[1] Sullivan was initially only contracted to appear in six episodes as a recurring character, but due to his popularity he was taken on full-time and remained for seventeen years.

When Billy returns from the graduation later that day, he is mortified at the amount of damage Jimmy had done to his house, and it temporarily puts a strain on their relationship.

Jimmy drives some of the relatives to hospital, and when they arrive he learns that Frank had just died and that Tony Dixon (Mark Lennock) is in serious condition.

Within a month of the crash, Tony is diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state, and doctors say that he is unlikely to ever regain consciousness, but his father Ron (Vince Earl) is determined to help him recover.

At Ron's request, Jimmy becomes a pallbearer at Tony's funeral, but he cracks under guilt at the graveside and confesses that he caused the crash.

[4] In January 1995, Jimmy and Eddie Banks (Paul Broughton) find the body of Trevor Jordache (Bryan Murray), who had been killed two years earlier by his wife Mandy (Sandra Maitland) and daughter Beth (Anna Friel), after years of physical and psychological abuse, and rape.

However, rival dealers target the house in a drive-by shooting, which kills Jackie's cat, and Jimmy decides to quit before anyone got hurt.

Jimmy is horrified when Gary admits what he had done, as the heroin was uncut, and tries desperately to reach Shane in time, but is too late to stop him fatally overdosing.

Jimmy attempts to make a fresh start and wants to become a teacher, but he does so by falsifying certificates with Danny Simpson's (Andrew Butler) help.

His daughter Lindsey Corkhill (Claire Sweeney) and neighbour Ray Hilton (Kenneth Cope) hear about this and try to convince him not to kill himself.

After the siege, neighbour Nikki Shadwick (Suzanne Collins) sees Jimmy as a father figure, but her feelings turn to infatuation, and the two sleep together.

Jimmy goes to live with his son-in-law Barry Grant (Paul Usher) and daughter in their mansion in Blaydon, Tyne and Wear.

[1] In 2004 Northwest Regional Development Agency branded Jimmy a "lovable rogue" type,[12] a label which Click Liverpool also attributed to the character.

"[2] Francesca Babb from All About Soap included Jimmy causing Frank and Tony's deaths in their "most memorable moments" of Brookside feature.