Wtf was the point of the Marie kleptomania thing?

Welcome to 10+ year old married life, kid.

kleptomania feels good, anon.
I have my own collection of vintage spoons I've swiped so that scene really resonated with me

pad out the episode runtime

t. Nig

It was to show that Hank was flawed because he worked in law enforcement but gave her a pass in a way that it was ironic that Dale was a conspiracy theorist but was oblivious to getting cucked by John Redcorn in King of the Hill. He also violated the constitution by bugging Gus' car and punching Jesse and Walter even though he was the good guy. Gomez may have been the only actual good guy in the show.

Why bother? No guy can make himself bust faster than himself

she went to look at houses that were on sale to steal personal items, that was pretty rude

Because every character was supposed to break bad
Walt with meth
Jr with alcohol
Hank with Cubans
Skyler smoking while pregnant
And Marie with kleptomania

Hank with Cubans

He was gay, Hank Schrader?

Do you think Marie took it up the ass?

Confirmed by Vince btw, all other answers are hallucinations.

yeah but he can also do a multi hour edging session. that's why she does it instead, to make sure that it's a limited activity

Alcohol wasn't Walt Jr's vice.

she wanted Hank to take it up the ass

He got hooked more on popularity with the whole Flynn nonsense

I liked that Marie showed up in BCS. She's an underrated character.

Filler

You are all wrong.

Its there to foreshadow/set up how Skyler will react to Walts lies.

She gives Marie the silent treatment after the tiara thing. The later she confronts her a few times and then finally says "listen Marie, last chance to come clean and I will be able to forgive you, but if you keep lying it will never ever be the same between us again". Marie of course apologizes.

The basically the same scenario plays out with Walt only he chooses to keep lying and playing ignorant (about the second cell phone).

What do "vintage" spoons sell for? Couldn't you have gone after something more lucrative?

Jr with alcohol

that was one time, and it was peer pressure, trying to impress/keep up with his dad and the uncle he looked up to. He also tried to get someone to buy him booze, but that was just typical teenager shit.

I like her too, and Lydia. It's a shame about Marie's square head.

I work in loss prevention for Target and once we identify repeat shoplifters (extremely easy to do, especially with the facial recognition software we use) then we will happily allow you to shoplift minor items while documenting each theft. Once you've stolen enough for it to qualify as a felony then we'll have you arrested and press charges.

How do you know if you're one of these people slowly inching closer to a felony theft conviction? That's the best part, you don't until you're in handcuffs. Good luck!

It's also tied in with her barren womb, the culmination of her kleptomania is attempting to steal Holly

A season one comedic idea that fell off when they had other shit to write about.
It's like you are new to how series are being written.

I once met a girl named "Mercedes" who, in my first interaction with her, bragged about how much money worth of stuff she had shoplifted.

"listen Marie, last chance to come clean and I will be able to forgive you, but if you keep lying it will never ever be the same between us again". Marie of course apologizes.

Did you watch the show? She insists she has no idea what Skylar's talking about.

Was this the south?

It's a representation of Walt's criminal way ofd life spreading to his relatives like cancer

like cancer

Walt has cancer

No, North Dakota. She was white.

So you're basically an IRL Janny

literal who character.
breaking bad become a soap opera which couldn't help itself injecting social issues and the ''''''''''''''''american experience'''''''''''''''.

trash.

just tell the fucking story, i don't care about your gay fucking issues.

wears a mask

heh, better luck next time loser

so hypothetically speaking what’s the amount of stuff in dollars i can steal for free?

Check your state larceny laws. Felony larceny is typically defined as a minimum of some dollar value in property stolen. Assuming you're in US.

Just started this job in a different department store. My first day the supervisor/trainer was extremely happy because a serial thief got 2 years in prison for repeated shoplifting. The item that took him over the line was a can of monster lmfao

This is partly it, the irony of an officer's wife doing petty crime. It's almost meant to be comedic, and a way to rebel against Hank. I'm unsure of your latter part about kids but you could argue that. Shoplifting is just thrillseeking and a way to feel in control of something and getting away with it, it only goes against a corporate authority and is ultimately harmless. Winona Ryder is a famous case of an otherwise rich, "stable" woman resorting to theft just out of primal urge.
lol

The whole point of the show was that 'nobody' was innocent, really
Even Walt Jr had the 'underage drinking' shit
but realistically
they had nothing for her and had to somehow make screentime for her to be something other than 'I will give Hank a handjob to make him recover'

the whole show is built on how broken our medical system is fucking retard

ultimately harmless

simply stop before you reach the misdemeanor threshold lol, target is not the place to steal from anyways

er I guess I meant more like victimless in the grand scheme of things

Would you return the shopping cart to the stall? Be honest

lel, what a story mark

don’t simp for corporations, they won’t let you have sex with them

Good thing I don't shoplift at faggot ass target kek

corporations are made of people

Retail wagies love to say this fact like they're tough shit. Thanks for letting me know I can just drive to another state, shoplift something expensive, then drive back without any consequences dipshit

lmao. stunning and brave.

Masks don't help as much as you'd think with the newer software. What do you think these companies were doing during COVID? They were fed a huge huge huge amount of training data for identifying people even when they're wearing masks.

As
said, it varies by state.

simply stop before you reach the misdemeanor threshold lol

The kind of people who shoplift regularly are not the kind of people who have the presence of mind to keep a running tab of the amount they've stolen and they're definitely not the type who can just casually give it up forever once they get close to being arrested.

this sounds like bullshit
youd have to prove identity, theft, value on each individual incident and even if you succeeded on all of those points would then need to argue why it should be counted accumulatively rather than as the separate incidents that they are and why the accused should face harsher penalties for your failing to report in a timely manner.

The corral? I always do, I try to park near it. Not putting the cart back is retarded animal behavior.

lol wtf? There is absolutely no tie-in between Marie's shoplifting and Walt. This was in S1. And Marie wasn't oppressed by Hank either. It was a plot they were developing in S1 when the show was more about the characters. Then they abruptly dropped it when the show became 100% about big explosions and shit. It's amazing people try to find symbolism in a dropped B plot.

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It was to show that Hank was flawed because he worked in law enforcement but gave her a pass in a way that it was ironic that Dale was a conspiracy theorist but was oblivious to getting cucked by John Redcorn in King of the Hill.

I don't see how that's the case since Marie got caught as soon as that plot was introduced. It's just an unfinished bit of character development.

People keep forgetting Breaking Bad started out as a dark comedy about normal people becoming criminals and then mutated into Walter & Jesse vs the world.

dark comedy

nigger what

I only shoplift cases of water because fuck big box stores being 75% self checkout with a 20 minute wait for staffed registers.

Retail wagies

Target is a huge corporation and I'm a salaried regional manager making well into six figures. That salary is boosted significantly by the bonuses I get when one of you guys gets convicted, by the way, so please keep doing what you're doing.

this sounds like bullshit

Ten seconds googling information about Target's policies for prosecuting shoplifters would let you know if it's bullshit or not, wouldn't it?

argue why it should be counted accumulatively rather than as the separate incidents that they are

If you steal $500 from your employer every month and you do this for five years, should you be prosecuted for 60 different incidents of stealing $500 or for the total $30k that you stole? Putting that aside, the real reason we do this is because many jurisdictions don't prosecute petty theft. We could get people arrested every time they shoplift but most of the time, nothing would come of it because local authorities would choose not to prosecute. Waiting until it's at felony level makes it more likely that it will be prosecuted.

go rewatch the pilot and tell me it isn't comedic

What's the ratio of convictions with men vs women? I wonder if women shoplift significantly more, especially at Target.

It has its moments of contrasting humor, but the initial plot is bleak like any crime drama would have.

If it’s not too personal, what sort of background do you need for a job like that? Law enforcement?

That's literally what dark comedy is lmao. I'm guessing you're a zoomer

I'm guessing your mom is a zoomer, zoomer.

You're retarded. The comedy is not the focus at all. This is the same arc where Walt strangles a man to death because he has no other choice and there is basically zero jokes in that whole episode. Shut the fuck up.

Hank with Cubans

MINERALS

Women shoplift more in general and they definitely tend to be the ones getting these accumulated charges. Men are more likely to try to steal a single expensive item.

It helps but any sort of background in loss prevention works. Target and most other large retailers have a wide range of positions in loss prevention, plenty of them entry level jobs that don't need much at all in the way of experience or education. You can get hired on as an asset prevention specialist making $20/hr and work your way up pretty quickly, if you're doing your job well.

The job itself is 95% surveillance, you're not enforcing anything or even confronting shoplifters in most cases. You used to have to follow people around if you suspected they were shoplifting so you could get visual confirmation but our cameras are so good now that it's pointless.

How much Robotussin can I steal before I get in trouble? Its really your fault. I'd pay for it if you guys didn't put stupid limits on how much I can purchase.

It's a security guard job. The dude who checks your bag.
100% of their job is deterrence. They send the CCTV to cops if anything happens.
Dunno why this guy is acting like a bigwig but it's really a low level position that anybody with a clean criminal record can get.

You really think target is spending 6 figures on some management job at each of their locations? Fuck no. He's full of shit.

Why people assume it didn't go beyond the handjob? Things can occur off camera. I like to think Skylar blew Walt once he had a nice erection going. She sucked his balls and licked his dick from the base to the tip. Then Walter fucked her in doggy for a couple minutes and busted inside. He then went to sleep right away.

Hank puts up with Marie's criminality even though he's a cop. Skyler won't even tolerate the possibility of Walt smoking pot even though he has cancer and she admits to doing it herself in the past. Whatever they were trying to do with the sisters is a lesser version of the brothers' drama in BCS.

It's a representation of Walt's criminal way ofd life spreading to his relatives like cancer, duh.

Walt has nothing to do with his crazy sister-in-law's bullshit. Why are redditors obsessed with the idea of Walt being the devil?

You really think target is spending 6 figures on some management job at each of their locations?

Son, what do you think

regional

means?

Target is a massive corporation, the 10th largest private employer in the U.S. We have quite a few different positions in asset protection because we have quite a lot of assets. These range from entry level positions like the one you're describing all the way up to the corporate head who makes millions a year. These positions exist in our warehouses and distribution centers as well as our retail locations.

That said, plenty of stores do indeed have loss prevention managers making six figures. These are our very high traffic locations, of course, but you're severely underestimating how well retail pays these days. Low six figures isn't that much anymore. Our retail assistant managers tend to make slightly over six figures, general managers a bit more, loss prevention managers in busy stores, etc.