- Audrey: I was afraid to stay with Emma's father. He has a violent temper. I want Emma to know that I love her and I hope that she can maybe understand why I did what I did. I so regret it. It hurts me so much.
- [whimpers]
- Norman Bates: [gently moves over next to her] It's all right.
- Audrey: Um, this rabbit's from her childhood. Maybe you could give it to her. And then and this letter.
- Norman Bates: I'm so sorry for you.
- Audrey: Thank you.
- Norman Bates: But what sort of a person runs away from their sick child?
- Audrey: I thought you said...
- Norman Bates: Do you have any idea the pain she suffered?
- [starts strangling her]
- Norman Bates: You think your pain is anything like what she went through? Every day, feeling abandoned by her own mother! Made to feel unwanted! Worthless! You love someone more than anything, and they leave you!
- [first lines]
- Norma Louise Bates: [on the phone] Hello?
- Dylan Massett: Hey.
- Norma Louise Bates: Hi, did you find him?
- Dylan Massett: No. No, I, uh I left pictures at 50 different places along the road. Nobody's seen him. I called some hospitals, too, and nothing.
- Norma Louise Bates: Nothing? I don't know what to do. What are we gonna do?
- Norma Louise Bates: I don't have any insurance, and I can't even get him on the waiting list without it.
- Sheriff Alex Romero: So?
- Norma Louise Bates: I need insurance. You have insurance. So I thought maybe you could marry me... It's not like you're doing anything else.
- Dr. Louise Palma: He blacks out regularly?
- Norma Louise Bates: Well, I mean it's just, it depends on what you mean by regularly.
- Dr. Louise Palma: More than once a year?
- Norma Louise Bates: Yes... You know, I didn't let him get his driver's license.
- Dr. Louise Palma: And he has no doctor, and he's never been tried on any medications?
- Norma Louise Bates: No.
- Dr. Louise Palma: Are you a Christian Scientist?
- Norma Louise Bates: I'm I'm I'm a single mother. My son is 18. He's having a lot of emotional problems right now and, uh, you know, it's hard being a woman alone with no one to turn to for help.
- [moving closer]
- Norma Louise Bates: I bet you could help me. Won't you please see him?
- Dr. Porter: I'm gay. You have my card...