Bates Motel (TV Series) Goodnight, Mother (2016) User Reviews

Best Episode Of The Entire Series so far!

[crenigma478 · 10/10 · 22 March 2016]

Wow! What Can I say? I have watched this show from day 1...and let me tell you...this is the best hour it has ever had! The two leads of the show..Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore, are what makes a good show great..and wisely the show chose to focus nearly the entire episode on just them...short of a few minutes.

Its not that I don't like the other characters, in fact the other two stars..Max and Olivia are fantastic...its just that the stories they are given are normally the weak point of the show. With this episode however..we get the best of the best!

I truly believe that if you are a fan of the classic Hitchcock film that the show is based on...this episode is a fantastic companion piece and prequel of sorts to the film.If you watch no other episode of the series...Watch this one!!

This is why I love the series

[jdank37 · 10/10 · 7 February 2021]

What a great episode. If the entire show was episodes like this and they didn't focus on the town or any side plots, it might be one of the best shows of all time

I didn't know they could go there

[ciffou · 21 March 2016]

I have seen every episode and I have enjoyed most of them and managed to ignore the drug related stuff that was never engaging or Bradley's bad acting. The most important factor has always been Vera Farmiga. However the soapy, teen aspects of the show had kept me from fully embracing it as a "good" show, but man! this episode has been one of the greatest episodes I have watched in a while. The camera work was flawless and sophisticated. I hate to sound a little snobbish and pretentious but it is undeniable that it has finally found its legs and it has matured into something that can fully embrace its Hitchockness. Its tension and the use of shadows, frames and the way that Freddie Highmore has developed and grown... it is something that gave me real goosebumps. I just didn't know this A&E Show had it. I'm so glad I stuck around to witness this.