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Why did Walt kill Lydia?

She wasn't responsible for any of the shit Jack did.
Misunderstood Really Tough Guy
  09/30/13
She had Todd go to the house and threaten the baby and Skyle...
Canary lay
  09/30/13
So he had no intention of harming her before he talked to Sk...
Misunderstood Really Tough Guy
  09/30/13
he didnt know that until he visited skylar which was after h...
exciting harsh organic girlfriend
  09/30/13
She threatened Skyler. She's a loose end. She crazy. ...
Thirsty School Cafeteria Telephone
  09/30/13
He had no way of knowing she threatened Skyler. And Just bei...
Misunderstood Really Tough Guy
  09/30/13
Skylar told him the men mentioned the woman. He can put 2 an...
Henna library generalized bond
  09/30/13
after he already had poisoned her, retard
exciting harsh organic girlfriend
  09/30/13
skylar told him that the masked guys specifically told her n...
flatulent chapel
  09/30/13
know nothing about the show but I assumed she had a direct h...
Rusted deer antler public bath
  09/30/13
OFS. I wouldn't mind not pulling out.
Duck-like effete university
  09/30/13
walt had an annoying habit of having to let everyone know wh...
Aromatic Pistol
  09/30/13
*HANK
exciting harsh organic girlfriend
  09/30/13
got it
Aromatic Pistol
  09/30/13
she was a part of the drug ring producing the blue without H...
snowy persian crackhouse
  09/30/13
Probably shoulda killed Jesse too then.
bat-shit-crazy yapping friendly grandma quadroon
  09/30/13
he intended to, but when he saw Jesse was enslaved he change...
snowy persian crackhouse
  09/30/13
No risk of an impoverished methhead who knows how to produce...
bat-shit-crazy yapping friendly grandma quadroon
  09/30/13
Jesse's pretty well been destroyed by this and lost everythi...
snowy persian crackhouse
  09/30/13
I like the idea I read somewhere that he planned on killing ...
Know-it-all Fortuitous Meteor Faggotry
  09/30/13
yes, VG basically said yes to this in the post show
snowy persian crackhouse
  09/30/13
He retired and let Todd run the show. When Lydia visited him...
Misunderstood Really Tough Guy
  09/30/13
cr. some tension here.
galvanic medicated filthpig
  09/30/13
He realized his dream of a family wasn't happening.
Electric Crusty Station
  09/30/13
Didn't he want to kill everyone distributing the blue meth; ...
fighting french chef preventive strike
  09/30/13
No he wanted to get the guys who killed hank and took his mo...
Misunderstood Really Tough Guy
  09/30/13
He left her with an operation which she up-ended and had eve...
Lake school goal in life
  09/30/13
What? No.
Brindle exhilarant step-uncle's house
  09/30/13
She was beyond Skyler-level shrew - reason enough.
well-lubricated cream immigrant
  09/30/13
There was no good reason. The show creators just painted Lyd...
Brindle exhilarant step-uncle's house
  09/30/13
Loose end that could've gotten Skylar in trouble if she ever...
Demanding national security agency
  09/30/13
she had walt kill 10 of mike's solid quiet professional gang...
iridescent histrionic sandwich
  09/30/13
this actually is a legitimate flaw with the final episode. s...
Rose Floppy Ladyboy
  09/30/13
Right on the last point but it made sense
snowy persian crackhouse
  09/30/13
see above
iridescent histrionic sandwich
  09/30/13
i can buy that but it seemed to come out of nowhere as playe...
Rose Floppy Ladyboy
  09/30/13
VG said basically the writers decided she had to go and they...
Know-it-all Fortuitous Meteor Faggotry
  09/30/13
Loose end and let's face it, she was a massive cunt
Charcoal kitty
  09/30/13
OP here. Where are we on this?
Misunderstood Really Tough Guy
  07/12/25
It’s been awhile, but wasn’t Lydia working with ...
flickering national
  07/12/25


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Date: September 30th, 2013 5:07 PM
Author: Misunderstood Really Tough Guy

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: Canary lay

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: Misunderstood Really Tough Guy

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: exciting harsh organic girlfriend

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: Thirsty School Cafeteria Telephone

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: Misunderstood Really Tough Guy

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: Henna library generalized bond

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: exciting harsh organic girlfriend

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: flatulent chapel

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: Rusted deer antler public bath

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: Duck-like effete university

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: Aromatic Pistol

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: exciting harsh organic girlfriend

*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: Aromatic Pistol

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: snowy persian crackhouse

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: bat-shit-crazy yapping friendly grandma quadroon

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: snowy persian crackhouse

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: bat-shit-crazy yapping friendly grandma quadroon

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: snowy persian crackhouse

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: Know-it-all Fortuitous Meteor Faggotry

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: snowy persian crackhouse

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: Misunderstood Really Tough Guy

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: galvanic medicated filthpig

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: Electric Crusty Station

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: fighting french chef preventive strike

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: Misunderstood Really Tough Guy

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: Lake school goal in life

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: Brindle exhilarant step-uncle's house

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: well-lubricated cream immigrant

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: Brindle exhilarant step-uncle's house

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: Demanding national security agency

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: iridescent histrionic sandwich

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: Rose Floppy Ladyboy

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: snowy persian crackhouse

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: iridescent histrionic sandwich

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: Rose Floppy Ladyboy

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: Know-it-all Fortuitous Meteor Faggotry

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: Charcoal kitty

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: Misunderstood Really Tough Guy

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: flickering national

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)