Bates Motel review – 1×10: ‘Midnight’

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It’s season finale time for A&E’s breakout drama, Bates Motel, a show we stopped covering early on. With the end of the season on hand, I figured I would check back in to see how the prequel finished up. Short version: calling this Continue reading

Bates Motel review- 1×03: ‘What’s Wrong with Norman?”

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After only three weeks into Bates Motel, the series delves right into the cracks forming in Norman’s (Freddie Highmore) psyche, questioning which of our two leads is the more unhinged. Is Norman’s descent into madness going to slowly unfold, or Continue reading

Bates Motel review – 1×02: ‘Nice Town You Picked Norma’

Norman (Freddie Highmore) goes on the attack in 'Nice Town You Picked Norma'

There’s a new addition to the family as Bates Motel enters week two. As the series continues to explore the world of White Pine Bay, it appears that Bates Motel is looking to  challenge Twin Peaks for supremacy of the “weird town with Continue reading

Bates Motel review – 1×01: ‘First You Dream, Then You Die’

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A&E’s ambitious prequel to Hitchcock’s 1960’s classic Psycho premiered with a stellar cast and impressive creative team. Did the pilot measure up to all the surrounding hype? Let’s bitch it out.