Dylan is still in Portland, considering recovering Emma's future with her father Will Decody, unaware her mother was slain by Norman in the motel. Despite initially turning down Norma's request for a 'fake marriage' for access to his health insurance, the sheriff bribes the rehab manager promising a marriage certificate in two months, but then Norman must sign for voluntary admission. Norma can't convince him, and when Norman, who insists to step up as motel manager, finds the faxed papers, he believes his beloved mother is the psychotic killer -as his father tells him in a nightmare- trying to frame him, so mother and son play cat and mouse until Alex arrives.
—KGF Vissers