Bates Motel

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I also think that they thought

That johnny was worth two of our guys,

And two of our guys is worth ten of their guys or maybe 12,

Or however many I can get in one place at one time.

He's blacked out twice in front of me.

And he told me it's happened before.

He, like, leaves his mind.

He can physically move, and he can talk a little,

But he's not in there.

It's me, cody.

Can you hear me?

I didn't tell your mom. I told emma.

That's as good as telling my mom.

I got to go to work. What's this guy doing here?

I came here to talk to your daughter.

What? Just go back to bed, dad.

Dad!

Norman, where are you?

This is not cool, okay?

Honey, I know you're mad,

But you can't just walk down a road and disappear on me.

I'm at city hall right now picking up a parking pass

Or something they called me about,

But I'm gonna be home soon, and we need to talk, okay?

I'm worried about you, so please call me.

Norma bates? Hi.

I'm anne dietrich. We spoke on the phone.

Oh, yes, of course. Nice to meet you.

Glad you could get here before we close for the evening.

I have everything together for you--

Parking pass, I.D. Card, keys.

I wanted you to have it as much in advance as possible.

Well, I appreciate that.

I know I'm gonna be playing catch-up.

Well, I'm sure you can handle it.

Would you like to see your office?

I have an office? Right this way.

I didn't know this came with an office.

I mean-- I mean, it's nice.

I mean, it's good to have an office.

Yeah.

Mrs. Bates.

Max borowitz-- councilman, district 4.

Oh, nice to meet you.

Welcome. Thank you.

Can you come to my office for a minute?

I'd like to run something by you.

Absolutely. Great.

I'm really sorry I missed that last meeting

When you called lee berman a dick.

Yeah, well, uh, I'm a little embarrassed

About all that now.

Don't be. He was, god rest his soul.

What's weird is the way you ended up

Taking his place on the council.

Life is funny, huh?

Yeah, I guess it is.

Yeah, I-it makes me feel a little bad.

Seat opened up, and you got it.

How did you get it? How did I get it?

Uh-huh. I just met with the mayor.

you're funny.

Let's cut right through the crap.

I know you don't want the bypass.

That's your issue, and-- max, I need to talk to norma.

Oh, okay.

Excuse us.

That was really embarrassing, alex.

Why'd you pull me out of there like that?

Because something happened. I need you to come with me.

What? Is it norman or dylan?

What? What happened? They're okay.

Just come with me.

What the hell is going on? Tell me right now.

Stop, okay?

Something happened, all right? Norman's fine.

You said that already, but what?

He was with cody brennen at her place,

And there was some kind of fight, apparently.

Her father's dead.

How did he die?

Norman's saying it was self-defense.

There was a fight.

Her dad got pushed down the stairs.

okay, look, here's what's gonna happen--

I want to see norman.

I know you do, but there's a process we need to go through

For something like this. Something like what?

When somebody dies and the circumstances aren't clear.

You said it was self-defense. I said norman said that.

Now we're looking into it. You don't believe him?

Norma, what I'm doing is I'm following procedure

And covering all the bases.

This is normal, okay? You want something?

You want water, cup of coffee?

I just want to see norman. Okay.

Just sit tight, be patient, and you will.

Turn your head to the left and lift your chin, please.

Thank you. And now the same to the right.

Okay.

Open.

Okay, you can relax.

Can I, uh-- can I just ask?

W-what are you gonna do with all that stuff--

You know, the--the nails and the finger clips?

You know, what are-- what are you gonna do with--

It's evidence for the investigation.

But it was an accident. There was an accident. Why do--

Take your shirt off. Put this one on, please.

Why?

Oh, no, I-I told sheriff romero.

It's--it's my blood, not mister...

I-I got hit, you know, in-- in the face.

I was bleeding. It's mine.

Well, then I am sure that's what the lab will say.

He just fell back down the stairwell.

It--it was an accident.

Accidents need to be investigated, too,

To make sure they were actually accidents.

Okay, that's it.

We're done in here for now.

Is cody all right? Can I talk to her?

Later maybe, not right now.

Can I go?

Not right now.

So what's going on with you, man?

Tell me what's happening.

I thought we were friends.

It's just some personal sh-- with my mother.

I'll deal with it.

Well, you get tired of sleeping down here

Or with the boss,

You're welcome to come and crash at my place.

Sleeping with the boss?

Yeah, she called me up,

Told me she was picking you up at the hospital, not me.

Then I don't see you for about a day and a half.

You know, based on the 23 years

I've been working for this family

And knowing a little bit about jodi morgan,

I'm kind of kojaking that that's what happened.

So how was it?

How was what? Come on...

Details. not a chance.

This place used to be a cannery.

The family took it over about 20 years ago.

And this is dylan and remo--

Hard at work, it seems.

Oh, hey, teddy came and picked up

That order for orange county, boss.

We're--we're done for the day, really.

Well, unless you need us to do something.

Nope. Thanks, but I'm good.

Who's your friends? Just some buddies.

They're gonna do a job for us.

Doing what? Not your concern right now.

Come on.

He's going rogue on us-- wonderful.

What do you think he's got planned?

Nothing good, that's for sure.

Norma? Emma, what are you doing here?

I heard about what happened. Is norman okay?

He's in there talking to sheriff romero.

How did you find out? My dad heard about it in town.

From what I heard, it was self-defense.

They can't be blaming norman.

He would never do anything like this.

Oh, this is crazy. I'm sorry.

But they can't just not tell you anything

And leave you hanging like this.

I want to know what's going on in there.

Well, let's find out.

You shouldn't be alone. I'm gonna stay with you--

All night if that's what it takes.

Honey, you are so sweet. I-I can't let you do that.

Go back home. Take care of the motel.

That's how you can help.

Okay, thank you so much for checking in on us.

That--that just means the world.

You're such a good girl.

Thank you.

Got everything we need from norman bates--

Blood, hair, prints, you name it.

I woke up my buddy at the state lab

So we can get the stuff processed.

You woke him up? Did I even ask you to do this?

Well, no, but he doesn't mind.

He was my assistant back when I ran the lab.

This is one of those "it's good to know someone" situations.

We'll get the results back fast.

I'm just not sure how much

Nail clippings are gonna tell us.

You never know.

You can't discount anything when you got a dead body.

And if you want to know my opinion--

Uh, no, I don't actually think I do.

Just go. Okay.

In fact, if you want to drive those evidence samples

To portland to your lab-tech friend,