Bates Motel/Presumed Innocent

Presumed Innocent
Season 2, Episode 7
Airdate	April 14, 2014
Written by	Alexandra Cunningham
Directed by	Roxann Dawson
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Bates Motel — Season Two

Presumed Innocent is the seventh episode of the second season of Bates Motel, and the seventeenth 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: Agam Darshi (Patty Lin), Michael Eklund (Zane Morgan), Paloma Kwiatkowski (Cody Brennan), Ian Tracey (Remo), Michael Vartan (George Heldens)

Also Starring: Matthew Mandzij (Deputy Jeffcoat), John Cassini (Max Borowitz), Patti Allan (Anne Dietrich), Aliyah O'Brien (Regina), Darren Moore (Iggy), Christian Bower (Sid), Nima Ghavami (Chuck)

Plot Overview

As Romero investigates the death of Cody's father, Norma makes sure Norman's blackouts remain secret. Dylan's work as an inside man to Jodi is put to the test.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Zane quickly catches on that Dylan was sent by his sister to keep an eye on him. He also knew she slept with him.

• The death of Cody's father is ruled an accident.

• Cody, still a minor, is sent to stay with her aunt in Indiana. She doesn't bother making a promise to contact Norman, knowing she won't be able to keep it.

• Zane takes Dylan and Remo along with some men to Nick Ford's warehouse. When Dylan refuses to partake, leaving Zane to knock him out while the rest go in to shoot it up.

• Deputy Patty Lin runs the DNA samples from Norman Bates through the system. It matches the other semen sample recovered from Blaire Watson.

Characters

• Despite Emma's plea, Dylan keeps away from his mother and brother.

• As Norma tries to cover certain aspects of what happened, Norman feels she's trying to hide something about his blackouts. She shuts down his questions and assures him it's for his protection.

Quotes

• Max Borowitz: I'm really sorry I missed that last meeting when you called Lee Berman a dick.

Norma: Yeah, well, uh, I'm a little embarrassed about all that now.

Max Borowitz: Don't be. He was, God rest his soul.

• Zane: I probably don't need to tell you. You look like you know your way around women, but, uh, if you're gonna sleep with my sister, manage your expectations.

Dylan: I don't...

Zane: Yeah, sure, I know. It's just, uh, it's not her first below her pay grade.

• Norman: You told her something happens to me when I black out.

Norma: Norman.

Norman: You said I change, that I'm not myself. Who am I, mother? Who am I and what do I do?