A prequel television series to Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 Psycho, set in the present day, Bates Motel follows the life of 17-year-old Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and his mother, Norma (Vera Farmiga), as they make a life for themselves in the seaside town of White Pine Bay, Oregon. In the series opener, “First You Dream, Then You Die,” Norman awakens …