I fear M. Night Shamalyn becoming involved in the franchise. "I see death eaters." I agree about the explanation of the wands connecting, but it's kind of like what happened with the whole secret-keeper/Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs subplot in Prisoner. It proably had to go for time. As Columbus so painfully proved with the finale of Chamber, having character just stand there and talk is difficult to pull off, 12 Angry Men aside.