A Death in the Family

Episode aired Mar 9, 2015
TV-MATV-MA
43m

8.2/10

S3.E1

Norman and Emma make decisions regarding their future; Norma informs Norman of his boundaries.Norman and Emma make decisions regarding their future; Norma informs Norman of his boundaries.Norman and Emma make decisions regarding their future; Norma informs Norman of his boundaries.

8.2/10

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Director
- Tucker Gates
Writers
- Carlton Cuse(developed for television by)
- Kerry Ehrin(developed for television by)
- Anthony Cipriano(developed for television by)
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Trailer 1:03

Bates Motel: A Death In The Family

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Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore in Bates Motel (2013)

Freddie Highmore and Tracy Spiridakos in Bates Motel (2013)

The summer is over and it's time for Norman to return to school. He does so reluctantly and at Norma's insistence but an hallucination in the school cafeteria sends him running home. Norma decides it would be best for him to be home schooled and so makes him the motel manager. Norman and Emma agree they should date. Norma meanwhile learns that her mother has died. She tries to maintain a cool facade and tells the lawyer she wants nothing to do with her mother's estate. Her brother Caleb is still around and he tries to give some money to Dylan who is out of a job now that the DEA has shut down the grow op. A sexy call girl, Annika Johnson, checks into the motel and Norman happily offers to show her how to get to the party she is working that night. —garykmcd

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Trivia
Norman (Freddie Highmore) spying on Annika (Tracy Spiridakos) while she showers is a reference to the scene in Psycho (1998) where he spies on Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) while she showers.

Goofs
Norman iMessages Emma in the cafeteria. If he sent the message it should come up blue and on the right hand side, but it pops up white on the left hand side.

Quotes
Norma Louise Bates: 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...
Norma Louise Bates: 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?
Norma Louise Bates: 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?
Norma Louise Bates: 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.
Norma Louise Bates: Maybe not...