(That title probably goes to some show onHBOabout the Renaissance, which I hear is very good.)
Season 3 ofBatesis particularly thrilling for that reason.
I often find myself trying to convert people to see the neon light, but to no avail.
Credit: James Dittiger
Even so, I feel like I’m frequently asked for the TL;DR of it all.
“Is Norman a psycho yet?”
“Has he killed Norma yet?”
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“Something something shower, something something?”
Everyone who has seenPsychoshould be able to appreciate these five moments:
5.
Norman looked through a lady’s shower.
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while she’s in the shower.
That iconic stall of shampoo and stab wounds!
Norman did more taxidermy.
In the movie, Norman famously stuffs his mother.
But inBates Motel, we’ve only seen Norman begin to show a passing fancy for the art form.
In the past, we’ve seen him experiment with small animals and birds.
Norman and Norma kissed.
All that sexual tension probably explains why Norman’s started seeing visions of a hypersexualized,Marilyn Monroe-esque Normaeverywhere.
Norman put on his mother’s clothes.
Norman killed as Norma.
Instead, it’s a new normal that brings us one mother-murder closer to the psychotic boy-child we love.
Andthat’sthe Norman Bates we know.
