Bates Motel/Dreams Die First

Dreams Die First
Season 5, Episode 5
Airdate	March 20, 2017
Written by	Erica Lipez & Kerry Ehrin
Directed by	Nestor Carbonell
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Bates Motel — Season Five

Dreams Die First is the fifth episode of the fifth season of Bates Motel, and the forty-fifth episode overall.

Starring: Vera Farmiga (Norma Bates), Freddie Highmore (Norman Bates), Max Thieriot (Dylan Massett), Olivia Cooke (Emma Decody)

and Nestor Carbonell (Alex Romero) (credit only)

Special Guest Star: Rihanna (Marion Crane)

Guest Starring: Carlton Cuse (Officer Kaplan), Damon Gupton (Dr. Gregg Edwards), Isabelle McNally (Madeleine Loomis), Austin Nichols (Sam Loomis), Teryl Rothery (Beth), Al Sapienza (Jeff Dunne), Raphael Sbarge (Mr. Lowery), Brooke Smith (Sheriff Jane Greene)

Also Starring: Michael Doonan (Attractive Man), Eddie Flake (Dangerous Dude), Jenn Griffin (Older Woman), Brendan Taylor (Bartender)

Plot Overview

Norman's psychosis cracks when he can't find Mother and traces her last known whereabouts to a bar. Sam's mistress makes a huge decision that could have drastic consequences for them both.

Notes

Music

• Margaret Lewis - "Reconsider Me"

• Rone - "Tasty City"

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Sam's mistress, Marion Crane, winds up running off with her boss's money rather than depositing and calls him to meet at the Bates Motel.

• Madeleine overhears Sam's phone conversation with Marion.

Characters

• Emma finds her mother's earring. Because she still believes it's Norma's, Dylan opens up about Norman's involvement in the murder of his father, Miss Watson, and Emma's mother.

• Norman tells Madeleine about Sam having an affair at his hotel and she becomes upset, not even convinced that he's telling the truth.

• Norman finds his car outside the bar Mother went to. He soon discovers that he, as Mother, has been frequenting it and has been involved in possible S&M and having sex with various people.

• Norman runs into Dr Edwards, with whom he is no longer in therapy, and their conversation reminds him that he sees Norma and sometimes becomes her. This combined with his recollection of Mother's sexual encounters, leads him to suspect and fear that's what he's been experiencing since her death.

• Emma learns about Norma's death.

Trivia

The Show

• With the introduction of Marion Crane, this episode hits many of the plot points from Psycho.

Behind the Scenes

• The officer that pulls Marion over is played by series developer Carlton Cuse.

Allusions and References

• The bank Marion works at is R. A. Bloch Realty Inc. This is named after Psycho author Robert Albert Bloch.

• Marion talks to her boss about taking Janet's position, a likely reference to the fact that the character was played by Janet Leigh in Psycho.

• The scene that opens inside of Marion's place as she readies to leave with the money opens on a shot of her shower, an allusion to the character's fate in Psycho.

Goofs

• Sam gets out of bed and pulls up his trousers. It cuts to another shot and he does the same thing.

• Marion puts on her jacket in front of the mirror, but when she goes over to Sam, it's off before being back on in the next shot.