The REAL waste was that of 2 of the best actors on the set¢â‚¬¦JK and NB could dance tangos around a substantial number of their co-stars. It's a damned shame it took so long for TPTB to see past spoiled little Carolyn and pathetic Willie Loomis¢â‚¬¦..because they each played those parts so well they were doomed to the sterotypes.
But speaking of the characters¢â‚¬¦¢â‚¬¦.haven't most of us known people who had nothing holding them together except an inexplicable love for one another? They make each other crazy, tear each other apart, fight, storm out, separate¢â‚¬¦..and in the end always come back to one another?
Will and Carolyn tormented one another with lovers, alcohol, money and words. But in the end, when their very lives were on the line, they desperately tried to protect one another. Despite the power Barnabas held over them, they each tried harder for one another's sake, than for their own. Carolyn, in particular, probably realising that Will was not as strong as she, stood up to Barnabas on Will's behalf¢â‚¬¦.saying things out loud that were certain to make him angry, without hesitation.
Why on earth they chose to kill off Will at this point, is beyond me, unless JK was off to do something else. Gerard is absolutely right that they wasted the most interesting couple in this storyline. Not having seen it before, I'm still going to hold out hope that Carolyn never lets Barnabas forget that he, not Angelexis, was responsible in every way for the death of Will¢â‚¬¦..as usual.