When I started watching this series, it was the acting that blew me away. The acting still blows me away, but what amazes me more and more now is the writing! They pack SO much mystery and revelation in every single episode, and for me this episode probably took the cake (so far....) Bates Motel to me is one of the greatest horror dramas of all time -- because it shows how seemingly good, normal people can be molded, warped and derailed by not just huge, shocking events but sometimes by the very ordinary and very real stresses of life...things that another person might get through without a bump or a scratch. Knowing how family violence begets more violence, and how deeply parents impact their children (often without even realizing it), If someone were going to go as wrong as we all know Hitchcock's Norman was, I imagine it would indeed be coming out of a life like this one we peek into each week.
he wasn't Hitchcock's Norman. He was Robert Bloch's Norman. The biggest difference between them is that Hitchcock and Anthony Perkins made Norman beautiful. They made him fragile, traumatized, delicate. And by doing so they seperated Norman from Norma and made us care for him. They made Norman human together and Anthony's performance is no less than a miracle but it wouldn't have come together without the deep, sensitive, bright foundation of Robert's Norman. Robert dreamed him, Anthony and Alfred brought him to life.
So well said. And as a screenwriter, I was so impacted by the brilliance of this show and its pathos that in the years since I can't even name a handful of other shows that compare. Years ago I reached out to Kerri Ehren and told her how much I admire her writing. She personally sent me a package of the scripts. When she asked me if I had a preference of episodes, I asked for "Norma Louise Bates" and every episode in the season after that. Also, your post reminds me of the lyrics I recently re-listened to in Elton John's "Circle of Life": Some of us fall by the wayside Some of us soar to the stars Some of us sail through our troubles Some have to live with the scars
When I started watching this series, it was the acting that blew me away. The acting still blows me away, but what amazes me more and more now is the writing! They pack SO much mystery and revelation in every single episode, and for me this episode probably took the cake (so far....) Bates Motel to me is one of the greatest horror dramas of all time -- because it shows how seemingly good, normal people can be molded, warped and derailed by not just huge, shocking events but sometimes by the very ordinary and very real stresses of life...things that another person might get through without a bump or a scratch.
Knowing how family violence begets more violence, and how deeply parents impact their children (often without even realizing it), If someone were going to go as wrong as we all know Hitchcock's Norman was, I imagine it would indeed be coming out of a life like this one we peek into each week.
he wasn't Hitchcock's Norman. He was Robert Bloch's Norman. The biggest difference between them is that Hitchcock and Anthony Perkins made Norman beautiful. They made him fragile, traumatized, delicate. And by doing so they seperated Norman from Norma and made us care for him. They made Norman human together and Anthony's performance is no less than a miracle but it wouldn't have come together without the deep, sensitive, bright foundation of Robert's Norman. Robert dreamed him, Anthony and Alfred brought him to life.
So well said. And as a screenwriter, I was so impacted by the brilliance of this show and its pathos that in the years since I can't even name a handful of other shows that compare. Years ago I reached out to Kerri Ehren and told her how much I admire her writing. She personally sent me a package of the scripts. When she asked me if I had a preference of episodes, I asked for "Norma Louise Bates" and every episode in the season after that.
Also, your post reminds me of the lyrics I recently re-listened to in Elton John's "Circle of Life":
Some of us fall by the wayside
Some of us soar to the stars
Some of us sail through our troubles
Some have to live with the scars
I loved this episode, I was tearful and hysterically laughing simultaneously while watching certain clips. The writing is amazing!
Last week's episode was the best ever. Very overwhelming at the same time. Still trying to process everything that happened
Norman's sleeping
Razaq Amokomowo The moment Dylan realize how truly disturbed his brother is.
am I the only one that laughed my butt off when he was pretending to be his mom ? I was just like boy stop. please. and Dylan had me crying laughing.
am I the only one that laughed my butt off when he was pretending to be his mom ? I was just like boy stop. please. and Dylan had me crying laughing.
+Spidey no, she hasn't. She wouldn't have laughed if she has.