Norman has officially stepped aboard the crazy bus. He is obsessed with the S&M journal. He blacks out at school. He apparently has no recollection of trying to bash Dylan's brains out with a meat tenderizer. He goes off on a Emma a few times. He starts keeping "mementos" like Dead Keith's belt. And worst of all, he starts having hallucinations of his Mother saying "you know what you have to do".Meanwhile Norma starts a relationship with Deputy Shelby. He has the belt but hasn't told anyone else. He tells Norma he will protect her. Nooooo Norma don't trust him! In any mystery/horror/crime show find the most innocent looking person. He/she is the one responsible for the evil goings on.
Norman breaks into Shelby's house to get the belt and what do ya know? One of the girl's from the journal is locked up in the basement. Maybe it's a hallucination but I don think so. That Deputy Shelby is too nice to be true. He's probably the mastermind of everything that's going on in town.
The popular girls continue to be weirdos. Bradley's reactions are not those of a normal teenager. I'll say it again-- definitely Satan worshippers or maybe a coven of witches. Oh and Dylan has a new job guarding the town's pot crop.
Wikipedia:
Episode 3 "What's Wrong With Norman"
Dylan states he has a new job, not mentioning it's guarding the large marijuana field that was discovered. Norman passes out in the classroom while seeing images of his teacher, Miss Watson tied up somewhere. At the hospital, the doctor wants to keep Norman overnight for further observation. Norma has to leave the hospital to receive the new carpeting for the motel. While at home, Sheriff Romero presents a search warrant, looking for evidence relating to Keith Summers' disappearance. Norma leaves home with the sheriff and deputies still searching and returns to the hospital. Against the doctor's wishes, she takes Norman home. After returning home, Norman tells Norma that he kept Summer's utility belt which is now missing. Norma tracks down Deputy Shelby. He tells her not to worry and assures her everything will be alright as he then invites her to his house for dinner. Dylan has another talk with Norman who claims that Norma is smothering him but both suddenly start to bond after Dylan sees that Norman was in the hospital. Norma has dinner with Deputy Shelby at his home. Shelby reveals that he took Summers' belt without the Sheriffs' knowledge because he wants to protect and care for her, which results in them making out. Feeling safe, Norma back at home tells Norman what Deputy Shelby proposed to her as Norman claims that he may just be using her. At school, Emma tells Norman her interest in finding out more about the women depicted in the sketchbook he found by informing the police but Norman advises her not to. Then while in bed, Norman sees a image of Norma beside him advising him to go search for Summers' belt at Deputy Shelby's house. While searching for the belt, Norman discovers locked in the Deputy's basement one of the women depicted in the sketchbook.
Grade: 4 Monsters (out of 5). This show keeps getting better and better. I've never seen Vera Farmiga in anything else (that I know of). She has an otherworldly presence about her that is very appealing. After watching her play Norma, I can't see anyone else in the role. She has just the right balance of vulnerability and toughness.
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