As "Mother", he also murders Milton Arbogast (Martin Balsam), a private detective hired by Marion's employer, days later. Norman is finally caught when Marion's sister Lila (Vera Miles) and boyfriend, Sam Loomis (John Gavin), arrive at the motel looking for her.
Unfortunately, the only thing Norman wanted in the end was to be reunited with his mother, even if it meant he had to die. So in a twisted suicide attempt, Norman rushed at a gun-wielding Dylan with a knife, forcing his brother to shoot and kill him.
The series finale of Bates Motel was a bloody one. Norman killed Alex after showing him where Norma was buried, but it was Alex's dying words that would prove to be Norman's undoing. Alex used his final breath to tell Norman, “You killed your own mother.
He informs Norma that her son had sex with Miss Watson on the night she died, before Norma tells him that Ford has kidnapped Norman. Romero finds Ford dead and one of his henchmen emptying the safe. He convinces the man to reveal Norman's location, and Romero and Dylan find and rescue Norman.
When Norman figures out what they want, he knocks Sam out and goes running after Lila, who has reached the house and found Mrs. Bates' corpse. He attacks her as "Mother", but Sam, after coming to, overpowers him, and Norman is finally arrested for murdering Marion and two other missing women.
After five seasons of love, loss, and a few too many bodies, “Bates Motel” wrapped up its run with a heartbreaking finale. Mother and son were finally reunited — albeit tragically in death, when Dylan (Max Theriot) was forced to shoot Norman (Freddie Highmore) when he charged at him with a knife.
“'Til Death Do You Part” is about two men who go to extreme measures to play savior to the women in their lives. In one case, Sheriff Alex Romero (Nestor Carbonell) has decided to marry Norma Bates (Vera Farmiga), just so her son Norman (Freddie Highmore) can get the medical help he so clearly needs.
The marriage between Norma and Alex lasted only two weeks, but it's been heavily implied that they've had romantic feelings for each other for far much longer.
Near the end of Psycho, a psychiatrist explains what happened to Norman: that he had murdered his mother and her lover years earlier, after feeling abandoned by her. That, over the years, his personality had become shared with hers.
Well, a boy's best friend is his mother. Norman Bates' most famous quote. Norman Bates is the titular main antagonist of the Psycho franchise. He is a serial killer who suffers from psychosis and Dissociative Identity Disorder, believing himself to be his controlling mother.
He charges toward Dylan with the knife but Dylan shoots him as he dodges the blade. Norman dies in Dylan's arms, and as images of him being reunited with Norma are shown intermittently between images of him being held by his brother, his last words to Dylan are “thank you.”
You think you know Norman Bates, that infamously murderous motel owner from the movie Psycho. But how did he become a homicidal, mother-obsessed nutjob? That's the story told in the A&E series Bates Motel.
Due to his abuse Norma has suffered, Norman is determined to protect her from anyone, and is weary anytime a man shows an attraction to her. Though he at first appears to be a good individual, Norman is mentally disturbed and a troubled young man, and becomes more a villainous character as the series progresses.
That big musical moment — and moment in general — happened after Norman (Freddie Highmore) turned on the furnace in the house and then shut all the vents and windows (except for in Norma's room, where he soon joined her), leaving carbon monoxide to kill both he and his mother.
In summary, while “Bates Motel” is not a direct recounting of a true story, it draws inspiration from the case of Ed Gein. Serving as a prelude to the iconic film “Psycho,” the series extensively explores the intricate psyche of Norman Bates, unraveling the narrative leading to his evolution into a serial killer.
While driving away Norman slips into "Norma" mode - which is his murderous alter ego. He pulls over and chases after a terrified Bradley, but "Norma" finally catches up and brutally bashes her head against some rocks. He then put her body in the trunk of the car and drives it into the water.
Spoiler alert: This story contains significant details from Monday's series finale of A&E's Bates Motel. In the end, Norman Bates got his wish: He'll be with his mother for eternity.
A "contemporary prequel" to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho, it depicts the lives of Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and his mother Norma (Vera Farmiga) prior to the events portrayed in the film, albeit in a different fictional town (White Pine Bay, Oregon, as opposed to Fairvale, California) and in a modern-day ...
Romero returns to the Bates' property and finds Chick, who has set up his writing desk in the house. Chick is killed by Romero after mocking him and the entire situation. Sam's body is found next, and Norman, with "Mother" still in control, is charged with three murders.
Unfortunately, Sheriff Romero insists that Norman take a polygraph test to prove he didn't kill Miss Watson. But when the dreaded question arises during the test, "Mother" appears and convinces Norman that he didn't kill Miss Watson; she did.
Dylan and Emma only get a brief scene tonight, but it's as sweet as pie, until we're reminded that Dylan kinda-sorta knows that Norman definitely-probably killed Emma's mom and buried her in a pit in front of the Bates Motel.
Dylan uppercuts Nick's Jaw then hits his right leg with a fire poker. Nick gets some hits in, but in his last moments, Nick falls to the ground with a bloody nose when Dylan finishes him off by slashing Nick across the face with a fire poker.
