BATES MOTEL: "Ocean View" S1E5 (recap)

By Apathy Babcock

Last week’s episode, “Trust Me,” (pack full of juicy details and teases), was as much about control as it was about trust.

We watched Shelby manipulate Norman over the threat of the belt.  We watched Norma manipulate Norman with the idea that he sees and hears things that aren’t there.


I wondered at that moment if that’s how she “seduces” Norman, which is “enough for him to be taken away from you,” per Dylan (without specifics) – ewwww.  Even Norman has to remind his mother, “you’re not my girlfriend” when she says he is jealous over the fact she was gone at 2 am to Shelby’s, whom she now suddenly seems to like for more than just his police protection.

He’s “pretty…like an old woman."

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