“What I really love about Bates Motel is that the relationship between mother and son is very real and very intense. Very intense. Yet, it is based on many relatable experiences we all have as parents and we all have as kids of parents. What parent doesn’t, on some level, want to hang on to their kid as long as possible? What kid doesn’t want to have their mother’s complete devotion and approval somewhere along the line? These are real and human qualities that just take a wrong turn at some point in the Bates household, but all underscored by the intense mother/child love bond: probably the greatest protective instinct built into human beings. Are Norman and his mother dysfunctional? Absolutely. Are they too close for their own good? Clinically. Do they love each other more than any other being in the world has ever loved either one of them? Blissfully and tragically, yes…The world of White Pine Bay has a dark, fairy tale quality in many ways…The shadowed world of subconscious desires and secrets we keep, even from ourselves, provides the landscape.”
— - Kerry Ehrin, Executive Producer (via thewrongenergy)
It's something we all understand but that so many don't want to admit. ❤️ thank You God for making me into a person that can.




















