Bates Motel (2013–2017): Season 4, Episode 2 - Goodnight, Mother - full transcript

- Previously on "Bates Motel"...

- My daughter is having
surgery here today.

- Are you Emma's mom?
- I am.

Could I talk
to your son for a bit?

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

and I don't want him upset.

- You must promise me
that you won't ever send me

to a place like that...

A horrible place
full of crazy people.

- Well, has he been released?
- Yeah, they let him go.

But they're gonna
make him go back



unless I get him into this
private place, Pineview.

- Yeah, no, I know. Yeah.

- I don't have any insurance,

so I thought maybe
you could marry me.

- I'm not... I'm...
I'm not gonna marry you.

- My son has terrible blackouts.

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

but I can't control it,
and I just...

He just needs help.

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

- What sort of a person
runs away from their sick child?

You have any idea
the pain she suffered

feeling abandoned
by her own mother?

[dramatic music]



- He had a bad episode
yesterday.

I got home.

He had broken a lock
on a bedroom door.

He was blacked out
when I was here.

That lasted hours.

And then he finally fell asleep,

and... and I just let him sleep.

But I-I-I need to get him
into your facility

as soon as possible, b...

[voice mail beeps]

- To send your message,
press the pound key.

[eerie music]

- You've reached the exchange
of Dr. Gregg Edwards.

To bypass this message...
[voice mail beeps]

- Hi, it's Norma again.

Um... [sighs]

I'm sorry, Dr. Edwards.

Can you just call me
back, please?

I know you're busy.

But please. Thank you very much.

[somber music]

♪

- Good morning, Mother.

- Hi, baby. How you feeling?

- My head hurts, and I just...

I feel so worn out,

like I ran a marathon or...

I can't remember
yesterday at all.

[sighs] What happened this time?

- You had a bad day yesterday.

- I see.

- What's the last thing
you remember?

♪

- I-I think you
locked me in your room.

♪

- Well, I...
I needed to run out.

- Just... I'm, uh, curious.

What did you need to do

that was so urgent

that you needed to lock me up?

- I needed to buy
some groceries.

We were out of everything.

Norman, don't.

I'm only a human being.

I don't know how to handle

everything under the sun
perfectly, okay?

Please, just give me
a break, please.

I'm also starting to think

that these things
are triggered by stress.

Okay?

I-I need you to stay home
and rest today.

Be home with me.

It's freezing outside anyway.

It's been raining all night.

Let's stay in.

We'll play some cards
and watch movies

or bake a cake.

- It'll be fun.
- Okay.

- Yeah?

Okay, I'm gonna make you
some breakfast.

♪

[ominous music]

♪

[thumping]

♪

- [grunts]

[suspenseful music]

♪

- [crying]

[banging]

♪

- Honey, breakfast is ready!

[crackling electricity]

Oh, shoot, there's no cream.

Well, you'll have to use milk.

- Oh, I thought you went
to buy groceries, no?

When you locked me up?

- Norman, why are you
saying that

like I locked you
in a dog crate or something?

I did buy groceries;
I just forgot cream.

Stop hurling accusations at me.

- I'm not hurling
anything at you.

I'm asking you normal questions.

- Well, you're
making me defensive.

- Well, I'm just wondering
what really happened

while I was locked up.

- What are you doing?

I went to the market
to buy groceries,

and now I'm done
talking about it.

- Where are the grocery bags?

[tense music]

- Eat your breakfast,
or I'm throwing it in the trash.

♪

- We're ready to take
the tube out.

Dr. Guynan will be in shortly.

Uh, blood pressure
is 126 over 86,

and heart rate is 120.

- She has to be awake for this?

- It's preferred.

You're going to attempt
to breathe on your own.

So we need you present.

I'm gonna place your wrists

in these restraints
during extubation, okay?

[dramatic music]

♪

All right, Emma,
if I could just get you

to look this way for me.

That's great. Thank you.

♪

- Hello.

Hi, Emma.

Oh, we've got a full house.

- All right, we're just
gonna suction one more time.

♪

- Should I leave?
- No.

- Okay, Emma,
all I need you to do

is to cough and to blow out
when I tell you to.

And I want you to keep coughing
until I say stop.

Understand? Okay.

Let's begin.

♪

I'm going to deflate.

That's it.
And a big cough, Emma.

- [coughing]
- Big cough, that's it.

That's it. You're doing great.

Keep coughing.
- [wheezing]

- Keep coughing.
- [coughing]

- [sighs]

♪

You're doing great.

Hey, Emma, I need you
to stay present with me.

- Breathe.

[Emma rasping]
- Emma?

Hey, Emma. Stay focused.

Okay, I just need you
to breathe.

Keep breathing, honey.
Just breathe.

- Why aren't they putting
the tube back in?

- Just breathe.
- [rasping]

- Breathe.

- Come on, help her!

- [panting]

- Hey, there you go.
That's better.

You did it. [Emma laughs]

- You did it.
It's done. You're good.

You know, I don't want you
to talk right now,

because your throat will be
sore for quite a while,

but that's normal.

You did great.

[monitor beeping]

[melancholy music]

♪

- How about "Key Largo"?

- Let's watch something funny,

like "His Girl Friday"

or a Carole Lombard movie.

I need to run down and do
a few things at the motel.

- Oh, well, then I'd like

to go outside for a bit too.

- No, I want you to stay here.

I mean, you need to rest
and stay warm, seriously.

You don't need a cold
on top of everything else.

- What do you need to do
down in the motel

that's so urgent, Mother?

- I need to clean up
one of the rooms.

Someone checked out yesterday,
and I haven't been down there

because I've been
looking after you.

- Who checked out?
- Um...

- I didn't see anyone
down there.

- That's because you've been
blacked out or asleep

for 24 hours.

It's just a woman.

I'll be right back.

[eerie music]

♪

♪

- I'm back, Norman.

Norman?

Norman!

[suspenseful music]

♪

What are you doing down here?

- Just looking in the freezer.

- Why?

And what are those
dead animals doing out?

- Maybe because someone
took them out of the freezer

to make room for something else,

something bigger
than a dead skunk or pheasant.

♪

[freezer door slams]

Why do you keep
doing this, Mother?

- Doing what?

♪

- I know why you locked me up
yesterday.

- Yes, I told you why.
- Oh, stop it, Mother.

This is not a game.

♪

You need to start
being honest with me

so I can help you

or get you help.

♪

Where did you put her?

- Put who?

- Woman with red hair,

flowered scarf, big earrings.

I know you had her
in the freezer.

You didn't know I saw you,
but I did.

♪

- [whispering] She checked out.
What are you talking about?

She... her luggage wasn't there.

- You probably hid it somewhere.

- I didn't hide anything.

- Mother, I-I-I-I don't
judge you.

I love you.

I-I love you so much,
and I always will.

It's just,
I think you need to let me

handle things from now on, okay?

♪

You need to let me help you.

♪

- It's gonna be okay, Norman.

Hey, it's gonna be okay.

We're gonna be okay.

[sighs]

[doorbell rings]

- I'll get the door.

- No, I'll get the door...

I'll get the door!

♪

Alex, what's wrong?

- Uh, nothing. Uh...

[clears throat]

I just... I just came by
to check on you,

just make sure
you're doing okay.

- Yeah, I'm fine.
Why wouldn't I be fine?

- Uh, I thought maybe
'cause you came to my house

to ask me to marry you
for insurance,

maybe you might not be fine.

- Yeah, we're all good here.

Th-thanks for stopping by.

- I'm sorry.

- Okay, thanks for coming by.

- I'm... I'm sorry.
- About what?

- When... well, I couldn't
help you out

with the insurance and...

- Oh, pfff.
That... that was silly.

It's... I don't...

I don't know
what I was thinking.

God, it rained all night.

That... that pit's gonna
turn into a lake.

- You got to get
that thing filled in.

It's dangerous.

Someone's gonna end up
in the bottom of that.

You're gonna have a lawsuit
on your hands.

- Well, I don't have
money to do it.

I'm sorry, I just... I...
[sighs]

I need to get Norman
into Pineview, and I can't.

I need to have insurance,
and I don't.

It's not your problem, okay?
I just... I need to...

- No, wait, hold on. Hold on.

Are you afraid of being here
alone with him?

- No.
- Norma...

- No, of course not.

No.

Like I said,
it's not your problem.

Don't worry about it.
I'll figure it out.

- If you're scared,
you got to let me know.

[dramatic music]

- I'm not scared.

♪

Thanks for stopping by. Thanks.

I-I appreciate it.

♪

♪

- I understand
what you're saying, but we...

We currently don't have
any openings.

Just so you know,
at any one time,

there could be up to 30 people
on the waiting list,

so it's always best
to keep your options open.

Hop on a few lists.
- Right, right.

But there's just no other place
like this one close by.

His mother runs a business
in the area,

so he really needs
to be in here.

♪

Um... [chuckles]

My, uh, my mom was, uh...

She was in and out
of these places,

so I know how it works.

Um, always a bed for a...

A senator's kid
or some CEO's son.

♪

- I'm...
I'm failing to understand.

♪

- Well, there should
be enough here

for the first two months' stay.

And some for you.

And then after that, Norman...

He's gonna be added
on my insurance.

- Is Norman Bates
related to you?

♪

- I'm marrying his mother.

♪

- "You have been the embodiment

"of every graceful fancy

"that my mind has ever
become acquainted with.

"The stones of which
the strongest.

"London buildings are made

"are not more real,

"or more impossible to be
displaced by your hands,

than your presence
and influence have been to me."

[eerie music]

"Estella, to the last hour
of my life,

you cannot choose but remain
part of my character..."

♪

"Part of the little good in me,
part of the evil."

- You know, you've been
reading a long time.

Why don't you go upstairs
and take a nap?

You're still recovering,

and I just have
so many chores to do.

- Well, I can help you
with that.

- No, I'm fine; it's all stuff
that I can do by myself.

Just take a rest.
You've been through a lot.

- All right, then, Mother.

I'll just go upstairs
and lie down.

[suspenseful music]

♪

♪

[gravel crunching,
brakes squealing]

- Mother?

What were you doing down there?

- I was checking to see
how much water's in the pit.

There's a lot.

Hi!

I'll be right down.

[sighs] I gotta go
check these people in.

- I-I will check them in.
- Norman, go inside the house.

- You're soaked with water
and covered with mud.

- It's my motel.
I'm gonna do it.

- It's not professional.
I thought I was the manager.

- Fine! We'll do it together.

[dramatic music]

♪

- I can't let you be
checking in guests like this.

I need to protect you, okay?

So go in the house.

I'm not above making a scene
if it's what I have to do.

♪

- Okay, Norman.

Okay.

I'm gonna go get changed.

♪

- There's no need to rush.

I'll meet you up there
when I'm done,

so stay in the house.

- Okay, but you come back up

as soon as you're done.

- That's what I just said.

♪

Hey.

♪

- It's great that you've
got rooms available.

We thought it might
be impossible

to find a hotel in Otter Creek

with the cider festival
going on.

- I see.

Yeah, no, it's been quiet
around here.

You can take your pick.

- Oh, I love this place...

The whole setup.

- Uber retro.

It's very cool.
Sort of mid-century.

- Mm, thank you.

Yeah, it's a little off
the beaten track, though.

We should probably
start advertising,

although some say word of mouth

is the most effective
form of advertising.

- Well, billboards work too.

[both chuckle]

- Yeah, you're probably
right about that.

- [chuckles]

[cell phone ringing]

- Hello.

- Um, so I...
I got some good news.

- What?

- I got Norman into Pineview.

- You did?

But how?

- Norma, I'll... I'll, uh...
I'll marry you,

if, uh, you still want me to.

[uplifting music]

- Oh...

♪

- Are you still there?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Uh, yeah, I'm... I'm here.

I just, um...

I don't know how to thank you.

- Um, no, no... Uh, well,

Pineview, they're gonna send you
some papers to fill out.

Uh, but because Norman's 18,

he has to sign a consent form,

uh, for evaluation
and treatment.

- Okay, but he's not
in his right mind.

- Well, if you want
involuntary commitment,

that's a six-week process,

and that involves
a court hearing

and two signatures
from family members,

unless he's dangerous.

Then I can...
I can expedite something.

♪

- I see.

♪

- Norma, is he...
Is he dangerous?

[dramatic music]

- No, not at all.

♪

Um, it'll be fine.

I'm just gonna get him
to sign the papers.

Okay, when are they sending it?

- Uh, well, anytime.
Could be now.

I just...
I gave them your office fax.

- The motel office?

- Yeah.
- Oh, crap.

Crap. - What?

- Um, okay. Thank you.

Thank you, thank you, thank you,
Alex, thank you.

From the bottom of my heart,
thank you.

- You're welcome. [line beeping]

♪

- So you're from Portland?

- Yeah, we make
specialty cider there.

- We use nine different
types of apples.

- Oh, uh, well,
that's a lot of apples.

[chuckles]

I'm particularly partial
to the Arkansas Black apple.

- Oh, you know your apples.

- I'll put you in room seven,

for good luck.

- Thank you.

You know, I wish everyone
in hospitality

could be so hospitable.

- Well, if you're gonna be
working in hospitality

and not be hospitable,
what's the point?

[foreboding music]

- Thanks.
- Bye.

♪

- Thank you.

♪

[fax machine beeps]

♪

- So, uh, did...
Did you teach English

when you were a professor?

- I did. Victorian Literature.

Tennyson, Dickens, Hardy...
Those guys.

- Right, yeah.

I, uh... I didn't go to college,

but I guess that's...

I guess that's pretty obvious.

- No, not at all.

I wanted to thank you, Dylan,

for being here for her

through all of this.

- I wanted to.

- You know,
if she makes it through this,

she's going to have a future.

She's not gonna be a girl
planning on dying anymore.

- Yeah, I understand.

- If you're serious
about having a relationship

with my daughter,

and for your own sake,

you need to think
about something else

besides selling pot.

[dramatic music]

That's not where
Emma's future is heading,

if she's lucky enough
to have a future.

And to be honest...

you're too good
to be doing that.

♪

[door sliding open]

♪

- Hey, you're still here.

- You don't have to talk
if it hurts.

- And not take advantage
of my sexy voice?

I feel better than I sound.

♪

Thank you for coming
all this way.

- Yeah, of course.

I just...

I wanted to make sure
you're okay.

♪

I just, uh...

I can't stop thinking...

- What?

- That you can, um...

There's nothing... there's nothing
holding you back anymore.

It's like you're being
unleashed on the world, and...

you can go anywhere
and do anything now.

♪

- I guess that's true.

♪

- So, uh, I was
just thinking that...

That maybe I should get back
to the barn and...

And make sure that Gunner didn't
burn the whole place down.

♪

- Okay.

♪

Do you think you'll be back?

- Do you want me to come back?

♪

- I want you to, yes.

♪

- I'm sorry about everything.

You're old enough to hear this.

She's crazy, Norman.

Always has been.

- No, you're not here.
You're not here.

It's... it's...
It's part of the illness, and...

And I have to control it,

so I need you to leave.

I need you to leave
right now, please.

[ominous music]

♪

- You know you didn't kill me.

♪

- I did.

- How do you know that?

- Mother told me.

- You didn't.

She did.

She lied to you.

I should've stopped her.

I didn't know.

You need to control her, Norman,

before she destroys you.

♪

[suspenseful music]

♪

♪

[dramatic music]

♪

- I thought I told you
to stay in the house.

- I just went outside
to throw some trash out.

♪

What would you like for dinner?

Maybe we should just go out.

- I don't think
we should go out.

I don't think
we should go anywhere.

♪

- Okay, um, well,
wh-what would you like?

I think there's stuff
for a turkey potpie.

Should we do that?

- Okay.
- Cool.

Let's do turkey potpie.

♪

You check in those people okay?

- Mm-hmm. Checked in.

Nice family.

- Oh, good.

♪

Why don't you go upstairs
and take a bath or something

while I cook dinner?

- Oh, I'm not leaving you
alone, Mother.

- Why?
- Because I don't trust you.

♪

- That's silly.

- No, actually, it's not silly.

It's incredibly real,

and it's very frightening.

I'm afraid of you
and I love you,

and that's a bad combination.

♪

I don't think
you're in your right mind.

And you're trying
to sabotage me.

♪

- I'm not doing anything.

I'm just making a turkey potpie.

♪

Oh, my gosh, will you stop it?

- I can't.

I can't. That's the problem.

It's not my doing.

[suspenseful music]

There's only one way to stop it,

and I don't want to do it.

♪

- Norman, you're scaring me.

- I'm not gonna lie, Mother.

You should be scared.

♪

We should all be scared.

I know about you now.

♪

I understand things.

♪

There's something dark
in you, Mother...

Something that needs
to be stopped.

♪

I know you killed that woman,

the one who was here
but didn't check out.

♪

I saw you scrabbling about
in that pit

trying to cover up your crime

so I wouldn't know.

♪

I think you killed
Bradley Martin and Blaire Watson

because you were jealous
of both of them.

♪

I think you killed my father.

♪

And you... you...

You are trying to blame me.

You're trying to pin it
all on me

and have me locked up!

Well, I am not gonna
let you do that!

♪

Mother!

Get back here right now!

Get back here!

[tense music]

♪

You were looking
for this, weren't you?

♪

- Give me the gun, Norman.

♪

- Poor little Norma.

- Norman, give me the gun.

[sobbing]

♪

- I can't.

- Yes, you can.

- Mother...

- What?

♪

[crying]

♪

- Stop it, Mother.

- Stop what? Hmm?

I'm just kissing you,

the way I've kissed you
1,000 times before,

because I love you.

[sobbing]

Give me the gun, Norman.

♪

- No!
- [screaming]

♪

[breathing heavily]

♪

- Hi, you've reached
Alex Romero.

Please leave a message.
[voice mail beeps]

- [whispering] Alex, it's Norma.

I'm worried about Norman.

I-I think if there's anything
you can do tonight...

he should be admitted,

like, right now.

[dramatic music]

And I also...
I just wanted to say that...

I just wanted to say that

I'm incredibly grateful
for what you've done for me

and for what you've been to me.

♪

- ♪ Who's that coming down
the thoroughfare ♪

♪ The sunshine flashing
on his ring ♪

[upbeat music]

♪ Bowing left and right
and here and there ♪

You're delightful.
Just floating.

♪ That's Chester,
the trombone king ♪

♪ He gets his shirts
straight from Paris ♪

♪ Cigarettes from the Nile

♪ He talks like a highbrow

♪ But he plays Chicago style

♪ He gets his shoes
made in London ♪

♪ And they're real crocodile

♪ But he plays trombone
Chicago style ♪

- ♪ And he sometimes
plays sweet ♪

- ♪ Hup-toodle-toodle,
toodle-do-do ♪

- ♪ But sweet or hot,
he's always got ♪

♪ That real gutbucket beat

♪ He's got a neat
Latin mustache ♪

♪ And the girls love his smile ♪

♪ He plays trombone

♪ Chicago style

♪ A trombone made in Newark
played in ♪

♪ Chicago style

♪

- Nylon mute, huh?

- Run out and have that filled.

♪

- Take it, twinkle toes.
- Got it, helium hips.

- This boy's diseased
with rhythm.

♪

- Verna!
- Is this the one, daughter?

- Shh, you'll cover up
my partner's taps.

- They both proposed to me.

- Well, Verna, we're both
crazy about you.

We've been fighting
over you all week.

- Really?
- Yeah, and I won.

Harold's gonna marry her.

♪

- Wait till you see what I got
lined up for you, boy.

- What is it, a dame?

- What else would I
line up for you?

- What's wrong with her?
- Oh, she's a doll.

- Really?
- She's a belle, yeah.

- Cut it down to two encores.
Let's move.

- Okay.

♪

[ominous music]

♪

[movie dialogue
continues indistinctly]

[suspenseful music]

♪

- I knew this was
the best way to get you...

To ignore you.

That you'd start
worrying about me

because you knew I had a gun.

Because you do love me, Mother.

That's the heartbreak of it all.

♪

So I found these.

♪

It's bad timing, I know,

but I'm not gonna
let you lock me up,

because I'm not the one
doing crazy things.

- Norman, you have to trust me.

- But I don't, Mother,
and I can't.

- It is a nice place,
and I know they can help you.

You just have to sign
the commitment paper.

- And leave you out here
to run amok?

♪

What's behind your back, Mother?

- It's nothing.

[dramatic music]

♪

Norman, don't do this.

- We just don't belong
in this world anymore, Mother.

♪

We're broken.

We've tried.

We want peace and happiness,

but the world just
won't allow it.

♪

So let's take ourselves
out of the equation.

♪

Because whatever there is
after this,

we will have peace.

And we will be together.

- We can have peace,

and we can be happy.

You just have to trust me.

[footsteps thumping]

- Norma!
- I'm sorry.

- Norma! Where are you?
- I'm so sorry.

I had to do it.

[sighs]

I'm so sorry.

♪

- Norma!

[melancholy music]

♪

You're gonna come with me, okay?

We're gonna take you
to get some help.

♪

All right, let's go.

♪

- He won't sign the papers.

♪

- I'll have to take him
back to County.

I'm not letting him stay here.

♪

- Norman, wait!

Wait!

♪

Norman!

You won't have to go
back to that place

if you just sign this.

Pineview is different.
It's nice.

It's not like County, I promise.

If you just sign this,

you will not have
to go back to...

Please.

Please.

[tender music]

♪

Thank you, honey.

Thank you, honey.

♪

I love you.
I hope you know that.

♪

♪

[crying]