We just finished the very last episode of Bates Motel last night. Sandy and I have been bingeing that one for several weeks. It’s a 5-season series, 10 episodes per season. It’s based on the characters from Alfred Hitchcock’s classic movie “Psycho”, though it’s based in modern day and in a different small town.

We gave it a chance one night and watched the first episode. That was all it took, and we were immediately sucked in and enjoying every episode, always wanting to watch “just one more” at then end of the evening. The storyline and acting is top-notch and we definitely recommend it, whether you’ve watched the movie Psycho or not. But if you have, you’ll find some neat easter eggs throughout the show, especially in Season 5, that pay homage to the original movie, though things are “twisted” to match the series in very interesting ways.

The shows stars Freddy Highmore, from The Good Doctor–another reason we chose to give this show a shot. He plays such a unique character on The Good Doctor that we wanted to see just how different he would be in a completely different role. It also starts Vera Farmiga, an excellent actress we’ve seen in a lot of other things, and Olivia Cooke, who played Artemis in the movie “Ready Player One”.