Considering "Bates Motel" is a TV series whose premise is that it's a prequel to "Psycho," it might be a bit surprising that the goal of Season 2 is to have viewers come to love Norma and Norman Bates. But apparently that's exactly what should happen door the time the A&E drama wraps up its seconde season.

"I think you're really going to fall in love with the characters this season, which kind of was the goal," co-creator Carlton Cuse tells Zap2it at the Season 2 premiere. "Sometimes if you're watching a story that's ostensibly about a serial killer and his mother, u might feel distanced...