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Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore in Bates Motel (2013)

Vera Farmiga: Norma Louise Bates

A Danger to Himself and Others

Bates Motel

Vera Farmiga credited as playing...

Norma Louise Bates

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  • [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...

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