No spark from new coil to cylinder

engine runs with misfire due to no coil spark. Replaced coil and module without a change in coil spark. Since Saturn uses a "wasted spark" ignition, i removed the spark plug wire coil end boot from #1 & #4 spark plug wires and zip-tied the connectors together and connected both wires to the same nice fat spark producing coil tower, since the coil fires on both compression and exhaust cycles. Still have a misfire, although now I have the necessary spark, albeit from the opposing cylinder's coil connected to the faulty one. I hope I've given you a clear description of my problem.