10 Outrageous Ways Famous TV Characters Came Back From The Dead
1. Sara Tancredi Is Un-Decapitated Due To Fan Backlash - Prison Break
Sara was a doctor at Fox River prison in the first season of Prison Break, where she formed a romantic relationship with the show’s hero Michael Scofield. She later helped him and his brother escape.
She Was Dead...: In season three Sara has been kidnapped by the evil company chasing the brothers. They use her as bait to make the two men do their bidding, but when they fail a task she is beheaded as punishment. Her head is sent in a box to the brothers in episode four, and Michael swears he’ll avenge her death.
...But She Got Better: It turns out he didn’t need to make the effort, as season four reveals her death was faked. She escaped and a corpse was used for the head in a box. It was a real stroke of luck that the head looked exactly like Sara too.
Sara’s abrupt death was in response to a contract dispute with actress Sarah Wayne Callies that couldn’t be worked out, but due to a huge fan backlash the show brought her back a season later with her head reattached.