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Great series! The casting was just perfect and they manage to keep you engaged the entire time. Overall an awesome modern adaptation of the classic movie.

Uma das melhores séries que existem eu recomendo ela é maravilhosa mesmo.

There are many fans who would never be happy with any deviation from Hitchcock's take on Psycho, and while I do not consider myself one of them, I am torn between the things in this that I perceive as genuinely good, the production values and Vera Farmiga's stunning performance, and the truly terrible such as the way the show handles the constant theme of sexual abuse. Coupled with the show's inconsistent tone, often unbelievable characters, and insistence on removing the best bits of the Psycho mythology while fetishising other superficial and non-essential details, there was so much more for me to dislike than like about this.

Farmiga and Highmore are alone on stage, humming to jazz music played in the piano, the chemistry is magnetically charged. Bates Motel Anthony Cipriano, Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin, it took these names to recreate the **** legacy, balancing the fame and art, it is TV horror- something that hasn't quite cultivated as it has in cinematic life- among the best. First of all, it is one of those rare spin-off that works, it bucks the trend, but that's not saying a lot considering that we haven't had major success in such derivations. And it is to not be easily forgotten that even a huge funded show as such, the series took some time before it started running on the field smoothly. Some might give it a few episodes, personally I think it was from the third season where they finally agreed, in sync, to what or how they have to showcase this troublesome family. And it is a family event. Unlike the films, this one deals majorly with the reasoning and history of why these members were pushed like such. And as far as that part is concerned, I find that they are hitting all the notes on the right scale. Do notice that whenever a family drama is involved, the chapters soar above all the other genre it claims to be. Some of the best elements are them, these family members, trying to resist and accept each other in the middle of this blood bath and crime sites that they take along with them, wherever they go. Another expected outcome, is the performance of the cast. The creators have invested smartly on Vera Farmiga and she serves the appetite you were expecting from her. What's surprising is, Freddie Highmore- especially in third season where he transforms from something innocent to less innocent- pouring his soul out, he crafts this infamous character with precision and watery communicative eyes. Just watching these two reside in Bates Motel, makes the day for me.