Random Most Plausible Fan Theories About Breaking Bad (13 items)

(#9) Walt Survived the Gunshot Wound and Lived to Stand Trial

This might sound far-fetched, but consider this - Walt's bullet wound was in the abdomen and fairly small, so he wouldn't have bled out, and paramedics likely arrived on the scene rapidly. We don't even see a pool of blood surrounding him in the last shot. This well thought out fan theory that Walt lived to stand trial is explained in the above video.

James Hamblin of The Atlantic also wrote a convincing piece called, "Walter White Is Not Dead."
(#5) Ted Beneke Is Walt Jr.'s Real Father

According to this theory, the first time we see Skyler meet with Ted (in Season 2, Episode 7), Ted asks how Walt Jr. is doing. When Skyler explains that he's growing well, Ted says: "Good genes," and then chuckles to himself. Could this "good genes" joke and the knowing chuckle afterwards go beyond Ted simply complimenting Skyler and implying that Walt Jr. also shares his genes?
Skyler and Ted slept together in the past, so it is certainly possible that Walt Jr. is his biological son, depending on when the affair happened. Many fans have also pointed out that Walt Jr. has more of a resemblance to Ted than he does to Walt Sr.
RJ Mitte of Breaking Bad says: "You never know! She did get around a little bit." (Listen to more above)
(#6) The Car Company That Walt Rents from Is from The X-Files

Fans spotted this as an easter egg from Gilligan’s days as a staff writer and executive producer on The X-Files. When Walt rents a van to drive his barrels of money out to the desert to bury them, the car company he uses is the one that Mulder and Scully originally used on The X-Files.

“That is correct,” Gilligan told The Hollywood Reporter. “That was an X-Files shoutout,” he explained, adding that the car company was Lariant Car Rental - it also made cameos on Veronica Mars and Supernatural.

And that's not the only X-Files similarity from Breaking Bad: check out the entire rundown here.
(#11) Walt Got Cancer Because Madrigal Supplied a Defective Air-Filtration System to Gray Matter
Redditor Heisenblue proposes an interesting theory about Walt's cancer development: "Madrigal supplied Gray Matter with industrial equipment, one of them being an air filter. A defective air filter, which ultimately [led] to Walter later developing lung cancer. When Heisenberg finds out, he is going to go thermonuclear on Grey Matter/Madrigal. Literally. Because that wasn't a 52 he was designing with his bacon, it was a motherf*cking mushroom cloud from a nuclear bomb."
(#1) Walt Adopts Character Traits from the People He's Killed

Walt clearly does this - yet fans speculate whether this is a sign of Walt's remorse for killing, or if the writers are drawing attention to Walt's increasing willingness to adopt more Machiavellian traits (like ruthlessness and manipulation) from those he encounters in the criminal world, symbolized by his adaptation of their more innocuous traits. Throughout the series, we see him adopt Krazy 8's crust cutting, ask for a Scotch on the rocks a la Mike, and place a hand towel underneath his knees before vomiting, exactly as Gus had done in Mexico.
RJ Mitte of Breaking Bad says: "I guess that makes sense. The thing is that everyone develops traits from their actions. I think as his character kept growing, and became this monster."
(#3) Jesse Redeems Himself, Ultimately "Breaking Good"

Reddit user fuhqueue suggests, "A theory I have is that Jesse will end up happily married with two kids, while Walt will end up dying alone. Walt started out as a nice guy and broke bad, while Jesse started as 'a bad guy' and then gradually [became] more and more of a nice person with a heart. Meaning, at the end of the show, they will have switched places completely. And who knows, maybe Jesse will become a chemistry teacher, after everything Walt has taught him."
RJ Mitte of Breaking Bad says: "I don't know how about this. He did leave Walt to die, but he would have been in the same position too. I think in a way he has gone off to redeem himself, but he's super messed up."