Yes, Mother: A Bates Motel Podcast

Episode 2 did not disappoint! Nor did it lack in feedback. We thought we better break this up into manageable pieces. We may do this quite a bit in the future if you guys keep sending us feedback (DON’T STOP!) The episode discussion will follow shortly (like tomorrow). We added “discussion” on there because you […]

How glad we are to be back to White Pine Bay (even if there are a few more bodies in it). Things have gotten off to a cracking start- Norman is spending much of his time either talking to mother or being her, Norma is scheming half baked schemes and Romero is having none of […]

This podcast is basically everything Em and Sue talked about that night that didn’t have to do with Normero. Then we spliced in a call we put into room #1 and discussed with Harold the deleted scenes from Season 3. We are really just excited for next week! The linens are freshly laundered, we put […]

Well, we did it- we talked about Norma and Alex for an entire episode. We explored their relationship scene by scene, starting with that high stress first meeting where Sheriff Alex Romero is suspiciously suspicious of Norma (like she is hiding a dead body right under his nose or something) to that scene in front […]

In continuing our tradition of watching the Psycho sequels during the Bates Motel hiatus, we came across this little gem. This is the final and some might say most spectacular of the Psycho sequels. It also is perhaps the most relevant, since it is actually Psycho IV: The Beginning, meaning it tries to tell the […]

The long awaited wrap up of season 3 is here! We were joined by a special guest this time, making her first ever podcast debut… our sister Cat! Yes, there are more of us, and I think it will be pretty clear to everyone early on that we are sisters. Anyway… in this podcast we […]

In this installment of the podcast, Em and Sue discuss Flooded, Life Serial, and All the Way. Somehow we find ourselves also discussing James Bond, Joyce’s life insurance policy, worms and eggs and 10,000 years in Buddhism. You know- just another day while Sue Watches Buffy. (You have to stay until after the song to […]

We’ve made it to season 6 guys! In this episode of the podcast, Sue watched both parts of Bargaining and After Life, and had some surprising reactions (to me anyway -her sister-). Em and Sue spend some time talking about the state of the Scoobies and what’s up with Spike. We also both have a […]

Here is the rest of our podcast, this part II contains (as the title spells out- us reading your feedback and then the quiz, which could win you some Bates Motel prizes! We want to extend our thanks to everyone who listened and participated this year! What a great season. Good bye again, White Pine […]

This is Part One of our podcast for the finale episode of Bates, S3. In part one I am including the episode recap only (which was the middle part of our recording- so if it lacks a proper beginning and a proper end, well that’s why). I chose to cut it this way, and leave […]

Well, here we are. It’s almost the end and it feels like this season just began, but what a short, strange trip it’s been. In this episode of the pocast, Em and Sue give a shout out to the moms out there especially Norma (who didn’t have a great week) and our own mom (RIP, […]

This is the “Norma’s Mercedes Resurrection Podcast”! Unfortunately, it’s also the “Every Relationship on the show except for Dylemma’s Memorial Podcast”. BOOOO! ATTN: Normero Shippers Get your dunglees on and come slip between the sheets of Mama Bear’s giant bed, because she has some theories and calming words to share with you. Don’t despair– this […]

This week brought us another fantastic episode, after a run of fantastic episodes this season! This week delivered it all: awesomely quotable Norma lines, Dylemma fans swooned as Dylan and Emma had stars in their eyes (where’s Norman?……Who??). Speaking of that attractive and masculine twit: Norman had some of his creepiest, most fantastic moments to […]

To quote our listener Matt A, “So nothing happened in this episode…” Except sooo much happened in this episode, and if you haven’t seen it, well I wouldn’t want to spoil you here so….     One minor spoiler…             RIP

In this episode of Yes Mother, Emily and Sue discuss the amazing, mid-season episode that is The Deal. In The Deal, we find Norma finally having the people of White Pine Bay by the short hairs! So grab Romero, and let the negotiations begin! Oh also- Dylan and Norman really think that Norma needs to […]

In the 4th episode of this season’s Bates Motel, frankly- we seem to learn a little more about some characters then we wished to know. Too much about Norman’s quest to make his girlfriend jealous -and we don’t mean Emma- (and while we’re at it: too much about his horrible sandwich making habits!). Too much […]

Well, episode 3 aired this week and it didn’t disappoint (well, it disappointed Sue a little since Chick was absent). Other than that- we had some great stuff: Norma in a morgue, capers with pot plants, hulkified bed lifting and a few plot twists we didn’t see coming. Not to mention Norman’s head mama made […]

In this episode, Norma gets worried that her guest in #4 is MIA *Norman!*, Romero moves out of the motel *boo* (resulting in the most gloriously awkward moment EVER), Norman and Emma go out on their first date *shudder*, Caleb shoots a dog *idiot* and Norma gets sneaky in a formal *ecstatic*. Oh and loses […]

Bates Motel is back and so are we! It’s good to be back to White Pine Bay, even if our recent audio troubles followed us here*. Dylan’s back in the house, Norman and Norma are spooning, Emma’s at the front desk, all seems right with the world. Psycho world, that is. Crazy things are being […]

“One month after the events of PSYCHO II, Norman is still running the Bates Motel along with “Mother”. Things are going fine until Norman falls in love with a fallen nun, takes in a greedy drifter, a nosy reporter sticks her nose where it doesn’t belong and a series of murders begins once again. ” […]

What happens when Banksy visits the West Bank. (Just continuing the theme).   Here be the rest of our movie podcast– this time with our “sub lists” cause come on! You didn’t really think we could narrow our picks down to just 10 movies, did you? Not a chance. In this episode you will see […]

It’s Yes Mother’s anniversary (or was a month ago), so for that we planned a special episode. We decided to share our favorite movies. These are the movies Em and/or Sue want to curl up with on a rainy day, movies that shaped us when we were young and movies we just plain think are […]

Just an update on what Em and Sue have been watching. It’s mostly Sue though, as Emily has been lame and hasn’t been watching much (She also forgot her notes and therefore forgot she watched Saved By the Bell: The Unauthorized Story! You guys were cheated out of finding out how that went.) Anyway, Sue […]

Hey guys- We took a break from Buffy and watched the 1983 sequel: Psycho II. We also discussed a little of what we’ve been watching lately including: The Conjuring and The Innkeepers (which we watched together while visiting our other sisters), Em watched Orange is the New Black, Frank and Robot, and Buffy the Vampire […]

Hey guys- so we recorded this ages ago, but we were smoking the Buffy episodes, so it kept getting put on the back burner. I had edited it way back a ways too, so I honestly don’t remember much about what is discussed, so lets just make it a surprise for all of us huh? […]

On this week’s edition of Yes Mother we are doing our season 2 of Bates Motel wrap up! We each do a top 5 favorite things of the season, we discuss some disappointments and what we hope to see in season 3. We also talk about what we’ve been watching. Em is once again grieving […]

In this episode of Yes Mother Sue and Em talk a little about podcast plans while we wait for season 3 of Bates Motel. Looks like Sue will be watching some Buffy. We announce the deadline to get in on the contest and to get in your top 5 favorite things about season 2 of […]

Here is the second part of Em and Sue’s discussion of the finale and it gets real up in here on old Yes Mother. Ponderings and feelings and stories come out as we get to the nitty gritty parts in the episode. Souls were bared people. Anyway, we discuss what we thought of the demise […]

Part I? Yes- we found so much to talk about on this gem of a finale, we kind of kept going for 2 podcasts worth. We forwent What We’ve Been Watching though, to make up for it. In this finale, we get Norman rescued, see a couple deaths we have all been hoping for, watch […]

Kind of a quiet week here in our other watchings. Sue finished Veronica Mars and watched a little Wonder Woman. Em watched Freddie Highmore in Toast (in this movie he has step mother issues). She also watched the mother of all What the Bip movies: Holy Motors. Find out what we thought of all this […]

The season is winding down, but not quietly. Dylan is faced with a very tough decision, Norma is going out of her mind not knowing where Norman is, Romero is determined to get answers, and Emma just wants to know why everyone asks if she has seen Norman (has anyone seen Cupcake Boy??). Meanwhile, Norman […]

Welcome guests to the what we’ve been watching segment of Yes Mother. Em traded her 1960’s advertising firm for a 1910’s London department store. And Sue totally got her geek on. If you want to hear what that is all about, give us a listen. And guess what? Somewhere out there right now… there is […]

Welcome back guests! In this week’s episode of Yes Mother, Em and Sue cover season 2 episode 8 entitled “Meltdown”. Norma is impressed Dylan has an office, everyone seems to want Zane dead and Norman realizes he and his mother are two separate people. Join Em and Sue as they discuss this and more on […]

Em’s journey down the rabbit hold of Mad Men is over! She enjoyed her journey very much and we are glad she is back. Sue can’t decide who the best depicted literary character is, Mr. Darcy or Mr. Rochester and Emily unsuccessfully tries to explain French girls. Sue took Emily up on her challenge last […]

On this week’s edition of Yes Mother Emily and Sue cover season 2 episode 7 of Bates Motel entitled “Presumed Innocent”. In this episode everyone seems to think Norman is innocent except for Norma. There is a new super cop in town and Romero seems annoyed with her. Cody trades the smell of beer and […]

  In this installment- Last week Em vowed to go on a Don Draper fast and then promptly broke it gloriously. She managed to finish Orphan Black though and talk Sue into finally starting Buffy. Sue, watched some random movies including Enough Said and caught random episodes of Always Sunny with her husband. We also […]

In this week’s addition of Yes Mother we cover season 2 episode 6 of Bates Motel entitled “Plunge”. Dylan gets to know his boss pretty well. Norma gets some exciting news from the mayor. Emma, Norman and Gunner all take a plunge into the river and Cody’s dad takes a plunge down the stairs. Join […]

Em is caught in the rabbit hole of Mad Men, but she was able to stop watching long enough to watch the best bad movie ever made. Sue got caught in the rabbit hole of Orphan Black and found time to watch some other things too. And we discuss the finale of season 4 of […]

Welcome back guests! In season 2 episode 5 of Bates Motel titled “The Escape Artist” love is in the air! Cody and Norman, Emma and Gunner, and what was that look between Norma and Romero? Norma meets with Nick Ford about stopping the bypass, Romero moves into the Bates Motel (yay!), and Dylan saves Zanes […]

Guess what guests? I was able to fit What We’ve Been Watching on here too! Sue and I must have behaved ourselves this week. But meanwhile in the episode, Dylan starts a downward spiral after receiving the most shocking news of his life successfully turning it upside down. Norma pretty much just suffers major mom […]

The adorable Pierre Perrier (The French name equivalent of Benedict Cumberbatch) from The Returned. Ok, here is the rest of the bloated two part episode for Caleb. Join Emily and Sue as we review what we’ve been watching this week besides Bates Motel. Emily pretty much took all of Sue’s suggestions and was very happy […]

What is the female equivalent of the man crush? Because I think I have one of those on Norma Bates. Welcome back guests! In this week’s episode “Caleb”, Norma makes a new friend. Dylan’s job is becoming a more dangerous place to be because of his new boss Zane. Emma organizes a memorial for Bradley […]

Here is the segment where Em and Sue discussed what we’d been watching this week besides Bates Motel. Emily pretty much just watched life pass her by again (for the last time)- but Sue took up the watching Mantle and watched a boat load of stuff. Listen as they discuss the season finale of Downton […]

Welcome back guests! This week Emily and Sue discuss season 2 episode 2 of Bates Motel titled “Shadow of a Doubt”. This week we find out Norman is hiding Bradley in the fruit cellar, don’t worry, he didn’t taxidermy her. Dylan’s job becomes more dangerous because of the death of Gil. Norma and Norman delight […]

Welcome to the world ladies! (and gentleman) please watch out for the axe murders and whores under your rugs- maybe you should be sweeping a little more frequently. Hello Guests! Check in time is now. Bates Motel is back, and boy what a great way to start! The show starts very close to how we […]

In this episode of Yes Mother, Emily and Sue talk about the 1960 movie Psycho and discuss some fun facts about the movie. Then for Bates Motel, Emily watched a panel with all the actors and talks about that a bit. And to wrap up the whole season Emily and Sue each do a top […]

Welcome guests! In the season one finale titled Midnight, Norma goes to Sheriff Romero for help with the Abernathe situation. He tells Norma he will handle it and to trust him, and of course she doesn’t. Dylan and Norma bond over some shooting lessons. Norman overhears Miss Watson’s end of a phone call she meant […]

The penultimate episode of the season is here, and everybody seems to be drowning or is it just Bradley? Abernathe sends Norma some flowers, the trimmers are smoking pot outside their motel rooms and Sheriff Romero doesn’t seem to want to do anything about any of this. Norma is finished with this town and wants […]

Maybe it was because Phillip Seymour Hoffman died a few days before, maybe it was because Sue had just finished Dexter Season 6 AND Sherlock Season 3 had ended that week…or maybe it is because Em and Sue just can’t stop talking to each other about TV and film. Whatever the reason, we had a […]

Yep, that dog is stuffed. In episode 8 of Bates Motel titled A Boy and his Dog, Norman learns taxidermy from Emma’s Dad, Will. Norma asks Sheriff Romero for a favor and gets shut down. Bradley confronts Norman about telling people they slept together, Norman gets upset and leaves school. The principal and Miss Watson […]