Will’s Funeral

This is going to be long, so bear with me.  I think the funeral itself was done well, but was blatantly missing some people, IMO.  Where in the heck was Maggie, Victor, Julie, Doug, Kayla (what, no other doctors on staff for an hour or so?), Brady (especially), Theresa, Nicole, Daniel, and, most glaring of all, Justin and Adrienne, who are Will’s in-laws.  Where was their support for their son?  I know it involves who’s available to work and who’s not, as well as budget and extra salaries, etc., but these people, in particular, missing from Will’s funeral seemed extremely odd and inexcusable to me.

Seeing Ben show up with Abbey really was a bold and brazen move on his part.  I almost DID expected him to get up and speak to add insult to injury where the character is concerned.  Then listening to him jump in at the wake at the Pub when inquiring about Andre, I thought to myself….just you wait….you’ll find out only too soon who Andre DiMera is, of that I’m sure.

I did expect some flashbacks of Will in his younger years, simply because I know the show has them.  Instead we just got the one of Ben flashing back to murdering him….again!

I did enjoy the lovely eulogies made by everyone.  Marlena’s was beautiful and I loved her play on words with the game of "words" her and Will used to play, of how much she adored Will and how surprised she was to become a grandmother for the first time and then, before she knew it, she was a great-grandmother.  It was beautiful.

Lucas talking about how Will was always there for him instead of the other way around, then referring to Will missing his concert with T to see Green Day, even though they had back-stage passes, just so Will could spend time with Lucas because he and Sami had another fight and Lucas was down and out; a bit contrived but nice anyway;

Kate was okay, but her liking to think Will was a bit like her was amusing, and something of a smdh moment for me, since Kate was a big part of how Will learned to lie and manipulate so well, which eventually led to why he and Sonny broke up in the first place….well, ya’ nailed that one Kate. You taught him well on the subject of how to break up a marriage without really trying.

Sonny’s was fine, even if he felt sorry and ashamed at leaving Will; talking about hearing Will’s last words in a voice-mail and how he would give everything to go back in time because he did love Will and was coming back to work things out.  I even liked the reference to the book "Maurice" which explaining two obviously gay men who were imperfect guys but who obviously loved one another; and his final reminder to everyone to always tell your loved ones how much they mean to you, and always have forgiveness, otherwise you may never get another chance.

Sami’s was the best for me.  I loved how Ali played Sami throughout the entire funeral; her closeness to everyone, the hug and tears with Kate, the smile and holding of John’s hand, the apology to Sonny for rushing out when he came to Marlena’s, her hugging and crying with Gabi, and then asking permission to hold her granddaughter, Ari, and then hugging her so close, and that little girl just wrapped her arms around Sami’s neck and hugged her right back; Sami’s bond and closeness with Eric, just everything about Ali Sweeney’s performance was spot on for me.  I especially loved how the camera panned over the faces of Hope, Gabe, and I think it was Kate, when Sami referenced no pain being greater than losing a child.  She gave just the right amount of sorrow and tears without any OTT acting.  I nearly cried my eyes out when she talked about her and Lucas’ bad parenting, but that Will had his bad moments too, but turned out okay; how much she and Lucas loved their son, and how Will being gone has left a hole in heart that will never filled.  Ugh, I’m tearing up just typing this!

All in all, I thought the funeral itself was very well done, from the eulogies to the placing of the yellow roses on the coffin, and Sonny’s breakdown at Will’s grave at the end of the show, which near about broke my heart all over again.  Well done DOOL and cast!!!