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Retrieved January 7, 2. Retrieved March 1, 2. Bates Motel Season 5 Review. By Matt Fowler. This is a mostly spoiler free review of Bates Motel Season 5. That is, until the end of the piece, where a spoiler warning will be provided. Bates Motel, which was always plotted to be a five season story, closed its doors for business this year with a 1. Overall, with Seasons 4 and 5 being representing the very best of the series, Ill have to give the edge to 4. Not just for what transpired in. In Season 5, Romero was more of a force than a character. The events of Season 4 had hollowed himself out so much that he became a directive, and, by the end, a tool for facilitating some much needed plot points in the final two chapters. So in that regard, Season 5 was a touch disappointing. Watch Being Charlie Streaming'>Watch Being Charlie Streaming. Romero never got to. I thoroughly enjoyed the former Sheriffs love connection with Norma last year, but were those two weeks of marriage so intense that he was ready to go on this intense of a trek to avenge her Strangely though, without Romero acting like a hellbent hurricane, this season would have been rather light in the chaos department. Sure, theres always bloodshed when it comes to Norma and Norman even, or especially, when shes dead, but Romero was the one who was constantly out there on this collision course, progressively sealing his own doom, ignoring everyones warning to stop. Doing the Marion Crane Psycho arc midseason with a fun bit of stunt casting in Bates super fan Rihanna allowed the series to officially state, before the end, that things would be playing out differently than the classic film it was adapting. If you still, for whatever reason, were under the assumption that Psycho was the endgame, youd have to adjust your expectations and get ready for the show to take you to a brand new place. Granted, that place, ultimately, was kind of predictable, but there were some remarkable revelations in between. Freddie Highmore was exemplary throughout this saga, as Norman often underwent massive mental meltdowns and changes that caused him further bury himself in delusion. He had a good few years, between seasons, of living within his demented fantasy life, but he was always on borrowed time. It could never hold. By the end, all that was left of him was a beat up boy who just longed for everything to be different. Warning the following paragraphs contain major spoilers for Season 5 Slip to the Verdict if you want to avoid. I loved how, during this final this season, the show got to explore, more in depth, the Mother persona and how she reacted to Normans rejection. Shed actually take over, black Norman out, and hit up bars to hook up with strangers men, in fact using Normans body. It was a fascinating discovery. Especially since Norman would never allow himself because Mother was watching to get close to any other woman. His nagging subconscious would always interrupt and disapprove. All of this meant that when Marion showed up at the motel, Norman wasnt. Oh, he was still in a fever, or haze, when he stabbed Sam in the shower, but he also wasnt Mother. He was Norman and he was stabbing away. Because of this clumsy clarity, Dylan managed to live through the series because Norman held back. He controlled Mother. In fact, looking back, Dylan and Emma, along with their child, were the intended survivors. Everyone else had to drop away in order for them to emerge as something new and, hopefully, happy. Caleb, Chick, Romero and, finally, Norman had to pass so that Dylan and Emma could, presumedly, rise up from the ashes. I guess you can count Emmas mother as part of this cleansing fire too. Everyone who complicated their past, separately, could now do so as one collective ghost. And Dylans final. Norma let Normans illness progress too far. Dylan left them both behind even though he knew Norman was dangerous, and even suspected foul play. In the end, guilt played a huge factor in informing Dylans sense of responsibility toward his bother. The one thing, story wise, that Romeros rage did, was allow us to see Norman once last time. If Norman has remained incarcerated, and assumedly sentenced to death or life in a hospital, Mother may have been all that was left of him. The Verdict. Normans insane life of illusion was a noble feat and an understandable ideal for the young man, so to have the final season begin and end with that concept though the final version was a truly and desperately warped version of the already twisted idea felt right. And this final season was thoughtful and provocative end to a complex multi year tragedy.