RiRi recreates horror history.
Given the fact that Bates Motel is in its fifth season and has been nominated for Emmy Awards, Critics’ Choice Awards and Satellite Awards, it’s fair to say that the psychological horror-drama series is a firm favourite with viewers.
This being said, the show is approaching its finale and the producers have decided to meet its end with a bang, stab and scream.
Fans of the “contemporary prequel” to the 1960 film Psycho were eagerly anticipating the most recent episode because it recreated one of the most iconic scenes in horror history.
If you’ve seen Hitchcock’s original then you’ll know what we’re talking about. Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) being stabbed to death in the shower.
Endlessly parodied, rarely bettered.
If you want to remain spoiler free then consider this to be your warning. Read on if you want to know what happened to Marion Crane (guest star Rihanna) in the most recent episode.
Take a bow RiRi because you managed to escape the knife of that rude boy Norman Bates.
Some horror fans felt a slight disturbia with this refusal to adhere to the traditional narrative, but as fans of Bates Motel will know, things happen very differently in the show’s White Pine Bay, Oregon than they do in the movie’s Fairvale, California.
What unfolds in the most recent episode is that Norman (Freddie Highmore) does spy on Marion (Rihanna) while she’s showering, but before he can try anything sinister, Marion steps out to search for her cheating boyfriend, Sam (Austin Nichols) before fleeing the motel.
As you can see in the side-by-side comparison below, Norman does get to embrace his inner psycho.
The role reversal is all that fans of the show were talking about last night.
Clip via – Before The Credits
She might be a self-professed bad girl, but at least Rihanna is not a dead one.
See, there was no need for that SOS at all.
#BatesMotel Oh, that was a good one… Was expecting Rihanna to get it in the shower though
— EvelDick (@EvelDick) March 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/Athena0089/status/846549537623887872
They went for the man in the shower stabbing death! 😵😵😵 Good! We didn't want to see Rihanna chopped up like that. #BatesMotel
— Wayne Pittman, Jr. ♑💪🏿😈👅🌊 (@Sony12Play) March 28, 2017
#BatesMotel Thinking they were gonna redo the Psycho shower scene with Rihanna but then they kill Sam instead. God I love this show. pic.twitter.com/qRydoFcy50
— Mike (@michaelcollado) March 28, 2017
#BatesMotel When everyone thought you were gonna get murked but you survive. pic.twitter.com/zl01hsAVvT
— Mike (@michaelcollado) March 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/_kennibh/status/846559744798134272
Some people wanted a grizzle end for her. She continues to shine bright like a diamond…in TV land that is.
If Rihanna would've gotten in the shower and die that would've been an iconic tv moment. #BatesMotel
— ♡ (@jvvlixn) March 28, 2017
