Bates Motel (2013–2017): Season 4, Episode 1 - A Danger to Himself and Others - full transcript

- Hello?
- Hey.

Hi, did you find him?

No. No, I left pictures in 50
different places along the road.

Nobody's seen him. I called some
hospitals, too, and nothing.

Nothing? I don't know what to do.
What are we gonna do?

Look, I'm gonna be home in a
couple hours and, uh, just...

Just let me know if
you hear anything.

Okay, fine, I will. Bye.

Come on.

No, you're the one who suggested
going back home on foot.

No. No, I'm not
the one who's responsible.



Mother, you have to stop trying to
say that everything's fine, okay?

You can't pretend like none
of this ever happened.

I told you I'll protect you,
but you have to listen to me.

Excuse me.

Son. You all right?

I'm fine.

Ahhh ! Mother! Stop it!
Stop talking about it.

Hey, fellow, why don't
you let me help you?

I. . . It's my mother, she
doesn't know what she's doing.

I'm not telling him anything.

Okay, we just. . .
Please.

Please leave us alone. You just.
. . You stay away from us.

Why don't you
come with me, son?

Back to my house,
and we can call someone.



Please go away.

Okay?
Leave us alone!

Yeah, I did
leave this number.

He's been missing since last night.
Dylan?

Is he there with you?

You found him?
Is he okay?

Yeah, he's my brother.
What town are you in?

Oh, thank God. Thank God.
Where is he?

He must be so scared.
Can we go get him?

Hold on. Mom, hold on.

Yeah, yeah. Um, I'm sorry.
Can you hold on a second?

He's in Willamette
County in the hospital.

How long has he been there?
Is he hurt?

What are they saying?
What's happening?

Excuse me.
Hold on one second.

Someone found him lost, talking to himself.
He's in a psychiatric unit.

What?

We're on our way.

Okay, we're
gonna take your car.

No, we're not
taking my car.

What difference does it make?
Fine, we'll take mine.

I'm not going with you.

What?

I need to go to Portland.

What are you talking about?

Why on Earth do you have
to go to Portland right now?

Emma's having a lung
transplant this morning.

Why didn't you tell me?

I didn't really want to lay
a lung transplant on you

when you were
terrified about Norman.

I mean about you and Emma.

I guess this is
me telling you.

Okay.

It all happened
kind of quickly.

I hope she's okay.

Me, too.

Be safe, Norma, okay? Don't worry.
Mmm-hmm.

Hello.

You must be Ms. Decody.

I'm Dr. Porter. I'll be your
anesthesiologist today.

Please, can you call me Emma? "Ms.
Decody" just sounds weird.

All right, Emma.

Well, they're ready
for you now,

so Jason here is gonna wheel
you into the operating room.

Then I'm gonna ask
you a few questions,

and then we're gonna
get started, okay?

Okay.

You excited?

I don't know. It's just hard to believe
you're gonna take out my lungs

and put some others in there.
It's crazy.

You're gonna be great.

Let's go.

Hello?

Excuse. . . Excuse me.

Uh...

What's happening?
Where am I?

You're at the
county hospital.

Why?

Ah, police brought you in. Your ID
says your name is Norman Bates.

Is that right?
Uh-huh.

You know you were lost?

No, I don't remember anything.
How long have I been here?

Oh, only an hour.

Is my mother here?

No, you were brought in alone.

Can you just undo these?

No, I can't.
Only the doctor can.

Now, we're trying
to get you admitted,

but we're pretty crowded,
so just try to relax,

and the doctor will check
on you in a little while.

Okay, you need to find my mother.
I'm worried about her.

Why?

I don't know why. I just am.

I think something bad
has happened to her.

Doctor will check
on you in a while.

Just. . . Just please find her!

Please!

Hello?

I need to get my son.
It's urgent.

Name?
His or mine?

His.

Norman Bates.

Hmm.

Well, you can't get him. He's
under 48-hour observation.

Who's in charge here?
I want to talk

to his doctor right now.
Come on.

Yeah. Sit down.
Take a seat, please.

We won't know anything for a long time.
They just got started.

Let's get comfortable.

Do you know how long I've been sitting
out there waiting to talk to you?

This is a county facility. We're
underfunded and overcrowded.

If you want to complain to somebody,
call your county commissioner.

Now, I've some questions I'd
like to ask you about your son.

Yes, of course.

Norman was found in a field
in a state of unconsciousness

and talking to himself. He was
extremely agitated and violent.

The farmer was concerned
that your son was dangerous.

Have you ever known
him to be dangerous?

No, not at all. He's one of the
sweetest people who have ever lived.

He's very sensitive,
and he has these blackouts.

Who is his doctor?

He doesn't have one.

He has blackouts, and you've
never taken him to see a doctor?

He fainted at school.
They took him to a hospital.

They ran some tests.
They didn't find anything.

But he blacks out regularly?

Well, I mean, it just. . . It depends
on what you mean by "regularly".

More than once a year?

Yes.

You know, I didn't let him
get his driver's license.

And he has no doctor,

and he's never been tried
on any medications?

No.

Are you a Christian Scientist?

No.

Okay, thank you
for your information.

Can I take him now?

No, you cannot.
He is under observation.

Can I at least see him?

Not until we've assessed him.

He's my son.
What right do you have

to tell me that
I can't see him?

Your son is 18.
Legally, he is an adult.

He is quite possibly
mentally ill and dangerous.

The time for you to take
care of him was before this.

Do you know that it could
be seen as negligent

that you never took
your son to a doctor,

even though he
clearly has issues?

Can I please see him?

If and when we need you,
we'll contact you.

Get away from me! No!
Get away! Get away from me!

Hi, um, my daughter is
having surgery here today.

I was wondering
if I could see her.

Who's your daughter?
Emma Decody.

She's still
in surgery.

It's gonna be
a few more hours,

but you're
welcome to wait here.

Thank you.

Are you Emma's mom?

Yeah, uh, I am.

What are you doing here?

You're the one that told me
she was having surgery.

Not so you'd come here.

I told you out of courtesy
'cause you're her mother,

or semblance of a mother.

When she comes out of that surgery,
she's gonna be very fragile,

and I don't want you here.

I don't want you clearing your
conscience at her expense.

You could have said
all that in the e-mail.

I had to scrape together the money
to fly here. I'm not leaving.

I have something for Emma,
and it doesn't concern you.

This isn't the time
for your crap, Audrey.

I can stay if I want to.

Don't make me
throw you out of here.

Will.

Stay out of this, Dylan.

You haven't changed.

Alex. What is it? What happened?

Norman ran away.

We had a fight,
and he got picked up,

and now he's in some
horrible county mental ward

in Willamette on
a medical hold.

They won't let
me take him out.

They're saying that he's 18,
and I have no rights.

And you're here
to see me because?

I need you to
get him out.

Norma, I'm not magical. I've got
nothing to do with Willamette.

Yeah, but you're a sheriff.
Don't you know someone?

I mean, can't you pull some
strings, threaten someone,

beat someone up
in a parking lot.

How long's the medical hold?
Forty-eight hours.

Okay, you're gonna
have to wait 48 hours.

My experience is that,
in the vast majority of cases,

after 48 hours,
they're gonna release him.

Well, what am I
supposed to do until then?

You wait it out
and pray, all right?

If you do pray. I gave
that up a long time ago.

Look. Look, I know
it's hard, all right?

I'm sorry, I just. . .
I've got to get to work.

Mr. Decody.

She did great. Textbook.

You have a very strong daughter, Mr.
Decody.

She made it through.

He said it was textbook.

Just got to see what
the next 24 hours bring.

Hello.

Mrs. Bates, right?

Yes. Hi, Vicki.

Well, I've thought about it,

and I would like to go forward
with having Norman admitted.

How do we start?

You have the doctor's diagnosis
recommending treatment?

Not yet. I just
haven't had the time.

Um, the thing is that he
really needs help immediately.

Like, right now.

I don't think that's
gonna be possible.

There's a waiting list, and
insurance issues to deal with,

and doctors' reports.
It all takes time.

And you're not
guaranteed admittance.

Okay, well, maybe
then he could see...

I could speak to one of your doctors,
and they could diagnose him?

Like, maybe that could
be a little shortcut?

You can make an appointment
with one of our doctors

through their
private practices.

We don't do that
here at the facility.

Okay. Okay.

Good luck with your son.
Please excuse me.

Uh, excuse me. Dr. Edwards?

Yes.
Yes, hi.

Hi.

Uh, my name is Norma Bates,

and I would like to bring my
son to you for a diagnosis.

Oh, well, feel free to call my
office and make an appointment.

Okay, but it's
a bit of an emergency.

Then you should call 911 .

Oh, no, no, it's like...

It's not a 911
kind of a problem.

I'm a single mother.
My son is 18.

He's having a lot of emotional
problems right now.

And, uh, you know, it's hard

being a woman alone with no
one to turn to for help.

I bet you could help me.
Would you please see him?

I'm gay. You have my card.

Doctor, please?

This is the truth.
My son has terrible blackouts.

I didn't get him help because
I thought I could control it,

and I was afraid
of the doctors.

I thought that they would
take him away from me.

But I can't control it,

and he's being held at Willamette
County psych ward observation,

and it's horrible.

It's not a place that any
mother would put their child.

And I just. . .
He just needs help,

and I just need to
get him a good place,

you know,
find him a good place,

and a doctor like you,
a nice doctor.

I'm just. . . I'm afraid that
they're gonna lock him up,

and I've just never
been so scared in my life.

Please?
Would you please help me?

Once he's released,
you call my office,

and I'll see if
I can help you.

Thank you.
Thank you very much.

Thank you so much.

Mother.

Good !

Did you actually think you'd be
able to lure Norman away from me?

Oh, geez, don't look
at me like that.

You can't take this
shit so seriously.

Is the motel open? I just
need a room for a few nights.

Do you take cash?

Okay, of course.
I'll check you in.

I'm sorry you had to wait.

I've been running the motel
by myself the last few days,

and my son's out of town, and the
girl who usually helps me...

Well, she needed
some time off.

You mean Emma?

Yes, do you know her?

I spoke with her in the village
the last time I was here.

Nice girl.

Yes, she is.

Okay, Ms. Ellis, I'm going
to put you in room five.

The village is about a mile.
It's a beautiful walk,

and I will be up at the
house if you need anything.

Okay. Thanks, Norma.

How did you know my name?

I just saw it on
the card there.

Oh, of course.

Have a nice evening.

Thank you. You, too.

Hey.

You look awesome.

Hello?

Mrs. Bates?
Yes?

This is
Willamette County Hospital.

Dr. Palma has approved
discharging your son.

He'll be ready at noon today.

Okay. Okay, thank you very much.
I'll be right there.

Hi, I'm running out
to pick up my son.

I thought you'd might
like some breakfast.

How kind. Thank you.
I'm starving, actually.

Good. Okay, enjoy.

You really are nice,
aren't you?

Emma said you were.

The one time you ran
into her in the village?

I didn't meet
her in the village.

I'm Emma's mother.

You're Emma's mother?

She wrote me from here once and
told me how much she admired you.

She said she had a crush
on your son Norman,

and that he was
her best friend.

She really just had wonderful
things to say about both of you.

I'm sorry. I don't
want to hear any of this.

I care about Emma so much, but
this is none of my business.

Your son had a psychotic incident.
You do understand that, right?

Yes, I understand that's
why they brought him here.

I'm going to release him

because I've seen no sign of
violence in the last 24 hours,

but his incident,
it's very troubling.

All right.

You can't go back to
what you were doing.

You cannot ignore
his need for care.

I'm gonna get
him into Pineview.

It's a great facility.
It has a long waiting list.

Well, I know, but I'm
gonna get him in there.

Well, whatever you do,

I'm going to need to know that he has
a doctor and a plan for treatment,

or I'm going to return
him to this facility.

No, this place can't help him.

Doing nothing isn't, either.

Social Services will be contacting
you in the next 48 hours.

You'll need to provide them with
a doctor's plan for treatment,

or he's coming back here.

Mother?

Oh.

What happened to your head?

No, it's fine.

Are you okay?

It's fine. It's nothing.

Let's go home, Mother.

Hello, Norma.

What can I do for you?

Look, I don't
want to bother you,

but I don't have
anyone else to ask.

There's something I
need to get to Emma,

and her father
won't let me see her,

and I think he'll read
it if I try to mail it.

In part, it's about him.

You mean so much to her.

Could you give it to her?

No, I can't do that.

Why?

I'm not asking
for anything huge.

I'm just trying to reconnect
with my daughter.

I'm sorry, but you just...

You're gonna have to figure out
another way to make that happen.

Could I talk to your son?

Why would you want
to talk to my son?

They were close.

I promise I won't
give him the letter.

I just want to ask about Emma.
. . No!

...and how she's been...

No, I do not want
you talking to my son.

And who the hell
are you to judge me?

You think you know what it's
like to live with a child

that has something
seriously wrong with them?

Have that ax hanging
over your head day and night?

To wonder if you'll be
strong enough to stand it?

I'm sorry, but
I'm not gonna help you.

In fact,
I want you to leave.

Right now?
Yeah.

I think you better
get off my porch.

Go get your bags,
and please leave right now.

I don't have anywhere to go.

My flight's tomorrow. I have no car.
What am I supposed to do?

I don't know.

Can I please
stay here tonight?

So stay the night, but just
don't come up here anymore,

and don't talk
to me or my son.

He's been through
a lot of bad things lately,

and he doesn't
need to be upset.

Dinner smells good.
What is it?

Chicken with rosemary. It'll
be ready soon. You hungry?

Yeah.
Good.

So happy to be home, Mother.

Yeah.

To be with you.

Me, too, darling.

But you do realize you
need to see a doctor,

a professional
who can help you.

Like Dr. Palma?

No, a nice doctor, okay?
A good doctor.

Okay.

We can try,
but you must promise me

that you won't ever send me
to a place like that.

Horrible place
full of crazy people.

Promise me, Mother.

I don't ever want to be
separated from you again, okay?

I was wrong about things,
and I will see a doctor, okay?

But just please don't
send me away from here.

Stop worrying, okay?

Just turn your head back around,
and sit still for me, please.

It's just, I had
horrible dreams in that place.

I dreamt you
killed Bradley Martin

and bashed her
brains out on a rock,

but I guess that wasn't real,
and none of it was real.

None of it
was real, Norman.

Are you absolutely
sure, Mother?

Yes, I'm sure.

Okay, you're exhausted. Stop thinking.
Stop looking at me.

Okay, just face forward,
and sit still, please.

What's the problem, Norma?

Why do you have to answer
the phone like that?

What happened to "hello"?

Fine. Hello,
what's the problem?

Can I just meet you for five minutes?
I need to ask you something.

Aren't we talking now?

Well, it's not a phone thing, it's
an in-person thing. It's important.

All right, when?

Um, it needs to be now.

Now? I'm not
even awake, Norma.

Well, I'll come to you.

You don't have to be awake.
You just have to be there.

Okay, I'll see you
in a few minutes.

It won't take long, I promise.

Mother?

Mother?

Why'd you
lock the doors?

Mother!

Mother, let me out!

Mother!
Let me out of here right now!

Well, has he been released?

Yeah, they let him go.
He's home.

But they're gonna
make him go back

unless I get him into this
private place, Pineview.

Yeah, no, I know. Yeah.

Yeah, it's beautiful. People
there know what they're doing.

But I don't
have any insurance,

and I can't even get him on
the waiting list without it.

So?

I need insurance.
You have insurance.

So I thought maybe
you could marry me.

It's not like you're
doing anything else.

Please, I'm not. . .
It would just be on paper.

I'm not asking for
an actual marriage.

I know you're attracted to me.
I'll sleep with you.

I don't care. I really don't. I
just need you to do this for me.

Yeah. . . I'm not gonna
marry you, all right?

You just shouldn't. . .
You need to leave.

It's that big a deal to you?

Look, you're
an attractive woman.

I'm sure you'll find someone
else pretty quickly, okay?

Okay.

I will. It's fine.
All right, thanks.

Yes?

Um...

Oh.

Sorry, I'm in a robe.
You caught me getting ready.

No worries. Um, I...

I'm Emma's mother, and I would
like to talk to you if I could.

You're Emma's mother?

Yes.

Can I talk to you?

Emma wrote to me and told me
how close the two of you are.

I know what you must think about
me, but it's not like that.

I was afraid to stay
with Emma's father.

He has a violent temper.

I want Emma to know
that I love her,

and I hope that she
can maybe understand

why I did what I did.

I so regret it.

It hurts me so much.

It's all right.

Um...

This rabbit's
from her childhood.

Maybe you could
give it to her.

And this letter.

I'm so sorry for you.

Thank you.

But what sort of a person runs
away from their sick child?

I thought you said...

Do you have any idea
the pain she suffered?

You think your pain is anything
like what she went through?

Every day, feeling abandoned
by her own mother.

Made to feel unwanted,

worthless.

You love someone more than
anything, and they leave you.