'Bates Motel' review: Putting the why in 'Psycho'

Another TV drama premiering tonight, A&E's Bates Motel, is primarily a character study as well — but this time we already know the character. He's Norman Bates, the creepy killer from Psycho with a fixation on his late mother. Well, Bates Motel is aPoor Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore). He's a teenager being forced to move to a new coastal town under the watch of his imperious, entrancing mother, Norma (Vera Farmiga). Oh, and they're buying a motel.Bates Motel isnt

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