The internet’s a weird place. Get yourself lost down a Reddit rabbit hole and you’re liable to come across some of the weirdest and most wonderful people this messed-up world we live in has to offer. One of our favourite things to do is hunt down weird fan theories about our favourite TV shows – here are some of the best.
Megan Draper Is Sharon Tate
Sharon Tate was Roman Polanski’s beautiful actress wife who was murdered by members of the Charles Manson Family in 1969 when she was 26 – and eight-and-a-half months pregnant. Grim. Viewers started comparing her to *Mad Men’*s Megan Draper last season when Megan wore the same outfit that Sharon Tate wore in an Esquire magazine shoot.
Other similarities? Megan’s a rising star in the acting world and she auditioned for Bracken’s World, a show created by the same woman [Jacqueline Susann] who wrote Valley of the Dolls – Sharon Tate’s first big film. Does this mean Megan’s in for a sticky end?
Carrie From Sex And The City has no friends
We’re not massively convinced on this one, but Daniel D’Addario’s SATC theory on Salon is still worth a read. He makes light of the fact that Carrie’s friends don’t seem to care very much that their lives are being detailed in a very famous newspaper column. In fact, they’re the ‘perfect’ subjects. Almost too perfect.
He also points out that in the last scene in the finale where the gang are sitting in the coffee shop together without Carrie, they’ve got nothing to say to each other. D’Daddario argues (and God, we’d love this to be true) that in light of this, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte are all made-up creations, invented by Carrie to enable and encourage her decisions in her love life and to give her material for her column.
Will from The Fresh Prince was dead all along
Another depressing one, this time from this Reddit threada few years back that ruined nearly every single one of our favourite shows. In this theory, Will died on the basketball court in West Philadelphia in the ‘one little fight’ that made his mum ‘mad’. The cab driver is the angel of death delivering him to his heaven – an amazing new life in luxury surroundings presided over by Uncle Phil (God).
Zack Morris was actually a total loser
Logan Trent of Cracked claims that all-American Mr Popular Zack Morris was actually a loser. Apparently Saved By The Bell was based on another show called Good Morning Miss Bliss which featured Zack, Mr Belding, Screech and Lisa that came before SBTB. In this earlier show, Zack was not remotely awesome. He was rubbish with girls and the teacher always figured out his lame schemes. Logan argues that Zack, therefore, made up everything that happened at Bayside High in Saved By The Bell to compensate for his pathetic reality which was actually him in Good Morning Miss Bliss.
Ryan Atwood was actually a police informant
Everything in Newport was going just fine and dandy until Ryan showed up. Jimmy Cooper’s dodgy dealings were kept under wraps, Caleb’s misadventures with the Wetlands deal hadn’t yet surfaced. Plus, why did Ryan look about 30? The only explanation is that Ryan was a police informant, planted in The OC, *21 Jump Street-*style to feed information back to the cops trying to take down the overprivileged scumbags of Orange County.
Eddard Stark wasn’t actually Jon Snow’s father
By and large, the most popular of all the Game of Thrones fan theories (and believe us when we say there’s a lot). Although it’s never explicitly said in the books, George RR Martin does leave several hints on this subject. Eddard is said to have made a promise to Lyanna on her deathbed – the subject of which is never revealed. It’s also made very clear that Prince Rhaegar raped Lyanna when he captured her. If Jon Snow did turn out to be Rhaegar’s son, he’d be the third head of the dragon, as foretold to Daenerys.
Breaking Bad is the prequel to The Walking Dead
Want more proof that meth is indeed a very, very bad idea? (And by proof we mean wild speculation). How about the theory that Breaking Bad is the same world as The Walking Dead pre-zombie apocalypse? This one totally makes sense. Not only does Merle appear to have some Blue Sky in the bottom of his stash of drugs in season two, but when Daryl talks about his dealer he describes him as ‘The janky little white guy who says, “I’m gonna kill you, BITCH.”’ Sound familiar?
Pinky Is The Genius, The Brain Is Insane
What’s the best way to deal with a Machiavellian maniac intent on destroying the world? Act like an idiot and put a spanner in his plans, of course. Pinky recognises that the Brain is evil and must be stopped. Therefore, he’s forced to adopt the guise of an idiot to help dismantle the Brain’s evil plans. Every day. For the rest of eternity.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.