Diehard Bridget Jones fans may have cast aside hope for Bridget Jones's Baby [1] way back in 2014 when Hugh Grant confirmed he would not appear in the sequel [2]. As disappointing as the news was, you had to know that Daniel Cleaver would at least be addressed in the new movie. Indeed, Daniel is a topic of conversation almost immediately — spoilers follow!

In one of the first scenes in the film, Bridget is seen going to a funeral. "I just can't believe he's gone," she mutters. Cue the camera panning to Daniel's grinning picture beside his empty casket — empty because his body is never actually recovered. He's assumed dead after a horrific accident, but at the very end of the film, a newspaper billows on screen with the headline: "PUBLISHING PLAYBOY FOUND ALIVE." Shocker! Daniel isn't dead after all.

Though Grant never actually appears in the film, it's nice that his presence still looms.