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Underwater
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Season 1, Episode 9
Airdate May 13, 2013
Written by Carlton Cuse
& Kerry Ehrin
Directed by Tucker Gates
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Bates MotelSeason One

Underwater is the ninth episode of the first season of Bates Motel.

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

Guest Starring: Jere Burns (Jake Abernathy), Nestor Carbonell (Sheriff Alex Romero), Vincent Gale (Gil), Ian Tracey (Remo), Keegan Connor Tracy (Miss Watson)

Also Starring: Alexander Calvert (Ra'uf), Keenan Tracey (Gunner), Matt Ellis (Danny), Mercedes De La Zerda (Summer), Matthew MacCaull (Matt Brownstein), Dustin Schwartz (Flower Delivery Guy), Farrah Aviva (Receptionist)

Contents

Plot Overview

Norman has a chilling dream that he turns into a short story that earns him praise from his teacher. As Jake Abernathy, the man evicted from room 9, harasses Norma, she decides to pull up stakes and move, despite Norman's protests. Bradley asks Dylan to sneak her in to see her dad's office.

Notes

Music

  • Matt Ellis - "Slide"
  • War - "The Cisco Kid"
  • Toots & The Maytals - "Pressure Drop"

Arc Advancement

Happenings

  • Norman discovers Miss Watson looking troubled.
  • Gil is noticeably hostile when on the subject of Jerry Martin.
  • Bradley discovers her dad was having an affair with a woman who signed her letters only "B".
  • After intimidation tactics, Abernathy (which isn't his real name) confronts Norma about $150,000 Shelby owed him. He threatens Norma to deliver it to him at the Seacliff Pier tomorrow at midnight.

Characters

  • Norman has a dream about drowning Bradley.
  • Norman brings a stuffed Juno back home.
  • Emma meets Gunner.

Referbacks

Trivia

The Show

Behind the Scenes

Allusions and References

Memorable Moments

  • Upon learning from Brownstein that she'll only be able to sell her home for half of what she paid for it, Norma begins hitting him with her purse.

Quotes

  • Norma: Why do crazy people keep gravitating toward me?
  • Norma: I had an idea when I moved here of how life was gonna be. And, oh, okay, sure, while life can be disappointing, no one prepared me for the colossal fricking face-dive off a cliff that living in this crazy-ass town really is. However, my idea of what happens on my property is still under my control, and it does not include people in torn jeans with tie-dyed clothing and dirty hair hanging out on my new furniture smoking a doobie. So take that as the law around here because there doesn't seem to be much of one otherwise, okay?
Ra'uf: All right. Okay, just chill.
Norma: Chill your own ass.
  • Romero: It's sort of, uh, funny that you went into the service industry. You don't seem very keen on serving anybody.
Norma: I'm as keen as I need to be.