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Breaking Bad And The Walking Dead

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Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead are without a doubt two of the most popular shows on Netflix. From cooking Methamphetamine to killing off zombies, both shows provide viewers with amazing stories, and action packed episodes that will have you leaning off the edge of your seat. While many fans simply see two different worlds filled with zombies and drug dealers, there are actually small similarities that make people question if the two shows actually coexist within the same fictional world. Many of these similarities are hidden messages or items within the series that the writers have incorporated for the enjoyment of the fans. Once brought to the viewer’s attention, they will find themselves pondering over these similarities, struggling …show more content…

To see him walking under these conditions is just way out of the ordinary, and is something one would never see in Breaking Bad. Was Gustavo really a zombie? Could a certain chemical in Walt’s meth have caused this unusual behavior? There really is no right answer, and many of these questions and theories are debatable. However, there is no denying that this specific scene from Breaking Bad resembles a person in a zombie-like state, which happens to be the key theme of The Walking Dead.
Another relationship that is seen portrays the idea that Merle Dixon’s drug dealers may have been Jesse Pinkman and Walter White, who are two major drug dealers in Breaking Bad. In the first season of The Walking Dead, Merle’s brother Daryl finds a bag of prescriptions and drugs that belong to Merle. At the bottom of the bag, there appears to be blue crystal meth. Recollecting from Breaking Bad, Walter White is the creator of the famous “Sky Blue” methamphetamine that is unique with its baby blue color. Additionally, later on in season 4 of The Walking Dead, Daryl has a conversation with Beth about a past experience he had with his brother. He’s telling her about an encounter Merle had with his drug dealer. Merle got in an argument with this guy and things started to get out of hand. Daryl describes the dealer as being a janky little white guy, and a tweaker. He then tells her that this guy put a gun to his

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