Cast & Characters
Betsy Brandt as Marie Schrader
Quotes
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"These shoes make me look like I should be changing bedpans, like I should be squeaking around bringing soup to some disgusting old person -- then take the bus home to my 16 cats."
--Season 1, Episode 3: "...And the Bag's in the River"
"I ask you for a little creativity in the bedroom. A nice dinner at the Olive Garden. And what? I'm asking for the moon, apparently."
--Original Minisode: "Good Cop / Bad Cop"
"Maybe Walt's addicted to the pot and he owes his drug dealer a lot of money."
--Season 2, Episode 2: "Grilled"
"Chemotherapy and marijuana go together like apple pie and Chevrolet."
--Season 2, Episode 2: "Grilled"
"Don't get me wrong. I think it's just great that he's, y'know, back and he's feeling better. I just, I mean, he... naked. He was naked naked in a supermarket. It wasn't Whole Foods, was it?"
--Season 2, Episode 3: "Bit By a Dead Bee"
"Let me get this straight. You call in sick the day after receiving a long awaited, career boosting promotion so you can play Oktoberfest in your man cave."
--Season 2, Episode 5: "Breakage"
"Don’t tell me to relax, ya know I hate that! Dave said I should express that."
--Season 2, Episode 5: "Breakage"
About
Marie Schrader is Skyler White's sister and the wife of DEA agent Hank Schrader. Marie cares about Skyler, but her self-centeredness often leads to conflict between the two sisters — particularly after Marie shoplifts a diamond-studded tiara for Skyler's baby daughter and refuses to apologize when confronted with the truth. Only after Skyler pleads, "I want my sister back," does Marie, who is undergoing therapy for her kleptomania, finally relent.
The day after Hank receives a promotion for triumphing over the drug dealer Tuco, Marie expresses dismay that he calls in sick to retreat to his "man cave," the garage, to brew beer. Hank's subsequent anxiety attacks prompt her to enlist Walt's help to get Hank to open up.
During Walt's disappearance, Marie lets slip that Walt might have a second cell phone. The revelation confirms Skyler's suspicions that her husband leads a secret life.
Marie further unwittingly complicates Walt's life by arranging newspaper and television interviews to publicize the website that Walter Jr. sets up to raise money for Walt's surgery. Marie sits off-camera during the TV interview, silently instructing Walt — who is in obvious discomfort — to smile for the camera while Walter Jr. extols his dad's virtues.
