One of my favorite lines I’ve ever had the pleasure of writing was in the "Bates Motel" pilot, after Norman’s mother has killed a man who attacked her and she is convincing Norman that they should not call the police but rather dispose of the body.

Norman protests, and she emotionally points out that they are about to open this motel business and it will get bad notoriety for being the setting of all this violence.



“Who will want to book a room in the rape-slash-murder motel?” she yells at Norman.

Vera Farmiga, of course, spun a tone into it that was at once heartbreaking and hilarious. It was one of the first lines of the series that really helped establish that unexpected, left-of-center quality.

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