Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe during Retro Night. And while they did nothing to cause trouble, some were uneasy with their presence.

Physical Appearance
Tall Boy looks like a middle-aged man in his 50's. He's very tall and big built, with really long straight brown hair, with blonde highlights, as well as a short trimmed beard. He has a hoop earring on one side of his ears as well as a nose ring on the same side.

Personality
Tall Boy seems like a nice man who minds his own business, but he has a bad side as well, as he doesn't mind of getting his hands dirty when he needs to. Jughead often goes to Tall Boy when he seeks advice from him, helping Jughead and doing what he can, making use of his services.

Trivia

 * In "Chapter Thirteen: The Sweet Hereafter" he was credited as "Older Serpent".