Bates Motel caps off its best season by throwing Norman over the deep end in a concrete straitjacket.
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Bates Motel: Season 4, Episode 10
You know Id never leave you.
You know its just a game, right?
I was particularly excited for this season finale ofBates Motel.
This is when the thermometer explodes, you guys!
And man, is it bonkers!
So yes, Norma Bates is dead, and long live the Norma Bates of Normans psyche.
Norman didnt want to kill his mother.
He wanted to leave this world with her.
Hes even imagining that his long-dead dog, Juno, is back in the picture.
Theres absolutely nothing holding Norman back now.
Scenes like Norman delivering a eulogy about how perfect his mother is (and how creepy is that eulogy?
She was half queen, half little girl?)
to an empty funeral home (because he wants it this way) hammer the point home.
With one of them gone, the abyss is all thats left.
Hes ready for what mother needs of him, and that means doing this solo.
The fact that he sheds tears over the departure at least shows that theres some humanity left in him.
I just hope Dylan has the restraint to stay away from home and accept his happy ending.
Let this blissful ignorance be the note that he goes out on.
Hes staring at dresses for too long.
Hes getting tripped up on the past tense of Norma.
This has understandably been a tough season on Norman but it hasnt been much easier on Romero.
In a lot of ways his story is even more devastating that Normans.
Hes the one thats crying and losing it over her cold body.
Hes the one thats actually processing this loss.
His wedding ring on her hand is the brightest thing on her pale body.
Its a small thing to complain about, especially when it has been teased enough all season.
Besides, did I mention that Norma is dead!?
And Norman exhumes her corpse in this episode!?
And he puts nail polish remover on her eyelids to keep her dead gaze permanently on him!?
Ill let some sloppy B-story crime stuff slide.
The wait could very well drive me mad.
