Was that (great, Canadian actor) Louis Ferreira playing the surgeon who came out to talk to Emma's dad? If so….YAYS! (Durham County, anyone?) And also if so, Emma's surgeon is going to play a bigger role than one might otherwise have guessed.

Dylan will convince her to do it, and go along with them to the place (or be there when the men from the place show up with a straightjacket and a padded van), and therein lies the beating heart of the reason why Norman will kill Dylan….along with Emma, as a foreshadowing of killing Norma & (I know how you feel about…

Yes. Instead of Hycroft Manor, set of the fancy someplace Norma visited (and scene of many an ostentatious Vancouver wedding), Norman's someplace will surely be Riverview.

Final thoughts:

If the lung transplant is indeed a go, good luck to the writers in keeping up the CW-ish cuteness of this storyline next season. Corticosteroids and immunosuppressants are the Anti-Cute.

Pretty sure he got away with raping her. What he didn't get away with was not being killed for it.

Apologizing for not being able to protect her…right before going off to kill Bob to protect her.

She should win for her (quiet) delivery of this line alone: "He's my son, he's broken, and he's just the dearest boy who ever lived."

Alex, it wasn't "attempted rape" in the very first episode, it was rape.

Admittedly, I am one of those for whom Romero elicits some mighty big feels. So much so that yesterday as I drove past the sheriff's vehicle here in my own small town, the palms of my hands got a little clammy. (If only she looked like Romero.)

We all watch the same show, but we don't all see the same stuff. Which might be my favourite thing about Bates Motel, and the highest praise I can give a TV show.

I don't know if I agree with this: "He tried to extract information from her he has no business knowing". He's put a lot of trust in her, she knows things about him, he's trusted her (and her sons) to back up his version of certain events (all to cover their asses right along with his). I think his demands for honesty…