Soap opera episodes typically end on some sort of cliffhanger, and the Season Finale ends in the same way, only to be resolved when the show returns for the start of a new yearly broadcast.

In Season Six he returns after Buffy is resurrected, then leaves again so that his presence won't hold her back from growing strong and independent.

Though he returns to Buffy in Season Eight, Angel was possessed and killed Giles.

In Season Eight, he returns to work as a mole for Buffy, infiltrating the organization of the villain Twilight.

Spike returns to Sunnydale alone in Season Four, in the episode " The Harsh Light of Day ", briefly living with Harmony Kendall, a shallow young vampire.

Anya returns to Sunnydale early in Season Four, still infatuated with Xander.

In the Season Six episode " Entropy " Anya returns to Sunnydale.

In the Season Three finale of the re-imagined series, Kara Thrace returns to Galactica after her apparent death, claiming to have been to Earth and intending to lead the fleet there.

During Season 3, an old college flame returns and asks Delinda to marry him.

Because his powers have been sapped by Luthor's kryptonite, Clark is unable to stop the villain from killing himself, however Luthor returns from the dead in Season 2.

In Season 6, Alti returns reincarnated as the brilliant genetic engineer Alexis Los Alamos.

In Season 8, after Ash completes the Hoenn League and places in the Top 8, he returns home to Pallet Town, as do May and Max to Petalburg City and Brock to Pewter City.

Carter later returns in the Season 15 episode, " The Beginning of the End ", in which he returns to the ER at County General after being in Africa.

For the one episode he produced this season ( 4 / 11 / 81 ), the original SNL opening theme music used from Season 1 until the first episode of this season ( 11 / 15 / 80 ) returns to accompany a different shot of the Statue of Liberty, followed by various still images taken from around New York displayed one after another.

Lorne leaves the group after Season 5, but returns as an ally in After the Fall.

In Season 2, Dog's teenage daughter, " Baby " Lyssa Chapman returns home and becomes a member of the bounty-hunting team.

* This episode marks the second time that Willow sits next to a distraught Spike on a bed and tries to comfort him ; the first time is when Spike returns to Sunnydale in Season 3 and kidnaps her to perform a love spell.

Susan returns during Season 8 as she left, shown to arrive on a train into Chicago to interview for a job.

After the events of Spyro: Season of Ice, Spyro returns to the Dragon Realms and is told that an army of Rhynocs infiltrated the Dragon Realms and stole all of its fireflies during Spyro's absence.

Azazel returns in the graphic novel Season of Mists.

In " Family Affair ", the first episode of Season 10, Sidle returns to work in the laboratory on a temporary basis, revealing that she and Grissom are now married and have been living in Paris while Grissom conducts a seminar at the Sorbonne.

In Season 2, she returns to the beach after a leg wound with a cold demeanor and a " survival of the fittest " outlook that frightens the others.

* This is the first appearance of the First Evil and the Bringers, who will not appear again until " Lessons ", when it returns as the Big Bad of Season Seven.

Two married individuals may calculate tax and file returns jointly or separately.

Two days after she returns home, however, Henry pays a sudden unexpected visit and explains what happened.

Two years later, Manuela returns with Esteban to an AIDS convention, telling Huma and Agrado, who now run a stage show together, that Esteban had been a miracle by not inheriting the virus.

Two years later, Fielding returns to India and to Aziz.

He returns in this capacity in Death in the Clouds and One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, before being written out of the series.

Two years after the events of The Pride of Chanur, Pyanfar Chanur returns to Meetpoint Station with The Pride to find Goldtooth and Tully.

Two years after purchasing Robbie, Mr. Weston gives in to his wife's badgering and returns Robbie to the factory.

Two years, after first returning to action in the Power Rangers Wild Force 10th anniversary episode " Forever Red " as Zeo Ranger 5, Red, Tommy returns as a Power Ranger once again.

Two days pass before Tintin finally returns to Calculus ' house with the shark-like submarine which Calculus built during the search for Red Rackham's Treasure.

Two issues later the Enchantress returns them to Earth with a spell.

* Two Ravens ( 1977 ) -- Bjarni Hoskuldsson, a pagan Icelander trying to maintain the old values in an increasing Christian world of the early 12th century, leaves the family's Icelandic farm in search of adventure in the England of William Rufus, but finally returns to Iceland to finally make his presence felt.

Two years later 520i badge returns with four-cylinder N43 engine which was more efficient while producing same amount of power.

Two months later, Barney returns to Moe's Tavern, unable to recall where he left the car.

However, when the Number Two of " Chimes of Big Ben " returns in " Once Upon a Time ", it is made clear that it is against his will.

This Old Number Two eventually returns, ostensibly in order to retire, but becomes the target of an assassination plot by the current " temporary " Number Two.

This becomes a major problem as another airplane, Trans America Flight Two, experiences a midair emergency and returns to Lincoln.

Two Years later she returns to the same small town and is walking past a cemetery in which she sees a large tree illuminated by a sunset, causing it appear to be made of gold.

* Two charges of tax evasion ( by filed false income tax returns in 1929 and 1930 )

Two Need for Speed tiles Need for Speed: Nitro and Need for Speed: World Online also feature street racing, whereas Need for Speed: Shift again returns to legal racing once again, much like Need For Speed: ProStreet but this time with much more emphasis on realism and driving style Precision or Aggression.

Two existing stopping services ( to Tikkurila and Vantaankoski ) will be replaced by a single service which traverses the whole loop and returns to Helsinki, stopping twice on opposite sides of Pasila station.

Two months later when he returns home, he is shocked to see that his brother died and had been cremated, reportedly from illness.

Two days later, Bess returns to Catfish Row in a state of delirium.

The Number Two from the episode " The Chimes of Big Ben " ( Leo McKern ) returns to undertake " Degree Absolute " in a final attempt to break Number Six.