In PT1970, Carolyn Loomis mourning the death of her husband, Will. They were my favorite characters in that storyline with the tension between them, and I wish we had seen more of them (but some gull-darn movie-makin' got in the way). They viewed themselves - and each other - as once great successes who turned into failures, blaming and chiding each other. And yet one could see that they needed each other and - despite the aggression between them - that they truly loved each other because they saw no one else in their lives who cared for them. They were both lost souls, but at least they were lost together and thus not alone. So when Will died, Carolyn had nothing left. During the scene in which Barnabas tries to console her - and the only consolation she can find is out of a bottle - it's hearbreaking. Just the way she said with defeated abandoned: "Will is dead," demonstrated how she felt her life was now futile and of no more worth or value.
Gerard