Bates Motel Season 4 Review
We are just one more season away from the finale of Bates Motel and It is going to be interesting how they follow up from this season!
I think my biggest surprise this season was how little actually happened. The previous season there would always be so much going on and you would always wonder how anyone would get out of the situation they were in. This season slowed it down and just focused on Normans psych as well as setting up for the final season. Which I can only assume will start to connect with the events of Psycho.
Unfortunately the main chunk of this season isn't all that exciting and is ultimately resulted to just setting up the finale. There are minor sub plots like Emma's mother, which goes no where. Norman dealing with his black out, which goes no where. As well as Norma's and Romero's marriage, which is cut short. It isn't that none of these sub plots aren't resolved its just that they didn't use any of them to their full potential. Some, only happening just so they can keep the tension up but that only works when they are delivered.
Looking back at the season as a whole, the one plot I would've liked spent a bit more time on was the marriage between Norma and Romero, especially when Norman is back in the picture. This was something explored a bit better in the TV film of Psycho that dived into the past of Norman Bates and really, the inspiration for this show. In that film you really get to see the event of Norman having to deal with his new step father and how that was fueling the Psycho in him. They really could've added to this dynamic in this season instead of focusing so much of Norman at the mental care trying to figure out if he is away of his blackouts or not.
Season 4 of Bates Motel wasn't the most memorable and had a lot of promise to what they could've done. They just took a very safe route and didn't focus on a main plot for me to grab onto to keep me invested. A lot having to be blamed on setting up the final season. Depending on how the final season delivers, will reflect this season and the build up, this season spent so much time developing.
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