‘Bates Motel’ Postmortem: EP Kerry Ehrin On Norman ‘Coming Apart at the Seams’

Warning: This interview for the “Dark Paradise” episode of Bates Motel contains spoilers. The end is too near as far as we’re concerned, but the premiere episode of Bates Motel’s fifth and final season promised it’s going to be just as wild, wonderful, heartbreaking, and darkly funny a ride as ever. Ehrin, who’s collaborating on a new drama about infamous bank robber Baby Face Nelson with Bates star Freddie Highmore, also talks about the series’ trademark humor in the final season, and offers hints about Rihanna’s debut and the reaction she expects viewers will have to the epic series finale.