Bates Motel (2013–2017): Season 1, Episode 2 - Nice Town You Picked, Norma... - full transcript

I'm coming.

Hey, Mom.

Has he told you how long he's
staying? No, and I didn't ask him.

I didn't want him to think
it was an option.

As far as I'm concerned, I'll find him
some money, then he can get on his way.

Your toast is done.
Yeah. I know.

I don't suppose you want
some breakfast? Thanks, no.

The bread's gonna get stale.

Why are you here?

Because that's what normal
people do, Norma,

when they've lost their job, and they've
got no money and no place to stay.



They go home.

Although most normal mothers
don't move their home out of state

and try and hide it
from their own son.

We're out of cream.

Hey.
Hey.

So the other night, why'd you
leave the party so early?

Where did you go?
You hook up with someone?

I'd like to lie
to you and say yes,

but I actually got my history book
out of your car and went home and...

And probably studied.
Good for you.

I hate studying.
A necessary evil.

Yeah.

You wanna actually study
together for the history test?

I mean, not go to a party this
time. I could really use the help.



Oh, my God, that guy
must be completely wasted.

That's my dad's car.

Dad! Dad!
Here, let me do it.

Hurry up!

Yeah. No.
Car's comin' out now.

Name's Jerry Martin. He
owns a warehouse up the road.

Looks like somebody set a fire
there. He was trapped inside of it.

Wait, so you're saying someone
intentionally set fire to his warehouse?

That's horrible.

Yes, you're right.
It's horrible.

Sheriff! There's something
here you need to see.

Interesting morning
in White Pine Bay.

Burnt up dude drives into a
ditch in front of your new hotel?

How rude.

You know, it's a really nice
town you picked here, Norma,

to a, to start a new life and all
you know? Stop calling me Norma.

And if you're gonna stay
here, you're gonna pitch in.

I ordered all-new bed linens.
They're ready to be picked up.

I'm gonna get you
the car keys.

Mrs. Bates! Could you come here, please?

Yep, that's it.

This is, uh... This is Keith Summers'
truck. Used to own this place.

He hasn't been home in a couple
of nights. Have you seen him?

No. No, I haven't.

Why would he
leave his truck here?

Well, that's what
we're wondering.

All right, let's get everybody
down here by the truck.

We're gonna search the woods
up here behind the house.

All right. Let's go.

Well, good luck
with everything.

So, I want you to select a poem
from one of these classic poets

and prepare a presentation on why this
poem is still relevant in today's world.

Now, this is a partner assignment, so I
want you to figure out who to work with.

Hey.
Wanna do this with me?

Yeah, okay.
Good. We can meet tomorrow.

Cool.

You live at the motel, right?
I'll come to your place.

Oh, well, maybe we should...
00. I'll be there.

Go back and talk to your
mom, okay? She needs you.

Okay?
Okay.

So, why are you here?

I just felt bad about what
happened to Bradley's dad.

And I was there.
Yeah, I know.

Well, I just wanted to give
her this. I'll give it to her.

Great. Yeah, okay. Yeah, thank you.

What the hell
are you looking at?

I'm sorry, man. My boss
got in a bad accident today.

He got burned real bad.
He's in a coma.

Probably not gonna make it.

I just moved here,
but that's not right, man.

No, it's not.

He was a good man.

Here ya go.
Here, I got 'em.

Thanks, sweetie.

Dude, in a town like this, where the
hell do you get that kind of money?

Evening, Norma. Listen,
dumb-ass. This is not gonna stand.

It's not. You're not gonna be coming
home in the middle of the night like this.

Okay? I am trying to build a
life here for me and Norman.

You are not going to be
screwing this up.

I got it, okay? I grew up in
a house with you, remember?

It was always what you were
trying to do for Norman.

Norman is a good boy.
He's a good son.

Dylan, would you please
put that on a plate?

Well, golly, you know,

I'm sorry if I was a little annoyed
with you after you drove my dad away

by skanking around
with Norman's father.

I wasn't skanking around.
It wasn't my fault.

I was 17 years old
when I met your father.

I had no idea
what I was doing.

I met Sam, and I fell in love. Oh, yeah?

How'd that
work out for you?

I hate you.

I hate you. You have never had
an ounce of kindness for me.

Well, I'm sorry it was a little
bit hard to get on the tea party

with you and Norman.

What are you talking about?
What tea party?

He likes me. He just
likes me, so we are close.

That is the normal arrangement between
mothers and sons, not this crap.

How'd you get
all this money, Norma?

How'd you buy a motel
and a new car?

We haven't had a dime
in our life, okay?

I've been worried about
money since I was conscious.

What's up with that,
huh?

Sam's insurance policy. He sold
insurance, and he was well covered.

Yeah, I guess so.

Good night, Norma.

Stop calling me Norma.
I am your mother!

Get all the corners and the
edges. I think we're good.

Just 'cause they found his car doesn't
mean they're necessarily gonna...

Don't you two ever get
tired of each other?

These are good.

I got it, gang, it's cool.
Don't stop your Swiffering.

Hi.

I'm here to study
with Norman.

Hey, Norman, there's
a girl here for you.

Come in.

Hi, Norman.

Oh, hey, Emma.

This is my mom.
Uh, Emma.

We're doing a language arts project together
at school. I guess I forgot to tell you.

I'm Dylan.

Well, that's okay then.
Come on in.

It's nice to meet you.
You too.

Where do you live, Emma?

My dad has a shop
in the village.

We live in
the space above it.

Did we land on a poem
yet? What's your last name?

Decody. No, but I brought some
books. "Decody. " Is that Italian?

No, no, it isn't. We're
from the UK, actually.

Hey, Mom, uh, didn't you... Didn't
you need me to go to the grocery store?

Come sit down.
Do you have that list?

Have a seat.
No, I haven't made it yet.

So how long have you, uh,
how long have you lived here?

About five years. My dad was
a professor in Manchester.

He was a professor?
Yeah. But...

He wanted to spend time just
focusing on taking care of me,

so he retired
and opened the shop.

And are you okay?

Oh, this?
Yeah. It's my pet.

I take it everywhere.
I have C. F.

Mom.
Mmm.

I have... I have heard of it, but
I don't know what it is, exactly.

I don't know.

Well, cystic fibrosis is when your
lungs create a lot of this thick mucus,

and it makes it
really hard to breathe.

Well, some would
say impossible.

I'm on a list for
a lung transplant,

but that comes
with its own demons,

and God knows if I'll ever get
one in time. Well, I hope you do.

What is your life
expectancy, Emma?

Maybe 27.
Hmm.

Hmm.

Well, why don't you two go
upstairs, do your homework?

And you let me know if
you get hungry. Yeah.

Do you think that she has to take that
thing out of her nose when they make out?

How about this?
The Tiger.

It's a classic.

"Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forest of the night,

"What immortal hand or eye

"Could frame thy
fearful symmetry?"

And what does it mean?

It's about how could a god, who made
all this beautiful stuff in the world,

also make things
that are scary and evil?

It could work. We could talk about it in
terms of famous contemporary murderers,

O.J. or Charles Manson.

"What the hammer?
What the chain?

"In what furnace
was thy brain?

"What the anvil?
What dread grasp

"Dare its deadly
terrors clasp?"

What's this?
Oh, it's nothing.

I don't care.

Wow, these pictures
are amazing.

Did you draw these? No. No, I
found it in one of the motel rooms.

I didn't know what to do
with it, so... Oh, please.

I've read a lot of manga,
a lot steamier than this.

Can I borrow it?

Sure.

Thanks.

Good evening, gentlemen.

Sorry to be in a robe. You
caught me getting ready for bed.

Yeah, we need to ask you some
questions. Sure, sure, ask away.

The other morning when we were out here,
you said you hadn't seen Keith Summers.

Yes, that's correct.

But we have an eyewitness
who was driving by here

who said he saw him
standing

right here on your front lawn and that
you and your son were talking to him.

And it looked
a little heated.

Well, yes,
I mean, I'm...

I didn't know that you had meant had I
ever seen him. I thought you meant recently.

Well, some people might think in
the last week as being recently.

Yeah, some people might.

So you're admitting
you did see him?

No, I never said I hadn't ever seen
him, so I'm not admitting anything.

Did he make
any threats to you or...

Threats? No. Why if he had,
I would've called the police.

Because he wasn't
too happy about you

waltzing in and buying his
property at a foreclosure.

Well, you know, the fact that I
bought this property at a good price

hardly incriminates me in his
disappearance. He disappeared?

I don't remember bringing up a
disappearance. No, but you're implying it.

No, I believe
you're inferring it.

Well, that's all
the information I have, so...

Is that it?

Actually, no. I'd like to take
a look around, if you don't mind.

Actually, I do mind.

I think you need a search warrant
for something like that, right?

I mean, based on something more than
just some meaningless conversation

out on my motel
front lawn, right?

You better work
with me, okay?

I'm the last guy you want
on your bad side.

Okay.

Deputy Shelby?

Hey, you guys
be safe today, yeah?

Hello, Mrs. Bates. Hello, go
ahead. Slap the handcuffs on.

Well, that is Romero.

That's just his style, you know?
He's a dog with a bone, so...

I wouldn't take it
too personally.

Yeah, I tell you,
it's a little hard not to.

Yeah.
Well, I'm sorry. Um...

Hey, would you let me buy you a cup of
coffee, maybe, as a gesture of goodwill?

Sure.
Yeah?

Yeah.

It was horrible for Norman
to lose his father. And...

I came here because I wanted
to clean the slate for him

a little, you know,
I wanted him...

I wanted to give him a new
life. I wanted to give him hope.

Sure, yeah.
And...

Let's just say...

That gets a little
bit compromised

when Sheriff Bulldog
is standing on my porch

and he's making all kinds
of accusations. First of all,

uh, to be fair,

I really don't think
he was making accusations.

I do... No, I do think that
you were inferring that.

Oh, no.

Now we're back to that
again? Okay, Romero.

He grew up
with Keith Summers.

They were boyhood pals,
you know?

So they spent a lot of time together
doin' a whole lot of nothing,

and you get close
to people that way, so...

So Keith's disappearance, you know,
this is... It's very personal to him.

I can understand that.

Hey, Deputy. We gonna see
you at the Woodchuck tonight?

Absolutely, yeah, wouldn't
miss it. Right on, man.

All right.

Woodchuck? What on
earth is the Woodchuck?

Yeah, the Woodchuck is
this stupid, but very fun

local sort of festival.

It's left over from when this used
to be a logging town. Sounds charming.

Yeah, no, it is, actually.
It is. You should come.

Yeah, okay. I would
love to. Great. Um...

I just...
I really can't...

I mean,
I couldn't take you,

you know, 'cause of the
whole Keith Summers of it all.

But, I mean, we could
meet there, right?

Because, I mean,
I'm going.

You're going, so...

Just a thought.

How does this look?

For what? I'm meeting
Deputy Shelby in town.

Does this top look like
I'm trying too hard?

That depends on
what you're trying.

Oh, I didn't want to have to tell
you this. I didn't want you to worry.

The police came by
last night.

Apparently, someone saw us
talking to Keith Summers outside

after I specifically told the
police that we hadn't seen him.

Mom, that's...
I know, it's not good.

I think I dodged it for the
moment, but I don't think it's over.

Deputy seems to like us,
so I'm...

I'm gonna go
on a goodwill mission.

I'm meeting him at a
community event in town.

Hmm.

Norman, please. I'm just
doing what I need to do.

This one's better,
right?

Lord, Norman,
I'm your mother.

It's not like it's weird
or anything.

You don't have
to do this, Mom.

Wait, wait, wait.
I'm not doing anything.

I ran into him in town, and I'm
just gonna go hang out for a bit.

No, I don't want
you to go.

Honey,
you're overreacting.

Fine. It's a community thing? Yes.

I'll go with you.
No.

Yeah. No. No, you're not
going with me, and you know it.

It's fine, Norman.
It doesn't mean anything.

It's not like I'm actually
interested in him.

I don't want you
to worry about this.

I don't want you to worry about
anything. That's why I'm doing this.

Okay, Mom.
Okay?

It's all gonna be good.

Hey, Gil.

This is
Dylan Massett.

He's the guy I was
telling you about.

So, Dylan,

you know how
to use a gun?

Yeah.

What's for dinner, honey? Screw off.

And I didn't make it.
Mom made it.

Crap.
We're out of beer.

Apparently, "the whore"
is calling you.

Hi, Norma.

Yeah, I met with the plumber, and I
got the quotes for the new toilets.

Yeah, it's in the kitchen.

Okay, fine, fine.

Yes.

Don't you ever call our mother
a whore! Get the hell off of me!

What do you
think you're doing?

You're a damn joke,
Norman.

You let that bitch
run you like a puppet.

She doesn't run me.
She cares about me.

And she's not a bad person,
she's just not perfect!

At least she tries,
you son of a bitch!

You don't get it, do you,
Norman? She's ruined you.

If you hate her so much, why
the hell do you wanna stay here?

Because I've got
nowhere else to go!

But don't you come at me again, or I
will hurt you bad. Do you understand?

I told you not to do that.

She's not a whore.

Good job, man.
That was awesome.

Look at you.

Oh! See, I told you,
this is... It's stupid.

You know, there are a million reasons
why Keith Summers could have disappeared.

He's probably layin'
in a ditch somewhere

as a result of some
bad crap that he got into.

lllegal stuff?

Let's just say that he was
a train wreck in general.

You know, I had such high hopes when I
came here to make a home for me and Norman.

And things just keep
happening, weird things.

It's like this,
but it's not like this.

Look, nowhere is like this.

I mean,
not all the way through.

Have you noticed what these
people do for a living?

Artisanal cheese,
organic pig farms.

And yet, most of these people, somehow,
they're all living in million-dollar homes.

They're driving European cars.

The town, it was built
on the logging industry,

but all that collapsed
with the tree huggers.

I'm just saying
that there are...

There's different ways to produce an
economy, and it's not always what it seems.

But surely you can't allow illegal
things, bad things to happen here.

The people in this town, they deal
with things in a different way,

but it gets dealt with.

And what about the guy
who was burned?

It'll be dealt with.
An eye for an eye.

It'll get handled.

Norman?

What on earth
happened to you?

Oh, Dylan and I just got into
a fight. It's not a big deal.

It absolutely is a big deal.

Look at your sweet face.
This is awful. What happened?

I don't even know, Mom.
We just don't get along.

He's gonna have to leave.

He can't come into our lives
and disrupt them like this.

He can't talk to us
the way he does.

And he can't hurt you.
I will not stand for it.

I won't.

Maybe it would
be the best thing.

Get some sleep,
sweetheart.

Oh, hey. Cool.
You came.

You said it was important.

Holy crap.
What happened to your face?

Oh, I fell down the stairs, you know,
those long stairs in front of our house.

It's okay.
You don't have to tell me.

Thanks.

So what's with all the
stuffed animals? Are they real?

They were once.

My dad does it.

He's one of the best taxidermy
artists on the west coast.

But enough about stuffing
dead animals. Sit down.

I'm gonna tell you a little
story about real, living things.

Four girls from
Shunyi, China,

get told that if they come to America
illegally and work as housemaids,

they will get citizenship
in seven years.

But they aren't
gonna be maids.

They are forced to have sex
with different men every day.

One of them dies
from an overdose.

They force the other girls to
carry her body into the hills,

dig a grave, and then bury
her by a shed in the trees.

This is a pretty wild story.
Wild, yes, and not over.

So eventually, after they have
been sampled, they are sold

one by one
into sex slavery.

Look at this.

That's Ladyface.

It's a mountain just outside
of White Pine Bay.

My dad's shown it to me
before. It really exists.

And?

Someone did this to these girls,
Norman, and we can prove it.

We can find the spot
and find the grave.

Then we'll know
if it's real or not.

This is all
a little peculiar.

No.

You know what's peculiar?

A 17-year-old boy using
the word "peculiar. "

So you in?

What are you doing?
It's the middle of the night.

Just having a cocktail and listening to
some of the previous owner's old music.

You?

I saw what you did to Norman.
You can't stay here. You're toxic.

You're leaving in the morning.

How did Sam die, Norma?

You know, it's funny.

Because I had to

do a lot of research to find
out where you guys had moved to.

And I wound up talking to one
of the insurance people,

and they talked about how
sad it was that

Sam had died and what a wonderful
husband and father he was.

And then,

I thought, you know,

"Hmm. wouldn't it
be interesting

"if I told them what life
with Sam was really like?"

You know, how you guys
got along and all.

Just keep the music down.

You're right. That's it.
See? It's real.

Let's go.

Crap. This is
a big mountain.

Where's that shed?

We should take a break
for a second.

It's okay for you
to be doing this, right?

Totally.

Fine.

I'm okay.

It's cool up here.

My dad,

he taught me
this meditation

where first you imagine your
spirit rising up out of your body,

then out of your house,

out of your town,

out of the sky,

like a golden light zooming and growing,
out into, and even past, the universe.

And from that point,
you look back

and you realize how small
you are in the world.

Don't you feel like that
up here, Norman?

That you're connected to something
so much larger than ourselves?

What the hell is that?

Holy crap.
It's one of the pot fields.

I've heard about them, but
I've never actually seen one.

What pot fields?
What are you talking about?

Hey! Hey! What the hell
are you doing there?

Emma, we need to run.

Hey! Hey!
We need to run.

Come on.
Come on, Emma!

Come on.
Keep going!

Quick!
Down here.

Shh, get down.
Don't even breathe.

Sorry.

Lets' go.

Keep going! Emma!

Come on. You all right? Let's go.

Where'd they go?

Over here.

Other way.
Don't stop.

Norman, it's the shed.
From the pictures.

We can't stop now.

Come on!

Norman!

Keep going!

Let's go!

Come on.
Let's go, let's go.

Go, go, go! Come on! Okay, I'm going!