Yeah I had a discussion with someone right after watching the first episode about whether Norman had killed his father or not and I just don't think there was really much room for doubt there. Watching him have a rage blackout and attack his brother later on for insulting Norma just cemented it for me. I find this…

I love this site so so much right now.

I actually always thought some of her struggle was with the fact that she was also going against direct orders NOT to harm these men, and so her loyalty to the party ends up making her feel too conflicted to murder them straight off.

Yeah, I'm really not seeing where one might even consider them to have had anything aside from a non-sexual relationship.

Well I'm going to be singing that all day.

Right now I would trade my soul for a guitar so that sounds nuts to me! Also, somehow I've never been to No Parking on Pine, so I still need to check that out.

No love for Barton Fink? Or the Big Lebowski? That's crazy talk. My list would look more like: Blood Simple, Barton Fink, Big Lebowski, No Country, Fargo, True Grit, O Brother. I think I rate things like Fargo and O Brother or even something like Raising Arizona lower because they're more popular (or maybe just better…

I don't think the writers were ever trying to portray him as a mama's boy who would be driven by a psychotic break just by moving to a new town. This is just my theory but I'm fairly certain the writers wanted you to realize he'd been suffering from psychosis for a while - from the very first episode. If you go back…

You actually collect 8 tracks? That's pretty cool. I wish I'd gotten into that.

I agree that it's tragic, I just had to revisit the episode for my boyfriend's sake and once Betty picked up that photo of Sandy from Sally's room he said "Looks like someone needs a daughter that loves her." Which..pretty much says it all, really.

Oh yeah I used to go there a lot but there's this guy who worked there that made it a little awkward for me to continue going. Which sucks. I usually hang out at Spin Cycle now (on Broadway). Small selection but they've got some great cassettes.

Yeah, that's a great point too. Sally wouldn't let Betty be a mother to her (I also thought she was actually calling her Betty and not just mom which seems pretty strange for the time period if not in general). Either way you look at it, there was more than enough reason for Betty to have gone into that flophouse…

I live and work in Capitol Hill now and I've got to say I'm pretty miserable here except for the record shops (Wall of Sound is the best!). I still just really love the Belltown/Queen Anne area, possibly because it's quieter and relatively close to all of the better dive bars in Seattle.

Well then, amen to that!

Capitol Hill is yuppie-fied? I think you just meant Ballard. Capitol Hill is full of grungy homeless men and annoying (mostly drunk) hipsters.

One of the best films of all time, next to Turner's first masterpiece - Black Devil Doll from Hell.

Sincerely…someone should.

The kid violinist was a friend of Sally's whose mother had just died and was staying with them for a few weeks. Betty had a pretty good reason for going into that tenement looking for her by herself because she was hoping to intervene without embarrassing the girl or telling anyone else what was going on (which is why…

Eccleston forever!

Everyone's dropping dead and it's really putting me in a bad way.