I didn't think that, but to me Madeline looks similar enough to Norma, that she probably does look like Norma when she yells. That would be interesting if Norman sees Norma when Madeline yells.

Yes, Norman's not any more convincing with Sheriff Greene. "Technically speaking, [Romero] didn't contact me." lol

Sell them at a distant consignment store or something and somebody else can enjoy the purses and clothes:)

She's making it too easy for him lol.

If that is true maybe that is why we see Norman's menacing facial expression at the end of the episode. It's like he's in full Mother mode now. I expect the tone of the episode to change next week; he may never be the nervous Norman again that we saw with Sheriff Greene.

So Norma was passed out or asleep during Norman's blackout, and at some point Norma woke up, possibly upon being laid to bed by Chick, and may have gone right back to sleep — I'm doing a bunch of speculating now lol — and thereafter Norman woke up.

I think the episode was intended as an homage to the movie and Alfred Hitchcock.

Freddie Highmore did a great job channeling Anthony Perkins, from the leaning over to look at the ledger, the munching, the stammering, and even the way he referred to the porch, which in the movie that other location was the backroom.

Yes I thought Sheriff Greene knew she didn't tell Norman about Canyon City, that there was a look of realization and suspicion on her face when Norman talked about Canyon City.

Thank you for replying. So I guess when Chick was carrying Norman up to bed, Norman looked passed out, but he was actually still in a blackout and Norma was aware of Norma/n being carried upstairs. Sorry I can't get my head around something. So Norma didn't mind being carried upstairs to her bed by Chick?

First Norman tells Madeline she reminds him of his mother, and then she's wearing his dead mother's clothes. I don't know how she's not creeped out by it, but it is an interesting but sick twist.

Question for anyone still checking for new posts lol. How can Norman remember that Chick put him in Mother's bed after Norman "passed out" (after Norma and Caleb were holding hands in the basement)? Norman was in a blackout at the time Chick put him in bed because when he woke up, he asked Mother, "What happened?"…

I won't miss Caleb. I guess if he's only in flashbacks, that'll be okay. Chick lied to Norman when he said Caleb knows Norma's alive. He knows that Caleb knows she's dead. Chick wanted to see Norman do something about it and to see Caleb dead, and it looks like he got his wish. Most of all, Chick wants to profit off…

To piggyback off of your post that victims in the show can be seen as being guilty of something, I am now viewing this particular episode as partly about characters not being able to escape their "fate," if you believe in fate. Norman said "I don't want to live like this anymore!" upon pointing a gun at Caleb, yet we…

It is what he's going for. Freddie said he studied Vera's movements so he can mimic them.

I dated someone who was a momma's boy AND exalted his sister so much that I swear if they weren't related, I thought he would be in love with her. Needless to say I'm glad I didn't end up with someone like him.

The awards people/boards seem to agree with you. Vera Farmiga got more awards (though not Emmys! It's a shame) — more than Freddie has for this show.

I so agree!

Interesting, good observation.

I think he did. They just haven't shown it. Maybe it'll come up in one of the scenes where he's writing his book.