Jim

*"That's a lie. That's the **biggest lie** there is. I told that to my wife and my two boys. I said it a hundred times. It didn't matter. **They came out of nowhere**. There were dozens of 'em. Just pulled 'em right out of my hands. **You know, the only reason I got away was 'cause the dead were too busy eating my family**."*
―Jim to Shane about his family.[src]
**Jim** was a survivor of the apocalypse and one of the original members of the Atlanta camp. Before the outbreak, Jim was an auto repair mechanic. During the downfall of Atlanta at the start of the apocalypse, Jim and his family were attacked in the city and his wife and kids were devoured. Sometime later, Jim joined a group of survivors at a camp outside the city.

## **Pre-Apocalypse**

Jim lived with his family in the city of Atlanta, where he worked as an auto mechanic specialized in vehicle repair.

## **Post-Apocalypse**

When the outbreak happened around the world, Jim and his family were attacked by walkers as the city was overrun, with Jim narrowly escaping while his family was devoured.

Sometime later, Jim encountered and joined a campsite of survivors on the outskirts of the city. As time progressed, the shock of losing his family made Jim more susceptible to reality and was able to notice things that others overlooked.

## Season 1

While helping Dale work on his RV's radiator hose, Jim was present as the camp received T-Dog's distorted distress message. Jim then listened as Shane refused to send a rescue team. ("Guts")

When the group that had traveled to the city for supplies returned to the camp, Jim quickly deactivated the blaring alarm of the sports car that had been driven by Glenn by pulling a wire under the hood and then witnessed as newcomer Rick Grimes reunited with his family. The next day, Jim aided the group to deal with a walker in the woods and concluded that the undead were migrating because they were probably running out of food in the city. When Rick set out to return to Atlanta to rescue Merle Dixon, Jim and Dale accepted to lend him some of their tools in exchange for parts of the van in which he had arrived to repair the RV's radiator hose. ("Tell It to the Frogs")

Some hours later, Jim began digging holes in a hillside near the camp. After a concerned Dale informed everyone at the camp about Jim's erratic behavior, Shane was forced to subdue a hostile Jim and tie him up to a tree until he would feel better. Shortly after, Jim confessed to Shane that he was digging because of a dream he couldn't remember, and then apologized to Lori and Carol for having scared their children with his behavior but ominously warned Lori that she had to protect Carl. That night, everyone was reunited around a campfire as they listened to Dale's stories. When the camp was attacked by several walkers, Jim helped defend the place and kill the walker that had bitten Amy, although he was bitten on the stomach. Once the attack was over, Jim finally remembered his dream and realized that he was digging graves for the fallen. ("Vatos")

The next morning, Jim helped during the clean up of the camp when Jacqui noticed blood on his shirt and altered the remaining survivors that he had been bitten. As everyone discussed what to do, Daryl Dixon suggested killing him but Rick stopped him and suggested heading to the CDC because he believed there was a possible cure that could help save Jim. While the group held a funeral for all their deceased companions, a gravely sick Jim remained resting inside the RV where he began to suffer terrifying visions of the dead.

The next day, Jim's health worsened as the remaining group of survivors departed towards the CDC, and he ultimately begged Rick to leave him behind because he wanted to die in peace and reunite with his family as his last wish. Although Rick opposed the idea, the others decided to respect Jim's decision and they left him under a tree on the side of the road. Jim refused to take a handgun from Rick in order to spare himself becoming a walker and watched as his companions left after saying a final farewell. ("Wildfire")

## Season 3

After losing his wife during the walker invasion at the prison, a deranged Rick had a phone conversation with a man, unaware that it was Jim, who asked him how his wife died. Not realizing that everything was a hallucination, Rick declined to answer and the man hung up the phone. ("Hounded")

## Death

Killed By
* Zombies *(Alive)*

During the walker attack in the Atlanta camp, Jim was bitten by a walker on his ribs. Following the attack and the group's attempt to save him, Jim voluntarily chose to be left to die. The group granted his request and left him under a tree in the middle of the road. Jim then died from the infection, reanimated, and turned into a walker.

## Appearances

### TV Series

#### Season 1

* "Guts"
* "Tell It to the Frogs"
* "Vatos"
* "Wildfire"

## Trivia

* According to Glenn in "Four Walls and a Roof", Jim lived for nearly two days following his bite. This makes him the longest survivor of Rick's Group after being bitten.
* Jim is the only original group member to still have an undead status.

## References

1. ↑ Vatos
2. ↑ Vatos
3. ↑ Wildfire