Bates Motel/Caleb

Caleb
Season 2, Episode 3
Airdate	March 17, 2014
Written by	Alexandra Cunningham
Directed by	Lodge Kerrigan
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Bates Motel — Season Two

Caleb is the third episode of the second season of Bates Motel, and the thirteenth episode overall.

Starring: Vera Farmiga (Norma Bates), Freddie Highmore (Norman Bates), Max Thieriot (Dylan Massett), Olivia Cooke (Emma Decody)

Guest Starring: Rebecca Creskoff (Christine Heldens), Martin Cummins (Peter), Michael Eklund (Zane Morgan), Kenny Johnson (Caleb Calhoun), Paloma Kwiatkowski (Cody Brennan), Michael O'Neill (Nick Ford), Ian Tracey (Remo), Michael Vartan (George Heldens)

Also Starring: Keenan Tracey (Gunner), Harrison MacDonald (Philip), Evans Johnson (Cat), Diana Pavlovska (Joanna), Ted Cole (Kenny), Jenn Bird (Lori), Cameron McDonald (Landscaper), Carter Kinsella (Valet #1), Francisco Cano (Paco), Jose Vargas (Tony), Allyson Grant (Attractive Woman), Christopher Pearce (Attractive Man)

Plot Overview

Caleb arrives to talk with his sister, but Norma pushes him out. This leads to Dylan talking with him behind her back. The casting director for the community theatre goes out of her way to befriend Norma and introduces her to more friends. Emma throws a memorial for Bradley where she and Norman make new friends of their own. Dylan and Remo are faced with deadly repercussions when two of their fellow businessmen are killed in retaliation by their rivals.

Notes

Music

• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton - "Can't Hold Us"

• Sky Ferreira - "I Blame Myself"

• The Cryptics - "Darker Side Of You"

• Eagles of Death Metal - "I Only Want You"

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Bradley Martin is assumed dead.

• The rival family retaliates, killing two of the guards for Zane killing one of theirs.

Characters

• While Norma chases Caleb off, Dylan bounds with him. When Dylan confronts her with Caleb's side of things, leading to a fight when she insists he raped her. To stop Norman who runs in and begins beating on Dylan, she confesses that Caleb is Dylan's father.

• Norma fails to get the part in the musical, but befriends Christine Heldens who invites her to a party where she meets her brother George.

• Norman goes to quit the play, but runs into Cody Brennan again and is convinced to work on construction.

• Emma runs into Gunner again and they hang out at the memorial party she threw for her.

• Norma meets Nick Ford who also opposes the construction of the bypass.

Referbacks

• Tony and Paco are the two guards who chased Norman and Emma in "Nice Town You Picked, Norma...".

Trivia

The Show

With the absence of Nicola Peltz and Nestor Carbonell's names, this marks the fewest names listed in the main cast.

Goofs

• Tony and Paco are laid out in the hole on their backs, but when we next see them, they're on their sides.

Quotes

• Emma: Who cares about Bradley? Just pound some more beers.

Norman: I'm sorry. You tried to do something nice.

Emma: Well, you shouldn't be. I was only doing it to make myself feel better and it didn't even work. Maybe that's because God or the universe or whoever knows the truth.

Norman: Which is what?

Emma: That I'm a bad person.

Norman: Why?

Emma: Because she's dead and I still don't like her.