What's Wrong With Norman

"What's Wrong With Norman" is the third episode of the first season of Bates Motel. It aired on April 1, 2013.
==Synopsis==
Dylan learns there is more to his new job than he originally thought; Emma and Norman make a shocking discovery.
==Summary==
Dylan states he has a new job, not mentioning it's guarding the large marijuana field that was discovered. Norman passes out in the classroom while seeing images of his teacher, Miss Watson tied up somewhere. During these flashes there is also a glimpse of Norma tied up in the same way. At the hospital, the doctor wants to keep Norman overnight for further observation. Norma has to leave the hospital to receive the new carpeting for the motel.
While at home, Sheriff Romero presents a search warrant, looking for evidence relating to Keith Summers' disappearance. Bradley shows up at the hospital bringing Norman a plant, simply returing him the favor and thanking him for visiting her father during such a hard moment for her. She then decides to join him In watching an old movie while sitting next to him in his hospital bed. They bond over the similar loss of their father figure. Norma leaves home with the sheriff and deputies still searching and returns to the hospital. Against the doctor's wishes, she takes Norman home.
After returning home, Norman tells Norma that he kept Summers' utility belt which is now missing. Norma tracks down Deputy Shelby. He tells her not to worry and assures her everything will be alright as he then invites her to his house for dinner. Emma arrives at Normans house where Norman explains that he is not feeling well. But Emma is persistent and convinces Norman that they should continue their investigation on the young Chinese woman, so her life is not forgotten about. They both go back to motel room 4 where Norman found the sketchbook to begin with. Emma explains that the previous owner of the motel Keith Summers was not a pleasant man to say the least, and was most definitely not a man you would want to be stuck with in an elevator.
nNorman receives a text from Bradley jokingly stating they share custody on the plant she gave to him when in the hospital. After a further investigation Emma and Norman find a Chinese enscripture under the sink in the motel room. Later, Dylan has another talk with Norman who again claims that Norma is smothering him. Dylan offers his advice, and let's Norman know that he should explore the world around him, and tells him to 'get out more'. Dylan then apologizes for Norman trying to 'kill him' with a meat tenderizer. Norman, appearing to have no remembrance of the event, then apologized to Dylan, still not believing him, but still led to Dylan forgiving him, in which case they both laugh it off. Norma has dinner with Deputy Shelby at his home. Shelby reveals that he took Keith Summers' belt without the Sheriffs' knowledge because he wants to protect and care for her, which results in them making out.
Feeling safe, Norma back at home tells Norman what Deputy Shelby proposed to her as Norman claims that he may just be using her. At school, Emma tells Norman her interest in finding out more about the women depicted in the sketchbook he found by informing the police but Norman advises her not to. Then while in bed, Norman sees a image of Norma beside him advising him to go search for Summers' belt at Deputy Shelby's house. While searching for the belt, Norman discovers locked in the Deputy's basement one of the women depicted in the sketchbook.
==Cast==
===Main Cast===
* Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates
* Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates
* Max Thieriot as Dylan Massett
* Olivia Cooke as Emma Decody
* Nicola Peltz as Bradley Martin
===Guest Stars===
* Diana Bang as Jiao
* Nestor Carbonell as Alex Romero
* Terry Chen as Ethan Chang
* Keegan Connor Tracy as Blaire Watson
* Mike Vogel as Zack Shelby
=== Also Starring ===
* Peter Bryant as Doctor Levine
* Scott Patey as Omar
* Angela Moore as Nurse
==Notes==
*This episode was watched by 2.8 million viewers.
==Episode Guide==
On Dylan's first day on the job, Ethan takes him deep into the woods, where they will be standing guard over the pot fields. They bond as night falls, and Dylan reveals he knows nothing about his mother's childhood.
Emma tells Norman that she's frightened that the men with guns will come after them and admits that initially she was just using the search for the dead girl as an excuse to hang out with him. Now that she knows the story is real, she wants to take action. Norman blows up at her before storming off to class. In class, Norman has visions of images from the manga, but in place of the young girl he sees Ms. Watson, bound and gagged. The images intensify, and he collapses in his teacher's arms.
At the hospital, Norma denies that Norman has a history of blackouts. When she runs home to sign for the new carpet delivery, Bradley shows up and hops into the hospital bed with him to watch a movie.
As Norma signs for the new carpets, Sheriff Romero arrives with a search warrant. She hurries back to the hospital and takes Norman home, against doctor's orders. Norman makes a beeline for his bedroom to discover that Keith Summers belt, usually hidden under his bed, is gone. He tells his mother. Confused and upset, she tells Norman that she'll be right back, and leaves.
Emma stops by and convinces Norman to help her continue the investigation. The number four is repeated frequently in the manga, so they go to room four to look for clues. In the bathroom they find a Chinese character scratched under the sink. Norman is distracted from the search by a flirtatious text from Bradley.
Norma tracks down Deputy Shelby, and confides to him that she really needs a friend. Shelby's on duty, but tells her to come to his place for dinner to discuss things. She returns home to get ready for dinner, and tells Norman that Shelby knows about the belt.
At Shelby's, Norma learns that he found the belt and hasn't told anyone else. He asks her if Norman killed Keith, and she says no. He has feelings for her, and wants to protect her and Norman. He tells her that she has nothing to worry about, and they kiss.
Dylan returns home late that night to find Norman watching TV. The two bond as they talk about their messed up family. Dylan mentions Norman attacking him with a meat tenderizer, but Norman doesn't remember. He assumes Dylan is joking.
Norma gets home and wakes Norman to tell him what has transpired. Norman doesn't like the idea of Shelby having power over them. She asks again why he kept the belt. He tells her he likes to keep mementos. Norma is still confused; why would he keep a memento of such a horrible experience?
At school, Norman briefly talks to Bradley at her locker before getting interrupted by Emma. The Chinese character they found is "Jiao" which translates to "beautiful". Emma tells Norman she's going to police, and he has a meltdown. He tells her not to do it. He yells that the girl being real doesn't change anything; she's still sick, and he's still who he is. He apologizes, tells her he can't deal with it right now, and leaves.
Norma sits at the end of the Norman's bed and tells him he was right about Shelby. If they let him keep the belt, he'll have power over them and will be able to make them do things they don't want to do, just like his father did. He says he knows what he has to do: get that belt. As he speaks the words aloud, Norma disappears. He's talking to an empty room. Norman walks out into the night.
He gets inside Shelby's house and finds a set of keys to the dark and grimy basement. A disco ball sends light creepily across a dingy bed. He opens another locked door and finds a young girl, passed out, in nothing but a shirt and underwear. She grabs his arm and asks him to help her. At that moment, Deputy Shelby pulls up to the house, and heads inside.
===Production Notes===
In this episode, we get a longer look at the pot fields that keep White Pine Bay in business, as Dylan heads to work for the first time. You might be wondering how they crew got that shot, or at least how they got away with it. Property Master Terry Weaver clears things up... sort of. He says, "All the pot was created from existing silk plants augmented with moss 'buds' attached. Or was it real??"
When Norman sneaks into Deputy Shelby's home, he makes friends with Shelby's adorable pet dog, Clementine. Well, ok, Clementine was sort of terrifying. Luckily for Norman, Shelby keeps a baseball bat next to his bed, and baseball bats keep doggy teeth off of people parts. Weaver says that the dog wasn't just scary, it was a real pro. "The puppy was a trained psychotic. Seriously. It went from cutsey tail wagger to psycho Cujo death machine. It chewed up three wooden bats during that sequence. The trainer could make the dog snap from happy to insane to happy all day long."
Emma and Norman have been trying to learn more about this supposed sex slave operation, and in this episode, Norman stumbles across indisputable proof when he finds the girl they've been searching for in Shelby's basement. Or should we say creepy dungeon? Weaver recounts how it came together: "Jiao's chamber was constructed in a real house. With added video cameras, an ankle chain bolted to the floor, and no windows, it made it real homey. The owner of the house liked the room and kept it... hmmm."
Jiao is played by the talented actress Diana Bang, who has a serious acting range. Not only is she frighteningly believable as an abducted victim of a sex slave operation, you can also see her perform as part of the Asian Canadian sketch comedy troupe, Assaulted Fish.
Learn more about Jiao. Download her complete sketchbook for free exclusively on the iBookstore and dig deeper into the secrets of Bates Motel.
==Videos==
Bates Motel 1x03 Promo 'What's Wrong With Norman' (HD) 
Bates Motel- Inside The Episode "What's Wrong With Norman" (S1, E1)
==Gallery==
===Promotional Pictures===
01-dylan-gets-all-taxi-driver.jpg|Dylan (Max Thieriot) prepares for his first day of work with a little Taxi Driver-style quick draw practice in the mirror.
02-mr-and-mrs-bates-have-breakfast.jpg|Norma (Vera Farmiga) and Norman (Freddie Highmore) are having a quiet breakfast before Dylan enters and tells "Mr. and Mrs. Bates" that he won't be able to help around the house today as he has to go to work. The two are stunned.
03-emma-tearfully-apologizes-to-norman.jpg|At school, Emma (Olivia Cooke) tells Norman that she's scared the men from the pot fields are going to find them. She also admits that she only took him out to the mountain to search for the dead girl as an excuse to be with him. Now that it all might be real, she feels terribly guilty.
04-ms-watson-tries-to-get-normans-attention.jpg|After arguing with Emma about the dead girl on the mountain, Norman finds his mind wandering in class. Images from the manga flash through his head. Miss Watson tries to snap him out of it, but he's lost in the visions.
05-norman-collapses-into-ms-watsons-arms.jpg|The visions keep flashing in his mind, but instead of the girl from the manga, he begins to see Miss Watson, bound and gagged in the same positions. They come faster and faster until it's too much for him, and Norman collapses into his teacher's arms.
06-norman-and-norma-in-the-hospital.jpg|Norman indulges his love of clicking things while waiting in the hospital for his test results. Norma gets a call and has to rush home to sign for the new motel carpets.
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07-bradley-visits-norman-in-the-hospital.jpg|As Norma leaves, Bradley (Nicola Peltz) walks in. She tells Norman, "Tag, you're it," as she returns the plant he brought her when she was in the hospital with her father. Bradley apologizes for not being able to talk to him when he visited, then hops in bed with him to watch old movies.
08-romero-shows-norma-a-search-warrant.jpg|Back at the house, Norma is signing for the carpets when Sheriff Romero (Nestor Carbonell) lets himself in. It seems this time he has a search warrant. As he and his deputies scour the house for clues, Norma rushes back to the hospital.
Norma-pushes-norman-in-wheelchair.jpg|Norma decides to take Norman home against doctor's orders. She tells Norman about the police searching their house, and his thoughts immediately go to the belt he has hidden under his bed. Will they find it?
10-norma-gets-bad-news.jpg|Norma is preparing Norman's favorite dish, turkey pot pie, when he gives her the bad news. The belt is gone. Norma is stunned; she thought they had cleaned up every last trace of Keith Summers.
11-norman-confesses-to-norma.jpg|Norman is in tears as he tries to answer his mother's questions: why would he want to keep that thing? He just doesn't know. Norma decides the answers can wait. It's time to take action.
12-emma-comes-to-normans-house.jpg|After Norma leaves, Emma stops by to talk to Norman. He tries to send her away, but she is adamant. If they forget about the dead girl it will be like she never existed. Norman lets her in.
13-emma-and-norman-study-the-manga.jpg|Emma has discovered that the number 4 is repeated throughout the sketchbook. Norman remembers that he found the manga in room four. Emma immediately hops up and leaves to investigate.
14-emma-and-norman-investigate.jpg|As Emma explains her theory about the sex slave operation, Norman gets a text from Bradley asking after their plant. Emma ignores his lovesick smile and continues looking for clues.
15-emma-and-norman-make-a-discovery.jpg|They discover a Chinese character scratched into the surface under the sink. Emma can't believe it. "She was here, Norman! She was real!" She takes a picture for further study.
16-norman-waits-outside-for-norma.jpg|Norma walks right past Norman when she returns from her excursion. She spoke to Deputy Shelby. She doesn't know what's going on exactly, but she knows that he knows about the belt, and now she's meeting him at his house for dinner. Norman is miserable.
17-norman-and-dylan-have-a-moment.jpg|Dylan finds Norman waiting up for their mother. He gives Norman a hard time, then mentions the fact that Norman nearly killed him. Norman laughs it off; he has no memory of the event. They share a rare happy moment laughing about their messed-up family.
18-norman-and-norma-discuss-shelby.jpg|Norma arrives home later that night and lets Norman know what happened, keeping some of the night's events to herself. Norman doesn't want Shelby to have power over them, but Norma tells him there's no alternative.
19-norma-comforts-norman.jpg|Norma comforts Norman, telling him everything will be okay, but he doesn't seem to agree.
20-norman-yells-at-emma-in-school.jpg|Emma tells Norman she's going to tell the police about their discoveries, and Norman explodes. He tells her that nothing they can do will change anything, so she should just drop it. He apologizes for yelling, then goes to class, leaving Emma thoroughly confused.
21-norman-talks-to-norma-in-the-dark.jpg|Norma sits on Norman's bed and tells him the entire situation is his fault. "You know what you have to do, don't you?" she asks. "I have to get that belt," he replies to an empty room.
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