Bates Motel/Lights of Winter

Lights of Winter
Season 4, Episode 4
Airdate	March 28, 2016
Written by	Tom Szentgyorgyi
Directed by	TJ Scott
← 4x03 'Til Death Do You Part	4x05 → Refraction
Bates Motel — Season Four

Lights of Winter is the fourth episode of the fourth season of Bates Motel, and the thirty-fourth episode overall.

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

and Nestor Carbonell (Sheriff Alex Romero)

Guest Starring: Marshall Allman (Julian Howe), Craig Erickson (Special Agent Howard Collins), Alexia Fast (Athena), Damon Gupton (Dr. Gregg Edwards), Jaime Ray Newman (Rebecca Hamilton)

Also Starring: Mercedes Gendron (Chantel), Devielle Johnson (Luther), Terence Kelly (Dickie Bolton), Marc-Anthony Massiah (Jake), Mackenzie Murdock (Hugo), Aliyah O'Brien (Regina), Sachin Sahel (Oliver), Shawn Stewart (Bodyguard), Daesha Danielle Usman (Young Nurse)

Plot Overview

Norman is itching to escape Pineview and his new friend gives him ample help. Norma begins to appreciate married life with Romero, but he learns something that could jeopardise it. Dylan makes a big decision about his future with Emma.

Notes

Music

• Diana Krall - "I'll String Along With You"

• Hyper - "Spoiler"

• Ola Strandh - "Raging Bulls and Dream Girls"

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Rebecca explains that she laundered $3 million for Bob Paris that's in a safety deposit box that can only be opened with a pair of keys. The bank has one and Romero finds the second with the money he took from Paris.

• The DEA learns about Paris's laundered money and that he was doing it through the bank Rebecca works for.

• Norma and Romero come home to find their house has been ransacked.

Characters

• Emma is going to move to Seattle for its respiratory centre and wants Dylan to come with her.

• Julian helps Norman escape Pineview and go to a strip club where Norman is triggered by one dancer and becomes "Mother".

• After having a blackout at the club, Norman agrees to therapy and to take his medication.

Trivia

Memorable Moments

• The stripper, Athena, dances for Norman in the VIP, unaware that she's actually engaging with his Mother.