Alex Romero quotes from Bates Motel

I'm not. Why are you lying to me?

Alex Romero

About what?

About what you're doing here.

Alex Romero

I'm not lying. I'm not revealing the whole truth. That's my job, to decide what and when to tell whom.

Well, you're very good at it. Gold star, Sheriff.

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I'm going to talk to you like a person now, Alex. Like somebody I grew up with, played ball with, I felt sorry for because their home life was so crappy, okay? You are in a hole here. A deep hole. You want to do what's in the best interest of the town, find the damn flash drive and quit making this about everything else. I didn't particularly want to bring Marcus Young out here to take your job, you left me with no choice. You left none of us with any choice.

Alex Romero

You know what, Bob? I feel exactly the same way. And you're forcing me into a corner, and there's not gonna be room in that corner for both of us.

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This is the first time since I've moved to this crummy town that I have anyone by the short hairs. I'm getting something out of it.

Alex Romero

Have you lost your mind?

Maybe. It's irrelevant. Listen to me, I want you to take me to see Bob Paris. I'm gonna tell him I have it, and I'm gonna ask for some favors in return. Why you looking at me like that? I've had a good education in this crappy town. And I'm ready to play ball with the big boys.

Alex Romero

Play ball? But they'll kill you.

They can't. I have the flash drive. I'm the only one who knows where it is.

Alex Romero

And the two dead girls, they get no justice?

The dead girl gave it to me. She wanted me to do this. She gave it to me before she died. This is gonna bring those poor girls back to life -

Alex Romero

Norma, think of what people in this town have done to you -

- you don't think I know what they've done to me? No one knows better than me!

Alex Romero

- you're not gonna extort them -

They raped me! They put a dead man's body in my bed. They kidnapped my child and they put him in a box in the ground. What else are they gonna do to me, kill me? I'm not going down without a fight, and no one's gonna stop me. Not you, not Bob Paris, not all of the scumbag criminals in White Pine Bay. You know what? If I was a man, one of these douche bags who lives here, you would say that it's totally doable. You're just saying it's a bad idea because you think I can't handle it because I'm a woman. Because I'm a mother. I can. I have seen how it's done. And I will handle it without you if I have to.

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So I'm here because I think I may have something I think you want back.

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...Umm a flash drive?

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...Umm so here's what I was thinking and you tell me what you think about it. This bypass that's being built. It's gonna destroy my business. I've tried so hard to fight it. There's just nothing I could do. You know I have no power here. I tried. I really did but I don't.

Alex Romero

Norma maybe just cut to the point.

Well it's kind of all the point! ...Anyway umm this business of mine is very important to me. It is all that I have to support me and my son who has some...medical issues. And you know I'm kind of in a desperate position here you see. So I was thinking since you have this thing you want back that maybe I could ask you for something in return?

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So, I want you to create an exit off the bypass. One that would lead to Two Lane highway that would then easily connect to Main Street near my motel. And umm I would like a large billboard just before that exit on both the north and south side of the bypass. And umm I would like approval on any design...And I want a pool. Doesn't have to be anything fancy, say 20 by 40 feet with a Jacuzzi and of course a fence so that it's safe.

...So how do I know that you actually have the flash drive, that you've...opened it?

There are a lot of important people in this town who have invested in the drug trade. I have seen the names.

I see. And when do I get it back?

Well maybe never actually. And it won't do you any good to threaten me or hurt me. Not that I'm saying that you would do something like that. But let's just say I suddenly go missing or my brakes suddenly go out, I will make sure there is one person, someone you do not know, who knows where that flash drive is and I will make sure that as soon as anything happens to me, it gets turned over to the FBI.

...Hmm. So I give you all of these things and you give me...nothing? And then because you still have the flash drive you could come back later and ask for more stuff.

No, I'm telling you I won't. I'm making a deal with you. Okay and I'll honor it if you do.

So no more asks?

No. None. Ever.

...I have to hand it to you Norma Bates. You got me. Well done Norma. We have a deal.

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Alex Romero

What are you here for?

MYMarcus Young

They were talking about you at the club. Bob's done with you, says you're no good to him anymore. They're gonna kill you. Should've gotten the flash drive back from that woman.

Alex Romero

Thanks for the tip.

MYMarcus Young

For my money, though, it's a waste them killing you. I am gonna be the sheriff here. That's a done deal. But you know this place. The ins and outs. I could use a guy like you. I could keep you alive. I can handle Bob. He just needs to know you're working for me.

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Alex Romero

Why haven't you answered your texts for 36 hours? I thought you were dead.

I just lost my phone. Why does everyone immediately jump to "I died"?

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GGunner

[about the flash drive] I don't know what that is. As far as I know, it's just a piece of the timer for the grow light.

Alex Romero

Gunner, don't make me get out the gun and bang your head against the wall and all that shit, 'cause I will do just that. So open it.

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Where's the stupid piece of computer gear that's ruining my life?

Alex Romero

I turned it over to the DEA.

You did what?

Alex Romero

Yeah. You know, all those people involved with it, they're all criminals, and they're gonna go to prison. And they can go to hell for all I care, 'cause I'm I'm sick of it. I'm sick of trying to accommodate them and accommodate everybody, and I'm I'm sick of trying to make all of this shit work. I'm done. I'm done with them, and I'm I'm done with this town. I'm done with everything.

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Alex Romero

I am sorry that I... That I couldn't protect you. If I could change that, I would, but I can't. I-it's it's done, it's in motion. And I wish it was different.

It's not your fault, Alex. It's bigger than us. It was my fault, anyway. I tried to hide it. You know but now it's coming out, and it's just too much to shove away. I'm not gonna lie, I'm so scared. He's my son, and he's broken. And he is the dearest boy that ever lived, and I just can't bear it if Bob Paris has this thing investigated, if they take him away. If they put him in prison just for defending me. You know, it will kill me. But I you know, in some way, I don't even care anymore. You know, maybe fate wins here. We're all doomed in the end, right?

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Alex Romero

The truth is, you're not reliable. You can change your name, but you can't change who you are.

I guess none of us can change who we are. I mean, we can pretend to be someone else, someone who's doing things for the right reason.

Alex Romero

Whatever the words are that come out of your mouth, Bob, you still killed those two girls.

Tell yourself whatever you need to, Alex. We both know why you're doing this, and it isn't about those girls. You know, right now, you are more like your dad than you ever have been. This is about you and what you want. How does that feel? To have spent your whole life trying to get away from someone you hate, only to turn into them.

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Alex Romero

N-Norma, I'm not magical. I've got nothing to do with Willamette.

Yeah, but you're a sheriff. Don't you know someone? I mean, ca-can't you just pull some strings? Threaten someone. Beat someone up in a parking lot.

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I don't have any insurance, and I can't even get him on the waiting list without it.

Alex Romero

So?

I need insurance. You have insurance. So I thought maybe you could marry me... It's not like you're doing anything else.

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Alex Romero

Do you remember when I first met you on the porch at the motel that night?

Yeah, my heart stopped, mostly because I thought you were gonna arrest me.

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It's funny, you and I, isn't it? That we're here, and... and we're happy, that after everything, we've made it. And you're going off to work and kissing me, and it's like I'm watching a movie, but it's not a movie.

Alex Romero

It's not a movie. [kisses her]

[laughs] Don't screw it up.

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I just really wanted to thank you for everything that you've done for me. And for my mother. I know it was a very difficult time for her, and I know that it probably meant a great deal for her to have a friend there. And the fact that you married her, it's above and beyond. We're both really very grateful.

Alex Romero

Oh, that's, uh, I mean, I was happy to do it, Norman.

I-I just want you to know that you can be done now.

Alex Romero

Uh, I can be done how?

I know you got married for the insurance, and I don't want to burden you with it. I'm an adult, and I'm going to get my own insurance.

Alex Romero

All right, well, um... Uh, insurance is... it's really expensive, Norman. And I-I know the motel hasn't been doing well, and...

There's other places to work besides the motel, Sheriff. And other things that I can be doing besides managing. So I'll be getting a part-time job while I continue on at the motel. And as soon as I get all this straightened out, which should be in the next two weeks, you and my mother can get a divorce.

Alex Romero

You know, Norman, uh... things change, and that's just that's a part of life.

That's where you're wrong. Certain things can never change. Things that you know nothing about and never, ever will. But I will always remember that you helped my mother at a time that she was so confused and so vulnerable.

Alex Romero

I-I think you need to be careful about how far you want to push this, Norman.

I'll let you know when I have my own insurance and we can start the paperwork for the divorce, so as not to expose your fraud.