99 Words About … The ick factor of A&E’s ‘Bates Motel’

Hopelessly devoted. Holding hands during intimate moments. Barely able to take their eyes off each other.

TV’s hottest new couple seems destined to tip the will-they-or-won’t-they scale toward the affirmative.

They’re Norman (Freddie Highmore) and Norma Bates (Vera Farmiga), better known to Hitchcock fans as Mother.

Yep. “Bates Motel” (10 p.m. Monday, A&E) is just that creepy.

“Lost’s” Carlton Cuse continues his disregard for the space-time continuum with this modern-day “Pyscho” prequel, focusing on Norman’s formative years in White Pine Bay, whose other residents are nearly as disturbing.

No wonder Janet Leigh couldn’t wait to get into that shower.

— CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE

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