On November 29, he said goodbye. Tell me how it happened after 413 episodes and 23 seasons. The series started on September 13, 2001 without knowing that it would become the longest running in the history of television in Spain and the sixth in the world. The last chapter was focused on the return to Spain of Carlos Alcántara, the third son of Antonio and Merche, and the one who gives voice to the history of Spain and his family, from Massiel’s victory in Eurovision in 1968, until precisely the day the series started.
Beyond the plot, the return of the character meant the reunion of actor Ricardo Gómez, with the rest of the original cast (Imanol Arias, Ana Duato, María Galiana, Pablo Rivero and Irene Visedo), after three seasons away from the series.
But this 2023, which is about to end, has also brought other very emotional series reunions that have filled fans with nostalgia. The first came in January on the occasion of the 18th anniversary of the premiere of the telecomedy Aida (January 6, 2005 – June 8, 2014), and was attended by almost all the actors.
After years of not seeing each other, according to what the protagonists confessed, in February, Julia Otero in her program Días de tele telematically reunited Ana Obregón (the only one who was on the set) with Roberto Álvarez and the not-so-children of Ana and the 7 (March 18, 2002-May 30, 2005).
In March, many of the actors who gave life to the students and teachers of the Azcona school met again in Compañeros (March 25, 1998-July 16, 2002) to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its premiere. But it was not the only reunion in the series. The couple Quimi and Valle, that is, Eva Santolaria and Antonio Hortelano, starred in an episode of the third season of Cites Barcelona in which their characters (Imanol and Claudia) met again as adults after having been boyfriends as teenagers.
In April, Los Serrano (April 22, 2003-July 17, 2008) turned 20 years old and a special was broadcast with the seven protagonists, although it disappointed many fans who expected more from the reunion. On Friday Fran Perea hosted a new meeting for her YouTube channel.
On October 28, Matthew Perry, the remembered Chandler from Friends (September 22, 1994-May 6, 2004), died. His death left his followers and, above all, his colleagues devastated and brought back the special Friends: The Reunion to the present, broadcast on May 27, 2021 and for which each of the actors received 2 and a half million. of dollars.
In mid-November, Sofía Vergara hosted the first Modern Family reunion (September 23, 2009-April 8, 2020) since it ended. Only Ty Burrell was missing, although his teammates remembered him with a photo. And at the end of November, Elsa Pataky returned to Madrid for professional reasons but she took the opportunity to see her family, her friends and of course her classmates from When I Leave School (September 18, 1997-July 12, 2002).
This year has also witnessed emotional cinematic reunions such as the heartfelt hug at the Oscars on March 13, between Harrison Ford and Ke Huy Quan (awarded for Everything at Once Everywhere ), almost 40 years after star in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. And at the beginning of December, as a prelude to Christmas, Macaulay Culkin unveiled his star on the Walk of Fame, in Hollywood accompanied by Catherine O’Hara, the distraught mother who accidentally leaves her son Kevin, Home Alone (1990) by Christmas.
