TV Series2013Ended

Bates Motel

Name: Bates Motel
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Cast: Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot, Olivia Cooke, Nestor Carbonell

Taste attributes: crimedramamysteryhorrordetectiveslowunsavouryheavyintricategrittyenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seems

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"She wouldn't even harm a fly."

Boxlist takeSmall-scale and smart: a serious crime series, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.

Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: very intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: gritty · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

8.1/10

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Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Balanced linearity, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it

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Originality: Balanced originality, where this profile leans fresh / original

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Synopsis

A "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting. The series begins after the death of Norma's husband, when she purchases a motel located in a coastal Oregon town so she and Norman can start a new life.

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