Bates Motel

Bates Motel 3.7 (written by Philip Buiser) managed to pull off an impressive feat: It captured a snapshot of the sweet, tranquil family that could…

Bates Motel 3.6 “Norma Louise” (written by Kerry Ehrin) delivered a frenetically paced story that dug into the complicated psychology of all of its major…

Episode 3.4 was an action-packed hour that wove a tale of murder, jealousy, and family turmoil, resulting in two dead call girls, a secret flash…

Bates Motel’s “Persuasion” was an apt title for episode 3.3, where we see Norma’s anxiety over Norman’s culpability in Annika Johnson’s disappearance begin to influence…

Bates Motel’s “The Arcanum Club” didn’t cover a whole lot of new ground this week, but instead focused on Norma’s deepening fears about her son….

The Season Three premiere of Bates Motel, titled “A Death in the Family” gave viewers a solid episode that clearly showed us Norman Bates is…

Episode 2.10 of Bates Motel was the culmination of a season-long quest for Norman to find out the truth about himself.  And despite his mother’s…

The penultimate episode of Bates Motel dropped Norman, Norma, and Dylan right in the middle of the escalating drug war between the Morgans and Nick…

Episode 2.8 “Meltdown” was all about escalation:  For Sheriff Romero, it was the growing suspicion about Norman’s involvement with his murdered teacher; For Norman and…

This week’s Bates Motel was a fascinating character study:  It explored Norman’s alarm and confusion in the aftermath of his deadly encounter, examined Norma’s growing…

When we last left Bates Motel, Norma had enlisted the help of Nick Ford to stop construction of the bypass, Norman and Emma were having summer…

As Caleb is finished wreaking havoc on Norma and her family (at least temporarily), episode 2.5 focused on giving most of the main characters some…