Bates Motel/Forever

Forever
Season 4, Episode 9
Airdate	May 9, 2016
Written by	Kerry Ehrin & Carlton Cuse
Directed by	Tim Southam
← 4x08 Unfaithful	4x10 → Norman
Bates Motel — Season Four

Forever is the ninth episode of the fourth season of Bates Motel, and the thirty-ninth episode overall.

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

and Nestor Carbonell (Sheriff Alex Romero)

Guest Starring: Damon Gupton (Dr. Gregg Edwards), Andrew Howard (Will Decody), Jaime Ray Newman (Rebecca Hamilton)

Also Starring: Craig Erickson (Agent Howard Collins), Carmen Moore (Grace Wei), Aliyah O'Brien (Regina)

Uncredited: Anika Noni Rose (Special Agent Liz Babbitt)

Plot Overview

Romero is concerned about Norman, coming at odds with Norma. He even reaches out to Dylan who confronts Norma after finding an earring belonging to Emma's mother. Seeing the toll being taken on his mother, Norman makes plans for them both.

Notes

Music

• Nan Vernon - "Mr. Sandman"

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Rebecca wears a wire for the DEA to get Romero on confessing to Bob Paris's murder. He figures it out and calls out the DEA on their attempt to snare him.

• Going through the attic, Norman discovers Audrey's suitcase, along with the nightgown he was wearing when he killed her. He buries the suitcase in the yard.

Characters

• Dylan confronts Norma about Audrey's earring in her coat and the concerns he shares with Romero. In what would be the last thing he says to her, he tells her that despite her earnest attempts, she's never been a real mother to him. He then tells her he's done and leaves.

• Romero tries to get Dylan to help him have Norman committed. Norma finds out and she fights with him and later writes a goodbye letter with her wedding ring in it.

• Norman attempts a murder-suicide by turning on the faulty furnace and making sure all the vents are shut except the one pumping into the room where he and Norma sleep. Romero shows up and his attempt saves Norman, but Norma never wakes up.

Referbacks

• Norman proposes they move to Oahu, recalling how she wanted to move there in "Underwater".

Trivia

Goofs

• In the diner scene, Romero, at one point begins unfurling a napkin with his right hand. It cuts to another shot and he's got the cup in the hand.