- Norma Louise Bates: [arriving home drunk] Hey, look, more stairs.
- Sheriff Alex Romero: [steadying her] Whoa. Whoa.
- Norma Louise Bates: Okay...
- Sheriff Alex Romero: Here, wait, wait, let me help you up here.
- Norma Louise Bates: [looking up the stairs] This is like an Olympic sobriety test.
- Gunner: [intercepted as he's leaving] I wrote you a note.
- Dylan Massett: [reading] "Going to Cali. Leftovers are in the cooler. Peace out. Gunner." Wow, that's, um - That's pretty emotional.
- Norma Louise Bates: I've just got - I've got a lot on my mind, and I'm so worried about Norman, and I know - Know this is stupid, but this is the third time that I've been married, and I'm never gonna be good at it, and this isn't even real, so I - I just can't go out in public and act like I'm happy.
- [vigorously chopping vegetables]
- Sheriff Alex Romero: That's what alcohol is for.
- Sheriff Alex Romero: So this is your third time being married?
- Norma Louise Bates: Yeah.
- Sheriff Alex Romero: Okay. It's my second.
- Norma Louise Bates: Oh, my God, someone married you?
- [last lines]
- Norman Bates: I do need to tell you something.
- Dr. Gregg Edwards: Whatever it is, you can tell me.
- Norman Bates: I have reason to believe that my mother is insane and might be killing people.
- Dr. Gregg Edwards: You know if you make that accusation, I will have to report this to the authorities.
- Norman Bates: I do.
- Norma Louise Bates: [from across the room] Norman.
- Norman Bates: Mother!
- Norma Louise Bates: Oh, honey, it's so good to see you.
- Ward Patient: [assuming she means him] It's good to see you, too.
- Norma Louise Bates: Oh, no, I was talking to my son.
- Ward Patient: Well, I still mean it.
- [turns back to continue watching television]
- Norman Bates: [in his first therapy session] You know something? Doctor? Sometimes, a person might think someone needs help because they are actually the one that needs help.
- Dr. Gregg Edwards: Someone is paying a lot of money for you to be here, so you should take advantage of it. No one comes here for the food.