While there, Norman recovers a memory of witnessing his father rape Norma in a drunken rage after she tried to leave him it is implied that this trauma fractured his psyche. Fearing for his sanity, Norma briefly has him committed to a mental institution. As 'Mother', Norman murders Blaire Watson, one of his teachers who seduces him Bradley Martin, a girl he has feelings for and Audrey Ellis Decody, Emma's estranged mother.
The series also introduces his maternal half-brother, Dylan Massett. He kills his abusive father, Sam, while in a dissociative state, and Norma moves them from Arizona, where he was born and raised, to White Pine Bay, Oregon, to protect him.
In this continuity, Norman suffers from hallucinations and blackouts, and begins manifesting his 'Mother' personality while Norma is alive. Norman Bates, is a young boy who lives with his mother, Norma.