Review of Bates Motel

We started watching this series because we ran out of stuff to watch. The first season will confuse you as to whether the genre is in fact horror or thriller. Its a story about a dysfunctional family and my favorite character is Norma. I love this woman! She is quirky, funny and just plain MAD! And Vera Farmiga has done a marvelous job giving life to this character. She adds her own style to Norma's craziness and makes it even more appealing. If you are not gripped with the first few episodes, keep going. It gets better as the season progresses. Its a bit disgusting in places with incest and Norman's obsession with his mother which gets into something entirely different as we progress through the seasons. I have to warn you that it does get a bit repetitive. Its a good intermediate series, when you have nothing new to watch on the TV.