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, where the mothers get crazier, and the kids get more psychotic, and the body count continues to rise. In fact, that’s literally where we pick up at the beginning of the season premiere. We all remember how Alex Romero (Nestor Carbonell) killed Bob Paris (Kevin Rahm), right? Well, Romero is taking care of his mess by leaving him on a boat that he promptly floods in the middle of the water.

We also all remember how Norman is missing, right? (He disappeared after taking off with Bradley, who he killed after having a vision of Norma.) Dylan is putting up signs all over town and Norma is a certifiable worried mess. As for Norman, he wakes up bloodied and confused in a field talking to himself, though from our perspective, we see that he’s talking to Norma the way he was in the season finale. When an older man happens upon him and asks if he’s okay, Norman attacks him, though he’s bested easily by a simple punch.

When Dylan gets a call that Norman’s been found, it comes with the information that Norman’s been placed in a psychiatric unit thanks to the state he was found in. Norma can’t deal with this, but what’s worse is that she’s going to need to deal with this alone — Dylan tells her he’s not coming with her to get Norman because he’s going to Portland to be with Emma for her transplant. He also kind of backhandedly uses this to drop the bomb that he and Emma are together. “It all happened rather quickly.” Yes, Dylan. It did. (Still not complaining: I actually love Dylan and Emma, and anything that gives Max Thieriot a bigger story line makes me happy.)

Norma arrives at the hospital and is told Norman is under 48-hour observation. When she talks to the doctor and finds out they’re concerned that her son is dangerous, Norma finds herself almost in tears. “He’s one of the sweetest people who’s ever lived,” she tells the doctor, determined to defend her son. As much as I adore Norma and by default, Vera Farmiga, at this point I’m not even going to feel bad when Norma eventually dies, because she’s not doing much to help matters. Pro tip: Telling your doctor that your son isn’t dangerous and then saying, by the way, he also experiences frequent blackouts is not the best way to show your parenting skills. Norma also admits he doesn’t have a doctor, which leaves the mental hospital doctor shocked. (I love that Norma’s defense is that, well, I didn’t let him get his driver’s license! Look at me, I’m a great problematic mom!)

Either way, Norma can’t see Norman until the allotted 48 hours are up. And since Norman is 18 and legal, she technically has no rights to override that. Oh, and by the way? Norma could totally be seen as negligent since she admitted she knows her son has issues, but never bothered to get him help.

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Faced with complete and total horror at the fact she might lose her precious son, Norma goes to (who else?) Romero. She wants him to use his sheriff powers and do something. “Pull some strings; threaten someone; beat someone up in the parking lot,” she implores, because Norma has absolutely no chill. Romero just

, I mean, he killed Bob, dammit! (Not that Norma knows this.)

In desperation, Norma returns to Pineview, the institution she finally went to last season to try to get Norman help. You might recall that as nice as Pineview was, at the time, Norma didn’t have the insurance to get Norman in — nor did she want to wait to try to work that kind of stuff out. This time around, Norma’s aggressively pushing for her son’s admission, but, well, it’s not so easy. In addition to the insurance thing, there’s also the matter of a diagnosis from a doctor (which Norman doesn’t have), not to mention a waiting list. She leaves dejectedly and happens upon an arriving doctor, and attempts

to bypass the system by convincing him she needs to get Norman seen. Norma even goes so far to pull the single mother card, which has no effect on Dr. Edwards (Damon Gupton — pay attention because I bet he’ll become a key player), so she gives up and goes with the honest truth about his condition, including how scared she is that they’re going to lock him up. I get Norma’s desperation, to a degree — the psych ward where Norman is being held isn’t the type of place any mother would want their child, mentally unstable or not — and Pineview, by comparison, is a palace. But at the same time, I can’t help but feel like this is what Norma gets for waiting too long to take action.

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