I'm thinking along the same lines. Caleb and Norma sought comfort from one another due to a abusive father. It would come natural for her to seek out the same comfort from Norman due to Sam's abuse. Did you catch that Norma didn't make her and Caleb's relationship sound so terrible as usual, when she explained the…

"What he doesn’t realize, of course, is the traumatic reality of his childhood, particularly the horrifying memory of his mother’s rape". A&E writes "Can Mother keep a secret from coming to light?"

Until Miss Watson's murder, I thought maybe the writers would stray from the original 60's screenplay and Norma would be the actual killer (the black widow sort) and at some point we would be shown how Norma controls Norman's blackouts, while also setting up the poor boy for murder. If Norma played her cards right,…

You got to love the daffy gal!

From here forward we're all going to go a little "psycho" trying to figure out what takes place in reality versus Norman's more frequent blackout episodes. Hold on to your hats, we're about to descend down the rabbit hole.

I have to admit I was not crazy for Norma Bates (Vera Farmiga) when the show first started. Still not crazy about her famous pity parties, but anyone who would walk into Bill Paris' office and negotiate a deal for the return of a flash drive is ok by me. If the writers stay true to the 60's screenplay, we'll lose…

After the loss of Sophia and then Lizzie and Mika Samuels (who she was very good with at the prison) Carol's heart has hardened.