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Why did Walt kill Lydia?

She wasn't responsible for any of the shit Jack did.
Hateful beta fat ankles
  09/30/13
She had Todd go to the house and threaten the baby and Skyle...
excitant institution stock car
  09/30/13
So he had no intention of harming her before he talked to Sk...
Hateful beta fat ankles
  09/30/13
he didnt know that until he visited skylar which was after h...
scarlet seedy tanning salon
  09/30/13
She threatened Skyler. She's a loose end. She crazy. ...
Confused becky
  09/30/13
He had no way of knowing she threatened Skyler. And Just bei...
Hateful beta fat ankles
  09/30/13
Skylar told him the men mentioned the woman. He can put 2 an...
Rusted telephone
  09/30/13
after he already had poisoned her, retard
scarlet seedy tanning salon
  09/30/13
skylar told him that the masked guys specifically told her n...
zippy market party of the first part
  09/30/13
know nothing about the show but I assumed she had a direct h...
crystalline godawful idiot
  09/30/13
OFS. I wouldn't mind not pulling out.
poppy aphrodisiac double fault
  09/30/13
walt had an annoying habit of having to let everyone know wh...
ruby provocative national security agency french chef
  09/30/13
*HANK
scarlet seedy tanning salon
  09/30/13
got it
ruby provocative national security agency french chef
  09/30/13
she was a part of the drug ring producing the blue without H...
Brilliant striped hyena gas station
  09/30/13
Probably shoulda killed Jesse too then.
talking national
  09/30/13
he intended to, but when he saw Jesse was enslaved he change...
Brilliant striped hyena gas station
  09/30/13
No risk of an impoverished methhead who knows how to produce...
talking national
  09/30/13
Jesse's pretty well been destroyed by this and lost everythi...
Brilliant striped hyena gas station
  09/30/13
I like the idea I read somewhere that he planned on killing ...
Passionate Sepia Friendly Grandma
  09/30/13
yes, VG basically said yes to this in the post show
Brilliant striped hyena gas station
  09/30/13
He retired and let Todd run the show. When Lydia visited him...
Hateful beta fat ankles
  09/30/13
cr. some tension here.
Deranged chestnut police squad trust fund
  09/30/13
He realized his dream of a family wasn't happening.
Titillating mustard idea he suggested dilemma
  09/30/13
Didn't he want to kill everyone distributing the blue meth; ...
dashing bistre potus locus
  09/30/13
No he wanted to get the guys who killed hank and took his mo...
Hateful beta fat ankles
  09/30/13
He left her with an operation which she up-ended and had eve...
Bonkers Odious Chad
  09/30/13
What? No.
puce tantric sneaky criminal
  09/30/13
She was beyond Skyler-level shrew - reason enough.
emerald razzmatazz hall
  09/30/13
There was no good reason. The show creators just painted Lyd...
puce tantric sneaky criminal
  09/30/13
Loose end that could've gotten Skylar in trouble if she ever...
pale nursing home shitlib
  09/30/13
she had walt kill 10 of mike's solid quiet professional gang...
Lilac Knife
  09/30/13
this actually is a legitimate flaw with the final episode. s...
charismatic domesticated orchestra pit half-breed
  09/30/13
Right on the last point but it made sense
Brilliant striped hyena gas station
  09/30/13
see above
Lilac Knife
  09/30/13
i can buy that but it seemed to come out of nowhere as playe...
charismatic domesticated orchestra pit half-breed
  09/30/13
VG said basically the writers decided she had to go and they...
Passionate Sepia Friendly Grandma
  09/30/13
Loose end and let's face it, she was a massive cunt
idiotic center boiling water
  09/30/13
OP here. Where are we on this?
Hateful beta fat ankles
  07/12/25
It’s been awhile, but wasn’t Lydia working with ...
stirring very tactful locale
  07/12/25
OP here. This still makes me uneasy
https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK
  11/27/25


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Date: September 30th, 2013 5:07 PM
Author: Hateful beta fat ankles

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: excitant institution stock car

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: Hateful beta fat ankles

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: scarlet seedy tanning salon

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: Confused becky

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: Hateful beta fat ankles

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: Rusted telephone

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: scarlet seedy tanning salon

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: zippy market party of the first part

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: crystalline godawful idiot

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: poppy aphrodisiac double fault

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: ruby provocative national security agency french chef

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: scarlet seedy tanning salon

*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: ruby provocative national security agency french chef

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: Brilliant striped hyena gas station

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: talking national

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: Brilliant striped hyena gas station

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: talking national

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: Brilliant striped hyena gas station

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: Passionate Sepia Friendly Grandma

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: Brilliant striped hyena gas station

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: Hateful beta fat ankles

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: Deranged chestnut police squad trust fund

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: Titillating mustard idea he suggested dilemma

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: dashing bistre potus locus

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: Hateful beta fat ankles

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: Bonkers Odious Chad

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: puce tantric sneaky criminal

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: emerald razzmatazz hall

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: puce tantric sneaky criminal

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: pale nursing home shitlib

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: Lilac Knife

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: charismatic domesticated orchestra pit half-breed

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: Brilliant striped hyena gas station

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: Lilac Knife

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: charismatic domesticated orchestra pit half-breed

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: Passionate Sepia Friendly Grandma

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: idiotic center boiling water

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: Hateful beta fat ankles

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: stirring very tactful locale

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)



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Date: November 27th, 2025 12:11 AM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK


OP here. This still makes me uneasy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2375205&forum_id=2.#49465029)