Bates Motel got here to an finish however the present’s stars, together with Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot and Olivia Cooke, have remained on our screens.
The A&E collection, which ran from 2013 to 2017, labored as a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock‘s 1960 movie Psycho. Primarily based on Robert Bloch‘s 1959 novel of the identical title, each the present and the film centered on Norman Bates (Freddie) and the motel that later serves because the backdrop for his murders.
Bates Motel, nonetheless, units up the story by introducing Norman as a youngster who makes the transfer to Oregon together with his mom, Norma (Vera Farmiga). The duo try to begin recent after his father’s sudden loss of life however Norman’s deteriorating psychological well being causes issues.
The ultimate season of the present loosely adopted the plot of Psycho, which launched Norman as an grownup operating the motel whereas secretly retaining his mom’s stays on the property. Bates Motel expanded on the world of Psycho by introducing new characters similar to Norman’s half-brother, Dylan (Thieriot), his finest pal Emma (Cooke) and a love curiosity for Norma a.okay.a Sheriff Alex Romero (Néstor Carbonell).
After the finale, Highmore weighed in on a potential reunion sooner or later, telling TVLine in 2017, “There’s no hope of coming again for one more season or convincing folks that we are able to simply do a couple of extra episodes in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later [since Norman was killed at the end]. I’m unsure what the Christmas reunion would appear to be. Perhaps Norma and Norman might be on a seaside in Hawaii Heaven.”
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