What's the deal with Chick?

He obviously has an ulterior motive. Recording the conversation at the dinner table and writing stuff down. Maybe his writing a novel?

He's injecting himself into the story - so he can write his book = WTF
Will his pen name be "Bobby Bloch"?

I'm not sure if I like Chick. He's so shady, but such an awesome dresser. Lol. I definitely gained some respect for his character the way he sent of Caleb's body in such a ceremonial way.

I'm guessing he's not from the books? I hope Norman takes him out in a big way. I wonder if he's going to end up being a big pain for Norman.

He is using it for his "suspense novel".I think he is fascinated by Norman's psyche. But he has other motives. I think he thinks he'll hit pay dirt when and if Norman goes back to the sanitarium. Chick probably thinks he'll take over the motel,the house, he prob thinks there is money stashed in the house, as well. I hate him and I'm just not sure why he is figuring so prominently in nearly every episode.

Chick seems to be obsessed with human behavior. He is almost like the audience, observing and sizing up Norma and her family. Interestingly, they've established enough of a connection between Chick and Caleb/Dylan/Norma/Norman that he can definitely have enough material for his novel, just has to embellish here and there to flesh things out a bit. I like how they slowly insinuated Chick into the story with the Caleb-Dylan Season 3 subplot, then found a way for him to be involved with both Norma in Season 4, and now Norman in Season 5. And it works because now Chick has had the most significant interactions with the most important character, Norman, for his novel.