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Why did Walt kill Lydia?

She wasn't responsible for any of the shit Jack did.
Ivory Razzle-dazzle Base
  09/30/13
She had Todd go to the house and threaten the baby and Skyle...
Provocative mahogany hunting ground church
  09/30/13
So he had no intention of harming her before he talked to Sk...
Ivory Razzle-dazzle Base
  09/30/13
he didnt know that until he visited skylar which was after h...
fragrant dopamine mad cow disease
  09/30/13
She threatened Skyler. She's a loose end. She crazy. ...
apoplectic exciting foreskin
  09/30/13
He had no way of knowing she threatened Skyler. And Just bei...
Ivory Razzle-dazzle Base
  09/30/13
Skylar told him the men mentioned the woman. He can put 2 an...
Gold shrine
  09/30/13
after he already had poisoned her, retard
fragrant dopamine mad cow disease
  09/30/13
skylar told him that the masked guys specifically told her n...
snowy laughsome school death wish
  09/30/13
know nothing about the show but I assumed she had a direct h...
free-loading mad-dog skullcap windowlicker
  09/30/13
OFS. I wouldn't mind not pulling out.
histrionic blue national security agency old irish cottage
  09/30/13
walt had an annoying habit of having to let everyone know wh...
Titillating chest-beating kitchen sandwich
  09/30/13
*HANK
fragrant dopamine mad cow disease
  09/30/13
got it
Titillating chest-beating kitchen sandwich
  09/30/13
she was a part of the drug ring producing the blue without H...
lascivious rebellious dog poop
  09/30/13
Probably shoulda killed Jesse too then.
bisexual trip dysfunction elastic band
  09/30/13
he intended to, but when he saw Jesse was enslaved he change...
lascivious rebellious dog poop
  09/30/13
No risk of an impoverished methhead who knows how to produce...
bisexual trip dysfunction elastic band
  09/30/13
Jesse's pretty well been destroyed by this and lost everythi...
lascivious rebellious dog poop
  09/30/13
I like the idea I read somewhere that he planned on killing ...
brindle principal's office
  09/30/13
yes, VG basically said yes to this in the post show
lascivious rebellious dog poop
  09/30/13
He retired and let Todd run the show. When Lydia visited him...
Ivory Razzle-dazzle Base
  09/30/13
cr. some tension here.
sticky beady-eyed black woman
  09/30/13
He realized his dream of a family wasn't happening.
Alcoholic state selfie
  09/30/13
Didn't he want to kill everyone distributing the blue meth; ...
thriller pale tank
  09/30/13
No he wanted to get the guys who killed hank and took his mo...
Ivory Razzle-dazzle Base
  09/30/13
He left her with an operation which she up-ended and had eve...
sepia bateful jew area
  09/30/13
What? No.
exhilarant address
  09/30/13
She was beyond Skyler-level shrew - reason enough.
grizzly impressive circlehead school cafeteria
  09/30/13
There was no good reason. The show creators just painted Lyd...
exhilarant address
  09/30/13
Loose end that could've gotten Skylar in trouble if she ever...
unhinged becky locale
  09/30/13
she had walt kill 10 of mike's solid quiet professional gang...
canary fiercely-loyal ticket booth
  09/30/13
this actually is a legitimate flaw with the final episode. s...
Galvanic gunner macaca
  09/30/13
Right on the last point but it made sense
lascivious rebellious dog poop
  09/30/13
see above
canary fiercely-loyal ticket booth
  09/30/13
i can buy that but it seemed to come out of nowhere as playe...
Galvanic gunner macaca
  09/30/13
VG said basically the writers decided she had to go and they...
brindle principal's office
  09/30/13
Loose end and let's face it, she was a massive cunt
Electric Cumskin Giraffe
  09/30/13
OP here. Where are we on this?
Ivory Razzle-dazzle Base
  07/12/25
It’s been awhile, but wasn’t Lydia working with ...
sick brunch
  07/12/25


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Date: September 30th, 2013 5:07 PM
Author: Ivory Razzle-dazzle Base

She wasn't responsible for any of the shit Jack did.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24144502)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 5:10 PM
Author: Provocative mahogany hunting ground church

She had Todd go to the house and threaten the baby and Skyler. She appeared to be unsatisfied that they were only verbally threatened and not physically harmed or even killed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24144519)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 5:12 PM
Author: Ivory Razzle-dazzle Base

So he had no intention of harming her before he talked to Skyler?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24144585)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 8:23 PM
Author: fragrant dopamine mad cow disease

he didnt know that until he visited skylar which was after he poisoned lydia

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24146026)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 5:09 PM
Author: apoplectic exciting foreskin

She threatened Skyler.

She's a loose end.

She crazy.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24144514)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 5:11 PM
Author: Ivory Razzle-dazzle Base

He had no way of knowing she threatened Skyler. And Just being a loose end wouldn't explain why he was so catty with her on the phone. He seemed genuinely vengeful.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24144537)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 5:13 PM
Author: Gold shrine

Skylar told him the men mentioned the woman. He can put 2 and 2 together.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24144606)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 8:24 PM
Author: fragrant dopamine mad cow disease

after he already had poisoned her, retard

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24146036)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 5:15 PM
Author: snowy laughsome school death wish

skylar told him that the masked guys specifically told her never to discuss the woman she met at the carwash.

i guess you could wonder whether that was his plan for the ricin even before meeting skylar, though

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24144647)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 5:19 PM
Author: free-loading mad-dog skullcap windowlicker

know nothing about the show but I assumed she had a direct hand in getting one of his friends killed. If not, then seems harsh. Chick seems semi-hot from the pictures.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24144665)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 5:28 PM
Author: histrionic blue national security agency old irish cottage

OFS. I wouldn't mind not pulling out.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24144709)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 8:20 PM
Author: Titillating chest-beating kitchen sandwich

walt had an annoying habit of having to let everyone know what he did

hey jesse i was there when your bitch choked

hey jesse i poisoned the kid

hey skyler here's how hank died and i didn't do it

hey lydia i poisoned you

dude, act like you've been there before

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24146002)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 8:25 PM
Author: fragrant dopamine mad cow disease

*HANK

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24146044)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 8:33 PM
Author: Titillating chest-beating kitchen sandwich

got it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24146086)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 5:16 PM
Author: lascivious rebellious dog poop

she was a part of the drug ring producing the blue without Heisenberg, he set out to destroy his baby along with himself

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24144656)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 5:22 PM
Author: bisexual trip dysfunction elastic band

Probably shoulda killed Jesse too then.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24144693)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 5:23 PM
Author: lascivious rebellious dog poop

he intended to, but when he saw Jesse was enslaved he changed his mind, no real risk of jesse cooking again

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24144696)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 5:25 PM
Author: bisexual trip dysfunction elastic band

No risk of an impoverished methhead who knows how to produce the GOAT meth ever cooking again?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24144699)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 5:26 PM
Author: lascivious rebellious dog poop

Jesse's pretty well been destroyed by this and lost everything, I think Walt's confident he's not going back into production

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24144702)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 5:30 PM
Author: brindle principal's office

I like the idea I read somewhere that he planned on killing Jesse along with the nazis but his paternal instincts kicked in when he saw that he was enslaved and beat down. It was his act of redemption.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24144716)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 5:33 PM
Author: lascivious rebellious dog poop

yes, VG basically said yes to this in the post show

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24144734)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 8:33 PM
Author: Ivory Razzle-dazzle Base

He retired and let Todd run the show. When Lydia visited him at the car wash he was like IDGAF. Now he's suddenly worried about his legacy?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24146088)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 9:39 PM
Author: sticky beady-eyed black woman

cr. some tension here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24146656)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 9:42 PM
Author: Alcoholic state selfie

He realized his dream of a family wasn't happening.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24146681)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 5:17 PM
Author: thriller pale tank

Didn't he want to kill everyone distributing the blue meth; stealing his legacy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24144659)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 8:34 PM
Author: Ivory Razzle-dazzle Base

No he wanted to get the guys who killed hank and took his money. He had no beef with them before that happened.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24146090)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 5:27 PM
Author: sepia bateful jew area

He left her with an operation which she up-ended and had everyone killed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24144704)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 9:34 PM
Author: exhilarant address

What? No.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24146595)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 8:45 PM
Author: grizzly impressive circlehead school cafeteria

She was beyond Skyler-level shrew - reason enough.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24146140)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 9:36 PM
Author: exhilarant address

There was no good reason. The show creators just painted Lydia as a contemptable character and they knew fans would cheer when she got pwned. Plus they had to give Walt SOMETHING to do with the ricin, and there was really no one else left for him to use it on.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24146633)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 9:40 PM
Author: unhinged becky locale

Loose end that could've gotten Skylar in trouble if she ever got caught.

Has murdered in the past, and would probably murder in the future, so he's probably saving some people.

He doesn't have to feel too bad, since she's a killer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24146663)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 9:45 PM
Author: canary fiercely-loyal ticket booth

she had walt kill 10 of mike's solid quiet professional gangsters because MAYBE they would rat. while walt didn't know of todd's visit to skylar until after he poisoned lydia, walt knew lydia considered leaving his family alive (relatives of a dead dea office head) a "half-measure."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24146697)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 10:05 PM
Author: Galvanic gunner macaca

this actually is a legitimate flaw with the final episode. seems the writers originally had scenes in a different order whereas it would be completely logical for Walt to poison Lydia after his meeting with Skyler. as written it made no sense, or at least wasn't accounted for with any dialogue

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24147000)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 10:07 PM
Author: lascivious rebellious dog poop

Right on the last point but it made sense

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24147011)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 10:08 PM
Author: canary fiercely-loyal ticket booth

see above

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24147012)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 10:10 PM
Author: Galvanic gunner macaca

i can buy that but it seemed to come out of nowhere as played out, other than the fact that writers painted themselves in corner with the flash-forward

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24147036)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 10:09 PM
Author: brindle principal's office

VG said basically the writers decided she had to go and they wanted to do something with the ricin.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24147031)



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Date: September 30th, 2013 10:12 PM
Author: Electric Cumskin Giraffe

Loose end and let's face it, she was a massive cunt

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#24147049)



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Date: July 12th, 2025 1:31 AM
Author: Ivory Razzle-dazzle Base

OP here. Where are we on this?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#49095179)



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Date: July 12th, 2025 1:48 AM
Author: sick brunch

It’s been awhile, but wasn’t Lydia working with Todd and Uncle Jack to produce meth?

Killing her was basically tying up a loose end and ensuring Lydia didn’t seek retribution against Skyler, Walt Jr, etc. after Walt took out the skinheads, right?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2],#49095199)