It sounds like this man has unprocessed grief about his wife’s passing. He is overcoming the loss of his wife, by BECOMING his wife. I guess as long as he is her, she’s not gone. But that isn’t a healthy way to deal with the grief. He needs to get therapy to actually come to terms with it. I’m surprised he doesn’t make people call him Candace.
Wasn’t the Bates Motel somewhere near Phoenix?