Bates Motel/Plunge

Plunge
Season 2, Episode 6
Airdate	April 7, 2014
Written by	Kerry Ehrin
Directed by	Ed Bianchi
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Bates Motel — Season Two

Plunge is the sixth episode of the second season of Bates Motel, and the sixteenth 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: Rebecca Creskoff (Christine Heldens), Paloma Kwiatkowski (Cody Brennan), Michael O'Neill (Nick Ford), Kathleen Robertson (Jodi Morgan), Michael Vartan (George Heldens)

Also Starring: Michael Rogers (Jimmy Brennan), Keenan Tracey (Gunner), Beckham Skodje (Norman (4 years old)), Dolores Drake (Receptionist (Mayor's)), Peter New (DMV Guy), Andrew Airlie (Mayor Rob Woodriff)

Plot Overview

Norma is urged to take the now vacant seat on city council. Dylan meets his boss' sister. An incident at the lake has Cody confide a secret to Emma.

Notes

Music

• Phish - "Farmhouse"

• Deap Vally - "Bad for My Body"

• David Gray - "Full Steam"

• James Blunt - "Bonfire Heart"

• Peter Sivo Band - "Come My Love"

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Dylan is brought out of the hospital by Jodi Morgan who runs the family drug business and put her brother in Gil's place. She brings him to her place until things die down and sends him back to watch over her brother.

Characters

• Norma ends her relationship with Nick Ford.

• Encouraged by Christine Heldens, Norma applies for the open position on City Council and gets it.

• While hiding out in Cody's closet from her dad, he has flashbacks of he and his mother hiding in a closet from his dad.

• Cody tells Emma about Norman's episodes and she then tells Norma. She gets concerned enough to inform Norman's driving instructor, making him ineligible to apply for another three years.

• When Norman confronts Cody about telling Emma of his blackouts, her father comes out and begins attacking her. Norman defends her, knocking him down the stairs, breaking his neck.

Trivia

Allusions and References

• Norma is concerned about Norman drinking beer. In Robert Bloch's Psycho novel, Norman's blackouts were brought on by his drinking.