The Ridiculous Ways TV Characters Came Back From the Dead

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Great twists are intemperate to fall by . TakeGame of Thrones . Two episodes after being stabbed by his brother of the Night ’s Watch – or 12 month , in speculative fan years – Jon " The Crow " Snowcame back to life , resuscitate by Melisandre ’s dark , sultry conjuring trick . We may never know what heavenly bureaucratism was overcome in the Lord of Light office to allow for such divine interference , butThronesfans breathed a corporate sigh . The poor boy was back . Theshowwas back .

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There ’s a story of television - writing staff reviving stagnant characters to jolt the story and shock the interview . Some maneuver are more fulfilling than others . All of them warrant a point of eye - rolling . Here are a few of the most surrealistic :

Tony Almeida,24

How did he die?Tony was become to jab CTU director - move around - terrorist Christopher Henderson , who earlier that day ordered a collision on his married woman , in the kernel with a lethal dose of scopolamine - pentothal . But he set about voiced , lease Henderson go , and wound up with the syringe in his chest . How did he return?Misplaced injection . Surprise : not only did Tony not die on Day 5 , the debacle convinced him to become a terrorist . He assumed his stead as a bad cat ( kind of ) on Day 7 .

Kara “Starbuck” Thrace,Battlestar Galactica

How did she die?In time of year 3 , after experiencing a series of retiring and prophetic visions , Starbuck ’s Viper explodes mid - pursuit . How did she return?Godly forces . Three installment later , Starbuck reappears , flying her Viper alongside the Galactica . on the face of it she ’s the harbinger of both death and life , she ’s been to Earth , and netherworld no she was n’t dead .

Bobby Ewing,Dallas

How did he die?In the Season 8 finis , just a year after the " Who Shot J.R. ? " incident , an infatuated Katherine rams Bobby with her railway car after catching wind of his fight to Pam . Bobby die of intragroup wound . How did he return?The alternating - humanity logical system of laughable books . Bobby return , unharmed , in Season 10 . turn out , the entire 9th season was just a dream . Or a nightmare , if you were watchingDallas .

Glenn,The Walking Dead

How did he die?While reconnoitre for an escape route out of an infested area , Glenn finds himself border by a multitude of zombie . The camera pushes in on his face as the walkers feast on his innards . How did he return?Crafty camerawork . turn out , those zombies were n’t chowing down on Glenn , but rather his pal , Nicholas . The audience just could n’t see . One could argue that Glenn ’s " destruction " does n’t really reckon because no one was quite sure if it materialise . I ’d debate it ’s the same logic as everything else on this , speed up byThe Walking Deadwriting staff to fuck with the consultation .

Murdoc,MacGyver

How did he die?In so many way . The dying of MacGyver ’s arch - bane became a resort gag on the show . Murdoc fell to his death down an abandoned mine quill , drove off a drop-off and blow up in a vehicular fireball , electrocute himself by accrue into the syndicate , and fell off the sheer expression of a mess . How did he return?The power of love .

Brian Griffin,Family Guy

How did he die?After traveling through time to the Jamestown liquidation , Brian is crushed in a strike - and - ravel . How did he return?Cartooneus ex machina . Two episodes later on , Stewie steals a new time auto , manned by an alternate version of himself , to bring Brian back to his reality . After the installment aired , MacFarlane infamouslytweeted , " You did n’t really opine we ’d bolt down off Brian , did you ? Jesus , we ’d have to be fucking high . " Everyone assumes they were .

Sara,Prison Break

How did she die?Gretchen Morgan , a high - ranking ship’s officer of the transnational cabal known as " The caller , " kick back off Season 3 by kidnapping and behead the show ’s female spark advance off - CRT screen . How did she return?White Trygve Lie . push aside stories of Callies ' schedule - disrupt pregnancy – the determination for Sara to have escaped Gretchen and come out back up in the fourth season was drive entirely by creativity .

Bertram Cooper,Mad Men

How did he die?Peacefully , while at home watch the July 20th , 1969 synodic month landing place . How did he return?Song and saltation . Did people really think Jehovah Matthew Weiner would drink down off a beloved theatrical role without flash ? Cooper ’s last hurrah was exclusive to Don Draper , a rendition of " The expert Things in Life Are Free " performed just after his death was announce to the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce staff .

Locke,Lost

How did he die?Ben Linus interrupts Locke ’s suicide to … strangle him with an extension cord and arrange the expiry as a suicide . How did he return?Impersonated by the Man in Black aka the buzz fume monstrosity , in Leslie Townes Hope of escaping the island once and for all .

Buffy,Buffy the Vampire Slayer

How did she die?To save her baby Dawn , Buffy hurls herself into a magical portal , which consumes her . time of year 5 ends with a interment and everything!How did she return?Convenient magic . After picking up ancient artifacts on eBay , Buffy ’s squad is successfully able-bodied to revive the slayer .

Tuco Salamanca,Breaking Bad

How did he die?A bullet train - big bash with Jesse and Walt end with a surprisal entryway by Hank , who plants one in Tuco ’s head teacher when the drug peddler feed out of ammo . How did he return?The power of spinoffs . Cruz resumed his office in theBreaking BadprequelBetter Call Saul . He ’s just as demented and gamy out of his mind .

Dan Conner,Roseanne

How did he die?A heart attackon the sidereal day of his daughter ’s wedding . How did he return?This one ’s a snatch of a tare , but Dan ’s " destruction " is so bizarre , it demands citation . Dan actually survived his heart attack onRoseanne . Or that ’s what we think – in a series stopping point post - mortem , Roseanne is bring out to be a memoirist taking some originative liberties . Dan actually give-up the ghost that day . And that ’s how you bolt down a role without killing a character .

Matt Patches is Thrillist ’s Entertainment editor in chief . He previously wrote for Grantland , Esquire.com , Vulture , The Hollywood newsperson , andThe Guardian . He has clocked zero near - death experience . get him on Twitter:@misterpatches .