Im sort of confuse with these articles( Tv line sweeps “list of big returns” and eonline), especially by what they mean by “returns”, let`s put on the table that is Neal, if was him that would not be a return, if he does for example, a dream sequence with Henry or a flashback with Henry, that for me is an apperance, not return, is simply a scene, for me a return and i think is what these articles or at least Tv line one means, is a return of a character to the show for more than one scene and to stay sometime, even if not as regular, that would be a return, which we know wont happen. And on the Eonline article, are A&E that say the words big return i believe, so i think they would not say a big return to neal, they could say maybe a old character will make one apperance, i say this, if was Neal, matt M would know this and would be making articles about it.
I looked at their scorecard for last year, and their big returns included characters that didn’t necessarily stick around in a larger capacity. Here’s their list of Resurrections/Big Returns from last year:
1. AIRED April 26: Lily/Once Upon a Time
2. AIRED April 28: Maria Hill/Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
3. AIRED April 28: Sameen Shaw/Person of Interest
4. AIRED May 3: Victoria/Revenge
5. AIRED May 3: Charlotte/Revenge
6. AIRED May 6: Cragen: Law & Order: SVU
7. AIRED May 7: Liv/The Vampire Diaries
8. AIRED May 8: Catherine/Hawaii Five-0
9. AIRED May 8: Trubel/Grimm
10. AIRED May 8: Kelly Burkhardt/Grimm
11. AIRED May 8: Diana/Grimm
12. AIRED May 11: Sin Rostro/Jane the Virgin
13. AIRED May 11: Esther/The Originals
14. AIRED May 14: Jeremy/The Vampire Diaries
15. AIRED May 14: Nostradamus/Reign
16. AIRED May 14: Oscar/Elementary
17. AIRED May 15: Martin Meisner/Grimm
18. AIRED May 15: Agent Chavez, Grimm
Source: http://tvline.com/2015/04/02/may-sweeps-scorecard-2015-spoilers/