The Box

"The Box" is the ninth episode of the second season of Bates Motel. It aired on April 28, 2014. 
==Sypnosis==
Norma tries desperately to connect with Norman; Dylan must make a decision over whether to risk his life to save a loved one; Romero enlists a former colleague to help him ascertain Norman's involvement in a crime.
==Summary==
Nick Ford's henchmen keep Norman in a hot box in a field. Ford tells Norma he will let Norman go if Dylan kills Zane; if not, Norman dies. When Norman tries to escape from the hot box, he trips and Nick Ford's men grab him, finding a newspaper cutting with Blaire Watson's obituary and her pearl necklace. One of the men, Ben, later hands the pearls to Nick Ford, who realizes that Norman killed his daughter.
Dylan, unable to kill Zane, reports to Nick Ford. Fearing for his life, Dylan inadvertently kills Nick by slashing him across the face with a fire poker before he can learn Norman's location. Romero informs Norma that Norman had sex with Blaire Watson, and Norma tells him that Ford has kidnapped Norman. Norma also rejects George and he tells her he never wants to see her again.
Trapped, Norman's sanity slips, causing him to envision his mother saying she will protect him, and he recalls the blackout he had at Blaire Watson's house: it is revealed he sliced her throat while having sex with her and stole her pearl necklace as a trophy. Realizing what he's done, he comes to and screams.
==Cast==
===Main Cast===
* Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates
* Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates
* Max Thieriot as Dylan Massett
* Olivia Cooke as Emma Decody
*Nestor Carbonell as Alex Romero
===Guest Cast===
* Michael Eklund as Zane Morgan
* Francis X. McCarthy as Declan Rogers
* Michael O'Neill as Nick Ford
* Kathleen Robertson as Jodi Morgan
* Ian Tracey as Remo Wallace
* Keegan Connor Tracy as Blaire Watson
* Michael Vartan as George Heldens
=== Also Starring ===
* Darren Moore as Iggy
* Christian Bower as Sid
* Nima Ghavami as Chuck
* Aaron Pearl as Ben
* Natalie von Rotsburg as Legion Waitress
==Notes==
*This episode was watched by 2.25 million viewers.
*While Norman is in the box talking to himself, the dialogue he is quoting is from the 1941 Frank Capra movie Meet John Doe: "I'm gonna talk about us--the average guys, the John Does. If anybody should ask you what the average John Doe is like, you couldn't tell him because he's a million and one things. He's Mr. Big and Mr. Small, he's simple and he's wise, he's inherently honest but he's got a streak of larceny in his heart. He seldom walks up to a public telephone without shovin' his finger into the slot to see if somebody left a nickel there. He's the man the ads are written for. He's the fella everybody sells things to. He's..."
==Music==
Song Title 	Performer(s)
I Fall To Pieces	Patsy Cline
==Videos==
Bates Motel 2x09 Promo The Box
Bates Motel Dylan Meets With Nick Ford (S2, E9)
Bates Motel Norman Escapes From His Captors (S2, E9)
Bates Motel- Anatomy of a Scene- The Box (Season 2) - A&E
Bates Motel Inside The Episode The Box (S2, E9)
Bates Motel- Deleted Scenes (2x09 - The Box)
==Gallery==
===Promotional Pictures===
209Promo01.jpg|Norman (Freddie Highmore) peers out from the strange metal box in the middle of the woods where Nick Ford's men have imprisoned him.
209Promo02.jpg|Back at the motel, Emma (Olivia Cooke) is becoming more and more frustrated as Norman, Norma, and now even Sheriff Romero seem to be treating her as if she's not even there.
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209Promo05.jpg|Nervously, Emma approaches the house to give Norma notice of her intention to quit. She is fed up with being treated like a stranger by the people she has come to think of as family.
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209Promo08.jpg|Emma is devastated by Norma's dispassionate reaction to her news. She is completely unaware that Norma is far too preoccupied with Norman's disappearance to give Emma the attention she needs.
209Promo09.jpg|Later that night, Norman shivers in his cold, cramped quarters.
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209Promo15.jpg|The stress of his imprisonment becomes too much for Norman. He retreats inside his head where terrible events from his past become clear to him at long last.
===Behind the Scenes===
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Category:Episodes
Category:Season 2 Episodes
Category:Penultimate Episode