Marion's boss tells her to deposit the money and take the rest of the afternoon off. Instead of depositing the money, Marion packs a suitcase and decides to head up to Fairdale and see Sam. .
As Marion begins her voyage, Hitchcock draws the audience toward some abnormal behavior. Marion is hearing voices in her head of conversations between the people that her crime has affected. The scene shows her driving at night and ends with her looking like she might fall asleep at the wheel. The next scene starts with her car on the side of the road in the morning. .
A police officer eventually wakes Marion up as she is sleeping in the front seat of her car. Hitchcock introduces more abnormal behavior here. Marion acts in a troublesome way toward the police officer. When the officer wakes her, she tries to start the car right away. He asks a few questions and she gives very nervous answers. He eventually asks for her license. Everything turns out fine and he lets her go. But as she leaves to continue onto Fairdale, the officer follows her. Marion still acts weird with Hermann's brilliant soundtrack playing. The officer disappears for a short while before reappearing when Marion pulls into the car dealership.
The scene at the car dealer introduces more bizarre behavior. Marion is still acting uneasy and she wants to trade in her car. The car dealer seems a bit confused by her actions. Marion doesn't want to take the new car for a spin and she doesn't even barter with him for the price of the car which took him by surprise the most. Also, when Marion was leaving, she was in such a hurry that she almost left without her bags. .
When Marion finally leaves the car dealer, things seem normal for a bit. Then she starts having second thoughts again. She starts hearing what the car dealer and police officer's conversation would be like if she was there. She continues in a rainstorm until she comes up to a motel called "Bates Motel.