Fans of Riverdale have waited two seasons to meet Jughead’s estranged mother and sister, Jellybean. They’ve been mentioned many times, and now we are going to finally meet them in the show’s upcoming third season. As announced at the Riverdale panel at NYCC, actress Gina Gershon (Bound) and newcomer Trinity Likins have been cast for the recurring roles as Gladys Jones and Jellybean “JB†Jones. They will make their debut on Riverdale during the Wednesday, December 12 episode.Jughead’s mother Gladys Jones is described as a “businesswoman†who runs the salvage yard (chop shop) that doubles as a Serpent compound, and the Serpents all snap to attention when she gives them an order. A Serpent with a GED, she acts as Fagin to a crew of teenage car parts thieves. Meanwhile, her daughter Jellybean “JB†Jones is wise beyond her years, and the Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath loving Jellybean lives with her biker mom in Toledo where they run scams to make ends meet. And like mother like daughter: Jellybean –who prefers to be called JB now — is quite the little con artist herself.
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