Bates Motel/Norma Louise

Norma Louise
Season 3, Episode 6
Airdate	April 13, 2015
Written by	Kerry Ehrin
Directed by	Phil Abraham
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Bates Motel — Season Three

Norma Louise is the sixth episode of the third season of Bates Motel, and the twenty-sixth episode overall.

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

with Kenny Johnson (Caleb Calhoun)

and Nestor Carbonell (Sheriff Alex Romero)

Guest Starring: Wilson Bethel (Taylor), Tomiwa Edun (Marcus Young), Ryan Hurst (Chick Hogan), Joshua Leonard (James Finnegan), Peter Stebbings (Trespasser)

Also Starring: Madyson Parsons (Young Norma (12yr)), Travis Breure (Young Caleb (13yr)), Valerie Tian (Clerk), Dominique Fricot (Singer), Dan Zukovic (Harry), Trish Allen (Nurse), Monice Peter (Nurse Hattie), Aubrey Arnason (Jen), Johanna Marlowe (Francine Calhoun (Norma's Mom))

Plot Overview

Norma flees White Pine Bay and attempts to begin a new life, as Norman has trouble adjusting to her absence. Romero is shot and given an offer on his future.

Notes

Music

• The Handsome Family - "Gail with the Golden Hair"

• De Lux - "Moments"

• Friedemann Rieger & Klaus-Peter Hahn - 7 Variations on "Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen" from Mozart's The Magic Flute

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• One of Bob Paris's men follows Norma, including going into Finnegan's home.

• Norma confesses to Finnegan about Norman's mental health problems and killing his father.

• Caleb takes up Chick's driving offer, but won't tell him what it entails until he needs to.

Characters

• Norma leaves for Portland, but after talking with Finnegan and getting intimate, she wakes up the next morning and returns home, agreeing to talk to Caleb.

• Romero is shot. While in the hospital, Marcus Young visits and offers him a chance to live by working for him when he becomes sheriff. Romero shoots and kills him leaves the hospital in his car.

• Norman has difficulty coping with Norma leaving him. At one point, he blacks out, seeing Juno alive. Dylan later finds him believing himself to be Norma as he casually preparing breakfast.

• Dylan and Emma share a moment when he has to pound on her chest to help her lungs when she has a coughing fit.

• Norma goes to see Caleb. She initially turns to leave, but he stops her, crying as he apologises. She holds and cradles him as she cries with him.

Trivia

Allusions and References

• Norma trades in her car much like Marion Crane did in Psycho.

Memorable Moments

• Dylan find Norman in the kitchen, wearing Norma's nightgown.