Bates Motel

Bates Motel (2013) on 123movies: drama and crime series starring Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore. Season guide, episode list and cast. 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.