Bates Motel/The Pit

The Pit
Season 3, Episode 8
Airdate	April 27, 2015
Written by	Bill Balas
Directed by	Roxann Dawson
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Bates Motel — Season Three

The Pit is the eighth episode of the third season of Bates Motel, and the twenty-eighth episode overall.

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

with Kenny Johnson (Caleb Calhoun)

and Nestor Carbonell (Sheriff Alex Romero)

Guest Starring: Ryan Hurst (Chick Hogan), Joshua Leonard (James Finnegan), Nicola Peltz (Bradley Martin), Kevin Rahm (Bob Paris), Peter Stebbings (Trespasser), Keenan Tracey (Gunner)

Also Starring: Uma Jama (Bob's Assistant), Dan Zukovic (Harry), Shaun Omaid (Pierre), Jason Edward Coleman (Worker)

Plot Overview

While Bob Paris has a crew building Norma's pool, he interrogates James Finnigan and discovers something that has Romero questioning Norma. Emma talks with Norman about their relationship while Dylan and Caleb go on a dangerous run.

Notes

Music

• Ex Hex - "Hot And Cold"

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Construction workers begin digging a hole for the pool Norma wanted from Paris, but soon abandon the site, leaving the deep hole.

• Paris tortures Finnegan to get information from him on Norma that he can use as leverage and learns about Norman killing his father.

• Caleb joins Dylan and running the guns. When they get there, they find the dealers were going to kill Chick, but instead attempt to kill Dylan, but they manage to escape.

• Romero contacts the DEA in regard to the flash drive.

• Norman finds that Bradley Martin has returned to town.

Characters

• Romero brings Norma's car back. However, his feeling about her sour when he discovers from Paris that she's been lying about the death of her husband.

• Emma and Norman's romantic relationship is officially ended when she explains about what she saw of him when Norma left and were probably never meant to be together.

• Norma confesses what Finnegan told him and that he feared it might have been true. She alleviates his fears and assures that it's normal.

• Norma discovers what Finnegan told Paris and tells this to Norman. He's upset, but she breaks down and admits the difficulty she has dealing with his conditions.

Trivia

Memorable Moments

• After Emma ends their relationship, Norman goes to his room and sits in a chair, unmoving until night where he is once again Juno is alive.

Goofs

• When Gunner asks if there's anything he can do, Emma puts her hand on the handle of her air tank. It cuts to another shot and is shown going to put her hand on it only as she gets up.