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S5E6

Marion

Bates Motel · 2017-03-27 · 45 min

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from 21 comments

COMMUNITY

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nobody yet

YOURS

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what happens

Norman checks in a special guest at the motel. Dylan grapples with devastating news. Sam and Madeleine face a crossroads in their marriage.

how it went

Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.

FUN

13

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 21 comments — 5 said when.

Not enough to put a number on. The shape below is drawn from what there is, with the widest uncertainty band we use — it is the start of an answer, not one.

setupcomplicationdevelopmentclimax1007550250INTENSITYTENSION0%25%50%75%100%

Not enough people said when to name this shape. The line is what the evidence draws, not a finding.

Drag 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
openingending

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.

Reddit23 read

  • “Everything is coming together at a rapid pace for the finale.”

    cheshirecanuck▲ 158about 75–100% inread it ↗

  • “As soon as Norman's version of Norma began talking about Norma in the 3rd person I lost it”

    ▲ 51about 50–75% inread it ↗

  • “Knew Mother and Norman would come to a head in this one.”

    happysunbear▲ 51about 75–100% inread it ↗

  • “We are seeing him both gain clarity as to his situation as well as lose it even more.”

    happysunbear▲ 51about 75–100% inread it ↗

who made it

directed
Phil Abraham
written
Kerry Ehrin, Carlton Cuse

guest cast

Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.

  • Isabelle McNally as Madeleine Loomis
  • Austin Nichols as Sam Loomis
  • Rihanna as Marion Crane
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