We’re saddened at the departure of How I Met Your Mother but we’ve had nine seasons that’ve brought us good times at MacLaren’s with our favorite sitcom group of friends, new catchphrases (Legendary!), life theories (the Bro Code!) and had us eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Mother (Cristin Milioti) who did not disappoint. Let’s say farewell to our whiskey swilling, laser tag playing, red cowboy boot wearing group by looking back at their high school pictures. Sadly, none of them had a goth phase like Lily Aldrin.

“Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in,” are we right? Well, for once-television stars who took a break from the medium that seems to be this season’s motto. See what Christina Applegate, Tim Allen, and Poppy Montgomery (to name a few) had to say about taking the plunge back into TV.

Everyone is buzzing about the return of “Once Upon a Time” –ABC’s American fairy tale drama series that premiered back in October of 2011. Plenty of your favorite stars are making a big return to the small screen this fall! Before they start casting their enchanting spells over you and your DVR schedule, take a look back at the shows and films that brought them on the scene “once upon a time.”

It’s been a long, hot summer. And before that, it was a long, hot string of spring finales featuring declarations of love, deaths, broken dining room windows—you know, the usual. To brush up for the fall premieres, check out Snakkle’s six favorite cliff-hangers from last season!