. It establishes the unsettling and intensely close relationship between teenage Norman Bates and his mother, Norma. Nerdophiles —
The show wisely eschews the period setting of the 1960 film, dropping a teenage Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and his mother Norma (Vera Farmiga) into a modern, rainy Oregon town. They have just purchased the infamous Seafarer Motel (soon to be the Bates Motel) in an attempt to start fresh after the mysterious death of Norman’s father. bates motel s01e01 hdtv x2642hd eztv exclusive
Norman brought her coffee—bad hotel coffee that tasted like metal—and it became an exchange: a caffeine pledge in which two people admitted they could be simple with one another. He told her about a bakery in the nearest town, the kind of place with sticky buns and proprietors who remembered faces. She smiled like a map unfolding. They have just purchased the infamous Seafarer Motel
The success of this show rests entirely on the shoulders of its leads, and the casting is nothing short of perfection. She smiled like a map unfolding
Highmore’s performance began with an eerie sweetness. In S01E01, we don't see a monster; we see a socially awkward teenager caught in the orbit of his mother’s intense personality. The Plot of the Pilot