Spoilers

“Norma Louise”

“The Last Supper”

This was two really great episodes in a row.

So much happened after Norma stormed out of her house with a suitcase and a gun. Thankfully, the only person or thing that she shot was her cell phone.

She bought new clothes, she bought a new car and she had sex with her therapist. Spiraling.

It is always scary how she then turns on a dime, returns to her life and pushes everything down back inside.

We get a lot of development of Alex Romero too as he runs the gamut from finding out about his father using Alex’s dead mother’s name in a drug deal to being shot and then to kill the guy who was running against him for sheriff. I did not remember how much of a bad ass Romero was in my first watch of this show, but he straight up murdered fools during Bates Motel.

I have never seen such a “happy” family dinner, where nothing negative happened, that was as full of tension as this dinner was with Norma, Alex, Norman, Emma, Dylan and Caleb. I sat watching this just waiting for something to happen. It was a lovely moment, but the anxiety it built was off the charts. It was a great scene.

The scene with Norma and Caleb at the farm was so powerful. Norma coming back from her night out and dominating Norman and Dylan, demanding that they all head out to the farm to talk to Caleb. She was not taking any opposition from her kids and their shocked faces as they followed along was great.

It was also funny every time someone saw Norma’s new car. She definitely had buyer’s remorse over the car though.

Dylan is also one of the best characters on this show and he has turned his attention to Emma’s illness and trying to get her the lung transplant that she desperately needed. It is weird how Emma and Norman, who were dating, kind of stopped just out of the blue.

I believe season three has three more to go.