Breaking Bad, that one series that united all kinds of crime story fans. While most crime series revolve around a mob planning to execute the best crime in history, this one had a different theme altogether, bringing together the genius of a local, undermined, feeble Chemistry teacher, struggling to meet ends due to his expensive Cancer treatments and the most demanded drug in America - meth.
The TV series revolutionized the crime genre and, even after seven years since its finale, has fans coming up with theories. One of the most recent ones is that Breaking Bad hinted that Walt Jr.'s real father is not Walter White.
The most prominent reason behind this theory is that Walt Jr.'s eye color is brown while Skyler and Walter White have blue eyes. A geneticist said, "This is biologically impossible."
The show featured a series of episodes where Skyler goes back to working with White's former colleague, Ted Beneke. The fact that Skyler and Ted had a complicated history pointed towards the possibility that Walt was, in fact, Ted's son. This made even more sense when Ted unexpectedly happened to ask Skyler how her son was doing. He even commented that Walt Jr. comes from "good genes," which is a weird thing for a coworker to say.
No matter how believable these fan theories might seem, there is a good chance that they're not true, because:
- Skyler used to be a bookkeeper at Beneke Fabricators, owned by Ted's father. Ted took the business over upon his father's demise.
- Skyler White quit working at Beneke Fabricators, blaming it on some toxic fumes. The show, however, hinted towards the fact that she made the decision to quit due to being sexually harassed by Ted.
- Because of Walter's heavy medical bills, Skyler decided to join Ted's company once again and found herself entangled in a brief affair.
- Ted was engaged in some tax fraud, which led to him landing in trouble with the IRS. Skyler then took Saul Goodman's help and taught Beneke a good lesson by accusing him of blackmailing her.
It doesn't make sense for Skyler to turn to her son's real father in times of desperation, considering all the drama that her life was surrounded by. Also, even during the family's tough time, Skyler never thought of revealing the true identity of their son out of spite. That kind of negates the theory.
Could it just be a casting mistake? Or did the show drop an Easter Egg that fans are just now finding?
