SOMETIMES THEY COME BACK

SOMETIMES THEY COME BACK, AND I'M NOT REFERRING TO THE 1991 STEPHEN KING FILM.  I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT CHARACTER IN YOUR FAVORITE SHOW WHOSE SCREEN TIME SLOWLY STARTS TO DISINTEGRATE.  THE WRITERS DIDN'T EXACTLY PROVIDE YOU WITH THE CLOSURE OF NEVER SEEING THAT CHARACTER AGAIN, YET YOU CAN'T HELP BUT TO WONDER IF THE ACTOR HAD TO LEAVE DUE TO ILLNESS, PREGNANCY, OR SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY FOUND A BETTER SHOW TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR TALENTS TO.  AND THEN ONE DAY, THAT CHARACTER COMES BACK OUT OF THE BLUE.  

MOST RECENTLY MY HEART WAS TICKLED BY THE FOURTH SEASON FINALE OF SHAMELESS.  THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SEASON I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR FIONA'S SOULMATE, THE GUY NAMED STEVE WHO WAS BORN JIMMY AND NOW GOES BY JACK, TO SLIDE HIMSELF BACK INTO THE SHAMELESS GALLAGHER SHACK.  THE MOMENT I LOST HOPE WHILE THE ENDING CREDITS BEGAN TO SURFACE, STEVE DID IT AGAIN.  HE SHOWED UP REASSURING THE VIEWERS THAT TRUE LOVE DOES EXIST IN STRANGE SITUATIONS.  HIS SNEAKY APPEARANCE THAT WAS FORESHADOWED IN NUMEROUS EPISODES REMINDED THE AUDIENCE THAT WHEN YOU FIND THE ONE PERSON WHO YOUR SOUL CONNECTS WITH, YOU'LL NEVER STOP THINKING ABOUT THEM.  

ALTHOUGH FICTIONAL LOVE STORIES TEND TO EASILY ANNOY ME, THERE ARE A FEW THAT ARE JUST WRITTEN AND BUILT UP SO WELL THAT I CAN'T HELP BUT TO FEEL THE ON-SCREEN CONNECTION.  ANYONE WHO HAS EVER BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE CAN CERTAINLY RELATE TO SEEING TWO PEOPLE LOOK AT EACH OTHER ON THAT INTENSE, EUPHORIC LEVEL.  SOMETIMES TWO PEOPLE JUST FIT TOGETHER LIKE PUZZLE PIECES.  

IF YOU'RE NOT A SHAMELESS FAN, THEN I'M SURE YOU'VE CONNECTED WITH A CHARACTER ON ANOTHER SHOW.  MAYBE THAT INFAMOUS MR. BIG STOLE YOUR HEART WHILE CHASING CARRIE BRADSHAW IN SEX AND THE CITY.  ALTHOUGH I'VE ALWAYS WISHED AIDAN WOULD BE THE ONE TO COME BACK AND STEAL HER HEART, MY EYES STILL SWELL WITH TEARS WHEN THINKING OF THAT SECOND TO LAST EPISODE  OF THE SERIES WHEN THE GIRLS TELL MR. BIG TO "GO GET OUR GIRL" RIGHT BEFORE HE RESCUES HER IN PARIS.  

I ALSO LABEL STEVE AS A COME BACK CHARACTER ON SEX AND THE CITY.  OUT OF ALL MIRANDA'S BOYFRIENDS, STEVE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO FIT HER LIKE A PUZZLE PIECE.  I MEAN COME ON, IF YOU DID NOT SHED A TEAR WHEN THOSE TWO REUNITED ON THE BRIDGE, THEN CLEARLY YOU HAVE EMOTIONAL ISSUES! 

TRUE BLOOD HOLDS A BIT OF A DIFFERENT EXAMPLE OF WHAT I'M EXPLAINING HERE.  ALTHOUGH BILL'S SCREEN TIME HAS NOT SHRIVELED UP, IT'S STILL AWKWARD TO SEE SOOKIE WITH OTHER MEN.  I'M HONESTLY NOT EVEN A FAN OF BILL, BUT HIS CHARACTER LACKS SPARK AND SUBSTANCE WITHOUT HER BY HIS SIDE.  I WONDER IF BILL WILL "COME BACK" TO SOOKIE IN THIS UPCOMING AND FINAL SEASON...