8.644 minSeason 5 • Episode 10
LatestNorman Bates comes home.
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.
Acting
Farmiga and Highmore serving unhinged chemistry for five seasons
Writing
Somehow makes you root for future serial killer
Direction
Carlton Cuse turns Oregon into character itself
Creators
Kerry Ehrin, Carlton Cuse, Anthony Cipriano
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Freddie Highmore was so committed he wrote several episodes and directed one. Vera Farmiga's brother Taissa later played young Norma in flashbacks.
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