Bates Motel -2013- -

Bates Motel is a psychological thriller series that premiered on , on the A&E network. Developed by Carlton Cuse , Kerry Ehrin , and Anthony Cipriano , the show serves as a "contemporary prequel" to Alfred Hitchcock’s iconic 1960 film Psycho . Core Premise and Plot

, after they move to the fictional town of White Pine Bay, Oregon. Psychological Unraveling: bates motel -2013-

The series is anchored by critically acclaimed performances: Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates: Portrayed as fiercely protective and deeply flawed. Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates: Bates Motel is a psychological thriller series that

The greatest risk Bates Motel took was the chronological structure of Season 5. By the end of Season 4, the show does the unthinkable: Norma Bates dies. Not by Norman’s knife in a shower, but by her own hand (a carbon monoxide suicide, believing she has set Norman free). Not by Norman’s knife in a shower, but

She infantilizes him because a child cannot leave her. She chains him to the motel out of love, and in doing so, she forges the very monster she fears.