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Bates Motel review – 1×02: ‘Nice Town You Picked Norma’

March 26, 2013 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of A&E

There’s a new addition to the family as Bates Motel enters week two. As the series continues to explore the world of White Pine Bay, it appears that Bates Motel is looking to  challenge Twin Peaks for supremacy of the “weird town with secrets” label.

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Bates Motel, TV, TV - Current Coverage Tagged With: A&E, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot, Mike Vogel, Nestor Carbonell, Nicola Peltz, Olivia Cooke, Richard Harmon, Vera Farmiga

Bates Motel review – 1×01: ‘First You Dream, Then You Die’

March 19, 2013 by tvangie

Courtesy of A&E

Courtesy of A&E

A&E’s ambitious prequel to Hitchcock’s 1960’s classic Psycho premiered with a stellar cast and impressive creative team. Did the pilot measure up to all the surrounding hype?

Let’s bitch it out.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Bates Motel, TV, TV - Current Coverage Tagged With: Freddie Highmore, Mike Vogel, Nestor Carbonell, Nicola Peltz, Olivia Cooke, Vera Farmiga, W. Earl Brown

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I am a freelance film and television journalist based in Toronto, Canada.

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