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Marie Schrader Played by Betsy Brandt

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Marie Schrader is Skyler White's sister and the wife of DEA agent Hank Schrader. Marie is close with her sister, though her tendency to pry sometimes irritates Skyler.

Hank's anxiety attacks following the Mexican drug cartel's attack in El Paso concern Marie. "It's like something's eating him away from inside," she confides to Skyler. "Facing death, it changes a person," Marie observes.

Though Hank refuses to open up about his feelings, Marie remains her husband's most tenacious advocate. When he brutally assaults Jesse, she urges him to lie about the assault. "It's some low-life degenerate versus you, doing the job you're supposed to," she reasons. Instead, Hank admits his guilt, accepts a suspension, and surrenders his weapon.

At the hospital after the Cousins attack Hank, Marie rips into Hank's boss, ASAC Merkert: "You're supposed to protect your agents instead of taking their guns," she says. "The DEA is not welcome here," she tells him and Hank's partner, Gomez.

Marie is equally blunt upon learning about insurance limitations during Hank's recovery. "If Hank had more physical therapy with better therapists, wouldn't it be more likely he would walk?" she objects. Told that Hank's coverage is only "medically justifiable," Marie decides to arrange his care herself. "He is a hero, and he is not going to be in a wheelchair at forty-three," she maintains.

Skyler stuns Marie with an offer to pay Hank's bills with money that Skyler claims Walt won in illegal blackjack games. Marie accepts the offer, but doesn't tell Hank.

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Marie Schrader Quotes

“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”
“Facing death, it changes a person.”
Season 3, Episode 5: “Mas”
“We’re all family.”
Season 3, Episode 8: “I See You”
“Marie: Pain is weakness leaving your body.
Hank: Pain is my foot in your ass, Marie.
Marie: Hey, if you could get your leg up that high, I say go for it.”
Season 3, Episode 11: “Abiquiu”
“Marie: I’ll tell you what. If I can get the groundhog to see his shadow…
Hank: It’s not going to happen. I’m sorry.
Marie: I’m betting it will, and if he does, you check out of here.”
Season 3, Episode 12: “Half Measures”