‘Bates Motel’ Season Five Trailer: The Final Season Begins Next Month
The producer and co-creator ofBates Motel,Carlton Cuse(Lost), never thoughtBates Motelwas a story that needed eight or nine seasons. Cuse and co-creatorKerry Ehrin(Friday Night Lights) saw the show coming to an end after season five, which A&E and all involved are indeed planning to do. The show returns next month for its last season, which features actor/singerRihannain a key supporting role.
Below, watch theBates Motelseason five trailer.Spoilersfollow.
Season four ended with the death of Norma Bates, but Vera Farmiga’s presence, of course, is still pivotal in season five, which takes place two years after last season. Alex Romero (Nestor Carbonell), Dylan Massett (Max Thierot), and Emma Decody (Olivia Cooke), often a bright spot of this series, are returning.
Here’s a trailer forBates Motelseason five, which has a sound effect that reeks ofAmerican Horror Story:
Things for Norma have somehow worsened since the season four finale. Last year, when Cuse was promoting season four, he commented onBates Motel’s ending, and how it wasn’t the show makers' “desire or obligation to exactly align our storytelling with what goes on in the movie.” Cuse toldDread CentralEhrin and him don’t think it’d be satisfying to repeatPsycho’s ending, so maybe even with Crane’s involvement in season five, things won’t get too familiar and go exactly where fans might expect.
Here’s the synopsis forBates Motelseason five:
Season five of “Bates Motel” picks up almost two years later and finds Norman (Freddie Highmore), a grown man now, living a double life. Publicly he’s a happy and well-adjusted member of the White Pine Bay community, but at home Norman struggles; his violent blackouts continue to increase as ‘Mother’ (Vera Farmiga) threatens to take over his mind completely. Meanwhile, Dylan Massett (Max Thierot) and Emma Decody (Olivia Cooke), since leaving White Pine Bay, have been living their lives blissfully unaware of Norma’s death and Norman’s full on descent into psychosis. Unfortunately, for them, they will soon find themselves drawn back into Norman’s insanity, while a vengeful Alex Romero (Nestor Carbonell), who is currently incarcerated for a perjury, hungers for a chance to destroy his stepson and avenge the murder of his one true love, Norma Bates.
