Bates Motel (2013–2017): Season 3, Episode 7 - The Last Supper - full transcript
Norma's return home after her brief absence is anything but smooth. Norman has been acting resentful and she tells him to grow up. His first meeting with a psychologist doesn't go well. After acquiring a new phone, Norma realizes that Sheriff Romero has been shot. Romero finally has a look at the list of names on the flash card Norma was given and finds some very disturbing information. Dylan learns more about Emma's condition from her dad and the fact that she may never get high enough on the list of people waiting for a lung transplant. Dylan may have a way to help her out when his neighbor offers him a dangerous but well-paying job. Norma decides to put everything behind her and cook a nice dinner.
Previously on bates motel
(marcus)
i am gonna be the sheriff here.
That's a done deal.
I could use a guy like you.
Caleb's in town.
He's up at my farm.
He just wants to talk to you,
To tell you that he's sorry
that it ever happened.
Norma, stop it!
Leave me the hell alone!
- Norman!
- Mother!
Your brother
will look after you!
Mother!
Norman?
Norman.
(dylan)
what are you doing?
I'm just making
some breakfast.
French toast.
- Norman?
- Norman's sleeping.
(norma)
my son isn't normal.
There's something
wrong with him.
How so?
Like, physically?
You know how my husband
was in an accident?
Your son did it.
You've been carrying this burden
around alone a long time.
We're going to the farm
to talk to your uncle.
[crying]
i'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
[ominous music]
[coughing]
[music playing in background]
[emma continues coughing]
[rings bell]
Hi.
Hey.
So everything's
calming down?
She came back yesterday.
Yeah, well,
she came back yesterday.
Did you talk to her
about norman yet?
Not yet, no.
I want to do something for you.
To thank you.
Uh, can i maybe buy you dinner
some night this week?
I know it's not much, but--
[car door slams]
Tomorrow night would work.
♪ ♪
(will)
emma, you're coming home,
right now.
Dad, i'm fine.
Do you know dylan,
norman's brother?
- Hey.
- Hello, dylan.
I'm sorry.
I told her not to come in today.
She's still recovering
from that night with no sleep.
Uh, i'm really sorry.
I didn't--i didn't realize--
It's not your fault.
It's hers.
She doesn't realize
her own limitations.
It's helped her
most of her life--
- Dad!
- Emma, get your stuff.
We're going home, now.
[gentle music]
Sorry.
It's fine.
She doesn't want to accept
the truth about her health.
I don't either,
but it is the truth.
And i'm not gonna let
her life get shortened
If it's in my power.
♪ ♪
What?
- Where were you all night?
- I told you.
I drove around, and i spent
the night in a motel.
Nothing exciting.
Norman, stop it.
You're acting like a twit.
It's not masculine,
and it's not attractive.
(clerk)
i got you all set up.
Looks like you've got
a few messages.
Mm, yeah, i dropped my phone
in the mud.
Thank you so much.
Come on, norman, let's go.
Oh, yes, mother.
Here i come.
Following after you in a very
masculine and attractive way.
[door open alert dings]
Holy crap, dylan left, like,
a hundred messages.
Oh, my lord.
What was going on
with you two?
Jeez, all i did was leave
for a few hours.
With a suitcase.
We spent the night wondering
if you were ever coming back.
If you were dead.
What does death have to do
with a suitcase?
What the hell?
Alex left me a message
saying he was shot?
What do you mean
he's been shot?
I don't know.
What the hell?
I mean, can't a woman get
in a freaking mood for one night
Without the whole world
coming to an end?
A mood?
Hi, alex, it's norma.
What's going on?
Call me.
Ow! Ugh.
[engine starts]
This is a private driveway.
You can't park here!
[ominous music]
♪ ♪
[crackling electricity]
[musical ringtone]
This car is so tiny.
I don't know why i even got it.
- Hello?
- Norman!
Uggh, yeah.
Uh, yes.
This is the right number.
She's just waddling
through the gravel as we speak.
Uh, it's james.
Hi, james.
Hi, i'm fine.
Everything's fine.
Yeah.
No, i'm back home now.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, can i call you back?
Okay, bye.
Well, i'm gonna go
to the office.
Well, you are the manager,
so, yeah.
Go manage.
W-where the hell
have you been?
I went to the phone store.
W-what are you doing
in my house?
What's going on?
Why haven't you answered
your texts for 36 hours?
I thought you were dead.
I just lost my phone.
Why does everyone immediately
jump to "i died"?
Maybe i jumped to it
because you put yourself and me
In a vulnerable position,
Making that alleged deal
with bob paris.
Alex, don't start, okay?
I am not dead.
I'm alive. You're alive.
Whoopee.
Well, somebody
tried to kill me,
And i could only assume
it was a message from bob, so...
Are you sure?
That does not make sense.
Bob seemed fine.
Oh, now you're gonna tell me
how things work around here?
I just don't think that
you should assume
That he's the one
who tried to kill you.
You know, i could be dead.
I-i did get shot at.
Well, it looks like
it went right through you.
- Where's the flash drive?
- Why?
Because i need to know
what i'm dealing with.
Why do you have to drag
my flash drive into it?
You wanted me as an ally.
I gave that to you.
I respected you.
♪ ♪
Fine.
Dylan hid it at the farm.
It's taped under
a grow light timer at the cabin.
Some kid named gunner
knows how to open it.
What kind of name
is gunner, anyway?
A stupid one.
[bell jingles]
Can i help you?
Hey, mr. Decody.
I know this isn't any
of my business, but, um...
I wanted to ask you
about emma.
Come in the back.
She won't be with us
forever.
Maybe another few years.
She won't accept what
the doctors are telling her.
She won't stop doing
everything she wants to do,
And it's at the point
where it's too much for her.
She's aggravating
the situation
And shortening the time
she has left,
And i won't
let that happen.
I'm so sorry
to hear that.
I appreciate that.
I have her on a list
for a lung transplant,
But it's--it's not likely
she'll make the top of the list.
Not enough people
want to donate their organs.
There must be something.
I hear there's a hospital
in portland
Where for the right donation,
They'll move the patients
up the transplant list.
How much does it take?
Oh, i don't know.
I heard something
like $20,000.
Whatever it is,
it's way beyond my means.
♪ ♪
I'll be in touch.
♪ ♪
[hammering continues]
All right.
[dog barks]
[birds chirping]
Hey.
- Hey, sheriff.
- Hey, gunner.
What can we do for you?
Uh, can i talk
to you inside for--
I-i don't know you, do i?
(gunner)
oh, that's dylan's uncle, caleb.
You--you're norma's brother?
Yeah.
Come inside.
I hear you can open
the file on this.
No one here is gonna be
in trouble for any of this.
Come on.
I don't know what that is.
As far as i know,
it's just a piece
Of the timer
for the grow light.
Gunner, don't make me
get out the gun
And bang your head against
the wall and all that shit,
'cause i will do just that.
So open it.
[sighs]
[typing]
♪ ♪
It's some kind of ledger.
♪ ♪
What?
What?
You can tell dylan
i have it.
Hey...
Thanks.
Pull.
[gunshot]
- Don't even start.
- Let him by.
Go ahead.
I'm gonna kick your ass someday,
and i'm gonna enjoy it.
I got a question for you
about a name on that ledger.
I was wondering
when you'd actually look at it.
Took an awful lot on faith
from that bates woman.
You finally saw
your mom's name on that ledger.
She's been dead 22 years,
And she'd be rolling
in her grave thinking
Her name's on
some piece of shit like that.
It wasn't me.
I didn't put it on there.
Then who did?
Your father.
He set up that holding company
way back.
"thanks, bob."
you're welcome, alex.
So maybe now
you'll help me.
(man)
pull.
[gunshot in the distance]
[phone vibrating]
[sighs]
I need to talk to you.
[stammers] i can't let him
back in my life, dylan.
Don't ask for the moon,
okay?
Just because we had one operatic
meeting in the middle of a field
Doesn't mean
we're all gonna hang out now
And go bowling together.
Okay, you--you have
to be realistic.
We can't just erase
what happened.
I actually wanted to talk
to you about norman.
Oh.
I know this is gonna be
hard for you to hear,
But you need to hear it.
That night you were gone,
Norman pretty much
lost his mind.
He--he--he blacked out.
Okay, but he--
Not for minutes,
for hours.
Okay, and then he kept wandering
around the house that way.
I found him in the basement
with a dead pigeon.
That's nothing new
for norman.
There's always something dead
in the basement.
He's not okay.
All right?
He's--he's hallucinating.
I found him in here
In the middle of the night
cooking breakfast.
Who doesn't want breakfast
at some point
In the middle of the night?
He was wearing
your robe.
And then he told me
that i needed to go
Wake up my brother, norman,
for breakfast.
♪ ♪
He thinks he's you,
norma.
♪ ♪
Look, this has been circling us
for a long time, and--
And--and we just--we--we keep
looking the other direction.
The blacking out, the--
The cutting up
all the dead animals.
Blaire watson.
The polygraph
completely disproved that.
It's all way too much
together to be dismissed.
But i'm keeping him home.
He's gonna be safe.
Are you gonna--
you gonna lock him up
When you need
to go somewhere?
Maybe.
♪ ♪
We need to do something.
We have to deal with it.
♪ ♪
[indistinct pa announcement]
♪ ♪
[indistinct chatter]
♪ ♪
[indistinct pa announcement]
Alex.
You're looking well.
Yeah, well, um...
It's, uh,
it's not a social visit.
Why would it be?
What does it matter?
It's--it's a name on a ledger.
I don't understand
your attitude.
I made a lot of money
for a lot of people.
You were a dirty cop
to the rotten core.
That's what you were.
Oh, yeah?
And you're prince charming?
I'm nothing like you.
You're gonna take her name
off that ledger,
Or i'm gonna kill you.
You got that?
Use one of your dead
friends instead.
Okay, i'm sure you got
a lot of them.
You're not using her.
Not anymore.
Fine, fine, fine.
You don't have to make
Such a big deal
out of everything
Like you always did.
It's annoying.
But there's no telling
you anything, huh?
You always know best,
don't you?
And you...
You vilified me
For your mother's death
for 22 years,
And she's the one
that chose to leave that way.
No, you drove her to it.
You drove her to it.
- I did no such thing.
- You drove her to it.
I loved her.
Nice seeing you, alex.
[door buzzes]
[door opens and shuts]
[groans]
Ow.
Hey, you think, um,
there's any chance
I could maybe stop by
the house, ever?
I don't think so.
Yeah.
Yeah, no, i get it.
(caleb)
i get it.
[pounding on door]
(chick)
hey.
[door closing]
Found these
in my garage.
(chick)
i tried to grow pot once.
After i got
out of that hospital.
I didn't have the touch.
Thanks.
Yeah, that should--
that should be helpful.
So you and i got
some things to go over?
(caleb)
yeah.
Look, about that.
I changed my mind.
You just...
Changed it, huh?
You think you'll
change it back?
- What's going on?
- Nothing.
Your dad was gonna
do a run for me.
A run of what?
Apparently nobody needs to know,
now that no one's doing it.
Look...Sorry,
but things have changed.
Okay, i don't want
to take the risk anymore.
How much this "run" pay?
After fica
and social security?
$25,000.
Hey, dylan?
What's the run?
Guns.
How risky?
It's gun running.
S--so in the running
of guns spectrum,
It's relatively mild.
(chick)
i've done it for years.
One run.
25 grand.
That's all i'm up for.
Look, you're not
doing it.
That'll give me time
to get another driver.
He's not doing it.
You guys talk it over
and let me know by tonight.
Or else i'll have
to do it myself,
And i'd rather stay here
because it's my kid's birthday.
What the hell
do you think you're doing?
A situation came up.
I need money.
There's this girl.
She was up here once.
She wears oxygen.
Wait, you got that girl
in trouble?
No, it's nothing
like that.
She, uh, she's a friend.
She works in the motel.
She has cystic fibrosis.
And she--she needs
a lung transplant,
Or she's gonna die.
Look, i just don't think
this is a solution.
If anything happened to you,
Especially something
that i somehow brought on you,
I don't know
what would happen to me.
I'm sorry, but you
can't do it.
It's the end
of the conversation.
[door shuts]
(james)
hi, norma.
What are you doing here?
You--you left in a pretty
agitated state the other day.
You won't return any
of my messages.
I was worried about you.
Well, it's just been
really busy.
I, uh, i talked
to my brother.
It's okay.
Everything's fine.
I...Highly doubt that.
Just given the things
that you were
Talking to me about,
everything about your son.
Everything that
you're going through.
Okay, i am very worried
about norman.
Maybe you could
talk to him?
Of course.
Look, at--at some point,
i'd be happy to--
Okay, c-come on in.
Come in.
[steps approaching, door opens]
(norma) norman?
There's someone
i want you to meet.
I'm busy right now,
mother.
This'll just be
for a minute.
Come on down, james.
Hi, norman.
James finnigan.
Licensed family therapist.
Your mother asked me
if i could come down
And just talk
to you for minute.
Please, norman.
Oh, no, i'm--i'm more than
happy to talk to james,
If you think that's best.
But i'd like
to do it alone.
Oh, of course.
Yes, i understand.
Hmm, okay, i'm...Going to be
upstairs if you need anything.
Great.
I'm sure james and i
won't be needing you, mother.
I don't want you
to be nervous about
Talking to me, norman.
This is what i do.
I'm a professional.
Helped a lot of people.
I-i'm not nervous.
That must be
really nice, huh?
To help people.
It is.
So you like taxidermy, no?
Yeah, i do.
I find it very peaceful.
Sort of allows me
to shut the world out.
"shut the world out."
Yeah, sometimes when
i'm in the world,
I feel almost like
there's this annoying
Sort of buzzing
that just won't stop.
And then i get down here
with my animals,
And it all goes silent.
It's interesting.
Tell me more about that.
Of the..."buzzing"
you experience.
Well, it's like a world
full of people.
So many people,
all with opinions
And judgments and arrogance
and theories.
People who think
that they help people.
And they're pointless.
None of them know anything.
You might as well listen
to a woodpecker
Pecking in a tree.
Can i ask you something now?
Of course, shoot.
How was it,
sleeping with my mother?
What makes you think i slept
with your mother, norman?
Let's just say
i've known her a long time.
And would it bother you if
someone slept with your mother?
Let's see--if your mother
ran out on you
And your brother one night,
Didn't tell you where
she was going
Or when she was coming back,
and then threw herself,
Like a whore, into the bed of
someone she barely knows,
Some...Licensed family
therapist who could probably
Lose his license
for such behavior,
But that's not
really the point...
Would all of that
behavior bother you?
Yes, it might.
So what was she like?
That's not an appropriate
question, norman.
Come on.
We're both men here.
It's not like we don't know
what goes on.
Did she give-to easily?
You know, i think
we're done here.
What, are you uncomfortable?
Huh?
'cause i know?
'cause i can imagine
what it was like?
Did you really think
that you'd come down here
And it would be
your little secret?
"oh, we banged each other,
but now let's send you
Downstairs to fix
crazy norman."
Norman, why do you care
so much who your mother
Might be sleeping with?
What does it mean?
That she could be
attracted to someone?
Does that...
Take her away from you?
Norman, do you want
to sleep with her?
[snarls]
[gasps, grunts]
How dare you come
into my house
And say such an ugly thing
to me?
[struggling for air]
[gasping]
[panting]
James?
(norma)
james, what's wrong?
What happened?
Get him some help, norma.
Right away.
[door slams shut]
Nothing.
He--he just said
horrible things to me.
- Like what?
- I can't even tell you.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry, norman.
I just miss you.
I miss how close
we used to be.
Everything's changing.
I don't know why it is,
but it is,
And it's just
changing so fast.
Nothing will ever change
between us, norman.
I am your mother,
and i always will be.
Okay? I'm sorry i left
the other night.
I just went a little mad.
I mean, we all go
a little mad sometimes.
It--it was a mistake.
But i'm home now,
and i'm not going anywhere.
And nothing means as much
to me as being your mother.
I'll make us some dinner,
And we can spend
some time together.
Okay, mother.
[phone rings]
Hi, alex.
(alex)
hey, um...Hey, norma.
I, um...
[laughs]
I-i need a favor.
I-i-i don't have
anyone else to call.
(norma)
[scoffs]
(alex)
i need you to come get me.
Are--are you okay?
You sound weird.
I can't drive
and i can't be
Walking around town
like this, and...
Okay.
Are you drunk?
Emma!
You gotta be kidding me.
Where you going?
I was gonna go and grab
some dinner with dylan.
(will)
dammit, emma.
I'm sick and tired of having
to play the bad guy here.
(will)
you need to use your head.
You're acting like
you can somehow control this
By keeping me locked
inside that house.
But you and i both know
that won't make a difference.
My--my time is gonna pass
no matter what you do.
So i might as well do something
with it that i want.
This really amazing person wants
to take me to dinner tonight
And all i want in the world
right now is to spend
Some of whatever time
i've got left with him.
I can't even tell you
why that's so important.
If i let you go right now,
I don't want you to think
you've won this argument.
Never.
Wh--where's your car?
I traded it in.
I don't know what
i was trying to prove.
You know, i--i wish i didn't.
Ugh, i hate it.
I miss my car.
What is going on
with you?
[straining]
Oh, my--you are a mess.
Can you just drop me off
at my house?
No way, you need
looking after.
No, no, no, no, i'm fine.
I'll be--i don't want
To put you out, just--
just drop me off at my house.
Aw, man, shut up.
You're gonna sleep here
for a few hours.
- All right.
- Okay?
I'm gonna go make dinner
and then i'll come check on you.
All right.
Alex, what happened?
Hmm?
Uh...
[grumbles]
One of the names on the ledger
was my--was my mom.
She's, uh...She's been
dead 22 years.
Suicide.
And my dad, he's--
He was the one
who set up the trust.
He's in prison.
(alex)
and he was using
her name to, uh,
Collect her share of, uh,
of--of the drug profits.
I'm so sorry, alex.
Yeah, that's my sad story.
Life is so hard, isn't it?
Sometimes.
I'm...I'm gonna
go make dinner, okay?
And i'll--i'll--i'll come--
i'll come back.
I think you're beautiful.
You're drunk.
You're not gonna like
That you said that
to me tomorrow.
Probably.
[laughs]
Smells great.
Chicken marsala.
Be ready in about
half hour.
I thought we could eat
dinner here tonight,
And make it special.
Oh, i, um...I didn't know
that you were making dinner.
Uh, i--i have plans
to meet with emma.
Why are you having
dinner with emma?
Well, she, uh,
she stayed over here
The night that you
were gone
To help with norman,
and i just--i--i wanted
To take her to dinner.
Norman, yeah.
But why don't we talk
about that tomorrow?
Tonight, let's just
have a nice family dinner.
Okay, why not invite emma here?
I would love to have her.
Sure.
Okay, yeah, i'll ask her.
Okay.
[clipping]
[tense music]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
What are you doing here?
I picked you some flowers.
I remember you like these.
They're lupins.
Hey, we used to run around
the hills and pick them?
Well, i--i was just gonna
leave them for you.
Um, and this note...
Is...
Basically saying thank you
for talking to me the other day.
It meant a lot to me.
Here.
We can't be friends, caleb.
No, i understand.
All right.
Okay.
Good-bye, norma.
Caleb?
Do you want to stay
for dinner?
Hmm. Just for tonight.
The family's here, we can--
we can all be together.
But maybe just for tonight.
He's, uh, he's working
on something in the basement.
[door opens]
My brother's
joining us for dinner.
I'm gonna get the food
on the table.
It's almost done.
Uh, caleb,
you remember emma.
- Hi.
- Hey.
I'm so happy you're
having dinner with us.
I'm gonna go see if norma
needs any help in the kitchen.
So she's the one?
Yeah.
No, i totally get it.
Ah, she got a piano.
I'm glad.
She always loved music.
It's so good.
So do you want a chardonnay
or a pinot noir?
- Mm, i'll do either.
- Okay.
Hey, do you still--
you still play, norma?
- Piano?
- Yeah.
Eh...You know, tinker
around a little bit.
Play something for me.
Go on.
I hardly remember.
[slow individual notes]
[light lively music]
I remember you practicing
that on that old piano
That we inherited.
Half the keys stuck,
but you played it anyways.
Yeah.
Remember this?
(caleb)
what?
♪ although, although
you belong ♪
♪ to somebody new ♪
♪ tonight, you belong to me ♪
You remember?
Mm-hmm.
Both: ♪ although, although
we're apart ♪
♪ you're a part of my heart ♪
♪ tonight, you belong to me ♪
♪ ♪
♪ down by the stream ♪
♪ how sweet it will seem ♪
♪ once more a dream
in the moonlight ♪
♪ my honey, i know, i know ♪
♪ with the dawn
i know you will be gone ♪
♪ but tonight,
you belong to me ♪
You brought him
into our house?
I didn't.
She did.
Faster, faster.
[music speeding up]
faster, faster.
(caleb)
go, go!
[applause]
Hey.
So--sorry
to in--interrupt.
Uh, i just wanted
to say thank you.
I'm--i'm feeling better.
I'm just gonna call a cab, so--
No, you're not.
You're gonna stay for dinner.
No--no,no--i'm not--i'm not
in any shape to--to--
Yeah--no, no, no, no.
I'm taking no for an answer.
You're staying.
Let's go sit down.
Dinner's ready.
Where--where should i sit?
Anywhere.
Here.
- Thanks.
- Sure.
(emma)
would you like red or white?
(alex) uh...
Uh, red, thanks.
(emma)
say when.
(alex)
that's great, thank you.
Okay.
Ah--ah, amazing.
Ah, it's nothing fancy.
I just threw it together.
Um, thank you all
for being here.
Um, i had this dream
when i was little,
Uh, of a home
where the door was open and--
And friends could come
and go and stay for dinner
And talk and everything
would be lovely.
Thank you all
for giving me that.
[clears throat]
to, uh, to family and friends.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
[glasses clinking]
Oh.
To my sister,
norma louise,
Who has always been like the sun
in a cold universe.
For allowing us all
to be together.
God bless you, norma.
The food's gonna get cold.
Okay.
[numerous laughs]
My lord, i'm so--i got
mushroom sauce all over it.
Sorry.
[indistinct chatter]
Right here.
Right there.
- That was delicious, yeah.
- That's really good, yeah.
(male singer)
♪ once more we meet ♪
♪ you look so sweet ♪
♪ dear, can't you see
how i feel? ♪
[echoing]
♪ i love you still ♪
♪ i always will ♪
♪ you have the same old appeal ♪
♪ ♪
♪ though you belong
to somebody else ♪
♪ tonight, you belong to me ♪
♪ though we're apart ♪
♪ you're part of my heart ♪
♪ tonight, you belong to me ♪
(marcus)
i am gonna be the sheriff here.
That's a done deal.
I could use a guy like you.
Caleb's in town.
He's up at my farm.
He just wants to talk to you,
To tell you that he's sorry
that it ever happened.
Norma, stop it!
Leave me the hell alone!
- Norman!
- Mother!
Your brother
will look after you!
Mother!
Norman?
Norman.
(dylan)
what are you doing?
I'm just making
some breakfast.
French toast.
- Norman?
- Norman's sleeping.
(norma)
my son isn't normal.
There's something
wrong with him.
How so?
Like, physically?
You know how my husband
was in an accident?
Your son did it.
You've been carrying this burden
around alone a long time.
We're going to the farm
to talk to your uncle.
[crying]
i'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
[ominous music]
[coughing]
[music playing in background]
[emma continues coughing]
[rings bell]
Hi.
Hey.
So everything's
calming down?
She came back yesterday.
Yeah, well,
she came back yesterday.
Did you talk to her
about norman yet?
Not yet, no.
I want to do something for you.
To thank you.
Uh, can i maybe buy you dinner
some night this week?
I know it's not much, but--
[car door slams]
Tomorrow night would work.
♪ ♪
(will)
emma, you're coming home,
right now.
Dad, i'm fine.
Do you know dylan,
norman's brother?
- Hey.
- Hello, dylan.
I'm sorry.
I told her not to come in today.
She's still recovering
from that night with no sleep.
Uh, i'm really sorry.
I didn't--i didn't realize--
It's not your fault.
It's hers.
She doesn't realize
her own limitations.
It's helped her
most of her life--
- Dad!
- Emma, get your stuff.
We're going home, now.
[gentle music]
Sorry.
It's fine.
She doesn't want to accept
the truth about her health.
I don't either,
but it is the truth.
And i'm not gonna let
her life get shortened
If it's in my power.
♪ ♪
What?
- Where were you all night?
- I told you.
I drove around, and i spent
the night in a motel.
Nothing exciting.
Norman, stop it.
You're acting like a twit.
It's not masculine,
and it's not attractive.
(clerk)
i got you all set up.
Looks like you've got
a few messages.
Mm, yeah, i dropped my phone
in the mud.
Thank you so much.
Come on, norman, let's go.
Oh, yes, mother.
Here i come.
Following after you in a very
masculine and attractive way.
[door open alert dings]
Holy crap, dylan left, like,
a hundred messages.
Oh, my lord.
What was going on
with you two?
Jeez, all i did was leave
for a few hours.
With a suitcase.
We spent the night wondering
if you were ever coming back.
If you were dead.
What does death have to do
with a suitcase?
What the hell?
Alex left me a message
saying he was shot?
What do you mean
he's been shot?
I don't know.
What the hell?
I mean, can't a woman get
in a freaking mood for one night
Without the whole world
coming to an end?
A mood?
Hi, alex, it's norma.
What's going on?
Call me.
Ow! Ugh.
[engine starts]
This is a private driveway.
You can't park here!
[ominous music]
♪ ♪
[crackling electricity]
[musical ringtone]
This car is so tiny.
I don't know why i even got it.
- Hello?
- Norman!
Uggh, yeah.
Uh, yes.
This is the right number.
She's just waddling
through the gravel as we speak.
Uh, it's james.
Hi, james.
Hi, i'm fine.
Everything's fine.
Yeah.
No, i'm back home now.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, can i call you back?
Okay, bye.
Well, i'm gonna go
to the office.
Well, you are the manager,
so, yeah.
Go manage.
W-where the hell
have you been?
I went to the phone store.
W-what are you doing
in my house?
What's going on?
Why haven't you answered
your texts for 36 hours?
I thought you were dead.
I just lost my phone.
Why does everyone immediately
jump to "i died"?
Maybe i jumped to it
because you put yourself and me
In a vulnerable position,
Making that alleged deal
with bob paris.
Alex, don't start, okay?
I am not dead.
I'm alive. You're alive.
Whoopee.
Well, somebody
tried to kill me,
And i could only assume
it was a message from bob, so...
Are you sure?
That does not make sense.
Bob seemed fine.
Oh, now you're gonna tell me
how things work around here?
I just don't think that
you should assume
That he's the one
who tried to kill you.
You know, i could be dead.
I-i did get shot at.
Well, it looks like
it went right through you.
- Where's the flash drive?
- Why?
Because i need to know
what i'm dealing with.
Why do you have to drag
my flash drive into it?
You wanted me as an ally.
I gave that to you.
I respected you.
♪ ♪
Fine.
Dylan hid it at the farm.
It's taped under
a grow light timer at the cabin.
Some kid named gunner
knows how to open it.
What kind of name
is gunner, anyway?
A stupid one.
[bell jingles]
Can i help you?
Hey, mr. Decody.
I know this isn't any
of my business, but, um...
I wanted to ask you
about emma.
Come in the back.
She won't be with us
forever.
Maybe another few years.
She won't accept what
the doctors are telling her.
She won't stop doing
everything she wants to do,
And it's at the point
where it's too much for her.
She's aggravating
the situation
And shortening the time
she has left,
And i won't
let that happen.
I'm so sorry
to hear that.
I appreciate that.
I have her on a list
for a lung transplant,
But it's--it's not likely
she'll make the top of the list.
Not enough people
want to donate their organs.
There must be something.
I hear there's a hospital
in portland
Where for the right donation,
They'll move the patients
up the transplant list.
How much does it take?
Oh, i don't know.
I heard something
like $20,000.
Whatever it is,
it's way beyond my means.
♪ ♪
I'll be in touch.
♪ ♪
[hammering continues]
All right.
[dog barks]
[birds chirping]
Hey.
- Hey, sheriff.
- Hey, gunner.
What can we do for you?
Uh, can i talk
to you inside for--
I-i don't know you, do i?
(gunner)
oh, that's dylan's uncle, caleb.
You--you're norma's brother?
Yeah.
Come inside.
I hear you can open
the file on this.
No one here is gonna be
in trouble for any of this.
Come on.
I don't know what that is.
As far as i know,
it's just a piece
Of the timer
for the grow light.
Gunner, don't make me
get out the gun
And bang your head against
the wall and all that shit,
'cause i will do just that.
So open it.
[sighs]
[typing]
♪ ♪
It's some kind of ledger.
♪ ♪
What?
What?
You can tell dylan
i have it.
Hey...
Thanks.
Pull.
[gunshot]
- Don't even start.
- Let him by.
Go ahead.
I'm gonna kick your ass someday,
and i'm gonna enjoy it.
I got a question for you
about a name on that ledger.
I was wondering
when you'd actually look at it.
Took an awful lot on faith
from that bates woman.
You finally saw
your mom's name on that ledger.
She's been dead 22 years,
And she'd be rolling
in her grave thinking
Her name's on
some piece of shit like that.
It wasn't me.
I didn't put it on there.
Then who did?
Your father.
He set up that holding company
way back.
"thanks, bob."
you're welcome, alex.
So maybe now
you'll help me.
(man)
pull.
[gunshot in the distance]
[phone vibrating]
[sighs]
I need to talk to you.
[stammers] i can't let him
back in my life, dylan.
Don't ask for the moon,
okay?
Just because we had one operatic
meeting in the middle of a field
Doesn't mean
we're all gonna hang out now
And go bowling together.
Okay, you--you have
to be realistic.
We can't just erase
what happened.
I actually wanted to talk
to you about norman.
Oh.
I know this is gonna be
hard for you to hear,
But you need to hear it.
That night you were gone,
Norman pretty much
lost his mind.
He--he--he blacked out.
Okay, but he--
Not for minutes,
for hours.
Okay, and then he kept wandering
around the house that way.
I found him in the basement
with a dead pigeon.
That's nothing new
for norman.
There's always something dead
in the basement.
He's not okay.
All right?
He's--he's hallucinating.
I found him in here
In the middle of the night
cooking breakfast.
Who doesn't want breakfast
at some point
In the middle of the night?
He was wearing
your robe.
And then he told me
that i needed to go
Wake up my brother, norman,
for breakfast.
♪ ♪
He thinks he's you,
norma.
♪ ♪
Look, this has been circling us
for a long time, and--
And--and we just--we--we keep
looking the other direction.
The blacking out, the--
The cutting up
all the dead animals.
Blaire watson.
The polygraph
completely disproved that.
It's all way too much
together to be dismissed.
But i'm keeping him home.
He's gonna be safe.
Are you gonna--
you gonna lock him up
When you need
to go somewhere?
Maybe.
♪ ♪
We need to do something.
We have to deal with it.
♪ ♪
[indistinct pa announcement]
♪ ♪
[indistinct chatter]
♪ ♪
[indistinct pa announcement]
Alex.
You're looking well.
Yeah, well, um...
It's, uh,
it's not a social visit.
Why would it be?
What does it matter?
It's--it's a name on a ledger.
I don't understand
your attitude.
I made a lot of money
for a lot of people.
You were a dirty cop
to the rotten core.
That's what you were.
Oh, yeah?
And you're prince charming?
I'm nothing like you.
You're gonna take her name
off that ledger,
Or i'm gonna kill you.
You got that?
Use one of your dead
friends instead.
Okay, i'm sure you got
a lot of them.
You're not using her.
Not anymore.
Fine, fine, fine.
You don't have to make
Such a big deal
out of everything
Like you always did.
It's annoying.
But there's no telling
you anything, huh?
You always know best,
don't you?
And you...
You vilified me
For your mother's death
for 22 years,
And she's the one
that chose to leave that way.
No, you drove her to it.
You drove her to it.
- I did no such thing.
- You drove her to it.
I loved her.
Nice seeing you, alex.
[door buzzes]
[door opens and shuts]
[groans]
Ow.
Hey, you think, um,
there's any chance
I could maybe stop by
the house, ever?
I don't think so.
Yeah.
Yeah, no, i get it.
(caleb)
i get it.
[pounding on door]
(chick)
hey.
[door closing]
Found these
in my garage.
(chick)
i tried to grow pot once.
After i got
out of that hospital.
I didn't have the touch.
Thanks.
Yeah, that should--
that should be helpful.
So you and i got
some things to go over?
(caleb)
yeah.
Look, about that.
I changed my mind.
You just...
Changed it, huh?
You think you'll
change it back?
- What's going on?
- Nothing.
Your dad was gonna
do a run for me.
A run of what?
Apparently nobody needs to know,
now that no one's doing it.
Look...Sorry,
but things have changed.
Okay, i don't want
to take the risk anymore.
How much this "run" pay?
After fica
and social security?
$25,000.
Hey, dylan?
What's the run?
Guns.
How risky?
It's gun running.
S--so in the running
of guns spectrum,
It's relatively mild.
(chick)
i've done it for years.
One run.
25 grand.
That's all i'm up for.
Look, you're not
doing it.
That'll give me time
to get another driver.
He's not doing it.
You guys talk it over
and let me know by tonight.
Or else i'll have
to do it myself,
And i'd rather stay here
because it's my kid's birthday.
What the hell
do you think you're doing?
A situation came up.
I need money.
There's this girl.
She was up here once.
She wears oxygen.
Wait, you got that girl
in trouble?
No, it's nothing
like that.
She, uh, she's a friend.
She works in the motel.
She has cystic fibrosis.
And she--she needs
a lung transplant,
Or she's gonna die.
Look, i just don't think
this is a solution.
If anything happened to you,
Especially something
that i somehow brought on you,
I don't know
what would happen to me.
I'm sorry, but you
can't do it.
It's the end
of the conversation.
[door shuts]
(james)
hi, norma.
What are you doing here?
You--you left in a pretty
agitated state the other day.
You won't return any
of my messages.
I was worried about you.
Well, it's just been
really busy.
I, uh, i talked
to my brother.
It's okay.
Everything's fine.
I...Highly doubt that.
Just given the things
that you were
Talking to me about,
everything about your son.
Everything that
you're going through.
Okay, i am very worried
about norman.
Maybe you could
talk to him?
Of course.
Look, at--at some point,
i'd be happy to--
Okay, c-come on in.
Come in.
[steps approaching, door opens]
(norma) norman?
There's someone
i want you to meet.
I'm busy right now,
mother.
This'll just be
for a minute.
Come on down, james.
Hi, norman.
James finnigan.
Licensed family therapist.
Your mother asked me
if i could come down
And just talk
to you for minute.
Please, norman.
Oh, no, i'm--i'm more than
happy to talk to james,
If you think that's best.
But i'd like
to do it alone.
Oh, of course.
Yes, i understand.
Hmm, okay, i'm...Going to be
upstairs if you need anything.
Great.
I'm sure james and i
won't be needing you, mother.
I don't want you
to be nervous about
Talking to me, norman.
This is what i do.
I'm a professional.
Helped a lot of people.
I-i'm not nervous.
That must be
really nice, huh?
To help people.
It is.
So you like taxidermy, no?
Yeah, i do.
I find it very peaceful.
Sort of allows me
to shut the world out.
"shut the world out."
Yeah, sometimes when
i'm in the world,
I feel almost like
there's this annoying
Sort of buzzing
that just won't stop.
And then i get down here
with my animals,
And it all goes silent.
It's interesting.
Tell me more about that.
Of the..."buzzing"
you experience.
Well, it's like a world
full of people.
So many people,
all with opinions
And judgments and arrogance
and theories.
People who think
that they help people.
And they're pointless.
None of them know anything.
You might as well listen
to a woodpecker
Pecking in a tree.
Can i ask you something now?
Of course, shoot.
How was it,
sleeping with my mother?
What makes you think i slept
with your mother, norman?
Let's just say
i've known her a long time.
And would it bother you if
someone slept with your mother?
Let's see--if your mother
ran out on you
And your brother one night,
Didn't tell you where
she was going
Or when she was coming back,
and then threw herself,
Like a whore, into the bed of
someone she barely knows,
Some...Licensed family
therapist who could probably
Lose his license
for such behavior,
But that's not
really the point...
Would all of that
behavior bother you?
Yes, it might.
So what was she like?
That's not an appropriate
question, norman.
Come on.
We're both men here.
It's not like we don't know
what goes on.
Did she give-to easily?
You know, i think
we're done here.
What, are you uncomfortable?
Huh?
'cause i know?
'cause i can imagine
what it was like?
Did you really think
that you'd come down here
And it would be
your little secret?
"oh, we banged each other,
but now let's send you
Downstairs to fix
crazy norman."
Norman, why do you care
so much who your mother
Might be sleeping with?
What does it mean?
That she could be
attracted to someone?
Does that...
Take her away from you?
Norman, do you want
to sleep with her?
[snarls]
[gasps, grunts]
How dare you come
into my house
And say such an ugly thing
to me?
[struggling for air]
[gasping]
[panting]
James?
(norma)
james, what's wrong?
What happened?
Get him some help, norma.
Right away.
[door slams shut]
Nothing.
He--he just said
horrible things to me.
- Like what?
- I can't even tell you.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry, norman.
I just miss you.
I miss how close
we used to be.
Everything's changing.
I don't know why it is,
but it is,
And it's just
changing so fast.
Nothing will ever change
between us, norman.
I am your mother,
and i always will be.
Okay? I'm sorry i left
the other night.
I just went a little mad.
I mean, we all go
a little mad sometimes.
It--it was a mistake.
But i'm home now,
and i'm not going anywhere.
And nothing means as much
to me as being your mother.
I'll make us some dinner,
And we can spend
some time together.
Okay, mother.
[phone rings]
Hi, alex.
(alex)
hey, um...Hey, norma.
I, um...
[laughs]
I-i need a favor.
I-i-i don't have
anyone else to call.
(norma)
[scoffs]
(alex)
i need you to come get me.
Are--are you okay?
You sound weird.
I can't drive
and i can't be
Walking around town
like this, and...
Okay.
Are you drunk?
Emma!
You gotta be kidding me.
Where you going?
I was gonna go and grab
some dinner with dylan.
(will)
dammit, emma.
I'm sick and tired of having
to play the bad guy here.
(will)
you need to use your head.
You're acting like
you can somehow control this
By keeping me locked
inside that house.
But you and i both know
that won't make a difference.
My--my time is gonna pass
no matter what you do.
So i might as well do something
with it that i want.
This really amazing person wants
to take me to dinner tonight
And all i want in the world
right now is to spend
Some of whatever time
i've got left with him.
I can't even tell you
why that's so important.
If i let you go right now,
I don't want you to think
you've won this argument.
Never.
Wh--where's your car?
I traded it in.
I don't know what
i was trying to prove.
You know, i--i wish i didn't.
Ugh, i hate it.
I miss my car.
What is going on
with you?
[straining]
Oh, my--you are a mess.
Can you just drop me off
at my house?
No way, you need
looking after.
No, no, no, no, i'm fine.
I'll be--i don't want
To put you out, just--
just drop me off at my house.
Aw, man, shut up.
You're gonna sleep here
for a few hours.
- All right.
- Okay?
I'm gonna go make dinner
and then i'll come check on you.
All right.
Alex, what happened?
Hmm?
Uh...
[grumbles]
One of the names on the ledger
was my--was my mom.
She's, uh...She's been
dead 22 years.
Suicide.
And my dad, he's--
He was the one
who set up the trust.
He's in prison.
(alex)
and he was using
her name to, uh,
Collect her share of, uh,
of--of the drug profits.
I'm so sorry, alex.
Yeah, that's my sad story.
Life is so hard, isn't it?
Sometimes.
I'm...I'm gonna
go make dinner, okay?
And i'll--i'll--i'll come--
i'll come back.
I think you're beautiful.
You're drunk.
You're not gonna like
That you said that
to me tomorrow.
Probably.
[laughs]
Smells great.
Chicken marsala.
Be ready in about
half hour.
I thought we could eat
dinner here tonight,
And make it special.
Oh, i, um...I didn't know
that you were making dinner.
Uh, i--i have plans
to meet with emma.
Why are you having
dinner with emma?
Well, she, uh,
she stayed over here
The night that you
were gone
To help with norman,
and i just--i--i wanted
To take her to dinner.
Norman, yeah.
But why don't we talk
about that tomorrow?
Tonight, let's just
have a nice family dinner.
Okay, why not invite emma here?
I would love to have her.
Sure.
Okay, yeah, i'll ask her.
Okay.
[clipping]
[tense music]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
What are you doing here?
I picked you some flowers.
I remember you like these.
They're lupins.
Hey, we used to run around
the hills and pick them?
Well, i--i was just gonna
leave them for you.
Um, and this note...
Is...
Basically saying thank you
for talking to me the other day.
It meant a lot to me.
Here.
We can't be friends, caleb.
No, i understand.
All right.
Okay.
Good-bye, norma.
Caleb?
Do you want to stay
for dinner?
Hmm. Just for tonight.
The family's here, we can--
we can all be together.
But maybe just for tonight.
He's, uh, he's working
on something in the basement.
[door opens]
My brother's
joining us for dinner.
I'm gonna get the food
on the table.
It's almost done.
Uh, caleb,
you remember emma.
- Hi.
- Hey.
I'm so happy you're
having dinner with us.
I'm gonna go see if norma
needs any help in the kitchen.
So she's the one?
Yeah.
No, i totally get it.
Ah, she got a piano.
I'm glad.
She always loved music.
It's so good.
So do you want a chardonnay
or a pinot noir?
- Mm, i'll do either.
- Okay.
Hey, do you still--
you still play, norma?
- Piano?
- Yeah.
Eh...You know, tinker
around a little bit.
Play something for me.
Go on.
I hardly remember.
[slow individual notes]
[light lively music]
I remember you practicing
that on that old piano
That we inherited.
Half the keys stuck,
but you played it anyways.
Yeah.
Remember this?
(caleb)
what?
♪ although, although
you belong ♪
♪ to somebody new ♪
♪ tonight, you belong to me ♪
You remember?
Mm-hmm.
Both: ♪ although, although
we're apart ♪
♪ you're a part of my heart ♪
♪ tonight, you belong to me ♪
♪ ♪
♪ down by the stream ♪
♪ how sweet it will seem ♪
♪ once more a dream
in the moonlight ♪
♪ my honey, i know, i know ♪
♪ with the dawn
i know you will be gone ♪
♪ but tonight,
you belong to me ♪
You brought him
into our house?
I didn't.
She did.
Faster, faster.
[music speeding up]
faster, faster.
(caleb)
go, go!
[applause]
Hey.
So--sorry
to in--interrupt.
Uh, i just wanted
to say thank you.
I'm--i'm feeling better.
I'm just gonna call a cab, so--
No, you're not.
You're gonna stay for dinner.
No--no,no--i'm not--i'm not
in any shape to--to--
Yeah--no, no, no, no.
I'm taking no for an answer.
You're staying.
Let's go sit down.
Dinner's ready.
Where--where should i sit?
Anywhere.
Here.
- Thanks.
- Sure.
(emma)
would you like red or white?
(alex) uh...
Uh, red, thanks.
(emma)
say when.
(alex)
that's great, thank you.
Okay.
Ah--ah, amazing.
Ah, it's nothing fancy.
I just threw it together.
Um, thank you all
for being here.
Um, i had this dream
when i was little,
Uh, of a home
where the door was open and--
And friends could come
and go and stay for dinner
And talk and everything
would be lovely.
Thank you all
for giving me that.
[clears throat]
to, uh, to family and friends.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
[glasses clinking]
Oh.
To my sister,
norma louise,
Who has always been like the sun
in a cold universe.
For allowing us all
to be together.
God bless you, norma.
The food's gonna get cold.
Okay.
[numerous laughs]
My lord, i'm so--i got
mushroom sauce all over it.
Sorry.
[indistinct chatter]
Right here.
Right there.
- That was delicious, yeah.
- That's really good, yeah.
(male singer)
♪ once more we meet ♪
♪ you look so sweet ♪
♪ dear, can't you see
how i feel? ♪
[echoing]
♪ i love you still ♪
♪ i always will ♪
♪ you have the same old appeal ♪
♪ ♪
♪ though you belong
to somebody else ♪
♪ tonight, you belong to me ♪
♪ though we're apart ♪
♪ you're part of my heart ♪
♪ tonight, you belong to me ♪