Frank Andrews

**Frank Andrews** is the younger brother of Fred Andrews. He is the biological father of Gia Andrews which he reveals to Archie Andrews after she finding out she died. He was a part of the United States army. He is the uncle of Archie and brother-in-law of Mary Andrews.

## Character Description

*Frank Andrews is a blue collar, former high school football star – tough, brash, and charming. His temper and vices constantly get him into trouble. He’s lived in the shadow of Fred , his beloved older brother, since he was born. As a result, Frank joined the Army in search of his own identity. After three tours of duty, Frank Andrews is haunted and in need of a home.*

## Relationships

### **Gia Andrews**

When Frank meets Archie he introduces himself and then begin to get to know each other Archie lets him stay at the community center for a couple of weeks he says about moving on but Archie tells him about staying there and getting to know him a lot more. This causes him to agree and call his sister, Archie told Frank that he has an older sister called Gia and this makes Frank realise who he means. Archie brings Frank home, who introduces him to Gia as his and hers Uncle Frank but once he realises who she is he begins to introduce himself. Gia is not very fond of him because she feels like they all should of met before Fred died. Frank tries to make a relationship with Gia but she doesn't want to know. Archie asks Gia to give their uncle a job at Andrews Construction to which she says no. After Mary warning her about the DUI situation with her uncle and father she decided that she didn't want to know anything more about him. Days go by and she agrees to Archie to give him a job at the construction site to which he said he will do his best at hard work. Tom Keller who is working at the construction site looks through the books and sees that $200 dollars has been taken from the works he tells Gia who later accuses Frank even though Frank admits that he borrowed it against his salary, Gia doesn't hear him out and fires him from the construction site to which makes Archie very upset.

Frank, Archie and Gia return home, after trying to put everything right Frank tells Gia that she had every right to fire him but he didn't steal it and he wouldn't steal from his "dau-niece" let alone the family company. She didn't want to hear anything else about it and said she gave him a chance to prove that he is not the man her dad knew and he has so she has no choice but to stand by her word of firing him claiming she is trying her best to keep her fathers company up and running.

With everything Frank was able to turn $200 into $10,000. Enough to pay the crew their bonuses. He let's Gia know about it and she is shocked about this and thanks him. Frank asks if they’re good. Gia explains they’re not good because he still took the money regardless of if he stole it or not. Gianna explained to Frank that when he took the money, it felt like he was stealing from his dad to which he felt hurt over hearing his daughter call someone else dad. She continues that Andrews Construction isn’t just a business, it’s a legacy. They should treat it as such with honour and respect. Gia allows him one more chance and explains what happened today can’t happen again or she will mean it.

In the morning Gia is greeted by Ted to which Archie explains that he is a friend of Frank and he stayed the night. She is not very happy about it due to not even knowing anything about Frank only what he told them. When Archie leaves for school, he leaves Frank, Ted and Gia alone at the house. Gia makes Ted a cup of coffee but he says no thank. Gia leaves Frank and Ted alone in the kitchen but suddenly hears commotion that's when she goes into the kitchen and sees Ted attacking Frank with a knife. A fight ensues, as Ted chokes the life from Frank, Gia sneaks up from behind and knocks him over the head with a frying pan. Ted falls to the ground but recovers and manages to grab a hold of Gia who struggles from his grip but he gets pulled off Gia and punched by Frank. As an instant reaction Gia hugs Frank and thanks him for saving her.

After finding out about her death in 2024 by Archie in 2027 Fank reveals that Gia was his daughter but was so ashamed of who he become that he told Fred to take her on as his own if it ever came to it. Frank visits his daughters grave in Riverdale, leaves flowers and says sorry before walking away. He is hit pretty hard with her death due to not getting to know her well and her being his daughter.

#### Mary Andrews

It has been portrayed that Mary is not very fond of Frank Archie wants him to stay however, doing that would mean having to inform Mary that he’s in town, which he has yet to do after past discrepancies.

Archie brings Frank home, who introduces himself to his niece Gianna Andrews and this is where Mary discusses his sudden arrival. Mary questions why he didn't attended the funeral. He claims to have been on a crab boat and didn’t get the news of Fred’s death until a month ago. Mary reluctantly agrees and cautions Archie over Frank’s tendency to avoid hard work. Mary isn’t enthusiastic about Frank staying, Archie ensured her it was only temporary.

Mary tells Archie and Gia that he is bad news for the reason that their dad took the blame for Franks DUI and he never thanked him. The relationship between the pair is not very good.

### Archie Andrews

At the community center, Frank and Archie discuss the upcoming state finals game. He also appreciates Archie allowing him to stay at the community center for the last couple of weeks and the chance at getting to know his nephew during that time. Frank is looking to move on, but Archie asks him to stay however, doing that would mean having to inform Mary that he’s in town, which he has yet to do after past discrepancies.

Archie brings Frank home, where he and Mary discuss his sudden arrival. Archie is hoping to get Frank a job at Andrews Construction which he has to discuss with his sister first.

Frank bails Archie out of jail after he got into a brawl at Stonewall Prep. At Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe, Archie tells Franks how he went looking for payback after Bret and the Stallions attacked Munroe. Frank tells Archie not to be ashamed as both he and Fred were the same way. While Fred was pretty level-headed most of the time, that would change when someone came after a friend of family member. Frank describes how brutal he would become. Archie can’t ever imagine his dad throwing a punch, let alone getting into bar fights. Much to Frank’ pleasure, Archie boxes, as does he.

Archie confronts his uncle Frank after learning about the DUI. Frank explains that he was going through a rough patch. He was back in Riverdale between tours. This was before he realized that he needed counseling. He was having trouble with dealing with what he went through in Desert Storm. Frank doesn’t remember much of that night. But when he woke up, Fred had taken the blame. He never would’ve asked Fred to do that for him, but he did it because that the type of man Fred was. And Frank took off because that’s the type of man he was.

Frank offers to help Munroe after he was brutally attacked and injured, preventing him from playing in the big game. Frank offers a way for Munroe to play through the pain. He has some meds from the VA. They’re not going to heal Munroe’s injuries, but they’ll numb him long enough for the game. Archie turns down the offer, but Munroe is more willing to take the chance.

Frank enters the locker room to congratulate Archie on a game well played despite the loss. However, Archie hasn’t forgotten that his uncle gave Munroe drugs. Archie was worried that Munroe would worsen his injury. However, Frank explains that guys like Archie, Munroe, and himself have to take what they can get, however they can get it. It was admittedly a risk, but Frank suggests that Archie respect Munroe’s decision. Munroe enters the locker room and informs them that he just got cornered by the recruiter from Notre Dame, who told Munroe that he wants him in Indiana next week to play ball for them.

Archie comes downstairs to find his uncle Frank preparing breakfast. Frank is nervous for his first day as foreman at Andrews Construction. Archie has a surprise for him; he gift his uncle his father’s tool belt. Frank is reluctant to accept the gift, but does so.