BATES MOTEL: "The Truth" S1E6 (recap)

By Apathy Babcock

On last week’s episode, we learned that although Norma likes to tell Norman he sees things that aren’t real, he actually did see an Asian sex slave in her boyfriend’s basement.

Does this mean maybe Norma was responsible for sending Norman off to Shelby’s house to retrieve the belt?

Because this week’s episode is entitled, “The Truth,” we’re bound to learn more.  But it’s hard to believe anything’s the truth coming out of White Pine Bay…

It’s a new week for us, but the same shit night for the Bates family.  We open on Norma sitting silently on the motel patio after the terrible shock of finding the girl from her boyfriend’s basement is not only real, but is also recuperating in her motel.  Norman approaches his mother to see if she’s okay.  Understandably, Norma has nothing to say.  Discovering your hunky dream man has been keeping a sex slave imprisoned takes some time to absorb…not that it seems to bother Norman much.  Emma wants to do something for Norma, but Norman thinks, “maybe she just needs to absorb the information for a minute.”

I’d say, at least a minute.


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