More marion s05e06 is the sixth episode of season five of bates motel released on mon mar 27, 2017. Final murder the shower moment finally arrives at the end of the episode, but. At the beginning of the first season, a replica of the original bates motel set from the film psycho was built on 272nd street. It was indeed a rainy night when marion pulled up to the bates motel with a suitcase full of embezzled cash. Marion crane checked into the bates motel in episode six. Bates motel marion crane rihanna arrives at the motel, looking for a place to spend the night.
Bates motel season 5 episode 6 features marion taking a shower and the show plays with inbuilt expectations, but just as it seems an offscreen killer is about to attack, marion just steps out of the shower. Attention bates motel producers and emmy voters, this is the episode for freddie highmore. Since its first episode, bates motel fans have been waiting to see how the show would do the film justice. She is also portrayed by anne heche in the 1998 version of psycho, and by rihanna in the television series. Marion crane known in the original novel as mary crane, also under the alias marie samuels, is a fictional character created by american author robert bloch in his 1959 thriller novel psycho. A half hour special driven by fan questions and interviews with the bates motel cast, producers, superfans and critics celebrating the end of the bates phenomenon. Bates motel brings in rihannas marion crane to reimagine. This episode subverts psychos most famous scene in a powerful way.
In this episode, marion played by rihanna checks into the bates motel. Marion crane is a young, attractive woman who is involved in an affair with married man sam loomis. Norman bates doesnt kill her, going full stabbymother stabstab on sam loomis instead. Bates motel smartly delivers its most surprising twist yet tv club. It was awesome to finally see the truth revealed to himself, as fake norma tells him what has been done for his own protection.
Emmynominated actress vera farmiga returns for double duty as executive producer while also reprising her role as mother who is very much alive and well but only in the twisted, complicated mind of norman bates played by freddie highmore. With those three words, rihannas marion crane upended the storied psycho mythology and got out of that famous bates motel shower with. When news broke last summer that rihanna would be checking into bates motels final season as marion crane, it was. Norman freddie highmore rushes down to the office from the house to check marion in.
The synopsis for the new episode, titled marion, states that a special guest will be checking into the titular abode. Bates motel was always a prequel to hitchcocks psycho, but bates motel told its own story about the character marion crane. With rihanna as marion, bates motel gets a chance to. Dish bates motel with other fans in our notorious forums.
On bates motel season 5 episode 6, the infamous marion crane shower scene happens but its not what youd expect. In this continuity, she is a notary public living in seattle, washington. Freddie highmore visits psycho house, bates motel at universal studios hollywood for sdcc 20 duration. On a dark and stormy night, marion crane rihanna pulls into the bates motel parking lot. Bates motel fans react to rihannas marion and a reimagined psycho shower scene. Few scenes in the history of film are as iconic as norman bates stabbing janet leigh to death in the shower. Sam loomis still juggles between increasingly jealous wife madeline and lover marion, who burnt all bridges by stealing from her employer bank. Home bates motel season 5 episode 6 tv season page.
Just when you think everything is going somewhat smoothly, bates motel season 5 episode 6 titled marion, most definitely finds a way to keep those twists coming. But that isnt what happened on mondays episode, despite the fact that rihannas marion did take a steamy shower shortly after checking into the bates motel. It should be the one he submits and it should be the one to get him his first nomination. Rihanna makes her bates motel debut as marion crane. How bates motel season 5 episode 6 changed the iconic. Max thieriot and nestor carbonell were also tapped to direct an episode each for season 5. Norman tries to keep up appearances despite a troubling discovery. Like in the iconic film, marion stopped for a stay at the bates motel, but in this clever and winning take, this altverse, she met with a different fate. In the aftermath of her husbands death, norma bates and her teen son move to a tiny town in coastal oregon, where they buy a roadside motel. Marions lover sam loomis booked a room for them at the bates motel under the name of david davidson. To audiences today, that famous scene in alfred hitchcocks psycho may seem somewhat standard, but its hard to overstate how shocking it was to audiences in 1960.
A lot of the events leading up to the famous shower scene are very similar to hitchcocks film, but marion actually isnt killed by norman. Norman bates doesnt kill her, going full stabbymotherstabstab on sam loomis instead. This is because the showrunner wanted to explore her story more. Marion is the sixth episode of the final season of bates motel. This season as we were breaking stories, it was more about trying to find a way to bring psycho into bates motel in a way that was really meaningful to.
Why everyone is talking about rihanna on bates motel. This post contains spoilers for bates motel season 5, episode 6, marion. Rihanna portrayed marion in the fifth and final season of the tv series bates motel, a contemporary prequel to the 1960 film psycho, set in the present day. Bates motel has its fair share of killers and in turn has seen its fair share of fatalities.
For the majority of marion, the team behind bates motel works. When news broke that rihanna would be gueststarring in the fifth season of bates motel as. The buzz surrounding this weeks bates motel was squarely focused on rihannas much anticipated introduction as illfated psycho icon marion crane, but it was a s. Do not read until youve watched episode 6 of season 5 of bates motel, titled marion. Grammy award winner and series super fan rihanna checks in to play the role of marion crane, putting a newly reimagined spin on the.
This is, of course, pertaining to none other than marion crane. Rihannas marion crane eventually just leaves the hotel, which is one of the biggest twists of the entire series. She takes her shower all right, but she isnt the one that diessteering away from the psycho film. On bates motel season 5 episode 6, dylan receives devastating news, while norman welcomes a special guest at the motel, and sam and madeleine face a crossroad. In fact, shes empowered enough to get away with her crime, not karmicly. The upcoming episode of bates motel season 5 will see norman freddie highmore making a connection with marion rihanna as she stays at his motel. In psycho, a motel guest named marion crane is killed in her room while shes showering. On this episode of bates motel, we see more of marion and the tragic fate she escapes from. As for marion, fans will be delighted to know that rihanna will not just appear for one episode. Norman was his usual polite self, showing the weary traveler her room where she looked. How rihannas bates motel appearance turned psycho on its head. This version of the character is a contemporary take on the role. That wait came with a surprising twist in the episode entitled marion.
In 2017, marion crane isnt killed by a hormonefueled norman bates. Marion is certainly the most fun that bates motel has had in. Marion bates motel is a modernday prequel to the genredefining film psycho that gives viewers an intimate portrayal of norman. Marion crane is finally at the bates motel, so the next episode is teed up to directly mimic. Marion s05e06 is the sixth episode of season five of bates motel released on mon mar 2. On the run, she expects to stay with sam, finds out he didnt ditch his wife from normans motel and ends up wrecking sals car and life, so he is forced to move to normans. In psycho, marions character was not really expounded on because it suited the style of the film. Apparently, 57 years multiplies that exactly by ten. How rihannas bates motel appearance turned psycho on its. The episode mainly revolves around marion crane, played by rihanna being at the bates motel, as well as norman struggling to deal with the fake norma he has created in his mind. Marion returns to the motel office to ask norman to check the registry for her boyfriend sam loomis address. Bates motel rihanna marion crane debut hollywood reporter. Norman tries his best to make his new tenant, marion crane, comfortable in an extremely satisfying episode of bates motel. Bates motel producers explain why marion crane survived in shocking twist.
When news broke last summer that rihanna would be checking into. Bates motel showrunner kerry ehrin discusses the big twist in episode 6, marion, psycho homages and if well see rihanna again. With vera farmiga, freddie highmore, max thieriot, olivia cooke. The bates motel shower scene was different from psycho.
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