Surprise! I'm Alive!
It's one of the defining characteristics of soaps, and also one of the things that we love the most about daytime dramas: nothing dead can stay. The recent "gotcha!" returns of Tea and Eli on One Life to Live and Chance on The Young and the Restless are examples of this story twist at its best. And these big returns make the reunions with loved ones all the sweeter (how psyched are you for when Todd and Dani reunite with Tea?). Well, the reunions are sweet unless the returning character is a murderer or a psycho or something.
We settled on a list of our favorite back-from-the-dead soap storylines. Click here to begin the Surprise! I'm Alive! gallery.
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Comments (21)
I am so happy Tea is alive, I hope that they don't keep her away too long. Please no Blair and Todd!!!!!!!!!!!! Is anyone else annoyed with Matthew???
After i found out that Tea wasn't really dead it surprised me soooo much and to find out that everything was made up about the brain tumor...my my my wat a waste theat Eli just wont stop but i hope that Greg man up and let someone know wats going on pleeeeeeeeease.
I am SO ANGRY, I cannot believe this. Let me be clear. It's not that I wanted Tea dead. It's just that ABC made such a BIG DEAL about wanting to play this story out believably, and that Tea WOULD die and be DEAD. They were EMPHATIC that she was dead, and they hated to do this, but wanted to be believable and honest, then they go and do this. WHAT is the POINT of ANYONE dying on a soap? They ALWAYS come back. Even when the actor dies, half the time they just recast the role and make like he/she had plastic surgery. Do they NOT UNDERSTAND that this makes them a laughing stock for ANY BELIEVABILITY when they WANT to be serious about ANY storyline? JUST ONCE, when someone dies, can't they STAY DEAD? So far, it's only happened when the real actor dies (unless, of course, they recast.
yes tea delgado is alive and still on there good.bring her back too dani,todd.and hurry up and let her wake from her coma because eli,ray are about to pull some dirty stuff with todd hurry.
Tea is alive, so happy!!
The Ford brothers are hunks-they can really get some good story lines with the girls in their lives. I hope they are in the show for a long time!
I know Tea was not dead in the beginning. i should have wrote the stories. when they bring Tea back whenIodd fall in love with Blair. You watch and see. unless she going to show up for her memorial service.
Yall be killin me. Soapnet said that Tea will be takin a bow. And here she is right where me and a million other fans want her. With Dani and Todd to put things back in place woop woop Tea is back... Dont ever leave again oh and wow gonna get some use to a new face if there is one. I hate that because it always take me time to get use to a new face. I expect to much like they have to act just as good as the original.
whats so good about these ABC soaps, CBS FOREVER
i love u tea
it's great tea is still alive, will she be coming back the show with a new face, i hope she will come back.