Bates Motel 5.08.
Not my Easter post: but I didn’t want to get even further behind with my reviews. Easter post to come this weekend. On to White Pine Bay, where it’s winter.
I figured Mother would take over completely against Norman’s will to prevent the results of Norman’s confession, but I hadn’t expected the new Sheriff to initially believe him to be lying for attention seeking purposes. Though I suppose this was in order to get the irony across that Mother, as a self-possessed (only not) Norman, is far more suspicious to the Sheriff than Norman on his own (as much as he ever is) desperately trying to tell the truth. Mind you, Mother cold-bloodedly framing Madeline for Sam’s murder was masterful, because on the face of it it would make far more sense than Norman having done it out of the blue, except for the part where the Sheriff didn’t buy it - not least because of those other bodies in the lake.
Sidenote: can we get another round of applause for Freddie Highmore playing Mother playing Norman? Most sorely underappreciated by the awards young actor on US tv, I swear.
Now Psycho the movie ends with Mother in complete control, though the sequels change that, and I think because she’s taken over now, the show won’t end that way, regardless whether Norman physically lives or dies.
Speaking of living or dying: RIP Chick, whose complete name, we learn, is Charles Hogan. I suppose he’s not this verse’s Robert Bloch after all. The scene with Romero was a bit too meta for me, but barely. Romero shooting Chick when the later raves about unexpected twists and how all those strong emotions are just irresistable to a writer just about works on a Watsonian level if you consider that Alex Romero at this point just doesn’t care anymore about anything anymore other than finishing Norman. Because while we’ve seen the former Sheriff kill plenty of people before, he did have a reason. (Didn’t always justify it, but there was a reason.) This time, he kills Chick just because someone exulting in his personal hell is too much, and that’s a line he hadn’t crossed before. Which makes me conclude that Alex for certain will die in the finale.
Dylan, otoh, will probably live. I’m still annoyed that Emma didn’t come back to White Pine Bay and continues to be used as emotional feedback for Dylan only, but otherwise I continue to appreciate the Dylan scenes again in a way I didn’t when he was off having his Norma-and-Norman unrelated subplots.
I’m going to miss this show, which I never expected to love as much as I do, certainly not beyond the demise of my favourite character. Bring on the last two episodes.
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I figured Mother would take over completely against Norman’s will to prevent the results of Norman’s confession, but I hadn’t expected the new Sheriff to initially believe him to be lying for attention seeking purposes. Though I suppose this was in order to get the irony across that Mother, as a self-possessed (only not) Norman, is far more suspicious to the Sheriff than Norman on his own (as much as he ever is) desperately trying to tell the truth. Mind you, Mother cold-bloodedly framing Madeline for Sam’s murder was masterful, because on the face of it it would make far more sense than Norman having done it out of the blue, except for the part where the Sheriff didn’t buy it - not least because of those other bodies in the lake.
Sidenote: can we get another round of applause for Freddie Highmore playing Mother playing Norman? Most sorely underappreciated by the awards young actor on US tv, I swear.
Now Psycho the movie ends with Mother in complete control, though the sequels change that, and I think because she’s taken over now, the show won’t end that way, regardless whether Norman physically lives or dies.
Speaking of living or dying: RIP Chick, whose complete name, we learn, is Charles Hogan. I suppose he’s not this verse’s Robert Bloch after all. The scene with Romero was a bit too meta for me, but barely. Romero shooting Chick when the later raves about unexpected twists and how all those strong emotions are just irresistable to a writer just about works on a Watsonian level if you consider that Alex Romero at this point just doesn’t care anymore about anything anymore other than finishing Norman. Because while we’ve seen the former Sheriff kill plenty of people before, he did have a reason. (Didn’t always justify it, but there was a reason.) This time, he kills Chick just because someone exulting in his personal hell is too much, and that’s a line he hadn’t crossed before. Which makes me conclude that Alex for certain will die in the finale.
Dylan, otoh, will probably live. I’m still annoyed that Emma didn’t come back to White Pine Bay and continues to be used as emotional feedback for Dylan only, but otherwise I continue to appreciate the Dylan scenes again in a way I didn’t when he was off having his Norma-and-Norman unrelated subplots.
I’m going to miss this show, which I never expected to love as much as I do, certainly not beyond the demise of my favourite character. Bring on the last two episodes.
This entry was originally posted at http://selenak.dreamwidth.org/1224212.html. Comment there or here, as you wish.