Bates Motel
“Bates Motel” Season 1, Episode 8 Review: “A Boy and His Dog”
“Bates Motel” took some…strange turns this week. Norman deals with some high school type drama which forces Norma to take him to a therapist. This was one of the highlights of the episode. When the doctor atte...
“Bates Motel” Season 1, Episode 7 Review: “The Man in Number 9″
Warning: Spoilers ahead! Well, “Bates Motel” took almost no time in giving us a new villain. After last week’s awesome death of Detective Shelby, the show introduces us to our next villain, the man in number 9...
“Bates Motel” Season 1, Episode 6 “The Truth” Review
Wow, that was an…interesting episode. “Bates Motel” really kicked things into gear this week, picking up where last week left off. With the young asian girl safely in the motel it was driving me nuts that they...
“Bates Motel” Season 1, Episode 5 “Ocean View” Review
“Bates Motel” is really finding its own rhythm in the past few weeks. I assume that once the show was picked up for renewal, the producers wiped the sweat off their brows and really got to work slowing things down. ...
“Bates Motel” Season 1, Episode 4 “Trust Me” Review
Wow. “Bates Motel” really stepped things up with the strongest episode in the series. “Trust Me” takes place right where episode 3 ends. In fact, it does a cool job of backtracking about a minute so that...
“Bates Motel” Season 1, Episode 3 “What’s Wrong with Norman” Review
In case you haven’t read the earlier reviews of the first two episodes of “Bates Motel”, I am going to backtrack really quick about something I have brought up in two previous reviews. This show’s major ...
“Bates Motel” Season 1, Episode 2 Review: “Nice Town You Picked, Norma”
Warning: Potential spoilers ahead! The second episode of “Bates Motel” offers up an interesting new dynamic to the Norman Bates mythology. We are introduced to Dylan, Norman’s older brother, who doesn’t ...
“Bates Motel” Series Premiere Review: “First You Dream, Then You Die”
Warning: Potential spoilers ahead! “Bates Motel” has some mighty big shoes to fill. Well, not so much fill, but the show has a lot to live up to. The new television series from A&E gives us an updated prequel to...
