Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25990028-20150126190831/@comment-7117024-20150127032221

The show explained that she was back because she was doing an internship as a news reporter. I don't think she came back because of Mordecai, or she would've either let him know beforehand or intentionally tried to surprise him. Margaret's main reason for going to college and doing the internship back at home is due to wanting to get a major in journalism, and I don't think Mordecai ever had an effect on those desires other then Margaret feeling bad about telling Mordecai her plans and hurting him right as he tried to ask her to be his official girlfriend. As for coming to terms with the end of their relationship, I don't think it was her driving force for taking the internship at all. It did once she crossed paths with Mordecai again and he was being panicky around her, but as going to college in the first place proved, potential relationships does not matter to Margaret as much as getting her dream job, which is pretty admirable.

Not to say Margaret might not have secrets, but nothing the show has done suggests anything.