Bates Motel premiered last night (Mon. 18th) on A&E!

[scott_of_smeg]

I am not liking all the side stories of the creepy town, but yea, Norman definitely snapped. Great actor and believable! Can't wait for more crazy Norman!

[aura of foreboding]

I am not liking all the side stories of the creepy town, but yea, Norman definitely snapped. Great actor and believable! Can't wait for more crazy Norman!

I agree.  I really just want to see the relationship between Norma and Norman.  But, I guess that wouldn't allow for much excitement.  They need filler, and the town's little secret is just that.  But I can see how this little secret could ultimately lead to the town's destruction, which would be interesting to watch.  I'm hanging in, filler and all, just so long as Norma/Norman makes up the majority of the show. 

[Monsters For Sale]

I cringed when they added the drug element.

Norman's brother is so irritating, I can't wait 'til they bump him off - at least, I hope they do.

[aura of foreboding]

At the end of the second episode, I was wondering why there were guys hiding out in the forest with guns...  Then when they told us the reason in the third, I was really bummed.  Couldn't it be something cooler than that?  I mean, come on, this is a Horror TV series...  Let's use our imaginations, people (AKA writers). 

[marsattacks666]

I cringed when they added the drug element.

Norman's brother is so irritating, I can't wait 'til they bump him off - at least, I hope they do.

The drug subplot is unnecassry. The writers could have easily picked a better sub- story.

[Count_Zirock]

Too much "Twin Peaks" and other nonsense. Not enough "Psycho." I knew that was going to happen. This isn't "The Walking Dead," where they can meander through a post-zombie apocalypse world endlessly. There comes a point where the story has to lead us to the fateful day when Norman does Norma in. Otherwise, it's all filler.

[Monsters For Sale]

Too much "Twin Peaks" and other nonsense. Not enough "Psycho." I knew that was going to happen. This isn't "The Walking Dead," where they can meander through a post-zombie apocalypse world endlessly. There comes a point where the story has to lead us to the fateful day when Norman does Norma in. Otherwise, it's all filler.

I think they are saving Norman killing his mother for the series finale.

[Count_Zirock]

I think they are saving Norman killing his mother for the series finale.

Well, obviously. But, the stuff leading up to it needs to be better than what we're getting. It's not a good sign when I'm sitting there thinking "been here, done this" with the subplots. I mean, we're only up to episode three!

[Gillfan]

We have now gotten to the point where Norma and Norman are two of the more normal people in the town. While everyone else is growing/selling drugs and trading sex slaves, they are just trying to make a new life. Sure, they killed a rapist, but c'mon, who hasn't?

[scott_of_smeg]

Exactly. Less Twin Peaks and more Psycho! And is marijuana even a crime these days?

[aura of foreboding]

We have now gotten to the point where Norma and Norman are two of the more normal people in the town. While everyone else is growing/selling drugs and trading sex slaves, they are just trying to make a new life. Sure, they killed a rapist, but c'mon, who hasn't?

I was thinking the same exact thing.  I think the story would have been better had they made the place more like Cabot Cove (from Murder, She Wrote) or 'Salem's Lot, where the place was just too darned interesting because of the quirky, disconnected people in it, not because of these ridiculous activities.  Nothing can be that simple or wholesome anymore, though... 

[Anton Phibes]

Too much "Twin Peaks" and other nonsense. Not enough "Psycho." I knew that was going to happen. This isn't "The Walking Dead," where they can meander through a post-zombie apocalypse world endlessly. There comes a point where the story has to lead us to the fateful day when Norman does Norma in. Otherwise, it's all filler.[/i]

Thats a bingo.

[Haunted hearse]

You know, for those who think there's too much "Twin Peaks", and not enough Norman, there is this remarkable thing called a DVD, where you can see a really great movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock.  That's what I would rather do, that watch this new series.  Now if you want to amuse your friends, you can always tell them that you'll be playing Psycho, and put in the Vince Vaughn version.  Just make sure you have your healthcare insurance paid up before you do.

[charp13]

I'm also fading fast... Of course I'll keep watching the show, but I feel like my mind wanders a lot.
H.H.- I watched the movie Hitchcock (with Anthony Hopkins) twice last weekend, and I have been dying to watch Psycho all week!
I watched it 6 times last Mother's Day during that marathon, but only a couple more times since then. It is time- I must get the dvd out this week! Especially after sitting through Bates Motel!
The pot subplot is really frail.

[Count_Zirock]

I'll say this: A&E's "Bates Motel" is way better than the old TV-movie starring Bud Cort and Lori Nelson.

Yeah, I know...a ringing endorsement.