Bates Motel Page #2
- TV-MA
- Year:
- 2013
- 45 min
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SMASH TO:
BLACK. Letters seep in reading, “Six Months Later”.
HOLD ON IT A MOMENT, then SMASH TO:
INT. NORMA’S CAR - DAY
NORMAN’S POV - A GORGEOUS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTLINE
As we drive by Humboldt Bay Harbor. A small and picturesque
inlet. We are seeing at seventy miles an hour. It’s amazing.
FIND NORMAN looking out the window. Lost in thought. FIND
NORMA glancing over at him. Then...
NORMA LOUISE:
This is the part where you say
“Mother, this is beautiful.
(MORE)
5.
NORMA LOUISE (CONT'D)
I’m so happy we’re moving here.
You are so smart to have thought of
this...”
The car turns off the main road into the town: a quaint,
coastal town built in the 1920’s which sits next to the
harbor. Charming, but also with an upscale quality to its
“quaintness”.
Norman smiles the half smile of someone who loves the person
who’s being a needy-pain-in-the-ass-at-this-moment. And knows
them well. And knows this ritual.
NORMAN:
(rote)
“Mother this is beautiful. I’m so
happy you are making me move here.
You are so smart to force me to do
things I have no say in...”
Norma smiles the same half smile. They are related.
NORMA LOUISE:
(I love you)
You’re an a**hole.
(then)
Close your eyes...
NORMAN’S POV - BLACK
NORMA LOUISE (O.S.) (CONT’D)
Okay, here it is...
EXT. MOTEL/ BATES HOUSE - MINUTES LATER
Norma stands behind Norman, beaming as Norman opens his eyes
to see...
A twelve unit, single story motel circa 1950 over which looms
a two story, California Victorian style house. There is
something odd and haunting about this place. And it’s
isolated -- on the edge of town.
NORMA LOUISE:
What do you think?
Norman just laughs.
NORMAN:
This is crazy, Mom.
6.
NORMA LOUISE:
It’s not crazy. We’re going to run
this place. We own a motel, Norman
Bates! Come on, I want to show you
the house...
She takes off like a little kid. Norman is skeptical.
INT. BATES HOUSE - MOMENTS LATER
We are inside the dark foyer as the DOOR SQUEAKS OPEN letting
some LIGHT in. Norma and Norman step in. The atmosphere is
dark and heavy:
old Victorian furniture and dusty velvetdrapes, etc. Norma walks through, turning on lights and
opening curtains, etc...
NORMA LOUISE:
...I bought the whole thing, house
and motel, on a foreclosure.
Everything came with it -
NORMAN:
Awesome. You can’t buy furniture
like this anymore. Mostly because
no one wants it -
NORMA LOUISE:
Yeah, yeah. I know. It’s ugly. So
we’ll use it for now and redecorate
as we get ahead. You have to
imagine this room without all this
crap in it -- just simple elegant
furnishings - open space - light,
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