![]() ![]() ![]() Costume Design by Marla Denise Schlom and Mary Ellen Winston.The screen then quickly cuts to black and the sound of a baby crying is heard, indicating the birth of Norman Bates' baby. Then, the wooden doors of the house cellar close on the rocking chair that continues to rock, then "Mother" demands, "Let me out of here! Norman! You hear me, boy?! LET ME OUT!". Norman happily proclaims, "I'm free," indicating his mother won't get inside his mind ever again. Bates barely gets out of the burning house alive. As he tries to escape the flames, he hallucinates that he sees his victims, his mother and eventually himself preserving her corpse. He burns the house where all his unhappiness began. Connie reassures Norman that their child will not be a monster, and he drops his knife. Norman takes his wife to his mother's house and does attempt to kill her. He then tells Fran he realizes that his mother is dead, but that he may kill Connie "with my own hands, just like the first time." He tells Fran that Connie got pregnant against his wishes and that he does not want to create another "monster". Norman fears he will go insane and kill again. Richmond realizes "Ed" is Norman and tries to convince Ambrose to trace the calls. As "Mother", he murders two local women who try to seduce him during their stay at his newly opened motel.ĭr. He develops a split personality in which he "becomes" his mother to suppress the guilt of murdering her when this personality takes over, he dresses in her clothes, puts on a wig, and talks to himself in her voice. Driven over the edge with jealousy, betrayal and Norma and Chet's constant abuse, Norman kills both of them by serving them poisoned iced tea, then steals and preserves his mother's corpse. The two live in contented isolation at the large house as if there is no one else in the world, until in 1949 she becomes engaged to a brutish man named Chet Rudolph. Over the years, Norma dominates her son, teaching him that sex is sinful and dressing him in girl's clothes as punishment for getting an erection in her presence. When Norman is six years old, his father dies, leaving him in the care of his mother, Norma. Norman's narrative is seen as a series of flashbacks set in the 1940s and 1950s, some slightly out of order. Norman calls the show, using the alias "Ed", to tell his story. Radio talk show host Fran Ambrose is discussing the topic of matricide with her guest Dr. Norman secretly fears that the child will inherit his mental illness, so he must seek closure once and for all. ![]() After being judged as rehabilitated Norman Bates is now married to a nurse named Connie and is expecting a child. ![]()
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