I like it, realistically these people would keep in touch and pop by every now and then. I think we should get more 1-2 episode returns.
Unless, of course, they’re Michelle Fowler who never returned for her father’s, brother’s or mother’s funerals. And when she finally did return, it was way too late, she was played by someone else and the storylines were weak. To be fair, Dominic Treadwell-Collins did his best to get Susan Tully back but as she’d long since left acting, she wasn’t having it.
That would be the ultimate return though. Susan Tully back as Michelle Fowler, even if it was just for one episode like Lofty or Mary.