>That that amount of ricin could kill 3 or 4 people. I'd think
>that if mixed into pounds and pounds of meth, it wouldn't do
>much, if anything. I initially thought that too...but I just
>don't see that happening. I see the following as potentials:
>
>1. Ricin in the cigarette - for Jack, likely.
>2. Ricin in the tea/Stivia - for Lydia - though Walt really
>has no issue with her (he doesn't know she threatened Skylar,
>and probably hasn't had contact with Skylar before he gets the
>ricin)
>3. Ricin for himself - to guarantee he won't live long once
>put in jail.
>4. Ricin for Jesse, somehow.
>
>I really don't think that his old partner's even a
>possibility, really.


The thing about Walt getting to Lydia is that Lydia doesn't live in New Mexico. I forget which state she's in, but I think Gilligan said she lives in Texas on one of the podcasts. For him to get to Lydia would likely depend on Walt meeting her right when she's picking up more cook from Todd, which is asking a lot. Unless Walt becomes a One Man Army Ason and goes to Lydia and then makes it to New Mexico undetected, which is also asking a lot.

Remarkable that there's so few characters left and it's near impossible to predict how it will all end.