TV teasers: ‘Bates Motel’ spins out of control & ‘Orphan Black’ journeys down the rabbit hole

Psycho prequel series Bates Motel has been airing on A&E for three years now and it gets better and better because each season viewers are witness to Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) sinking deeper and deeper into his insanity. His obsession with his mother Norma (Vera Farmiga) is worsening as he continues to lose grip on reality. This brand new season 4 teaser is the best metaphor; Norman is spiraling out of control as we inch closer to the Norman we know from Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film. Plus, the all-to-brief clip brings back into focus themes like Norman’s peeping tom, Norma’s gun, Miss Watson’s pearls, and it culminates in a familiar setting that I wouldn’t dare spoil.

Enjoy, and anticipate the return of Bates Motel coming March 7 to A&E.

Jump after the break to see the latest Orphan Black teaser.

Alice in Wonderland and her journey down the rabbit hole is an ongoing theme in the early marketing push for Orphan Black season 4. In the first teaser for the new season, we met mysterious new clone M.K. Here, we get reacquainted with familiar clones Sarah, sickly Cosima, uptight Alison, and tortured Helena. Sarah teases her trip down the rabbit hole, foreshadowing that, “the only way forward, is to go back.” Is that Beth Childs–the first LEDA clone we meet in the pilot–featured at the very end of the spot? It sounds like things are about to come full circle as Sarah and her sisters continue to fight the conspiracy.

Orphan Black is back in April on BBC America.

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