They say high school is the best time of a young person’s life, and when looking back over the famous high school classes of television’s past, it’s a hard to disagree. So flip back through television’s high school yearbook with Snakkle as we explore our favorite graduation episodes of all of TV time.

“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.

From The O.C. to 2013’s Drinking Buddies and Rush, take a look back at Olivia Wilde’s roles from blonde ingénue to raven haired bombshell! Just this year she’s gone head-to-head with the cantankerous Dr. House, made Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds stammer, and starred alongside Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford. That’s one lucky woman!