Marvel's Jessica Jones Season 2: 23 WTF Moments

21. Simpson’s Return... And Death

Jessica Jones Simpson Dead
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Will Simpson was set up as a potentially big deal for Season 2, with the possibility of him becoming the character Nuke this time around.

Instead he only appears very briefly, coming in at the end of the second episode as he tried to protect Trish while she investigated IGH. This reasonably could've been expected to be the start of a multi-episode arc, but ultimately his neck was snapped by a mysterious figure and, just like that, Simpson's story was done.

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