Bates motel season 5 is its last, but the show is going out. One that unexpectedly cost him dearly as a huge character exited the show before we expected. It premiered on march 7, 2016 and concluded on may 16, 2016. This season was also the only one in the shows five year run to skip a week due to the ncaa championship game, which aired on april 4. Bates motel series finale explained hollywood reporter. The final hour of bates motel season 4 made us cringe, scared, worried, and shed a few tears. When he comes to the realization she really is dead, he prepares to kill himself with a revolver, only to hear music playing in the living room. The final three episodes of this season contain the best acting and writing in the fourseason run of bates motel. The final season has really upped the tension on this show. Find all 7 songs featured in bates motel soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions.
The season consisted of 10 episodes and aired on mondays at. Bates motel s fourth season maintained consistent ratings throughout its airing, with the season premiere drawing in 1. Jun 11, 2019 bates motel season 4 episode 10 takes place in the aftermath of norma bates death and reveals how mother finally emerged. Seeking a fresh start after her husbands tragic death, norma bates buys a motel on the outskirts of an idyllic coastal town. The series, a contemporary prequel to alfred hitchcock s 1960 film.
The pain of his decision of leaving at the end of last season was because he knew if he pushed, he would be able to prove that norman needed to be locked up. That is, until the end of the piece, where a spoiler warning will be provided. According to the episode 1 synopsis, norma will be searching for her son, who will find himself in unfamiliar surroundings. Dvd bates motel season 4 arrives in time at my address. From season 5 episode 10 the cord, after seeing normas corpse at the dinner table, dylan begs norman to face reality but norman is unwilling to. Bates motel season 4 dvd overview bates motel s storylines differ from the film prequel psycho iv. Bates motel unleashed the mother of all plot twists in mondays penultimate season 4 episode. You can check back into bates motel this coming march, as the prequel story to alfred hitchcocks 1960 adaptation of psycho returns for season 4. Would you have watched a sixth season or if this the right time. The end of the season is brilliant and it does have a big twist which i will not reveal but it made me very angry with norman.
Norma deals with distractions as her suspicions grow about certain town residents. Season 4 of bates motel is silly and oddsuch is the world of white pine bay, although twin peaks this aintbut none of the shows drama feels superfluous. Shes exploring the basement where alex stashed the money from the shooting of bob paris at the end of season. He has huge issues with norman, so all that is going to come into play in the last season. The chemistry between emma olivia cooke and dylan max thieriot was apparent all season, but the two didnt act on their feelings until the. I really hope the show can carry its momentum into. The episode really just let both actors showcase their talents in such an intense and beautiful way. When season 4 picks up, norma is frantic to get norman the medical help he needs, and the show is going to toy with.
Season 4 of bates motel will be norman unleashed says creator carlton cuse back to video but for veteran showrunner cartlon cuse, normans return is. Also, gone was the idea of the local bad guy of the season and in its place was a much more focused, emotional story of a young man with dangerous problems and a mother incapable of seeing beyond her. Thats not the end of our story, cuse told the hollywood reporter of the season 3 finale. Apr 05, 2016 watch the official season 14 recap of bates motel and be sure to tunein march 7 98c for the premiere of season 4. By its very nature, inseparable had to be more transitional. This season of bates motel delved deeper into each character and their relationships to each other. I would have not had the final 3 or four episodes end the way they did, wrapping up the storyline 100%, instead i would have changed a couple of things that. In the end, norman bates is just a lost boy who wants to be. Bates motel s haunting and focused fourth season brought norman to an extreme breaking point. Like the first three seasons, both season 4 and season 5 of bates motel will be 10 episodes each, so weve got at least 20 more episodes of normans dwindling sanity not to. Bates motel, a contemporary prequel to the genredefining film psycho, will return with normans continued downward spiral and the effect it has on the family. What bates motel does so well in season two, is have its.
Visit tunefind for music from your favorite tv shows and movies. Bates motel season 4 episode 10 norman finds him so distraught over his mothers death he digs up her corpse and takes it back home. After three seasons of psychoseed planting, bates motel entered season 4 with its foot. Will the thriller end for good after the 2017 finale. If there was any lingering confusion over the fate of norma bates, presumed dead at the end of last weeks episode thanks to normans attempted. In the aftermath of her husbands death, norma bates and her teen son move to a tiny town in coastal oregon, where they buy a roadside motel. Do not read until youve watched season 4, episode 10 of bates motel, titled norman. By the end of this hour, she had used every trick in her book to get.
Bates motel season 4 episode 10 revealed the origin of mother. Mar 07, 2016 season 4 of bates motel was announced on june 15, 2015. The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and. But the thrill of these past four seasons of bates motel has been watching how the shows creators are choosing to get us to that point. Join the tv junkies as we take a look back at everything that went down during the season 4 finale of bates motel before mondays final season premiere. Bates motel season 5 is its last, but the show is going. It consisted of 10 episodes and is the penultimate season. The last time we checked in, norma vera farmiga having finally. Bates motel season 4 bates motel is a modernday prequel to the genredefining film psycho that gives viewers an intimate portrayal of norman bates as. Bates motel season 4 will pick up shortly after the events from the finale. Audiences in 1960 were barely equipped to deal with alfred hitchcocks psycho. This season norma becomes increasingly fearful and desperate, going to great lengths to find norman the professional help he needs. Bates motel has certainly had its ups and downs over the years, particularly when it tried to expand its drug subplot or the machinations of the evil, rich folks of white pine bay. As executive producer carlton cuse promised in last weeks postmortem interview, all of our questions from last weeks cliffhanger episode have been answered.
Thats how bates motel ended after five seasons tonight, but thats pretty much how it always had to end, didnt it after killing normas widower romero nestor. Bates motel soundtrack complete song list tunefind. The series is filmed outside of vancouver in aldergrove, british columbia, along with other locations within the fraser valley of british columbia. May 20, 2015 the ratings for season three of bates motel were way down but a fourth season renewal is coming soon, according to executive producer kerry ehrin. He took it off normas finger, defying alexs final wish for his wife. The series itself is described as a contemporary prequel to the 1960 film psycho, following the life of norman bates and his mother norma prior to the events portrayed in. Norma does everything she can to get him out and into to better place. Season 4 of bates motel will be norman unleashed says creator carlton cuse. Bates motel season 4 not official, but season 3 finale. The following story contains spoilers about bates motel s season 4 premiere. Making norman take him to see normas body was going to be the end of him. Bates motel s bold, ghoulish season finale shows death is not the end by allison keene may 17, 2016. Bates motel s best and most tragic season to date zeroed in on normans mental maladies while also bringing sheriff romero into the family fold. Bates motel is an american psychological horror drama television series that aired from march 18, 20 to april 24, 2017.
Please do not continue if you do not want to know what happened on bates motel season 4 episode 10, norman. It will be released on dvd and bluray on october 18, 2016 and was put on netflix. Allison keene looks at how bates motels bold choices for its finale set the course for its final season, and make up for any sins of the past. To say that i had trepidations about bates motel when it premiered would be an understatement it wasn. The season was released on bluray and dvd on october 18, 2016. Tune in on february 20th to witness the beginning of the end. The last supper is the seventh episode of the third season of bates motel. He not in good shape and ends up being committed to a mental institution.
Bates motel, which was always plotted to be a five. It was risky of bates motel to separate norman and norma for the bulk of the. We give a standing ovation to nestor carbonell and freddie highmore for their performance on last nights bates motel season 4 finale. Get exclusive videos, pictures, bios and check out more. Mar 05, 2016 first, bates motel is going to deal with norma trying to get help for her son. Cuse explained that he sees 20 new episodes in the future, bringing bates motel to five seasons. It paved the way for what we know will be the end of norman bates. In a tv landscape full of fakeouts, bates motel makes the bold choice the reveal dead is. Bates motel season 4 bates motel is a modernday prequel to the genredefining film psycho that gives viewers an intimate portrayal of norman bates as his psyche unravels through his teenage. Get exclusive videos, pictures, bios and check out more of your favorite moments from seasons past.
To say that i had trepidations about bates motel when it. Season 4 of bates motel premiered in march 2016 and concluded in may 2016. In fact, he first considered he and mother off themselves on bates motel season 4. Apr 08, 20 trust me is the fourth episode of the first season of bates motel. If norma hadnt gone out on a limb on bates motel season 4 episode 1 by asking romero to marry her, shed be dead right now. During the hours haunting final act, norman freddie highmore set out to take a. Any great television series keeps the attention of its audience by making sure that not every answer has been fulfilled until the very end.
Check out my analysis and breakdown of the finale and see for yourself. The fourth season follows norma as she becomes increasingly fearful of norman, going. If he was going to kill him, he shouldve done it at the police station on bates motel season 5 episode 9. The 10episode season will continue to chronicle norman bates freddie highmore slow descent into madness and bloodlust. The show ran for five series, with the fifth and final season being a loose remake of psycho. In its final season, bates motel proved over and over again that it is one of the few series on. May 17, 2016 bates motel has certainly had its ups and downs over the years, particularly when it tried to expand its drug subplot or the machinations of the evil, rich folks of white pine bay. The show picks off from the end of the third season where norman has just killed bradley shame as she is a gorgeous looking girl. Fan favorite and emmynominated actress vera farmiga returns for double duty as executive producer while also reprising her role as. Bates motel eps and cast discuss the big norma twist in season 4, episode 9 plus. In season 4, episode 10, the finale reveals norma bates fate and whats next for norman in season 5. Norma is going to have one big mess to take care of upon her arrival home.
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