Bates Motel season 5
10 episodes · 2017
FLICKFEEL
77
from 121 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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…
what happens
Two years later, Norman has descended into full-blown psychosis. To the public, he's a happy and well-adjusted member of the White Pine Bay community, but at home his violent blackouts continue to increase as 'Mother' threatens to take over his mind completely.
how it went
Left to right is the season — its first episode to its last. Each remark sits in the episode it was made about.
FUN
62
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
56
how much it moved you
Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.
Read from 121 comments — 52 said when · across 7 episodes.
➖ steady — Holds one level all the way. Warm most of the way through. In the last stretch it was tender and painful at the same time, which is the state people mean by being moved. Very little of it ever resolves.
Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.
- height
- how intense it got, 0–100
- gold above
- how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
- tension rail
- how much was still unresolved
- grey haze
- how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it
➖ steady — holds one level all the way
what people actually wrote
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
“Very heavy, heartfelt episode overall though.”
MKoilers▲ 436about 75–100% inread it ↗
“I really needed that happy ending for Dylan and Emma”
maneatermantheyfan▲ 283about 90–100% inread it ↗
“Everything is coming together at a rapid pace for the finale.”
cheshirecanuck▲ 158about 75–100% inread it ↗
“bringing Norman back to the sympathetic character he was in the very beginning”
knowsitswindy▲ 129about 0–15% inread it ↗
episodes
6 of 10 with a scoreEvery episode has a page — its synopsis, who was in it, and a place to rate it. A number appears when discussion or ratings support one; where there is neither, the dash is the honest answer.
