I don’t get it, Laurel said she needed a direct descendant, which means Pugsley would’ve been just as viable and a very easy target and gomez would’ve been even more viable because he is even biologically closer than his kids.

Keeping Wednesday alive only made things tremendously more difficult, she was absolutely hellbent on uncovering what was going on-a fact that both Laurel and Tyler knew very well.

I don’t see how it could have had anything to do with Tyler WANTING to spare Wednesday as she was being used and getting killed in the end anyway, and it would ruin the point of the power dynamic over him, although there is a small theory on this point-Maybe AFTER She had Tyler’s hyde unlocked, a few weeks or so down the line he gained some small level of self control and Laurel had to bargain with him in self preservation? And that Tyler was hoodwinked into believing that after he left when Laurel sent him away she would survive?

It also could be a sign of instanity from Laurel, that she was so consumed by revenge that it had to be Wednesday because of her persistence and resemblance of Goody?