I watched the premiere and just when I thought this show couldn't shock me anymore...
that ending.
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Bates Motel Season 3 |OT| Til Death (Mondays 9/8pm Central)
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I watched the premiere and just when I thought this show couldn't shock me anymore...
You were shocked? I knew the whole episode that would happen. Can we get a season 4 thread please?
User 479360
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The premiere was decent, but I was kind of hoping for more. I like this show a decent amount, but not as much as I did during Season 1 and 2.
Thewonandonly
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Is their really no |OT| for season 4 because that's sad. This is a really really good show and one of the few tv shows that keep me entertained. Season 4 is starting off awesomely to. More people really need to check this show out 
Lumpy Onion
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Season 4 has been a real return to form for me. While I liked S2 and 3 well enough I am finding this one to have a much better focus overall. I really dug the mental hospital arc and how it delved into Norman's psyche. And seeing Norma living away from Norman and the marriage plot has been enjoyable as well. Makes me sad there is no season 4 OT because this is as good as it's ever been imo.
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Nice catch about the peephole. I haven't seen Psycho in a ages and really should see again since I've gotten so invested in the TV series character.
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Nice catch about the peephole. I haven't seen Psycho in a ages and really should see again since I've gotten so invested in the TV series character.
Between Norman and the DEA, I think Alex is in huge trouble. I'm not sure which one is going to take him out first though.
This season has found the show re-energized. It's been quite strong. I wonder if they're planning on the 5th season being the end, and so they know their endgame and the specific path to it.
Ditching most of the drug trade stuff has helped give more time and focus to Norman and Norma as well.
Ditching most of the drug trade stuff has helped give more time and focus to Norman and Norma as well.
What the fuck at tonight's episode Was actually crying quite a bit as the episode closed. Haven't had a good tv-induced cry in a while.
Was actually crying quite a bit as the episode closed. Haven't had a good tv-induced cry in a while.Yet she is also the character you can totally kill off and still have as a full regular on the show. ~Mother~ 24/7.
There's always a chance she's revived, but...she looked pretty dead. Her lips were going blue.
Damnit Norman.
There's always a chance she's revived, but...she looked pretty dead. Her lips were going blue.
Damnit Norman.
I stopped watching near the end of season 2. I was pretty enthralled by the first season, and Psycho is one of my all-time favourite horror films, but I just felt very underwhelmed by the progression in the second season. I guess I was expecting it to be a little more like a thriller than a drama. Does it pick back up in the third season?
Season 3 is ok but season 4 has been tense for pretty much the whole season. It always feels like something could go wrong at anytime.
nextgeneration
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Looking at how small this thread is, it appears like nobody here watches this show, which is a shame. In any case, damn - didn't expect to see what happened at the end of tonight's show! Last season wasn't the best but this season has been hitting absolutely all cylinders. Gonna be interesting to see how the season finale wraps it up. Last I read, there will be a season 5, which will be the final season. If true, I'm curious to see where they take this show. But if they were to end the the show with this season, I think they've done a very good job of explaining how Norman came to become what he eventually becomes.
Also, I really like how they crafted the backstory behind Norman and Norma. In the end, you develop great empathy for both of these characters and it just ends up being a very tragic story because both characters have good hearts, but become what they become because of external factors out of their control.
Also, I really like how they crafted the backstory behind Norman and Norma. In the end, you develop great empathy for both of these characters and it just ends up being a very tragic story because both characters have good hearts, but become what they become because of external factors out of their control.
Dirtyshubb
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Just finished the latest episode, God damn what a bastard
This has been a great season, I think this show is on my list of best shows nobody I know watches, along with person of interest.
I always figured Norma would be his final victim so this was quite the shock. Poor Alex though, he is such a great guy and yet he basically lost everything that day between Norma and the attempted DEA sting
This has been a great season, I think this show is on my list of best shows nobody I know watches, along with person of interest.
Lumpy Onion
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Yikes that really hit hard....I cried. Gotta say that I loved the montage set to Mr Sandman. But jesus that was just all around brutal, and then having Alex breaking down like that. Great performances all around.
It's amazing how a prequel to a Hitchcock movie ends up being one of my favorite dramas on TV. Way better than it has any right to be.
It's amazing how a prequel to a Hitchcock movie ends up being one of my favorite dramas on TV. Way better than it has any right to be.
interactivemonodrama
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is there a promo about a the season finale?
Ending of the latest episode had me surprisingly emotional, damn that final scene was captured beautifully & was also really uncomfortable/hard to watch. This season has been amazing all the way through, definitely seems like the next season will be the shows' last.
Now I'm really interested to see where they go with show - Norman's gonna be completely unhinged.
Now I'm really interested to see where they go with show - Norman's gonna be completely unhinged.
Baron Aloha
A Shining Example
Amazing episode. This has been a great season, the best so far, IMO. The performances have been great.
Shrennin
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I was totally not expecting this to happen this episode. The tension had me focused on the dangers to
Alex, but not Norma. That was a very well executed twist where the season has been building tension up to this point the whole time but then completely flips the expectation of it.
DeviantBoi
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I'm glad I stuck with the show.
This current season is damn good.
Can't wait for the season finale today.
This current season is damn good.
Can't wait for the season finale today.
Lumpy Onion
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Finally watched S4 finale. Oh man that was hard to watch. It was an amazing finale but goddamn did it make me on edge from all the tension. I was kinda worn out by the end and loved it! They really made me get that feeling of things spiraling out of control.
-that call from Dylan made me sad
-that awkward funeral ceremony and then having Romero show up was crazy. I dug his confrontation at the hospital too.
-digging up Norma and that creepy as fuck scene where he's talking to her and her dead eyes are open (nightmare fuel)
-I liked how the weird guy who fixed the window showed up at the end and had a chat with Norman
So yeah, overall the best season of the show since the first. Even if the series had ended on this episode I think they have done a fine job in setting up the Norman we know from Psycho. Excited to see things go off the rails for the final season.
-that call from Dylan made me sad
-that awkward funeral ceremony and then having Romero show up was crazy. I dug his confrontation at the hospital too.
-digging up Norma and that creepy as fuck scene where he's talking to her and her dead eyes are open (nightmare fuel)
-I liked how the weird guy who fixed the window showed up at the end and had a chat with Norman
So yeah, overall the best season of the show since the first. Even if the series had ended on this episode I think they have done a fine job in setting up the Norman we know from Psycho. Excited to see things go off the rails for the final season.
^^^Agree with everything said up there, this has really been the best (and most tragic) season of Bates Motel yet. Vera Farmiga & Freddie Highmore deserve Emmy's. I'm super interested to see where the story goes next year. I would hope that the dangling plot thread with Emma's Mom gets returned to and I also wonder what will be the ultimate fate of Sheriff Romero.
thecouncil
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When Norman sat with Norma playing the piano, I was really bracing for the horror image of the reality of the situation (Norman at the piano by himself in a cold room with a dead Norma on the couch) but they didn't deliver. Oh well. I did get some hilarious Romero out of that finale though I'm sad that there may not be any more hilarious Norma / Norman interactions next season. The Norma of Norman's vision isn't nearly as funny in her line delivery / exaggerated acting. The last great comedy scene between those two may very well be that Christmas tree farm.
Was everyone aware that the episode where they went to the Christmas tree farm and later had their first family dinner (Norma, Norman and Romero) was written by Freddie Highmore? This kid's got talent. Jesus.
Was everyone aware that the episode where they went to the Christmas tree farm and later had their first family dinner (Norma, Norman and Romero) was written by Freddie Highmore? This kid's got talent. Jesus.
Bumping this since there wasn't a thread for the 4th season. I just finished watching the 3rd season on Netflix, so I just glanced over the posts in this last page.
This show is such a pleasure to watch, even if it can get meandering with some plot lines. Any Twin Peaks fan should give it a try, it goes hard for that mix of strange and campy that was a big part of what made TP unique (which is intentional since Cuse has openly said that they "ripped off" TP).
I think I'll watch the 4th season outside of Netflix, 3rd one took too long to show up there (in my country at least).
This show is such a pleasure to watch, even if it can get meandering with some plot lines. Any Twin Peaks fan should give it a try, it goes hard for that mix of strange and campy that was a big part of what made TP unique (which is intentional since Cuse has openly said that they "ripped off" TP).
I think I'll watch the 4th season outside of Netflix, 3rd one took too long to show up there (in my country at least).
User 479360
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I've been watching the fourth season slowly, off of my PVR. I got behind, and have prioritized other things, watching an episode here and there.
Maybe it's not the best idea. This hasn't been a great season so far, though. It's decent, but nothing special.
I think I have four episodes left.
Maybe it's not the best idea. This hasn't been a great season so far, though. It's decent, but nothing special.
I think I have four episodes left.
Easystride
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Glad to see some love for this show. It is my favorite show on television right now, and this coming from a huge fan of "Psycho" and most of Alfred Hitchcock's movies. I originally wrote this show off, but I am glad I gave it another chance. It is a true gem, in particular pretty much every scene with both Norma and Norman. Here is my original post from the season one thread expressing my initial disappointments:
Just goes to show you to give second chances. Freddie Highmore has been killing it.
Just goes to show you to give second chances. Freddie Highmore has been killing it.
User 479360
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The slighted weed shack neighbour -- whose name escapes me -- is so boring, though.
Easystride
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Chick? His character feels so out of place but he kind've grew on me by the end of season 4.
User 479360
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Just finished Season 4. I watched it slowly...far too slowly.
I didn't expect what happened to happen, but it made sense. Things are certainly getting crazier.
The season, as a whole, was quite solid. Not the show's best, though.
I didn't expect what happened to happen, but it made sense. Things are certainly getting crazier.
The season, as a whole, was quite solid. Not the show's best, though.
I'm all for a POC Marion Crane but:
I'd never think it would be Rihanna.
I didn't expect them to even have the character in the show. I always thought the show would end with her car arriving at the hotel or something, and that we'd never get a clear view of her face.
Interesting news though. Cuse said this:
I'm glad they're not aiming to do that. Trying to recreate those scenes in the show would be a pretty uninspired thing to do.
I'd never think it would be Rihanna.
I didn't expect them to even have the character in the show. I always thought the show would end with her car arriving at the hotel or something, and that we'd never get a clear view of her face.
Interesting news though. Cuse said this:
http://tvline.com/2016/07/22/bates-motel-rihanna-cast-marion-crane-season-5/
I'm glad they're not aiming to do that. Trying to recreate those scenes in the show would be a pretty uninspired thing to do.
thecouncil
Banned
Season 5 (the final season) begins on February 20th.
Here's a new 3 minute trailer, of sorts.
Here's a synopsis of the season:
Also, in case you forgot:
Rihanna co-stars as Marion Crane, who was played by Janet Leigh in Alfred Hitchcock‘s Psycho.
Here's a new 3 minute trailer, of sorts.
Here's a synopsis of the season:
Also, in case you forgot:
Rihanna co-stars as Marion Crane, who was played by Janet Leigh in Alfred Hitchcock‘s Psycho.
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