Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
Okay, so we know that Bates Motel is on a five-year track. Next season will be the show's last. Which is good. I think we're all mostly in agreement that every show should have a firm exit strategy. Five seasons is a healthy run. Though after watching this Season 4 premiere I have to say - I have no idea how they're going to fill up 20 more episodes (or 19, I guess) given HOW crazy Norman is already. I mean, for all intents and purposes, he's gone.
I mean, Norman went from killing Bradley in last year's finale to freakin' strangling Emma's mom right at the end of this season premiere. He answered the door as Norma (the mom had no idea) and then lost it and got all murder-y when he/she thought about that woman abandoning Emma in her crippling, ailing state. So these new murders now are happening quickly and fiercely. And Norman both embodies his mother WHILE ALSO witnessing her committing the acts. So when he's "normal" Norman (which has become a somewhat relative term now), he's unclear as to whether or not Norma really killed someone or if it was all a dream.
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Okay, so we know that Bates Motel is on a five-year track. Next season will be the show's last. Which is good. I think we're all mostly in agreement that every show should have a firm exit strategy. Five seasons is a healthy run. Though after watching this Season 4 premiere I have to say - I have no idea how they're going to fill up 20 more episodes (or 19, I guess) given HOW crazy Norman is already. I mean, for all intents and purposes, he's gone.
I mean, Norman went from killing Bradley in last year's finale to freakin' strangling Emma's mom right at the end of this season premiere. He answered the door as Norma (the mom had no idea) and then lost it and got all murder-y when he/she thought about that woman abandoning Emma in her crippling, ailing state. So these new murders now are happening quickly and fiercely. And Norman both embodies his mother WHILE ALSO witnessing her committing the acts. So when he's "normal" Norman (which has become a somewhat relative term now), he's unclear as to whether or not Norma really killed someone or if it was all a dream.
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