A chaotic episode about Caleb and Normas relationship keeps turning up the heat on Bates Motel.
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Bates Motel: Season 5, Episode 3
I enjoy helping people.
Bates Motels Bad Blood is a bit of a frustrating episode.
It does some required bookkeeping and ties off some threads while also effectively planting the seeds for new ones.
Thats not to say that there still isnt plenty to enjoy here.
Norman as Norma smiling and musing over his granddaughter is some wickedly twisted stuff.
Caleb being stuck as some prisoner of Normans is an angle that Im surprisingly into.
Plus, it gets bonus points for the sheer fact that this hostage of Normans is also his father.
One episode is just long enough for this material to fester without feeling overdone.
In spite of all the wrong that hes done, he is in a uniquely depressing situation here.
After Chick caught Norman last week, that seems to mean that he qualifies as his confidant.
Its noble to watch Chick push himself deeper in this situation with the intention of fixing everything.
Maybe, somehow, this guy will get through to him.
Norman is also in heavy compartmentalization mode after his antics in the previous episode.
The season simply wants you to remember her and Sams troubled marriage at this point.
The final moments of the episode do manage to genuinely conjure surprise.
In this moment, hes truly trying to rise above of his fate.
After all, like Chick says, trust is the bedrock and foundation of any healthy relationship.
