[Norman is trying to kill himself]
Norman BatesI'm sorry mother. I didn't mean to hurt you but I am gonna do this and you're not gonna stop me.
Norman Bates
Because I don't wanna be who I am. And I don't wanna hurt you. There's something wrong with me. I'm bad.
You're not bad! You're innocent! You've never meant to hurt anybody in your life.
Norman Bates
But I did, I know I did!
You don't know what's real and what's not Norman. You have these blackouts and they confuse you.
Norman Bates
...I had a blackout the day my dad died.
Norman Bates
What happened that day mother?
Give me the gun and I'll tell you.
[Norma grabs the gun and embraces Norman]
He was hurting me and you were trying to protect me. You've always been there to protect me.
Norman Bates
How can you ask me to live with this?
Because I will die if you leave. I will, I'll die Norman. We're like the same person. If you kill yourself I'll be there one step after. We have to be together. We're supposed to be together! No matter what. I will be with you you every step. I will be by your side and we will face this together. Please! Please!
[Norma kisses Norman full on the mouth]
Norman Bates
Alright mother. You win.
Norman, you need to know something very important.
Norman Bates
What, mother?
You didn't kill Blair Watson. I did.
Norman Bates
You did?
Yes. You have to keep this a secret. Do you promise?
Norman Bates
I promise.
I will always be there for you. I will always protect you, no matter what. Remember that.
Norman Bates
So you're working? Is that where you're going?
AJAnnika Johnson
It's a kind of work.
Norman Bates
Why do you do this kind of work?
AJAnnika Johnson
You know how your mom takes care of you? I didn't have that luxury, so I'm doing this to get some money saved and make a living, that's all.
Norman Bates
I'm sorry.
AJAnnika Johnson
Don't be. I'm fine. It's just people. People's bodies. Once you start touching somebody's body, the rest of it just kind of melts away, and then you're just there, two bodies. Sometimes it even feels good. It's just sex. Sex is sex. We all need it.
I'm gonna go to sleep now Okay. But I think you should go to your bed.
Norman Bates
I should? I-I can... I do it all the time...
Well, it's just that Dylan said something to me, uh, that it's not good for you to be sleeping in my bed - or *on* my bed. Like, sleeping in here.
Norman Bates
What's Dylan got to do with us?
Well, he's a man, and I'm just your mother. I don't always know what's good for you in a manly kind of a way. You know, I mean you are 18 years old.
Norman Bates
So you don't want me sleeping in here anymore?
No, it's not that I don't want it.
Norman Bates
[getting up] No, no, you just don't think it's good for me.
Yeah, sex is complicated, you know? It's supposed to be. It's not cracking an egg. It's something of importance. It's the basis of procreation, you know? It's kind of magical and heady. It's not nothing.
Norman Bates
No, no. It's definitely big, I just...you know, I'm not sure I'd refer to it using the term "magical".
I love your mom, but I think she loves you so much that she can't stand the thought of you growing up. So maybe this gives you a feeling that being an adult, being sexual, is somehow wrong.
Norman Bates
Well, she does the best she can. We're just close.
Yeah, and you always will be, but that doesn't mean you can't grow up. Unless you're Peter Pan. Do you want to be Peter Pan?
Norman Bates
Maybe. If you'll be Wendy.
Peter and Wendy never got to have sex.
[Dylan finds Norman in the kitchen wearing Norma's robe]
DMDylan Masset
What are you doing?
Norman Bates
Sit down honey. I'm just making some breakfast. French Toast!
DMDylan Masset
Are you feeling better?
Norman Bates
Oh I'm fine! Got some beautiful blackberries yesterday. Wanna get them out of the fridge?
Norman Bates
...Norman's sleeping. Gimme the blackberries. They're on the bottom shelf.
[Dylan gets the berries out]
DMDylan Masset
Could I help you?
Norman Bates
Oh I'm fine. Why don't you just go wake up your brother so he can eat.
DMDylan Masset
...My brother?
Norman Bates
Yeah silly! What's wrong with you?
DMDylan Masset
Nothing's wrong with me.
Norman Bates
Then run upstairs! You know how Norman is, he'll sleep all morning if you don't wake him up.
Jeez, all I did was leave for a few hours.
Norman Bates
With a suitcase! We spent the night wondering if you were ever coming back. If you were dead.
What does death have to do with a suitcase? [checking her phone] What the hell? Alex left me a message saying he was shot?
Norman Bates
What do you mean he's been shot?
I don't know. What the hell? I mean, can't a woman get in a freaking mood for one night without the whole world coming to an end?
So you like taxidermy, no?
Norman Bates
Yeah, I do. I find it very peaceful. Sort of allows me to shut the world out.
Norman Bates
Yeah, sometimes when I'm in the world, I feel almost like there's this annoying sort of buzzing that just won't stop. And then I get down here with my animals, and it all goes silent.
It's interesting. Tell me more about that. Of the "buzzing" you experience.
Norman Bates
Well, it's like a world full of people. So many people, all with opinions and judgments and arrogance and theories. People who think that they help people. And they're pointless. None of them know anything. You might as well listen to a woodpecker pecking in a tree. Can I ask you something now?
Norman Bates
How was it, sleeping with my mother?
What makes you think I slept with your mother, Norman?
Norman Bates
Let's just say I've known her a long time.
And would it bother you if someone slept with your mother?
Norman Bates
Let's see, if your mother ran out on you and your brother one night, didn't tell you where she was going or when she was coming back, and then threw herself, like a whore, into the bed of someone she barely knows, some licensed family therapist who could probably lose his license for such behavior, but that's not really the point... Would all of that behavior bother you?
Norman Bates
So what was she like?
That's not an appropriate question, Norman.
Norman Bates
Come on. We're both men here. It's not like we don't know what goes on. Did she give too easily?
You know, I think we're done here.
Norman Bates
What, are you uncomfortable? Huh? 'Cause I know? 'Cause I can imagine what it was like? Did you really think that you'd come down here and it would be your little secret? "Oh, we banged each other, but now let's send you downstairs to fix crazy Norman".
Norman, why do you care so much who your mother might be sleeping with? What does it mean? That she could be attracted to someone? Does that take her away from you? Norman, do you want to sleep with her?
Norman Bates
Are you really here?
Yes, I'm here, and it happened!
Norman Bates
Well, then how could you do that?
Because, Norman, you have no idea what it's like to be your mother! To see you have these blackouts! To worry about you night and day! It's killing me! IT'S KILLING ME! YOU'RE GONNA KILL ME NORMAN!!
ADAudrey Decody
Can I talk to you? Emma wrote to me and told me how close the two of you are. I know what you must think about me, but it's not like that. I was afraid to stay with Emma's father. He has a violent temper. I want Emma to know that I love her and I hope that she can maybe understand why I did what I did. I so regret it. It hurts me so much. [starts crying]
Norman Bates
Hm. It's all right.
ADAudrey Decody
Um... This rabbit's from her childhood. Maybe you could give it to her. And and this letter.
Norman Bates
I'm so sorry for you.
ADAudrey Decody
Thank you.
Norman Bates
But what sort of a person runs away from their sick child?
ADAudrey Decody
I thought you said...
Norman Bates
Do you have any idea the pain she suffered!? [starts strangling her] You think your pain is anything like what she went through!? Every day, feeling abandoned by her own mother! Made to feel unwanted! Worthless! You love someone more than anything, and they leave you!!
Norman, you're scaring me.
Norman Bates
I'm not gonna lie, Mother. You should be scared. We should all be scared. I know about you now. I understand things. There's something dark in you, Mother, something that needs to be stopped. I know you killed that woman, the one who was here but didn't check out. I saw you scrabbling about in that pit trying to cover up your crime so I wouldn't know. I think you killed Bradley Martin and Blaire Watson because you were jealous of both of them. I think you killed my father. And you, you, you are trying to blame me. You're trying to pin it all on me and have me locked up! Well, I am not gonna let you do that!
Norman Bates
Let me out! Let me out! Hey, help! Help! Somebody help!
GEGregg Edwards
Norman. Hey. Breathe, Norman. Breathe, Norman. Breathe. Breathe in, two three. [exhales] Out two three four.
[Norman suddenly relaxes, and his posture and voice seem to change; he is now "Mother"]
Norman Bates
You have a very soothing voice. Did they teach you that at medical school, or were you just born that way?
GEGregg Edwards
How do you feel now?
Norman Bates
How do you want me to feel?
GEGregg Edwards
Do you think you can sit back down and finish our session?
Norman Bates
I could. Or would you prefer me to lie down?
GEGregg Edwards
You can if you like.
Norman Bates
It's a very vulnerable position. I can see the appeal. But I think I'd rather look you in the face. So where were we?
GEGregg Edwards
Do you mind if I ask a question?
Norman Bates
That's why we're here, isn't it?
GEGregg Edwards
What do you think about Norman?
Norman Bates
I think he is a very weak, confused boy. Easy for people to take advantage of.
GEGregg Edwards
Is that what you feel I'm doing?
Norman Bates
I think you think you're helping, but that's your ego in action. If you want to know what's really wrong with Norman, you should talk to the person who knows him best.
GEGregg Edwards
And that's you?
Norman Bates
Of course it is. I'm his mother.
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