Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Norman's back... again...



Oh good... I was wondering a while back what happened to the A&E Bates Motel series... it went into some sort of hiatus, I lost track of it, it came back, I didn't notice - and then by the time I did it was gone again... I even fell behind with the story ...which if you've watched the series you'd know that's a very easy thing to do, with it's whole sub-plot involving some seedy underground pot farm operation - which seems neither integral to the story nor interesting...

But they've just released a quick teaser for their upcoming season 4, which promises to begin this March 7th at 9/8c - so with a fresh season come new beginnings... or new endings......




The show's also been renewed for a 5th season - which is one of those good/bad scenarios... Good because, well, it's more Norman Bates... but bad because it could also be an indication that we won't be seeing any events which cross-over into the Psycho movie until the end of season 5 - so what's to hold our interest throughout the two final seasons leading up to it? Certainly not Norman's half brother, Dylan, who in spite of his good intentions to help out Norman and to re-connect somehow with his estranged mom - is as interesting on-screen as watching paint dry. 

Add to that other characters which barely hold my interest; Emma with the oxygen tank, Bradley who's father gets toasted (literally) by the drug trade he's involved in - and who herself eventually gets killed by Norman in his mother's persona for convincing Norman to run away with her, Sheriff Romero - good cop/bad cop - who sometimes holds a striking resemblance to Anthony Perkins, Caleb (father of Dylan, Norman's brother - who is also the incestuous brother of Norman's mother Norma)... in short, Bates Motel is a show which is much easier to hate than it is to love...

...and yet I watch...

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