AMC’s ‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Welcomes Jimmi Simpson as Series Regular

AMC throws you another curve when you believe that The Walking Dead cannot be any stranger. In the second season of The Walking Dead: Dead City, Jimmi Simpson appears. It is not a walk-on part, but a regular character on the series, which will make viewers speculate. Take a breath. Including Simpson, it will be some actual madness in The Walking Dead: Dead City.

Simpson is added to Maggie, a character played by Lauren Cohan, and Negan, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Their alliance and enmity game continues to smolder. This casting decision is not as routine; instead, AMC is throwing a curveball into The Walking Dead: Dead City narrative. Well, this performance was becoming stagnant. The uncertainty is much overdue.

Who is Jimmi Simpson Bringing to Dead City?

So, who is Simpson playing? According to AMC, Perry is a caring and responsible leader of a New York neighborhood. Perry also makes hard and violent calls, which is nothing new. A caring dictator who becomes brutal? Seen it before in The Walking Dead: Dead City universe.

The franchise fans have encountered an abundance of such characters, Rick, the Governor, and the majority of Big shots with screen time. But Simpson makes even straight roles wild. He brought the Westworld William to unusual locations and popularized the character of a drunkard known as McPoyle. Conscientious and empathetic are not exactly in his style.

That is what is interesting about this. Simpson has been on board to play bland; his resume does not indicate that. His empathy is probably as dark as to give Negan shivers. When the brutality of Perry is according to Simpson standards, don’t look forward to generic walker murders in The Walking Dead: Dead City.

What’s Next for The Walking Dead: Dead City?

The first season of The Walking Dead: Dead City was up and down. The pictures were chill, and Maggie/Negan tension received its reward, although the narrative was occasionally flimsy. The Croat was bad enough, but came in as Negan Lite. The series was in need of a revitalization.

It is time to introduce Jimmi Simpson, a genius in the art of playing characters who make everyone guess. You can never be sure what he will be like, whether he will be amiable or crazy. In a show that centers on morally grey protagonists, a wild card, such as Simpson, is an excellent fit. Maggie and Negan have finally gotten a suitor for their twisted motives.

Imagine Perry against Negan, and both of them struggling not to blink. Or perhaps, he only silently jostles Maggie, which makes him even more suspicious. The spinoff might not be as much of a Walker Chase, but rather mind games. Perry can divide Maggie and Negan–or can put them together in the face of a greater danger. Either way, it shakes up The Walking Dead: Dead City dynamic.

Another Leader, Another Community, Another War?

Rolling your eyes, it is so simple, another city, another leader, another us vs. them. The franchise is fond of replication of this formula, and therefore, the fans are justified to be cynical. Is it another of our All Out War, only the skyscrapers in place of the cornfields?

Nevertheless, the claustrophobia and the surreal landscape of Manhattan might turn the scenario upside down. Gone are the open field fights; it is staircases, roofs, and tunnels. Perry in Simpson is not all about brute force, but his power and manipulation of the mind may make him the new breed of power player in The Walking Dead: Dead City.

The introduction of Jimmi Simpson is just the shock that this show requires. With a deep characterization, Perry might emerge as the most interesting antagonist – or the weirdest antihero – that the spinoff has ever had. No one could ever imagine a twist to these years of walkers, and this is what fans are seeking.