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The third season of ''Bates Motel'' consisted of 10 episodes and premiered on A&E on March 9, 2015. The season aired on Mondays at 9 p.m. ET/PT, and concluded on May 11, 2015. The series itself is described as a "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film ''Psycho'', following the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in the Hitchcock film. The series takes place in the fictional town of White Pine Bay, Oregon. The season received positive reviews from television critics,〔 and the premiere episode drew in a total of 2.14 million viewers.〔 For their performances in this season, Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore were nominated for Critics' Choice Television Awards for Best Actress and Best Actor in a Drama Series, respectively.〔 The season was released on Blu-ray and DVD on October 13, 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bates Motel - Universal Checks in With 'Season 3' Announcements on DVD, Blu-ray )〕 ==Plot== Soon after the events of the second season, Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) begins his senior year at school. He experiences hallucinations there, so his mother, Norma Louise (Vera Farmiga), decides to homeschool him. After Norma's mother dies, her brother Caleb (Kenny Johnson) returns to town, seeking to bond with Dylan (Max Thieriot). Norman takes a liking to new guest, Annika Johnson (Tracy Spiridakos), but she later goes missing. When searching Annika's motel room, Norma finds an invitation to a gentlemen's club. She infiltrates the club, but Sheriff Romero (Nestor Carbonell) catches her and promises to look for Annika. Romero later asks Norma to identify a woman's body, and she is relieved that it is not Annika. Romero meets with Bob Paris (Kevin Rahm), who runs the gentlemen's club, to get information about Annika. Norma meets psychology professor James Finnigan (Joshua Leonard), who offers her his assistance. Norman has a blackout and submerges himself in a bathtub, hoping to recall whether he had anything to do with Annika's disappearance. Norma saves him from drowning, then goes to lock up the motel. Annika arrives with a gunshot wound, gives Norma a USB flash drive, and dies. Norma is determined to access the password protected flash drive, and asks Dylan to help decrypt it. Norman follows Dylan to his cabin one night, discovering Caleb. He threatens to tell their mother, but Dylan begs him not to spoil the good relationship he has been building with her. Bob ransacks the motel office in search of the USB drive. Later, a man runs Norma off the road and tells her to give Bob the flash drive. Dylan insists that Norma should give the USB to Romero. Norman becomes confused over recent events, thinking he has already told Norma about Caleb when he hasn't. Romero meets with Bob again, who admits he wants the flash drive back but won't reveal its contents. Dylan's friend Gunner (Keenan Tracey) decrypts the USB, finding a financial ledger inside from the town's illegal drug trade. Bob agrees to a motel billboard near the bypass in exchange for the USB. When Norma is told of Caleb's return, she packs a suitcase and storms out. Arriving in Portland, she buys a new outfit, trades her car, and ends up at James' house, where she confesses that Norman killed his father during one of his blackouts. Dylan struggles with Norman's separation anxiety, which includes an episode where Norman assumes Norma's personality and wears her robe. Romero is shot and hospitalized; Marcus Young (Adetomiwa Edun) visits and tells him that his time as sheriff is nearing an end. Romero follows Marcus to the parking garage and kills him. Norma realizes that she is still a mother and returns home. She honors her sons' wishes to meet with Caleb, who breaks down and apologizes upon seeing her. Dylan grows closer to Emma (Olivia Cooke), learning from her father that she is a lot sicker than she lets on. Romero discovers his mother's name on the ledger and confronts his father in jail. His father used his mother's name in order to get drugs into the prison. After being attacked by Norman, James tells Norma that he needs help. Norma cooks a family dinner in order to get closer to Norman. She invites Caleb, whose presence angers Norman, and Dylan invites Emma. Bob abducts and tortures James to get information about Norma. He then tells Romero about Norma's relationship with James, and that Norman killed his father. Romero ends his friendship with Norma when she maintains that her husband died in an accident. James tells Norma that he told Bob everything, and skips town. Dylan takes a risky job in order to gain money for Emma's lung transplant. Following a blackout, Norman discovers Bradley (Nicola Peltz) has returned to town. After finding out that her mother has quickly recovered after her "death", Bradley initiates sex with Norman, but he envisions Norma there and leaves. Norma tells Bob she'll give him the flash drive, but he states that she has nothing left to bargain with. Desperate, Norma ransacks Romero's house to find the USB, only to learn from Romero that the DEA is investigating it. Their heated argument hinges on her stating the truth about her husband's death. She ultimately says that they both know who killed him. Before Caleb leaves town again, he tells Norma about Norman assuming her personality and attacking him. Dylan gives Emma's father the money for her lung transplant, but later gets a call from him saying that Emma has disappeared. Dylan finds her, and she informs him of her fears about the surgery; the two then kiss. Romero calls Bob to warn him of his impending arrest. Bob goes to the marina and finds Romero there, who shoots him dead. Norman plans to leave town with Bradley and argues with his mother about his mental state. She knocks Norman unconscious and drags him to the basement. Norman escapes and runs off with Bradley. In Norma's persona, he pulls Bradley out of the car and kills her. He then rolls the car into the bay, as he and his "mother" watch it submerge. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bates Motel (season 3)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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