
Series — 2013
Bates Motel (2013)
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.
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A high-signal pick with 1,851 votes.
Kerry Ehrin Productions / Cuse Productions / Universal Television / American Genre
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Vera Farmiga
Norma Bates

Freddie Highmore
Norman Bates

Max Thieriot
Dylan Massett

Olivia Cooke
Emma Decody

Nestor Carbonell
Alex Romero
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