It turns out, industry execs wanted to keep Fraser’s return as Lydia a secret.

On the call sheet for her character, Fraser didn’t see the name Lydia.

Fraser gets to play a Lydia that hasn’t yet entirely fallen apart in “Better Call Saul.”

Lydia looking concerned at a diner

As she revealed to AMC, “She’s ambitious and enjoying her profession.

And if you’re playing someone who works at a Germany company, you probably need to know German.

But her role included more than that.

Laura Fraser as Lydia in Breaking Bad phone call

“It was corporate-speak in German.

It was a nightmare.

It took me days to learn that little paragraph.”