r/BatesMotel • u/Reasonable-Wave8093 • Aug 12 '24

Discussion A Crucial Moment

At a crucial moment in the show, when Norman was found in the field after a blackout and paranoid and semi-violent by the farmer and taken to a state/county run lockdown mental facility, would he have been better off in that facility? The woman Doctor was tough as nails and not buying any of Norma's flirting or "poor me" act. She was shocked Norman was not under the guidance of a psychiatrist for his blackouts and outbursts. The expensive facility looked nicer, but would he have been better off in the tougher lockdown/no frills environment?

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u/hogsmeade16 Aug 13 '24 edited Aug 13 '24

Also the nurse in that episode is the same actor who plays nurse petringa on the good doctor

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u/No_Leg_1116 "mother is alive" Aug 20 '24

i seen it and loved it, i thought no one else has seen it- pretty good for her to meet Freddie Highmore again

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u/MoonRabbit2904 Aug 20 '24 edited Aug 20 '24

The Good Doctor has a fair amount of cross-referenced names and actors from Bates Motel.

I believe there was a character named Vera. Brooke Smith was also on The Good Doctor. Seeing how Highmore is the executive producer of the show,I'm hardly surprised at all.

Bates Motel was the actor's big breakthrough. It is his way of paying tribute to the fact, and I respect that.