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.
This tv show contains 45 potentially triggering events.
There is a fairly graphic rape scene in the first episode of the show. Throughout the show there are many mentions and depictions of rape/sexual assault/sex trafficking.
Season 1 Ep 1, 39:00-39:32, Norman sees blood on his shoe while eating lunch, gags once, and runs to the trash can. Full audio and visual. A girl comes up and gives him a mint afterward, and the episode is safe from there.
Season 1 Ep 5, 38:55-39:00, someone says "She has vomit in her hair." Nothing is really shown. Around 40:45 and beyond you can kind of see it in her hair, but it is very hard to make out.
Season 1 Ep 8, 2:18-2:40, a girl runs into the bathroom coughing from an asthma attack, leans over the toilet, and spits. No actual vomit.
Season 1 Ep 10, 8:50-9:10, a character groans and complains of her stomach hurting. She runs out of the room. No vomit.
Season 2 Ep 3, 33:00-33:15, a girl gets drunk and runs off to vomit. only audio.
Season 2 Ep 4, 1:30-3:05, a character is shown passed out in a truck with vomit on his clothes and on the truck. The shirt covered in vomit is shown 9:22-10:00.
Season 3 Ep 3, 2:56-3:03, a character gets out of the car saying she threw up on herself from a bad smell. nothing is shown.
Season 3 Ep 6, 25:33-26:27, a character with cystic fibrosis violently coughs up mucus on the bathroom floor. audio and visual.
Season 4 Ep 2, 6:48-7:30, a character violently coughs up mucus again.
Season 4 Ep 4, 2:11-2:18, a character makes himself vomit up pills. he is briefly shown hovering over a toilet and coughing, but no vomit is shown and it quickly cuts away.
Season 4 Ep 8, 25:34-25:58, a character vomits after hearing unpleasant news. audio only and you can see the character bending over.
Season 5 Ep 5, 1:22-1:32, a character runs to the toilet and vomits, some visual but mostly audio and coughing.
Season 5 Ep 7, 4:39-4:48, a character vomits due to seeing something disturbing. only audio.
Season 5 Ep 8, 7:54-8:24, a character gags another character making him vomit into a toilet. audio only, but some spit is visible around his mouth when he gets back up. the character is seen sitting by the toilet from 8:25-10:00.
Season 5 Ep 10, 34:37-35:15, a character sees something disturbing and vomits on the floor. audio and visual.