'The Walking Dead' season 7 spoilers, crossover update: Is 'Breaking Bad' a prequel to 'The Walking Dead'?
Both are wildly popular shows from AMC, but could zombie apocalypse drama "The Walking Dead" and crime drama "Breaking Bad" have something else in common?
According to a new fan theory, yes, these two shows could be linked. Interestingly, Netflix, which wasn't behind either of these shows, has published a new video on how "Breaking Bad" just may be a prequel to "The Walking Dead." In the video, the streaming service suggests that Walter White's (Bryan Cranston) infamous Blue Sky meth may be behind the zombie apocalypse.
"What if 'Breaking Bad' was about more than Walter White starting as a bumbling chemistry teacher and turning himself into a full fledged monster?" the video's narrator says. "What if he turned everyone into full-fledged monsters?" he asked.
While this seems unlikely, given that "Breaking Bad" is set in New Mexico and "The Walking Dead" takes place in Georgia, the video points out four Easter eggs that ostensibly prove that the two AMC shows are connected. These are Walter's blue meth, the red Dodge Glenn (Steven Yeun) drove in "The Walking Dead" season 1, Jesse Pinkman's (Aaron Paul) possible connection to Merle Dixon (Michael Rooker), and the possibility that Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) was the first zombie.
The video explains that Walter's Blue Sky appeared in Merle's hidden drug stash in the second episode of "The Walking Dead," linking the chemistry teacher to the zombie drama. The second connection is that the Dodge Glenn drove in Season 1 is the exact same car that Walter's son had in "Breaking Bad." The third clue is that Daryl (Norman Reedus) may have hinted that Jesse was Merle's drug supplier, and the last is that Gus may have become Patient 0 when he took the first batch of zombie-creating Blue Sky right before half his face was blown off by Hector Salamanca (Mark Margolis).
Though these so-called Easter eggs and connections remain unconfirmed, it is nonetheless interesting that two popular TV shows could have crossed over in such a major way.
Speaking of crossovers, "The Walking Dead" comic book author Robert Kirkman recently confirmed that "The Walking Dead" is not connected to the spinoff "Fear the Walking Dead."
"[T]his series is not connected to 'Fear the Walking Dead,'" he wrote in the Letter Hacks section of "The Walking Dead" comic issue #160. "That series is separate," he added.
In August, "Fear" showrunner Dave Erickson told ComicBook.com that there are no plans for a crossover between the original series and the spinoff. "From a narrative perspective, nevermind the geography of it all, I think it would be too difficult to pull off," he said. "I don't think there's anything, as far as I've read in the comic, I don't think there's any trackway for that either," he continued.
"The Walking Dead" season 7 airs Sundays at 9 p.m. EDT on AMC.