No spoilers here. In this era of reboots A&E's "Bates Motel" was one of the better ones. It's the origin story of the "Psycho" killer Norman Bates as created by writers Carlton Cuse, Kerry Ehrin, and Anthony Cipriano. Now in it's 4th season, some pivotal characters had to go (sometimes tragically). Freddy Highmore has played Norman in such a way that you want to protect him as much as his troubled mother. Norma, Norman's mom is played by the lovely Vera Farmiga. Norma has significant emotional problems that become more and more disorienting for her.
Throughout the seasons Freddy Highmore's superior acting has engaged me in this drama, regardless of the side stories, used as fillers basically to complete a 45 minute episode. Most of the storylines seemed irrelevant to Norman Bates' development as a serial killer. Nestor Carbonell plays Sheriff Alex Romero, who looks more like the original "Psycho" film actor Anthony Perkins than Freddy Highmore. Maybe there is a reason why that has not yet been revealed, but this fact really threw me off in the first few seasons.
As for Norman's family tree, if you think you have family problems, you may rethink that after watching the complete season to date. As I said in the beginning of this review, this series "was" one of the better reboots. As of episode 10 their is no reason to continue the series because there seems to be no further redeeming value in Norman. No hope. I just can't root for Norman anymore knowing how the story will go from here, and ultimately end. Only my curiosity will allow me to see how the writers recover from the most dismal episode of the series.
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