Bates Motel

Released 2013 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · 5 seasons · ★ 8.0/10 · Created by Carlton Cuse, Kerry Ehrin, Anthony Cipriano

A "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting. The series begins after the death of Norma's husband, when she purchases a motel located in a coastal Oregon town so she and Norman can start a new life.