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It wasn't just about the plot details for me. I thought it was a really well done episode
But what was the point of gay FBI guy's mom and her "issues"? Character development to show why he is how he is?
I think the idea is that it makes it seem like the business is bringing in more money than it really is. If your expenses are $500k instead of $100k, it should follow that the business is raking in a lot more to cover the higher expenses. I'm just guessing though.
Good question
I was thinking that Breaking Bad would have been much, MUCH better with Laura Linney as Walt's wife instead of Anna Gunn.
Yeah, they're usually only one of the three (usually the 2nd or 3rd); being all 3 is somewhat rare.
He's not actually buying that carpet/AC units. He's creating fictitious expenses for tax purposes. If his strip club has 500k in a year of revenue, but also has 450k in "expenses", he claims the profit was only 50k, and only has to pay taxes on that amount.
Had no idea. I kept wondering why he kept watching this one clip obsessively. Then, "ah."Ned said:Who else had no idea that was his wife he was watching and not some random pron?
I had no idea either. I also figured it was just random porn.Ned said:Who else had no idea that was his wife he was watching and not some random pron?
That's what I took from it, that she just pulled off the one section of wall that looked funny. How would she have subtly carried away the full stash?
Completely agree, especially on Ruth. What a great actress. And yeah, there are huge plot holes everywhere. But it's got suspense, eye candy with the daughter, and boats/lake scenes. I'm in for season 2.
The writing was incredibly lazy, but they peppered in some nice zingers every now and then.
I mostly get the concept, but it seems mind-bogglingly complicated, and impossible to do it on such a large scale with relatively low-revenue businesses like strip clubs and marinas in hickville.Can someone explain the money laundering aspect - asking for a friend.
I don't understand how inflating expenses allows money to be laundered. Seems like you need to inflate revenue to get the cash into the banking system
ETA - nevermind - see the post above - but I did not see that Marty had acquired the other businesses.
Yeah, I'm hoping they are just talking about until they showed her face at the end of the 1st episode.
yeah. this.I mostly get the concept, but it seems mind-bogglingly complicated, and impossible to do it on such a large scale with relatively low-revenue businesses like strip clubs and marinas in hickville.Can someone explain the money laundering aspect - asking for a friend.
I don't understand how inflating expenses allows money to be laundered. Seems like you need to inflate revenue to get the cash into the banking system
ETA - nevermind - see the post above - but I did not see that Marty had acquired the other businesses.
I must've missed that - I don't remember seeing her face.Yeah, I'm hoping they are just talking about until they showed her face at the end of the 1st episode.
Of course. I didn't buy all of his approaches not raising red flags in the community.
He was trying to become a partner in the businesses so he could utilize them to launder more money. He would pay for the "upgrades" and manage the finances for them in exchange for a portion of the "profits". I can't remember if there was an expected % cost to the laundering or not. Normally, there would have to be some usage of the cash for actual purchases, etc. No way could you funnel 100% without having something already established that could handle that volume of cash.
