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* Although not a lover, an episode of ''[[The A-Team]]'' does this strangely. One episode is based around the funeral of their old army buddy. There's a lot of tender reminiscing, and even a lingering close-up on a photo of the five of them standing together in uniform. This is made only ''slightly'' less poignant by the fact that ''we've never heard of this guy before, nor will we again''.

** A more traditional version of the trope is "The Only Church In Town", in which Face's first love Leslie Bektall turns up after a fifteen-year absence. (During which time she's become a nun. Ouch.)

* Variant in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'': Jadzia Dax and Lenara Kahn had technically never met before their one-episode romance, but the previous hosts of their symbionts were married.

** Played straight in the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|DS9]]'' episode "Profit and Loss", where Quark's old flame from the Bajorean Occupation, a Cardassian woman, returns to the station.

* An oft-ignored season one episode of ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' introduces us to [[The Casanova|Dean]] [[The Charmer|Winchester]]'s ex-girlfriend Cassie. We get a glimpse of what Dean looks like in love, and it turns out he's kind of a sap. Sam has fun needling him about it until he realizes who dumped whom and why, and how badly [[The Woobie|Dean]] actually got hurt.

** Another introduced Lisa, who now had a son with a suspicious resemblance to Dean, born about the right time after he knew her. {{spoiler|It's not his}}. Lisa returns {{spoiler|At the end of the fifth season and in the sixth, where Dean settles down with her and she actually has yet to die.}}

* Bobby for Hilda on ''[[Ugly Betty]]''. {{spoiler|Seeing how he came along towards the end of the series, they ended up getting married in the [[Grand Finale]].}}

* Casey has had ''two'' of these in ''[[Chuck]]''.