Bates Motel/Goodnight, Mother

Goodnight, Mother
Season 4, Episode 2
Airdate	March 14, 2016
Written by	Kerry Ehrin & Torrey Speer
Directed by	Tim Southam
← 4x01 A Danger to Himself and Others	4x03 → 'Til Death Do You Part
Bates Motel — Season Four

Goodnight, Mother is the second episode of the fourth season of Bates Motel, and the thirty-second 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: David Cubitt (Sam Bates), Louis Ferreira (Doctor Guyan), Andrew Howard (Will Decody), Karina Logue (Audrey Ellis), Fiona Vroom (Vicki Monroe)

Also Starring: Dustin Freeland (Deputy), Nelson Leis (Portland Dad), Hannah Levien (Portland Mom), Sasha Rojen (Portland Kid), Elizabeth Weinstein (Receptionist)

Plot Overview

Romero does a significant favour for Norma, but she grows concerned about Norman as he believes she killed Emma's mother. Emma's recovery has Dylan thinking about his future.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Norma looks through the pit to see if Norman disposed of Audrey's body in it.

• Romero, concerned that Norma, uses some of the money from Paris to buy Norman into Pineview until he marries Norma and then he's added to his insurance.

Characters

• Norman has flashes of his mother killing Audrey. He comes to believe his mother has been committing the murders attributed to him and is trying to pass them off on him.

• Romero agrees to marry Norma.

• Emma's father suggests he stop selling pot if he's to have a relationship with her.

• Norman is taken away after Norma calls Romero. Before he leaves, Norma has him sign the papers to have himself admitted into Pineview.

Trivia

Allusions and References

• Norman is reading from Charles Dickens's Great Expectation.

• The movie Norman has playing his laptop when Norma tries to find him is the 1952 film Road to Bali, starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby.