Angie and Sara
When I first started watching the show, I kept Book Will firmly in my head and compared the way the show interpreted the stories. It wasn’t until the final episode of this season’s story wrap ups that I got what they were doing.
So (as someone else here has done), I started rewatching from season 1 with fresh eyes. I understand the differences now I know where they landed. And now I don’t think they will introduce Sara - at least not book Sara.
In the books, Will only had 2 love interests and they were complete opposites. Angie, as troubled and broken as Will is, acted out all her feelings and has a mean, jealous streak. No family support, growing up with a more than abusive mother, has made her a hardened biatch in the books.
Contrast her with Sara. Sara had loving, caring middle class parents who supported her. Sara had all the advantages, went to medical school and has a stellar career. Her “flaw” (wrong word but I can’t think what to say) is that she was brutally assaulted in college. (Edit: Sara has more than one trauma; I’m forgetting.) Book Will is a lonely, awkward man who expects everyone he meets to reject him. Sara, who meets him after she experienced some trauma as well, sees something in Will that connects them. This gives Will strength to finally break free of Angie. If you read the books, it is a hard slog for both of them.
Now back tv show Angie! I think she is the combination of Angie, Sara, and the other love interests he has- Cricket, Marion, Ava. The last 3 women had the same adoration for Will that Sara has, so why introduce an actual Sara? It’s already been explored. And tv show Angie has the good qualities of Sara- she has his back, always and shows him kindness.
So that’s what I think. Anyway I’m really looking forward to season 5!